Suspense: Grand Theft (

Suspense: 04/05/54, episode 545
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David Niven stars in an E. Jack Neuman story about jewels and insurance fraud. He plays an insurance appraiser who arranges a (supposedly) foolproof plan to collect insurance on a fraudulent claim. He takes out an $18,000 insurance policy (more than $200,000 in US$2024) on some false jewelry which, he says, has been in the family for 60 years. (If it never existed, it can never be found!) A short time later, he reports the jewels stolen. An insurance investigator conducts a routine examination of the case. As part of his plan, the fraudster gets his girlfriend’s elderly grandmother to corroborate his story that the jewels are family heirlooms. Just when the investigator is about convinced the theft actually occurred, a strange twist of fate leads to a surprising outcome. His pattern of appraising followed by robberies is finally detected… and the scheme falls to pieces… He’ll not be going to Paris like he was planning to…
This is not the most fascinating or most exciting of episodes. It’s mainly petty stuff, with no real big score in the heists that would add some intrigue to the plotline.
The cast: DAVID NIVEN (Ben Bentley), Mary Jane Croft (Maude), Florence Walcott (Grandma Mullin), Truda Marson (Mrs. Payne), Paula Winslowe (Mrs. Prescott), Vic Perrin (Pawn Shop Clerk / Detective Ivers), Joseph Kearns (Mr. Coombes), Larry Thor (Narrator)
COMMERCIAL: Tom Holland (Hap), Harlow Wilcox (Announcer)
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