Originally Aired: March 23, 1950
Suspense #377, "One and One's a Lonesome," Ronald Reagan stars as George Bellock, a man whose profitable side venture is about to collide with his boss's conscience. When Henry Grover left town for a two-month vacation, he entrusted George with managing his modest lumber yard. George saw opportunity and transformed the business, installing slot machines and gambling tables in the warehouse's back room. The money pours in like gangbusters, and George begins to believe he might own the place outright. Then Henry returns home with his new wife Marie, a sharp-tongued woman who immediately sizes up the situation and George himself.
When Henry discovers what George has done with his business, he's appalled and demands George remove all the illegal equipment immediately. But George has anticipated this confrontation and laid a trap: the gambling operation is registered in Henry's name, making the lumber yard owner legally responsible for everything. George offers to buy the business for fifteen thousand dollars, claiming he'll soon have the cash. With Marie watching the power struggle unfold and the threat of police involvement looming, Henry faces an impossible choice that could cost him everything.
