This story of a Jew and an anti-Semitic Polish officer fleeing Paris together in 1940 was once very popular – it was a Broadway hit as directed by Elia Kazan, and later became a Danny Kaye film. The basic story has tension, and the ending is very moving. It doesn’t adapt that well to radio – maybe it was hard for me to keep track of who was who. Either this or something else (maybe because there have been many similar stories since eg The Defiant Ones) this didn't quite work for me. The leads all played the parts on Broadway: Louis Calhern (colonel), Oscar Karlweis (Jacobowsky), Annabella (Colonel’s mistress). It has some funny moments and a good heart.
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