It looks like "I Was a Communist for the FBI" is telling the story of how our schools and colleges have been invaded by the commie brainwashers.
Thanks to J. David Goldin's RadioGOLDINdex for these brief synopses.
7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 26, 1956. Part 4. CBS net. "The Duke Red Matter". Sustaining. Sometimes a dead man can answer a lot of questions! The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Barbara Fuller, Barbara Eiler, Forrest Lewis, Herb Butterfield, John Stevenson, Parley Baer, Will Wright, Robert Bruce, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 14:01. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 27, 1956. Program #5. CBS net. "The Duke Red Matter". Sustaining. The conclusion of the story. A decent man who knows that he's loved and he's never said goodbye. The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Barbara Fuller, Barbara Eiler, Forrest Lewis, Herb Butterfield, John Stevenson, Parley Baer, Will Wright, Robert Bruce, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 14:04. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
7:30 Dragnet. May 3, 1951. Program #99. NBC net. "The Big Casing". Sponsored by: Fatima. Marie Robertson has been shot dead with a .45 automatic. Her husband says it was suicide, but it looks like murder. A good example of Dragnet's dramatization of police lab techniques. Jim Moser, script writer of the show, is presented with an "Edgar" award by the Mystery Writers Of America. Barton Yarborough, Jack Webb, James Moser (writer). 29:30. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. July 3, 1954. CBS net. "Word Of Honor". Sustaining. After treating a wounded man, Doc gives his word of honor not to reveal the identities or hiding place of his criminal patients. The same script as cat #39962 (January 10, 1953) and #47826 (July 7, 1957). The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on October 1, 1955. William Conrad, Howard McNear, Parley Baer, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, George Walsh (announcer), Norman Macdonnell (director), John Meston (writer), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), George Walsh (announcer). 24:57. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 Fort Laramie. May 20, 1956. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Gold" ("Black Hills Gold"). A group of men head up the Bozeman Trail into Indian territory, searching for gold and breaking the treaty. The date and story title are subject to correction. The program was recorded April 26, 1956. Raymond Burr, Kathleen Hite (writer), Frank Gerstle, Virginia Gregg, Ralph Moody, Howard McNear, Clayton Post. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:00 The Marriage. November 15, 1953. NBC net. Sustaining. Elizabeth finds herself an expert on traffic safety, and very much in the limelight. The program is followed by five minutes of news read by Edward Cassidy. The first story is: Vice President Nixon will extend his Asian tour and visit Iran. Abby Lewis, William Zuckert, Bob Dettin (? announcer), Edith Gresham, Edward King (director), Ernest Kinoy (writer), Fran Carlon, Henry Cassidy, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Reginald De Koven, Ted Osborne. 29:29. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Adventures Of Sam Spade. August 8, 1948. CBS net. "The Bluebeard Caper". Sponsored by: Wildroot Cream-Oil. Ned Towers needs help with his sister. She's about to marry Jefferson Davis Calhoun, who's been married and widowed three times. Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, Dashiell Hammett (creator), William Spier (producer, director), Robert Tallman (writer), Gil Doud (writer), Lud Gluskin (music director), Dick Joy (announcer). 28:25. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
10:00 Crime Club. April 10, 1947. Mutual net. "The Grey Mist Murders". Sustaining. A pleasure cruise to Hawaii on a private yacht becomes the scene of several murders. Constance Baker (writer, billed as Constance Little), Gwenyth Hemming-Jones (writer, billed as Gwenyth Little), Sidney Smith, Helen Shields. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 I Was A Communist For The FBI. April 13, 1952. Program #3. ZIV Syndication. "Little Red Schoolhouse". Commercials added locally. Plans are made to subvert a small American college. This program was also used as an audition program for the series. Dana Andrews, Truman Bradley (announcer), Henry Hayward (director), David Rose (music). 26:20. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.