Friday, October 07, 2011

Radio review – Suspense – “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1956) ***1/2

Victory Jory had an excellent voice and makes a strong lead in this adaptation of Ambrose Bierce’s famous short story about a man hung during the US Civil War who imagines that he escapes. We hear flashbacks to his decision to spy on the Yankees in Carolina, and his escape, meeting a former slave who he sold, then the tragic finale. Better as a short story than a radio play but still very good.

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