This broadcast is a repeat performance of an excellent Sam Rolfe script. The original performance of 1950-10-26 starred Richard Widmark. Sam Edwards is in the lead role in this production with support from the usual fine ensemble cast for the series and CBS. For information about that initial performance and background about Rolfe and the script, go to:
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/04/1950-10-26-too-hot-to-live.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP501026 also has the recordings for download or streaming
Edwards plays an unemployed drifter who inadvertently finds himself in a strange town and ends up accused of murder. The police are after him, and he has to escape their pursuit in his bare feet, and find the real killer, too.
LISTEN
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https://archive.org/details/TSP540629
Alternative download at MediaFire for FLAC and mp3 files
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/kst68g2jd81rk/Suspense_-_Too_Hot_to_Live_(Sam_Edwards)
Stream the episode at YouTube beginning 9:00am US ET October 27, 2024
https://youtu.be/cPdJTMqy4og
THE CAST
Sam Edwards (Jefferson Casey), Paul Frees (Benjamin Martin), Mary Jane Croft (Rachael), Lee Millar (Kenny), Junius Matthews (Pop Clovis), Charles Calvert (Stranger [Carny Man]), Herb Butterfield (Driver / Brakeman), Jeane Wood (Woman), Larry Thor (Narrator)
Middle Commercial announcers: George Walsh & Bob LeMond
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