What happens
Harry Lime, a corporal, is summoned by his superiors and given a secret assignment. He is sent to Lisbon and then Istanbul to find a rocket factory and to rescue a kidnapped agent. In Lisbon he meets a woman who warns him not to go on to Istanbul. The Mercury Theatre on the Air presents this episode of The Lives of Harry Lime, an adventure based on the character from The Third Man, with Orson Welles in the title role. The episode aired on December 7, 1951.
Wartime Britain, Lisbon, and Istanbul
Characters: Harry Lime, Captain Smith, Brunel, Julie, Georgia, Gerhard, Corporal Lime
Listen for: Harry Lime's wry asides as he is sent on a dangerous mission across Europe and the Middle East
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.