Cloak And Dagger - "The Secret Box" (07-23-50)

Cloak And Dagger - The Secret Box (07-23-50)

The Secret Box (Aired July 23, 1950)

Based on the book, Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Story of the O.S.S. by Corey Ford and Alistair McBain, the Radio rendition of these fascinating stories promised to keep any listener perched on the edge of their seat. Apart from describing the book upon which the new adventure series was based, the above is just about all the fanfare that was associated with the roll-out of NBC's only espionage program of the year. It was also one of the few solo productions that Wyllis Cooper undertook for NBC. It was also Cooper's first collaboration with British crime journalist Percy Hoskins, who would work with Cooper yet again on NBC's WHItehall-1212 a year hence. The combination of Hoskin's unfailingly accurate research and Cooper's lively, fast-paced writing and direction proved to be an excellent underpinning for an espionage adventure drama based on factual events. The Office of Strategic Services--the progenitor of our Central Intelligence Agency--was one of American History's most colorful and compelling World War II intelligence gathering efforts.

THIS EPISODE:

July 23, 1950. NBC network. "The Secret Box". Sustaining. 4:00 P.M. Jerry Lester is well cast as an O.S.S. operative who flies behind Japanese lines to bring back an important Japanese prisoner. This is a well-written jungle adventure featuring head-hunters as well as enemy Japanese. Good radio! Jerry Lester, Corey Ford (originator), Alistair MacBain (originator), Louis G. Cowan (producer), Alfred Hollander (producer), Sherman Marks (director, supervisor), Winifred Wolfe (writer), Larry Haines, Dan Ocko, Irene Hubbard, Raymond Edward Johnson, Karl Weber, Arnold Robertson, Jack Gordon (writer), Murray Ross (music director), Jerry Jarrett. 29:28. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.