 From Hollywood. It's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dolla dr. Colby calling back Johnny. Oh, yeah, Frank. How am I? You need boosters for diphtheria smallpox typhoid cholera, and if we can find room Why we'll bring you up to date on your tetanus. Oh Well, where do I get them? I have it all right here in the office or I can stop by on the way home That's not what I mean Frank it takes a long time to get the Haiti and those plane seats aren't very comfortable at best Edmund O'Brien in another transcribed adventure of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to home office America federated life insurance company Hartford, Connecticut attention Harvard Huntington general manager the following is an accounting of expenditures during my assignment and Porto Prince Haiti Expense account item won $15 for a pair of tickets to detective story at the Hudson theater New York Which I never got a chance to use since I was seated in the library of your Hartford home promptly at Curtin time Dollar I want to thank you for coming out here. Sorry to break into evening like this, but since I have I'll get right to the point Perhaps you've heard of the Gordon family here in Hartford Well, what I see of the society page is when I'm flipping back to the sports section What I've noticed the name diamonds that it aren't they immensely wealthy pillars of society and Surprisingly quite a proper family That is all but one of the Sun's Ralph heavy drinker complete waste or narrow to well Oh a blot on the old discussion. Yeah, it's continually getting into one scraper another Now he's done it again. I take it that you're not worried about Ralph the man, but about Ralph the policy holder Well put it bluntly yes, I don't think it's unethical for a company to protect its interests In this case the policies and the amount of $150,000 quite a piece of paper. Yes And to be quite candid I rue the day it was issued but the point is this Ralph Gordon at last report is Dying aboard his yacht at Port-au-Prince Haiti, and you don't need me. You need the Mayo Clinic Dollar I hesitate to even mention this in the presence of a sane man But from everything we can learn young Gordon is not dying from any known malady. He's dying as a result Oh, it's pure nonsense He's supposed to be dying as the result of voodoo curse now anybody with any alright wait a minute Where'd you get your information from his older brother Thomas? He's a doctor. He's down there in Haiti with Ralph now I want you to go down and debunk this thing dollar find out what's wrong. Why any sane man knows there's no such voodoo You don't believe in it. Do you know? No, not unless I see it working Spencer count item 2 148 dollars and 70 cents hardfoot to Port-au-Prince via airplane Spencer count item 3 32 dollars and 50 cents tropical clothes an item for 25 bucks spent while I browsed the waterfront bars in Port-au-Prince Looking for somebody who knew where the Gordon yacht was more and I found him. He not only knew that he knew everything What you want to know about this blasted island ask me first My name is Cap Rigan and I've been here since before repeal give up my citizenship I did without with a couple of prohibition agents and I figure on sailing up my final days right here What do you want with the Gordon craft? I want to see the owner of Gordon. How do I get to it? I reckon you pay me to row y'all to her My dingy's down to the foot of the pier just a short eel from where we're at. Well good. Come on. Let's show off That's sweet lie down my ration here put me in ship shape Yeah, what do you say you want it with that skill there? Figuring on buying. Oh, thank you for the compliment if I bought a boat today It had to be a surplus life raft. I told you I want to talk to Gordon Friendly visit all the other kind. Uh-huh. I'm beginning to see how you know so much about this island Never question never learn remember that summy and this way we were off to stop it Yes, sir never question never learn Look, I'm an insurance investigator. Our company sent me down here to look things over including Gordon I don't know yet. What do you know about it there a junk full sonny a junk full stood into the arbor about two months back Now sooner dropped his hope than his crew started taking the pier head leap Everybody jump of the boat for reasons of his own What was the matter with good? He was off seas over all the time And you navigate with sextant a compass and parallel ruler sonny not with a double shot and a water chaser Get the drift. They were afraid to sail with him. Oh, that's the line of it If you'd ever pile into a reef you feel the same. Oh, yeah That is my dingy down at the bottom of the ladder There's Gordon's yacht out there. Yeah, it took his passing a stern of her now. Yeah And that's a lot of boat. Yeah, she carries a suit of sail like a grind Oh, why don't you see a close-up? She's dirty as a garbage scow All right, give her a hair now, sonny. You're close enough. Hey Anybody aboard ship was dirty. I didn't notice It may have had good lines, too But it couldn't have touched what stood still at the rail wearing clam diggers and off the shoulder t-shirt and a Caribbean tan There's a tremol for you. That'll be his wife. Can I come aboard? I'm Johnny dollar from Hartford. I want to talk to Ralph. I guess you'll have to come aboard Oh, sweetest sturn of the ladder There you be Study now. Okay, cap. You wait for me, huh? Our thing's in Ralph's old hometown Cool, but not as cool as this this reception. No, let it throw you What is it's a friendly drop-in business or just plain snooping? It's the last I'm Edwina the wife. They haven't heard about at home Congratulations now. I know why you like the way your shoulders bear the better to keep a chip on you through being sharp I'll let you hear what's left of my husband. Come on through here. Is it her from Hartford? Yeah So you are charming got the door locked It'll stay that way till he runs out of wine You heard enough. Yes enough to know how you acquired your charming attitude forget it. I walked into it with my eyes wide open Let's get back out on deck the lights better for throwing barbs at each other sure sounds like fun Well Do I have to help you off the boat? Not until you help me by answering some questions. I'm an insurance investigator I was sent down here by the company that holds a policy on your husband's life. What should I do faint? The story they got was that Ralph was dying from some kind of a voodoo curse. They don't believe it neither do I why not? It might be true Hmm. Oh some old guy they call him poppin a while came out to the boat He yelled some things at Ralph and when Ralph he threw a bottle at him. He swore to put a curse on him Hey, how did they hear about it back in Hartford Ralph's brother dr. Thomas Gordon told them, you know him Yeah, we hate each other I wonder why he'd tell them maybe because he thought somebody who'd be better off with Ralph dead was using popular Wows curse as a cover-up How would you stand as his widow get off this boat? Get off Oh, I'm Yeah, come here William. Who's the boarding party? Just get him off him. Sure, honey Well, make do you walk in or dive save your strength for the last scene Goliath? I was just leaving Spencer count item five three dollars paid to cap rig and his water taxi fare item six eighty cents land taxi fare to Hotel Francois And I'll put the heels hang out for not only the best in tourists, but also brother Thomas Gordon MB Please make yourself comfortable. Could I offer you something nothing but some brotherly advice certainly? I feel like a stupid fool for not being able to handle this thing myself So now that you're here call on me for anything First have you seen Ralph I tried to but he locked himself in his cabin. Tell me as a medical man How do you digest this voodoo curse story? Oh, it's ridiculous. Good heavens. This is the 20th century I do think that science doesn't know everything it would like to know voodoo black magic There are stories supposedly true, but any victim would have to have a highly susceptible mind and I know my brother mr. Dollar his mind is susceptible only to his own whims and fancies and what's the matter with him? That's it? I don't know He's drawn within himself and seems to be searching almost insanely for escape through alcohol Hasn't anybody thought of putting him on the wagon? It's a horrible idea, but it works I don't think this is the time for it. He's suffering mentally and needs release And that leaves there's only one thing to think about and no matter how thin you cut it It's still voodoo. I'm a man of science mr. Dollar I'd make hypocrisy out of all my knowledge and training if I attacked the problem from that direction But please let me know what you find Spencer County item seven four dollars rental of horse and cart in which my walking tourist guide cap riggan And I jolted out of town in search of popular wire Something made me feel like I was riding my last mile in a tumble on route to the guillotine The moonlight was fighting a losing battle against an army of storm clouds that was sweeping in and then to make it worse I heard a drum Yeah, that's sunny. Yeah, it's sort of a tired gene crooper means we're getting close to Papa's quarters Is he the only one around here? Yep. None of the good old guns performs in his territory These two mean oh great and that ain't no galley news. It's a trend. I'll tell you there's lots of black magic A so-called it's nothing but tourist bait, but Papa. He's a genuine article Let me tell you about one fella. He loaded a curse on him. It was a knight in him before he got through with you Can't please you keep your mind on your driving and I'll keep mine on pleasant memories Yeah, I got no more driving to think about What's the matter? That's the path over there by that now old tree from here on you plot your own course This is close enough for me me too Say wait a minute How do I know I can't put a curse on him, huh? I never tried smooth silence suddenly The path led along the edge of a field of sugarcane and on the other side of me was a solid wall of jungle First I smelled some feathers burning then I heard the chant There was a door in the wall of jungle that led to a small clearing before the moon was smothered by another cloud I saw a shack Smoke curled out through an open door and I could see the glow of a fire on the floor inside Hey Papa, I want to talk to you Who is come to the house of popular? Well, my name wouldn't mean anything to you, but what I have to say well Can I come in? One three What are these words of so great importance as you wish to interrupt popular all I know about voodoo is that I don't believe it I've come to you because I haven't gotten the answers from anybody else I want to know what's behind this so-called curse you've put on Ralph Gordon. You not believe You like me make you believe Ralph Gordon he died tonight in the wind and rain and For you I have magic now See my fire You will believe the smoke Now I couldn't see what he'd thrown onto the fire he'd reached behind him for it When the smoke from it whirled around me seemed to grab my throat and squeeze I stumbled back through the door I Haven't believed in voodoo when I'd come in But going out I wasn't so sure We will return to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar in just a moment CBS invite you to hear one of the greatest ad libbers and show business groucho marks this Wednesday night and most of these same CBS stations groucho show you bet your life Finds the master throwing quips and questions at oddly assorted pairs of contestants and it's one of the funniest fastest Marriest shows on the air be listening when groucho marks comes along this Wednesday on CBS And now with our star Edmund O'Brien, we returned to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar My throat burned I staggered around in the heavy jungle air when I could breathe again. I gulped in enough to lift the graph zeppelin When I got back into the shack he was gone He hadn't left much of what he'd smoked me out with but he'd left enough a Few shreds of photographic film on the dirt floor and film made of cellulose and nitrates not only takes pictures It puts out nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide when it's burned a combination that would live up to the demands of any gas chamber We headed back to the yacht and this time I bought it without a hail I'm not sure that makes any difference Maybe you're in too deep to back out How would you like it if I spilled the whole thing oh what difference does it make it'll be better than landing in a Haitian Prism with your motive showing they get over Angel I'll be in my sack when you make up your mind and how wrong you can be See you later What are you doing on this ship get off? Oh, no not after that intriguing conversation. I just heard how much did you hear? If I added it to the gasses old Papa Luau threw at me It'd be enough to nail you and lover boy here for conspiracy to commit murder. I don't know what you're talking about The point is I know what you two were talking about listen to me. You've got to believe me. I don't have to betray me anyway, I I Admit that em and I Well, I did get involved with him It was because Ralph turned into another man after we were married This probably marks the first time in history that an icicle melted in Porto Prince, please let me finish When my marriage went to pieces. I had to do something or go crazy To see Ralph drinking up all the champagne on the island was just more than I could take I was going to divorce him and leave with him, but we weren't going to murder him You know chapter one as so many holes in it could have been printed by a punch press You don't worry about landing in prison with your motive showing when all your planning is is divorce You do when people are waiting for your husband to die under mysterious circumstances That's why I was trying to make him go away If Ralph died who would look any farther than the erring wife Unless him was hiding something Can you lock this cabin from the outside? Yes What are you going to do? You aren't going to lock me in here. No, just your playmate. You're coming with me where? The popular was I want to hear what kind of a story you're telling in front of him You You don't believe me. No with a hundred and fifty thousand at stake. I don't even believe myself There's a shack you went first may not be heroic, but it's the best way I can think of to catch his reaction when he sees it Come on. Go ahead. Go on in. Well, Mr. Darla Are you satisfied not quite and you did not believe? Why you are here? You wish again to see the power of my smoke Let's just drop the act Papa. I know what you threw in the fire. What's my book or smoke? You not yet believe a good man from a police laboratory can sip enough out of those ashes to know it was filmed What is this you say? I say that I've got enough on you you old fake to put you in the local pokey Who dare speak that's too popular and that's where you're gonna go if you don't cooperate now. That's a promise What What is it you want did somebody put you up to this curse business that Ralph Gordon is supposed to be under a Man of your rest Not go that is all it's not enough. What was his name? I not know the name. What do they look like then? My eyes were closed Come on. I'm taking you into town. I have to drag you by the head. No, no, don't touch me. I Will tell you how this is It is true. I do not know the name or the face. He come to me He asked me when comes next to run and win. I tell him last night But he's tonight This storm come with the seat He tell me he needs Tom to close portals in the ship. He say if I bring this curse I will be best to gun on 80 because it killed what man? That is difficult That is all Now you go. I'm at the film for the fire. Did he give it to you? That is true Not long before you come we all get rid of it pop up before you lose your license to operate you go now Pablo will be alone Go now All right, Mrs. Gordon. All right. Let's not stay for the music. Could you make head a tail of what he said? What goes into your husband's cabin nothing but food and wine mostly wine who fixes his meals I do our cook left us. Yeah, that is the wine come from he said it was champagne, didn't you? Yes, it always comes from the same place a liquor shop in town at a case at a time Nothing makes any sense What are you going to do all I can do try every angle that's not all I'm gonna try in that liquor shop Spends account item eight four fifty two quarts a rum the purchase of which helped loosen the tongue of the proprietor Who had been supplying Ralph Gordon's champagne and the words that poured out weren't exactly intoxicating but they sent me staggering to the nearest phone Dr. Gordon, this is dollar Well first tell me this What would happen to a man if he was in a ship's cabin on a stormy night with all the portholes closed There was a lot of dry ice in there with him. What was that a small room? No ventilation a lot of dry ice A lush maybe passed out. What would happen five carbon dioxide if enough of it evaporated into the room The lush would not be bothered by a hangover the next morning because he wouldn't wake up, right? Toxic would force the oxygen from the atmosphere and the result would be asphyxia What are you getting at dollar that curse your brother is suffering from is very scientific The champagne has been getting has been chilled by dry ice about five pounds per case one went out just before the storm broke Yeah, I know for a boson. He'd make a very good chemist. They sent for a pull motor. That's too late for your brother Maybe I can use it George for my shipmate and me This is wrong weather, sonny. Never mind around you gotta roll me out of that yard again. What's in this weather? I wouldn't ask old Neptune himself to set out on a night like this. Come on. Come on, Cap I'm in a hurry here. Here's 20 bucks. I want time off the horn What did you say? I didn't think it could rain any harder than the Padden, but it did visibility was zero But about 20 minutes out cap spotted a riding light. There's your eyes, sonny We were on target, but so was somebody else a searchlight stabbed out at us This sounds like prohibition days. Who's giving us the port side? I can't tell. I'll lay a pelican hook over his head If I get my hands on him Down the bottom cap. I'm going over to say There's nothing to do but swim so I swam I Try to remember how many shots have been fired and that's where I made my mistake There was a lull in the shooting which I took to mean that the gun was empty So I crashed my way to the ladder when I got there the first thing I saw after I'd shaken the water out of my eyes Was the muzzle of a rifle The face looking down the barrel at me along to brother Thomas Gordon MD sorry dollar Killing you wasn't in my plan But now it will have to be done. I was waiting for a bullet to come my way, but instead the doctor did I'll thank you later for spoiling his aim. Forget it. That's me big hearted him Say get a boat hook on the doctor. He's our prize fish. Don't let him get away Grabbed a fire axe out of its case on my way to Ralph Gordon's cabin that needed ventilating I knew one quick way to do it. I didn't check for oxygen. I took a deep breath held it and went in The cabin was littered with wine bottles and in one corner in an open case Was the dry ice that was in the process of cooling Gordon off for good. He was stretched out on his bunk I Hempted him to my shoulder and use the last of my breath getting him out of there Come on. Help me to get him stretched out. Come on. Give me a hand with it Maybe we can save a policy holder all right one two three four one two three One Expensive on item 9 30 dollars cover charge at a hospital where I put the revived Gordon under the care of a doctor Not his brother His brother happened to be resting in a jail cell at the time waiting the formal charge of attempted murder motive the family fortune Item 10 same as item 9 same hospital where they patched up cap Reagan Item 11 $40 an ounce of voodoo perfume for the lovely, but sometimes chilly edwina Maybe if she tries that kind of magic on her husband He'll spend less time with the bottle joy and more with her kind An expense account item 12 a hundred and forty eight dollars and seventy cents return trip to Hartford Expense account total 424 dollars and seventy cents yours truly Johnny doll Truly Johnny dollar stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and is written by gill dowd and David Ellis with music Composed and conducted by Leith Stevens Edmund O'Brien may soon be seen in the Columbia picture 7-eleven ocean drive Featured in tonight's cast were Earl Lee Willard Waterman Ted D. Corsia Charlotte Lawrence Lou Krugman Byron Kane Dick Ryan and Clayton Post Yours truly Johnny dollar is produced and directed by Jaime del Valle Join us next week at the same time when from Hollywood Edmund O'Brien returns in another transcribed adventure of yours truly Johnny dollar a bright new show on CBS This Wednesday night It's called the ABCs of music and the star is Robert Q. Lewis with Ralph Flanagan's orchestra You'll find Robert Q. and Ralph Flanagan taking over while Bing Crosby is on vacation So join them on most of these same CBS stations this Wednesday for the ABCs of music Beginning next week yours truly Johnny dollar will be heard at the same time on Thursday nights Thursday nights for Johnny dollar This is CBS for you here suspense every Thursday night the Columbia broadcasting system