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Mystery Theater: The Radio Theater: Hostages

27/12/2016

The Radio Theater: Hostages

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Mystery Theater, The Radio Theater: Hostages

An armed robber takes hostages, blurring the lines between victim and villain.

4 Extra Debut. 1979: An armed robber takes hostages, blurring the lines between victim and villain. Vincent Price hosts with Virginia Gregg.

Whilst being sued for divorce, a paranoid policeman sees an opportunity to get even with his estranged wife - when she's taken hostage during a failed bank raid... 

Vincent Price is the host of the 1979 "revival", originally sponsored in America by retail chain, Sears, aiming to recapture the flavour of radio dramas of the 1940s and 50s. 

Stars Virginia Gregg, Shepard Menken and Vic Perrin.

Written by Ken Gerard.

Produced and directed by Fletcher Markle

One of a series of selected shows from the golden days of American radio in the 1940s and 50s, when many of Hollywood's greatest screen stars were regular performers - often re-enacting their famous film roles.

First broadcast on CBS Radio in the USA in 1979.

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