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Cloak and Dagger

22 episodes · 1950 · NBC · Thriller

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True stories of the wartime OSS, America's spy service in World War II, based on the book by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain. Heard on NBC in 1950.

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1950

• Frank Baker's Story May 7, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  The first show, introduced by Colonel Corey Ford, whose book with Alastair MacBain the stories come from. An OSS agent parachutes into occupied Austria and makes one serious mistake.
• The Trojan Horse May 28, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  A Paris nightclub singer is brought to Casablanca to feed her old lover false word about the Allied landing in North Africa.
• The Brenner Pass June 4, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An OSS agent sent to blow up a highway in Italy succeeds with the help of a beautiful woman, though he doesn't live to see it.
• The People in the Forest June 11, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  An agent parachutes into occupied France, where a traitor is destroying the underground.
• The Kachin Story June 18, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An OSS man is shot down in the Burmese jungle and, with an Irish priest and Kachin tribesmen, battles a Japanese commander who went to M.I.T.
• Direct Line to Bombers June 25, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  Two OSS spies slip into Berlin with walkie-talkies to guide Allied bombers.
• The Eyes of Buddha July 2, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An agent flies to Siam to rescue an American held by the Japanese, and escapes from a prison camp. Opens with a news bulletin on Korea.
• The Trap July 9, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An agent checks whether the Nazis have hidden reinforcements in a French forest. His talent as a cartoonist helps, and a wild chase follows.
• The Secret Box July 23, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  Jerry Lester plays an OSS agent sent behind Japanese lines to bring back an important prisoner.
• The Swastika on the Windmill July 30, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An agent stays with his uncle in occupied Holland and radios troop movements to the Allies.
• Recommendation from Rommel August 6, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An agent in northern Italy finds himself sharing a train compartment with Field Marshal Rommel.
• The Roof of the World August 13, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  A husband-and-wife team of archaeologists go to Tibet for the OSS, with Nazis on the same trail.
• Norwegian Incident August 20, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  Two agents are sent into Norway to blow up a bridge, and a Gestapo officer gets in the way.
• The Black Radio August 27, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An agent parachutes behind the lines to set up a secret 'black radio' station, and the Gestapo closes in.
• A War of Words September 1, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An American agent must deliver a message to the commandant of a Japanese prison camp.
• Overground Railroad September 8, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An agent in occupied Paris builds an escape line for downed American flyers.
• Seeds of Doubt September 15, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An agent in liberated Paris takes a dead friend's place as a spy, and as a husband, to unmask Nazis posing as American soldiers.
• Operation Sell-Out September 22, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  A two-man mission to find a German submarine base in France becomes a three-man mission.
• The Last Mission September 29, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  In Japanese-occupied Canton, a drunken old bum called Charlie is really an OSS agent.
• Delay En Route October 6, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  An agent helping the Italian partisans is forced to help a Fascist scientist escape with plans for new weapons.
• Wine of Freedom October 15, 1950 · 30 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Windfall October 22, 1950 · 28 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.