 The National Broadcasting Company presents COUNTER SPY Harding COUNTER SPY Calling Washington The United States COUNTER SPY Especially appointed to investigate and combat the enemies of our country both at home and abroad These COUNTER SPY reports to the American people are brought to you each week at this time Now, the case of the hideous hijacker Oh, would you care for a drink, Dylan? Don't mind if I do, Mr. Shelby Myra, would you? Gosh, isn't it, Dylan? Yes Anything for you, Carl? No, no, thank you, my dear That's a nice view of the ocean you have, Mr. Shelby There's nothing like a California beach house, I always say Yeah Right now, Dylan, I'm only interested in what you have to say about the business at hand Yes, I, er... I found your man Uh-huh You're sure that he can handle this sort of thing? With the greatest of ease and experience Here's your drink, Dylan Thank you Who, er, who is this man? His name is Roxy Madera Madera? Roxy Madera Sound familiar to you, Mr. Shelby? Oh, he's the one who was released recently from the federal penitentiary? He's the one I was Roxy's attorney before the state relieved me of my practice Tell me, Dylan, is this man Mr. Roxy Madera willing to take risks? Risks that could cost lives including his own Listen, a life to Roxy Madera is no more than a grain of sand Hmm Well, Mr. Shelby, what do you say? I say Roxy Madera is our man Get him Say, Roxy, you still dance as good as ever Sure, Billy I'm a regular ballet star I'm Mr. Awful, honey Yeah? Yeah, Awful Now it'll be like old times again Hmm, better Let me kiss you Roxy Knock, knock, knock Never mind the kiss, handsome boy You took your time getting here, Dylan Yeah, held up in traffic OK, let's not waste time Sit down Billy, shut that phone, Awful Yeah, all right And go in the other room and party your nose or something OK, Dylan, what have you got? Well, I spoke to that, um, certain party That's the facts Yeah, all right The shipments consist of antibiotics Anti-what? Uh, certain types of drugs such as penicillin, sulphur, and oreomycin So? These drugs are being shipped down the coast regularly by truck to certain warehouses in this area From there, the drugs are distributed some of them shipping overseas to military stations So you want some of the loads hijacked as many as possible Who for? Why, uh, I am not free to reveal names The certain party will pay well for each load Like what? Oh, uh, 15,000 Uh-huh And you're cut? Five Kind of greedy, ain't you, Dylan? Oh, no, I don't think it's unfair, Roxy After all, I went through a lot of trouble I made the arrangements OK, OK, quick bleeding When's the first job? Tuesday night Now what about your crew? I'm a one-man crew I bring Billy along just for the kicks Well, that's all right After we work out the details I'll leave the rest to you because I know the job will be done with your usual thoroughness That's right, Dylan When Roxy Madeira knocks off a hijack it stays knocked off I'll be glad when this haul is over, Vic I'm pooped Me too, Joe What a way to make a living, huh? There could be worse ways Give me a for instance Ha-ha-ha-ha I'm sorry you asked the question Hey, Vic, up ahead That is a car blocking the road The guy is waving us down What a gun Better pull up, Vic OK, you two, come on down What is it? Down Hey, look, Mac You can't pull a thing like this Joe, Joe Can't pull it, huh? Roxy, Roxy, why did you do that? I felt like it, Billy This is the best way to operate Any arguments? No, Roxy No arguments Field office To David Harding Headquarters, Washington A truckload of antibiotics Was hijacked last night in this area Both drivers murdered And bodies left on roadside Truck missing No further details We'll keep you posted I'll write you two guys Like I told a friend When Roxy Madera knocks off a hijack It stays knocked off Has been hijacked Pattern continues sane Both drivers murdered Standing by for any special orders Harding, headquarters, Washington To Agent Harry Peters, Philadelphia Field Office I'm leaving here immediately by jet We'll pick you up at the airport there What's up, Chief? We're flying out to Los Angeles I'll lay out the details for you later Come on, Mr. Harding Give out with the details, would you? You've had me second guessing my head off We're going out to Los Angeles, Peter To supervise a hijacking investigation Hijacking investigation All the big stuff going on these days I'd have thought that would be A strictly lower echelon operation Not when there's a threat to national security Maybe I should keep my big mouth shut And listen Go ahead, Chief Peters, you're familiar with the importance Of antibiotic drugs I sure am Penicillin did the job for me When I had that strep throat two years ago In the past two weeks in the Los Angeles area Three truckloads of antibiotic were hijacked In each case, the drivers were murdered Nothing to go on yet? So far, nothing Those drugs, Peters Were not only to be made available For civilian use, but a great portion Was to be shipped to our armed forces overseas And I don't doubt some of those hijacked drugs Will find their way overseas I don't follow We've been receiving reports From our agents in the Asian sector That American antibiotic drugs Have been smuggled behind the iron curtain Oh Which means that in case of an emergency We could be short on such supplies And they could be well stocked It could mean that We've got a big job in front of us, Chief Big is right, Peters Every minute come For every minute he keeps me waiting Really, sir, help me, Dillon is gonna pay He'll be here, Roxie Give me a cigarette Oh, light it Oh, dark here, Roxie Ain't so dark I can't count The car's coming up the road I hope it's Dillon It better be Oh, Roxie That's me, Roxie I'm sorry I kept you waiting I got caught in In traffic, yeah, I know Make with a pay-off, Dillon With pleasure, my friend Here you are For the three jobs It's all there Minus the withholding tax What? Oh, you mean my little cut? Okay, cute No, no, I only... Come on, Roxie You got the money, let's get back to... Take your holder on I got something to say to the middleman here What's on your mind? Yo, I don't like a middleman A middleman's a leech Oh, look You look middleman Now I know who that certain party is On the other end of the deal You know? Carl Shelby He's the guy who's paying off, right? How'd you find out? I trailed you one night To Shelby's beach shack down in Palo Ferdas I'm the kind of a guy Who doesn't like to do business With a guy I don't know Oh, oh, you'd like to meet Shelby Is that it? Yeah, that's it Well, that's all right, Roxie I'll take you to Shelby Now you won't Go there myself I don't need a middleman To introduce me to Carl Shelby All right, Brayden Thanks Peter Yes, Mr. Hunting Come in here with you Agent Brayden just called in Peter, look as if we've got Our first real break in the case They located the trucks? No The body of a man named George Dillon Was found by the state police A few hours ago in the outskirts of town George Dillon, what's his background? A disbarred lawyer Now here's the tie-in Brayden came up with Dillon once represented Roxie Madeira And according to our records Madeira was released from prison Six months ago After serving a term for interstate hijacky So you figure that Madeira's in on this case Yes Brayden also found out that Dillon and Madeira Were seen together reasonably Madeira should have some interesting answers To our questions Yeah, he should But Brayden reports no trace of Madeira Oh So Peter I want to pick up Bulletin That Madeira sent all our field of Get right up Wait a minute Peter One more thing Until further notice I want an armed guard Placed on every truck in the Pacific Coast area Carrying antibiotics Maybe playing both ends Against the middle will work out for us Now don't tell me Shelter you miss your middle man Not for personal reasons Roxie But you've endangered my entire operation By murdering Dillon Like those waves out there It'll blow over Maybe you didn't hear me before The counter spies are looking for you Let them look They won't find me here I don't get in your way Do I, Myron? Of course not I find you stimulating company See Shelby I ain't in anybody's way Roxie I I think it'll be best for all concerned If you were to take a trip south They do Mexico Who asked you to do anything for me If I want to take a part in a Mexi I will If I want to stay here I will Just don't lay out any cook's tour for me I'm going into my office now There's a business that I have to take care of Who's holding you here? Myron, would you care to go with me? I've got a terrible headache, Carl Really? Very well Aspirin's good for a headache, Myron Really? Yeah But I got something even better Come here See what I mean? You don't waste time, do you? Do you? What do you think? I'd like a drink So? No ice in the bucket You'll find some in the kitchen I'm used to Billy getting the ice Well, now you'll have to get used to my ways Okay Yes I want to see Roxie Oh, Billy I believe it's your name My name, Blinky Well, I won't ask you in, you already are Where's Roxie? Don't lie And why didn't he call me in three days? Oh, why don't you ask him? I make this easy for you to understand Simple I'm sure anything you have to say will be simple Stay away from Roxie And if I don't have each of you up so hard You'll look like cake batter Why don't you point rather colorfully? Yes, well, don't make me prove it It seems to me that Roxie's become bored With you of his own free will And to know you is to understand why Why you... I'll give you something to understand It'll take more than you Ow, my hair! What? Oh, so bad! Break it up, I said There's feathers all over the place Let me go, Roxie, let me go Sit down, really Stay there if you don't want me to bust you in the face Sorry, Myra This one's got no manners I see you're a rat and no good two-timing rat It ain't no manners I don't even know how to talk in front of a lady I told you to stay in a chair You don't have to worry I'm not going to cut to your... Lack I had an idea why you didn't call I had the right idea You gotta be sorry, Roxie Real sorry I'll have that drink now, Roxie As soon as I get back Where are you going? There's no telling what a jealous dame will do I didn't like the way she said I was going to be sorry I didn't like it at all Get me the Countess by Field Office in Los Angeles Countess by Field Office in Los Angeles One moment please You are listening to the case of the hideous hijacker on Countess by There's top listening every Sunday evening with a chance Tonight the big show brings you another great array of stars Delula Bankhead, Ed Wynn, Fred Allen, Ed Gardner Jack Carson and a host of others Also this evening, Theatre Gill on the Air presents another outstanding story It's theater by Somerset Maughan and starring will be Gloria Swanson and Melvin Douglas Now, back to Countess by Harding, control car S1 to Field Office, Los Angeles Who's Field Office? Braden, what about the report on those bullets? Just checked with ballistic, sir They'll have it any second Anything turn up at your end? Well, Peters is still in the tavern inquiring Call me as soon as you have that report Will do How'd you make out, Peters? Adding average 1,000 Yeah Three out of three people in that tavern identified Billy Horton as Roxy Madera's girlfriend All right, Johnson, back to the Field Office Too bad Billy didn't live to finish that phone call to us Any reports come in while you were waiting for me? Well, I've been in touch with Braden The lab check made on dust particles in Billy Horton's clothes indicate a corrosive action of sea air for a period of weeks It means she's been around a bay area for some time up to a death and it also pins down the whereabouts of Roxy Madera providing they hadn't split up Braden to Harding Harding, go ahead, Braden Ballistics just finished the report, Chief The bullets which killed Billy Horton were fired from the same gun that murdered George Dillon Chief, that's proof enough that Roxy and Billy hadn't split up Braden Yes, sir Send out a special alert Have all our patrols in this area concentrate the search for Roxy Madera in the bay and beach territory I want Madera brought in I'm probably more alive than dead And now, Roxy, we've reached a point where you're no longer visiting You've simply moved in You wouldn't want me picked up, would you, Shelby? Well, you'd be much safer in Mexico I've offered to finance the trip Of course Not like you to be this inhospitable Inhospitable Myra, do you realize that he intends to remain with us from now on? And now you're losing your voice And the minute he's gonna lose some of his teeth Shelby, I'm staying here just as long as I want to stay So get used to it And you, Myra, am I to understand this arrangement suits you? Well, I can't really say it doesn't suit me Sorry You ungrateful little... You... you animal Get up, Shelby, the conversation's over Get out and take a walk for yourself The sea air will do you good Get a message to meet you here, Mrs. Shelby Get in the car, Sid Al said you had a special job, you went in Very special You know, Roxy Madeira Yeah, I know, Roxy He the job Yes It's my wish to rid myself of Madeira permanently I'll pay you the usual price, $1,000 Gee, I don't know, Mr. Shelby Roxy's an awful tough customer Oh, very well I'm 1,500 When? Tonight After 10 o'clock Where? You'll find him down at my beach house Your beach house tonight after 10 I'll be waiting at my office in the cannery As soon as you finish, come there and I'll pay you And the quicker the better I'll make Roxy Madeira a real quick job for you, Mr. Shelby I'll be back for the pay off at 11 What time is it, Myra? Two minutes to 11, Connor Why do you keep asking the time? You'll find that out in a moment Why'd you call me? Come here to your office at this time of the night You'll find that out in a moment, too You're acting very peculiar Am I? As you know, since Roxy Madeira included upon my hospitality I haven't been myself And neither have you Are we going into that again? Oh, you wouldn't be so annoyed, my dear I shan't bother to talk to you about Roxy again The problem has already been solved What do you mean? The answer to that question is at the door Come in, Sid Sid couldn't make it, Shelby Roxy, Roxy, what are you doing here? Tell her, Shelby I... I... I... If a Shelby's got his tongue tied on a canopy Think you've seen a ghost Get me fingered for a knock off What? Your boy, Sid, is in the cell of your house, Shelby With a head full of holes Shut up! I figured you'd try a stunt like that You're already in waiting for this gun No, Roxy, no, no, please, please, wait Shelby, on the way up here I was thinking what I should do about you I could knock you off But that would be too easy for you One slug and it's all over So I figured I'd give it to you the hard way Come on, Myra, baby, let's go See what I mean, Shelby The message you wanted to see me in the lab Are you finding something special up here? Yes, very One of our agents in Hong Kong came into possession of a parcel of American-made Oreo mison It was scheduled for transshipment to Manchuria There's the package on the lab table It was flown back to us by special plane A lab test proves what? Well, see for yourself, Peter First, look into this spectroscopy A metallic presence Specifically, zinc That zinc was clinging almost Receptibly to the cardboard container And the drug container was smuggled out in tin Or rather, a zinc receptacle Yes, now take a look at this other spectrograph I can't make it out, what is it? The lab technician tells me it's fish Fish? Yes, I think it's going to be the means For us to catch our own fish Put an end to this case Harding control car S1 To all raid squads Take your designated positions We're going in now Come on, Peter I can't reach you I never figured it this way We'll go in through this door Keep me covered There's a light in the office down there Come on, let's go Whatever you say Now All this no need for surprise gentlemen I was half expecting you Stand up and get away from that desk Anything you say Carl, tell me Yes, that's my name You're under arrest by the United States government for espionage and complicity and murder I had nothing to do with the murders That remains to be proven We know Rocky Madera has mixed up in this with you What is he? It'll be a pleasure for me to tell you where Roxy is at this moment Exactly where he is I'm afraid, Roxy, you've permanently destroyed Carl Shelby's equilibrium I told you to forget about Shelby, didn't I Mara? Concentrate on me Difficult not to You know that Sure But I can't help wondering about Carl He won't take kindly to orders You take orders from me or he'll take what Dylan and Billy got Anyway, who needs Shelby now? You got the names of his contacts overseas I'll deal with them direct Roxy Roxy Madera Who takes what he wants when he wants it What about you? We're a lie, Roxy We're the people who take There's another way? No We'll go a long way together, Roxy You and I That's right, Mara Don't stop us What could that be? Carl has a key he never rings Answer it, but don't open the door Go ahead Yes, who is it? Connors by Connors Open up We know you're in there Madera Come out with your hands up Roxy, what are we going to do? Get away from that door It is what I'm going to do That's my size, coppers A house is surrounded, Roxy You haven't got a chance Chance, huh? Come on, Mara Where? We'll make it out the side door And up the stairs to the road No, Roxy, we'll be killed Come on, I said Roxy, please Please don't let me go with you I can set you on my kind I don't want to die, please, Roxy Shut up, shut up Go ahead, open that door They'll kill me Open it Roxy Okay, Mara I'm going out there But I'm going my way Come here What are you doing? Get in front of me That's the way I'm going out You shoot me first Coppers, you like to shoot a lady Open that door Please, Roxy Open it I'm coming out, coppers You shooting this dame gets it from me Go on, Mara Keep moving fast You can't get away with it, Roxy You open up and the dame gets it Like I said Go on, Mara Go on over to the stairs Faster Up the steps I'm behind you, Roxy Drop your gun I don't want to wait for my rat I'm making it alone I'll get you, coppers I'll get you all Well, Peters That's the end of our trail And the end of Roxy Madeira Let's go Tune in every week Same time Same station To Counter-Spot Listen next week For the exciting Case of the Prattling Paper Enemy agents thought they had Silenced one of America's top Research men by murder They didn't know that his research Had made paper talk Like a black streak How your counter-spies Gave this black streak a voice Will be revealed for the first time Next week In the Case of the Prattling Paper On Counter-Spot Counter-Spy program originated in New York Was directed by Marks B. 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