Suspense - My Wife Geraldine (#131)
Channel: Old Time Radio Researchers
Date: 2023-05-27

Suspense - 03/01/45, episode 131
Brought to you by the Old Time Radio Researchers, courtesy of The Suspense Project

Edward G. Robinson stars in an odd story as a quiet little man who pretends to have a wife so he can fit in better with his office co-workers. People get suspicious when they never meet her or have any sense that she’s around. They jump to the most likely reason: he must have murdered her! Robinson played so many strong characters like gangsters in his classic Little Caesar that playing a milquetoast character was part of the Suspense strategy of casting against type. The entire premise is detailed in the first five minutes and the story is told in flashback.

The story is by Larry Marcus and was his first for Suspense. It was adapted by Robert Richards. Marcus was a prolific and esteemed radio writer, with scripts for Suspense, many episodes of The Whistler and the Whistler-like series Dark Venture. He wrote many scripts for the superb series Night Beat. His television and movie scripting career began in 1950. He was executive writer for the spooky TV series One Step Beyond as well as individual scripts for many other 1950s and 1960s series.

Two network recordings have survived and it is not known which recording is east or west. The best recording goes directly to the network ID and is marked as “(dirID).” The other recording has a 20-second delay to the ID and is marked as “(20s).”

This is the first appearance of Edward G. Robinson on Suspense. 

The cast: EDWARD G. ROBINSON (George Graham), Jeanette Nolan (Agnes Barton), John McIntire (Potter), Joe Kearns (Man in Black / Smith / Harry / Garage Man), Elliott Lewis (Holmes), Wally Maher (Fred Bell / Police Lieutenant), Howard McNear (Man on train), Harry Lang (Riley), unknown (Sales clerk)

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