What happens
Marty Connors, a former police detective who was dismissed from the force, takes work as a bodyguard for gambling club operators Doc Williamson and Max Shale. Marty is drawn into a scheme involving a woman named Rita, a stolen notebook and a dead man on a bedroom floor. Suspense is broadcast on CBS, and the play is performed by William Bendix. The story follows Marty as he tries to clear his name after he is framed for a killing and he finds himself caught between the criminals he works for and the police who have no reason to trust him.
New York City in the late 1940s, including a police station, a gambling club, an apartment building and the Queensborough Bridge.
Characters: Marty Connors, Captain Brandt, Doc Williamson, Max Shale, Rita, Kivalen, Chick
Listen for: Listen for Marty's bitter exchanges with Captain Brandt and Kivalen, and for the moment Rita reveals her role in Doc's death.
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.