Frank Lovejoy and his wife, Joan Banks, star in the second production of the famous script about a couple lost on Long Island south shore roads in a heavy rain, with an escaped homicidal psychiatric patient in the area. The script was by “one-hit-wonder” Walter Bazar who went on to have a successful career as a journalist.
The previous blogpost for the first broadcast has details about the story, Walter Bazar, the Suspense television production (with the top-down convertible riding in the rain) and other aspects of the story are at https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/04/1950-11-16-on-country-road.html
The network and AFRS recordings related to that broadcast are at https://archive.org/details/TSP501116
Lovejoy and Banks always sought opportunities to perform together. They had a great affection for the art of radio, and enjoyed it even more when they could be in the same productions. After Frank died in October 1962 (age 50), Joan would appear on radio in other productions such as Theatre 5 and CBS Radio Mystery Theater as “Joan Lovejoy.”
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https://archive.org/details/TSP540104
THE CAST
FRANK LOVEJOY (David), Joan Banks (Dorothy), Jeanette Nolan (Nellie), Joseph Kearns (Cop), William Woodson (News Announcer), Larry Thor (Narrator)
COMMERCIAL: Tom Holland (Hap), Harlow Wilcox (Announcer), Sylvia Simms (Operator)
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