This is the second offering of this James Poe script about a love triangle in a butcher shop. Yes, a shop with all kinds of sharp objects used for carving and chopping flesh and bone. It’s not a place to confront a jealous and vengeful butcher. It’s a classic Suspense story that culminates in a well-staged but gruesome sequence that surprises at its extent. Kirk Douglas starred in the original, and this stars Hy Averback.
The blogpost for the debut broadcast has details about the story and the production.
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/03/1950-02-09-butchers-wife.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP500209 has the recordings of that broadcast
Hy Averback may be better known by nostalgia fans for his work as a producer and director of television series. He was the voice of the camp public address system on TV's M*A*S*H, and was also the producer of the crazy and fun series F Troop. He played a role in the formation of the Armed Forces Radio Service when he was in its first announcing crew. Information can be found at http://www.smecc.org/start_of_afrs.htm
His very successful career overview can be found at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Averback and at IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002195
This was the last episode of Suspense for the summer. It returned at the end of September.
LISTEN
TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
mp3
https://archive.org/details/TSP540810
THE CAST
Hy Averback (Harry), Jack Kruschen (Nick), Paula Winslowe (Mary), Lawrence Dobkin (Kraus), Larry Thor (Narrator / Ad Libs / Announcer), Guz Bayz, Ross Murray, Eleanore Tanin, Jill Jarmyn, Marilyn Budgen (Ad-Libs)
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