This is the second broadcast of a Sheldon Leonard script about a newlywed couple and their strange honeymoon. The bride and groom are each in mortal fear of the other, in a very odd circumstance. The story opens with the husband carrying his wife over the doorstep of their honeymoon cottage. Their wedding was just one day after the bride was acquitted of the murder of her grandfather, from whom she inherited a large amount of money. The dark storyline features Virginia Gregg and Stacy Harris. The script was adapted by Antony Ellis.
The first broadcast was on 1951-05-03 and starred Rosalind Russell and Sheldon Leonard. Details about the story’s development, plotline and recordings can be found at
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/06/1951-05-03-when-bough-breaks.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP510503 is where the broadcast can be downloaded or streamed.
There are two surviving recordings, both in fine sound. There is a preference for the network recording because it was the initial broadcast. The Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#562) is newly discovered and new to circulation.
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https://archive.org/details/TSP551206
THE CAST
Virginia Gregg (Evelyn Stryker), Stacy Harris (Harry Stryker), Dick Beals (Delivery Boy), Joe Kearns (Corcoran / Doctor), Barney Phillips (Kahn the Cop), Larry Thor (Narrator)
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