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Uncle Erich Presents™ - The Adventures of Frank Race - "The Adventure of the Embittered Secretary." (1949)

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Frank Race identifies Meryl Reed's wrist lock as the move that could break a man's arm and neck.

1. Uncle Erich Presents™ highlights The Adventures of Frank Race episode "The Adventure of the Embittered Secretary" from 1949. 2. Frank Race, played by Tom Collins, is introduced as a former attorney and OSS man who now works cases full time. 3. Max Fein of the Coastal Life Insurance Company brings Race a missing-jewelry assignment tied to Chuck Hardy. 4. The case centers on Chuck Hardy's estate, The Larches, on the Hudson River about twenty miles past Yonkers. 5. Frank Race meets Tom Enders, Hardy's secretary, who says Hardy has accused him of taking the missing items. 6. Enders describes Hardy as a man who "likes to maul people" and says he has a wife and two children. 7. At The Larches, Race sees Danny Emerald at the front door and learns Emerald has a feud with Hardy. 8. Chuck Hardy is presented as a polo player, a former 1936 Olympic light heavyweight contender, and a man with a violent temper. 9. Meryl Reed appears as one of Hardy's guests and offers Race her green town-and-country car. 10. Race opens that car and finds Enders dead in the back seat with his neck broken. 11. The body also has a broken right arm and finger, and Race pockets a pencil cigarette lighter found at his feet. 12. Hardy's family doctor, Dr. Clemson, later tells Race not to cross Charles Hardy and says Hardy can be more vicious than he seems. 13. Danny Emerald keeps pressing Race for $50,000 and gives him an hour to bring it back to The Larches. 14. Race calls Mark Donovan and asks him to bring an "end wrench" to The Larches, signaling that he expects trouble. 15. At the house, Race and Meryl Reed trade sharp, flirtatious remarks while Hardy's guests and staff move around the estate. 16. Race returns the lighter to Meryl and uses it to connect her to Enders's death through a judo wrist lock. 17. The episode plays as a tight radio detective story with rapid dialogue, sharp one-liners, and a steady stream of clues. 18. Art Gilmore closes the program, and the credits name Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg, Michael Ann Barrett, Wilms Herbert, Paul Dubov, and Gerald Moore. 19. Listeners who like classic radio detective stories with Hudson River settings and hard-boiled banter. 20. Listeners who want slow pacing or minimal period dialogue.

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