From Hollywood.

It's time now for Edmund O'Bryan as.

Johnny Dollar.

I'll make me Johnny grand beast.

Oh yes, ah?

What of whom did you ensure that you shouldn't it?

Or are you inviting me to dinner?

I get three kinds of phone called social business and people who want money, creditors or otherwise.

And I don't know you anymody.

I didn't mean to insult you.

You haven't What is it you've.

Read about the cake burglary in New York, haven't you?

And the paper say those jewels aren't ensured.

I will lay on by US one hundred and twenty five thousand.

Do you want a job?

You don't need me.

The police are working on it, aren't they.

Yeah, I'm in the wrong direction.

We think we've got a line on this stuff, Johnny, and we need somebody to go check on it.

Are you free unemployed?

Yes, but not free?

Where do we start?

Edmund O'Brien and another adventure of the Man with the action packed expense account America's Fabulous, Brilliant Plants Insurance Investigator.

Yours truly Johnny Dollar Expense Accounts submitted by special Investigator Johnny Dollar to home office Grand East All Risk Insurance Company, Hertford, Connecticut.

The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Adam Keg matter.

Expense account Item one thirty four dollars transportation as instructed from Hartford to New York and the Park View Manor an apartment hotel on fifty nine.

Your man begged me, met me in the lobby.

I tell you.

She's Adele.

Hello, Johnny, Oh yeah, I'm Gata.

I think the Kegs are waiting for us.

Elevator's run over there.

So this Keg he has some money, hasn't he?

Y'all?

He's the angel type, and so far he's married at least one girl from the line from every show he's ever bag.

Is that bad?

I wouldn't know it, Jenny.

You'll find Adam Kaig to be a very dislikable character, So hold your temper if.

You can't know.

Do you have any special reason for keeping it secret that you ensured this missing jewelry?

Well, it's more or less of a courtesy to Keg.

He's lost some money this season, and well, sometimes these thefts caused some speculation.

You know, you'd just rather not be talked about that way.

Gentlemen, six forty two.

This is h Hello missus Keig.

Currently, Yes, I'm mister Begney from the insurance company.

This is a mister Dollar, are investigator?

Come on in jo your husband at home?

Yeah, he's here.

He's taking a nap, sit down.

I'll wake him up.

Wake me.

Uh.

These men want to talk.

To you, Addie.

If you'll take that corn off the phonograph, maybe we can talk.

Sure, I didn't know involve you.

Which one of you is?

Begne?

I am.

This is mister Dollars, the investigative we hired.

Are you one of these New York private detectives.

I've heard the majority of your willing to play both ends against the middle.

I've heard that a lot of clients like it that way.

What do you mean by that?

Anything you want, gentlemen?

Please, mister Keig, I understand there was a message of some kind this morning.

Who is this man?

I'm from Hartford.

There's not as much chance in a small city for two end dealings, so I haven't had much practice, but I'm willing.

Kig Dollar here has worked for my company a number of times.

We wouldn't have hired him if we didn't trust him.

Oh please, will.

You tell us about this message?

We'll get the paper Sylvia right next.

To you, right there in the magazine, right.

I didn't put it there here it is.

Is anybody going to explain?

Let me Addie you if you don't feel like it, I don't.

I'm board with the whole thing.

The paper was left in front of our door, the same as usual this morning, but on the front page this was stamped.

Page three, Part two.

I noticed it and told Addie to look at it.

The bell boys deliver your.

Paper, Yes, sir Danny does.

And here it is the Saddy hist to mine ad in Histan.

You see the I and the end have been crossed out, and these other words, so it reads Histim stops that sign of your cold cash stamped in only his tam makes this startling offer insist on his tan.

Look at it, you can figure it.

The rest of the message was drawn from the advertising copy the same way.

The price of the product was changed from ninety eight cents to read ninety eight thousand dollars.

The price of the return of the jewels.

The home of the firm, Montclair, New Jersey, was circled and rub a stamp.

Beneath that were the words phone booth April and seventh, ten thirt DPM tomorrow.

What do you make of a dollar?

I'd like to talk to the bell boy.

Let you say his name on Danny, Janny Stevens up.

I'll phone down and ed is the work of a crank.

Anybody should be able to see that.

You're right, you have to be a crank to be a thief.

You think there's something to it.

Nom demanding ransom of the stuff makes sense.

If he gets it, it'll be a lot easier than trying to fence hot jewelry.

He's using the name Histon and evidently wants to open negotiations tomorrow night, Montclair.

Do you want to take him up on it?

Now?

Johnny Company told me to do anything I wanted to, no questions that.

If you follow this up, you'll be making a pool of yourself.

I don't want to have anything to do with it.

I'm going to my room.

It's properative, fellow, isn't he'll do?

Do you want me to go to Montclair?

Yeah?

Yeah, I realize it's unusual, Johnny, but if there's a chance of saving the company, the difference between ninety eight and.

One hundred and twenty five thousand dollars.

I think I gotta take that chance.

Maybe should be.

Jenny wondered if you could talk to him downstairs.

He's the only went on duty.

Sure that'll be all right.

Before we go, I wonder if you'd give me the details of the fed There was a story like those you read in the papers every other week or so.

She and her husband were out for the evening.

Her jewelry was in a lock box and a locked drawer.

When they came home, the dresser had been opened.

Who might have known whether jewels were She didn't know.

Possibly the maid.

When we got to the manager's office, we checked on the maid.

She lived in Montclair, New Jersey, and she had just resigned.

Then Danny Stephens, the bell boy, has shown it.

You wanted to talk to me?

Yeah?

I have you ever been inside the Keg apartment?

Sure I have.

I guess I've been in every room in the building.

How many times have you been there?

Oh?

I don't know.

How a would I know anything like that?

How well did you know it?

Missus Keg good enough to talk to had a cigarette with her once?

You don't think I had anything to do with this?

Do you you put the paper in front of the door every morning?

Yeah, that's right.

How about this morning?

When I got up there, paper was there already.

I didn't think much about it because I figured maybe the nightman had gone up there and left it, had he?

No.

As soon as mister Kay called about what was in the paper, I asked, and Jim hadn't been up there at.

All, That's what he said.

Anyway, where do you live in Queen's Look, mister the cops asked me all this stuff.

I don't know anything about it.

You're wasting your time.

You'll be around here, won't you?

Yeah?

Sure I will.

I live here.

I plan to make a career at a hotel with I won't leave.

I'll beg me brought me up to date on police progress.

The case was three days old, and all they had was some worthless smudged fingerprints and the assumption that the same implement had been used to pry open the apartment door, the dresser, and the jewel box.

They were canvassing their known fences so far without success.

Expense account item two twenty five dollars dinner, drinks, et cetera.

After checking into the hotel, languay and expense count had him three forty dollars for car until the next evening and the fifteen mile trip to Montclair.

The maple and seventh rubber stamped into the contrived message.

There was an intersection that boasted three stores close to the night and on the fourth corner a bowling alley.

The only visible phone booth was on the sidewalk near the entrance to the alleys.

As I stepped inside, I noticed a pair of headlights snap on a few yards up the street, and a half minute later the car pulled out and double parked near me.

He's calling out, are waiting waiting for a call?

Why?

Who?

From somebody named Heston?

I'm your man, go On, I came alone.

You could cause me some trouble, but don't do it.

You won't get the stuff back that way, I said, ye, I came to listen to you and I play hero.

Yeah, come on, get here.

Why did he send you, Keg?

He didn't send me.

I'm an insurance in mystic.

I thought those things weren't insured.

They are.

That makes sense.

I guess guys like Keg don't leave themselves open to get hurt always somebody else.

You know him, I know what he is.

I'll pull him a selley.

H Well we can talk here for a few minutes.

Oh, who's gonna pay the money?

The insurance company?

If anybody does.

How much do you expect me to sell?

I don't know what you mean.

I mean, what kind of a bargain do we make?

Does a company and Keck tellar cops to drop it.

I won't promise you that you can start something like this and have it all stop when you gouge ninety eight thousand dollars out of somebody.

I'm not thinking so much about myself.

Oh you mean you pull this Hesperce somebody else.

No, I didn't pull it from anybody.

It's a little too late to worry about.

Whoever sold the information is how close anther?

Don't be stupid.

Wouldn't take a junior g man long to figure it.

It had to be somebody who knew what Keg's wife had, where she kept it, and probably when they were going to be away from the apartment.

Who do they think that they I didn't ask them.

I came here to find out how you want to handle this thing.

I don't like it.

I'll have to think about it, ninety eight thousand.

How long do you have to think?

Where can I get you by phone?

What's your name?

Name is Donna.

I'm registered at the Hotel Langley in New York.

Okay, I'll call you.

I'll try and make it sometime tomorrow.

And so, yeah, how about driving me back to seventh in Maple.

I left my car there like you this, so you can follow me.

Get You'll be better.

Off for a little walk.

He kept his lights off while he drove out of the alley, so there wasn't a chance to get the license number.

But I had memorized his features and a V shaped scar on his right cheek.

It was ten forty five when I got back to my car, not too late.

I hope to call on miss Millicent we the maid who had recently resigned her job at the Keg's hotel.

But I've been to all this with the police.

I don't think it's right.

Somebody can be pushed around a nag like this.

Does the police know you quit your job?

It's none of their business.

They'll be back to you when they find out.

They'll want to know why you did.

It's entirely personal.

With me.

You didn't have anything to do with the troublic except that when the police started to insult me, I realized how public my life was in a.

Hotel at that time.

It's not very good.

It sounds like you quit to get away from that question.

That isn't so.

I won't tell you why.

But what has to do with my own personal code of ethics and how hard it was with that pack of linen closet wolves that hunted in that hotel?

Do I make myself understood?

Yeah?

I think so.

But you didn't know where missus Kegg kept her jewel.

That's a crime.

It's your fault.

So busy and pressing me with me?

What do you know about a blonde man with a scar on his cheek like an upside down the who?

I didn't get his name, curly blonde hair knows that might have been broken.

He is about my size.

I don't remember anybody like that.

He lives here in Montclair, he says, he has the jewelry.

What does that have to do with me?

Why did you come here?

I just wanted to meet you, Millie.

If you run into a blonde man with a scar let, me know, I'm at the Langley.

Oh, good evening, sir, key Please for twelve sir, right, Oh, here's a message for you, mister Dollard.

Lady said you'd be waiting for you in boots.

Lady, there must be.

Some mistake, Yes, sir, I know what you mean, but with this one.

Who cares?

Wow?

What do you know about it?

I just got back from Montclair?

What is it?

Jenny the Billboy and told me at our Danny's been chilled.

When tonight sometime?

I'm not sure, but I'm afraid of what's going to happen.

Let's get out of here.

Can we go to your room?

I've got to talk about it.

We'll return you to the second act of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar in just a moment.

But first, hop Along Cassidy will come.

Riding up to the door at CBS the Star's address again later this evening with another fascinating Western adventure.

Hop Along Cassidy, starring William Boyd, has heard every Saturday evening on most of these same CBS stations, where you'll also find Gene Outrey von Monroe, The Seal Ball, the Gangbusters Stories, and sing it again now with our star Edmund O'Brien, we return you to the second act of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar.

Missus cag was silent during the elevator trip up to my floor and until we were in my room and I had closed the door.

Then she settled on the edge of the bed and started.

I couldn't tell if it was an act.

Come on, stop it.

How much did you have to drink while you were waiting for me?

I'm drunk, and let's use a little control, Sally.

It sounds like a crying Jim.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself.

Oh I'm not.

If you're trying to make me feel sorry for you, drop it.

Frightened Danes, don't touch me anymore until I find out what they're afraid.

Shut up.

I couldn't help it.

I've been holding it in since I heard holding what in?

I'm afraid when my husband is gonna make out of it?

Out of Danny's dead?

How was he killed?

He was run down by a car going home from a movie.

Found the driver.

You don't think it as an accident.

I don't know.

Danny was the first one question by the police after the robbery.

I know they thought he knew more than he was telling.

Do you think he was mixed up in it?

Well, if he was, If.

It was, my husband is going to accuse me of being in.

It with him?

Stealing your own jewels?

How does that work?

They weren't mine.

The privilege of wearing them was That's the way it's been with all his wives.

You lose the privilege when you're divorced.

You were due for a divorce.

Yeah, he got some ideas about Danny and me.

It's funny.

Well, it was nothing to it.

He was a nice guy, used to drop up once in a while.

That isn't what he told me.

What did he tell you?

Maybe it isn't important.

Danny didn't know where you kept your jewelry, didn't he?

Yes?

The dresser and which drawer?

Yeah, I'm afraid he knew quite a lot about me.

I didn't think he'd use it to do anything like that to me.

How much are you holding back?

Nothing?

It came to you, didn't I.

What about that hooked up offer from Montclair?

You know more about that than I do.

You went over there, I met a guy who decided to renee.

He could have been a decoy, or he could have been Danny's killer.

Oh, I don't know anything about it.

I hoped you'd believe me.

That's why I came to you.

I was going to ask, why what do you expect me to do?

Nothing?

I guess I wanted to tell somebody that I knew what was going to happen, and you were happy.

Adam is going to rant and curse and accuse me of every sin that exists.

That's his marital privilege.

I guess.

Oh, it's like, man, you better run along.

The police played at KG if they did suspect that Danny Stephen's death was linked with the burglary.

There was no mention of it in the papers the next morning, so after breakfast, I settled back to await developments.

At ten, my phone rang Johnny one moment, Please.

I have a call from Haigh Food.

Go ahead, please hello, Dollar, don't make me, Yeah, Adam Cake just want me.

Oh, he's willing to drop the whole thing.

What says you want to press the claim against the company.

And I'll wait a minute hour, Let's not plunge what brought this about.

He doesn't want any publicity, so it's worth it to him to hush it up.

You can't do it out you mean I can't do it.

No, it's up to you, naturally.

But I'll tell you what this label to look like.

Like like your company pulled its investigator off the case rather than uncover a murder.

I didn't hear anything about a murder.

Well, there's one rattling around in this mess, a bell boy we talked to.

I'll see what you mean.

That wouldn't look too good.

Would it.

I wouldn't think so.

Well, you're right.

You want me to call kick back?

No, I'll go right over.

I'd like to toss it to him myself.

I'll let you know how I come out.

Oh, what do you want?

I want to see your husband.

You can't.

He's not here.

I'll wait for him, then.

Listen to me.

He's here, but please don't tell him about last night.

Please, you mustn't.

Well see come on announce me.

All right?

Come on, said, I'll tell him.

Thanks, Addie, mister Dollar is here to see you, the investigator, though.

I told that confounded company to leave me alone.

The devil?

Do you want?

I like to know why all of a sudden you wanted this investigation dropped.

I've been doing things the way I want to for quite a few years.

I want it dropped.

What's it to you or to your company?

I assume you're being paid.

They won't lose any money.

Are you afraid of what might come to the service if the police investigate Danny Stevens killing.

I don't want any more publicity on this thing.

What would I be afraid of?

I'd take it.

The publicity you don't want is the guest that you might have faked this job to collect some money.

You don't have the only slanderous mind in town.

The busy buddies enjoy playing with ideas like that, and I don't want it because it might have cut one of us that Danny knew the setup and was put out of the way.

You idiot, that's an idea that would keep the nightclubs buzzing for months.

You're accusing me of killing him.

What I'd like are those same words in front of a witness.

I'd sue you out of the country.

I'm telling you that this thing can't be dropped because you don't like the taste of it anymore.

All right, idiot, go ahead.

If you insist on returning my jewelry to me or playing paying my.

Claim in full, help yourself.

What have you done so far?

I met a man in Montclair that was clever since he said he'd meet you.

What did you learn from him?

And the only thing I can be sure of is that he's my size, his blonde hair and a scar on his right cheek like an inverted THEE.

I'd know him if I saw him again.

Then go find him, Sylvia, just Adam, show this man hunter to the door.

He's on the trail, Tally Ho.

I wish you'd drop it.

Why can't you?

What's the matter with you?

Nothing?

I just everything.

I wish i'd never seen him or his filthy jewels.

Why don't you open up?

Oh?

I don't know anything about it?

Now please go, please before he comes out again.

Sure there's nothing like expensive gifts to keep a woman happy, is there?

So there I was in the middle of fifty ninth Street with a basket full of suspects, an owner who didn't want to collect on his insurance or recover his stolen property, and an insurance company that wanted to drop the investigation but couldn't.

I turned to the only possibly interested parties I could think of, the police.

That's very interesting.

Why didn't you tell us before you went the month player, and I'll be honest with you because I know it won't go beyond this office.

We were willing to be a little unethical to save the company some money, and when we did, we were going to make a full report to you.

And now you want us to help you.

I didn't ask that.

I wanted to know what had happened on the hit and.

Run dead and the driver's being indicted in a manslaughter charge.

She gave herself up.

She she gave herself up.

Who her name is?

Lindquist.

She was driving home after a prolonged cocktail party.

There's no connection with the KEG thing, not.

According to all her witnesses, visiting here from Florida got in the day before yesterday.

It goes that angle.

And sorry to disappoint you, but accidents do happen.

That's when I called the company and agreed that we should give up the case.

I was in my hotel room packing when I knock on the door changed my mind again.

I can't stand it any longer.

I gotta talk to you.

You said that before.

Come on, Well what now that man you met monclear?

I know him.

It makes you think so blonde is cool?

On his cheek.

I used to go with him before I married Adam.

Oh?

Is he Stanley Griffin?

He's a musician.

What did he tell you?

You know where I can find him?

Yeah?

On eighth Street near the village.

I forgot the number, but it's in the phone book.

All right.

He's been in your apartment too many times.

I've had to call the hotel detective to keep him away.

Griffin Stanley A okay, I don't know why, but I'll go check it.

Hey, how'd you get here?

Because you're stupid?

Close it on and shut that thing off.

I suppose this is it as we jewels?

Do you say?

Is the stuff here?

Yeah?

How'd you get it?

Do you mind telling me?

I don't see that it makes any difference.

Keag's wife gave me a name.

You're lie.

I have no reason to lie.

I don't believe I Why should you do that?

And don't you can tell me?

All right, I'll tell you.

I'll make a statement, but not unless I can make it a fun of Adam Kake.

I'll leave that up to you.

As the stuff in the closet, I'll get it.

I moved to the closet door with him.

I expected him to make a break, but he didn't.

Instead, he opened a battered suitcase, fished out a paper sack that held over one hundred thousand dollars worth of jewels, and we left.

Well, what's this?

You're stolen property?

This is family, Griffin.

He has a statement to make to you.

Where's Sylvia?

Missus keg is in her room and I think she'd better come out right.

She was going to share the prophet.

I think she should share the failure.

It's Dan.

You're lying.

Why you're doing this?

Tell him you're lying?

Should I tell him that?

Because you are?

I had nothing to do with it.

Stop it.

He's lying, Adam.

Don't listen to him.

He's lying.

You tell him Sylvia and make him believe that I'm lying.

You can't do this.

Come hey, hey, quit it.

Come on me.

You're lying, lying, lying.

Calm down.

You're a rock and loser, Sylvia.

You always have then you're a beautiful winner.

But you're a rock and loser.

Adam.

Where are you calling?

I'm going to believe Adam?

Sit down.

You said you do it, didn't you?

You said you dragged me out of here.

I thought you were just high, but you meant it.

He's lying, mister Dollar.

There's no way to prove it.

But he's lying, all right.

Everything you've done to date says you're right.

You're crazy.

I'm not gonna take the whole rap up for her.

She told me where she kept the jewel where, She told me where they were going and how late they'd be out.

Where did they go?

They want to do a lot of places.

You don't have to do better than that.

She'll crack your story if you don't.

She told me I saw him go.

But where stan Where could she go so that she could leave all the jewels home for you to pick him up?

That must have been part of a plan.

Where tell im?

Get away from me.

Dollar, you've got it back, Leave me alone, stay here, don't try and.

Get away from me.

Get up.

Why not keep him away from me?

Yeah, keep me away while you can, Sylvia.

But they'll never forget it.

I'll be back to help the company complete his report on the cake matter.

I enclose a portion of Stanley Griffin's statement to the police that same afternoon.

I don't know why it did.

Yeah, yeah, I do.

I wanted to get her away from him.

I loved her.

When she wouldn't listen to me and leave him.

She had me thrown out that night.

I made up my mind to steal them and make.

It look like she helped me.

So I did fixed up that newspaper I had.

I was drunk and crazy, and I wanted to see her in prison with me.

Expense account Item four miscellaneous fifty five dollars.

Item five same as Item one transportation back to Heart expense account total two hundred and thirty dollars and forty cents.

Remarks The whole matter was no more than a cloud of smoke.

The bellboy's death was inconvenient but accidental, and the burglary was a rare type committed not for profit but for revenge by a jilted man.

The company could have saved the above total, but please remit yours truly, Johnny.

Dallar, Yours truly, Johnny Dollars stars Edmond O'Brien in the title role and is written by Gil dowd with music by wilbra Hatch.

Edmond O'Brien's latest picture of the Paramount Pictures production Warpad.

Featured in tonight's cast were Stacy Harris, Lamont Johnson, Jannette Nolan, Jack Moyles.

However, back Paula Victor and Raymond Burr, Yours truly, Johnny Dollars.

Produced and directed by Jimi Dobaier.

This is Dan Coberly inviting you to join us next week at this time when we will again bring you Edmund O'Brien as.

Yours truly, Johnny Dalla.

How's We're trying to sing it again tonight?

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