In Post-war America fear took on new forms. The witch-hunt of superpower espionage swept the Western. In the event that you weren’t a patriot you had been suspect.We needed heroes. We required Mr X.Herbert Marshall played the role of agent Ken Thurston – the ‘Mr. X’ who travelled far and wide throughout the world as he unravelled dangerous cases. Within this he was ably aided, or perhaps annoyed, with a comedic side-kick; Pegon Zellschmidt.The Nation and ourselves were in safe hands even if he wasn’t.