I must agree with the previous reviewer that other than a couple pretty good actors (Edmund Gwynn, "Miracle on 34th Street" for one) and an interesting setup, it really goes nowhere. There is no suspense. It is about tough love and not-so-tough love. It's about respect and no respect. The son is a bum. He lives off other people and exploits some little success has father has. The father is apparently an alcoholic and the son blames him for his own failings, telling him to his face that he has wasted his life. The son is also delusional. He has fallen for a woman of questionable character who simply follows the money. When the father harbors a known felon (an old friend) out of kindness and there is a reward, it doesn't take long for the son to turn on his own family. Even the police find the younger man disgusting and conniving. The problem is that at no time is there an element of real suspense typical of the series. Still, Gwynn is quite good with what he has. A pretty mediocre endeavor.