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The Big Squeeze

Episode Number: 28    Season Num: 2    First Aired: September 25, 1953    Prod Code: n/a
An ex-con has been rehabilitated, but he is threatened with blackmail by a former jail-mate.

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Writer: Roy Hamilton (I)
Director: Tommy Carr
Star: Jack Larson (Jimmy Olson),  Noel Neill (Lois Lane (9-18-53)),  John Hamilton (Perry White),  Phil Tead (Professor J.J. Pepperwinkle (4-21-56)),  George Reeves (Clark Kent/Superman),  Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane),  Robert Shayne (Inspector Bill Henderson)
Guest Star: Bradley Mora (Tim Grayson),  Aline Towne (Peggy Grayson),  John Kellogg (Luke Maynard),  Hugh Beaumont (Dan Grayson),  Harry Cheshire (Mr. Foster),  Ted Ryan (Al)

Notes

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Hugh Beaumont later played Ward Clever on "Leave it to Beaver." and Harry Cheshire later played Judge Ben Wiley on "Buffalo Bill Jr.." (edit)

Quotes

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Al: Luke, we was followed. That kid reporter, I saw him pull away.
Danny: Sort of changes your schedule, doesn't it Luke? Jimmy calls Kent. Kent calls Superman.
Luke: So what? I know about Superman. One thing his x-ray vision can't see though is lead. So guess what I got this cave lined with? (edit)
Luke: Stop looking at me.
Danny: Take it easy, Luke. This is a bad time to blow a gasket. Even if Superman can't see you, he might hear you.
Luke: Shut him up, Al. (edit)

Trivia

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Goof: Superman arrives just in time to free Dan Grayson from the safe. He pulls the door off and sets it aside next to the safe. As the camera cuts away you can see the door start to fall forward. When the camera returns the door is right back to where it is supposed to be. (edit)

Allusions

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MR. FOSTER (when Dan has been accidentally locked inside the fur vault) : What we need is a Jimmy Valentine!

This refers to the O. Henry story "A Retrieved Reformation", in which safecracker Jimmy Valentine goes straigh under an alias, only to have to use his skills in public when a loved one is accidentally locked in a bank vault. (edit)
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