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Cloak and Dagger

Networks
NBC (as its archives name them)
Heard
1950
Episodes
22

CLOAK AND DAGGER

More about it

Cloak and Dagger opened over the NBC network on May 7, 1950. It had a short run through the Summer on Sundays, changing to Fridays after its Summer run. The last show aired October 22, 1950. The series told fictional stories of OSS agents during World War II who took dangerous missions behind enemy lines, knowing they may never return alive. The series was based on the 1946 book "Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Story of the OSS" by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain. It was a tense half hour of patriots and traitors, of triumph, tragedy and failure. The stories did not always end in success -- sometimes, the hero/agent gave up his life. There were 22 episodes, broadcast in 1950. The theme music was either identical or very similar to that used by Tales of the Texas Rangers. Sherman Marks directed. The cast consisted of The Hungarian Giant, played by Raymond Edward Johnson, and Impy the Midget, played by Gilbert Mack. From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. File 2218

    · No. 1 · 30 min

  2. The Trojan Horse

    · No. 3 · 30 min

  3. The Brenner Pass Story

    · No. 4 · 30 min

  4. The People in the Forest

    · No. 5 · 28 min

  5. The Kachin Story

    · No. 6 · 30 min

  6. Direct Line to Bombers

    · No. 7 · 30 min

  7. The Eyes of Buddha

    · No. 8 · 30 min

  8. The Trap

    · No. 9 · 30 min

  9. The Secret Box

    · No. 11 · 30 min

  10. Swastika on the Windmill

    · No. 12 · 30 min

  11. Recommendation from Rommel

    · No. 13 · 30 min

  12. The Roof of the World

    · No. 14 · 30 min

  13. Norwegian Incident

    · No. 15 · 30 min

  14. The Black Radio

    · No. 16 · 30 min

  15. War of Words

    · No. 17 · 30 min

  16. Over Ground Railroad

    · No. 18 · 30 min

  17. Seeds of Doubt

    · No. 19 · 30 min

  18. Operation Sellout

    · No. 20 · 30 min

  19. The Last Mission

    · No. 21 · 30 min

  20. Delay on Route

    · No. 22 · 30 min

  21. Wine of Freedom

    · No. 23 · 30 min

  22. Windfall

    · No. 24 · 29 min

Where it comes from 1

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. Cloak and Dagger - Single Episodes

    Old Time Radio Researchers · Old Time Radio Researchers Group · 22 episodes here · archive.org

    CC BY-NC-ND 2.5: CC BY-NC-ND 2.5, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive.

1 more set holds only episodes played here from a set above.

A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.

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