Secret Agent X-9: BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama


(4.1 étoiles; 9 critiques)

Secret Agent X-9 was a comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett and artist Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it originally ran from January 22, 1934 until October 1936. X-9 was a nameless agent who worked for a nameless agency, using the name "Dexter" in the first story.

This radio drama, featuring Secret Agent X-9, was broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. The story unfolds in 1934 as a New York warehouse is ablaze on the Lower East Side, where a gang of gun-runners is holed-up until their supply of ammo explodes. Tough-nut hero, Secret Agent X-9, receives a phone call from wealthy industrialist Tarleton Powers asking for his help.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Critiques

poor writing


(2 étoiles)

it's as of the writer never had interactions with humans in his life. the main character is a sociopath. as an American i can tell this was adapted by the British due to a complete and utter lack of knowledge of guns and American culture. The Americans are insultingly clownish charicatures. contemperary American radio broadcasts were more grounded and believable.