Escape "Zero Hour"

 

Escape - 4 OCT 1953 - Zero Hour CBS Stars John Dehner announcer Roy Rowan. You are in your house surrounded by all that is secure and normal while outside your children are playing a new and wonderful game called invasion. All the children under nine years of age are playing it and zero hour is to be at five o’clock.

ESCAPE "Zero Hour"

 

Aired October 4, 1953 on CBS Radio. Stars Paula Winslow with John Dehner as narrator. CBS announcer Roy Rowen. Paula Winslowe (born Winifred Reyleche March 23, 1910 – March 6, 1996) was an American television, radio and voice actress, best known for her role as the voice of Bambi's mother in the Disney animated feature movie.

ESCAPE "Present Tense"

 

Vincent Price stars in this story of a man on the way to his execution after being convicted of murdering his wife. But before being put to death, he will go to any lengths to avoid his punishment. Is his wife really dead? And how is a man able to elude the law using only his skills as a poet? Episode 96 aired on CBS Radio January 31, 1950.

ESCAPE "Treasure Inc."

Frank Lovejoy stars in episode 107 of this series on CBS Radio. "Treasure Inc" aired January 24, 1950. An ambitious developer builds a hotel on a remote tropical island but all his plans go out the window when he gets mixed up with a greedy woman, a hidden treasure and a hermit who avoids human contact.

 

Episode 104 aired January 3, 1950 on CBS Radio and stars Gerald Mohr. Western about the first Colt six-shooter, the California gold fields, and a double-crossing dance hall queen. Also starring Betty Lou Gerson, Charles McGraw, Will Geer and Edward Marr. Gerald Mohr (June 11, 1914 – November 9, 1968) was an American radio, film, and television character actor and frequent leading man, who appeared in more than 500 radio plays.

ESCAPE "Seeds of Greed"

GARY MERRILL

 

Episode 103 aired on CBS Radio December 27, 1948. Starring Gary Merrill (August 2, 1915 – March 5, 1990). He was an American film, radio and television actor whose credits included more than 50 feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of television guest appearances. Merrill starred in the motion picture All About Eve and in his personal life was married his co-star Bette Davis. Also in the cast of this episode are William Conrad, Ben Wright and Tony Barrett.

WILLIAM CONRAD

TONY BARRETT

BEN WRIGHT

ESCAPE "Figure a Dame"

 

Episode 90 aired on CBS Radio December 20, 1949. Starring Frank Lovejoy and his wife Joan Banks.

ESCAPE "Border Town"

 

Episode 101 aired December 13, 1949 on CBS Radio. An actor on a bus to Hollywood has $15,000 in counterfeit money planted in his coat and a trip to Mexico to get rid of it leads to dangerous adventures. Jack Webb stars in this episode.

ESCAPE "Letter From Jason"

 

Episode 87 aired November 29, 1949 on CBS Radio. Some of Hollywood's best character actors stood in front of the CBS ESCAPE microphone, including Jack Webb, Frank Lovejoy, Howard McNear, Harry Bartell, Alan Reed, Jeanette Nolan, John Dehner and many others. Narrating duties were shared by William Conrad (Photo) and Paul Frees. Frees said that the two striking bass voices had an informal agreement that one would narrate each week while the other acted, swapping generally every other show.

ESCAPE "Maracas"

 

Episode 86 aired November 22, 1949 on CBS Radio. William Conrad stars. Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production budgets, although Richfield Oil signed on as a sponsor for five months in 1950. Despite these problems, Escape enthralled many listeners during its seven-year run.

ESCAPE "Three Skeleton Key"

REID

 

BARTELL

CONRAD

Episode aired November 15, 1949 on CBS Radio and starred Elliot Reid with William Conrad and Harry Bartell.

ESCAPE "Night In Havana"

 

TONY BARRETT

This was episode 81 which aired on CBS Radio around October 22, 1949 and transcribed for AFRS. Tio encounters his friend, the Dutch smuggler, Maru. Soon, they realize the stillness around them has been caused by the police. Two officers stop and search Tio because he is a well known thief, but finding nothing, they move on. What encounters next? Listen as Tony Barrett stars along with "A-List" radio character actors Janet Nolan, Jeff Cory, Jack Webb and William Conrad.

ESCAPE "Sure Thing"

 

Episode 80 aired October 15, 1949 on CBS Radio. Escape to a lonely schooner sailing through the hot Caribbean night carrying a fortune and the heedless passions of reckless men as John and Gwen Bagney tell it in their exciting tale The Sure Thing. Starring John Hoyt (Photo) and William Conrad.

 John Hoyt was an American actor. He began his acting career on Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series.

ESCAPE "When Man Comes"

 

Episode 66 aired April 6, 1949 on CBS Radio Network. During the eight years of production, Escape aired at different times on each day of the week in ten different time slots. Often used as a summer replacement, Escape managed to hold on to a single time slot for a whole year only once during its run. Even though fans enjoyed the program, and would tune in when they found it, CBS often changed time slots without notice, leaving listeners wondering where the show went. (OTRcat.com)

ESCAPE "Finger of Doom"

Episode 61 March 19, 1949 on CBS Radio. Stars Harry Bartell (Photo right) and co-stars Ed Begley (Photo left) as Sergeant Gilman. A man's girlfriend delivers a package and disappears off the face of the Earth.

ED BEGLEY

                               HARRY BARTELL

ESCAPE "Conqueror's isle"

Episode 58 was written by Nelson Bond and adapted for radio by John Dunkel. It was produced and directed by Norman McDonald. Dr. Grove was played by Bill Johnstone. Lieutenant Brady was played by David Ellis and Dr. Gorham was played by Ted von Eltz. Special music was arranged and played by Ivan Ditmars. A flyer is forced down on a strange island and discovers a race of superior humans preparing to take over the Earth. Harry Bartell stars.

ESCAPE "Lost Special"

Episode 55 aired on CBS Radio February 12, 1948. Ben Wright stars in this show based on a story by Arthur Conan Doyle. An entire train has vanished. Where is it? The program was recorded February 9, 1948.

ESCAPE "Man Who Could Work Miracles"

 

Episode 54 aired on CBS Radio September 19, 1948. In the middle of an category 4 hurricane. Houses, animals, and trees are flying over you, and you suddenly realize that you have tampered with the Universe. You are bringing about the destruction of the World. Adapted from a short story by H.G. Wells by editor Les Crutchfield for CBS. Stars Ben Wright (photo) and John Dehner who later team up as HeyBoy and Paladin for radio's Have Gun Will Travel series.

ESCAPE "Dreams of Armageddon"

 

A dramatic fantasy set in the year 2200, as civilization crumbles before the horrors of war. We are caught in a web of nightmares, struggling to free from sleep, while constantly, threateningly destruction draws closer...unless we awaken, the ultimate conclusion is...death. Stacy Harris stars. Stacy Harris (July 26, 1918 – March 13, 1973) was a Canadian-born actor with hundreds of film and television appearances. His name is sometimes found misspelled Stacey Harris. WIKIPEDIA

ESCAPE "Tooth for Paul Revere"

 

Episode 45 aired on CBS Radio July 4, 1948. Featuring Barry Kroeger, Harry Bartell and Parley Baer. How the American Revolution really started, a humorous look at a Yankee farmer's point of view. Berry Kroeger (Photo) was an American film, television and stage actor. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Kroeger got his acting start on radio as an announcer on Suspense and as an actor, playing for a time The Falcon in the radio series. Kroeger was a regular as Sam Williams on the radio daytime drama Young Doctor Malone. Kroeger was the narrator for The Big Story, . WIKIPEDIA Bio