Tony Barrett stars in the second performance of a Gus C. Bayz script about a cheap bandit who kills an old grocery store owner for resisting his robbery attempt. A young woman enters the store just after the incident, and it turns out she knows the bandit from high school! As they interact, he realizes that the more she remembers, the more he knows he has to eliminate her because she will become a witness against him.
The story was originally presented on 1952-04-07 starring Dan Duryea. His radio performing abilities were better than most of the Hollywood movie stars, and his voicing brings an unsavory nature to the character that others cannot do as well. Because the Duryea performance is so special, it is the preferred broadcast. Barrett is a real pro, however, who delivers a fine performance. Further information is at:
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/07/1952-04-07-remember-me.html has background on the story and author Gus Bayz as well as the television version of the story;
https://archive.org/details/TSP520407 has some of the background and also the audio recordings that can be downloaded or streamed.
There are two surviving recordings. The Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS#531) recording is the better of the two and is a new recording to circulation. There is also a low quality network recording, but it has edits and is a possibly an older AFRS recording.
Some newspaper clippings announced “Ruth Shaw” as a star. That was a mistake, as “Ruth Shaw” was the name of a character, not a performer.
Lily and the Colonel was originally planned for this date, but was broadcast on 1955-05-17.
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https://archive.org/details/TSP550503
THE CAST
Tony Barrett (Harry Norris), Charlotte Lawrence (Ruth Shaw), Joe Kearns (Liebowitz / Lieutenant), Lee Millar (Jimmy), Helen Kleeb (Mrs. Dooley), James Nusser (Cop), Larry Thor (Narrator)
Lawrence, Kearns, and Millar portrayed the same roles in the 1952 broadcast.
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