Episode 9500: Suspense - "Four Hours To Kill" (01-12-50)

Four Hours To Kill (Aired January 12, 1950)

Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1942 through 1962. One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 are extant. Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes. In its early years, the program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy.


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January 12, 1950. CBS network. "Four Hours To Kill". Sponsored by: Auto-Lite. A good story about a man who kills his brother and then must track down and kill the woman who overheard the crime on the telephone. The script was also used on "The Philip Morris Playhouse." This is a network, sponsored. Robert Taylor, Herb Butterfield, Cathy Lewis, Joseph Kearns (announcer), Harold Swanton (writer), William Spier (producer, editor), Norman Macdonnell (director), Lucien Moraweck (cvomposer), Lud Gluskin (conductor), Harlow Wilcox (commercial spokesman). 31:01. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.