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Jack Cassidy is your standard wisecracking, chain-smoking, trenchcoat-sporting PI - the sort you can’t throw a brick without hitting in 1936. But not everyone who arrives at Jack’s offices likes the idea of a dick who is also a dame - and a dame who keeps her hair short and wears men's trousers, at that. Luckily, Jack has no time for palookas who have doubts about lady flatfoots. She’s got enough on her plate, what with the all sinister disappearances, Bolshevist plots, bumbling gangsters, and general mishaps, murder, and mayhem she’s hired to deal with. And then there’s the fact that she still hasn’t sorted out her feelings for her plucky secretary, Effy, or the beautiful but enigmatic femme fatale who needs her help to track down a lost diamond…
Hardboiled is a noir mystery podcast from Empress of Blandings Productions, presented in association with the Edmonton Pride Centre, the Edmonton Heritage Council, the Edmonton Community Foundation, and the Edmonton Arts Council.
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Busman’s Yuletide: A Hardboiled Christmas Special
An old friend has invited Jack and Effy to spend their Christmas at a luxurious hotel, and they're looking forward to the prospect of a nice, relaxing break from crime-solving. But will their holiday be the murder-free getaway they anticipated?
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8. The, Uh, Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
A familiar enemy returns to Edmonton.
Cast: Ceris Backstrom, Lauren Hughes, Michael Vetsch, Murray Farnell, Rory Turner, Helen Belay, Émanuel Dubbeldam, André Lemay, Trevor Duplessis.
Written and directed by Celia Taylor
Technical direction and editing by Tegan Siganski
Original score and sound design by Dave Clarke
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BONUS: The Lounge Singer's Performance
Once again, our pesky protagonists spent the last episode talking during the performance of a talented singer! Here, unmarred by nightclub background noise or a murder investigation, is Kaleia Odelle's performance of "Why Don't You Do Right," accompanied by Nathanael Wilkerson on the piano.
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7. The Fall Guys
Two bumbling criminals get more than they bargained for out of a routine bank heist, and are forced to turn to Jack for help.
Cast: Ceris Backstrom, Lauren Hughes, Michael Vetsch, Rory Turner, Andrés Moreno, Kaleia Odelle
Written and directed by Celia Taylor
Technical direction and editing by Tegan Siganski
Original score and sound design by Dave Clarke, with special guest Nathanael Wilkerson as the pianist -
6. The Hired Hand
When a local Métis farmhand is framed for the murder of his white employer’s family, his fiancee hires Jack to help clear his name.
Cast: Ceris Backstrom, Lauren Hughes, Michael Vetsch, Damon Pitcher, Tej Swatch, Helen Belay, Trevor Duplessis, Monica Maddaford.
Written and directed by Celia Taylor
Technical direction and editing by Tegan Siganski
Original score and sound design by Dave Clarke -
5. Murder By Invitation
Jack and Effy find themselves hobnobbing with high society when a rich eccentric decides that the presence of a real private eye would lend the right note of authenticity to her murder mystery party - but the evening takes a gruesome unexpected turn.
Cast: Ceris Backstrom, Lauren Hughes, Michael Vetsch, Murray Farnell, Rory Turner, Émanuel Dubbeldam, André Lemay, Dave Clarke, Kate Sheridan.
Written and directed by Celia Taylor
Technical direction and editing by Tegan Siganski
Original score and sound design by Dave Clarke