 The way that gives that natural look, oh and I'm Tony. Tony. Tony Home Permanent. The way that gives that natural look brings you crime photographer. Good evening everyone. This is Bill Cullen greeting you for Tony Home Permanent. And inviting you to listen to another adventure of Casey, crime photographer. Ace Cameraman, who covers the crime news of a great Britain by Alonzo Dean Cole, our adventure for tonight's holiday. A crowd that strolls idly by the Blue Note Cafe. Is a slight worried looking man. One like the other strollers doesn't appear to be in a holiday mood. Biff. Biff Connors. Hey, remember me fellow Casey, Morning Express. Sure. Hey, couldn't be better. Biff, I haven't seen you since... Gosh, it must be three years. What's it up for? I guess it is. Miss Williams, let me introduce Mr. Connors. Hello, Mr. Connors. Nice to meet you, Miss Williams. I heard some nice things about you, Biff. They tell me you're married now, raising a family, got your own business, doing fine. Yeah, well, I got to be right now. Nice to see you, Casey. Good to see you, Miss Williams. Well, so long, Biff. That was short and sweet. Your friend could hardly contain his joy at meeting you. Yeah. You look worried, Casey. I don't think his mind is really on you. What is he? Well, he used to be a clever safecracker in the country. Safecracker? Hmm. He knew more about safes than the people that make him. Well, he didn't keep him out of jail, though. He served three stretches. You don't usually introduce needy or criminal associates. Biff wasn't the usual kind of criminal. Since his last term in the big house, he's going absolutely st... Do I know that? Yeah, I hope that's going wrong with a guy. Oh, probably not. Ah, here's the blue note. Let me push this one the door for you. Yep. Oh, look who's here. Hi, pal. Good afternoon, Ethel Burton. Thanksgiving to both of you. And to you. In big red letters. Had your turkey and... No, we plan to go to a movie and then have dinner about 7 o'clock. Yeah? What? Thanksgiving dinner in this joy? Oh, not a chance. What's the matter with this joint? The chef's putting out a $1.75 special today. Casey's taking me to the Ritz for dinner. And then we're going to a play. Yep. Movie's in the afternoon, the Ritz for dinner, and then an evening show, huh? Mm-hmm. You are having a holiday. Mm-hmm. We're not going to waste any of it hanging around here, as much as we love you. Oh. Casey, it just came to my mind. As December 1st, you owe us on your October bill. Oh, well, that's all right. I'll just carry it on to December. I'm going to need all the dough I've got on me today. And you'll need all your dot on you in December. I don't like the done-up pal, Casey, but I know you. Oh, hello, Fitz. Excuse me for buttoning like this, Miss Williams, but, Casey, after I left you outside, I got the thinking... Oh, we're glad to see you again, fella. How about having a... No, no, no, thanks. I hope you'll excuse me, Miss Williams. Casey, if you're asking too much, well, you step outside with me, so I can talk to you along. Oh, I'd appreciate it, Casey, a lot. Sure. Go ahead, Casey. I'll wait for you here. Oh. Well? Okay, any thanks. Okay, Fitz. Thanks a million. You look awful worried, fella. This is all about. Are you a busy professional woman, a teacher, a nurse, a business career girl? Well, Tony Home Permanent is a blessing for busy women like you. It takes so little time to give yourself the most natural-looking wave you've ever had with Tony. You don't have to spend half a day away from home. You don't have to sit under a hot drive. While your Tony Wave is taking, you can listen to the radio, read, do anything you like. This weekend, get the Tony Kit complete with plastic curbs for just $2. Follow the simple directions and see how convenient it is to give yourself the loveliest wave you've ever had with Tony Home Permanent. The wave that gives that natural look. P-O-N-I, Tony. You're a side street, Casey. You ain't so crowded. We can talk. Okay, bruh. I wouldn't wish this on you, Casey. You ain't a guy who owes me anything. After I ran into you by accident a while ago, I got to think that maybe it was one of them signs. You see, I'd been praying. It was always with my book, and I got to think that maybe you was the one guy in the world I could turn into for help. Well, uh, what kind of help do you need? I'm not so heavy with dough. I have plans for the day, but if you've got to... I don't want any money. Oh, well, you're not in trouble. Uh, wait a minute. You in wrong with the cops again? Not yet. Casey, I've been a hundred percent straight since I came out of the store last time. I asked you to believe that. I believe you've been. I, the wife, and I built up a nice little business. We got a store uptown with a bag of candy toys, stationary... Things were going along just well until... two weeks ago. What happened then? A couple of guys went to my store with a proposition. They wanted me to crack a safe. They offered me $5,000 a job. Nice money. I told them where to go with it. A couple days later, they came back. They raised their offer to $10,000. They drove them out of the place. Gone. Well, that didn't get me nothing. They told me I'd play along with them or else. Then, this morning, I found a loaded .45 caliber automatic under my candy. A gun? Yeah. I'm an ex-con, Casey, a three-time loser. You know what it would mean for me if the cops found a gap in my possession? You'd get the book. Sure, I'd be put away for keeps. The gun was planted under that counter. It's time during the night. I had an excuse to the wife that I had to come downtown. I went to the North Bridge and I dropped it in the river. This gun was left where you'd be sure to find it? Yeah. It wasn't meant as a frame. Just a hint of what'll happen if I don't play. The two guys have been around to follow up their hint? I don't know. I've been back to the store. Since I left the bridge, I've just been walking around and trying to think. The wife told me the one thing about them guys in the proposition. I ain't told it. And I can't tell her. She knows the record. You can figure out a sketch you'd be. And you haven't told the cops? The guy like me ever read a cop that'd be smart if you ran to him this time. No, no, no. Why not? In the first place, they wouldn't believe me. The next kind. That figure's trying to put something over it. I can't blame him. I can tell him. You've got to promise me you won't. Well, Biff, listen. What? Suppose they did believe me. What happens? They set a trap for the guys who propositioned me. Them cops got friends who'll know that the squeal of the cop's actor hadn't had to come from me. My life wouldn't be worth a nickel. Yeah. You should've got something. Promise me you won't say nothing to the cops, Casey. You got it. What do you want me to do, Biff? I don't know. I just had a talk to somebody. That's all. The guy I knew was right. And I ain't got such a good head, Casey. I figured maybe you could figure my way out. Well, thanks for the compliment. But who are the guys that came to you with this proposition? I don't know. They didn't tell me their names. Well, I get around a little. What do they look like? One was tall and skinny. He had a long, big, yellow teeth. He kind of looks like a horse. Yeah? He has a little dark, heavy set. Oh, wait a minute. The one you say looks like a horse, is he got a long scar on his neck? Yeah, like somebody done a shift job on it. Can't be two mugs who answer to that description. Scar neck horse face must be jester. Head strong arm goon for Nick Reynolds. Nick Reynolds. Well, you must know who he is. The name's familiar, but... Hey, you are out of touch with a ragged kid. Nick Reynolds is the big behind some of the dirtiest crooked work that goes on in his town. But he poses as a respectable business guy, and their cops have never been able to nail him. Oh, wait a minute. Tell me more about the little heavy set mug. Well, he looks... He's got a corny flower ear like a pug. And he stinks of perfume. He's Tony Chef. He's another of Reynolds' guys. This is beginning to sound like hot stuff. I don't suppose they told you who's safe they want open, huh? No. They tell you anything about it? Only there was a small house safe, a real tough one. That's what it needed, an old hot shot like me. And they offered you a $10 grand. They didn't say anything about giving you a share of what's in it. That's right. I got a notion there isn't any dough in the box to share, Casey, just something that somebody wants. And it's willing to pay high for it. I think you can find out from those guys where the box is, the location, the house that lives there. Well, they won't tell me unless I say I'll play ball with them. No, that's not the one. Look, go back to your store. They ought to be paying you a visit there today after planting that gun. Try to learn, OK? And then, well, I made other plans for this afternoon, but I'll stick around the blue note. I'll write down the number of a phone booth there so we can talk in private when you call. Here it is. Thanks, Casey. I got a day for round seven that I can't break, fellow. And then I'll be tied up for the rest of the evening. So if your guys don't show by seven, things are going to have to just ride a while, I guess. But in the meantime, I'll be running down a little out on Nick Reynolds. Yeah, it's just a piece of gossip. I didn't think much of it until I heard your story. Now it may mean something. Well, it's all right, Beth. Take it easy now and try not to worry. I'll try, but remember you promised me, Casey. You won't tell the cops. Yeah, yeah, that's right. I won't tell the cops. And because your ex-convict friend is so worried, Casey, you leave me alone for most of the afternoon. No, I phoned you. I'd be a little delayed. Yeah, a little delayed. Look at the time. It's nearly five o'clock. You were taking me to the movies this afternoon. Remember? Well, kid, what's a movie when a guy's in a jam? Well, yeah, we're in a bad spot. He's in a terrible spot from what Casey's told us, Miss Williams. And I don't see what can be done about it without help from the cops. If they're brought into the picture, but Biff would be killed for squealing. Nick Reynolds is behind this thing and he's rough. Casey, you said you'd been following up a tip on Reynolds, what? You know Monty Summers, Annie, or the Summers detective agent. The Summers blackmail bureau would be a better name for his outfit. Yeah, that's right. Well, Summers is a shake-down artist of the dirtiest kind. He's done a lot of work for Nick Reynolds, but he doesn't work for him anymore. There's been a bust up. Yeah, I heard that. Well, my tip was that Summers pulled the old double-cross and collected evidence against his boss, Reynolds, enough to send him away for life. Now, Reynolds is supposed to be paying him with that evidence under his hat. Well, that tip sounds like a phony. Reynolds wouldn't pay a blackmailer if he'd have him bumped off. Well, sure, like you just said, Casey, Nick Reynolds plays rough. Yeah, but he's too smart to play rough when he stands to lose by it, though. If Summers has the goods on Reynolds, it's in docked form and won't be destroyed by his death. It's the same thing that Summers has convinced his old boss that the stuff will be made public if he's killed or if he disappears. Yeah, that's all. Well, Kixie, what's it got to do with your friend Biff Connors? Two of Nick Reynolds' goods offer Biff a flat sum, not a share, to open a house. Well, it could be Monty Summers' documentary evidence that Reynolds wants. And if it is, and we could get it, Casey, what a story. What an exclusive picture. It'd be worth missing an afternoon movie for, wouldn't it, kid? I'll say. And if the evidence got Nick Reynolds sent to jail, this town would be a much better place to live in. But how is this theory of yours going to help Biff Connors? It doesn't. It's a complication. Well, since Biff hasn't phoned, I guess Reynolds' mugs didn't show up at his place. He's probably taking the holiday off. No, I'm like a little holiday myself. And away from this place, I'm hot and great, Casey. It's dark for the rich. Well, it's, uh, not nearly seven o'clock yet. I told the guy. If he phones up telling me I've gone to the rich, Casey, he ended up calling. Oh, no, F. But I'm not going to have my Thanksgiving until I call by phone call for Casey. Well, you're so anxious to get out of the good old Blue Note, Miss Whittler. Well, you think again. After we leave here, you tell everybody where to reach us. We're going to have the rest of this day to ourselves. Yeah, you do as Miss Whittler says, pal. Really, nothing I can do for Biff tonight. And he's going to stalk those guys anyway. Whatever you say. Yeah. Well, come on, Annie. At last, we're going to places. That's right. So long, Apple Bird. So long. Well, Mr. Casey. Yes, Walter. Phone call for you in the bush. Mr. Connors. No. No. Excuse me, Annie. I might have missed, Walter. I might have, no. Hello, Casey speaking. This is Biff. Biff Connors. Anything happen? What? You told me, Casey. Couldn't stall them. No, they said they'd get my wife and get if I didn't fall in line. They want Bluffin. I got to do their job tonight at 12 or else. 12 tonight? Yeah, I promised it. I will and I have to. There's no way you or anybody else can help me now, pal. I just phoned because I wouldn't you wouldn't have got hanging around till 7 o'clock. That's all. So long. Hey, wait a minute. Don't hang up. Listen, Biff. Biff. After you promised those guys that you'd do their job, did they tell you where it's going to be? Yeah. But you know what you promised me, Casey? No cops. You've got that. Now, give me that address, will you? On Riker Avenue, number 390. 390 Riker. That's right. Those two guys will go there with you at 12 tonight. Yeah, and they'll be watching me every night. You would guns in their midst. Well, listen. Stay in your store. I'll get in touch with you there by 10 30. You got some plans, Casey? You think there's a chance? There's a swell chance, Biff. There's every chance. Now, stop worrying. You'll hear from me in a couple of hours. So long. I got faith in you, Casey. So long. Faith in a liar. I can't figure any chance. Yeah, yeah, I know. Don't tell me. We're not heading for the Ritz from Turkey. No. We're going out to look over Monty Summers' house right now. And look up his address this afternoon just in case. He lives at Free and Old Riker Avenue. Come on, Annie. Let's go. Yeah. So long, Ethelberg. So long. It's not giving dinner for YouTube. I'm in this house we go. The horse knows the way to carry this sleigh through this something around there. Hi, Ethelberg. Say, wasn't that Casey and Miss Williams just leaving the blue note there? Oh, hello, Mr. Cullen. Oh, I didn't speak to him. Who's going so fast? They must not have seen you. Yeah. Why the speed? Well, they're trying to stop a safecracker from cracking his safe. He don't want a crack. I don't quite follow you Ethelberg, but I gather that crime does not take a holiday. No. Hmm. And Casey figured it would. He'd promised Miss Williams Turkey and trimmings at the Ritz. That's where he made his mistake. Mistake? Well, I thought he had a pretty sound idea for this giving day. 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Mm-hmm. That's a lot of women. Yes, each month another million women give themselves lovely Tony waves. The whale of a big house, Annie. Bloody summers live as well. Oh, now that we're lucky, what are you gonna do? And we've got to think as though we plan to crack a safety at ourselves. The easiest to go in and out from the fun. See, I've had come here in a car. I'd parked under one of these trees, not directly in front of the house, of course, but close to a quick getaway. Can we leave a look out in it? No, no, no, I wouldn't do that. A guy's gonna park car and I'd attract attention so they don't want. I'd post a look out but he won't be in the car even for it most of the time. Well, now that that's decided, what do we do? Oh, kid, trying to make us think then. I'm pretty sure that Nick Reynolds come here himself with fifth and knows Rodman tonight. They've got himself to take that evidence out of the safe. You want his own hands to take it away and examine it, destroy it. Well, if it's a chance of getting him, we've got to get the cops. But they catch Biff opening the safe. In spite of everything that we could say in a guy's favor, the law says that fourth offenders go up for life. We've got to catch Reynolds with the guts and at the same time keep Biff out of it. Hmm, it's a large order. If it's too large, kid, I can't see any way to fill it. If you are not came back here at midnight to catch Reynolds and Biff Connors and the others come out, we can kill them with a couple of guns. We'll capture Reynolds and his gang and let Biff Connors get away. You really picture you and me in a gangster movie act like that? We'd only get a self-shot. Well, I guess we're not the right type. Why aren't we like some of the characters we've seen in the movie? They solve everything so easily by just growing the crusty automatics and going, bang, bang. Hmm, we've captured a dozen tough cabblerots all by yourself. Well, our bullfight was pretty good, too. Hmm, it's all dark and handsome in a fancy pants. You deserve to the lorry, too. The lassoed the character who tried to steal Grand Pappy's beef and she can't keep off his pinto pony so hard I kind of got aching bones. It's so easy in the movie. Oh, well, I'm not thinking you can get him anywhere. Maybe it is. What? Lasso. They're watching here. See, at 11 o'clock, like I told you, they'll be in a black sedan. They'll have the tools only for the safety. Hmm. Then we drive right out to the Riker Avenue house. They say the guy owns the joint. Won't be there. That's why the Jeff's got to be done tonight. It's only a servant in the house. And he's been fixed. No, they don't look for any trouble, then. No, they claim it'll be a set. They do for a surprise. You're the only one who's not headed for trouble. Casey, tell me what... No, no. Unless you know about this whole thing, they're better for you. They destroy anything they take out of it. Act scared. Insist on getting out of the house right away. Okay. All right. Now, second, when you reach the getaway car, get into the back seat. Back seat? Yeah. Third, take a grip on the front seat and brace yourself. Brace yourself with all the muscle that you've got. They've been in that house for over an hour, Casey. Yeah. These summers, safe must be really tough. Reynolds had to get an expert like this, this job. You're sure it was Nick Reynolds I'm dead sure. He went in with Biff and horse space. Yeah. Reynolds presence here and he means that we guessed right about his deep personal interest in that safe. Casey, that explosion. Once we're inside the house, it means Biff has had to blow and safe. Well, then it's open now and they'll soon be coming out. That's right. You're certainly, look out, didn't see what you did a while ago. No, of course you didn't. It was the end of the block across the street when I was working in the dark. Well, I hope the work you did works. Trust, old cowboy, Casey. And quiet, quiet. Keep back in the shadows and fast. Reynolds is carrying a briefcase. I see it. Not to set himself in the car. He's going to drive. Start at the motor. As soon as the others get in, I'll help him make a good fast getaway. Well, if he doesn't start that car fast. Leave that to me. The others are in the car now. Reynolds is taking the front seat beside the driver. That's perfect. Now they're all in. It's time for me to impersonate a cop. Here goes. Hey, you fellas in that car. You made the driver step on the gas, Casey. I'm hard. It won't be long now. I see the scheme worked. Couldn't fail. Come on. We've got to get Sif out of there. Hope he braced himself too. Yeah, well, if he didn't, oh, look, a man's calling from under the car. That's Sif. Okay. Well, that's me. What happened to the car? There's nothing in front of us. There's nothing there now. Suddenly the thing stopped like we hit a stone wall. I see your three playmates went half through the windshield. Yeah, they're out cold. Casey, what? Never mind. You'll find a black Ford coupe. Here's the key. Get in, drive home quick as you can. And if anybody ever asks you, say you've never been near Riker Avenue. Come on, Biff, get going quick. Okay, pal, whatever you say. But I sure like to know what happened to that car. Let's see what the sleeping Mr. Reynolds has in his briefcase. Yeah, I want to see. A lot of letters, canceled chicks, holy grass. All incriminating, I imagine. Now, Annie, we'll call the cops. And then, Casey, you think a gal may safely hope for a bite of dinner? For soft water shampooing use Tony Cream Shampoo. Even in the hardest water Tony Cream Shampoo. Yes, even in the hardest water, Tony Cream Shampoo gives soft water shampooing that rinses away dandruff instantly, leaves hair so soft, so smooth, so shining clean. Today, bring out the sparkling beauty of your hair with soft water shampooing. Get the handy tube or jar of Tony Cream Shampoo. It's you. I'm terribly sorry we can't get you and Casey nothing better out of the kitchen than this cold turkey, Miss Williams. But, of course, the cooks left hours ago. Oh, I just love cold turkey, Apple Bird. And at this hour, morning. So much nicer than the dinner I expected to have at the risk. Well, I'm awful sorry. I certainly gummed up your day, didn't I? Don't you ever know what I'm kidding, Casey. I've had a swell day. A real day for Thanksgiving because we accomplished something worthwhile. You're a pallet. Say, you ain't told me yet how you made that car stop like it had hit a stone wall. You've seen a lot of Wild West movies, Apple Bird? Sure. Well, then you've seen men pulled off of the horses. Lots of time. The horse always kept on running. Yeah. Well, now imagine the horse was lassoed, not the rider. The horse had stopped dead. And his rider would keep on going over his head. That's what happened to the Crooks getaway car. You lassoed that car, Casey? I don't amounted to that. Casey brought a very strong 150-foot steel cable out there, Apple Bird. Yeah, with a hook at both ends. In the darkness, he hooked one end of his cable to the axle of that car and the other end to a big tree. And I made a noise like a cop at the last start. And when the cable paid out to its limit. Oh, I get it. And the only reason Biv Connors wasn't not through the windshield like the others was because he braced himself like his own. That's right. Even he was a little dazed when he climbed out, though. Anyway, Reynolds and his mob are all washed up thanks to the stuff in that briefcase. They can't hurt Biv Connors or anyone else. You two had quite a holiday. Mm-hmm. A grand one. Oh, well, have some more cold turkey, Casey. Uh, yeah, I think I will, Annie. And it didn't cost you anything. You saved money by not going to the movies, to the ritz for dinner, and to a play after. Well, sure, that's right. Yeah. You can't need all the dough you got on you. Of course not. Huh? I hate to have done a friend, Casey, but there's a little matter of that long overdue October bill. Oh, you got you, Casey. I'm dead to right. If this isn't an ending for a grand day, here I've been roped in myself. Well, as my sister Edna says, quote, if you give a calf enough rope, he can't be led to work. No, no. You can lead a calf before he crosses. I'll be darned if I don't forget it. Unquote. Well, all right, pal, after that. Here's what I owe you. Happy Thanksgiving. Yeah. Happy Thanksgiving, Ethelbert. Happy Thanksgiving to all. I'm a photographer starring Stott's Cotsworth, as Casey, is directed by John Deets. It's written by Alonzo Dean Cole, and is based on the fictional character of Flash Gun, Casey, created by George Harmon Cots. Original music by Archie Blyer, and the program features Miss Jan Miner, and John Gibson as Ethelbert. Herman Chittison as the Blue Note pianist. 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