Sam Dann did an outstanding job on adapting a classic story by O. Henry: the master of twisted endings. I've read O. Henry's version of this story before. The original title of it is called "A Retrieved Reformation." Same characters, same plot points, same twisted ending. Job well done! For the music and sound effects, not so well. The sound effects of the letter opening, piano playing in the saloon, hotel bell, birds chirping, townspeople murmuring in the bank, drilling the safe, turning the knob, clicking of the safe, and the horses neighing at the buggy were fine, but there wasn't enough for each Act. At the 33-minute 54-second mark, there's an unusual clanking sound and it's a total mystery as to what it is. In ACT-1, there was music that had a humble theme to it. At the 15-minute 10-second mark, it sounded like there was going to be a comical situation coming up. But in ACT-2, there was music with a theme of sudden changes, including love. That's when the music got a little bit better when they added romantic tracks in ACT-3. Not passionate, but suitable. As for E.G. Marshall, his job as Host was good, but his narrations, I think, weren't in the right places. In his Prologue, he asks if people can really change their destiny. In ACT-1, not only he mentions that O. Henry's original name was William Sydney Porter, but also mentions that no one was alien to the man, which made it easier for him to write stories for so many years. In ACT-2, he asks what is a man's essential nature? In ACT-3, he explains that some people have a change of heart/plan/life in the middle of their careers when things don't go accordingly. Then in his Epilogue, he briefly mentions that O. Henry was in prison for 3 years for embezzlement at the bank he worked at in Texas and ends the CBSRMT episode right there. I think his Prologue & Epilogue should've switched because the beginning would present what kind of a Writer we're dealing with and the ending has to finish with a good remark on what we have learned from this tale. But more importantly, the cast members in this were outstanding and entertaining. Robert Dryden (as O. Henry & Mr. Powell), Paul Hecht (as Jimmy Valentine A.K.A. Ralph D. Spencer), Catherine Byers (as Annabel Adams & Magnolia Mercy), Court Benson (as Rudolph Adams & Mike Dolan), and Ken Harvey (as Detective Ben Price). Paul Hecht as the confident safecracker and Catherine Byers as the bank president's daughter brought these characters to life, as if this atmosphere of fondness and idolization was growing as the story progressed. This story made not be as magnificent as his famous story, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, but it does have a twisted ending that will satisfy the listeners. Check it out for it has mystery & romance. 