Counterspy: Desert Explosion (A0096)
6/13/202634 min
Today's Adventure: Counterspy agents launch an elaborate sting operation to trap the mysterious Manuel Rodriguez, a wealthy Mexican rancher suspected of brokering stolen atomic secrets and international espionage. Posing as crooks who have stolen a valuable uranium compound, Peters and Agent Ella Thomas risk their lives to convince Rodriguez they have something worth killing for.
Original Radio Broadcast: August 18, 1949
Originating in New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters.Also featuring Joan Alexander as Ella Thomas.
Directed by William M. Sweets. Music by Jesse Crawford.
Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions.
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