Box 13 - "Double Right Cross" (1948) | Alan Ladd Classic Radio Drama

Welcome to Old Time Radio Classics! Tonight on Box 13, "Double Right Cross" warns us that in Dan Holiday's world, trust is a luxury an adventure-seeker cannot afford.

📻 LADD AND LAKE:
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake were one of Hollywood's most iconic pairings. They made four films together – This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key, The Blue Dahlia, and Saigon. Lake's petite stature (she was famously short) suited Ladd perfectly.

🎬 STUDIO SECRETS:
Radio scripts were held together with paper clips, never stapled, so pages could be quietly dropped to the carpeted studio floor after each scene. Studios installed thick carpets specifically to muffle that sound. Every detail was considered in live broadcasting.

📺 FILM NOIR ORIGINS:
Ladd's cool detachment and film noir chemistry with Lake defined an era. The Blue Dahlia was written by Raymond Chandler himself – the only film Chandler wrote directly for the screen.

⭐ CAST:
• Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday
• Sylvia Picker as Suzy
• Edmund MacDonald as Lt. Kling

📅 Original Air Date: November 28, 1948

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