Jimmy Stewart, a Suspense favorite, returns in a new production of a fine script from 1946. It was prepared by three writers who would all end up in the Red Channels and Hollywood Blacklist undertow. Links to the background of the story and the original 1946 broadcast are at
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2023/07/1946-02-21-consequence.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP460221 has the 1946 recording.
Stewart was originally announced for a story called “Revenge.” That script was held and produced as the final Anton M. Leader production of the series on 1949-06-30. It was renamed The Day I Died and starred Joseph Cotten in an excellent performance. It is not known why the switch was made. Stewart could have been too busy in early May for rehearsals required for a new script. This made a repeated script which he and others had familiarity a wise choice to stay on schedule. Perhaps Cotten was deemed a better fit for the new script and held to his scheduled date.
LISTEN
TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
mp3
https://archive.org/details/TSP490519
THE CAST
JAMES STEWART (Dr. Phil Martin), Betty Lou Gerson (Gwen Martin / Mrs. Burton), William Woodson (Ted Wolfe / Clerk), Paul Ford (Man / Mr. Dooley), Frances Heflin (Jo / Operator), Stan Waxman (Radio Announcer / Man 2), Gail Bonney (Woman / Mrs. Dooley), Paul Frees (Signature Voice)
COMMERCIAL: Bill Johnstone (Hap), Harlow Wilcox (Announcer), Sylvia Simms (Operator)
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