Suspense - Muddy Track (#313)
Channel: Old Time Radio Researchers
Date: 2023-12-24

Suspense: 11/11/48, episode 313
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Edmond O’Brien takes a job answering the phone for a horse betting bookmaking operation. He got the job through an alluring woman he met at a bar when she introduced him to her “friend.” He’s the one running the gambling operation. The job is really easy, but there’s a catch, of course. The next day he shows up to start working the phone, but that woman is dead. And he’s being framed for it.

The cast: EDMOND O’BRIEN (Harry Clark), ANN BLYTH (Eleanor Grayson), Nestor Paiva (Augie Persian / Driver), Kay Brinker (Brandy), Richard Benedict (Man / Cabbie), Gail Bonney (Elderly Cleaning Woman), Michael Brown (Driver 2 / Bud), Joe DuVal (Harry / Dimples), Paul Frees (Signature Voice)

COMMERCIAL: Bill Johnstone (Hap), Harlow Wilcox (Announcer)

The story is by Bob Shelley and Buckley Angell. Buckley Angell was a writer and director for many of The Adventures of Frank Race episodes, and also wrote for The Whistler and Have Gun, Will Travel. He was also an active writer for 1950s and 1960s television. He is in some research directories with the last name “Angel.” Bob Shelley (in some references as “Shelly”), likely had the basic story idea that Angell built into script form. No confirmed references can be found for Shelley in radio or movie industry resources.

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