Vintage Radio Vault · On the air Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammettas Original character creator · The Adventures of Sam Spade

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Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett created Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1930), one of the most influential crime novels ever written and the foundation of hardboiled detective fiction.

2Radio credits

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The Adventures of Sam Spade

Original character creator

· CBS / NBC / ABC

The Fat Man

Original character creator

· ABC