Swindle To Honolulu (Aired June 5, 1947) The Man Called X was a old-time radio espionage drama series that aired on and off from 1944 through 1951 and sponsored by Frigidaire and later General Motors. Herbert Marshall stars as Ken Thurston, a globe hopping government agent. The show opens with the familiar line "Wherever there is mystery, intrigue, romance, in all the strange and dangerous places of the world, there you will find The Man Called X". Thurston works diligently every week to make the world a safer place by thwarting Cold War enemies and cooling off hotspots of unrest wherever they may be. He is aided/thwarted by his everpresent chiseling "sidekick" Pegon Zeldschmidt, played by Leon Belasco. Marshall, British by birth, starred in films with many of the greatest, especially Detreich in Blonde Venus, Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen, Vincent Price in The Fly, and a great cast in The Razor's Edge, where he portrayed W. Somerset Maugham.The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra supplied the exotic background music. THIS EPISODE: June 5, 1947. "Swindle To Honolulu" - CBS network. Commercials deleted. A land company in Hawaii has been swindling veterans by selling land they don't own. They also frame Ken Thurston for murder! Herbert Marshall, Wendell Niles (nnouncer), Leon Belasco, Jack Johnstone (director), Johnny Green (music), Les Crutchfield (writer). 26:24. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.