Bold Venture - 61 Episodes - www stardustotr com


(3 stars; 2 reviews)

Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana . Aboard his boat, the Bold Venture , Slate and Sailor experience "adventure, intrigue, mystery and romance in the sultry settings of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean." Calypso singer King Moses (Jester Hairston) provided musical bridges by threading plot situations into the lyrics of his songs. Music for the series was by David Rose . The series combined elements of a number of past Bogart/Bacall film collaborations, most notably To Have and Have Not which also cast Bogart as a boat owner in the Caribbean who reluctantly becomes involved in intrigue while romancing Bacall. The relationship between Shannon and King Moses, and his ownership of an inn, is strongly reminiscent of the dynamic between Rick Blaine and Sam in Casablanca . Synopsis taken from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bold_Venture

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

Deadly Merchant 24:45
The Kuan Yin Statue 25:08
Forged Bill of Landing 27:32
A Bullet For Shannon 25:26
Spanish Gold 24:13
Shannon Framed for Murder 27:56
That Gun will Kill You 20:17
Atomic Espionage no San Thomas 26:47
Forged Passport 26:50
Sailor Framed For Murder 26:56
The Blue Moon 25:18
The Tears Of Siva 25:38
We Want Cary Martin 26:40
The High Price of Treason 26:48
Russian Roulette 26:36
The Mystery Of The Mary K 23:51
A Death at the Wedding 27:10
A Twelve Year Old Promise 25:47
A Voodoo Vendetta in Paradise 26:34
The Search For Tommy Reed 23:53
Sunken Spanish Gold 26:43
The Ghost Ship 26:53
Slate's Old Flame 26:13
The Terminal Key 26:26
The Phyllis Calvert Murders 26:07
A Black Tie Affair 26:52
Murder in the Yucatan 26:57
Shannon's a Sucker 26:42
Slate gets the Hook 26:46
A Camellias for El Dobbins 26:48
A Row at the Cannery 26:57
Darby and Joan, Lonley Hearts Incorporated 26:54
The Marino Victory Mutiny 26:54
The Bold Venture is Stolen 26:47
The BOld Venture....By Da Vinci 26:35
Dead Men Leave No Prints 26:45
A Cruise to Batobano 26:48
Bring me the Body fo Slate Shannon 26:59
The Tabard of Pizarro 24:00
The Paul Brewer Story 24:53
Crazy Old Carlo 24:43
A Dead Girl's Clothes 26:41
Four Invitation to Death 27:05
A Comeback Can Kill You 26:41
Revenge Equals Murder Times Two 26:38
Joe Norman the Laughing Sailor 27:02
Dentist's Gold 24:40
Welcome to Civilization....Dead Man 26:47
Engaged in Murder 24:39
Joe Ryan's Final K.O. 24:48
The Spectre Of El Indio 26:46
Deadly Diamonds 27:11
Revente is Sweet 24:33
The Runaway Wife 24:40
With Friends like These 24:14
Sailor is a Wealthy Widow 25:20
Murder's No Joke 26:34
A Black Tie Affair 28:06
Welcome To Civilization 24:58
Senor Rufio's Legacy Of Death 26:48
Voodoo Vendetta 24:39

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Duplicate episodes


(3 stars)

While this has 61 separate show files (with sound quality varying from excellent to poor), the set includes only 57 episodes of the show. Four of the 61 files are variant recordings of earlier episodes but with much lower sound quality. As a syndicated show, local radio stations set their own schedules to broadcast Bold Venture episodes, making actual broadcast dates of little value in distinguishing between episodes. These 57 separate shows include all of the episodes of Bold Venture currently available, out of the original 78 episodes. File 57 is a variant recording of show 06 File 58 is a variant recording of show 26 File 59 is a variant recording of show 49 File 61 is a variant recording of show 19