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Episode aired Nov 20, 1952
30m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Comedy Crime Drama

A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.A notorious criminal returns to his home town after 15 years away, and a young man wants to join him in notoriety and, probably, death at the hands of police.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Dick Powell

Eddie White

David Holt

Chuck Stern

Howard McNear

Mr. Stern
(as Howard McNeer)

Claire Carleton

Alice Hutchinson

Maudie Prickett

Mrs. White

Herbert Heyes

Mr. White

Herbert Ellis

Hank - Man in Bar
(as Herb Ellis)

Russ Conway

Detective

Director
- Robert Florey
Writer
- Blake Edwards
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Trivia
The hotel owner is Howard McNear, who would become well known for playing Floyd the Barber on the Andy Griffith Show.

Goofs
When the drunk gets kicked out of the bar, his footsteps on the street sound like he's running on wood.

Quotes
Detective: We're gonna take ya. We'd rather do it without any shooting but it's up to you.

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Featured review

5/10

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This hard boiled noirish short story is very much inspired by the ending of Angels with Dirty Faces.

Eddie White (Dick Powell) is surrounded by the police. There is nowhere to run.

Flashbacks show that he has checked in a crummy hotel, in a dead end town under the name of John Smith. He has gained the hostility of Chuck Stern. The hot headed teenage son of the hotel owner.

Only Eddie used to live here. He left 15 years ago and got notoriety. He became a gangster as a teenager. Now he is wanted man for murder.

As Eddie walked around town, Chuck follows him. Just what is his game and how much does he know. Chuck is sure Eddie is not John Smith, even hinting that he knows Eddie's surname is white.

The moral of the story is there is no way out for Eddie, maybe he could save Chuck before he too completely loses his way.

It all felt rather hokey and it also looked cheap. Maybe because it was meant to be crummy place but it felt too much like a studio backlot.