What happens
Escape presents Night in Havana, the second part of the story, broadcast on October 22, 1949. Tio, a cafe owner in Havana, is short of money and, pressed by a debt, takes on a smuggling run for Maru, a boat owner known in the trade. Lieutenant Molina is drawn into a matter involving a stolen emerald owned by an American tourist. Tio becomes entangled with the smugglers and with the police as the night unfolds. The lead actors in this episode include Tony Baratestillo, Alan Reed as Maru, and Janet Nolan as Amalia and Mrs. Stearner.
Havana, Cuba, and the surrounding coast and waters of Florida and Cuba
Characters: Tio, Amalia, Maru, Lieutenant Molina, Theo, Leo Walsh, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Turner
Listen for: The sequence in which Tio tries to raise money and gets drawn into a smuggling run on Maru's boat
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.