Mon, 24 March 2008  Eric Ambler is mostly known as a writer of spy related novels. Mask of Dimitrios (published in the U.S. as A Coffin for Dimitrios)
is about a writer of detective stories who bargains for more than he
can handle as he researches the mysterious Dimitrios. He is pulled
farther and farther into a web of deceit. The book was made into a film
and the film into a radio play as presented on the Screen Guild Theatre in 1945.
A look at the story and Ambler. Comments[3] |
ouch! that has to be the worst effort i've ever heard from well-known stars. i hope it's not the best treatment ambler ever got on radio!
posted by: jeff covey on Sat, 4/5 08:26 PM EDT
To my knowledge, it is the only Ambler ever produced on radio - at least during the "golden age." But you are correct and as I mentioned in the podcast, it is pretty bad. I think I was trying to be nice!
posted by: detective on Sun, 4/6 12:47 PM EDT
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