The Lives of Harry Lime, Volume 1

Written by Towers Of London

Narrated by Orson Welles and Full Cast

Volume 1 of The Lives of Harry Lime In the film noir classic, Orson Welles played Harry Lime - rogue, scoundrel, and black marketeer in postwar Vienna. At the end of the film, in a spectacular chase through the sewers of the city, Harry met his end - but in radio’s first prequel, Welles resumed the role in “The Lives of Harry Lime”, a series produced in England by Harry Alan Towers. The programs present Lime’s criminal adventures before he met his doom - bank heists, confidence schemes, swindles, and such - in a series of witty and well written lighthearted dramas featuring Welles and a virtual stock company of talented actors in adventures set in such exotic locales as Paris, Venice, Tangiers, and the French Riviera.

This ten-hour Radio Archives collection features the first twenty shows from the series, transferred directly from original transcription recordings and fully restored for outstanding audio fidelity.

Programs include:

Too Many Crooks - August 3, 1951

See Naples and Live -August 10, 1951

Clay Pigeon - August 17, 1951

A Ticket to Tangiers - August 24, 1951

Voodoo - August 31, 1951

The Bohemian Star - September 7, 1951

Love Affair - September 14, 1951

Rogue's Holiday - September 21, 1951

Work of Art - September 28, 1951

Operation Music Box - October 5, 1951

Golden Fleece - October 12, 1951

Blue Bride - October 19, 1951

Every Frame Has a Silver Lining - October 26, 1951

Mexican Hat Trick - November 2, 1951

Art is Long and Lime is Fleeting - November 9, 1951

In Pursuit of a Ghost - November 16, 1951

Horse Play - November 23, 1951

Three Farthings for Your Thoughts - November 30, 1951

The Third Woman - December 7, 1951

An Old Moorish Custom - December 14, 1951

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media Audio
• Release date: Oct 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781690540731

Reviews for The Lives of Harry Lime, Volume 1

[Jesan Sorrells · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Orson Welles was a genuine genius no matter how many different ways you want to cut it. And The Third Man was probably the height of his radio show production genius. From stem to stern, this show doesn't disappoint.