But Hitchcock was primarily a filmmaker and many of his movies were adapted on the radio. I thought it would be interesting to listen to each old-time radio adaptation of every Alfred Hitchcock film and then see what I discover. Let's begin!
The Lodger
- Forecast (July 22, 1940): starring Herbert Marshall
- Suspense (December 14, 1944): starring Robert Montgomery
- Hollywood Star Time (May 19, 1946): starring Vincent Price and Cathy Lewis (who substituted for Ida Lupino)
- Mystery in the Air (August 14, 1947): starring Peter Lorre and Agnes Moorehead
- Suspense (February 14, 1948): starring Robert Montgomery
The Lodger was adapted five times; of these, only the Forecast program referenced Alfred Hitchcock's film as it was used as the pilot episode of Suspense. But it was an incomplete adaptation and when Suspense became a series it was without Hitchcock's involvement.
Suspense adapted the original novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes twice, both with Robert Montgomery as the star. The first was a half-hour, the second was one-hour, but, like most hour-long episodes of Suspense it's not really much different than the shorter version - just padded a bit. The Hollywood Star Time is pretty good, although it takes considerable liberties with the novel! Peter Lorre is great in the Mystery in the Air version too, although again, just like Hitchcock's own film, no one used the novel as much more than a launching point.
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