Police officer Dave Mahoney is sent on a cross-country train trip from New York to Los Angeles to watch a young woman in car 32, Genevieve Josephine Johnson, who is suspected of connections to a jewel thief named Fritsey Hollister. Mahoney, played by Victor Mature, is ordered to work his way into her confidence and check her luggage, but he finds himself drawn to her. He comes to suspect that her life is not what he was told. The episode is part of the Suspense series, broadcast on March 15, 1954.
Characters: Dave Mahoney, Jenny Johnson, Fritsey Hollister
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Suspense. Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis, a music composed by Lucian Marwick and conducted by Ludblustkin. The Girl in Car 32 was written for suspense by E. Jack Newman from the story by Thomas Walsh.
In tonight's story, Kathy Lewis was heard as Jenny and William Conrad as Dave. Hech it in the cast were Herb Butterfield, Joseph Kearns, Roy Glenn and John Dayner. Victor Mature appeared by arrangement with 20th Century Fox producers of Prince Valiant in Technicolor and Cinescope, starring James Mason, Janet Lee and Robert Wagner.
And remember next week, Mr. Teron Power in The Guilty Always Run. This is the CDS Radio Network.
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