THE CAPTAIN OF THE POLE-STAR

[SHORT-STORY]

Story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1890…

[CHRONOLOGY]

THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER (WRVR, NEW YORK)

[???day—10:07-11:00 PM]

October 6, 1978 “The Captain of the Pole-Star

[“…John Ray, a young medic, signs on as doctor of the Polestar, a

whaling ship. He is warned that the voyage will be dangerous and that

the ship’s captain, David Cragie, is so temperamental that he allows no

one in the cabin, not even the steward. Now, after six weeks of searching

for whales in the Arctic, Dr. Ray and the crew are terrified by the strange

noises emanating from the captain’s quarters and by the ice that is

closing in around them…”]

SCRIPT:

Murray Burnett.

PERSONNEL:

Himan Brown (producer-director).

CAST:

Court Benson (Captain Cragie), Earl Hammond (Bruce), Paul Hecht (Dr.

John Ray), Joan Shay (Flora).

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