The Lives of Harry Lime: Old-Time Radio Drama Anthology

The Lives of Harry Lime: “Voodoo”, first broadcast on August 31, 1951. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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The Lives of Harry Lime: “Ticket to Tangier”, first broadcast on August 24, 1951. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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An American gambler known as Harry Lime arrives in a Central American capital during a revolution and is drawn into a plot involving a missing million dollars and a revolutionary leader known as El Zorro. Lime is pressed by a menacing man named Jose to find a fugitive named Pietro, and he sets about tracking him down through the city's bars and cafes. The episode is part of the series The Lives of Harry Lime, based on the character from the film The Third Man, and features Orson Welles in the title role. Its original air date was 1951-11-16.

With Harry Lime, Jose, Consuelo, Pietro, El Zorro, General Valdez.

Listen for: Harry Lime's wary exchanges with Jose and the revolutionary leaders, and his pursuit of the man called Pietro

First aired on November 16, 1951.

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Harry Lime returns to New York after hearing that an old enemy, Governor James Hadley, is in trouble. Hadley, who is up for re-election, has been blackmailed with compromising photographs by a crime boss named Kato. Hadley hires Lime to recover the negatives, and Lime, sensing a chance to profit, agrees and makes contact with Kato. The episode follows Lime's dealings with Hadley's secretary, Nora Payton, and with Kato's associates as the bargaining grows tense. The episode is one of the fictional adventures of Harry Lime from the series The Lives of Harry Lime, first broadcast on August 17, 1951.

With Harry Lime, Governor James Hadley, Nora Payton, Kato, Troubis.

Listen for: Lime's negotiations with Kato and Hadley and the tense exchange at the governor's office

First aired on August 17, 1951.

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Harry Lime, a smooth dealer in objets d'art, sets out to take the valuable emerald locket worn by the wealthy Mrs. Donaldson in prewar Naples. He works his way into her circle with help from Amy Collins, her hired companion, while his former partner Rubio pursues him. The story is part of the radio series The Lives of Harry Lime, which follows the character created for the film The Third Man, and this episode's broadcast date is August 10, 1951. Orson Welles is the actor named in the opening, and the episode's details are drawn from the transcript as given.

With Harry Lime, Mrs. Donaldson, Amy Collins, Rubio.

Listen for: Harry Lime's charm and his deliberate efforts to win the trust of Mrs. Donaldson and Amy Collins while planning to take the emerald locket

First aired on August 10, 1951.

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Harry Lime is summoned to Budapest by Mr. Fakety, a bank official who offers him twenty thousand pengos to catch robbers before they strike. Fakety explains that his junior officer, Fodor, is in a secret romance with Lulu, a flower shop owner, and that a tunnel links her shop to the bank vault. Lime visits Lulu, who warns him to leave, and he later learns more about the scheme from Fakety and Lulu's own account. He begins to suspect that everyone in the plot is trying to cheat everyone else. The story follows the plans of the gang, the bank staff and Lime as the robbery approaches.

With Harry Lime, Mr. Fakety, Fodor, Lulu, Corelli.

Listen for: Harry Lime's questioning of Fakety and his conversations with Lulu about the planned robbery

First aired on August 3, 1951.

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