Suspense goes to the beach, but not to frolic, in a story called "The Guilty Always Run." In his only appearance on Suspense, Tyrone Powers plays a man suspected of murdering a surfer girl.
As the episode opens, Janie and Jeff are at home in their rented summer house when they receive several strange calls from a young woman. The girl on the other end of the line is gasping for help, but the calls make no sense. Janie suspects that the calls are from Karen, a girl that Jeff had been seen with. Jeff swears to her there is nothing going on between the two of them, but Janie doubts him.
The next day, Jeff does find Karen -- floating in the surf. Jeff becomes the main suspect in Karen's murder until his best friend, Lou, steps in with an alibi.
"The Guilty Always Run" was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin. William Conrad played Lou and Cathy Lewis played Janie. Also appearing were Jack Kruschen, Frank Nelson, and Charlotte Lawrence. At the time he appeared on Suspense, Tyrone Powers was promoting the film, King of the Khyber Rifles. This episode aired on March 22, 1954.
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(Image of Tyrone Power in 1953 by Carl Van Vechten. Wikimedia Commons)
One of the first old-time records I got back in the 70's, included "The Guilty Always Run". For me, it was kind of confusing. I was able to imagine Ty Power as Ty Power of course, but Bill Conrad as Lou I imagined as...Bill Conrad. Or, in other words, Cannon as a surfer dude???
Posted by: Paul | May 07, 2012 at 07:12 AM