This is the second performance of a highly regarded script about a man who escapes incarceration but cannot find a way to shed his handcuffs. This Herb Meadow script was originally broadcast on 1948-10-21. It stars Tony Barrett.
The man steals $250,000 and is sentenced to prison. He never reveals where he hid the money, and counts the days to his release when he can retrieve it. While being transferred by train, he escapes when there is an accident. He swaps his identification papers with a person killed in the tragedy, and then heads toward the location where he hid the money. But those handcuffs keep getting in the way!
Details about the original performance with William Powell, and background about the author Herb Meadow can be found at
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2023/12/1948-10-21-give-me-liberty.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP481021 which is where the recording can be downloaded or streamed.
LISTEN
TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
mp3
https://archive.org/details/TSP550329
THE CAST
Tony Barrett (Earl French), Michael Ann Barrett (The Girl), Lou Merrill (Detective on train / Police Chief), Helen Kleeb (Train passenger / Woman with dog), Richard Beals (Boy), Jack Carol (Conductor / Search party / Trooper), Larry Thor (Narrator)
NOTE: Keith Scott notes that in the end credits that Larry Thor mistakenly pronounces the surname of Herb Meadow as “Meadows.” It is also typed in the script as “Meadows.”
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