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Lost TV Mystery Classics: Volume 2 (DVD)(2019)

Lost TV Mystery Classics: Volume 2 (DVD)(2019)
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<B>THE VISITOR 'LOVE LETTERS FROM A STRANGER' (1952):</B> <I>"The quietly moving feet of the Visitor...the strange one who appears beyond the gates...have you ever wondered what goes on behind the gates?"</I> So opened every episode of <I>The Visitor</I>, a weekly anthology of psychological dramas produced by Marion Parsonnet, best recognized as the screenwriter of the Rita Hayworth classic <I>Gilda</i> (1946). In 'Love Letters From a Stranger", a young woman consults a psychic about notes she has been receiving from an unhinged admirer. Director Robert Aldrich later made classics like <I>Kiss Me Deadly</I> (1955), <I>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?</I> (1962), <I>Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte</I> (1964) and <I>The Dirty Dozen</I> (1967).<P> <P> <B>THE CASES OF EDDIE DRAKE 'SHOOT THE WORKS' (1952):</B> <I>The Cases of Eddie Drake</I> was a nine-episode series filmed by CBS in 1949, adapted from the radio show <I>The Cases of Mr. Ace</I>. The program wasn't broadcast until 1952, when it was purchased by the fledgling DuMont Network. The series starred Don Haggerty as hard-boiled private eye Eddie Drake, and Patricia Morison as beautiful "lady psychoanalyst" Dr. Karen Gayle, who had a sparring, sexually charged relationship (Eddie's cases were fodder for a book on criminal behavior Dr. Gayle was writing.) In "Shoot the Works", Eddie becomes involved with a <I>femme fatale</I> who hires him to recover a stolen diamond watch. After encountering the woman's string of lovers, Eddie quickly realizes there's a lot more at stake in this case than just some jewelry.<P><B>THE FILES OF JEFFREY JONES 'THE DUSTY DOLL' (1952):</B> For less than a season on CBS, <I>The Files of Jeffrey Jones</I> documented the adventures of an ex-G.I. working his way through law school moonlighting as a Hollywood private eye. In 'The Dusty Doll', Jeffrey poses as a drifter to infiltrate a hobo camp where two wanted killers are hiding. Because they both starred Don Haggerty as a private eye, <I>The Files of Jeffrey Jones</I> is often confused with <I>The Cases of Eddie Drake</I>, which aired on DuMont the same year. Director Lew Landers worked for nearly every studio in Hollywood making low-budget thrillers (<I>The Raven</I>, <I>Tokyo Rose</I>) but by this time had turned his attention to television, later directing popular series like <I>Topper</I> (1953-1955) and <I>Highway Patrol</I> (1955-1959).<P><B>THE TELLTALE CLUE 'THE CASE OF THE HIT AND RUN' (1954):</B> <I>The Telltale Clue</I> was a replacement for <I>Public Defender</I> in the summer of 1954 (CBS moved that Reed Hadley crime drama to Thursday nights to give <I>I Love Lucy</I> a summer break.) It starred Broadway actor Anthony Ross as detective Richard Hale, a criminologist who uses advanced scientific equipment to solve seemingly 'perfect crimes.' In 'The Case of the Hit and Run', an accident that took a man's life is a seemingly open-and-shut case...until Hale discovers that the automobile in question belonged to the deceased victim! Anthony Ross went back to Broadway when <I>The Telltale Clue</I> ran its course in September 1954, playing the role of Dr. Lyman in <I>Bus Stop</I>. After the October 26, 1955 evening performance, Hale returned home and died of a heart attack in his sleep. He was 46 years old.

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