The Face Is Familiar

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · Aug 29, 2026 · 30m

Originally Aired: January 18, 1954

Suspense #535, "The Face Is Familiar," stars Jack Benny as Tom Jones, a down-on-his-luck man with an unusual talent: he never forgets a face. While wandering through a train station, Tom spots Harry Edmonds, someone he remembers from their old neighborhood on 12th Street and 2nd Avenue. Harry doesn't remember Tom at all, but Tom eagerly approaches him anyway, rattling off names and places from their shared past. What Tom doesn't realize is that Harry and his associate Joe are criminals planning a bank robbery, and they're desperately searching for someone…