 My name's Regan. I work for Anthony J. Lyon Detective Bureau. They call me the lion's eye Jeff Regan investigators starring Frank Graham as Regan with Frank Nelson as Anthony J. Lyon to stand by for mystery and suspense and adventure in tonight's story the Hollywood story or H is for the many things you gave me It was a great day for the lion money all over the place motion picture money Hollywood money And all we had to do for it was stop one guy from seeing another guy a very simple job Except when a guy got in the way of the wrong bullet The Hollywood story got underway along about noon in the lion's office He was sitting behind his desk engulfed in a cloud of 50 cents a guy smoke But through the smoke the gleam in his eyes cut like a sunset strip search light announcing the opening of a popcorn stand Coming coming. It's a wonderful day. It looks like Rich uncle died. That's all you know, no Jeffrey, but something wonderful did happen. We got a client. Yes What else a rich client? Yeah, he go on Jeffrey look fatso. I'm no mind reader What's the story Jeffrey the big moment has come at last we've been hired by progressive pictures Incorporated a movie money, huh? That's all more than that Jeffrey this case has all the earmarks of a big thing I happen to know that the famous movie star Larry winters is involved You see Jeffrey. We're getting on the inside of things. Thank you head of hopper Yeah, I also happen to know this case involves a two million dollar picture and a real future for the lion detective agency Think of it my boy us being on the list of the big producers, but which list it now You run right out to progressive pictures Jeffrey look up mr. H. P. Lovejoy the big producer He'll give you the complete details and Jeffrey above all else be on your best behavior The future of the agency depends on you really a big thing how fatso big it's colossal gigantic stupendous. Yep. That's movie business. All right There was a girl behind the wire cage who summoned the big studio guard with a bigger gun The guard dressed in enough gold braid to worry an admiral Took me down the studio lot to a door with an electric guy and the eye checked me over and O-caid me for another guard behind another cage a couple of cages later. I got to a secretary and Five secretaries after that a door open without benefit of an electric guy And I stood staring into the worried be stick to go face of HP. Lovejoy himself You're Regan come in come in been waiting for you sit here. Have a cigar. No, thanks I'm going to get to the point mr. Regan. It's about my boy Larry Witte your son. No, no, no Of course not Larry Witte is the big star. I called him my boy. I discovered him four years ago He and Kitty train are the two biggest stars. We've got that I Don't want to see anyone miss clutch no calls no interruptions, but send Sid Rainerian Well, that takes care of that now where was I? Well, you were about to tell me about Larry Oh, yes Sent for me HP. Yes. This is Regan Regan. This is my assistant Sid Rainier. Hello Regan about the Winters matter, huh? HP I checked the files on it again. Definitely dangerous. Yeah, sit down Sid. Let me see now Where was I Regan about your actor Larry Winters? Yes, I Said I didn't want to talk to anyone this clutch that includes you Now let me see you were about to tell Regan about Larry HP. Oh, yes, so I was so I was You follow me so far Regan. Oh sure good good I like a man who can follow a conversation now about the people just one little thing love joy. Yes What about Larry Winters? What why I told oh, oh, that's right. I didn't tell you that part of it Yeah, that part of it. Well, well Regan Winters is a model star except when your pal stubby a dare comes to town Yeah, stubby and Larry were in the army together check and when stubby shows up in Hollywood He looks up his pal Larry and that's where the trouble starts You know how it is with old army pals Regan one drink leads to another Chidney you know Larry Winters never touches the stuff. Yes. Yes. That's what I said Larry never touches the stuff But he can't stay away from stubby's screwy deals Last time it was a lost goldmine by the time stubby got through convincing Larry what fun they'd have Nothing Larry was gone for a week stop production on the picture. He was shooting across the studio of fortune And stubby is in town again this guy's real bright HP There'll be a dare is in town again But Larry Winters is in Long Beach on location shooting a big South Sea Island picture two million dollar budget We've got to finish that picture on schedule a lot of money invested Regan you understand sure I understand now Here's the assignment Regan heat stubby a dare away from Larry for one week just one week And there's a thousand dollars in it for you you collect after the pictures finished Well that sounds fair enough, but wait a minute women It won't be easy Larry's got a new contract coming up if he founds out we kept stubby undercover He won't sign it's got to be cautious Regan very cautious You've got the handle stubby with kids love sure. I'm a good time to him Don't let him know what's happening to him. That's it. Okay, you bought a detective Where do I find stubby a dare hotel rich Hollywood hotel rich? We got him a sweet dare he arrived this morning We told him he'd see Larry tonight, and I fill it in from there. You fill it just one more little thing We can we all sold told him a major executive from a studio would show him the town. That's me The man's a genius for one week Regan You're the executive producer with progressive pictures stubby is concerned. Okay. I'm a producer say Regan has anybody got you under Well, that's the way it started just me and a character named stubby a dare I Got to the Hollywood Ritz about 130 and knocked on the door to room 709 My week's work peaked out. Mr. A dare Yeah, names Regan progressive pictures You gotta be careful you never know who's trying to cop the loot the loot well It's not so much yet, but give me one week, and I'll show you action real action Oh, you've got a big deal big colossal like you picture fellow say gold mine say who told you oh That's right. Larry must have told you oh that gold mine was a bum steer This is the real thing real thing. I'm gonna let you win on it Regan since you know Larry after all you're his boss Yeah, that's right Regan. I have got on me at this very minute a piece of paper It's worth over a million bucks. No Yeah, I got a 30-day option on a little piece of property up near Baker's field that Well that good good Stupendous like you fellow say Regan this hunk of land is on top of one of the hottest blackest Bubbling this pools of oil in the whole world. That's pretty big. I'd like to look it in on it Regan, but I can't I just just saved it all for Larry that's right for my pal Larry Him and me was in the army together Regan with pals and you're gonna let him sink a few hundred thousand and drilling and well Well with you for all time say no No, it don't take that much. Maybe 60 70,000 is dropping the bucket compared to what's coming out of that. Well, that's pretty friendly of you there Just just call me stubby I Tell you what Regan? I like you. I like you fine and you're a friend of Larry So you're gonna let me invest in an oil well well, at least I can do for a friend of Larry's how much you're gonna let me invest I'll be oh, I thought maybe you could come in for say Maybe 20,000 I'm saving the big size for Larry, but you can have some that's very Considered nothing really you see my option on that oil and is up in a week one week from today So I either got to get the dough to extend it and start drilling or all is lost exactly. It's tragic Unless of course, I see Larry he'll back me you can bet on that him and me was in the army together Yeah, yeah, sure. Well, um, how about lunch sir stubby good idea. In fact, I got a still better one I'm listening seeing as how you're a big shot at the studio Regan I figure I'd let you tour me around do what show me the works out of progressive pictures You make like a guide Regan and me I'll be a hit Sure, it was screwy a little man with an oil well and a star who likes to take gambos Stubby there and I took the elevator down to the lobby and started outside to my car Only that's what I've got screwy here a Tall narrow guy drifted away from one of the pillars in the hotel lobby and ambled out the door behind us Stubby night turned left So did the tall guy I Passed my car and led stubby into a drugstore. Hey, what we're going here for cigarette stubby take it easy The tall narrow man was wearing a brown suit and a brown felt hat He was with us in the drugstore Outside he was still with us and brown suit looked in a shop window and watched us as we got in the car He couldn't figure it but one way Somebody put a tail job on stubby a dare And then he was gone Brown suit brown hat melted into the crowd stubby climbed into my car expectantly and we headed out to progressive pictures An hour later we finished up lunch in the studio commissary and stubby was ready for the 40 cent tour But I had a question first Now we take the tour huh in a minute Question first Sure Regan you want to know about that oil well, huh? I knew you'd get bit by the bug I want to know about a tall guy in a brown suit and a brown hat stubby the guy who tailed us when we left your hotel Hey, are you kidding us something don't play dumb with me stubby. You've got eyes Regan honest I don't run in the drugstore. I saw you're watching him. Oh You gotta know huh? Yeah, I gotta know Okay, Regan seen as how you're practically a partner of mine. I saw the guy in the brown suit He's been telling me since this morning when I got in town That's why you were cautious back at the hotel when you opened your door. Yeah, that's why Who is he? I don't know you've got ideas Regan. Don't pin me this way. You're gonna make me say something you won't like you better say it stubby We've got time Well, you'll ask for it Know who I think your brown suit is Regan who a private dick hired by your picture company Maybe be by you have to keep me from seeing Larry with it what like you said Regan I ain't dumb that guy's a shamus if I ever saw one Larry somewhere on location shooting a picture I can figure that much and the company's trying to keep me off him until after the picture you got that all figured out Sure, I have Regan I'm sorry you made me show it that way No hard feelings, huh? No, no hard Wait a minute. What is it Regan? Stay right here stubby. I'll be back. Hey Regan Paying his check walking out the main door of the commissary was brown suit the tail guy I left stubby a dare looking puzzled and walked after brown suit It was supposed to be conversation, but brown suit didn't like the idea. He glanced back saw me and walked faster That's when I walked faster. That's when brown suits started to run And that's when I followed anybody too scared for conversation had more answers than I thought Brown suits led through an alleyway, and I was behind him medieval village cobblestone streets and knights and armor And then brown suit swung across the set and onto another one. It was old West dirt streets cowboys spitting the back Oh, it was a chase through the land to make believe until suddenly brown suit headed for another alleyway And this one was no set big executive office building on the left dressing rooms on the right at the end of the road Dead end. That's when brown suit suddenly turned looked at me like he was seeing through me I grabbed at the shoulder holster. I dropped down grab for mine and we both level guns at the same time Brown suit folded in the heap and the gun in his hand fell to the ground. I Moved down to the end of the dead end street beside him Brown suits gun was cool. I'm fired my gun cool unfired Brown suit was dead, but neither he nor I had fired a shot In 10 minutes there were more studio soldiers surrounding me than Grant took with him to Richmond I got a quick trip to the office of HP Lovejoy and two of the local gendarmes sat behind my chair while we waited for HP himself to show up That gave me plenty of time to think Lovejoy had hired the lion and me to keep stubby a dare away from the big movie star Larry winners stubby an old buddy of Larry's is the kind of a guy with lost gold mines and oil wells And Larry was the kind of a guy who invested in them Only when I took stubby out to the studio for a tour A character in a brown suit tailed us and then got bullets in his chest for the trouble That's when the studio cops arrived with me standing over the body That's when I went to Lovejoy's office Okay, Regan. Give me the story the full production. No, no wait a minute This clutch get Johnson tell him to contact the papers. I don't want anything out on this until I give the word and get me Sid All right, Regan. I'm with you so far now tell me the rest of it I picked up stubby a dare at his hotel. We were tailed to the studio by a tall guy in a brown suit and About the business down back to the office as I got some answers. Okay, sir Regan catch this go on Sid Vaughan the guy killed was a private detective named Smith or Jones or something his name was Clayton. Yeah, he'd been hired to tell stubby a dare and he was armed Maybe he was going to kill stubby. He was hired to tell me and he wasn't gonna kill anybody. Yes, that's what What's that you're saying Regan? I checked his papers as operators license and his gun Somebody hired him to tail Jeff Regan not stubby a dare Regan. You realize what you're saying I realize somebody's in a big big double-cross and somebody else around here knows about it. Yeah So that's the way it goes. Oh like I said HP this guy's a genius finish your story, Sid Have you got anything else? One more thing stubby a dare is missing. What did you say the cops have been looking all over for him? Gone, what's the meaning of this Regan? I hired you to stay with a dare and I admit it I don't like a sloppy job. Well then get somebody else HP Regan You had me to stop stubby a dare from seeing Larry went at your star All right when another guy shows up tailing this my job is to get a check on him And so you let stubby a dare slip right out of your hands. I don't like that Regan I don't like that at all. Oh HP Regan's doing the best he can and I'm going to tell you something Regan I cleared you from suspicion after my cops found you standing over a dead man I had you brought here and I said I'd give them a story Well, maybe I won't maybe I'll let them have you Regan for keeps you couldn't make it stick love joy not even you But I try Regan. I'm giving you until midnight tonight to find stubby a dare You know I let the LA police department have you for as long as they like you understand that don't you? Yeah, I understand that Thanks, love joint. Thanks for all your help Regan. You need it You need it It was 430 and I had until midnight and I needed facts and a lot of them fast There were two leads to take and I made a nickel-down payment on the first one I got work for you very well would be a You don't have to get that enthusiastic fat so I Know who if I could only get my hands on you Lion take it easy Yeah, that's all Those things happen lion, you know how it is a personality Yeah, but that's all I've only been on the case a couple of hours. Give me some time Hi Okay, okay Pat so save the hot air That took care of any help from lion So I moved on to lead number two Clayton the private dick who'd been tailing stubby a dare and me was shot from one of two places From a window in the office building on the left of the dead end street Well from a dressing room door on the right When he turned toward me and reached for his gun. He was looking past me looking at somebody behind me who killed him Five doors with numbers on him four of them were nothing the fifth was and I tried It would You know you kept me waiting kitty train progressive pictures gift to American males She drifted off and behind the screen and looked me up and down That made us even He was tall and blue net And then in some places and not been another And arise sparkles like hot comets with no place to go Well come in darling. I'll tell you everything Everything well, that's what you want to know isn't it an idea When kitty train gets through with your darling, you'll know everything But yeah, I was born on a small farm in Iowa. My mother and father were very poor I milk cows helped plant corn joined the 4-H club at a very tender age. My mother encouraged me in my career She sent my fixie to a Hollywood Beauty contest soon the studio exactly wait wait a minute. Am I going too fast darling? Look lady, I didn't come here to get the story Well darling if you insist I wasn't born in Iowa at all I was born right here in Pomona my father ran a bar the shot my mother ran up with a bald-headed tuber player I worked as a waitress until somebody gave me the name of a good agent and I found her at a Hollywood Look all I want is a few answers No, very well darling. I might have known that you'd never be satisfied with a routine interview I'll give you an exclusive My last marriage ended because John didn't watch the way I did my hair. It broke me up darling It really broke me up. That's when I began to see dr. Heidegger dr. Heidegger the evidence of cartridge Tell me darling. Why is it that all psychiatrists ran on him? Thanks. Thanks a lot. Oh, must you leave so soon darling. There's really more much more. Yeah. Yeah, I must leave By the way, my name is Jeff Regan not darling. What? Then you aren't all the channel the reporter for the New York world news. Nope my error. So long lady. Oh, mr. Regan wait After all an interview is an interview not today darling I Took care of lead number two And that's when I decided on a couple of phone calls The first to miss clutch H.B. Lovejoy secretary who told me after five minutes of wrangling The Larry Wonders was staying at the surf town hotel in Long Beach until the picture. He was working in was finished room 615 The second call was to build Greg who writes a column for the LA Daily News He calls it speaking of oil and we did oil near Bakersfield He told me plenty and then he gave me the name of a geologist in Bakersfield and I placed a quick call to his office This is Jeff Regan friend of mine suggested I call you for some information about the oil fields up there Oh, well, mr. Peters the geologist isn't in but I'm his assistant perhaps I can help you Rembrandt's the name Rudolph Rembrandt. Yeah, no relation to the famous Rembrandt People always ask me that and I always tell him no no relation to the famous Rembrandt Yeah, sure. Look, I'd like to check on some property in that vicinity Of course, I'd like to be the related to the famous Rembrandt. Just imagine. He might have willed me one of his paintings Yeah, things never work out that way do they I had a friend once named Rockefeller, but you think he was related He most certainly was not look mr. Rembrandt all I want to know is about prospects on some oil property in your area That's what you want to know. Well, I'm sorry. I can't help you on that. You see I'm only mr. Peters assistant He's a geologist. Now if you'll call him later. I'm never mine. I Headed for Long Beach Long Beach sailors and fog and two-bit rides Carnival wheels and con men and electronic bingo and popcorn always everywhere popcorn a Kind of a salt sprayed joy ride with built-in safety features The surf town hotel 11 floors of steel and glass was at the end of Ocean Avenue two marble dolphins guarding the door. I Went in and that was it Slinking near the elevators little guy stooped shoulders my target for the night stubby it air Okay stubby hey, oh Hi, you're Regan. It's a nice night, huh? Love that ocean smell never mind the ocean smeller there where you been You're asking me after you ditched me the commissary fine pad you turn out to be you know what Regan? I may not let you invest in my oil well listen stubby quit playing games. The guy was killed this afternoon You know that kill you're kidding reading. I heard about you Hollywood guys great kid is nobody's kidding anybody stubby Brown suit the guy following us was shot to death. Yeah, what movie was that? Oh, I remember night must end Larry played the detective He was great. Come on give stubby You're heading for Larry with his room right now. Yeah. Yeah, that's right Regan 1109. I'm heading there 11 or never mind Regan You guys have been trying to keep me from seeing Larry. I know that now no more tricks listen stubby Larry What his room number isn't well for your info Regan? I called HP Lovejoy's office myself and got the number so don't hand me any joy gave you Larry's room number He left a message one of the secretaries told me Larry'd be there at 7 tonight and that's now Regan and you ain't stopping me Listen to me something's wrong real wrong Larry's and I told you no more tricks Regan now get out of my way Somebody's pulling tricks all right, and you're it you're really it if you go up to the 11th floor. Yeah, what part did you steal that from Regan? You aren't stopping me this time The elevator door slammed shut before I could turn around when I did it was a little light above the door clicking off floor numbers By the time it hit eight another car was in front of me. I grabbed it It took maybe a minute to make the 11th floor But it seemed like an hour Down at the end of the hall a door was closing quietly the number on it said 1109 I drew my gun and ran for it I didn't have time to be polite Stubby are there on the floor near the open window gasping for breath next to him Sid Renear HP Lovejoy's assistant my bullet in his arm He was gonna toss you out of that open-window stubby 11 floors down his concrete. That's alive Yeah, okay stubby Sid found out about that oil option you've gotten Bakersfield you say there's oil under that land I checked that a wildcatter on the property next to yours brought in a gusher last week Who knows maybe you're in he wanted to keep luring from belly meant to shut up my arm You left a message with one of Lovejoy's secretaries Renear deliberately sent stubby to the wrong room You shot Brown suit the private op you'd hired you know that didn't make sense Until I realized it was me you were after only I dropped down he didn't Sure, Sid sure I'll get you to a doc a But you don't count on him, but you're gonna get he can't cure Stubby are there kept his option and Sid Renear went to jail Thus the lion was all smiles when I turned up at his office the next morning My boy coming coming. Oh, that means we're friends again, huh? That's a friend. Oh, of course we're friends Jeffrey You whatever made you think we were oh nothing much Just that you're about to fire me last night. Oh that way. Let's all change now Jeffrey Everything came out just like I said it was what came out. Well, why the new movie business? Remember, I told you if you'd stay on your best behavior Jeffrey We'd be in line for more movie business. Well, now we've got it and you'll never guess who our new client is Okay, I'll never guess who Larry Winters Jeffrey the big star Winters hired us. Yes, Jeffrey He wants protection it not for himself for a friend. Oh Friend didn't get the friend's name doesn't matter You see Larry Winters and the friend were in the army together Go on that's Larry and this friend are flying up the Bakersfield this afternoon to look at some valuable property They want you to go along Jeffrey isn't that wonderful lion if Larry Winters goes up to Bakersfield this afternoon That means the picture he's working on will be delayed. Who cares this is business Jeffrey. Just thought you might be interested Progressive pictures won't like it Jeffrey if Larry Winters wants to go to Bakersfield Just thought you'd want to know because we don't get paid lion until Winters finishes that picture Jeffrey for the last time I don't care what happens to progressive pictures. What did you say? That's it? Fatso if he takes that plane no picture no picture no money What kind of a stunt does Winters think he's pulling walking out on a picture that way? What kind of a primadonna does he think he is Jeffrey? Don't just sit there get out there and stop that place Jeff Regan Investigator is written by William Frugan William Pfeil produced and directed by Sterling Tracy and stars Frank Graham as Regan with Frank Nelson as Anthony J. Lyon Original music is by Dick Iran Jeff Regan investigator is heard each week at the same time over CBS This is Bob Stephenson speaking Inviting you to be with us again for more suspense and mystery and adventure with Jeff Regan investigator