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The Ambergris Mirage
Aired: May 19th, 1957. Johnny Dollar heads to the sleepy Mississippi Gulf Coast to track down eighty pounds of ambergris — a rare whale byproduct worth a small fortune to perfumers — that vanished from a train depot platform before it could ship. Between a jumpy insurance agent racing a 48-hour deadline and a cantankerous fish-and-boat proprietor named Michael Meany who claims the find as his own, Johnny has to sort out who really owns a fisherman's lucky catch. A breezy, small-town mystery full of Gulf Coast color and Jack Johnstone's signature sharp dialogue.
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