Summary: Nobody Ever Quits (Aired March 8, 1955) Suspense was actually spawned from another series called Forecast. The 1940 horror show was entitled Suspense and it was based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes' short Jack-the-Ripper novella, The Lodger. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who had made a 1926 silent film based on the same story (Grams, 1997, 3). Its subtle ending generated a large volume of mail which convinced CBS executives that they had a strong market. Two years later, Suspense was aired. It became one of radio's longest lasting shows, surviving twenty years of consistent success. Show Notes From Radio Horror Hosts. THIS EPISODE: March 8, 1955. CBS network. "Nobody Ever Quits". Sustaining. It's a snowy night atop a mountain, and the leader of the old gang is coming to get the guy who went straight. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" (under the title "Night On Red Mountain") on September 15, 1957, January 11, 1959 (see cat. #110886) and November 20, 1960 (see cat. #40965). Peter Leeds, Jack Kruschen, Bill Anders, Antony Ellis (producer, director), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Tom McKee, William N. Robson (writer), Lud Gluskin (conductor), Joyce McCluskey, Larry Thor, Victor Rodman, Irene Barton, Jan Marlowe, Rene Barton, Larry Thor (announcer). 24:48. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
