The Homing Pigeon Case (Aired October 11, 1950) Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a rather light-hearted detective who often ended the episodes singing to his girlfriend, Helen (Virginia Gregg). It began airing on NBC on April 24, 1949, picked up Rexall as a sponsor on April 5, 1950, and continued until December 6, 1950. The shows were written by Blake Edwards. Its theme, "Leave It to Love", was whistled by Powell at the beginning of each episode. With Camel cigarettes as a sponsor, it moved to ABC from January 5, 1951, to June 29, 1951, with Rexall returning for a run from October 5, 1951, until June 27, 1952. Substituting for Amos 'n' Andy, it aired Sunday evenings on CBS from May 31, 1953 until September 20, 1953. THIS EPISODE: October 11, 1950. NBC network. "The Homing Pigeon Case". Sponsored by: Rexall. Roger Renard is being blackmailed by "Andy," who knows of his past as a bigamist. Andy however happens to be a homing pigeon. Dick Powell sings, "'S Wonderful" after solving the case. This script was re-used on the series on August 9, 1953. Blake Edwards (editor), Bob Sweeney, Dick Powell, Frank Worth (composer, conductor), Harold Jack Bloom (writer), Jaime del Valle (producer, director), Gerald Moreheim (writer, possibly Joe Moreheim), Ted Osborne, D. J. Thompson, Virginia Gregg, Arthur Q. Bryan, Bill Forman (announcer), Wilms Herbert. 29:08. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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