Robert Farley, a long-serving bank teller, has spent seventeen years waiting for a chance to steal from the bank where he works. When a masked gunman robs the bank and a clerk is shot, Farley seizes the moment and hides a briefcase full of cash. Suspicion soon falls on him, and a younger colleague named Graves begins to press him for a share of the money. Farley must decide how far he will go to keep what he has taken. The story is part of the Suspense radio series, first broadcast on May 31, 1951, and stars Dick Powell.
Characters: Robert Farley, Graves, Mr. McPherson, Betsy Clark, Pete Johnson
The transcript of “Over Drawn”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast May 31, 1951. 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.
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For 17 years I worked in the bank, took it in and doled it out. And there was never a day that I didn't feel like a dead aunt major of honey. When the feeling got hard to handle, I'd bore a week's salary on a blonde or a new suit.
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Next week on Suspense, our star will be Mr. Richard Widmark in Tell You Why I Shouldn't Die. To be followed on June 14th by Mr. Gregory Peck, who will tell you the truth about Jerry Backster all on Spence is produced and directed by Elliott Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morawek and conducted by a lot of
Luskin over drawn was written for suspense by Blake Edwards from a story by Robert Platt In tonight's play Mary Jane Croft was heard as Betsy and Dick Krenna as graves Featured in the cast were Norman Field Ed Max Benny Ruben and Joseph Kerns Dick Powell may be heard each week on his own radio program, Richard Diamond, on another
network. And remember, next week on suspense, Mr. Richard Woodmark, in a tale we call, Tell You Why I Shouldn't Die. Skill Freedom Cooperation Competition.
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