 For the safety of your smile use pepsidon twice a day see your dentist twice a year Lever Brothers Company presents the pepsidon program the adventures of Philip Marlowe starring Van Heflin Philip Marlowe the screens most famous private detective created by Raymond Chandler and brought to you on the air by pepsidon and Starring MGM's brilliant and dynamic young actor Van Heflin Now families all over America have named their favorite toothpaste New pepsidon with irion new fresh tasting pepsidon with a new cool minty flavor Yes, in a recent test new pepsidon was preferred three to one over any other toothpaste It's true with families all over America new pepsidon is the favorite three to one Families from coast to coast recently compared new pepsidon with a toothpaste they were using at home They preferred new pepsidon by an overwhelming average of three to one over any other brand they tried These families three to one said new pepsidon tastes better makes breath cleaner makes teeth brighter Yes, in a recent survey Families three to one said new pepsidon tastes better makes breath cleaner Makes teeth brighter get new pepsidon toothpaste for your family right away Now we invite you to hear van heflin as the hollywood private eye Philip Marlowe Quiet Very own Prior talk little john free englishman archers off it's made marion good. That's it print it All right, let's a wrap up here move over to stage three They were filming a new technicolor version of robin hood over at the big studios in san amonica boulevard And I was there on salary at the request to the director of the picture Robin hood and made marion came off the set robin hood was a magnificent site in his lincoln green and carrying that big english long bow and quiver of arrows Made marion and her slinkily cut medieval white gown was something to make more than an arrow whistle They spied me and walked over to me quickly Mr. Philip Marlowe. Yeah, that's right. My name is suede spencer. Yeah, I know this is my leading lady jenny kane Yeah, I know how do you do mr. Marlowe? Yeah. Oh, uh, how do you do miss game? Let's go over to stage nine and talk shall we marlowe talk every time I open my mouth on one of these sets somebody hollers quiet You see not ever having a free speech in america in hollywood anyways stage nine isn't a set It's a little cafe across the street on san amonica. Oh a lot to talk about marlowe. I know let's go The Metro say door my director hi ju for what is to me a very embarrassing reason seems I'm supposed to protect you I feel very well able to take care of myself Well, it's not safe for that half mad brother of yours at large Did uh, did mr. Say door tell you the whole story marlowe? I said for me to get it from you Well, it was my fault that we have a sent for kakston But he's my brother and he looks like me and he's an absolutely terrific archer So it here is much better looking though. So it is the bow, but kakston is the bowman, huh? Oh, they could have faked the scenes where I'm supposed to perform marvels of archery, but well We were all against that man I remembered my brother was sporting good salesman in philadelphia and the champion archer And so you suggested that they sent for kakston to double for you in the shooting scenes Yes In spite of the fact that kakston hates the sight of me Go on I told mr. Say door he could get the shots he needed with kakston doubling for me Might go to my larger pig bear during those three days kakston always resented sir would here because he made good and kakston didn't Now let's see. There was something about kakston leaving hollywood only not leaving hollywood. What about that? Well, he never picked up the return ticket that the studio reserved for him at the airport You figure that kakston is still in town, then, huh? Definitely You think you'd pick a fight with you? He, uh, he picked a fight with freddy cole who's freddy cole a perfectly harmless makeup man on the lot And all freddy asked was for kakston to wear brown contact lenses over his eyes So he'd look like seward here for the medium close-ups. My brother has blue eyes You see and he wouldn't wear the brown contact lenses I refuse flatly he said let my big shot brother wear blue contact lenses What an unreasonable creature. I don't know it sounds reasonable to me You said that he uh, he fought with a makeup man Yes, but not for long freddy's half kakston size, but he knocked my brother kicking I suppose your brother swore to get him for that How did you know? I don't know Oh, uh, here, uh, mr. Seder here No, mr. Malo. This is terrible. Simply terrible. They just found fred cole in sherwood forest He's been shot shot. What? How? Who? I don't know who but there's two feet of arrow sticking out of his back You better show me where fred is mr. Seder. Come on. Let's go on the double Sherwood forest is a wood where duck fairbank senior made the silent version of robin hood and they've called it that ever since freddy cole was lying across the steps of the trailer that served as a field makeup room in sherwood forest Mr. Seder's information was not correct There were not two feet of arrow sticking out of freddy's back It was less than 18 inches a bow of terrific power had done that job Another trailer stood across the clearing from freddy's body about 100 yards away. I walked through the clearing and Knocked on the door Yes, sir the name's philip malo. I'm a private detective. Oh, it's about poor freddy. That's right. Come in come in Thank you Wow See This trailer is my workshop. Mr. Marlowe. You have a regular arsenal of bows and arrows in here, aren't you? Yes, sir I make and repair bows and arrows for the men in the picture Say it's about 100 yards from here to where freddy was shot, isn't it just about Did you ever service the bow of caxian Spencer the star's brother? I did Powerful weapon very good shot very bad man. Yes very Okay, well, thanks, then I'll see you what was that you said I said, I'll see you you call me something Oh, oh dad. Yes So long mr. Marlowe So long dad so long son so long A murder on this lot is bad enough, but an unsolved murder is worse. I I'm very worried about your stars Spencer among other things mr. Marlowe Why does Spencer, uh, why doesn't he leave town while his homicidal brother of his is still around? He wouldn't go even if I asked him besides every day lost now means money And the bank wouldn't tolerate any more delays making this picture more delays other bender lays I started making robin hood four years ago I got this head spilled and then had to stop because I couldn't find the ideal man to play robin hood What was the ideal type of the promise? Well, he had to be romantic good looking powerful And it would have been helpful if he could shoot a longbow. Yes. Yes But suede spencer couldn't shoot a longbow four years ago any better than he can today now Why why didn't you hire him four years ago? He wasn't a big enough star then Oh, he's big enough now to tremendous. He's another gable So he doesn't have to know how to shoot a longbow now No, especially since his brother who resembles him closely could shoot a longbow Tell me, where did the Spencer stay while his brother was whooping it up here at the studio? The Spencer had a lodge up with the big bear Why any ideas? Maybe Like Spencer is known all over the world, right? But he's correct And his double would have a hard time hiding out unless he hid in places where people expected the sewer to be, right? I hadn't thought about it Where exactly is the Spencer's large big bear? You You think his brother may be up there posing a Spencer? I don't know. It's an idea. Where'd you say that lodge was now? It was a peachy hunch and I was proud of it proud only No one answered my knock when I got up to Spencer's large big bear Getting in without a key was relatively small pumpkins But it didn't pay off until I opened a closet door under a staircase A body didn't fall out, but something else fell out and grabbed it before it hit the floor It was a beautiful example of the bow maker's art curved and recurved and polished like glass under the thin layer of dust I looked closely at the maker's name because It was beginning to get an idea And then the grandfather of all hornets zinged past my ear A fraction of an inch from my cheek quivered the shaft of a wicked looking arrow It steel head almost buried in the solid oak paneling behind me A man was standing in the open doorway. Now then mr. Marlowe. Hey, what's the what's the idea? Make a move towards your gun Marlowe, and I'll pin your hand to the wall. Caxton yeah caxton spencer right now He's a little taller than his celebrated brother his cheeks were a little more sunken in his eyes Unlike his brothers were an icy glassy deadly blue He shot that second arrow as fast as I could think Believe it or not that second arrow split the first one right down to the head There was another thing about this lad that was different from seward spencer. He could shoot a longbow Brother could he shoot a longbow? Aren't you going to reach for your gun? Well robin hoodlum of surewood forest you know what might be fun a contest the old versus the new Medieval archer versus 20th century gunman, you know, you're just as crazy as your brother thinks you are I see sue has been talking too much again. Look accent. Tell me just one thing you've got your archers mixed up I'm robin hood remember not william tell what was this dusty bow doing in the closet? That's mine. Well, how did it get in this closet? I was out here four years ago Oh, you and your brother were a little friendlier then my brother wasn't such a big shot then Beginning to get it your brother sent for you four years ago to teach him how to shoot We're looking for someone to play robin hood your brother wasn't a big enough name then But he figured if he learned to shoot a longbow well enough it might make up for other shortcomings Not bad genius the robin hood picture was shelved before sue it could learn to shoot so Now he had to send for you again, but you had to quarrel with freddy cold and plant an arrow between his shoulder blades Maybe somebody was celebrating arbor day and planting thing. That's very amusing action But let me say this don't say anything just get off this case understand That's what else this Only next time four inches more to the left catch I catch all right. Don't forget it Just don't you forget it so long so long Keep your bows clean Hello operator Operator This is a police call connect me with a san amonica boulevard studios a wrangle pictures I want to talk to a mr. Seward spencer. It's a matter of life and death And that's no mere figure of speech You are listening to the adventures of philip marlowe starring van heflin Yes families all over america have named their favorite toothpaste New pepsiadent with invigorating irium foam New fresh tasting pepsiadent with a new cool minty flavor In a recent test new pepsiadent was preferred three to one over any other toothpaste. It's true Families all over america say new pepsiadent is their favorite. It's a fact Families three to one say new pepsiadent tastes better makes breath cleaner and makes tea brighter Remember this is not just our opinion It's the honest conviction of the pains and other families who are asked to compare new pepsiadent with a toothpaste They were using at home Get new pepsiadent the only toothpaste containing irium Get it for your family without delay We continue with the adventures of philip marlowe starring van heflin Who appears by arrangement with metro golden mayor producers of the romance of rosy ridge starring van johnson I couldn't reach sewage spencer the studio to telling that his brother was around and on the war path I hung up for a second And I tried something else just for fun just another hunch Hello operator Give me western union, please It was late afternoon and therefore too late to telephone philadelphia on account of the time difference I sent my telegram and gave my apartment address back in hollywood for the answer that I expected in the morning Then I drove back to hollywood It was dark when I gave up trying to locate sewage spencer, but A bright moon was climbing the sky by the time I got to the archery trailer on location in surewood forest Yeah Hello dad. Oh, mr. Marlowe come in philip come in. Thanks. I'll leave the door open for a breath of air You don't mind a late visitor mind. I'm crazy about it. It's mighty lonely philip Yeah, it would out here in this wilderness and does any place for old people Or can I offer you some hot coffee son? Well, thanks dad. I'd appreciate it But I'd rather have some information out of you. What is it my boy? Tell me is it possible for an expert archer to conceal the fact that he's death with a long bow I think so Well, can he conceal the fact that he can handle a bow at all? Oh, no, no, no matter how clumsy he was he'd be too clumsy. Oh, I get it Uh like a guilty man trying to look innocent. He overdoes it. Exactly. Yeah Look dad, I'm gonna pick up a bow and I'm gonna string it put an arrow in it and draw it I want you to stop me at any point where where you can tell that I can't shoot a bow All right. All right, I pick up this bow here You can stop now Well, I didn't do anything yet. You picked up the bow and you're holding it upside down You mean there's an upside and a downside to these things? Does this matter? It matters very much You might at least have played along with me a minute after all even a detective has his pride You asked me to stop you and I did. Oh, sure. I I was just kidding you then Dad's anything wrong? No nothing wrong Excuse me It's just that everybody else calls me pop Oh, well look now if you'd rather I call you no, no, I hate it It's what smart strong young people call old fellows like me pop treating us like children Old folks ain't idiots. Who says they are dad? No dad. That's different. It's got respect and love in it And that's what we keep on calling you. You see I haven't any children not anymore. Oh I had a daughter but not anymore Sorry. Oh, no. No, it's not what you think. She's alive. She just didn't want anybody to know she had me for a father What just like she didn't want anybody to know she was married to a plain makeup man at the studio It might hurt her career her dog gone old career dad is your daughter in pictures She's in this picture. She's playing maid marion Jenny kane is your daughter. Yes, and I'm telling you because you treat an old man respectful Well, how could Jenny be your daughter and be so different? Well, people are like bows son the same flesh and bone and blood but entirely different Now look at this graceful little bow here English you would pulls only 40 measly pounds But it'll shoot a straightness far as that 85 pound bow made out of the same material Why Workmanship and design In people it's called character I mean your girl Jenny got too big for freddy or makeup man husband too big for him and too good for me Dad is Jenny in love with uh seward spencer son the girl's vain and proud and foolish But she didn't kill freddy. She couldn't pull that size bow But you just said that a 40 pound bow of good design will do the work of much heavier bows She didn't do it boy. All right. All right Look you've seen seward shoot after a fashion does he handle a bow like a man who could do better But is concealing his real skill Dad Yeah, I know what you're thinking You're thinking if seward spencer loved my girl, but she already had a husband that had to be gut rid of I'm asking you if seward is faking his clumsiness with a long bow. No son. The lad just can't handle a bow He's the world's greenest archer. Well, and that puts the wrap right back on his better kakston. I guess He had a moody threaten fred cold I thought I'd told you something a few hours ago I I spun around kakston spencer stood outside of the trailer in the yellow light flowing out of the doorway He stood there casually And casually balancing that powerful long bow when he's left hand I wondered how he'd found me here of all places hours after he'd left me at his brother's mountain lodge He took a step near the trailer door I told you to get off the case didn't I? Oh, I it just slipped my mind Now, what do you want? I went back to the lodge after you left Yeah, you sent a telegram to philadelphia. Maybe not maybe you did. I got the reply That reply wasn't going to come in until morning into my apartment slight error genius You wired the public directory of philadelphia asking about kakston spencer It so happens they have a department that's open all night. They wired back to the lodge Money thing marlo They say that no one named kakston spencer lives in philadelphia How did you find me here? I called the big director mr. sador. He said you might be out here. That's funny I knew that sador never would have told that voice my whereabouts he'd call the police I looked with new interest at kakston standing just outside of the trailer doorway My examination got down to his shoes The shoes were almost new And his ankles were a full inch and a half above the tops of his oxford kakston spencer Was wearing elevator shoes to make him look taller. Well figured me out yet marlo. I put it all together. I put it together fast kakston moved he whipped an arrow into his bow and my left Legs shot out and kicked the door of the trailer shot I jumped to the window and opened fire Did you get him son? No, I missed him missed him a mile. He's beat it now. Can't you see him anywhere? No, yeah I don't know the moonlight out there in this bush Turn out the lights got us on the hook, ain't you turn out the lights and get down on the floor got him Got him. Get out. Get out. All right. All right Safe in here. He can't shoot through these walls He's good, but he's not that good. Don't know son What do you mean? You don't know might he could get to us even in here with a bow and arrow He's smart and he's mean and he knows his way around this here for us. Can't shoot through this trailer He can shoot through the windows Well, we don't have to stand at the windows. He don't have to hit us I don't get it We got some scenes a while back while kakston was with us robin hoodsmen shooting flaming arrows into some old castle Flaming arrows arrows soaked in pitch and set on fire Old medieval custom. Oh fine. There's plenty of that pitch still around here. Where out yonder barrels of it What did I tell you? There it is. There's the first of your flaming arrows. Come on. Let's put it out He'll pick us off if we try that. Well, then let's get out of here. Yeah, let's just do that Look, I'll go out first. You follow me and lose yourself someplace. You understand old folks ain't idiots All right. Follow me now. Keep low right after you son. Keep low now. Yes. All right run for it We dashed into the moonlight now hornet clipped my cheek and wanged into the wall of the trailer Run dad lose yourself. See you later son. See you later I dropped to the ground and didn't move but my eye measured the angle of that last arrow in the side of the trailer And the direction it had come from I raised myself on my elbow and fired back Ah wise guy, huh? That dirty Marlo come on reload reload Oh cheap 10 20 30 ham waited for the laughter Taunting baked ham laughter It didn't come I waited with my empty gun clenched in my fist. He was coming toward me He knew I'd fired 14 shots and then I was finished He could hit me from any distance. Why was he moving in on me? What was new? What was dirty with caxton now? I jumped to my feet and drew back my arm to throw my gun at the first thing that walked out of those bushes ahead of What hold it oh dad You all right son. Where's caxton dead? I got him then with my last shot. I got him hate to disappoint a smart young lad like you son Oh, you said he's dead. I didn't say you killed him. What? He's got a 28 inch arrow in his chest looks good, too How did you when I followed you out of the trailer? I grabbed some errors in that 40 pound bow. I've been hunting son And let me tell you for what there never was a caxton spencer do tell Caxton spencer fought against wearing brown contact lenses over his eyes for a very good reason He was already wearing blue contact lenses Seward spencer never had a brother He'd learned to shoot a long bow four years ago, but he kept it a secret when they finally decided to film robin hood He had a better use for his skill with a bow He was already planning fred colds murder and invented a non-existent brother to pin the murder on Clever very clever. I knew it all the time. What that's what? Well, then why did you tell me that seward spencer couldn't shoot? Seward spencer corrupted my girl and turned her against her rightful husband and her daddy I wanted to get him myself and you did fair and square and in defense of an officer of law That's right. Well, I see that flaming air trick fizzled it went out. Oh, oh, yeah So it did like to step inside in here that coffee now son. I sure would then come on You know, like you said what you skip just like you told me old folks aren't fools not by a long shot, dad You have just heard van heflin starring in the mystery series reyman chandlers the adventures of philip marlowe Brought to you by the lever brothers company makers of pepsidon van heflin will return in just a moment Men here's an important announcement news about a sensational hair tonic discovery It's trim hair tonic made by pepsidon for the first time Science has created a hair tonic with pure virgin olive oil. 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