The Mercury Theatre on the Air: Hell on Ice (original master recording)

Genre: drama, historical fiction Running time: 60 minutes Network: CBS Starring: Orson Welles Frank Readick Joseph Cotten Ray Collins William Alland Announcer: Dan Seymour Written by Edward Ellsberg (novel) Howard Koch (adaptation) Directed by Orson Welles Produced by Orson Welles John Houseman Executive producer: Davidson Taylor (for CBS) Narrated by Orson Welles Music by Bernard Herrmann Recording studio: Columbia Broadcasting Building, 485 Madison Avenue, New York Originally broadcast: October 9, 1938, 8-9 pm ET Opening theme: Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Sponsor: sustaining (none)