Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Cloak & Dagger "The People In The Forest" (06-11-50)


The People In The Forest (Aired June 11, 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:

June 11, 1950. NBC network. "The People In The Forest". Sustaining. 4:00 P. M. Robert Scarpella parachutes into occupied France. The underground is being plagued by a traitor in their midst. The start of the program was delayed 45 seconds for golf scores. Corey Ford (originator), Alistair MacBain (originator), Alfred Hollander (associate producer), Sherman Marks (director, supervisor), Larry Haines, Boris Aplon, Berry Kroeger, Jerry Jarrett, Lily Darvas, Raymond Edward Johnson, Joseph Buloff, Nancy Franklin, Winifred Wolfe (writer), Jon Gart (music director), Louis G. Cowan (producer), Bob Warren (announcer). 27:35.

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