ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC Ep. 4 - The Black Hat That Wasn't There  

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec, but you probably know him as something else. We've chosen Hammett's first few stories that have moved into the public domain, and have done our best to stay true to the originals -- and why not? The originals are just fine, as far as we're concerned.

So here is episode four, "The Black Hat that Wasn't There", adapted by Mark Slade from Hammett's fourth published Op story, "IT", in 1923. We hope you enjoy it and will join us for future episodes. 

ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC WAS CONCEIVED BY PETE LUTZ AND DEVELOPED BY PETE LUTZ AND MARK SLADE.

"The Black Hat that Wasn't There" was directed and produced by Pete Lutz. Mixing and post-production was by Daniel French of Fishbonius Productions.

Our Cast consisted of the following players:

ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold

THE FEDERATED TEC: Pete Lutz

ZUMWALT:  Jeff Moon

MILDRED: Angela Young

QUIMBY: Mark Kalita

PULLMAN EMPLOYEE: Paul Arbisi

TAXI CHAUFFEUR: John Bell 

PHOTOGRAPHER/SODA JERK: Frank Guglielmelli

CITY DETECTIVE: Jason D. Johnson

EVA DUTHIE: Jessica Rainville

MRS. EARNSHAW: Geri Elliff

THE OLD MAN: Joe Stofko

THEME/INCIDENTAL MUSIC: Dr. Ross Bernhardt

Join us next time for episode five, "Bodies Piled Up"!