The Death of David Malone

February 2, 1947 partial

Synopsis

The unaired pilot for the series, built around the murder that would become the show's recurring engine: Howard Duff plays Karney here, with Elliott Lewis as his first officer, and the killing that opens the story is blamed on a man named Van Gort -- renamed Constantino when Mutual reworked the audition into the first network broadcast.

Sources:www.otrsite.com, www.digitaldeliftp.com, en.wikipedia.org

Cast

Cast: Howard Duff, Elliott Lewis, William Conrad

Editorial Notes

• Audition Show Stars: Howard Duff, not Elliot Lewis, William Conrad (Haendiges log)