Latest / Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas / Philip Marlowe: The Rustin Hickory (EP1505)

Transcript

Philip Marlowe: The Rustin Hickory (EP1505) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

0:28
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This
0:34
is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it
0:38
to me Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at
0:45
Radio Detectives, and become one of our friends on Facebook, Facebook dot com,
0:50
slash Radio Detectives. Well our listeners support, Kim Hen continues, thanks
0:55
to everyone who has sent in donations. You can support show at support dot
1:00
Great Detectives dot net. Among the thank you guess we will provide at the
1:08
twenty dollars or more level include Perry Mason and The Case of the Howling Dog.
1:15
This is great production by the Colonial Radio Theater and a faithful adaptation of
1:22
Earl Stanley Gardner's novel from the nineteen thirties. There's a total of five Perrymasons
1:27
that are available of your choice with a donation of twenty dollars or more.
1:32
And also we have a couple of Philip Marlow movies. We'll send you Humphrey
1:37
Bogart in The Big Sleep with a donation of fifty dollars more for listeners in
1:42
the US, and with a donation of one hundred dollars or more will send
1:47
you dick poal in murder my Suite. A full list of available items available
1:52
at support dot Great Detectives dot net. You can also mail in your request
1:57
to Peelbox one five nine one on three Boise Ontoho eight three seven one five.
2:04
Be sure to include an email address, and also if you requested any
2:09
thank you gifts to be mailed, please include a mailing address as well.
2:15
All right, well, now it's time for today's episode of the Adventures of
2:17
Philip Marlowe from September the tenth of nineteen forty nine. Here now is the
2:23
Ruskin Hickory. Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road,
2:28
and those who travel and wind up in the gut of the prison of
2:30
the grave. The lady tourist was a school teacher right after Glamor, and
2:34
she got it, but only after she learned that in Hollywood the three hours
2:37
could be reading done in the dock room, writing found in a dead man's
2:40
pocket, arithmetic that added up to murder times two. From the pet of
2:46
Raymond Trendler, outsetting author of crime fiction, comes his most famous character in
2:52
the Adventures of Philip Marlowe. Now with Gerald Moore starred as Philip Barlowe.
3:06
We Bring You Tonight's transcribe story. The Rust and Hickory was hot in my
3:24
apartment, even at ten o'clock at night. The sultry wind blowing through curtains
3:29
at the far side of the room didn't help a bit. It was a
3:32
kind of night that made me wish I was something else, a butcher,
3:35
baker, candlestick make or anything. After a long hot day spent in the
3:39
downtown courts of law listening to the petty arguments of a petty lossony case,
3:45
I was tired of petty people. The paper I had picked up on my
3:47
way home wasn't helping any ten killed in an air crash. Metal cruelty,
3:53
says local songbird. I made myself another high ball, lots of ice,
3:58
easy with water. Picked up the paper again. It was still more of
4:01
the same. Scionistic killed in office on Sunset's strip Scientist. He hit the
4:09
papers before Bookie B minus picture producer, general racketeer. Somehow, I wasn't
4:15
too surprised he was on the receiving end for a change. My drink was
4:18
good for ten more pages of equally dull reading, and I was set for
4:21
the next in line. When the phone rang, mister Philamarlow was the first
4:27
attractive voice I'd heard all day. Mister marlow you know I thought you might
4:31
be fun. My name's Joan Rushing. I'm only here in Hollywood from Franky
4:35
on the Braska on a vacation, and I wanted to have some fun,
4:39
you know, see the night clubs. Wait a minute, Joan Hollo the
4:43
teacher. Hey, let's back up a little. Hunh Your name is Joan
4:47
Russing. You're from Ferndale, Nebraska, which you're right I've never heard of.
4:50
Also, you're a school teacher. That much I got with the rest
4:54
about the site. The last part that trouble was they're the one in the
4:58
scene. I wanted to step out Nike up the movie stars glamor. But
5:00
he didn't end up like that because he was shot in the bag was showing.
5:04
His name's Aubrey Nichols. He's the man who took me, not to
5:06
show me the club. Anyhow, after it happened, I ran, why
5:10
why the publicity? Of course, mister Marlowe, i'd lose my job the
5:15
iris. Yeah you said that, honey, Now look where are you?
5:16
Jones the jewelproom hits the bar on sunset and Latian bar. You'll come right
5:20
over hot, huh yeah, I'll come right over. High go bye a
5:26
Jones, Hey, miss marlow Yeah, but where are you here? Hurry?
5:41
Okay, Herry, it is? Oh now tell me why all the
5:45
secrecy? And oh then why what are you staring it? You? I
5:51
expected braids, jone horn, rims, calico maybe not ice blue satin,
5:57
drape plunging and uh yes, thought at the top money and slowed this time.
6:03
Huh well, yesterday I met this man, miss Aubrey Nikol. I
6:06
mentioned, Oh he's really nice, mister Marlowe, he's a photographer. Had
6:11
the Darling place up on the sunset Sansett's strip. You want that, have
6:15
your picture taken? I wanted something, well, something glamor. That's look
6:18
look here what I got. Oh, by the way, I ordered to
6:21
drink for you a Scott's drink here. You like scott drinks, don't you?
6:26
Yeah? Scott Strengths are my favorite drinks. Joe, thanks, You're
6:30
welcome. Now. Isn't it wonderful? The picture? I mean, I'll
6:34
say it is. I'd never say school teacher, No, that's the idea.
6:38
Just like a model in a fashion magazine, isn't it? Arbrey took
6:41
it from inside his photoshop for how wet outside on the street looking in his
6:44
window, you know, like a smart career girl just strolling along the avenue.
6:46
And see how he faded out to the background that way. I'm the
6:50
focal vocal center. Isn't it nice? Oh? Yes it is? Yeah,
6:55
But look Joan, the rest of the story. Now, the man
6:57
was shot. You don't want publicity, remember, Oh? Yes, yes,
7:00
of course. Well we made a date mister mile over tonight. I
7:03
was to be at his place, his shop run a strip at eight,
7:05
which I was. But when I got there he was gone. Well he
7:10
might just as well have been for all the attention he paid. Jimmy,
7:13
he's something on his mind, as though he didn't even expect me. Why
7:15
I had to mention this picture here twice before he got it out of a
7:18
drawers for me. But then, just like daddy, Jane said, if
7:23
I want a glamor and nightclub, why not? Oh, by all means,
7:25
why not? And off we went to Serah andos no less instead at
7:28
the table with two men and a woman who was actually armed. God fury
7:31
actually whom God Fury to silent you, Jimmy the papers. Oh golly,
7:35
her picture has been in every theater section in magazine for the last six months.
7:40
Of course, she hasn't made a movie yet, which he probably.
7:43
She has red hair figure, lots of each. Try. Oh, I'm
7:46
so sweet to talk to. But believe it or not, when we were
7:49
in the powder room and she couldn't find her list, she used mine.
7:51
Now that's really democratic. Look, Joan, there was a shooting. You
7:56
remember that. Now you were sitting at a table with three men in this
8:00
God the Fury. That's right. Well, go on, what happened next?
8:05
Well, when miss Ury and I got back to the table, mister
8:07
Lacy and his sand were gone. And then a minute later Aubrey excused himself
8:11
to make a phone call, and then and then Away brought me a note
8:13
from Aubrey which said I should go back to my hotel and wait there till
8:16
I heard drum him. Then it happened. Look, Joan, if I'm
8:20
going to help you on this, you got to tell a whole coherent story.
8:24
Wells suddenly there were some shots, maybe from outside, and people were
8:28
yelling. It was terrible. I was scared to this, and I ran
8:31
outside. People were crowded around someone who was Aubrey. He was dead.
8:35
What'd you do? Then? I took the first taxi I could get to
8:37
my hotel. There was beverly. Chris had started from my bungalow, but
8:41
didn't go inside because because there was a man hanging around. Had seen him
8:45
before some pace, and I didn't like his looks and turned to win.
8:48
He called for me. But he was awful, mister marlowe awful, looking
8:50
like a frog, maybe, sloping shoulders, bulging eyes. Yes. And
8:54
when mister Marlow, how do you know what he looked like? Promised not
8:58
to tell thmas Oh, mister Marlow he's here, is me? Been watching
9:03
us for quite a while. Holy, And I didn't get away from him,
9:07
mister Marlow. I had nothing to do with his shooting. What can
9:09
I do? I simpley catty missed up in this terrible business. I'll please,
9:13
mister Marloll, I'll pay you anything you only get me out of this.
9:16
Please. We'll talk about that later, Jonny. Now, look,
9:18
when we get up, keep talking and don't look away from me. Then
9:22
when we're outside and around the taxi, stand there, duck away from me
9:24
fast and getting close to the building and stay there, little frogman is gone,
9:28
and head for your hotel bungalow and wait there to hear for me.
9:30
Now you got that? Oh yes, I don't understand why he's going to
9:33
leave it. You will fall a little cool works come on. It played
9:45
easier than I expected because, like a good shadow of the Frogman gave us
9:48
a small headstock, which was all I needed. The second Joanes dotted away
9:52
from me, I moved quickly after the first cabin line open and slammed the
9:54
red door fast, said goodbye out loud to Joan, who was not in
9:56
the back seat, then slipped the drive of five and practically shouted a very
10:01
far away address at him. When he lunched in the curb. I stood
10:03
there and waved him minute. It was still supposed to be Jones. Then,
10:07
even as I saw the frog Man down across the street, piland of
10:11
his own car and take off after the cab, I walked slowly back into
10:13
the bar, where I had another Scotch drink and did some fast checking on
10:18
the current location of Aubrey Nichols, which was a Dawson Memorial Hospital, and
10:22
I started outside for my car after stopping en route at the booth where Joan
10:26
and I have been sitting to pick up a pair of gloves and glamor portrait
10:28
my new little client had left on the seat. The school mom had been
10:33
upset and beat thousand Memorial Hospital, Doctor Chambers. Yet one moment, please
10:46
go ahead, yes, oh, I want to know the condition of a
10:50
patient. It was brought in here a little while ago, mister Aubrey Nichols.
10:52
Sorry, sir, we're not allowed to give out that information. It
10:56
had to inquire the two pretendents office, Very j wouldn't bother Phil Well,
11:01
Detective Lieutenant Matthews. Good evening, Good evening. Nichol is dead model.
11:05
We did not get a statement from him. That's too bad. Any ideas
11:07
that no have you. I didn't even know him as a client of mine,
11:13
mister Smith. That's right. It's remarkable, mister Smith. He asked
11:18
me to inquire about his condition. Well, it happened about an hour ago
11:20
in an alley behind Sirenois. Aubrey Nichol was a photographer up on the strip,
11:24
but pretty much of a phoney, a big front boy strictly, that's
11:28
all. It was, too huh walk down here with me a little.
11:31
Oh sure, sure. We figured there may be some connection between this shooting
11:39
and Sang Nesta's death this afternoon, nest All said, an office on the
11:41
strip. What do you figure that talian is man named ham Lacy, have
11:46
you heard? Yeah, he was one of Nesta's number one boys in the
11:50
racket, right, something like that. Of course, Officially, ham Lacy
11:54
is known as the vice president of Nesta Enterprise is Incoperated also production manager that
11:58
second rate studio master. Well, anyway, Lacy, another man and Aubrey
12:03
Nikeel we're at Cirrhos tonight with a starlet named erm god Fury and another girl
12:09
we haven't been able to tag yet. Now tell minute, lieutenant. When
12:11
Nesta was killed, it looked like the usual mob technical No, no,
12:16
Nesta was beat up by fists, not sap, not cut up a breath.
12:20
Knine, your death was caused by a blow to the temple from a
12:22
poker that was standing next to a phony fireplace in which he could have hit
12:26
his head when he fell. Well, probably not, Lacy in associates h
12:28
Probably, man, he's got an alibi. Yeah. Besides, we already
12:33
got a fair line and who did it and why. We found a note
12:35
in Nesta's pocket, signed the Tobin, which threatened Nesta with a beating if
12:41
he didn't stay away from the undersigns wife and send her back home at once.
12:45
Nesta, you may may not happen to know. I had this in
12:46
god Fury or something under contract to him. Saw lots of her. So
12:50
again, the two deaths more or less tied. Again. Yeah, you've
12:54
already talked to Oh, by the way, her name is erm god Fury.
12:58
No, no, no, I ain't talked about I figured I wait
13:00
till I knew a little more. Also, I didn't figure Nichol would die
13:03
without saying anything. No, but not your turn. We found this negative
13:09
in the alley near Nichol's body. This is a night shot of the sunset
13:13
strip and nothing more means anything to you. No, I should it look
13:16
I told you before, Lieutenant, I never even met Nicol. Yeah,
13:20
and I listened, didn't I I noticed? But now let's level a bit.
13:22
I feel who your client is and what he or she has to do
13:26
with this is one thing, as long as we're both on the same side,
13:30
But playing dumb when it might count is quite another. Not one smart
13:33
phill. Huh the picture still zero, Lieutenant Anna Bright? Anything else?
13:39
Yeah? Yeah, just to save you a little time, Phil, Yeah,
13:41
let's do iurm god Fury's address four forty one West. That would drive
13:46
Beverly Hills. You gotta call forty one West, befits. Now play it
13:48
close. Be sure to call when you think it's time. And if you're
13:50
wondering about why all is help for me? Try this. What you know
13:56
and won't tell, plus what I know and will tell might do the true.
14:00
Say goodbye to me, goodbye, Yes, miss Fury. My name
14:15
is Philip Marlow. I must talk to you at once. Your husband,
14:18
I'm a friend of his. Nie asked me to get in touch with you.
14:20
It's because of what happened this afternoon up on the strip. Well,
14:24
what's wrong is is days here in town? Yeah? Yeah, he is,
14:28
and he's in trouble. You see the police are after him. H
14:33
what are you copper? Oh no, wait a minute, miss Fury.
14:35
I've already told you I'm a friend of Daves. Happens to be Douglas,
14:39
Mister Douglas Tobin. Keep that in mind when you try this next time.
14:43
Good night, I'm not so fast baby, mistake was mine, But I
14:46
still want to talk to you. A lot of men now beat it before
14:50
God, before I forget myself. Oh, no trouble, Hamilton, Darling.
14:56
This gentleman was just leaving. He had the wrong dress. He made
15:01
a mistake, didn't you, miss de Malo. Yes, yes, a
15:05
blunder. A thousand apologies and good night missus Touburn for what it was worth.
15:15
At work, At the mention of the name Toburn, ham Lacey spun
15:18
around like it was built on a pivot in his eyes that were narrow slits
15:20
with all the come hither look of a cobra. Has never left me because
15:24
I slowly walked away from him and passed the yellow invertibally, just driven up
15:26
in license number six nine six' nine ex California and on out to the
15:31
street, all of which only meant the Lieutenant Matthews was probably right about there
15:35
being some connection between Sinester's murder and the death of Aubrey Nickel. And I
15:41
opened the door of my car and started to climb in under the wheel.
15:43
A voice in the night helped not at all. If you don't do what
15:46
I say, I'll kid you. Okay, that count Take it easy,
15:48
all right, Now close the door and turn around. You're back to me.
15:52
Now, look, if this is a stick up, busty, you
15:52
can save us both a lot of time that night. I'm not a hold
15:56
up man. Now, who over there close to those trees? Go on?
16:00
I want to ask you a question that's far enough. Now, what
16:04
have you got to do with Helen? Helen? Who Helen irm guard fury,
16:08
that's what she's known as. Now what have you got to do with
16:11
her? Tell me, very little, mister Tilbyn. You know who I
16:15
am, and so do the police. Why don't you call it quits?
16:18
Why it's still in one piece? Oh no, no, not quits.
16:22
That's what you want. But all of you want me arrested and out of
16:25
the way in Jalen. Maybe out of the way for good old on.
16:27
So that won't be Helen's smiling. You're not gonna harm herfel Tebyn, you're
16:30
getting excited. That's excited and excited enough for this go in just the moment
16:48
the second actor, Philip Marlowe. But first I thrill him in a high
16:51
attention suspense from the word go, dramatic excitement that builds and builds until it
16:56
explodes in the smashing climax. That's Inter Sanctum, The Great Mystery. Thank
17:00
y'all, that's another of CBS's top notch Monday night programs. You'll find Inner
17:03
Sanctum one of the most entertaining spots in your Monday night listening schedule. And
17:07
remember, Lux Radio Theater is back for its fifteenth year of great dramatic presentations
17:14
Inter Sanctum and Lux Radio Theater every Monday Night over most of these same CBS
17:18
stations. Now with our star Gerald Moore, we returned to the second act
17:22
of Philip Marlowe and Tonight's story The Rust and Hickory. When the whirling ten
17:37
wheels of light slowed down to being street lamps again, Doug with Tilburn and
17:41
toned shoeleater on enough sidewalk to be safely out of sight. But it took
17:45
a whole minute of rubbing the bruise where his pistol ha glanced off my head
17:48
before a I finally remembered that it was a good time to call John.
17:53
I look back at him God Fury's house first, and saw the lights still
17:56
on, the clean colored convertible still park in front, and all the pent
18:00
we're quiet inside, So I limped as far as the phone booths on the
18:03
corner. Won my clients that the trick we'd pulled on the frog wouldn't hold
18:07
up forever. But instead I found out just how far this sided forever it
18:11
had collapsed. Yeah, hello, hello, Hey, what number is this?
18:18
Wellless shammos? You got the right number of shamas? What are you
18:22
doing there? Where's John rusting the babes here? But she ain't much of
18:26
a move to talk. Incidentally, thanks for giving me this free time.
18:30
What are you talking about? That fast shuffle? You touched me? Dibby
18:33
that now you see her? Now you don't gag with the taxi an old
18:37
shell game operator like me, that one was the stuff to see through.
18:41
It was a glass bottom boat. All right, all right, you get
18:42
you to plumb in the morning, but listen to you. If anything happens
18:45
to miss rust now, blat, skip it, skip it, dippy,
18:48
you're wasting your breath. It's already happened. I see you're run so long?
19:00
Oh John, John, come on, baby, come on, stop
19:03
out, I stay away from me. Hey, get out of here.
19:11
Yeah, oh Marlow, come on, honey, what happened to you?
19:14
Hurt Joan. That man, the one with the gruff voice. He pourced
19:17
his way in here, Marlow. He was looking for something. I tried
19:19
to stop him. I was going to screen, but I guess hit twen
19:22
he put the bite on me, that slug baby. Well anyway, he
19:26
hit me hard, and I've never been treated that way before in my whole
19:29
life. You've never been buddies with murdered before either. Come on, honey,
19:32
get up off the floor. Huh easy? Now, hey, he
19:37
turned your place inside out, too, didn't he? What was he after,
19:40
Johnny? I don't know. He just told me to quit starling and
19:42
hand it over. I didn't know what he meant to reshove me. Then
19:45
he pulled out all the books here and towards the run. He was looking
19:48
for something small and flat, like a Wait a minute, wait a minute.
19:51
Sure, the cops found a negative near Albury Nickel tonight, but it
19:53
was worthless. It must have been another one, an important one. And
19:57
Lacy and Froggy, you no doubt is holm. I must think you've got
20:00
it me. Well that's impossible. Well I had with my picture and well
20:03
I don't even have that now. Oh but I do out of my can.
20:06
It gives me a great idea. Come on, get what's my photograph
20:11
got to do with you? Maybe plenty? You see, when Aubrey printed
20:12
that picture of you, he faded out the background almost completely. You remember,
20:17
that's a stunt and fashion photography to make a subject stand out. But
20:19
in this case, John, I figure it was played strictly in reverse.
20:22
That Aubrey took you to Cernos tonight on business, big business, and you
20:26
were holding the merchandise for them all the way. Yeah, let's take a
20:30
look. Oh mad, my pretty picture friend. Better listen, you,
20:34
pretty head. Latest way i'd believe me. Oh yeah, he is books
20:40
see a negative the size of a postage stamp. I'll bet old flashbulbs,
20:44
the ten dollar bills. His baby's really loaded, My lord, I bet
20:48
that baby's loaded too. What are you talking about? It's the gun in
20:52
that man's hand there behind you. Oh fine, wait, easy morlol.
20:56
I'm I'm not looking for any more trouble. I just want to be sure
20:59
that you will help me. First, you're a private detective. I searched
21:03
you before, so I know I'm in a jam. It's worse than I
21:07
figured. The cops are after me for murder. No kidding. I can't
21:11
understand it, Tobyn. All you got is I'm outive. Deepen up the
21:14
swimming, and you've been dropping clothes like Hansel and Gretel dropped pebble. All
21:17
right, all right, but I didn't do it well. I beat up
21:18
siin Ester, sure, but while he was going with Helen, my Helen.
21:22
I hated everything and everybody in this phony town because they took her away
21:26
from me, even changed her name for her Erngard Fury. But I didn't
21:30
kill Nestor, I swear I didn't. You've got to help me, Marlow
21:33
that thirty eight year fist. Are you asking or telling? Oh? I'm
21:37
asking? Brother here here, take it, take the gun. I'm in
21:40
a fix and I know it, okay, hot Ed, I'm already in
21:44
Dutch for hiding Matthew's key witness. Here. Think how I look keeping his
21:47
chief suspect under wraps. Two yep, Oh, maybe I must sucker,
21:51
but I believe you all right? Way do you hang your hat? The
21:55
country cottage is number seven. It's kind of a motel court down a Melrose
21:59
number seven. I go there and stay out of sight, and I mean
22:00
stay out of sight. Yeah, okay, thanks, Marlow, say I'm
22:06
sorry I batted you down tonight. That makes a lot of difference to the
22:07
lump on my head. Go on, tobn bed it. Okay, I'll
22:11
keep in touch with you. Where are we doing, Marlow? Call a
22:14
friend of mine. We need a big enlargement of a small negative roncal pull
22:34
are you shermy? This is Phil Marlow. Yeah, I know. Now,
22:44
look are you busy? I got a job that's right down your alley,
22:45
Sherman. It's important. It's a thirty five millimeters negative I wanted blown
22:49
up to about half as big as a house. I can't. I I've
22:55
got to check a couple of other things at the same time. Now,
22:56
look, shermy, can you meet me at the Aubrey Nickels studio on the
22:59
street. What about ten minutes back door? Yeah, so we can kick
23:06
it in without attracting too much attention. Show me. I'll see you in
23:08
ten minutes. Filed Joan into the card, drove down the strip and once
23:18
pasted Nickel Studio, which was enough. Joan posted for a picture in front
23:22
of the place and directly across the street behind her. Just as I knew
23:26
what had to be was a neat plastic sign reading sign as to enterprises on
23:30
the diminutive but glossy imitation of Swiss chalet where Nesta's body had been found.
23:34
We turned double backs through the alien found showman bobbing up and down like a
23:37
nervous gopher. Five minutes, if not so subtle persuasion got us past the
23:41
lock and inside Aubrey's studio, where something else checked. The walls were practically
23:45
papered with pictures of arm God Curi taken from every conceivable angle, including some
23:51
that were not. Things were beginning to make a lot of sense. Mylo
23:53
is just all right, it's coming in here. I mean it's sort of
23:56
uninvited nose breaking an entering lady. You can get five years for it.
24:00
I sure, hope you know what you're doing. Yeah, this must be
24:03
the dark room. Yeah, now here's a negative Shermy, do your stuff?
24:08
What do you really expect to find on the film Marlow the Murderer?
24:11
Baby, it's gotta go one of two ways. That was Toburn for jealousy
24:15
or ham Lacy for ambition. Aubrey Nickel caught one of the two in the
24:18
background when he took your picture, and he was familiar enough with all parties
24:22
concerned over there to think he could put the screws on somebody. How's it
24:26
coming, Shermy, You out in a minute? Fifteen by twenty? Okay,
24:30
yeah, it's good. If there isn't a man in the background,
24:33
I lead it. Better get the Fulton poper pal because it's nothing but a
24:37
car. It can't be, brother, that's more than a car, Shermy,
24:42
It's a yellow convertible that belongs to ham Lacy. Look, you can
24:47
even see the lcense sixt nine sixty nine x six nine six. How do
24:52
you suppose what's the matter, Marline? I just thought of something. Without
24:56
this picture, both Toburn and Lacy are suspects, but with it we have
24:59
proof. Ly see is implicated. That means Lacy thinks he has Tobin sitting
25:03
in the perfect frame right where he wants. Now, look, you two
25:06
get out of here, go back to the paper. I've got to get
25:07
to Tobin fast and let him know. Look, baby, you're no doubt
25:11
horrific in the third grade, but some things they don't even teach in college.
25:12
You're gonna pop any minute, So I'll take it from here. Huh.
25:15
Stick with cheremey, honey, I'll caught you. I made it from
25:26
the strip down to Melrose and then east the tuster of Dusty Leans, who's
25:29
were bath known as country cottages and something under ten minutes park down the street
25:33
and cut back through the alley on foot. I got to the door of
25:36
Cottage number seven with about thirty seconds to stare. No, no, wait
25:38
a minute, mister, you got me wrong. No, I haven't tell
25:41
you can tell me you didn't knock off Sinester, and I'll believe you.
25:45
Nobody else will. I've got you right where I want. You know because
25:48
of your notes found in Nesta's pocket. You're the jilted boyfriend, the hit
25:53
from back home who came to Hollywood with murder in your heart and knocked off
25:57
the guy who stole your wife. Look yeah, and then you went after
26:00
the cheap photographer who gave her style. And after that you knew you couldn't
26:04
escape, so you blew your brain. And by the time I leave here,
26:08
that's the way it's gonna look. Tonight, ham past till lay tossing
26:11
on over on the bed. Come on, it's better you thinkured Aubrey was
26:18
lying about having a picture that take you with Sinus's killer, didn't you?
26:21
You thinkured Aubrey saw something but had no proof, so you shot him.
26:23
But you were wrong. Hammy had all the proof we need you, all
26:30
right. I hit her. She's the one who killed Seignister. I tried
26:33
to tell you that. I followed you here to tell you, but instead
26:36
I saw her with a gun pointed at you. I grabbed the first thing.
26:38
I saw, this broken rake handle, and I hit her with it.
26:41
I hit her awfully hard. Feel, but she is moving. You
26:45
don't think she's dead. He's probably thinking over the big lesson you just taught
26:49
her with that stick there? Who's the matter? He teach? You?
26:55
Know what? That rake handles made of? Tree, isn't it? Yeah?
27:00
What else could it possibly be but a hickory stake? All right,
27:14
model, all right, nobody can hear us? Now what is it?
27:15
Well, it's that miss Rustin hears a school teacher, Matthews, and it's
27:19
imperative that we keep her name out of this. Oh well, we can
27:22
arrange that. Oh good, you know, Matthews. It's funny how one
27:26
step leads to another. Ham Lacy never would have gone so far as to
27:30
kill nester on his own. But when he learned that I got it done
27:33
that he saw an opportunity to turn the whole situation of his advantage. He
27:37
and the girl agreed to framesven and then go along as a team. You
27:40
know, of course that that's just your theory. Just a man over there
27:44
and be quiet for a change, wild, miss Rustin, and I wind
27:48
this up, Matthews. Listen, Wyatt, please pulling rankh bhil no,
27:55
miss Rusting in solving this case just a minute. She didn't solve the case.
27:59
I to Rusting. If you hadn't solved it, then right when you
28:02
did, you'd be talking to this guy exclusively. The Ouiji bought from now
28:04
on, let's face off, what a corny pitch. Now tell me,
28:07
miss Rustin, how did you peg arm god fury? Well, when we
28:11
got the picture of the yellow convertible, I remembered that I'd gone to the
28:15
powder room at Cyranoids with mystery of pressing her makeup, but she couldn't find
28:18
her lipstick. She emptied her purse looking for it, and she finally had
28:21
to burrow mine. You know, oh how democratic I said that? So
28:23
now you're on it. Now tell me M's Rustin, How do you figure
28:27
the lipstick figured? Well, it wasn't the lipstick. I happened to notice
28:32
among the things from a person a teaching chain with cockkey's on it and an
28:34
identification tag in the form of a little licensear oh, and the numbers were
28:38
mixed nine six nine eggs. That's right. And since ham Lacy had an
28:42
alibionos keys were in miss Fury's bag, you figured it was her who'd been
28:45
driving. It was she who'd been driving. Yes, this is mister revolting.
28:48
Yeah. She she wanted to kill Mesta because he wouldn't turn loose of
28:52
her so she could claw her way on up to the bit the top.
28:56
And when she found him unconscious, it was easy. How literary? Well,
29:00
that's that, I guess. Thank you very much, miss Rustin.
29:03
I hope you stay in our town. Was Oh, wa'ts your MTD Tony,
29:07
baby, don't cry. I just thought it the most dreadful thing I've
29:12
had a wonderful time. I went to Sarahosa, I had a movie start
29:17
on the head and I helped able murder. But I'll never ever be able
29:21
to say one single word about it to anybody in Ferndale. Nebraska. She's
29:25
done it all. It took a few minutes to put on a new touch
29:36
of masscarat and get the pink of her nose, but she was smiling again
29:40
when we said good night to Matthews and stood on the steps at headquarters and
29:42
looked at the glittering lights of Hollywood. There was still plenty of time for
29:47
supper and even a dance or two when she wanted to go. But suddenly,
29:51
from somewhere there was a smell of order in the air, of dry
29:55
leaves on the ground and ripe red apples for future. She shook a head
30:00
wistfully and spoke of an appointment she had bright and early next Monday morning.
30:03
It's a very important appointment, hil Oh. I took her to a hotel,
30:11
say good by all the way home. For some reason, I kept
30:15
wondering, whatever happened to Skinny McDonald, the he only kid in school who
30:19
could shoot a better spitball than marlow Is it really been that long ago?
30:41
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe star Gerald Moore and are transcribed and directed by Norman
30:47
McDonald's script is by Meldon la Robert Mitchell, and Gene Levitt. The special
30:52
music is composed and conducted by Richard Urroant be sure and be once ag next
31:00
week. When Philomarlo says there was a tapestry found under a tomb, they
31:06
were all after it, the worried import of the man with half a face,
31:08
the Englishman in an La slum, and the lady wearing a green veil.
31:12
But before it was over, none of them had it, and two
31:15
of the four were dead. Now stay tuned for Gangbusters, which follows immediately
31:33
over most of these same CBS stations. This is Roy Rowan speaking. This
31:42
is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. Welcome back. Well, a nice
31:53
little twist, indeed, not something I'd like to see every week, but
31:57
it's such a surprising twist, with the client not only saving the detective,
32:04
but actually being the one to solve the case, of course, benefiting from
32:09
Philip Marlow's detective work obviously, and really the story is a bit of a
32:15
salute to teachers, as this was recorded about the time that students were getting
32:21
back to school, and so that definitely fit with the theme. It definitely
32:24
occurs to me as I'm listening to this that it was kind of rare.
32:30
I think nowadays to have the idea of teachers portrayed with quite so much reverence.
32:37
That was definitely a hallmark of a lot of Golden Age programming. Not
32:42
all, but quite a bit. All right, Well, now we turn
32:45
to some listener comments and feedback, and first we returned to The Lady Killers,
32:51
and I've got actually a very thorough response to the question, because if
32:57
you'll remember, at the end of The Lady Killers, Marlowe told the murderer,
33:04
who had decided to get rid of the person who he was planning to
33:08
pin the murder on by faking a suicide via gas. Marlowe runs into the
33:15
room. The killer comes in with the gun, and Marlowe tells him that
33:19
if he fires the gun, it'll all kill them all, and thus Marlow's
33:22
able to disarm them. However, Lieutenant Matthews calls Marlow's activities into question.
33:30
Who told you that firing a gun in that room could cause a massive explosion?
33:37
And so I requested some feedback on what really would have happened. Daniel
33:44
emails in Adam, I listened to the Marlowe story about the Lady Killer at
33:49
the end, you had a question regarding the explosive potential of natural gas Messing.
33:53
Yes, a spark from a gun could cause an explosion. Anyone who's
33:59
discharged a gun in the dark knows that ample sparks are produced. The explosive
34:04
limit of natural gas is between four point four to seventeen percent. Under four
34:08
point four percent, it would be too lean to burn. Over seventeen percent
34:14
it would be too rich to burn. Everything in between is just right to
34:17
burn. The smell could also have been pro paane, with a flammable range
34:22
from two point one percent to ten percent. Within that range, any spark
34:27
introduced to the mixture can set it off. So it is entirely foreseeable that
34:31
a spark produced from a gun aimed at Marlow could blow the entire building to
34:36
smithereens. I had a few occasions as a firefighter where I had attended the
34:42
aftermath of natural gas explosions. I've seen entire houses that were leveled by such
34:46
explosives. I have seen the ground burn through snow in the middle of winter.
34:52
On another occasion, I had a friend who was sleeping in his RV
34:55
camper when it exploded. Fortunately he lived. These cases are a very real
35:00
danger. The smell I believe mercy your captain is added to methane and propane
35:08
at some point in either the manufacturing or the distribution process. This is what
35:13
you smell. It's a warning. Both methane and propane displace oxygen and can
35:19
suffocate anyone who's trapped in the room with it. Propane is heavier than air,
35:23
natural gas is lighter confined to a room, makes them both equally dangerous.
35:29
The bad guy had the intention of suffocating the suspected murderer. Marlowe used
35:34
the bad guy's own use of guests to prevent the killer the killing of himself
35:38
and the intended victim. I hope that answered your question to your satisfaction.
35:43
Love the show. I started listening just recently. I enjoy it very much.
35:47
Thank you for making it available to the listening world. Well, thank
35:52
you so much, Daniel for your very complete answer and really does, really
36:00
does confirm what marlow said and I also received. I believe it was a
36:06
tweet from someone on that same point, and so while marlow might not have
36:12
known it for sure, his instincts were right on the money, and that
36:15
ultimately saved both his life and help them capture the murderer. And then we
36:22
have a question from Chuck who says is there any Box thirteen in the future?
36:29
Chuck, Box thirteen was actually the very first show that we did,
36:32
and it is available along with a lot of our other past series at archives
36:39
dot Great Detectives dot net. We did all fifty two episodes. It's a
36:45
great show and if I ever get around to revisiting shows I did that were
36:52
that had that many episodes on them, Box thirteen will be at the top
36:55
of the list. Thanks so much for the question, Chuck and listening.
37:00
We will be back tomorrow with Nick Carter and join us next Wednesday for another
37:06
episode of Philip Marlow. Remember do encourage you to support our listener support campaign
37:12
support dot Greatdetectives dot net. Among the available thank you gifts we do have
37:20
at the one hundred dollars level, we have the History of Harry Nile,
37:24
a great series from Jim French Productions in Seattle that manages to recapture the feeling
37:31
of the Golden Age radio detectives. We have volumes one through six available with
37:36
a donation of one hundred dollars or more each. A full list of available
37:39
items, as well as the mailing address mentioned earlier in the show. Are
37:44
available at support dot great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at Radio
37:49
Detectives, and become one of our friends on Facebook. From Boise, Idaho,
37:52
this is your host, Adam Grahamson and Off