Flashback OTR Friday – The Man Called ‘X’

(I apologize for getting this to you so late, I was having trouble uploading the show.)

From 1944 until 1952, Herbert Marshall starred as agent Ken Thurston, in this espionage radio drama. The foreign locales and intrigue made it stand out from the typical detective fare. And Marshall is suave and sophisticated and unmistakably British.

The show started as a 1944 summer replacement for Lux Radio Theater on CBS. When it returned in September, it was on NBC Blue Network.

Tonight’s episode is called “The Laughing Lady,” and Thurston travels to Cicily to take on the Mafia.

Tonight’s episode is:
“The Laughing Lady”
Original Air Date:
September 26, 1948
Starring Herbert Marshall
Run Time:
30:21

Previous blogs on OTR:
How I Discovered OTR
A Background
The Shadow
War of the Worlds
Box 13
Christmas Old Time Radio Episodes

Flashback Fridays:
January 21, 2011 “The Baby From Krypton.”
January 7, 2011 “Murders of the Rue Morgue.”
December 17, 2010 “Miracle on 34th Street”
November 26, 2010: Vincent Price as “The Saint”
November 19, 2010: Jimmy Stewart in “The Six Shooter”
November 12, 2010: Blue Ribbon Town starring Groucho Marx
November 05, 2010: Abbott & Costello “Who’s on First”
October 29, 2010: Lights Out “Mister Maggs (The Chest)”
October 22, 2010: Inner Sanctum “The Deadly Dummy”
October 15, 2010: Agnes Moorehead in “Sorry, Wrong Number”
October 8, 2010: Suspense: “The Dunwich Horror”
October 1, 2010: Dimension X: “Report on the Barnhouse Effect”

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