Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Nightwatch "Nude Prowler" (4-05-54)

Nude Prowler (Aired April 5, 1954)


The "star" of the series was reporter Donn Reid, who wore a tape-deck on his back and wielded a microphone hidden in a fake flashlight. He rode with Culver City police, recording their skirmishes with civilians during the night shift. Because of the nature of the program and the loosening of content censorship at the time, the series dealt with surprisingly adult subject matter for its time (1954-1955). Flashers, rape and child molestation were some of the many cases Reid documented on the show, sometimes even interviewing the perps in their cells as they contemplated suicide. (According to old-radio historian John Dunning, Reid himself was shot at and even knifed by some of the bad guys he tape-recorded.)

THIS EPISODE:

April 5, 1954 - A woman is pushed in the bathroom by an alcoholic young man wearing a tie. He's captured in another house...wearing no clothes! A patrol through Culver City. Later, two witnesses to a homicide are interviewed. The suspect is captured and confesses on the air. Chief W. N. Hildebrand tells how the cases were resolved. Sterling Tracy (supervisor), Donn Reed (police reporter), W. N. Hildebrand. 25:34

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod -Spy Catcher "The Infernal Triangle" (1960)

The Infernal Triangle (1960)


Spy Catcher. (BBC) 1960-1961. A series of true stories in the unceasing search for enemy spys in wartime. Based on the memoirs of Lt. Col. Oreste Pinto of Allied Counterintelligence Services. The shows were extremly popular during the golden age of radio.

THIS EPISODE:
The Infernal Triangle - In May 1945 the war in euope was over but the search for spys was still on and a mass of letters on known spy activities continued to pour in to the new intellegence headquarters located in the wing of a prison at the Hague known as the Hotel Orange. Amonst these letters was found a single sheet of paper, a cheap scribble pad with no water mark. The words in large blocked capital letters and unsigned, written In dutch, it read "Mrs. Sanders is a spy and it is your duty to investigate her". The investigation begins.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Amos & Andy Show "Marriage Counselor" (12-17-43)

Marriage Counselor (Aired December 17, 1943)


Amos 'n' Andy creators Gosden and Correll were white actors familiar with minstrel traditions. They met in Durham, North Carolina in 1920, and by the fall of 1925, they were performing nightly song-and-patter routines on the Chicago Tribune's station WGN. Since the Tribune syndicated Sidney Smith's popular comic strip The Gumps, which had successfully introduced the concept of daily continuity, WGN executive Ben McCanna thought the notion of a serialized drama could also work on radio. He suggested to Gosden and Correll that they adapt The Gumps to radio. They instead proposed a series about "a couple of colored characters" and borrowed certain elements of The Gumps. Their new series, Sam 'n' Henry, began January 12, 1926, fascinating radio listeners throughout the Midwest. That series became popular enough that in late 1927 Gosden and Correll requested that it be distributed to other stations on phonograph records in a "chainless chain" concept that would have been the first use of radio syndication as we know it today. When WGN rejected the idea, Gosden and Correll quit the show and the station that December. Contractually, their characters belonged to WGN, so when Gosden and Correll left WGN, they performed in personal appearances but could not use the character names from the radio show.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Manhunt "(Masked Murderer) and (Conflicting Confessions)" 1946

(Masked Murderer) and (Conflicting Confessions) 1946


1945-1946 15 Minutes transcribed syndication (ZIV network), with crime stories complete in each episode. CAST: Larry Haines as Drew Stevens. New York players were in support. The shows were well written and, for the time period, quite well performed.

In Episode One "Clue Of The Masked Murderer", police are notiified of a murder. Upon arrival at the scene, they find nothing. Under their watch, a body suddenly appears and sends everyone into a search of surrounding apartments. As this investigation continues, a second body is discovered. Drew Stevens and his associate discover the motive and suspect. Can they make an arrest?

In Episode Two, "The Contridicting Confessions", a mother and her son both confess to the murder of Andrew Winters, the woman's brother who owned the farm they all lived on. Winters was about to reposses the property and force the others to leave. Police attempting to solve the crime were further confussed by even a third confession.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Hercule Poirot "The Bride Wore Fright" (11-30-45)

The Bride Wore Fright (Aired November 30, 1945)


Poirot, the famous Belgian detective, is the prominent character among Christie's works. He's known for his famous moustaches and his brain's "little grey cells." Poirot , in his novels and short stories, has proved that anyone can solve a crime just by simply thinking about it. Hercule Poirot is a fictional detective created by Agatha Christie. Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters: he appeared in 39 novels and 50 short stories. Poirot has been portrayed on screen, for films and TV, by various actors including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and, most recently, and famously, David Suchet. His character was based on two other fictional detectives of the time: Marie Belloc Lowndes' Hercule Popeau and Frank Howel Evans' Monsieur Poiret, a retired French police officer living in London. A more obvious influence on the early Poirot stories is that of Arthur Conan Doyle. In An Autobiography Christie admits that "I was still writing in the Sherlock Holmes tradition – eccentric detective, stooge assistant, with a Lestrade-type Scotland Yard detective, Inspector Japp."Poirot also bears a striking resemblance to A. E. W. Mason's fictional detective – Inspector Hanaud of the French surete-who, first appearing in the 1910 novel "At the Villa Rose," predates the writing of the first Poirot novel by six years.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Casey Crime Photographer "The Handkerchief" (9-05-46)

The Handkerchief (Aired September 5, 1946)


Too Many Angels (Aired November 13, 1947) The adventures of Casey, crack photographer for The Morning Express, were told in this series, which moved to television after a highly successful run on radio in the 1940’s. Casey hung out at the Blue Note Café, where the music was provided by the Tony Mottola Trio, and was friendly with Ethelbert, the bartender, to whom he recounted his various exploits. Richard Carlyle and John Gibson portrayed the roles when the series premiered in April, 1951, but by June they were replaced by Darren McGavin and Cliff Hall. Ann Williams, a reporter on The Morning Express, was Casey’s girlfriend. During the summer of 1951 he acquired a partner in cub reporter Jack Lipman, who wrote copy to go with Casey’s pictures. This live series was set in and broadcast from, New York City.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Lone Ranger "Crooked Banker And Sheriff" (5-10-37)

Crooked Banker And Sheriff (Aired May 10, 1937)





The Lone Ranger was a long-running early radio and television show based on characters created by George W. Trendle, and developed by writer Fran Striker. The titular character is a masked cowboy in the American Old West, who gallops about righting injustices, usually with the aid of a clever and laconic American Indian called Tonto, and his horse Silver. He would famously say "Heigh-ho Silver, away!" to get the horse to gallop.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Abbott & Costello Show "Lou The Fireman" (12-06-45)

Lou The Fireman (Aired December 6, 1945)


Abbott & Costello launched their own weekly show October 8, 1942, sponsored by Camel cigarettes. The Abbott and Costello Show mixed comedy with musical interludes (usually, by singers such as Connie Haines, Marilyn Maxwell, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Skinnay Ennis, and the Les Baxter Singers). Regulars and semi-regulars on the show included Artie Auerbrook, Elvia Allman, Iris Adrian, Mel Blanc, Wally Brown, Sharon Douglas, Verna Felton, Sidney Fields, Frank Nelson, Martha Wentworth, and Benay Venuta. Ken Niles was the show's longtime announcer, doubling as an exasperated foil to Abbott & Costello's mishaps (and often fuming in character as Costello insulted his on-air wife routinely); he was succeeded by Michael Roy, with annoncing chores also handled over the years by Frank Bingman and Jim Doyle. The show went through several orchestras during its radio life, including those of Ennis, Charles Hoff, Matty Matlock, Jack Meaking, Will Osborne, Freddie Rich, Leith Stevens, and Peter van Steeden. The show's writers included Howard Harris, Hal Fimberg, Parke Levy, Don Prindle, Ed Cherokee, Len Stern, Martin Ragaway, Paul Conlan, and Ed Forman, as well as producer Martin Gosch. Sound effects were handled mostly by Floyd Caton. Abbott and Costello moved the show to ABC (the former NBC Blue Network) five years after they premiered on NBC. During their ABC period they also hosted a 30-minute children's radio program(The Abbott and Costello Children's Show), which aired Saturday mornings with vocalist Anna Mae Slaughter and announcer Johnny McGovern.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Zero Hour "Dick Sargent" (5-17-74) Show 5 of 5

Dick Sargent (Aired May 17, 1974) Show 5 of 5


SEE THIS PAGE FOR SHOWS 1-2-3 and 4

The 5-part series was syndicated by Mutual and the programs were allowed to be aired when convenient. Therefore, broadcast dates vary around the country. This section of the log is listed in Mutual's suggested ordering. Broadcast dates start on the premier date and continue until completion without break. The single-part show broadcast dates were more tightly defined by Mutual.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Man Who Heard Voices" (1-29-74)

The Man Who Heard Voices (Aired January 29, 1974


As you walk through the creaking door you enter into another world, the world of imagination. This world is inside you, a part of you, and you take this journey alone. Each person hears and then sees with his or her mind's eye the events portrayed within these dramas. All of us interprets what they hear differently. The images we see is unique to ourselves. A voice becomes a person, living, breathing they come alive. They take on a physical form and characteristics that we assign to them. The wonders of your own mind are boundless. Scary thoughts? Perhaps, but what powers they bring us! To exercise one's imagination is to exercise one's soul. These dramas provide us with an escape from reality. To adventures beyond our own lives. Enjoy them. And pleasant dreams!

THIS EPISODE:
January 29, 1974. Program #24. CBS network. "The Man Who Heard Voices". Sponsored by: Budweiser, Kellogg's. Augusta Dabney, Leon Janney, Suzanne Grossman, E. G. Marshall (host), Sam Dann (writer), Larry Haines. 52 minutes.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Falcon "The Case Of The Puzzling Pinup" (11-19-50)

The Case Of The Puzzling Pinup (Aired November 19, 1950)


This hard boiled spy drama began as an RKO Radio Pictures theatrical serial in the 1940s, went on radio in 1945, and then came to TV ten years later in this Syndicated series produced for distribution by NBC Films; Charles McGraw had been in many motion pictures before and after including "The Killers", "Spartacus" and "Cimarron"; in this series he played the title role of a man whose real name was supposedly Mike Waring, an American agent whose code name was "Falcon"; Later Charles McGraw starred in a short lived TV version of "Casablanca" (1955 - 1956) in the character of Rick; He also had a role on the detective drama "Staccato" (1959) Actor McGraw (whose birth name was Charles Butters) met an unfortunate death in real life when he fell through a shower glass door in 1980 at his home in Studio City, CA.

THIS EPISODE:
The Falcon. November 19, 1950. NBC net. "The Case Of The Puzzling Pinup". Sponsored by: Kraft Miracle Whip, Velveeta, Kraft Dinner. A dead woman is found with a gun in her hand. Where is the other body? A newspaper photographer has a set of photos worth $500,000, but dies right after being punched by "The Falcon." The photographer's beautiful "partner" admits to killing the photographer and then is shot herself! Les Damon, Ed Herlihy (announcer), Drexel Drake (creator). 29:38.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Molle Mystery Theater "The Doctor And The Lunatic" (4-26-46)

The Doctor And The Lunatic (Aired April 26, 1946)


Although Molle Mystery Theatre was initially sponsored by Molle Shaving Cream, other sponsors (such as Bayer Aspirin, Ironized Yeast, Phillips Milk of Magnesia) also sponsored the program. Sometimes, when it was not sponsored by Molle, the program was called "Mystery Theater". The show was first heard on NBC, on 9/7/43. Time slot was originally Sunday nights at 9:00 PM, but was later moved to Tuesday at 9:00 PM, and Friday at 10:00 PM. In 1948, the show moved to CBS (Tues, 8:00 PM), and in 1951, it moved to ABC, where it was called "Mark Sabre", and heard on Wednesdays at either 8:00 PM or 9:30 PM. The shows were tight and tension filled, with a fine orchestra score and solid production values. Classic tales from well-known authors, as well as modern unknowns were presented, and the endings were often twists or shockers.

THIS EPISODE:
The Molle Mystery Theatre. April 26, 1946. NBC net. "The Doctor and The Lunatic". Sponsored by: Molle. Not auditioned. Bernard Lenrow (host, as "Geoffrey Barnes"), Richard Connell (writer), Dan Seymour (announcer), Alexander Semmler (composer, conductor), Frederick Maytho (? adaptor), Luis Van Rooten, Alan Hewitt. 29:08.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Zero Hour "Dick Sargent" (5-16-74) Show 4 Of 5

Dick Sargent (Aired May 16, 1974) Show 4 of 5

SEE THIS PAGE FOR SHOW 4 and 5

The 5-part series was syndicated by Mutual and the programs were allowed to be aired when convenient. Therefore, broadcast dates vary around the country. This section of the log is listed in Mutual's suggested ordering. Broadcast dates start on the premier date and continue until completion without break. The single-part show broadcast dates were more tightly defined by Mutual.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Murder AT Midnight "Till Death Do Us" (9-11-46)

Till Death Do Us (Aired September 11, 1946)



The Murder at Midnight series was a thirty-minute broadcast featuring tales of the supernatural. The actors included Mercedes McCambridge and Lawson Zerbe and the show was narrated using the spooky, creepy voice of Raymond Morgan and always opened using the same gripping signature; “the witching hour, when night is darkest, our fears are the strongest, our strength at its lowest ebb… Midnight! … when graves gape open and death strikes!”

THIS EPISODE:
Murder At Midnight. September 11, 1946. Program #13. Syndicated. "'Til Death Do Us Part". Commercials added locally. A new bridegroom feels a compulsion to strangle his bride! A surprise ending! Anton M. Leader (director), Charles Paul (organ), Elspeth Eric, Eric Dressler, Joseph Ruscoll (writer), Louis G. Cowan (producer). 27:00.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Gangbusters "The Osage Indian Murders G-Men" (8-03-35)

The Osage Indian Murders GMen (Aired August 3, 1935)


Gang Busters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered as G-Men, sponsored by Chevrolet, on July 20, 1935. After the title was changed to Gang Busters January 15, 1936, the show had a 21-year run through November 20, 1957. Beginning with a barrage of loud sound effects — guns firing and tires squealing — this intrusive introduction led to the popular catch phrase "came on like Gang Busters."The series dramatized FBI cases, which producer-director Phillips H. Lord arranged in close association with Bureau director J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover insisted that only closed cases would be used.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Academy Award Theater "It Happened Tomorrow" (10-09-46)

It Happened Tomorrow (Aired October 9. 1946)


The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost Horizon, and Joan Fontaine and John Lund were in Portrait of Jenny. How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio were done is something to hear! Some films are less well known, such as Guest in the House, with Kirk Douglas and Anita Louise, It Happened Tomorrow, with Eddie Bracken and Ann Blythe playing Dick Powell and Linda Darnell's roles, and Cheers for Miss Bishop with Olivia de Havilland.

THIS EPISODE:
October 9, 1946. CBS network. "It Happened Tomorrow". Sponsored by: Squibb. The delightful story about the newspaper reporter who had access to the next day's newspaper! Eddie Bracken, Ann Blyth, Hugh Brundage (announcer), Frank Wilson (adaptor), Leith Stevens (composer, conductor), Dee Englebach (producer, director). 29:36.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes "A Case Of Identity" (1-23-55)

A Case Of Identity (Aired January 23, 1955)


Sherlock Holmes detective stories appeared on radio for more than 25 years, with a long list of performers playing the parts of Holmes and Dr Watson. FIRST BROADCAST: October 20th 1930 LAST BROADCAST: September 4th 1956. The stories were written by Edith Meiser, a self-confessed Holmes addict. These were so well written that she was warmly praised by Arthur Conan Doyle’s widow and son. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most universally recognisable literary characters in any genre. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories were narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two having been narrated by Holmes himself, and two others written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialized novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Zero Hour "Dick Sargent" (5-15-74) Show 3 of 5

Dick Sargent (Aired May 15, 1974) Show 3 of 5


SEE THIS PAGE FOR SHOW 1 and 2




The 5-part series was syndicated by Mutual and the programs were allowed to be aired when convenient. Therefore, broadcast dates vary around the country. This section of the log is listed in Mutual's suggested ordering. Broadcast dates start on the premier date and continue until completion without break. The single-part show broadcast dates were more tightly defined by Mutual.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Ford Theater "The Front Page" (5-09-48)

The Front Page (Aired May 9, 1948)


First Show: 10-05-47 Last Show: 07-01-49 Number Shows: 78 (39 on NBC, 39 on CBS) Audition Show: none known Series Description: The FORD THEATER, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, presented hour long dramas first on NBC for one only season. The series moved to CBS for its second and last season. There were 39 NBC and 39 CBS hour- long shows (not verified). The show initially received an unfavorable review from the New York Times for poor script adaptation but was still highly rated for the actors' performance and overall production. The show was supposed to feature only original scripts but had to forgo that plan due to lack of quality material. The first season on NBC used radio actors under the direction of George Zachary. Martin Gabel announced the first show but was soon replaced by Kenneth Banghart. The second season, on CBS, used Hollywood screen actors in the lead roles, supported by radio actors. Fletcher Markle, who previously produced CBS's STUDIO ONE series, was the producer for the second season. Although a short series, it still has some of radio's best dramas.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Zero Hour "Dick Sargent" (5-14-74) Part 2 0f 5

Dick Sargent (Aired May 14, 1974) Part 2 0f 5


SEE THIS PAGE FOR SHOW 1

Host : Rod Serling - Cast : Edgar Bergen, Richard Crenna, Howard Duff, John Dehner, Lurene Tuttle, George Maharis, Susan Oliver, Joseph Campanella, John Astin, Patty Duke - Music : Theme played by Ferreane and Teicher - Producer : J.M. Kholos - Director : Elliott Lewis.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Zero Hour "Dick Sargent" (5-13-74) Part 1 0f 5

Dick Sargent (Aired May 13, 1974) Part 1 0f 5







The 5-part series was syndicated by Mutual and the programs were allowed to be aired when convenient. Therefore, broadcast dates vary around the country. This section of the log is listed in Mutual's suggested ordering. Broadcast dates start on the premier date and continue until completion without break. The single-part show broadcast dates were more tightly defined by Mutual.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Ellery Queen Master Detective "The Swiss Nutcracker" (12-24-39)

The Swiss Nutcracker (Aired December 24, 1939)


Tuska cited Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) and Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941) as the best of the Bellamy-Lindsay pairings. "The influence of The Thin Man series was apparent in reverse", Tuska noted about Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery. "Ellery and Nikki are unmarried but obviously in love with each other. Probably the biggest mystery... is how Ellery ever gets a book written. Not only is Nikki attractive and perfectly willing to show off her figure", Tuska wrote, "but she also likes to write her own stories on Queen's time, and gets carried away doing her own investigations." In Ellery Queen, Master Detective, "the amorous relationship between Ellery and Nikki Porter was given a dignity, and therefore integrity", Tuska wrote, "that was lacking in the two previous entries in the series", made at Republic Pictures before Bellamy and Lindsay were signed by Columbia.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Halls Of Ivy "Eddie Gray Did He Steal" (2-24-50)

Eddie Gray Did He Steal (Aired February 24, 1950)


Ronald Colman and his wife Benita Hume starred in the Halls of Ivy, a very well-written, superbly acted radio program that was full of warmth and wit. The show aired from 1950 to 1952 on NBC and is not often mentioned when old-time radio programs are the topic of conversation, but it is one of my favorites. The combination of Mr. & Mrs. Colman's acting and Don Quinn's writing made for an enjoyable half-hour's worth of entertainment. The show was created by Don Quinn who for many, many years put words in the mouths of Fibber McGee and Molly. Quinn wrote jokes that made you think. On the McGee program there was a fast and furious onslaught of crazy puns, mangled cliches, and double-meanings. Sometimes all at once -- when delivered by the superb timing of the talented Jim Jordan as Fibber.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Life With Luigi "Income Tax Problems" (3-06-49)

Income Tax Problems (Aired March 6, 1949)


Life with Luigi was a radio comedy-drama series which began September 21, 1948 on CBS. The story concerned Italian immigrant Luigi Basco, and his experiences as an immigrant in Chicago. Many of the shows take place at the US citizenship classes that Luigi attends with other immigrants from different countries, as well as trying to fend off the repeated advances of the morbidly-obese daughter of his landlord/sponsor. Luigi was played by J. Carrol Naish, an Irish-American. Naish continued in the role on the short-lived television version in 1952, and was later replaced by Vito Scotti. With a working title of The Little Immigrant, Life with Luigi was created by Cy Howard, who earlier had created the hit radio comedy, My Friend Irma. The show was often seen as the Italian counterpart to the radio show The Goldbergs, which chronicled the experience of Jewish immigrants in New York.

THIS EPISODE:
Life With Luigi. March 6, 1949. CBS net. Sustaining. Luigi gets a letter from the income tax department! Has he paid his "E Pluribus Unum Tax?" Same script as catalogue #22768, but broadcast three years earlier. Alan Reed (?), Bob Stevenson (announcer), Cy Howard (writer, producer, director), Hans Conried, J. Carrol Naish, Jody Gilbert, Joe Forte, Lou Derman (writer), Lyn Murray (music), Mac Benoff (writer), Mary Shipp. 29:37.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Victory Theater "The Philadelphia Story" (7-20-42)

The Philadelphia Story (Aired July 20, 1942)


"Victory Theater" was the 1942 summer replacement series for "Lux Radio Theater" and was sponsored by the United States Government.The Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935); CBS (1935-1954); NBC (1954-1955)) adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. It quickly became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, running more than twenty years.

THIS EPISODE:
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Movie 1940
Philadelphia heiress Tracy Lord throws out her playboy husband C.K. Dexter Haven shortly after their marriage. Two years later, Tracy is about to marry respectable George Kittredge whilst Dexter has been working for "Spy" magazine. Dexter arrives at the Lord's mansion the day before the wedding with writer Mike Connor and photographer Liz Imbrie, determined to spoil things. Written by Col Needham {col@imdb.com}

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