Network broadcast date: Monday,
January 11, 1965
The
Button Stealers
Genre: Foreign intrigue
Author: Murray Burnett
Production number: 121
Production date: Tuesday,
December 29, 1964
Director: Ted Bell
Plotline: When an American spy is killed mid-mission, a retired agent is pulled back into the field to track down a shirt button concealing top secret intelligence.
Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650111+116+The+Button+Stealers.flac
Cast: Ralph Camargo, George Petrie, David Kerman, Danny Ocko
Notes:
Burnett wrote the play ''Everybody Comes to Rick's" that was rejected by Broadway producers, but sold to Warner Brothers, which became the foundation for creating "Casablanca"