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The Falcon - The Case of Everybody's Gun

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Duration:: 31m
Broadcast on:: 05 Jul 2024
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The Kraft Foods company brings you the adventures of the Falcon starring Les Damon. Hello yes this is the Falcon speaking. Oh Laura thanks for the call Angel but tonight is out unless you will settle for hot dogs and pop I had a client but he got killed before he paid me you know a thing like that's not only murder it's a crime. This is Ed Hurley he friends inviting you on behalf of the Kraft Foods company to listen to the adventures of the paulkin you met the paulkin first in his best selling novels then you saw him in his thrilling motion picture series now join him on the air when the paulkin's holes. The case of everybody's gun. Before the paulkin's sauce tonight's case let's listen to this. Miracle wet has a flavor so pleasing. Miracle wet tastes so lively so teasing. Miracle wet only one of its kind. Miracle with best salad dressing you'll find. Miracle whip tastes really good not too sharp not too mild but just exactly right and miracle whip tastes different too different from any other salad dressing try it yourself see why it's America's favorite salad dressing the one and only Miracle Whip now the case of everybody is gone. It's Wednesday night in New York and tall sleepy eyed Spencer Hollister has just admitted Jack Landis to his expensive penthouse apartment. Landis a stocky good-looking young fellow sits on the arm of a chair lighting a cigarette while Hollister walks to his desk opens it and reaches in he has just promised Landis a five thousand dollar check when he pulls his hand from a door instead of a checkbook he has a gun in it. All right Landis don't move. I'm not moving you don't seem surprised I've let you expect anything well will it surprise you to learn the line all about you not terribly you don't believe me well I happen to know your credentials are forged I happen to know you've converted almost all the checks to cash already you expect to cash those you collected this weekend first thing in the morning and clear out all right you go to the head of the class now what you have over a hundred thousand dollars cash that you've swindled people out of by trading on the generosity rather a nasty business wouldn't you say there's really nothing lower than a charity fake I'll go sit in the corner people be furious to hear about it if you laid your plans carefully but there are a few things you've overlooked for instance you have me on your sucker list is someone with a lot of cash and no brains right next time I'll give my prospective donors an IQ test underestimating my intelligence wasn't your biggest mistake overestimating my bank account was I'll tell me you're a pauper Hollister worse a debtor don't let this penthouse fool you or the name Hollister either the family fortune is thing of the past I'm in Hock you're breaking my heart don't feel too bad about it you can help me out can I you're giving me seventy five thousand dollars in cash tonight I didn't know I was so generous I'm not fooling otherwise I'll call the police I thought you disapproved of the way I made the money that's why I want to relieve you of it well what do you know brother red well since we so thoroughly disapprove of each other and don't you think we ought to cut this conversation short I think good then let's go get the cash I've been told money talks and that's a conversation that much rather listen to I'm a side squad side in corporate speaking good morning dimple oh no don't tell me let me guess anything your little heart desires animal vegetable or mineral vegetable is it a private detective how did you know they call on the Falcon on the nose his name is Mike wearing bullseye I give up who is it two other guys all right wearing what's up well I just lost a client and I thought you were such a good detective yeah so did my client that's why I hired me what changes mine for him a bullet you mean I got to go to work well it's up to you I'm just reporting the murder like a good little citizen what did happen some time last night a name of the stiff Spencer Hollister two L's well I find them get away apartments penthouse you there now yep we'll stay there I'll be right over all right but as long as you're taking down the vital statistics wouldn't you like to know the name of the murder in you've got it got a pretty good idea I'm listening wearing Hollister hired me to check up on a character named Jack Landis Landis was soliciting funds on a charity deal big funds Hollister suspected he was a phony hired me to check up well I found out Hollister was right Landis was a phony yesterday I gave Hollister the dope today I dropped ground pick up the check he promised me and found him with a bullet in his inside and you figure Landis put it there what do you think well I think it's worth checking on I'll have him picked up good boy Landis probably killed Hollister because he knew too much and since I'm the guy who told Hollister what he knew Landis might decide to do the same for me well we're in low Landis you heard the radio you've got the dead out for you yeah for me so what are you worrying about what he but I'm with you if it bothers you you can drop me a Thomas Elba you're not going up there why not the first place to cut so look in that case they should be true but the time I get there so take me then you can run over to your place in Jersey okay Landis but believe me you're asking for trouble well I don't always get what I ask for why didn't so stop worrying Jack is it such a shock no but the paper say the police are looking for yeah so I better get out of the hall close the door all right I thought you'd try to get out of town and leave you this is pretty risky now I don't think so the police will think the same as you they won't be looking for me in New York they might I don't think you're very happy to see me I'm worried for you say why you forgot to give me a kiss I'm sorry here hey baby it's cold inside I guess I'm worried did you really kill that man oh so that's what's bothering you did you and never pretended I was an angel sweetheart to kill a man you're doing all right baby aren't you yes but I just remember this never look a gift mink in the mouth I can't help worry forget it we've got work to do work you're gonna help me dye my hair oh does that mean you'll be staying around a while you don't sound pleased I just don't think it's safe mm-hmm I'm beginning to think it wouldn't be safe for me to leave what do you mean by that well this way I can keep an eye on you what's on your mind you've been hinting at something ever since I got frostbitten you won't believe it it's just that I'm worried about you sure I will only I can't help wondering whether what's worrying you is that I'll get caught for you well who's there me Ellie oh dear just a minute coming quick yeah I told you on the phone to stay away from here Ali Jack's been hanging around you also told me when I was the why do you cost her today but he'll be back at least he'll give us a chance to talk I've got to decide what to do and nothing we can we can turn land is into the police wouldn't dare you'd kill me from jail I have no guarantee they'd hold him we wouldn't have to know the police are after them already yeah that's right we just have to be sure that there's no way of his finding out you had anything to do with a tip off he'd be sure to suspect he doesn't know about me maybe I could do something he suspects there's somebody else though it can't be very suspicious we wouldn't have left you alone well we all make mistakes from Jack she's always so happy to see me why do you got kind of boring I thought things would be more interesting around here that's why I'm back so soon seems I was right please Jack don't do it not you're going to introduce me to your friend that looks like I'll have to do it myself I'm Jack Landis you're really crying please do know you mr. Crane oh by the way thumb I want to apologize to this sudden appearance I had to make it the backway because anyone as popular as I am with the law can't very well be seen writing and elevators what are you going to do that worries you doesn't hmm or is it this gun that brightens you or the fact that you plan to double cross me or maybe the combination or why doesn't somebody say something I don't like to hog the conversation I'll let you do something I know the look on his face what yeah I indeed what can you gonna kill us oh not sweetheart you know that I what's the matter I don't know I'm dizzy Elliot quick yeah all right mr. I'll take that gun let me sit down right there but I've got that gun yeah so I see now tell me you disappoint me do you really think I was going to kill you you had a gun what would killing you accomplish revenge no it's true but it's petty you should know sweetheart that I'm never petty you want to talk as way out of it don't let him come on call a police well I keep an eye on him you'll need more than an eye I also have a gun which doesn't happen to be loaded whereas this one does Kelly don't reach for that I told you it wasn't loaded that's why I brought along this other one I don't understand I'll explain it to you in a minute but first put that gun down on the desk go ahead do you want me to prove that this one's loaded I'm putting it up there that's better I hate to disappoint you but you won't be getting this one from me I don't make a habit of the disney's and I look so worried I told you I wasn't gonna kid you what are you gonna do I also told you'd be nothing petty there's a little narcotics scheme I have a mind that ought to net a quarter of a million but there's a certain amount of risk involved and it occurred to me that young mr. Crane here is just the man to take that risk you want want me to help get it passed customs I couldn't let's up to you if you don't film is gonna be found with a bullet in her head and the bullet is going to come from that gun you had which has got your fingerprints on it no please you got your choice take orders to face a murder wrap can I say yes or no but I hope it'll be yes because I promised some of that I wouldn't kill it and I hate to be a liar but under the circumstances I don't think I'll have to be you hello wearing so to find it at lunch and that I call this sit down want to pick a rib with me or pick my brain I'm looking for a lead well if it's a lead you want sergeant I'll give you a hello as ours believe me in this warm weather the best lead anyone can give you was a nice cool salad made with miracle whip no doubt naturally because there's nothing like miracle whip to give you a really delicious flavor to your salad look at I know that your salads are good I know that miracle whip makes them the best dog on salads I ever ate but well right now I've got something else on my mind something else good grief call but don't scare them so it doesn't know that there isn't room for more than one thing in your mind oh no sergeant that was what I meant it's not at all I meant there couldn't be something else like miracle whip honestly there's nothing like miracle whip it's the only one of its kind now that don't get excited I just love to have something to eat and on a day like this I'd love nothing more than a good cool salad made of well lots of fresh vegetables and plenty of miracle whip but I I couldn't eat it here couldn't eat it here why not because when wearing is here it takes my appetite although why don't you take your appetite right over to that table in the corner and start eating you know if I didn't know you fella so well I think you really meant those things you say to each other okay and now bring me a cheese sandwich and one of those salads made with that salad dressing in your well now it's not my salad dressing sergeant miracle whip is made by craft and by golly they make it so good that I understand it's America's favorite salad dressing say tell me something if you made America's favorite salad and the gut to put miracle whip on it what would you have oh that's easy America's favorite salad on dressed my mind well wrap my bed all right you will now you wearing what can you tell me about Jack Landers nothing more than I have well then what about why do you cost it never heard of them I can say you're not gonna be so much help I like to leave a few odds and ends for you it's good for you morale who is this why do you cost anyway well according to our information he's Landis's partner must have been a silent partner how about Landis work the job alone well maybe the girl can tell me something what girl a Patterson Landis used to go with it have you talked to a yet no didn't want to tip her off we have a man's fact out in front of her building in case Landis comes by but he hasn't shown so I guess we'll have to try the girl what does she look like cute they tell me well of course but seeing as how you're over your head again perhaps I can be persuaded to lend assistance yeah yeah I'll question the oh thanks just the same wearing but one of my men can handle it how will he handle it now me wouldn't think of troubling you it's no trouble it's a matter of routine if you may is how interesting routine can be sometimes and I have a free evening so Corbus where does she live hello hello Corbin oh wearing did the girl succumb to your charms haven't seen it yet well then why this call when I got to her apartment house there was a crowd in the alley in another another shooting huh yeah the night squad is there now but I thought you'd like to run over even though you're through for the day this looks like part of your case how you're looking for Landis is he there yep well what happened did he shoot the girl not exactly call but somebody shot him I've got to talk to you what is it Jack's been murdered what way I went right downstairs just after you left on the police there not up here but there's a big crowd down below I can see them from the back window just sit tight but the gun with the fingerprints he had it that's right we've got somebody at my door please maybe don't tell them a thing we'll have to tell not now I'll try to get word to you all right goodbye I'm coming yes Elma Patterson that's right I'm Sergeant Corbin of New York Police Department police why what's wrong you used to go with Jack Landis didn't you yes when the last time you saw him not for weeks you're sure sure you didn't see him today of course not why would it surprise you if I were to tell you Landis was killed today no not any day well you don't seem very upset I told you Jack and I've been finished for weeks well we're gonna have to ask you some questions do we come in but I don't know anything well who cares we'd still like to come in who is this Sergeant Mike wearing Vulcan yeah you are right Corbin real cute I was hoping we could get acquainted now see here Mister where you don't have to worry Corbin's here chaperon old don't mind me are you kidding or tell me do we come in all right but I don't know what I can tell you well we'll worry about that when we ask come in Corbin yeah yeah how miss Patterson what can you tell us about quite a cost I don't know any such person used to go with Landis yes why he was a friend of land I wouldn't know you must have met him sometime hold it Corbin don't mind the sergeant tell me he has to bring in a suspect so he's a little irritable you better humor him or he might decide the suspect is you but I don't know do you know anyone who would know I don't think it well wait a minute and what is it you might try Happy's Bar Jack used to hang around there perhaps he met this whitey there perhaps someone there may know thanks Angel I'll try it so long hey where are you going wearing Happy's Bar and Corbin did you learn anything about the routine I'm not drinking today how come you hang it over by I'm looking for someone expect to find him in the bottle good day are you happy I'm dancing with joy can't you see the guy they call happy owner of this fire trap they call me happy what they call you Mike when you go formal like wearing my granny I heard a ball come with that name once well now that we know each other do I get some help who you're looking for why do you cost him why did by the way did you drop this 20 and 20 thanks wearing maybe you'd better come with me delighted right through back this way you friend of one is the National Broadcasting Company interrupts this program to bring you a special bulletin General Matthew Ridgeway has accepted the enemy's proposal to meet next Sunday to discuss preliminary plans for a cease-fire in Korea he asked that a three-man UN liaison team to give a safe conduct to Kaisang keep tuned your NBC station for the later news there's nobody in here I'd like to wearing I'm the bludging gun by the way do you like beer fine you just sit there like good little boy and keep your mouth shut or you'll get a bottle right between the eyes hello wedding guns are being worn in the hand these days just a precaution like locking you in here would you be why do you cost him it's possible what do you want with him rectifier and hmm somebody hired me to check on Jack Landers I did but I stopped short of you assuming you are whitey whether I got to do with Landers you worked with him if you're whitey where'd you hear that from that famous character very reliable source source must have a name I wouldn't be surprised was it the girl what girl Dilma Patterson I warned Landers about her and you admit knowing Landers lots of people knew him but you work for him I didn't say that he was a studious type like to travel on wits and charms shooting someone down like Hollister seemed a lot of character not much but a little you could have been his muscles you're trying to tell the Hollister job to me so we're thinking about you'll take more than thinking then there's the Landers job you could have done that what land is job and haven't you heard he's been killed too what what kind of a gag is that no believe me when I try for laughs I do better than that it's her who tell my Paterson Landers told me he was going to put the heat on cranking her when he told you this is they when you saw him today I saw him that they make something out of it it was early and he was going to turn on the heat yeah they must have had enough heat already so it works backwards and the sick you want to me so I can take the wrap yeah yeah that's up pretty good it figures why do you but that's not get ahead of ourselves well I got to get ahead of us that girl well maybe I can help you if you'll help me what can you do if you're telling the truth plenty so how's we're putting away that heater and letting me add it homicide sergeant corpus speaking Oh Corbin I found why do you cost it good now you can lose him what the case is all wrapped up without whitey well bully for you what happened well we found the gun and it has fingerprints on it who's are they who's you think off and I guess the girl what do you know he wins a gold-plated uppers yeah you're right wearing the murder gun shows a nice clear set of Thelma Patterson's Prince this is that early he again friends I am no detective but I do know that things look bad for the summer right now after all no two fingerprints are the same each one is distinctive different all of which reminds me to tell you about distinctive delicious miracle whip there is no other salad dressing like it miracle wet has a flavor so pleasing miracle wet tastes a lively so teasing miracle wet only one of its kind miracle wet best salad dressing you'll find miracle whip is the only one of its kind because it's a different type of salad dressing made from a secret craft recipe miracle whip combines the best qualities of old-fashioned boil dressing and fine mayonnaise so it's truly distinctive and delicious with a flavor millions of folks call just exactly right try it won't you one taste will tell you why it's America's favorite salad dressing the one and only miracle whip now back to the adventures of the falter a few hours of past since Corbett told Mike the case was as clear as Thomas fingerprints on the murder gun however the only insists on her innocence and now it had quarters he's trying to prove it to the falcon and Corbett but Sergeant I cooperated with you before didn't I why won't you believe me now well I'd like to but I believe fingerprints even more I can explain about them well go ahead Jack came and threatened me if I wouldn't hide him out I pulled the gun to protect myself and chased him out of the apartment and then somebody must have stolen the gun and killed well that makes real sense of my corporate at that yeah wearing well who'd know about the gun who'd have opportunity to steal it I can think of one person now who her boyfriend I don't have a boyfriend not since Jack well Corbett looks like we're ready for whitey yeah the Veen bring us whitey Acosta you found white but he doesn't know we'll see what he knows you want me sir yeah whitey wearing tells me you saw Landis today that's right did he say anything to you about the girl yeah suspect she found herself a new playmate so he was gonna find out if she had he was going to make things hard for them so that's your evidence Jack suspected a lot that proves don't be impatient sweetheart we have more yeah Levine yes let's have crane crane Elliot Crane you know he's going to be disappointed about you telling us you got no boyfriend he had an idea he was it Selma you all right helion how much what have you told everything the whole truth I had well that's more that we can say for your girlfriend I wanted to keep Elliot out of this but as long as you found out about him anywhere might as well tell the truth now well that'll be nice for a change well Elliot and I were together and Jack came in with a gun yeah I told him about me getting the gun so that's why my prints would be on better tell it Elliott but it was like Elliot says all right that explains his prints except the murder gun had yours not his I know what's that he didn't tell me about Jack ordered us to obey him and then he left with the gun that had Elliot's fingerprints on it he picked it up with a handkerchief in his hand so the fingerprints wouldn't be destroyed then Elliot and I talked for a little while and then he left what it did to say I was gonna do what Landis wanted because I didn't want anything to happen to film I said let her tell it sorry that's the way it was anyway a little later I went out and I went through the alley it's a shortcut to the next street and there was Jack dead and the gun nearby the one with cranes prints I was afraid it was the same gun so I picked it up and wiped off the prints and then I heard someone coming so I ducked into a doorway and and I held a gun in case I'd have to use it to get away that's how I got my prints oh you admit you were gonna use a gun in a getaway well I couldn't be found there with the gun I knew how it would look wouldn't look any worse than it does now I was frightened I wasn't thinking too clearly anyway whoever came hurry the way I get to call the police I was in such a panic by that time I just dropped the gun and ran and you expect us to believe that why not call it people to screw you things when they're scared don't tell me you'll believe her wearing well so she didn't kill Landis I don't see why not who says she didn't kill Landis why he says so because he did it what whitey that's right Corbett whitey's the murderer so go ahead and make your arrest all right wearing whitey kill Landis because I had a hundred grand from the charity swindle stashed away and why he decided to keep the whole pile for himself that's right Corbett and he felt sure we'd been the killing on Elliot Crane or the girl film them that's why he was willing to cooperate with us but where he slipped up well he said when Landis visited him that Landis suspected the Talma had another boyfriend but Landis didn't confirm it to later yeah so when I first saw whitey specifically named Crane back that's how I was able to locate Crane oh yeah so that meant whitey had seen Landis again after the visit to the girl which puts him at the murder scene Landis took whitey along for protection left him waiting outside to be ready if anything went wrong just like he did at Hollister's and whitey killed him yeah some protection well he shouldn't have been surprised the man puts his life in the hands of a gunman he's playing with gunfire do you like rich delicious chocolate flavored malted well you can make a malted just like that right in your own kitchen with craft chocolate flavored malted milk just make a tasty paste of craft chocolate flavored malted milk and a little milk in the bottom of a big glass fill the glass with chilled milk stir it once more and there a craft malted is mighty nourishing too because it's filled with all the food values in milk get a jar of craft chocolate flavored malted milk from your grocer and enjoy a craft malted often the case of the vanishing barment the case of the vanishing barment that's the title of next week's adventure of the Falcon when Mike wearing learned that dead bodies like bad pennies always turn up so we should have listened at this same time next week what other exciting adventure of the Falcon brought to you by the craft foods company the adventures of the Falcon are based on a famous character created by Trexel Drake produced by Bernardo Schubert written tonight by Jerome Epstein and directed by Richard Lewis music was by Arlo less Damon was started as the Falcon with Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett friends a hundred and seventy five years ago a 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