A notorious fugitive returns to New York and becomes involved with an escaped gorilla, a baby, and the people he left behind.

This The Damon Runyon Theatre broadcast aired on May 15, 1949. It is listed as episode 20 in the archive. The cast includes John Brown. Other credited names include Richard Sanville as director, Russell Hughes as radio adaptor, and Frank Gallop as announcer.

This version dramatizes The Hottest Guy In The World. Damon Runyon is credited as author and Russell Hughes adapted it for radio.

Radio adaptations of Damon Runyon's Broadway stories, narrated by the character 'Broadway' and populated by gamblers, gangsters, show people, dreamers, and other colorful figures of Runyon's New York.