What happens
Fred Hudson, a star college basketball player at McKay College, is approached by two men who offer him $2,000 to throw an upcoming game. Hudson is under pressure from his family and his girlfriend Jean, and he feels his life lacks direction. Dr. Kellogg, a history professor, urges him to think beyond basketball. Hudson must decide whether to accept the offer before the deadline. This Suspense drama, broadcast on CBS, stars Tony Curtis, with Joseph Kearns, Martha Wentworth and Barbara Eiler also featured, and was first aired on September 24, 1951.
McKay College and the surrounding college town, 1951
Characters: Fred Hudson, Dr. Kellogg, Jean, Mrs. Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Charlie Mason, Stanley, French
Listen for: Fred's conversations with Dr. Kellogg and the two men who offer him the bribe
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.