Crime Classics - Twenty Three Knives Against Caesar (2-10-54)

Crime Classics was a U. S. radio docudrama which aired over CBS from June 15, 1953 to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis, the program was basically a historical true crime series, examining crimes, and especially murders, from the past. It grew out of Lewis's personal interest in famous murder cases, and took a documentary-like approach to the subject, carefully recreating the facts, personages, and feel of the time period. Comparatively little dramatic license was taken with the facts and events, but the tragedy was leavened with humor, expressed largely through the narration. THIS EPISODE: February 10, 1954. CBS network. "Twenty Three Knives Against Caesar". Sustaining. Hail Caesar...from a "Crime Classics" point of view. Lou Merrill (host), Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Edgar Barrier, Hy Averback, Marvin Miller, Harry Bartell, Bob Lemond (announcer), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Lou Krugman, Irene Tedrow, Betty Harford. 30:12.