 Personal notice stanges 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 Greetings as always mystery lover time for another let George do an adventure Our little tale of suspense, which by the way is called. It's a mystery to me has to do with a disgruntled bartender a mystery story writer and An elusive gal named Cynthia just to name a few And since it's rather a long story. I think I'd better get off so they can get on Why don't you want a drink? I never mind use up the stools keeps the leather and condition here mr. Valentine To me life is hopelessly complex, but with your help it can be beautiful terrific magnificent To me life isn't worth living without me. It's raining here eat up the pretzels there for nothing stale, too Look, we're just sitting here friends. You don't really mind. Do you know? I was just gonna lock up when you walked in Libraries closed. I guess got to read your mayor someplace only look. We're waiting for somebody. We'll buy something pretty soon Chin up why can Joe's oasis it rains inside Have some flat champagne business can't be so bad if you sell champagne couple was in here just before you Happy rich showing off. You know, it's that kind of a neighborhood Everybody wants something big and gets it and goes someplace else to you life is pretty complex, too Isn't it look around you lady? It's the only business I had tonight. Well, I don't shoot yourself friend We'll take some coffee a big sale. I'm out of the red To me lady It's as complex as a six-foot piece of mahogany with silver on the trimming and the clearest glass in it Yeah, don't be gruesome to me life could be beautiful it What do you think I'm talking about when nobody ever gets what they want to me It's the six-foot Superview console what this bar needs is a television set only. I haven't got the money never mind Joe I'll get a reading room telephone exchange Hello Joe's oasis I want to speak to Mr. Marlin King King Brooks you give me that letter Hurry, please Is that MJ King? I called his club. Yes. Yes, of course Marlin. I called his club They said he was there at the oasis. Oh, I'm sorry. No, he's not. I'm here to meet him myself Yeah, that's right. My name is George Valentine. Look, can I take a message or do you want him to call you? Oh? No No, tell him I'll write him tell him not to get in touch with me. I'll write him. I'm leaving I can't wait for him. Hey slow down. Well, yeah, who are you just tell him he won't understand But tell him something's happened and I have to leave and Cynthia my name Cynthia. Where can he reach you? I'll write him. I said I don't care if you understand I won't see him again. I can't see him not ever look Cynthia. Oh never mind never mind Whenever see him again Marlin King and his letter says to me life isn't worth living without a girl. I've just met by the name of Cynthia That was a short romance Nobody ever gets what they want said he'd meet us here at 10 o'clock almost 11 Will you please let me lock this place up. It's raining outside to me. It rains a little sometimes too All right friend. All right You are listening to let George do it our adventure will continue in just a moment now back to let George do it and George Valentine I thought I might find you here in your office, but my name is King Marlin We chased all over looking for you friend. Never mind never mind. Listen. It's this girl of mine See there's something terrible going on and I need your help talking about Cynthia. She says it's all off. Huh? Yeah, grit your teeth. Mr. King. I got a message for you Cynthia says she won't see you again ever. Oh no No, she didn't mean it. She loves me. I know she does. She's young and sweet. I think we'd better go talk to her Don't you know no we can't I mean it only makes it worse. She's not that kind I've asked her what's wrong what it is what's happening. She's so sensitive and she's scared about something She won't tell us only Mabel might that's why I need you. I can't talk to girls like Mabel I can't. Hey, hey one girl at a time. Oh, I know it's complicated and mixed up and hard to understand. Just take it easy Make it simple sit down. Oh, no, no, it's not. I'm so confused. To me life is complex What sort of a person are you anyway that everything should be? I'm a mystery writer. Oh, wouldn't you know? Yeah, so that's where I've seen your name. Yeah scientific crime detection. Mabel is Cynthia's roommate Mabel works at a cheap nightclub a cigarette girl. You see what I mean Mabel and Cynthia different as day and night Mabel's hard as nails But she came from the same small town years before and she offered her a room and then there's the skinny little dark guy named Tony who watches Cynthia say look tell me something concrete. Well, yeah, I'll lock it. I bought Cynthia lock it It's a beautiful little thing. She wanted to carry my picture in you know around her neck She wanted me to get a cheaper one. That's the way she is You can see how close we are to being. Yeah, you bought her a locket for $200 and she wore it and she loved it But I saw how envious Mabel was she's that kind and then one day Cynthia said she lost it and when I asked her she was scared She was lying and and she cried Two days later, mr. Valentine. I saw Mabel showing that locket off to the housemaid Mabel was wearing She won't tell me anything just says she lost it Wishes we could get married and go away someplace and tonight she says she'll never see you again Maybe this is more than a Dorothy Dick's case, mr. Valentine. I know I tell it backwards I've got a good clear brain only now when I love her so much. It's hard to Here help me with my coat. Yeah, huh? This is why I kept you waiting. Oh, I Had to have it bandaged Somebody just stepped up on the street. It's all torn your shoulders My eye will be black in a few minutes to just a big guy in an overcoat said I was interfering I should stay away. Hey somebody really worked you over friend He said I should stick to writing mysteries not trying to solve them He said unless I stayed away from Cynthia to me life would be a marble slab But she's supposed to be working Does that signify maybe it's not here I told you oh it gets worse and worse now Mabel's disappeared take it easy Where's she gone Come on sister, come on, who's the big guy? They're bouncer Valentine I know it's him. I'm going in there. Oh, no, you're not you're gonna hold hands with her. Yeah No, but but boys yes, yes, of course Michael get back to your work Sure boys and what can I do wait a minute? It's your strong boy there. I want to talk to him. He is quite busy Excuse me. I do the talking to customers. I am Tony. Oh Tony huh small world skinny little dark guy named Tony What do you mean so everybody works for you, huh a big guy who beats up people and a missing snoopy girl named Mabel I gave her the night off What do you work for Marlon King? The innocent of what please I mean quite a hurry you have a subpoena a subpoena. What do you thought of course? No, not at this time of night my lawyers will call you in the morning. Yes. Yes the strong man works for me It's quite regretful such muscles in the head say to mr. King Please how I am sorry my lawyers will make say hey not so fast buster. Why did you sick? I'm quite busy. Good night Suppose I asked you about a locket lock it What's so funny last the poor innocent now go on get up buster I'm staying here until you explain what you know about a girl named Cynthia. What are you in your hired hands trying to do? You see gun permit permits me to head this gun. Oh my I'll take your word. It permits me to ask you to leave Mr. King. I'm quite sorry for you. I don't want to be I can see you're crying Just don't wait to me. Why should life be so full of stupid get out get out Ever gonna stop right Hello, broxy. Did you get hold of that house made that Marlon had told you about here, but George first I miss Brooks. I'm getting scared for Cynthia. These men. I should talk to Jerry. Yeah, but wait a second We didn't learn anything that lock it boy a beauty it was to if you like them old-fashioned She knows all about the lock of George that Mabel didn't steal it or make Cynthia give it to My brother's in the buy-and-sell, you know a pawn shop with trade. That's all. What are you talking about? And maybe she give it to me see you know why Because Cynthia wanted to trade it for a real gold set of earrings. She's seen in his window one Only she didn't want the sucker who gave her the lock it to know about it. What? That's Cynthia. She's something all right George. Well as your mystery friend the innocent She's so young and sweet and sensitive so different from a girl like Mabel. No, no, I don't believe it to me She's always you'll be quiet. Mr. King George the important thing is didn't you see lieutenant Riley's car, but listen She's in trouble. She's in danger. Wait, wait, what did you say, Bruxy? The mystery isn't Cynthia George. It's Mabel Mabel's dead You are listening to let George do it our adventure will continue in just a moment now back to George Valentine To me life is hopelessly complex the man wrote for Marlon King. It apparently is Least when it comes to love Because his wonderful Cynthia you have found is not quite the type girl that she made the innocent believe And as for her avaricious snoopy roommate Mabel Well, even if your name is George Valentine, you will never know now because as lieutenant Riley so gently points out Mabel has been murdered Do I have to draw your diagram look at the place just look at it Point up like Coney Island on my right. All right. All right, so she put up quite a fight Riley, but you haven't heard That's the weapon don't don't touch it Kill it heavy iron skill. Yeah grabbed off the stove, I guess Single blow on the back of the head The body was here in the kitchen hall the porter found it when he came up to deliver something single blow But all the earmarks of a big fight the stuff spilled in the kitchen the telephone not crooked Maybe she tried to grab be careful that needs to be dusted too fingerprints sure on a crime like this As a matter of fact, she did try to grab the phone for help or somebody did The switchboard girl says the light went on for a second, but then off again. So she did. Hmm. Where was that? Oh, about two hours ago doesn't remember exactly didn't anyone hear anything the neighbors were all asleep There's a back stairs to the alley off the rear porches. That's how the killer left kitchen door, huh? How do you know we found the weapon tossed in a trash can at the alley crime of passion Well, you'll have plenty of clues right here Yeah, the technical boys are on their way now, but you've already formed another idea Haven't you? Hey marlin mr. King here mr. Valentine. I uh, I guess the lieutenant wants to see you now I'll be with you in a minute So this is the expert, huh knows all about crime scientific detection the habits of criminals But when it comes to the habits of women lieutenant don't he's all mixed up. Yeah, he thinks he's in love with sent here I know I've got it coming But at least I was right about mabel I'm sorry. She's dead, but Well, you know what she was lying. Oh, yes. Yes, my friend. Yes, little mabel here was the kind of a girl Who was always in trouble? It's not surprising. She got what she did. I thought Cynthia was different I mean, yes, you're so innocent. I know you got taken in But the hired help will tell you the same thing you found out through that business of the locket She got out of you just for laughs and a set of gold earrings To them Cynthia's even tougher than mabel my friend. I know I know now Mr. King the doctor tells me mabel died approximately two hours ago. Well now come on think back That's about the time valentine here was in joe's bar. Isn't it? And remember what we told you Cynthia said? She was in such a hurry. She apparently called from here from home She had to leave something had happened, but I don't know where she could have life weren't so complex to you You might see some of the simple things But she was really like and that she was up to something and mabel did snoop on her and what lieutenant riley mean Oh, I know where he's staring To me Cynthia was always Well, mabel worked for that guy. Tony you had me slugged. Why don't you oh, we'll round up him any strong I'm all right To me sucker life is simple To me that's synthy of yours is an obvious grade a suspect for murder Riley to me is a girl who carry gray gloves He had a black purse with a big gory thing on it. Where's she? She had one like couple of suitcases because she was going to run away someplace Oh, what a rally. Cynthia's a girl whose body's been jammed into a closet out there in the back porch Strangled Well, there's your original crime of passion riley dead both of them And unless i'm wrong, she's been dead just as long as mabel may be longer Not simple anymore, is it? I found the gloves over here and of course Suitcases were thrown behind the broom closet all packed and ready for a trip. Wasn't she? Nicely dressed no ornaments though this watch Oh now her earrings too from the interface. Don't touch any of that. Don't worry riley. I know what you're thinking But i'll give you something else to think about wearing a raincoat rain hat That's right angel packed and ready to go there's a back stairway And down at the end of the alley an eon sign says garage entrance here. Let me see a purse. I'll open it Yeah, there we are keys car keys apparently had her own car So she might have been killed just as she came out the back door to run down the stairs And the kitchen door was open So maybe all that struggle out here and through the hall was put up by synthy instead of mabel Which came first the chicken or the egg? So what joe's look through joe's and be happy at joe's oasis matches and her cruise This is 14th street, isn't it must be right around the corner And here a cork from a champagne bottle remember flat champagne. Come on. Let's go Hey lieutenant, we got him. What in the name of heaven's going on him that toony at the airport He was just well. Well. Well. Look who's here trying to run away someplace too. Tony. What? Look, what is this? I thought you're trouble when you came crashing into my you gave me double talk tonight bust I'll give it back to you The champagne cork joe's oasis Mean anything Of course We were there since he and me but they were the couple who were there just before us They're law against it. You have a law some more double talk This is for you riley his face isn't scratched But he's gone on a tweed coat and if she'd scratched his coat What are you driving at life is complex when murder is simple when a person is strangling one jump ahead of your power They scratch they fight they claw out to protect themselves particularly if it's a woman So under the fingernails you always wait wait you You said oh cut out the innocent act You hired a thug the girl named mabel worked for you keeping tab on sythia Yes Yes Mabel she introduced me helped give me a pitch with sythia a strong man He was to keep mr. King away competition. That's all competition. I was to the airport to meet sythia I was to the bar for celebration because she accepted What is that? Where she was sythia take it easy. Tony Look behind you She was my time Girl with realism She tonight Accepted my big campaign To marry me Now look show the man said he was in here in the oasis with this girl Of course, they were here at that kind of neighborhood happy rich showing off Celebrating they said he said they talked about getting married. He asked her right here over a bottle of champagne I should hear love stories yet Decided to up and do it tonight. He'd take her home and then they'd meet out at the airport You know what? I think Only customer gives me a buck tip in five weeks and she's got to go get strangled Rain and see what I mean I was talking to the switchboard girl. Mr. Valentine. I didn't pay no attention He came walking down the street this tony. He kisses her. She goes upstairs. He hops in a cab Hey, what do you want my fingerprints for? I'm just amazed keep talking never mind I ain't got no scratches on me. You don't think I'm big enough to choke a wildcat like that All right No label coming later. I don't know what time that's all I seen You can't lock me up like hey you Blackfoot sergeant Come back here and let me out. Take it easy Michael. Take it easy. You're in for assault and batter Now look the boss said he'd make it up. He's loaded with dough. You never saw such a spender So I hit the guy so I get conscientious trying to make an impression Is it my fault somebody murders a boss's girl? I just keep his competition away. Yeah. Now listen. I said hey you come back here. Hey A crime of passion and not one single solitary clue not one single solitary fingerprint Holy mackerel take it easy. Take it easy. It's almost over. Yeah, we've got our evidence The murderer will make a mistake Riley. He'll slip He'll catch himself To me life is hopelessly complex That's what you wrote Marlon. This is where I came in. Are you buying anything? We're waiting for somebody Joe We explained to you when we came here like chewing gum on a phonograph record round and round I I just write about crime and things mr. Valentine. I mean Well, I'm always getting mixed up with some girl Don't tell lieutenant Riley that but why should he keep looking at me like listen to this well The crime is like a story plot. It's only as mixed up as you'll make it Sometimes it's simple sure but now one person killed both Cynthia and Mabel Somebody waited for Cynthia when she stepped out on the back porch with her bags She fought she tried to get back to the phone Then Mabel came home and stumbled into it So our man's desperate. He has to grab the handiest weapon and swing on her too But why I mean Mabel was all mixed up with it's simple. I said one thing at a time Uh Cynthia's gloves. Yeah, those gloves were loose on the porch, weren't they? Well, she naturally would have dropped well Is it likely that a woman all dressed up in a raincoat and carrying two suitcases and a purse would be carrying her gloves loose More likely have them on would she what? Well now look I understand the murderer went through all kinds of complicated cover-up the murderer was fratting Marlon That's why both gloves were off But they were on at the time of the struggle so Cynthia left no fingerprints But how do you know the gloves were the it's true that a person being strangled always tries to scratch her claw But Cynthia's fingernails were perfectly clean at the time. She was killed her gloves were on Now you see what I mean don't get complicated. So the murderer wasn't an expert someone who would think to Well, anyway, it was a crime of passion if you could call it a passion Hey, Mike, this is Oasis. It's a lecture hall where you get pre lesson. Wait a minute Joe hold it What do you want? I got a delivery outside. Pick up your mind. Okay. Okay. Don't let the rain in You see while any important evidence we got was from Joe here in the housemaid Besides tony probably nobody saw Cynthia up close from the time she left here until she went up to her apartment And what had happened here in the oasis? Tony had asked to the marion, but george. I had accepted little engagement party Tony's big campaign and they sat at the bar and showed off Only uh showed off what? A mercenary number like synthia certainly wouldn't have accepted a well-heeled shrimp like tony without some valuable token lesson five lesson six yakkada yakkada yak Yeah, Joe Step on it. Where do I put this thing a box a crate? What in the name of super view? Console six foot model television set sure. So what wait a minute? I didn't order no Oh, where do you see the area? That receipt the sign to brooksie a while ago. You noticed synthia wasn't wearing any ornaments besides a wrist watch and earrings Is that right? Listen to me? Well, you're that that television. I didn't know why the murderer ripped her gloves off What he was looking for I did it. That's it brook. I didn't I didn't I tell you what that television I mean I Listen to me. I didn't order everybody wants something different out of life. Joe engagement ring Why didn't you mention it joe from a person like tony? It must have been a really terrific song. No, no, no, listen that sat there Cynthia showed you the engagement ring, didn't she joe? You were trying to close up so you could go after her She was in here regularly So you know where to find her later after she phoned and we left no no If you didn't order that television set, why does it bother you so much? Maybe a wife or somebody has already paid for that super view. I didn't tell my wife. I didn't tell anybody What did you say? Got him george Back to the conclusion of our elect george do-it-adventure In just a moment last time angel. I'll get this straight. I'll explain it to you I was the one who ordered that television set. I wanted to break joe. I told you before I was waiting for somebody That was it and it was a simple crime Well, it was simple all right, but I didn't expect to find the ring right in his pocket Just did it for money Maybe he didn't even intend to kill her But he ended up by having to kill both of them Yeah, but george, I thought that marlin came. Oh, no, no angel not marlin You see marlin and that thug that michael they gave each other an alibi. Didn't she catch that? Yeah, but tony he didn't have an alibi Angel let me explain something a man who's gonna marry a girl doesn't kill her does he? Well, no he kills himself George You have just heard it's a mystery to me another let george do-it-adventure Robert bailey was starred as george valentine with virginia greg is brooksy david victor and jackson gillis wrote the story with music by eddie dunsteader Now, this is yours truly inviting you to another visit with valentine when you will again hear what happens When you let george do it