Suspense - I Had an Alibi (#123)
Channel: Old Time Radio Researchers
Date: 2023-05-19

Suspense - 01/04/45, episode 123
Brought to you by the Old Time Radio Researchers, courtesy of The Suspense Project

Keenan Wynn plays a newspaper reporter who marries an heiress with a severe heart condition to get her inheritance. When she fails to die as soon as he expected, he plans an elaborate murder which includes tricking her into writing her own suicide note and making sure his fingerprints are in places where he did not actually visit to create an alibi. In the end, he gets the blame for a murder he didn’t commit, and the real killer gets away! This episode is a good listen, but pay attention or you’ll miss some of the plot turns.

There are two different network recordings and their east or west broadcast cannot be determined. The better of the two begins with “Now, Roma Wines present…” The other recording begins with “Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California…” It is not known why two different openings were used.

The original title of this script was “Murder is Simple.” It was twice adapted into movies. The first was the 1946 The Glass Alibi and the second was the 1955 The Big Bluff. The 1946 movie is not available online, but the 1955 one is https://archive.org/details/big_bluff

The cast: KEENAN WYNN (Joseph Eichner), unknown (Belle Schaffner), Lurene Tuttle (Linda Vale), John McIntire (Doctor / Warden), Joe Kearns (Man in Black / Saunders the butler / Priest), Wally Maher (Lt. Vale / Gas station man), Cathy Lewis (Miss Lamson)

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