Cloak and Dagger - Single Episodes


(4.6 stars; 97 reviews)

CLOAK AND DAGGER Cloak and Dagger opened over the NBC network on May 7, 1950. It had a short run through the Summer on Sundays, changing to Fridays after its Summer run. The last show aired October 22, 1950. The series told fictional stories of OSS agents during World War II who took dangerous missions behind enemy lines, knowing they may never return alive. The series was based on the 1946 book "Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Story of the OSS" by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain. It was a tense half hour of patriots and traitors, of triumph, tragedy and failure. The stories did not always end in success -- sometimes, the hero/agent gave up his life. There were 22 episodes, broadcast in 1950. The theme music was either identical or very similar to that used by Tales of the Texas Rangers . Sherman Marks directed. The cast consisted of The Hungarian Giant, played by Raymond Edward Johnson, and Impy the Midget, played by Gilbert Mack. From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

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(5 stars)

pigged out on horror and murder shows and need an antidote. These are suspenseful and well-done, but you can pick any one and know the good guys will triumph over the scumbags every time. Every episode is good. Came back and added a star..

something different


(3 stars)

There are lots of radio shows about spies in World War II, but this one manages to take a different angle on the business of foreign intrigue. The agents are often non-professionals, and find themselves in strange situations and locales. I particularly liked "Roof of the World" and "Recommendation from Rommel". These stories are "suggested" by actual cases in the archives of the OSS, which allows the scriptwriters some latitude to come up with great stories without being bound to exact events.

Highly valuable ahistorical piece of American Propaganda


(3 stars)

I find it rather hypocritical that a country with a history of slavery and extermination tells us (Italians) that we were fighting a war of ‘men against machines’ in Abyssinia and spreads a negative image of us all over the world! It takes incredible courage to proclaim senseless idiocy like that after you’ve just dropped two atomic bombs on civilians of a highly civilized culture like the japanese. The Abyssinians were being armed by the British and other western powers, so to say it was a war of machines against men is an ideological exaggeration. The Italians that sacrificed their lives for their nation, the Duce and the King, didn’t do so in vain, they gave our country a wonderful page in the history books, because after the frontline of brave soldiers, including the indigenous Askaris fighting on our side, followed engineers, technicians, roadworkers, rail workers you name it, to modernize a country that was simply underdeveloped!

fantastic series


(5 stars)

i love listening to these, so glad i came across these, i see someone missed the memo that it’s fiction and not a history lesson, People can get so wrapped up in their own narratives that they read way too deep into things, this is just a story, it is not real events, This is a work of fiction, not a historical documentary. Maybe enjoy the story for what it is rather than projecting real-world politics onto it, worth remembering that Cloak and Dagger is a fictional story meant for entertainment,Sometimes it's best to enjoy the narrative without reading too deeply into historical parallels

Exciting stuff!


(4 stars)

This series is surprisingly good. I'm a fan of Johnny Dollar, Escape, Dragnet, and a few others of the same era, but when I heard the first one of these, I immediately added it to my list of favorites. Of course, it's from 1950, so most episodes follow the tried and true recipe of the time: a guy with a Brooklyn accent, through luck and pluck, wins the day. Except sometimes there's an unexpected twist that leads you to think this is not your average radio drama. Definitely worth listening to.

Hidden Gem


(5 stars)

This is a terrific, yet underappreciated series. Great production values, real drama and suspense, and based on actual events. It's a shame it came along later in the game and a shame it wasn't given more of a chance.


(4 stars)

Very clean/clear transcriptions. Great series I’m an OTR fanatic and this series, to my chagrin was one I always overlooked. My mistake. I really give it 5 stars for concept, content and again, great clean audio.

Cloak and Dagger


(5 stars)

A very interesting view into the post war reflections of patriotism through fictional accounts of citizen spies.