What happens
Chick Regan, a habitual gambler, loses his money at cards and quarrels with his wife Jenny, who leaves him over his failure to hold a job. Desperate to win a large stake, Chick borrows an expensive car from his tailor and visits the casino run by Santo, where he is invited into a high-stakes private game. Richard Widmark stars in this episode of Suspense, a radio drama from 1954 that follows Chick's search for a change of luck.
Late 1940s/1950s city, including a card room, Chick's apartment, a tailor's shop and a casino's private game room
Characters: Chick Regan, Jenny, Harry, Santo, Mr. Spazano, Jim, Lou Humboldt
Listen for: The escalating high-stakes card game at Santo's, where Chick decides whether to stake everything on one hand
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.