Night Beat

(4.9 stars; 18 reviews)

Old Time Radio Programs, Night Beat

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

License

Chapters

500113 Elevator Caper	29:32
500206 001 Zero	29:30
500213 002 Night As a Weapon	29:32
500220 003 World All of His Own	29:30
500227 004 The Girl in the Park	29:32
500306 005 Number 13	29:30
500313 006 The Professors System	29:32
500320 007 Am I My Brothers Keeper	29:30
500327 Flowers on the Water	29:32
500409 The Night is a Weapon special rebroadcast	29:30
500410 I Know Your Secret	29:32
500416 A World All His Own	29:30
500417 Tong Water	29:32
500423 The Girl in the Park	29:30
500430 Am I My Brothers Keeper	29:37
500501 Mentallo The Mental Marvel	29:30
500508 Elevator Caper aka Ted Carter Murder	29:32
500515 The Night Watchman	29:30
500522 I Wish You Were Dead	29:32
500529 Harlan Matthews Stamp Dealer	29:30
500605 The Girl From Kansas	29:33
500612 The Football Player and the Syndicate	29:30
500619 Vincent and the Painter	29:32
500626 021 Gus and Jimmy Reed	29:30
500703 022	29:32
500710 023 Old King Death	29:30
500717 024 Molly Keller	29:32
500724 025	29:30
500731 026	29:32
500807 027	29:30
Track 1	29:32
Track 2	29:30
Track 1	29:32
Track 2	29:30
Track 1	29:32
Track 2	29:30

Reviews

WOW!

(5 stars)

revbrand

These dramas are timeless revealing the vicissitudes of the human condition. The themes of each episode are as real today as they were then. I have listened to them all and each show is powerful. Supporting actors included Joan Banks, Parley Baer, William Conrad, Jeff Corey, Lawrence Dobkin, Paul Frees, Jack Kruschen, Peter Leeds, Howard McNear, Lurene Tuttle, Martha Wentworth and Ben Wright. FRANK LOVEJOY is the lead - and his delivery is perfect. He emotes with a quiet passion that sets the listener at ease and at the same time draws you into his narrative. Ain't nothin' like this on the boob tube!

US v Australia.

(0 stars)

ausieradio

Like many US radio programs of 40s & 50s, there was also an Australian version. The first episode of this collection, Elevator, is certainly the US NBC program. The Australian version was broadcast on the Macquarie Radio Network on Saturday nights; I think it was a Grace Gibson Radio Production but I'm prepared to be corrected on that. My father used to enjoy the show and he often used the catchphrase at the end of each show: "Copy Boy!". I was not allowed to listen to a show that was on that late at night.

More on the way?

(5 stars)

davidinberkeley

I found only two title problems: 500313_006_The_Professors_System.mp3 should be titled 500313_006_Am I My Brothers Keeper.mp3 and 500320_007_Am_I_My_Brothers_Keeper.mp3 should be 500320_007_The Man Who Claimed to Be Dead.mp3 Otherwise, it's a nice series devoted to, as so many reviews have said, "the human side" of criminal and other desperate lives. The sound quality here is also very, very good. This set seems to leave off very neatly at a certain point in the series. Does this mean more HQ episodes are forthcoming?

Radio Noir

(5 stars)

adambrower

these must be the high-res versions i stupidly put off downloading from the binaries newsgroup back in...oh, whenever that was. the darkest, the best, with lovejoy more effective than he ever was in film. the untitled ones have correct episode numbers, and episodic logs are easy to find. two episodes are mistitled as noted by the OP. also, the ted carter audition is not the o'brien one. minor cavils. thanks so much to Mike Davis...if you have any more, please share.

Australian version. Not South African.

(5 stars)

Rob Sharp

Thanks for these recordings. Love it. However your link incorrectly states that there's a South African version. They are the Australian version. Only the Goodyear commercial and intro are South African. The episode itself was recorded and produced in Sydney at Grace Gibson Radio Productions and licensed overseas, thus the South African commerical link. The Australian episodes starred Harp Maguire, an American who migrated to Sydney and starred in many Australian serials.

Australian version. Not South African.

(5 stars)

Rob Sharp

Night Beat

(5 stars)

livnos

I first heard Night Beat in the early 80's on late night radio in Australia,I was hooked straight away.I had never known that radio shows had ever existed and over the years I have bought many otr shows and listened to them all I allways thank NIGHT BEAT for starting it all.It will allways be my number 1.So kids do yourself a favour and listen and get hooked to this.

Night Beat, it's golden!

(5 stars)

harron68

I've been a fan of Old Time Radio for about 5 decades. Night Beat was one of the best series. The sound quality and Frank L. are a bonus, making for winning performances. Sadly, the limited number of shows only makes each one that much more precious.