Eight live shows, as a summer replacement series for SUSPENSE
Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. EST
All shows are new productions of scripts already performed. The full orchestra returns.
Producer-Director: Norman Macdonnell
Author: John Russell
Adaptation by Irving Ravetch
Music: Wilbur Hatch, conducting original score by Cy Feuer
Assistant director: Ted Rogers
Sound: Clarke Casey
Engineer: Stan Carr
CAST: Larry Dobkin (Narrator), Joseph Kearns (Dr. Dubose), Ben Wright (Fenayrou), Barney Phillips (The Parrot), Jack Kruschen (Marteau + Canaque), Wilms Herbert (Captain + Signature voice)
Announcer: Tip Corning
On tropical seas out of Noumea, four disparate men are aboard a life raft.
This script was previously performed 8-18-47 & 4-25-48
No title is given for next show
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Music: Wilbur Hatch (includes traditional march “The British Grenadiers”)
CAST: Ben Wright (Rudyard Kipling who narrates), Hugh Thomas (Piggy Lew), Terry Kilbourne (Jakin), Colleen Collins (Chris), Ramsay Hill (Colonel), Alec Harford (Sergeant), Wilms Herbert (Scots Highlander + Signature voice), Tudor Owen (General)
Announcer: Tip Corning
In the remote Afghan hill country, an army with two young recruits battle Pathan warriors.
This script was first performed on 4-18-48
Author: C. E. Montague
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Music: Wilbur Hatch
Sound: Gene Twombley
CAST: Joseph Kearns (Christopher Bell), Bill Johnstone (Narrator), Ben Wright (Jean Vajour), Maria Palmer (Greta de Gaspar + Anna Gollen), Jeff Corey (Mathew Bruff), Tudor Owen (Jenkins), Wilms Herbert (Dr. Theodore Gollen + Signature voice)
Announcer: Tip Corning
On a high glacier in the Swiss Alps a man comes close to death.
Author: Perceval Gibbon
Adaptation by William N. Robson
Music: Wilbur Hatch conducting original score by Cy Feuer
CAST: Parley Baer (Ronald A. Dawson), Georgia Elis (Marlene), Paul Dubov (Jones), Ben Wright (Twitchell), Vivi Janiss (Miss Patterson), John Dehner (Lazarus), Edgar Barrier (First Criminal), Nestor Paiva (Egon), Wilms Herbert (Signature voice)
Announcer: Tip Corning
In Mozambique’s native quarter, a cruise passenger experiences unexpected adventure.
This script was previously performed on 1-7-48 & 1-10-48, and on SUSPENSE, 1-20-57
Author: Carl Stephenson
Adaptation by Robert Ryf
Directed by Richard Sanville (subbing for Macdonnell)
Music: Wilbur Hatch, conducting original score by Cy Feuer
CAST: William Conrad (Leiningen), Gerald Mohr (Commissioner), Don Diamond (Blauss the Foreman), Jack Kruschen (Police Officer), Wilms Herbert (Worker + Signature voice)
Announcer: Tip Corning
On a plantation in the Amazon jungle, an army of killer ants must be stopped.
This script was previously performed on 1-14-48, 1-17-38 & 5-23-48 and later, SUSPENSE on 8-25-57 & 11-29-59
Next week’s show is announced as Snake Doctor, but that was broadcast two weeks later
Author: L. G. Blochman
Adaptation by Mort Lewis & Les Crutchfield
Prod: Richard Sanville
Assistant director: Ted Rogers
Sound: Gene Twombley
Engineer: Stan Carr
Music: Wilbur Hatch
CAST: Willard Waterman (Ralph Vernier), Robert Boon (Herr Koert), Marian Richman (Nolana), Larry Dobkin (Wilmerding aka Jerome Steeks), Vic Perrin (Prale), Wilms Herbert (Doran + Signature voice), Clarke Gordon (Wong)
Announcer: Tip Corning
In the jungle of Borneo, a murderer is hiding among three other men.
This script was previously performed on 2-26-49 (in the earlier version the leading character was Paul Vernier, not Ralph)
Author: Irvin S. Cobb
Adaptation by Fred Howard
Sound: Gus Bayz
Music: Wilbur Hatch, conducting original score by Cy Feuer
CAST: William Conrad (Jafe Morner + Signature voice), Paul Frees (Finney Morner), Jeff Chandler (Narrator), Bill Lally (Snake Doctor Rives + Davis), Ruth Perrott (Kizzy Morner), Wilms Herbert (Tip Bailey), Edgar Barrier (Dr. Bradshaw)
Announcer: Johnny Jacobs
A tale of jealousy and murder in the poor farm area of Cashier Creek in Southern mountain country.
This script was previously performed on 2-8-48 & 2-14-48
Author: John Collier
Adaptation by John Dunkel
Assistant Director: Ted Rogers
Music: Sandy Courage, conducting original score by Cy Feuer
Sound: Gus Bayz
CAST: Ben Wright (Charles Snell), Georgia Ellis (Ella), Harry Bartell (Sam), Vivi Janiss (Sadie), Wilms Herbert (Mr. Roscoe + Signature voice), Lois Corbett (Mrs. Bilby), Ruth Perrott (Mrs. Vanderpant), Doubles (Voices 1, 2 & 3)
Announcer: Bob Lemond
A world of eerie, secret night dwellers living in a huge department store.
This script was previously performed on 11-5-47 & 9-12-48
Final show of summer series, and last ESCAPE for Norman Macdonnell until a year later, 8-18-50