Bernie Grant stars in an Allan Sloane story about a man with amnesia. He has no memory of the past four years, and he believes he has a different name and his face seems so unfamiliar. He is confused by his realization that he is in Chicago with no memory of how he got there. He goes into a local bar and is addressed as Charles Morris, a regular patron of theirs. The bartender gives him his usual drink, and it is one he has never liked. He remembers himself as Ed Walters, not Charles Morris. He is understandably frantic, and returns to New York to look for his wife. He starts to remember the day he left, telling his landlord that he would be away for a while, regretting his marriage to an unfaithful woman with drinking problems, and going to the train station, but the rest is fuzzy. He soon recalls meeting a stranger in an alley in Chicago. The man who robs him of his wallet and other belongings, and being knocked out. A man finds him the next morning and helps him. The story turns away from how he got to Chicago, and back to his return to New York. He arrives back to the city and life he left four years ago. He returns to the apartment building, and it is occupied by a different tenant, but she has what might be the forwarding address of his wife. He visits the address and finds it is a different person, who suggests he goes to the police. She heard gossip that the Walters had some kind of difficulties. He goes to the Missing Persons Bureau for help, claiming he’s Charles Morris and looking for Mrs. Walters to help clear up a legal issue with property in Chicago. The officer checks the files and can’t find such a record… but they find a missing persons report for Edward J. Walters… and we learn what really happened.
The forwarding address given to Walters is 655 East 53rd Street in Manhattan. There is no such address; if there was, it would be in the East River. That side of Manhattan is where Sutton Place is, the general location where the fictional Mrs. Stevenson of Sorry, Wrong Number lived. It is one of the most expensive areas of Manhattan. The area is also the location of the detective’s office in 1944-06-29 The Walls Came Tumbling Down.
The program was recorded on Tuesday, July 18, 1961. The session ran from 10:30am to 2:30pm.
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THE CAST
Bernard Grant (Chuck Morris / Ed Walters), Lawson Zerbe (Barkeep / Stranger), Jack Grimes (Newsboy), Bob Dryden (Elevator Man / Sergeant), Sam Raskyn (Sam), Danny Ocko (Thug), Elaine Rost (Woman), Gertrude Warner (2nd Woman)
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