Inspired by the movie Casablanca, Rocky Jordan got his start at the end of World War II with A Man Named Jordan, which aired as a daily serial on the West Coast CBS network. Jack Moyles played Jordan, the owner of the Cafe Tambourine in Istanbul. Jordan would outwit the Axis powers on a regular basis. Following the war, the show became a weekly half hour series, appearing in different time slots until 1947. After its brief hiatus, the show was revamped as Rocky Jordan, premiering on October 31, 1948, with the cafe's location moved to Cairo. Using the army's Pocket Guide to Egypt, the show's writers were able to insert a modicum of local authenticity. The Guide also allowed them to rewrite old scripts, moving the original location to Cairo. Rocky Jordan went off the air on September 10, 1950, but was again briefly revived in 1951 as a summer relacement series with George Raft taking over for Jack Moyles. Plans to reboot the series as a radio serial died when CBS Radio decided to go with Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar instead.
From the Old Time Radio Downloads site: "A respected shiek, knifed in the chest and dying, asks Rocky to find the tomb of his ancestor...who was a pharoah! The p[haroah was a coward, his tomb is underground and was used as an derground storage depot by Nazi General Rommel + Rocky Jordan had taken a liking to a gypsy girl named Chicca and found her a place to his and even spends [five pounds] out of his own pocket for her and her boyfriend to escape to Athens. Then it turns out that she's stolen a wealth in jewels from her tribe. Jordan doesn't knopw who he can trust."
It looks like Rocky has his work cut out for him.
Directed by Cliff Howell and written by E. Jack Neuman, Larry Roman, and the strangely named Gomer Cool.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCUvKk1wC7Y
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