The episode 'Man of Mystery', written by Welles, was later expanded by him and served as the basic plot for his film Mr. The con orchestrated by Welles' character in the episode 'Horse Play' closely resembles that of the 1973 Robert Redford and Paul Newman film ' The Sting.' Both are based on the book 'The Big Con' written by David W. 'Double Double Trouble' (aka 'The Double Double Cross') The full series was syndicated to radio stations in the U.S. It was the first time that the BBC broadcast episodes of a dramatic series that it did not produce. Only sixteen of the episodes were acquired and broadcast by the BBC in the UK. Because my name is Harry Lime.'Īlthough often cited as a BBC production, the series was one of a number produced and distributed independently by Towers of London and syndicated internationally. He died in a sewer beneath Vienna, as those of you know who saw the movie The Third Man. Then Welles would speak: 'That was the shot that killed Harry Lime. Several episodes would begin with ' The Third Man Theme' being played, abruptly cut off by an echoing gunshot. Orson Welles reprised the role of Harry Lime in a series of adventures that preceded the story told in The Third Man. Towers quickly bought the rights to the character and in 1951 he put a syndicated radio series into production.

Towers and Graham Greene, author of The Third Man, had the same literary agent, and Towers learned that Greene had not sold the rights to the character of Harry Lime to Alexander Korda when he sold Korda The Third Man. The Adventures of Harry Lime is one of the most successful series created by prolific British radio producer Harry Alan Towers and his company Towers of London. The radio series is a prequel to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Lime in a somewhat lighter tone than that of the film. Orson Welles reprises his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film The Third Man. The Adventures of Harry Lime (broadcast in the United States as The Lives of Harry Lime) is an old-time radio programme produced in the United Kingdom during the 1951 to 1952 season.

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