The Green Hornet

                                                                                                       

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First show date: 31/01/1936

Last show date: 05/12/1952

Number of shows: 1059

 

                                                                                                                                                 

     

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The character premiered in The Green Hornet, an American radio programme that ran on WXYZ (a local Detroit station), the Mutual Broadcasting Station and the network known through its succession of various owners as NBC Blue, the Blue Network and the ABC Network from 1936 to 1952.

The series detailed the adventures of Britt Reid, debonair newspaper publisher by day, crime-fighting masked hero at night

The vigilante nature of his operation quickly resulted in his being declared an outlaw himself, and Britt Reid decided to play to it. The Green Hornet became thought of as one of his city's biggest criminals, allowing him to walk into suspected racketeers' offices and ply them for information, or even demand a cut of their profits. He would be accompanied by his similarly masked but unnamed chauffeur who was also Reid's valet, Kato. Specifically, in and up to 1939, in the series' opening narration, Kato was called Britt Reid's "Japanese valet." From 1940 to 45 he was Reid's "faithful valet," and in 1946 he became his "Filipino valet."

The radio show used Rimsky Korsakov's 'Flight of the bumblebee' as its theme music, blended with a hornet buzz created on a theremin, and "The Infernal Dance of King Koshchei" from Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird, usually used after this announced part:

The Green Hornet was played by:

The role of Kato was originated by Raymond Hayashi but handled through most of the run by Roland Parker, who also voiced "The Newsboy" at the conclusion of each episode who hawked the "Extra" edition of The Sentinel that carried the story of the weekly racket or spy ring being smashed, concluding with

Jim Jewell directed the series until 1938. Jewell's sister, Lee Allman (Lenore Jewell Allman) wanted to play a part in a radio series at WXYZ so Jim had her written into The Green Hornet. She was the only actress to play Lenore Case, Britt Reid's secretary, during the entire run of the series. "Casey" was aware of her boss's double life, but only in the later years of the run. Similarly, another confidant, Police Commissioner James Higgins, did not come into existence until near the end of the series; he was introduced in the previously mentioned episode "Too Hot to Handle" as an old friend of Dan Reid's who was being blackmailed and who was rescued by the Green Hornet. Shortly thereafter, either Dan Reid or Britt himself confided the Hornet's secret identity to Higgins.

Two major foes for The Green Hornet were the mysterious "Mr. X", a criminal mastermind introduced in the episode "Walkout for Profit" (broadcast June 21, 1941) who became part of a storyline in 1941 pitting the Hornet against him in an ongoing battle, and Oliver Perry (1945-49), a famous but unscrupulous private detective who repeatedly returned to try and unmask The Green Hornet. Perry suspected Britt Reid of being the Hornet but was never able to prove it, and episodes featuring him always ended with the Hornet either outwitting him or humiliating him to the point where he was forced to leave town, if not both.

In the original introduction of the radio show, the announcer (famed newsman Mike Wallace held the position at some point during the run) proclaimed that the Green Hornet "hunts the biggest of all game ... public enemies that even the G-Men cannot reach," referring to FBI agents. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover objected to the line's implication that some crime fighting was beyond the abilities of the FBI, and it was changed to "public enemies who try to destroy our America."

 

 

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Liggett's Citizenship Racket aka Citizenship Racket

 

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Political Racket, The

 

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There Was A Crooked Man

 

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Ghost Who Talked Too Much

 

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Words And Music

 

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Trouble Hits The Trolleys

 

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Not One Cent For Tribute

 

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Justice Wears a Blindfold

 

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Money Talks Too Loud

 

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Put It on Ice

 

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Disaster Rides the Rails

 

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Devil's Playground, The

 

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Robertson Gas Racket

 

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Hospital Racket, The

 

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Parking Lot Racket, The

 

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Research Racket

 

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Smuggler Signs His Name aka Smuggling Racket, The

 

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Property Tax Racket

 

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Phony Accident Racket or Fake Accident Racket

 

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Carling Tells All

 

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Writer's Racket, The or Ryder's Writing Racket

 

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Waiter's Union Racket

 

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Sales Tax Racket

 

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Crandall And The Murder Ring

 

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Snavley, The Crooked Politician

 

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Finney's WPA Racket, The aka WPA Graft Racket

 

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Grafter Goes Wrong, The

 

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Votes for Sale

 

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Highway That Graft Wrote, The

 

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Wrong Money Means Jail

 

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Murder Will Out

 

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Brakes Stop the Racket

 

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Smoke Put out the Fire

 

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Graft for the Warden

 

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Double Cross Your Bridge

 

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Murder Wins the Gamble

 

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Victim Gets Appraised, The

 

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Sandhogs and Sabotage

 

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Read It and Reap

 

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Bombs Miss Their Mark

 

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Secretary Forces a Showdown, The

 

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Racket Makes a Racket, The

 

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Pointing the Fingerman

 

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Senator Gets Stuck, The

 

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Fire Builds a Racket

 

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Gypping in Jalopies

 

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Barking Dogs Bite Back

 

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Blackmail and Ballots

 

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Smashing the Counterfeiting Ring

 

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Murder at the Market

 

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I Am the Day

 

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Crime Lights the Candle

 

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Man Wanted for What

 

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Walkout for Profit

 

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Money for Mr. X aka Murder for Mr. X

 

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Murder Across the Board aka Murder Across the Boards

 

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Mr. X Marks the Spot

 

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Uneasy Lies the Head

 

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Crime on Vacation

 

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Racket Gets the Gong, The

 

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Bid and Asked

 

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Paroles for Sale

 

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Murder in Chinatown

 

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Racket on the River

 

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Hot Guns For Sale

 

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Man No One Suspected, The

 

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Voters Learn the Truth, The

 

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Bullets Hit the Headlines

 

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Gunning for Graft

 

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Jury Metes out Justice, The

 

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Cornering the Killer

 

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See a Pin and Find a Racket

 

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Murder in the Sky

 

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Man That Never Was, The

 

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Crowd Covers a Murder aka The Crowd Covers the Murder

 

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Two Strikes on a Striker

 

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Wrong Side of the Ledger

 

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Account Closed

 

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Graft Below the Surface

 

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Rackets Lose Their Leader, The

 

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Lost and Found

 

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Hornet Finds the Fence, The

 

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Racket Goes Through the Ringer, The

 

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Antidote for Poison

 

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Number Is Up, The

 

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Reservoir for Murder

 

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Hornet Baits the Trap, The

 

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Skeleton out of the Past

 

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Charity Takes It on the Chin

 

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Road Closed for Crime

 

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No Escape from Murder

 

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Hangman's Noose, The

 

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Prescription for Plunder

 

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Contact for a Killer

 

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All's Fair in War

 

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Picture Fits the Frame, The

 

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Friend in Need Makes Murder, A

 

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Washington Underground

 

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Turban Fits the Traitor, The

 

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Murder in Washington

 

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Invasion Plans for Victory

 

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Slip of the Lip, A

 

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Passport to Peril

 

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Alias the Axis

 

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Appointment with Disaster

 

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Flight to Nowhere

 

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Murder by a Diplomat

 

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Bills for Victory

 

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No Sale to the Axis

 

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Invisible Enemy, The

 

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Sabotaging the Saboteur

 

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Death in the Night

 

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No News for the Gestapo

 

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Tires Mean Trouble

 

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Blackmail Spins the Prop

 

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Gum Makes It Stick

 

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Formula for Murder

 

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Murder Trips a Rat

 

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Last Words Mean Sabotage

 

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It Pays to Advertise

 

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Design for Destruction

 

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Lonely Outpost

 

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Fire in the Forests

 

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Stars Catch a Spy, The

 

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Inside Information

 

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Double Wears a Mask, The

 

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Torpedo on Wheels

 

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Sabotage Finds a Name

 

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Trouble Comes Double

 

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Red Light

 

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Small-Time Dictator

 

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Hostage

 

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Murder Filters Out

 

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Two Against Fate

 

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Escape by Night

 

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Gas for the Axis

 

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Serve in Silence

 

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Propaganda for a Purpose

 

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Fire for the Axis

 

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Corpse That Wasn't There, The

 

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Men Without a Country

 

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Blueprint for Treason

 

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Secret Kidnapping

 

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Blackout for Murder

 

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Murder by Remote Control

 

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Steaks and Cops

 

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Weakest Link, The

 

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Reporter Sees Double, The

 

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Palming off the Axis

 

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Unseen Watchman, The

 

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Sentinel of Death

 

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White Ticket, The

 

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Rats of a Feather

 

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Reward Claimers, The

 

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Yankee Dollars

 

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Going out of Business

 

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Traitor's Reward

 

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Dead Men Talk

 

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Backfire

 

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Official Business

 

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Long Distance

 

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Murder Gas, The

 

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Gasoline and The Hornet

 

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Axford Rises to Shine

 

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Knot, The

 

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Detour to Justice

 

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Green Hornet Goes Underground, The

 

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Stamp Tramps, The

 

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Map for Murder

 

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Newsprint Clue, The aka News Print Clue, The

 

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Bull in a China Shop

 

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Touch of Powder, A

 

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Hi-Jack and the Game aka Hijack and the Game

 

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Fire Blitz

 

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Diamond in the Rough

 

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Man Who Came Back, The

 

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Story of a Parrot

 

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Obvious Clue

 

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Way of a Woman, The

 

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Lowrey's Big Moment aka Lowry's Big Moment

 

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Bent Paper Matches

 

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Light in the Dark, A

 

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Pressure from Without

 

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Short Circuit

 

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Murder Will Out

 

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Case of Honor, A

 

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Fog in the Night

 

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State Versus Chester Canby, The

 

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Man Who Fooled the World, The

 

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Wilted Rose, The

 

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Intrigue on the Waterfront

 

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Death Wears a Mask

 

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Lady of Intrigue

 

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Orphan from St. Amand, The

 

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Seals of Doom

 

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Hornet's Nest, A

 

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Paroled for Revenge aka Britt Reid a Target

 

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One for the Books

 

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Racketeers in Gas Coupons

 

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Code for Sabotage

 

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Circumstances Alter Cases

 

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Birds of a Feather

 

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Make Believe Sheriff, The

 

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Madhouse Adventure

 

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Fireworks for Smitty

 

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Road to Riches, The

 

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Gentleman Jerry Meets His Match

 

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Mystery in the Dentist's Office

 

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Female of the Species, The

 

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Babbermouth

 

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Flames of Wrath

 

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Romana

 

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Payment in Full

 

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Murder in the Rain

 

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story of a dog

 

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murder masquerade

 

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prelude ot a blood bath

 

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