Suspense - The Last Detail (#147)
Channel: Old Time Radio Researchers
Date: 12/06/2023

Suspense - 07/05/45, episode 147
Brought to you by the Old Time Radio Researchers, courtesy of The Suspense Project

George Coulouris portrays a professor of criminology who is lured by a gangster who says he is doing research on criminality. The professor is really kidnapped, and the gangster wants to frame him for a crime. It fails The professor contrives to escape the murder charge, but there is a surprise ending.

The author was Eleanor Beeson who wrote other Suspense scripts as well as The Whistler, Harriet Crouse is noted as a co-writer. The script was used again on Murder by Experts 1949-10-03.

Two network recordings and an Armed Forces Radio Service recording have survived. It is not known which of the network recordings were for which coast. The best-sounding recording is the network one that has a two-second pause (“2s”) before the network ID. The other network recording goes directly to ID “(dirID).” The AFRS version is drawn from the direct-to-ID version; times are approximate:

Network 2s 25:02: “My...my...my cellar?”

AFRS 24:30 and dirID 25:02: “What...what...what...in my cellar?”

The cast:
GEORGE COULOURIS (Professor Leland Moffett), Harry Lang (Pete), Howard McNear (Homicide Detective), Frank Graham (Signature Voice / Nosey / 2nd Homicide Detective), Joe Granby (Antony Carlotti), Jack Moyles (Sam Schwartz)

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