The Dead Man Walks (BX13)

A worried daughter confides in Dan that her ex-con father, who was trying to go straight, got a call from old contacts and then disappeared. He left behind a note that read "S. Thomas, 9:45." The title of the story is hinted at by Dan in the opening lines when he says: "I found him dead, then learned he was alive. Sure, it sounds impossible, but that was it."

This is Box 13 at its best, which isn't saying a whole lot. The show featured at least one great voice talent each episode, the smooth pipes of Alan Ladd, but the plots were generally more little adventures than mysteries. You just kind of get swept along in them. Pleasant, but not challenging or surprising listening.

Box Thirteen #43
The Dead Man Walks
12 Jun 1949
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Alan Ladd, Edmond MacDonald, Richard Sanville (director), Rudy Schrager (composer, conductor), Russell Hughes (writer), Sylvia Picker, Vern Carstensen (production supervisor), William Conrad

Sylvia Picker