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The Man Who Would Be King

Suspense · May 31, 1959 · 24 min · 2,974 words

The transcript of “The Man Who Would Be King”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast May 31, 1959. 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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suspense. And the producer of radio's outstanding theatre of thrills, the master of mystery and adventure, William N. Robeson. A man must be born to be a king or trained for it. Daniel Dravitt and Pichy Karna Han had neither qualification. Indeed, all they had was ambition, but they made it, and they learned the hard way that uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. Listen, listen then

As Dan O'Hurlough, he stars in Rudyard Kipling's great story, The Man Who Would Be King, which begins in just a moment. This is Frank Knight speaking for Longine, the world's most honored watch. It's wonderful to win a Nobel Prize in Science, a Pulitzer Award in literature, an Olympic gold medal in sports.

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you in. Suspence. It's dull and learnless, ending the dog watching a newspaper for office any place in the world. But in India, in June, it's also hot and stifling and very quiet. I was so occupied one night with nothing more important to do than wait for some trivial item to clatter over the wire from Europe.

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