Joe Harris, a young ex-con, out of jail only a few hours, visits kindly Papa Golden's delicatessen and beats the old man into a coma and eventually into a coffin. His pretty wife has moved to New Jersey and is living with Joe's father. Angry at first at the direction Joe's life has been taking, the older Harris warms to the idea of the return of the prodigal son. Describing the youth as a ""poet and a gangster,"" wife and father provide an untrue alibi for Joe when a world-weary cop with a son of his own comes to make the pinch.
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Serling | Writer | ||
| James Dean | Guest Star | ||
| Richard Dunlap | Director |