What happens
Frank Thompson, a laid-off cleaning-plant worker, argues with Sam, a liquor store clerk, and later returns to apologize. When he arrives the storekeeper is dead and a witness accuses Frank of the killing. Frank is indicted for first-degree murder, and his public defender, Ernie Gibbons, tries to build a defense as jury selection begins. Frank recognizes a juror as the man he saw fleeing the store. This episode of Suspense, aired March 8, 1954, stars Ronald Reagan.
A city liquor store at night, a jail cell, and a courtroom during a murder trial.
Characters: Frank Thompson, Sam, Ernie Gibbons, Eddie
Listen for: Frank's conviction that a juror is the real killer, and Ernie's cautious advice about what proof they can actually produce.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.