Friday, October 07, 2011

Radio review – Suspense - “Four Hours to Kill” (1951) *** (warning: spoilers)

Robert Taylor impresses me more on radio than he ever did in the movies - a strong voice, very well conveyed. This starts terrifically: he plays a man who meets up with the sleazy no-good who has ripped him off, punches him out, accidentally killing him - only to realise the victim was speaking to a woman on the phone,who heard everything at the other end. So he has to track her down and kill her. But the story whimps out: he falls in love with the girl and it turns out the guy isn't really did. Didn't mind the first one but the second was a cop out.

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