Nick Magnus (Ben Welden) is a bit of a clumsy gangster: Not only does
he announce murdering Jerry Lawson (Wally Cassell) by telephone, he has
alsodoes so having dialed the wrong number, that of crimesolving couple Mr
and Mrs North (Richard Denning, Barbara Britton). The two of them rush to
the place they know Lawson is hiding out, Dave Ferber's (Frank J.Scannell)
barbershop - to find Lawson murdered before Nick Magnus even had a
chance to get there. Still, Magnus is the main suspect, but he takes the
North's hostage to make a getaway - but doesn't get far because he is
known for never carrying a gun ... Ultimately, the North's discover the
truth lies not with Magnus, who has merely been at the wrong place at the
wrong time, but with Ferber himself, whose wife Carolyn Jones) had an
affair with Lawson - and siince Ferber did not only have a motive but was
the only one who had a chance to hide the murder weapon, he is soon
arrested for the murder. Fun little crime story, brought to
life especially by the performance of Ben Welden, self-ironically aping a
picture book gangster who pretty much everyone in the episode is making
fun of.
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