Vincent Price stars in the third Suspense production of this classic Ambrose Bierce story set in the Civil War.
Information about the prior two broadcasts are at
1956 Victor Jory: Details about that broadcast and background about the original short story are at:
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2025/03/1956-12-09-occurrence-at-owl-creek.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP561209 and is where recordings can be downloaded and streamed.
1957 Joseph Cotten:
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2025/05/1957-12-15-occurrence-at-owl-creek.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP571215 and is where recordings can be downloaded and streamed.
The program was recorded on Wednesday, June 24, 1959. Rehearsal began at 2:00pm and recording began at 5:30pm. Production edits ran from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
There are two high quality recordings of the program, with the network broadcast as the better one. An Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#1032) is also available. The network recording was shared with classic radio enthusiasts by Vincent Price from his personal archive.
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https://archive.org/details/TSP590719
THE CAST
VINCENT PRICE (Paton Farquar / Narrator), Cathy Lewis (Mrs. Farquar), Barney Phillips (Captain), Sam Pierce (Voice), Roy Glenn (Jethro), Norm Alden (2nd Soldier / Sergeant), Sam Edwards (Lieutenant Saltonstall alias the Corporal), George Walsh (Narrator)
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