2 + Hours of Crime

First a look at this day in History.

Then Let George Do It starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast July 2, 1951,  73 years ago, Is Everybody Happy?  A wealthy man named "Lorenzo The Great" supports many people, but is shot and killed.

Followed by I Was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast July 2, 1952, 72 years ago, Where the Red Men Roam.  "The Battle Of The Bowl" doesn't go quite as the party would like it, thanks to Cvetic's brother and his new "girl" Tanya. 

Then Night Watch with Donn Reed, originally broadcast July 2, 1954, 70 years ago, A Drunken Brawl and a .38 Special.   The first police call is about a fight on a street corner. A woman is beating a man on the head with her shoe. She's drunk and screaming. A man is seen with his little boy in a bar, with a gun!

Followed by Gang Busters, originally broadcast July 2, 1949, 75 years ago,The Case of the Metropolitan Motor Mob. A car theft ring ends when they pick on the wrong candy store. 

Finally Superman, originally broadcast July 2, 1941, 83 years ago, The White Plague. . A clue to the disappearance is an eagle with a ten-foot wing-spread! Superman finds Jimmy Olsen and Nancy...they've been drugged!   Bud Collyer as Clark Kent and Superman, with Jackie Kelk as Jimmy Olsen. 

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