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Podcast: Nostalgic Mystery Radio
Episode: Ep.61 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: The Promise to Pay
Description: Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave.Philip Marlowe was Los Angeles's toughest detective in the groundbreaking series by Raymond Chandler that helped establish the "hard-boiled" detective subgenre.The Promise to Pay: A young businessman hires Marlowe after he’s blackmailed over a marker he gave to a gambler that could ruin his career. Originally aired May 14, 1949.Support the show