 Standard of California on behalf of independent Chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the West invite you to Let George do it Another adventure of George Valentine personal notice danger is my stock and trade if you're up against something You can't handle and it has to be kept strictly confidential. You've got a job for me George Valentine right full details Dear mr. Valentine the day after tomorrow of Roy 16 is getting out of a work camp after a year Instead of trying to get a new start. He swears. He's going to do something that'll take him right back there again or even worse You've got to help him. You've got to save him from himself. I don't have much money. I'm only 16-2 but I'll work the rest of my life paying you if you'll do everything you can to help Eddie I'll be waiting for you tomorrow morning at 7 in front of the Lincoln statue in Chelsea Square Park It's just signed Emily George Chelsea Square Park, huh? Brooks see that's right in the middle of that slum jungle where those so-called wolf packs have been running wild Yes, and kids just about this age always good for an editorial young hoodlums a challenge to society And that's where it usually ends Book scene looks like we're gonna be on the job early tomorrow morning George wait a minute. What is it? Oh there sitting under the statue of Lincoln there feeding the pigeon. Oh, yeah, it looks like a girl. All right Come on angel Let's see how unlike an editorial we can be when we talk to her. That's all it comes. I have no use hanging your arm Emily yes, oh Mr. Valentine yeah, that's right gosh, I didn't really believe you'd come and I hello Emily This is miss Brooks. We work together. How do you do? Hello miss Brooks? If things weren't so terrible for Eddie, I I feel pretty silly. I don't have anything in the world And there's no reason for you to help me. Well, let's just say you write a darn good letter now What about Eddie? He's a boy. I know he gets out tomorrow. Why was he sent away? The police found him in a stolen car But he didn't steal it He thought he was delivering the car to a secondhand dealer for somebody just to make a little extra money Well, didn't he tell that to the police? No, he just kept insisting over and over that he didn't steal it He wouldn't even tell me who got him into that trouble, but he says it since everybody is so sure he's no good He's going to prove they're right You know what that means. Oh now Emily. Well, I know Eddie He's lost his temper a lot of times and he got into scrapes, but well, he's not bad not really Emily you're pretty sure of that, aren't you? I suppose when you believe in somebody you just do that's all All right. Now, let's see what we can do. He has no place to go mr. Valentine What do you mean? He only has his father and Eddie was supporting mr. Prokosh selling papers Yes, well and Eddie was arrested mr. Prokosh told him he never wanted to see him again And Eddie's very proud. He'd never go back home now. Well people change a lot in a year Do they my mother and father haven't they still think Eddie's no good? Even now when I went to help him I have to meet you in the park before I go to school All right, Emily. Suppose you leave Eddie to me I'm going to secretarial school now and in another year. I'll start working and if you don't mind waiting I suppose you leave that to mr. Valentine, too Then you mean you'll do everything you can That and a little more Emily now suppose we go and have some breakfast so you can tell me all about Eddie Then I'm gonna have a talk with his father I don't care who you are. I want to hear nothing about my son. I got no son now get out of my house Now just take it easy mr. Prokosh look at me, mr. You see this cripple leg I got that making honest living honest living. I know that's dreadfulness to Prokosh But there's still Eddie to think about I get few pennies from the company every month I even bite my tongue and take charity from the Morrissey Association But better I should hate myself then take one dirty penny my son steals I don't need it, but maybe your son needs you. I told you lady. I got no son. Okay Okay, let's just call him another boy aged 16 a boy in trouble and headed for more But not everybody's sold off in the way you are his own father You know mr. Prokosh you can worry so much about being right that you can be wrong Such fancy talk I don't understand. Hey Prokosh. I want oh See you get company what you want in my house. Well, these characters are blow. There's something. I want you to tell me Just who is this imitation bogey, huh? Hey, look at me Stan Lucas. He's the worst hoodlum of them all look pop at these times about up once he getting out I gotta know I tell you nothing. You heard me. I gotta know when you're gonna You what? Flashy tie you're wearing you don't knotted here Not so I'm gonna help you It's not good manners for a tough guy like you to be pushing helpless people around Now you see what I mean Stanley See the kind knife he carries. Yeah, not the kind you peel potatoes with why are you on a George let go of him I Just got one thing to say to you must Stay out of this neighborhood after dark if you want to live which way do you want to go downstairs on your head or on your feet? He ain't through with you You need a prokosh beat it Take that collapsible stiletto with you. Let's hope the cops find it on you Still have nothing to say to us about Eddie mr. Prokosh nothing you see the kind friends he has I Would rather die. We know all right. Let's go, Brooksy There's one more place. I'd like to stop before we meet Eddie tomorrow What do I know about any prokosh just about everything mr. Valentine good good That's why we dropped in to see him mr. Morrissey mr. Prokosh says you and the Chelsea Square Association have been helping him out every month well miss Brooks we're sort of a political club as you know But we believe in really taking care of our own down here, so I understand naturally We hope to win votes, but in a tough neighborhood like Chelsea Square. There are other things that are more important Giving out turkeys come thanksgiving and arranging a boat ride in the summer just aren't enough Oh, we do much more than that we cooperate with the police even get to the judge when one of our boys gets in The trouble we've been talking about putting up a playground, too Well, I could get the bear facts of what happened in juvenile court But I thought a man like you whose business it is to know what's going on could tell us more than that We understand Eddie didn't even try to defend himself on that stolen car char. I know what I'm afraid. There was very little He could say he was caught red-handed very unfortunate case, but I'm afraid not at all unusual So tell me Morrissey Why would a young hooligan like Stan Lucas be interested in knowing when Eddie gets out from the work camp Lucas? Hmm that one there's really a neighborhood problem. I can imagine it stands almost a man now I don't see what he could have had to do with Eddie Prokosh Apparently he had a lot to do with him Morrissey But it looks as though we won't get the real picture of Eddie till we talk to the boy himself Hey, how about a lift mister, huh? He's going in the town about a Why not yourself out kid? I'm going back to town. I'll give you a lift. What? I didn't see you parked under that tree Hop in Eddie. Okay. Thanks. Well, how did you know my name? I've been waiting for you kid. Well, we'll go into all that later I don't listen to Emily. She's just a crazy kid And I suppose you're a brainy old man Yeah, well, I know what I'm doing and you can let me off with the next cross and I can get a bus You know, I'll just keep your shirt on it He gets crazy ideas. I know what I'm doing. I don't need anybody's help. Okay. Okay, so you're on your own Well, let's set it up this way. Look, I live by myself What do you say we go home and has a child you might decide to bunk over with me until you know what you want to do I know what I want to do Yeah, mister, you sure you're not a cop Well, some of my best friends Eddie, but I don't happen to be one No, it's just like I said I had a little talk with Emily while she was feeding the pigeons in the park I mean Emily still sits by that statue and Well, okay, I guess there's no reason why I shouldn't eat your food. Thanks, Eddie There's only one thing a woman likes better than to see a man clean up that last drop of gravy on his plate Oh, what's that? We'll see two men doing the same thing. Yeah. Yeah, I sure packed away a lot That's why I was here Eddie Go on rave some more about my cooking to mr. Valentine. It may help See you in the office in the morning George Yeah, me too, miss Brooks. Well, thanks, Angel for being chief cook and bottle wash. Oh Mr. Valentine yeah, Eddie thanks a lot for the meal, but I gotta get going now. No Eddie. No You're gonna stay right here tonight. Now look I said it you're stewin about something You can't wait to get it out of your system without thinking of the trouble It's gonna cause everybody including yourself. Well, yes, stop preaching at me. You got no right just because you give me a meal I'm getting out of here. Not tonight. You're not a look you give yourself a chance to sleep on it You may feel differently in the morning. I'm leaving by that door. So get out of my way Now I don't want to have to get tough with you, but yeah Okay Just a little judo trick I had to learn once. Oh, yeah, it came in pretty handy. It's a learn-off. Hey You mean you're in that fight in Salerno? That's right And the guy coming at you wasn't supposed to land on a nice soft couch like you just did. Oh Well, any no reason why we shouldn't settle down list of the fights now. Oh, yes What when you do go to bed just remember I'm a very light sleeper. So so Don't get any fancy ideas about running out on me. Okay, Eddie time to get up Hey, Eddie, did you hear me rise and shine? Say Eddie if you want to try my new electric razor you can whatever now wait, they did leave me a note. That's something I Wasn't asleep like you thought when you went in to take your shower I even washed the dishes to pay for my room and board now You and miss Brooks and Emily better stay away from me. 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Okay, so that's the side you can kiss me on But look we're in trouble Angel what playing big brother Ella Spencer Tracy didn't work out Eddie beat it while I was shaving All right, darling. Take it easy. He left this little note. He's out on the prowl to quote. He's going after Stan Lucas Oh, no, yeah, I've got to stop him somehow Brooks. He I Only knew where to find him down there in that Chelsea district what pool hall what dark alley what hall way Stand with that knife. What can we do George? Well? I'm gonna have another talk with Eddie's father. Look you find Emily, but where well She gave us the name of the secretarial school caller get it to meet you in the park Maybe she can give us a clue on how we can find Eddie. Okay, Joe and remember Brooks. He it's a race against time Eddie can't do that. He must Emily stop crying Yes, miss Brooks Emily. I'm not gonna talk to you like a child if you're old enough to fall in love with a boy This is no time to let him down. I know I know you came to us for help now We need yours Can you tell us some of the places where Eddie might be looking for Stan Lucas? It could be anywhere, but I Yes, dear. I I should have told you this before but I couldn't I mean about Stan Yeah, did he have anything to do with that stolen car business? I'm not sure but that's that's not what I meant What did you mean? Miss Brooks, you said you weren't going to talk to me like a child. Well, I'm not going to talk to you like I was one either All this year Eddie was up in that work camp. I've been going around with Stan But I had to everybody does what Stan tells them to I Wasn't afraid just for myself, but what he said he do to Eddie when he came out Does Eddie know that? No, you know how many are and I wouldn't want him to know all you poor kid Well, what could I do miss Brooks? Dan said he could even stop the few dollars Mr. Prokosh gets from the association and he needs that money to live on Dan was just talking But you don't have to worry about him anymore. Mr. Valentine knows how to take care of him I'm only thinking of Eddie if I could only talk to him. I've got to find him wait Emily I'll go with you. We'll both look for him All I want to know mr. Prokosh is whether Eddie's been here or not. He knows better than to come here Oh, yeah, and I suppose that makes you a great father Hey, look Eddie's wandering around a few words. Well chosen might save his whole life And all he gets is a door slammed in his face. I got nothing more to say mr. Valentine I have one more thing to say Your son's out to kill somebody KIL L That's the kind of thing you get the big ramp for even a kid of 16 my Eddie. He would not Then a murder okay Prokosh, I can't waste any more time on you a 16 year old girl had more faith in your son than you have and I've got to keep faith with her Remember me big shot Well, at least I didn't have to look for you Stan. No, you didn't Because I was looking Jump boys Now twist his arms back slipper. Yeah, I don't want to do this right. Hey I owe this mug Imitation bull god You had something to say about my knife didn't you know, how do you like it? Oh? You'd have cut my initials all over that face of yours. Hey, don't do it Stan. I won't do it It's really gonna be a pleasure to work him over so even his own mother wouldn't recognize I Know my diction isn't very good lieutenant rally Valentine. What's the matter with you? Where are you just about got to the hall phone? Look, you got to do me a favor. Yeah. Yeah, sure sure, but what's wrong with it? I thought I could keep the police out of a boy's life, but it's way over my head now. I Need you help lieutenant. Okay, shoot look pick up two boys down in Chelsea Square fast Eddie Procosh about five eight freckles on his nose. Where's it leather check and Stan Lucas get it Stan Lucas. Yeah, he's a dirty Valentine yes, you stay where you are. Oh, Ori Luton. I can't help myself Hello, I know I know what you mean guy doesn't look as best in these hospitals. Oh darling your face look What about Eddie? Did they pick him up? Yes before he got to stand? Uh-huh. Oh good. Good. Not quite so good What happened Bruxy lieutenant rally has Eddie in jail. They found a gun on him But if he didn't get the stand the gun was taken from a watchman in a hold up this morning Eddie No question about that gun, but Bruxy with that guy's record and now I know but George. What do you think you're doing? Where are you? Oh, I'm getting out of here and have a talk with Eddie in jail Eddie you gotta talk What about you and that watchman what difference does it make what I say nobody will believe me come on Eddie come on I bought that gun from Swenson the pawnbroker just a couple hours ago. What yeah, I was gonna use it on Stan Well didn't lieutenant Riley check with a pawnbroker to see if your story was right. Yeah, sure But Swenson total me hadn't seen me since I was sent away Huh shouldn't be any surprise to me. I should be used to getting framed. Oh look you told me the truth I tell you I was nowhere near that factory this morning. I was out looking for Stan And it was Stan who framed you on that hot car deal. That's right Well, why didn't you say so when you were arrested? Well, what proof that I have he would have lied his way out of it and he wanted to get rid of me So we could have Emily for himself Yeah, I know all about her going out with him while I was away One of the kids up at camp told me no wait a minute Eddie you got Emily all wrong. Yeah. Yeah You know why Emily was going out with Stan she explained all that to miss Brooks I'm not interested. She was afraid of what Stan would do to you when you got out And he said he could stop the allowance your father was getting every month. What you what's that you heard me Eddie If Emily were giving you a run around she wouldn't come to me to keep you from making a darn fool of yourself. Yeah, but Nobody does anything for anybody unless there's a payoff in it somewhere Nobody gives a good hoot about me. Look at me tough guy my face. I mean Stan and my gang did give you a good going over didn't oh, yeah. Yeah very artistic job You think I'd look like this if I didn't give a good hoot about you Well, and I suppose the payoff on this for me is going to be a million bucks I'm sorry, mr. Valentine. Okay. Okay, Eddie and we understand each other Now I'll show you how much I believe in you You take this a knife. Yeah, that's right I'm gonna talk to lieutenant Riley and you're gonna have a chance to talk to stan alone in a cell when they bring him in You mean you're gonna let me lose with him with this. That's right, Eddie Oh, that'll be just standing with me. Now look we've got to get Stan to talk and he's not giving out for the police Are for me. You're the only one who can make him talk now you listen closely All right, all right. I don't mind playing ball with you Valentine I'm all for helping the kid. Thanks, lieutenant. But you realize the spot. I'm putting myself in Letting Eddie have a knife when he talks to stan. We'll be right next to the cell door Go right in mr. Morrissey. We're waiting for you. Thank you. Well, it's good to see you Morrissey. How are you lieutenant? Miss Brooke. Hello, mr. Morrissey. I see I see they're keeping you stepping down there at Chelsea Square But we do our best Well, Valentine, uh, thought you ought to be in on this prokosh case. Eddie's one of your boys I know now we're gonna hear Eddie's side of the story and if it sounds convincing, we know you'd want to help I'm glad you thought of me. Okay. Let's get going Sergeant Bring the prokosh boy to cell nine. We'll be right there Oh, okay, Eddie. Lieutenant says you can talk to this guy five minutes. Thanks Well, well, well How'd you get out prokosh? You didn't stay out very long, did you? No, you saw to that stan Come on. You're talking through your head. Am I? You want me to give you regards to anybody when I get bailed out? Emily for instance, you're not getting out of here What are you doing? You ought to know this trick How to hide a knife in your shoe so they don't find it when they search you Hey, Eddie put that thing away. I've been waiting to catch up with you stan Folks stay away from me. You frame me ruining those stolen cars. Well, now you're gonna pay for it Look kid take take it easy with it. Didn't you look? I I didn't mean to frame Eddie was all a mistake Help somebody help. He's gonna stop I was looking around for a gun and sooner or later I'd wound up at Schwenson's so you planted that hot gun there Yeah, yeah, that's right. But look at help get this guy out of here. You hear me? Get him out of here We'll get him out of here. All right Hey What are you doing here? You got a good memory for face of stan, especially ones you've been working on Gosh, mr. Valentine at work. Well, you heard him, didn't you? Yes, Eddie. We heard everything. Look what's going on here You've got no shut up. Mr. Mars. They get me out of here. I didn't do nothing Well, the less you say the better stan look you can't let them railroad me like that I'll do everything I can seem as I would for everyone else from our district I guess you're gonna stay put Lucas and the rest of your gang will be sent to a place where they can learn to Do something useful with their lives Come on everybody. Wait a minute lieutenant Isn't it going to be kind of crowded in here for stan and mr. Morrissey? What are you talking about? Some nice double talk between you and stan a second ago the less. He says the better The better for you. You meant didn't you Morrissey and you stan you said You can't let them railroad me or I'll you'd give away the whole works wouldn't you Morrissey was the real guy behind the stolen car racket and a lot of other rackets down in chelsea square Morrissey you were using stan to bully the other kids in the line That's why stan boasted he could cut off the little money. Mr. Prokosh was getting from the association Well, you don't seem to have much to say Morrissey everybody knows my reputation Oh, yeah, yeah the big power of the neighborhood big enough to make swents and the pawn broker perjure himself So you could be rid of eddie I think you can get swenson to talk now lieutenant. I told you he sold me that gun You got this all wrong valentine this lucas boy here is caused all kinds of trouble If he tries to implicate me surely know Mark Morrissey you're not gonna walk out and leave me holding the bag valentine is right I got lots of proof keep quiet you little rat see what I mean lieutenant On second thought it wouldn't be safe to leave them both in the same cell Mr. Valentine What's that saying About an old fool Well, I don't know about that saying mr. Prokosh you why not settle for another one better late than never Except for you. I would have made a terrible mistake Thank you. George come here. Oh, what is it broxy? Look down there out of the window. There's emily and eddie sitting on the stoop. Oh, yeah Offhand I'd call that romance ain't you and offhand. I remember saying to speak for yourself john If you know what I mean And now a message of importance to motorists The merry month of may means a merry vacation for a lot of folks and if you're one of them Here's the way to start out safe as well as happy Just make sure your car gets a vacation check at a standard station or an independent chevron gas station Do this a day or two before you start out when the men at these service stations inspect your tires Battery crankcase oil spark plugs all the vital parts. 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There was another accident in the tunnel. What? Oh, hey, I'm beginning to remember a few things now And i'm pretty sure I know what causes these accidents brooksy quick help me over to that phone Tonight's adventure of george valentine has been brought to you by standard of california on behalf of independent chevron gas stations And standard stations throughout the west Let george do it stars robert bailey as george with francis robinson as claire walley mayor appears as lieutenant riley Tonight's story was written by david victor and herbert little jr. And directed by don clark Also heard in the cast where mary lou herrington as emily jay novello as dr. Prokosh tommy cook as eddie tony barrett as stan And herbert butterfield as moracy the music is composed and conducted by eddie dunstetter You're an outster john heaston listen again next week same time same station to Let george do it The mutual don lee broadcasting system