Philip Sterling portrays Robert Kingman, a man plagued by vivid, prophetic dreams. He hasn’t remembered his dreams for a long time, but his recent ones have been quite different. He consults a researcher, Dr. Harris, who is expert in supernatural and extrasensory perception events about the dreams that seem to foretell disturbing real-life events. That doctor is skeptical. Robert is certain that he has killed boss! The dream problems started when Robert was passed over for a promotion. He harbors great hatred for the boss who made the decision, and he had dreams about running him over in a sports car. It is not long after that the boss does die that way, in a hit-and-run accident with such a car. Robert is tortured by guilt, is convinced not just that his dreams foretold it, but that he actually caused it. His obsession with the boss seems to have warped his thinking and his sense of reality. Robert knows that if he was guilty, his punishment would be execution by the electric chair. The doctor wants him to get a second opinion, and sends him to a psychiatrist, Dr. Hagen, for evaluation. He arranges the appointment, and asks Robert to tell the new doctor to call him right away after the appointment. Robert heads to the appointment but never gets there. Dr. Hagen became worried when the appointment was missed; he soon learned what happened. Hagen calls Harris and delivers the tragic news that meant Robert’s final dream about his punishment came true in the strangest way.
The script was by Jack Johnstone under the pseudonym “Jack Bundy.” The story would have fit the format of Inner Sanctum than it did Suspense.
It is not known when this program was recorded as there is no available script cover sheet at this time.
There are three recordings available, and the best is the Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#851). There is a network recording that is in almost as good as the AFRS one. An aircheck from station KCBS of San Francisco has survived, but the first minute is missing. It is in very good sound and station ID is at the end of the recording.
Phil Sterling was a very active performer. Some refer to these actors as “it's that guy... who was in that thing....” because viewers recognize their faces but not their names. He had numerous credits in 1950s stage, radio, movies, and television. Sterling had many supporting television and movie roles through the 1960s through the mid-1990s.
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THE CAST
Philip Sterling (Robert), Raymond Edward Johnson (Thaddeus Hagan), Barbara Kasarr (The Girl), Connie Lembke (Janet), Richard Kendrick (Mr. Bolton), Edgar Stehli (Dr. Harris)
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