What happens
Bill Pringle, a former agent, travels to Istanbul and then into Romania to rescue Ted Johnson, an American businessman held for trial after confessing to spying. Pringle works with Baron Laszlo Tagore, a former business associate of Johnson, and with the underground contact Michael Andescu, who has reportedly been executed by the security police. The group seeks help inside the People's Court in Bucharest, where Johnson's trial is to be held. The Man Called X is a radio series, and this episode aired on June 1, 1951, with John Lund taking over the role during Herbert Marshall's illness.
Istanbul, Turkey; the Romanian coast; Bucharest, Romania, including the People's Court
Characters: Bill Pringle, Ted Johnson, Baron Laszlo Tagore, Michael Andescu, Vladimir Boric, Andras Pinquipo, Pagan, Vasili Zellschmidt
Listen for: The underground escape route from Romania and the plan to free Ted Johnson from the People's Court in Bucharest.
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.