Wet Saturday (Suspense!)

On a quiet, rain-soaked Saturday afternoon, a respectable family’s routine is shattered when their daughter accidentally kills a man during a confrontation. Rather than report the shocking event, her quick-thinking father calmly begins orchestrating a cover-up. As the storm rages outside, he manipulates neighbors, invents alibis, and carefully rearranges the facts—determined to protect his daughter at any cost. What follows is a chilling study of family loyalty, deception, and how easily ordinary people can justify extraordinary wrongdoing when the stakes become personal. Darkly witty and increasingly tense, “Wet Saturday” turns a simple domestic crisis into a masterclass in psychological suspense.Wet Saturday is a darkly ironic episode of Suspense based on the short story by John Collier.The June 2, 1951 broadcast of Wet Saturday on the radio series Suspense featured the following principal cast:Herbert Marshall — Mr. Princey (the calculating father)Bonita Granville — Millicent Princey (his daughter)Joseph Kearns — The InspectorParley Baer — Neighbor / supporting roleLillian Buyeff — Mrs. PrinceyHarry Bartell — Additional supporting roleDirector: William Spier