T H E C H A S E ----- --------- 1952 - 1953 First Show: Apr 27, 1952 Last Show: Jun 28, 1953 Number Shows: 59 Audition Show: none known Series Description: THE CHASE was an NBC anthology series that had stories of mystery, adventure, drama, fantasy, crime, horror and science fiction. None of the plots had much to do with the series title and signature chase scene. The series was created by Lawrence Klee, of MR. KEEN fame. Fred Weihe, who directed X MINUS ONE, was the director. It had many of the same actors and production qualities as X MINUS ONE. The announcer was Fred Collins. Log Comments: Ron B. Hare supplied information upon which I based the Description section. The broadcast date for the first show date and number of shows in the series are from Jay Hickerson's "Ultimate History" (See "References" section). Two sources had "last show" comments but the AVPRO catalog listed two shows beyond this date. Titles used are the most common found. Those titles without dates that couldn't be matched to others are listed at the end of the list. Chronological Log: Date Day Num Title Avail ------------ --- --- ------------------------------------ ----- ........ mid-season opening ........ Apr 27, 1952 Sun 1 The Big Cat yes Alt: Tales May 04, 1952 Sun 2 Harry Troll's Diamond yes May 11, 1952 Sun 3 Countess Treanna yes May 18, 1952 Sun 4 Elliott Preston Is Framed For Murder yes May 25, 1952 Sun 5 They Thought He Was Dead yes Alt: Newspaper Reporter After Germans Alt: Reporter Pursued by Sudden Death Jun 01, 1952 Sun 6 Sunken Gold yes Alt: Easy Riches, Sudden Death Alt: A Search For Gold Bars Alt: Sunken Nazi Treasure Jun 08, 1952 Sun 7 Strictly For The Horses yes Alt: Hardluck Ethel Jun 15, 1952 Sun 8 Spy yes Alt: Terminate Professor Kolcheck Alt: Assassination Plot Alt: Termination Jun 22, 1952 Sun 9 Bald Artie Bender yes Jun 29, 1952 Sun 10 Stephen, Monica and $1,000,000 yes .......... Summer Series ........... Jul 03, 1952 Thu 11 ... missing, title not known ... Jul 10, 1952 Thu 12 Doug Burton and a Mysterious Letter yes Alt: Agents In Havana Jul 17, 1952 Thu 13 Joey yes Jul 24, 1952 Thu 14 The Apprentice yes Jul 31, 1952 Thu ... pre-empted ... Aug 07, 1952 Thu 15 The Painting yes Aug 14, 1952 Thu 16 The Amusement Park yes Aug 21, 1952 Thu 17 The Promotion yes Aug 28, 1952 Thu ... no show ... Sep 04, 1952 Thu ... no show ... Sep 11, 1952 Thu ... no show ... ......... Regular Season .......... ......... first usage of .......... ... "running footsteps" opening ... Sep 21, 1952 Sun 18 Chinese Buddha yes Alt: The Golden Buddha Sep 28, 1952 Sun 19 Twenty Million Bum yes Alt: Philip Courtland, $20 Million Bum Oct 05, 1952 Sun 20 Flight From Istanbul yes Oct 12, 1952 Sun 21 The Cat's Meow yes Oct 19, 1952 Sun 22 Manhunt yes Oct 26, 1952 Sun 23 Iron Curtain Express yes Nov 02, 1952 Sun 24 Long Distance yes Nov 09, 1952 Sun 25 Career Girl yes Nov 16, 1952 Sun 26 My Love Is A Ghost yes Nov 23, 1952 Sun 27 Blackout yes Nov 30, 1952 Sun 28 The Most Dangerous Game yes Dec 07, 1952 Sun 29 Dangerous Journey yes Dec 14, 1952 Sun 30 The Murder yes Alt: Murder In His Heart Dec 21, 1952 Sun 31 The Sound of Murder Dec 28, 1952 Sun 32 No Contact yes Alt: Volta Jan 04, 1953 Sun 33 Fortune Hunter yes Jan 11, 1953 Sun 34 Professor Calvin And The Voice yes Jan 18, 1953 Sun 35 Killer At Large yes Jan 25, 1953 Sun 36 The Creeper yes Feb 01, 1953 Sun 37 Little Woman Who Wasn't There yes Alt: Corpus Delicti Feb 08, 1953 Sun 38 Worth More Than Life Itself yes Alt: Pennypinching Boarding House Owners Feb 15, 1953 Sun 39 The Million Dollar Chase yes Alt: The Will Feb 22, 1953 Sun 40 Jailbreak yes Mar 01, 1953 Sun 41 Frame For A Murder yes Mar 08, 1953 Sun 42 Special Delivery yes Mar 15, 1953 Sun 43 The Lady Is A Corpse yes Mar 22, 1953 Sun 44 Woman For Man yes Alt: Cathy Sutter Meets James Carter Mar 29, 1953 Sun 45 Murder Row yes Apr 05, 1953 Sun 46 Bank Robbery, Kidnapping yes Alt: Johnny and Ellen, Killer and Hostage Apr 12, 1953 Sun 47 ... missing, title not known ... Apr 19, 1953 Sun 48 Kingdom Lost yes Alt: King Danno Apr 26, 1953 Sun 49 Leading Man Search yes May 03, 1953 Sun 50 Circumstantial Evidence yes May 10, 1953 Sun ... pre-empted ... May 17, 1953 Sun 51 The Holdup yes May 24, 1953 Sun 52 Tiger Lily yes May 31, 1953 Sun 53 The Evil Puppet yes Alt: Lucifer Jun 07, 1953 Sun 54 Million Dollar Hunt yes Jun 14, 1953 Sun 55 The Playboy yes Jun 21, 1953 Sun 56 The Monster yes Jun 28, 1953 Sun 57 Harry, The Talking Horse yes (last show) ........ questionable dates ........ Sep 20, 1953 The Empty Ash Tray Murder Case yes Sep 27, 1953 The Society Writer Murder Case yes ...... unknown broadcast dates ..... Money Up In Smoke yes Greed yes Alphabetical Listing: Title Date Num ------------------------------------ -------- --- Agents In Havana 52-07-10 12 Amusement Park, The 52-08-14 16 Apprentice, The 52-07-24 14 Assassination Plot 52-06-15 8 Bald Artie Bender 52-06-22 9 Bank Robbery, Kidnapping 53-04-05 46 Big Cat, The 52-04-27 1 Blackout 52-11-23 27 Career Girl 52-11-09 25 Cat's Meow, The 52-10-12 21 Cathy Sutter Meets James Carter 53-03-22 44 Chinese Buddha 52-09-21 18 Circumstantial Evidence 53-05-03 50 Corpus Delicti 53-02-01 37 Countess Treanna 52-05-11 3 Creeper, The 53-01-25 36 Dangerous Journey 52-12-07 29 Doug Burton and a Mysterious Letter 52-07-10 12 Easy Riches, Sudden Death 52-06-01 6 Elliott Preston Is Framed For Murder 52-05-18 4 Empty Ash Tray Murder Case, The 53-09-20 ?? Evil Puppet, The 53-05-31 53 Flight From Istanbul 52-10-05 20 Fortune Hunter 53-01-04 33 Frame For A Murder 53-03-01 41 Golden Buddha, The 52-09-21 18 Greed unknown ?? Hardluck Ethel 52-06-08 7 Harry Troll's Diamond 52-05-04 2 Harry, The Talking Horse 53-06-28 57 Holdup, The 53-05-17 51 Iron Curtain Express 52-10-26 23 Jailbreak 53-02-22 40 Joey 52-07-17 13 Johnny and Ellen, Killer and Hostage 53-04-05 46 Killer At Large 53-01-18 35 King Danno 53-04-19 48 Kingdom Lost 53-04-19 48 Lady Is A Corpse, The 53-03-15 43 Leading Man Search 53-04-26 49 Little Woman Who Wasn't There 53-02-01 37 Long Distance 52-11-02 24 Lucifer 53-05-31 53 Manhunt 52-10-19 22 Million Dollar Chase, The 53-02-15 39 Million Dollar Hunt 53-06-07 54 Money Up In Smoke unknown ?? Monster, The 53-06-21 56 Most Dangerous Game, The 52-11-30 28 Murder In His Heart 52-12-14 30 Murder Row 53-03-29 45 Murder, The 52-12-14 30 My Love Is A Ghost 52-11-16 26 Newspaper Reporter After Germans 52-05-25 5 No Contact 52-12-28 32 Painting, The 52-08-07 15 Pennypinching Boarding House Owners 53-02-08 38 Philip Courtland, $20 Million Bum 52-09-28 19 Playboy, The 53-06-14 55 Professor Calvin And The Voice 53-01-11 34 Promotion, The 52-08-21 17 Reporter Pursued by Sudden Death 52-05-25 5 Search For Gold Bars, A 52-06-01 6 Society Writer Murder Case, The 53-09-27 ?? Sound of Murder, The 52-12-21 31 Special Delivery 53-03-08 42 Spy 52-06-15 8 Stephen, Monica and $1,000,000 52-06-29 10 Strictly For The Horses 52-06-08 7 Sunken Gold 52-06-01 6 Sunken Nazi Treasure 52-06-01 6 Tales 52-04-27 1 Terminate Professor Kolcheck 52-06-15 8 Termination 52-06-15 8 They Thought He Was Dead 52-05-25 5 Tiger Lily 53-05-24 52 Twenty Million Bum 52-09-28 19 Volta 52-12-28 32 Will, The 53-02-15 39 Woman For Man 53-03-22 44 Worth More Than Life Itself 53-02-08 38 Additional: The Radio Showcase catalog also lists "NBC EXPERIMENT IN DRAMA: Experiment 2 - Long Distance", 12/22/63. Steve Kelez comments that "This is probably a rebroadcast of an episode of The Chase." References: * "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Shows", by Jay Hickerson, 27436 Desert Rose Ct., Leesburg, FL 34748 * OTR club and vendor catalogs or web sites: * Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner Street, Boyertown, PA 19512 * Radio Showcase, Steve Kelez, PO Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 * Great American Radio, Gary Kramer, PO Box 504, Genesee, MI 48437 * North American Radio Archives, 134 Vincewood Dr., Nicolasville, KY 40356 * AVPRO, Don Aston, PO Box 1392, Lake Elsinore, CA 92531-1392 * Jerry Haendiges Productions, Jerry Haendiges, 13808 Sunset Dr., Whittier, CA 90602 * Radio Memories, Ted Davenport, 1600 Wewoka St., North Little Rock, AR 72116 * Vintage Broadcasts, Andy Blatt, PO Box 50065, Staten Island, NY 10305 Other Logs or Books: * THE CHASE log, Jerry Haendiges Productions, 13808 Sunset Dr., Whittier, CA 90602 (http://www.otrsite.com) Reader Feedback: * Dick Judge corrected the date for "Agents in Havana" and some alternate titles. Last Update: Jul 25, 2007 This log is informational only. It does not imply that I or my references have these shows for trade or sale. 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