The Complete Orson Welles · duane Old Time Radio
The Adventures of Harry Lime || Horse Play || 1951
·29 min·2 clips
Harry Lime reveals the shooting was staged with blanks and chicken blood, a final twist to secure Harris's $28,000 and send him fleeing.
As heard by us
A Paris swindle dressed in wit, menace, and polished radio style.
Harry Lime turns a Paris betting scheme into a study in confidence, performance, and the greed he assumes lives in everyone. Orson Welles sells it from both angles at once, as the man laying out the con and as the storyteller enjoying every turn of it.
Why you'd press play
Press play if you want a conman who sounds delighted with his own method and never bothers to hide it.
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