Dateline - Lisbon: Suspense (October 5, 1944)

“Dateline - Lisbon” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 5, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Foreign correspondent William Baldwin meets his old acquaintance Terry Moore in wartime Lisbon, where she has just photographed a Nazi general in the hotel lobby. The general's agent, a man calling himself Moscow, offers to buy the picture, and Baldwin sees the photograph as a dangerous secret. Tension rises as the two are caught between rival parties, each willing to use force to get the film. The story is presented as a suspense drama on Suspense, first broadcast on October 5, 1944, starring John Hodiak.

Lisbon, Portugal, during the Second World War, in a hotel lobby and room

Characters: William Baldwin, Terry Moore, Moscow, General Maximilian Reinert von Klaus

Listen for: The tense exchanges between Baldwin, Terry Moore and the agent Moscow as they bargain over the photograph

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