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{{short description|American radio series}}
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'''''Rogue's Gallery''''', first titled as ''Bandwagon Mysteries'', was an American detective drama radio program. Its title is a play on the name of its main character, Richard Rogue, and a collection of photographs of criminals, commonly known as a [[rogues' gallery]].
''Rogue's Gallery'' was a summer replacement series for ''The Fitch Bandwagon'' in 1945, 1946, and 1947 on [[NBC Radio Network|NBC]]; star [[Dick Powell]] was in the middle of a [[Typecasting|type]] transition, from singing juvenile lead to serious dramatic actor. ''Rogue's Gallery'' immediately followed his successful transition in the film ''[[Murder, My Sweet]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/853443437|title=Radio crime fighters : more than 300 programs from the Golden Age|last=Cox|first=Jim|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|year=2009|isbn=0786443243|location=Jefferson [Caroline du Nord]|oclc=853443437|orig-year=2002}}</ref>
Richard Rogue is a private detective who often finds himself in the company of beautiful women. In a typical episode, as he works on a case, he loses consciousness, whether through a blow to the head or by being drugged, and is met by Eugor ("Rogue" spelled backwards), his alter ego, who points out an overlooked piece of evidence. Once awake, Rogue proceeds to solve the case with this new information in mind. Eugor was voiced by [[Peter Leeds]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/919720302|title=Radio programs, 1924-1984 : a catalog of more than 1800 shows|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|isbn=9781476605289|location=Jefferson, N.C.|oclc=919720302}}</ref>
For a detective drama, the show was relatively lighthearted, much like Powell's subsequent show, ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/134992588|title=Historical dictionary of old-time radio|last=Reinehr|first=Robert C.|date=2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|others=Swartz, Jon David.|isbn=9780810857803|location=Lanham, Md.|oclc=134992588}}</ref>
Powell left the show after the second season. [[Barry Sullivan (American actor)|Barry Sullivan]], [[Chester Morris]], and [[Paul Stewart (actor)|Paul Stewart]] starred as Rogue in its final two seasons. It aired for a final and full season from 1950 to 1951 on [[ABC Radio (United States)|ABC]].<ref name="Dunning">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Rogue's+Gallery,+detective+drama%22&pg=PA583 |last=Dunning| first=John| author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) | title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio| date=1998| publisher=Oxford University Press| location=New York, NY| isbn=978-0-19-507678-3| page=583| edition=Revised| access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref>
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