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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
09.25.1954	the heart of kali	+ "The Heart Of Kali". An excellent chiller with a delightful ending; a fine way to end the series...
04.23.1949	the great impersonation	+ "The Great Impersonation". Just before the start of WWII, a Nazi spy in Africa plans to imperson...
03.07.1948	the god jimmy goggles	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Jimmy Goggles...The God". East coast broadcast. An Englis...
08.01.1951	the gladiator	+ "The Gladiator". A champion prize-fighter thinks he's retiring from the ring...but he has one mo...
04.16.1949	the general died at dawn	+ "The General Died At Dawn". The program was recorded April 13, 1949. + You are standing on the...
08.30.1953	the game	+ "The Game". Two boys, one gun, and a game of Russian Roulette. Good radio. One public service an...
08.15.1948	the fugitive	+ "The Fugitive". A murderer escaped from a French prison is given a most unusual knife by his wil...
07.07.1949	the fourth man	+ "The Fourth Man". Three "civilized" men and a "savage" are adrift on a raft with little water. T...
04.25.1948	the fourth man	+ "The Fourth Man". Three "civilized" men and a "savage" are adrift on a raft with little water. T...
08.18.1947	the fourth man	+ "The Fourth Man". An excellent radio drama about three escaped convicts on a raft, and of their ...
09.21.1949	the fortune of vargas	+ "The Fortune Of Vargas". Sustaining. + You are camped in the dry mountains of Mexico a hundred y...
08.18.1950	the footprint	+ "The Footprint". Sponsored by: Richfield. A casket of rubies, a Chinese priest, and that little g...
02.18.1951	the follower	+ "The Follower". A good adventure story set in Mexico as a man tries to find his missing wife. Th...
06.21.1953	the far away island	+ "The Far Away Island". An embezzler hiding in French Polynesia is on the run from a man planning...
10.22.1947	the fall of the house of usher	+ "The Fall Of The House Of Usher". A well-done if slightly theatrical dramatization of the horror...
07.25.1951	the earthmen	+ "The Earthmen". Sponsored by: Sustaining, Regal Pale Beer (local). A fine sci-fi story about t...
07.14.1949	the drums of the fore and aft	+ "The Drums Of The Fore and Aft". The script was previously used on "Escape" on April 18, 1948. A...
03.27.1949	the diamond as big as the ritz	+ "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz". The story was used on Escape previously on July 21, 1947 and A...
07.21.1947	the diamond as big as the ritz	+ Program #3. "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz". The fascinating story about the home life of the r...
04.26.1953	the derelict	+ "Derelict". Three men and a woman are adrift with a cargo of gold. You are aboard a ship driftin...
07.01.1954	the dark wall	+ "The Dark Wall". A good story about the unusual hospitality to be found in the small country of ...
08.14.1954	the coward	+ "The Coward". A good story about a pilot who tries to return to a deserted Caribbean island with...
12.24.1950	the cave	+ "The Cave". A throughly great Christmas story about two ten year old boys and what they found in...
04.11.1948	the brute	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Brute". An excellent sea story about a sailing ship t...
09.04.1954	the boiling sea	+ "The Boiling Sea". A good story about a "Victory Ship" returning home after the war, trapped in ...

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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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