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There's a powerful guerrilla movement there now. And there's one thing you have to know about guerrillas. Don't ever tangle with them. Peter, the woman just came in at the bar. And she asked me, where can I find Peter Brain? What do you want to tell her, huh? Hey, that's a very nice looking addition to this, uh... this swinging little village. You know who she is? No, I never see her before. Well, tell her I'm here. What have I got to hide? Very funny, Peter. I like that one. There's Mr. Brent over in the corner, beautiful lady. All by himself. I'm real lonely. Well, we should do something about that, shouldn't we? It's a terrible thing, loneliness. Thank you, bartender. Well, no bartender, beautiful lady. I own this gym palace. Very good palace. Mr. Brent? Yes, I'm Peter Brent. What can I do for you, Miss, uh... Miss... Blair, Betty Blair, how do you do? Care to join me in a drink? Yes, thank you. Um, a vodka tonic. Assam. A vodka tonic and another beer. You're back, Peter. They tell me you run your boat up and down the coast here for hire. I'd like to make a trip down to Pongoo tonight. Pongoo, Miss Blair, is not as scenic as it used to be. I know lots of far better places to visit. Well, I'm sure you do, but I want to go to Pongoo, Mr. Brent. Pity. That area, you see, is firmly in the hands of the guerrillas now. I don't make that run anymore. Oh, really? Well, now I heard you did. At night time, they tell me, running without lights. One vodka tonic, very strong. One beer. Thank you. Thanks, Assam. You must have been talking to some very interesting people, Miss Blair. Yes. I'm very interesting people myself. I noticed. But it just isn't safe down there anymore. I have $2,000 for you if you'll take me down the coast to Pongoo, escort me through the lines of your guerrilla friends, and bring me back again when I've done what I have to do. A couple of points. First of all, the guerrillas are not my friends. Frankly, I don't give a damn whether they win or lose. Really? For the last three weeks, you've been delivering packages to them. Packages of currency. That makes them your friends. It means that you can move around there safely, something which very few other people can do. You're very well-informed, aren't you? Mm-hmm. I make it my business to be well-informed. Well, there's something you obviously don't know, and that is that the guerrillas don't have friends. They just have people who can be useful to them. Like you? Okay. A guy came to me a couple of times and said, take this package down to Colonel Salin. Here's $100. That's what I've been doing. And it doesn't make me anything more than a messenger boy trying to earn a buck. Now, what do you have to do down there? Oh, I just pick up a briefcase that got left behind there. By whom? By me. I was in the village of Pongu last night when the guerrillas attacked it. They beat down the door of the house I was staying in, and I jumped out of back window and ran down to the beach where I had a motorboat hidden. I got away by the skin of my teeth, but I lost everything, even my purse. I didn't mind too much about my passport or papers, money, because those can all be replaced. But I also had a briefcase filled with... Are we in business? I, uh... I really need that $2,000, Miss Blair. Well, it was a briefcase containing a lot of very compromising papers. And it's safely hidden just outside the village, but I must get it back. I'm very committed to my work, Mr. Brett. Committed? Very old-fashioned word. Perhaps. Last time I heard it was when they committed my Uncle Charlie. Uh, I think you'd better tell me what your work is. I'm an agent of the United States government, Mr. Brett. And that's all I can tell you. I hate everything about it. Then let me appeal to your sense of patriotism. No. You'll cut more ice if you just keep saying over and over, $2,000, $2,000. It...it means a tick at home. Well, then? Hey, you said you'd lost all your money. I also said those things are easy to replace. I have a feeling I should get my head examined, but... Okay. My boat. Tonight. Nine o'clock. It's moored at the wharf. The only slope there. Yes, I know that. And I can't tell you how pleased I am that your inherent American sense of duty has come to my rescue. Just when I...I really need help. We might run into an awful lot of trouble, of course. Are you up to it? Oh, I've seen trouble before. Probably more than you'll ever see in your lifetime. Yes, I'm up to it. It might be all plain sailing, but then again, it might not. Can I get paid up front? I'll bring the money with me. Good. With $2,000, I can really live it up. And I'd like to remember the last couple of days of my life for as long as I live. Come summer with open arms in a sleeveless knit shirt from Sears. 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Only this time it is all yours. And we decided on a bonus of another thousand when the job is done. I'm getting to like you more and more, Mr. Richter. Largely because there's just no one else who can help us. We feel that the guerrillas might trust you. They don't trust anybody. But it means they won't be quite so quick on the trigger, perhaps? You know the man in charge down there? His name is Colonel Salin. No, no. Can we go right away? Sure. My engine seems to be in working order again. All we have to do is cast off and move out where I can run up some sail. Colonel Salin. He's a very rough man. If we run into him, and I hope we don't, he'll want to see what's in that briefcase before he lets you out with it, if he ever does. No, I can't allow that. Peter, we were hoping that we could pick it up without anyone knowing about it. But if we're found, what excuse do we have for being there? Have you thought about that? I was hoping too that you'd be able to find one. $2,000 ought to pay for more than just the hire of a boat. Okay, I'll figure something out. Time to hoist a little sail. There's a little problem been worrying me. You said they broke into your room. That means they know who you are. Oh, no. No, no, no. They don't even know I exist. They were looking for government soldiers. There were several of them in the village. Well, then you really didn't have to run, did you? I mean, crashing through the window in your baby doll pajamas. Or do you sleep in the raw like I do? There was a lot of shooting, and I was frightened. And I was not in my pajamas. I hadn't gone to bed yet. It was great to know that even you can be sensibly scared when you have to be. Okay, I can, uh, cut the motor now. You want to tell me what it was you were doing down there in the first place? I mean, Pongoo isn't exactly a tourist resort these days. Even for spies. I don't think you have to know about that. It has nothing to do... The United States government likes to keep an eye on these rebel movements, Mr. Brent. The assignment was merely to sound out to local people. I thought Congress had put a stop to all that kind of jazz. Well, I'm quite sure they believe that to be true. It allows them a sense of virtue. So it would be childish of us, wouldn't it? To dissolution them. Would you like to tell me the name of the outfit you belong to? Not really. And you sound very suspicious, Peter. There's no reason for it. I assure you. I just have this crazy feeling, a very persistent feeling that somehow just maybe I'm being suckered. Well, don't worry about it. It's in a very wealthy cause. Boat out there, Colonel, running with no light. He headed this way. Where? There, to the left. Isn't that Brent's boat? I believe it is. Well, long man's got more guts than I give him credit for. He's American. They're very rush people. He dares to come back after what he did? Why don't I turn a heavy machine gun on him? I can cut up both two ribbons with a heavy machine gun. No. I want to get my hands on him alive. I have a score to settle. But what is he doing here? I can't believe it. He must know he never leave here alive. He's not that stupid. I'll tell you what he's doing here. His catagor lives in a hut a couple of miles down the beach. And that is where he is headed without a doubt. There I will pick him up. Okay, okay, Colonel. You want him all in one piece, of course. This message from your local station. Right. It's that book you sent away for. It's just a catalog from the Consumer Information Center. It lists more than 200 federal publications you can send for. On building, fixing, eating. Buying, selling, working, playing, living. And more than half of them are free. The man you married is gone. But would you make just one more mistake? I'll just replace that window glass like I used to. Whatever you do, learn to do it better. 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Like always when you come, I send him to bed. Strong, I don't see you. Wait, the gorillas. Are there any of them around here? But gorillas. All day I don't see no gorillas. Yesterday, yes. They shoot up the village a little bit. But today, maybe they go away. I don't know. I don't care. Oh, that's great. I got two friends with me. Can we come in and talk for a while? You mean you don't come just to see me? There's a job I have to do, Fila. It won't take very long. After, we'll have some time together again. Maybe you'd even like to come back with me and spend two or three days on the boat? Oh, yes. I like so much. Ah, then it's a deal. I want you to be happy, Fila. Then I am with you. I'm very happy. Well, just stay for a while. Find out what's happening in the village. He's very pretty, it's a girl. Do you like? As a matter of fact, she's a pain in the neck. Is it all right, Peter? We got lucky. It seems there are no gorillas anywhere near us. This is my girl, Fila. Betty, Carl. Hi. Hello, Fila. We'll stay here for a very short while. Pick up the local news of the gorillas, do what we have to do, and then we get out of here as fast as we can. I don't want to stay. Oh, dear God. No gorillas anywhere near us, he says. Well, the matter, Brent, you don't like us no more? You know better than that, Abbo. I'm your friend. Oh, good. Very nice. Now, you and your friends come with us, huh? Colonel Saline wants to see you. Peter, they don't look very happy to see us. Don't worry. I have absolutely nothing to fear from Colonel Saline. He's a friend, too. He is, huh? Well, are you going to find out about that, Brent? A difference of opinion about whether our hero, Peter Branch, should consider Colonel Saline as a friend. And in the remote command of the Seacoast of Burma, the difference between friends and enemies is not unlike the difference between life and death. And with the mysterious Betty Blair and her friend Carl Richter, they're about to have a demonstration of that difference. I don't know your name, Captain, but you don't have to keep moving. Was it necessary to tie our hands like this, huh? We're not likely to run. Not in the face of half a dozen guns. His name is Abbo, Captain Abbo. And talking to him is like talking to a brick wall. Stop, Colonel Saline. A laudable Colonel, but would you tell me what this is all about? You have a lot of embarrassing questions to answer, Brent. You'll answer them. Well, of course. I have nothing to hide. First of all, I want to know about that last delivery. I don't follow you. What about it? What was that for? Just to teach you, don't put the money. What do you mean? What happened to the money? Are you crazy? I handed it over to Captain Abbo here. The same as always. That means that he stole it, and I wouldn't put it past him. Do you mind if I get up? Do that. A few days ago, I handed Captain Abbo the package, just the same as I did five, no, six times before. The package of 10,000 counterfeits. Good counterfeit, my supplier is. How should I know? All I know is that once in a while this guy comes to me with a package and says, here's 100 bucks to deliver this to Colonel Saline. And that's what I do. I deliver a package. How should I know what's in it or even care? Outside of this 10,000 square miles of stinking jungle, nobody cares. Now, about you or your crummy revolution. My supplier is General Chin Tsu-hey of the Nationalist Armies of Indo-Mountains. He delivered the guns I had ordered. I paid him with the currency you brought me. And a few days later, he sent it all back to me with an escort of 400 of his troops. They took all those weapons back again. How can I fight a revolution without guns? Will you tell me that? It was sealed like always. I didn't open it. If someone cheated you, it was your finance man, not me. Of course. But you will have to explain that to General Chin Brentner to think what he will do to you. Now perhaps I can recover it. It's a very easy question to answer. Now, I don't know about that. Good for nothing, gentlemen. But Miss Blair hired my boat for $100 to come down here and cover something she lost. Which was? Her handbag. She's a tourist. And she got scared, understandably so, when your men took over the village last night. And she ran. Somewhere along the track, she dropped her handbag. That means she lost her passport, her credit cards, her driver's license, all that kind of stuff. You have to realize that an American abroad without all that documentation becomes a non-person. And we don't like that. So she figured it was worth $100 to come looking for it. Miss Blair, a tourist? We know her battle has very success. Shut up, Abbo! And he has four less patients left and make them comfortable. X and around the trunk of a tree will secure them, I think. There are two General Chin first with me. As a token of my good will, one of them is a very beautiful young woman in whom he can kiss an un-entity just another throat. Do you know this General Chin? I know of him. 20, 25 years ago, the nationalist Chinese had an army out here. A very big army. When the Communists took over back home, they also stayed. Today, they're bent. They run the opium trade, the gun smuggling trade, the trade and smuggled rubies. Rubies? Oh, it's a big business out here, smuggling rubies. From Mogak, mostly up near Mandalay. Anything that moves illegally in this part of the world, it's under General Chin's protection. He's got 40 or 50,000 men now, all expatriates. He's got a nasty reputation. What will he do with us? Do you know? Well, I know what he'll do with you all right. With Carl, who knows? Yeah. And with me, I don't even want to think about it. And I don't like being referred to as an un-entity just so that I can have my throat cut. You cut us into this mess, Brent. Now, get us out of it. Richter, I got to tell you. You are a number one... Us hoards while we are tied. Don't move now. I got knife. I cut you free. Don't move. Leave to breathe again. You follow me now. We go to safe place, far from here. Very quiet. Fila did it. Thank you. We all thank you. You promised me you'd tell me two, three days with you on your boat. Oh, Fila. Two or three days. A lot more than that, if you want. You mean... you don't mean... Oh, yes. That's exactly what I mean. Yeah, well, let's give the old man a minute or two to run his course, and then we can... can we go and pick up my briefcase? Don't you think we pushed our luck far enough? Why don't we get ourselves down to the boat and get out of here while we can? Not unless you want to throw away that bonus. Oh, yes. The bonus. Okay. Let's see if we can push it just a little bit further. 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No wonder they're called Super Plus. Available now in brilliant solids or patterns. At most larger Sears retail stores. Here's the concluding act of a briefcase of trouble. There's the beach. Now which way? Well, uh, where's the village? South of us, just behind the headland there. Well, then we ought to move inland again. There's a track that runs east from the village and a couple of hundred yards from the first of the huts. There's an old ruined temple. Very, very small one. Not much more than a heap of stones left. Fila, you know it? I know it, yes. It's the pagoda of Tapegu. You know how to get to it without passing too close to the village? Oh, yes. We go through jungle. It's not too far, I think. What's not too far, you think, in your vocabulary? Not too far. Everybody know Vot is not too far. Well, let's rest up for a couple of minutes. My feet are killing me. Oh, gotta admit it. That's not a bad idea. Artillery, I'd say. Artillery? Yeah, four or five miles off by the sound of it. It's pretty well known that the government is getting ready for an offensive against the guerrillas. And I'd say that's what it is starting up now. Good. It'll keep Colonel Salin occupied for a while with more important matters. Yes, that's what it is. I like it. Don't drive the colonel down here to where we are. Not Salin. He'll go to meet it. He's a very impetuous man. It's gonna make it a lot easier for us. Peter, will you tell me something as among friends? Sure. Did you get Colonel Salin's $10,000? No, I didn't. I'll take a bet it was that shifty-eyed fellow Abbo pulled a switch on his boss. Yeah, he wouldn't be able to replace it. Where would he find counterfeit dollars? Now, I'll tell you what must have happened. Salin's revolution is being financed by China, mainland China. But Salin's getting his guns from the old Chinese Nationalist armies. Ah, the Communist must have found his certain ironic pleasure in passing counterfeit currency to their old enemies. And if you ask me, it's a shame that General Qin found out so quickly. Let's be on our way. The Pagoda of Tapagoo is beautiful, no? My father tell me it come from time of King Anaruda. He's more than 900 years ago. They call it Dynasty of Temple Builders. That's the one. In here. It's beautiful. Yeah, it's behind this stone. There's the briefcase. All right, let's get back to the boat. Wait. Betty, I'd like to see what's inside it. Paper sprint, compromising papers as we told you. I got this crazy feeling again that everything isn't quite as it should be. Well, it's really none of your business, Mr. Bryant. Betty lost everything, she said, even her purse, so I'm not going to ask her. But do you have some sort of card, like they always show in the movies, a card that says you really are an agent of the United States government? And what makes you think that I might be anything other than what I say I am? Nothing I can put my finger on. Just a feeling. Maybe it's because I really don't like you too much. Well, you must be aware that bureaucrats don't strive too hard for public approbation, Mr. Bryant. I still want to see what's in that briefcase. As you were told, Betty spent some time here sounding out local opinion. There are names there. Lists of people who favor, who do not favor, the change in government, that colonel, Saline is trying to effect. I regard that as privileged information, if they ought to fall into the wrong hands. No way can I be regarded as the wrong hands. I'm fast losing my patience, Mr. Bryant. I'm getting a bit uptight myself, Mr. Richter. Oh, in Heaven's name, man. Peter, it's documents and nothing else. You have my word for it. Then show me. No. You're very stubborn over a bunch of papers. No, it's a matter of principle. Peter, if you don't want to believe that it's merely papers, tell me what your fertile imagination is dreaming up. I know damn well what's in your briefcase. Little packages of white powder wrapped in plastic. This area's prime industry, heroin. Peter, what an idiot you are. You're nice, but still an idiot. Come on. Let's get back to the boat and go home. This nonsense has gone far enough. Not until I look into that briefcase. If I'm wrong, I'm going to apologize like you won't believe. But if I'm right, that stuff gets thrown all over the jungle floor. And let the ants go crazy. Believe me, I'm not a knight in shining armor and a white horse. I'm not even a moral sort of guy. But I'm not going to sit still. That kind of alters things, doesn't it? Yes, Peter. It's a gun. It's fortunate, isn't it, that they didn't search me back there. I always like to carry a little pistol in the top of my boot. The girl never knows when she might need it. Don't move, Peter. I know how to use it. Don't threaten him, Betty. Kill him. Kill both of them. No, I like him. He's kind of cute. He can't do us any harm. Can you handle the boat? Well, of course I can. Betty! You just lie there, Carl, Richter. You move an inch. I'm going to put a 22 slug right between your eyes. You too, Betty. I'm kind of nervous now. I'm not really responsible for my actions. So just lie still and feel it. Oh, thank you for that very imaginative diversion. I have to say it. It saved the day. I am very bright sometimes, Peter. Peter, friend, if I live to be a hundred, I'll get you for this. Yes, Vila. Open up that briefcase for me, will you? Okay. Papers. Papers. More papers. More... What is it? Rubies. Rubies, Peter. Just look at them. Rubies. I should have guessed. Four, seven, then 12, 16, 19, 23, 27, Peter. You are a very rich man. 27. Show me a handful. Careful now. Look. It is beautiful. Pigeons, blood rubies. The best there are. But I wouldn't expect these people to smuggle anything but the best. And it's not I'm a very rich man, Vila. We're very rich. Oh, Peter. And the problem now is, what do we do with these two? You want to shoot them? Is okay with me? No, no, no, no. Yeah, maybe we shouldn't do that. Fine. It's because she is pretty. I am more pretty. Oh, Vila. I see nothing ahead for us but a life of confrontation. Well, maybe it'll be worth it. As a matter of fact, I'm convinced it'll be worth it. Betty, Carl, what you do now is you start walking. You find a boat in the village when it gets light. It'll take you to where you want to go. And Betty, if we should ever meet again, try to be friendly, would you? It might just be great. And my rubies, Brent? Your rubies? You mean my rubies, I think. Forget them, Carl. They disappeared. Come on, Vila. Let's you and me find out what lies beyond that blue horizon. I'm in Alaska, in Texas, in Maine. Wherever the territory's tough, the kids wear Sears' tough skins. The toughest jeans in Sears' tough jeans territory. 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Sears, where America shops, invite you to apply for the Sears credit card. It gives you credit in over 3,600 Sears stores coast to coast. Whether you live or travel in any of the 50 states, there's a Sears store where you can shop for what you need for your family home or car. You can apply for the Sears credit card in any Sears store or by calling this toll-free number now. Call 800-526-0444. That's 800-526-0444. New Jersey residents call 800-652-2777. Sears Radio Theatre has been brought to you by Sears Roboc and Company, where our policy is satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Sears, where America shops for value. A brief case of trouble was written by Alan Kayu, produced and directed by Fletcher Markle. Your host was Howard Duff. Our stars were Tommy Cook and Ann Burr. Featured in the cast were Ben Wright, Marvin Miller, Joan McCall and Hans Conrie. The music for Sears Radio Theatre was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle. This is Art Gilmore speaking. Associate director of Sears Radio Theatre is Ken McManus. Sound effects were created by Bud Tollefson. Mark Trella is production supervisor. And the recording engineers are Joe Wachter and Hal MacDonald. The Elliott Lewis production of Sears Radio Theatre is a presentation of CVI. I'm Kirk Douglas and in my work as an American Cancer Society volunteer, I've learned that we're saving cancer patients who were lost only a few years ago. These additional lives have been saved because of advances in research. And it's particularly gratifying to know that some of our greatest strides are being made against the kinds of cancer that strike children and young adults. This is not to say that we're close to conquering cancer. But we do have the knowledge to save one out of two cancer patients if the disease is detected and treated in time. And each year we're able to save more and more patients. As one leading scientist said, I believe there's an end to the road and I'm confident that we're going to get there. Help us get there. Please give generously when your American Cancer Society volunteer calls. American Cancer Society. Blanche and Tony. I'm a pastor whipped cream. I will not. Blanche, I love whipped cream. Do you love me? Of course I do. More than whipped cream? Tony, you're overweight as it is. Now, Thelma... Thelma. Thelma is doing volunteer work for the American Heart Association. And she was telling me... A lot knowing Thelma. Tony, I'm serious. A fatty diet is no good for your heart. I don't want you having a heart attack. But, honey... Tony, you could use a lot less, honey. You've been living on sugar alone. Now, we're going to get the American Heart Association's cookbook and make our diets heart-healthy so we can be together for a long time. Oh, Blanche, you're sweet. Sweet? Yeah, I know. Contact your American Heart Association for information about a heart-healthy diet. We're fighting for your life. Next Monday, Sears Radio Theater will be a story of the West with Lauren Green as your host. Let's listen. Tell me about that treasure of yours. All that gold. What's it look like? Gold? That's right. That's what I was after. Gold. And you found it, too. Didn't you, old man? So be sure and tune in next Monday to the Sears Radio Theater. In 1963, the nation and the world were shocked by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. New York City newspapers resumed publishing April 1st. A strike started more than 100 days earlier, later in the year, the New York Daily Mirror seized publishing despite having the second-largest circulation of U.S. dailies. This is Stan Martin. Join me tonight after eight to relive the music and events of 1963 on a $1,000,000 weekend.