Two men who had affection for the same recently deceased woman go on a hunting trip. One of them loves reading mystery novels, especially ones about murders, and holds anger over the way she was treated. There’s all kinds of near-miss accidental situations that could end up as fatal on the trip. This is a hunting trip in the great outdoors, so you just know there has to be an accidental shooting in the story. But there isn’t, because this is Suspense. That would be too obvious. There’s a poisoning instead. Be certain which cup is yours before you drink from it.
Paul Bernard and Lee Horton created the script and were writers for radio, film, and television. They also collaborated on Murder for Myra, which also starred Lloyd Nolan. The script is okay, Price is very good, Nolan is better than his other appearance. There’s no powerful synergy in their pairing beyond than their notoriety. But it’s Suspense, so it’s better than most things playing on the radio at that time.
There is only one network recording available, and it is not known to which coast it was directed. Nolan has a brief flub in the opening sequence and it is in all available recordings. Some collector recordings are missing the closing network ID.
William Spier makes on of his rare appearances at the end of the program to chat with Nolan and Price about their upcoming projects.
The program was presented again on Murder by Experts on Mutual on 1950-01-09. No recording of that broadcast is available. It starred Chester Stratton and Ralph Bell.
The official and announced title is “Hunting Trip” and not “The Hunting Trip.”
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THE CAST
VINCENT PRICE (Eric), LLOYD NOLAN (Stan), Joe Kearns (Signature Voice)
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