Lux Radio Theater: Cloak and Dagger (A0058)

Summary

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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Episode: Lux Radio Theater: Cloak and Dagger (A0058)

Aired: January 31, 2026

Host: Adam Graham

Stars: Ronald Reagan, Lily Palmer

Original Broadcast: Lux Radio Theater, May 3, 1948

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Episode Overview

This episode features a radio adaptation of "Cloak and Dagger," the suspenseful World War II espionage thriller, originally a 1946 film about the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The adaptation stars Ronald Reagan (in Gary Cooper’s original role from the film) and Lily Palmer, reprising her screen character. The story follows American scientist Alva Jasper as he joins the OSS, plunging into a world of Nazi atomic secrets, deadly intrigue, and dangerous missions across Switzerland and Italy, aided by brave resistance fighters like Gina (Palmer).

The host, Adam Graham, introduces and concludes the episode, offering insightful commentary on the differences between the Lux adaptation, the original film, and the larger tapestry of WWII-era spy fiction.

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Major Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. Host Introduction and Context ([01:05])

• Adam Graham sets the scene, noting this is the final OSS adaptation and explains how Lux Radio Theater could bring an epic feel to their adaptations with large radio casts.
• Notes that Ronald Reagan replaces Gary Cooper; Lily Palmer reprises her film role.

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2. The Mission Begins: American Scientists & the Nazi Threat ([05:05])

• Alva Jasper (Ronald Reagan) is recruited from academia by the OSS as German efforts to build an atomic bomb are discovered.
• Introduction of the high-stakes premise: Nazis stockpiling uranium and thorium, raising fears of an Axis atom bomb.
• Pivotal Dialogue:
  • Jasper: “If anybody is going to develop an atom bomb, you want it to be us, not the Nazis.” (06:16)
• Jasper is tasked with making contact with Dr. Katherine Loder, a famed scientist under Nazi duress.

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3. Zurich: Danger in Switzerland ([08:37])

• Jasper arrives undercover as “Andrew Wilson.”
• He meets the ailing Dr. Loder, learns she is being coerced—her refusal would mean executions of anti-Nazi prisoners.
• Emotional moral dilemmas around resistance, betrayal, and sacrifice.
• Key Emotional Exchange:
  • Dr. Loder: “What will the world think of me when I leave this hospital and return to the Nazis?” (10:01)
  • Jasper: “Suppose you went to Dr. Polda, but you did not succeed. Suppose you met obstacles in your work—delays, miscalculations…” (10:48)
• Loder is subsequently kidnapped after this meeting, illustrating the Nazis’ ever-present reach.

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4. Into Italy: Underground Networks and Resistance ([17:52])

• Jasper is smuggled into Italy by submarine with “Pinky” (American agent), Gina (Palmer), and underground contacts.
• Their aim: contact Giovanni Polda, a key scientist under duress, and extract him (and his daughter) before Nazi agents can use his atomic research.
• Notable detail on how the resistance operates—using coded communication, risky subterfuge, and everyday working people as supports.

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5. Moral Complexity, Romance, and Survival ([23:03]–[38:37])

• The narrative balances espionage tension with intimate, personal moments:
  • Gina and Jasper hide together, reflecting on trauma, loss, and the small comforts of life (cats, memories, music).
  • Gina’s reflection: “If you fight scum, you become scum. That’s all.” (36:57)
• Romance cautiously grows between Jasper and Gina, anchored in shared hardship.

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6. Extraction in Peril: Betrayals, Sacrifice, and Escape ([43:39])

• The operation climaxes in Romali’s dentist office and a remote farmhouse:
  • Luigi, the Nazi minder, is overpowered—but not killed—highlighting the characters’ reluctance toward violence.
  • The supposed rescue of Polda’s daughter turns tragic—a Nazi imposter arrives in her stead:
    • Twist: “My daughter? ... In the cemetery of Perugia. She died six months ago.” (49:57)
• The group is besieged by German soldiers, forcing a desperate escape through the cellar while Pinky and others stage a firefight.

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7. Bittersweet Conclusion and Aftermath ([52:36]–[53:12])

• Jasper and Gina part at the airfield; she chooses to remain with the resistance rather than flee.
  • Jasper: “I’m coming back for you.” (52:46)
  • Gina: “More than living—come back.” (53:03)
• The war ends. Jasper returns looking for Gina; the final scene is a silent, emotional reunion in the ruins of the amusement park among the rebuilding Italian people.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the OSS’s purpose:
  Jasper: “We’ve got to get more scientists in our outfit… It won’t be for long, but you’ve got to volunteer.” (07:14)
• On resistance and being human:
  Gina: “Here we live like Lazarus. We lie in the grave waiting for the Savior to come.” (28:43)
• The heartbreak of war:
  Gina (on the carousel ruins): “The wooden horses that once had looked so wild and fierce seemed more real than ever now, shattered and splintered in the careless attitude of death.” (33:00)
• Resistance romance realism:
  Gina: “Don’t be somebody I like… In my job, I kiss without feeling. Last week, a Gestapo man with a silly mustache. Next week, a fat pig from the police.” (36:23)
• The twist of betrayal/loss:
  Nazi impostor: “Your daughter? In the cemetery of Perugia. She died six months ago.” (49:57)

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Host Adam Graham’s Commentary ([62:18])

• Observes that the radio ending is warmer and “softer” than the film, accentuating hope and romance.
• Reagan’s closing monologue “beautifully delivered,” celebrating Italian resilience after fascism.
• “Lux” adaptation stands out for its epic cast and emotional texture.
  • "You don’t really get much higher stakes than the Nazis trying to develop nuclear weapons. Plenty of action and adventure. I think Reagan did a really good job on this, playing his character with a lot of charm and decency..." (62:18)
• Enjoys the “cricket vs. baseball” banter at episode’s end; notes Reagan’s background as a baseball announcer.

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Listener Feedback Highlights

• Emmett (Patreon): Enjoyed the high-stakes suspense; notes Nazis make compelling villains.
• Jeff (Patreon): Praises emotional resonance, references classic casting (“doesn’t get much better…”).
• Dr. Whodunit (Spotify): Compares plot elements/characters with other classic spy stories.
• Mechanic66 (Spotify): Connections between radio/film femme fatales and their influence across pop media.

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Additional Notes

• Lux adaptation features an ensemble cast, giving greater scope and depth than smaller radio mysteries.
• Highlights the personal cost of resistance, the murky line between hero and victim, and postwar trauma and hope.
• Cricket/Baseball Banter (55:04): Playful closing lightens the heavy drama; features Reagan and Palmer’s chemistry.

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Time-Stamped Key Segments

• Host Introduction & Context: [01:05]
• Recruitment/OSS Briefing: [05:41]
• Dr. Loder Encounter: [09:35]
• Zurich Betrayal & Abduction: [12:12]
• Crossing into Italy/Resistance: [17:52]
• Intimate Interludes (Gina & Jasper): [28:33], [36:00]
• Dentist Office Confrontation: [43:39]
• The Betrayal/Twist: [49:35]
• Final Escape/Airfield Parting: [52:36]
• Bittersweet Reunion, End Monologue: [53:12]
• Host Commentary & Listener Feedback: [62:18]

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Tone and Style

• Emphasizes melancholy resilience, romance born of hardship, and moral ambiguity of wartime espionage.
• Alternates between action, philosophical reflection, and flashes of sardonic humor (especially Reagan).
• Gina’s perspective, at once vulnerable and steely, shapes the emotional core.

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Summary prepared for listeners seeking a comprehensive overview and the emotional highlights of "Cloak and Dagger" as adapted for radio by the Lux Radio Theater, with Adam Graham’s commentary contextualizing its place in the Golden Age of Radio thrillers.

Transcript

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

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[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

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[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

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[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

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[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

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[Podcast Host (Adam Graham)]

Welcome to the great adventurers of Old Time Radio from Orlando, Florida. This is your host Adam Graham. In a moment we're going to bring you our final OSS movie adaptation, but first I do want to let you know if you're enjoying the podcast. You can follow us using your favorite podcast software. Today's program is brought to you in part by the financial support of our listeners. You can support the show on a one time basis, support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month at patreon.greatdetectives.net well now from May 3rd, 1948 we have Ronald Reagan starring in place of Gary Cooper who starred in the film, but with Lily Palmer reprising her original film role. The film's original Release date is May 3rd of 1948 and the title is Cloak and Dagger.

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[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Lux presents hollyw. L Brothers Co. The makers of Lux Toilet Soap bring you the Lux Radio Theater starring Ronald Reagan and Lily Palmer in cloak and dagger. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer Mr. William Keeley. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. One of the high points of a most successful season in this theater was the presentation just two weeks ago of Random Harvest from the novel by Jane Hilton. Because we have received so many letters of thanks and commendation, we'd like to extend our thanks again to Mr. Hilton for his contribution to our enjoyment. And tonight we bring you another exciting evening on this stage with Milton Sperling's current screen hit of the wartime OSS or Office of Strategic Services, that gallant band of secret agents who operated under the descriptive symbol of the cloak and dance. And our stars are the often requested Ronald Reagan and that new and captivating personality, Lily Palmer. Recreating her original screen role, Lily Palmer's excellent stage performances are among my pleasanter memories of London during the otherwise grim months of war, when luxuries were few and such a thing as Luxoap was a highly cherished treasure. Little did I think that I'd be working with her five years later in this theater or that I'd be praising Luxoap from this stage. But I can assure you I was very grateful even then for every cake of Lux and for the simple luxury it offered. Just as I'm sure we're grateful now to Luxo for helping us present Act 1 of Cloak and Dagger, starring Ronald Reagan as Jasper and Lily Palmer as Gina, the girl of the Italian underground who tells our story.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

We did not know in those early weeks of 1945 that in a few months it would all be over. The Nazis would surrender, Mussolini would be dead, and the stunning silence of peace would come again to Italy. Least of all did we know that thousands of miles away in a little college town in the United States, our destinies were being shaped by two men scarcely known even in their own country, one of whom we should never see and the other for whom some of us would die?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Well, don't look so surprised. Yes, sir. High time I looked you up. Been here, hasn't it, Clem? Not since the alumni dinner in 39. You're a hard man to find, even if you are on the faculty. I've been wandering through cellars, breaking down doors. It's a strange place to have a laboratory. What are you hiding down here? What are you hiding, Clem? I thought you were in the army. I am. Why? The civilian clothes? I'm in the oss. Never heard of it. Glad you haven't. I'm not supposed to get any for birthday. It's the Office of Strategic Services. The car can Dagger boys. Sounds romantic. Oh, sure. Very. Things in nuclear physics. Ah, so Joe, it's hack. Hack two. Government work. I know. You're working on the Manhattan Project. Now wait a minute. You wait.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Take a look at this report. What is it? Came in by radio from one of our men in France. If the report isn't complete, they broke in and shot him while he was sending it. His job was to tell us what the railroads were carrying into Germany. 40 carloads of pitchblende. Yeah, 250 carloads in 30 days. Pitchblende. And they've taken the entire output of monazette in Norway. However, I'm here because I had to get to someone fast who can give me some answers. Pitch Glenn's for uranium, monazite for thorium. And carload quantities aren't for the laboratory. They're for large scale operations. Think they're working on the atom bomb too? They've got the brain. They know as much about nuclear fission as we do. Now they are working on it. I see. You know, when I started this work, for the first time in my life, I was sorry I ever saw a laboratory. If anybody is going to develop an atom bomb, you want it to be us, not the Nazis. Not much choice in that. However, we've got to know how far the Germans have gone. Most of our agents simply aren't equipped.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

They don't know what to look for.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

They're missing clues. We've got to get more scientists in our outfit. What about what I'm doing here? I'm authorized to take you off. You know the problem. You're single, you know languages. It won't be for long, but you've got to volunteer. Well, there was a time when I thought I'd like to be a secret agent. I gave it up at the age of nine, but okay, brother, if they want me. Thanks. Oh, I thought fits along this photograph. You know this woman? Of course I know her. She's Dr. Katherine Loder, one of the great ones. Clem used to be my scientific pinup girl before Hungary sold out to the Nazis. I suppose now she's right in the center of German atomic work. Dr. Loder's in Switzerland? Since when? Two weeks. Get away from him. He's in a hospital in Zurich. Pneumonia. Last Sunday she asked to see the American conflict. She wants to talk to one of our scientists. You don't know what a break this is. Why, if she's just out of Germany, she can probably tell him everything. About feeling so happy about it. And pack a bag. We'll have you in Zurich in two days.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

He would pose as a businessman from Chicago named Andrew Wilson. An agent called Trent would contact him and tell him where to find Madame Loder. He landed without incident at the airport in Zurich.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Your passport, monsieur. Ah, yes. Andrew Wilson. Chicago, Illinois, usa. Your business, please. It's all on this paper. Uh huh. North Shore Watch and Jewelry Importers. I am here to place some orders for my concern. You will forgive these formalities, Monsieur Wilson. A neutral country must be most cautious these days. That will be all, thanks. Oh, can I get a taxi cab to the hotel? You will find cabs at the Implant, sir. Your hotel's just around the corner. Hey, for a cab driver, you speak pretty fair English. My name's Clank. Dr. Loaders at the Angela Hospital, room 168 there under the name of Mrs. Hackerty. Got it? Yeah. Check in at your hotel and go and see her as soon as you can. I'll call you later. This afternoon.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Two hours later in the answer hospital, a frail old woman known as Mrs. Hegarty had a visipathy. I said, then There's a way, Mr. Wilson. Only your name is not Wilton, is it?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

No, it's Alva. Jesper.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Jesper. Oh, I know your work. Oh, thank heaven you've come. You don't know how indebted I am to you.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

To me? No, Madame Ruler. I who am indebted to you. The whole world's indebted to you.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

And what will the world think of me when I leave this hospital and return to the Nazis?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Return?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I thought I would be safe here in Switzerland, but I'm not. They know I am here. Yesterday I got a letter. I am to go to Italy to work with Polder.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Giovanni Polda. Yes.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

If I refuse, 10 anti Nazi Hungarians are to be taken out of concentration camp and and shot each day.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

The Germans are working on atomic weapons.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Italians too.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

It is all coordinated. Then what would happen if your work helps them succeed?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

What will happen if I stay here? I cannot live knowing that innocent people are being shot every day because of me.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I'll take poison.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I can't decide any other way.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Suppose you went to Dr. Porter, but you did not succeed. Suppose you met obstacles in your work. Delays, miscalculations.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes. Is that is possible?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

And if you felt strong enough for us, you could help us with information too.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, we start communicating many ways. Ah, believe me, I would be strong enough for that.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I'll need every scrap of information. You already have the nurse.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I'm sorry, madame, but the doctors are waiting for you. Your experts, they Keep worrying over my lungs.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Mr. Wilson, I'll wait.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

No, no. Come back tomorrow morning. I'll have more strength then. We can talk all day.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Yes, madam.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Alba. Jester went back to his hotel. As yet Frank had not telephoned. Jasper let word if any calls came, he'd be in the hotel cafe. You didn't finish your dress, did you?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

What? Oh, no. No, I didn't.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh. Do you have to leave?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Well, no, I don't suppose so.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Sit down at my table then. It's not as crowded as the bar.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

You've been watching me.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, I've been watching that man who was trying to pump you.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Hey, you talk like an American. I am wonderful. Oh, my name's Wilson, Andrew Wilson.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

How do you do? Mine's Mrs. Dawson.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

And the man at the bar, Nancy pistol.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Not very dangerous, but a frightful boy. Better stay away from him.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I beg your pardon, Mr. Wilson? Yes? Telephone s. Oh, will you excuse me, Mr. Dawson? If you promise to come back.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

It's weeks since I talked to an American.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

There's a phone at the cashier. Sex. Hello, this is Frank. Listen carefully. Don't say anything you don't have to. Yes, we're in trouble. And incidentally, that tootsie is sitting with us. One of the slickest operators on the other side. Oh, fine. Have a drink with him. But not too fast. I'll be to a room in 20 minutes. In the room were in trouble. But that's putting it mildly. I found out about you, gentsman. The Nazis. Somewhere along the line, you tipped them off. I followed instructions to the letter. Then how did the Nazis kidnap Dr. Loder? What are you talking about? I saw her just this afternoon. Between then and now, she's disappeared from the hospital. What have you been doing since your plane landed? I want every move. I came through customs. What did you tell them? Told them I was in the watch business. Anything else? No. I went for a cab. I didn't even let that fella take my picture. What fellow? In the building at the airport. Souvenir photograph. He didn't look like the real article, so I turned away. That's it. That's your mistake. When you didn't let him take your picture, they knew you had a reason, so they trailed you. That's how they knew you saw Madame Loder. That's why they grabbed her. That's why they put the Dolphin Woman on you. And I thought I was being smart. Forget it. And I knew at this business. So I kidnapped her. Well, there's something we can do about it start falling for this. Mrs. Dawson. See you as often as you can. I'll get in touch with you in a couple of days. But what am I supposed. Just do as I say, huh? Be nice to Mrs. Dawson and by the end of the week we'll be ready to act. Hello. Well, what's up with. Same as last night. I'm taking Mrs. Dawson to dinner again. Meeting her in the lobby? No, in her room. What time? Seven.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Good.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I'll be up in a few minutes with your instructions.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Certainly.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Don't, Mr. Wilson.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

It's exactly seven o'. Clock.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Drink before dinner? No, thanks. As a matter of fact, I think we'll skip dinner tonight.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

You see, I have something here I'd like to read to you. A copy of a letter which will be delivered to the German Consulate within a few minutes. Written on bank stationery.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

See, you're being terribly vague.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

It says, dear Sir, I am only a clerk in this bank, but I am a true friend of Germany. And you should know that a woman named Ann Dawson, presumably friendly to us, has recently deposited the sum of 5,000American dollars.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

But that's absurd.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

He was accompanied by an American whom I had never seen before. It was he who paid over the money. The letter signed a watchful friend, but I know.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Look, suppose you tell me what this means. And why should the German Consulate be interested in me? I'm in Switzerland because of my husband.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

He's in the Air Force.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

He was shot down and he's interned here. I'm an American.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Technically, yes. You were born and raised there. But in 1935, Mrs. Dawson, you joined the Bund under the name of Hilda Winters. In 1937, you were arrested for organizing anti Semitic and anti Negro riots. A year later you were in Berlin starting to work for the Gestapo.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

And you think they'll believe a frame up like this?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Yes, I think they will. I'll be getting a phone call any minute. If you haven't told me what I want to know by then, the original of this letter will be delivered. They'll laugh at it. But just to be safe, they'll do some checking. You see, a woman who looks exactly like you was in the bank today with me. Her signature was an exact duplicate of your signature. And there's just a chance your friends may have been worried about you from time to time.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Why?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

They have a theory. Once a German, always a German. It may apply to Americans too.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I'd never betray them. They know I'd never betray them.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Until an American agent offered you money. What is it you want to know. I want to know where they've taken Catter and Lotus. No. You tell me. The letter will be destroyed.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, I'd tell you if I knew, but I don't know. Hello? Well, how did I tell you if I don't know?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

He says she doesn't know. Send it. No.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

When it.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Hold on a second. Well? At the Edelweiss. Where is that?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Up the mountain road from the village of Mohart.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

It closed down. Mrs. Dawson changed her mind. I'll be right over.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

They reached the ski club at Mohawk just before dawn. Jessa Prince and two other agents. The three men guarding Madame Loda were captured. Upstairs was a nurse. Madame Loda's health was very important to the Nazis. But as Frank and Jessa came up the stairs, the nurse followed instructions for just such an emergency.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Trying to look at it this way, Jasper. Madame Loda's dead. They can't make any use of her now. In the whole world, There were perhaps 10 people with a mind equal to hers. The work she could have done. You'll be able to go home now anytime you want. Sorry you came to Switzerland for nothing. I'm not going home. Why not? Madam Loder told me she'd be working with an Italian. Giovanni Polda. Fascist? I don't know. Maybe they're forcing him to work for them just the way they did with her. Maybe I can find out. Polda ever meet him? No. But I corresponded with him before the war. Was friendly then. Then doesn't mean a thing. I want to go to Italy. Get in touch with Walsh. Tell Walsh I want to go to Italy.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

A week later, on a dark, rainy night, an American submarine surfaced a couple of miles off the Italian coast. They came ashore in a rubber raft. Jasper and a man with whom we'd worked before.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Pinky.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

An Italian American. We drove to Livorno in a truck. The two newcomers, the old man, Marceli, the truck driver and I.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I still don't understand it, Pinky. How can we pull a stunt like this and not even get stopped? Don't they patrol the beaches? You underestimate our associates, my friend. They made very careful plans, all for your benefit. What about this truck? I suppose they rent it from Mussolini. Shorthouse. By day, the driver works for the water department. At night, he works for us. All right. Smoke? Sure. Go ahead. Before you blow out the match, I'll introduce you formally. Gina Marsali, meet my friend. His name is Dr. Albert Jackson. You can call him Al.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Hello, Al.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Al. What kind of name is that for a doctor? He's a scientific doctor. Has no pills for you, old man. You both speak English. That's good. For 12 years I worked in Omaha, Nebraska, a long time ago. And you, Gina, blow out the max.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You'll burn your fingers.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Oh, Gina's a very serious girl, Al. Always worried.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I'm not worried.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Any chance of this truck getting stopped?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes, they may even search back here. But we have guns the plants will take.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Meanwhile, give him all the information you have on Giovanni Polder.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Does Polder know he's coming?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

No. Al's going to surprise him. That's crazy, Dina. This is a very important mission. All of us have one job to do. It's to take Aldous with Metropolitan and take him out again.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You will never be able to see Polder in the morning. From 8:00 o'clock until noon, he is in a laboratory in one of the government buildings. And then he comes home for noon dinner. After that he sleeps for one hour. And then he works in his study.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Who's in the housekeeping?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

A housekeeper, old woman, nice, stupid. A cook.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Good cook.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Fascist. And five secret police. Two for day, two for night. And a chief named Luigi.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

You've checked all this?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Checked from the cook when I got him drunk one night. Checked from Dr. Romoly who'd pulled up. Dentist and a friend of ours. And checked by my own eyes every day.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Well, Al, now you know what a first rate courier can do. You're all right, Gina. I'll get you a job at it after the war.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I don't like you to talk like that.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

No, I was only joking.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I don't like your joking.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I'm sorry. What do you know about this Luigi? Very smart man, thinking well trained by the Nazi. That's comforting. Incidentally, where do I. Hey. Oh, Gina. You still have that broken down apartment?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes. You can both stay there tonight.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I'll try to see P tomorrow to.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Get you inside Poa's house. That's not our job. That will be entirely up to you. Is that understood?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

It's understood. Cheer up, Sheena. We're heroes. Haven't you heard? Heroes can die only once. In a moment. We return with Act 2 of Cloak and Dagger. Meanwhile, here's Libby Collins, our Hollywood reporter. What's new, Libby?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Remember the woman in Fight with Keely?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Wilkie Collins, Famous novel. I should say so. Full of thrills and chills, I might add.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, so is the picture that Warner Brothers has just adapted from the novel. What a villain that Sir McOcean Streetman.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

As the sinister Count Fosco. There's an art scoundrel for you.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

And a very subtle one too.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

As Eleanor Parker in the title role discovers and so does Alexis Smith, a rescuer. Aside from their fine acting, I think our friend John Kennedy here will agree they're both extremely easy on the eyes. Right, John? Ah, strikingly lovely both of them. But then of course they're their luck girls.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes, they are, John. And I happen to know the cameraman found both stars a joy to work with. No close up problems there.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Remember that scene in the Woman in White Libby where Eleanor Parker carries a lighted candle down a flight of underground steps?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh yes, wasn't that Erie? You know, the candle wasn't strong enough to register on the screen, so Eleanor had to have an electric bulb concealed in her dress. The light is full on her face. An exacting test for any girl's complexion.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Certainly is, Libby. But when a girl has a lovely luxe complexion like Eleanor Parker's, or like Alexis Smith, or like 9 out of 10 screen stars for that matter, needn't.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Fail a close up test of bright revealing light.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

No, because she's sure of a gentle, effective beauty care.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

A complexion care that makes skin softer, smoother, really gives it that springtime look.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Yes, screen stars find that daily facials with fragrant white luxe toilet soaps do make skin lovelier. Tests by skin specialists prove it. In actually three out of four cases, skin improved in a short time.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I wish every woman who wants a nicer complexion would try luxe soap care.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

It's quick and easy.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

But my how it works.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Remember, luxe toilet soap is Hollywood's own beauty soap. Here's your producer, William Keeling. We continue with Act 2 of Cloak and Dagger, starring Ronald Reagan as Jasper and Lily Palmer as Gina.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

The next day I left them in my room. Jasper, Pinky and the old man. And I watched Professor Polder's house until I saw him return two hours later. Jasper walked up to the heavy iron gate and rang the bell.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

What is this? I am Dr. Nauheim at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. I have to talk with Professor Polder. You are alone? I am. Come with me.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

The guard took him to the man chiefly responsible for Professor Poda's safety. The man named Luigi.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

So you are Dr. Norheim from the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. I am here to confer with Professor Poder. Strange, we were not advised of your coming. You have identification? Certainly. So take me to him, please. I will take you to the library. If the professor will see you. He will be there in a moment, Doctor. Noheim I'm very pleased to meet you. Please be seated. I'm not from Berlin, professor. And I'm not Dr. Noheim. I'm an American physicist and my name is. You are. I don't care what your name is. An American. You've got the lesson. How dare you put me in such danger. A few years ago, you wrote me a letter. At the end of it, you said, only a free science in the service of all humanity can be a good science. Who are you? Alva Jasper. This is impossible. I refuse to say another word. Do you realize what you're doing? Jisper. Alvar. Jisper. Yes. Robation. You rang, didn't you? I. I am sorry, Luigi. I seem to be out of. Of matter here. Thank you, Luigi. Yes. We are to be alone, Dr. Nahum, and I thank you. I. I can't betray a fellow scientist. But we have nothing to talk over. Nothing. Professor Porter, you're working on nuclear fission for the Nazis. But I can't believe you're doing it willingly. What does it matter? You had no right to jeopardize me by coming here. Katherine Loder gave me the right.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Catherine.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I spoke with her just before the Nazis killed her. Katari? Dead. Murdered. Because she wouldn't let criminals use her knowledge. So what do you want? They could murder me too. I only want information. I want my life. All right. Despise me. I don't care. I care about my test. Only my test. I don't believe you. What hold do they have on you? Hold? No hold. I'm as free as air. All they have is the only person in the world I care about. My daughter Maria. They have her. They let her send me a postcard once a week. And I let them pick my brain once a week. I cry. The other nights I drink. Now they threaten to take Maria into German. And still you serve them. I serve anyone. Suppose he was safe in another country?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

What?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Where is she? Perugia. He is permitted to live under guard at the Hotel Excelsior in Perugia. Oh. Let there be an inquest in America. Give me one letter in her handwriting and I can do better than that. We can take you out, too. Take me out? It can be arranged if you'll trust me. Trust you? No. No. I've lived too long on the partition. I trust no one. But that bargain I made. If you help me, I help you. Until then, don't think I'm a fool. Until then, I'll tell you nothing. You think he means it? That he won't talk until his daughter's safe. I know he means it. Think he's getting a lot? That will not be easy. How do we go about it? Marcelli and I'll go about it. You stay put. How long do you think you can wander around Italy without running into the Gestapo or the Italian Intelligence? You stay put or the deal's off. Where do I stay? This is the best place for him. With Gina. Just keep out of sight and wait. If we find Paula's daughter, I'll put a notice in the papers announcing the death inaction of Lieutenant Ronaldo Amadi.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Amadi.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Now, when you see it, go to Romos. He's Paul's dentist. He'll have the professor in his office. There are Partisan airfields in the north. A plane, probably British, will take you out. Gina, you know the vineyard?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

For now, yes.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Take Paul to there. What if you don't get his daughter? What if we don't hear from you? Fortunes of war. You'll be on your own. Come, old man. We have an appointment at Baruch. That's how you first look out the door. Jesus.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

There's no one.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

It's all stand back. When.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

No, no. Just the cat in the hallway. Stock.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Leah, Arabadette. Good luck to us all. Having me on your hands is a little more than you bargained for.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Please stop looking me over.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Well, you're nice to look at.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Just like a scene in the opera. We are. The people go. The young couple is left alone. Only there isn't any music and you are not a tenor.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Have it your own way.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Hey, that cat.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Are we going to have to listen to that all night?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You will be in that room with the door closed.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Sounds hungry. Got any milk?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Milk? Oh, I remember. Comes from cows. No good for babies.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Maybe a piece of bread.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

The American likes cats here. You find cats in butcher shops. This one's been lucky so far. Now, please go into the other room. Now. I'm tired.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Tell me something. How does a girl like you get used to this kind of life?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Do you think anyone gets used to it?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I think you do. Wonderfully. I never knew a girl with so much courage.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Courage? You know nothing about cats and nothing about people. Here we live like. Like Lazarus. We lie in the grave waiting for the Savior to come. Well, go now. It's better if you get some sleep, too. Good night.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Well, I don't hear the cat anymore.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Even cats learn it's no use to cry.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

They do, huh?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty. All right, get in here. I hope she has sleeves. A scrap of bread, she said. Or here's. A scrap of bread. Now, you shut up or I throw you out the window.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Good night, Tina.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Good night. Al.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Yes?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I don't mean. All I say.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I know you don't.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Good night. I don't mean.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

What is. Gina, are you all right? Answer me.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, hello. Why are you with me? How'd you frighten me like this?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I thought you were awake. Heard you. You were crying.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh. Oh, I must have been dreaming. Oh, yes, I remember.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

You've been hiding in the foxholes a long time.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Tonight. Tonight I say to myself, now, maybe. Now maybe for a whole week. It'll be easy. A baby in the room. Sing a little dust for sister. Not even Gina. Ned, quick, go into the other room. Signorina, it's the janitor.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Have you seen my cat?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes, yes, it's here.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Wait.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Wait a minute.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Thank you, signorina.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Get back in there. Yes. Goody kitty. Kiri. Kiri kitty.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

All this time she runs away. She's so hungry.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Why don't you keep her downstairs?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Yeah. I cry, signorina, but all the time she runs away. But this time. Oh, Jan. She tries to run away.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I'll get her.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Oh, it's all right. She just gone in the other room, I guess. Oh. Who's this man, signorina?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

My husband. I was married yesterday. Oh, he doesn't speak Italian. He's German.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Married. Congratulations. Oh, I think it's registered with the police.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes, of course.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Then I wish you a long life with prosperity. Good fortune, lady and gentlemen.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Good fortune. It has to be the cat. It's always the little things, the things we can't plan that make us end up in the hands of the police.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

What do you mean?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, I mean we can't stay here any longer. The janitor has to report anyone new in the house.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I can't register with the police.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I made a mistake. I didn't have Capellan. You're my husband. In our work, there is no room for that sort of pride.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Don't be ashamed of your pride, Gina.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Before and now you say things that make me feel easier inside. Maybe you feel charity, or maybe you like people.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Mostly I like cats. Gina, that picture of you, when was that taken?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Just before the wall. A hundred years ago. Well, tomorrow I will take you somewhere where you will be safe. Then I'll find a roof for us, if I can.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

That picture. You haven't changed, Dina. You're very beautiful.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

At daylight, we started walking. It's not too difficult to find a hiding place in the rubble left by the bombers. I took him to what had been an amusement park for the carousel. The wooden horses that once had looked so wild and fierce seemed more real than ever now, shattered and splintered in the careless attitude of death. When I returned, it was almost dark.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Who is it?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh. If you will put down your gun, I'll show you something.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Something to eat.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Better than food. Keys.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Keys to what?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

An apartment. Three rooms and a bath for three days.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Who's giving us all that?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

A school mistress. I once knew a Fascist Party member. I told her I had a German friend who was very important, and he was very proud of me.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Diet D?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

No. Not bad. What's this? You've been doing all this writing on the board.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I got nervous waiting for you. I tried to keep busy.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

What is it?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

A problem in mathematics.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I don't believe you.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I imagined I was riding one of those wooden horses. I tried to figure out how far I would go altogether, going around and up and down at the same time. Oh, this place must have been a nice one. Kids. Music ever come, Eugenie?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Before the war, only the music played during nature all the time. You know, the fascist songs spoiled it for me.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Come here. With a boy?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yeah.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

One you liked?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yeah. He played the cello.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Where is he now?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Somewhere without his cello.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Maybe after the war, I might come back. Dana and I'd bring you here. The music would be different.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You won't come back?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I might. Why not?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, it's kind. We got out of here. Things to go now.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Oh, yes. I almost forgot about that apartment with the bath.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You know something else? I feel good. All of a sudden, I feel good.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

This apartment, the food you found. I feel good too. I don't want to move out of this chair all night.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Do what you wish.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

What are you doing?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You're too comfortable to open your eyes. I'm combing my hair.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

So you are. What are you having?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Nothing. Tonight I am pre Wargina. I keep my little children in school. Wednesday I play chamber music. I'm very innocent. And I'm easy to blush.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Coming here has done all that to you.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You'll see. I'm still pretty.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Oh, so? So.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, even if you don't think so, all the fattest men I meet, they tell me, I'm Curtis.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I'm no Fascist.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Why do you say that?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

You brought it up.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You're jealous.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I suppose you think I shouldn't be jealous.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You want me to sing for you? Do you want me to dance for you?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Maybe I am jealous, Gina. Maybe more than anything in the world. I want to tell you.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Don't make love to me. Don't be somebody I like. If you feel like kissing me and I feel like kissing you, so we kiss. But don't be serious. In my job, I kiss without feeling. Last week, a Gestapo man with a silly mustache. Next week, a fat pig from the police.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Gina. What is it? Why do you insist on punishing yourself?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You think it's good to be a courier in the underground? You think it's exciting, heroic? No. If you fight scum, you become scum. That's all.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

No, I know what you are. Not so far from that little girl in the photograph. Not so far. See what is.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Good evening, senora. Good evening. We are from the convent, signora. We are collecting for the war orphans. If you could help, please. My purse. Just a moment.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

A few lira.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Anything.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Here. God bless you.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

L. The weapons.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Two sisters collecting for war orphans.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Anything wrong with that?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Turn out the lights.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Why?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I want to look out the window.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

What are you worried about?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

They're not real sisters.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

How do you know?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

They're stopping at an automobile parked at the corner. We're being watched.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Let me look.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Stay away from the window.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Now, wait a minute.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I say we have to go. I feel scared inside. And I follow my feelings.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Is anyone getting out of the car?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

No, the car's leaving.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Well, if there's no police, the car wouldn't have left.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I know something is wrong. We must get out and quick. We can stay here for the night.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Back at the Merry Go Round if.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

The moon is bright. You can work on your problem. Up and down and around at the same time.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

And tomorrow?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Tomorrow we'll move on.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

But two people under suspicion. We got away off the easy.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I trust my feelings. I'm shaking, Al. I'm shaking all over.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Come here. Stay close to me.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Dina. Now you got to see this. Gina. Every day you fall apart a little more. Too much wine, too much fright, too much.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Gina. You're going to be all right. Don't worry.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I want you to like me, Elle. I want you to be jealous of me. I want you to think I'm a girl in a white dress. Who's never been kissed before. For three days we kept moving. A big circle. Mostly in the countryside. But close enough so I could walk to the city. To get the newspapers every afternoon. And then I found it. A notice of death. What we had been waiting for.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Are you sure? Let me see. Pinky said. Amadi. Ronaldo Amadi.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

It's here. Elf. Lieutenant Rinaldo Amadi.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

It means Pinky Got her out, pulled her daughter.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes. Now we go to Romilly for Polar dentist. Pinky said Polar would meet us there. But then what?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

We'll know soon enough. The nightmare is over, Tina.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

And another one starts getting Polder and his daughter out.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

We'll manage. We'll do fine.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Or in our work, you meet a man or a woman for a day or a week, then goodbye. But in one day, half come close. Maybe in peacetime I don't even look at you. Maybe, I say, silly American tourists. But now I tell you, I like very much this American.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I want you to know why only life, Gina.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

It's better. Easier?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Why?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Sometimes it's better I stop looking at you. Got to go to Romali.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

We pause now for test identification. This is cbs, the columbia broadcasting system. Kmx am&fm rectangular. In a moment we'll return with the third act of Cloak and Dagger. Many a movie personality has been discovered on the stage of the famous Pasadena Playhouse. But our guest this evening is the very first to be spotted in the audience by a talent scout. A canny scout he turned out to be. Because since then, Margaret Field, Paramount Scarlet, has been cast in role after role. How many parts have you had, Margaret?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Thirteen so far, Mr. Keeley. And when I'm not actually working myself, I spend much of my time on the sound stages, watching the stars work.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

An enjoyable way to learn about movie making, isn't it, Margaret?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Certainly is. And that was especially true when I watched the filming of Sainted Sister.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

No wonder. It's an excellent comedy with two unusually gifted actresses. Veronica Lake and Joan Caulfield.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

That's right. And you simply love Veronica and Jonah's two glamorous gold diggers. They're adorable.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

They are indeed. You know, perhaps that's why Barry Fitzgerald plays his role of guardian angel so convincingly.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Perhaps. You see, he has the job of reforming us.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Well, most actors would covet that role reforming two such gorgeous blondes. And here's one special charm they have in common. How about it, John Kennedy? Yes. Anyone who wants to see two of the prettiest Lux girls in Hollywood ought not to miss the Sainted Sisters. It's double proof of how effective luxo care can be.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh, yes, Mr. Kennedy. Both those lovely stars depend on daily beauty facials with luxe toilet soap. It's so important to have nice looking skin when you work in pictures. I wouldn't dream of missing my Luxo facials ever.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Easy to see you're a luxe girl, too. Thanks, Ms. Margaret Fields, for reminding our listeners that Fragrant white Luxe Toilet soap is Hollywood's own complexion soap. 9 out of 10 screen stars recommend it, you know. So why not take a tip from the world's loveliest women? Begin using Lux Toilet Soap for your precious complexion tomorrow. We return you now to William Keeley. Our curtain rises on Act 3 of Cloak and Dagger. Starling Ronald Reagan as Jasper and Lily Palmer as Zena.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

The nightmare's over, he had said. Will you manage? Romuly, the dentist had his office in a small building with two or three other medical men. You entered the building from a courtyard. There was a fountain there, even flowers. And somewhere in a cafe nearby, men were singing. Yes, the nightmare seemed over. Except standing near the fountain was the man who always watched over Professor Polder. Luigi of the Secret Police.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Luigi? What's he doing here?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Waiting for Boulder.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Is there any other way of getting into Romilly's office?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

No. You wait here.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

What are you going to do, Al?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

There's no time.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I couldn't kill him.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

You could, but we can't risk a shot. I'll walk in there and I'll. I'll start talking to him.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

If he recognizes you, maybe he knows.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Who you are by that time. You can come up behind him. Use the butt of your gun.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Go ahead.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I walked into the courtyard. I was not very artful about it. I stopped near Luigi and started to straighten my stocking. He came over. He smiled and started to talk.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

And then the doorway. Luigi, put down that gun.

[Podcast Host (Adam Graham)]

Are you crazy?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I'm from the police. Get into that doorway. Money. You want you and this girl. I. I. Dr. Noheim. Sure, Dr. Noheim. Keep moving.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Suddenly, Luigi came and drew a gun. I threw myself on his arm. And Jasper got his hands around Luigi's throat.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

J.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

He couldn't kill a man.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Tina, hurry. Get Porter.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

When I returned with Pola, he was dragging Luigi's body behind some bushes. The men in the cafe were still singing. Vienni Tuma, Come to the Sea. All at once I remembered it. A song my father used to sing to me on the warm summer evening.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Drive past Dakota. You. You had better drive. You real It. It is nothing. A little too much excitement at my age. I. I'll be getting all right as soon as I see my daughter. Start the car around the corner. Yes. He. He's dead, Louise. He's dead.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Look, both of you. It's just like killing a mad dog. Except for the dog. You can feel sorry.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Tina. You know the roads.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I know the roads. Said the Vineyard funerals in the farmhouse will be there in about three hours if there are no delays.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

This is the farmhouse. This is where they have brought Marie here. We'll know any minute now.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

It is so quiet. I. I don't see anybody.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

So you made it. He's got a gun. It's all right. It's Pinky. What's the matter? Did I scare you? Hi, Al. Come on, Gene. Pinky, meet Professor Folder. How do you do? How do you do? Where did you get that? What? This uniform. I hardly recognize you. It's my traveling costume. Kind of a nice fit, isn't it? At the moment, I'm a captain in the Italian army.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Where's Marsali?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Oh, he'll be here. Come on in the house and meet Panaro. I can tell you what this means, Pinero helping us like this. I will tell you what it means. Nothing. A man does what he can. I'll tell you one thing. For now you're in uniform. You'll have a chest full of fruit salad someday. Maybe I have a chest full of fruit salad. Or a chest full of bullet holes. Later you'll meet my son, Akiri. He's with Marsali. Ah, you young people. Always you need the old man, like me, like Marsali, like the professor. Please. My daughter. When will she be here? Late tonight. They've gone to get her. Must I'm in for. She is safe. She perfectly safe and very happy. She's going to see her father again. Run into any trouble, Pinky? No, not a hitch in the whole operation. We worked it through a little girl in the hotel in Perugia. Nice kid. A little scared at first, but I. I appeal to her better nature. Thank you. I see you have a radio. Yeah. We're expecting to hear from the British any moment. They're checking our reservations for the trip out. Where do we need the plane? In the field, about four miles from here. Dinner. Knows where?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes. We can reach the field by automobile. All but the last 200 yards from here to there. Ten minutes.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

We'll have men there, four or five partisans with signal lights. Hold everything. Calling us will cry. Okay. The plane will land at 4am Is that all? What else did they say? That's all. Had to be brief. Our signal might be detected. What sort of a plane do I send? How big? Well, they know there'll be four of us. The professor, his daughter, you and I. Tina, where are you going?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh, just. Just outside.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

What's the matter with. Gina?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

I know I should be wishing they'd come quickly and it'll all be over, but I can only think that in a few hours we'll say goodbye.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

You're coming with us, Gina. There'll be room on the plane.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

There are so few of us here. Even one who runs away is badly missed. You know that, don't you?

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Yes. Yes, I know that.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Shortly before midnight, we heard them coming toward the farmhouse. My son, Kunaru's son and Professor Pola's daughter. Even before the truck stopped, Polar had flung open the door, calling to his daughter.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Maria. Maria. Signore.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Signore.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

La signor Nina. Maria. Polta. Come in. Come in and close the door. Maria. Clarice. Maria. But here, professor, here is your daughter. No. This woman. I have never seen her before. What? Madame. Who are you? My daughter. Where is my daughter?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Perhaps Dr. Jesper would make a guess.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

This woman is. Is Mistress Dawson. She's from the guest house. My daughter?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

In the cemetery of Perugia. Professor. She died six months ago.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Oh, no. That's impossible. She's been writing to me every week.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

The handwriting is so easy to imitate. Yes, Doctor. Ja.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Someone's up there. Achille, turn out the light.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

German.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

German soldiers. Sit down, everyone.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

They followed me here. They won't shoot. Not unless you leave no other choice. Go in there. Listen. The horse is surrounded.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Open this one.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Shut up. Come out one by one. It's no use. The house is surrounded. Throw away your guns and go out with your hands up. It's your only chance.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Chance? Up for what? We fight Achilles.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Shoot.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I take the back window.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Make one move through that window and.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Thank you, Gina. For a man, it is that nice to shoot women. But for a woman to shoot woman that I like. They're running for cover out there. Looks like they got to take their time about it. They can afford to probably have a whole crowd regiment out there by daylight. But we can last till then. We've got guns and ammunition. And give me a rifle, huh, Al? Sometimes one guy carries the ball, sometimes another. There's a way out of here through the cellar. Grab the professor and Gina and beat it. I can't do it.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Thank you.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Now, Delko Star. Tell me now. There isn't time. You'll have to walk to the air. That plane won't wait. If you're not there, why don't we all try it together? Because the only way you can make it is if we do enough shooting to convince him we're all still here. Now go on. Get going.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

No, Pinky.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

My orders were to get you into this country and get you out of it. Gina, get him out through the trap door. It's an order.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Al. Professor.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

This way, Marie. And hurry. Hurry. It is no use. I cannot go any further. My leg. Wait. How carry you? Let me die. Let him kill me like a killer then woman.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Maybe she was lying. You can't give up now.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

How much farther?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Half a mile maybe.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Maybe less. The planes landed. We heard the motors. Don't worry though. They'll wait. Please, senori, give them a few more minutes. They will be here. What about that man, Pinky? Why isn't he here? They're shooting back there. Trouble. Well, if there's trouble, what are you partisans doing here? Punar has given orders to protect the British airplane. Oh, thanks. Well, I'll give them five minutes, then we go. I tell you, they come.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Trip them up.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Tony. They're coming. Professor P. Get him in a plane to care for his leg hurt. Yes, for you and that girl. Get aboard right away, Tina.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

No, Al. No. He's an. Maybe I stay with them. Maybe I. I go. I go back to Livorno.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Tina. After the war, who knows what will be then? I'm coming back.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Things then people.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I'm coming back for you. Yes, Father, please.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh, no.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Don't you want me to? If you don't, then say so. Say it now once.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

More than living. Come back. I mean, come back home.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

I will, Diamond. I'll be back. In May. The war in Europe was over. I came back to Le Borno. But there was no one I could go to. Our friends were dead and all but forgotten already. I wandered over to the amusement park. Physically it was still unchanged. But people were there. And in the ruins children were playing. As if the will to erase the indignities of war would mend the broken horses of the carousel and the broken hearts. There was even music. For these are a people for whom music and singing are like bread and wine. And then I saw Gina. And she stood there, insensible, staring at me like someone turned to stone. And I went to her. And the stone melted with its tears. For an exciting drama thrillingly performed. Our thanks to Ronald Reagan and Lily Palmer. Come back, you two, and take a well deserved bow. And Lily, I'm sure our listeners join Ronnie and me and all our cast in welcoming you to Lux.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, it's in a pagerbill. I haven't made many radio appearances or been in America for very long. But I've fallen in love with everything about it.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

And I'm sure that America and Hollywood return that compliment. Lily. You know, I was pretty sure you'd go on American Lily. When I saw you, the other night at the Hollywood ballpark, I imagine you find baseball very different from the cricket that you used to see in England.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Well, of course, in cricket, two batters go to bat at the same time.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Oh, what the Dodgers wouldn't give for a setup like that. But doesn't that make the game a little complicated? Oh, not at all, Ronnie.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

It's simple. Yes, after the batsman takes his stand, the bowler delivers a fast googly down. The puffing breed.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Of course, it could be a swerve instead of a googly. Oh, of course.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

And then the batsman returns a daisy cutter trying to clear the leg in short flip and the long on and the long off.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

In other words, he scores a hit. But does he score a run?

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Oh, you score six runs on a hit.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Six runs. Now, I know Derosa ought to hear about this. And when a game's over, I suppose each team says to the other, ripping show, lads.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

No, no, there's a common saying after every game.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

And that is, we was robbed. Well, Lily, I can see you're familiar with at least one phase of baseball. And I suspect from that lovely complexion, you're familiar with another great American institution. Luxo.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

That I am, Bill. As you suggested earlier tonight, it was a wonderful luxury when I was in England. And over here, of course, I never intend to be without it.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

A loyalty that's shared with many lovely American stars, Ellie. And incidentally, we have some interesting stars for next week. What play are you presenting, Bill? A brand new screen hit and a thrilling drama of suspense and oriental mystery. Its titles intrigue our stars, your draft and June Havoc playing the roles that they perform so ably on the screen. Well, I don't know whether that's a googly or a swerve, Bill, but it does sound like great entertainment. Good night.

[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Good night.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

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[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

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[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

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[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

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[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

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[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Yes, send your money together with box tops or rackers from two Lever products and your name and address to Lever Brothers Company, Homemakers Club, Box 1, New York City. Orders will be sent postpaid within three weeks.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

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[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

Get one of these Home Depot order blanks at your delays tomorrow.

[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

Lelever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Toilet Soap, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents your draft and June Habit in intake. This is William KE Saying good night to you from Hollywood. Ronald Reagan is currently appearing in the Warner Brothers production Voice of the Turtle. Lily Palmer may currently be seen in the Milton Sterling production of My Girl Pisa. The screenplay Cloak and Dagger was based on a book by Corey ford and Alistair McVane. Third in our cast tonight were Jess Chamber as Pinky, Herbert Butterfield as Boulder and William Johnstone, Norman Field, Regina Wallace, Robert Griffin, Marjorie Hochel, Ben Wright, June Whitley, Jay Noello, Jack Pacuzzi, Eddie Mar, Charles Laor, Janet Scott and Robert Cony. Our music was directed by Lois Silver. This program is rebroadcast to our men and women overseas through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service. And this is your announcer, John Milton Kennedy, reminding you to join us again next Monday night to hear Intrigue with George Raft and June HAVOC. Ladies, get PepsiDan sensational bargain offer the LA Turner Ballpoint Pocket Perfumer regular $95 value, yet it's yours. Plus a supply of Harriet Hubbard A's new perfume for only 50 cents. Fashion's newest accessory for carrying perfume designed for Lana Turner, who stars opposite Clark Gable and MGM's hit Homecoming 10:50 with both Blue and flat from any Pestilence carton to Pestilence Box 776, Chicago, IL. All for Good United States and territories only. Then tonight. Be sure to listen next Monday night to the Lux Radio Theater presentation of Intrigue with George Rath and June Havoc. Stay tuned for My friend Irma, which follows immediately over most of these stations. This is CBS, the Columbia broadcast KNX AM&FM, Los Angeles, 25 seconds before 7pm B u l O V A Boulevard.

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[Narrator/Lead Actor (Ronald Reagan)]

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[Lead Actress (Lily Palmer)]

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[Podcast Host (Adam Graham)]

Welcome back. Well, an interesting film and in some ways a bit of a softer take on the OSS than we've gotten either from the Cloak and Dagger series or certainly from the two other film adaptations with a very strong romantic feel. Think back to OSS and it's a very different tone than what you heard in that film adaptation. And this was enhanced further by the ending monologue, which I think was beautiful delivered by Reagan. The monologue not only featured a happy ending and a reuniting of our leading man and lady, but also paid tribute to the Italian people emerging from under the boot of fascism and their resilience and strength as a people on full display. This is entirely original to the radio program. The film ends with Alva flying away and a dirty faced Gina looking on as he flies off into the distance with no clue as to what would happen next. Now to say that it's different is not to say that it's bad. I think it was actually quite enjoyable. You don't really get much higher stakes than the Nazis trying to develop nuclear weapons. Plenty of action and adventure. I think Reagan did a really good job on this, playing his character with a lot of charm and decency. I think makes a good substitute here for Gary Cooper. Lily Palmer does fine, although as she said, she hadn't done as much much radio and that shows maybe in a few scenes. And beyond that, they're supported by a strong cast of radio regulars. And one thing that makes locks work so well when it comes to adapting films is that they can put together the type of cast that are necessary to make a big film feel really epic. And having those extra actors does make a difference versus so many radio dramas which tended to be limited to, say, six or seven performers total. I did find the closing conversation about cricket amusing. I'm a baseball fan and I'm curious about cricket, but any time I try to understand it quickly get as lost as Reagan did here. And of course Reagan would know about it as his whole career began with being a baseball announcer. Radio cricket, that's a challenge. Our comments and feedback now and we have a few comments regarding the adaptation of oss. And we start on Patreon where Emmett writes, this was a good one. Adam I've often wondered why it is that so many movies even today involve Nazis and it's pretty easy to figure out they are the ultimate bad guys in this excellent adaptation for Lux Radio Theater. You just know we're going to see that Nazi again. But I wasn't ready for how that would play out. Thanks for this one. Jeff writes, doesn't get much better than Alan Ladd. Veronica like pairing, very emotional and heartbreaking. Thanks so much Jeff. And then we turn over to Spotify. Dr. Whodunit wrote Amadeus Brink taking bribes. His cousin is a courier. His other cousin has a radio Is this an early version of Pagon Zellschmidt? Well, that's a fair question. I would point out that OSS the film was released in 8019 1946. The Man Called X premiered in 1944. So if anyone was borrowing from anyone, OSS may have been inspired by Pagon Zellschmidt on the Man Called X. But that said, trickster rogues like these characters certainly existed before either the man called X or OSS. And Mechanic66 writes Vernon, Ronica Lank was the inspiration for Jessica Rabbit and reference to who framed Roger Rabbit. And Kim Basinger played a Veronica Lake look alike in LA Confidential. Her charms don't translate well over radio. Well, thank you so much. Appreciate you commenting and that additional insight. Well, now it is time to thank our Patreon Support Supporter of the Day and I want to go ahead and thank Bettina Patreon Supporter since May of 2021, currently supporting the podcast at the first mate level of $7.14 or more per month. Thank you so much for your support Bettina and that will do it for today and I hope you've enjoyed these OSS movie adaptations. But next Saturday join us for our new ongoing series CounterSpy. Join us next time on the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio on Tuesday for Tarzan and join us on the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio tomorrow for our 4900th episode special. You won't want to miss it. In the meantime, do send your comments to my box [e-mail] From Boise, Idaho, this is your host Adam Graham signing off.

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