What happens
Raven, a hired killer, is paid to eliminate Baker, who had been blackmailing a man named Gates. After the killing, Raven is left with marked bills and becomes a target as he travels to Los Angeles. On the train he meets Ellen, a nightclub performer, and the two are drawn into a web of hired thugs and a political investigation. Alan Ladd plays Raven and Veronica Lake plays Ellen in this Screen Guild Theater broadcast of the 1945 film adaptation of Graham Greene's story. The episode, broadcast on April 2, 1945, is presented by Lady Esther and features the Screen Guild players.
San Francisco and Los Angeles, 1940s, a hotel, a train, and a house in the hills
Characters: Raven, Ellen, Gates, Baker, Fletcher, Senator Burnett, Tommy, Brewster
Listen for: Raven's cold dealings with Gates and Baker, and his meeting with Ellen on the train
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.