Four Hours to Kill: Suspense (January 12, 1950)

“Four Hours to Kill” is an episode of Suspense, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 12, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Ted Pomeroy, a newspaper man, visits his older brother Walter, a New York criminal lawyer, at the Bachelors Club hoping to borrow five thousand dollars for a newspaper venture in Florida. Their meeting turns bitter and violent, leaving Walter injured, and Ted finds himself with a telephone call that could identify him. The series Suspense, originally aired on January 12, 1950, presents this play starring Robert Taylor.

New York City in January, including the Bachelors Club, a Fifth Avenue drugstore, and Central Park

Characters: Ted Pomeroy, Walter Pomeroy, Maxine, Dan Allenby

Listen for: The telephone call at the Bachelors Club and Ted's search through Walter's memo book for the woman who overheard it

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