Everett Sloane stars in a Lawrence Goldman story as a man named Mark who hires a contract killer to assassinate his business partner. He needs the deed to be carried out before his embezzlement is discovered. He gets cold feet when he realizes the alibi they settled on would not work because the restaurant where he was supposed to be was closed. Without that alibi, he starts pondering what his fate might be if the plot fails and his role in a contract murder is discovered. Now it’s a race against the clock… can he stop the contract in time since the alibi is gone? At a bar across the street from the closed restaurant, he gets into a fight. That incident can replace his failed alibi, especially if he is in jail if he was in the “drunk tank” while the murder is in process. There’s a strange turn, however, when the police decide to let him take a cab home. He insists on going to jail! That desire to go to jail instead of home raises suspicions, and he starts to panic. It’s cold feet about the contract, yet again, but there are still plot turns ahead.
The program was recorded on Friday, June 28, 1957. Rehearsal began at 2:00pm and concluded at 5:00pm. Recording began at that time, with final production editing completed by 7:00pm.
It may be hard to believe, but this is the first documented appearance of Everett Sloane on Suspense. His radio work dates back to the legendary March of Time series where so many of radio’s careers at the microphone, in the production studio, and development of production methods began. He was one of the key performers in the Mercury Theater on radio, stage, film (including Citizen Kane), and also a pioneer performer in 1950s live television, and also popular television through the 1960s until his passing away in 1965. For decades, he was one of the acting profession’s most versatile and successful performers.
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THE CAST
Everett Sloane (Mark), Peter Leeds (Henchman clerk), Ted de Corsia (Barney), Eddie Marr (Harry the drunk), Sandra Gould (Dolly), Jack Moyles (Lee / Police Officer), Jack Kruschen (Bartender), George Walsh (Narrator)
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