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Action
Originally Aired: October 5, 1953
Suspense #520, "Action," features Herbert Marshall as Bill, a man who awakens one Monday morning to discover a troubling numbness down his right side—the unmistakable sign of a stroke. Refusing to accept the fate of a slow decline into invalidism, Bill confides in his old friend Adrian Tillett over lunch at their club. While others their age succumb to gradual decay, Bill envisions a different path. He tells Tillett about a recurring dream of climbing an increasingly impossible crag, and reveals his radical plan: to test the limits of human capability when…
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