Radio review - Ford Theatre - Ep#35 - "Laura" (1948) ***12

This adaptation lacks star power but remains a gripping story, with it's beefy detective hero who falls in love with a murder victim then finds out she's alive; the beautiful, stylish Laura who is a sucker for the meataxe (the actor who plays Shelby here sounds more rugged which suits the writing); the brilliant, obsessed Waldo full of accurate observations but unable to control his impulses. You give the detective and Laura's marriage about six months, with a year of reunion sex and break ups.