A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murder of a sea captain.
Acting
Milton Berle's coward-to-hero transformation is genuinely funny.
Production
Fog-drenched sets that scream 1940s B-movie atmosphere.
Director
Alfred L. Werker
Milton Berle
H.H. Van Buren
Brenda Joyce
Betty Woods
John Shelton
David Courtiand
John Carradine
Norbert
Willie Best
Euclid White Brown
Edmund MacDonald
Jerry Gilpin
Arthur Hohl
Inspector Norris
Renie Riano
Stella (aka Meg)
Grady Sutton
Jonathan Flack
Milton Parsons
Dr. Walter Bascomb
Harry Hayden
Conroy
Charles Halton
Mark Gruber
Abner Biberman
Mack Wolf
Frank Faylen
Curly
George Offerman, Jr.
Chuck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Milton Berle was already 'Mr. Television' by 1948, making this one of his last pre-TV film leads.
The 'radio detective solving real crimes' premise was peak 1940s meta-commentary on broadcast entertainment's cultural dominance.
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