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Escape — 1954

24 episodes broadcast in 1954.

March 11, 1954 Bird of Paradise Listen (MP3)
A fortune seeker after a source of rare bird skins in the South Seas instead stumbles on a remote island whose only inhabitants are a beautiful girl and her rather violent boyfriend, who is as jealous of his privacy as he is of her. Adapted from the story by John Russell.
March 18, 1954 Violent Night Listen (MP3)
An American plantation owner in a banana republic becomes the prey in a deadly manhunt when a petty thug he once humiliated resurfaces as the leader of a successful revolution and now seeks revenge. Adapted from the story by Les Crutchfield.
March 25, 1954 The Second Shot Listen (MP3)
Lieutenant Daumier, a young officer in Napoleon's Grande Armee sports an obsession with fighting pistol duels, which brings him into mortal conflict with an experienced senior officer--who just happens to be engaged to Daumier's former lover. Adapted from the story by Alexandre Dumas.
April 1, 1954 The Return Listen (MP3)
A world-weary adventurer longs for what he believes cannot exist : a place without strife or conflict or suffering - until he is clubbed in an alley and wakes to find himself in an island paradise where all his dream come true. Adapted from the story by Kathleen Hite.
April 8, 1954 The Scarlet Plague Listen (MP3)
An inexplicable and lightning-quick plague sweeps across the world, killing its victims within an hour of the first symptoms. Adapted from the story by Jack London.
April 15, 1954 Affair at Mandrake Listen (MP3)
A British officer is assigned to Mandrake to head military research on rockets; but a German POW has escaped from a nearby prison camp and may have an idea of what's going on at Mandrake. Adapted from the story by Ben Wright.
May 6, 1954 The Adversary Listen (MP3)
An island haven for crooks, swindlers, smugglers and other nogoodniks receives a visit from 'Honest John Weatherby' , a merchant captain who is eager to demonstrate just how honest a fellow he really is. Adapted from the story by John Russell.
June 3, 1954 An Ordinary Man Listen (MP3)
June 10, 1954 Benchillina and the Fisherman Listen (MP3)
A fishing trip to the back country of Ireland leads a vacationer into a dangerous love triangle wisha beautiful Gypsy girl. Adapted from the story by John Dehner.
June 17, 1954 Blood Waters Listen (MP3)
A diver becomes enmeshed with a gang of treasure hunters in the Amazon. See also: "The Footprint" (Escape). Adapted from the story by Tony Barrett.
June 24, 1954 Judgement Day at Crippled Deer Listen (MP3)
The Klondike is the setting for this tale of murder and revenge when a close knit group of friends seek frontier justice against the killer of a missing companion. Adapted from the story by Les Crutchfield.
July 1, 1954 The Dark Wall Listen (MP3)
A man must take his schizophrenic wife across the high Pyrenees to get her to the hospital, but her delusions persuade the locals on the way that he is a threat to her life. Adapted from the story by Kathleen Hite.
July 10, 1954 The Birds Listen (MP3)
A story of the day when all the birds in the world decided the planet would be better off without humans in it. Adapted from the story by Daphne du Maurier.
July 17, 1954 Eye of Evil Listen (MP3)
A story with similarities to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. A representative of a historical research society is sent into the depths of the Burmese jungle to locate a fellow researcher who has seemingly gone mad. Adapted from the story by Kathleen Hite.
July 24, 1954 Flood on the Goodwin Listen (MP3)
A salvage crew helping to rescue ships in the English Channel during the war inadvertently takes on a Nazi saboteur. Adapted from the story by David Divine.
July 31, 1954 Night of the Guns Listen (MP3)
Two American smugglers in Haiti are confused by the natives' demands for their merchandise. Adapted from the story by Morton Fine and David Friedkin.
August 7, 1954 The Price of the Head Listen (MP3)
A violent alcoholic beach bum in the South Seas is continually rescued from dire straits by his native companion - but what possible reason could he have for going to all the trouble? Adapted from the story by John Russell.
August 14, 1954 The Coward Listen (MP3)
The lone survivor of a plane crash in the Caribbean seeks to return to the crash site to retrieve a fortune. Adapted from the story by E. Jack Neuman.
August 21, 1954 Two and Two Make Four Listen (MP3)
A merchant sailor recovering from a head wound in Calais suffers a blackout after which he finds himself in England and the target of an unknown enemy out to kill him. Adapted from the story by Walter Brown Newman.
August 28, 1954 The King of Owanatu Listen (MP3)
Two fortune hunters after black pearls find a mother lode on a remote Pacific island, one ruled over by a hermitical tyrant with an arsenal and an army of natives to back up his power. Adapted from the story by Robert Tallman.
September 4, 1954 The Boiling Sea Listen (MP3)
A ship becomes trapped when a volcano rises out of the ocean around them, encircling them in a ring of rock and burning magma. Adapted from the story by Vincent McHugh.
September 11, 1954 Carnival in Vienna Listen (MP3)
September 18, 1954 The Target Listen (MP3)
An insurance investigator on the trail of a con man in Chile gets caught in his target's web of betrayal, deceit and murder. Adapted from the story by Tony Barrett.
September 25, 1954 Heart of Kali Listen (MP3)
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