Everybody's in a Racket
Post-war Vienna: Harry Lime is dead, but his friend Rollo Martins has suspicions about the circumstances. Read by Samuel West.
Second-rate thriller writer Rollo Martins has arrived in a snow-bound postwar Vienna to meet his old school chum Harry Lime 鈥� only to find that Harry has recently been killed in a car accident.
And now the police are accusing him of racketeering. Rollo is desperate to clear his old friend鈥檚 name, and already the circumstances of Harry鈥檚 death are proving suspicious鈥�
Samuel West reads from the classic Graham Greene novella that inspired one of the most acclaimed films of all time, starring Orson Welles.
Author: Graham Greene
Reader: Samuel West
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
Music from the original soundtrack written and performed by Anton Karas.
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in June 2016.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Sam West |
| Author | Graham Greene |
| Abridger | Richard Hamilton |
| Producer | Justine Willett |
Broadcasts
Tue 28 Jun 2016 22:45大象传媒 Radio 4- Tue 10 Dec 2019 14:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 11 Dec 2019 02:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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