Escape
Adventure-drama anthology adapts literary tales of danger, survival, and the supernatural, with William Conrad often narrating.
Escape is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954.
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Original schedule
- 19479:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194710:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194810:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194810:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19499:30 AM ETCBS Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19496:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19496:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19496:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19499:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19499:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19499:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19509:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195010:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1950–19513:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19514:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19519:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19518:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1952–19539:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195410:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195410:05 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19549:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19548:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Elliott Lewis
Announcer
FFrank Goss
Announcer
JJack McCoy
Announcer
RRoy Rowan
Announcer
William Conrad
Announcer
Barton Yarborough
Cast
Ben Wright
Cast
Berry Kroeger
Cast
Byron Kane
Cast
CCharles McGraw
Cast
Edgar Barrier
Cast
Elliott Reid
Cast
FFrank Lovejoy
Cast
Georgia Ellis
Cast
GGil Doud
Cast
Hans Conried
Cast
Harry Bartell
Cast
HHarry Morgan
Cast
IIan Wolfe
Cast
Irene Tedrow
Cast
Jack Kruschen
Cast
Jay Novello
Cast
John Dehner
Cast
L
Lawrence 'Larry' Dobkin
Cast
L
Louis 'Lou' Krugman
Cast
Luis van Rooten
Cast
MMarie Windsor
Cast
MMarvin Miller
Cast
Parley Baer
Cast
R
Ramsey Hill
Cast
Sam Edwards
Cast
S
Stanley (Stan) Waxman
Cast
Vic Perrin
Cast
Vincent Price
Cast
Virginia Gregg
Cast
VVivi Janiss
Cast
William Conrad
Cast
WWilms Herbert
Cast
AAntony Ellis
Director
DDavid Friedkin
Director
MMorton Fine
Director
NNorman Macdonnell
Director
RRichard Sanville
Director
William N. Robson
Director
CCy Feuer
Musician
Leith Stevens
Musician
Paul Frees
Narrator
William Conrad
Narrator
Gerald Mohr
Cast
Jack Webb
Cast
RRay Kemper
Sound Effects
NNorman Macdonnell
Producer
WWilliam N. Robeson
Producer
William N. Robson
Producer
A
Algernon Blackwood
Writer
E. Jack Neuman
Writer
GGwen Bagni
Writer
JJohn Bagni
Writer
JJohn Dunkel
Writer
KKathleen Hite
Writer
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