Richard Crenna stars in the third broadcast of this William N. Robson script that is a man who decides to leave his old life and start new. His old life still claws him back. The story is actually about Robson’s experience with the CBS Blacklist that banned him from the network for about four years. It was originally broadcast on 1955-03-08 as Nobody Ever Quits. This is the second time that Robson is producing this script that is essentially about himself. He obviously liked his own script, and it would be repeated once more under producer Paul Roberts after the show moved to New York for its final seasons. It is also the second time that Crenna starred. The prior two productions are:
1955-03-08 Nobody Ever Quits with Tom McKee
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/12/1955-03-08-nobody-ever-quits.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP550308 has the recordings for download and streaming
1957 Night on Red Mountain, also with Richard Crenna
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2025/04/1957-09-15-night-on-red-mountain.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP570915 has the recordings for download and streaming
The program was originally scheduled for airing on Sunday, December 14, 1958. For Old Time’s Sake was aired instead.
This episode was recorded on Saturday, November 15, 1958, meaning it was held aside for almost two months before broadcast. Crenna’s availability was likely limited by his role on the successful TV series The Real McCoys, which was in production at that time. Rehearsal began at 2:00pm with recording starting at 4:30pm. With in-studio edits, the session ended at 6:00pm. Further production edits were done separately and ended at 7:00pm.
Neither of the two surviving recordings are perfect. The network recording is preferred because it is the way it was first broadcast. It range is somewhat narrower than the better episodes. The Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#703) has the same issue and is somewhat dull in sound quality. Both recordings are listenable with no serious flaws.
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TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
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https://archive.org/details/TSP590111
THE CAST
DICK CRENNA (Walt, alias Joey Parino), Celeste Bullis [Bollas] (1st Operator), Peter Leeds (Bat), Doris Singleton (Sally / 2nd Operator), Joe de Santis (Big Pete Parelli / Dad), Sam Pierce (Highway Patrol radio announcer), Norm Alden (Sergeant Toohey), George Walsh (Narrator)
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