 From Hollywood. It's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollar the insurance investigator that's working on the bar and Hays killing that's right. Who's this? I got a few things to say about the shooting. I can't say him to the police But if you level with me, maybe I can say him to you. All right, I've got to be sure of you too Who are you and how'd you find out about me? One of the papers mentioned that you'd come to New York? I guess you've read about me too. I'm what they call the chief suspect object of a widespread search Roy Corona That's right. Now do you want to talk to me? Sure Roy. Anytime you say. I thought so. I'm going to give the phone to a friend that's with me. You tell you where to go and what to do so he can pick you up Edmund O'Brien in another 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 Corinthian all risk insurance company The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Byron Hayes matter Expense account item won $12 transportation from Hartford to New York There wasn't much to be done that first day. The police had their theory on who had killed Hayes And I hadn't had time before nine And then that evening I received a phone call from a man who called himself Roy Corona the basis of the police theory 20 minutes later according to instructions I was standing on a 7th Avenue street corner holding a copy of life magazine in front of my face. So I'd be recognized Yeah What's your name? I'm your man. All right dollar. Come on. Why a dollar all right? You didn't do anything. I told you not to on the phone. Did you I told you I wouldn't do anything I told you I wouldn't do anything didn't I a lot of people make a lot of promises. They don't keep maybe so Well, I guess all I can do is either trust you drive fast enough and far enough to shake a tail if I don't trust you Or you can drop me if you don't want to go through with this I didn't ask to come you know, that's right And I don't think you should have been asked But it's Roy's neck not mine I'll just pretend there's a tail on me. So I won't get out of practice Thanks for the ride from the ground floor second door back Tell Roy I'll sit out here for a minute and then park the car Tell him I'll be in in a little while. Yeah. Yeah friends stay outside Yeah, he said he was going to park the car. I'm not so sure I did the right thing calling you But I guess they couldn't make things worse by doing it. I guess not Roy They want you real bad. Sure they do because I'm a natural once you've been in prison You're a natural for anything there's more to it than that isn't it according to the papers. Yeah, but not really I didn't kill this haze guy. I didn't even know him The police don't seem to think that's important They figure that a guy who spends two years in a prison Comes out to find his girl mixed up with a lot of men. It's going to get knocked off balance Yeah, I guess that part of it's true It did hit me pretty hard, but not hard enough to make me kill anybody. They think it did Haze was one of the men you lost your girl to So they figure you wouldn't have to know him to kill him That you were waiting outside her apartment when haze came out you blasted her sure they got it all worked out The only thing wrong with it is that it ain't true. They don't care about that, but I do If you can prove they're wrong you got nothing to worry about it My proof that I was someplace else is a couple of ex-convicts like myself Statements from guys like that are broken down before they even make them. Isn't that right? I guess there could be better alibi Why did you bring me here, Roy? Try out your alibi on me or to tell me who killed Byron haze I don't know who killed him But it would help if you believed that the proof I was someplace else had stand up If you have something else to back it up, let's assume that I do believe it It's something that police won't find out Rita was blackmailing haze How do you know that I heard him Right after I came out when I was having a bad time over Rita I was in the hallway one night and I saw him go into her apartment I listened to the door and I heard him talking about it That would make her pretty careless, wouldn't it? Oh, it was him that was talking so I could hear He told her he couldn't afford to pay her anymore But it had to stop It wouldn't do you any good to make this up, Roy I know that And if she was taking him she must be taking the others A cop wouldn't get the truth out anybody, but you might be able to check it if they'll trust you All right, I'll look into it What about the police? You gonna tell them that I got it from you? Yeah They either tossed me to a cell or let me out of town if I did unless you'd like to stick around and back me up Now, I don't think I will I gave it here and by the time my friend gets you back to your hotel I'll be out of here and hold up someplace else. Sure, Roy. I thought you would The only reason this tip from the number one suspect meant anything to me was that the date no progress at all had been made Rita carved outside whose door Hayes had been killed said she'd known him only casually that he'd just dropped in Nobody else could be found who knew about the association And even the widow Agnes Hayes said she had never heard of Rita carved After I was dropped at the hotel, I decided to try out the new lead on the widow first I've told the police everything. I know mr. Dollar I'm afraid it wasn't very much mrs. Hayes and I wondered if there might not be something you didn't tell them because you didn't want to What do you mean? I'm not a policeman. There are no reporters around everything you say to me will be kept in confidence This is Hayes Didn't you really know that your husband was seeing Rita carved? If I'd thought he was do you think I wouldn't have done something about it. You didn't suspect anything No, even now. I don't think he was Seeing her as you put it. Do you know why he would have dropped in to see her as she said he did? No I knew nothing about it. Oh, please mr. Dollar. You must understand that this has been very difficult for me Yes, of course it has as far as I'm concerned my my husband always was a man above question His friends his business associates Everybody looked up to him. I looked up to him And now you and the others asked me to believe that he knew this woman She said as much no, she was lying. There must be something else. She's hiding She's saying she knew Byron to hide something else. She didn't know him. She's lying. We'll learn the truth mrs. Hayes Someone told me that Rita carved was blackmailing your husband. That's not true That he was heard saying he couldn't pay her anymore. That's not true. Why should he pay her anything? He didn't know her All right, mrs. Hayes. I only wanted to tell you what somebody said. It's not true. All right, mrs. Hayes I thought a little more of Roy corona's lead after I got the widow's reaction Nobody can deny so vehemently and not be doubted I wondered how the beautiful blonde in the case would take the bait. Hello, miss carl. Hello I'd like to talk to you Why I told you on the police everything I know That's what mrs. Hayes told me just a little while ago and he got better come in No You have no right to do this. I suppose not but you have no right to hold back information from the police either I haven't held anything back. I want to be sure of that So far the police and I have been working completely blind Nobody has known anything Hayes is shot to death right outside your apartment and nobody has the faintest idea why you think I'm enjoying it Do you think I like seeing my face plastered all over the papers labeled the mystery woman? Don't you think I'd like to see this cleared up? Would you like to see it come out that hayes was more than a casual acquaintance of yours? I met him once or twice that's all How did you say that how many other casual acquaintances do you have? I don't understand. What about a man named Arnold Smith? How did you find out about him? That's not the point I refuse to have the names of my friends dragged into this It wouldn't do any good Wouldn't do anything but hurt them. Arnold Smith is about the same kind of man Hayes was married past middle age Good-sized bank account don't drag him into this Please how about your friend Earl Fisher married past middle age good-sized bank account What did you learn about him? I've learned about two or three more of you, man The police know not yet You're gonna tell them I may have to I wish you wouldn't I didn't mention them because I didn't think there was any reason to None of them had anything to do with Byron How did you know that? I think none of them knew about him because he was such a casual friend No I lied about that But not to hide anything from the police And why? I don't know I was afraid to tell about him I can see why there are a lot of things that aren't being told about this But it'll come out if everybody in town has to be dragged into it. I think that over reader In case you feel like coming clean She didn't feel like saying any more to me anyway about 10 p.m. When I left her My first stop was a phone booth a half block away from her apartment building I dialed the number and got what I'd expected a busy signal It was nothing definite But I would have staked my expense account total on the hunch that she was warning somebody To bear me out the phone was ringing in my hotel room when I got there Johnny dollar This is Earl Fisher, Mr. Dollar Earl Fisher? Yes You mentioned my name to read a card a short time ago. Yeah I had a feeling I should have talked to someone before this. That's right. You should have I hope you can understand. However, my feelings. I Naturally didn't want my name to enter this public naturally I have a great deal to consider A family reputation. Yes. Yes. I understand, Mr. Fisher But I feel that I have to talk to you. Did you tell reader card that you were going to? Hardly Since you threatened me with dire consequences if I did. All right, Mr. Fisher, where can we get together? I'd have to know that I could count on your confidence at least temporarily. I think you can count on that Could you meet me this evening? Where? Do you know rickies club on lexington near adias? I can find it Then shall I see you there in 30 minutes? The bartender will point me out to you. I'll be there, mr. Fisher Thanks for calling That was the first real result of the lead given to me by roi corona The second was quick to follow I would have made another bet That a warning by reader card had decided somebody else to correct the situation in another way It happened when I left the lobby and called for a cab First I saw the pistol come out of the window Then I dropped him from a prone position I heard the rest and I remember lying there I didn't wonder so much about who was shooting at me then I wondered how many people in the city of greater new york wanted to see me and my information Out of the way Here to the second act of yours truly johnny dollar in just a moment For another great crime hunting drama spend a half hour with cbs's gang busters every saturday evening On gang busters sheriffs police chiefs and district attorneys from american cities and towns Tell the story of their manhunts Fine cast of top actors joined them to re-enact these real dramas of crime busting in action Gang busters has heard every saturday evening on most of these same cbs stations Be listening this saturday won't you? Now with our star edmund o' brian, we return you to the second act of yours truly johnny dollar I didn't want to talk to the police right then but I didn't have a chance not to A patrolman was on the scene almost before I could get up off the sidewalk 25 minutes later. I was in my room with the sergeant of detectives. I'd met earlier in the case What's going on dollar who's out after you? I think I was mistaken for somebody else Now you know better than that I've got witnesses that for 10 minutes the car was double parked in front of this hotel In that time four or five men came out of that lobby, but the minute you step out they open fire That doesn't sound like a mistake does it and still could be are you holding out anything dollar? I don't know who shot at me. That's what you mean. That's only part of what I mean I don't want anybody killed working on one of my cases Now what have you dug up if you don't give it to me. I'm going to put you under wraps for your own good Okay, mayor Oh, then you do have something Well, I didn't think much of it at first was a lead on reader card What kind of belief on what might really have gone on between her and haze where'd it come from? I took it to the widow first She's still denied knowing her husband was acquainted with the car woman But she may have realized that by admitting it she'd be giving herself a motive. That's not new No, but the possibility of blackmail is and she could have known about that too blackmail. Where'd that come from? I can't tell you but I think it's worth something I have a list of names Men who might be on the same spot that haze was got a written down. Yeah, right here Would you get this dollar Names of dresses and occupations Sorry, I can't tell you you're going to refuse to answer police questions just that one I'm not trying to hog your case sergeant middle to know trying to be hard to get along with But you've got to understand you must have given your word to an informer somewhere along the line All right, we'll let it pass for now Thanks And I guess you understand too that you're probably holding the names of some potential suicides if you break this publicly right now What about a potential killer? Do these men know you're under them? I'm not sure how many I tossed a couple of names of reader generalized the rest Then one of them phoned me when I was leaving the hotel. I was on my way to meet him Probably baited you out onto the sidewalk. It could be I couldn't tell where he was phoning from maybe right downstairs. Which one was he? This one Earl Fischer married family Fairly begun on the stock exchange Old of enough to make a try on you No proof that he fired the shots, but I'd pick up Rita Cobb as a material witness or something Somebody might think of putting her out of the way if they haven't already No, not if they know you have their names I'll get you right, but I'll pick her up anyway Let me get on the phone. Just try a check on Earl Fischer I called the bar where Fischer said he'd meet me The answer I got didn't do much to alibi him for the attempt on my life The bartender told me that Fischer not only hadn't been there that night, but that he the bartender had never heard of them While sergeant Middleton went out to pick up Rita Cobb I hopped the cab went back to the Hayes address to try the widow again Is it necessary mr. Dollar? I'm so distraught. I'm afraid it is necessary mrs. Hayes a number of things have happened since I left you very well I hope you won't stay long. I'll try not to Would you like to sit down? Yes, I think they'd better All right Come in here. I hope you'll forgive the appearance of the apartment I haven't had the servant in might have been better if you had rather than staying here alone I couldn't face her. I don't know how I'll be able to face anybody ever We've been enough what you'd call prominent people but certainly quite acceptable Then to have Byron killed in that sordid place under these circumstances. What circumstances mrs. Hayes that girl No one will ever really believe that Byron didn't know her no matter what the truth is I think you know what the truth is, but you've had reason to deny it. For what reason? What are you trying to save? Save? What is there to save now? I can't think of anything except what's left of your pride mrs. Hayes if you'll excuse my saying so You're a cruel young man. I don't like to be but sometimes it's worse to be too kind You've taken advantage of the police and me by holding back the truth for purely selfish reasons mr. Dollar You're less interested in seeing your husband's death cleared up Then you are and what your neighbors will think of you when the truth does come out And it has come out mr. Dollar and you're in danger of having to answer impeding the investigation of the death of your own husband Now what will your neighbors think of that mr. Dollar? What are you saying? What do you mean read a carb admitted to me that your husband was more than a casual friend She's lying another acceptable husband admitted to me that she was blackmailing him. There are others So it's only logical to assume that she was blackmailing your husband. That's not true. How do you know? It It can't be true the state will spend a year looking into mr. Hayes's money transactions if they have to And there's something else I'm convinced that you knew about it. I was convinced by the way you reacted when I told you earlier tonight I'm so confused when I told the police how you acted their first thought was that possibly you'd killed your husband Your motive would be that you knew about read a carb so naturally you wouldn't want to admit it Don't think that they can't my own husband no matter what he did Police minds go that way when people don't cooperate with them. I was wrong I thought it didn't make any difference. I thought nothing did with Byron's death You knew about this carb didn't you miss carb? Yes, I knew about it. Why didn't you tell us? I don't know and you knew about the blackmail. Yes Oh, I know why I didn't tell you I I've been trying to spare myself as you said, but for far worse reasons I'm responsible for Byron's death How mrs. Hayes Because I was a righteous wife It wasn't enough that I found out about her and her blackmail But I wasn't big enough to forgive him or Even think calmly if I had been it would have ended Then there would have been no reason to consent to blackmail You learned just recently then Yes I made him go to this woman I made him go and tell her that he was through and that he was going to report her to the police That's why he was killed. I sent him and I was afraid to admit my responsibility He was killed the night before last you must have learned that day A man came here He said Byron knew that woman I didn't believe him But when I faced Byron Then I knew This man Did he give you his name? No What did he look like? Was he dark? Not quite as tall as I am Yes Oh, please go. I've told you you didn't go Then took with me one more piece of the puzzle that looked like it was ready to fall into place The man I described to her was my original informant Roy Corona Well, I'll telling us about it I don't think your best squad car could have tailed the guy that drove me sergeant After I met him, he moved someplace else. So it probably doesn't make any difference Then what do you think his game is? The way I see it, he was in love with Rita Cobb Two years in prison, he comes out and finds her involved with these men He did enough listening at doors to satisfy himself that she was blackmailing AIDS as far as I can go He's hoping to frame her for it or whether he's talking Well, you shouldn't have let him what was coming up Bring me down here for her You'll witness, but it looks like you're... What's downstairs? Some fast-explaining Rita and Hayes I told you It was a blackmailing hay I found that out It wasn't blackmail I borrowed some money from Byron once in a while That isn't what Roy Corona told Mrs. Hayes Oh, I should have known Well, I don't care what he told her Go through just what happened the other night again It's the same as before Byron left, I heard some shots and ran out Byron was lying there You ran right out and didn't see anybody That's right You're sure you didn't see anybody? If I had, don't you think I'd say so? You didn't see Roy Corona? I wish I had But I don't care what you've got on me, I'm not changing my story I heard the shots, ran out and Byron was lying there Have you seen a lawyer? Is there a law against that? Are you sure you didn't run out first, then hear the shots and then see him lying there? Are you asking me if I killed him? If you didn't, who did? I heard the shots, ran out and he was lying there We've figured out a motive for you now Byron's wife got after him, made him come down and tell you he was going to turn you in Didn't he say that? Turn me in, for what? Byron and I were good friends, he dropped in So you prove that's what he said We've got pretty good proof that you were blackmailing five men at least I don't think you'll find anybody who'll say that's what it was Yeah, you had enough, darling? I'm gonna see her charged with murder tomorrow You certainly got her The way things stood that night, and until my hotel room phone rang in the morning Johnny, dollar Paper there, charging Rita with murder That's right She didn't do it, I did What are you talking about? What's the matter with you? Nothing's the matter with me, only she didn't kill him, I did I shouldn't have, but when I found out she was seeing him and she wouldn't see me, I went crazy I saw him come out of her apartment and I killed him I want you to come and get me Nobody has to come and get you, Roy Nobody's interested in you If you want to make a statement, look up Sergeant Middleton and make one I can't do it that way Look, I'm where you first met me Bring the sergeant and come out after me And do it fast before I change my mind Hello? Hello? Working half the night at Barnard Sergeant Middleton, even more than it did me But it was something that we thought we should look into About 45 minutes later, we were knocking on the door of the dingy room next to the poultry shop Who's that, dollar? That's right, Roy Oh, you came too late I told you I might change my mind Well, I have Oh, come on, Roy, don't be ridiculous No, I killed him If there's no chance of working on a life with Rita, you might just... Look, Roy, everything is just... Okay, dollar, let him have it Since he went to Mrs. Hayes and started the whole thing But his shots went wild, and the sergeants mined it too When we dragged him out, he was still telling the same story He didn't stop trying to save her until he heard about the confession made by Rita Cobb After I'd left her, about her motives And about the murder gun that turned up in her apartment Find and closed his reaction to that I started it I wanted to get her away from these men Thought I could scare her away from the things she was doing That's why I went to Hayes' wife I never thought it'd lead to this And I'd take the rap for Rita if I could I wanted to get her to come back to me Now look 140 dollars miscellaneous expenses in New York Item three, same as item one, transportation back to Hartford Expense account total, 180 dollars and 80 cents Remarks? Earl Fisher, the man suspected of shooting at me Was brought in for questioning Because there was no proof he survived that But I felt sorry for him I saw his wife And what lay ahead for him at her hands was obvious He was a condemned man He was truly Johnny Dollar First truly, Johnny Dollar stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role And is written by Gil Dowd with music by Wilbur Hatch Edmund O'Brien's latest picture is the Paramount Pictures production The Redhead and the Cowboy Featured in tonight's cast were Jim Nusser, Lee Patrick, Gene Bates, Ed Begley, and Jack Moyle Yours truly, Johnny Dollar is produced and directed by Jaime Del Valle This is Dick Cunningham inviting you to join us next week at this time When Edmund O'Brien returns as yours truly, Johnny Dollar It's faster, it's funnier, it's got new life and a brand new punch Because Jan Murray is taken over It's CBS's Saturday Night Musical Quiz, sing it again An hour of mirth, melody, and money That's heard on most of these same CBS stations Yes, Jan Murray is your new host Allendale, Judy Lynn, the Riddlers, and Ray Block are your music makers And there are still loads and loads of cash for identifying the new Phantom Voice Be sure to hear the news, sing it again Starring Jan Murray, tonight on CBS Stay tuned now for Vaughan Monroe's Caravan Which follows immediately on most of these same stations Yes, for you laugh at Jack Benny every Sunday night The Columbia Broadcasting System