Radio review – SG – “The Glass Key” (1946) ***

Alan Ladd returns, but we have Ward Bond instead of Brian Donlevy and Marjorie Reynolds instead of Veronica Lake. This is still a decent radio adaptation of Hammett’s story, punching through the action in 30 minutes; the Ladd-Reynolds romance feels a bit sudden, bit it did in the film too. Ladd is in good form; this was one of his best roles.