 First I'll notice dangerous my stock and trade if the job's too tough for you to handle you got a job for me George Valentine write full details standard oil company of California Invites you to let George do it Before we begin tonight's adventure of George Valentine. Here's an important safety reminder Driving in wet rainy weather can be dangerous if your windshield wipers aren't doing their job right so don't wait until the rains Play safe now Car savers will inspect your windshield wiper blades and arms and make replacements if necessary Drive in now and ask car savers for a windshield wiper check-up at any standard station or Independent chevron gas station where they say and mean we take better care of your car Now tonight's story a matter of honor another adventure of George Valentine Mr. Medford, please calm down. I can't even make out what you're trying to say I'm trying to say that I need help right away Well that much I got but listening on the extension when you're brooksie. Yes, my head It's so painful somebody hit me from behind and my room. It's practically torn apart. Well, it's a matter for the police I'd say no mysterious going on sinister such as And on the last day to last day of what the age puzzle the magicians club. Oh look mr. Medford I'm sure this looks very momentous to you But the banquet tonight and at the last moment princess Elsa who invented it has asked us to change its name Well, women have been known to change their minds about more important things change it the Elsa illusion to the deadly Avenger Thanks for getting here so quickly mr. Valentine. I'm afraid I'm a sucker for mystery and magician. This is mrs. Medford Hello, this is miss Brooks my assistant. Hi I see your room really was gone over with a right good. Well, I keep telling Robert It must have been just a hotel parlor Arlene, please mr. Valentine I'm chairman of the entertainment committee third year state hits great honor I'm one of the few amateur magicians in the club if you folks will excuse me. I've heard this before but I lean You have a very lovely wife mr. Medford. Yes, I'm a very lucky man in everything I'm in the whole-tail grocery business, you know right successful But magic is my real love and this affair tonight must come off without a hitch or you'll never be asked to be Chairman of the entertainment committee again. That's right. Well, tell me just what happened here in this room Well about an hour ago. I guess it was I came up here You see it's a two-room suite most of us have two-room suite That's one of the reasons we chose the beach plaza. Yes. Yes. Go on. Yes Well, I saw what happened to all the things here on the desk in the closet But before I could do anything someone sneaked up behind me. He must have been in the bedroom and hit me hard see Done by somebody who obviously loved his work But really mr. Medford just because the name of a new magic illusion has changed and this could be the work of a petty thing But nothing was stolen Not a thing of value. I do have some pretty valuable things around and they weren't taught Hello Yes, yes, of course is Medford Now each I ask you to behave yourself You're what oh No, no, you stay where you are. I'll be right there. That was Charlie Geach another member of the club He's just found his room torn apart too. No, nothing of value has been taken there. That's not what they were looking for No, sir Have you any idea what they were looking for mr. Geach? That's not going to help him Sir, you'll see tonight. You'll see now Charlie, please don't make things any more difficult for us than they are And I ask you to go easy at the bar. I always go easy, but I also glad it's steady too. Oh, boy. I'm got things to forget I'm still a pretty good magician Nothing in my hands Right my dear young lady Right with my sincere admiration for your loveliness bouquet of rose That's very good, mr. Geach But to come back again to the mysterious they you're talking about talking Talk too much. I won't talk anymore Mr. Geach. I looked for you. Oh What has happened here come in princess we we have company charming company This is princess Elsa mr. Valentine miss Brooks Very good friends of mine Everything ready for the big moment tonight princess the deadly Avenger. Yes, and I'm very nervous too But this room all the things on the floor. I'm just a very untidy person princess And a very tired one you will take care of yourself. Won't you mr. Geach? Yes? Yes? I will I think perhaps we must better leave. I want you to come and help me mr. Geach Be my pleasure and an honor Excuse us everybody goodbye Hmm a whole hotel full of magicians and she picks one who can hardly stand up straight Why is it babbling of honor and why does she insist on changing that confounded name for the night the deadly Avenger? I tell you Valentine Oh, no, mr. Plymer that's Langford Plymer our president Langford Plymer sounds like something out of Dickens We're in here mr. Plymer Mr. Medford what is going on in this hotel? Well, mr. Plymer I just walked into my room and you'll never guess what I saw the room was turned upside down and nothing was taken Why George darling you're wonderful Brooks he were rid of Medford for a while anyway He was beginning to give me the jitters with his fluttering around. I see that list sweet 618 Dennis the amazing Joe The great Modi incomparable. Oh, so many modest people just in the great tradition Angel Anyway, that seemed to be as far as the mysterious prowler went all the other rooms were undisturbed The rum part of the convention the chairman of the entertainment committee and the president of this whole mystic crew Now why were those particular rooms gone over with a fine tooth comb room six to four around the corner? That's the one princess Elsa has shy check there. Yeah, fine. I'll take Dennis the amazing and then we'll be through check Okay Yes, mr. Dennis as I'm Dennis. My name is George Valentine I'm gathering some material for an article on the magicians club and I was wondering if I couldn't go inside with you And we might be able to discuss Your head and look friend all I wanted to I told you to beat it didn't I see you're looking for a game of ping-pong a jungle Have to do to make you sit out Well now I know Was all that fireworks about Just let me move you away from the door muster no one here another thing touched I Swear he was trying to tip off someone in here So that's it a cigarette and still burning a Cigarette with lipstick on it. So our friend Dennis the bachelor had a visitor. Yeah, and I have some sore knuckles to prove it What about princess Elsa not in but her door wasn't locked. I Took the liberty of peeking why brook see the room apparently wasn't touched George I Don't want you to think I'm one of those girls who doesn't catch on quick But I don't catch on at all. Oh you and me both I guess we'll just have to be a couple of curious guests at the banquet tonight Bring turkey and peas chocolate I guess even magicians can't do anything to change a banquet menu Ladies and gentlemen your attention, please here here the president fellow magicians I want to welcome you to the final session of this highly successful Convention during their lives have mystified and beguiled Millions upon millions of people or Centaurini and Alexander Hermann Harry Keller the great person is a proud man The right moment for me to address On a matter of honor we're all interested in honor not now mr. Geese Charlie just sit down like a good fellow Aren't we interested in honor there's a good fellow teach you just sit right? This is a proud because one of us is going to introduce this achievement of our craft of perseverance and genius first and sawing a vanishing horse in the cornerstone of my career during the last eight years Well, anyway, then here is princess vanish from a plot which represents the conscience that is within all of us the conscience that I have decided will give title to my illusion the deadly Avengers Music deadly adventure princess must be all right to try and stop the experts Deadly a venture a matter of honor darling, please stop Charlie I'm beginning to feel slightly feminine Yeah, but see whoever decided he had to shut up Charlie Geese with that letter opener took no chances No chances at all Charlie is dead in just a moment. We'll return to tonight's adventure of George Valentine Did you know that the gasoline in your car performs differently? 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If your name is George Valentine you call Lieutenant Johnson of homicide, but you go to work even before he arrives Tell me something Medford. Yeah, what do you know about Geach's background? He seems to be a kind of big question mark as far as everyone's concerned Well, he dropped out of the club for many years as I remember when the war broke out He was working in Europe someplace. There wasn't that it remember around the same time you were. Oh, yes I believe so. Yes. Well, he came back only recently a completely changed man I'm afraid he's been drinking pretty heavily all through the last few days So I don't suppose anyone has been able to find out too much about him Prince's Elsa seems to have been pretty friendly with him She's out there now just sitting and staring into space with the deadest most frightened look in her eyes George is there anything we can do now now Just keep adding a matter of honor plus how did the killer work and split seconds in complete darkness and See if it equals the deadly Avenger Okay, Johnson, hurry up. Let's have the punchline All I ever get to do is walk in on murders cut people down from chandeliers hang around the morgue Dowl routine still all Johnson, you know, you love every minute of it No one ever asked me to come down and see a whole slew of magicians do all sorts of things Including homicide now Johnson, will you stop being cute and tell me what kind of tattoo the doc found on Makes about as little sense as anything in this cock-eyed case 81 days 42 days W. That's all. Yeah, that's all miss Brooks No, but these rooms being broken into Sergeant I told you I didn't want to be disturbed. Hi Oh, it's your medford with you in a minute. I must see you lieutenant in a minute As I was saying Valentine those ram-sacked rooms, but that's why I'm here. I know what was stolen You know, oh, what are you talking about Medford? Well Valentine? It's what you said before how could the killer work so quickly in the dark in a matter of second well He could if he knew the seating plan Memorize in advance where Geach would be sitting you mean someone stole such a seating plan from you Not the original, but I remembered I left the carbon up in my room And that's what I was now and it's missing must have been missing ever since this afternoon Now you tell us about a seating plan Never occurred. Oh, this is a great help now We know that someone in this whole mob of magicians sold the seating plans, but oh My name is Elsa Princess Elsa. I was born in Austria, but I am an American citizen You said that before I don't know who killed mr. Geach I never met him until a few days ago. That's all I know But after all I know please please believe me Mr. Medford isn't here mr. Valentine. I know that's why I came up really Well, I hope you'll pardon the negligee. I I wasn't expecting company. Oh, it's nothing at all. I mean practically Well, you made there quite an impression on me mrs. Medford Arlene Arlene. Oh Your cigarette. Oh, I should raise right there. Oh, here we are Uh-huh. Thank you very much same cigarette same lipstick. What are you doing comparing it with a cigarette? I found in Dennis's room back to me you ah, but I'll make you a little promise I'll keep this a secret just between us as long as I can Yeah, Bruxy any luck. I think real luck was Dennis. He should be up in his room by now I think you're just about make it You didn't have to encourage him to drink up the whole bar kept telling me how beautiful I was and punctuating it with old fashions But he kept talking about a matter of honor too. Yeah, what'd he say? That Charlie Geach was his oldest friend and he wasn't going to fail him That Charlie Geach gave him all the proof he needs And he has it right on him and tomorrow he would attend to it himself You don't know what it is. You didn't get a look at it, huh? He said he would discuss the matter with me if I went in for a nightcap Uh-huh, I thought it would be better if we joined him for a nightcap. Don't you darling? Dennis Dennis is dead another letter opener just like before with all his pockets turned inside out like that There's no use looking for any proof. He might have had Oh, let's get out of here Bruxy There's somebody else. I want to have see this we hated to do this Elsa, but you left us no choice We had to show you what we're up against Yes, princess I was afraid to say anything to ten Johnson. I I saw our mr. Geach was killed and I was afraid When did you meet this mr. Geach? Only a few days ago. That's the truth He told me that he was a good friend of my father studied with him in europe Was your father also a magician Elsa one of the finest he called himself professor Heinrich He died in a nazi concentration camp almost 10 years ago When mr. Geach saw me he kept asking me all sorts of questions about my work My lack of fame and fortune He seemed puzzled and angry He talked to Dennis who was his only friend at a convention here And then he asked me to change the name of my illusion to the deadly avenger Mr. Geach was the one who asked you to do that. Yes, but I knew he was a friend I felt it he wanted to do something for me And he was murdered and now Dennis wanted to help me and He's dead too Elsa your father was mostly a teacher of magicians magicians and inventor of illusions, huh? Yes All right. Let's talk some more about your father I hate to body at this time of the night mr. Plimmer, but I have to clear up a point. Oh, it's quite all right Excuse my shaving. I always do it at night Habit of years Then you get a good early start in the morning Yeah, that's right the convention is over, isn't it? And all the magicians go back to their jobs of mystifying and beguiling people. Isn't that the way you put it? I'm afraid I am a little pompous when it comes to magic young man. Nothing wrong with being enthusiastic about your work Go here. You're getting your fancy bathrobe. Oh Clumsier Mr. Plimmer, what do you know about a magician named professor Heinrich? Oh, he's a fine man fine magician Uh austrian, I believe now not a showman. I understand as much as an inventor Almost a genius. Yes. Oh, yes. He is he was He died in a german concentration camp years ago Professor Heinrich dead Are you sure valentine? Of course, I I lost track of him, but I never thought he was famous for creating those things you call illusions, wasn't he? And many people in the magic business studied with him before the war Including you. Well, uh, yes. Yes, but a long long time ago long before the war, mr. Plimmer I'm going to ask you a question and I want you to tell me the truth no matter whom it hurts Stealing an illusion from another magician would certainly be considered a breach of honor, wouldn't it stealing? I've done some checking around, mr. Plimmer You've never invented anything before plumbers fantasia or since have you well No, professor Heinrich worked with many young men. He loved to encourage them Now one of those young men stole his greatest illusion and after the professor died he kept it for himself Instead of giving it to the professor's daughter elsa. Now, please mr. valentine You don't understand that's the matter of honor that charlie geatch was talking about That he was going to expose before he was killed. I didn't steal the illusion That would be kind of difficult to prove with professor Heinrich. I bought it from the real thief from home Remember there have been two murders, but you can understand why I did it With it valentine. I could have power fame When I got it, I felt like a kid with a chemistry set who suddenly found out he discovered the atom bomb Who sold you professor Heinrich's illusion? Yes Medford, robert medford, and I don't know how he got hold of it I think in his youth he was in europe too But you see he had to kill geatch and then he was glad to kill denis because he found out that mrs. Try nice try, but it won't work You're the thief and the murderer I had to play on your fear to get a confession that you didn't invent plumber's fantasia But it never could be medford He'd rather sell his right arm than mr. Chancellor being a magician Even being chairman of the entertainment committee is a big deal for him. You're wrong. You're wrong Besides medford already had the seating plan, so he wouldn't have to search for one But you needed it and couldn't just ask for it But but proof you had no proof your room was ransacked. Why? There's only one possible reason you had to try and cover up your tracks You thought geatch would keep whatever evidence he had in his room But he'd already given it to denis so you had to kill denis too You'll never even connect me with professor hinders. I was wondering why you're getting your fancy satin roll ball. What? You a methodical careful little man Why don't you take it off while you're shaving? Because you were studying with professor Heinrich and geatch just before the war And you ended up in the same concentration camp scenes 81 4 2 w tell that to anybody else. Wait a minute. You put that razor down my way right through you. You never could shave like this You never got anything like this And I'll take this before you hurt yourself Now you're lying in the bathtub without water Okay, plumber keep cool while I polish off the rough edges of this matter of honor Over a year ago on this same program We announced new rpm motor oil the oil for which we promised doubles engine life the time between major overhauls due to lubrication Now users confirm that fact one cab company operating in the tough grind all cabs go through Found new rpm added 100 to engine life Get new rpm motor oil at any independent chevron gas station or standard station where they say And mean we take better care of your car I'll never be able to get poor mr. geatch and then is out of my nightmares. You will also Time is the greatest magician of all Look at the changes that can make in all of us See you later Bye alpha I hope she never dies forget what those two men did for her I know she won't And i'm glad Bruxy you're a died and the wool sentimentalist I bet you still have your first doll in your first dance program stashed away somewhere Yes Along with some other sentimental relics i've collected since i met you Oh For instance Oh for instance A blackjack an old faded poison pen letter and one sawed-off shotgun Uh two shea angel two shea This adventure of george valentine has been brought to you by standard oil company of california On behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the west Robert bailey is starred as george with virginia greg as brooksy Let george do it was written by david victor and jackson gillis and directed by kenneth web Ken christy was heard as lieutenant johnson ted osborne as medford larry dobkin as plumber george niece as geech Gladys holland as the princess and lee patrick as arlene the music is composed and presented by eddie dunsteader Your announcer john heaston Listen again next week same time same station to let george do it Let george do it is heard overseas through the worldwide facilities of the arm forces radio service This is the mutual don lee broadcasting system