Leonard Snell, an insurance agent who gambles heavily, is secretly short $1,800 in company money on the day his wife Celia pressures him for cash. After a violent quarrel at home, he finds himself in a situation where he believes he can escape the consequences, and he begins to act on that belief. Dan Duryea stars in this Suspense radio play by Emil C. Tepperman, the third of five Friday night performances in a special limited series. The episode was broadcast on December 12, 1947, on CBS.
Characters: Leonard Snell, Celia Snell, Mr. Mosley, Ellen, Floyd Houston, Jerry Maloney
The transcript of “The Man Who Couldn't Lose”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast December 12, 1947. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
Transcript
The Spence produced, edited and directed by William Speer. This is the third in a special limited series of five Friday night performances of suspense at this hour. Suspense is compounded of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure.
In this series are stories calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. from Hollywood we bring you Mr. Dandurier as star in the man who couldn't lose a radio play by Emil C. Tepperman we trust that with this tale we shall once again
keep you in suspense. All right now sure sure I feel swell you better not talk anymore though why not I got nothing to worry about that's what I'm telling you something's happened to me I'm not scared. It's just like old man mostly said. It doesn't happen often. But when it does, well, it's happened to me.
Something's happened to me that doesn't happen once in a hundred years. And it all happened in one day. Yeah, it began this morning. Leonard! You try to kid me. You're not asleep. Get up. Sure, sure, sure, okay, okay.
I cook your breakfast. I come home and cook your dinner. In between, I work behind that counter all day until I'm so tired I can't hardly stand up. The least you can do is get up and drive me to work.
Sure, I will. And what do you do? Nothing. Mm, I'll listen to see you. You don't call what you do, work, I hope. When did you last sell an insurance policy? When? I'll bet you can't even remember.
I'm sure I can't. All right, all right. And when you do get up enough energy to sell one once in a while, I never see the money, horses, sweet-sakes tickets, the numbers, anything just so long as you gamble it away.
…
This was the third in a limited series of five Friday night performances at this hour, which will present radio's outstanding theatre of thrill, suspense. Dan Duryay will soon be seen in black Bart, a universal international picture.
Appearing with Mr. Duryay, word of seal Meredith, Kathy Lewis, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntyre, Elliot Lewis, Joseph Kearns, Jerry Hosner, Frank Albertson, Jack Crucion, Dick Ryan, Hans Kahn Reed, Ed Max, Frank Gossen, Jack Webb. Music for suspense is under the direction of Lud Blusken with original music composed by Lucian Morowak.
Next Friday, same time, Boris Karloff will be our star in a famous story by John Collier. Don't forget, next Friday, same time, listen to... SUSPEN! This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Read the full transcript with Potato Plus
97 more paragraphs, about 1 more minutes of the episode. Potato Plus is every episode on demand from any moment, every transcript in full and unlimited transcript search, for $5 a month.
Stupid Potato
Join Potato Plus