The Trap (Aired July 9, 1950)
"Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission for the United States, knowing in advance you may never return alive?" Cloak and Dagger first aired over the NBC network on May 7, 1950. It had a short run through the Summer on Sundays, changing to Fridays after its Summer run. The last show aired Oct. 22, 1950. This is the story of the WWII special governmental agency, the OSS, or Office of Strategic Services. Its mission was to develop and maintain spy networks throughout Europe and into Asia, while giving aid to underground partisan groups and developing espionage activities for Allied forces overseas.The show is based on the book of the same name by Lt. Col. Corey Ford and Major Alastair MacBain (who were associated with the OSS from its early days.) The dramas are not Hollywood-style, in that they sometimes end with plans foiled or leading characters dead.
THIS EPISODE:
July 9, 1950. NBC network. "The Trap". Sustaining. 4:00 P. M. An O. S. S. operative is sent to a German-occupied town in France to find out if the Nazis really hid re-inforcements in the woods. The spy's abilities as a cartoonist is a definite plus, but his escape from the pursuing Nazis results in a wild flight. Virginia Payne, Raymond Edward Johnson, Karl Weber, Stefan Schnabel, Jerry Jarrett, Ralph Bell, Lotte Stavisky, Winifred Wolfe (writer), Jack Gordon, Jon Gart (music director), Corey Ford (originator), Alistair MacBain (originator), Louis G. Cowan (producer), Alfred Hollander (producer), Everett Sloane, Berry Kroeger, Sherman Marks (director, supervisor). 29:28.
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