What happens
Chris Holmes, a young man who makes his living impersonating voices, is drawn into a scheme by Catherine Dawn, secretary to Hong Kong importer Albertson Van Luven. Catherine plans to hijack a plane carrying nearly one hundred thousand dollars in cash by having Chris imitate Van Luven's voice over the radio and redirect the pilot. Chris agrees, lured by the promise of a third of the money and by his growing attraction to Catherine. At a gathering at Van Luven's home, Chris performs impersonations for the guests while noticing tension between Catherine and Renee Simono, the radio operator. The episode is from The Whistler, first broadcast on January 10, 1954.
Hong Kong, at a fashionable social gathering and the grounds of Albertson Van Luven's home, later a radio room and a waterfront area.
Characters: Chris Holmes, Catherine Dawn, Albertson Van Luven, Renee Simono
Listen for: Listen for Chris's impersonation of Albertson Van Luven's voice over the radio, and for the tension between Catherine and Renee Simono.
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.