Old Time Radio Classics

Lux Radio Theatre presents “Killer Cates,” episode 550, originally broadcast on CBS on December 16, 1946. Jack Benny takes a notable dramatic turn alongside Gail Patrick and Alan Reed in this Lux production, adapted from a Warner Bros. screenplay.

Benny plays Jeff Morley, a comedian who has spent years portraying the ruthless gangster Killer Cates in a successful stage melodrama. Longing to return to lighter work, Jeff finds the hard-boiled role beginning to blur the line between performance and real life, leading from the theater world into mounting gangster-style suspense. Sanford Barnett directed.

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Suspense presents “The Man Within,” episode 510, originally broadcast on April 27, 1953. Herbert Marshall stars in this CBS Radio adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1929 novel.

In fogbound rural England, a terrified fugitive named Andrews seeks shelter at an isolated cottage, where Elizabeth offers him a precarious temporary refuge. As fear of the man he betrayed closes in, this tense drama explores loyalty, conscience, and the cost of informing. The radio adaptation was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by Elliott Lewis.

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Escape presents “Orient Express,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 19, 1949. This is episode 56, adapted by Sheldon Stark and Walter Newman from Graham Greene’s 1932 novel Stamboul Train, published in the United States as Orient Express.

Businessman Gregory Myatt boards the Orient Express in Belgium, bound for Istanbul in 1932. A fellow passenger, a chance encounter, and growing signs of danger draw him into a tense web of Balkan espionage aboard the speeding train. The cast includes William Conrad, Hans Conried, Edgar Barrier, Gloria Grant, and John Dehner; Norman Macdonnell directed and produced.

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Spiral Staircase,” episode 44, originally broadcast on November 25, 1949. This NBC adaptation is introduced by guest screen director Robert Siodmak, who directed the 1946 film version.

Dorothy McGuire reprises her film role as Helen, a mute young woman caught in mounting danger after a murder unsettles a small New England village. As a storm gathers around the shadowy mansion where she works, tension rises in this suspenseful adaptation of The Spiral Staircase, drawn from Ethel Lina White’s novel Some Must Watch.

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Academy Award Theater presents “The Pride of the Marines,” episode 12, originally broadcast June 15, 1946. John Garfield reprises his film role as Al Schmid, with Rosemary DeCamp.

Adapted by Frank Wilson from the 1945 Warner Bros. drama based on Roger Butterfield’s book Al Schmid, Marine, this World War II story follows a Marine shaped by combat at Guadalcanal as he faces the difficult transition back to civilian life. Produced and directed by Dee Englebach for CBS, the drama also centers on the steadfast woman waiting for him at home.

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “All About Eve AFRS,” originally broadcast November 23, 1954, as episode 898. This adaptation of the acclaimed 1950 film draws on Mary Orr’s story “The Wisdom of Eve” and stars Ann Blyth as Eve Harrington and Claire Trevor as Broadway star Margo Channing.

In the high-pressure world of New York theater, Margo welcomes an apparently devoted young admirer into her professional and personal circle. As Eve’s ambitions become clearer, friendships, romances, and careers face the strain of rivalry and insecurity.

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The Whistler presents “Sing a Song of Murder,” episode 173, originally broadcast on September 17, 1945. This CBS Pacific Network mystery was sponsored by Signal Oil, written by Robert Ryf, and produced by George W. Allen.

Fast-rising pop singer Bill Randall wants to escape a greedy manager and a restrictive contract, but the pressures of fame and the music business soon take a sinister turn. Marvin Miller stars as The Whistler, with Jack Edwards, Bill Johnstone, and Alan Hewitt featured in the cast.

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Suspense presents “Stranger with My Face,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on July 23, 1961. This late-run episode, commonly listed as episode 886, stars Bernard Grant and was written by Allan Sloane and directed by Bruno Zirato Jr.

A man abruptly finds himself four years in the future, lost in an unfamiliar city—and wearing another man’s face. As he struggles to understand his impossible situation, the drama builds an eerie science-fiction mystery around identity, time, and a disturbing connection between two men.

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Escape, “Carnival in Vienna,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on September 11, 1954. This is episode 226 of the suspense anthology’s final 1954 run, written and directed by David Friedkin and Morton Fine.

In postwar Vienna, carnival worker Johnny Allison spots a possible way out of his hand-to-mouth existence when an American visitor’s letter of credit puts a fortune within reach. Amid a muddy midway, a hall of mirrors, and a towering Ferris wheel, his risky plans are complicated by Lily, who knows his past, and the unwelcome return of an old acquaintance. The cast includes Jack Moyles, Lillian Buyeff...

Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Awful Truth,” episode 228, originally broadcast on CBS on September 11, 1939. This adaptation of the 1937 film stars Cary Grant, reprising his role as Jerry Warriner, alongside Claudette Colbert as Lucy Warriner.

A sophisticated couple on the verge of divorce finds their separate romantic prospects complicated by jealousy, suspicion, and a sharp comic rivalry. Adapted from Arthur Richman’s story, with Vina Delmar credited as writer and Ted Bliss as director, this sparkling screwball comedy launched Lux Radio Theatre’s 1939–40 season.

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Academy Award Theater presents “Suspicion,” episode 32, originally broadcast on CBS on October 30, 1946. This half-hour adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 film stars Cary Grant, reprising his role as Johnnie Aysgarth, with Ann Todd as Lina McLaidlaw.

After marrying the charming but unreliable Johnnie, Lina begins to question the secrets behind his gambling, debts, and shifting stories. Adapted from the film based on Francis Iles’ novel Before the Fact, this tense domestic mystery builds on doubt, danger, and a wife’s growing fear of what her husband may be capable of.

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Take a Letter Darling,” episode 88, originally broadcast February 1, 1951. This NBC adaptation of the 1942 Paramount romantic comedy stars Rosalind Russell and Fred MacMurray, reprising their film roles as advertising executive A. M. “Mac” MacGregor and Tom Verney.

When the formidable Mac hires struggling painter Tom as her personal secretary, he is swept into the fast-paced advertising world of business demands, social engagements, and unexpected romantic tension. Hosted by original film director Mitchell Leisen, this polished workplace comedy offers sharp dialogue and star-powered charm.

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The Whistler presents “Brief Pause for Murder,” originally broadcast September 11, 1949. This is episode 380 of the CBS Pacific Network suspense series, sponsored by Signal Oil.

Radio announcer Roger Wickson finds himself caught in an unhappy marriage and drawn into a dangerous arrangement with station engineer Vern Cummings, an ex-convict. As a late-night broadcast and a prerecorded station break become central to the plan, the routines of KTUX radio turn into tools of mounting suspense. Frank Nelson, Mary Lansing, and William Conrad star in this ironic crime drama, written by Luke Houston and Bill Forman and produced by Sterling Tracy.

Suspense presents “Sleep Is for Children,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 6, 1960. Commonly listed as episode 843, this tense suburban drama was written by Ralph Bell and Eugene Francis and stars Elspeth Eric as Ellen Gordon.

In the growing community of Woodlake, a series of killings has made the neighborhood especially frightening for women left home alone. As Ellen faces an uneasy evening while her husband works late, an ordinary family telephone and the isolation of a new suburban development become sources of mounting dread.

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Escape presents “The Scarlet Plague,” episode 209, originally broadcast on CBS on April 8, 1954. Adapted by Les Crutchfield from Jack London’s 1912 plague novel, this late-run drama stars Vic Perrin and was directed by Norman Macdonnell.

At a San Francisco university, English professor James Smith sees an ordinary Monday disrupted by alarming reports of a fast-spreading, mysterious illness. As the crisis reaches the campus and the city beyond, Smith, fellow professor Bill Dombey, and student Myra Blake face a world becoming frighteningly unfamiliar.

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Cavalcade,” episode 113, originally broadcast on CBS on December 28, 1936. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille and sponsored by Lux Soap, this adaptation draws on Noël Coward’s celebrated play and the 1933 film version.

Herbert Marshall and Madeleine Carroll star as Robert and Jane Marryot, an affluent English couple whose household reflects the changing character of Britain from the turn of the twentieth century into the 1930s. David Niven and Una O’Connor co-star in this sweeping drama of family, class, and time’s passage; Noël Coward also makes a brief appearance from New York’s National The...

Academy Award Theater presents “White Cliffs of Dover,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 18, 1946. Commonly listed as episode 26, this adaptation stars Irene Dunne and Sir C. Aubrey Smith, reprising their roles from MGM’s 1944 film.

Adapted by Frank Wilson from the film inspired by Alice Duer Miller’s poem, the story follows an American woman who falls in love with an English peer on the eve of World War I. As war reshapes England and her new life, the drama explores romance, loyalty, and the enduring pull of home.

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,” episode 74, originally broadcast on June 23, 1950. Barbara Stanwyck reprises her acclaimed film role as Martha Ivers in this adaptation of the 1946 Paramount drama, based on John Patrick’s story “Love Lies Bleeding.”

When Sam Masterson returns to the industrial town of Iverstown, he is drawn back into the life of Martha Ivers and her politically powerful husband, District Attorney Walter O’Neil. Old loyalties, buried memories, and growing suspicion shape this tense noir drama, adapted for radio by Richard Allen Simmons. Guest screen director Lewis Milestone appears in connection with the bro...

The Whistler presents “Death Pays a Visit,” episode 159, originally broadcast June 11, 1945. This CBS Pacific-network thriller was sponsored by Signal Oil and features Elliott Lewis and Marvin Miller.

A bank employee faces a desperate shortage in his accounts when a visiting cousin arrives for the weekend carrying exactly $10,000 in cash. As financial pressure closes in on the Crowley household, an ordinary family visit becomes a tense moral dilemma. The script was written by Lewis Reed.

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Suspense presents “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 14, 1953. Commonly listed as episode 530, this Edgar Allan Poe adaptation stars Cornel Wilde as detective C. Auguste Dupin and was dramatized by E. Jack Neuman.

When the body of young Marie Roget is recovered from the Seine, the Paris Prefecture of Police asks Dupin to untangle conflicting reports, uncertain witnesses, and puzzling clues. Based on Poe’s 1842 early detective tale, the drama also features John Dehner as the Police Prefect.

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Stand - In,” episode 302, originally broadcast on CBS on April 7, 1941. This Lux-sponsored adaptation of the 1937 film stars Joan Bennett and Warner Baxter, with Hans Conried.

A mathematically minded banker is sent to Hollywood to assess a troubled motion-picture studio, only to find himself caught up in the unpredictable world of filmmaking. Amid soundstage chaos and studio glamour, he meets a capable stand-in whose practical instincts challenge his numbers-first approach. The story was adapted from Clarence Budington Kelland’s source material.

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Escape, episode 23, “Leiningen Vs the Ants - National,” originally broadcast January 17, 1948. This CBS production is the documented West Coast/different-production version of the adaptation first heard earlier that month.

On an isolated Amazon plantation, the determined Leiningen refuses to leave when a vast, deadly army of ants advances through the jungle. William Conrad stars as Leiningen in William N. Robson’s production, adapted by Robert Ryf from Carl Stephenson’s short story “Leiningen Versus the Ants.”

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Academy Award Theater presents “Stagecoach,” episode 6, originally broadcast on May 4, 1946. This 30-minute CBS adaptation of the acclaimed 1939 Western stars Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor, reprising the story’s frontier drama for radio.

A diverse group of passengers travels by stagecoach across Arizona toward Lordsburg in the early post–Civil War West. With an outlaw under guard and a dance-hall woman among the riders, tensions and unexpected connections emerge on the dangerous road ahead. Frank Wilson adapted the film, based on Ernest Haycox’s story “Stage to Lordsburg,” with Dee Englebach producing and directing.

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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Queen Of P

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A Death Of Kings

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X Minus One - Pail Of Air

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Suspense - Phobia

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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Legend Of Phoenix Hill

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X Minus One - Hello Tomorrow

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X Minus One - Man In The Moon

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X Minus One - Caretaker

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X Minus One - Dwellers In Silence

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Suspense - Long Wait

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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Crime Casts A Shadow

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Suspense - Kettler Method

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Dimension X - Knock

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Ghosts Always Get The Last Laugh - Inner Sanctum

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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Insomnia [episode 0] Broadcast Unknown

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