Radio review – Lux - “Whistle Stop” (1946) **

The introduction to this drama continually emphasises how popular the film version is at the box office – is that true or where they self conscious about adapting essentially a B picture? Mind you, it’s a B picture that has achieved some renown because it gave an early break to Ava Gardner – who doesn’t reprise her role here, Evelyn Keyes does. Alan Ladd steps in to George Raft’s role as a small town loser – he’s very effective, better than Raft. The rest of it is a decent enough drama, a sort of quasi-film noir.