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And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. Tonight the story of man who makes his escape from the most dreaded prison in the world. We call it, the man with the steel teeth. So now, starring John Dana, here is tonight's Suspense play, the man with the steel teeth. It began on the evening of April 29th. I was seated in my box at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow, listening to a particularly fine performance of Boris Gudanov, when I felt a s…

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Synopsis

In this gripping episode of Suspense, titled The Man with the Steel Teeth, an American journalist named Arthur Luttrell is abruptly arrested while attending a performance at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow. Taken by the Secret Police to the infamous Lubyanka Prison, he is confronted by Inspector Gou Barrvin, a small man with an unsettling smile that reveals his steel teeth. Luttrell learns he is accused of espionage and sabotage, charges that are absurd and fabricated.

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Suspense 550217 585 The Man with the Steel Teeth (128-44) 23646 24m53s.mp3

Suspense, Episode 585

The Man with the Steel Teeth

Thursday, February 17, 1955 · 24:32

Suspense, Episode 585

The Man with the Steel Teeth

Thursday, February 17, 1955 · 24:32

Summary

An American journalist is arrested in Moscow by the Secret Police and faces torture from a man with steel teeth while navigating a dangerous escape from Lubyanka Prison.

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