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Mystery Theater: Rocky Fortune: Frank Sinatra, part 1

Rocky Fortune: Frank Sinatra

12/07/2015

Rocky Fortune: Frank Sinatra, part 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Mystery Theater, Rocky Fortune: Frank Sinatra, part 1

1953: Genial drifter Rocky's new job as an oyster shucker lands him in a smuggling ring.

1953: Genial drifter Rocky's new job as an oyster shucker lands him in a smuggling ring. Frank Sinatra stars in the CBS Radio drama series.

Selected shows from the golden days of American radio in the 1940s and 50s, when many of Hollywood's greatest screen stars were regular performers, often re-enacting film roles. 

Frank Sinatra portrayed job-seeking drifter Rocky Fortune for NBC for 25 episodes during an album-recording hiatus that ended with the release of the legendary 'Songs for Young Lovers' in 1954. 

In this episode, as a lowly 'Oyster Shucker', Rocky's taken on at the Fifty Fathoms Clam House. He inadvertently gets involved with a pearl smuggling scam, but will he get the girl - sassy Iris? 

Cast includes: Jack Nessel, Lynne Allen and Jack Kruschen. 

Directed by Andrew C Love. 

Announcer: Eddy King. 

First broadcast in the USA on NBC (National Broadcasting Company) in 1953.

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