The Crackup (Aired September 14, 1950)
The FBI in Peace and War was a radio crime drama inspired by Frederick Lewis Collins' book, The FBI in Peace and War. The idea for the show came from Louis Pelletier who wrote many of the scripts. Among the show's other writers were Jack Finke, Ed Adamson and Collins. It aired on CBS from November 25, 1944 to September 28, 1958, it had a variety of sponsors (including Lava Soap, Wildroot Cream-Oil, Lucky Strike, Nescafe and Wrigley's) over the years. In 1955 it was the eighth most popular show on radio. Martin Blaine and Donald Briggs headed the cast. The theme was the March from Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges.
THIS EPISODE:
September 14, 1950. CBS network. "The Crackup". Sponsored by: Duz, Drene, Lava Soap. Three bank robbers are in hiding after a job. One of them has a bad case of the jitters. Martin Blaine, Don Briggs, Larry Haines, Louis Pelletier (writer), Len Sterling (announcer), Joe DeSantis, Jack Finke (writer), Vladimir Selinsky (music supervisor), Betty Mandeville (producer, director), Bud Collyer (commercial spokesman). 28:03. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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