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And now, a tale well calculated to keep you in... Suspense. Listen now to Act One of The Luck of the Tiger Eye, starring Joan Loring and Leon Janney, written especially for suspense by Jack Butrom. Henry. I don't like it, Henry. Don't like what? The old man's quarter of a million? No, the night and that storm. And I don't like having to come all the way up here now. If we could just wait until another time... Baby, you know that the will is very explicit. You have to come up…

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Synopsis

In The Luck of the Tiger Eye, we follow Diana Singer and her fiancé Henry as they make their way to her late uncle's foreboding mansion, nestled in a stormy landscape. Diana is set to inherit a quarter of a million dollars, but only if she spends a night in the house, as stipulated in her uncle's will. The couple arrives at the dilapidated estate, where they are greeted by the butler Gerald, who informs them of the peculiar conditions surrounding the inheritance.

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S

Stuart Metz

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E

Ethel Huber

J

Joan Lorring

Leon Janney

Mercer McLeod

Raymond Edward Johnson

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Suspense 611203 903 The Luck of the Tiger Eye (133-44) 23003 23m30s.mp3

Suspense, Episode 903

The Luck of the Tiger Eye

Sunday, December 3, 1961 · 23:30

Suspense, Episode 903

The Luck of the Tiger Eye

Sunday, December 3, 1961 · 23:30

Summary

Diana Singer and her fiancé Henry arrive at her eccentric uncle's dark mansion to claim a quarter of a million dollars. They must spend the night there to fulfill the stipulations of his will, but strange occurrences and a mysterious ring lead to rising tension.

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  • 1961 — In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba will adopt Communism.

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