The People In The Forest by Cloak And Dagger

Summary

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Relic Radio Thrillers – “The People In The Forest”

Show: Relic Radio Thrillers (Old Time Radio)
Episode: The People In The Forest by Cloak And Dagger
Airdate: January 16, 2026
Source Story: Based on true accounts from OSS (Office of Strategic Services) files during WWII, as adapted from the book "Cloak and Dagger" by Corey Ford and Alistair McBain.

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Episode Overview

Theme & Purpose:
This episode dramatizes espionage and resistance behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied France during WWII. It follows Captain Robert Scarpella, an OSS agent, as he parachutes into France, partners with the French Resistance, evades deadly betrayal, and attempts to steal critical German defense plans—all in a suspenseful atmosphere thick with danger, loyalty, and sacrifice.

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Key Discussion Points and Episode Breakdowns

1. The Parachute Drop – Into Occupied France

(00:49 – 04:30)

• Captain Scarpella parachutes into German-occupied France, his mission already marred by tragedy as fellow parachutist Chris Fowler is killed by a faulty chute.

  • Notable moment: The intensity of fear and courage is captured as Captain Scarpella pushes on after witnessing the tragedy.
  • Quote:
    • Captain Scarpella: “Chris fell and fell and fell. The shoot didn't work. It came out of the bag and streamed unopened behind him.” (02:35)
    • Fox: “You had courage to jump after that?” (04:04)

• Scarpella meets his resistance contact, Fox (the French Resistance leader), famous among Germans with a bounty on his head.

  • Comic relief comes as Fox’s enthusiasm shines through with the arrival of new weapons:
    • Fox: “This carbon rifle. Beautiful. ... What a beautiful rifle.” (05:52, 06:03)

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2. Trust and Treachery among the Maquis

(04:30 – 07:07)

• The group is wary after successive German raids, raising suspicions of a traitor in their ranks.

  • Quote:
    • Fox: “Our positions have been raided three times the past month. Almost as if the Bosch were given a map of where we were in Defiance. ... If there is a traitor in our group, I shall find him. We know how to deal with such.” (05:28, 05:39)

• Paranoia is compounded by tension as Scarpella waits alone, fearing German discovery after a supply drop.

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3. The Resistance Hideout and Their Mission

(07:07 – 11:58)

• Scarpella is greeted with warmth—and more kisses—by the young Lisette, who seems infatuated with Americans.

  • Quote:
    • Lisette: “In France, we say thank you this way. Hey, you mind my kissing you?” (08:08)

• Inside the Maquis headquarters:

  • The Resistance’s strategy of blending in with German-occupied villages is revealed.
  • Mission Briefing:
    • Captain Scarpella explains his covert goal: retrieving German defense plans for the port of Saint-Nazaire to deliver to the Allied 8th Corps. (09:09)

• The Resistance immediately offers to help, with Marie (“Mother Cat”) introduced as a critical link working inside German HQ.

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4. Survival and Skirmish in the Forest

(10:22 – 14:22)

• A sudden German assault shatters the relative safety. The group scrambles, fighting with new American-supplied weapons.

• Scarpella and Fox evade capture by hiding in a swamp, just noses above water.

  • Quote:
    • Fox: “We will stay here till it is safe to leave under the water. Leave only your nose above it to breathe. … How can one fight what one cannot see?” (13:00)

• Conversation reveals greater risks—as rumors of an “informant” increase distrust and foreboding.

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5. The Heist – Stealing German Plans

(14:22 – 18:42)

• With Marie’s help (her role inside the German HQ as a cleaning woman grants crucial access), Scarpella executes the break-in to the German office.
  • Key procedural moment:
    • Marie: “As for the files, I have a key.” (15:11)
    • Captain Scarpella: “Well, this is better than I hoped for. When can we go?”
      Marie: “Tomorrow? Why not now?” (15:18)
• Scarpella stealthily enters, finds the photostatic copies of German defenses under threat of discovery, and escapes out the window.

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6. Betrayal Revealed

(18:42 – 22:56)

• Upon reuniting, the group learns that their plans and Scarpella’s presence were exposed by a traitor—none other than young Lisette.
• The betrayal is devastating as Marie confronts her daughter:
  • Quote:
    • Marie: “My daughter. Not for what is going to be… but for what you have done. … Your excuses disgust me. Say the word, Fox. Let me throw her to the rest.” (20:21, 21:29)
  • Lisette, remorseful yet desperate, confesses:
    • “They promised me so much. I did not think it so bad. I only gave them small bits of information. … Except with this last about the American.” (21:09)
• Scarpella suggests using Lisette to distract German soldiers for his and Fox’s escape.

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7. Sacrifice and Escape

(22:56 – 25:44)

• Under Fox’s gun, Lisette attempts to redeem herself by distracting the guards.

• The plan works—Scarpella and Fox slip past, but Lisette is killed, her actions viewed as tragic but necessary penance.

  • Quote:
    • Fox: “Do not grieve for her, my friend. It is best this way. It is easier than living with herself.” (24:45)

• Fire engulfs their hiding place, forcing a final, desperate dash to freedom.

  • Fox’s cunning saves them, toppling a woodpile to create a diversion:
    • Captain Scarpella: “He ran like the fox of his nickname … a huge tower of wood came tumbling down … I plunged through the fire and found the path.” (25:22)

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8. Aftermath and Epilogue

(25:44 – 27:35)

• Scarpella makes it to Allied lines and successfully delivers the plans.
• He is recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross for saving countless American lives.
  • Quote:
    • “When I think of him now, I think of him not with the beret, but with a green hat and a feather. A little like Robin Hood.” (26:24)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Courage Under Fire:
  • Fox: “You had courage to jump after that?” (04:04)
  • Captain Scarpella: “Maybe if I’d stopped to think about it, I never would have.”
• On Betrayal:
  • “I blush with shame to think of it. The spy was telling the bush captain about the papers and the American's mission. … The road is blocked, however. You are trapped here, American.” (19:15, 19:35)
• On Redemption:
  • Fox: “I will go alone. And if she does not do as she says, the Fox will shoot her through the heart.” (22:25)
• On the Price of War:
  • Marie: “All my life, it seems I have known two wars. Would I turn on my own? I'm glad your father is dead, though he does not see this.” (20:57)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment / Event | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------| | 00:49 | OSS mission question and historic context | | 01:47 | Captain Scarpella’s arrival and first tragedy | | 04:30 | First encounter with Fox and the Maquis | | 06:00 | Suspicion of a traitor emerges | | 08:00 | Lisette’s introduction and warm French welcome | | 09:09 | Mission details revealed | | 13:00 | Hiding in the swamp and talk of “informant” | | 15:00 | Marie’s infiltration plan shared | | 17:29 | Retrieval of German defense plans | | 19:09 | Discovery of betrayal in the ranks | | 20:21 | Mother-daughter confrontation (Marie & Lisette) | | 22:56 | Lisette’s attempt at redemption | | 24:38 | Lisette’s death in escape attempt | | 25:22 | Final escape through fire and Fox’s trick | | 26:24 | Robin Hood metaphor, mission accomplished |

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Tone, Style, and Language

• The episode balances suspense, dark humor, urgency, and poignant tragedy with natural camaraderie among the resistance fighters.
• Dialogue is brisk, vivid, and often marked by gallows humor and heartfelt moments—a mix of grit and warmth typical of war tales.

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Final Thoughts

This "Relic Radio Thrillers" episode skillfully dramatizes the clandestine, high-stakes world of WWII espionage—juxtaposing moments of comic relief and camaraderie with gut-wrenching betrayal and loss. It captures the courage, sacrifice, and sometimes ambiguous morality that defined the resistance movement, bringing to life the real dangers faced by OSS agents and their French allies.

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Transcript

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Relicradio.com presents stories of mystery and intrigue, espionage and suspense. Hear tales of ticking time bombs, mysterious crime scenes and cloak and dagger action. This is Relic Radio Thrillers.

[Narrator]

Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission behind the enemy lines knowing you may never return alive?

[Narrator/Announcer]

What you have just heard is the question asked during the war to agents of the OSS Ordinary citizens, who to this question answered, yes.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

This is cloak and dagger.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Black warfare, espionage, international intrigue. These are the weapons of the OSS. Today's story, the People in the Forest, is suggested by actual incidents recorded in the Washington files of the Office of Strategic Services. A story that can now be told.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

The plane began to slow down. And then it circled slowly. Someone pulled the COVID off the jump hole. And I got my first view of France. Occupied France August 1944 Action Station. On the ground to the right, I could see fires like safety matches lit in the moonlight. And I wondered how big they really were, those fires that were out there to guide us in. The dispatcher told me I was to jump.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Second running in.

[Narrator]

Ready, number one?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Ready.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

And then it happened. The first bad break of that mission only didn't happen to me. It happened to Chris Fowler. See you in France, Capella. Okay, Fowler.

[Narrator]

Number one. Good luck.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Come on, Gerardi. Mo.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I just stood there looking down, watching him go. And then my heart started to pound all over me. My breath caught and I nearly choked on it. Chris fell and fell and fell. The shoot didn't work. It came out of the bag and streamed unopened behind him. Paratroopers. Call that a Roman candle?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Tough break.

[Narrator]

Want to turn back, Scar bella, huh?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

No.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

No, I'll jump it.

[Narrator]

Okay, then. Ready, number two. Number two, ready?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Ready.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Come.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

The wind came up and hit me in a rush. I felt myself falling. I think I died a few times until I heard the crack of the chute. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. The most beautiful sight in the whole world. That big white umbrella over me, the little safety net. The torches on the ground got bigger and bigger. I realized there were torches. And then I saw a figure of a man waving. He started to get bigger, too. And then the torches were put out. I was about to get my first introduction to the French underground. Are you all right?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Yeah.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Yeah, I'm all right.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I saw what happened to your friend. It was too bad. Yeah. You had courage to jump after that?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Maybe if I'd stopped to think about.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

It, I never would have.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Maybe I was afraid I'd never jump again.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

If I didn't, then.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Well, anyway, here I am. My name Is Captain Robert Scarpella.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Captain Robert Scarpella. American. Welcome. Welcome to France. I'm ecstatic to make your acquaintance, Captain.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Little guy threw his arms around me and kissed me when I was 12. I'd said nix to kissing my father good night because it embarrassed me. And here was this little Frenchman with the beret and baggy pants and farmer's shoes with his arms around.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hey, cut it off.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I'm just so happy to see you, Barry. Well, I'm the Fox. The Germans themselves gave me that name. Look at this head. Would you believe there is a price on it? Oh, Are you the leader? Yes, of one of our little bands. The British raider alerted us about your coming.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Well, there's a good reason for my coming, Captain Fox.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

You may call me simply Fox. Okay, Fox. Now let's pick up supplies that were brought to you.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Right.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

As for your mission, Captain, there will be time enough to talk about it when we get deeper into the forest to our highway.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Is it very far from here?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Unfortunately, there's a little walk. We were forced to move our headquarters last night after another German raid.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

What do you mean, another?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Our positions have been raided three times the past month. Almost as if the Bosch were given a map of where we were in Defiance.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Sounds to me like somebody's dirty work.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I have thought of that, Captain. But if there is a traitor in our group, I shall find him. We know how to deal with such. I bet you do.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Oh, here we are.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Oh, that's nice. Very, very, very nice. This carbon rifle. Beautiful.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

There are shoes in those packages, too. And food. And grenades.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Oh, what a beautiful rifle.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I was to tell you to expect a heavy supply drop in a few weeks.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

What a beautiful rifle. We still are using field pieces from the Franco Prussian War, but this is a beauty. Now gather up your things, Captain. I'll be back in a few minutes. I'll be back.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

The Fox disappeared into the woods. The whole thing seemed like a crazy nightmare. The whole forest surrounded by Germans. And yet here I was, passing the time of day just like nothing at all, with a Frenchman who had a price on his head.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

And somewhere out there where he drifted.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Chris was a dead heap under a.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Lot of parachute silk.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I grabbed a gun and I waited for trouble. I didn't know whether to go after the Fox and take a chance on being ambushed. To stay where I was. Someone was coming. I ducked behind a tree. The only thing I could figure was the Germans had seen the plane, seen me land.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I took aim carefully, slowly, American, American were all for kind.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Out loud what happened? What were those shots?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I just wanted to get the feel of your gun. So I simply tried it on a couple of Germans over the edge of the hill. It sights very well though. Crying out loud. This little dinner party is in your honor, Captain Scarpella. I regret we have nothing better than wild rabbits to offer.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Well, it's a swell.

[Narrator]

Quite a welcome.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Headquarters didn't tell me to expect anything like this.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Lucette, more wine for the Captain.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

But of course. Here, I will refill your glass.

[Narrator]

Thank you.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Oh, me non. In France we say thank you this way. Hey, you mind my kissing you?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

No, no, not at all.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

I love Americans. All Americans. Come help me. I need your help.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Lisette, let's go. Marie's calling.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Oh, oui, Mama, I am coming.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

She's a very pretty girl at Lucette. Lucette.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

And very young. Yeah, only 17. Oh, already she has seen so much hiding like this in the forest. Sneaking back into the German held village.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Into the village?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Many of our group work in the village. Right under the noses of the enemy. And the Germans do not know that they are members of the Maquis.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Oh, but they know you're here.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Oh, they know. They know that we're here. But they do not dare come near the forest except in big raiding pipes. They know very well that to one dead of ours, there will be 12 dead of theirs. Well, Captain, now about your mission, Its purpose. Tell me more, please.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Well, I was sent here to find out the German defense plans for the port of San Nazar and the entire coastal area.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Ah.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Now I know those plans are in German headquarters in the village.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

And you request our help.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I've got to have those plans. And in a matter of days I've got to deliver them personally.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

The 8th Corps. Now put your mind at ease, Captain Scarpella. The facts will help you. Now, the first thing I will do is put you in contact with.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Captain Scarpella. I'm Marie.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

She's the mother cat of the little kitten who kissed you before.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Oh, happy to meet you.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

And we are all enchanted to meet you, American. In your honor, we have a special surprise. Listen. Attention.

[Narrator]

Take me up to the boat again.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

For crying out loud.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

You're pleased, Captain Stunfella.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Well, this is something to write home about.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Write home about?

[Narrator]

Yeah, yeah.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Nice cozy evening with friends. You never know there was a war going on.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Where is the lookout? I see, I see. What else? There are two divisions at least of German soldiers surrounding us. Captain Scarpella, I regret very much to have interrupted your welcome party in this manner renew Rene the new machine our American friend brought with him. Now, what is it called, Captain Scarpella? A bazooka. Oh, yes, this bazooka. Now take his. Take it to an advantageous position. You understand? Now listen, my friend, my friend. Now is the best time for him and some of the others to learn how to use it.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

For crying out loud. If I thought it seemed like a nightmare before, it was nothing to what happened now. It's so mixed up in my mind I can't remember it clearly. It wasn't anything like the trolls I've been trained for in the army.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Captain Scarpella, follow me, please. All right. These Germans are becoming very annoying. Would you mind pointing that the other way first? Yes.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Excuse me.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

This bazooka is a beauty. Just a little beauty.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

From out of nowhere, a German soldier fell forward on his face. Then the fox and I moved on. I remember thinking, cripes, this is like kids playing cops. And others, French boys still in their teens ran by with a cross of Lorraine sewn on their coats. I saw Marie take aim behind a tree. And all the time the fox kept smiling. He never stopped smiling.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I feel selfish. Captain Scarpana, give me that gun. I will let you borrow yours a while. They are about 50 yards ahead. There is a juicy rabbit in German uniform. Oh, please get him.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Captain. The fox was right. The rifle did sight well. And then all of a sudden there were less Frenchmen around and more Germans all around us.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

In a case like this, my friend, the best course is to run. Well, let us run.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

This forest is like a jigsaw puzzle to me. You know it backwards. It is from necessity, of course.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I regret exceedingly that I must ask you to join me here in this swamp. We will stay here till it is safe to leave under the water. Leave only your nose above it to breathe. They are ghosts. How can one fight what one cannot see?

[Narrator/Announcer]

I think we had in this tiny apartment. They are scattered and disorganized. Perhaps this is the end of our trouble with them.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Relaxed, very treated. But those arrogant devils may return again.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, we'll find out from our informant later how good a job we have done this time.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Yeah. I'm going off my hands.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Shall I stay here as guard?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

No, it is not necessary. There's nothing here competitive with me.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Yeah. Here.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

They had posted a guy here. It would have been most inconvenient. Captain Scalpella, are you very wet?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

What do you think?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Well, there will be clean clothes for you at our hideout. Come, it is time for us to go. There well, this has been a very annoying evening. Fox.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Fox. Did you hear what they said about an informant?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I heard. I heard. Captain Scarpella, Marie's employed this charwoman in German headquarters in the village. She is the contact of whom I spoke.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

What can I do to help you? Just tell me.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

There are plans for the defense of San Nazar. What do you think the chances are that they may be in the files of the office where you work? Marie?

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Very good, I would say.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Marie.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Marie, tell me, what are my chances of getting into those files?

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Also very good. The door of the Hauptman's office is left open for me, so I may wash the floors.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I see.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

It will be easy to enter. As for the files, I have a key.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

A key?

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Wait, I will give it to you.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Well, this is better than I hoped for. When can we go? Tomorrow.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Tomorrow? Why not now? The Germans are still out searching the forest and the coast will be clear. Let us leave now.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Well, I'll say it for you, Captain Scarpella, for crying out loud.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Less than an hour later we were in the village. It was five o' clock in the morning. There was no one around. The village slept.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Captain Scarpella, listen to me. There is the German headquarters across the street. I will leave you and go inside to get my mup and bucket. You will watch through the window.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Right.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

When I distract the guard, go quickly to the side door. It is open. The Hauptman's office is the third door from the end.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Third.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

You have the key to the. To the files?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Yes, yes, yes, I have it.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Bob, I go now. Remember the signal I gave you in case of danger.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I watched her go into the building. And then I took up my position at the open window. There was a guard at the front front desk. No one else around. I pressed myself into the shadows and after a while Marie came to the front desk and began to mop the floor.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

How are you doing here?

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

I'm not that early, Sergeant. And the sooner I finish, the sooner I am through.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I knew that soon she'd do something to distract him.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

This too much must be washed. No, I will be through presently.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Side door was open and she said it with me. 1, 2, 3. Third door from the end. I made it the German captain's office. And in a corner with the files. The key in my hand was hot and sticky.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

It fit. It fit. The key fit.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I knew it would. But somehow when it slid in and turned, I took a breath of relief. I didn't have much time. I knew I didn't have Much time I had to find those plans. But where?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

The papers.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Where were they?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

When I heard Marie's signal and I froze.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

What a break.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

But I couldn't stop searching now.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

I only meant I would have been through with washing the floor in front of your office.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Almost as if God had put it into my head. At the right moment I found the photostatic copies of the defense plans.

[Narrator]

Now she could only hold them off.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Until I got out of the place. Let's see now. Let's see. The window. That's was only a short drop to the ground. And still no one in sight. I had a feeling Marie could take care of herself. And I started back for the forest. The plan's in my pocket.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I see. Here, Captain Scarfella. I'm the man you see. You come out of the forest three miles north at this point, right?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Is that a clear road?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Fox, you will have no difficulties the captain. There has never been any reason for the Bosch to post guards at this exit. Now pay attention.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

I must talk to you. Both of you.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Marie. What are you doing back at the farmhouse? Why are you not in the village?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Marie? Was that trouble after I left through that window?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Do they.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Do they know about the papers?

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

They know because they were told. Told by a dirty little spy from our own ranks.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

What now? Please, quiet. This is my business, Captain. Speak, Marie.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

I overheard the spy. One of us. I blush with shame to think of it. The spy was telling the bush captain about the papers and the American's mission. Fortunately for you, Captain Scarpella, the spy was not able to warn him early enough.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Go on. Go on, my Regal.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

The road is blocked, however. You are trapped here, American. You may have the plans, but there is no way for you to leave and deliver them. The road north is swarming with red ants of Germans. That traitor.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

His name. Give me his name. Marie.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

I will do better. I will give you the traitor. Rene. Bring her in here.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

No. No, please.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Throw her on the floor.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

On the floor.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Take me to the wrong side.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

I said throw her on the floor. Listen to her. Stop.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

My own daughter. Torn from my own flesh.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

My daughter. Not for what is going to be.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Done to you, but for what you have done.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Spy.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Traitor.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

This girl.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

My daughter. I spit on her. I waited for her outside. After I heard her with her captain. Her German captain. I waited for her and dragged her back here. Fox.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Do what you want with her.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

No.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

That.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

No. No.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

No.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Zette, look at me.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

No. No.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Was it you? You who gave away our positions each time?

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Answer. Yes. Yes. I told them it has been so hard. I have known war for so long now.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

All my life, it seems I have known two wars. Would I turn on my own? I'm glad your. Your father is dead, though he does not see this.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

They promised me so much. I did not think it so bad. I only gave them small bits of information.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Small bits of information.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Except with his last about the American.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

You call giving away our hideout small? Loser.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

We are so much smarter than they. And it always gave us a chance to kill so many of them.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Your excuses disgust me. Say the word, Fox. Let me throw her to the rest.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

No. No, Maman.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Affitted I am.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

I am your mother no longer.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Do not.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Now, wait a minute. Listen to me, Fox. This may be your affair, but I've got a stake in it.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Now. What do you wish to say, Captain?

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

There's only one way out of this forest.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

It's blocked right now, thanks to her.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Now, let's forget that. All that matters to me is that I get through with these plans.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Now.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Lucette. Lisette. Do you want a chance to prove yourself?

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Oh, I would do anything. Do not listen to her, Marie.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Mary face is she had.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Now. Quiet. Go on.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Now, at German headquarters, before, Marie distracted.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

The guard because she knew.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Now, who knows the Germans at the exit to the forest to distract them?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

I do.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

I will.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Let me.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Please. They trust me. I will give you a chance to slip by.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

It is too great a risk, my friend.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I have no choice. I can't stay trapped here. The plans are no good in my pocket.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Very well. On one condition. I will go alone. And if she does not do as she says, the Fox will shoot her through the heart.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

You have my permission.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

There are many clouds out tonight to hide the moon. Lizette, bury your friends at the foot of the hill. Go to them. We will hide here among these piles of firewood.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Oui, oui. I will go.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

And remember, Lisette, this gun is aimed at you.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Go. We hid behind towering cords of tree trunks and branches piled in the woodlot for the village's firewood.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

We watched.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

A few minutes later, we saw them, the soldiers and the girl, silhouetted against the moon. We couldn't hear what they were saying, but every once in a while we heard them laugh.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

They swarmed about hurtling bees about a flower. Come this way. We will sneak past them and eat the brush.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

She's doing a good job trying to redeem herself.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

I'm stupid American. It's completely flash with no way out.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

You are a sly one. Stick with you.

[Narrator]

No, you Are advantages to being an officer.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Oh, God.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

They see you, American Captain.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

This way. Into the brush. Get back. Get back.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

I looked back over my shoulder and saw Lizette crumple into a heap on the road. I knew she was dead.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Do not grieve for her, my friend. It is best this way. It is easier than living with herself.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

How do we get out of this? We're surrounded.

[Narrator]

You're surrounded, American.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Surrender.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Surrender what means? That way we know you're in Deadwood.

[Marie (Mother Cat)]

Not, we have you cornered.

[Lisette (Spy/Traitor)]

Come on.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Perhaps this will help. You hover over there. Step out of the box.

[Narrator]

You do the same.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

Trying to burn us out? If we come out, we'll be shot down by the machine guns.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

American. I have an idea. Yeah? Stand here. When you hear a loud crash and I call out, you run through the fire. It is not bad yet, my friend.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

He ran like the fox of his nickname, to the tallest pile of firewood in the dark night. I saw him struggle with a log at the base of the pile. And then a huge tower of wood came tumbling down and screamed. I plunged through the fire and found the path. And a few minutes later, sly fox miraculously joined me.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

You can make it from here alone to the American lines, Captain Scarpella.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

What about you, Fox?

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Ah, don't worry about it, Fox. I'll get back all right. Perhaps we shall meet again one day, Captain. Who knows well? Or why? Then goodbye. I never looked back.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

And I never saw him again. But when I think of him now, I think of him not with the beret, but with a green hat and.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

A feather.

[Captain Robert Scarpella]

A little like Robin Hood.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Captain Scarpella delivered the plans personally to the Assistant G2 at eight Corps headquarters. And he was recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross for the American lives he had saved at the port of Saint Nazaire. Thus, the exploits of another OSS agent.

[Narrator]

Closes with the words Mission accomplished.

[Narrator/Announcer]

A further adventure in black warfare is.

[Fox (French Resistance Leader)]

Next week's Cloak and Dagger.

[Narrator]

Heard in today's Cloak and Dagger adventure were Joseph Buloff, Lily Darvas, Larry Haynes, Nancy Franklin, Barry Kroger, Raymond Edward Johnson, Carl Weber, Boris Applin and Jerry Jarrett. Script for Cloak and Dagger was written by Winifred Wolf, and the music was under the direction of John Gart. Today's true OSS adventure was based on the book Cloak and Dagger by Corey ford and Alistair McBain. This has been a Lewis G. Khan production in association with Alfred Hollander. It was under the direction and supervision of Sherman Marks. Robert Warren speaking. Stay tuned now for the up to the minute news on the Open Golf Championship.