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This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Ross Martin. Martin delivers a memorable performance as Al Smith in this 1950 episode of The Eternal Light, a dramatization of the controversy surrounding Smith’s response to questions about whether his Catholic faith disqualified him from serving as President of the United States.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 22, 1950

Program: The Eternal Light

Featuring Roger De Koven as Judge Joseph M. Proskauer and Ross Martin as Al Smith

Also featuring John Slawson

Adapted by Morton Wishengrad from Judge Proskauer’s autobiography

Music composed by Morris Mamorsky and conducted by Milton Katims

Directed by Edward King

Announcer: Mel Brandt

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