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ABOUT THIS OLD TIME RADIO SHOW:

International Spy Series (1944 - 48, 1950 - 52)

Mann Called X Sponsored by Frigidaire and later General Motors, this spy series starred Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, Intelligence Agent. Marshall, British by birth, starred in films with many of the greatest, especially Detreich in Blonde Venus, Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen, Vincent Price in The Fly, and a great cast in The Razor's Edge, where he portrayed W. Somerset Maugham. He played mainly English professional types, as his style seemed naturally cerebral and aloof.

Thus he's perfectly suited to play a British operative in The Man Called X. It's certainly tailored on Maugham's book Ashenden, Or The British Agent, which was based on Somerset Maugham's own work with British intelligence.

Of course, this kind of stuff lead directly to Bond, James Bond, and certainly Ian Fleming admired The Third Man, and perhaps The Man Called X. Of course, Agent OO7 is still very much with us, but so is The Man Called X. It's a fine show. The music is excellent, as composed and conducted by Johnny Green.

Herbert Marshall, 1942

Jack Johnstone directs the production before a live audience, which adds glamour to the proceedings, although suspense purists might feel the secretive ambiance of tales of intrigue isn't rogjt for an audience. Lux Radio Theater didn't seem to suffer from that problem.

Fans of the spy game will certainly appreciate the dialogue, with its world-weary and world-wary comments delivered by Marshall with clipped certainty. The plots deal with smuggled guns, explosives, drugs, art, radioactive material, murders, kidnappings, rogue scientists, leaked secrets, sabotage, secret documents, notorious politicians, corpses, wetbacks, revolutionaries, foreign ports… even zombies! Except for the zombies, the entire list seems to be ripped from today's headlines.

Herbert Marshall

Leon Belasco is Thurston's "sidekick" Pagon, a young and often timorous assistant who serves a variety of tasks. Fine Hollywood-based radio actors such as Cathy Lewis, Peter Leeds, Lawrence Dobkin, and William Conrad (Escape, Gunsmoke) fill out a constantly shifting cast of shady characters.

For more spies and undercover types, you can also see The Silent Men, Spy Catcher, Cloak and Dagger, Counterspy - David Harding!, Dangerous Assignment, The Adventures of Frank Race, Top Secret, Harry Lime (The Third Man),Secret Agent K7 Returns, and I Was a Communist for the FBI. Of course, there are many spy adventures to be found among the Escape episodes, and many private investigators are available. To follow up on them, you can start with the classic Sam Spade and follow the clues at the end of the introduction.

MP3 DISK CONTENTS: [Help]

Volume 1 - 37 shows - total playtime 19 hours
Man Called X 470403 01 Arctic Expedition Man Called X 470417 03 The Oil Refinery Man Called X 470424 04 Mr Nessler & Insurance Policy Man Called X 470515 08 The Stamp Story Man Called X 470605 11 Swindle To Honolulu Man Called X 470619 13 Silver Scarab Man Called X 470626 14 Rembrandt In Rio Man Called X 470724 18 Destination Manila Man Called X 470807 20 Will You Marry Me Man Called X 470821 21 The Lost Ones Man Called X 471002 27 No One Wins On Zero Man Called X 471009 28 All That Glitters Man Called X 471016 29 Timber Man Called X 471102 32 Ashes To Ashes Man Called X 471116 34 Trip To Xenephon Man Called X 471123 35 Report From Arctic Man Called X 471130 36 Checkmate In Tahiti Man Called X 471207 37 Shipment Condemned Man Called X 471228 40 Naples	Man Called X 480104 41 Spot Eight Ball Man Called X 480111 42 Spirit Of The Snows Man Called X 480119 43 Renne Of Shalakar Man Called X 480125 44 Carbon 14 Man Called X 480201 45 One Way To Macassar Man Called X 480208 46 Tiger For Lady Man Called X 480215 47 Guns On Niger Man Called X 480222 48 Operation Silver Man Called X 480229 49 Storm OverThe Alps Man Called X 480307 50 Passport To Danger Man Called X 480314 51 Pickled Chemist Man Called X 480321 52 One Sailor Died Twice Man Called X 480328 53 Ruby For Pearl Man Called X 480815 73 Girl Who Couldnt Remember Man Called X 480926 79 Laughing Lady Man Called X 501013 01 Custom Cigarettes Man Called X 501020 02 One Way To Macassa Man Called X 501103 03 Professor Channey Disapeared

Volume 2 - 41 shows - total playtime 17 hours
Man Called X 501111 05 Rendevous With Death Man Called X 501118 06 Warm Welcome Sudden Death Man Called X 501202 08 Dr Alverizs Laboratory Man Called X 501209 09 Thurston Goes to Syria Man Called X 501230 12 Rhythm Of Death Man Called X 510106 13 Operation Fifty Man Called X 510113 14 Five Ounces Of Treason Man Called X 510120 15 Japan Underground Man Called X 510127 16 The Orient Express Man Called X 510203 17 Pirates Off Coast of India Man Called X 510210 18 Black Of Diamonds Man Called X 510217 19 North of ThirtyEight Man Called X 510224 20 Tiny Bit Of Microfilm Man Called X 510303 21 Dope Smuggling Man Called X 510310 22 Cargo Confidant Man Called X 510317 23 University Of Lyden Man Called X 510331 25 The Blue Unicorn Man Called X 510407 26 India Man Called X 510414 27 National Easter Party Man Called X 510421 28 Race Against Death Man Called X 510428 29 Terror Across Nation	Man Called X 510504 30 Monte Carlo Man Called X 510511 31 Knocked Off His Feet Man Called X 510518 32 Enough Intrigue To Fill A Book Man Called X 510525 33 Man, Girl & Plot Man Called X 510608 35 Black Market In India Man Called X 510615 36 Amazon River Man Called X 510622 37 Vienna Man Called X 510713 40 Flying Trip To Indonesia Man Called X 511001 52 Invitation To A Murder Man Called X 520101 65 Sabotage At Ankora, Turkey Man Called X 520108 66 Flying Trip To Nowhere Man Called X 520115 67 Icy Slopes Of The Matterhorn Man Called X 520122 68 Casablanca Man Called X 520205 70 Clicking Buddah Man Called X 520219 72 Hey Penny Stamp Man Called X 520226 73 Ononoka River Basin Man Called X 520513 84 Alaska Weather Station Man Called X 520520 85 Noah And His Ark Man Called X 520527 86 Operation Cabal Man Called X 520926 79 The Smiling Lady

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