The Foxs Tail: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (May 23, 1950)

“The Foxs Tail” is an episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 23, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by Oren Medcap to impersonate a dead man named Max Redmond. Redmond was blackmailed by Justin Shepard into silence about a valuable nail polish formula and subsequently took his own life. Marlowe's task is to convince Shepard that Redmond is still alive and refusing to leave town, hoping to force a settlement in an upcoming trial before Shepard realizes the truth.

Los Angeles, including the Blue Chip Bar on Melrose, the Garden Court apartment on South Ogden, and the Hollywood Hills along Lookout Road.

Characters: Philip Marlowe, Oren Medcap, Max Redmond, Louise Redmond, Justin Shepard, Gaffey

Listen for: Marlowe's dangerous masquerade as a dead man and his confrontation with Shepard's enforcer in the hills.

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.