Mandel Kramer and Lawson Zerbe star in the fourth and final broadcast of this William N. Robson script that is about 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. It would be interesting to know if Paul Roberts, who worked in conjunction with Robson on CBS Radio Workshop, knew about the biographical aspects of the script, and if any of the New York cast had an inkling about it. The prior three productions are:
1955-03-08 Nobody Ever Quits with Tom McKee (includes background and analysis of the ties to Robson’s CBS Blacklist experience):
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
1957-09-15 Night on Red Mountain, also with Richard Crenna and Ann Diamond
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
1959-01-11 Night on Red Mountain, also with Richard Crenna and Doris Singleton
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2025/07/1959-01-11-night-on-red-mountain.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP590111 has the recordings for download and streaming
The program was recorded on Thursday, November 17, 1960. Rehearsal began at 4:30pm and ended at 8:00pm. Recording began at that time and ended at 8:30pm.
A network aircheck recording has survived. It has narrow range but is very listenable.
LISTEN
TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
mp3
https://archive.org/details/TSP601120
THE CAST
Mandel Kramer (Pete), Lawson Zerbe (Walt, alias Joey Parino), Jim Boles (Bat), Ellen McRae (Sally), Robert Dryden (Sarge), Bill Adams (Dad), Ruth Tobin (The Operator), Stu Metz (Radio Announcer)
Leon Janney was originally cast as Walt.
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