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in every sense of the word the face of sandra dane was her fortune then in 10 seconds everything had changed there was an afternoon a horseback ride with janet blaze though her stand in a gust of wind janet silk scarf from the horse's eyes a terrified plunge of fall flying hooves all around her in blackness then the hospital smell quiet efficient dr rogers and his quiet efficient staff janet and gordon west her producer visiting her every afternoon all of them kind and sympathetic all of them knowing that the million dollar face might be gone forever that behind the mask of bandages was a question mark well don't sit there staring at me gordon darling the end of the world hasn't come you know of course not sandy i hope not janet dear it wasn't your fault the wind blew your scarf and that's what i keep telling us andra but you know how she is if you must feel sorry for someone dear how about for gordon he's got a million dollars tied up in the picture and he can't shoot a lick until i get out of hawk well that that's right isn't it sandy dear we've been wanting to clean him up so what's going on sandy about the picture what about the picture you you know how bankers are bankers this accident of yours i know you'll be all right but so far as they're concerned well uh what are you trying to tell me gordon you've got to understand sandy the bankers insisted that gordon tell someone else for the party of course i thought of janet first janet you you're playing my part she didn't want to do it sandy neither did i but there just wasn't anything else we could do about it janet playing my part please don't feel badly about it samia feel badly i think it's marvelous it's so funny my stand in it just doesn't happen oh it's a wonderful break for you dear wonderful you know what did i tell you janet i knew she'd understand and you don't have to worry sandy no matter how this plastic surgery turns out there'll always be a job for you at my studio you know that job but the operation's been successful i'm sure of it it's only there was no question of course you've been wonderful darling now we've got to run along it oh hello dr rogers hello everyone mind if i see the patient alone for a few minutes you're just leaving doctor chin up sandy goodbye dear and good luck we'll be seeing you said we have nice friends yes aren't they doctor do you mean that why not i haven't known this day in that you believe janet blazer was responsible for your accident but in a fit of jealousy over your career she purposely whipped her scarf into the eyes of your horse well how can you say a thing like that i didn't say it first in this day you did what do you mean while you were under the anesthetic that happens frequently you know i'm bringing this up for good reason this day in the event this operation doesn't to come up to expectations a thought like this playing on your mind you ruin your entire life i had you as a plastic surgeon dr rogers anonymous a psychiatrist i'm sorry this thing i simply felt that now of all times was the moment to bring it up why i'm going to remove your bandages when now steady now you must remember that we've done the very best we could please hurry doctor just a second more i can guarantee that the reconstruction will give you a normal appearance but what whether or not you'll be able to resume your career i i don't know now there you are um a mirror give me a mirror very well here i tried to tell you this with the prologue of the judas face the signal oil company brings you another strange tale by the whistler if you're like me friends your mouth waters each time you see one of those sleek new 1946 cars unfortunately it'll probably be a long time before we'll all be driving one but there's a way we can all enjoy a sweeter running motor right now yep it's with that great new signal premium motor oil containing five scientific compounds that actually keep motor six times cleaner and reduce cylinder where one third you see 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place earnest eager little janet the same girl who stood under the hot studio lights for endless minutes while cameras were focused and mic booms adjusted the girl who took it for you while you sat in the cool shadows and watched yes sandra it's more than you can swallow but you're not raging anymore there's only cool calm hatred now and a plan to kill so you go about it methodically first of course there's the matter of the assistant producer's job gordon west promise you oh you've been so wonderful gordy it's all set then about the job sure sandy you're going to be my assistant on janet's first picture of that it's perfect just perfect step one sandra the job so you go to work for gordon west and in a week or so you decide to tackle step two it seems that janet's picture is a western and will be shot on location there are two possible sites hamilton rance or philippe mesa and gordon hasn't decided yet thank rinnell the chief cameraman will have a lot to say about that gordon depends on him i don't know sandy last time i talked to the boss he was all for hamilton ranch but there's no comparison frank i was brought up near there i know it's like a book please talk to him frank i know he listened to you why why what why are you so interested because it'll make the difference between a first class western and a chief you want janet's debut to be a topper huh why of course why not i'm a cameraman sandy i've been trained to catch human emotion on film look for people's thoughts and their eyes and their faces well nothing matter of fact i was on my way to the boss to make a pitch for philippe mesa too if i kind of wonder if you and i have the same reason it has to be philippe mesa doesn't it sandra you weren't bragging you know it like a book it's deep side the narrow dangerous trail winding up the cliff to the top that they'll be bound to you as for the chase sequence with janet plunging down into the full gallop the wall falling away sheer on a right for 300 feet yes and philippe mesa is perfect it has everything you need two hours later frank comes out of gordon's office hey yeah what did he decide you win honey philippe mesa so you're over the first hurdle sandra and for the next two weeks if the company prepares to leave for location you think it's through again and again coolly taking your time anticipating preparing concentrating on the climax that will come when janet rains her horse at the top of the mesa pauses a moment and then starts down the trail sandy oh oh janet what's the matter dear did i scare you no no janet i was just thinking i'm sorry you look so funny smiling to yourself that way i just got by to tell you we're leaving tomorrow start shooting monday isn't it wonderful of course dear i'm so so thrilled for you and i'm so thankful to you sandy all the help you've given me you've been so good about everything why don't be silly darling we've got to make good you know you and i yes and you've got to make good and everything is pointing in the right direction you relax now and wait smiling to yourself over janet's enthusiasm on the trip to location during the preliminary shooting controlling the anger inside you as gordon west raves over her performance it's still going to be your picture isn't sander then it'll ask the moment arrives the day when the chase sequence is to be shot from the rim of the mesa the weather has been blistering hot for the past week and the company is restless as gordon gives them last minute instructs now listen everyone i want to shoot this chase without a break in the action get it all in one unbroken sequence get that bank okay gordon cameras are all set now you may know the heavies remember when you're chasing janet down that trail don't crowd her look there's all you're laying on the leather but don't get too close i don't want any accidents janet right here gordon you're sure you've got the action all straight of course i thought for a minute at the top and then take the trail down the south face come here a minute yes gordon this is the last chance honey what about the double no why oh sandy would never have used the double neither will i she never did a trick like this how do you know she wouldn't i know her pretty well please let's not go through it again okay by the way where's sander over there sitting down look at the heat scotter all right you'd better get up there matter sanding oh i'm just a little dizzy i guess wait i'm not gonna be much good to you today not pretty hot at that maybe you'd better go back to the camp huh i was hoping he'd suggest that maybe i'd better send someone back there with you be alone you know not a soul in the camp forget it i'll be all right just lie down for a while okay oh and uh gordon yeah wish janet a lot of luck for me will you sure all right kids let's go they've gone now sandra gordon's on top of the mesa to direct the action by phone the cameraman and actors are in their places and you're supposed to be alone in camp with a sick headache you know the mesa don't you stand there no one sees you as you slip along the chaperrill covered slope at the foot of the mesa up through the underbrush to the spot you found the first day of shooting right next to the trail halfway to the top a perfect spot isn't it a huge boulder on one side grace wood and mesquite on the other you crouch beside a strong steel stake you've driven firmly into the earth the night before pick up the ends of a thin wire rope looped around the mesquite root on the other side of the trail invisible under the dust you scattered over it you're ready now waiting listening and then she's coming sandra you tighten the rope hitch it firmly around the steel stake you're ready for her now though it was your picture after all wasn't it sandra the weeks of planning paid off the moment the horse tripped a flip of the cable loosens it from the mesquite root and it's lost forever along with a steel stake among the boulders at the bottom of the gourd you're back in camp lying down of course with your sick headache when gordon arrives with the news yes sandra that was an academy award performance even though you don't have the face to go go with it anymore it's all settled now there was no question just a few formalities and an official statement by the coroner that janet blaisdell died as the result of an accidental fall from a horse the week passed and you go back to your job at gordon's side in hollywood yes it settled you did a perfect job there's no evidence and yet there's still a vague uneasy feeling inside you as if something was hanging over your head ready to fall somehow you can't put your finger on it at least until the day frank reynolds the cameraman takes you to lunch you know sandy i think i told you once about the peculiar insider guy gets after grinding a camera for 10 years what do you mean face well it's funny you can almost tell what a person's thinking just the way he holds his face you know i can spot hatred a mile away for instance jealousy a cold look of a of part right of a murderer funny isn't it interesting i can't hide it you know it's there in spite of them it's odd i uh i thought i saw it in your face on a location that day that day janet died yes that is odd it indicates that you're not infallible anyway it's uh not there now though of course it isn't not supposed just a minute sandy it isn't there now there's something else what fear i want you to come over to my house tonight sandy i'm sorry i won't take no finances sandy be there at eight there's something i want you to see you make an excuse tell him you're ill leave the office that afternoon he's bluffing you sandra you tell yourself again and again that frank reynolds is bluffing you that there's no reason in the world for you to go to his house at eight tonight and there's thousand good reasons why you shouldn't there's no proof no evidence why should you fall for it of course not so at seven o'clock you decide definitely you're not going and at eight o'clock sharp you're ringing his doorbell hello sandy hello frank well are you coming in i can only stay for a minute i won't be long i began to think you weren't coming i came here for only one reason frank to get to the bottom of that double talk at lunch today that's exactly why we're going downstairs i've got a movie projector there you know rally the folks around for private showing once in a while i sit right down over there sandy screens all set up let's stop this nonsense i told you i can only stay a few minutes at that revolver doing on your desk revolver oh well that i was cleaning it before dinner nice thing to have around no telling what dangerous characters a man might meet in my business but um you're not a dangerous character are you sandy so i'll put it away for now let's look at the pictures huh i'm sure you're going to find them interesting sandra you see i took them myself the day of the chase sequence at philippa mesa oh the chase sequence that's right the chase sequence you remember that day of course the day janet was merc the day janet died i'll turn out the lights here eh now start up the projector there we are i don't think you knew i was on a roving assignment that day sandra i was using a portable camera with a telephoto lens managed to get some very unusual shots oh here's a pan start of the chase your brain is spinning like that projection machine you know what's coming next don't you sandra frank is gloating now over his telephoto lens the one thing you forgot to figure on slowly you ease out of your chair in the dark toward the desk pull the drawer open probe for the revolver find it move quietly back to your chair hiding the gun under your purse on your lap of course sandy every climax has to have a buildup telephoto lens is a wonderful thing isn't it sandy you swear you were ten feet from her oh now we're getting somewhere here comes janet down the steep pitch oh look ahead of her in that narrow gap on her left in the greece wood there surprise huh that woman there crushing next to the trail look what she has in her hand a rope isn't it now here's a cut back to janet galloping down the trail she's almost opposite the woman now look look at the girl with a rope who does she look like sandy huh who is it stop that machine turn on the light spring on you right there that better all right frank how much do you want for that film why sandy what are you i said how much frank well i didn't know you admired my camera work so much and where you kept at the point well of course you've got to admit this is pretty unusual stuff it comes out how much well i figure you've probably stashed away a couple of hundred thousand years time successful star you know 40 grand the picture 200 thousand dollars yeah yeah i suppose we say half of it and you get the negatives what what made you do this frank well i always was a guy for a fast buck and there was something else of course janet and i was gonna be married when the picture was finished let's face it sandy 100 thousand is cheap if i i guess you're right i can't afford to take a chance there's only one way to make sure hey what do you do they just like fair frank right where you're standing on that gun sandy you can't get away with murder again no listen sandy i'll destroy the film i'll the whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending of tonight's story meantime i have good news tonight for you whistler fans who've been asking will the whistler follow the example of so many of the popular shows and go off the air for the summer the answer i'm happy to say is no in appreciation of your loyalty that has made the whistler the west coast's most popular radio show signal oil company and the thousands of friendly dealer owned signal stations throughout the west who sponsored the whistler will continue to broadcast this program without interruption throughout the summer so for your monday night radio 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you're at the end of your rope now what is it i i don't understand the gun was loaded with blanks darling all right gentlemen you can come in now let's like the scenes over all right frank come on doctor rogers officer good what are you the required number of witnesses sandy are you satisfied officer i don't think there be any question i might as well tell you sandy we faked that film what i mean there was no there was nothing except a healthy suspicion on the part of dr rogers that you murdered janet blazer seems you talk rather freely while you were under the anesthetic some time ago he insisted we examine the point on the maser trail where janet fell all we could find was a hole on the left hand side of the trail as if a stake had been driven there so we made a long guess and shot the scene with a stock actress made up to look like you just to see what you'd have to say isn't that right doctor yes of course there was nothing to go on except what you said under anesthesia when i was working on your face interesting isn't it sandra the one thing in the world you treasured most the thing you killed for gave you away your million dollar face next monday at nine o'clock the whistler will bring you another strange tale the whistler is broadcast for your entertainment by the marketers of signal gasoline and motor oil and fine quality automotive accessories and by your neighborhood signal dealer featured in tonight's cast were mary lansing and jerald more this program produced by george w allen based on a story by b marsh music by wilbur hatch is transmitted to our troops overseas by the armed forces radio service that whistle is your signal for the signal oil program the whistler this is marvin miller speaking reminding you to look for those familiar yellow and black circle signs that identify those popular signal oil stations in seven western states from canada to mexico this is cbs the columbia broadcasting system