Show Notes
Broadway Is My Beat, “The Joe Gruber Murder Case,” originally aired on CBS on July 8, 1951. This is episode 70 of the hard-boiled detective series, starring Larry Thor as New York police detective Danny Clover and produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.
An armed robber believed to be a killer is cornered in a second-floor apartment—then seemingly vanishes in the most unsettling way possible: inside a coffin. Danny Clover follows the trail through Broadway’s nocturnal city streets in a tense case of pursuit, deception, and murder.
100 Greatest Old Time Detective Stories presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.
Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:39 Original Broadcast 30:07 Closing
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