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The Man Who Cried Wolf
Originally Aired: February 9, 1953
Suspense #499, "The Man Who Cried Wolf," presents a harrowing tale of Cold War desperation starring William Powell. Meros Leko, a Russian cipher clerk working at the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City, has spent three years observing the freedoms enjoyed by ordinary Mexican citizens—freedoms he can only dream of under communist rule. When his superior, Comrade Zapotin, informs him that he's being recalled to Moscow as a poor security risk, Leko understands what awaits him: prison, a work camp in Siberia, or death. In a desperate bid for survival, he steals…
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