23 Shows, Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. EST
Producer-Director: Norman Macdonnell (first fourteen shows), Morton Fine & David Friedkin (final nine shows)
Music composed and conducted by Leith Stevens
Signature Voice: William Conrad (and Paul Frees where noted)
Author: John Russell
Adaptation by John Meston
Assistant director: Ken McManus
Sound: Tom Hanley, Bill James
Engineers: Bob Chadwick, Paul Smith
CAST: John Dehner (Andrew Harben), Larry Dobkin (Jim O’Ryan), Jeanne Bates (N’Goma), Ben Wright (Jan the Dutchman), Edgar Barrier (Narrator)
Announcer: George Walsh
A hunt for treasure on a South Pacific island is thwarted by a giant.
Author: Les Crutchfield
Assistant director: Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, Bill James
Engineers: Bob Chadwick, Paul Smith
CAST: William Conrad (Barry O’Grady), Joyce McCluskey (Maria), Don Diamond (Alecran), Ben Wright (Captain), Edgar Barrier (Priest), Michael Ann Barrett (Pepita), Byron Kane (Rebel), Richard Beals (Urchin), Tom Hanley, John James (Ad-Libs)
Announcer: George Walsh
In a Caribbean village a man is stalked by a warlord.
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Assistant director: Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, John James
Engineers: Bob Chadwick, Paul Smith
CAST: John Dehner (Colonel Perreau), Vic Perrin (Lieutenant Domier), Ellen Morgan (Marianne), Ben Wright (Major), Harry Bartell (Captain Armande), Jack Kruschen (Mussin), Lou Krugman (D’Autrec)
Announcer: George Walsh
The classic Dumas tale of a duel to the death.
Author: Kathleen Hite
Assistant director: Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, John James
Engineers: Bob Chadwick, Paul Smith
CAST: Larry Dobkin (Reser), Edgar Barrier (Zene), Paul Dubov (Tucket), Jeanne Bates (Angela), Howard Culver (Lar), Lou Krugman (Nega)
Announcer: George Walsh
A man in the Middle East appears to enter a parallel universe behind a walled Arabian town.
This script was originally produced on 11-9-52
Author: Jack London
Adaptation by Les Crutchfield
Musical score by Lud Gluskin, conducted by Leith Stevens
Assistant director: Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, John James
Engineers: Bob Chadwick, Paul Smith
CAST: Vic Perrin (Jim Smith), Parley Baer (Bill), Virginia Gregg (Myra Blake + Student), John Dehner (Newscaster), Eleanor Tanin (Miss Wilson), John Larch (Dr. Barnes), Barney Phillips (Man), Sam Edwards (Reggie)
Announcer: George Walsh
A classic story of a post-apocalyptic world.
Author: Ben Wright
Assistant director: Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, John James
Engineers: Bob Chadwick, Paul Smith
CAST:
John Dehner (Colonel Guy Baker), Ben Wright (Wilfred Dorf + Ferdi Schatz), Richard Peel (Sergeant-Major Holloway), Parley Baer (Alfie Bingel + Corporal), Joseph Kearns (General Ballister), Gary Montgomery (The Runner), Larry Dobkin (Captain Harper)
Announcer: George Walsh
A wartime story of the battle between enemy agents in England.
Pre-cut 4-29-54
Author: John Russell
Adaptation by Norman Macdonnell
Assistant director: Bob Shue (rehearsal), Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, John James
Engineers: Bob Chadwick, Paul McDermott (for pre-cut session), Paul Smith (for air)
CAST: Larry Dobkin (Captain Smyke), John Dehner (Captain John Wetherby), Ben Wright (Deacon), Alec Harford (Alf), Charlie Lung (Portuguese), Barney Phillips (Buttermilk), Vic Perrin (Narrator)
Announcer: George Walsh
A fortune in pearls lies in the belly of a sunken ship. Greed and disloyalty ensue.
This show aired at 10:05 p.m. EST
Time change to 9:30 p.m. EST
Pre-cut 5-27-54
Author: Kathleen Hite
Assistant director: Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, John James
Engineers: Bob Chadwick, Paul Smith
CAST: John Dehner (Milo Hensell), Virginia Gregg (Maria Novella), Anthony Barrett (Pietro), Edgar Barrier (Renzo Brilliant), Eda Reiss Merin (Miss Thurston), Harry Bartell (Officer Rossi)
Announcer: Dan Cubberly
A man is pursued by a sinister couple through a Mediterranean village.
Pre-cut 5-26-54
Author: John Dehner
Assistant director: William Nelson
Sound: Tom Hanley, Ray Kemper
Engineer: George Foster
CAST: Vic Perrin (William), Paula Winslowe (Benscelina Petulengro), Parley Baer (Hackett J. O’Coole), John Dehner (Carlo Vaino), Larry Dobkin (Choron Tacongalan), Paul Frees (Signature voice)
Announcer: Roy Rowan
A triangle of murderously jealous passions in the Irish moors.
Author: Tony Barrett
Assistant director: Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, John James
Engineer: Paul McDermott (6-16-54), Stan Carr & James Murphy (6-17-54)
CAST: Vic Perrin (Paul Trent), Jack Kruschen (Vincent Murdock), Lillian Buyeff (Maria Sandoval), Anthony Barrett (Jose), Barney Phillips (Sandoval + Batu), Paul Frees (Signature voice)
Announcer: George Walsh
A diver must be wary while in the murky waters of a South American river
Author: Les Crutchfield
Assistant director: Robert Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, John James
Engineers: James Murphy, Stan Carr
CAST: Larry Dobkin (LeClerc), Harry Bartell (Blakey), Georgia Ellis (Belle), James Nusser (Indian Joe), Lou Krugman (Higgins), Clayton Post (Marco), Paul Frees (Signature voice)
Announcer: George Walsh
Four people are trapped in a Yukon trading post during a raging blizzard, and murder is in the air.
NOTE: Next week’s show is announced as “The Wall”
Author: Kathleen Hite
Assistant director: Robert Shue
Sound: Tom Hanley, Bill James
Engineers: James Murphy, Stan Carr
CAST: John Dehner (Alan), Edgar Barrier (Valira), Joyce McCluskey (Joyce), Ben Wright (Doctor), Nestor Paiva (Julian), Fritz Feld (Spaniard + Old Man), Paul Frees (Signature voice)
Announcer: George Walsh
In a village in the puppet kingdom of Andorra a man desperately searches for a trapped woman.
Schedule change to Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. EST
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
Adaptation by Robert Ryf
Assistant director: Frank Paris
Sound: Tom Hanley, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Robert Chadwick
CAST: Ben Wright (Nat), Virginia Gregg (Deborah), John Dehner (Trigg), Ann Morrison (Mrs. Trigg), Anne Whitfield (Jill), John Dodsworth (The Announcer), Tom Hanley, Ray Kemper (Ad-Libs), Paul Frees (Signature voice)
Announcer: George Walsh
Du Maurier’s classic story of an uprising of all bird life on the south coast of England.
The story had been dramatized the previous year on Lux’s SUMMER THEATRE, 7-20-53
Author: Kathleen Hite
Assistant director: Frank Paris
Sound: Tom Hanley, Ross Murray
Engineer: Robert Chadwick
CAST: John Dehner (Stephen Lorring), Lynn Allen (Kyina), Jack Kruschen (Mumba), Parley Baer (Fairchild), Ben Wright (Campbell + Servant), Paul Frees (Signature voice)
Announcer: George Walsh
In the Burmese jungle a man has profaned a cult and is stalked by its High Priestess.
NOTES: Jack Kruschen’s character was named Maung on the script, but it is clearly pronounced Mumba in the show
This is the final ESCAPE show for Producer-Director Norman Macdonnell.
The final ten shows are produced and directed by Morton Fine & David Friedkin
Author: David Devine
Adaptation by James Poe
CAST: Betty Harford (Mary), Vic Perrin (Dundas), Joseph Kearns (Uncle Mac), Ben Wright (The Nazi), Richard Peel (Captain), Alec Harford (Mate)
Announcer: George Walsh
In wartime, a small boat on the English Channel has a Nazi passenger on board.
William Conrad returns as the show’s Signature voice
This script was previously produced for ESCAPE on 11-1-49, and was later produced for SUSPENSE on 7-14-57
Authors: Morton Fine & David Friedkin
Assistant director: Bob Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, Vern Surrey
Engineer: Pat Walsh
CAST: Herb Ellis (Ryan Dixon), Byron Kane (Josh Ford), Jack Kruschen (Pepe + Bartender), Jay Novello (Renee), Lillian Buyeff (Bibi), Shep Menken (Ormulu), John Dehner (Etienne), Paula Pascall (Woman)
Announcer: George Walsh
Near Port-au-Prince in the Haitian jungle, a night of terror unfolds involving a man with a submachine gun.
Several scripts identify sound man Vern Surrey in this and few following shows. Is this the famous CBS sound man Berne Surrey or a relative?
Author: John Russell
Adaptation by John Meston
Assistant director: Bob Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, Vern Surrey
Engineer: Pat Walsh
CAST: Mary Jane Croft (The Narrator), Hans Conried (Christopher Pellett), Ben Wright (Mummery), Jack Kruschen (Karaki), Clayton Post (Michael Howe), Herb Butterfield (Moy Jack)
Announcer: George Walsh
A story of native savagery and revenge in the Solomon Islands.
This script was previously produced for ESCAPE on 10-19-52
Author: E. Jack Neuman
Assistant director: Frank Paris
Sound: Tom Hanley, Vern Surrey
Engineer: Bob Chadwick
CAST: Barney Phillips (Frank Dorian), Virginia Gregg (Maria De Cerva), Lou Merrill (Rico Sebastian), Herb Butterfield (Ed Ryan), Lou Krugman (The Mexican)
Announcer: Bill Anders
A man seeks treasure in the cabin of an airliner which crashed on a Caribbean island.
Author: Walter Brown Newman
Assistant director: Bob Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Bob Chadwick
CAST: Shep Menken (David Parker), Joyce McCluskey (Emily Haydock), Richard Peel (Smith-Travers), Tudor Owen (Dr. Putney), Betty Harford (Rosie), Dick Ryan (Constable), Melitza Milo (Girl), James Barrett (Policeman)
Announcer: Bill Anders
A fanciful tale of a man who stumbles upon a secret in the English town of Dover
Author: Robert Tallman
Assistant director: Bob Hendricks
Sound: Tom Hanley, Ray Kemper
Engineer: Bob Chadwick
CAST: Anthony Barrett (Charles Remington), Clayton Post (Hacker), Joseph Kearns (Mr. Jerome), Sammie Hill (Michaela Jerome), Jack Carol (Timau)
Announcer: Bill Anders
A story of a treasure in black pearls somewhere in the Coral Sea, and of impending danger.
Author: Vincent McCue
Adaptation by John Dunkel
Assistant director: Bob Hendricks
Sound: Gus Bayz, Vern Surrey
Engineer: Pat West
CAST: Ted de Corsia (Lieutenant “Mac” McCallum), Herb Butterfield (Captain Hazard), Harry Bartell (Lieutenant Drury), Herb Ellis (Lieutenant Hannigan), Tony Barrett (Walt Grandgin), Jack Moyles (Sergeant Votaw), Clayton Post (Bosun), Jim Hayward (Brownie)
Announcer: Bill Anders
The birth of a new volcano in the south seas below the Philippines, entraps a ship caught right in the middle.
Authors: Morton Fine & David Friedkin
Assistant director: Bob Hendricks
Sound: Gus Bayz, Ross Murray
Engineer: Pat West
CAST: Jack Moyles (Johnny), Lillian Buyeff (Lili), Jack Kruschen (Joey + Officer), Hans Conried (Krindel), Barney Phillips (Hansel), Robert Boon (The Barker), George Pirrone (Otto), Steve Roberts (The Teller)
Announcer: George Walsh
A man stranded in a carnival just outside the Iron Curtain learns of a fortune riding on a gigantic roulette wheel.
NOTE: Next week’s show is announced by its working title, There Was a Crooked Man
Author: Anthony Barrett
Assistant director: Robert Hendriks
Sound: Billy Gould, Ray Erlenborn
Engineer: Pat West
CAST: Whitfield Connor (Vic Kennedy), Mary Jane Croft (Eve Coleman aka Laura Matson), Herb Butterfield (Arthur Matson), Edgar Barrier (Captain Delgado + Radio voice), Hans Conried (O’Brien), Melitza Milo (Desk Clerk), Jay Novello (Pepe Galvan)
Announcer: George Walsh
A man and woman land on a death trap: the island of Masapuera, off the coast of Chile.
NOTES: Next week’s show is announced as “The Red Heart OF Kali”
This was the final ESCAPE show with William Conrad as the Signature Voice
Author: Ross Murray
Assistant director: Kenny McManus
Sound: Gene Twombley, Clarke Casey
Engineer: Pat West
CAST: Paul Richards (Danny Carlin), Edgar Barrier (Adrum), Jack Kruschen (Pani + Whitey), Clayton Post (Captain Evans + Mate), Lou Merrill (Anton Korchak), Herb Butterfield (Makan), Lou Krugman (Subha), Paul Frees (Signature voice)
Announcer: George Walsh
A man reaches a desolate cave in India where he seeks the huge ruby heart in the carved image of Kali the Goddess.
NOTES: The script indicates that Edgar Barrier’s character Adrum was originally named Damar
This was the final broadcast of ESCAPE.
At the end of the show William Conrad is introduced by announcer George Walsh and he speaks about GUNSMOKE, which will assume the ESCAPE timeslot from next week, 10-2-54.