Richard Diamond, Private Detective
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Sep 22, 2026
AdrianHOST
Because we have proof that it could work.
AdrianHOST
Just a few years later, in 1951, the actor Dick Powell starred in a radio show called Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
ClaraHOST
That's a great show.
AdrianHOST
Powell played a classic, tough, hard-boiled private eye who also happened to have a great singing voice.
AdrianHOST
It successfully combined gritty detection with music.
ClaraHOST
It really did.
AdrianHOST
Now, we aren't going to turn this into a Richard Diamond deep dive.
AdrianHOST
That show is brilliant and absolutely deserves its own deep dive later.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
He'll tell you you can depend on any drug product that bears the name Rexall.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
[upbeat music] Richard Diamond, Private Detective stars Dick Powell in the title role and is written by Michael Kamroy with music composed and conducted by Frank Worth.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
Featured in tonight's cast were Ted de Corsia, Wilms Herbert, John Dehner, Bill Conrad, Virginia Gregg, Gloria Blondell, and Sydney Miller.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
Richard Diamond, Private Detective was transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime del Valle.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
[whistles] This is Bill Forman inviting you to be with us next Wednesday at this time when we will again bring you Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
[upbeat music]
Dick PowellVOICE_ACTOR
[whistles] Hiya, beautiful.
speaker_0NARRATOR
The National Broadcasting Company presents Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
Richard DiamondVOICE_ACTOR
Before I was a private detective, I was a cop.
Richard DiamondVOICE_ACTOR
Homicide.
Richard DiamondVOICE_ACTOR
But there's one kind of murder that will really tear the department to pieces.
Richard DiamondVOICE_ACTOR
And that's when a cop is killed in line of duty.
Eddie KingNARRATOR
Here's another exciting half hour with Richard Diamond, private detective.
Eddie KingNARRATOR
Starring Dick Powell.
Richard DiamondVOICE_ACTOR
Diamond Detective Agency, if your husband's dead and you pull the trigger, Diamond will help, but the fee is bigger.
speaker_2VOICE_ACTOR
Save big money at Menards.
Victor SterlingHOST
February 1st, 1952, ABC presented episode 120 of Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
Victor SterlingHOST
Dick Powell stars as Diamond, approached by Helen Asher with an urgent request.
Victor SterlingHOST
Find a missing witness who may clear her brother before an execution scheduled for the next day.
Victor SterlingHOST
Virginia Gregg is heard as Helen Asher, with Ed Begley as Lieutenant Walt Levinson, in a script and direction by Blake Edwards.
Victor SterlingHOST
From the camel-sponsored run of Richard Diamond, private detective, this is The Garibaldi Case.
Victor SterlingHOST
We now take you back to the original broadcast.
speaker_4NARRATOR
The makers of Camel Cigarettes present Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective.
Virginia GreggSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now,
Eddie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective.
Virginia GreggSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hello there, this is Diamond.
Virginia GreggSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm a private detective.
27 MINS LATER
Dick PowellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sergeant Otis.
Dick PowellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm afraid the guy next door just cut his throat.
Eddie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You have just heard Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring Dick Powell.
Eddie KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Helen was played by Virginia Gregg.
Adam GrahamHOST
All right, that will do it for today.
Adam GrahamHOST
Join us back here tomorrow for Richard Diamond and next Tuesday, another episode of The Lineup.
Adam GrahamHOST
In the meantime, send your comments to Box 13 at GreatDetectives.net.
Adam GrahamHOST
Follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives.
Eddie KingNARRATOR
The National Broadcasting Company presents Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective.
OtisVOICE_ACTOR
Sonny, you're coming along, Diamond.
OtisVOICE_ACTOR
Yeah, I'm beginning to be sorry myself.
OtisVOICE_ACTOR
I can make it.
OtisVOICE_ACTOR
With a hole in you? Yeah.
Eddie KingNARRATOR
And here's another exciting half hour with Richard Diamond, private detective, starring Dick Powell.
Richard DiamondVOICE_ACTOR
Diamond Detective Agency, happy homicide.
Richard DiamondVOICE_ACTOR
You know, that's pretty bad, that is.
Victor SterlingHOST
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Eddie KingNARRATOR
The National Broadcasting Company presents Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
Ed BegleyVOICE_ACTOR
Walk this way, Diamond.
Dick PowellVOICE_ACTOR
If I do, well, I tell my friends.
Ed BegleyVOICE_ACTOR
He was murdered, huh? Yeah, shot right in the back.
Ed BegleyVOICE_ACTOR
And
Eddie KingNARRATOR
here's another exciting half hour with Richard Diamond, private detective, starring Dick Powell.
Eddie KingNARRATOR
Hey.
Adam GrahamHOST
I agree with you that while it was a decent show, Philip Marlowe is Philip Marlowe in name only.
Adam GrahamHOST
The same can be said of the TV version of Richard Diamond.
Adam GrahamHOST
No Walt Levinson, no Sergeant Otis, and no Helen Asher.
Adam GrahamHOST
Then in the second season, they moved him to Los Angeles and changed the premise over the next two seasons.
Adam GrahamHOST
That sounds like a fantastic double feature.
Adam GrahamHOST
And I would agree on both of them.
Adam GrahamHOST
And truth be told, I think that Peter Gunn is closer to being a TV version of Richard Diamond than Richard Diamond was.
Adam GrahamHOST
It was created by Blake Edwards, and they even adapted some Richard Diamond scripts.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
Good health to all from Rexall.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
[music] Now, your Rexall Family Druggist brings you a transcribed half hour with Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring Dick Powell.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
[music] [phone rings]
Dick PowellVOICE_ACTOR
Diamond Detective Agency.
25 MINS LATER
Dick PowellVOICE_ACTOR
And remember, you can depend on any drug product that bears the name Rexall.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
Good health to all from Rexall.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
[upbeat music] Richard Diamond, Private Detective stars Dick Powell in the title role and is written by Blake Edwards, with music composed and conducted by Frank Worth.
Bill FormanNARRATOR
Featured in tonight's cast were Virginia Gregg, Ted de Corsia, Wilms Herbert, Wally Mayor, Joan Banks, and Bill Boucher.
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