Italian Art Collection (Aired August 15, 1948)
The Man Called X was an espionage radio drama which aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944 to May 20, 1952. Herbert Marshall had the lead role of agent Ken Thurston who took on dangerous cases in a variety of exotic locations. Gordon Jenkins Orchestra supplied the background music. Leon Belasco played Mr. X's comedic sidekick, Pagan Zeldchmidt, who always turned up in remote parts of the world because he had a "cousin" there. Pagan would annoy and help Mr. X. Sponsored by Frigidaire and later General Motors. Marshall, British by birth, starred in films with many of the greatest, especially Detreich in Blonde Venus, Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen, Vincent Price in The Fly, and a great cast in The Razor's Edge, where he portrayed W. Somerset Maugham. Ziv Television later adapted The Man Called X as a 39 episode syndicated series (1956-57) starring Barry Sullivan as Thurston.
THIS EPISODE:
August 15, 1948. CBS network. Sponsored by: Frigidaire. Ken Thurston tries to recover a Stolen "Italian Art Collection" to help the war orphans. Herbert Marshall, Leon Belasco, Lawrence Dobkin, Rita Lynn, Wendell Niles (announcer). 29:41.
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