Richard Diamond, Private Detective - The Stolen Purse - 1949

Dick Powell stars as Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
This episode, titled The Stolen Purse, initially aired on May 22, 1949.
Richard accepts a seeming-valueless purse from a little old lady. However, everyone seems to want this purse. Some want bad enough to kill for it.
Richard's fee, $100 per day, equates to $1,094 per day in 2021 dollars.
The series would run for four years on radio, and became a TV series in the late 50s, starring David Jansen.
Richard Diamond, Private Detective was created by Blake Edwards.
The regulars are
Dick Powell as Richard Diamond
Virginia Gregg as Helen Asher
Ed Begley, Sr. as Lt. Walt Levinson
Wilms Herbert as Sergeant Otis and Francis the Butler
Also starring
Betty Lou Gersen, Jay Morgan, Jack Kruschen, Hy Averback, Herb Butterfield and Wally Mayor
Directed by William P. Rousseau
Announcer: Eddie King

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