 Get this and get it straight Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave There's no other end But they never learn From the pen of Raymond Chandler outstanding author of crime fiction comes his most famous character in The Adventures of Philip Marlowe Now with Gerald Moore starred as Philip Marlowe. We bring you tonight's exciting story the bedside manners And hit the street Hi, it's Tommy, okay kid. Here you are. Thanks. Take it easy now. Sure That's the way it happened two weeks ago And they scraped me up off the pavement. I felt like everything must have been broken But finally the doctor boiled it all down to a fractured tibia and assorted bruises Headed me ten days in the hospital tangled up with enough pulleys weights and trapeze bars to rigor circus tent After which I managed to get sprung with the peace and quiet of my own apartment There on a special bed in my living room. I spent four days Scratching my broken leg through an inch of plaster cast Well, I worried about the business I was missing Until finally or Dean Patterson a girl with a multimillion-dollar estate I'd worked for once Insisted on seeing me immediately about a job once she was sure I could handle even flat on my back Still it's about my brother Maynard. Oh another jam, huh? Wait a minute. I gotta get I guess your father knew his son pretty well when he left Yeah, he left all that dough in your hands or Dean. Yes only this time. I sincerely believe Maynard's learned his lesson, Phil He's worried sick Frankly so am I so am I if I can straighten this leg out? Well, if you think I can help in this condition it can't be too serious. Hey before you sit down, reach me a cigarette, will you? Yeah, sure Thanks Phil last Saturday night Maynard went out on a binge He got home at four o'clock in the morning awfully intoxicated. No, it's not unusual for Maynard, is it? No, except this time he was frightened Phil Scared stiff. Oh, what about? Well, that's just the point. We don't know He was so drunk he he couldn't remember anything didn't know where he'd been or with whom Hell it was terrible. Well, this was last Saturday. Why are you so worried and it happened surely by now you'd have heard But something did happen Phil. Oh this morning. I got a phone call from a man who met business believe me. I Made notes in a memo pad while he talked so I wouldn't forget any of it Here back here here read it. No This is fish fish. Yes, tell Maynard 50 G's Important money by tomorrow or trouble then he hung up on me Phil Fish Did you remain it ever here from before? Well, I certainly didn't and when I asked Maynard. He didn't know him either He had a cold heavy voice and spoke with a thick list You want me to peg this fish for you? Yes, so I'll know why Maynard owes that much money. Well, I look baby I'm bedridden. I'm stuck. I can't even move. I know that I know that Phil But you have the phone here a lot of contacts and plenty of diplomacy If this is something I can get Maynard out of by paying that money then I'll pay okay, baby I'll try but look if it's outside the law Yes, I'm aware of that. All right. Where do I start? Where did he start Saturday at the Colony Club with a female? named say often Well, whatever happened must have begun there. That's why I thought of you Phil you know the Colony Club Well, I know there's scotches Johnny Walker and Sid Ray feels the owner. That's all that may be enough Will you want to talk to Maynard? Yeah? Yeah, send him over in about an hour. Well, you'll be here And that open girls number is Sunset 0144 0144. Okay, I'll get it at least my dial finger Hello What? Wings back out. No, you still can I'm warning you still who who was that you you look upset Yeah, well my my horse just ran forth Look, you better run along now or Dean And stay out of dark corners, huh? Despite of my sitting duck position. I told myself that a private detective who listens to warnings today is out of business tomorrow So I put in a call for Sid Rayfield at the Colony Club Sid was out so I left a message for him to get in touch with me Next I tried Fay Altman, but the sunset number went unanswered After that I started checking for the next best thing to legs. I could think of a guy named hunger Malloy By profession a roving bookie by appearance a slouch and threadbear hounds tooth propping against any convenient lamppost Hunger by some peculiar instinct either newer could find out about anything Especially slightly illegal Because I'd once pride him out of a tight spot. He loved me like a brother. I Finally located him in a pool hall on Melrose and told him what I needed to know He promised it was as good as done and was off to the colony club and I would hear from him Well, that left me with nothing to do but scratch my cast again worry about my gun being in the desk drawer in my office think about fish and wait Things went like that for 45 minutes and then Come in. Who is it? Who's there? What's the matter Philip you're jumping? Yeah, I'm real glad to see you fella likewise. I Have fear none of the weather. How's it been? No, it's bothering me a little look. I've rang you some flowers Oh, hunger you shouldn't have I know I tried to get long stems with them plants in the parking doings the goodness yet Hey, listen, are you sure you gave me the right dope on the phone Philip sure sure. I'm sure why would you find out? That's just it nothing. I went to the colony club and got talking around But not one thing worth noticing went on there Saturday night. Well, maybe it started there and moved out, huh? I tried that Some of the customers went out to the valley after the shoot a little dice Another bunch move down to that big join on Adams for some poker. That's all gambling Could be a gambling setup. Were they big games? No, just the usual nothing extra at all And especially I couldn't bend down a thing and any 50 G's changing hands. Are you positive hunger? Well, you don't ask too many questions in that league Philip, but I'm pretty sure nobody got rich right a herd You know, I got a hint at least. Yeah, well look, what about this guy named fish blank some new faces in town But no high rollers answering to fish and the background unfaithful. Yeah some picking shovel queen in a nice way Been digging nuggets here and there for years. So The latest is the Gillage punk. You want to know about main at Patterson? Can I have one of these? Yeah, go ahead feed your face Incidentally They was among those present at the colony Saturday night if that means something to you And it's about it Philip. Okay hunger. Thanks a million. I'm sorry. I couldn't be more help, but I think you're getting a bomb Visitors hey, you got a back way out of here. It won't look so sure bedroom Honey you can go out the window and down the fire escape. Hey wait a minute. Is that new shirt? No, I come into a bit of clink So I had it washed I hope you're feeling better Philip. Yeah, thanks. Oh Come in I'm sorry about your leg. I'm sorry about a tool. I can't get comfortable Hey, I hear you're really tied one on the other night. I kid. Yeah, but but I'm through mr. Mato. I swear. Yeah sure sit down. Thanks. What about the gambling lose your head over that tool? Yeah I guess I do as far as my allowance goes anyway. Now a lot of look I want you to tell me all you remember about Saturday night Well, I I went to the colony club with Faye. That's my girl. They all by the way How do you rate stuff like Faye on your allowance? Just a minute skip it skip it go ahead Well, I was drinking quite a bit and by one o'clock. I guess I was pretty fuzzy. I lost face someplace then I went outside for some air and There on it's just a blank. Now look if you didn't pass out cold you're bound to have some flashes You can remember I want it all Well, I do remember a couple of things mr. Mato Then what like a dream than anything else? I Seem to remember a big old-fashioned house It was dark and gloomy with high ceilings and old ornate brass chandeliers. I Don't know how I got there or what I was doing were you alone? Well, I don't think so I've got a man's face in my mind a Flabby guy in a silk shirty at big hands freckles on the backs of them who kind of a reddish hair on them I remember them against something green. Did he lisp? I can't seem to remember Just thinking about him gives me the willies, but I don't know why I can't figure out why I Talked to face. She waited for me until the colony closed then she went home She was pretty mad about it. Are you sure that's all you can remember? Yeah, that's everything How does it make any sense at all? Not much Sounds like you could have been mixed up in a poker game at a green top table and an old dump on Adam Has lost your shirt to a fat guy named fish. You think that's all there is to it Well, not quite all there's the little matter of 50,000 bucks you own Look mr. Marlowe if you and Ordeen get me out of this mess. I swear I'll straighten up. I'll never get into trouble again honest sunny boy What you do later is your sister's headache strictly. I got trouble enough lining things up So you can get off the hook I go on home and stay there. I call you okay Mr. Marlowe I I know you don't like me, but well Thanks, anyhow 50,000 bucks Yes, I said oh one Four four But cast on so tight Hey, my name is Phil Marlowe. I've been trying to reach you for two hours Just some conversation about Maynard Patterson. I'm in my apartment number 210 Grinard arms on Franklin. Can you come over? On the first place in my private detective in the second I got a busted leg. How about it? It's important I've never dated a private detective. I'll be right there. Good. Oh Goodbye Faye Come on in Sid Rayfield in person yet. Yeah, the boys at the club told me about your urgent call papers So I came right out. Well, if I'd known you were coming out of make the snakes in skip the cracks I know what you want. Well, and you're clairvoyant because I'm not sure myself yet try this You're working for all Dean Patterson like you did once before because that punk brother hers isn't a bad jam with one Mr. Fish Well Yeah, it's quite neat quite me you happen to know the guy. Yeah, Marlowe. I happen to know the guy That's why I'm here to tip you because you're a friend of mine more or less So I say leave it alone Marlowe get out of it stay out. It's none of your business You know you talk like a man with a personal angle. Well, I Order split your lip for that. I come here to do your turn any easy mind your bedside manners Said I'm an invalid you'll be worse than that if you don't back out of this I'm telling you this guy fish is too hot to handle Marlowe and you better Who's that? How should I know for a sick room this joint's becoming more like Hollywood and fine by the minute I took a long chance coming here. I got to get out without being seen Well, try the bedroom window and fire escape everybody else does don't let them in till I'm going you here It ain't healthy. Oh sit sit. What is it? Sit All this thinking leg ice going mr. Fish. I Suppose that makes me. Oh, yeah. Yeah, but see I I'm okay. I'm fine. Well, I I thought you was talking to somebody. No, no, I was reading I didn't hear the buzzer. Oh, yeah I know what to mean sometimes I get real carried away myself Look, I picked up your dinner everything just like you ordered here. I'll drag no missy I don't think I'll eat right now. Just put the tray down and beat it. Huh like a good girl I'll get him in the morning. Will you get out of here? Will you go on? Okay, fish the girl's gone Well, come on in Did you hear me? I said come on in Guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be In just a moment the second act of Philip Marlowe, but first This Wednesday night CBS brings you the premiere of a bright new musical show the ABC's of music starring Robert Q. Lewis and Ralph Flanagan's orchestra It promises a half hour of top hits and top entertainment every Wednesday on CBS When also you hear the hilarious Groucho Marks quiz show you bet your life and the drama of Dr. Christian the ABC's of music Groucho Marks and Dr. Christian come every Wednesday on most of these same CBS stations Now with our star Gerald Moore the second act of Philip Marlowe and tonight's story the bedside manners Man is never ready to die really Sometimes saying you are helps Sometimes like when you're flat on your back waiting for a killer with a silencer Might step into view through your bedroom door. I Kept on waiting 60 seconds each as long as a fall down an empty well Once I thought I heard the window close At least another five minutes went by And I actually began to believe that for some reason fish had gone away And that made the scoreboard real easy to read Sid Ray feel a guy who knew his way around had been killed. I hadn't been able to do a thing about it It was time for a call to homicide, but even as I reached the phone it went off Hello, I said hello You've got the old phone fast, but still what's on your slippery mind fish Too bad you didn't feel that way about Sid Ray feel Go on Quite main at Patterson doesn't remember what happened Saturday night. Oh, maybe you know all about it You're making this up as you go along. What do you mean? Come in Welcome in your voice. I'm Faye Altman private detective that figure. Oh, what happened to you? Fall out of a trance and we're trip over a clue which neither was a wise crack honey. I laughed so hard I fell down and broke my leg Let's get down to business. Huh. Yeah for a starter Faye. What's your connection with Maynard Patterson? How tight is the knot? Huh? What was that again? I said you and Maynard. Just how chummy are you too? Thought I heard you right. You know private detective. I don't like being pushed around baby There's a dead man in the bedroom dead man Did you say a dead man Sid Ray feel he was murdered Faye? No, I'm not said he was a nice guy Marla sharp, but but nice Hey, I want you to go in there and look for an envelope on the window sill No, I don't think it's important Faye. I can't get out of this bed. I'll go on it may help us tag Sid's killer But I'll get it keep going Kay at the window sill. Do you see it windows broken in there? Do you know it? Yeah? Now Faye my question about you and Maynard somehow or other it may county in love with him. No I mean, I like him. All right. He's a good time nice places nice people nice little presents, but no yachts No, that's right. No yachts and I like yachts private detective. They beat rowing around in MacArthur Park I know I've tried them both Anything else? Yeah, turn it around. How does he feel about you overboard? I guess Look you said that this might help catch Sid's killer I like Sid so I'd like to see that happen, but make this question a good one because it's your last Fair enough Maynard loves you. You love money. Maynard didn't have any now the question Do you have any plan to change all that just one? He was saving up every cent he could squeeze out of that stingy sister of his for a stake in a big card game He was gonna run it into big dough any help private detective Yeah, if you call checking other people's stories out of help which translates into what Maynard did just that Only he lost it all Saturday night lost his stake in 50,000 bucks more He owes that much dough. Yeah. Yeah, I'll tell me have you heard from Maynard since You had your last question private detective remember? And I Marlo it's been a big fat pleasure. I'll bet any I'll pay my best to the fish Yeah, never mind. Goodbye, baby, and don't slam the door The lady was gone it was time to call the police I Was dying hard even as I dialed the number I turned the envelope that had been left on the window sill over in one hand The envelope was the cheap kind you find in any dimes tall with nothing written on it And the note itself which read I owe the bearer two thousand bucks payable within 24 hours was signed Maynard Patterson and dated Saturday Was on a square piece of memo paper It made me think about a little item quite a while We've been sitting last for a last seat in the back of my mind. Hello trying real hard to be star pupil Now Marlo the fishing may be great. Oh It's like Come on, baby. Be home. This is Marlo or Dean. Oh I'm not sure but among other things they may have caught a killer now. Listen. You still have that note You know the one you brought over here The memo you made after fish called have you got it? Yes, it's in my handbag. Never mind the question. Just get it. Will you all right? I'll only be a moment. I'll hang on better. Just hang up Marlo. I Wasn't expecting you just yet Maynard now nor this gun. I'm sure hang up It'll only make her call back, you know yeah, and won't my dear sister be exasperated when she keeps getting No matter how long she dials only a busy signal the pronunciation is Signal Maynard, what do I call you fish and don't look so surprised you're act stank People who can't pronounce the letter s avoided instead of going out of their way to use it as in Perth drink My mistake Marlo. Yeah among a lot of others. You never should have been careless about the kind of paper You wrote the IOU on your sister who you're trying to swindle come in here earlier with the same jottings on a piece Of paper that's got the same top edge Irregular because I know I know because it was ripped off the same telephone pad and I wouldn't have used that paper since IOU's are customarily written during or immediately after a card game and I couldn't have been at home at the time of the game I'd stop it Marlo. There's no need for any more hypotheses No, you can fill in all the blanks. Can't you step by step a rotten tailor-made scheme to get your sister to save you by paying 50,000 bucks Your gambler named fish who doesn't exist I said stop it slimy set up that began with a fake one-night stand of bottle and bond amnesia Move down to an also fake telephone call a warden from a heavy named fish a man with a lift shut up And the payoff the confession call of me Yes, mr. Marlo everything you say or so, but I'm still not beaten and I won't be you're the only one who knows all this And even as fish killed Sid Raphael fish is gonna kill you fish Marlo not me Fish the ruthless gambler who never will be caught but who my sister will pay nevertheless Is that clear Marlo not quite Why did you kill Raphael? He had me convinced that fish actually existed which is the reason he died He was playing my game. Oh, not for me Somehow or other he found out what I was doing Maybe because he always checked carefully when anybody got too interested in Fay Altman And he decided to help things along and cut himself in You know the answer to that Now if you don't mind turn on the radio Marlo why silence it doesn't turn it on Louder I wouldn't want anything to go wrong now Marlo. I've been so lucky Lucky that I got away from my sister and was free to watch this building's apartment Lucky so that I could see who came and who went and act accordingly Yeah, I've been lucky. All right You do grant me that don't you Marlo? Yeah, sure. You've been lucky You've been real lucky Patterson up to now But you know how it is with luck kid one minute you have it the next minute it runs out Look, you might have I turned this off. It's putting me to sleep You are brave aren't you Marlo? No, no, no just lucky lucky that someone standing behind you. Oh The mounted police. Oh, no, no just a guy a guy named hunger Malloy It's a funny kind of a guy made it he he was here earlier tonight He ducked out by way of the bedroom at least I thought he ducked out Don't punch an inch I'm not gonna turn around and give you the chance to go for that gun which is probably under your pillow Oh, no, but manage you should do something you're about to be hitting a noggin honest made it with a vile That's Marlo. I'll believe what it has He just wouldn't take your word would he Philip? Well, that's the way it goes I'll see you now. Wait a minute hunger come back here. I can't pal You got a corpse in there. That means cops them and me don't make don't worry about it Just tell me before I bust you started for the way window 20 minutes ago. What happened? Well, Philip, what happened hunger? I got delayed After that stuff was popping this this louse was in there than a corpse Dilect high and then the louse again at the window leaving an envelope Etc. Etc. Yeah, but the delay hunger before company started coming. What was it? well and The truth yeah, try and try it may not hurt at all Okay They was on your dresser the jazziest pair of pearl cufflinks Philip. I think since he used to deal in Vegas. I Yeah, I was Hungers the last favorite or a guy you've already done a big favor for take them the cufflinks go ahead All right Philip as long as you put it's a nice I will Now like I was saying Wait a minute hunger the cufflinks take them with you now I Funny name hunger Malloy You know the strange thing But a broken leg makes the old wheels go around Now that figures makes you think about brakes That brings me back to hunger Malloy again The only break he ever got was in his skull Somebody once said we make our own breaks. I don't know about that. I didn't break my leg Maybe I did Did I really look where I was going? And they need Patterson We had all the breaks he had loads of dough Still he didn't know where he was going either And Sid Rayfield I Wonder if when the slug hit him he thought What a lousy break The adventures of Philip Marlowe bringing you Raymond Chandler's most famous character star Gerald Moore are Produced and directed by Norman McDonnell and are written for radio by Robert Mitchell and Gene Levitt Featured in our cast were Ann Stone David Ellis Vivi Janice Wilms Herbert Paul Dubov and Frank Gerstle The special music is composed and conducted by Richard Orant be sure to be with us again next week when Philip Marlowe says This time it was strictly out of whack From a perfect hostess who was rude to her guests Passed a big red fence that ran all the way from LA to Palm Springs Though a second-story man stabbed to death in a basement apartment Don't let a rainy day find you unprepared start saving for that rainy day right now by buying United States savings bonds There's nothing quite like these savings bonds They're like a cash reserve always available when you need them and yet they're always earning interest If you hold on to your savings bonds until they mature you'll get back three or four dollars for every three dollars you invest Start providing for the future right now by United States savings bonds regularly This is Roy Rowan speaking This is CBS the Columbia broadcasting system