Speaker 1: Reavenger.
Speaker 2: The road to crime ends in a trap that justice
said crime does not pay.
Speaker 3: The Avenger, sworn enemy of evil, is actually Jim Brandon,
a famous biochemist. Through his numerous scientific experiments, Brandon has
protected two inventions to aid him his crusade against crime
as the Avenger, the telepathic indicator by which he is
able to pick up thought flashes, and the secret diffusion Capsule,
which cloaks him in the black light of invisibility. Brandon's assistant,
the beautiful fern Tier, is the only one who shares
the secrets and knows that he is the man the
underworld fears as the Avenger and now the Avenger and
the Blue Pearls. Inspector White is addressing a group of
detectives at headquarters.
Speaker 4: You men have been selected for this emergency detail because
we've got to put a stop to these hit run accidents.
During the past few weeks, eight people in the city
have died at twice many have been injured because of
reckless driving and unnecessary speeding. It's up to you men
to ferret out these reckless drivers and get them off
the road. I'll see that they're apprehended. We've got to
get out and put the brakes on this situation. Even
if we have to revoke half the licenses in this city,
reckless driving is a crime against public.
Speaker 5: Snafty, Jim.
Speaker 6: Is this road a short cut to the bees?
Speaker 2: Why no, Fern, But it gets us out of that
heavy traffic on the main highway.
Speaker 6: I'm glad you came this way. Maybe we could enjoy
the drive, Fern.
Speaker 2: Look at that car ahead of this.
Speaker 6: Why it's weaving all over the road. The woman's driving.
Maybe there's something wrong with.
Speaker 2: The car, or she must be crazy. She's speeding up, Jim.
Speaker 6: She's sure to have an accident. Can't we do something.
Speaker 2: We'll try hold tight, Fern. I'll catch up with her, Jim.
Speaker 6: She's driving off the road. She's going to hit that train. Jimmy,
she's crashed.
Speaker 2: Come on, Fern, we've got to get her out of there.
Speaker 6: The car first thing into flames.
Speaker 7: Jim, stay back a.
Speaker 2: Little, Fern. The hord's gone.
Speaker 1: Fire it It's okay.
Speaker 7: I've got her.
Speaker 2: I don't know she's unconscious.
Speaker 6: Put it down here, of Jim.
Speaker 2: She's in pretty bad shape. Fern. Go back to our
car and radio headquarters tell him to send an ambula rush.
In the meantime, I wrapped this code around her and
try to bring it to Oh you're all right now, miss,
You're safe. My pearl, my pearl, Never mind your pearls,
young lady. We've got to worry about getting you to
a hospital. But fern Burn tell him to hurry. That
arguments I gotssage.
Speaker 6: He'll be here in a few minutes.
Speaker 2: That'll be too late. I'm afraid this woman's dying.
Speaker 4: Oh, Jim, you must be mistaken. We've been through every
scrap of this wreckage and there's no sign of any
pearls here.
Speaker 2: I'm not mistaken, Inspector. That girl's dying thought was of
her pearls.
Speaker 6: They must have been valuable, Inspector. She didn't have them on,
so they must have been in the car.
Speaker 4: Well, they're not here now, fern I'll vouch for that, Jim.
As soon as my men finish here, I want you
to come down a headquarters and make a full report.
Speaker 2: On this accident.
Speaker 6: At least we know this wasn't one of those hit
run af as Inspector.
Speaker 2: No, this was even more serious than that. What are
you talking about, Jim, I thought you said that this
was technically it was an accident, Inspector, but it wasn't
caused by carelessness. That woman was doped.
Speaker 6: Costume. This club rendezvous is lovely, but a very disillusioning
thought just struck me.
Speaker 2: Oh what's that?
Speaker 6: I think we here on business, not pleasure.
Speaker 2: Sometimes your hunters are uncanny.
Speaker 6: We help let me in on the big secret, Jim.
What flues are you tracking down in this expensive manner?
Speaker 2: I did a little checking this afternoon, Fern discovered that
several persons who have figured an automobile accident lately were
known to frequent this club.
Speaker 6: Well, here we go again.
Speaker 2: I know the inspector thinks it's impossible for dope that
li was to be operating in the city, but I'm
not so sure.
Speaker 6: But why don't you let the narcotic squad take care
of it, Jim?
Speaker 2: Because there's very little to going so far for him,
And besides, to get the kind of evidence we need
will require the utmost caution.
Speaker 6: Well, mister Brandon, the dinner is delicious and the atmosphere
is illigant. I don't mind preceding the caution.
Speaker 2: This evening, I think we'll call it a night, Fern.
It's almost closing time.
Speaker 6: I had a grand time, Jim. Let's have one more
dance before we leave. Call a right, for I wouldn't
mind if all our blind trails.
Speaker 2: Were as pleasant as I'm afraid. There's a little of
the butterfly. And you, young lady.
Speaker 6: Oh my pearls, I've broken them?
Speaker 7: Help me pick them up?
Speaker 6: Or be there's one right beside your foot, waiter, waiter,
help me find my pearls?
Speaker 2: Yes, miss, and we find them all?
Speaker 4: And would you be so kind anyone to put the
pearl find here on this place?
Speaker 6: I found too, Jim? How many do you have? U?
Speaker 2: Three? Don't put them on the plate, furn why later?
Speaker 6: Just keep them?
Speaker 2: I think they're all here now, miss, just a.
Speaker 6: Moment, I'll count them. There were forty, oh, Jim, for
heaven's sakes, will be arrested as thee I don't think so, Fern.
Speaker 5: Are they all there?
Speaker 7: Miss?
Speaker 8: Yes, Rodrico, thank you very much, Thank you everyone, Jim, she.
Speaker 6: Didn't even miss off.
Speaker 2: Come back to the table, Forn all right.
Speaker 7: Now?
Speaker 6: Would you mind explaining? I don't get this.
Speaker 2: At all, fer, and those pearls are absolutely worthless. The
whole string could be bought for ten cents.
Speaker 6: Then why did she make this a fuss about getting
them back, just an act.
Speaker 2: She didn't really count those pearls on the plate. She
just pretended to. That means she broke the pearls on
purpose and expected some of them to be missing.
Speaker 6: But why should you do that, Jim?
Speaker 2: Oh? It would be an extremely clever way to deliver
a pearl or two that contained dope, wouldn't it. All
the customer has to do is pick up the right
pearl and put it in his pocket.
Speaker 6: But how would you know which pearl it was, Jim?
Speaker 2: M Well, probably a slightly different color. Oh.
Speaker 6: I see when that particular pearl isn't put back on
the plate, she knows that it has been delivered to
the proper party.
Speaker 2: That's it.
Speaker 6: N What are we going to do, Jim? Do we
follow that girl?
Speaker 2: We can't, she's already gone. We'll check on her later.
I want to get a line on her set up here.
She must have an accomplice that wait a maybe, yes,
I think so. She called him by name. Well I'll
soon find out.
Speaker 6: Oh, there he is now, Jim.
Speaker 2: Yes, Frederico, Yes, sir Frederico. While you're clearing off this table,
I want to ask you a few questions. And yes, sir,
what's the name of the girl who broke her pearls?
I do not know, accustomed fedrico. I'm Jim Brandon of
the police department. You prefer to talk here or at headquarters?
Oh what charge aiding and a vetting on the traffic
of narcotics?
Speaker 4: Oh no, no, I do nothing like that, honest. I
just do what is part of my job. I need
the tits.
Speaker 2: We'll see. What is that girl's name? She is Brenda Claig.
She started coming here two months ago. How many times
has she broken her pearls here? Four or five times?
And you always help her to get them back?
Speaker 4: Yes, I ask people to put them on the plate,
and that is all. She tips me well, and I
ask no questions.
Speaker 2: And she always gets all the pearls back.
Speaker 7: Eh.
Speaker 2: Why, yes, of course she counts them always. And how
do you explain these five pearls I have here in
my hand. She didn't get these back? Why? I don't
know she counted them? She said. I heard what she said.
Now do you know where Brenda Clegg lives? No?
Speaker 4: I know nothing of her but her name and what
I have told you. Maybe the door men, do you
want me to ask.
Speaker 2: Never mind, I'll ask him, but we go. I don't
believe you're mixed up in this, but you're going to
have to prove it. How How can I prove it?
By keeping quiet about this little talk we've had, and
by following any future orders I may give you. I'll
do whatever you say, mister Brandon, all right, go about
your business as usual. Hey, yes, sir, I'll get back
to my station.
Speaker 6: Well, Jim, I have to hand it to you. You've
certainly hit on something here.
Speaker 2: Fern. We're gonna take a chance on Sprederco. Go call
Inspector White and tell him to send someone down here
to trail him right away. He is to hurry, Vern,
because we're going to call on Brenda Clegg tonight.
Speaker 8: I tell you, Smokey, that's the last time I'm going
to deliver the pearls at the club Rendezvous.
Speaker 7: It's not safe.
Speaker 1: Shut up, Branda, you do what I say anymore.
Speaker 6: I'm not making enough out of this to take a rap.
Speaker 1: So it's the door you're griping about? I thought so, Yes,
it's the dome.
Speaker 8: I take all the chances in this record, and you
and the Countess get degreed.
Speaker 3: You do what I tell you and take what I
pay you. Maybe you forgot I got you to send
you to college for life.
Speaker 5: That goes double smoky.
Speaker 8: If I want to turn state's evidence and expose this
snowstorm you're stirring up.
Speaker 1: Here, and there's more where that came from.
Speaker 3: If you don't keep your trap shut, you could be
for the last term.
Speaker 8: I'm gonna see that you get the book. I don't
care what they do to me.
Speaker 1: You wouldn't dare squeal.
Speaker 8: To the cops, wouldn't I I've had this on my
mind for a long time.
Speaker 1: Up that phone, Brenda.
Speaker 7: That rod doesn't scare me. You don't have what it
takes to pull a trigger. You're yellow smoky.
Speaker 6: Hello, police headquarters.
Speaker 7: I want to turn myself in a Mexican All.
Speaker 4: Right, Brenda, this is for you.
Speaker 2: Why, Jim, how did you get here so soon? Who
tipped you off to the shooting? What shooting? Inspector? Brenda?
And I came here looking for Brenda Clegg?
Speaker 6: Yes, this is where she lives.
Speaker 2: Isn't it. You're a little late. Brent Cleig was shot
half an hour ago, two bullets in the heart. Oh no,
that means it's murder. And he leads Inspector one or two.
She was on the phone to my office when somebody
shut her up. Well, I'll pick up the trail.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: Maybe this information will help you good reason to believe
that girl is peddling dope at the club Rendezvous tonight. Yeah, listen, Inspector,
we can kill two birds with one stone if we
handle this right. What do you mean, Jim, keep Brenda
Klegg's death a secret for a few days. Now, Jim's
twenty four hours, then, Inspector, we've got to give this
dope bring a chance to keep operating if we want
to pull in the whole mob. Well, I guess you're
right at bed, Jim.
Speaker 4: A public murder investigation might drive them under cover for months.
Speaker 2: You're a reasonable man, Inspector. Meantime, I'll put everything in
this apartment through the CIA. Right, I'll check with your
first thing in the morning. Okay, come on, friend, I've
got to get you home. I'll have a big job
for you to handle tomorrow. Now, Perne, when you get
to the club Rendezvous, you'll be seated at the table
where Brenda sat last night. Frederico will see to that.
Speaker 6: Yes, Jim, But I doubt if any of Brenda's gang
will show up tonight.
Speaker 2: They might if they don't know Brenda is dead. And
I have a feeling that our murderer isn't doing anything.
Speaker 6: Well, let's hope you're run. Now, let me go over
this a gift, posing as a friend of Brenda's, and
to try to find out how and where does s
dope ring operators.
Speaker 2: That's right, we found a key in Brenda's apartment that
we believed to be a motor boat key. Now that
might mean that the dope is picked up from a ship,
or it may merely mean that it's hidden somewhere off
the mainland.
Speaker 6: Try to find that out, all right, Jim, I'll do
my best.
Speaker 2: The inspector will have men stationed outside the club, and
Frederico will keep an eye on you while you're inside. Now,
put on your pearls and you're ready to go.
Speaker 3: And now back to the Avenger and the Blue Pearl,
young lady.
Speaker 6: There must be some mistakes, he said his result. Yes,
I know, I have an appointment with Brenda.
Speaker 7: Tag I see, then I suppose we should introduce ourselves.
I also have an appointment with Brenda. I'm a tart
to scoutstroke.
Speaker 6: How do you do? My name is n Kaya. It's
a pleasure.
Speaker 7: I don't believe i've ever seen with Blenda.
Speaker 6: Do you know her way?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 7: Yes, you had. Life's missed Collier. But there's a sort
of credential.
Speaker 8: Would you mind telling me Brenda's address sent if one
oh five.
Speaker 6: You'll prefer one cannot be too careful, I understand he
Perhaps you would also be interested in knowing that Frenda
and I have antal findess for permis and we've taken
several trips in.
Speaker 9: Her monkem really to the island me, I am suppressed.
Speaker 8: I was not aware that Brenda had ever taken anyone
to Lark Island.
Speaker 6: I wonder what to be keeping bender? She's wait, I'm
getting worried.
Speaker 2: You're nervous, Miss Collier.
Speaker 6: Yeah, well I hope Brenda will let me down.
Speaker 2: We kill your very blue curl? Did you not pease?
Speaker 6: And a friend that doesn't show up? I don't know
what I'll do.
Speaker 7: Don't worry, my dear, I can help you.
Speaker 2: You can.
Speaker 7: Yes, I'll have some blue curls of my own. I
would be willing to sell you for a fair price,
but we will wait for.
Speaker 6: Another half hour. Brenda may show up by then. Oh
do you suppose something could have gone wrong?
Speaker 5: Countess?
Speaker 6: But I don't think sure. However, we will not wait
for brand any longer. Come with me, may I ask
where we are going? Surely you do not take such
value thus in your pattern.
Speaker 2: You're not in my home.
Speaker 7: I'll have another place. Come my dear, just a moment.
Speaker 6: I'll take care of your check Fredrico, Oh, yes, check
please Redrito. I'll sign, of.
Speaker 2: Course, sign on the bottom line. Please, yes.
Speaker 6: There you are, oh, oh Fredrito us. If thend the
plague comes in later, tell her I left the countess
house by good night.
Speaker 7: Just call you. Keep your eye on that black sedan
behind us. I think we're being followed.
Speaker 6: Oh surely not, Countess.
Speaker 8: Why should we I don't know, But in this business
one can never tell. Yes, I'm sure of it. Now
that carry is following us, what he is going to do?
Speaker 7: And listen carefully.
Speaker 8: In a moment, I'll put on speed and turn uplick
Mont Avenue.
Speaker 4: I'll pull up.
Speaker 7: Quickly in front of a certain small apartment house.
Speaker 2: There.
Speaker 8: If we get in the lobby, help me press all
the doorbells there and someone is certain.
Speaker 7: To push the door buzzer to let us see it got.
Speaker 6: That this But whoever is fying us, and we'll know
where we went. Your cow will be outside the house.
Speaker 7: There's a back door at the end of the hall
in that apartment house.
Speaker 8: We go straight through, come out in the alley in
the back, turn left and run for a taxi on
the other.
Speaker 7: Side of the block.
Speaker 9: We can make a clean get away if we are
lucky here we are. Hurry the press, all these bends, yes,
but if no one answers, they open the door.
Speaker 6: Did I tell you run for the door in the
back lost?
Speaker 2: It never is.
Speaker 6: Hurry, don't see He's given and they slick.
Speaker 4: Now for a tax.
Speaker 7: Smoky, What in the world are you doing here?
Speaker 1: I know, Condess heading out?
Speaker 6: What for are the cops on to us?
Speaker 1: Hold it a minute.
Speaker 2: Who's your girlfriend, Condess?
Speaker 7: A friend of Brenda's. She wants to buy some blue purls. Yeh, smoke,
put that done away?
Speaker 6: What's the matter with you?
Speaker 1: There's Dame's no friend of Brenda's.
Speaker 5: How do you know?
Speaker 6: She says she's been to the island with bread.
Speaker 1: That's a lie.
Speaker 3: Brenda never went to the island except when I took us.
There's Dames, no snowbird, he's a plant.
Speaker 6: Why don't you call Brenda an ask.
Speaker 3: Because Brenda can't answer and you know it. You're from
the cops and you know Brenda's dead.
Speaker 7: Brandy's dead.
Speaker 3: Smoky, what are you saying, Condess? I killed Brenda last night.
I had it she was gonna turn us all in smoke.
You have shut up, Countess. You haven't made such a
good showing tonight yourself.
Speaker 7: Well, what are we going to do?
Speaker 3: A snowboat to schedule the pulling at the island early
tomorrow morning to deliver a shipment.
Speaker 1: We just hop aboard and get out.
Speaker 2: Of the country.
Speaker 7: What about this girl? What will we do with her?
Speaker 2: I'll take care of her right now.
Speaker 7: No, no, Smoky, you cannot suit her here use your head.
Speaker 1: Oh he could just as easy. Drop her in a
bay on the way.
Speaker 6: To the island, tie her up and dad here, No, no, Joe, take.
Speaker 3: The gun, Conness, keep her covered while I tie her
up nice and tidy.
Speaker 7: Hurry Smoky in a Scotch for the island right away.
Speaker 3: And you got your motivle key, Condess, forgot mine at
Brenda's place. That's why I couldn't hit for the island
last night.
Speaker 8: Yes, I have mine in my purse and I have
a car in the basement.
Speaker 7: Tories.
Speaker 1: Okay, we're as good as out of the country right now.
Speaker 2: Well, Inspector, what do your men report? Well, let me know, Jim.
Speaker 4: We know that Pern and the Countess went straight through
that apartment house on Lake Mont Avenue, but they left
the colt fail after that.
Speaker 2: Keep trying, Inspector. Don't worry, Jim, I will. I have
the whole fourth working on this. I've just come from
the Rendezvous Club and Frederico gave me a lead that
I'm going to work on right now. Can I help you, Jim, Yes, Inspector.
Give me that key you found and Brenda clegg apartment,
the one we thought might be a motor boat key. Sure, Jim,
I've got that stuff here in the safe. I'll get it.
Want some of my men to go with you, No, Inspector,
I'll handle this myself. Pay cap on out, Jim. I
don't do anything crazy. You'll find her in all right. Oh.
I should never have let her go to that club, Inspector.
This whole thing is my fault. Oh No, my men.
Speaker 4: Buggled is badly Jim, and I'm willing to admit it
they weren't tied up to the six of that count.
Speaker 2: Well, I asked for twenty four hours to wrap up
this case, Inspector. I've still got two hours to go
on that. Oh there there's the key, Jim. Well, thanks, Inspector.
Stay close to the phone for the next two hours.
Will I'm going to try to close this case on schedule.
Speaker 1: Well, we made it, Condess.
Speaker 7: Yes, Wait a minute, smoothy.
Speaker 6: What are we going to do about this car? You
can't leave it here?
Speaker 7: The police would spott it before morning.
Speaker 3: Hey, I never thought of that. This car would sure
tip them off to where we went.
Speaker 7: All right, I'll start thinking what can we do with it?
Speaker 2: I got it.
Speaker 3: I'll send it over the end of the pier. The
water out there is deep enough to cover. Good idea,
all right, get out. We'll put this dame in a
motorble first. Come on, sister, this is the end of
the line for you. There's the boat, smoky as dame's
a wildcat taking like a step down there.
Speaker 1: I'll be glad when we're rid of her.
Speaker 3: Send that car over quick, not so fast, Condess. I'll
take the key to the boat. If you don't mind,
you do not trust me, Smokey.
Speaker 1: No, after the things I've seen.
Speaker 3: You pull, I know you're coutting on me, pulling out
and leaving me here waving.
Speaker 1: On the dock.
Speaker 7: Here then takes the key, but hurry.
Speaker 1: I'll be right back. I'll get rid of this.
Speaker 7: Car and spook it, fool. I will think of a
way to get rid of you later.
Speaker 2: Oh that's that.
Speaker 1: Now we're ready, Smoky.
Speaker 7: What was that noise?
Speaker 1: No, but I'm not investigating. Let's get this motor running.
Speaker 2: I don't think you'll take that little trip to Lord
Islands smoking?
Speaker 6: Who said that?
Speaker 1: Where did that voice come from?
Speaker 7: There's no one in the boat?
Speaker 6: Full out creek.
Speaker 3: Will you take this gun, Countess? You see anybody on
that dock, don't stop shooting until it's empty.
Speaker 7: There's nobody there smoking.
Speaker 2: I hear, Countess, And there go your gun into the world.
Is this?
Speaker 3: Who?
Speaker 2: What do you want? I'm the avenger, Countess.
Speaker 1: The avenger. You take the wheel, Countess, I'll find them.
Speaker 6: Yes, yes, Smoky, the voice turned from the back of
the boat.
Speaker 1: We'll throw them overboard. Nobody's going to stop us.
Speaker 2: Now I'm going to stop you, Smoky.
Speaker 6: Like this. Oh, Smoky, Smoky, get up.
Speaker 2: He's out, Countess. Now turn the boat around and make
for the dock, unless you prepare to swim back.
Speaker 7: No, no, I will do as you say.
Speaker 1: And make it fast.
Speaker 2: We've got a deadline to me.
Speaker 6: Well, Jim, did that both pull into Lock Island on
the schedule this morning?
Speaker 2: It's certainly, and the whole narcotic squad was there to
meet it.
Speaker 6: I suppose the inspectors having a wonderful time down at
headquarters bringing charges against everybody.
Speaker 2: Well, that's right, Fern, you can't blame them. This is
quite a feather in his cap.
Speaker 6: How long had that dope ring been operating in this city, gym?
Speaker 2: Only two months, Fern, And the Inspector's got the whole
tribe in jail. That's fast work.
Speaker 6: And don't fork it's Smoky. There's a charge of murder
against him.
Speaker 2: Don't worry. The Countess isn't leting him, forget it. She's
talking your head off. I thought she would. Well, Fern,
since you risked your life to crack this case, I
thought you might like to take a look at exhibit A.
Speaker 6: Oh, Jim, a blue pearl.
Speaker 2: Yes, here, look the shell of the bead is made
of wax and tinted blue, just enough coloring for a
discerning eye to distinguish it from an ordinary pearl.
Speaker 6: Then this bead was strung on a necklace with other
chief perils of the same size exactly.
Speaker 2: Then it could be delivered at a certain time and
place merely by breaking the beads.
Speaker 6: Frenda Claig broke up pearls just once to offer.
Speaker 2: Yes, Brenda was the weak link in this chain of crime.
Speaker 6: Jim, What about Frederico the way will he be prosecuted? No,
I really owe my life to him. If he hadn't
delivered my message to you, I'd be at the bottom.
Speaker 2: Of the bay now. All the health he gave us
will be considered when his case comes up. And by
the way, I want to congratulate you on the way
you've got that message to me for signing Lark Island
instead of your name on that check and the club
was quick thinking.
Speaker 6: Thanks Jim. Maybe if I stick around long enough, you
will make a real detective.
Speaker 2: I don't know whether i'd like better or not, forne
Real detectives are supposed to have long noses and big ears.
Speaker 6: They are, and you're an imposter. Mister Brandon, your ears
may be a little big, but you've got an awful
pretty nose.
Speaker 3: All characters, names, places, and plots used in the Avenger
Program are fictitious. Any similarity to person's living or dead
is purely coincidental.