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The Gift of Jumbo Brannigan
Originally Aired: March 1, 1951
Suspense #418, "The Gift of Jumbo Brannigan," stars William Bendix as Jumbo Brannigan, a career criminal who walks out of prison after serving yet another sentence with no intention of going straight. Despite promising the warden he'll make an honest living and provide a home for his fourteen-year-old son, Jumbo plans to return immediately to his life of crime on the south side of town. But when the boy meets him at the prison gates, starry-eyed and desperate for a father's love, Jumbo finds himself unexpectedly burdened by the kid's devotion. Though he lays…
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