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Aired 1947 - 1954

"Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you… Escape!"

One of radio's greatest series of high adventure, the radio show Escape will transport you to the high seas, Caribbean jungles, and beyond.

One of the best radio shows ever created, Escape was aired on CBS Radio for the first time on July 7, 1947. The show, which consisted of both original and adapted episodes, featured a life or death situation from which the characters had to escape, hence its title. The show lasted until September 25, 1954.

Unlike other radio shows, Escape had no regular sponsors. That's why it was a low-budget show that had varying time slots throughout its run. Nevertheless, there were several great radio personalities who were able to appear on the show. These included William Conrad, Hans Conried, John Dehner, Georgia Ellis, Elliot Lewis, Frank Lovejoy, Jack Webb, and many more. Click here to read more about Escape

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
01.14.1951	a bullet for mr smith	+ Program #41. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "A Bullet For Mr. Smith". Cloaks and daggers i...
05.31.1953	a good thing	+ "A Good Thing". Two brothers journey into the jungles to study a tribe of headhunters. Only one ...
01.18.1953	a matter of conscience	+ "A Matter Of Conscience". A temple on the island of Bali has been desecrated by three British ch...
12.10.1950	a passenger to bali	+ "A Passenger To Bali". East coast broadcast. A tramp steamer in the China Sea has a most unusual...
08.15.1951	a rough shoot	+ "A Rough Shoot". A man shoots a poacher on an English estate and uncovers a new Nazi plot to tak...
10.15.1947	a shipment of mute fate	+ "A Shipment Of Mute Fate". A good story about a deadly snake looser on an ocean liner. Jack Webb...
10.06.1950	a sleeping draught 1950 broadcast	+ "A Sleeping Draught". A sea captain commands a ship carrying four hundred convicts to Australia....
04.05.1953	a sleeping draught 1953 broadcast	+ "A Sleeping Draught". A sea captain commands a ship carrying four hundred convicts to Australia....
07.05.1953	a source of irritati	+ "A Source Of Irritation". During the war, a rural British farmer is kidnapped by a Nazi pilot an...
02.01.1953	a study in wax	+ "A Study In Wax". Two men are struck in an arctic cabin together for six months. When the radio ...
07.04.1948	a tooth for paul revere	+ "A Tooth For Paul Revere". How the American Revolution really started, a humorous look at a Yank...
04.04.1948	action	+ "Action". A man caught in an impossible situation while climbing a glacier waits to die...when h...
07.21.1949	action	+ "Action". A man caught in an impossible situation while climbing a glacier waits to die...when h...
03.26.1949	adaptive ultimate	+ "The Adaptive Ultimate". A fascinating story about a young girl, about to die, who is given an e...
04.15.1954	affair at mandrake	+ "Affair At Mandrake". A British officer vs. a Nazi spy at Dunkirk, with a surprise ending!You ar...
04.07.1950	ambassador of poker	+ "The Ambassador Of Poker". A good adventure yarn about a Virginia gentleman adept at cards, who ...
12.10.1947	an occurrence at owl creek bridge	+ "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge". A well-done adaptation of the short story classic of the Ci...
06.03.1954	an ordinary man	+ "An Ordinary Man". A man tells a beautiful woman that he's met on an ocean liner that he's an im...
02.15.1948	ancient sorceries	+ "Ancient Sorceries". East coast version, the program was also broadcast on the West coast on Feb...
02.21.1948	ancient sorceries	+ "Ancient Sorceries". East coast version, the program was also broadcast on the West coast on Feb...
12.24.1947	back for christmas	+ "Back For Christmas". A botany professor digging a "Devil's Garden" in the basement, decides to ...
06.06.1948	beau geste	+ "Beau Geste". A well-done adaptation of the classic about the French Foreign Legion. The mystery...
06.10.1954	benchillina and the fisherman	+ "Benchillina and The Fisherman". Sustaining. + You are lost in the trackless wild of the Irish ...
03.11.1954	bird of paradise	+ "The Bird Of Paradise". An adventurer finds an island of riches and promptly becomes its prisone...
06.17.1954	blood waters	+ "Blood Waters". A trip up the Paraguay River in the jungles of Argentina, in search of sunken go...

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I have this on DVD. It's a good film but I think I like the William Conrad Escape episode better.

Tim

I do like the radio version more but the film's still great….. Action, Color, Cleavage. I can't complain

John

One of my favorites! I wish more of the episodes could have been saved.

Dawn

ESCAPE opened with the gripping voice of William Conrad booming out over the airwaves: "Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you - ESCAPE!". Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain", the show's theme, assisted Conrad in creating the right opening atmosphere. (The actual series of questions used in the opening varied from week to week, frequently to match the goings-on of the times.) The show featured spine-tingling tales from such masters as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allen Poe. It was produced by William N. Robson, and featured many seasoned radio actors. ESCAPE was heard on CBS from July 1947 to September 1954. There were two pilot shows before it's first run. The first pilot was OUT OF THIS WORLD: "Dead of Night" on February 28, 1947. This show was repeated as ESCAPE: "Dead of Night" on March 21. ESCAPE, as a series, started as a summer replacement for half of the hour normally occupied by THE LUX RADIO THEATER. It then aired for the 1947-1948 season, on Sundays. During the early half of 1948, broadcast day was different on east and west coast. Although the same scripts were used for both east and west coast shows, the opening was different. The west coast versions used organ music in place of the full orchestra of the east coast versions. The series again went to different days for east and west coasts in 1950, but in this case, the show was the same for both broadcasts. Unlike the other CBS adventure series, SUSPENSE, which ran from June 1942 to September 1962 almost without interruption, ESCAPE seemed to have a rough life. It was frequently moved to different days throughout it's run. There were even a couple of long gaps where ESCAPE left the air, for example, from August 30, 1951 to October 12, 1952. Still, thanks to solid scripts, excellent acting and high production values, ESCAPE is remembered as one of the best radio action adventure series.

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