Rocky Fortune
NBC
NBC · 1953–1954
Broadcasts
27
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1953
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1953–1954
- Surviving broadcasts
- 27
- Genre
- detective
Created in 1953 by writer George Lefferts and starring Frank Sinatra in the lead, Rocky Fortune followed the exploits of a marginally employed jack-of-all-trades Rocko Fortunato, or Rocky Fortune. Considered a second-rate show even when it aired, the series found Sinatra at the nadir of popularity after his 1940s crooning heights and just before his career was rekindled with his role in From Here to Eternity . The scripts, mostly by George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy, often stretched the limits of believability, taking Fortune from jobs as a social director at a Catskills resort to transporting a truck of nitroglycerine…
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
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1953, in original transmission order.
- 1. Oyster Shucker at the Fifty Fathoms · 6 Oct 1953
- 2. The Shipboard Jewel Robbery · 20 Oct 1953
- 3. Messenger for Death · 10 Nov 1953
- 01
Oyster Shucker at the Fifty Fathoms
6 Oct 1953 · 25 min
Broadcast 6 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
The Shipboard Jewel Robbery
20 Oct 1953 · 24 min
Broadcast 20 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
Messenger for Death
10 Nov 1953 · 24 min
Broadcast 10 November 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
Murder on the Aisle
24 Nov 1953 · 24 min
Broadcast 24 November 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
Murder on the Midway
8 Dec 1953 · 24 min
Broadcast 8 December 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
The Plot to Murder Santa Claus
22 Dec 1953 · 24 min
Broadcast 22 December 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
The Prize Fight Fix
29 Dec 1953 · 24 min
Broadcast 29 December 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
The Rodeo Murder Mystery
12 Jan 1954 · 24 min
Broadcast 12 January 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on NBC
NBC in 1953–1954
Other series the network carried while Rocky Fortune was on the air.
Same seasons
detective on the air then
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