On This Day, September 1: Gangbusters and Lord Jim
Also featured: Mike Hammer.
September 1 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serialized classic drama metadata, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 1 across hard-hitting police docudramas, BBC maritime literary serials, hardboiled detective mysteries, and pulp noir, three explosive cases of Phillips H. Lord's Gangbusters (1937, 1944, 1951), Patrick Malahide in Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim (1985), Dick Powell as Richard Rogue in Rogue's Gallery (1946), and Larry Haines as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1937–1985):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres & Serial Arc | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Case of Bob Zwick (Part 1) with Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf and Palmolive" | CBS (WABC) 1937-09-01 10:00 PM EDST |
Colgate-Palmolive Palmolive Shave Cream |
Norman Schwarzkopf | Phillips H. Lord (Creator) | ["Crime", "Docudrama", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Palmolive"]Arc: The Case of Bob Zwick (Part 1 of 2) |
State troopers initiate a multi-county manhunt for a daring armed bank robber and prison escapee known as Bob Zwick. |
| "The Case of Red Jordan with Phillips H. Lord and Sloan's Liniment" | Blue Network 1944-09-01 9:00 PM EWT |
Wm. R. Warner Co. Sloan's Liniment |
Phillips H. Lord, MacLaughlin | Paul Stewart (Director) | ["Crime", "Docudrama", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Sloans"] |
Federal agents and highway patrolmen track a violent armed payroll bandit operating across state lines in the Midwest. |
| "The Case of the Trigger Twins with Phillips H. Lord and Chesterfield" | CBS (WCBS) 1951-09-01 9:00 PM EDT |
Liggett & Myers Chesterfield Cigarettes |
Phillips H. Lord, Haines | Phillips H. Lord (Producer) | ["Crime", "Docudrama", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Chesterfield"] |
Detectives stake out city jewelry shops to apprehend two ruthless twin brothers executing daylight smash-and-grab robberies. |
| "Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim (Part 1) with BBC Radio Drama" | BBC Radio 4 1985-09-01 9:00 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Literary Serial |
Patrick Malahide, Lang | Joseph Conrad (Author) | ["Drama", "Classics", "Literature", "Lord Jim", "BBC Radio 4"]Arc: Lord Jim (Part 1 of 6) |
A disgraced young British maritime officer faces a formal naval board of inquiry after abandoning the pilgrim ship Patna. |
| "The Triangle Murder Case with Dick Powell (Fitch)" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-09-01 7:30 PM EDT |
F.W. Fitch Company Fitch Shampoo |
Dick Powell, Tuttle | Ray Buffum (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Rogues Gallery", "Dick Powell", "Fitch"] |
Private investigator Richard Rogue is knocked unconscious while investigating a jealous love triangle and meets his alter-ego Eugor in Cloud Eight. |
| "The Blackmail Homicide with Larry Haines (Mickey Spillane)" | Mutual (WOR) 1953-09-01 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mickey Spillane Mystery |
Larry Haines, Miner | Mickey Spillane (Creator) | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Mike Hammer", "Mickey Spillane", "Mutual"] |
Mike Hammer tears through the city's criminal underworld to avenge a friend framed for the shooting of a corrupt blackmailer. |