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a transcribed adventure of George Valentine. Dear mister Valentine, Chance and Probability a
harmless sounding phrase, isn't it, But it's had a horrible influence on my
life ever since I first heard it in a beautiful South American town that has
pink houses, incredible sunsets of liquid gold, and Caesars, the fanciest gambling
can see no outside of Mate Carlo. Oh, yes, it also has
a murder that everyone but me is willing to forget. Mister Valentine, I
need help from a fellow American, someone I at least know by reputation.
So please please use these airplane tickets and come to me sleep, Mary Marston
Caricathestor LaRue twenty five avientidos soul pullicon ps. The words chance and probability referred
to a gambling system which can't fail to make anyone a million dollars, except
that its possession is an invitation to death. Well that was quite an answer,
thought Abrooks. Yes, George, And those tickets aren't all that.
Mary sent here five golden yellow chips with the name Caesars and a royal crest.
No, no, less, the fancier is gambling casino outside of Monte
Carlo. Five one hundred dollar chips is a retaining The tickets are on a
fight. Leaving tomorrow. I'm going right home in pack but Brooks to go
all the way to South America. Just like that. All things we have
to do here. Yes, after all, Mary did say the place has
incredible sunsets, the golden yellow color of these incredible chips. South America.
Here we come, you, dancing teacher, one of the very best,
Professor Marcel level at yoursel. That's fine, Miss Mars. You, mademoiselle,
Oh, you have the born grace of the natural dancer. Five get
along on the dance floor. You get along? Or no, just get
along. No, I can't teach you to Marslin. Miss Mars, certainly
lovely girl lives here like the others. Like the others, I not only
teach the dance. I also own this exceptionally fine establishment. No no,
no, no, not a rooming house. Really no, like an old
fashioned little family group. So I hear all that. Well, of course,
impos I would naturally not teach the sumber that can't go. No,
no, no, here, I teach the jitter. I hear your students
are waiting for you. So if you just tell us, well with moms,
send miss Mars and you have come to talk to Earth about about the
system. No, I mean that would be the only reason you would come
all of you away from the United States. No, mademoiselle, no secrecy
or such a better missie. I will pay you anything you want for that
system. I'll keep that in mind. No, I will not let anyone
else ever get its first. Please for remember that Tanny wine. I'll repeat
it to myself every night, just before I drop off the Shoh boy,
they're welcome to policy, or welcome missie. His name was Bill Shields.
He lived at the Professors too. He was the only friend that I had
here. But what you told us, he must have been a pretty wonderful
man. Wanted me to go back home. I didn't know. He left
me all his money until the police found his will and somebody killed him at
Caesars. Yes, because Bill had the system. Do you really believe there
is such a thing? May Well, he won ten thousand dollars in one
week, and he could have won more. He said that would be enough
for him, enough for me to get well and strong again. How long
have you been down here? Almost a year? I was singing with a
show that went broke here and then I got sick. But weren't for Bill.
I I was Bill doing him polic song. Well, he'd been an
engineer on some kind of construction job, but then he got interested in this
system, this business of chance and probability. What was that? Well,
Bill said, the answer to any system had to be in mathematics, so
I always had me getting books on mathematics, chance and probability, and then
he succeeded mister Vallington. I can't use any of Bill's money until I find
out who killed him. You can understand that, can't you. I'll do
what I can. Why did the police say about all this? Well,
not that Bill was killed. There was a robbery at Caesar's. They say
the robbers killed Bill just sort of accidentally. But it didn't So somebody killed
him deliberately to stop him from using his system. Caesar Coppa would be interested
in doing that. Oh, somebody might have tried to get the system from
Bill and failed. Has Bill ever written this system down? Very No,
no, not that I know of. Has he ever explained it to you?
I'm afraid I wouldn't be smart enough to understand it anyway, Now you
feel and nobody will do anything to find out who killed Bill? Is that?
And mister Valentine, you can get all the facts from the police and
from Caesar Cappa. They'll be delighted to give you the fact. That's not
enough. I must know who killed Bill. Allie Murray, I already saw
all the fabulous pink houses of Polies. On this evening, we'll see the
sunset and maybe tomorrow we can complete the points of interest and look for the
murderer. Say you're Valentine. I assure you we are doing all we can.
Yes, so I've heard Lieutenant the customer at anything you can do to
help, Senor, we would be honored. Thanks about the Caesar couple,
A fine man, fine everyone in Polazon seems to be an exemplary character.
That is the way it would appear, Miss Brooks exactly. Still a man
is dead and the system nah, that is something I would not venture an
opinion on, Senor. You ever, seems to Shield's play at the casino,
oh see, and saw him win again and again. Wow, could
have been just a run of luck that could happen. But before each player.
I even saw mister Shields figure out things on a piece of paper and
always burned the paper with this cigarette lighter. That could have been just window
dressing him. I beg your pardon over mind now, thought that robbery a
very unusual thing to happen in mister Copple's establishment. I'm sure it is our
theory that poor mister Shields was merely in the way of the thief, and
so we should ever catch the thief a rather death or possibility. Rankly,
Yes, you see, our police force is not large, and there are
so many different ways to get in and out of police on But naturally,
if there is anything we can do to cooperate, thanks, thanks very much.
I think I've had all the cooperation I can stand. And just one
more thing, Yes, should you come across the late mister Shield's system,
the one you're not even sure exists, Lieutenant the Castle, It would be
more pleasant and more profitable for you, mister Valentine if you were to get
in touch with me. First good day. But you have me wrong,
mister Valentine. Mister Sild's death was a very unpleasant shock to me. Yeah,
you must have cried all that. I am serious. You must admit
your grief does seem hard to believeable to Capital Season, they lay a much
nobler name. Well, the frank remains Season. But Shields want a great
deal of money here at the casino, and presumably he could win as much
more as he wanted. However, that it's just the point, mister Shields
was a gentleman. The night he was killed, he came hire to say
goodbye. He apologized for winning the ten thousand dollars at my expense. See,
it was all in needed. Adventured the guests that I would survive,
And as I see, you have quite well. Yes, this is a
beautiful place, isn't it. You ought to see it in the evening when
the play is in full swing. It is truly worthy of season. I
know, but I still don't care what you're driving out about Shields. This
isn't on this casino, mister Valentine. I do not have to, but
obviously I cannot survive it through the genuine system. Mister Shields is dead.
Remember, I repeat, I had nothing to fear from him anymore. But
whoever has this system now? Has someone else been very lucky around here lately?
No, but I think that somebody will someday. Why. Needless to
say, I watched Shields every move during the play. One evening, in
the excitement of winning, he dropped one of the pieces of paper on which
he was making his calculations. The paper was an unusual shade of yellow.
Shield's system was the talk of the town. How many people were trampled in
the Russia. As a matter of fact, only one other person noticed it,
shift the individual around town called the Nickel. I wasn't fast enough to
stop him before he reached the door, the penalty of overweight. I'm sure
you had a talk with the impetuous Nickel a later. It didn't private,
but he said he couldn't make any sense of the figures on the paper,
so he destroyed it. A likely story, precisely, especially since Niko has
lately been seen spending more money than he ever had in his life, and
more especially since Nko is now nowhere to be found. So you figure Nko
sold a precious piece of yellow paper and was told to make himself scarce.
Mister Valentine, I will pay you handsomely. I must know if these systems
did exists, and who has it. I already have a client sees here,
but you're welcome to tag along if you'll help me, of course,
and I want to know all the details at the robbery. How do I
get him? I will arrange for you to speak to Carl Sebring, my
manager, and Freddy Griggs, the cashier's loyal Valentine, I merely think my
employe is dramatizing himself again meeting Rod Sebring. There's no such thing as a
winning systems. The tune we've heard before. It's usually followed by another tune
when you find it. Remember me first. I've been again, But for
many years was Brooks Gamblings my whole life, and I never found a system.
As you notice, I'm an employee off Caesars the Magnificent who gambles not
at all. The models an obvious one, so it is, and amen.
But the moment I'd like to know about the robbery. It took place
just about here at this roulette wheel. The lights suddenly went out. Aren't
the extra ones an emergency lighting system most gambling places have on. The switch
to the auxiliary lighting system is near the cashier's cage. When Freddie turned it
on, he found it had been tampered with. Oh that was convenient.
By the time some other lights went on, the croupier was neatly knocked out,
the money was scooped up from the racks, and in the excitement,
mister Shields was shot with a gun which must have had a silency. The
lights were tampered with, I and inside job wouldn't you say, seving,
I would say so, but Caesar shies away from the ideas if it were
a reflection on his own honor. The men Caesar has chosen can do no
wrong. That sort of thing. Again, I get the idea you're not
very fond of mister Kappo. Fond of him better than that. I admire
him his colossal ego. He actually has that phony royal crest on every handkerchef
he owns, and every cigarette smokes. So obviously they stolen money incident had
to be put on a grandiose basis, including the Niko incident. Now,
if you'd like to see the cashier, yeah, lead on spring. Yeah,
I give ten years of my life for a system like that. Miss
always knew somebody would be lucky and work one out, and the man who
did wasn't very lucky, it seems, sir. Oh, yes, sir,
I see what you mean. Funny, Yes, sir, you can
turn the emergency lights on right here near the cage, right right. In
fact, I'd tested them myself just before the casino opened, mister kap I
was right with me. The old thing is a running mystery. Yeah,
But later when the lights went out, didn't you do anything? Governor?
I have a game leg see got it in an accident. That's why I
took this cashier job, so I wasn't going to run anywhere. Besides,
it might have been a trick, Sir. I do just then? Did
it leave the cage? You got it? Miss? So I just take
the ear in the dark set you with a gun, A gun with a
silencing holes. Sir? Why not? Just an idle question? Yes?
Did you notice Nico here at the casino on the night mister Shields was murdered?
Nico? You know I'm don't you? Just enough not to give him
credit. He hasn't been around in days and days. No idea where I
can find him, George, I think Lieutenant the Caurst was looking for you.
Oh good, maybe he can help us find Nico, the only leader
we seem to have all the talent. I was very anxious to find you.
Yeah, what's up? It seems we have had another murder committed by
the same man who killed mister Shields. The bullets match who was killed,
and that is the mystery. A very unimportant man, a man who cannot
have any connection with this case at all, A man called Nico in just
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the heart of a winning gambling system that brought luck to nobody, not to
Bill Shields, the man who invented it, not to the shifty little South
American Niko who tried to cash in on it. Both were murdered. Yes,
you're up to your neck in this very strange case that brought you thousands
of miles to the little town of Polisar. And even if your name is
George Valentine, you've been to think that the chances for success are small,
and the probability off you're getting a bullet next is great. Still, you
stick to your job, which at the moment is again talking to the huge
and egotistical owner of the casino. Sees a couple the murder a kid,
and he goes so that he would be the only one at the system.
Now he'm at his mercy. Cut that out, Caesar. His place isn't
worth a center. A man can come in and win as much as he
wants anytime, d man I did. That's a little more important than the
money you might lose. I built up this casino from nothing. I built
it beautiful and strong because I am Caesar Cappo and I am not going to
see it destroyed. I am Yeah, you know what, I don't know
what I can do? Okay, then listen to me and trying to help.
Yes, who was here the nice shields were shot? Was Mary Marston
here? The American girl? No professor la room let me think. Yes
he was here, but not that he had any money to play with you.
But he was here. And the lieutenants, Yeah he was here.
But the one more thing, the emergency lights. You were with a cashier
when he tested them? That is right, they worked. Have you any
idea how they could have been tampered with? I would swear it wouldn't be
impossible for anyone to do that without Freddie seeing him. Impossible, impossible,
But it was done. Yeah, Murder doesn't have to come here by himself
ever, he has can have dozens of people come to you use this system
ruined me? He she is a cop boy. The Mercedi's address? What
Freddie Griggs the canshier? Where does he live? Carl Seabrigg must know?
But why I don't see? I want Freddie's address and an oversized portion of
good luck. It's overdue, George. What if Freddie decides to come back
here, after all, this is sits home and climbing in through a window,
isn't he stop worrying looking for I'm sure good that always helps. I'm
hoping it might be money, lots of money. The money stolen from the
casino would be Maybe you ought to believe Caesar that it was impossible for anyone
among you the lights, and it would have to be Freddie himself. Surely
he wouldn't keep the money he earth couldn't very well take it to the bank.
Still, it's sort of in the dream department. Igness shirts sucks hand
Kerchen. What is it, George? A piece of yellow paper, a
very unusual shade of yellow, the system, the piece of paper that Nico
sneaked out of the casino on which Bill Shields figured his play. Let me
see the square root of C three D over A plus b equals the square
root of C three d parenthesis A plus b over parenthesis A plus b times
too. A real fascinating. Well, it must be the key to the
system. But George, what's it doing. You're at Freddy's If Freddie bought
the piece of paper from Nico, then he must have killed him and shields.
That's what follows me books. See how come this paper was left where
I could be found. Freddie's too smart for that. Yes, well,
what are we doing next? Come on, I'll get the lights. At
least we can leave through the door. Well, the police can make pretty
talk if he knows anything about this piece. No, don't, did you
see what? Not? Too dark? I just hearn him move off finally
never getting George. Please murder. It's getting more and more desperate, Dolly.
Let's leave this case in the castro, and in your life you still
have this piece of paper and a client who has a conscience at a heartache.
Come on, Brooky, we gotta see people. I just got here
to the casino Valentine first one, huh Caesar around seabring. Oh no,
he didn't come down necessarily. He's probably home getting his daily manicure and shade.
Preddy here should be here any minute, all right. Took a little
walk after dinner or dude always likely constitutions it's might to be walking alone.
You don't have a lot of people watching what you do. Yes, miss
I do like my solitude, just to do a little thinking, meditate under
the stars and let the bomb of the evening. Yeah you're a poet,
Reddie. Nice to talk to you. So you were here in your apartment
all evenings since I am a lazy man, mister Valentine, have you nails
manicured with the barber here? No? No, no night. I was
here all alone. Even Caesar has his moments of loneliness. But it was
terrible, as you will, until your calmed down the room, boy,
I was just to call the police or Mary, poor Mary, it makes
sense. Were you. I was in the other room, teaching a group
or to do the Charleston, and I heard Mary's screen. I went to
their room as she was gone, romis this way, isn't who? Yes?
Miss you used and in one of his students ran over to the window.
There is that big garden you crossed before you get to the street.
Yes, yes, yes, we know. Students are men dragging marry A
throws the garden and she was struggling with him, and he could not you
with them, and whiles the kidney to go. Yes, yes, yes,
could desire hold on already put up a fight alrighty and I think I
know who she fought with. You get Lieutenant the Castro Angel and meet me
at Freddy's place as soon as you can. Honey, no lights. I
guess it's the window again. Nah, I was shay down and wrists.
Yeah, something is different. I swear what the mary? Wait? Wait
on how old mister Valentine? Well, I have to gag her again?
Wow? I was right about you. See Bring, please do as a
girl. I'll have to kill you now instead of later. Move okay,
and makes you a much bigger man than me, so you'll get no argument.
Bust. He said. It was going to make me tell him about
the system, even if he had to torture me. That's what I'm gonna
do. And then you'll have to go. But Valentine joining you Later,
the police will say Freddie killed not only Shields and Nico, but the two
of you as well. After all, I already planted the paper. You're
wasting your time. See Bring, he doesn't know the system. I don't,
really, I don't. I must contradict you. Shields was your friend,
miss Marston, good enough friend to leave you all his money? You
got him all those books. Oh he can fide it in you all right,
No, no, he didn't. Can I get through with y'all?
Know for sure? It's a matter of curiosity, Valentine, how did you
know that I took the girl here? Well, if I'm gonna satisfy your
curio, said Eli, and at least be civilized and have a cigarette,
togetty, I can offer you a good American brand later start talking. Okay,
all the people in this case, only you, whose passion is gambling,
had no interest in the system. Insisted that you didn't believe in one.
That was strange to say the least. Perhaps I did overplay my hand
a little. Help me, Please help me, mister Valentin too, after
somebody took those shots at me, I heard him run. Certainly it couldn't
have been Caesar, who waddles, or Freddy, who has a bad lay
shot up point three. Freddy couldn't have dragged Mary across LaRue's garden, and
Caesar, who only wants the system destroyed, would have killed Mary in her
room, not take any chance of being seen. So again, it had
to be you. Yes, it was me all along, it was made.
But why why did you kill Bill? I took advantage of Freddie's rather
obvious maneuver with the lights and is stealing the money that kills Shields and confuse
the motive. But I'd never get the system from him. With him dead,
I could solve a piece of paper I bought from ko Or as the
last resort. Get the system from you and I will. Now the paper
was a fraud. Wasn't it a problem? Annouge? But that's all.
Oh, what a last Shields must have had when he delibered. He let
that piece of paper fall to the floor in the casino cigarette. No let
me you can have this in the fake Cellivane Burns even put it into the
bike. Second chance blush except from me dout in time. Oh okay,
alright, okay, it's all right. And I think I hit a lieutenant
as polite and vague as ever I bet, and almost too late. With
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Number two hundred and eight passengers will please come aboard. It's nice to
be going home with you. You'll get well and strong again, Mary,
Bill would want that, and you'll forget all this, sure, sure,
And the sun sets back home are pretty nice too, and you can paint
your house bullers on pink anytime. I wouldn't even try to thank you,
mister Valentine. Well, that's the smartest thing I heard anyone say today,
George. I wonder if Joe ever did find us. Don't whether he was
looking at the cast or said it was just a sensational run of luck.
What do you think, Mary, I don't know. We'll never know.
Now that's right, Maybe that's best. Caesar the responded, I have a
person for you, a token of my gratitude, Catlings, the most beautiful,
the most expensive, and made just for you, so personal, plan,
so personal. See well the crest, of course, to let you
remember that once you helped. Caesar. Goodbye, Bob boy Eyes, Goodbye
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West. Robert Bailey is starred as George, with Virginia Gregg as brookste Let
George Dooitt was written by David Victor and directed by Kenneth Webb. Virginia Eiler
was heard as Mary, Ted de Corsia as Caesar, Harry Bartell as Carl,
Eric Snowdon as Freddie, and Larry Dobkin as Nicastro. Music by Gaylord
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Don lead broad Got Things that Welcome back. Well, this was a pretty
solid episode of Let George Do It. I liked how all of the clues
could be easily deduced from things we'd heard on the radio program, particularly as
it had to do with people's walks. All the clues had been there,
I'd probably overlooked, well I had overlooked a couple and I'm certain you did
too. But if that's you know, if that's the case on this particular
episode, we only have ourselves to blame with missing out on getting to the
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