What happens
Harry Lime, a young American in postwar Buenos Aires, seeks an easy income by working as a guide for thieves who target wealthy private art collections. He befriends a former acquaintance, Albert Ramsay, and gains access to the home of Melissa Corbey, a collector who owns what is believed to be an original Rubens. Harry is drawn to Melissa, and his plan to take the painting gets complicated by her interest in him. The episode is part of The Mercury Theatre on the Air and originally aired on 1951-09-28, with Orson Welles in the title role.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, shortly after the Second World War
Characters: Harry Lime, Albert Ramsay, Melissa Corbey, Pedro, Carlos, Ferrell Desquan
Listen for: Harry's dealings with the cautious art dealer Desquan and his first meetings with Melissa at her home
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.