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2. Everybody's in a Racket

Episode 2 of 5

Post-war Vienna: Harry Lime is dead, but his friend Rollo Martins has suspicions about the circumstances. Read by Samuel West.

Second-rate thriller writer Rollo Martins has arrived in a snow-bound post-war Vienna to meet his old school chum Harry Lime – only to find that Harry has recently been killed in a car accident.

And now the police are accusing him of racketeering.

Rollo is desperate to clear his old friend’s name, and already the circumstances of Harry’s death are proving suspicious…

Samuel West reads from the classic Graham Greene novella that inspired one of the most acclaimed films of all time, starring Orson Welles.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Music from the original soundtrack written and performed by Anton Karas.

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 May 202501:45
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ReaderSam West
AuthorGraham Greene
AbridgerRichard Hamilton
ProducerJustine Willett

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