Brandon, a man in a disguise, visits the home of William and Betty Granik, claiming to be from a hospital, and gains their trust. Brandon has a plan to take back a trunk he left with the Granik household and disposes of the body inside. The story of the Perfectionist is told by Brandon, a man who believes he has planned his crime with perfect precision. The episode is part of the Suspense radio series and is presented by AutoLite, with Richard Basshart starring.
The transcript of “The Perfectionist”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast January 21, 1952. 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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AutoLite and its 96,000 dealers bring you the brilliant young motion picture star, Mr. Richard Basshart, in tonight's presentation of... Sal Spence! Tonight, AutoLite presents the story of a man who found it necessary to commit the perfect crime, a tale we call the perfectionist, starring Mr. Richard Basshart.
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with auto light. And now with the perfectionist and the performance of Mr. Richard Basshart, auto light hopes once again to keep you in Sal's Spence. There, it's all written. I couldn't convince it verbally to these police. As stupid men, who discovered nothing about the murder through their own efforts. It was a mishap, a blunder
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In weeks to come we shall also present Mr. J. Carol Nash, Mr. James Mason, and Miss Barbara Stenwick, all on Suspen. Suspenis is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Moro again conducted by Ludblustkin.
The perfectionist was written for suspense by Arthur Ross. In tonight's cast, Charlotte Lawrence was Betty Granik, William Conrad was Bill Granik, and Joseph Kearns was the attendant. Tonight's appearance is made possible through permission of 20th Century Fox.
Mr. Basshart may currently be seen in their production of Decision Before Dawn. And remember next week on suspense Mr. Joseph Cotton in Carnival. This is the CVS Radio Network.
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