[3] Cloak and Dagger was broadcast from May 7 to October 22, 1950, as part of "a mystery block with several other shows of far inferior quality".
[4] Scriptwriter Wyllis Cooper directed the series with research support provided by Percy Hoskins, British journalist, crime reporter and author.
[citation needed] The producers were Alfred Hollander[5] and Louis G. Cowan, with Sherman Marks as director.
[1] A 1950 newspaper article commented, "The stories dramatized each week are true, and yet as fantastic as any fiction writer might be able to dream up.
"[1] The program was the first network series based on fully authenticated case histories of OSS espionage.