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  1. Alibi Me

    In "Alibi Me," Mickey Rooney stars as a small-time hood who murders his rival and then desperately tries to come up with an alibi.

    Mickey_Rooney As the episode opens, Georgie confronts his long-time enemy, Juley, who has taken over part of his punchboard territory. Juley is smug and condescending to Georgie, who then kills him in angry rage.

    Afterward, Georgie realizes that he will be the first one the police suspect. So, he goes on a crazed search to find anyone who will give him an alibi.

    Can he come up with one in time? Or, will his dead rival get the last laugh?

    "Alibi Me" was written by Therd Jeffrey and adapted by Walter Newman. Elliott Lewis produced an directed. Mickey Rooney starred. Also appearing were Tommy Bernard, Wally Maher, Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph Kearns, and Lou Merrill. This episode aired on January 4, 1951.

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  2. The One Who Got Away

    In "The One Who Got Away," Hume Cronyn stars as a bank employee who blackmails a coworker to help him commit murder.

    Hume-cronyn As the episode opens, James is listening to his wife, Ethel, talk.

    Is he really listening? He tries, but Ethel just talks and talks and talks…

    After ten years of marriage, James has had enough. The problem is he can’t find a way out. He tried to leave her once, but she followed him and talked until he "came back home…just to shut her up."

    One day, an opportunity to change his situation comes along. While doing a spot check on accounts, James discovers that long-time bank employee Arthur H. Tillworth has been embezzling! Tillworth offers to do anything to keep James from a filing his report. So, James decides that Tillworth can provide him with an alibi…while he gets rid of Ethel once and for all.

    Will he get away with it?

    "The One Who Got Away" was written by James Keene and produced/directed by William Spier. Hume Cronyn starred. Also appearing were Cathy Lewis, Hans Conried, and Joseph Kearns. This episode aired on November 14, 1946.

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  3. The Earth is Made of Glass

    In "The Earth is Made of Glass," Joseph Cotten stars as man who commits murder to find out if Ralph Waldo Emerson’s reflections on universal compensation are true.

    Joseph Cotten As the episode opens, Nurse Adams and Dr. West are discussing Mr. Richard Steel, a patient who has just died. She asks him what should be done with Mr. Steel’s personal items. The doctor looks through Mr. Steel’s possessions and comes across a diary and begins to read….

    From Mr. Steel’s diary, we learn that he and a friend had a intellectual dispute over the truth of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 1841 essay Compensation. They argued over the theory that whatever a man does comes back to him—measure for measure. If one commits a crime, then that person will be punished in one way or another.

    Mr. Steel wanted to test that theory by committing a murder in such a way that the law of universal compensation would be proved nonexistant. So, he committed a murder.

    Now, he is dead.

    Was Emerson right?

    "The Earth is Made of Glass" was written by Silvia Richards and produced/directed by William Spier. Joseph Cotten starred. Also appearing were Joseph Kearns, Gale Gordon, Cathy Lewis, and William Johnstone. This episode aired on September 27, 1945.

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  4. The Dark Tower

    Orson Welles appears as star of the "Suspense" drama called "The Dark Tower" from the play by George S. Kaufman and the late Alexander Woollcott.

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