ESCAPE was picked up for a full season in the Fall. Series Two had 59 live shows, including 12 twice-weekly performances from the start of 1948.
Airs on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. EST
Produced & Directed by William N. Robson
Assistant: Norman Macdonnell
Music composed and conducted by Cy Feuer, including new opening and closing theme music, incorporating an effective borrowing from Moussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain.”
This season saw the commencement of the classic ESCAPE introductions in which the listener is directly addressed.
Author: Richard Connell
Adaptation by Irving Ravetch
(This show directed by Richard Sanville)
Announcer: Frank Goss
Signature Voice: Ian MacDonald
CAST: Paul Frees (Sanger Rainsford), Hans Conried (General Zaroff), Ted Von Eltz (Whitney)
An island in the Caribbean, and a story of a crazed hunter.
This story had been performed twice on SUSPENSE, 9-23-43 & 2-1-45
Author: Frank H. Spearman
Adaptation by John Dunkel
Show is unavailable for review. At June 2020 it is not known if a recording survives
The Character Roles in the script were Jimmie Bradshaw, Doubleday, Narrator, Operator, Chief, Kingsley, Indian, Old-Timer, Wiper, Neighbor, Sollers, Horrigan, Shafter, Conductor)
Described as a story of the old west, the world of Casey Jones, and a legendary event in railroad history.
NOTE: Next show to follow was A Tooth for Paul Revere. This show was not produced until 7-4-48
Author: Martin Storm
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Jack Webb (Chris Warner), Raymond Lawrence (Captain Wood), D. J. Thompson (Mother Willis), Don Diamond (Sanchez + Angry Passenger), Ian MacDonald (Signature voice), others unbilled
Aboard a ship out of Venezuela, a deadly bushmaster snake is loose.
This show, from a damaged network disc, is missing several minutes within the story.
This script was performed three more times, on 3-28-48, 3-13-49, 7-7-50, and on SUSPENSE (1-6-57 & 4-3-60)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Paul Frees (Poe the Narrator), Ramsay Hill (Roderick Usher), Sheraton Hall (Servant + Physician), Ian MacDonald (Signature voice)
Announcer: Frank Goss
A gloom shrouded moor, in a house of melancholia and dread.
(James Matthews becomes announcer from next show)
POLLOCK AND THE PORROH MAN (10-29-47, #12)
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Barton Yarborough (Pollock), Luis Van Rooten (Waterhouse + Sailor), Bill Conrad (Perea), Jeff Corey (Captain + Arab), Jack Kruschen (Mendi Tribesman + Porroh Man), Ian MacDonald (Signature voice)
The lowlands of West Africa and native magic.
Author: John Collier
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Elliott Lewis (Charles Snell), Paul Frees (Mr. Roscoe), Pat Lowery (Ella), Ruth Perrott (Mrs. Vanderpant), Lou Krugman (Sam), Bill Conrad (Signature voice), others playing Sadie, Mrs. Bilby, Ad Libs
Eerie night dwellers live in a giant department store.
This script was performed twice more, on 9-12-48 & 8-25-49
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson [“The Suicide Club”]
Adaptation by William N. Robson
CAST: Paul Frees (Theopholous Godall, alias Prince Florizel), Bill Johnstone (Hammersmith, alias Colonel Geraldine), Barton Yarborough (The Young Man), Bill Conrad (Head of Suicide Club + Signature voice), Raymond Lawrence (Roderick), Jeff Corey (Chief Detective + Priest), Ramsay Hill (Bartholomew Malthus)
London in the 19th century: a dangerous card game in an exclusive club.
Author: Montague R. James
Adaptation by Irving Ravetch and John Dunkel
CAST: John McIntire (Edward Dunning), Ian Wolfe (Dr. Wilson + Henry Harrington), Bill Conrad (Allan Karswell + Clerk), Jeff Corey (Conductor + Purser), Eric Snowdon (Alfred Smythe + Attendant), Ian MacDonald (Signature voice)
An atmospheric tale of an ancient curse set in London.
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Paul Frees (Juan Nunez), Peggy Webber (Medina-Sarote), Bill Conrad (Ybarra + Pedro + Doctor Yacob), Harry Bartell (Correa), Lou Krugman (Cartwright), Luis Van Rooten (Williamson + Elder), Ian MacDonald (Signature voice)
A remote valley in the Andes is populated entirely by unsighted people.
This script was performed twice more, on 6-27-48 & 3-20-49, and on SUSPENSE, 10-27-57 & 12-13-59
Author: Geoffrey Household
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Paul Frees (Shiravief), Marta Mitrovich (Kyra Vaughan), Morgan Farley (Richard Vaughan), Bill Conrad (Josef Weiss + Signature voice), Jack Kruschen (Magistrate), Sheraton Hall (Josef’s Grandfather), unknown as Frieda
The forest country of eastern Europe is home to superstitions about a werewolf.
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Adaptation by William N. Robson
CAST: Harry Bartell (Paton Farquar), Bill Conrad (First Narrator), Bill Johnstone (Second Narrator), Luis Van Rooten (Jethro + Signature voice), Ira Grossel (Sergeant), Frank Lovejoy (Captain), Sam Edwards (Lieutenant Saltonstall), unknown as Mrs. Farquar
Story set in both Civil War Alabama and in the subconscious of a man about to be hanged.
This script was performed three times on SUSPENSE during Robson’s tenure, on 12-9-56, 12-15-57 & 7-19-59
Change in opening format from “carefully plotted” to “carefully contrived”
Author: Joseph Hergesheimer
Adapted by John Dunkel
Directed by Richard Sanville in Robson’s absence this week
CAST: Paul Frees (John Woolfolk), Jeanette Nolan (Milly Stope), Bill Conrad (Halvard + Signature voice), Jack Kruschen (Isaac Nicholas), Sherry Hall (Litchfield Stope)
A rural plantation house off the Georgia coast is tyrannized by a maniac.
This script was performed a second time on 9-28-49, and twice on ROMANCE, 7-25-50 & 1-1-53
Author: John Collier
Adaptation by Robert Tallman
CAST: Paul Frees (Herbert Carpenter), Eleanor Audley (Hermione), Marta Mitrovich (Marian Markham), Bill Conrad (Freddie Sinclair + Ship Steward + Signature voice), Luis Van Rooten (Wallingford + Professor Hewitt + Hotel Clerk), Ruth Perrott (Mrs. Hewitt + Mrs. Wallingford)
A university town in England and a tragic triangle.
This script was previously performed twice on SUSPENSE, 12-23-43 & 12-23-48, and would be performed a third time on that series on 12-23-56
Author: Algernon Blackwood
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Bill Conrad (O’Reilly + Signature voice), Ramsay Hill (Doctor), Peggy Webber (Red Cross girl + Woman in Fog), Raymond Lawrence (Man in Fog), Eric Snowdon (Dr. Henry), Eleanor Audley (Nurse)
A fogbound London and a man with severe shell shock.
At the start of 1948 ESCAPE performed each script twice a week for twelve weeks. The first version was live on Wednesday evenings at 10:00 p.m. EST [7:00 p.m. PST], produced and directed by William N. Robson, and featuring full orchestra with a music score composed and conducted by Cy Feuer.
The second “encore” version, also heard on both East and West coasts, was done live three days later, on Saturday mornings. The encores were produced by Robson but with studio direction by his assistant Norman Macdonnell, featuring the identical casts and with organ music by Eddie Dunstedter.
Author: Perceval Gibbon
Adapted by William N. Robson
CAST: Harry Bartell (Ronald A. Dawson), Jeanette Nolan (Marlene), Cathy Lewis (Miss Patterson), Bill Conrad (Jones + The Fat Man + Signature voice), Paul Frees (Egon), Lou Krugman (Vendor + Lazarus), Elliott Lewis (Twitchell), Luis Van Rooten (Second Vendor + Police Official)
A tense stopover for a cruise liner in the market town of Mozambique, East Africa.
This script was performed again on 7-28-49, and on SUSPENSE, 1-20-57
Author: Carl Stephenson
Adapted by Robert Ryf
CAST: Bill Conrad (Leiningen + Signature voice), Lou Merrill (District Commissioner + closing voice in show #25), Don Diamond (Aide + Worker), Lou Krugman (Blauss the foreman)
On a plantation in the Amazon jungle a man battles an immense army of deadly ants.
This script was performed twice again on 5-23-48 & 8-4-49 and on SUSPENSE, 8-25-57 & 11-29-59
Author: William Irish [aka Cornell Woolrich]
Adaptation by John Dunkel
(For this story, with its unique musical content, the full orchestra was used in both versions)
CAST: Frank Lovejoy (Eddie Bloch), Luis Van Rooten (Papa Benjamin + Sergeant Tolliver), Harry Bartell (Police Commissioner), Joan Banks (Judy Bloch + Prostitute), Jack Edwards (Johnny Staats), Jeff Corey (Joe + Dr. Reynolds), Bill Conrad (Graham + Guard + Drunk + Signature voice)
The French Quarter of New Orleans: a bandleader steals a sacred voodoo chant.
Author: Harold Lamb
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Morgan Farley (Humphrey Ward), Jack Webb (Tom Hatfield), Jeanette Nolan (Mary the Deadhead), Harry Bartell (Kevorkian), Barton Yarborough (State Department Man + Radcliffe), Jack Kruschen (Mr. Chiniara + The Syrian + Signature voice in #29), Bill Conrad (Signature voice in #28)
A dangerous night trip on the Taurus Express in Turkey.
Author: Alexander Woollcott
Adaptation by William N. Robson
CAST: Joan Banks (Cynthia Winship), Hy Averback (Bruce Stanley + Sig, voice in #31), Ramsay Hill (Jacques the Cabbie + Manager), Peggy Webber (Mrs. Winship + Alice), Rolfe Sedan (Bellboy + Waiter), Luis Van Rooten (Doctor + Elevator Operator), Bill Conrad (Signature voice in #30)
A tale of a huge coverup in Paris during the Exposition.
This script was performed again on 1-10-50, and on SUSPENSE, 4-7-57
NOTE: With the show of 2-1-48, the evening (orchestra) broadcasts move to Sundays (7:00 p.m. PST, 10:00 p.m. EST)
Author: Irvin S. Cobb
Adaptation by Fred Howard
CAST: William Conrad (Jafe Morner + Signature voice), Paul Frees (Finney Morner), Ruth Perrott (Kizzy Morner), Fred Howard (Davis)m Barton Yarborough (Dr. Bradshaw), Luis Van Rooten (Tip Bailey + Mr. Rives the Snake Doctor), Alan Reed (Irvin S. Cobb the narrator)
Southern mountain country on Cashier Creek: a tale of jealousy and murder.
This script was performed again on 8-18-49
NOTE: At end of 2-8-48, the announcer mistakenly mistitles the following week’s show as Ancient Sorcerers.
Author: Algernon Blackwood
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Paul Frees (Arthur Llewellyn), Kay Brinker (Ilse), Ann Morrison (Madame), Bill Conrad (Doctor + Signature voice), Jeff Corey (Dundreary), Ramsay Hill (Ticket clerk + Man on train)
A remote Welsh village and the practice of lycanthropy.
Author: Robert Hichens
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Luis Van Rooten (Professor Guildea), Parley Baer (Father Murchison), Harry Bartell (Pitting), Paul Frees (Napoleon the parrot + Signature voice)
London’s West End at Hyde Park and a tale of loneliness and impending madness.
NOTE: Murchison was to have been played by Bill Conrad, but he was replaced by Parley Baer.
For this week’s Saturday morning encore performance, Richard Aurandt subbed for Eddie Dunstedter at the organ console.
Author: John Buchan
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Paul Frees (John Buchan), Bill Conrad (Lawson + Signature voice), Kay Brinker (Ashtaroth), Raymond Lawrence (MacJobson), Eric Snowdon (Travers)
An African veldt harbours an enchanted shrine of antiquity and an evil Goddess.
NOTE: Opening announcement changes from “and carefully contrived” to “and designed to free you from the four walls of today.” This line would remain through the final show in 1954.
Only the second version of this show (Saturday morning performance with organ music) is known to survive.
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Paul Frees (George Herbert + Signature voice), Luis Van Rooten (Sanders), Jack Webb (Jacobs), Lou Merrill (Mamala), Parley Baer (Mr. Bender), Berry Kroeger (Thomas the interpreter)
A South Seas island is home to a tribe of cannibals.
Only the first version of these two performances (evening show with orchestra) is known, in an inferior AFRS aircheck
This was the final ESCAPE for music composer-conductor Cy Feuer who had been with the show from the first broadcast.
Author: Alfred Noyes
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Music by Wilbur Hatch
CAST: Jack Webb (Harper), Alan Reed (Captain Burgess), Gale Page (Mrs Burgess), Luis Van Rooten (Kato + Satan the cat), Pinto Colvig (Kanaka Jo), Bill Conrad (Signature voice)
Aboard a South Seas schooner, apparently haunted by the ghost of a dead captain.
Only the first version of these two performances (evening show with orchestra) is known.
Pinto Colvig was originally hired to do the noises for Satan the cat but was replaced by Van Rooten.
Author: Richard Matthews Hallett
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Music by Del Castillo
CAST: Paul Frees (Captain Arad), Bill Conrad (Yang-Po + Signature voice), Virginia Gregg (Dona Delfina), Tony Barrett (Mike O’Cain), Berry Kroeger (Don Narciso Crispo)
Set in 1790, aboard a Chinese junk run aground off Borneo’s coast in Diak Head-hunter land.
Only the first version of these two performances (evening show with orchestra) is known, in an AFRS copy.
The show of 3-27-48 was the final of twelve Saturday morning encore performances. From the next show ESCAPE returns to the once-weekly schedule.
William N. Robson, producer-director, leaves to direct SHORTY BELL which premieres on 3-28-48. His assistant Norman Macdonnell is promoted and remains with ESCAPE.
All shows Produced and Directed by Norman Macdonnell, on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. EST
Music is composed and conducted by Wilbur Hatch
Author: Martin Storm
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Harry Bartell (Chris Warner), Berry Kroeger (Captain Wood + Signature voice), Peggy Webber (Mother Willis), Don Diamond (Sanchez + Mate), Sarah Selby (Mrs. Crane + Passenger), Frank Gerstle (Mr. Bowman), Dave Light (Special effects [Clara the cat sounds])
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Aboard a ship out of Venezuela, a deadly bushmaster snake is loose.
NOTE: This script was previously performed on 10-15-47, and would be performed again on 3-13-49 & 7-7-50, and on SUSPENSE, 1-6-57 & 4-3-60
For this show, Wilbur Hatch conducted the original score by Cy Feuer
Author: C. E. Montague
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Joseph Kearns (Christopher Bell), Luis Van Rooten (Jean Vajour + Dr. Theodore Gollen), Marta Mitrovich (Greta de Gaspar), Jeff Corey (Matthew Bruff), Raymond Lawrence (John Huxford), Berry Kroeger (Jenkins), Joan Banks (Mrs. Anna Gollen), Erik Rolf (Narrator + Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In the Swiss Alps, a man almost dies on a high glacier.
This script was performed again on 7-21-49, and on SUSPENSE, 10-5-53
Author: Joseph Conrad
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Dan O’Herlihy (Ned Wilmot), Erik Rolf (Charley Wilmot + Signature voice), Nina Klowden (Maggie Colchester), Jeff Corey (Captain Colchester), Wilms Herbert (Bosun + Jerminn), Parley Baer (Father Wilmot)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In 1900 in the North Atlantic a crew fears their sailing ship is jinxed.
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Music includes the march “The British Grenadiers
CAST: Gil Stratton, Jr. (Piggy Lew), Jimmy Ogg (Jakin), Erik Rolf (Kipling the narrator + Signature voice), Peggy Webber (Chris), Jeff Corey (Colonel), Alec Harford (Sergeant), Eric Snowdon (General), Paul McVey (Highlander)
In the north of India an army, with two young recruits, battles Pathan warriors.
Announcer: Roy Rowan
This script was performed again on 7-14-49
Author: John Russell
Adaptation by Irving Ravetch
CAST: Berry Kroeger (Doctor Dubose), Joseph Kearns (Fenayrou), Jay Novello (The Parrot), Lou Merrill (Captain), Byron Kane (Marteau), Erik Rolf (Narrator + Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Four disparate men in a life raft on the South Pacific off Noumea
This script was previously performed on 8-18-47, and would be again on 7-7-49
For this show, Wilbur Hatch conducts Cy Feuer’s original score
Author: Robert Simpson
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Wilms Herbert (John Todd), Jack Kruschen (Captain Brock), Tony Barrett (Ganson), Don Diamond (Native), Paul McVey (Mr. Simpson), Bill Conrad (Towana + Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In the Sequondo Valley in Africa a complacent bully finally gets his comeuppance.
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by Irving Ravetch
CAST: Erik Rolf (Fowler + Signature voice), Jeff Corey (Dudley), Kay Brinker (Weena)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
This script was performed again on 10-22-50
Wells’ famous story of time travel, from the 19th century to the year 100,080
Author: James Oliver Curwood
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Frank Lovejoy (Billy), Wilms Herbert (Sergeant Brokaw), Cynthia Corley (Jeanne), Nestor Paiva (Commander Thorn + Signature voice), Clark Kuney (Trooper), Stan Waxman (Narrator)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A terrified flight through the frozen wilderness of Canada’s north woods.
Author: Carl Stephenson
Adaptation by Robert Ryf
CAST: Bill Conrad (Leiningen + Signature voice), Jay Novello (Commissioner), Don Diamond (Assistant), Lou Krugman (Blauss the Foreman), Jack Kruschen (Worker)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
This is the third performance of the script. It will be performed again on 8-4-49, and on SUSPENSE, 8-25-57 & 11-29-59
For this show Wilbur Hatch conducts Cy Feuer’s original score
On a plantation in the Amazonian jungle a man battles an army of killer ants.
Author: Percival Christopher Wren
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Music composed by Lucien Morawek (conducted by Wilbur Hatch)
CAST: Berry Kroeger (Beau Geste + Commandant), Wilms Herbert (John Geste), Jay Novello (Sergeant Lejeune), Ben Wright (Digby Geste + Guantayo), Ramsay Hill (Francis Blondart), Lillian Buyeff (Aunt Patricia), Peggy Webber (Claudia), Bill Conrad (Sergeant + Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
P. C. Wren’s famous adventure of the French Foreign Legion. Set in a desert fortress in Africa’s Sahara.
A budgetary measure reduces the musical content to only organ backing, composed and played by Ivan Ditmars
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Paul Frees (Juan Nunez), Berry Kroeger (Father Ybarra + Elder), Peggy Webber (Medina-Sarote), Wilms Herbert (Correa), Byron Kane (Pedro + Doctor Yacob), Bill Conrad (Cartwright + Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A remote valley in the Andes is populated entirely with unsighted people.
This script was previously performed on 11-26-47, and would be done again on 3-20-49, and on SUSPENSE, 10-27-57 & 12-13-59
Author: Stephen Vincent Benet
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Harry Bartell (Lige Butterwick), Parley Baer (Paul Revere), Berry Kroeger (Narrator + Tavern Keeper + British Soldier), Gil Stratton, Jr. (Boy + William), Peggy Webber (Aunt + Boatshed Proprietress), Ann Morrison (Martha Butterwick + Customer), Dick Ryan (The Barber + Soldier + Horse Man), Paul Frees (Neighbor Williams + British Soldier No. 2), Bill Conrad (Loyalist + Signature voice), David Light (Special effects [sound])
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A fantasy set in the time of the American Revolution.
Author: H. Rider Haggard
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Berry Kroeger (Archibald Holly), Larry Dobkin (Leo Vincey), Kay Brinker (She), Ben Wright (Job + Amhaggar), Wilms Herbert (Billalli +Abdullah), Bill Conrad (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In remote Africa and a civilization ruled by the beautiful and terrifying Queen, “She.”
NOTE: From this show, John Dunkel receives credit for Editorial Supervision
Author: F. R. Buckley
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: John Dehner (Connelly), Luis Van Rooten (Captain Weatherfield), Wilms Herbert (Captain Miller), Berry Kroeger (Judge Roberts), Bill Bouchey (Shoreman + First Mate Larson), Bill Conrad (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
On a hurricane buffeted ocean, on an ancient tramp steamer, a captain is driven by revenge.
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Ben Wright (Peachy Carnehan), Wilms Herbert (Daniel Dravot), John Dehner (Kipling the Narrator + Second beggar), Peggy Webber (Roxanne + Third beggar), Jack Kruschen (Billy Fish the High Priest + First Beggar), Bill Conrad (Camel Driver + Signature voice)
Announcer: Larry Thor
Kipling’s famous tale of two British scoundrels in the north of India.
This script was previously performed as the premier show on 7-7-47. It was also performed on SUSPENSE, 5-31-59
Author: Vincent Starrett
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Luis Van Rooten (Matthew Duplessis), Ben Wright (Merle), Gloria Blondell (Marie Simard), Berry Kroeger (Detective Lemieux + Priest), Wilms Herbert (Knife Maker), John Dehner (Paul), Bill Conrad (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In the south of France, a master criminal is loose.
Author: James Gould Cozzens
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: John Dehner (Bradell), Charlotte Lawrence (Maralee), Jeff Corey (Captain Clendenning), Don Diamond (Miro), Harry Bartell (Morris + Sparks), Larry Dobkin (Driscoll), Jay Novello (Dr. Percival), Bill Conrad (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
On a fateful ocean trip, with a dying captain
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Sam Edwards (John Unger), Peggy Webber (Kismine), Danny Merrill (Percy Washington), John Dehner (Mr. Washington), Don Diamond (Gygsum + Prisoner), Marlo Dwyer, Ken Harvey, Hans Conried (Ad Lib prisoners), Bill Conrad (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
This script was previously performed on 7-14-47, and would be done again on 3-27-49
Fitzgerald’s fantasy tale set in a hidden retreat on a Montana plateau.
NOTE: The Haunted Man by Ralph Bates was originally intended for this date and was also announced for 9-12-48. The show was finally not produced
Next week’s program is previewed but no title is given.
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Stacy Harris (Henry Cooper + Hedon), Betty Lou Gerson (Noma), Charlotte Lawrence (Mrs. Cooper), Jack Kruschen (Dying Man + Soldier), Erik Rolf (Servant + Signature voice), John Dehner (Messenger + Eversham)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In the year 2200, the last days of civilization are foretold in nightmares.
Author: John Collier
Adaptation by John Dunkel
CAST: Bill Conrad (Charles Snell + Signature voice), Constance Cavendish (Ella), Harry Bartell (Sam), Lillian Buyeff (Sadie), Jeff Corey (Mr. Roscoe), Kay Miller (Mrs. Vanderpant), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Bilby), Roy Rowan & Ham Keener (Ad Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
An eerie nocturnal tale of secret dwellers in a giant department store.
This script was previously performed on 11-5-47 and would be done again on 8-25-49
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
CAST: Ben Wright (George Fotheringay), John Dehner (Reverend Maydig), Wilms Herbert (Toddy Beamish), Jeff Corey (Constable Winch), Constance Cavendish (Miss Bridges), Eleanor Audley (Mrs. Tetherington), Bill Conrad (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Wells’ famous fantasy of a mild-mannered Englishman who tampers with the natural order.
NOTE: This script was performed again on 12-31-50
End of present series of ESCAPE.
Norman Macdonnell begins directing and producing THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE on 9-26-48