X Minus One - The Seventh Victim (#91)

03/06/57, episode 91
This episode provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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War is now illegal (like it ever take lawyers to say it's okay to shoot someone). Instead there is organized murder where people register to hunt and kill other people -- and to be hunted themselves. Another clever story by Robert Sheckley. (from "The Critical X Minus One" by Jim Fanisher)
Credits (Goldin): Arthur Hughes, Frank Maxwell, Ian Martin, Irv West, Lawson Zerbe, Robert Sheckley (author), Teri Keane, Fred Collins (announcer), Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), Kenneth MacGregor (director), William Welch (producer)

[@Dsdcain]

That must have been a fairly large lighter.
That story was so insane it was a thing of beauty. Thanks for sharing these.👍

[@recompile]

It was probably a table lighter. They're not really a thing any more now that smoking isn't in fashion.

[@antonmealy168]

Wondered when that was written. Story matches 'The Tenth victim' movie with Jane Fonda perfectly even though she was the Hunter & another twist was added.

[@OTRR]

The 10th Victim was based on the original story, though heavily modified. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Victim. It was Ursula Andress, though, not Jane Fonda.

[@greggieo]

Nice turn

[@TheGoauldApophis]

"I'm in clothing, you know."
"Yes, I can see that."

[@Wraiths_and_Wreckage]

'It makes me feel so soft and helpless.'
Oh, she's totally gonna kill him. 😆

[@simonmcgrath4112]

Janet, what a gal!! 10/10 in my book, sorry her book!!

[@frankgon4]

Ouch. Didn't see that coming

[@charliepassarell8393]

Robert Sheckley is world class

[@davidarundel6187]

Set a theif to catch a theif , or something like that . Quite a twist at the end , 🤔😲

[@TheGoauldApophis]

So, some people sign up and become victims without being hunters? If everyone who signed up was a hunter first, there'd be no victims.

[@hobieclaiborne2993]

POV: Ur listening to this because of history class

[@fvouhbweobuy]

YES

[@simonmcgrath4112]

Sorry guys what does Pov mean? Of course point of view! Just came to me!!

[@paulsarnik8506]

Yeah, rather predictable 🤷🏼‍♂️🤓😎✌🏻

[@roelienpostma2367]

This is horrible, for me as a European......

[@PebblesOTB]

Not all of them can be winners, completely predictable so kind of ruined the whole thing

[@howardoller443]

I kind of saw it coming, too, but still a very good production overall.