Plot
A homeless man, Nate Bledsoe, snatches a pair of nifty shoes from the target of a mob hit dumped in an alley (the initial item of clothing was to be a hat, but it was felt that shoes would be better symbolically, "as they take you places"). Wearing the shoes infuses him with the personality and memories of the victim; he continues his life as the dead man. Nate stops by the home of the victim's girlfriend, who recognizes his manner and kiss. Nate then goes to a bar to confront Dagget, the boss who had him killed. Dagget is at first unsettled, but then realizes who Nate is and guns him down. Before he dies, the spirit promises to return until he finishes Dagget off, vowing "I'll be back Bernie, and I'll keep coming back ... again and again". The body (with shoes) is dumped in the same place the original victim was dumped, and another bum finds the corpse and steals the shoes, after putting them on a smile coming over his face....
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