 You're twice as sure with two great names Frigidaire and General Moulters Frigidaire presents Herbert Marshall as the man called X Wherever there is mystery intrigue romance and all the strange and dangerous places of the world There you will find the man called X More Frigidaire serving more American homes Than any other refrigerator and now Frigidaire presents Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston the man called X Shouldering upward into the clouds looking out over the plains of four countries of Europe are the great tumbled ranges of the Alps Birthplace of the wind a Roman poet once called them those high mountain valleys of Switzerland And so they are even today birthplace of the wind But when the man called X is concerned, they can also be the birthplace of death Which is exactly what two men are talking about in a hotel room in Paris Search and the whole things are framed up and it's too dangerous. You want to know that maybe so chief What else have we got to work on? Yeah millions of dollars in counterfeit United States bills pouring into France and Italy and after 10 Days over here. We haven't been able to turn up a lead. This may be the lead Chief I know von Armistine. I know his work He made the plates these bills are being printed from there's no question about it Oh, that still doesn't mean you've got to accept his invitation to Switzerland and get yourself killed No, it's just that I think he's conceited enough to believe he can get me out there and convince me He's ready going straight. Well, you know, he might be at that the Swiss authorities didn't find a thing when they rated him He never has any visitors and never goes anywhere himself Ken maybe he has retired you want to bet well He seems to be a pillar of the community up there Even a check on his outgoing mail hasn't turned up anything Outgoing if he is the brain behind this counterfeiting, then how's he doing it? That's exactly what I'm going to ball I can Switzerland to find out Don't know if there were any other way Say I can't figure what the Sam. He'll happen to sell Schmidt. Oh, he may turn up yet Yeah, but you sent him over here two weeks ago to contact some of his crooked pals. He's apparently dropped out of sight. Yeah Well, I've got to get on out to the airport and you're still going to see for Normstein. It's our best bet. Well, it's the only bet Chief, I'll call him from Switzerland. I'd like to pick up my ticket fees reservation on the next flight to Geneva The names can first we miss your first one. You plan to Switzerland Wait a second. This year they're right back, but miss you Well pay gone mr. Rex. How do you like Paris by this time mr. Thurston? I was just going to call you or wire you or something only right now. Hey, you go What's that package? You're trying to hide behind you mr. Rex? I'm innocent no matter what anybody says I'm innocent. How should I know it's counterfeit money in this little package. Oh, but how do you know? Well, I I mr. Thurston you gotta believe me. I don't know nothing from nothing Where'd you get the package from a guy named Smith at the little French hotel by the Swiss border and right now I gotta go and deliver it to her the place you're going is Switzerland with me You can't be trusted alone, but I gotta deliver this first my dear friend Pierre Cornet is gonna be awful mad if I don't Cornet, uh-huh. Yeah You know mr. X they go Cornet is the only one of the gang we've been able to track down in 10 days Oh, then he's been arrested you got him no somebody else got him We found him in his room last night Stabbed to death mr. Thurston. How soon can we get to Switzerland already seen yeah nice little place You've got here mr. Van Ormstein my thanks mr. Zell Schmidt this completes the tour then is that it in a manner of speaking? Yes, mr. Thurston, please consider yourself at liberty However to look through any part of the grounds or through the shali at self at any time you wish Thank you, mr. Van Ormstein I only wish to convince you that I am no more than I seem a man who has now retired from what may have been at times a somewhat evil life I see By the way, I've never seen your radio over there quite a powerful transmitter isn't it well fairly so as you know I've always been interested in amateur radio though. I seldom find time to use it anymore I'm glad to hear that A man could open it up once in a while and send a quick message in code without much chance being found out Yes, yes, I suppose one could just look at that view mr. Thurston Mountains all over the place waterfall Boy, what a spot for a vacation. How did you happen to pick Switzerland mr. Van Ormstein when you decided to retire? Well, it's a beautiful place and out of the way My sister has owned this estate for many years, you know your sister I'd like to meet her certainly. I'll go find her now if you'll excuse me. I'll only be a moment Hey, come get over there by the door listen wait nobody coming. Okay, mr. X What are you gonna do take a look at this telephone while I'm stammers listening on it first time he came in here When he saw me hung up without saying a word I'm his career about that Hmm Liongills under the edge of the desk here to find something baby. Yeah The way switch Let's see what it does Tonight present wind velocities over the station are as follows at 1500 meters 2000 meters 8 to 12 kilometers per hour Direction variable to all points predict falling velocities of wind You almost won't understand, aren't you? Yes. I am nashka. Mr. Van Ormstein is my brother What are you doing here? We're visiting your brother. Oh, you shouldn't you should go away now That would be the best thing. Yes, really it would what come now miss nashka go away miss all the lovely things to see around here Oh, yes, yes, they are lovely aren't they have you seen them all the covered bridge and the rock garden and the weather station But the weather station was that up there on top of the ridge mr. Thurston mr. Van Ormstein any reason why you should be particularly interested in it. Oh, I'm interested meteorology. That's all Any reason why I shouldn't be no, no, of course not Nashka I've been looking for you and mr. Thurston is a kind of a policeman You know you mustn't tell him any of our guilty secrets. I've only been talking about the beautiful scenery here. Yes, and and our waterfall mr. Thurston. I Call it the Rhyme Maiden you must forgive her imagination mr. Thurston It's real name is that sort here Alan, but I like Rhyme Maiden so much better and easy to pronounce to Mr. Van Ormstein, how does one go about getting up to the weather station? Well, there's a trail leading out of the valley here though. I hardly think you would find it interesting. Oh, I don't know I Can't think of any better place to find out Which way the wind's blowing going around the building is nothing more than a surface gradient mr. Thurston 300 meters over our heads the air is standing in a very dead calm. I happen to be the What is the matter? What a thing I'm listening And I'm still surprised that finding a girl up here mr. Aina Running the station all alone. Oh, yes, but I love it It is the most beautiful view in the world out across those peaks. I can't see half of Switzerland from here Makes me busy just to look down. Yeah, would you like to see some of the windmaps? Yeah, very much. Here we are This happens to be one of the very few spots in the world where wind velocity and direction is entirely predictable Mm-hmm. Oh, yes. Yes, and quite dependable too. You see this one here There's a wind that blew steadily for three days earlier in the week straight into eastern France. I see Miss Rainer, what about reports you phone them in somewhere? Oh, yes. Yes to Geneva four times a day Oh, in a chance the phone line could be tapped, but I I do not understand mr. Thurston Who would wish to do anything like that Miss Rainer? Aren't you forecasting a dead calm will be head for the next 48 hours? Yes, but good now listen I Wanted to contact the authorities in Geneva and give my name what I asked for their permission to cooperate with certain Instructions that I'll give you later. You got it. Yes. Yes, but I failed to see what never mind. You will come on big Running up running down mountains wish I knew what was going on around here, mr. Thurston You're gonna have a type of dinner pig, huh? Yeah should be ready pretty soon. I'm afraid dinner will be delayed gentlemen. Mr. Look, he's got a gun. Yes I've been waiting for you step inside. Well, mr. von Holmstein Things seem to be moving out into the open. I'll take your gun mr. Thurston Thank you Very clever of you to find my little arrangement with a telephone But you should have remembered I might be using it when you had miss Rainer called Geneva. Yeah, maybe I should Well the next move seems to be up to you. I've made it already. We are waiting now for the arrival of the police Boris, what are they fitting as a respected member of the community? I felt it my duty to call them You see mr. Thurston. I happened to look into my sister nashka's room found it ransacked blood on the carpet I'm charging you with murder And now we continue with frigilaires man called X starring Herbert Marshall When Ken accepted von Ornstein's invitation to Switzerland He was reasonably certain of the man's guilt in flooding France and Italy with counterfeit US bills The only question being how the scheme was worked He was certain to that von Ornstein was dangerous And now the duel has come out into the open and a criminal charge has been filed against Ken the charge of murder This way, monsieur I have the police conveyance waiting out the edge of the driveway. We're pleased to walk ahead of me Okay, inspector right now. You're the man with the brass hat. Mr. Thurston. This little drum is going to throw us in the Who's girl? Hey, what's the big idea? We didn't kill anybody. Did we? Wait a minute. Huh that waterfall. I Think von Ornstein's sister was trying to tell me something about that waterfall So help me. Let's go to be it. What are you talking about? Mr. Thurston? I don't get it Here we are, monsieur. We're pleased to stand there until I unlock the conveyance Look at it. Nothing but a dog catcher's truck. Pagan. Pagan. Yeah, do you want to make a quick hundred bucks in real money? Yeah, no listen tell this cop you want to confess to the murder I'll street it out later. Well, I don't know if I don't I've got to get up to that weather station and then to the waterfall I'll go ahead. Well, it's it's only for the money. You understand Mr. Inspector, sir, I want to confess I don't it all by myself Sure, you are the murderer sure tell you all about it down in the headquarters Now mr. Thurston didn't have nothing to do with it. See I'm climbing in with my own free will Lock the door and take me Well, congratulations inspector confess murderer this will mean promotion for you. Does must you really think so? Oh sure Stand back. I must take this killer to justice immediately. Hey, don't forget to fix it up, mr. Thurston Hey, what did they do to murder in this country anyhow? I'm not sure Pagan, but I think it involves a firing squad Understand you correctly mr. Thurston You wish me to send this false weather report over the telephone in place of the real one Is that it? That's right miss Rainer The people in Geneva said to follow my instructions, didn't they but this report is not true It is not true It predicts a 40 kilometer wind blowing into northern Italy for the next 48 hours Actually, there will be a dead calm during that time. I know but there's a good reason for it now. Excuse me I've got a date for the waterfall Pagan thought you would in jail, huh? I only agreed to confess I wasn't gonna get myself shot. Well, how'd you get away with my special self Schmidt skeleton key the lock on that birth cage was a sin Hey, what we're going now, mr. Thurston for norm style system was really trying to tip me off We are going through this waterfall. Huh today She kept calling it the Rhinemaiden and the Rhinemaiden's are best known as guardians of gold They kept it underwater. So Wait till I get this flashlight under my raincoat, mr. Rex. I hope you know you what you're doing walking through a water Well, we'll soon find out take a deep breath now. All right. Yeah, let's go Who barb when in now anyhow, I don't know Let's try the flashlight Yeah, mr. Thurston Look, it's a cave a cave in the back of the falls Yeah complete with the turbine generator operated by the water pay gone the printing press and there There's where she's been making that no good money. Yeah, I don't see any though. No It looks like the floor has been dug up here. Hey What are all these gadgets piled up over here weather balloons balloon? Yeah special kind with an automatic timer controls the height and the time in the air and look here a Small built-in radio transmitter to send out a continuous signal Quite a scheme. Hey, how about letting me in on the lowdown mr. X How does he do it not too hard to figure out now by tapping the phone line from the weather station? One almost time gets a continuous report of air movements across the ridge here No kidding whenever a favorable wind was forecast. He took some counterfeit money onto a balloon Set the control for the right time and altitude and then release it Probably after dark Oh, but but how could an agent over in France or or in Italy even find the balloon when it did come down That's where the automatic radio and it came in the agent could use a portable receiver and find the balloon without much trouble. I Doubt to be lost many shipments not any as a matter of fact, mr. Thurston, but what's then oh me your hands up gentlemen Very clever mr. Thurston for you really should have looked around the cave before you became careless One thing bothers me from on Stein What happened to the plates you've been printing from I sent them out by balloon an hour ago right after I heard Miss Rainer's last weather report. You see it might have provided. Shall we say evidence? I see Well, where do we go from here? You and your friend aren't going anywhere. This cave is the end of the road What's the plan? I'm going outside Thurston and drop the gates of the little dam you may have noticed out there I'm going it diverts a part of the water to flood this cave and seal off the entrance. Mr. Thurston He's gonna drown us like rats. Yes Gentlemen, I bid you at you. Oh, oh me. Come on. Mr. X. We're gonna get out of here Hang on he'd shoot you before you got clear the waterfall, so we better Move back here it comes I can understand your concern, but I've already told you that Ken Thurston mr. Zell Schmidt haven't been heard from since they left to go hiking two days ago Yeah, I can understand how you must feel sir as a matter of fact I was beginning beginning to worry a little myself I'm planning to send out a search path such I'm sorry sir, but I really don't know what to say to you After all you let me talk to him first and you thought you bumped us off. Didn't you? Pigeon, I'll take that phone for no time. Thanks. Keep your hands up. Go on move back Her chief never mind. Everything's okay now. I'll call you later How did you get out? Oh the cave opens on the surface a couple of miles back of the ridge I thought it might when I noticed the current of air blowing through all right, so you've broken up my scheme But I got the plate sent off and without them you have no case against me. I have the place you're bluffing They should have been picked up by my agent in Italy nearly two days ago. Yeah, and they might have been If you hadn't sent them up in a dead calm what all the balloon went up all right and came down over here on the ridge about two miles away Pagle and I picked it up after we got out of the cave this morning the weather report You can't always trust the weather report especially when it's been tampered with you still won't convict me You can't prove I ever used the plates somehow. I don't think the court's going to worry too much about counterfeiting They'll be trying you for murder my sister You can't file a murder charge without a body Thurston. I got a pretty good idea that when we drain that cave and dig up the floor We'll have a body for Norm's time. You want to bet you you're not gonna take me even if I Ride on a button, mr. X colder than the mountain climbers nose Well Well, that takes care of that Yeah, Pagan that takes care of that until the next time And there'll be a next time Are the men like this one? Men who can live right in the shadow of eternity Look up every day of their lives of that clean white snow on the peaks and still wallowing greed and prejudice hate What's the matter with us anyway, aren't we ever gonna grow up? Star Herbert Marshall thanks for being with us and I'd like you to know that Carter tonight was played by Kathy Lewis ladies and gentlemen America's production depends on steel Jobs depend on it and steel depends on scrap metal Help increase the production of the things you need Help to keep employment high Collect scrap iron and steel around home Turn it into your local drive or call your local scrap dealer right away, huh Now next week. We're doing a story called passport to danger. I think it'll really keep you on the edge of your seats as usual Leon belasque will be on this pig on Zelschmidt. So join us. Won't you where next I return as the man called X. 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