What happens
Philip Marlowe is taken at gunpoint by an orange-haired man named George, who forces him to drive toward Mexico with two accomplices. During the drive Marlowe escapes, and George is struck and killed by a truck. Following a map, Marlowe travels to a covered bridge and a lonely farmhouse, where he meets Walter Brule, his niece Dolly, and a hired hand, Ed Fry. Marlowe suspects that Fry is not who he claims to be. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe is a radio mystery series, and this episode first aired on January 14, 1950, with Gerald Mohr in the title role. The story centers on the tense household and the growing suspicion among its members.
Southern California, from the coast near Oceanside inland to a remote farm reached by a covered bridge
Characters: Philip Marlowe, George, Walter Brule, Dolly, Ed Fry, Noah Bickman
Listen for: The map that leads Marlowe to the farm, and the mounting tension inside the Brule household as the men begin to distrust one another.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.