 My name's Jeff Regan. I get ten a day in expenses from a detective bureau run by a guy named Lyon Anthony J. Lyon They call me the lion's eye Jack Webb is Jeff Regan investigators stand by for hard-boiled action and mystery and thrilling adventure in tonight's story of Cain and Abel and the Santa Maria This is the way it started Was one of those cold clammy mornings at the Chamber of Commerce doesn't like to have in print I Was in my place working on a four-minute egg that tasted like a boiled golf ball when the phone began bouncing Now I let it ring a while and I got to thinking that it might be an old-fashioned girl who knew how to cook It was the lion Hello, Regan talking. I'll buy you a time clock get to the point Lucky day, I just talked to Dun and Bradstree. How are they? I don't be funny. We got a new client. They tell trouble they come to him. Yeah, you're sending me where his ranch Horses don't talk. What's bothering him? You never learn. Do you this means? Oh, what else does it mean? Money all you ever think about well and get yourself another boy and start teaching him I don't learn easy Taking somebody's check before you know who's who and what's what means trouble Looked last week that guy had a record longer than a roll of ticker tape. I know I know He's happy as a chorus girl with a new mink coat He's a smart guy, I guess but he uses check stubs for a telephone directory Well a home of Abel Roderick wasn't too hard to find all I had to do was to get out in the highway and look For a hill that's where it was one of those old Spanish type places with a block of porches Windows and lots of iron grill work And 20 years ago it might have rated the good home section but Now you couldn't tell where the grass stopped and the weeds began It's kind of used up and sad like a derby winner with a broken leg a Tall blonde guy about 30 in a black polo shirt was stretched out on a beach chair in the front porch He pulled off his dark glasses and watched me get out of the car and come up the steps And he gave me one of those looks like he was already tired of knowing me We don't want any I know we never want anything go away. I'm here to see Abel Roderick you him no But it lives here doesn't he? Yes, who are you? My name is Regan So I want to see him Go ahead see him Everybody is nice as you. Oh, I got a merit badge for being the nicest What did you say your name was Regan? What did you say you wanted to see him about I didn't say Yeah, well, it's too hot to play games. So I'll tell you I don't like you and he won't like you Well, now, what am I supposed to do roll down the stairs? It might help, baby Jenny This is mr. Regan. He came to see your husband. I guess he has business with him. Hello, mr. Regan Abel expecting you at 12. You're ten minutes late. Well, I'm still trying to see him. He's in the study Come on. I'll see you later, Regan I thought I knew all of Abel's business acquaintances, but I don't remember you. I'm a new one What do you do? A lot of things You're very interesting You be coming here often. I don't know You keep your husband in a vault I'd like to you're cute area This is Abel study. I guess he stepped out for a moment With a drink cake off the rough edges might good. I'll make you one. Okay Where the horses Given up a lot of things Thanks that blonde boy out on the porch doesn't like me okay doesn't like anybody But let's not worry about him easy You're crowding me Don't you like to be kind? Well, it depends on whose wife is doing you're worried about Abel. I'm drinking his whiskey I've never had any complaints I don't see why you should Kind of a nasty cracker that you figure it lady. This did nobody talks a little genie like that My visitor oh This is mr. Regan darling says he has business with you Regan Oh Regan. Yes, of course. How do you do mr. Regan? I'm able Rod Rick. Oh, I see Janie's made you comfortable with a drink So we can get right down to business. Oh The Janey my dear, why don't you ask Kane if you'd like to play some tennis? You're not very subtle darling, but I was just leave That's a good girl. I Hope to see you again Don't let her worry a Regan. It's an act. Do I look worried She's lovely and if you're young and tall and Janie's around she adopts you. I wasn't an orphan She'll be sulky all day now Well, thanks for coming out. I hope you can help me well so far I don't even know who's on the team a man in my alleged position is quite often the object of subterfuge You can understand that well you mean because you got money. Yeah, to be quite frank. I have no money mr. Regan That's gonna come as a shock to somebody. I know who Never mind going It's my grandfather Gallant Rodrick. He controls all of the wealth in this family you his front man the eldest son of a son And I live in this deplorable shack waiting for grandfather to die How long you've been waiting too long mr. Regan, but I'm past 40 now. I don't know how to do anything else So I continue to wait Along with my devoted brother Kane who has the same thing to look forward to yeah, I met him if you think he's bad You should meet my grandfather. He fitted us with these charming names Kane and Abel But what's all this got to do with me? Here Look at these Two little ships of silver perfect replicas of the pinter and Nina named after columbus's fleet Can't buy stuff like that anymore not even on a time plane hardly 20 years work on the part of an ancient silversmith in the grid And a prized possession of the Rodriguez family for seven generations I great great great grandmother wore them on her wedding dress Where's the other one? You guessed it mr. Regan the santa maria is missing Janie wore it to seros night before last you lose it nothing so simple. It was stolen. Oh She was with kane. It was late when they got back A masked man stopped their car on the turnoff According to janey. He was very polite merely removed the santa maria took nothing else What about kane? He was passed out janey was driving Regan the usual thing is for me to get a telephone call and have an opportunity to buy it back. Isn't that right? Well a nice job usually works that way. I haven't been contacted. I'm getting worried What does your insurance company say my grandfather owns the insurance company? I've told no one but you You don't want him to know about it, huh? Oh, you might cut me off. He thinks I've been careless Well, what do you advise me to do wait for that phone call and buy it back I'm willing to buy it back But the truth of the matter is grandfather will be in from the east this week The first thing he does when he comes out here is ask to see those ships Well, look whoever pulled the job couldn't unload a thing like that without being caught and if he melded it down He'd be lucky to get 50 bucks. He's as bad off as you are Do you think you could hurry it up? Well, I know a couple of people then you'll try and contact him for me. I'll do what I can Oh, thank you, Regan Now we just sit back and wait for my ship to come in Bad joke then I left him sitting there in that big room. He looked about as happy as a saint bernard with a stomach ache Well, he'd have probably felt worse if he'd have been outside in the porch Janie was there with his brother only they didn't hear me Well, maybe they were just checking each other for broken ribs. I didn't bother to ask Out in the highway about a mile from the place a 49 Nash picked me up I turned off a couple of times on those little roads to make sure but he stuck with me Once he got real close, but he was wearing dark glasses and the straw hat He could have been whistler's mother for all I knew When I pulled into the lot by our building about three o'clock. He drifted along with the Broadway traffic I took his license number and then I backed out and drove over to 3,500 Hope street Okay, buddy. What's up, Dave? I want to trace a license number action. No Good day, man Drive way to 11. Thanks I want to know who's registered for these plates right here 4 e 7 5 4 2 This year Yeah, I'm a private detective. I think it might be connected with a case. Yeah, I should think that Well, the car followed me this afternoon. Yeah Just tell me who owns it, will you? Then what? Well, and I'm gonna write you a letter I don't collect stamps. You worked here too long lady. You telling me Six years. I collected fines a 2g I'm doing this Thanks, huh? Who does the car belong to? South of the car Mad mad monster boy brains out if he knew just how many cars are really are around this time Oh, ruby deroy no 4 e 7 5 4 2 belongs to a guy named richard i chambers address hotel the soda Thanks. Come back any time dawg. Glad to help you out The name richard i chambers meant about as much to me as a shipload of stale bread But it didn't take 20 20 vision to see that there was a connection And the whole thing was phony was like cutting your leg off to cure your bunions Well, I went back to the office and checked with a lion Okay, reagan give it to me the heist one of the family heirlooms Our meat when was it lifted two nights ago any contact shit. No, none. That's why it's screwy But it means screwy Well, it was a little silver ship called the Santa Maria now they'd have to sell it back to rodrick or go and relief In verse that leave us with another bum case I don't say anything like that. Your dope on rodrick was second hand Tell me his grandfather keeps the keys. How do you know rodrick said so? He shouldn't let out family secrets. You let me worry about that. Just find his little ship. Yeah, yeah Guy called half hour ago off the number four in chambers. Yeah, who told you who did want you to phone Never mind skip that. I know where to get him Things began to move that meant that all the cards are out and somebody was asking for bets Over at the de soto hotel the clerk told me that 305 belonged to chambers It's a little guy about a head shorter than margaret o'brien He shoved three inches of nose out at me through a crack in the door All I left went for you to phone you chambers. I was having a beauty nap come back in an hour Now you need it. Look out. Hey, what is this? Oh, huh tough guy. Yeah, all right. You're tough I think you're a bum. All right simmer down junior. You'll never make eagle scout. Oh, you're so good I got to take that from you. We're gonna talk. What makes you think so everybody's grown up now dicky chain this talks when he Feels like talking all right work. Have it your way that kind of stuff ain't going to get you nothing Regan your weights up dicky. You got a different job now. I said you're a bum You tell me today ask your mother What you want me to phone about wrong track? I'm sure the two buck windows downstairs You're in this somewhere and I want to know where Through being tough Regan No, I'll let the boys in the personnel division handle you. What do you mean? That ship on your dress is about an inch too long to be legal. Call them see what gets you Send you a nickel later. Okay. Okay. I'll open Just so they don't like to get shoved around that's all why didn't you figure that before you got tangled up? I'm your contact. All right. Come on. Let's put the show on the road How much does it cost five grand and 10s and 20s go on tonight 10 o'clock you come with him where Milo side of san anna f for a little road turns left off 101 drive two miles in park and then what If you got the five grand, you don't try any funny. He gets his little silver ship back Not it and sit people happy see you later dicky. Oh, I'm there. I'm checking out tomorrow Hey, look buster. You weren't any heist man. They come smoother. What's your angle? Maybe I love jewelry You kept maybe I love jewelry. I don't a guy like you's gotta love something I called rodrick and told him what I'd found out he sounded relieved like he'd been under water for a long time We're just coming up for air He said he'd get the cash and I made arrangements to meet him at his place later on then I called the lion and told him After that I stopped off at a place on wilshire and I ran up a tab watching a skinny guy trying to make a piano sound like a symphony orchestra Now I had some steak and potatoes and then I drove back out to rodrick's place It was about nine o'clock when I got there and the same people were on the front porch doing the same thing I remembered what the lion had said about those legs at hers Having fun. Oh reagan, huh? I thought I told you we didn't want any that was eight hours ago. We still don't want any Still here to see your brother small business something like that I don't like you anymore now than I did this morning and I hated you then Yeah, well, I'm gonna cry about that when I get home. You're pretty smart. Aren't you reagan king? Please be careful. He's awful smart pain. Let me go. Yeah, let him go lady. I'll give him back I'll give you something He's been drinking there. Look out. Oh god nothing I don't I guess he deserves that It's nasty when he works out of how is the other times there aren't any other times too bad He'll be different when he wakes up What do you mean about the liquor? Getting the wrong idea about everything. What are you here? I was a hat check girl in a cheap night club. What's going on out here, jenny? Oh reagan you're here What was he acting up about tonight mr. Regan? Well, it doesn't make any difference. Take care of him. Will you jenny? Of course, abel. That's a good girl jenny You're already regan. You got it all set I'll be home early jenny Come on bigam. Let's go All we climbed in my car. We drove to the place dicky chambers told me about it wasn't hard to find It was a flat dirt road to the edge of the airport We clicked off two miles on the speedometer and then we switched off our lights in park It was dark and quiet there like the inside of an empty barrel Roderick didn't have much to say he just sat there chewing on a cigar and looking at nothing He was real good at waiting I looked at my watch about three minutes at 10 Then I saw the headlights of another car coming down the road from a long way off Roderick nodded his head and I began to have a feeling like I was standing on top of the trap on the warden It just smiled at the hangman That must be ours reagan Do you think we should switch on our headlights? They may not see us unless they got wings they got a passes They don't seem to be slowing down much do they I'll get out of the car Get out of the car Say what is it don't talk move all right all right What's got into you reagan come on we can't just or them think something's wrong like this a pack deck you're a ringer Spun him around and he fell against the car I pulled up my gun, but it didn't do any good whoever it was must have been in vaudeville That was the fastest disappearing accents houdini To the story of cain and debil and the satamaria tonight's adventure with jeff reagan investigation If you're a graduate nurse between the ages of 21 and 45 You may be eligible for a commission in the regular officers reserve army nurse corps If you are eligible and meet the high standards to qualify to serve with this fine organization You may elect active or inactive stated In addition to this privilege, they also have the opportunity to take advantage of special training courses So if you believe that you qualify for a commission in the army nurse corps reserve Apply now to the adjutant general's office washington dc That's the adjutant general washington dc And now back to the story of cain and debil and the satamaria and jeff reagan investigators Well, there was enough loose letter on there to start a scrap drive wherever it was one to make real sure My car was as full of holes as a canceled check I found a 45 slug in the seatpacking and I piled rodrick inside and I drove over to a motor court on the highway An old lady with a dust mop or a head of hair registered this and complained about all the drunks There were in this world and then when I got rid of her I went out to the phone booth and gave the lion a ring I woke him up It's 11 o'clock at night. What do you want? I'm in a jam. You're warning. Look, I'm giving it to you right now You drunk I've been with your client trying to get that ship back. How'd you do? I got lead instead of silver. What do you mean by that? Somebody doesn't like rodrick I don't know we got there for the buy back and somebody open up. They can't do that Well, they did Where's rodrick now with me get a doctor and come on over what he got in the way when they started the 4th of july We'll take him to a hospital now. Look pat so he isn't hurt bad, but he needs help You're always talking about money and here's your chance to make some Yeah, he'll give you a bonus if you keep him out of the papers Well, the lion showed up 20 minutes later We had a long-faced guy with him who said he was a doctor He looked more like an undertaker, but I didn't argue I told the lion to keep rodrick there till I phoned back Then I beat it over to the desoto hotel the door to 305 was open Dickey chambers had company only he wasn't receiving he was lying under his sheet Fat guy in a wrinkled suit seemed to be running thing Come on in brother I didn't know Dickey had any friends. I guess he didn't who are you My guy who met him once so are you that Granger constable. This is my territory What's in there reagan private investigator in a national? Mm-hmm the lion's eye Know anything about this I talked to him this afternoon. He gave up riding horses for other things What kind of thing it was contact man on a heist job Yeah, where do you come in? I was hired. That's why I met Dickey Mine telling me by who? It's a client Granger. This is a murder Okay Where'd you find him a little while ago clerk called said he heard shooting I came down with the boys and found Dickey doing the longsleeve Happened less than an hour ago. He's a tough little guy. Well, I'm 45 don't know nothing about that 45 Big holes chest and neck close ranch Corners gonna lose two bits. He thinks it's a 30 Well, look if it turns out big try this one for a match here You've been playing games tonight. Somebody gave it to me connected ballistics will tell you Anything else no Would you come back for talk to Dickey? No good, huh? No good. I should have asked him earlier We can get you through international. Yeah. Well, if you got anything remember the name that Granger He was peeking under that sheet looking at chambers when I left was kind of a sad smile on his face like somebody put gasoline in his thermos bottle I drifted across the street for a package of cigarettes and then I came back and climbed in my car thinking about the whole thing I don't know how long I sat there in the car But when I looked up there was a shadow against the wall of the building that was a good-looking shadow Doing your homework. Yeah, I do for a diploma. Congratulations. What would you like for a gift? How about a little silver ship, huh? Sorry too expensive try again. All right. Give me a 45 What would you do with that give it to a cop named Granger and what all right go home and go to bed You haven't asked me what I'm doing here. I know Tame him too. He isn't so bad when you get to know him where you're sitting. He must have wings Well, if it isn't the gum heel You ready for laughs? Well, we got a comedy. Let's have you look chatty Okay, bright boy. Where is he you're sober enough to shoot straight? I took a pledge Before or after you came by us out on that road after baby. You don't smell like it. Where is he? Try my car trunk. I'm using him for ballast. What did you do with him? Okay, listen people come maybe told you what he did was able not yet. I'm gonna have to talk to him somewhere else Right, angel. Okay, we can come on get out Turn for you Let me guess what's coming. It's a trip to the moon. Sit tight, baby. Here you go Subtle down to having a headache and the headache went someplace and I had nothing Oh, it was a nice play everybody was a quarterback and everybody had the ball I looked as good as a fat girl on the french bathing suit Well, sometime later, maybe 10 years I had a mouthful of brandy and my throat was burning like an oil stinger. We were in roderick's place He was standing over me holding a bottle in one hand and a 45 in the other Coming around Don't worry. He'll talk Feeling better, baby Well, you're gonna feel worse. Now sit up, baby. Come on. It's time to talk. No, wait a minute king. Wait. Let me ask We're all alone here. No one's going to disturb us We'll find out anyhow Why don't you tell us what you did with him? I get a short memory. I forget things the shame to let kane do this to you I think you're pretty Might not be able to stop him once he gets started. It's your idea lady. I'm along for the view Iron men went out with short skirts, but I guess you don't know it yet You look tough brother, but you bruise easy. You're already wearing striped pants You mangled it when you tagged me tonight think so Tell me how all right. No one knew I was a detective, but your brother that meant you hired dicky chambers to find out So you know it So what so you bumped dicky when you thought it was finished? Yeah, that makes you know, I'm not kidding. There's a constable named granger King relax angel relaxed. Don't let him scare you He hasn't told anything to anybody. No now if you did we would have found him in a hospital I saw him go down. Are you sure? Of course I am Now all we got to do is find him So let's get Well, you talk now, huh? No It's gonna get worse, baby You might have to write it later. You've got hold of a bad label Stop it now. Stop it. This isn't getting us anything. Yeah, but I'm having fun. You'll kill him. Let go of my arm Now we need him I've got to find him in the cargo table. It's ruined if you kill him. Let's go Where were we baby? Stand away from him. Are you crazy or something? Well, we're fine if you don't think but you can't think you're no good to me anymore Jamie What times like he was saying no in a big way and then he finally relaxed She knelt down and took something out of his pocket. I tried to lift one of my arms But I got about as far as I would try to hook a whale with a salad fork I must have looked real bad because all of a sudden her eyes kind of lit up and she came over Taking a lot of punishment, doctor Yeah, as much as you're gonna take I'm out of opinion No, the way you didn't happen to be carrying that five grand You're looking for a state. Yeah I'm going out prospecting trip around the world far enough to make some new connections That's all go hell a girl needs Here Here's the little ship. You didn't do it for nothing run out of bullets. No They ever get me. I'll say justifiable homicide It's trying to kill you you're my witness Take care of yourself. Goodbye That's all she said and that was the last I ever saw of her Well, it seems that Janie and Cain had figured to tag both of us out on that road and It'd all be blamed on a foamy heist gang There was a lot of insurance. They could have turned in a ready cash But I had a feeling that when I made able to get out of that car that night it ruined things for him Janie and Cain thought that they could still do it if they could find him and get us together again That's why he went to work on me Cain already killed Iggy Chambers because he thought there might have been a double cross and I just He was kind of crazy with the time he got around to me Well, anyway about three months later a detective sergeant down in miami beach Spotted Janie one night working the hat stand in a nightclub Everybody wondered how he could recognize it. She dyed her hair and it really changed her appearance But it figured you see the police folder had a picture of her in a bathing suit. She couldn't change those legs 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 produced by Sterling Tracy The role of Janie Broderick was played by lairene tuttle Marvin Miller was able and walley mayor was Cain Dickie chambers with sydney miller and paul frieze played ed granger Are you a graduate registered nurse? Do you know someone who is? Then please listen carefully to this important message from the adjutant general's office Washington, DC 29 000 nurses are needed to join the new army nurse corps reserve For the first time in history Allified nurses are given the opportunity of receiving a commission in the regular army reserve All nurses who receive reserve commissions will benefit from the opportunity for specialized training offered to them by the army Don't wait If you're a registered graduate nurse between the ages of 21 and 45 drop a card for complete information to the adjutant general Washington, DC Original music for this program is by dick aron Jeff Regan investigator is heard every saturday at 9 30 over cbs. Bob stevensson speaking. 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