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That's what I said Ken pirates You don't mean those jokers with trick hats patches over one eye and knives in their mouths That's from Technicolor. This is 9048 Zell Schmidt the modern pirate is a little different uses two-way radio machine guns and diesel engines And he looks like any other ships passenger you you mean these pirates are for real Mr. Thurston you told me we were going on a little cruise. We are Pagon The cruise down the China coast now this gang of pirates have taken more than two million dollars in gold from China coast steamers in the last Six months the Chinese maritime bureau expects to hear from them again soon And they're asked for you Ken, but they didn't ask for Zell Schmidt So I'll get my money back on my yachting suit. No pirate is going to make me walk the plunk. I resigned, please That's too bad Pagon My Mandarin dialect will do up north but father south in Hong Kong. I could use your knowledge of Kennedys Hong Kong well, why didn't you say we were going to Hong Kong? I would draw my resignation Huh the black marketeers heaven. Who's afraid of pirates? Excuse me now, please Okay, chief. Now look Ken I know Pagon's a hard man to keep a secret from but no one not even the captain of the ship the Manchuk Queen Which are boarding in Sing Tao will know there's a thousand pounds of gold aboard it With the present price of gold that's over a million dollars Yes, and it belongs to the China food mission for the purchase of grain with China's ruinous inflation Gold or foreign currency is all that can be used in business. What do you say, Ken? Well, if I don't go and the gold isn't delivered. It means a couple of million people won't live out the winter That's what it would mean Ken Starvation, there's a strange thing about gold chief Never noticed that where gold is dear Life is cheap. Hmm. Well, I'll tell Miss Brooks to make your reservations for Ting Tao Ships were to the sale What a place this thing town I make my first good profit in a year a nice little deal and what happens? Don't tell me Pagon's elchement didn't get his money. Oh, no, I got paid in Chinese money $12 million to one American buck. I need four boats to take my profit with me. Yeah, how are you doing? Mr. Thurston the leader of this piracy outfit the one we're looking for Would very likely book passage through the Hong Kong first class There are only three such bookings to Hong Kong and one of them is really first class. Oh, what a cookie miss They bow you saw her like a right peach. They bow. That means precious one never mind precious one What about the other two first-class passengers? Well, there's an American James Bliss and another Chinese a man David Mao Hey, look at those people coming aboard in steerage that bunch wearing brown nightgowns and those baskets covering their heads We are a religious order Taoist priests, I think That's right. We're those baskets over their heads to shut out the evil of the world. I'm captain derpy you're a thirsting Yes, I am glad to know you my owners asked me to look out for you those holy men Poor devils you have starved. They've been on a pilgrimage praying for the end of China's inflation Anything I can do for you, mr. Thurston. Well, just get us to Hong Kong safely You've been reading the newspapers stop worrying We've no gold aboard and even if we did have these beggars no better than to try anything on captain derpy ship They reassuring captain derpy. Tell me though How can a modern ship be pirated in this 20th century the pirates come aboard as passengers the leader in first class is Gangs spread out in second third and steerage with 20th century weapons They overcome the crew sees the gold and make often diesel powered junks Not much chance of beating an organization like that Oh, I found a 20th century weapon that takes care of them machine guns. No the high pressure fire hose fire hose That's right fire hose a hundred pound three in stream of water crushing their bodies and washing them over the side is Deadlier than bullets and best of all ten fathoms of shark infested water provides swift justice Justice Are you casting off I'll see your dinner? Mr.. Zell Schmidt will be with you all the way to Hong Kong You are interested in business in Hong Kong mr. Zell Schmidt. Oh sure miss precious Maybe you know someone who wants to buy some imported Chinese money. Miss. Babe. Oh, we're just touring out of San Francisco on American passports Last Wednesday do back in New York in November. That is almost a thumbnail dossier. Why not? Since we're all strangers heading for one destination to save a lot of time up all of us told who we are where we're going and why straight out My story is hardly worth telling. I am an entertainer a singer. I cannot live on my salary the horrible inflation I must find work in Hong Kong or I cannot live and you mr. Mao I am a businessman a rug exporter in Sintowl To watch the misery of my people starving under the inflation is Much more than I can stand I Sold out my business and I am retiring to Hong Kong Running away, I suppose. What's your story mr. Bliss is this part of the fare? I thought I paid for my passage in gold come come mr. Bliss that kind of attitude only focuses greater curiosity on you I'm sure we're all wondering how you got your arm in that cast if nothing else Okay, you want my biography Bliss sucker Ex-flying tiger pilot age 28 now on the beach broke with a busted wing My business is war and I'm on my way to Hong Kong to sell my services to who mr. Bliss the side that bids are most in the hardest money Well now that everyone knows one another how about a drink just a second captain Murphy. Let's hear about you me Well, I'm just the ship's captain. Yeah, but I've heard this is your last voyage. It's your retiring It's true China's inflation has me on the run to like miss pay bow I can't live on my salary moving to Hong Kong to look for a job of shore And I always thought you could get rich with inflation. Oh, you can't pay gone depends which side you're on Oh, by the way, not that I expect any trouble But if you have any valuables it'd be wise to put them in my vault boy bar boy the drinks are on me folks That bliss fellow or that precious one even the cap all broke running from inflation All but David Mao right now. I'd say he was almost like the candidate for the piracy leader, but he is rich Why should he want to get mixed up with piracy? That's because he's the only one who's gotten rich out of inflation Selling rugs for American dollars and paying off the rug makers in paper a good safe business and strictly legal Why should he run off to be a pirate? I It doesn't make sense a man running away from hard money and gold Could only be running to harder money and more gold come on Let's have a talk with mr. Mao He was in his cabin a little while ago. I saw him come inside close the door. Oh look at this Picture of miss a bow to my precious one David from precious one A dream poos like that should even be able to handle my name flash interesting Mr. Mao and the precious one pretending to be strangers The door behind that closet curtain quick good evening, mr. Bliss Thirsten what are you doing in Mao's cabin? It's sneaky. I had a proposition to make tomorrow And you figured a little inside information wouldn't hurt Information never hurt any proposition. You wouldn't mean piracy of a gold cargo by any chance Guess you and I are working on the same side of the street Thurston. I figured Mao for being headman, too But it's your property now Thurston you got here first If you can use a pilot with a broken wing call bliss just a minute bless You know that every ounce of gold taken off this ship means the lives of hundreds of Chinese people play off the Boy Scout routine Thurston the cheapest thing in China's people. I learned that risk in my own neck for 250 a month 250 and the reason verse You fought for the right side remember Okay sucker Not of his cabin for almost an hour. Let's get some sleep mr. Thurston anyone can see nothing's going to happen tonight Loosen steerage someone gave the signal from the top deck Stay here Pagon and go to the bridge Better start captain these so-called holy men and steerage slide devils. They had guns stashed away in a light boat I heard the shooting I ran attempted piracy, mr. Baebao nothing worry about I think we can handle it Captain derpy Under control Nice work captain We are danger now everything under control now miss Baebao I thought there was no gold aboard captain That is what you told us my owners told me nothing about gold shipment Who gave the signal to start the uprising captain derpy come over to the radio shack and say I Demand an explanation David what happened? I came up to deposit my valuables as the captain suggested He sees me and throw me in here. I caught him destroying the radio. You lie We take a valuable story found nothing in a state. You lie one time. I had it once radio rule is recto, right? It couldn't have been mr. Mao. I will vouch for him You'll all have a chance to do some vouching in the admiral deco at Hong Kong you're flying there under my custody Mr. Mao is going to the brig tonight flying. That's right Mate take this man to the break Coming on the deck below the pirates from Sturridge port devils You're taking those pilgrims in custody to Hong Kong to captain mr. Swanson pressure on the fire hose Captain you can't watch those men overboard. I'm captain the ship person. I know how to deal with these scums And just a moment we continue with a man called x created by j. 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No, he couldn't It's a guard Called as a herring Well, Miss Bae Bao Slugging the guard and escaping Kind of ties him with your catching him in the radio room last night, doesn't it, Captain? Where could he have gone? Whoever helped him would know Are you insinuating? Captain, do you mind if I meet you at the airport later? I have a car waiting for all of us Mr. Zelschmidt and I'll go up and cab Suit yourself I'll name you Don't hold up the flight See you all later Where could that Mao fellow be? We've only been in port two hours David Mao was dead, Pager The Shanghai police picked up his body an hour ago Thurston, but as dispatcher of this field I have to tell you that the old two-engine bomber's capacity Is 2,000 pounds and won't take even 100 pounds of overloading I thought I made it clear that Mr. Mao's body Must be on the plane But Mr. Thurston, that body with the box Ways 150 pounds And the shipment of gold weighs 1,000 pounds That's 1,150 That's 850 pounds to go Look, Mr. Thurston You, your partner, Bliss, Captain Durfee, Miss Baebao And the pilot are a good 900 pounds So that puts you 50 pounds over the 2000 Thurston, if you've got to risk overloading Leave the dead man here and take a live guard with you Mao's body goes with us I'll get rid of 50 pounds by stripping the passengers of luggage Don't you understand it's your life you're risking, Thurston That plane is 10 years old And the floor under you is the door of the old bomb hatch Put the gold and Mao's body aboard Before you take the plane out of the hangar Okay The box with the body and the gold Will be locked up in the cargo compartment half Better get your passengers lined up I'd rather walk If it crashes, Pager, you'll go to a glory You can tell your grandchildren you were buried With a million dollars in gold Now, go get the container of food and bring it aboard Who wants to eat and death pray? Did you know we were searched for firearms, Mr. Thurston? Yes, Miss Baebao And I'm sorry, we're overloaded You'll have to leave that overnight bag here All right, if I must Has there been word of David Mao? Not yet, Miss Baebao What do you mean? Telling them I can't take my logbook aboard the plane Sorry, Captain We're overloaded It's bad enough for my owners didn't tell me There was a gold shipment aboard But the least you could've done, Thurston, was to tell me You were in charge of it We'll discuss it after the Admiralty Court hearing, Captain Spat your back, Dad Tuck my pestle Ways too much, please, get in Miss Obama was a flying coffin in 1940 Here's the food container Thanks, Pager I'll take that bag of silver coins Fasten to your right leg Oh, Mr. Thurston A few pounds All my profit Why, that fellow blisters Cast weighs more than my silver Five or six pounds, I bet More, Pager The cast on this arm must weigh 12 pounds altogether 12 pounds He's got a pistol in that cast A pistol? Then why don't you Get inside, quick Ready for takeoff? Away from Mr. Thurston Maybe he was running to something, Miss Baebao I'm getting hungry Have a sandwich, Thurston Old container for them back at No, thanks Pager, you look hungry Go back with the Captain Who, me? Oh, sure I'll take that I didn't like that takeoff Thurston, this old crate's overloaded That was a close shave Over those trees That guy, Mao, did us all a favor By running out Now, the 150 pounds We never cleared those trees Have a sandwich, Mr. Thurston No, thanks, Pager I'm not hungry You'd better get hungry, Mr. X And lay your gun on that tray The food container He had a gun in it And I, I brought it up There you are, Captain My gun Say, what is this? Take Thurston's gun for me Take Thurston's gun for me Take Thurston's gun Take Thurston's gun Take Thurston's gun Take Thurston's gun from the tray, Bebao Yes, Captain Durfee And you, Mr. Bliss Get down on the floor quickly You know what to do, Bebao You'll stand guard over these men I'll take care of the pilot And handle the plane I assume, Captain Durfee That with Miss Bebao's help And a million dollars worth of gold In the cargo compartment We'll not be going to Hong Kong We're going to Bing Tsing Cargo stop just 10 minutes from here But I wouldn't worry about it If I were you Now, Mr. Thurston What's your signal to the pilot? Three knocks Bliss, pull the pilot away From the door And no funny stuff Now, down on the floor All of you Please, Miss Bebao Your gun pointed at someone else, huh? You have any trouble, Bebao Just call me I am sure there won't be enough time For Mr. X to make much trouble, Captain Bing Tsing That's an abandoned American airfield Durfee's going to pick up the gold From the last three piraces You are clever, Mr. X None of that loot Has ever appeared on the world Gold market This is his last chance To get it out of China The piracy attempt last night Was a fake Purposely miscarried for Durfee To get rid of some of his partners Durfee's only problem now is weight He needs space for another 1,000 pounds of gold Not a hard problem to solve, Mr. X Not that the Bomb Bay Doors where lying on still work They work How much do you weigh? Oh, not me I'm anemic Lighters a feather As soon as we open the bomb hatch doors And drop you, Mr. Zelschmidt Bliss in the pilot And get rid of that box of cargo In the rear compartment We'll have room for another 1,000 pounds of gold Your arithmetic is poor The four of us And the box of cargo back after We're only 850 pounds Durfee needs another 150 pounds To get that gold out of Pingxing What are you driving at? How much do you weigh, babe? Oh, precious one Durfee and I are partners Up here you're just 130 pounds of human life Precious one The cheapest commodity in China Your weight in gold Means $145,000 Do you think you're worth that to Durfee? I have reasons to trust Captain Durfee I know That is why you let him use David Mao To cover up the slaughter of 22 other partners In steerage last night with the firehose Stop poking it up Durfee told you He put Mao in the brig Let him escape To join you later And he did let David escape I am joining him I'm afraid you are a precious one But not in this world David Mao's dead Durfee killed him You lie You cannot provoke me with your lies Look in the cargo compartment In the big box You see Mao's body Liar You take me for a fool David Mao was the fool He loved you He knew nothing of you And Durfee or the gold You are trying to provoke me To open the cargo compartment So that you may get off These Bombay doors I'm telling you the truth Go and see for yourself You can lock the cargo doors behind you We're still stuck here I will look Do not move She locked it Break open his cast On my arm, Thurston A pistol Not yet, Bliss When she comes out, I'll nail her Durfee will hear the shot And dump us Wait Quick Back to the cargo compartment Drag the pilot Give me a hand Got him We're safe in here Quiet, Pager Durfee's opening them He's closing the Bombay's doors Now he's putting the plane On the automatic pilot Yeah, I could feel it take over Now break open that cast Of yours, Bliss Get that pistol out He's coming in here after the gold Let him have it, Bliss I'm ready Oh, that gold And no partners left A million here Another million waiting at Pink Singh You've got the gun, Bliss And you're a pilot This is what you came aboard The Manchu Queen looking for Please, Mr. Thurston Don't invite him to Nagasso This is the big chance You've been waiting for, Bliss Please, Mr. Thurston Let him make up his own mind What are you waiting for, Bliss? Just two human beings standing Between you and two million in gold Shut up, Thurston Remember Only a sucker thinks human life Can't be measured in terms of gold, Bliss I said shut up Take my gun Let me get up to the controls Before we're all killed You didn't accept your invitation To kill us There's hope for this sorry world, Pagan Hope even for China As long as there are men like Bliss Who can pass up the big payoff They've dreamed of So that millions of humans May have a chance to live Frigidaire's man called X Is presented each week With the best wishes of your Frigidaire dealer When I invite you to come in And learn about the famous line Of Frigidaire electric appliances Refrigerators, ranges Water heaters, home freezers The new automatic washer, dryer, ironer And many other Frigidaire Refrigerating and air conditioning products For homes, farms, stores Offices and factories Mr. Niles, does Frigidaire Make home laundry equipment As well as refrigerators? 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Engelbach With music composed and conducted By Johnny Green Tonight's story was written by George Corey and Ruby Sully So until next week, same time, same station This is Wendell Niles speaking for Frigidaire, made only by General Motors All characters and incidents Used on this program are fictitious Many resemblance to actual persons Or incidents is purely coincidental This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcast Incident