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Oh, I'll be right down to dictate my report on the mad scientist Dashel Hammett America's leading detective fiction writer and creator of Sam Spade the hard-boiled private eye and William Spear Radio's outstanding producer director of mystery and crime drama join their talents to make your hair stand on end with the adventures of Sam Spade Presented by the makers of wild root cream oil for the hair Nobody has to tell you that a neat personal appearance can have a lot to do with helping you get ahead on the job Now the first step to a good appearance is well groomed hair And I mean hair that's groomed with wild root cream oil Wild root cream oil always grooms the hair neatly and naturally it relieves dryness removes loose dandruff Yes, man to look your best at all times spruce up with wild root cream oil hair tonic again and again The choice of men who put good grooming first and now with power duff starring a spade Wild root brings to the air the greatest private detective of them all in the adventures of Sam Spade Effie where are you? Why is it so dark in here? I had to put the lights out the blinds stuck I couldn't get it down the heat's off Effie let there be light. Oh Don't look at me like that and stop whispering Oh Sam Did you get me all upset like that just for a joke? It's no joke sweet, huh? And just sick of some of the types I made in this business. Oh Date July 25 1948 to Detective Lieutenant Dundee homicide detail San Francisco police from Samuel Spade license number 1 3 7 5 9 6 Subject the mad scientist caper. I worry so Dear Dundee He looked like a mad scientist and that's exactly what he was His eyes had a wild gleam in them His hair was a wild tangle and he was wearing a wild assortment of clothing that looked as if they'd been slept in and shifts He leaned across the desk at me and said they have stolen my secret formula. They had Gee that's too bad. Oh, you think I'm crazy. I don't know yet. I just met you My name is Raymond Fox. Did that mean anything to you Raymond Fox? Yeah, I think it does, but I don't quite remember what I invented the helioscope helioscope No, that wasn't it. I also synthesized hydroxyl. I'm a photocranotone. That was it. Yes, but Unfortunately, production costs were prohibitive. Uh-huh, but you didn't like that discourage. Oh, no, no, no, no, indeed You see after a brief illness I was back in my laboratory Perfecting my greatest contribution to science what may prove to be the greatest contribution of science to humanity I call it penitron penitron. That is what they have stolen the secret formula for penitron Now, uh, what exactly is penitron mr. Fox and who are they where penitron is a plastic with a molecular Structure which repels atomic radiation more efficiently than lead yet weighs less than aluminium. Oh that do you realize the significance of this? Well, I imagine imagine a motor no larger than a cigar box with a power potential that even I don't believe But they do who's they Grierson enterprises Now, how do I know this when I applied to the patent office to protect my discovery? I received this letter Yes, come on read it for yourself Commissioner Patton's Washington DC dear mr. Fox your application for patent on formula designated under the trade name penitron is Hereby rejected Both formula and trade name together with the script of material identical to yours have been registered by mr. Albert Grierson Grierson enterprises San Francisco Very truly yours George Sherman acting deputy assistant commissioner. Yeah, you see Yes, you don't need a detective mr. Fox, but you need is a good patent lawyer lawyer I have one a legal ball of fire named Roscoe Manning. You know this scoundrel Yeah, he's got an okay reputation and I am paying for it $3,000 in retainers and now he tells me he can do nothing Insufficient evidence. He says what is this outfit Grierson enterprises? Yeah a snare in the delusion with with rented furniture unscientific ventilation and dirty work at the switchboard How did they get hold of your formula? Well, it must have been while I was ill they came and took it away Audio laboratory what does it matter where I've got to start someplace start with the man I promise you he's a crook if he steals from me he's stolen from others if we can prove that then I have a case Well, I can't promise you anything mr. Fox, but I'll see what I can do Will a hundred dollars be enough for your retainer too much 25 now and the balance if I can do anything for you I I Dotted if I could even earn the 25, but if he wanted to gamble it was okay with me The officers of Grierson enterprises were pretty much as he described them a beautiful front Especially at the switchboard Enterprises good afternoon. No, mr. Grierson's out of town. No, I don't know when he expected. I'll be right with you That's good. No Grierson enterprises No, he is not. No, I do not and he doesn't want to talk to you in any case, mr. Manning Would just stop can't you shut it off? I might as well. Nobody seems to believe me. Anyway, you're not looking for him too I hope oh, please just tell me you're selling magazines or collecting salvage or just anything my card Detective mr. Grierson hasn't done anything has he that's what I want to find out my client says he swiped his secret formula Oh, not that maniac. You don't look the type. You know, he's mad. Don't you maybe yes Maybe no personally. I'm crazy about money mad money pin money or dirty money Your employer didn't happen to leave any line around it No, but he has a charge account at a bar downstairs in the building and it's nearly five o'clock. Could you cross examine me there? I Fanked her as gallantly as I could under the circumstances. She said wait here. I won't be a minute And while she was gone. I made a quick frisk of the office The file cabinet was empty Grierson's desk contained nothing but two unsharpened pencils tobacco crumbs a rubber band some rusty paper clips an old gas bill a glass ampule Broken labeled sodium denadrine for intravenous injection and a business card from one Roscoe Manning attorney-at-law I stuck the card in my pocket went back to the switchboard and the last time and it takes to tell I was Calling her Lois and she was calling me Sam over cocktails for two That's all I know about it. I didn't think anything about he's taking his correspondence out of the files He often took work home with you When was the last time you saw him? Oh, it's been nearly six weeks. You haven't heard from him in all that time He was with mr. Fox just before he left They had a terrible quarrel But then mr. Grayson managed to get him calmed down and they left the office together And that's the last time you saw grace. Yes, and it's all very strange. What did that mean? I tell you that Grayson swiped his invention. Do you believe that I didn't even believe in the invention now I'm beginning to think it was worth stealing. Oh, mr. Grayson wouldn't he's a brilliant man, you know What else is he invented? Well, I don't know you always had a lot of projects But of course, he never took me into his confidence. Just exactly. What is your job? Oh, it's quite simple really I just tell people he's an end. Yeah, look Sweetheart you really mean to tell me it never occurred to you that there might be something slightly fishy about Grayson enterprises, I know why should it because it's a smell of red herring up there. It's in the air. You mean mr. Grayson the crook Well, what does that make me worry that out on his time drink up? She looked as if she were telling the truth though with women, especially blue-eyed women That doesn't always mean anything if she had anything more to tell she obviously wasn't ready yet to tell it I asked her to come up and listen to my herb Jefferies records She said my apartment needed a woman's touch. I handed her a broom She hit me on the head with it and left and so to bed Up the times and phone my client. He wasn't in Then I phoned a guy I know who sometimes knows about things and asked him what sodium denadrine was. He said it was a sedative and or truth Sure mental type drug. I Wanted what grizzins have been using it for during office hours. I also wanted what else he'd been spending money I phoned another guy who knows about other things and he called me back with the name of grizzins bank Golden Gate Trust An hour later to my surprise. I actually had something to go on Because in the past six weeks checks totaling 50,000 bucks had been deposited the grizzins account all drawn on a citrus exchange bank of San Enselmo and all bearing the signature of one Carl Birdwell MD He wasn't hard to find it was a big place on the outskirts and the sign on the gate said Mary F. Hotchkiss Hospital for the mentally deranged Dr. Birdwell's cottage was one of five without bars on the window. He was spraying his roses No, that's just a deck to me of dr. Cobbler's how are those convulsions coordination alright can't complain got these of your fingers back Good pick up those shares. I want all those ragged edges cut off the hedges Well, why don't you hire a gardener out of those checks to gross and use up all your ready cash? Hey, I thought you were the sister deck to me. Good Lord. You're that convolutional melon Koliak You're not allowed out on the grounds God Wait a minute doctor This one acting up take him back. I said for the sister deck to me. This is the wrong man. You're crazy. Come on. Let's go of me I'm not a patient here. I'm a detective. Yeah, and I'm I'm Sherlock Holmes. Come on now back to the violent war Come on lay off. I got an office in San Francisco. I can prove it one three seven five nine six Okay, dr. Watson, but come on come on And in more time and it takes to tell due to the guards jiu-jitsu I was disrobed straight jagged it and rolled into a wet sheet Full fledged inmate of the Mary F. Hotchkiss hospital for the mentally deranged Which is exactly where I belong for having taken mr. Fox's 25 bucks The makers of wild root cream oil are presenting the weekly Sunday adventure of Dashel Hammett's famous private detective Sam Spade You want the well-groomed look that helps you get ahead socially and on the job listen Recently thousands of people from coast-to-coast who bought wild root cream oil for the first time were asked How does wild root cream oil compare with the hair tonic you previously used? 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Hotschke's Hospital for the mentally deranged They get the patients up early by 6 30 in the a.m. I have been rolled out of the sheet by quarter of seven I had thought out enough to be taken out of the straight-jacket by an orderly I was glad to be out of it because it was very heavy and that gave me an idea I picked it up and swung it in less time than it takes to tell I was in the orderly's uniform out of the Violent wing and shuffling up the walk through dr. Birdwell's rose garden and through his cottage door Good morning dr. Birdwell good lord who let you in here? What do you want? I was trying to tell you yesterday when I was so rudely interrupted. Hey. Oh, yes, the detective Did you say Grierson sent you I didn't say that I'm afraid you'll have to be absolutely specific or I can't help you All right My client is an inventor who claims that mr. Grierson stole a formula from him got a patent on it and stands to profit Of the tune of about a million bucks the last two items check. I don't know whether Grierson's a crook or not He's into you for fifty thousand bucks. So you might know this inventor pale eyes Contracted pupils big mop of hair. That's a fair description Fox Raymond Fox. He's a patient escaped from this hospital That man mr. Spade is a homicidal maniac if you jog your memory you may recall the case Sacramento 1935 second wait a minute Chemistry professor lab explosion that's the case two of his colleagues whom he irrationally suspected of stealing the Formula for the explosive he used to blow them up. Are you sure they didn't the man was a judge hopelessly insane? He must be returned to us. He may murder Grierson He may murder you but he will commit a murder if he remains at large perhaps more than one murder He must help us spade like you doctor I can't help unless you're absolutely specific about a couple of things your connection with Grierson for instance I invested in Grierson's firm How did Fox meet Grierson? He was allowed a certain degree of freedom here during his rational periods I guess that he went through my papers or overheard one of my conversations with mr. Grierson Do you know he retained a lawyer? Hmm? Manning smart patent lawyer must think Fox has a case Surely not Grierson thinks so too You've talked to Grierson. No, but I've examined his bank statements the bank allowed that I told him I was Grierson's attorney the point is Grierson is broke Why because he's paid out every penny you gave him to the order of Roscoe Manning attorney at law And you know what I think doctor. Yes, I think Raymond Fox is crazy like a fox I had the same idea about dr. Birdwell, but I didn't say so I didn't feel up to spending another night in a wet sheet I also didn't feel up to the interview that was awaiting me outside the gates a limousine only a little longer than a hearse was standing at the curb Around pink head with a gray humberg on it Bob doubt at me from the driver's seat and said mr. Spade. Yeah Roscoe Manning, how'd you do about 49,975 bucks less than you've done in the caper so far The law is a lucrative profession my boy. Yeah, get in. I'll drive you back to town. No charge Yeah, I'll even give you some free advice sons retainer Well, sir You earn in Lucy champ I've had the devil's own time catching up with you. How did you I won't ask why I am not without resources Now as to our mutual client mr. Fox Obviously, you've learned a good deal about him. Dr. Birdwell says he's cuckoo and it's only a toss-up Which one of us he's gonna blow up first And just about what you'd expect from a medical man if you'd listen to as much conflicting Medical testimony in court as I have you take them all with a grain of salt or should I say soda meant or a sodium denadrine? That's a mysterious remark. I was just trying it on for size. It didn't fit Well, sir, here is my proposition As to Fox's sanity, it's of no importance. He has money and I think he has a case We can always get a doctor to say he's back in his right mind. Where do I fit into your scheme? You just keep looking for Greerson and what's that secretary of his I don't trust her Anything else? Oh, I almost forgot. Here's $500 and here's your ticket to Chicago I don't know why but somehow I got the impression that mr. Manning was trying to get rid of me He should have used that ticket to Chicago himself We stopped at Saucelito for breakfast and the condemned man ate a hearty meal We drove the last mile through the marina district and pulled up in front of his house Well, sir, have a nice trip or take the car mr. Spade. I'll pick it up at the depot. Goodbye. It's been charming He backed across the sidewalk waving and I waved back and he went up three steps put a key in his door and opened it It didn't do much damage to the house But all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Roscoe Manning back together I got out of the car and just made it up the steps when it happened again I hated the look but I did where the limousine has been parked with me and it was a smoking heap of scrap metal I then headed for the nearest phone booth and pausing only to inspect it for mines and booby traps dialed the number of grires and enterprises Lois Sam Spade Sam darling. Thank you for the present. What present? I haven't had it. You mean a package arrived in a tix Don't be such a tease now Lois listen. All right. I'll open it now throw it out the window No, don't do that pedestrians innocent bystanders. If you got a metal wastebasket there I think so. Yeah, we'll fill it up with water and throw the package into it and ruin my lovely clock It is not a lovely clock. It's a lovely booby track. Oh go on. I'm serious Manning just got one of them and what's left of him is on the way to the morgue Lois Lois Wake up pour some water on yourself. Hello. Hello Let me through here. Come on. Let me through Lois Lois Oh, you're okay. Look at that All right. She's all right now you people come on get out of here. She's all right Come on get up. You're not hurt It exploded in the water at least you had sense enough to do what I told you to It looks fine here with this coat around you I don't think that was a very funny joke Neither do I now uh try and forget your clothes for a minute try and answer a few questions for me There isn't much time Sam. What is it? I want you to be very sure of this Lois try and remember accurately How many people has grass and scenes as he opened this office? Not very many. It was already ever in It's strange. No, I think of it. I can only remember two mr. Manning and that mad scientist man, mr. Fox Yeah, did you hear any of the conversation between Gerson and Fox? He just screamed at mr. Gerson about how his invention had been stolen from him That it sounded as if they scuffled and all of a sudden mr. Fox calmed down When they came out his eyes looked funny As if he'd been hypnotized. Yeah, what does Gerson look like? Oh, he must have been quite handsome at one time He's sort of like Gregory Peck with a mustache only fatter and balder and older I wouldn't put it exactly like that, but I can see what you mean, but you've never seen him Don't make book on it, but I think I have I made three phone calls One to a crime reporter I don't like very well giving him a false story on the death of Lois Gerson secretary another to my client the mad scientist alias Raymond Fox and one to dr. Birdwell Then I went to my apartment and waited My client arrived five minutes before the doctor when birdwell came in my client said, aha That's he he stole my secret formula. Oh now Raymond. You're getting confused again. Oh, I'm the doctor. Don't you remember? That's not true. Your name is Gerson. Oh, he's much worse these identifications He must try to remember Raymond. Nobody's going to hurt you But you'll be much sicker if you don't remember But I do remember I remember everything Do you remember setting the bombs at Manning's house and the one you sent to mr. Grierson's office? No, no, no, no, no Grierson isn't dead. You're grierson. No Grierson isn't dead only that poor girl No, no, no, she didn't steal my formula. It was you. Oh, you're trying to mix me up. I'm trying to help you Now roll up your sleeve I'll give you something to quiet your nerves and we'll go back to the hospital What are the way doctor you helping them on up? Huh? Now look here. This man is my patient. He needs medical attention I won't argue with you, but I think he'd better get it from some other doctor Right now he's making more sense than you are. Just keep on the way you're going spade and I'll have you back in that wet sheet I did it once and I can do it again. Sit down You got delusions of grandeur Stop shaking Raymond. I said you're making more sense than he is and I can prove it You think you're very astute, don't you? No, I'm stupid, but I'm lucky I should have tumbled to the whole caper when I found that you'd invested 50 000 smackers in grierson enterprises When I found out that Raymond was an escaped patient, I should have tumbled to what that denadrine vow was doing in grierson's desk I should have known then that you and grierson were one and the same person When I discovered that you'd paid manning all that shakedown money I should have known you were planning to knock him off and everybody else who could identify you But it didn't work out that way I got out of the car before it blew up Dumb luck and you can identify me as grierson I don't have to Surely you're not counting on Raymond's sanity to that extent. He can't even remember that I was his doctor Can you Raymond? You're trying to mix me up. Did you stole my formula? I didn't kill them. Did I mr. Spade lie down on the couch and relax Raymond. Don't worry about a thing Well, doctor what now you relax too Okay, laws come on in. Well Lois why mr. Grierson? Have you been sick? How dare you how dare you ruin all my pants like this? You stupid girl Okay, that's enough. Come on get back there get back Sorry, sweetheart. I didn't mean to let him get that close to you. What were you trying to do? It was an experiment just to see what would happen It did so that's the way you scientific dictators work For a hard-boiled chap you're the vaguest way of doing things I ever heard of Well, uh plans are all right sometimes doctor and sometimes just stirring things up is all right if you Tough enough to survive and keep your eyes open so you'll see what you want when it comes to the top or something Uh spade dandy I'm at home I've uh got two homicidal characters here one sane and one insane Now if you can tell the difference, I'll let you give the story to the papers And that lieutenant day is the crop you uh picked the wrong one figures It's as simple as this Raymond fox was the loony but bird well alias grierson conceived and executed the whole scheme Including the explosions. Don't worry about fox. He's now back at the hospital working in a new secret formula I don't know what it is, but it might be an anti-truth serum serum Because that's how bird well got the penitron formula by using truth serum on the mad scientist to make him talk Anyway, you figured he's crazy like a fox his enemies are all dead around their way And he's as snug as a rug in a bughouse period end of loony tune well of all Well, just well it takes all sorts to make a world I guess well I guess you never spoke a true word evy, but don't forget a stitch in time saves nine Don't feel too bad about it Sam Better late than never you took the words right out of the horse's mouth But it's later than you think angel tight that up angel and while you're at it See if you can think up a way to teach an old dog new tricks Say mister if you haven't tried wild root cream oil here tonic Why not get it tonight or first thing tomorrow? 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I wouldn't worry about him as you pointed out He's safer where he is for all concerns and after all necessity is the mother of invention What's that got to do with anything? Well, he's an inventor, isn't he? Oh that you see all well that ends well Good night, Sam. Good night Polly Anna Polly Anna. Oh, she's a glad girl. Oh, no, Sam. That shakes me that old You know best all the shore that's going ashore. Good night, sweetheart The adventures of sam spade that shall habits famous private detective are produced and directed by william spear Sam spade is played by Howard duff. 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