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But now it is time to get into today's episode of the man called Axe, the original air date,

May the 11th, 1951 and the title is knocked off his feet.

Now we present Herbert Marshall as the man called Axe, the Friday night feature on NBC's

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Herbert Marshall as the man called Axe, wherever there is mystery, intrigue, romance,

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