Syndicated
Syndicated · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
26
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
DANGER, DR DANFIELD Danger, Dr Danfield was first broadcast on August 18, 1946 and consisted of 26 episodes with the last one being April 13, 1947. All episodes are available. It starred Michael Dunn as Dr. Danfield, with JoAnne Johnson as Rusty Fairfax, his secretary. The series was written by Ralph Wilkinson and produced by Wally Ramsey. This series consistently featured some of the worst acting and writing of any detective show to reach the airwaves. The show had a formula with the crime usually being committed in the first third of the program, the good doctor solving it in the second third, and then pedantically explaining the solution to someone (usually his "pretty, young" secretary, Rusty) in the conclusion. Dr. Daniel Danfield was an obnoxious unlicensed private investigator/criminal psychologist with an ego complex. Why Rusty would put up with this guy is beyond understanding. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Danger_Dr_Danfield_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
6 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 9 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.
18 Aug 1946 · 27 min
1 Sep 1946 · 24 min
15 Sep 1946 · 25 min
29 Sep 1946 · 25 min
13 Oct 1946 · 26 min
27 Oct 1946 · 25 min
10 Nov 1946 · 25 min
25 Nov 1946 · 26 min
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 29 Sep 1946.
29 September
1946
NBC
Sunday
29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 29 September 1946. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Pacific_Story_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps
29 September
1946
NBC / CBS
Sunday
29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 29 September 1946.
Internet Archivebickersons-1947-03-02-12-blanche-has-a-stomach-acheCondition unmeasured
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