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Post by Zone Fighter on Jul 19, 2007 14:19:03 GMT -8
The radio series stars Dick Powell in episodes written by Blake Edwards. Set in New York, New York. The radio series is a mixture of crime drama and comedy. Every episode ends with Diamond visting his girlfriend who asks him to sing.
When it came time to move to television Dick Powell decided someone else should play the role. The someone else he picked was David Janssen. The tv series starts out in NYC then moves to LA. In the NYC episodes Richard Diamond is the only regular character. When it moves to LA DIamond gains a girlfriend and a secretary. Janssen's Richard Diamond doesn't sing.
The DVD only has 2 episodes and a short documentary on David Janssen's career. Born in Nebraska he got into acting when his family moved to Hollywood. He was overly fond of vodka and had a fatal heartattack at only 49 years of age.
The DVD has bad reviews at Netflix because its only 85 minutes long, but I enjoyed those two short episodes and the documentary.
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