Buddy Ebsen was the original choice for the role of the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939 ... the great "country purge" by CBS), the network cast Ebsen in the lead in a new detective series.
Operation Tin Man is a documentary short that follows Mario Ybarra, the son of fallen soldier from Weslaco, Texas who now suffers intergenerational trauma from losing his father in Vietnam.
Recently dumped by his girlfirend for another man, working in a job he hates, things could be better for Peter. One night, while he is alone in his apartment, there is a knock on the door.