Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Escape "A Bullet For Mr Smith" (01-14-51)

A Bullet For Mr Smith (Aired January 14, 1951)


Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production budgets, although Richfield Oil signed on as a sponsor for five months in 1950. Despite these problems, Escape enthralled many listeners during its seven-year run. The series' well-remembered opening combined Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain with the introduction, intoned by Paul Frees and William Conrad: “Tired of the everyday routine?

THIS EPISODE:

January 14, 1951. Program #41. CBS network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "A Bullet For Mr. Smith". Cloaks and daggers in postwar Switzerland. An American agent is instructed to assassinate an enemy agent named "Mr. Smith," but who is he? The program was broadcast on the west coast on January 19, 1951. Antony Ellis (writer), Norman Macdonnell (director), Del Castillo (composer, conductor), John Dehner, Jeanne Bates, Ben Wright, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, Edgar Barrier, Jack Kruschen. 30:42.

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