Everett Sloane stars in the second broadcast a Gil Doud story about game hunters on safari in Kenya. He plays an experienced hunting guide who is losing his desire for the occupation. The inexperienced hunter who hired him, shoots a lion on his own instead of waiting for instructions, wounding it instead of killing it. It is against the law to leave an animal wounded, and they have to pursue the angry and injured lion. They put themselves in great danger and begin to realize that the lion is actually hunting them.
The first broadcast starred Raymond Lawrence with Joe Kearns as the belligerent inexperienced hunter. Background about that broadcast can be found at
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2025/02/1956-04-03-game-hunt.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP560403 is where recordings can be downloaded and streamed.
The program was recorded on Wednesday, March 5, 1958. Rehearsal began at 2:00pm and concluded at 5:00pm. Recording began at that time, and with in-studio edits, finished at 7:00pm. Additional edits and a recording session for George Walsh for this and upcoming episodes ran from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
There are multiple recordings of this episode. There is a network recording that sounds like it may have originated from a network feed or a very good aircheck that has had some minor deterioration as it may be some generations from its original recording. It also has a news report after the Suspense broadcast. Nonetheless, it is a good recording. The better recording is the Armed Forces Radio Service one (AFRS#972) that has richer sound.
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https://archive.org/details/TSP580316
THE CAST
EVERETT SLOANE (Geoffrey Arcross), Larry Dobkin (Howard Babson), Roy Glenn (Charlie), George Walsh (Narrator)
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