 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar Mrs. Graham Lee mr. Dollar. Oh good. I understand you were trying to reach me I just told your nephew Walter that if he didn't have you on this phone within three minutes I'd be out there at the ranch with a posse of police. Oh, I'm afraid there's some mistake mr. Dollar You hold Walter. I didn't wish to talk with you. You what I admire your persistence young man But are you saying this of your own free will you're not being forced? Who's there with you just my nephew Walter and his wife hilda sure I'm coming out there Mrs. Graham Lee You were sent out here from Hartford to investigate an insurance trust. I was arranging for my granddaughter Well, I've decided not to set up the trust so there's no further reason to involve yourself in my affairs Good night, mr. Dollar Hello Hello What have you got cooking with the Gramleys anyway, mr. Shut up Nikki, let me think Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar From special investigator Johnny dollar location Las Vegas, Nevada To the home office amicon northern trust company Hartford, Connecticut Assignment the matter of reasonable doubts expense account final page Item 12 75 cents. I had a pint of black coffee sent in for Nikki Vernon girlfriend of missing casino operator deuce McCoy She'd been overworking a bottle of scotch And I figured the coffee would help clear the fumes and it might have if she'd drunk it No take it away. I don't want any coffee. I couldn't figure that phone call for mrs. Graham Lee She knew her nephew and his wife had been stealing from her That's why she'd started to set up the trust to save the estate from them and turn it over to a young granddaughter Susan And she knew also I told her that Walter and his wife had probably contrived the auto accident that had killed Susan's parents And yet now she seemed to have reversed her whole attitude Maybe Jonas parks have been right Maybe there was a reasonable doubt as to a sanity Uh, maybe a lot of things But all of the answers were out there at that ranch She's to blame for it things were all right with deuce and meadle. She came messing around If it hadn't been hilda, it would have been somebody else a whole lot, you know about it Oh, why don't you drink some of that coffee? I don't want any coffee. Okay. Okay, suit yourself. Go ahead and enjoy your broken heart then Kill the rest of that bottle if that's what you want cry up a storm live it up wallow in it I'll get that dame. It's the last thing I ever do for what? You ought to thank her for getting that right off your neck What'd you have to turn him in for deuce never did anything to you? He never had the chance. Oh, what's he supposed to have done that's so horrible. That's why what he tried to do Oh, sure You happen to know young susan grimley Yeah, I've seen the kid why well your lover boy phoned her out at the ranch earlier this evening disguised his voice Said he was a friend of mine He tried to get her to meet him on the old boulder cutoff out the middle of the desert If you think deuce would try to date up a 16 year old kid. You're crazy. Nikki I think he was going to kill a 16 year old kid Her fault Hilda grimley She and her sneaky little henpecked husband got deuce mixed up in something I don't imagine he was very hard to mix that dame's been asking for it for a long time I know and you're about ready to give it to her Well, forget it sober up find the nearest exit and then run like the devil I want deuce go to the police and then the ones who are going to get him They're covering the airport now the depot all the highways Vegas is a tough town to get away from he hasn't got a chance Just as much your husband's fault. Why didn't he keep her at home? Why did he oh for the love of you? Keep on playing that same old record. You're gonna wear a groove right through your brain Maybe so now look, I got things to do. Are you gonna be all right here alone? Well, I'm just fine I never felt better in my life Then you've already got it halfway made so why don't you double up and get even try some of that coffee You're a real busy guy, mr. Dollar. You put the finger on a man with one hand And at the same time you tried to sober up his girl with the other sure And if I had a broom I'd sweep the office. Why don't you go be busy someplace else? That's exactly the idea All right kid you're on your own Good luck, nicky. Good luck What do you care what kind of luck I have? Oh, I don't know I picked up my car and drove out across the desert toward the flint rock ranch I couldn't quite imagine mrs. Graham Lee being intimidated The idea of Walter and Hilda standing over holding a gun at her head and making her say things against her will was pretty unbelievable Face with a threat like that. She'd probably say shoot and be blasted It just didn't make sense Apparently she really had reversed her field, but I had to hear it from her face to face Or is it Johnny dollar open up I said open up What's the idea mrs. Graham Lee told you to stay away from here, didn't she? I don't know. There was static in the phone. I want to hear her say it again What do you think you're doing coming in? All right, water, let's go talk to mrs. Graham Lee Look dollar, you haven't got that much weight to throw around Suppose we get it straight right now and save a lot of time I came out here to talk to mrs. Graham Lee and I'm gonna talk to her Now if you want to go at it Ben knuckle, let's get started Or if you're thinking of that gun routine again, go ahead and pull it. I'm packing one myself And if you're not going to make any kind of a move then you just stand right there with your face hanging out while I go on in and talk What's going on in here, Walter? Good evening mrs. Graham Lee. Dollar won't take no for an answer. He just forced his way in I'm glad to find you're looking so well I thought I'd made myself clear on the phone, mr. Dollar Really? Come on. Let's go on into the living room where we can all be more comfortable Come back here I must insist that you leave at once Who was at the door? What are you doing here? Well, if it isn't Hilda, the lovely lady who likes money, gifts and excitement Fine, fine. That's why I came out to stir up a little excitement I think you're taking a good deal upon yourself, mr. Dollar You know, I'm a little surprised at you, mrs. Graham Lee I thought you wanted me to follow the case through There is no case Oh, since when? You heard what she said. That's what you came for. All right. Now beat it Sit down, Walter. Mrs. Graham Lee, are you telling me you're going to drop this whole thing? Let this pair here edge you out and Susan along with you and take the whole estate? You can put any interpretation on it you like Just as long as you leave this house at once and please don't come back You have no right to interfere And what about your son and his wife? Have you forgotten that those two leeches there killed them? You're out of your mind Am I? What do you think, mrs. Graham Lee? Am I out of my mind? I'm... I'm afraid you are. My son and his wife were killed in an automobile accident A terrible tragedy, but unavoidable Sure it was. After Walter and Hilda here set it up Will you please leave now? Have they threatened you? Is that it? Are you scared to talk? Because if you are, speak up. I imagine I can handle them You're being quite ridiculous, mr. Dollar. Will you now go please? It beats me. It really does. If I hadn't... I'll answer it Hello? Who? If that's for me, you better let me take it. They know I'm here Take it. Nobody's stopping you It was Will Connors on the phone He'd been keeping in close touch with the police And he was calling to tell me what had happened Deuce McCoy had been arrested He'd been picked up at the airport trying to board a plane And was being taken to the city jail I hung up the phone and told the three of them what Will had said That touched off the fuse Arrested? Deuce has been arrested? At the airport? I don't get it But you will get it, Walter. Deuce will talk You'll spill the whole thing And I think we'll be able to make a case against you and Hilda Even without Mrs. Grahamley's testimony Susan, was she with him? Is she all right? Mrs. Grahamley, Susan has been in my hotel room With Will Connors for the last... So that was the hole they had over you They told me this man, Deuce, had phoned her And tricked her into meeting him Susan doesn't trick so easy She called, but... Get your hands up, dollar Oh, now it's a little late for a gun, Walter You won't find it any easier to run than Deuce did He's right, Walter. Let me think There must be some way... Let you think That's what I've been doing for the last 10 years And you thought us right into this Walter! The airport You know what he was doing? He was running out The kid didn't show He knew something had gone wrong And he was taking a powder And not even telling me There's no time now to... You have to hear holding the bag And now you say let me think Why didn't you think before? It was your idea cutting him in on this Well, she's got a lot of cute ideas Nicky She's a real little brain What the devil are you doing here? Slumming, Mr. Dollar The door was open, so I walked in You mind? Look, whoever you are Look, watch, sucker I've seen guns before Why didn't she use it on them? When they were playing you for their number one patsy What are you talking about? Deuce McCoy And that little sneak you're married to there You mean you still don't know... Slime, Walter Don't you wish I was They had you right in the middle, sucker Deuce was taking it away from me on the tables And little Hilda was getting it back from him After hours I bet they got a lot of laughs out of it But I hand over that gun, Walter It's true, isn't it, Hilda? Of course not Take a gun to them, huh? Or maybe it's not too late Walter What are you going to do? Give me the gun, Walter Sure Why not? I don't need it now He killed her His own wife He stood right there and shot her down in cold blood What do you call the police, Mrs. Graham? Yeah, tell them to hurry right out They can take me in on a real charge now I didn't mean for her to get killed You know something, Dollar? No Suppose you tell me That's the first big move I've made in the last 10 years That Hilda didn't plan Expense account item 14, $305.20 Hotel and incidentals in Las Vegas And transportation back to Hartford Expense account total, $596.45 End of account Remarks Well I can't figure out why she had to go messing around that way When she already had a man of her own Her husband Of course he didn't amount to much But not many men do What do you expect to find in this world? Pearls in all her oysters? A turkey in her soup? Well, that was Nicky And that's the report Man, that's life Come to think of it though What isn't? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar Now here's our star To tell you about next week's intriguing story Next week, indestructible Mike The most amazing character I ever met A man with nine lives at least Join us, won't you? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar Monday night, same time and station For another exciting story of yours truly, Johnny Dollar Roy Rowan speaking