18 shows, broadcast on Sunday afternoons, 3:00 p.m.)
Producer-Director: Norman Macdonnell
Music: Ivan Ditmars
Author: Weston Martyr
Adaptation by Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Dave Light, Ray Erlenborn
Engineer: Bob Chadwick
CAST: Ben Wright (Captain Godfrey), John Dodsworth (Mr. Darling), Bruce Payne (Finch), Tony Barrett (Wilks), John Dehner (Jonathan Abbey), Lou Krugman (Bos’n + Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A mutinous cargo of criminals on the high seas.
This script was performed again on 4-5-53, and on SUSPENSE, 6-19-56
Author: Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Dave Light, Ray Erlenborn
Engineer: Bob Chadwick
CAST: Terry Kilburn (Richard Ferris), John Dehner (Alistair “Scotty” McLennan), Alberto Morin (Farmer + Croupier), Georgia Ellis (Tina Maria Olescu), Lou Krugman (Golias + Spy at Farm + Signature voice), Edgar Barrier (General Radek)
Announcer: James Matthews
On a European train a woman passenger is desperate for help.
Author: Gil Doud & Antony Ellis
Sound: Dave Light, Ross Murray
CAST: Harry Bartell (Sam Kerrigan), Edgar Barrier (Inspector Fernac), Vivi Janiss (Alice Hammer), Stan Waxman (Benjamin Hammer + Man), Ann Morrison (Prostitute), Jack Kruschen (Nigali + Policeman), Lou Krugman (Sergeant Labate + Signature voice), Don Diamond (Barkeep)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In the Belgian Congo, a man challenges a puppet king.
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by Irving Ravetch
CAST: John Dehner (Fowler), Larry Dobkin (Dudley), Georgia Ellis (Weena), Lou Krugman (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
H. G. Wells’ famous tale of time travel from the present to the year 100, 080.
This script was previously performed on 5-9-48
Author: Bud A. Nelson
Sound: Dave Light, Ross Murray
CAST: Jack Moyles (Jeff), Stan Waxman (Burke), Jack Kruschen (Ellis), Barney Phillips (Lew), Lou Krugman (Dowd +Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A madman is aboard a small fishing boat off the California coast.
Author: George Stewart
Adaptation by David Ellis
Sound: Dave Light, Ross Murray
CAST: John Dehner (Isherwood Williams), Larry Dobkin (Dr. Stanley), Peggy Webber (Em), Michael Ann Barrett (Mrs. Carson + Woman), Parley Baer (Milt Carson + First Man), Ron Brogan (Harry + Front Page Announcer), Paul Frees (Column Three Announcer), Lou Krugman (Barlowe the drunk + Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
George Stewart’s famous post-doomsday novel is presented over two weeks.
Details as above
CAST: John Dehner (Isherwood Williams), Peggy Webber (Em +Carl), Michael Ann Barrett (Eileen + Mabel), Parley Baer (Ezra), Jeffrey Silver (Young Joey), Paul Frees (Charlie), Lou Krugman (George + Signature voice), Larry Dobkin (Older Joey)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Author: Eric Ambler
Adaptation by Antony Ellis
Sound: Dave Light, Ross Murray
CAST: Ben Wright (Howard Graham), Wilms Herbert (Kopeikin + Banat), Edgar Barrier (Colonel Haki), Rolfe Sedan (Mathis), Ann Morrison (Mlle. Mathis), Jack Kruschen (Kuvetli), Lou Krugman (Dr. Fritz Haller + Voroshin + Signature voice), Shimen Ruskin (Elevator Boy + Purser)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man is ensnared in a dangerous political organization in Istanbul.
Author: Charles Israel
CAST: Lamont Johnson (Dr. Mark Donovan), Georgia Ellis (Alice Randall), Don Diamond (Police Lieutenant), Ben Wright (Dr. Grimes), Wilms Herbert (Oscar Ford), Leon Lontoc (Mr. King + Vendor), Lou Krugman (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In Malaya, a doctor faces plague and a native uprising
Author: Antony Ellis
Sound: Dave Light, Gene Twombley
CAST: William Conrad (Deak Gannett), Virginia Gregg (Phyllis Naylor), Don Diamond (Esteban), Lou Krugman (Policeman + Signature voice), Ralph Moody (Bill Maydew + Mac)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In Northern Mexico, the hunt is on for a fortune in cash.
Author: Ellis St. Joseph
Adaptation by Norman Macdonnell
Sound: David Light, Ross Murray
CAST: John Dehner (Captain English), Lou Merrill (Mr. Walkes), Lou Krugman (Mr. Slaughter + Signature voice), Michael Ann Barrett (The Girl), Wilms Herbert (Mr. Matsys + Man), Bruce Payne (Wrangle + Chisholm)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Aboard a freighter in the China Seas a sinister man appears to be the cause of death and misery.
Author: Ernest Haycox
Adaptation by John Meston
Sound: Berne Surrey, Ross Murray
CAST: Parley Baer (Narrator), John Dehner (Jack Rhett), Lou Krugman (Beauhelen + Signature voice), Larry Dobkin (Matt Travner), Junius Matthews (Preacher + Sammis), Russell Simpson (Mayor Peter Wain), Jeanne Bates (Mary Wain + Woman), Paul Dubov (Cowboy + Friend), Sam Edwards (Angry Cowboy)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
The saga of a cold, professional killer in the old West. (The first example of John Meston’s ideal of an “adult western” writing style)
This script was performed again on 2-15-53
Author: Antony Ellis
Sound: Dave Light, Ross Murray
CAST: John Dehner (Dan Imbrie), Georgia Ellis (George Fennell), Peggy Webber (Dan as a Boy), Jay Novello (Captain Blackton), Charlie Lung (Namby), Lou Krugman (Shill + Signature voice), Wilms Herbert (Gonfalon), Eileen Erskine (Alicia)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A Christmas fantasy of a small boy and a hidden band of pirates.
This was the final ESCAPE show for musician Ivan Ditmars
This script was performed for ROMANCE on 12-25-52, 12-24-54 & 12-22-56, and on SUSPENSE, 12-20-55 (when author Ellis was producing and directing those two series).
Author: H. G. Wells
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Assistant director: Ken McManus
Sound: Dave Light, Ross Murray
CAST: Ben Wright (George Fotheringay), John Dehner (Reverend Maydig), Lou Krugman (Toddy Beamish + Signature voice), Eileen Erskine (Miss Bridges + Mrs. Tetherington), Wilms Herbert (Constable Winch)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
H. G. Wells’ famous story of a mild Englishman who tampers with the order of the universe.
This script was previously performed on 9-19-48
Del Castillo returns to ESCAPE as musical director for five shows
Author: Leonard Lee
Adaptation by David Ellis
Sound: David Light, Ross Murray
CAST: Bill Conrad (Chase Hamilton), Larry Dobkin (Langmuir), Ramsay Hill (George LeMallory + Tijber), Lou Krugman (Odell + Signature voice), Jack Kruschen (Ben Grisham + Second reporter), Larry Thor (Reporter), Ben Wright (Challoner + Newt Revere)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
The peak of Everest is the goal of obsessive mountain climbers.
Author: Antony Ellis
Sound: Cliff Thorsness, Ross Murray
CAST: John Dehner (Allan Rogers), Jeanne Bates (Mary Conley), Ben Wright (Mr. Smith + Voice), Larry Dobkin (Tallchief), Harry Bartell (Man in Theatre + Man), Edgar Barrier (Mante + Clerk), Jack Kruschen (The Page), Lou Krugman (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A tense spy story set in Western Europe.
NOTE: The recording available is an AFRS copy
Sunday shows now at 4:00 p.m. EST
Author: Hammond Innes
Adaptation by Antony Ellis
Sound: Dave Light, Jack Dick
CAST: John Dehner (Jim Price), Eileen Erskine (Syl Sarah), Tony Barrett (Dave Tanner), Raymond Lawrence (Captain Henry Manack), Wilms Herbert (Old Manack), Jay Novello (Friar O’Grady), Lou Krugman (Slim Matthews + Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A miner is trapped in a deserted mine under freezing waters off the coast of Cornwall.
This was the final ESCAPE for actor Wilms Herbert who died on 3-5-51
Author: Patrick Quentin
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Sound: Dave Light, Jack Dick
CAST: William Conrad (Mark Liddon), Georgia Ellis (Ellie + Girl), Harry Bartell (Oscar), Virginia Gregg (Frankie), Lou Krugman (Victor Datorrio + Signature voice), Sidney Miller (George Liddon + Clerk), Don Diamond (Gonzales)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In Mexico City a Man gets trapped in a web of intrigue.
This show marked the end of the current ESCAPE series