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Radio Drama Revival

Showcasing the diversity and vitality of modern audio drama

Fred’s Fuze: The Maltese Falcon

July 29, 2009 By Fred

Sansa Fuze
Title: The Maltese Falcon
Author: Dashielle Hammett (Adapted)
Producer: Hollywood Theater of the Ear
Type: Audio Drama
Genre: Adaptation of a Novel
Availability: Paid Release

My Two Cents: Yuri Rasovsky is one of the finest audio dramatists alive, and in my humblest of opinions, this is the finest work he’s produced to date. A true love of hard boiled fiction is apparent from the first hammering piano notes that introduce this tale of betrayal heaped on betrayal with a good bit of greed, murder and a priceless statue thrown in.

The blend of sizzling performances, sordid sound effects and a haunting score is as fine as a single malt scotch paired with a Cuban cigar. The cast is all star. Michael Madsen’s Sam Spade is as grizzled as they come, eclipsing the old time radio star, and accompanied by seductive Sandra Oh as femme fatale Brigid O’Shaughnessy. You’ll not find a single soft moment in the entire story. It comes on strong, hits hard, and will have you breathless until the shockingly perfect conclusion.

Man, oh man this is good. Wait, you tell me there was a movie? Forget about the movie, listen to this instead.

Check this out on Blackstone Audiobooks

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  1. Yuri Rasovsky says

    January 9, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    Gawrsh!

  2. John Avanzini says

    August 23, 2010 at 1:26 am

    Good work! Keep us posting, you are good writer.

  3. Patricia King says

    August 26, 2010 at 7:32 pm

    I just wanted to say that I found your blog via Google and I am glad I did. Keep up the good work and I will make sure to bookmark you for when I have more free time away from the books. Thanks again!

  4. Fred says

    August 27, 2010 at 8:49 am

    Thanks so much for the encouragement, Patricia! Let me know what you think of the shows…

  5. Johnny Chatterton says

    May 2, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    It’s good to read your website again; I see some interesting updates here.

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  1. Yuri Rasovsky and Roger Gregg Nominated for Top Audio Awards says:
    February 3, 2010 at 9:19 am

    […] jeez, if you haven’t listened to The Maltese Falcon yet, do! I raved about it in a review I did a few months ago because it deserved it, and much more. It’s one of the best audio mysteries you’ll […]

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Radio Drama Revival is one of the internet’s longest-running anthology modern audio drama shows (dedicated mostly to programming created after the “Golden Age” of US Radio Drama). We also occasionally dabble in exploring earlier audio works from a cultural/historical perspective.

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