 From Hollywood. It's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollar Jim Morris Johnny you're working on a case found in Kentucky. Yes, but not insurance Good really go out of the West Coast for us. Maybe what is it murder Marine theft our son or something new? It's nothing yet. Our manager in Los Angeles Bones wants to buy a $200,000 policy on her life. Well, oh, it's not that we don't want the business The sales agent doesn't want to take the responsibility of a deal that size. He thinks she's holding something back We've decided to investigate. How old is she? I don't know why I thought I'd ask there's one kind of woman to investigate You know and then there's another when do you want me to leave? Edmund O'Brien in another adventure of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollars Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to home office great eastern life insurance company Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Nora Faulkner matter Expense account item one two hundred and twenty dollars airfare and incidentals between Hartford and the great east building Miracle mile Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles The only apparent miracle was the fact that pedestrians crossed Wilshire constantly without getting killed I Thanks That's all right Two hundred thousand to go to her husband How did start mr. Snyder? She found one of our salesman fellow by the name of Nelson He went out to her house of the address. He's there and she told him what she wanted He says he was counting his commission at first but after he filled out the application He began to wonder about one her She told him she planned on paying six months premiums and wanted to know how soon the policy would be in effect Acted unnatural as he put it. I think we ought to find out about her. I don't like this kind of thing It's a blind search. I don't even know what I'm looking for But I'll start on it in the morning and I'll let you know how I come out I Spent the count item to three dollars cap there The usual way to start an investigation of this type is with the subject's neighbors From the male faction I learned that Nora Faulkner was beautiful and obviously above reproach The female faction reversed that decision and reported that she lived with her husband and his mother But hadn't been seen for the past few days Realizing that mothers-in-law are fair sources of information. I put her next on my list Mrs. Faulkner the elder sported short iron gray hair and her face told the story of an endless battle To hang on to you Come into the drawing room. Mr. Dollar. I think we could be comfortable there. Thank you By the way, that's made was I knew that she's an impurable prior. I didn't notice Well, what did you find out? Who's she seen in Las Vegas? I beg your pardon Nora. What did you learn? I'm her mother-in-law. Oh, yes, I know that but maybe you have me confused with someone else. You want the detective The maid announced you was an investigator. I'm an insurance investigator Mrs. Faulkner. Well, then you're not from that agency Well, this is embarrassing. Say the least I hope you won't mention it to anyone. That's none of my business It's really nothing. It's it's a little game. I play with Nora then I tease her about her little trip Please sit down, Mr. Dollar, of course Feel so foolish, but my daughter-in-law was mentioned when you came in wasn't she? Yes, I did want to talk to you about her to be quite honest the company that hired me is a little uneasy about that $200,000 life insurance policy she applied for Nora. I'd yes You didn't know about it. No, I didn't of course. She never tells me anything Why would she do a thing like that? She's a clever woman. There must be a reason Who's the beneficiary, Mr. Dollar? Your son Andrew. I see Then I would say it's one of her unexplainable maneuvers an attempt to regain Andrew's trust in affection That's an odd thing to say Nora's a strange woman. I know her better than anyone else does Yes, better by far than my son her husband I understand how she rushed him into marriage while he was in a highly emotional state after he'd been inducted into the army It was just 19 that was in 1942. I know the gay life She led while he was living in foxholes overseas and while he was convalescing here after the war Mrs. Faulkner, I realize that all these things seem very important to you, but mother I Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you had company. Come along Andrew You were told that I had company and you know it Mr. Dollar Andrew from an insurance company. How do you do mr. Faulkner Andrew? Why do you keep things from me? What do you mean? Mr. Dollar is from an insurance company. Surely you know what I mean. No, I don't Nora's new insurance policy Why don't you explain what you're talking about mother Nora applied for a $200,000 life insurance policy? You ought to be the beneficiary didn't she tell you she hasn't said anything about it yet, of course There are a number of things she hasn't told you I warned you before mother Don't be angry with me Andrew and please leave as you wish Andrew You know that everything I do is or say is for you that leave Please control your temper I'm sorry about this mr. Faulkner saw my Is it true about the policy about the application? Yes, I don't understand it. I don't understand Nora I never know what she's thinking. I blame it on mother her prying and suspicion I blame it on that star woman who Nora doesn't think for herself anymore. She doesn't do anything or go any place unless this Dane tells it to who's this? Oh a spook psychic madam star. That's where this insurance idea came from Reprise she'll tell you if Nora's a good risk or not Where can I find it out toward Inglewood someplace you run the classified ad and all evening papers. Thanks I'm sorry to have caused you this. I really am. Oh, well, it's not your fault Whose fault is it? Maybe everybody's Res obvious after meeting Andrew Faulkner and his mother that the application for the policy wasn't the only unusual element in the matter But on instruction from the company's Los Angeles manager. I continued my investigation Expense count item 3 or 50 Transportation to the address of madam star a one-story frame house with heavily draped windows and a sign outside that advertised advice Good afternoon, sir. I'm sorry, but it's right. I come in all are welcome here This can't be classed as one of your regular consultations, but I'll pay you for your time But it's generous of you What advice do you wish I'd like to know why Nora Faulkner was so anxious to buy a big policy on a life Who are you? You mean you don't know I claim no powers as medium. I'm not psychic. I only offer advice Some of those who listen are helped What advice do you want? I told you Nora Faulkner has been coming here She has using great need of advice more intelligent advice than I could give perhaps But I tried to enter by telling her to buy insurance Nora Faulkner's life is lost few years. It's been lived under severe mental strain I advise the search for inner truth Among other things What about the insurance policy? Mental torment resulted in physical failing. I advise non-victim. Why are you evading the insurance? She wanted a more tangible protection of her life protection. She felt it in days. Why I Have said enough She's in Las Vegas. I understand where she's staying you go there I don't seem to be able to get anything but double talk here. Everybody has a reason for caution There is flamingo hotel. She's there. How much do I owe you nothing? I Even you know advice what I would advise I have no right to say Good afternoon, sir I suppose you have to be mysterious. Good afternoon, sir Expense account item 4 450 return trip to my hotel item 5 370 cap there to an airport in Burbank and item 6 $19.90 round trip to Las Vegas by way of Western Airlines excursion coach My seat may turn out to be not only a tourist consultant, but a whip your first trip to Las Vegas No, I've spent a little time there great town greatest resort I've ever seen you like the fish well I used to I don't have much time for now Always going to start again. You know what start on Lake me believe me Why they got bashing that lake and look the last time I was there two of us went out I've broken my rod nothing but a stump, but I put a paper clip on the end and they said what is your name? Hey, oh yes, man. Harry. Yes, thank you in your name dollar Johnny dollar Dollar and I know what's coming game like that in place like Las Vegas you might be going in the right direction brother Sometimes I want to Except for Mr. Harry yes, it was a smooth trip We eased on to the big desert strip boarded waiting limousines and 10 minutes later I walked into the lobby of the flamingo hotel Yes, sir, my name is dollar I have a reservation Yes, sir You have a mrs. Andrew Faulkner staying here or Nora Faulkner Here for what? Mr. Dollar just registered yes for Nora Faulkner. Oh, he did Well, I'll tell you mr. Dollar you may want to talk to her, but he don't want to talk to you or anybody else He can't what's the matter? He must have had her dinner outside the main dining room. She's in the hospital. She's been poisoned We'll return you to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar in just a moment, but first The show that dares to name names dates places and the crimes involved That's gangbusters, but you hear every Saturday night on most of these same stations Gangbusters has been hailed nationwide as a great anti crime series for the men who tell you how to smash crime Our police chiefs sheriffs and other law enforcement officers from America's cities and towns Each Saturday gangbusters brings you a new case taken from police files showing you how a criminal was brought to justice Often the police officer who headed the chase narrates the story Be listening for gangbusters this evening and every Saturday evening on CBS the stars address Now with our star Edmond O'Brien, we return you to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar After a look at my card and an explanation of my mission Deputy sheriff would told me the rest of what he knew about Mrs. Nora Faulkner's poisoning, which today wasn't much There was no proof of how she'd gotten the poison dose and the last time he'd seen her she'd been too ill to talk She was under her care of a personal physician who had accompanied her from Los Angeles By the time he had finished we were at the emergency hospital and approaching her own I Went to the usual rigmarole of notifying next kin her husband wasn't in but Somebody said she was his mother and then painted on the phone. She would I expect you to be flying in here on her own wings Any minute now? Yes, oh sheriff this man's the insurance investigator, dr. Brooks meet mr. Dollar. Hello the insurance I'm afraid I don't understand I was looking into an insurance policy. She wanted to buy I see how is she Resting as comfortably as can be expected as she said anything about the poisoning. Yes, but I'd rather you heard it from her Won't you commit thanks? After you sure sure I'll take along make it look official and learn how you city boys offering These men want to talk to you Nora. I want you to tell him exactly what you told me I want to talk about it anymore, please Nora all right, I Couldn't stand anything longer. I Didn't want to go on I Wanted to die you took the poison mrs. Valken. Yes Not because I'm a coward Because there's nothing about life that I don't hate. I Don't want anymore of where is the poison. I destroyed it destroyed it Why should you do that? I don't know How can you expect me to know why I did little things at a time like that? I don't know Peter please. I don't want to talk anymore I think we better let it right I'm not sure how story rings true How will they know a doctor quite well mr. Dollar. She's been my patient for over two years her life's been very unhappy You find it hard to believe that the poison was self-administered. Yes, I do Why would she lie to protect someone who attempted to kill her? I Don't know but suicides don't do things like destroy poison or take it and they know room services on the way up to The room of the meal that's a downright waste to everybody's time the waiter did find I didn't mean I hadn't thought it Lord what the vitamin tonic? She was taking the dose included one before evening meal tablet warmer is a liquid It's a liquid had a call and the poison could have gotten to her that way Where is it back at the hotel in her room? Do you want it? All right? I think it should be analyzed I can get it up to the lab in Carson City tonight, but plain all right. I'll show it to you I Think she kept it in the medicine cabinet. I'll look yes Yeah, what happened Sorry, I dropped the bottle the washbasin's a bad place to drop evidence doctor sheriff Can we save enough of this stuff? It's going to get out down the drain don't need much I can scoop some up with my knife I'll find something to put it in an aspirin box would do here. I'll hold it watch that broken glass I'm sorry gentlemen if they had to go does contain the poison I imagine my position won't be bettered, but it was an accident Neither the sheriff nor I reacted to that we retrieved enough of the liquid The tests and went back to the lobby two men were waiting for us near the desk Backing up. What do you know got a real civilized mr. On our hands, and there's mr. Dollar max Lewis and there's Gilbert These boys help run the place when it isn't running then what happened to mrs. Faulkner dollar Well, she says she tried to kill herself But the signs make it look like somebody might have slipped the stuff door going to be all right It seems to be we'll send her flowers in the morning max reminder. Yeah, I'll go get this tinned evidence on a plane dollar see in the morning fine show if the boys here will take care of you if you aren't careful that is I'll see you later. You pay for breakfast tomorrow morning Let's get a please don't get that phone call for a few taking a nap give dollar everything you want That's it down on the place is yours. I'm gonna start with a drink. That's the best suggestion today. Come on There's a bar in the mural room That's a good crowd. It's only 10. I won't really pile in until later Sit down. I just don't stand thanks. I will I'm beat. How are you mr. Lewis? Fine Jim make mine double. Will you not much soda? The usual for you mr. Lewis. Yeah, don't be good to me. I've got a long night. I got you This is a beautiful spot Who's quartet should we raise? He's at the piano. I hope you can come back for pleasure Then what do you know about this Nora for nothing? I've noticed in her in the casino He seems to be the type you would notice she gamble much I don't know how much we can find out Joe Rosenberg our credit manager. He'll know Dollar goes here looking into this Noro Park in the business. You want to know how much you gamble? Oh, sure I looked at the card right after it would happen You signed to get a $500 check tax. So that's all she got. What do you mean sign for it? Joe? That's our deal here. You put down what you think you're gonna need and that's all you can get You don't want our customers getting hurt. Thank you for example You come in cold sober and cash a check for 200 bucks Then a few hours later with a flat and get belt and the 200 gone To come back to me and say you got to have another 200 because you're gonna break the joint But you don't get it because we want you to wake up just hung over not bankrupt And all she had was 500 right. She's been here three days She didn't look like she'd get into trouble over the month like that. I guess not if you wasn't troubled That's the safest bet in the place It began to look as though I was in the wrong place to find a motive for attempted murder I Talked to a dealer who remembered her a bartender and a couple of waitresses who linked her with dr. Brooks But none of their statements led to anything and then a little past midnight Andrew Faulkner and his mother arrived I met them just inside the main entrance Mr. Dollar, I I didn't expect to find you here the insurance company wanted me to follow it through What has happened mr. Dollar your wife who recovered? Oh, but they told me on the phone She was discovered in time and they got her to a hospital. Oh I'm so relieved. We haven't been friendly, but when they called I can't tell you how shocked I was You've seen her. Yes, I've seen her, but you won't be able to until morning. What did she say? How does she explain this? She said she hated life and didn't want any more of it I see I suppose she mentioned me and she didn't mention anybody not even her doctor He was with her. Yes, I should imagine he would be Well, I I am relieved Candle and difficult decisions to come not with standing. What is your room number Andrew dear 302 and I'm in 117 In case you need it for anything. I don't think I will miss a fork now I'll probably see you in the morning and I hope you have a good rest Two in the a.m. When I went to my room In spite of a number of Ryan sodas and an exhausting day It took a shower and some deep inhalations of desert air before I began to unbend. I Propped myself up in bed with a magazine and was almost asleep when my phone rang Tell me the other the long arm adjust this dollar. Oh, yeah, sure Is she alive? Not quite sure. I'll be right there He was conscious for a minute or so. She named her husband. How does it happen? He wouldn't have if it wasn't for that personal position of hers He'd been in the hospital room tonight. The light was on he went out to get some coffee says and the husband came in Where's dr. Brooks now in her room? Go here what he has to say Walk her went through the window there getting out Bad night doctor. Yes bad night Sheriff would tell I want him to hear it from you. He wants the insurance thing All I want is to kill him. Well, he threatened to kill her and said nobody'd suspect him because he loved her and She wanted insurance to set up a motive. She hoped to frighten him to make him think that people would suspect that he killed her for that Why didn't you tell us these things? I didn't know she told me the truth after I'd come back from the hotel. I Told her you were sending a head to go to the laboratory She said she didn't want to press that it wasn't his fault that his mother driven him to it that She wanted to give him another chance And he had that chance how did he arrange it? I saw him in the morning in Los Angeles He'd have to be here. She said he was for a short time in the afternoon when he flew back The detective had found out that I was here with her and that was mother's work, too He evidently arranged the poison when she refused to go home with him. He was deranged the war casualty Nora was terrified on but still she defended him She's dead because she had a blind hope that the poison attempt would do something to him But he gets better and Understand what his mother would Yeah, you should be done. You'd phone us when you got a story. She wouldn't be dead, but I didn't know I had enough sheriff I didn't know he'd come back I'm going back to the hotel. I've got the airport covered. I'll call out some more man. We'll pick him up Why don't you meet me in my office in 20 minutes? I'll leave you outsiders. We haven't had much experience with this stuff Did you talk to the mother? Yeah, I talked to her She admitted a lot of lies. She wanted to get the girl away from her son, but couldn't understand how he could have done this Huh, how do we find him? We sit here and wait Las Vegas is a bad place to get away from. There's one highway in and one highway out and I've got roadblocks on both No other roads? Oh, there's some roads But this is the desert. He can try them But he'll find out that roads are like everything else on the desert They go so far and then they get tired and stopped because they ain't getting any place and we wait for a radio report It might take some time, but it'll come A lot of things to fight out here Outside of town couldn't get a drink for a thousand dollars. It's so dry One old family they tell about got hit by a drop of water And they had to pour a bucket full of sand in his face to bring him to what time is it? 7 30 a.m Even today that son is gonna be hot enough to fry steak if he don't come back It'll be because he can't make it. Come on stop it. Will you know they tell about a coyote chasing a jackrabbit? Coyote was starving to death and the jackrabbit knew it, but it was so hot. They were both walking sure sure By by noon this killer yours will be willing to crawl into the electric chair to cool off Believe him until just afternoon then the report was not by way of radio We got a phone call from the railroad section house southwest of town a stranger fitting our description had been seen Hello sheriff. Hi, Ben. Where is this thing you talk about my kids sneak up on them They tell me he went into a drain culvert under the tracks mile down you want to help no thanks. They say he's got a gun Nope, that's it couple you men cover the other side of the tracks Now that first wash beads into the culvert. We'll stay next to him bank Close enough for now. You give him a yell. He may remember you. I'm trying Park this is Dallas Come on out for him. He's off his nut sheriff. I don't think he's coming out where you keep yelling I'm gonna move over there or I can get a side into that pipe. Maybe that'll change his mind Park now. Come on out. There are men on each side of the tracks. There's no place for you to go I don't want to blow you out But if you don't put on your gun and come out on your own, I'll have to You don't expect an answer do you show? No, yes, not poor cuss who carried his life insurance, you know Miscellaneous two hundred dollars item six same as item one transportation back to Hartford expense account total $1,120 and 40 cents remarks Mrs. Faulkner collapsed when she received the news She hadn't recovered by the time I left and I was glad glad I didn't have to face her again Her son was guilty in fact, and I'd seen him killed because of it. That was bad enough But not as bad. I thought is watching her start life again Alone and knowing that the guilt was really hers. It was truly Johnny dollar Yours truly Johnny dollar stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and is written by Gil Dowd with music by Wilbur hatch Edmund O'Brien's latest picture is the Paramount Pictures production Warpath Featured in tonight's cast were parley bear Jeanette Nolan Herb Butterfield Lee Patrick John Daner Tim Graham Virginia Greg Wilms Herbert Victor Perron and Clayton Post Yours truly Johnny dollar is produced and directed by Jaime Delvalle This is Dan Cumberley inviting you to join us next week at this time when we will again bring you Edmund O'Brien as Yours truly Johnny dollar Are you ready to sing it again tonight? 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