Radio review - Ford Theatre - "It's a Gift" (1948) **

I thought this was going to be an adaptation of the 19134 WC Fields movie but instead it's an original for Ford about a war veteran who realises he can make people do whatever he wants when he gets dizzy. The possibilities in this premise are immense - the writer limits them to the hero getting people to buy a project and later helping get someone elected. Ultimately the satire is mild and none of it's particularly believable - there's a love interest, and a corrupt tycoon out of Capra, and few decent jokes.