Cloak & Dagger - "The Trap" (07-09-50)

The Trap (Aired July 9, 1950)

INTRO: Bob Plays Percy Faith "The Theme From A Summer Place" (1959)

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.

THIS EPISODE:
 
July 9, 1950. NBC network. "The Trap". Sustaining. 4:00 P. M. An O. S. S. operative is sent to a German-occupied town in France to find out if the Nazis really hid re-inforcements in the woods. The spy's abilities as a cartoonist is a definite plus, but his escape from the pursuing Nazis results in a wild flight. Virginia Payne, Raymond Edward Johnson, Karl Weber, Stefan Schnabel, Jerry Jarrett, Ralph Bell, Lotte Stavisky, Winifred Wolfe (writer), Jack Gordon, Jon Gart (music director), Corey Ford (originator), Alistair MacBain (originator), Louis G. Cowan (producer), Alfred Hollander (producer), Everett Sloane, Berry Kroeger, Sherman Marks (director, supervisor). 30:49. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.