Martin Kane, Private Eye
William Gargan as Martin Kane
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| Genre | Crime drama |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Syndicates | Mutual (1949-1951) NBC (1951-1952) |
| TV adaptations | Martin Kane, Private Eye |
| Starring | William Gargan Lloyd Nolan |
| Announcer | Fred Uttal |
| Produced by | Edward L. Kahan |
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Lloyd Nolan as Martin Kane
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Starring | William Gargan Lloyd Nolan Lee Tracy Mark Stevens |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | 1949 – 1954 |
Martin Kane, Private Eye was an American radio series and television crime series sponsored by United States Tobacco Company. It aired as a radio series from 1949 to 1952 and was simultaneously also a TV series around the same time, until 1954.
Martin Kane, Private Eye began as a 1949–52 radio series starring William Gargan in the title role as New York City private detective Martin Kane. It aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System, broadcast Sundays at 4:30 p.m. from 7 August 1949 to 24 June 1951.
When the crime drama moved to NBC Radio on 1 July 1951, Lloyd Nolan took over the title role until mid-1952. Lee Tracy portrayed Kane for the remainder of the radio series, ending 21 December 1952.
Other members of the cast were Walter Kinsella as Tucker "Hap" McMann, Nicholas Saunders as Sergeant Ross and Frank M. Thomas as Captain Burke. Fred Uttal was the announcer.
The radio episodes aired between 1949 and 1952 were not merely audio rebroadcasts of the television show, but original episodes produced for the radio medium. Only 29 radio broadcasts are known to exist.
Gargan, Nolan, Tracy, and Mark Stevens played the title role in Martin Kane, Private Eye on live television, airing on NBC Television Network from 1 September 1949 until 17 June 1954. The series, again sponsored by United States Tobacco Company, integrated commercials into the detective drama by having Martin Kane enter his favorite tobacco shop where he discussed pipe tobaccos and cigarettes with the tobacconist Happy McMann (Walter Kinsella), before leaving to continue the mystery narrative.
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