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The Great Train Robbery
Originally Aired: April 13, 1953
Suspense #508, "The Great Train Robbery," features Fred MacMurray as Walter Beaumart, a forty-two-year-old everyman who has spent sixteen years working at a toy manufacturing company for sixty-two dollars a week. Living in Oakland with his wife Bess, Walter has watched his youthful dreams and ambitions fade under the weight of endless bills and responsibilities. When Cousin Eugene comes to visit, he brings more than pleasant conversation to the dinner table. Eugene takes a keen interest in Walter's frustrated aspirations and soon presents him with a…
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