Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Show
Johnny Dollar - The Starlet Matter
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- Duration:
- 31m
- Broadcast on:
- 06 Jul 2024
- Audio Format:
- mp3
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From Hollywood, it's time now for John Lund as Johnny Dollar. Ken Rose and Johnny. Oh hi Ken. How's Kansas City? I'm going to take my word and Hollywood is better. Oh? You always liked Hollywood, did you, Johnny? You want me to? There's a man there named Phil Gardner. It's up to here in Starlets. In what? Starlets. Young girls with big careers in front of them. Phil Gardner's an agent for them. So he needs me? Oh, we do, Johnny. Twin State Insurance. Gardner's been calling me every half hour. It's like this, Johnny. Gardner's insured a few of these Starlets with us. One in particular for 50 grand. So? So, mostly Gardner's been babbling. He says this starlet in particular might not live. Babble somebody wants or dead any second. You like Hollywood, Johnny? Commision? Fat. Real fat. Hollywood. I like it. [MUSIC] John Lund in a transcribed adventure of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Here's Julie. Johnny Dalley. [MUSIC] Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny Dalley to Twin State Insurance Company, Kansas City, Missouri. The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Starlet matter. [MUSIC] Expense account item 1. $227.70, airfare, round trip on coach out of LaGuardia, Flight 601, flying west. [MUSIC] Some 3,000 bumpy miles later, the plain circle Los Angeles in a part of the Pacific Ocean and taxi down the runway at International Airport. It was 320 of a dirty afternoon. [MUSIC] Expense account item 2. 440, cab fare to Sunset, Rockston Hotel, my home away from home in Hollywood. Where I checked in, renewed all the acquaintances with Julie, the telephone girl, put my pale cheek against her son, Tan, and told her I'd see her later. [MUSIC] Expense account item 3. $2.00 even. The Beverly Hills office of Phil Gardner, agent. He was not in. The receptionist in silver hair pointed a silver fingertip across the street and said that's where. Shea Scotty's. Restaurant. And Mr. Gardner would be dressed with two vents in the back, a tattersol vest, and blue suede sandals. And you know, he was. [MUSIC] So you're the boy they sent from KC, huh? Wait, I'll scootch over Lillian, sit down. Thanks. What's your name? Dollar, Johnny Dollar. You wanna see a picture, Johnny? Here, take a look. That's Toby. Toby? Toby Drake, you've seen her in pictures? I have. You're living, you must have seen her in pictures. Loyal moviegoers like you're gonna make a star out of Toby. Well, I'm happy for both of you. If she lives, somebody's going to kill her, Johnny, murder her dead. She's a sweet kid, it shouldn't happen to her, to die from these anonymous threats. Look, why don't you give it to your presentation? Johnny, believe me, on my knees, I tell you, if I want publicity, I give it to the cops. I'm not kidding, Johnny. The kid's scared. She's in a lot of trouble. Hello, Paul. Here, Mr. Gardner. I'll plug it in here. Oh, thanks, Johnny. Right this way. Gardner speaking, snap it out. I'm busy. Huh? No. Yeah, huh? No. Yeah. No. Yeah. Skipped it. Huh? I just called you a skipped it. What's that mean? Toby's dead. Her boyfriend called. I should be the only one. No. Yeah. Skipped it. Huh? I just called you a skipped it. My boyfriend called. I should be the first to know. I'm sorry. Look, I'll drive you over there, you. You'll want to see for insurance purposes, huh? I'll use the jag. I'll put the top down. Sure. You wouldn't go to a funeral any other way, would you, Phil? Yes, way. Get me something like that. Drink of water or something like that. A place swarming with things. Shints curtains, bump upholstery, and Beverly Hills oriental knickknacks futtering the Grand Rapids high boy. I walked over to the three-piece sectional. Toby Drake was lying there, her hand trailing down to the floor. I couldn't see her face until the big man stood up. Somebody wrapped that black silk stockin' too tight around her neck. You wrapped the stockin'? Look, Buster. A call came to headquarters and said get here because there was a dead girl named Toby Drake. There is. All of a sudden, you're here. Why? Something they have around this town. An agent. He's Toby's. Oh. Agent? Oh, well. Talk to me, Agent. Oh, sure, Lieutenant. Uh-uh. Just Detective Costco. Lieutenant, I'll never meet. Go ahead. Well, it was like this. Johnny and me sit there. Scotty's chewing fat in the phone was brought over, and the man on the other end says it's Mr. Fulton. And he says his girlfriend's dead. Honest to me, I'm broken up about this, sir. Well, well, well, you wrapped the stockin, Agent? Johnny, he's Johnny Dollar. He's from the insurance. Well, well, well. You been hired, Dollar? Yeah. Twin City Insurance. And for me too, Johnny. All the way, find out for me who killed Toby. Hi. These guys employ, eh? Well, well, little balls there. You carry a gun too. Oh, well. Yeah. Where's our boyfriend? In the bedroom. Named Roy Fulton. Hardly says a word to me. Go talk to him, Dollar. Go tell him it's okay. No. Beautiful, beautiful. Who are you? Johnny Dollar. I'm an insurance investigator. Toby said. He was murdered, Mr. Fulton. I'm trying to find out who did it. We had a date. I came here. I saw her. I didn't lose my head. I called her Agent, and then I called her police. Did you kill her? No. No. But you should have been more careful. Girls like her. What kind of girl did you think she was? Very pretty. It's just beautiful. Now the more. Toby. It's just beautiful Toby. Mr. Fulton. A lot. Forever. Mr. Fulton. Don't wear Toby. Beautiful Toby. I couldn't get through to him anymore. I gave him back to Costco and I got out of there. A few thoughts on Toby Drake. Toby. A kid who'd once maybe won a beauty contest. Expenses paid to Hollywood. Shake hands with the stars. A nice kid. Pretty kid on her way. Now dead. I bought a paper and went back to my hotel. The lobby desk came first. Hi Mr. Dollar. And he calls for me, Judy? He's got a call with a message. You want me? Why don't you come over here and give it to me, Judy? I've never seen you standing up. I'm taller. The message came in 10 minutes ago. You want to reach for it? Shall I read it to you? Read it. Goes like this. First Toby, then Stella Martin. You can't stop at Stella. First Toby, then Stella Martin. You have living this, Judy? Says right here. Who left the message? I took the call. The man said it to him up. What's Stella Martin's name mean, Mr. Dollar? I wish I knew, baby. You think maybe the Stella, Stella Martin, used to be a star, but she's not around much anymore. Starlet, huh? How would I get in touch with a starlet, Judy? Oh, I know. Hand me that phone book. Please. Come on. Come on. Come on. A man who knows Starlet's past and present. Agent Phil Gardner. Oh. Not in her. Why don't you try Hollywood casting with the doll they know. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks a lot. Stella Martin dropped from our ready file non-painted news. But I must be in the address where you're done there. 2001 they know your Avenue Westchester. They want what, Mr. Stella Martin. She live here? Uh huh. Your who? Johnny Dollar. Investigations. You got a card that says that? Let's go inside huh? Just you got a card. Just show me. Miss Martin here? No card huh? I suppose I say yes she's here. And what happened? I sat inside. Brad you did that Sonny. Now I gotta raise him. Now I'm coming out. I just want him just smaller than you look for trimming. Later when I opened my eyes it was gone. I got to my feet fell down and finally made it over to the hallway where there should have been a bathroom and a towel and some water. The thing that stopped me was the girl in the Neglage. She was sitting on the floor against the wall. She was blonde and her head was turned to one side as if she was wondering about me. Stocking tied around her throat and she was dead. We'll return to yours truly Johnny Dollar in just a moment. [Music] Now with our star John Lund we bring you the second act of yours truly Johnny Dollar. I've seen the dead girl a couple times in the jungle picture spliced between the main feature and the news video. The girl in the South Sea Apron who gets chased by the gorilla. I stopped trying to convince myself it wasn't real. It was real alright. I didn't need the pounding on the door to knock it into my head. I didn't need Detective Kosker either. You want a rampage? You want to know what happened or you want to be a big man? Just be gentle with me. That's all I want you to do. 15 minutes ago I was in a warm bed. I was just be gentle. I got slugged, a man seven feet tall and a black leather jacket. A couple of hours questioning Roy Fulton about the murder of this girl friend of his, Toby. Nothing. I let him go. Then I climb into this warm bed and I was sleeping fine then Sergeant Heard called. Seemed someone phoned in this address to Sergeant Heard. You were saying what dollar? She's in the hallway propped against the wall. Sure man. Say a deep sigh about the warm bed, Kosker. She's young and she's strangled and her name's Stella Martin. You want to clear it up for me? I got worried about her. I came here and a guy clobbered me. I woke up a few minutes ago. Nobody gives me words. Why you? I don't know why. If I knew why I'd know who. You want to listen about a guy in a black leather jacket? Seven feet tall. Yeah, about brown felt hat. Find him. That oughtn't to be tough for a big man like you. Don't be sour on me. You took some lump. You see this kid? What? She told us on her hand. Well, well, well, read it, Johnny. Read what it says. There'll be another one tomorrow. Dollar another one tomorrow, darling. Wow. What makes me so popular, Kosker? Why doesn't it say your name? Because it says dollar. Because it says the name of a guy I stumble over when I get out of a warm bed. What am I going to do with you? Take you downtown and swatch it. Get out of here, darling. Get out of here, darling. Get out. Then back into the rose-centered air. And the suburban lawn now littered with friends and neighbors. And under the bright neon of the corner, cut-rate drugs and sundries, the night-blooming hackstand. I took a cab to my hotel. No more messages, so I went to sleep. In the next morning, the sound of the telephone screaming the name of Phil Gardner, agent. Get here, it said. So I got there. Girls drop like flies where you walked dollar. I read the papers this morning and you were there and another one dropped. What's the matter, Phil? Only yesterday we were in love, you and I. Don't ask me, Cap. We even be friends. It's a tired line from a tired diet. I don't like tired. Let me tell you something, Phil. I'm glad you called. You were going to be my first stop. You were hired to maybe prevent Toby Drake's dying. And this, you were a floppola, stinkaroo. Then you stay on. Maybe you could come up with why Toby, a talented girl, had to die. Like I said, stinkaroo. On your feet, Phil. Now, keep away from me, Johnny. On your feet. Now we talk. I'm talking, I'm talking. You killed Toby, Phil. Toby was on her way, maybe a star soon. Also with insurance, $50,000. Beneficiary you. That's why you killed her? Johnny. And all this big talk on the phone this morning. Get down here. Cover up, dog, Phil. All right. And we'll try the name Stella Martin. A little bit. Just let go of my arm. Stella Martin, three months ago, pick up. From Dorcas driving on Santa Monica, a guy gets lonesome for a car hop like Stella. A friendly pick up so help me. You did lovely, Phil. Now one thing more. You know a man who wears a leather jacket who's seven feet tall? Somebody help me. I got a madman loose. Goodbye, Phil. You've made the morning even worse. I got to the drive-in on Santa Monica. A cowgirl with a menu and a pair of heavy-duty sheer dungarees through a cart on my windshield that said "Philis" on it. Dorcas, she asked back. Why, that's old Mel, over that way. I'm mosey down over to old Mel. Yeah, Eddie. Johnny Dollar, insurance investigations. Milven Dorcas, shout out to fella. Howdy. Eddie. You the manager of this place, Mel? Yeah, top hand. Oh, what else? Huh? Oh, a tenderfoot talk. Don't let us draw you. I need some information, Mel. Yeah, now be grab a kick, sir, and speak up. What's on your mind? No, a girl named Toby Drake, Mel. No, there. Used to work here. One named Stella Martin. Yeah, do the work this evening. She ain't going to make it though. She's dead. She ain't Toby. Chute. She didn't like a zit. I need your help, Mel. If it does, me. Yeah, I don't know. You just don't know. If you don't help, there's liable to be another dead girl. Peggy. Who? Well, snare you, sir. You got monkey's ears. I said Peggy. Peggy Brian. And the kind of them three girls were thinking about cuts to you. True tell. Yeah, thinking about it even. Peggy used to work here, too. Hope to work here, too. Toby Zotto. You know where I can find Peggy? No, Hollywood, she lives in. Hey, wait a bit, though. Be good for your dress. You want to eat, sir? No, you got to be right, none. I'll wait, Mel. Get away. Get away from me. Wherever you are, get away. Listen to me, Miss Brian. I've come to help you. I'll kill you. I'll kill you before you kill me. Don't be crazy. Give me that gun. That's better. To kill it. That's why you come to kill me. Now, let's scream inside. We don't want to make talk to the neighbors inside, Peggy. Now, hush, hush, baby girl, hush. You see? I let you go. It's nothing to be scared of. I'm here to help you, to keep it from happening. Like I did to Stella and Toby. You understand what I'm saying, Peggy? No. Toby, they're dead. A lot of me, me. Why does it have to be you, Peggy? You don't know? You're killing, you don't know why? I'm trying to understand. I'm an insurance investigator. A lot of times I'm around when people die. Sometimes I get there sooner. Now, help me. Help me, Peggy, so I can help you. That way will save us both a lot of pain. So frightened. Because I'm so frightened. Whoever killed Toby and Stella, why would they want to kill you? I... I know why. I think I know. Well, tell me, Peggy. A woman was killed. We encountered. Tell me about it. For three years ago. Toby, Stella and I. We had a little car. We used to take a trip. Three summers ago. We took a trip to Oregon. One day. One day, what? This woman crashed into us. What's her fault? Honest, it was her fault. And she was killed? Married woman. Young and pretty and married. Please set it one, our fault. Let us go. Only we. Why else would anyone want us dead? It's, uh, Saturday, Peggy. What do you do with yourself on Saturdays? A shop. A grocery. A new dress sometimes. We'll go buy a new one. You and me. And tonight, what do we do tonight? You're asking me for a date? Uh-huh. What do we do tonight? Saturday nights, I usually go to Ocean Park. It's fun. Rides with people. It's fun. Sure it is. Saturday night, Ocean Park will have fun. So I made a lot of phone calls. To my hotel, to tell Judy, I was going to Ocean Park with a girl named Peggy Bryan, in case anyone inquired. And I called Agent Phil Gardner and let him know where I was going. Finally, I called Roy Fulton, Toby's boyfriend, and let him know all about my plans for the evening. And then I went shopping with Peggy Bryan and then took her to Ocean Park. Peggy Bryan, pigeon. Let's just walk for a while, Johnny. Whatever you say. You hungry, Peggy? Uh-uh. Let's go on the roller coaster. Sure. Peggy? Why? Just stand still, come on. Look around you. Do you see anybody you know? No. I know what you're doing, Johnny. Sure. I'm on a Saturday night date with a nice girl. You think you'll find me here, Johnny? You want me to level, don't you? Is he going to kill me? I'm going to try to stop him, Peggy. Come on, let's eat. Two tickets, please. Thanks. Let's go, Peggy. Stay close to me, Johnny. The girl can get lost in the funhouse. Johnny. What's the matter, Peggy? Nothing, I'm having such a good time. Ever been through that spinning barrel? Oh, I always fall down. Oh, hold your hand. Johnny. What? That man, that man over there. He watched us buy our tickets. Which man? The tall one. Yeah, I see him. Peggy, walk through that spinning barrel. Ball down if you have to, but get right up and get out the other side. Is he the one? Come on, I'm riding back of you. He's following us. Get out of this thing fast, I'm staying. I've been tearing you, Sheamus. I've been wetting. And enough, Shorty? Yeah. Come on, I'll drag you out of here. Now talk, talk or so. Have you crazy, Sheamus? Talk. You think I killed her? I didn't kill Stella. She was dead when I got there. I swear she was dead. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. You came in, I went crazy, I wanted to kill. Something to get even. And why are you following me? Because you're a Sheamus. If we get to the killer, I want a piece of him. I didn't kill Stella, I was in love with her. You gotta believe me, you got this. Peggy, what's the matter? Peggy, what's the matter? The mirror! Look in the mirror! He was in the mirror, all right. Roy Fulton's reflection, boyfriend at Toby. Long and thin as if he'd been squeezed together. Which included the gun he was holding. I pulled Peggy down on the floor with me and grabbed for my gun. Something happened or something rad that splintered in the front of his shirt. But he kept coming and something caught up with him. Fulton, Fulton, are you? They killed my wife. They killed her. They killed her. Expense account item four, 1995. To dress a pigeon named Peggy Bryant. Item five, $112 miscellaneous. Hotels, meals, rollercoaster rides, funhouse, et cetera. Expense account total, $366.05. Remarks, pay fill gardener, agent, face value of $50,000 policy on Toby Drake. Well, all in all, from your point of view, my trip to Hollywood was a failure. From my point of view, I kept one girl out of three alive. And I was lucky at that, luckier than you usually get in Hollywood. Here's Truly, Johnny Dollar. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar stars John Lund in the title role and was written by Morten Fine and David Friedkin with music by Eddie Dunsteady. John Lund can currently be seen in the Universal International Picture just across the street. Featured in tonight's cast were Raymond Burr, Dick Ryan, John McIntyre, Sidney Miller, Victor Perron, Virginia Gregg, and Jeanette Nolan. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime Del Valle. This is Dan Coverley inviting you to join us next week at this time when John Lund returns as... Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. 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