53 shows, Sundays at 9:30 p.m. EST [6:30 p.m., PST]
Producer-Director: Norman Macdonnell (19 shows), Antony Ellis (34 shows)
Music composed and conducted by Leith Stevens
Editorial Supervision: John Meston
Signature Voice: William Conrad
Author: E. Jack Neuman
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: William Conrad (Jim Canovan), Edgar Barrier (Ramon Shabez), Lillian Buyeff (Maria), Parley Baer (Marshall Rhodes)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
On an island off the Mexican coast a man must face a crazy treasure hunter.
NOTE: The series opening (spoken by Bill Conrad), “Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you ESCAPE” remained unchanged to the end of the final series, a total of 76 shows.
Author: John Russell
Adaptation by John Meston
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: William Conrad (Christopher Pellett), Parley Baer (Narrator), Larry Dobkin (Howe), Edgar Barrier (Moy Jack + Mummery), Jack Kruschen (Karaki)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A corrupt white man has a gunboat in the Solomon Islands.
This script was performed again on 8-7-54
This is an expanded version of John Meston’s original 15-minute script for an audition record for THE MAN IN BLACK, 2-2-52
The existing copy of this show is a substandard wire recording aircheck, with no opening or closing. Virtually unlistenable.
Author: Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper, Vic Lavotti
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: William Conrad (Robin Hood), Larry Dobkin (Friar Tuck), Edgar Barrier (The Sheriff of Nottingham), Herb Ellis (Narrator), Jack Kruschen (Little John + Nick Much), Vic Perrin (Martin Greenleaf), John Stephenson (Town Crier Messenger + Henchman), Harry Bartell (Will Scarlett), Peter Leeds (Guard), John [Bill] James, Ray Kemper, Vic Lavotti (Ad Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
An adaptation of the Robin Hood legend.
NOTE: The Return is announced for next week, but it was not produced until two weeks later.
Author: Herb Purdum
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Vic Perrin (Owen), Michael Ann Barrett (Selena), Jeanne Bates (Betty), Ralph Moody (Loomis), Don Diamond (Chato), Barney Phillips (Captain Markham), Byron Kane (Croupier + Tomas)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man faces trouble in the form of an evil woman in the Caribbean.
Author: Kathleen Hite
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Gus Bayz, Ray Kemper
CAST: Larry Dobkin (Reser), Edgar Barrier (Zene), Jeanne Bates (Angela), Paul Dubov (Tuckett), Tom McKee (Lar), Paul Frees (Nega)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man experiences a visit to a parallel universe beyond a walled Arabian town.
This script was also performed on 4-1-54
The recording in circulation is from an inferior if listenable aircheck
NOTE: Next week’s show The Loup Garou is previewed as a story by Jonathan Blaine, but the author is William Froug
Author: William Froug
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
CAST: William Conrad (Zeb), John Dehner (Gus), Georgia Ellis (Marie Legrand), Forrest Lewis (Coxie the preacher), Tom Tully (Legrand), Lou Krugman (Tocko), Jack Kruschen (Willy), Don Diamond (Pierre)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man is threatened by an angry mob in the Louisiana bayou.
This script was also performed on ROMANCE, 1-14-56
Author: Kathleen Hite
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Georgia Ellis (Cappy), Edgar Barrier (Dad + Padre), Don Diamond (Sanchez), Tony Barrett (Pablo), John Dehner (Eckert), Larry Thor (Fritz)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In an ancient Cathedral a man is stalking a woman.
This show is missing. As of June 2020, it is not known if a recording survives. However, the script was produced for ROMANCE on 7-16-55, and that show is available
Author: John Meston
Assistant Director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: John Dehner (Jeff Spain), Parley Baer (Narrator), Georgia Ellis (Teal), Larry Dobkin (Yeager + Barman), Paul Dubov (Mitch), Joe DuVal (Rees), Harry Bartell (Si Quill), Herb Ellis (Kitchen)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
The old west: two men come gunning for another in a Colorado cow town.
This show is missing. As of June 2020, it is not known if a recording survives. However, the script was first produced for ROMANCE on 8-6-51, and happily that show (the template for GUNSMOKE according to Macdonnell) is available. It was performed again for ROMANCE on 12-12-53
Author: Ross Murray
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Directed by Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Ham Keener
CAST: Larry Thor (Frank Harvey), Jeanne Bates (Gloria Harvey), Edgar Barrier (Clifton + Chief), Don Diamond (Alf), Fay Baker (Edith Harvey), Jack Kruschen (Manuel), Tony Barrett (Ramon)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In the Ecuador jungle a man encounters a tribe of head-hunters.
NOTE: This show and the next five are directed by Antony Ellis for Producer Norman Macdonnell
Author: Antony Ellis
Directed by Antony Ellis
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Assistant Director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
CAST: William Conrad (Sergeant Meston), John Dehner (Henry “Dutch” Olmstead + First Nazi), Peter Leeds (Andy Curcio), Bob Sweeney (Jerry Mitchell), Jack Kruschen (Sandy Saperstein), Ham Keener (Second Nazi), Bill James (First Man), Ray Kemper (Second Man)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In a wartime prison camp, the captors are growing dangerously frightened.
NOTE: An In-joke has Conrad playing Sergeant Meston (John Meston was the series’ script editor, and head writer on GUNSMOKE)
Author: Evelyn Waugh
Adaptation by John Meston
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Directed by Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Terry Kilburn (Tony Last), Joseph Kearns (James Todd), Ramsay Hill (Dr. Messinger), Joe Cranston (The Prospector)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man is imprisoned by an unhinged senior with a mania for the writings of Charles Dickens.
This story had previously been produced for SUSPENSE, 10-9-47
Author: Anthony Barrett
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Directed by Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Jack Kruschen (Miguel), Tony Barrett (Pepe), Lillian Buyeff (Constanza), Don Diamond (Supremo), Ray Kemper & Bill James (Ad-Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A story of danger set in a Mexican bull ring.
NOTE: This a missing show. As of June 2020, it is not known if a recording survives.
Author: Oliver La Farge
Adaptation by Larry Roman
Navajo Translation by Ralph Roanhorse
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Directed by Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: John Dehner (Mather), Tom Holland (Slender Hand), Chief Thundercloud (Badger Killer), Ralph Roanhorse, aka Ralph Moody (Spear Thrower)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A white man sits with an Indian Council, smoking a peace pipe, not suspecting his own imminent murder.
NOTE: This is a missing show. As of June 2020, it is not known if a recording survives.
Author: Nelson Bond
Adaptation by John Dunkel
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Directed by Antony Ellis
CAST: Harry Bartell (Lieutenant Joe Brady), John Stephenson (Dr. Gorham), Ramsay Hill (Dr. Grove), Eddie Firestone (Tom Geller), Frank Gerstle (Jack Cavanaugh), Larry Thor (Leader), Steve Roberts (Frater Dorden), Charlie Lung (Officer)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A pilot lost over the Pacific apparently experiences an other-worldly encounter.
NOTE: This script was previously produced on 3-5-49
This show survives in a low-quality aircheck with no closing.
Author: Antony Ellis
CAST: Parley Baer (Rhenen the Dutchman), Ben Wright (Reginald Mockridge), Harry Bartell (Constable Koelen), Jack Kruschen (Medang the High Priest), John Dehner (Captain Logan + Cornelius), Don Diamond (Hoogstraten), Terry Kilburn (Boggy)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A Balinese temple is the setting for a possible war between natives and white men.
This show survives in a low quality aircheck
Author: Les Crutchfield
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
CAST: Ben Wright (Hans Brock), Harry Bartell (Karl), Larry Dobkin (Mannie), Paul Richards (Geppo), Edgar Barrier (Colonel Bouge), Barney Phillips (Aide), Bill Conrad (Narrator), Bill James, Ray Kemper, Roy Rowan, Ham Keener (Ad Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
During the war, a German officer in the Sahara Desert is threatened by locals.
Author: Antony Ellis
Assistant Director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ralph Cummings
CAST: Stacy Harris (Larry Cabell), William Conrad (Jack Hannah)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In a snowed in cabin in the Canadian north two men must survive while one of them is going mad.
This script was done on SUSPENSE, 8-15-55
This show is sourced from a first-generation disc dub of part one, a nice taped FM aircheck of part two which has a clipped closing, and a closing from an older low-quality home aircheck.
Author: John Russell
Adaptation by Norman Macdonnell
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ray Kemper
CAST: Ben Wright (Junius Peabody), John Dehner (Bendemer + Man), Larry Dobkin (Sir John Morley + Willems), Charlie Lung (The Sydney Duck + Sir John’s Aide), Edgar Barrier (Narrator), John James & Ray Kemper (Ad Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A story of brutal revenge in the Tropics
NOTE: Next week’s show is announced as I Saw Myself Running, but it would be two weeks until that production
Author: Ernest Haycox
Adaptation by John Meston
Producer-Director: Norman Macdonnell
Assistant director: Ham Keener
Sound: Bill James, Ralph Cummings
CAST: John Dehner (Jack Rhett + Preacher), Parley Baer (Narrator), Harry Bartell (Mayor Peter Wain + Cowboy Victim), Larry Dobkin (Beauhelen + Cowboy), Georgia Ellis (Mary Wain + Woman), Howard McNear (Sammis), Herb Ellis (Matt Travner), Peter Leeds (Second Cowboy), Lou Krugman (Man + Cowboy), John James (Ad Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
The old West: the story of a coldly professional gunman.
Closing Announcer: George Walsh
This script was previously produced on 12-17-50
NOTE: This is the final ESCAPE show for Norman Macdonnell in the current series. He returns to the show for Series Nine on 3-11-54.
Antony Ellis is appointed Producer-Director beginning with the next show
Author: Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Frank Paris
CAST: Georgia Ellis (Susan), Sammie Hill (Sue), John Stephenson (Freddie), Edgar Barrier (Dr. Peters)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A woman is slowly losing her mind as her recurring nightmare appears to be coming true.
NOTE: This script was also produced on SUSPENSE, 5-24-55
This show is from a home FM aircheck, and a patched closing from an earlier low quality aircheck.
Author: Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Bob Shue
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Ray Kemper
CAST: Ben Wright (Art Jennings), Jay Novello (Bert Gowdy), Charlie Lung (Winkle Jones), Tudor Owen (Captain Blee + Scanning), Alec Harford (Seddon), Lou Krugman (Austin), Charles Davis (Underwood)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
The captain of a tramp steamer is threatened by a crew of cutthroats and criminals.
NOTE: This script was also produced on SUSPENSE, 7-25-56
The next show is announced as The Man with the Steel Teeth, but that show is on 3-15-53
Author: Millard Kaufman
Assistant director: Bob Shue
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Gus Bayz
CAST: Stacy Harris (Tabori), William Conrad (Robert Lacey), Michael Ann Barrett (Taki), Jack Kruschen (Hiroshi), Steve Roberts (Japanese Voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Two men are on an idyllic island in the war-torn Pacific, but the island seems to harbor an uneasy secret.
This script was previously produced on 7-11-51, and on SUSPENSE, 1-12-58
This show survives in a taped FM aircheck, with a patched-on closing from an older low quality aircheck
Author: John Dehner
Assistant director: Bob Shue
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Gus Bayz
CAST: Harry Bartell (Arthur Lutrell), Jack Kruschen (Max Golovin), Charlotte Lawrence (Maria), Steve Roberts (MVD), Paul Dubov (Bronislaw + Soldier)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
An American is trapped in Lubyanka Prison with the brutal chief of Russia’s secret police.
This script was also produced for SUSPENSE, on 2-17-55
Author: Richard Chandlee
Sound: Gus Bayz, Ralph Cummings, Jack Sixsmith
CAST: William Conrad (Captain Daniel Hall), Larry Thor (Narrator), Bob Sweeney (Mac), Hy Averback (Frank), Herb Ellis (Jensen), Jerry Hausner (Bergen), Frank Gerstle (Mendoza), Kurt Martell (Harris), Eddie Firestone (Helm)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
An enemy destroyer is hunting a submarine in the South Pacific.
NOTE: Next week’s show is identified as “The Invasion”
Author: Michael Gray
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Gus Bayz
Engineer: Lewis Smith
CAST: Howard McNear (Albert Tanner), Fay Baker (Martha Tanner), Edgar Barrier (Commander), Paul Frees (Epsilon Radio), Peter Leeds (Radar Man + Lieutenant Jacobs), Bill Bissell (Colonel Reynolds + Policeman Jim Donovan), Leroy Lennert (Sergeant Williams)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A ham radio enthusiast appears to be in contact with aliens from another world.
Author: Weston Martyr
Adaptation by S. A. Bolt (Antony Ellis)
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Gus Bayz
CAST: Ben Wright (Captain Godfrey), Richard Peel (Finch), John Dodsworth (Jonathan Abbey), Charlie Lung (Wilkes), Alec Harford (The Bos’n), Eric Snowdon (Mr. Darling)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
The captain of a convict ship is threatened by the deadly band of cutthroats and killers below.
NOTE: This script was previously produced on 10-1-50. It was later done for SUSPENSE on 6-19-56
Next week’s show is announced as The Biggest Secret in the World. The title was changed for the broadcast.
Author: Antony Ellis
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Gus Bayz
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Parley Baer (Charlie Rader), Charlotte Lawrence (Julie Spaulding), Peter Leeds (Hutchinson), Georgia Ellis (Boy), Tim Graham (Bus Driver), Leroy Lennert (Leo the F.B.I. Man), Miriam Kruschen (Lisa Nyland), Ralph Cummings & Gus Bayz (Ad Libs
Announcer: Roy Rowan
On a cross-country bus journey two seemingly innocent passengers are planning a terrorist attack.
NOTE: This script was produced for SUSPENSE on 11-22-55)
Author: E. Jack Neuman
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Gus Bayz
Guitarist: Jose Baroso
CAST: Eddie Firestone (John Webster), Jack Kruschen (Luis Carras), Lillian Buyeff (Emilia + Senora Inez), Charlie Lung (Chavez the Kidnapper), Herb Ellis (Waiter)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A local musician from a Mexican cantina is suspected of depriving a young woman of her liberty.
NOTE: Network recording has news interruption near the start (names of released Korean War POW’s are announced)
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Author: Victor Schwartz
Adaptation by Larry Roman
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Gus Bayz
CAST: Charlotte Lawrence (Cora Moore), Joseph Kearns (Henry Von Keetman), Ben Wright (Mike Bowman), Charlie Lung (Lu Wa)
Opening announcer: George Walsh
A woman aboard a ship drifting aimlessly in the Indian Ocean feels threatened by her travelling companions.
Main Announcer: Roy Rowan
Author: John Dehner
Assistant director: Bob Shue
CAST: Ben Wright (Charles Temple), Paula Winslowe (Lily), Ramsay Hill (Colonel Abernathy), Lou Krugman (N’Gumbwe), Dave Young (Matemba)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A Mau Mau uprising in the African forest.
This script was also produced for SUSPENSE on 5-17-55
The circulating show is from an FM aircheck, with closing patched from an earlier low quality aircheck
Author: Somerset Maugham (The Beachcomber)
Adaptation: Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Bob Shue
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Gus Bayz
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Ben Wright (Narrator), Parley Baer (Everett Gruyter), Eric Snowdon (Reverend Owen Jones), Alan Reed (Ginger Ted Wilson), Jeanette Nolan (Martha Jones), Dave Young (Boy + Head Boatman)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man enjoying a hedonistic life on a tropical island is living on borrowed time.
Author: Charles Smith
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Jack Dick
CAST: William Conrad (Joe), Hy Averback (Mac), Eddie Firestone (Sam Stoner), Vivi Janiss (Jeanne), Ralph Moody (Jeanne’s father), Frank Gerstle (Commander Clark)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man awaits his rescuers on a desolate and ruined planet.
The circulating recording is from an FM aircheck with a clipped closing (the preview of next week’s show is missing)
Author: Stephen Crane
Adaptation by E. Jack Neuman
Assistant: Bob Shue
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Jack Dick
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Parley Baer (Blanc), John Dehner (Pat Scully), William Conrad (The Swede), Tony Barrett (Johnny Scully), Larry Dobkin (The Cowboy), Paul Richards (Gambler), Hal Gerard (Barkeep)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A parable about life and death, set in a hotel painted blue in the Old West.
This is a missing show. At June 2020 it is not known if a recording survives.
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Author: Kathleen Hite
Assistant director: Bob Shue
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Jack Dick
CAST: Anthony Barrett (Daniel), Herb Butterfield (Cass Bledsoe), John Dehner (Mathew), Jack Kruschen (Yolo), Ralph Cummings, Bill James, Bob Shue (Ad Libs)
Opening announcer: George Walsh
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Two white men fall out in the Philippine jungle, populated by local savages.
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Adaptation by Antony Ellis
Music by Rimsky-Korsakov conducted by Leith Stevens
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Bill James
CAST: Georgia Ellis (Narrator), Ben Wright (Sinbad), Joseph Kearns (The Old Man), Ted de Corsia (Man), Whitfield Connor (Husband in Cave), Herb Butterfield (King), Parley Baer (Sinbad the Porter), Amanda Blake (Sinbad’s Wife), Larry Thor (Achmed + Slave), Kurt Martell (Abdul)
Opening announcer: George Walsh
Announcer: Roy Rowan
An adaptation of the famous legend of Sinbad the Sailor.
Author: Antony Ellis
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Bill James
CAST: William Conrad (Captain Christopher Steele), Ben Wright (Lt. Duncan McCraik + Frenchie), John Dehner (Jonathan Quinn), John Stephenson (Stoddert + Lookout), Tudor Owen (Captain Mathews), Vivi Janiss (Jennifer Mathews), Richard Peel (Lieutenant Simpson), Dave Young (Leadsman), Ralph Cummings & Bill James (Ad Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A ship’s commander has sealed orders, but his enemy lies in wait.
Closing announcement plugs the premier of CRIME CLASSICS tomorrow night
Author: Charles Smith
Sound: Gus Bayz, Ray Kemper
CAST: Ted de Corsia (Adam Hamish), Anthony Barrett (Paul Hamish), Edgar Barrier (Amanu), Marian Richman (Anise), Vic Perrin (Joe), Jack Kruschen (Captain Schissler), Richard Peel (J.C.W. Crawford)
Announcer: George Walsh
A story of hunted and hunter.
Author: Peter B. Kyne
Adaptation by Larry Roman
Assistant Director: Bob Shue
Sound: Gus Bayz, Gene Twombley
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Parley Baer (Murdock), Larry Dobkin (Ty Burgess), Harry Bartell (Sandy), Joe Cranston (Sid), John Larch (Deputy + Stan), James Griffith (Ed)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man learns that his companion is the one he has been seeking for the murder of his brother.
This is a missing show. At June 2020, it is not known if a recording survives.
Author: Stacy Aumonier
Adaptation by Meyer Dolinsky
Assistant director: Frank Paris
Sound: Gus Bayz, Ralph Cummings
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Ben Wright (Sam Gates), Hy Averback (Bruce who narrates), Paul Frees (Captain Hausemann + Wing Commander Jennings), Charlie Lung (Schutz + English Lieutenant), Jack Kruschen (General Von Schlagel), Betty Harford (Aggie), John Dodsworth (Colonel Morsley), Alec Harford (Corporal Simpson), Richard Peel (Sergeant #2), Ramsay Hill (General Cartwright)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A salt of the earth farmer must deal with Nazis.
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Adaptation by Antony Elis
Sound: Gus Bayz, Tom Hanley
CAST: Ben Wright (Warder + Narrator), Alastair Duncan (Warburton), Richard Peel (Allan Cooper), Dave Young (Boy), Terry Kilburn (Abas)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man in the jungle comes to suspect the natives who had at first appeared friendly.
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Author: Stephen Crane
Adaptation by E. Jack Neuman
Assistant director: Bob Shue
Sound: Bill James, Gene Twombley
CAST: William Conrad (Narrator), Tom Tully (The Correspondent), Edgar Barrier (The Captain), Bob Sweeney (The Cook), Dave Young (Billy the Oiler), Jack Carol (Man)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man is trapped in an open boat 200 yards from the safety of land, and his companions are three desperate people.
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Author: William J. Radcliffe
CAST: John Dehner (Robbie), William Conrad (Jack Morris), Joseph Kearns (Mac)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In wild countryside a man rides to stake a claim, but he is being pursued.
Author: Antony Ellis
Assistant Director: Bob Shue
Sound: Tom Hanley, Gus Bayz
CAST: William Conrad (Wally Pendell), Georgia Ellis (Jan), Parley Baer (Rowe), John Dehner (Hanson), Jay Novello (Fat), Tom Tully (Crowbar)
Announcer: George Walsh
A man suspected of a crime is roped into fighting a forest fire.
This script was previously produced on 8-11-50
Author: George Toudouze
Adaptation by James Poe
Assistant: Bob Shue
Sound: Gus Bayz, Jack Dick, Jack Sixsmith
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Ben Wright (Jean), Paul Frees (Louis), Jay Novello (Auguste)
Announcer: George Walsh
Sig voice at opening: Bill Conrad
Teaser voice: Paul Frees
The famous ESCAPE story of a lighthouse off the French Guiana coast and a swarm of escaped ship’s rats.
This is the third production of this script. The earlier versions were 11-15-49 & 3-17-50. It was produced twice for SUSPENSE on 11-11-56 & 10-18-58
The network disc has some long-term physical damage, so the show is a combination direct dub with five minutes (from 13:51 to 18:51) patched in from an inferior tape source.
Author: Gus Bayz , adapting from a story by Captain Douglas M. Smith as told to Cecil Carns
Assistant director: Bob Shue
Sound: Gus Bayz, Ray Kemper, Bill James
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: Hy Averback (Captain Paul Brown), Richard Peel (Sergeant Healy), Alastair Duncan (Corporal Corbett), Charlie Lung (Hutchins), Alec Harford (Twombley), Jack Kruschen (Germans 1 & 2)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Opening Signature voice: Bill Conrad
Teaser voice: Paul Frees
The wartime story of a convoy who are a hundred miles into enemy territory.
Author: Irving Reis
Sound: Gus Bayz, Ray Kemper
CAST: Larry Dobkin (Dix Kenman), Vivi Janiss (Dr. Jessica Frost), Edgar Barrier (Professor Baird), Jack Carol (Mr. Logan), Kurt Martell (Randy), Barney Phillips (Loudspeaker Voice), Gus Bayz & Ray Kemper (Ad-Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man is the subject of an experiment of extreme endurance.
This script was also produced for SUSPENSE on 9-1-57
Author: Antony Ellis
Assistant director: Bill Nelson
Sound: Gus Bayz, Jack Dick
CAST: John Dehner (Narrator), Eddie Firestone (Pin), Sam Edwards (Red), Gus Bayz (Ad-Lib)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A disturbing story about the game of Russian Roulette.
This show is only available on a poor wire-recording aircheck.
The script was also produced for SUSPENSE on 3-15-55
Author: Ross Murray
Assistant Director: Bill Nelson
Sound: Gus Bayz, Jack Dick, Ralph Cummings
CAST: Bill Conrad (Bruce Callender), Larry Dobkin (Ernst), Fritz Feld (Dietrich the conductor), Alastair Duncan (Lawton Herrick), Byron Kane (Carl), Richard Peel (Lieutenant Roger Crofton), Geri Gaylor (Gerda), Gladys Holland (Lady)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man is travelling in Germany on a continental train aboard which is an enemy plotting destruction.
NOTES: This show is the first of two to be sponsored by Plymouth Dealers
The circulating recording is a good FM aircheck, although the middle commercial is deleted, and the ending is clipped
NOTE: The script spells the town of Olbisfelde, but the correct spelling is Oebisfelde.
Author: Antony Ellis
Assistant: Bill Nelson
Sound: Gus Bayz, Jack Dick
CAST: William Conrad (Paul Lane), Anthony Barrett (Allen Ferris), Hy Averback (Frank Davis), Jack Kruschen (Nassang), Edgar Barrier (The Lama)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A story about the legendary Yeti snowman.
Authors: Marianne Mosenor & Francis Rosenwald
Assistant director: Bill Nelson
Sound: Gus Bayz, Jack Dick & Ray Erlenborn
CAST: Larry Dobkin (Captain Count Jan Zabados), Byron Kane (Bill Rawlins), Alan Reed (Andrews), Kurt Martell (Bos’n), Frank Gerstle (Annunciator), Eric Snowdon (Kennedy), Richard Peel (Tanker Captain), Jim Nusser (Operator + Tanker Cox.)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A passenger aboard a peacetime submarine voyage begins to suspect its Captain.
Author: James Leal Henderson
Assistant director: Bill Nelson
Sound: Gene Twombley, Jack Dick
Engineer: Paul McDermott
CAST: John Dehner (Fred McAllister), Parley Baer (Henry Rydell), Joan Danton (Prudence Rydell), Jack Kruschen (Leper + Snake Charmer), Charles Davis (Doctor), and Dick, Twombley, Nelson, McDermott, Rowan, Helen Phelps (Ad-Libs)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
In an Indian city a tourist fears he has been infected.
Author: Ray Bradbury
Adaptation by Antony Ellis
Assistant Director: Ed Sterling
Sound: Vic Lavotti, Jack Dick
CAST: Paula Winslowe (Mrs. Mary Morris), Esa Ashdowne (Mink Morris), John Dehner (Narrator), Eve McVeagh (Helen), Bill Johnstone (Henry Morris), Merry McGovern (Anna)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
Children are suddenly playing a new game called Invasion in this disturbing sci-fi tale.
This script was produced three times on SUSPENSE; 4-5-55, 5-18-58, 1-3-60
This show is from a taped FM aircheck but has part missing (from partway through the opening teaser to about 5:30 into the story
Author: Stephen Vincent Benet
Adaptation by Meyer Dolinsky
Music was organ only (Rex Koury at the console)
Assistant director: Bob Hendricks
Sound: Ralph Cummings, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Stan Carr
CAST: Tony Barrett (Davis Latimer), William Conrad (John Slake), Georgia Ellis (Catherine Vane), Ben Wright (Jacques), Byron Kane (Robert Gaines)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A man and a woman are in an experiment of endurance to prove or disprove the concept of love.
NOTES: Davis Latimer was originally to be called Sherwood Latimer (on script). At one point, Georgia Ellis mis-reads his name as David, not Davis
This script (originally written for RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE on 2-14-49) was produced for SUSPENSE on 6-12-60
This was the second of two Plymouth-sponsored ESCAPE shows.
This was the final ESCAPE show in the current series. Off air for five months, before the final series begins on 3-11-54