What happens
Gaye Lansing, a contract movie star, learns that her studio is dropping her options and casting Laura Bevin instead. Her agent, J.D. Martin, tells her the decision is final, and her anger grows. Later, studio head Gabe Zimmer arrives at J.D.'s home with a small pistol and turns the evening into a tense standoff. Suspense is presented as an old-time radio drama on CBS, originally broadcast on March 24, 1957. The lead performers are not named in the transcript, so they are omitted here.
Hollywood studio offices, a dressing room, and J.D. Martin's house in the desert
Characters: Gaye Lansing, J.D. Martin, Gabe Zimmer, Benjamin Cahn, Laura Bevin, Jerry, Iris
Listen for: The tense confrontation between Gabe Zimmer and J.D. Martin in the house, and the twist in Gaye's final scene
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.