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The original air date July the fifteenth, nineteen fifty one and the title is
No My Darling Daughter The Adventures of the Saint, starring Tom Conway. The
Saint based on characters created by Leslie trotteris and known to millions from books,
magazines, and motion pictures. The robin Hood of Modern Crime now comes transcribe
to radio, starring Hollywood's brilliant and talented actor Tom Conway as the Saint.
Yes, I'm Simon Templer. I have an appointment with joyous mister Templer.
We've been waiting for you. Come in. Please thank you this way.
You had no trouble finding the place, sir. No, the Amison house
is too large to overlook. I should apologize for not sending the car for
you you received. Would you tell mother? Oh? Well, hello,
hello, you are Frankly, I've never given it much thought. See mother
hired you to drive a car. No, that wouldn't be at all.
She hired you to escort to Bermuda. You're not the escort type, Miss
Allison. This is the saint. Oh, then that's why mother hired you.
Good luck feels? Did mister duncr tell him I've already left for the
track. Goodbye, Rambles, goodbye. She goes with a house. I
take it Missus Allison's daughter Cora via late marriage, A very spirited young lady.
Oh, here's Missus Allison's bedroom missus Allison, mister Templer is here.
We'll send it in, send it in. Come over here, mister Templer,
let's have a look at you. Very nice, Just exactly what is
being hired, miss Allison? A detective or a profile? Ohn? Sit
down. I'm not here, mister Templer, just wearing out. And please
don't allow the oppertinences of an aged woman to distress you old the wages of
an extremely indulgent but not an interesting life. You don't seem as weak a
woman as you've let on, missus Ellison. A gentlemanly thing to say,
mister Templer, but the strength you see left in me is only the extra
strong light of the candle before it burned out. Here, mister Templer,
is a check for one thousand dollars. It's yours, just like that.
I never thought money was for anything but spending. And now shall we talk
of my need for you for a thousand dollars to my favorite charity? You
can talk of anything. You have seen her who my daughter? I ran
into a light breeze on the stairs. A Field said she was your daughter,
mister Templer. Cora is an exciting, spirited girl. She's had everything
that's fine in life now. Her only reading matter is the racing form.
Her only art self beautification. Her only uses the rocket comes of a nightclub.
Look, I found this gun in her room. She thinks it's cute
to carry a gun. But that isn't all. The real problem goes deeper.
A man. How did you know it? Usually is? His name
is Frank Dunn. Yes, he runs the Paradise Club. You know him,
yes, then you know that he's a ruthless man. Cora is in
love with him, or thinks she is. He's no good for her.
I want you to take her away from him. I know Cora, I
know our view. I know you're the kind of man who can do it.
And that's all. Yes, No, I think you've left out something,
the real reason for being of thousand dollars. We will start with Cora.
You made her what she is, missus Allison, and you like it.
You like her flamboyance and her successes. They can't you like yourself when
you were young. You're not angry at her, You're worried about her.
You think Frank Dunna is going to get into trouble, criminal trouble. You
are a discerning man. Mister Templer and a frank one. Then we understand
each oman. Yes, good fabrication between a man and his client is usually
unhealthy, especially when there's someone in the middle with a loaded gun. Now,
just how is done using Cora? I don't know, and I will
find out. They're at the trap. They're always theres a track Field tells
me they have a box. I'll phone you as soon as I get something.
Remember, mister Templer, whatever it is, the important thing is that
Cora be kept out of it completely. Do you understand I understand and missus
Allison, that I'm about to play nursemaid to a very beautiful young lady.
Tell me, now, Frankie, which horse did you have? The winner's
always say that, but this was afortile finish darling? Which one did he
have? Whose you? Tell me? Oh? No, Cora, Hey,
Frankie, Look who's coming? Hello? Hello, Cora? Oh hello,
cute. So I hope you're following me. No, I dropped a
few hundred dollars as track last season. I wondered if any of you would
founder Hello. We found more than that. Frankie dying. This is Simon
Temper, This Temper, This is hello, Frankie. Hello's saying, oh
you know each other? Yeah, yeah, we know the same. And
you're a gorilla named whose aren't you? Or are you a moose named gorilla?
Now listen, I'm moose. So you know this guy Coral? No,
not as well. I'd like to mead him at the house. Mother
hired him. It's kind of lushies, don't you say? Come on in
and join it? All right, been delighted, Cora. The box is
fully see. I'm saving that for fran Dson never comes besides the last races,
though we will only be here a few minutes long. I've had the
state is taken going. I guess you're right now that I see him in
the sunlight, I don't like him. It looks too moral than me.
You've heard the lady saying, well, I don't think you're teaching the very
kind of Frankie, and I have such nice things to tell Corda about you.
That jewel spend three years in Jolia, a few more in State pens
for various inflections of the lawn. Oh, I know all that, saying,
that's Frankie's charm. That's why I'm going to marry him. I see,
does your mother know we're going to Elope and anat lazy going to be
a surprise. Mother's done a lot on her day, but never anything as
exciting is marrying a man like and you're going to congratulate him saying I'm going
right out and buying her some black crepe. Let me press him, Franky,
Let me press you. Race a Winner number three, Infernal Place number
eighth, Happy Bride Show number one eighth, Para neutrals are on the corboard.
Op is the ones I get to our cocas. You did have infernal
one hundred dollars eleven to one, not bad for when it's to day five
yesterday. Keep this up and don't have as much money as your hell.
I'll be right back picking a lot of winners. Thank you enough. What
do you suppose it is making you so luckier? Suns, spots or maybe
a system? I'd like to hear all about it. Kind of soft in
the middle, Templar. I'm over long before your mouth catching the more trouble.
I'm going, oh right away. Whatever happened to Patricia Frank you seems
to me you two were good and marry luck your late Patricia less Templer just
thought i'd ask she was a nice kid. Seem to love you. Nice
wise guy. Keep pressing me like this, you're gonna end up on a
slab. Oh beat it, crosswatch. I'll be glad to That's the only
way to stay ahead, Frank, You take leave when you get a winner.
Lave a track so so much. The templer. Yes, and it
was a little too crowded. Oh what too over to jersey ed? Yeah,
waiting, hold up, well, what's about it? I was standing
down. But one of the dark glasses in bail. Oh yeah, she's
a Melano is the one I'd go on the way to Jersey for. Hello,
Patricia Rank, you know you're at the track. I don't know.
Wait a minute, don't go, not until we've had a chance to talk.
I'm hey, I'm gonna call it out. I don't think you will.
You don't want to join you attention to yourself. That's why the dark
classes. Who are you hiding from? Patricia? Thank you? What do
you want to say? I told you a few moments of pleasant conversation.
You won't get it from me. I might you know? Thank you?
And I were just talking about you. I'm in town, No, I'm
here. I've got a cab waiting. Come on, I'll take you home.
I don't want to go home. Where do you want to go?
Here? Staying at a hotel on Madison? All right, I'll take you
there and we will drive slowly. We've got a few things to talk about.
Thank you, Thanks for being so talkative. I don't remember saying anything.
You didn't what's bothering you? Why did you go to the track and
hide in the corner behind dark glasses in a val It's my business? Who
is Bronson? Frank? He mentioned him at the track? Who is he?
I never heard of him? Frank is making a lot of money off
the races. How's it done? You can fix one race sometimes, but
you can't fix four one day, five the day before, and I don't
know how many before then. That takes a lot of organization. How do
you feel about Cora Allison? Why all Brunette feel about Blan? That's a
nice wedding me you're wearing. I like it. You and Frank has don't
marry? Why shouldn't it be no reason? Except it seems to me that
if Frank is going to marry Corea in a few days, as he says
it, it a bit better for him not to be married to you.
That's his problem. Sure, you don't want to tell me about Bronson.
I don't want to tell you anything, all right, I see you again?
Got h thank yeah, just thank you on the towel. But it's
come over from Jersey. I don't know. Do me a fable when don't
tell him? On him? Tell no matter what, don't tell him?
Why not? Won't be good to means for all right, Patricia, I
don't tell him. I gots it, yes, thank you him? Shot?
How I was to talking about stock a key? Nobody can get one
at the desk? No, give me a hand, right, come on,
come on, get a little more. Yeah, here she is,
mister wow. Look at that rug. Who ever did it? Made sure
in the windows open? I escape? Anyone fights down all the police right
away, boy, mister Cunning, I'm sure Eddie, Eddie, come over
here up at this window. Oh yeah, you were part at the end
of the ally. Did you see anyone come out of it? Oh?
I was tired shape maybe maybe lobby corn Alison, Hello for you, oh,
mister templar. I tried to follow you at your apartment, missus.
Allison has asked me to inform you that your services are no longer needed.
Just a moment, Field, please take your foot out of the door where
I should be forced to call the police. Hardly liked the Field. You
haven't forgotten. The murder was committed not long ago. I was standing outside
Patricia Dunn's department when it happened. I don't know what you're talking about,
sir. I don't want to call you a line, Field, but you're
tempting me. I've got a strong feeling Cora did it. I also think
you drove her then back in the limousine. You're wrong, mister Templer.
I haven't left the house all afternoon, nor has the car left the garage.
There you go again. I felt the hood on the limousine not two
minutes ago. It's too warm, and I'd also like to find something else
but swarm. That's a gun fired, probably by the dainty hand of a
girl who has everything except the rights upward. Now believe me feels it.
It'd be a lot less trouble if you let me in to talk the Corra
than if I find a telephone and talk to the police. Well, Corra's
in her bedroom. Please come in, mister templer, Cora. If you're
going to keep on crying, we're not gonna get any world. I'd tell
you I didn't kill Yes, I heard you, and you don't believe it.
I'd like to, but you've got a lot of things to explain.
One is the automated. You used to carry it once a pistol, for
it's not for shooting. Oh, I never shot a pistol in my life.
Oh, I see you used it as a paperweight. No, I
carried it because well, because it looks good, huh, like a mink
gate. Oh, I tell you I didn't do her. Would anyone know
if you ever told to? You know to some people also looks good to
tell. A lot of tever lives you who also said you went to Patricia's
apartment, i't. I came home hard after the races. We had dinner
here. Yes, I came right home. All of which reminds me of
to Nokio, whose nose got longer every time you lied I was home all
afternoon. He saw me. We've already been through it. His nose is
getting longer too, Quara, listen to me. A cam driver saw you
running up the alley away from Patricia's place after the shots were five somebody.
It doesn't matter who you're making it up. Strangely enough, I'm not like
you, Cora. I don't think it looks good to make things up,
especially when murders concerned the campus. All you and the magazine and Field,
And I'll tell you one thing more, the police will be able to prove
you were there. Oh you're lush as I know. I know you told
me all right, Oh I was there, my children, I couldn't know.
Its na believe No, don't believe her. It's the templar. She's
lying. Oh bother, she didn't kill Patricia. Donne I know because I
did. I just owned the police and confessed. Shall I have a partner
set us up against say? No? Not for man. You go ahead,
Eddie. I I know you've got to get fortyfied to face the New
York traffic. No, no, I'll skip it. Hey, what are
we doing here? Waiting? What Frank you done? This is his place?
If and when he shows up, I want to see if he's in
the morning. You mean, after all it's happened, you're still in a
case. No, No, not exactly. What good the client if she's
on the way to the diap house, the meaning missus Alison meaning the same.
Then you really think she does, she says, So, then why
don't you go home and go to slate. Let's just say I'm rifless,
Eddie. I've been latching That man at the end of the bar, the
one in the brown pins drive to work is Ronson. At least that's what
the bark he called him. So so he's the one who's in with Frank
Done on the horse lay scheme. He gave the bartender a package. The
bartender knocked the package in the safe, then gave Bronson an envelope. Ronson
opened unploke and put the contents into his wallet. Eddie, what would you
put in your wallet that was green and negotiable cabbage? If I had an
it was cabbage your life, cabbage and lettuce, smooler fish plans or whatever?
Up Misson? You want to use his share a track winnings, Maybe
let's see if I can find out good evening. Mister Bronson. We have
met, not formerly, but we have mutual friend. Frank Done Cora Allison.
They tell me you have a great way to beat the horses. A
short thing and until your court. That is why your young man a superman,
and my X ray eyes penetrate your coat and see the money in your
inside pocket. Your share have done track winning. You're the most absurd young
manners ever met. That money was for a package. I left mister Done
wondering what was in the package. I failed to see how that's any of
your affair. Let's just say it isn't to relieve my curiosity books, young
man, I'm a book dealer. I have a shop on Third Avenue.
You must come and see it. Sometimes. The money mister Dunne gave me
was simply payment for the books. They must be pretty expensive, because there
was a lot of money in the rombelow rare books. Tell me, young
man, where did you ever get that delightful notion that I know how to
beat the horses and I'm involved in something with mister Dunne And what was the
girl's name, Cora Anderson? Oh yeah, it's the charming idea. I'll
tell you what you do, young man. You investigate me, and if
you determine that I am engaged in something criminal pleasing for me, I should
be delighted to know how. Goodbye, mister templer, and don't try to
follow me, of course not. It's bad manners, mister Bronson, to
follow anyone who isn't female. I've been waiting for you the hallway for almost
two hours, was wondering if you'd ever get home. I was out getting
my mind off a no good case. Mister Temper. I'd like to talk
to you, may I commune. I don't think you have anything to say
to me, Carr. You could have said anything you wanted to before the
police took your mother. That's no reason I can't say it now. Please
all right, but I hope it's worthwhile. I'm very sleepy. Well,
I saw mother in jail a few hours ago. It was an unpleasant sight.
Well it should have been. Jails aren't designed to give kicks. Mother
doesn't belong me, mister Temper. I know it. She didn't kill Patricia
Dan. She just said she you protect me. She's convinced I killed Patricia.
Then she feels responsible because of the way she brought me up. I
admit there's wisdom there. So were you going to let her give herself up?
I suppose so it was an awful thing to do it. Well,
I know I can't why I told you I saw a jail. No,
you don't have to worry about that, Cora. The police will soon find
out they haven't got a case against her, and she'll be released. Of
course, they'll look for someone else to take her place. Have you got
a better suggestion? That's just it, mister Tindler. No matter what you
and mother think, I didn't kill Patricia Dunn. And that's the truth.
Thank you, Cora. I don't know whether to believe you or not you
You've told so many lines already. You wear. At Patricia's apartment, I
know you were. Yes, I was there. I heard that. Thank
you. Still married to he. I knew he couldn't marry me, and
I knew something was wrong. No, I want to see her. I
was inside her a problem when you left her there, Manager let me and
I told him I was your sister. Then you saw her killed her.
The shots came into the window. I got frightened. I may put on
a lot, but I do get frightened. I ran down the fire straighten
up the alley. That's when the cab driver saw me. Feels took me
home and I told mother what happened, and she didn't believe it. She
thought you were the one who killed Patricia and made up the story about someone
firing through the window. She made few of me, promised to say neither
of us left the house. When you came and proved me. She called
up the police and tested to save you. Said years old and didn't matter
if she went to jail. Was her way of giving me a new start,
hoping I changed my ways. Everyone. I just told you the truth.
I wonder you know you remind me of the boy who cried wolf h
Tell me about Frank. You's skeeen to beat the horses. How does it
work? I don't know. All I know is he's always has the winning
ticket. She's a cash dozens of em. Doesn't hear a cash any of
them. That's always me why, I don't know why I want to?
I bear it was fun. I know what about Bronson? He's in on
it was he he's an artist, an artist. He said he was a
book dealer. Oh he has a bookshop, all right, He's really an
artist. He does find a tail work. I've seen some him lether grahnk
yes in grieving a counterfeiting may be, of course, that's it. That's
why done always has the winning ticket. Bronson makes up a winm ticket ahead
of time for every horse in the race, no matter which horse whims done
winds, you face the idea. Now tell me one thing more, Corra,
How did you know Patricia was in town? How did you know which
she was staying? I overheard Lucy, thank you talk about it? Thank
you? Frank you done? Yes, she was afraid he'd find out she
was in town? Where's thank you staying? You've got a sweet a sudden
six thirteen? All right, oh, Corra, Yeah, for yours and
your mother's sake. I hope you're finally are telling the truth. It's open
waiting say oh, thank you over coloton. Where are you going somewhere?
Yeah? I got spers, yes, but not where you think you're going
to change places with missus Allie, that's very funny. I know all about
the counterfeit, Frank you, and I know Kara was used to friend for
you. You, with your reputation, could to keep catching so many win
tickets? Somebody would begin to wonder, but Coarra was relatively safe. However,
rant isn't an important thing, is it? No? Patricia's murder is
That's right? Says, that's the important thing. I get out of my
way. I got a gun in his overcoat pocket. I want to have
to kill you because I'm saving these bullets for someone else. Oh, I
want to really kill my Patricia. I don't name missus Alison. What do
you mean? A kid with too much money, in no sense and less
feeling? Cora Alison, which she said she didn't do it. She says
a lot of things, but I believe her this time. She's a changed
girl. Ruffle. But why girl? And I don't think she killed Patricia.
You got an alibriant frank here. Yeah, real good? I love
that? Is that why she was so scare? She knew I wanted her
out of town till the jaberth Bronson was finished. She knew if I know
she was in town, out of slapped around and sent her home. I
must say, you have a unique way of showing affection. It's my way.
Oh it's very jection, thank you. But I don't think that al
if I would stand up in clot list one. Will Moose and I were
in the bar this hotel when Patricia was killed, and the house steak and
six other people saw us, So I guess you made a mistake. I
get out of my way, saying I got a date with Color. You're
not going to kill Colora. Make your hands make you're not going to kill
us, saying I didn't ask for trouble with you, but you're gonna get
it. There's your phone downe answering, answer yourself, all right, I
will hello, Frank motion, I get a bullet in me? What is
it? Nan ronsome brons, hang up the telephone, man, I'll tell
you all about myself first hand. I don't think you have to, Bronson.
I already know. It's been a merry go round and I got a
lot of lead rings. But you're a good woman. Yes, you killed
Patricia because she knew the deal you and Frank you were on. She never
wanted Frank you to be in on it, and you thought she dropped the
wrong information to the police, so everyone who knows about it had to go
the pressure moose. Yes, young man, it seems that it is now
your turn. Now, pronsense, your turn, Franka, Frank all right,
Frankae, you even things up, Give me the gun. It's no
good plan where now except ballistics. You have been listening to another transcribed adventure
of the Saint, the robin Hood of Modern Crime, and now Here is
our Star Tom Conway. Ladies and gentlemen in Our trast you heard Gail Paige
as Quara and Tiger Webber as the Pusher. Eter Reese Marin played Missus Allison.
Ronnie Phillips was Moose. Tony Barrett. Frankie the Butler was played by
Fred Field Bronson. Bill Conrad then Vernon was the elevator Boy. Eddie was
played by high Appabak. This is Tom Conway inviting you to join us again
next week at the same time for another exciting adventure of the same night.
The Night. Script of the Saint was written by Larry Roman. The Saint
based on characters created by Leslie Chatteris is it James L. Sathier production,
and is directed by Helen Matt. Tom Conway is soon to be seen in
Warner Brothers production Painting the Clouds with Sunshine. All you Saint fans will be
glad to know that the Saint comic books are on sale at all newsstand.
You're an answer, Don Stanley. It's the Silver Jubilee on NBC. Be
sure to hear three more top mystery shows coming your Way Today on NBC.
Continuing now, they're screen actor Lloyd Nolan as hard hitting Martin kin clap Eye.
Then actor Carfin Young comes to the NBC microform as the Whisperer and listen
to Night for Adventure and kind of Combs a Bloom with mister Loveall good right
here the American form of the air on NDC. This is Andrew J.
Graham, author of the web surface series oh Anna Mana's Wife. You're listening
to the great Detectives of All Time Radio. Welcome back. Well, a
solid episode for The Saint. I think that the show with Tom Conway really
did find his pace here. Particularly this episode really strong and a characterization I
would like to hear more of. It's a shame that this is the final
episode that is available. It's by no means the final episode Tom Conway did
on The Saint. In fact, there are fourteen more weeks of programs running
to October twenty first of nineteen fifty one. But unfortunately they are among the
many lost radio programs, and it's always difficult as to whether any of these
will come, will ever turn up. I give this I'm slightly more optimistic
about these just because NBC was transcribing so many of these series in sending them
out at such a distribution, there's a greater odds that the programs survive,
but we'll have to see if any emerge over the years. Certainly, if
they do, will return to this series. Hi Averback, who appears in
this episode, is probably best known for being the voice from the Loudspeaker in
mash They had a varied career in radio and in television. With that,
we turned to listener comments and feedback and Debbie rides in with a comment regarding
our listener support special, the very last one, Captain Kerry USA. Debbie
said, I enjoyed this episode. Charlton Heston was great. Indeed he was,
and as I said, in my opinion, he really elevated the piece
over the original that was seen in motion pictures. All right, while as
I said, that does it for the Saint. Next week on Monday,
we'll be bringing you Michael Shane and next Tuesday our Stone of the Desk Squad.
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