Created by Richard Ellington (1914-80) "Broadway is my beat and murder is my business!" -- cover blurb from Shakedown Over the course of five novels and a few short stories, former actor and G.I. and current Broadway wisenheimer STEVE DRAKE finds that private investigation may not be the nicest work in the world, but "it's … Continue reading Steve Drake
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Brad Runyon (The Fat Man)
Created by Dashiell Hammett "He's walking into that drugstore... he's stepping onto the scales... (SNICK! CLICK!) Weight: 237 pounds... Fortune.... Danger! Whoooo is it? The...Fat Man!" -- the intro to the radio show That's BRAD RUNYON, the star of the old time radio series The Fat Man (1946-51, ABC), as played to perfection by the subterranean … Continue reading Brad Runyon (The Fat Man)