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Suspense. This is the man in black, here to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. In Hollywood this evening, our star is the young American actor who within a single year has become one of the most provocative of Hollywood's leading men, Mr. Gene Kelly. Mr. Kelly appears tonight as a gentleman named Art Kramer, a gentleman of most uncertain scruples, engaged with other gentlemen of similar disrespectability in distinctly unlawful practices. Our Suspense play by Robert L. R…

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Synopsis

In Thieves Fall Out, we are thrust into the murky world of black market dealings through the eyes of Art Kramer, a man caught in a web of debts and dangerous associations. The episode opens with Art's palpable anxiety as he navigates the treacherous landscape of his criminal life, where threats loom large from those he owes money to. His financial troubles are compounded when a loaded truck he was counting on for income is hijacked, leaving him in an even more precarious position.

Host

Joseph Kearns

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G

Gene Kelly

Hans Conried

H

Harry Lang

W

William Johnstone

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  • Audio from Internet Archive (OTRR_Suspense_Singles). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
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Suspense 431116 066 Thieves Fall Out (128-44) 27573 28m44s.mp3

Suspense, Episode 66

Thieves Fall Out

Tuesday, November 16, 1943 · 29:04

Suspense, Episode 66

Thieves Fall Out

Tuesday, November 16, 1943 · 29:04

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Art Kramer navigates the dangerous world of black market dealings while facing mounting debts and threats from his associates.

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  • 1943 — The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
  • 1943 — World War II: In the first action of the Berlin Air Offensive, four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
  • 1943 — The Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

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