The Glass Key: Mercury Radio Production (1939)

welles mercury1 The Glass Key: Mercury Radio Production (1939)

Thanks to a pointer to the Mercury Theater on the Air site from Lloydville of mardecortesbaja.com.

Amongst many broadcasts from this famous Orson Welles radio-play project, is a 1939 radio adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Glass Key, which was adapted for the screen in 1935 and again in 1942.

You can download an MP3 of the original broadcast from the Mercury Theater on the Air site.