Orson Welles appeared as Harry Lime in "Man of Mystery", episode number 37
of the British radio show "The Lives of Harry Lime", produced by Harry Alan Towers.
"Man of Mystery" was one of ten episodes in the series written by Welles. Directed by
Tig Roe. Cast: Orson Welles (Harry Lime) and Frédéric O'Brady (Gregory Arkadin), with
Betty McDowell, Robert Rieti. The music featured Anton Karas playing zither.

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The radio play was later developed into the script for the Orson Welles film Mr. Arkadin
(1955 aka Confidential Report) and also novelized as Mr. Arkadin: Aka Confidential Report:
The Secret Sordid Life of an International Tycoon by Orson Welles.

Mr. Arkadin, the film, airs on TCM. There is an excellent DVD release, box packaged with the
Welles novel, available on Amazon.

French critics, writing in Cahiers du Cinema, called Mr. Arkadin one of the 12 best films
ever made.

The New York Times said: "To less specialized observers, the film seems more like 'Citizen
Kane' revisited. It is, in turn, baffling, exciting, infuriating, original and obscure. It
is also, from start to finish, the work of a man with an unmistakable genius for the film
medium. In other words, it is typically Orson Welles."