Community Property: A Spiteful Marriage, a Fatal Prescription, and a Lawyer’s Last Laugh

Originally Aired: April 10, 1947

In Suspense #240, “Community Property,” George Mason’s marriage is a powder keg of resentment, jealousy, and greed. When his ailing uncle promises him a $500,000 inheritance, George finally sees a future without his bitter wife Lois—and begins planning a way to cut her out entirely. Under California’s community property laws, divorce would mean splitting the windfall. So George goes another route: he fakes reconciliation, spikes her warm milk, and waits for the drugs to take effect. But a prescription swap, a meddling doctor, and a cruel twist of law leave George with blood on his hands—and nothing in the bank. Kirk Douglas stars in this razor-sharp tale of murder and miscalculation.

Cast:
Kirk Douglas, Cathy Lewis

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