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Lux Radio Theatre - "Alias the Deacon" (Old Time Radio, 1940)
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Alias the Deacon,” episode 270, originally broadcast on CBS on July 1, 1940. Hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, this adaptation of the 1940 Universal Pictures comedy stars Bob Burns as Deke Caswell, a.k.a. “the Deacon,” with Helen Wood as Phyllis.
At a Middle Western county fair, a charming card sharp finds that his respectable new identity draws him into small-town troubles, romance, and a prizefight. Burns reprises his screen role in this lighthearted tale of a gambler whose conscience may be as quick as his hands.
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