 From Hollywood. It's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollar Calling back. Oh, yeah Your reservation for Bermuda has just been confirmed pan American flight number 134 You'll leave LaGuardia at 10 30 a.m. Arrived Kindlefield Bermuda to 30 p.m. Got it We'll send the tickets right over. It's been a pleasure to serve you sir And I hope you have an enjoyable stay in Bermuda. Is it a vacation? Well hardly I'm going down there to look up a dead man Edmund O'Brien in another transcribed adventure of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by a special investigator Johnny dollar to tri-state life insurance company attention Leland scoff chief adjuster The following is an accounting of my expenditures during investigation of the Earl Chadwick matter Expense account item 1 a dollar 80 cab fare to your Hartford office The man has been seen alive dollar. I never was satisfied that he was dead His boat a small cruiser was found wrecked. You know, but never a body. How long ago was that little over four years ago 1945? He was declared dead in 1947 in appellate court and we were forced to meet the claim of his widow or his wife and accomplices It might seem now Go ahead Here's the lady that saw and spoke to him. This is Marshall. This is mr. Dollar. How do you do this Marshall now? I want you to tell mr. Dollar what you told me Mrs. Marshall if you will well My husband and I had been in Bermuda for three days. Mrs. Marshall explained that you knew Earl Chadwick before. Oh, yes Yes, we knew him not too well. Thank heaven But well enough to be pointed out as friends of that embezzler, you know how people are embezzler Mrs. Marshall Oh, yes, there was a tendon theft He worked at the Monticello loan company in New York City $30,000 disappeared at the same time he did Police theory was that he wrecked his boat while attempting to leave with the money Now Mrs. Marshall how you happen to see we've been there three days and that night We went to this nightclub in Hamilton and slumming so to speak It's called the Port of Castile on the waterfront There's been a number of years mind you and Chadwick was much thinner, but I recognized him He was seated with some sailors and I said Jerome doesn't that look like her and then you spoke to him. What else could I do? I was dying of curiosity when he got up to leave. I met him and said aren't you well Chadwick? He denied it of course, but being that close. I'm positive that it was What did he say did he give you a name? No, no, but I found out I thought I was quite within my rights and asking a few questions the name. He's using is George Brewster Well dollar What about Chadwick's wife? What happened to her? She remarried one of his business associates Harold Anderson him I had the girls draw up a complete record on the case Photographs police reports everything you'll need the wife's address is there in Queens. I think all right mr. Scarf I'll do what I can Expense account item to $250 plane ticket and miscellaneous expenses between Hartford and Bermuda. I drew an aisle Seat and one of the worst hazards of air travel or any other kind of travel I'll tell you something phase to study these places before you go to them. I've been out there before Nothing teaches life experience But before my first trip I knew more about Bermuda than lots of the folks that live there. They well, that's very interesting Yeah, yes, sir Quite a history spoiled now though people aren't worth anything anymore No, let's spoil them tourists. Hmm. Yeah took away all their ambition Turn them into a bunch of lazy beggars and horse traders don't farm anymore don't do anything But work the tourists now. I don't want to be a wet blanket. You understand. Oh, yeah But keep an eye on your wallet. They'll strip you if you give them a chance My business is farm tools. What's yours? My name is Dalla is my credentials. I'd like to see the chief constable Yes, sir. Mr. Dollar to see you sir an insurance investigator from the States Right, sir and that door mr. Dollar. Thank you Mr. Dollar your company cable that you were coming sit down. Thank you. Well now You're here to look into the affairs of one George Brewster. What's it been up to? I'm not sure he's been up to anything yet According to a witness he answers the description of a man who disappeared from New York a few years ago with $30,000 He was declared dead and the company that hired me paid off an $80,000 insurance claim to his wife I see quite a valuable chap. Yeah, if he is the chap But what about this Brewster? Do you people know him? We acquainted ourselves with him after the cable arrived nothing against him lives a rather rum life doesn't seem to have much Are his papers in order passport visas? I Trust that he wouldn't be here if they were not Like any other paradise mr. Dollar a Bermuda is forced to accept the existence of a certain percentage of misplaced or lost persons on its outskirts That's what they are. They here's the address Thank you at the lower end of King George Road. You wish transportation. No, no don't bother the walk will do me good I decided against the King George Road address instead. I returned to my hotel Memorized the photographs of Earl Chadwick Subtracting a little weight from the somewhat flabby face and that night I found myself a table near the door at the port of Castile I Sat there nursing a minimum of fouled drinks. It was 10 o'clock before he came in and found standing space at the bar George Brewster, huh or Earl Chadwick? What's the matter with you? What is this? I'm curious too. How about coming over to my table? All right You act like a cop just 50% cop no badge. I'm working for tri-state life insurance company What does that mean ensure a man and paid off to his wife now now they are insurers dead He belongs to that other name you threw at me. What was it Chadwick Earl Chadwick, and I must look like him Here's a snapshot He's fatter, but it's pretty close at that. You know about a week ago some crazy old name I never saw before called me some other name it might have been Chadwick I thought she'd drunk over her quota. She was an old friend of Chadwick's She swears she'd recognize him if if she saw him and she swears she saw it weird isn't it? I suppose it happens more often than we know about What do you want my papers and stuff they might help sure I'll write down my address Come on out anytime tomorrow There you are. Thank you. I should recover from these drinks by noon. That'll be all right It's crazy isn't it things like this could get your goat. I'm Johnny dollar Is George here? No, he had a leave He said you could come in How long have you known him? Two years last month You know where he came from never asked me where I came from This guy looks like Yet a wife. Yeah, I want to take some of his personal things into town or check his prints against this passport Shaving brush if he uses run tubes jars anything you think he's the guy I'll have to find out Oh You told me you were going the prince would check against the passport, but it wouldn't make any difference now that it started Why stretch it out? Why not make it easy George? No Earl? I'd almost forgotten Earl Where can we talk? I've got a hotel room Statement he made filled in most of the blanks in the case one his wife was to have met him in Mexico City That hadn't to most of the stolen funds had gone to his wife to keep her going until she collected the insurance So she got married. I didn't know that she told me to wait and I did Grace married We can leave for the state Well, oh I can be ready anytime you say all I have to do is pack a few things and say goodbye to Fran Expense account item three space for two on New York bound plane Chadwick was a hard man to figure out, but one thing I did realize Now that he'd started he was almost happy to be going back to the people he'd left We arrived in the evening in the next morning I was told when I telephoned that Mrs. Grace Chadwick Anderson and her husband were at home and would receive Good morning. I hello Grace Harold I think you're pardoned. Oh, I understand Harold This must be the man that Mrs. Marshall phoned about you know the one in Bermuda. Oh come now Grace That's no good. Who are you anyway? Mr. Dollar for what purpose did you and this man come here? I brought him here so you could identify him as your missing husband That's idiotic There is the faintest resemblance. Yes, but that's all what what do you have in mind? Mr. Dollar are no crude extortion attempt like this will get you anything but a rest I know well Chadwick and I'll swear on the road that this man is not he I should think you would Harold Are you where did you learn my name? Get him out of here? Why? Why not talk over all time great wait a minute? All right, Mrs. Anderson mr. Anderson I'm sorry. I've taken up your time come on dollar. What's the matter you too come on Who do you think I am I? Asked you who do you think I am that doesn't count you're legally dead What about your parents they're dead, but I have friends or people that knew me and oh good if your wife won't identify you They're no good. You worked for a loan company. They must have your prince I took them from the files and destroyed them when I left. How are your teeth, right teeth? Who was your dentist here in town? Dr. a field it's been so long dr. Homerfield Uh Drake professional building Manhattan He'll still have your x-rays on file. They're as good as fingerprints go there this morning Don't use your name give him your other name George Brewster have a new set of x-rays taken. I'll do the rest all right hold it And look, I don't have to hire somebody to follow you do I know? Oh, no not after I've seen them You don't have to worry about my going any place Expense account item for twenty five dollars services of a private detective Assignment tailing Earl Chadwick and or George Brewster at one o'clock He had left the dentist's office and gone to his hotel room at three He was still there and at 430 I arrived in the office of dr. Homerfield Brewster Yes, yes, his x-rays have gone through. They're on the clamps. Don't don't touch them, please What is your interest police identification? Oh? Yes, yes, we'll always happy to cooperate right now How about digging in your files for the x-rays on a patient named Chadwick Earl Chadwick? Be glad to Oh M Chadwick, is that your man? That's the name 1945 he should have been in for hygiene those pictures. How do they compare with this new set Brewster? Well, let's have a look There's malocclusion and lower by cusp and Impacted third molar and I erosion in labor interesting You mean they're the same and both sets of pictures. No, no, no, no, definitely not. Oh But a man's mouth could change since 1945 good man Yes, it could especially with neglect But that would never cause a man to grow new teeth now you see here Brewster has one more incisor than Chadwick the whole character of the mouth is different. I see yeah I say it's different or I definitely by these two men would not look even faintly alike In just a moment. We will return to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar, but first Down the old ox road learned to croon straight from the shoulder Milestones and popular American music Milestones in the career of one of America's favorite troubadours Bing Crosby This Wednesday night over most of these same CBS stations You're invited to hear the Bing Crosby show Bing Crosby with the music of John Scott Trotter with the Rhythm Air is with Ken Carpenter Here's the show designed for the whole family a pleasant and diverting mixture of music and merriment Guided by the one and only Bing Crosby Planned now to hear the Bing Crosby show this Wednesday night on CBS And now with our star Edmund O'Brien we return to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar Look Dr. Field these x-rays labeled Earl Chadwick could they be miss filed could they be under the wrong name miss filed Definitely not my assistant has been with me for ten years never made a mistake yet Well then could anyone else have gotten in here and planted a different set under that name But why I would realize the difference the moment I looked into the mouth that erosion in lay alone. Yeah Look your office has it been broken into yeah a long time ago for narcotics How long ago six seven years ago during the war but not since then I've missed nothing The janitor the nightmare is he ever key? No, no, it's cleaned in the evening just before I leave the robberies out of the question Just what is your problem, mr. Dollar? If I wanted to plan some x-rays in a file, where could I get some? Well, I never thought of it Where would I go would you give me son? Oh, no, definitely not that would be most unethical one unless of course You were a patient of mine and the x-rays were of your own mouth. Thank you doctor. I think that's what I wanted to hear you say Before dark I made two more stops Searching for something to help me prove that Earl Chadwick was alive if he was The Hall of Records had nothing but a couple of certificates on one recorded his birth the other recorded his death I checked the wanted file at police headquarters. They had checked him out in 47 when the court had pronounced him dead On my way out of there. I made two phone calls. The second was to the detective. I'd hired Landro, what are you doing in your office? Did you lose him? I get tired. He was on to me dollar He got into the crowds at Macy's. I put the houseman at his hotel on it. He's watching his door I just found his room. He's not there. What's he been up to he left the hotel at 3 18 and took a cab over the What address a pawn shop Johnny Nice going Landro if you decide to change over to stopping traffic at school crossings use me as a reference Where's your husband miss Anderson? He's here, but I want to talk to you both Where is he what is it Grace oh? It's you again. That's right forced his way into the house make him get out Harold I will if I have to now look here. I don't know what that imposter has told you and I don't care If you choose to believe his lies, that's your business and a sorry business It is but I will not allow my wife on my home to be upset by his schemes any longer. Are you through no not quite That's obvious to us if it's not to you that this man learned of the unexplained details surrounding Earl's death And is attempting to use this vague resemblance to his advantage Now extortionist land and prison mr. Dollar and the only reason I haven't turned to the police before this is that we Want to escape the notoriety of having passed tragedy is lived again. He bought a gun this afternoon That makes him look like the double-crossed husband, doesn't it? Man's a maniac I'm going to ask for police protection. Where is he who? This man, do you know where he is? I found out he bought a gun. I was afraid he was coming here to use it I can't believe this is happening grace, please Why why why would he harm us? He doesn't know us and we don't know him He bought the gun to convince you dollar. He knows a lot about you Anderson He knows you were Chadwick's immediate superior in the loan company before he disappeared Harold it It couldn't be could it grace been a long time Maybe some disease could change a person that much, but he would have contacted grace Earl is dead. How did this man learn so much about us as far as I can see he's made only one mistake The size of the theft he says he stole ten thousand according to the record thirty thousand was missing Of course, it's possible that it isn't a mistake that somebody in the firm who knew what his plan was Picked up the odd twenty thousand and put it on Chadwick's account. Mr. Dollar I have one thing to say to you before you leave Earl Chadwick is dead You're so right and that's what troubles me a Legally dead man running around loose with a gun makes an interesting situation. Do you ever think of that? Who would the police look for? I'm going to my hotel in case you want to phone in your answer Where have you been Chadwick right here the maid let me in What's the idea? I was scared somebody was following me. I got the feeling they hired somebody to get rid of me No, why not they haven't thought of that yet. Give me the gun. I need it. Come on. Where is it? Never mind get away from me. Come on. Where are you carrying? How did you know I had it what were you gonna do with it? I told you I was scared You thought I was going to kill him the idea crossed my mind No, what good would that do? How should I know what's going on in that head of yours? Why'd you come back then just to get things straightened out? You wouldn't have had to I haven't found a way to prove who you are Oh, I knew I didn't have to come back But everything was stagnant being George Brewster was dull I thought that's what I wanted a new identity even without grace But I guess nobody's ever satisfied and when you have a choice of who you want to be then it's really hard What about the x-rays? Oh good the set under Chadwick didn't match the one you had taken today They had to they made a switch with somebody else's probably Anderson's an easy office to enter Probably hired a cat burglar Nothing at the Hall of Records. Nothing at police headquarters. You're dead. What did the police say? I didn't talk to them. Why should I the case is closed? You're dead Lazarus come forth and He that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with grave clothes And his face was bound about to the napkin. Yeah No, yeah, sorry I blew up How is it? Oh, it's a mess. I'm not getting any place the only proof I can find is proof that he's dead Maybe you should stay there. Yeah, I'm getting ideas myself Police checked in 47 they lost look I'm gonna have to dummy up something I don't want you to violate any trade secrets, but do you know a good forger? It'll be practically legal all I need is a driver's license When tonight it'll cost well, I'm working for a wealthy company There's more to Landro. How about meeting us in your office in 45 minutes? Spencer count item five five hundred dollars one bogus 1947 driver's license complete with Chadwick's thumbprint by 10 p.m. We were back in Landro's office Johnny how desperate is this Anderson desperate enough to welcome a nice fast deal Don't quote a price unless you have to just get him down here Why anybody goes through all this to make prison prison come on Landro get on the phone There's the number You're my client Mr. Harold Anderson I'll be blunt. This is blackmail. I'm calling in the interests of Earl Chadwick No, he isn't he's alive But I do have proof a driver's license. He took out just before he disappeared as a sort of a double check on the past You'll believe it when you see it. It's for sale He doesn't want to go to prison any more than you do but he needs money. I Said you'd believe it when you saw it. I Think it'll be worth a trip over here We'll talk price them We meet here number four six five tight building 7th Avenue It's no bluff Nobody knows about it. I'll be alone He doesn't believe it only be here. He said 45 minutes good now Don't make the price too high set up a meeting with him tomorrow and we'll have the police here. Well step forth Lazarus Empty the ashtray's Landro looks like three men have been here Drive to 1130 Chadwick and I in an adjoining room with the door cracked watched his wary entrance The name is on the door You work under a license issue by the state of New York sometimes But the license isn't important tonight You won't make any trouble sit down I'll handle Here it is. I just look Name serial number a date a signature and a thumb print Where is he he'll phone me in the morning, but where's the man from the insurance company looking for Chadwick? He doesn't know about this yet Why why is he waiting this long? He didn't know everything that had happened you and his wife the money you made on him That's the price. Well as he put it to me It ought to be figured from the 20 grand you took and the advance you've made in the company the last few years How much he'd like to start at 15,000 it would take a while 5,000 tomorrow say around noon The other 10 within a week. That's when you get the license Well, it would have to be later than noon tomorrow, but I brought 1,500 with me. That's a deal All right I'll give it to you. Hey watch it. Don't do it Anderson wait Landro down Landro I'm all right Chadwick Chadwick Chadwick Pulse pull his collar down Nothing know what your company can do about it now Both mr. Mrs. Anderson gave statements to the police that same night Confessing their contribution to the original crime You'll have a hard time prying Harold Anderson loose from the clutches of the state which is working on a murder indictment for him About the wife grace. I don't know If she's not found guilty as an accessory I'd be happy to appear as a witness if she's brought to trial on fraud charges As for my part in it I'm not proud of myself, but I was hired to find a dead man and I finally found one just before he lived Expense account total 1575 dollars and 30 cents yours truly Johnny dollar truly Johnny dollars stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and Is written by gill doubt and David Ellis with music composed and conducted by Leith Stevens? Edmund O'Brien can soon be seen starring in the Columbia Pictures production the Los Angeles story Featured in tonight's cast where Lillian by F. 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