A good story about an evil "man without a country" who boards a freighter and then can't get off! An excellent performance by Orson as "The Flying Dutchman." The story was subsequently broadcast on "The Mercury Summer Theatre" on July 5, 1946 (see cat. #52743 and on "Escape" on December 10, 1950 (see cat. #11375). The script was produced on television on, "Studio One" on March 27, 1950 (see Cat. #118390).
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