FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE - Murder Rides The Night Train

Episode 14 (1951)
Detective series starring Edmund Lowe

[@VIRGONOMICS]

More brilliant stuff from our past. This is another reason why I stay a bit stuck in Old Classics . You can’t go wrong,(most times).

[@LM-pm2ir]

You are absolutely correct

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

I love these movies esp. In black & white screen original versions from the golden age of hollywood thanks for uploading this !!!😮😅😊

[@vannsmith3355]

One thing I like about old time television is that the characters look like everyday people. Some handsome, some plain, some fat, some thin, some with mustaches. Humphrey, Cagney, Lorre, Greenstreet all looked different and sounded. Few were six feet tall and none had tans. Today, to me anyway, all the actors and actresses look alike or similar. You really have to look at a menu to see who is who. Thank for the upload.

[@fairportfan2]

It's still like that, pretty much, in England.

[@jeannehageman3198]

Well said, Vann Smith....love these films & actors!

[@footfault]

Yes, Vann Smith! When we had interesting character actors! I miss those days, too.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Very well said and very well put, Vann ! Thanks for a refreshingly insightful comment !

[@tonypanzarella9387]

@@fairportfan2 Except for the common trait of bad teeth, of course.

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Fantastic tv series. Edmund Lowe 1st class actor was 62 years young while making the 38 episodes😊

[@walterwheeler5465]

Thank you for publishing this treasure from 65 years ago - 1951. Edmond Lowe and supporting cast were good.

[@gregorymcleod1347]

So very entertaining and enjoyable! Really good episode! Never knew these shows existed until recently!

[@kathleenking47]

In that thumbnail, he looked like john wayne

[@charlottewhyte9804]

love these b and w movies good acting and good stories

[@candacegladden5313]

The days when men were men and a women was a women thanks so much for posting these

[@tonypanzarella9387]

And dwarfs were dwarfs. Oops ... did I give away a "spoiler"?

[@jubalcalif9100]

I had never even heard of this show till now ! I only became aware of it after watching an Edmund Lowe film on TCM and looking up his credits online. Fun to see prolific movie & TV actor Lyle Talbot as the guest star. Thanks so much for uploading the whole episode for us to enjoy ! :-)

[@usermikes]

I remember FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE in the 50's Parents use to watch it back in the day..

[@spotify_ERROR404]

22:40 "In every circus you can always find Midgets."

[@redtobertshateshandles]

That guy was tiny. 😮

[@rozann9223]

Thoroughly enjoyed this show. Thanks for posting!

[@plunkervillerr1529]

THRILLING and chilling, very good for early TV.

[@footfault]

Lesson: never take the same train with someone who's out to stop you from reaching your destination.

[@RonaldCharlesEpstein]

A fun classic TV show.

[@13699111]

Excellent!!!

[@patrickryan1515]

The ubiquitous Lyle Talbot. You saw him in so many TV shows in the 50s and 60s. Formerly a Hollywood star.

[@vinylsingleman]

Thanks for posting this.

[@roycraig3236]

THIS IS GREAT THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD

[@MrUdayNarainPandeySharadNPande]

Wunderbar

[@dianevitale1214]

thanks.

[@Prof.Tarfeather]

Pretty good series for its time. Very enjoyable. Never even heard of this before?

[@markhughes7927]

Nice!

[@Aviation.hits.different]

awsome

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Aww, Sum?

[@candacegladden5313]

I think he tried to slide some tongne in that kiss lol

[@annaweathers4614]

This was funny.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

That one character on rhe phone talking to Chase. He sounded like a munchkin!😊

[@tonypanzarella9387]

Until later, I thought he was using some kind of mouth-inserted "gimmick" to disguise his voice.

[@post1113]

Episode aired 1951. When a notorious gangster is subpoenaed to testify before a Congressional committee, reporter David Chase takes the same train to get an exclusive interview and discovers that other criminals don't want the crook to appear.

[@rubiconklbrutorowman7577]

I wathced.

[@dwbiggly6907]

Pointers? Pointers?…you can’t get to first base without them.🤓

[@tonypanzarella9387]

Good thing they weren't setters.

[@shawnmalone9711]

Too bad Frank Lovejoy's radio show " Nightbeat" never made it to TV. This TV show came out around the same time and the story of a news reporter was still a viable plot for television.

[@shawnmalone9711]

Update: There is a TV episode of " Night Beat" and it's on KZbin!

[@jubalcalif9100]

I used to greatly enjoyed listening to episodes of radio's "Nightbeat" when a local radio station used to broadcast programs from radios Golden Age. Frank Lovejoy had a great voice for radio ! Very well written series ! Yes, it would have made a great TV series !

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@jubalcalif9100 The KNX Drama Hour had two old time radio episodes at 9: 00 pm.The Station was an all news format on KNX Los Angeles1070 AM , but played the Drama Hour at 9:00 pm and a repeat broadcast at 2:00 am. The new General Manager at KNX in the early 2000s canceled the Drama Hour in 2003, but thank God for the internet because I discovered old time radio shows online.😊😊

[@jubalcalif9100]

@@shawnmalone9711 Yes indeed Shawn ! Even though I live here in Central Calif, KNX's signal was strong enough for me to often get their station (on a clear night). I'd often listen to their Radio Drama Hour. Even sometimes the later 2am rerun if I was still up ! KMJ 580 AM here in the San Joaquin Valley presented "The Golden Age of Radio" and then later "When Radio Was" for many years. That's how I fell in love with Old Time Radio. And as you astutely pointed out, thank heavens for the internet, where literally thousands of hours of old radio shows can be heard ! Thanks so much for your follow up comment !! :-)

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@jubalcalif9100 👍

[@redtobertshateshandles]

And he gets the girl. 😊

[@sjr7822]

When a notorious gangster is subpoenaed to testify before a Congressional committee, reporter David Chase takes the same train to get an exclusive interview Edmund Lowe David Chase Lyle Talbot ... Big Dutch Oliver John Sebastian ... Rocco Valenti John Harmon ... Danny Trumpet Pamela Blake ... Vicki Gerard (as Pam MaGuire) Angelo Rossitto ... Jimmie Trumpet Pat Gleason ... Conductor via IMDb

[@georgesenda1952]

John Harmon was in the Star Trek Episodes City On The Edge of Forever & A Piece of The Action. I thought I recognized him. John Sebastian tended to play hoods but he worked in the LAPD garage in the first episode of the revamped Dragnet back in the 1960's.

[@sjr7822]

@@georgesenda1952 I never had much time for entertainment, but I recognize Lyle Talbot, that lived to be 94, his career spans 3 decades might be the reason why. ..becuse of YT, I'm catching up and enjoying what I missed.

[@tonypanzarella9387]

Usually, "notorious" gangsters, or molls, or business operators, or politicians, were "escorted" to Congressional hearings by US marshals, often in armored vehicles, and hidden out until their time to "sing" before the committee[s].

[@gregswanepoel5710]

the days when men were really interested in women...or so the movies project

[@livinglovinR]

I swear what I saw in classic movies growing up was going to be life as a young adult, boy was I wrong. We got all, the left overs these days bahaha.

[@binyon7]

3:15 or so... this guy is a writer? Check out the hunt and peck. I'm not saying he's gotta use the home row keys method (Touch typing? whatever...) But hunt and peck. Shoot, he'd have to be a halfway decent keyboardist (no, not on the Mellotron) to be so deficient in a requisite job skill... ... enough said. But I do like the guy on the phone call before the train ride. He's a cool cucumber

[@tonypanzarella9387]

Notice how, twice during the show, he misuses "who" and "whom", and, in fact, improperly "corrects" someone who uses the proper word.

[@atthebijou8209]

Lyle Talbot embarrassing 10:30

[@tonypanzarella9387]

Father of Stephen Talbot, who played "Gilbert" on "Leave It To Beaver".

[@user-gu1jk4qn6b]

Like contempt of Congress means a thing. Just look at every Democrat, that can't answer a single yes/no question. Each one saying, "Thank you for the question, Congressperson" immediately telling the questioner their he/she/they/them pronouns, and sexual preferences (of course).

[@carollancaster9462]

Terrible. Acting😮😮