THE BLACK MINUTE

[RADIO-SCRIPT]
[BBC title card] “Thriller about medium who is stabbed in the throat during

séance. Supernatural causes are suspected but Dr. Gideon Fell eventually proves

that he has been murdered by perfectly natural ones.”

[Program information]
ORIGINATION:

Various.

DURATION:

February 13, 1940; et al.

PERSONNEL:

Ted Bliss (director—1943,Suspense), John Dickson Carr

(scriptwriter), John Cheatle (producer—1940, 1941), Wilbur Hatch (musical

conductor—1943,Suspense), Lucien Moraweck (composer—1943,Suspense),

William Spier (producer—1943,Suspense).

CAST [1940]: Vivienne Chatterton, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Valentine Dyall, Thea

Holme, Gordon McLeod, Geoffrey Wincott.

CAST [1943,Suspense]: Wendy Barrie, Joseph Kearns (?), Peter Lorre, George

Zucco.

EXTANT RECORDINGS:

“Moment of Darkness” (4/20/43).

[Program log]
(HOME SERVICE)
[Tuesday—8:20-9:00 PM]

February 13, 1940The Black Minute

(HOME SERVICE)
[Saturday—9:35-10:15 PM

October 18, 1941The Black Minute

SUSPENSE (KNX, HOLLYWOOD)

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April 20, 1943Moment of Darkness