 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar dollar my name is strewl strewl bail bond and insurance agency State federal immigration all forms of shorty bonds and insurance. Oh, yeah. Well, I'm sorry. I don't need me No, no, no, that's not the point. I need you to the tune of saving me $50,000. How does that work? I made bond for two men that was subpoena for a federal investigation. They skipped out and I've got to find Who's mixed up in this investigation? The name of Jack Madigan is the big shot, you know him. I've read about him enough to advise you to give up If he doesn't want him found the chances are they won't be alive anyway Oh, no, no, it's not as bad as that look. I came all the way from New York. This is worth a lot to me Can't I talk to you about it? All right, come up to my apartment. Maybe we can work out a deal Edmond O'Brien in a transcribed adventure of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar Hartford, Connecticut to the strewl bail bond and insurance agency in New York City The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Jack Madigan matter Expense account item one two fifty phoned in New York for purposes of checking your reputation I learned that you mr. Strewl were by no means above reproach But decided that if a federal court trusted your agency I would at least hear you out when you arrived, but you did at once the end Come on in mr. Strewl. Thank you. Thanks for spending me your time I'm in a mess sit down You should have known better than to make bond for anybody that was going to testify against jack madigan There was nothing I could do about it. Who forced you into it madigan I've done business with some of his friends before so he came to me this time and said will I do it The way he said it there was nothing else I could do madigan stood the expense himself Sure, he wanted them where he could get his hands on them and it looks like he did or they took a run out They didn't have to accept bond they could have stayed in protective custody if they were afraid of them They had to if madigan told them to the point is they're gone Unless I can prove they're dead or find them before they're doing court I forfeit the $50,000 25,000 a piece. I've got to do something Why'd you come to me? I told you I've got to do something. It's a federal problem You operate in new york and new york has plenty of hungry private detectives I hear and a fair-sized herd of policemen I'll tell you why I came to you the new york cops are busy enough and besides To them these witnesses are just two names on a long list of missing persons And as for private dicks, I could never be sure that one wouldn't want to make a deal with madigan and make more money Not finding them and I'd be paying to find them. You get the point What makes you think you can trust me? Well, you were mentioned by a fella from one of the insurance companies I sell for They tell me you're straight except for padding your expense account here and there Oh, that's slander. Who told you that? Don't make any difference. What's a little padding? I want to hire you Okay, mr. Struel. You hired me great Now Who are these missing witnesses a nippy bruno is one real names joe the other is max kraus I've got their addresses next to kin what they look like and so on Yeah, I got it all in the sun to look here. Okay Oh, there's one other thing I want to retain it 2,500 bucks What's that for to pay they're going to work for a man. I don't quite trust About 2,500 bucks. That's pretty steep. You don't have to pay it up to you. Yes, but Well, I can't get it to the moral. That'll be fine a cashier's check When I get it, I'll see what I can do for you I didn't expect the check to arrive but it did special messenger the next afternoon Expense account item two twelve dollars and fifty cents transportation from harford to new york city Expense account item three twenty three dollars and eighty five cents dinner and drinks for a herald american reporter Who was more familiar with jack madigan than I His statement enclosed a lot of things have been written and said about madigan by a lot of people including me None of us really know anything about him how much power he has where he got it What his private life is if any These witnesses being missing isn't even news people who've gotten his whip and dropping out of sight for years kim schwarz and big tom green His woody south is just the name of few I'd keep that in mind if I were you Expense account item four one eighty cab fare That same address to an address on 79th the apartment of nippy bruno's next of kin a sister stage name Vivian brown Miss vivian brown in My name is dolla She doesn't know me tell her I have some news about her brother. Come in, please this way, please Miss brown is dressing to go out I'll ask if she'll see you Mr. Dollar is here to see you Who? He says he has news about your brother Tell him to wait I'll get a robot Shall I take your hat? Thanks Please sit down. Miss brown will be right out. What was your name? I didn't get it dollar johnny dollar What makes you think I'd be interested in any news about brother nippy? Well the mention of him got me in here My butler doesn't slam the door on anybody until I tell him to What brought you here? I'm looking for your brother Then you've definitely come to the wrong place Why should you be looking for him? I'm being paid to The man who put up $25,000 bond for him wants to know where he is I don't get it. What bond you don't wear innocence very well angel, but I'll go along with the gag It's no gag and I can do without your info your brother's doing court in two weeks to help the federal men investigate jack madigan He seems to have dropped out of sight. Do you know where he is? No I haven't seen much of him in the past few years. He doesn't approve of me and I don't approve of him Does that answer your question? It brings another one to mind He seemed to think enough of you to use your name on his bond request papers. How about that? All right peeper. I was only trying to do it easy for you red. I heard it You walked into something peeper. I usually do but I'm glad to see you in character That automatic makes more sense than that phony butler act is stand up Better see if he's carrying anything Vivian Okay You're a good boy now until you try to palm my wallet. I will it's all right He's safe. You can sit down dolly Well, but now He should be here in 20 minutes I'll go back to my room. Sure. Go ahead. What's the rough stuff red? It hasn't been rough But if you don't know how close you came to getting your head blown off wasn't this door It's liable to happen to the next one that does Light yourself a smoke Forget about 20 minutes to wait So we waited 20 minutes Vivian came back into the room in a low-cut number that was a good choice for a sullen brunette attractiveness It made her look softer But the few remarks she passed weren't only icy They could have come from a long shoreline I was waiting for a brother to come in that would have made sense What did come in made none at all It was jack madigan Hi jack Come on in and see what found me What do you know about this? How are you jack? Fine. Thanks. What are you doing with that pistol? We wanted to play it safe. Yeah, he's a detective of some kind. He was hired by that stool to find nippy Why that's interesting isn't it? What do you have to say for yourself my boy matter of fact i'm speechless madigan How's that? I thought I'd have to find you. I didn't expect you to find me yet at least and and here What's so strange about that you and the sister of the missing witness Maybe not so strange at that you got up Keep your remarks to yourself. You're too big heel Who makes me a highball and you put that gun away and go help it with the ice if you say so jack Of course I say so I'm sorry jack. He's been needling me for half an hour I'll take her across my knee waving that gun on your face. What for? Anybody knows you can't fire a gun in these apartment houses without causing a ruckus Uh, what's your name? Dala And many strew hired you to find nippy and the other man kraus I'll tell you what to do You go back to strew and tell him the boys are all right Oh, let's not be childish shall we and what river are they all right now see here? There's no need to take such a pessimistic view I realize the press has given me a reputation for violence, but I don't deserve There's no reason for me to want to harm those boys. I'm not afraid of their testimony. I'm counting on And straight testimony no perjury this time Why I've already talked to those federal men I'm cleaning the slate this time telling everything and let the chips fall where they may what kind of stuff is this the truth I'm tired. I've been at sword's point with the police and my government long enough I've been offered certain little leniency and I'm going to accept It's been later than I thought for a long time. I'm through You know, this is almost funny and dead serious You go back and tell that police corridor tout that the boys are all right Where are they? I can't tell you that I've got them undercover for their own good Now dollar don't go off half cocked a lot of heads are going to fall after the three of us who've finished this federal Catechism if you think you're the only one looking for them, you must be a stranger in town You're trailing the pack I don't know if this is all I get from me. I've heard enough you'll drop it And I don't find them before you're doing court. I will What do you want son money? I got some thanks I don't like to hear that I suppose it takes a lot of guts to be a hero, but it sure doesn't take much brain Remember that I can leave Of course you can leave Because I think you're going to talk this over with yourself and come up with an important decision I did talk it over with myself, but not until I found a cab stand on the corner and turned around A quarter of a block behind me. I could make out the figure of rate the so-called butler Expensive count item five twenty dollars fair and tip to a driver who saw to it that our cab wasn't followed When I felt reasonably safe I gave him the address of the second missing man max krauss I didn't know what I expected to find there other than an empty flat with possibly a lead of some kind There was a trace of light showing under the door Money and dollar red I didn't expect a butler in a place like this. Come on in Why didn't you use your head jack gave you a chance to maybe I should have What are you doing here? I live here Are you trying to tell me that you're max krauss? I'm max krauss And now I've got to do something about you. Can you prove that you're max krauss? Why should I have to prove it? Go ahead. Take what you want of you got brains Reach it behind you and snap off the light Tell me good play for the gun dollar What are your plans? American wants you put away until after the investigation Come on back doors closer You can tell madigan for me that this isn't gonna work If I drop out of sight for two weeks somebody's gonna get on the trail it leaves right back to madigan This way I got a car in a garage down the street Let's him get down Let me see Sure Now you believe him. Let me get your coat. Get out of way Hey Turn to the second act of yours truly johnny dollar in just a moment Once a year the community chest comes knocking at your door seeking your help Giving to this worthy cause eliminates many separate appeals Which would be more costly in money time and effort So when you give make sure you give enough to cover the many campaigns the community chest includes give generously Give today Now with our star edmund o'brien. We return you to the second act of yours truly johnny dollar When the windows and the buildings around me started slamming open I left the scene of the killing And carried with me a whole new set of thoughts on the jack madigan matter None of them were good But the worst was the fact that the description I'd gotten of max krauss But in no way fit the dead man. I now the thought was max krauss Expensive count item six care fair to your address mr. strew It's 11 o'clock night, mr. Never mind what time it is find a chair and sit in it before you land on the floor What's got into you sit up? Who paid you to hire me? What did you say who did paid me to hire you? What kind of a question is that answer it? Well, nobody did it was my investment. Who would protect it but me? What's the matter with you? Come here. Look at this Read it right there. I want to hear you Max krauss age 34 5 11 170 pounds for the complexion black hair black eyes. Well, all right Why did you give me a phony description phony the max krauss? I found that red hair and blue eyes I don't get it. None of this. What are you talking about krauss is dead? He was killed because I didn't know who he was and draw him out into the open What did this happen? It happened I was picked up the minute I hit town and followed who else but you knew what train I was arriving on And the hotel where I was stopping now wait a minute wait a minute I don't think you got right to jump at these conclusions. I hired you in good faith If you don't like the job They quit not for a while I stand a good chance of being picked up for questioning on that killing. I don't like that I want to know I want to know how it happened From here. It looks like you sold out to somebody and hired me to put the finger on krauss I don't like that either. Let me tell you something if I was crazy enough to do a thing like that I do it so nobody could prove what about the phony description It may have been a mistake. I don't know how it happened. I think we'd better find out and let me know when you come up with a story Johnny dollar from your place is madigan there. No, where is he? I don't know He got a phone call and left right afterwards. Was the call about krauss. He wouldn't tell me max. He was killed I've been scared to death ever since he left and I didn't know why I'll call back later and see if he's in Mr. Dollar Can't you tell me over the phone? No, I Won't you come up You're alone Okay, I'll take a chance. It'll be about 10 minutes. It was a five minute walk And I noticed that new york street seemed to be quieter than usual Inside the building I walked the two flights up to save the noise my arrival would have created by a way of the elevator I listened a few minutes outside a door without hearing anything And took the plunge I had the feeling you changed your mind and not come. I almost did There's nobody here. When did madigan say he'd be back? He didn't he didn't say anything I have a funny feeling about krauss's death But except for my getting mixed up in this mess. It was more madigan's fault than your fault than it was mine Why didn't he tell me it was krauss who was here if he told me that I probably would have believed the rest of his pitch Oh, I don't know Nobody really knows anything about jack. Not even you nobody You put three men on their way to federal court to sing and a few hundred wanting to stop them The lid is going to blow What do you want to tell me? I want I want to tell you where my brother is Huh? After what happened to krauss. Do you think that's why? I have to say it I'm in a two I think jack newbie things are gonna happen even about you showing up Knowing about it or planning it I know it sounds impossible, but I keep remembering things he said About how he'd have the government men eating out of his hand He was bargaining for leniency. He told me but why are you ratting on him? Because jack doesn't care about anybody but himself One of the threats to keep him from testifying was that I'd be kidnapped Huh, he'd known that max would be killed. He'd let him take me too You think he did know he hadn't let max out of his apartment for almost a month Tonight he ordered him to go I think he wants us killed so it'll make it look that much more dangerous for him Does it sound too crazy? Not exactly, but it's hard to prove I know that And I did a foolish thing after he left. I called my brother nippy told him all this I don't know what he thought, but I tried to call him again and I don't get any answer Where is he? He's insane, but jack Over on lexington brighten arms apartment 302 That's cozy How afraid of kidnapping are you? Oh, I don't know what to do I don't know how I can stand staying here and waiting Where can I go? Get a coat. I'll put you in my hotel room Expense gun item six ten dollars tipped to the hotel detective to see that she stayed in the room Item seven 120 cab fare to jack madigan's address I dropped my taxi a half block down and walked the rest of the way What slowed me was the sight of a couple of prowl cars parked in front of the building And even at that time of night a small group of them all that in a scattered circle on the sidewalk I saw the body but didn't move close enough to recognize it Hey, uh, what happened? Oh shooting anybody know who it is Not a whole country will in the morning. He was due for a big federal probe. That's jack madigan Where were you? I suppose they were more shooting right here than the whole picture. Hey, uh, pardon me Yeah When did it happen? You know, not exactly. They've been here quite a while about an hour anyway Can't find the medical examiner and they can't do a thing about moving them till they do Hey friend, wait till the editorials tomorrow night You got back in a hurry What's the matter your theory has just been riddled madigan's been killed. I don't believe that's what the honor spot experts say I was wrong about him What about nippy? I don't think your brother would have been there Were they the same ones that shot max? No How do you know cars were parked solid at the curb and madigan was too close to them He couldn't have been shot from the street like max was Do you think nippy would go to your place? No, he wouldn't go there. That'd be the first place. They'd look the first place. Who'd look I don't know why I said that Yes, I do The same thing aren't you? That I told him what I was afraid of and warned him That crossed my mind But I don't care who I can send it for madigan's killing as long as I can go home You seem to be the closest suspect You're not serious. You've given yourself a motive as far as I know you were with him last I wasn't he left the apartment If that's true, you've got nothing to worry about. What do you mean? What do you want me to do go with me and we'll both make a statement to the police You think I'm afraid do don't you? I don't know what to think about you. Yes, you do Because you found me in a mess like this. You think I'm as rotten as everybody else I haven't been But now I will be to protect myself. Well, how badly do you need protection? I know how the police are. They're just like you They don't care either who they pull in for jack's death You tell me to go with you and make a statement the police had loved that They'd love to count the whole thing off to jealousy or being afraid of jack wouldn't they wouldn't they? Ah, you don't touch me. I don't care what they'd like. Well, they would It'd be much better to take me to be laughed at because a star witness was killed right under their noses We can call them and find out. No It's easier to be rotten I'll give you my brother He is at my place Honey, you know I talked to him on the phone He said he'd wait there until he heard from me again Okay I'll go over there But I want you to come with me. Why? Haven't I done enough? Why do I have to see him? Come on. I don't want to lose you in case nippy isn't there Give me the key Yes, nippy You work, nippy, isn't it? It's gonna be a who's he an insurance dick. That's right nippy What are you doing here? What'd you bring him to? He made me do it. I asked her to make a choice between giving herself up for madigan's killing or giving the you Nippy, but the gun away nippy you've done enough is It's what he says true He made me do it He would have taken me to the police You know what they would have done to me But it's all right nippy. You can still work it out. Get away from me. She's wrong You couldn't work it out, but you may do yourself some good by giving yourself up Why did you do this vivian? Did you want to get rid of me too? Oh, don't say that. You don't have to let him do if you get rid of me Who's gonna take care of you? Who's gonna find more jack madigan's for you to play with nippy don't who's gonna do the job for you When you get fed up and afraid to tear yourself loose, you don't have to let him take you nippy I know you could take care of it when he got here Is she worth it nippy there wouldn't be a chance to count me off to a gang killing you don't have to be afraid of him I'm not Then take him and get away. Not him. I'm afraid of you, vivian You're going with me stay away from him. If he let go and stop fighting. I wouldn't hurt you. You will Vivian get it. I should have let him take you Give me the police I've had trouble enough with this group. You know, you didn't make it easy for me with that phony description Yeah, yeah, I know that description. It was given to me by madigan's boys. I should have checked it But don't worry a mistake like that won't happen again. None of your mistakes will happen to me again. Huh? You'll understand what I mean. It's true when you get my bill Expense account item eight same as item two item nine miscellaneous $2,500 expense account total $2,720 Remarks I'm holding my retaining fee until this matter is settled yours truly Johnny dollar Of course truly Johnny dollar stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and is written by gill dowd with music by wilbur hatch Edmund O'Brien may soon be seen in the paramount pictures production warpath Featured in tonight's cast were sydney miller john daner clayton post jenette nolan and john mackentire Yours truly Johnny dollar is transcribed in hollywood by hymie del valle This is dan coverley inviting you to join us next week at this time when we will again bring you edmund o'Brien as Yours truly johnny dollar How's for trying to sing it again tonight? $5,000 in cold hard cash and $10,000 in fine prizes are waiting for the cbs listener who can solve the phantom voice mystery Then seymour will be on hand with those coast-to-coast phone calls And allen dale yurtini baird bob howard and the riddlers will be making the music and remember There's many a fine prize for solving the tuneful little riddle song that lead to the fan of voice mystery It's an hour of fun and music to entertain you and perhaps pay off Every saturday night on most of these same cbs stations here sing it again And now stay tuned for born mineral caravan which follows immediately on most of these same cbs stations This is cbs for havalon cassidy rides every saturday night the columbia broadcasting system