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You know that no my character from the movies Casper milk toast himself the handpicked little man who puts galoshes over his rubbers when it rains George Valentine maker of stars. Hey, I wonder how I fit into this. Well, I can't wait to find out well I'm on a mr. Merch. Oh, but just one thing George Yeah, what's that angel? Well, if we have to have lunch at a vegetarian restaurant, could we stop off for a hamburger first Vegaburgers I insist we have veggie burgers for lunch That's your burgers. Yes indeed miss Brooks and if I didn't tell you you wouldn't know they were made of nuts and choice legumes Please be yeah, I'm sure they're gonna be real tasty, but what about your letter? What's on your mind mr. Merch? Oh dear, I knew that letter would sound confusing to say the least you see mr. Valentine I had a long talk with my psychoanalyst and you know what what? I'm a schizophrenic. Oh, no and not one person I'm too battling furiously with each other. Who's winning? I'm not really that mild retiring little man that millions of people know no There's another side of me that craves excitement even violence. Oh, how wait a minute mr. Merch is quite true young man my psychoanalyst tells me I just can't go on being a house divided No, I simply must involve myself in some kind of Exciting adventure. Well, what does your doctor expect you to do go out and kiss the first beautiful blonde? You see on the street. Oh, no, no, no, I'm serious mr. Valentine. Look at me practically a nervous wreck I simply can't go on being the prim Peter Merch my public expects of me when the director says lights camera I begin to shake. So that's the other side of me coming out. Oh, that's bad. Yes. I break into a cold sweat I feel like screaming right out there in front of everybody. Well, maybe all you need is a good screen No, no, it isn't that simple my psychoanalyst says I've been playing the timid soul in my personal life as well as on the screen and It's affecting me Anyway, I can't go into this new picture. Oh, but mr. Merch you've worked so hard all these years And this is your first starring role and it would be my first failure to in my mental condition And you want me to provide the excitement? Yes, mr. Valentine Perhaps introduce me to some low Disreptitable characters and take me to places where almost anything can happen, you know You really think that would help well my psychoanalyst seems to think so You will help me won't you mr. Valentine? Well, I'll pay your regular fee and whatever expenses we incur Well, okay, it's a deal. We'll see what forms of mild excitement we can find for you Oh, thank you mr. Valentine. I'll be grateful to you as long as I live. Uh, can we start now? Oh, hey, wait a minute Wait a minute. I have to make some plans What about eight o'clock tonight? You see, I usually don't go out hunting excitement mr. Merch as a rule. It just happens. Oh No George, you're not gonna take poor mr. Merch to mark Logan's grotto. Well, he wants excitement Yeah, but not that low dive. He'll faint as soon as he gets in the door. Oh darling mark Logan is a respectable citizen these days He's gone straight. Yeah in a crooked sort of way. He's running a genteel pool parlor and so-called grill And if a fight breaks out now, and then you can't play mark Hit me with a pool cue. Oh, yeah, you had a comedy I see you move that number seven ball and I thought I was a look and why Mr. Valentine. Oh my goodness Well, hey, uh, mr. Merch life on the wrong my this is exciting third brawl in one hour just with the doctor ordered You two logs break it up and get back to your game. I'm running a respectable joint here not yet Logan not before I split This chair My goodness oh another inch mr. Merch and that chair would have parted your head and permanent okay beat it both of you finish it up You got a excuse of mr. Valentine the boys get kind of playful once in a while Oh sure mr. Logan, and you lose more pool cues that way. Oh mr. Merch We'd better get out of here before things really get rough. I wouldn't think of it for a moment I'm just beginning to feel better. Oh Mr. Merch, yes, mr. Valentine. Here's a nickel. Well, thank you. Why don't you get something on the jukebox over there? I I want to talk to mr. Logan about this is so exciting Don't pay no attention to them numbers mr. Merch wherever you put your nickel all you get is mother McCree That's my favorite George. I'm afraid we've underestimated our timid soul can't get enough. Yeah, you certainly did your best Logan Yeah, which brings up a point mr. Valentine. I Don't want to be mercenary or nothing like that. Yeah, but there's a question of money Joe and Alex just now almost killed themselves There's the mother two fights. We framed up Okay, Logan. Hey, yeah, this ought to take care of the boys. Thanks See if I knew you was willing to pay this much. I could have fixed up something real messy for the old boy That song ain't it beautiful mother McCree Got any other ideas for excitement Logan? Well, that little guy don't scare easy Yeah, wait, how about this? When you people leave the joints, I'll get the boys to drive up in a big black sedan Yeah, they grab the little guy and take him out in the country for a spell You mean kidnapping? Oh, I wouldn't put it that way, mr. Brooks They lock him in a cellar for a couple of days keeping tight up ain't gonna hurt him Hey, hold it. Logan. That's going a little too far. Yeah Hey, I've got an idea. Yeah, and I think it'll work too. What's that? Here's what you do You take mr. Merch out to the seaside amusement park Oh, after this arrived on the Ferris wheel is going to leave him cold. It's nothing like that You're going to take him through the tunnel of love. Oh, mr. Logan I'll admit you can find a certain kind of excitement in the tunnel of love But I doubt if Peter Merch is my type. He was talking to me books It's not your type either. Oh, what I was thinking mr. Valentine is uh, I happen to know the guy who runs the tunnel of love His name is Len Demick. Oh goody George. Maybe we can get a special discount What I mean is I'll call up Len and haven't taken the trip through the tunnel with you personal He's one of them practical jokers. So he'll play along with the gig Now dream up a couple of stunts Leave it to Len to find a way to scare the pants off your mr. Merch Well, it's worth a try logan and the night's getting shorter. I gotta earn my fee You want to get out of that amusement park quick better take walton boulevard. They're tearing up grace and avenue. Okay. Thanks a lot logan Oh mr. Merch Yes, mr. Valentine If you can drag yourself away from mother mccree, we'd like you to join us in a blood curdling journey through the tunnel of love Oh, just think of it the three of us alone together This should be real exciting Nice ragged you got here Demick selling five minutes worth of darkness darkness is a valuable commodity mr. Valentine It it is. Yeah Just like I was telling mr. Merch here. Well after all those gruesome things you've been telling us I don't think I want to hear anymore. Whoa Thanks. Thanks mr. Merch Demick is right Now could you find a cosier place for a murder than a tunnel of love? Yeah, that reminds me I remember a happy couple who took a ride through here just for a little innocent smoochy And then yes Suddenly death struck A silent cruel blow. I I wish we had some light in here. What in the tunnel of love. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I remember that Demick It was an unsolved crime wasn't often wondered how the poor man was killed and how the young lady felt when she heard him scream Here in the darkness. What was that? Oh one of the many voices of darkness that echoed through the tunnel of love Just calm yourself mr. Merch. Well I wasn't really frightened at all mr. Valentine You're a brave man, mr. Merch. Nobody knows what the next step into the darkness may lead to nobody know Mr. Demick I think our friend missed his profession. He should have been an actor mr. Valentine Mr. Demick, I I think he's fainted fainted and his hair Uh, I think it's blood. What are you talking about? Oh, wait my my head. Let me get to George All right, I'm Look at him. We've got to get him out of here get him to a hospital Here in in my he's trying to say something to you mr. Valentine. Demick. What is it? What are you trying to say? He in my pocket Transfer yeah, yeah take it Burst transfer Hold on, huh? We'll get a doctor mr. Demick. He'll take care of you. Here strike another match. Will you mr. Merch? Yes I don't think Demick has much use for a doctor now, broxy George, but mr. Valentine this can't be true. Why the things like this simply didn't don't happen I'm afraid this is an exception to the rule mr. 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Yeah, lieutenant rally Usually people manage to get killed in bed in their home or on the street But dimmick gets murdered in his own tunnel of love and you're right there with him. I know it sounds fantastic lieutenant But believe me we were just trying to introduce a little excitement into mr. Merch's life. That's right It was all very innocent. Oh, well, how was george? You know anything like this would happen miss brooks I'm just a public servant. I get paid a reasonable sum each month to maintain law and order And I don't like it when somebody gets paid to promote pool room brawls and instigate other forms of public disturbance All right, stop courting the police manual lieutenant Whatever happened here tonight would have happened whether I was in on this deal or not It's just that my psychoanalyst said mr. Merch Why don't you go somewhere and have a nice quiet nervous breakdown? When I'm through here, I'll come and join you Murder in the tunnel of love Yes, brennan. The doc just got through with dimmick skull fracture Blundin's current. I'll be right there. Uh, tell the boys to get some lights set up in that tunnel We're going to go over an inch by inch. Yes, sir Now valentine. I suppose you're going to go home to your nice warm bed Well, I'll be glad to stick around give you a hand. No, no, no, thanks. Thanks. I've got enough trouble But I want to see you the first thing in the morning in my office. Sure and you too, miss brooks. Yes, sir And mr. Merch. Yeah, yes It might give you a little extra excitement to see the inside of a police station So be there at nine sharp looks like we're not wanted around here. So, uh, come on, mr. Merch I still think I ought to drop you off at your hotel mr. Merch. Yes, you've had enough for one night Well, uh, my wife and I are staying at the fenmore right here on grace and avenue But I can tell mr. Valentine. You're not just giving up this case like that. Oh, no, you're up to something, aren't you? Well Well, yeah, you stirred up a hornet's nest somehow or other and I want to see what it's all about And I'm going to be right there with you. Oh, hey, no, no, no, there's no use arguing George. Yeah, brooksing Well that part of a bus transfer dimmick wanted you to have what do you make of it? I don't know yet Oh, why should anyone keep a piece of old transfer now? That's probably one of the most worthless things in the world and only a third of a transfer at that Yet that man insisted that you have it with his dying breath Must mean something. Yeah, well, we'll see what the lieutenant makes out of it. I gave it to him told him what dimmick said But you've made something out of it already. Haven't you darling? Come on. Let's have it Uh, well, as a matter of fact, you can you can tell a lot from a bus transfer Brookesy even a third of a one if you look at it real carefully Meaning what? That it was issued by the orange bus company route number 4 11 And the little punch holes one for the year one for the month and even the day in the hours During which it was good. You noticed all those things? That transfer was issued July 29th 1943 between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. All of which still means nothing to me No me either at this point But I have an idea the late mr. Dimmick managed to provide free transportation for his murderer to the end of the line Turning off george. Where are we going? You know something brooksie Riley and I don't always agree, but he knows his business and so do his boys We're going down to police headquarters. Well, what for mr. Valentine? The police don't miss much and when they do they make a record of it So they'll never forget and that's where we're headed mr. Merch the department of unsolved crimes You valentine. Yeah, this time I brought you container of coffee dawson. I thought you'd need it Well sleepy we can get down in this department the better we like it Who are your friends? Oh my assistant miss brooks and mr. Merch How do you do? What do you want valentine? You know these files aren't open to the public Well, I'm not just the public dawson Your boss Riley told me to be down here tomorrow morning and be sure I had the right information He said that. Oh, you sure go on call him up check for yourself Oh, no as long as he said so. What do you want to know? If there were any unsolved crimes on july 29th 1943 july 43, let's see Oh, it's that file in the corner near the window. Okay. Thanks Just uh, what are you looking for mr. Valentine? The murderer I hope you and I ought to be used to being left in the dark mr. Merch I see. Yeah, july 1943 See we got in this folder Stolen car front of granted company burglary and Yes And on july 29th 535 p.m $200,000 jewelry at smith and allenby jewelers on fifth street the date on the transfer And that picture that's our mr. Dimmick Leonard dimmick 38 clerk at smith and allenby's no suspicion of collusion and holdup But dimmick was operating a tunnel of love a lot of things can happen in a man's life in five years. Brooksy. Let's see that george No getaway car used in robbery as far as known Passerby observed man in gray suit carrying briefcase board orange bus Outside jewelry store almost immediately after holdup witness positive man was running from store. Oh dear me This is just too much for me traced bus driver number 602, but no information on man in gray suit Well, that's that kids now. We've really got to work What's the rush joint if we don't move fast broxy there's going to be another murder Mr. Valentine as I told you this is the busiest time of the day for us here at depot You know getting the buses out on schedule. Yeah, I understand mr. Eldridge, but look, this is very important Who is your bus driver number 602 on july 29th 1943? Oh very well if you can't wait I'll look it up for you. You see, uh, we have a file here on every man who ever worked for us 44 43 july the 29th. Oh, yeah, here we are Yeah, number 602. It was uh, it was bob gray still work for you. Oh, yeah, bob still with us a matter of fact Is one of our steadiest men there's nothing wrong. Is there I don't know yet. Well, where can I get hold of mr. Graves? Well, yeah, I don't know this is day off. All right. What's this address? Come on. Come on 1411 Devers Street 1411 looks like a rooming house. Yeah with the inevitable sign no rooms But you take these steps a little slower, please. Oh mr. Merchant almost forgot about you Hello, I'm not just as young as I used to be who is but right now I'm interested in seeing that someone else has a chance to grow a little older. Wait a minute george There's a name here under this bell. What does it say? Uh Bob gray, that's our man. But the who is bob gray an honest toiler mr. Merch to be more specific a bus driver To be more specific bus driver number 602 who had a very busy day july 29th 1943 Yeah, who is it? A friend of yours sent me over to talk to your graves on beat it get out of here Okay, bob But lend dimmick wouldn't like the way you treat me What'd you say? Who are you? There's nothing much I can say with that gun stuck in my midriff never mind that who are these two just friends What do you say we go inside and close the door? It'll be much easier that way. Okay, but what's this about dimmick? Come on. Come on talk. I wish he wouldn't keep pointing that gun it makes me nervous Nothing like excitement is there mr. Merch look mr. You said something about dimmick. What about him? He's dead. He's So what? You're bringing me an invitation to his funeral. No, I'm just trying to postpone your funeral What's that supposed to mean just this listen, you're gonna have a visitor anytime now I'm surprised he hasn't shown up before I still say what's that supposed to mean All right friend if that's your attitude and I thought you had to have some brains to be a bus driver How do you know so much about me and being a bus driver? You should appreciate the value of a transfer Even a piece of a transfer transfer. That's right All right spill it and remember I got this gun in your gut George be careful. Don't worry, broxy He's much too curious to shoot. Yes, but that gun may go off at me accidentally. Who's that you bring the cops? I didn't bring anybody that you visited what cool down your trigger finger and listen to me What's all about are you a cop strictly on my own? But if I'm right whoever's knocking on that door is here to kill you. I'm not kidding Well, and no one knows it better than you you're gonna do a zenten you All right, look see you and mr. Merch get over there in that corner or wait in the door make it snappy. Yes, George. Come on, mr Now graves open up Try to be natural put that gun away. Yeah. Yeah, I'll be standing right here in back of the door Well graves I was beginning to think you were out. Oh, you know how it is Logan my jay off I guess I fell asleep awful thing happened to lend emic. Didn't it? Yeah, I heard about it come inside, huh? And just when we were gonna split every then three ways Yeah, that's right. That makes the gravy all the richer for you and me Don't it I don't get it and if there was only one there'd be nothing but gravy left What are you talking about you want me to interpret valentine you what logan means graves is he was gonna kill you Just as he killed him. You're out of your mind Maybe but you kill lend emic when I heard about land. I thought it was something like that Don't listen to him bob. You were just too clumsy about it. Logan. I took grace on avenue coming back It wasn't torn up at all the way you said so what you sent us the long way so you could get to the tunnel of love before us That's right, George And he'd be the only one to know that dimmick would be inside the tunnel of love with us He arranged the whole thing. Oh my goodness. You sneaked into the tunnel before us logan You were waiting on the platform for the boat to pass but in the darkness it could it could have been me I could have had my head bashed in I I don't think I feel so good. No, it wouldn't have been you mr. Merch blend dimmick was doing all the talking made himself the perfect target graves You're not going to believe this guy. Are you yeah, I believe him you killed lennon You came here to kill me so you could have all the gravy you was talking about that gun down bob put it down Double cross me will you let me have that grave. You got a big enough rap against you now He shot mr. Logan the first one who moves will get what he got I'm getting off stay where you are Drop that gun. I said drop it That's better Sergeant Dawson called and said you were snooping around the unsolved crimes department, so I had you tailed Now who's this guy on the floor here? How bad's he hurt my arm? You should have blown your head off Brennan get this man out of here into a hospital whoever he is That's mark logan lieutenant ex-con now runs a pool parlor now What's this all about well logan's one end of a triangle lenn dimmick former jewelry kirk was the second And graves here bus drivers the third They're the trio who walked through that smith and alanby job back in 43 How do you know all of this valentine lieutenant? I think that if you go through logan's clothes when he gets to the hospital you'll find a third of a bus transfer on him Wouldn't you say so graves higher? Oh, why not? Sure, we pulled that job the three of us dimmick logan and me We just had to wait five years because the jewels were too hot to touch right away Where are they now buried under the water in a tunnel of love, but those transfers Yes, what about them? Lots of things can happen in five years Guy can die get put in jail So we decided whoever showed up with a third of the transfer from my bus would get his share valentine, how did you stumble on the grave well lieutenant? Why a third of a transfer went at a quarter or a half? I knew about dimmick and logan that makes two But there was still one more to account for I get it and it had to be the bus driver That's right, broxy They wouldn't leave their getaway to chance and they were sure the bus would be right there at the exact minute Well, I'll be almost $70,000 for a third of an old transfer No wonder logan was willing to go to all that trouble to get rid of dimmick and graves Well, is that enough excitement for you mr. Merch? Mr. Merch, what's the matter? He he's fainted Well, here we are mr. Merch feeling better. Here's your hotel mr. Merch I I don't know what you think about me painting like that But I really do feel like a new man my psychoanalyst was so right Think you're up to playing that star role now. Oh, yes, of course Now that I'm convinced I'm the swaggering masterful type of heart. Good for you mr. Merch. Oh, uh Well, just one thing. Yeah, would you two mind coming upstairs with me? But why I stayed out so much later than I promised. Oh, you see mrs. 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Let's get back to the house. Oh, please lieutenant george and mod have been away so long I'm really worried. Let's take one look up here in the lemon grove Well, all right. Wait till I put the flashlight on Look over there George Hello everybody. I'm just thinking of getting up anyway Oh Somebody must have been staging an atomic test around here Hey, where's modder? Here's your answer valentine. She's right over here, but uh, no hurry She couldn't move if she tried Tonight's adventure of george valentine has been brought to you by standard of california on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the west Let george do it stars robert valius george with francis robinson as claire Wally mayer appears as lieutenant riley Tonight's story was written by david victor and herbert little jr. And directed by don clark Also heard in the cast where louis van ruten as mr. Merch Joe devol is logan ballfreeze as dimmick barny phillips as graves and dick ryan as the manager The music is composed and conducted by eddie dunstetter. You're an ouster john heaston Listen again next week same time same station to Let george do it This is the mutual don lee broadcasting system