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The Butcher’s Wife
Originally Aired: February 9, 1950
Suspense #371, "The Butcher's Wife," stars Kirk Douglas as Harry Carr, a New York transplant who lands a liquor clerk job at a Los Angeles supermarket. On his first day, Harry locks eyes with Mary, the checkout girl, and despite warnings from Nick the vegetable man that she's married, he can't resist the attraction. Mary's husband is Krause, the store's butcher—a creepy figure with thick glasses that make his eyes look like baseballs, constantly wielding cleavers and mallets as he works. Harry and Mary begin a reckless affair, staying out until the early…
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