Suspense (radio series)

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Suspense was a long-running American radio drama anthology series, especially popular in the 1940s and 1950s, known for its tense, thriller-style stories and appearances by major Hollywood stars.

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instanceOf radio drama anthology series
alsoKnownAs Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills NERFINISHED
broadcastOn CBS Radio NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
executiveProducer William Spier NERFINISHED
featuredStar Agnes Moorehead NERFINISHED
Bette Davis NERFINISHED
Cary Grant NERFINISHED
Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED
Gregory Peck NERFINISHED
Humphrey Bogart NERFINISHED
Jimmy Stewart NERFINISHED
Joan Crawford NERFINISHED
Joseph Cotten NERFINISHED
Lucille Ball NERFINISHED
Marlene Dietrich NERFINISHED
Orson Welles NERFINISHED
Peter Lorre NERFINISHED
Vincent Price NERFINISHED
firstAired 1942-06-17
format anthology
genre mystery
suspense
thriller
lastAired 1962-09-30
laterBroadcastFrom Hollywood NERFINISHED
narrator The Man in Black NERFINISHED
network Columbia Broadcasting System NERFINISHED
notableEpisode "On a Country Road" NERFINISHED
"Sorry, Wrong Number" NERFINISHED
"The Hitch-Hiker" NERFINISHED
notableWriter John Dickson Carr NERFINISHED
Lucille Fletcher NERFINISHED
Robert L. Richards NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes 900+
numberOfSeasons 20
openingTheme "Suspense" theme by Bernard Herrmann NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredAs sustaining program
originallyBroadcastFrom New York City NERFINISHED
producer Anton M. Leader NERFINISHED
Elliott Lewis NERFINISHED
Norman Macdonnell NERFINISHED
William Spier NERFINISHED
slogan Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills NERFINISHED
spinOffOrRelatedWork Suspense (television series) NERFINISHED
sponsor Auto-Lite NERFINISHED
Harlow Wilcox for Auto-Lite NERFINISHED
Roma Wines NERFINISHED
United States Steel NERFINISHED
typicalRuntime 30 minutes

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Howard Duff notableWork Suspense (radio series)
Sorry, Wrong Number basedOn Suspense (radio series)
this entity surface form: Sorry, Wrong Number (radio play)
Hans Conried notableWork Suspense (radio series)
Under Western Eyes adaptation Suspense (radio series)
this entity surface form: Under Western Eyes (radio dramatizations)