''Cloak and Dagger'' is an

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radio series, a foreign intrigue adventure adapted from the book ''Cloak and Dagger'' by

Corey Ford Corey Ford (April 29, 1902 – July 27, 1969) was an American humorist, writer, outdoorsman, and screenwriter. He was friendly with several members of the Algonquin Round Table in New York City and occasionally lunched there. Early years Ford wa ...

and Alistair McBain. Ford also was host of the series. ''Cloak and Dagger'' was broadcast from May 7 to October 22, 1950, as part of "a mystery block with several other shows of far inferior quality". The program was sustaining for all 22 episodes.

Personnel

The cast that included Raymond Edward Johnson,

Everett Sloane Everett H. Sloane (October 1, 1909 – August 6, 1965) was an American character actor who worked in radio, theatre, films, and television. Early life Sloane was born in Manhattan on October 1, 1909, to Nathaniel I. Sloane and Rose (Gerst ...

and

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. Robert Warren and Karl Weber were the announcers. Scriptwriter Wyllis Cooper directed the series with research support provided by

Percy Hoskins Percy Kellick Hoskins (28 December 1904 – 5 February 1989) was the chief crime reporter for the British newspaper the ''Daily Express'' in the 1950s. He also provided stories for radio and television crime shows, such as Whitehall 1212 (radio s ...

, British journalist, crime reporter and author. The producers were Alfred Hollander and Louis G. Cowan, with Sherman Marks as director. Jack Gordon and Winifred Wolfe were the writers, and John Gart provided music.

Episodes

Stories on ''Cloak and Dagger'' "came right out of Washington files" of the

Office of Strategic Services The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the first intelligence agency of the United States, formed during World War II. The OSS was formed as an agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines ...

. A 1950 newspaper article commented, "The stories dramatized each week are true, and yet as fantastic as any fiction writer might be able to dream up." The program was the first network series based on fully authenticated case histories of OSS espionage.

References

External links

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Episodic log (and more) of ''Cloak and Dagger'' from The Digital Deli, TooZoot Radio, free old time radio show downloads of ''Cloak and Dagger.''
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