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Program: Lives of Harry Lime
Episode: The Golden Fleece
Original Airdate: 10/12/1951
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Episode Summary:
When running a con it is important to know if you are getting conned. In this episode the consumate conman Harry Lime, played by Orson Welles, thinks he is conning the Baroness Nadia, except she’s got a deal with the Chinese General. But, Lime knows that the ship is lined with gold and that’s what he’s got his eye on, but so does the Nazi that wouldn’t die. And Nadia, well she knows what the “emergency” button is for. And that’s how Harry Lime wound up in a run down bar in Hong Kong.
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Program Summary:
The Adventures of Harry Lime (broadcast in the United States as The Lives of Harry Lime) was an old-time radio program produced in London, England during the 1951 to 1952 season.
Orson Welles reprised his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel The Third Man. The radio series is a "prequel" to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Lime in a somewhat lighter tone than the character's villainy in the film.
Most episodes would begin with "The Third Man Theme" being played, abruptly cut off by an echoing gunshot. Then Welles would speak: "That was the shot that killed Harry Lime. He died in a sewer beneath Vienna, as those of you know who saw the movie The Third Man. Yes, that was the end of Harry Lime ... but it was not the beginning. Harry Lime had many lives ... and I can recount all of them. How do I know? Very simple. Because my name is Harry Lime."
While modern audiences may not be that familiar with the movie The Third Man (we highly recommend you see it) as people were in 1951, this is a good adventure series, and anytime you have the opportunity to hear Orson Welles on radio, you have to give it a try.
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11 май 2019
