Let George Do It was a radio drama series produced by Owen and Pauline Vinson from 1946 to 1954. It starred Bob Bailey as detective-for-hire George Valentine (with Olan Soule stepping into the role in 1954).
Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad:
Personal notice: Danger's my stock in trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me. George Valentine.
The few earliest episodes were more sitcom than private eye shows, with a studio audience providing scattered laughter at the not-so-funny scripts. Soon the audience was banished, and George went from stumbling comedic hero to tough guy private eye and the music from wah-wah-wah to suspenseful.
Valentine's secretary was Claire Brooks, aka Brooksie (Frances Robinson, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Buyeff). As Valentine made his rounds in search of the bad guys, he usually encountered Brooksie's kid brother, Sonny (Eddie Firestone), Lieutenant Riley (Wally Maher) and elevator man Caleb (Joseph Kearns). For the first few shows, Sonny was George's assistant, but he was soon relegated to an occasional character.
Sponsored by Standard Oil, the program was broadcast on the West Coast Mutual Broadcasting System from October 18, 1946 to September 27, 1954, first on Friday evenings and then on Mondays. In its last season, transcriptions were aired in New York, Wednesdays at 9:30pm, from January 20, 1954 to January 12, 1955.
John Hiestand was the program's announcer. Don Clark directed the scripts by David Victor and Jackson Gillis. The background music was supplied by Eddie Dunstedter, initially with a full orchestra. When television supplanted radio as the country's primary home entertainment, radio budgets got skimpier and skimpier and Dunstedter's orchestra was replaced by an organ.
.The First Client
7.0M
The Robber
6.9M
42 on a Rope
6.8M
The Smugglers
6.9M
The Penthouse Roof
6.9M
The Wolf Pack
6.9M
The Tunnel Project
6.8M
The Spirit World
6.9M
Island in the Lake
6.9M
Have Some Excitement
6.9M
The Unfit Mother
6.9M
The Racket
13.5M
A Close Call
13.6M
The Seven Murder
13.6M
The Money Maker
13.5M
Perfect Speciman
13.5M
A Minor Case of Murder
6.7M
The Seven Dead Years
6.8M
Murder It's A Gift
6.5M
Who Is Sylvia
6.8M
Stand-In for Murder
6.7M
The Malignant Heart
6.9M
Death in Fancy Dress
6.9M
Murder and One to Go
6.9M
The Payoff Is Murder
6.9M
Mayhem by Experts
7.0M
One Against A City
7.0M
Destination Dead End
6.9M
Journey into Hate
6.9M
The Motive Is Murder
6.9M
Four Sided Triangle
7.0M
The Lady in Distress
6.7M
Out of Mind
6.8M
Vultures on the Wing
6.8M
Come and Get Me
6.9M
Death in Blue Jeans
6.9M
A Matter of Doubt
6.8M
Laura's House
6.8M
Perfect Alibi
6.8M
Empress of Fishfalls
6.8M
End of Summer
6.8M
Everything Is Nice
6.9M
Valley Sunset
6.8M
The Coward
6.9M
Double Death
6.9M
Every Shot Counts
6.9M
The Dark Chain
6.8M
Run Until Dead
6.9M
Sweet Poison
6.8M
No Riders
6.8M
Too Near the Sky
6.7M
Partner in Panama
6.5M
Follow That Train
6.5M
Snow Blind
16.8M
The Silent Waterfall
13.4M
Juniper Lane
13.4M
The Floaters
13.4M
The Ugly Duckling
13.4M
The Old Style
13.4M
Go Jump in the Lake
13.4M
The Tears of Sorrow
13.4M
The Brothers Macintosh
13.4M
Portrait by Priscilla
13.4M
Mixup in La Cruza
13.4M
Death Begins at 45
13.5M
The Chair of Humanities
6.7M
The Ant Hill
6.7M
Portugese Cove
6.6M
Sudden Storm
6.7M
The Iron Cat
6.7M
So Low in Whispers
6.7M
Most Likely to Die
13.4M
Island in the Desert
6.7M
Eleven O'Clock
6.7M
The Golden Lizard
6.7M
Voice of the Giant
6.9M
High Card
6.7M
The White Elephant
6.7M
Cover for an Hour
12.5M
title unknown
12.4M
title unknown
13.7M
title unknown
6.8M
Angel's Grotto
13.4M
Cause for Thanksgiving
13.1M
Nothing but the Truth
7.0M
And Hope to Die
7.0M
The Book Worm Turns
12.4M
Santa Claus in Glass
7.0M
Tune on a Triangle
7.1M
Knock on Wood
7.1M
Christmas in January
11.3M
title unknown
6.9M
The Public Eye
6.9M
The Prairie Dog
6.9M
Murder for Two
7.0M
The Eight Ball
7.1M
Uncle Harry's Bones
7.1M
The Noose Hangs High
6.8M
Sabotage
12.2M
High Card
12.4M
title unknown
7.0M
Framed for Hanging
6.9M
No Way Out
6.8M
A Crime Too Simple
7.0M
The Woman in Black
6.8M
Destination, Danger
6.8M
The Meddler
13.1M
Off the Record
6.9M
The Last Payoff
6.8M
Stolen Goods
6.6M
Christmas Letter
6.7M
A School Of Sharks
6.7M
The Bad Little God
6.8M
A Matter of Honor
6.9M
Surprise, Surprise
6.9M
Cortez Island
6.8M
The Symbol Three
6.8M
The Starlight Pier
6.9M
The Deadly Pines
6.8M
The Darkest Shadow
6.9M
Three Times and Out
6.9M
The Gray Stone Ghost
6.8M
The Forgotten Murder
6.8M
War Maneuver
6.8M
Operation Europa
6.7M
Come to the Casbah
6.8M
The Iron Hat
6.8M
The Mystic
6.7M
Seed of Destruction
6.8M
Sabotage
6.8M
Human Nature
13.3M
Once a Crook
13.7M
The Four Seasons
6.7M
The Dead of Night
6.8M
Guy Reposo
6.8M
Dead on Arrival
6.7M
The Stand-In
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