The short-lived noirish radio detective series "Pat Novak for Hire" is probably better loved now than it was in the late 1940s, thanks to its darkly-comic quips and the dry-as-dust performance of Jack Webb in the title role, just before his breakout turn on "Dragnet." Pat Novak - the man, like the show - was one of those "hard-boiled" types - he may bounce or crack, but he doesn't break easily. Pat Novak shows are famed for their Raymond Chandler-esque plots and style, where the lead character never met a crook or a lady he couldn't describe with a delirious simile. Project Audion presents a brand-new episode penned for Project Audion by long-time network television writer Casey Keller. Mr Keller's script matches the late-1940s originals blow for blow, dame for dame, gunshot for gunshot, metaphor for metaphor. Step out of the summer heat and into the perpetual foggy night of the San Francisco waterfront to meet "Pat Novak, For Hire."
Pat Novak: PETE FERNBAUGH (WV)
Jocko Madigan: TOM KONKLE (CA)
Inspector Helleman: TEE QUILLAN (TN)
Hannah Gordon: JOANNE KURMAN (CA)
Stripper 1: JULIE HOVERSON (WA)
Stripper 2: DONNA PATTON (TN))
Jack Silver: KIM TITUS (TX)
Announcer/Goon: LOTHAR TUPPAN (CA)
Goon: BOB MILLS (CA)
Coroner: CASEY KELLER (CA)
Written by Casey Keller
Sound, Direction, and Production by Larry Groebe
