Spoiler : J. Carroll Naish plays Luigi Basco, a gentle Italian that attends night school with other immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia, taking US citizenship classes. Hans Conreid plays Schulz, the German. Alan Reed plays Pasquale (Luigi's friend and sponsor). Jody Gilbert plays Pasquale's daughter Rosa. Mary Shipp plays Miss Spaulding, the night school teacher. The format of the program begins and ends with Luigi's letters he writes to his Mama in Italy. He tells her what is happening to him in Chicago, USA. Great radio. The program was broadcast by CBS from 1949 to 1953. The series also had a nice run on television too.