The Cat Is Dead

CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Cat Is Dead" is a Mystery from Wednesday, February 2, 1977.

His code name in the underground was Jean Barrere. After World War II, in the Normandy town of Moncarnet, Barrere chose burglary as a profession. Because of his techniques, he was nicknamed “Le Cat” by the gendarmes. While being chased after one of his heists, Barrere is hidden by another former underground member, Nicole Maynard, now engaged to an American flyer they had saved. Her fiancé doesn’t understand why Nicole would protect a thief—but Nicole does.