 My name is Jeff Regan. I get ten a day and expenses from a detective bureau run by a guy named lion Anthony J. Lyman They call me the lion's eye With Jack Webb as Jeff Regan investigators stand by for hard-boiled action mystery and thrilling adventure in tonight's story of the man in the door Well, this is the way it started The lion called about four o'clock that afternoon said he wanted to see me down at the office I argued a while finally told him I'd be there Melody was sitting in front of her typewriter when I came in putting a new coat of paint on her nails She handed me a blank contract with no dates filled in jerk the thumb toward the lion's dent. I went in Regan, I'm glad you got here. What do you know about architects? They draw things I know that much, but what about bits and all that stuff? Well, I figure out what a building is gonna cost don't they go on if whoever's paying for the building likes what they write down And they're hired a couple of architects maybe three or four make bid I suppose so low man gets the job Why our clients and architect named Debbie Hayes office in the Park Central building He thinks maybe the bank is handling his bit might try to put something over on them banks don't do things like that He thinks maybe a guy who works at the bank might be taking Doe to shove his bit under the counter Well, why didn't you say that in the first place because I'm saying it now Haines wanted to look into it Who do I see Haines first when he talked to him on the phone? Don't we'd have to have a contact and retain it before we did anything that figures So hop over there and find out what's what and make him sign that contract and get a check Anything else make sure it's certified and call me if you run into any trouble Dudley Hayes Architect Park Central building had an office on the ninth floor When I went in a girl with hair that figured to be blonde right down to the roots pulled off her glasses and put out her cigarette And she kind of he's out of her chair behind that death moved toward me like a panther looking for a meal My Call Nothing I can do about that Mr. Lion said he was sending us one of his best man He always said that I Think he met it this time. He's an awful liar lady Dorothy no fit The name of the tree both What's yours Jeff Regan Well, we know each other. That's nice. I came to see Haines. He wants me to look into something for him. I know Expecting him. I know Well, I Hope you had to look into a lot of things for Haines No This is his office, isn't it? But he spends most of his time in 902 into the hole makes his blueprint up there. I'll take you You are Oh Well, we started down the hall We got about 10 feet from the frosted glass door at the end we both stopped We were looking at the outline of a big man behind the door both of us expected him to open it and walk out Oh, he came out. All right, but he walked right through it He's been shot. Oh, you know him my boss. Hey, it was your boss lady. He's dead Lieutenant Salvatore Wendetti central homicide details showed up about eight minutes after I called He had his whole goon squad with him and a couple of guys in double-breasted suits from the district attorneys of it They roped off the entrance to the building got hold of the elevator operators and the man who runs the cigar stand and asked some questions Then Wendetti looked at what was left to Haines and started yelling into a phone My fingerprint boy get through yeah, okay, sis. Where's the guy live at the Biltmore hotel? Where's his wife? We didn't have one. What do we tell we didn't have any family, so no one's gonna cry Well, that makes it easier Reagan was he our client? No, nobody's a client until he signed a contract Sally, but you were bringing him a contract to sign him Then you could do something for him. What I didn't talk to him sis Mr. Haynes have made an estimate on a little office building in Beverly Hills He thought that a man named Adler at the bank might be taking money from someone to hold his bed He wants an investor get a look into it. Why do you think that I don't know you work for him? Well, I don't know everything neither do I hot isn't it? Who's Adler? Oh, that's the name who else who else architects who else was making a bit. I don't know that now. Where are we at Kelly? Yeah, I named Adler at the Bank pick them up and have them down in my office in half an hour What do you want to do about reporters Sally tell them to go jump in the lake? Yeah? Oh, he stole my name wrong. How long you two know each other our ice. What do you mean by that? That's nice didn't hear any shots. No, we didn't tell me more about the bed What's better to set up for the bank handles the money who says yes who says no the bank but but what the contractor? Usually tells them who to take. Ah, who's in who's that in this case a contract in Long Beach? His name is George Cantrell. Hmm. I'll say this to you Regan when you get mixed up in anything You're starting to get mixed up with a good-looking people. I'm not mixed up in anything. What do you say sis? She's smart girl Regan. Hello, honey won't be half again. Her son guy got himself killed on it not on her Regan, I'll tell her why says hello says come out the dinner sometime. Oh Sis How much that contract worth on the building in Beverly Hills about 40,000 dollars profit. No overall break it out Mr. Haynes would have said about $12,000 if he's got I know some guys have killed for a dime Sam win daddy I'm still at the Park Central building get off the long beach and partial contract the name George Cantrell and Find out what architects were making good on some stuff. He was gonna put up Beverly Hills Yeah, get the name. Okay, that about doesn't let's go. Am I snowing what have to take you down Just can you do that? You're a material witness. Oh, what are you? He's a fire standard with a bulletin lawyer Well, I do go with him. I don't want to spend the night in jail. I just worked from his day. Uh-huh. No phone calls. This is a murder case Well, get me a lawyer something jazz. You know a lawyer. No Wait, yes, I do his name Dave Henderson. He lives at 1648 glam on place. We can probably tell him I'm in trouble Yeah, Jack Sally. She didn't make a phone call. I like it too. Well, look, he may not be able to do anything for you tonight It's almost sex, but you're famous as possible. Yeah Tell him I'm scared Well, I stayed there and phone the lion told him what had happened We got mad and yelled something about me being a jinx on all our clients and then he hung up so I went through the classified telephone directory under attorneys and Henderson it was a Ben a George a Joe a William, but no Dave Henderson So I drove out to the address that she'd given me was a blue apartment house four blocks west of Vermont over by the Coliseum Somebody was cooking hamburger somewhere Somebody was all worked up over a ballgame on the radio. I picked the baseball fan Oh, what'll happen now is anybody's guess, but let me tell you that this ballgame is a long way from being up Hey, what'd I tell you what they tell you it stops like a ballpark and they're coming in like homing pigeons Beaches are loaded and they're all coming in. Oh, it's gonna be Come on the ball game is not that good Important pilgrim. I'm with the ball game. I'm looking for a man named Dave Henderson a lawyer So what somebody told me he lives in this apartment house. Who told you that a lady? Ha does he live here? Looking at the mailbox. No name you cop private type Does he live here Jory lives here? Where and of the whole 106? Thanks. Oh, he's a lawyer. Is he with his kind of friends? What does that mean? You're young I got a driver's license. Let me tell you something don't go knocking on no doors and hear of all games Remember that yeah, I'll remember and you can tell them testy booger to talk about one 8 to 5 coming into the first half of the night, then this has been some ball come on in It's unlocked your name Dave Henderson. Yeah, who wants to know My name is Regan. I'm a private investigator with the International Detective Bureau. I'm sure I don't need one Look, I'm not looking for work. I'm looking for you What you said was the Regan. That's right Regan Regan Regan learned that just an hour ago cute. I'm at a friend of yours today Dave Henderson never had a pet He said she was a friend of yours, but I didn't say with the friend of hers. Hey, who are we talking about anyway, Dorothy Nolan? How is Dorothy not so good That's your word detective. I am sound like a doctor Look, you sound like a guy with a chip on his shoulder Sound like a lot of things. You're trying to be tough. No wonder you aren't in the telephone directory. I'll just skip that She said you were a lawyer. I say I drink too much. I haven't seen you drinking have you She wants you to get in touch with her a man. She was working for was murdered today She kill him Well, they're holding her material witness or a Suspect material witness right now. She doesn't want to spend the night in jail. Who does? That's why she doesn't see them together He wants me to get her up something like that. Who sent me the case down there detective named Wendetti. Yeah, and where do you come in? Well, they didn't give her that one phone call man your sense What if I said no Now that's your business You know why she asked you to see me? Because I'm a guy she knows And every guy knows a little bit about the There's a little something for her. Have you met him like that lately? Sometimes Checking what? She's pretty good with the works I was just right for the job Yeah, just right Everything's just right She can make you do a lot of things you don't want to do Wait till you see on a painting salute at something Well, they aren't wearing them in the county jail Okay, I'll find phone Wendetti and find out what her bond is. But this is a murder case. There's no bond on this you know that Well, it depends how you handle it. I'll think of something. Yeah, I'll bet you will You don't like each other much, do we? Nope, that's the way it goes Listen, she said that tells you she was scared Well, some of us are scared part of the time And somebody gets shot And everybody gets scared You scared? Nope I am Manweek Have a good time Did I say Haynes was shot? No You didn't say a thing See you somewhere people Well, I stopped by Mousseau Franks and had the special and then I went on home I tried to make a couple of calls But when daddy was out and the death sergeant thought I was a reporter and he wouldn't tell me a thing about Dorothy Nolan while I was sitting there the phone began jumping around on the hook Reagan? Yeah This is me, where you been? I called your place 20 times and I've called her once Well, I've been busy seeing a lawyer What do you need a lawyer for? You aren't married Somebody else needs one Who? Dorothy Nolan, that blonde who worked up in Haynes office when daddy's holding her Good, I want you to get on and see her What for? We can still make something on this thing if we play it smart When I talked to Haynes on the phone this afternoon I told him I wanted a certified check So what? So that means there's a check for a hundred bucks lying around his office somewhere And it's made out to international Look, he's dead remember? Everybody dies, don't worry about it We weren't even hired We had a verbal contract We had nothing That check's no good to anybody but us We didn't do anything for him Well, buy him some flowers Now hop down to the pokey and see that daemon find out where that check is We can't do that I talked to Harry Procedo and he'll give us a lien to get in I was still there but I wasn't listening to the lion I was looking at a skinny little man with one leg I don't ask me how he made it inside my door, he was just there Propped up on a pair of crutches swaying back and forth Watching you with a couple of sick gray eyes It was a full of water, you'd think they were gonna float right out of his head All at once he went down like a busted sugar sack He'd been shot twice through the neck with a small caliber gun 25, 32, I don't know I found a dozen razor blades in one pocket And two dozen sector shoelaces to go with him There wasn't anything that told me his name But there was a picture inside a shirt pocket One of those things that you have taken in a penny arcade You know in front of bony pasteboard props Well, a man with one leg was looking out from between a pair of painted angels wings The guy standing next to him who was smiling up at the halo Was the same man that I'd seen that afternoon An architect named Haines A man who needed the private detective A man who walked out a glass door and then dropped dead And the one printed word above that picture stuck like a wart on an egg That said happy land Tonight's adventure with Jeff Regan Investigation Here is a special and important message to every businessman listening To every businessman regardless of the size or the type of his business Gentlemen, do you realize that the schools of this community Help you every day that you're in business? That's right For one thing, our school teaches the boys and girls of this community To cherish the human right The free enterprise on which our country and your business are founded With each new generation graduated from our schools The army defending our way of life and your business grows stronger What's more good teachers and well equipped schools Do a better job of developing our children's talent The result school graduates have become more skilled and more efficient employees So remember any time and taxes that you contribute to improving local schools Are an investment in your own business future Education is good business Education can maintain our freedom And freedom is everybody's job And now back to the story of the man in the door And Jeff Regan investigator Well, I left the little man with a one leg lying there It wasn't much I could do for him I wanted to wait before I called homicide I took the picture I found on his pocket and I drove to happy land It turned out to be an open-air penny arcade on 5th and main Smelled like all the hot dogs in the world had been made right there There were machines all over the place telling you how strong you were How rich you'd be and who you'd marry All for a penny I guess it wasn't much of a bargain The only customer was a sailor trying his luck at the shooting gallery Back in the corner a hired looking girl in light blue slacks And a dirty gray sweater were sitting on a stool But a hot dog counter staring at nothing On some pennies Not right now, no Oh, just looking Go ahead You figure out where you're gonna send your money Come back and I'll give you some change You got a picture gallery here Oh, it would tell me you're a real big spender I want to have your picture taken Maybe you got one Yeah, we got one Where is it? In there You really want to get your picture taken? I'll climb off this stool and take you back I want to tell you now if you're just trying to be sociable You can go and fly a kite You run the picture concession? I run the picture placed in the hot dog place tonight Freep out in the morning Oh, I wish I had better brains in the merry That slob and get myself stuck in a cheap dump like this All right You remember taking this picture? How would I know I take a lot of pictures? Well, come on, look at it All right, all right Yeah, I took it That's what sold you When? How do you think I am? Can't remember what night it is Every time a pair of drunks comes in And wants your pictures taken together We'll try to remember, will you? You're a real wise guy, mister You don't want no picture, you just want some talk You're a cop Friend I met the little guy in the picture once Dusty How was that? I thought you said you met him once Well, we weren't introduced, I guess, madam Who is he? Dusty Rhodes Works with circuit What circuit? Cesson mains, stem Business section What kind of business? Dusty handle the razor blade and shoelace traffic He hates pencils What did he do when he wasn't working? What does anybody do when out and got loaded? Go on And you don't know him very well for a friend I'm not gonna know, I'm not getting Dusty in trouble talking to you like this Nobody can get him in trouble anymore, lady What do you mean? We were shot tonight Poor little guy You know where he lived? Seashore hotel Oh, Jesus, I'm sick Other than Seashore, kid, there's too many types of people Good and bad, just out of the pokey No bits of night for trancers, 150 a week for solid citizens And sign and register, it's a law I'm not looking for a room Then you're wasting my time, brother, my beer's getting warm Look, I'm a private investigator, my name's Regan I liked you before you said them two words, brother, but you have soured me Private investigator means private eye and it all means cop And you are not welcome, not blow I'm trying to find out something about a man named Dusty Rhodes We do not ask questions and we do not give answers, not blow I was totally lived here You'll find me conglis, brother Now blow Did you know him? During the last five years, I have acquired 85 pounds and a very bad heart All right, have you and the ally right now Oh, yeah, sure you will Here Abraham Lincoln was a very fine man and he took a very fine picture I seem to have found my tongue, brother Well, it be But he was wrong for a starter, huh? Disallowable and punishable by fine and imprisonment End of the hall, turn the bench, let's go to the right Thanks Well, I don't know what I expected to find there Outside of more razor blades and more shoelaces With a little room full of dirty white curtains and a wire bed that sagged in the middle I was standing there watching a neon sign advertised beer A block down the street when I thought I heard somebody behind me Whoever it was had been drinking bad whiskey when he was still pretty good It landed a quarter of an inch above my right ear and I piled up in a lamp A chair and a picture full of water Five berries get you a look brother, but it doesn't get you a room Besides, it's already taking on the beds over there and I come on Yeah, you didn't go to sleep brother. You was not to sleep I apologize Why the games? Who came in after me? You're the only one You sure? My name's Sam Preacher Brother, I'm very sure Maybe he was waiting for me I don't generally ask him, but the question is this Why? Oh, I don't know Unless That's a matter of something, isn't it? Just a picture You can get lots of pictures You didn't see anybody That makes the third time brother the answer is still negative Okay, okay Then let's blow buddy, huh? Luke, this is Regan Yeah, I did You got him there? Hey Yeah, I'll bet They've said it All right, give it to me Give you a long name Give me one long name Die of A misspent life Hehehe When daddy know this Well, you aren't finished yet, Luke Baby A guy with one leg dropped dead in my place a couple hours ago It's after 11 I'm sorry, Luke They connected Yeah Murder Yeah I left the homicide office They told me she'd been released about 10 o'clock They said a lawyer named Henderson had put up the bail and handled the whole thing They gave me an address on her when I went out there It was a bungalow court on Normandy and it took her a long time to answer the door Yeah, tell me how tall I am Oh, I'd love to but it's not right now They told me you'd been out since 10 o'clock Maybe I should have come sooner Dave, you're giving me the willies I'm about to take a shower I was kind of hoping we could have a drink I did better than I thought, would you? I got a hold of a lawyer for you tonight Yeah? Well, doesn't that break me an invitation to have a drink? I said later, I'm really tired I said no Well, if you're that thirsty, all right That's better And every day my boss gets killed and I need a private detective I need a drink, I was slugged tonight Slugged? Yeah, right here, see What looks nasty, why didn't you want to do that to you? Wanted a picture I had Whistler's mother Just a picture of a couple of drunks who are dead now Maybe whoever did it was a relative Yes, again I don't like games But you play them all the time No, we all, I know a psychiatrist Says we can't help ourselves You can I like you when you walk into the office this afternoon But I'm not so sure I like you now, maybe you better go Expecting somebody, huh? Everybody's doing you let go of me, let go of me Oh, no, baby, you've got real nice eyes I want to look at them Let go, he's crazy He's killing you Hello, Dave We didn't hear you knock Did you bring your piano? What's the idea? He gave it Why don't you tell him to go away, baby? Anybody can tell we're busy Let it go, Reagan You want to break yourself? Can't you see he's just trying to make you jealous and crazy? Come here, honey Oh, no! You don't have to do that I should have let her go At the same 32, you killed a one-legged man with Overgum, sure That'll be a fool There we are, baby, you're first I'm listening to you too long You don't be guessing you don't have any poop of anything You can cry if you want to, baby This is gonna hurt No! She spun around and fell into a coffee table And then lay very quiet on the rug Her eyes were open and she didn't say anything She just lay there looking up at him I couldn't tell where she'd been hit He seemed to forget all about me Because he walked over to her, knelt down beside her Put the gun right up against her head This is awful close range, baby But I can't afford to miss Neither could I Well, when Daddy and I stuck our heads together And it all came out when we looked into a couple of things You see, Dave Henderson was Dudley Haynes And he was wanted for attempted murder And embezzling one thing or another back in Ohio So he figured it'd be a good idea to bump himself off Dorothy helped him with the idea They both went down on Main Street And they picked up an old bum Dressed him up in a new suit and shot him I was supposed to walk in with Dorothy And she'd identify the body And as far as anybody knew, Dudley Haynes didn't be dead Dave didn't figure that she'd be taken down She didn't figure that she'd get scared And neither of them figured the man with one leg Was a pal of the man that they'd shot Well, it seems that they looked through a lot of files And they figured that a lot of murders go unsolved Maybe they do, I don't know Not anyway They sat down on that little bench up there in San Quentin last week The one with that bucket of acid in the room All he held his breath as long as he could But everybody has to breathe you He's buried up there with a lot of other guys That figured they could get away with murder Dorothy? She wasn't hurt too bad I had her in a wheelchair for the trial She got 15 years as an accomplice Some kind of a deal State's evidence and all that I don't think I'll wait for her She wasn't that good Jack Webb is featured as Jeff Regan With Wilms Herbert as Anthony J. Lyon It's CBS at 9.30 next week For more hard-boiled action and mystery With Jeff Regan Investigator Written by E. Jack Newman And produced by Sterling Tracy Dorothy Nolan was played by Betty Lou Gerson And David Ellis was Dave Henderson Lorraine Tuttle, William Conrad, and Lou Krugman supported Perfectly natural and wholesome For some men who ought to leave great wealth behind There's a druggist in a small town in Pennsylvania who'll do that The wealth he'll leave behind Will make many lives easier and happier And finer down through the years For he was the principal donor of an outdoor meeting Place for religious services in a Boy Scout camp In the Poconoz Working with his neighbors and community activities He saw the need of this improvement Help to install it That's the kind of wealth that you can dequee To generations coming on as you enjoy the freedom Of working with your neighbors for the betterment of your community Freedom that can be anybody's pleasure is everybody's job Music for this program is arranged by Dick Arant Next week at 9.30 Jeff Regan Investigator Brings you another thrill-packed half-hour With this story of the House by the Sea Bob Stephenson speaking This is CBS The Columbia Broadcasting System