The Clock - "Retribution" (01-12-47)

Retribution (Aired January 12, 1947)

When Grace Gibson recycled The Clock almost eight years after it left American airwaves, it apparently met with far more successful acceptance with Australian and South African listeners alike. Employing at least fifty-two of the same scripts as the American run, Grace Gibson simply recast and rerecorded the series for Australian syndication and ended up with a reasonably long-running hit on its hands. And though the key to the comparative success of the Grace Gibson produced series was its wide syndication, it takes nothing away from the comparative quality of either the performances or the productions themselves. Indeed, some sixty years later, the Grace Gibson run of The Clock has long been intermingled with its surviving American counterparts--often interchangeably.

 

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January 12, 1947. Grace Gibson syndication. "Retribution". Sponsored by: Participting sponsors. Vera convinces her lover to kill her husband, but the hapless murderer soon sees the ghost of his victim. The ABC net series of "The Clock" ran a diferent prouction of the same script on September 25, 1947. Harp McGuire (as "The Clock"), Lawrence Klee (writer), Nigel Lovell, Margaret Christiansen, John Tate, Don Crosby, Gordon Glenwright, John Saul (director), Grace Gibson (proucer). 26:52. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.