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Welcome to The Lineup, "where under the cold, glaring lights pass the innocent, the vagrant, the thief, and the murderer". This tightly scripted radio series traced the activities Lieutenant Ben Guthrie (Bill Johnstone) and his Sergeants Matt Greb (Wally Maher) and Peter Carger (Jack Moyles). Ride along with the squad and follow the parade of arrests they make, through witness identifications, subsequent investigations, and the apprehension of additional criminals - all eventually culminating in the cracking (and closing) of the day's case.

The Lineup was a hard-boiled drama. Like Dragnet, it realistically showed police doing their jobs. The show always began with a police sergeant ordering suspects to stand at attention so that the victim, behind one-way glass, could try to identify the criminal. While the lineup was rarely the key to solving the case, it did give the show a rhythm and also allowed for humor in the interrogation of the suspects by the sergeant. The series began as a summer replacement for The FBI in Peace and War in 1950, but soon got its own time slot.

Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Sergeant Matt Greb introduce lineups full of characters both heinous and hilarious. Go with them as they go after the most menacing of criminals in 16 gritty episodes from the 1950s, now in digitally restored sound. Radio greats Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, and Jack Moyles are on the beat on the streets of a great American city. And things get tough when the witnesses are unreliable, unsure, unwilling - or dead.

אונס אכזרי מפר את שלוותה של שכונה שקטה בצפון תל אביב ומותיר את המשטרה אובדת עצות: אין חשודים ואין עדי ראייה. אביה של הקורבן מסרב להיכנע. הוא פותח בחקירה עצמאית ונועזת ומצליח לזהות ולאתר את זיו נבו, האיש שכל העובדות ואף הנאנסת עצמה מצביעות עליו. לכאורה הכול ברור. אך רק לכאורה .

"The Line Up" was a popular radio series that ran from 1950 to 1953. The show was produced by William N. Robson and featured a script that was based on actual police files. Each episode followed two police detectives as they investigated a particular case, with the focus being on the interrogation of suspects and witnesses. The show was known for its fast-paced action and hard-boiled dialogue. The show was notable for its use of sound effects, which were created in real-time by a team of technicians. The sounds of gunshots, screeching tires, and slamming doors helped to create a sense of ...