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The Card Game
Originally Aired: April 19, 1954
Suspense #548, "The Card Game," stars Richard Widmark as Chick Regan, a compulsive gambler desperately chasing one big score to solve all his problems. After losing yet another poker game, Regan returns home to his pregnant wife Jenny, who has reached her breaking point. She announces she's divorcing him and demands he move out before she returns from work, unable to raise a child with a man who gambles away every paycheck and cannot hold down a job. Regan tries to convince her that all he needs is enough money to get into the right card game, still clinging…
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