Suspense - Short Order

In "Short Order," the owner of a diner is driven mad by a customer with a disfigured face.

As the episode opens, Mr. Bailey is hard at work at his diner. He is happy with his new cook, Johnson, and business is going well. Things start to change when a patron with a horribly scarred face begins frequenting the diner on a daily basis.

His appearance is disturbing to the other customers, and business quickly drops off. Mr. Bailey is miserable because the stranger seems to bring nothing but bad luck. Will Mr. Bailey find a way to rid himself of his unwanted customer?

"Short Order" was written by John F. Suitor and produced/directed by William Spier. Joseph Kearns played Bailey, Conrad Binyon played Johnson, and Gerald Mohr played the ketchup-loving stranger. This episode aired on August 16, 1945.

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Comments

[Kevin]

I don't think I've heard this before but there is something familiar about the ketchup element of it.

A very good story, well acted and a great ending!

John F Suitor wrote one other story for Suspense called "Fragile: Contents Death" which they aired twice. I'm going to listen to it now.

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This is the sort of story that would work better on radio than in a visual medium. We have to imagine for ourselves just how disfigured the stranger is, instead of watching the product of a make-up artist.

[Richard McLeod]

Gerald Mohr starred in many radio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio most notably Raymond Chandler's The Adventures of Philip Marlowe. Gerald Mohr had the "Million Dollar Voice" for both radio and screen. He also also had the good looks to go with it as he starred in many motion pictures and at the time and was comparable to Humphrey Bogart if not better. He died an early death from a heart attack while working in Sweden.