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I suppose many families have their own special kind of curse The van Patton's had the curse of violence a sort of violence that's been born of the roaring crash of the sea And the loneliness of Foghorn Island and laughter that has no mercy in it at all. I Know all this doesn't make much sense But you must at least try and understand it if you're going to help me and I need help mr. Valentine Please meet a man named Max at the foot of the 8th Street Bridge. He'll have a boat and he'll take you and miss Brooks to see the violent van Patton sincerely leader van Patton But Max there must be something you can tell us about the van Patton's I only work for the captain mister I don't talk about him or his folks for that's a very noble attitude, but we're not really trying to pry into family secrets Leader van Patton. Is she the captain's wife? Nice I see Are there any other ladies on this Foghorn Island adjust as a matter of girly's curiosity others miss Rachel captain's adopted sister One of the guests is a lady Quite a ways out in the shore isn't it George? That's right, broxy Violence born of the roaring crash of the sea and the loneliness of Foghorn Island used to be a lighthouse I understand before they build a new one down the coast They still left some foregoids around you hit them now just the van Patton's live in Foghorn Island The van Patton's and me are you were you aren't one of the family then I take it. Hey Max me And just a man of all trades take care of the big house Me who used to be a second make Captain lives by himself in the old White House. How cozy mister. I Wouldn't be a van Patton for all the money in the world. Why? Quite a squirrel coming up misty quite a squirrel Laughter that has no mercy at all Or did you say my dear nothing nothing miss and then Rachel call me Rachel Then Patton name was only given me grudgingly as an act of charity Be here. Yes, ma'am I'm sorry. I lost my temper. That's a terrible thing to do isn't it mr. Valentine Well, it isn't good the captain lost his temper once and nearly killed the man I loved And the young man went away and here I am a spinster Who can only play solitaire all day and laugh at jokes I alone can hear Oh, I'm sorry miss Rachel about leader. Are you sure she knows we're here? Oh, yes, Max told her She'll be here with the young man who's visiting us Lloyd and Doris Rankin will be here too Rankins Lloyd is leader second cousin Doris is his wife a charming girl But she drinks too much, but you know leader has some secret that's why you're here I bet leaders always love secrets. Yes, that's right. Mm-hmm. So once you're right, I do have a secret You startled me. Hello, mr. Valentine. It's Brooks long. Oh, this is Lloyd and Doris Rankin And this is Jim Simmons My husband. Yes, that's our secret You married leader To somebody the captain didn't choose for him. Oh That was brilliant of you later. Brilliant. You're jealous. Lloyd is that it shut up? My beloved husband. I said shut up Lloyd. Oh temper everybody temper, please Well, congratulations, miss van pattern. All right, I miss Simmons But if I could speak to you alone, I'd like to know know why you're here. Well, it would be a help Mr. Valentine, I I want you to break the happy news to my uncle Frankly, it's a job which has its dangers and one for which someone deserves to be paid leader. Well, this is a twist Valentine will sort of carry you across the threshold Jim might be quiet Jim Jim darling, I know I lied to you. I told you mr. Valentine and miss Brooks were dear friends of mine and I just Had to have them near me when I announced our marriage But believe me Jim. I know what I'm doing. I know my uncle Stop that at Rachel. Oh It's worth a good laugh husband. I need a paid strong man to speak for him is something to laugh about Jim wait Oh, I'll speak to the ogre myself, and then I'm taking you off this other Please please go after mr. Valentine. I need you help more than ever now Okay, Simmons, okay, I understand your pride is hurt Frankly, I don't blame you for feeling the way you do I didn't know leader has all this money coming from her uncle if he doesn't like the guy she married let him cut her off without a Stem relax friend relax. He probably will Let me finish packing with sure Hey, that's quite a fancy knife Japanese and worse of an air Here I'll put it in that drawer And I listen to me will you Jim put all the things back where they belong Sure leader has known her uncle a lot longer than either you and I and if she feels I should be the one to break the happy tidings To him. Well, let's play it her. Yeah, but maybe coming from a stranger the news will be easier to take Anyway, my shoulders are pretty broad. Let's give it a try And so my dear niece got married a mr. Valentine. Yeah, that's that's right. Yeah, just got married Here she is the deed is done. Take it or leave it dear uncle Yeah, you've had nothing to say about it dear uncle And if you don't like it, you can keep your precious fortune. That's about the size Good Yeah, good for you young man for bringing me such good news Yeah, sure here shake shake Come on come on shake hands with a big bad tyrant of for corn island sure Yeah, lead has done the first brave thing any of the van patents have done in 20 years Yeah, and I'm just a big enough bully to appreciate it That's early. Yes. I have always taken anything. I want it from life. And I'll lead I did too, huh? Well, I hang around till this evening young fella, we'll all have a peppermint celebration. Hey, yeah, thank you. Thank you very much Can't you persuade him to stay mr. Rook mr. Valentine makes the decisions for this outfit, mr. Simmons Just there's no point in hanging around leader job proof. No job at all. I'm very happy for you Oh, and I'm happy too and so grateful so all's well it ends well. Oh, there's Mac. Yeah, I told him to get Sending to run What's the matter max Somebody's been mucking around with what do you mean? Look engines all busted up You can say that again, but why who'd want to do that? Those are interesting questions, but the answers would be more interesting Okay, we'll use another boat max. Oh This is the only one there is See no telephone in one boat That's how uncle's always kept Foghorn Island his own private empire how will this boat ever be fixed We're gonna have to put a message in a bottle and hope somebody in Australia will pick it up Oh, it's not quite that bad But it looks as though you'll have to stay at least until this evening mr. Valentine and then well Then uncle will turn on the big light on top of his beloved tower in the dark It can be seen on the mainland and then people will know that something's wrong here. It's some sort of a tradition charming Well, Bruxy, it looks as though we'll have to stay on Foghorn Island whether we want to or not George I wish it would get dark Place is getting me nervous. Yeah, I know I join The violent vent patterns and the only one who's not violent at all is the big bad ogre himself The only reason I can think of for the broken boat is to keep us here, but why? No, no, no, maybe somebody's desperate for a fourth and bridge Simmons, what's the matter? Captain Captain man, pardon me. What about him? What happened? I Went up to the lighthouse to thank him for being so swell about Lita and me He was morning morning and Then he died Don't follow me. He died. What do you mean died? Come on snap out of it? There was a knife in his back My Listen to me and listen carefully There's nothing we can do until it gets dark and somebody comes out here from the mainland Somebody we can send back for the police The young fellas night he must have had an argument with the captain and killed him He didn't Jim wouldn't hurt anybody of course. He wouldn't he's not a van pattern Only a van pattern would hurt people Sorry my dear you were must admit there's something to max his logic you stay out of it Lloyd Thinking is something you don't do very well. Thank you my dear wife. Of course it was my knife Don't you see somebody's trying to frame me or it could be you James pulling a fast one Hoping that we would think you were being free. Oh, you're wrong. So wrong. I'm not the police. It doesn't matter whether I'm right or wrong I was simply saying that everybody should stick pretty close to his own room. Let's say just for safety Safety yeah, there's one thing about moody. It tends to become a habit Go on back into the house. Bruxy is poor. No darling. I'll be alright. He gave me a coat I want to go to the lighthouse with you. Okay I guess in a setup like this almost anybody could have killed a captain. I just got too talking to them Nobody has an alibi except Rachel and Lloyd Rankin. They were playing double solitaire The police will think that either leader or husband would have the best motive for the murder. Yeah leaders the only beneficiary in the captain's will and of course Jim Simmons shares whatever leader gets Wish we could get off this island Leader's right. It just seems to breathe violence and hatred. What's your name here angel? Let me get over here and open the door. Yes, George This key Missed you by inches Atlanta. I saw it before in the cell of the captain's room That's where it came from Bruxy The question is Did they think you were leader? Or was it meant for us? 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He's found murder Even if your name weren't George Valentine you'd know that in this case one murder was only the beginning Because now a heavy lantern just crashes at your feet missing you by inches Open up here all the key would stick Now where are the stairs? You save myself a climb Well, we was up there went out that back door. I could have been anybody. Hey, hey, you out there stop wait I told you to stop You do Come on max get up and do some fast talking Give you three guesses come on Now how are you doing in that lighthouse just now? You heard me come on. I Were just going in there make sure that light was okay for when it got dark Someone shouting You know it was so I got scared and right you think fast don't you max? I don't know what you're talking about You you didn't see anybody else around the lighthouse that you were about to go in did you know not a soul. I see Anything else you want from me mister. No, no Let it go in and check on that light. Yeah, do that. I'll be seeing you max Yeah, oh Mrs. Rankin yes, I was waiting for you. I must see it's important sure Go through here and believe this room. She's not Okay, now what's on your mind no, let me shut the door first Now I better find me chair and sit down. Yeah, you better do that I've been drinking more than I should But you must believe me look who doesn't make me say this say what I Yeah Lloyd could have killed captain van pattern So it's nature to kill do you realize what you're saying. This is ranking. Yes I'm saying in my husband is no good. It's cruel and heartless But miss Rachel told me she was playing cards with mr. Rankin at the time the captain was killed. No, I Can't understand that But I want to be sure you understand something. Yeah, what's that? Well, I'd always wanted to marry leader that's the only reason he married me because he thought I had more money And he wouldn't have to wait for a captain van pattern to die nice boy. Well, it's a prize. He got What a beautiful surprise a wife with no money wife who had no love and so I Need a drink. I think we'd better go back and join the others. Yeah, no reason why I should burden you With my trouble. I just wanted to tell you about Lloyd but really there's no Rankin Mrs. Rankin dirty murder the dirty Gone of course he's gone nothing out here but rain and fog Oh But why why would anyone want to kill Doris she'd have to harm anyone like don't please won't do anybody any good Sorry, I don't know why I laugh. I don't see anything funny. There isn't anything funny I just can't help myself Oh, the light is on and it stopped raining so somebody on the mainland should see it I hope somebody comes out here soon. I didn't tell they do miss Brooks What do we do until they come out? Don't darling, but there's a murderer here one of us is a murderer How how many more is he going to kill stop that leader? Why? Every right to want to know Maybe the murderer didn't want to kill Doris at all Maybe it was a mistake. What are you talking about? Well, come on answer me Doris was sitting in my chair her back to the window Maybe the murderer thought he was shooting at me. That's right and that ladder and maybe it was meant for me, too Take that would be funny Okay, okay cut that out all of you. Hey max max come in here Yeah, close the door Okay, now we're all here and we're going to stay here and wait Oh, that's a good idea George, but you must have some idea who the murderer is mr. Valentine You must as a matter of fact leader Your husband would be a very prominent candidate for that honor me. Oh, no It was his knife that killed the captain his motives are the best and if Doris was killed by mistake The motors are even better Yeah, with you out of the way leader he'd have the entire van patent fortune He must have done it. He must have taken that knife out of the drawn killer captain But just where were you when Doris was shot Jim? Where were you? What's the matter with all of you? I told you I Was out looking at the boat see if I could fix it. Yeah Okay, Lloyd, that's enough. I think it's time for me to have a private talk with Jimmy boy Come on friend on your feet. Come on with me Understand any of this don't try just do what I tell you and believe in me I'm so wrong Don't argue with you. Please just start screaming as though you were being beaten to a pulp Okay, come on. Come on. No All right leader I Try to protect you Protect me. I Just couldn't Valentine made me tell the truth. What was the truth George? Let him tell it. I Saw you take the knife leader. I Saw you go into the lighthouse when that lantern fell down So you push it down you what? I I Saw you outside of your room and Doris was shot Tell such such lies about me to get the money oh Jim I'm sorry leader very sorry. I had to tell him Well, that's all everybody you can go wherever you want. It's all over Miss Brooks and I will stay with Mrs. Simmons until the police arrived George give me at least one here. No time angel. I've set the trap now. I must get up to Jim's room On murder here. Come on You're not afraid of the dark Come on in there, and you come now crazy open the door my wrist am I you know better Cozy like this your wrist doesn't hurt anywhere as much as Doris was hurt when you shot her it it hurts She told me just before she died You made a bad slip Lloyd you were too anxious to build a case against Jim And so you said he took the knife out of the drawer and killed the captain What how did you know what a knife was I took it out of Jim's release and put it into the drawer myself You knew only because that's where you got it from that's no proof No, that's why I had to set this trap having leader hell for the two murders with the last thing You wanted wasn't it wasn't Lloyd you're making up this fairy tale. Go on keep talking all right You never gave up the idea of trying to get leader and her money But she got married and you tried a desperate scheme step one kill the captain so leader gets the money nobody will believe you step two Kill Doris so you'll be free step three Make sure Jim gets caught for the two murders by planting a gun in his room so leader will be free. Yes, you get Wow Rachel come in come on in What are you two doing here? I got an alibi what you remember valentine? I got an alibi. Oh, yeah Your alibi go on Rachel tell him again You and I were playing double solitaire when the captain was killed were we you'll remember you told it to them before I Don't remember did I? Honey sometimes I remember things Other times. I don't remember it all Paying price now busted he used a half crazy woman who hated her brother to lie for you Now she can't even remember the lie, but she's gotta remember. I don't know why I Really isn't anything funny is there mr. Valentine. 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She never really believed you meant them Did you lead up? Well, I didn't and I did It was horrible. I still can't get over boy. The cock I'd plan even after I heard him admit everything Even wrecking the boat so you'd have to stay here Valentine and help the police put the blame on me I was a desperate plan. All right. There was so much money at stake. He must have fellow is worth taking a long shot Claire yes leader you're going to spend a honeymoon here on foghorn island. Oh good when you need a place for your honeymoon You will let me know won't you? I certainly will If you'll just take those fog horns away from here unless you like fog horns George All right Max. Don't be so patient after all a honeymoon is for two You by standard oil company of California on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the West Robert Bailey is starred as George with Virginia Greg at Bruxy Let George do it was written by David Victor and Jackson Gillis and directed by Kenneth Webb Bill Boucher was heard as the captain Jean Bates as Rachel Virginia Euler as leader Roland Morris is Jim and Tony Barrett is Lloyd The music was composed and presented by George Wright your announcer John Heaston Listen again next week same time same station to let George do it Let George do it is heard overseas through the worldwide facilities of the armed forces radio service This is the mutual broadcasting system