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The Adventures of Frank Race

Heard
1949–1950
Episodes
111

THE ADVENTURES OF FRANK RACE

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Broadcast: May 1, 1949- February 19, 1950 (East Coast) and June 5, 1951- March 25, 1952 (West Coast), syndicated Cast: Tom Collins as Frank Race (through "The Adventure of the Roughneck's Will", #22, 09/25/1949) Paul Dubov as Frank Race (from "The Adventure of the Green Doubloon", #23, 10/02/1949 to end) Tony Barrett as Mark Donovan Written and Directed by: Joel Murcott and Buckley Angel Music by: Ivan Ditmars Announcers: Art Gilmore, Michael Roy (episodes 26, 27) The Adventures of Frank Race was a syndicated show produced by Bruce Eells Productions in Hollywood. Each program began with the introduction: "Before the war, Frank Race worked as an attorney, but he traded his law books for the cloak-and-dagger of the OSS. When the war was over, his former life was over too....adventure became his business!" Although Race ran his investigative business out of a New York City office, he and his sidekick, Mark Donovan, were seldom there. Their pursuit of wrong-doers led them to ex-Nazi jewel robbers in Berlin and Monte Carlo, import thieves in Tunis, etc. Most of his assignments came from international insurance companies thus making the program something of a cross between more familiar contemporaries Dangerous Assignment and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. Sources: Thrillingdetective.com

Episodes, in broadcast order page 1 of 2

  1. The Adventure Of The Hackensack Victory

    · No. 1 · 28 min

  2. The Adventure Of The Daring Debutante

    · No. 2 · 27 min

  3. The Istanbul Adventure

    · No. 3 · 27 min

  4. The Adventure Of Seventeen Black

    · No. 4 · 27 min

  5. The Enoch Arden Adventure

    · No. 5 · 27 min

  6. The Adventure Of The Baradian Letters

    · No. 7 · 27 min

  7. The Airborne Adventure

    · No. 8 · 27 min

  8. The Adventure Of The Shanghai Incident

    · No. 9 · 27 min

  9. The Adventure Of The Juvenile Passenger

    · No. 10 · 26 min

  10. The Adventure Of The Reckless Daughter

    · No. 11 · 27 min

  11. The Adventure Of The Silent Heart

    · No. 12 · 27 min

  12. The Adventure Of The Garrulous Bartender

    · No. 13 · 27 min

  13. The Adventure Of The Vanishing Favorite

    · No. 14 · 27 min

  14. The Adventure Of The Talking Bullet

    · No. 16 · 27 min

  15. The Adventure Of The Fat Man's Loot

    · No. 17 · 27 min

  16. The Adventure of The General's Lady

    · No. 18 · 26 min

  17. The Adventure of The Violent Virtuoso

    · No. 19 · 27 min

  18. The Adventure Of Three on a Match

    · No. 21 · 27 min

  19. The Adventure Of The Roughneck's Will

    · No. 22 · 27 min

  20. The Adventure Of The Green Doubloon

    · No. 23 · 27 min

  21. The Adventure of The Sobbing Bodyguard

    · No. 24 · 27 min

  22. The Adventure Of The Diver's Loot

    · No. 25 · 27 min

  23. The Adventure of The Mormon Country

    · No. 26 · 27 min

  24. The Adventure of The Brooklyn Accent

    · No. 27 · 27 min

  25. The Adventure Of The Six-Week Cure

    · No. 28 · 27 min

  26. The Adventure Of The Fairway Beauty

    · No. 29 · 27 min

  27. The Adventure Of The Runway Queen

    · No. 30 · 27 min

  28. The Adventure Of The Lady in the Dark

    · No. 31 · 27 min

  29. The Adventure Of The Silent Tongue

    · No. 32 · 27 min

  30. The Adventure of The Candy Killing

    · No. 33 · 27 min

  31. The Adventure Of The Undecided Bride

    · No. 34 · 27 min

  32. The Adventure Of The Gold Worshipper

    · No. 35 · 27 min

  33. The Adventure Of The Pharaoh's Staff

    · No. 36 · 27 min

  34. The Adventure Of The House Divided

    · No. 37 · 27 min

  35. The Adventure Of The Night Crawler

    · No. 39 · 27 min

  36. The Adventure Of The Kettle Drum

    · No. 40 · 27 min

  37. The Adventure Of The Loveable Character

    · No. 41 · 27 min

  38. The Adventure Of The Blackfriar's Bridge

    · No. 42 · 27 min

  39. The Adventure Of The Big Top

    · No. 43 · 26 min

  40. The Hackensack Victory

    · 29 min

  41. The Darling Debutante

    · 28 min

  42. The Istanbul Adventure

    · 28 min

  43. The Seventeen Black

    · 30 min

  44. The Enoch Arden Adventure

    · 28 min

  45. The Vanishing President

    · 29 min

  46. The Baradian Letters

    · 31 min

  47. The Airborne Adventure

    · 29 min

  48. The Shanghai Incident

    · 28 min

  49. The Juvenile Passenger

    · 28 min

  50. The Reckless Daughter

    · 26 min

  51. The Silent Heart

    · 28 min

  52. The Garrulous Bartender

    · 28 min

  53. The Vanishing Favorite

    · 28 min

  54. The Talking Bullet

    · 29 min

  55. The Fat Mans Loot

    · 27 min

  56. The Generals Lady

    · 28 min

  57. The Violent Virtuoso

    · 29 min

  58. The Fourth Rd Knockout

    · 28 min

  59. The Three On A Match

    · 28 min

  60. The Roughnecks Will

    · 26 min

  61. The Green Doubloon

    · 28 min

  62. The Sobbing Bodyguards

    · 26 min

  63. The Divers Loot

    · 26 min

  64. Adventure In Mormon Country

    · 28 min

  65. The Brooklyn Accent

    · 26 min

  66. The Six Week Cure

    · 28 min

  67. The Fairway Beauty

    · 28 min

  68. The Runway Queen

    · 29 min

  69. The Lady In The Dark

    · 31 min

  70. The Silent Tongue

    · 29 min

  71. The Kandy Killing

    · 29 min

  72. The Undecided Bride

    · 28 min

  73. The Gold Worshipper

    · 28 min

  74. The House Divided

    · 28 min

  75. The Pharaohs Staff

    · 32 min

  76. The Count Trefanno Crest

    · 28 min

  77. The Night Crawler

    · 27 min

  78. The Kettle Drum

    · 27 min

  79. The Loveable Character

    · 26 min

  80. The Black Friars Bridge

    · 28 min

  81. The Big Top

    · 28 min

  82. Paul Dubov Audio Biography

    No date given · 3:46

  83. Tom Collins Audio Biography

    No date given · 3:40

  84. The Embittered Secretary

    No date given · 28 min

  85. Frank Race 01 The Hackensack Victory

    No date given · 28 min

  86. Frank Race 02 The Darling Debutante

    No date given · 26 min

  87. Frank Race 03 The Istanbul Adventure

    No date given · 26 min

  88. Frank Race 04 The Adventure of 17 Black

    No date given · 27 min

  89. Frank Race 05 The Enoch Arden Adventure

    No date given · 26 min

  90. Frank Race 06 The Vanishing President

    No date given · 27 min

  91. Frank Race 07 The Baradian Letters

    No date given · 27 min

  92. Frank Race 08 The Airborne Adventure

    No date given · 28 min

  93. Frank Race 09 The Shanghai Incident

    No date given · 27 min

  94. Frank Race 10 The Juvenile Passenger

    No date given · 27 min

  95. Frank Race 11 The Reckless Daughter

    No date given · 27 min

  96. Frank Race 14 The Vanishing Favorite

    No date given · 28 min

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  1. The Adventures of Frank Race - Single Episodes

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