Five Fingers - Old Time Radio Espionage

About this episode

The episode explores the wartime espionage story of Ulysses Diello, a valet at the British Embassy during World War II, through the Lux Radio Theatre production 'Five Fingers'.

This week on The Shiver Show, Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn cinch up their trench coats once again and step into the shadowy world of wartime espionage with “Five Fingers” from Lux Radio Theatre (1952). Starring the incomparable James Mason, reprising his film role, this stylish spy drama is based on the real-life story of the infamous spy with the code name Cicero. Mason plays Ulysses Diello, a suave and deeply opportunistic valet working at the British Embassy in Ankara during World War II. By...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mary Labrie, Greg Flynn

Topics covered

• espionage
• drama
• wartime
• radio theatre
• spy
• history

Keywords

• espionage
• Five Fingers
• James Mason
• Lux Radio Theatre
• World War II
• spy drama
• Ankara

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lux Radio Theatre

Books & works: Five Fingers

Places: British Embassy, Ankara

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