Speaker 1: Hello, Yes, this is the Falcon speaking. Oh Kathy, thanks
for calling. Angel I can't make it tonight. Have to
see a girl about a prize fighter. He was asked
to throw a fight, and it looks like he has
a choice of being knocked out or knocked off. The
Adventures of the Falcon starring Left Damon. You met the
Falcon first in his best selling novels, then you saw
him in his thrilling motion picture series. Now join him
on the air. When the Falcon saw the Kate of
the Worried Champion, now the case of a worried Champion.
It's Sunday in New York, and this particular Sunday happens
to be the birthday of boxing champion Tommy Foster. So
Foster's manager Luke Whitney throwing a big celebration at the
River Steakhouse, and a good time is being had by all.
When suddenly Foster's jaw tightened, the scowls and stares across
the road.
Speaker 2: Whitney notices, Oh, what's American?
Speaker 3: Luca just came in boom.
Speaker 1: Well, what do you know, Steve Cortes, it was.
Speaker 3: In the paper. You're having a party for me here.
That's why he can't.
Speaker 1: Oh what, don't let it get you.
Speaker 3: I know what he's trying Withney. He wants to get
my goat, So you don't let him.
Speaker 1: You laugh it off, burns me up.
Speaker 3: Well, he's been yapping at the papers some part of
the game.
Speaker 1: Kid. You should know that by now.
Speaker 3: I probably didn't have to come here.
Speaker 4: Look, you're gonna let him get you like this.
Speaker 3: Here he comes over to this table.
Speaker 1: All right, just sit tight, let me do the talking.
Save the fireworks for the ring. Well, if this isn't
a code, is it, Courtz?
Speaker 3: I suppose you didn't know Whitney was having a birthday
party for me here tonight.
Speaker 1: No kidding, Champ, Well, happy birthday to here, but no
that I brought a cake. Why don't you sit down,
Cortez join the party. Well, thanks to Whitney, but I
don't think the Champ would like to keep reminded him
what's in store for it. Look, if you think I'm
afraid of you could say, now, where would I get
an idea like that? Just because you've been dodging me
for two years?
Speaker 3: I wasn't dodging.
Speaker 1: That's because the only reason you finally agreed to meet
me was the commission threatening to suspend you if you didn't.
That's a thought have in mind, Whitney. I'll quit riding
forward him. I see he's the excitable time, so I
won't upset him anymore until we get him the ring.
Oh yeah, now that's what I call a bright remark.
Speaker 3: I'll show you who's say I'm scary.
Speaker 2: Let go with me.
Speaker 3: I'm not taking any more his lord. All right, court test,
you've been asked.
Speaker 1: You for ride his song, but.
Speaker 5: Suck well with me, egid sham.
Speaker 1: If him and me are gonna meet in the ring,
you better start picking up the pieces.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 4: Cortes on the farm, you've can lay off the back
for a while.
Speaker 5: Hell, I rich, you disappointed me, sone, you disappointed me badly. Yeah,
a little fracas with Foster the other night. He started.
Of course he wasn't goaded into it. Cortais, you wouldn't
dream of needling.
Speaker 1: Any Puny blows his top easy, you know something, sun Flat.
I had seventy five thousand invested in you to take
Foster and then this ridiculous incident.
Speaker 4: Most disappointed.
Speaker 1: I just take it that I flatten him in ten seconds.
Looks to me like invest a smile. Where's the disappointment?
Speaker 5: The odds suddenly odds you've jumped to a one to
five favorite. No percentage in backing you with that, because
you'll still win. I always insist on a better return for.
Speaker 4: My I'm sorry, rich, but forced to ask for it.
I didn't come here to Quipple about the detainer. How
why did you come here?
Speaker 2: You see?
Speaker 5: Cort says, it's like this, considering the shifting odds, I'm
forced to back Foster now instead of you understand.
Speaker 1: All right at your door if you want to throw
it away.
Speaker 5: You don't understand. I have no intentions of throwing it away.
Speaker 1: So what do you want me to do?
Speaker 2: Have I asked you to do anything?
Speaker 1: I'm beginning to get the idea without you.
Speaker 4: As good I counted on your good sense.
Speaker 1: Oh chase yourself.
Speaker 5: I just wanted you to know I'm not the only
one betting on Foster, and if you whip him well,
somebody will resent it.
Speaker 4: I thought I should tip you off, somen I always
like to do the friendly thing.
Speaker 1: Thanks so much, not get out of here, and not
so fast.
Speaker 5: I might be asked your attitude in this matter.
Speaker 2: If I am, what answer.
Speaker 1: Do I give Oh you you want an answer? All right, shit,
all right here it is nuts. So you slept rich? Yeah,
for a fellow who makes he's living by fighting, it
seems to me you're giving away an awful lot of
free steps.
Speaker 4: I asked for it.
Speaker 1: Even Foss wanted me to take a dive.
Speaker 2: I don't go for that.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna report him to the boxing Commission.
Speaker 5: I can take care of myself.
Speaker 1: I don't need the commission, But I thought you're supposed
to report any gambler weft you throw a fight, Leave
me handle it my way?
Speaker 4: Will you see you?
Speaker 1: Sure? Sure? It's actually lately I got things on my mind.
What's don't tell me the fights bothering you forse they
don't make me laugh?
Speaker 2: And what is it?
Speaker 1: It's nothing?
Speaker 5: But you just thought, are you a detective or something?
Speaker 1: No, Steve, I'm just trying all the time.
Speaker 4: You got act suspicious.
Speaker 2: Well I wasn't suspicious, But now I'm beginning to.
Speaker 1: One, beginning to one.
Speaker 2: Yes, I am come to think of that.
Speaker 1: You broke three dates with me last week. I told
your training got to get the better of it. One
of the nights was the night you had that fight
with Foster. You break a date with me and wind
up in a nightclub. Not a nightclub, it's a restaurant.
That's all. I gotta eat.
Speaker 3: Go.
Speaker 1: I act like I never take you nowhere. You're beginning
to act like maybe you don't want see matter is
somebody else. I don't mean anything. It's a couple of
days and there is something.
Speaker 5: I don't get any ideas.
Speaker 1: It's you getting ideas. I'm worried about it. I told
you don't mean anything.
Speaker 5: It's you and me, baby, you know that?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you and me and how many others? Yeah? Oh,
Tommy Foster, Yeah, come in, Champ.
Speaker 3: Thanks you. You're Mike wearing it, you detective. They called
you the foulk, and you're supposed to be good.
Speaker 2: I called you the champ.
Speaker 1: You're supposed to be good too. But Cortez flattened. H.
Speaker 3: I didn't come here to get ribbed, waring.
Speaker 1: Why did you come here?
Speaker 3: I just heard Don Rich called Don Cortez the other
day the gambler. The gambler. Yes, Cortes to throw the fight.
Speaker 1: Whanit you hear this from Margot Marino.
Speaker 3: She's Cortez's girl. Only day had a fight.
Speaker 1: And she says Rich proposition Cortez.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I want you to check see if she's
on the level.
Speaker 1: Why Well, Corte.
Speaker 3: Should have reported rich to the commission, and he didn't.
So if Margot is shooting straight, Courtes could get himself suspended.
Speaker 1: I mean, you could get him suspended once the matter
you're fighting meet him? Why you're not now careful? Foster
flugging me. There's no way to get me to work
for you.
Speaker 3: Everybody thinks I'm a scared of Courtes. Look, I want
to meet him. You understand, I've been ready right along.
Only Whitney wouldn't sign me up.
Speaker 4: Whitney's your manager.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so Whitney is a scared of Cortes.
Speaker 3: He said Cortez wouldn't draw fly.
Speaker 2: So well, maybe you will have to call.
Speaker 1: Let's get through with you, funny man. Now you're not allow. Look,
you came here to get me to help you out
of the fight with Cortez. You can't expect my overwhelming admiration.
You got it wrong. I just want a fair fight.
Speaker 3: When I lick up, might have want nobody's saying that
he took a dive.
Speaker 1: That's not the way you put it before. That's the
way I meant it before.
Speaker 3: Now you're gonna take the job of reache.
Speaker 1: You want me to check with Cortez girl, find out
if she was telling the truth about Rich Yes, why
not just report what she said to the commission and
let them investigate.
Speaker 3: Well, I don't want to stick my neck out if
she's lying.
Speaker 1: What's the girl look like?
Speaker 2: Oh? Really? Yeah?
Speaker 1: All right, Foster, I'll take the job. Yes, Margot Marino,
that's right.
Speaker 2: Foster was right.
Speaker 1: But why, I don't get it? Angel, You've got it?
Speaker 2: Look, who are you?
Speaker 1: What the wearing? Yess the wearing? Why do I call
me Mike? Huh? I haven't made up my mind what
I'm gonna call you yet, but I'm getting ideas. Now
what do you want? And not so fat? I'm sure
so fast? Oh this could be the beginning of a
beautiful friendship, Angel, So uh, that's get started. Hm. Shall
I close the door? I'm morning. I've got good lungs.
You won't need them. I'm here on business. Oh what business?
Why did you tell Foster the don wretch tried to
buy off Steve Cortez Because it happens to be true,
he and Cortez had a falling out, didn't you suppose
we did. Couldn't it be you just trying to put
'em on a spot to get even could be it's
not Can you prove it? If I had to? What's
it to you? And you've made a serious charge, I
can back it up. I still wanna know why you're interested?
Who told you what I said? How may Foster? Oh?
Who are you a reporter? Not exactly say, Wait a minute,
I'm waiting. You worked for Don Rich? How'd you guess?
Why did he send you here? Threatened me finely off? Well,
as a matter of fact, that just a minute. Hello,
oh u Steve, No, I haven't changed my mind. Now,
look love b boy, if you want to play the field,
just don't expect me. Steve. What happened, Steve?
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: He was talking to me and then all of a
sudden I heard a noise like a shot.
Speaker 3: A shot, yes, Steve guessed, and then.
Speaker 1: He wasn't talking to me anymore. And we better get
to him right away and see what Steve has to
say about it, if anything. Home of the cam X drama.
Now back to the Adventures of the Falcons. A minute
has passed, and so the phone call from Steve Cortez
to Margo, was interrupted by what Margo said sounded like
a shot a. Margo and Mike wearing a brush down
to the street to look for a taxi to take
them to Cortez, says keV tacky.
Speaker 2: Tacky, Come on, Margo, all right, all right, Angel get it?
Speaker 1: Hey, driver, what's you go?
Speaker 3: There? She is, mister running across the street.
Speaker 4: Margo, Hey, come back.
Speaker 2: Here, Oh mogo, look out, brother was head close? Just miss.
Speaker 1: There's no use my following. I might not have her
luck in traffic. You must be some wolf to make
a risk.
Speaker 5: Connect like that.
Speaker 1: You got it wrong, driver, you know? Come she scams
like it. I'm not sure, but I don't think what's
scares her is a fate worse than death. You don't
what I think scares her is death? All right, driver,
let's go. Ohsaw some carpet. Mike wearing I hate to
disturb your canasto. Oh boy, but I found a stiff
and room. Flail away to the hotel. Aldrich look into it,
will you now that I confirm the murder, I can't
hang around here. I have something more important on my mind.
Oh not blonde brunette along carpet. Oh hello wearing, come in,
thanks as well, and he's luck wearing, Yeah, lots of luck.
You're not going to have to fight Cortes.
Speaker 3: What do you mean he's suspended?
Speaker 1: I mean he's dead, Hey, murdered? Holy smoke? Who done it?
Foster who just had a mouthful?
Speaker 3: He me and him had that rowdier than that. Do
you think anybody get the id?
Speaker 1: Then probably you gotta help me. That's my business.
Speaker 3: Okay, you've got yourself another chap.
Speaker 2: Right?
Speaker 1: Did I hear somebody say Cortez was murdered?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: With me?
Speaker 3: Where is my manager?
Speaker 1: Look Whitney allow with name about Cortez? Was he really
really introin Champ?
Speaker 3: Do you realize what this means or doesn't mean?
Speaker 4: Goes our gate?
Speaker 1: We were sure of us sell out, no question about it.
But now I thought you said Cortez wouldn't draw flies
with them?
Speaker 2: When did I say that?
Speaker 1: But you said it?
Speaker 2: Well, well you mean last year Champ.
Speaker 1: Sure, but nothing's a different Cortez has a rep. We'd
have cleaned up a sellout, no question. In fact, you
might have had a double sellout, sell out at the
gate and maybe Cortez would have sold out in the ring.
That's why you hired me? Wasn't it fourten?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Well was was that Merino dam on the level
so it would seem hey, then that's the way it
ties up. Rich Dick is with Cortes. Cortez gets him
the air, so Rich knocks off Courtet.
Speaker 1: No, no, no, let's not get ahead of ourselves, Foster,
right now, I'm interested in the girl.
Speaker 4: Do you think she killed Courtz?
Speaker 1: Hardly with name? She was with me when it happened.
Speaker 2: Oh well, then why bothered with her?
Speaker 1: Because she's making with an offet routine? First of all
false ends? How comes she told you about Cortez and Rich?
Speaker 2: Her and Cortes had a row.
Speaker 1: If she wanted to give him the business, she could
have gone to the commission Well, she didn't.
Speaker 3: Know none of the commissioners, but she knew me, and
she figured I'd take it from there.
Speaker 1: And I saying, you know where I can find it?
I know her address. You know she's not there, have
any idea where she got to hide out. I doubt
who's the girl hiding out from wearing from me with
nim you And if this is the kind of results
I get, I'm gonna ask Dale Carnegie for my money, back.
Speaker 2: How do you do sir?
Speaker 1: Hello, I'm Mike Wearing. I'm looking for Don Rich.
Speaker 5: Mike Waring, I've been half expecting you come in there
coman thank you?
Speaker 1: I take it you are Rich? Right? How come you
were expecting me?
Speaker 5: And before we go any further conversation like this can
never get anywhere unless one of the participants has the initiative.
Speaker 4: Therefore, allow me.
Speaker 1: All right, Rich, the gun gives you the initiative.
Speaker 5: Now what now you raise your hands above your head.
That's it, and now we walk into the living room.
Go ahead, walk into my parlor. You may sit in
bed easy to thank you, and if you like, you
may put your hands down, one on each arm of
the chair.
Speaker 4: As long as you keep them just like that, there'll
be no trouble.
Speaker 1: Comfortable. But that heater pointed at my middle? Sure, I
feel fine.
Speaker 5: It's necessary for the moment. I understand your working for me.
Speaker 1: Oh you found Martin?
Speaker 5: Where ish look sans? I drew this revolver so that
I should do the interrogating. I want to know why
you said you were in my employ I didn't you
just admit that?
Speaker 1: The girl said so it was her idea?
Speaker 4: What's your connection?
Speaker 1: With her. I've just been wondering the same thing about you.
Speaker 4: But I have the gun.
Speaker 1: Oh I haven't for that?
Speaker 5: Then answer my question and don't move your hands.
Speaker 1: All right, all right, I won't move my hands.
Speaker 3: How about my feet?
Speaker 2: Now, I'll take that gun.
Speaker 4: No, yes, we are all sun you in.
Speaker 1: Oh, don't look so grim rich. Don't tell me you
didn't get a big kick out of this. I'm in
no mood for humor, all right, as long as you're
still in the mood for conversation. Only this time I
had the initiative.
Speaker 4: What do you want to know?
Speaker 5: You're tie up with Margo?
Speaker 4: There isn't any tie up.
Speaker 1: She ran out on me.
Speaker 5: She plaed to you because she thought you were working
for me.
Speaker 1: What's that got to do with this?
Speaker 4: Why not ask her? Where can I find her? That's
her apartment probably now.
Speaker 1: That's the last place she knows I might look there.
Speaker 2: She doesn't care anymore.
Speaker 5: How do you know she was afraid of me? She
thought you'd been employed by me. Now that that misunderstanding
has been cleared.
Speaker 1: Up, he's not afraid of me anymore. How about you?
Speaker 5: Not afraid of me either.
Speaker 4: I made it clear she had no reason to be.
Speaker 1: Why was she in the first place because of the
way you acted? No, no, no, no, there was something
else I think not. I think so well?
Speaker 5: Ask her?
Speaker 1: H I intend to a long sun.
Speaker 2: Hello long ago?
Speaker 1: Oh you mister wearing Mike. Well, I'll stay on a
suit course. Huh, I'll join you.
Speaker 2: I uh was up at your place.
Speaker 1: The man of the dusk said, you'll be here.
Speaker 5: Can you matter?
Speaker 1: Customer next side?
Speaker 3: Come next Christmas.
Speaker 1: I thought you straightened things. I was rich Cat with you.
Why did you say you worked for him? I didn't
you did? Who do you work for? Free lance? And
what did you want with me?
Speaker 2: I told you checking me on about Rich and Cortez.
Speaker 1: Suppose I tell you I was just lying even though
I had a fight and I wanted to make trouble.
But it was a fool thing to do.
Speaker 5: But I was upset.
Speaker 1: M How much did Rich pay you? What to get
you to switch your story?
Speaker 2: Nothing?
Speaker 1: And know, Angela, if you build up that fight between
you and Cortez, you're just strengthening your motive for the murder.
You wouldn't want people to get the idea you killed Steve,
would you. I couldn't have killed him. I was with
you at the time. Oh, yes, that's right. What you
said like that? Like what sarcastic?
Speaker 2: I was with you, so you were well then.
Speaker 1: I'm afraid I have just skipped any with you. After
all in June, there were a couple of points I
wanted to check. I'll be seeing you. Don't count on it.
Still wearing.
Speaker 2: Oh oh, wasn't it Mike wearing?
Speaker 1: Just a minute cham for you? Who is it Mike wearing?
Oh yeah, hello wearing listen faster, just a bouck up,
the case wrapped up?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you mean you know who killed Courtez?
Speaker 1: I think so.
Speaker 4: Well, that's great.
Speaker 2: Who is it?
Speaker 1: On a couple of details? First, maybe you're gonna help me?
Could you come over to my place? Well, I got
to see you guys.
Speaker 3: Though, Tell Randolph a little while. Couldn't you meet me
there we'll we'll talk and love you.
Speaker 2: Okayutes, that's good for me.
Speaker 3: Twenty minutes of this.
Speaker 1: It's a long word. Okaymis to here you are. I'll
tell Randolph, right, driver, thank you? Ta can your chance?
So you are right, sir? Oh no, not you? Oh
that's funny. I could have sworn it.
Speaker 3: This.
Speaker 1: I read in the paper. You were shot in the leg.
It's not fatal. Oh, it's too bad. I'm coming in. No,
you're not.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 1: Look, I mean no condition to argue about it. But
if you don't cooperate with me, you're taking a big chance.
So somebody tried to kill me. Next time you may
succeed unless I wrap this up quickly.
Speaker 3: Huh.
Speaker 1: Oh, you're breaking my heart. And now don't you forget
Angel I'm your alibi. What your proof that you didn't
call Cortez is that I was with you when he
was murdered. But if I'm not around with me, what
you mean?
Speaker 2: All right?
Speaker 1: Come in you.
Speaker 3: Now?
Speaker 1: How about the truth? What truth about you and Rich?
I don't know what you mean. As soon as Cortez
was murdered, you ran a Rich. I didn't no use denying,
and he knew about me. He said he got it
from you. Well I found him. That's all why I.
Speaker 3: Thought you were working for him.
Speaker 1: I wanted to know what it was above. The next
time I saw you, you changed the story about Rich and Cortez.
How'd Rich get you to do that?
Speaker 2: He didn't.
Speaker 1: Rich didn't go up to see Steve.
Speaker 3: I lied about it, and later I decided to tell the.
Speaker 4: Truth, that's all. Mmmm, you've got it backwards.
Speaker 2: If you want my health, you've got to level with me.
I am No, you're not, you're afraid.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right now listen, Rich won't hurt you. I'll
see to that. But join us, Spot, Margot, Dad, spot,
and the truth is all it can help you. So
now let's have it straight or I'm getting out of here,
and don't con on me for an alibi. Alright, you win.
What do you wanna know? Why you switch stories? Well,
when Steve was killed, I thought Rich might kill me too.
Speaker 2: Oh, you thought Rich was a murder naturally.
Speaker 1: So I escaped from you and and called him. I
swore I wouldn't say anything about he's going to see
Steve if you'd only leave me alone.
Speaker 2: And he promised.
Speaker 1: You accepted his promise.
Speaker 3: What else could I do?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 1: Come on, Margot, where are we going? I wanna wrap
up this case and I'd like you to be alone.
Speaker 4: What can I do?
Speaker 1: Well, you can hold my hand, angel, let's go.
Speaker 5: Now back to the adventures of the Falcon.
Speaker 1: Only a few moments had passed since a limping mic
Wearing took Margot over the hand and led her out
of the apartment his goal to wrap up the case.
Now we find Mike at the local steakhouse that serves
as Foster's hangout.
Speaker 2: Oh Foster, what name?
Speaker 1: Oh wary? Sit down, join us? Thanks for name. I
don't mind getting.
Speaker 2: Off this leg.
Speaker 1: I heard you were in the hospital.
Speaker 2: Have Foster over and eyes?
Speaker 1: Well, just what happened to you? Anyway, I went. I
went over to the hotel Randolph to keep an apartment
with Foster hair.
Speaker 2: When I got out of the cab, somebody was waiting
for me in the alley next to the hotel.
Speaker 1: He plugged me. That's all. Do you know who it
was wearing?
Speaker 2: Sure?
Speaker 1: Faster and what do you mean you've seen him?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 1: But I know who same person who killed Cortes, All
of us from the same gun.
Speaker 3: But do you know who killed Cortes?
Speaker 1: I think so, festern.
Speaker 2: Oh well, y'all don't want to tell me to go
to the hotel around.
Speaker 1: Oh wait a minute, you don't hang this on me
all the sight. So I was in a taxi.
Speaker 3: I' my way over when you've got it.
Speaker 2: I didn't get dead left of the shooting.
Speaker 3: If you don't believe me, you can check with the
driver of.
Speaker 1: My cab I already have. Okay, I call a taxi
company and found the driver who took you over. Well,
what do you say he said you arrived a few
minutes after the shooting. Or you must have been in
his cab at the.
Speaker 2: Time of the shooting.
Speaker 1: All right? Did damn Foster?
Speaker 2: All right?
Speaker 1: For you? Who Mike, you've cleared Foster and you've cleared me.
Did you you were with me at my placement? Steve
was killed? Was iron of course? What is I checked
on that too. The exact times of death hasn't been determined,
but we know the exact time because he phoned. Well,
he was on the phone when he was shot. At
least you say he was on the phone. All we
have is your word for it, Margo. But it's are
you trying to say I'm lying? No, Well, you can't
think I killed Steve.
Speaker 2: Oh yes I could.
Speaker 1: I almost did. But now that I know, Whitney is
a matter of I'd let you out. Margohom, I you
don't mean that word.
Speaker 2: I when I come side from corporate of the police.
Speaker 1: I asked him to meet me here. So Whitney, you'll
get a chance to see that's exactly what I do mean, Hello, Corbett,
Why did Whitney do it? Mike Hell. They were sure
Cortez could beat Foster, so when the Boxing Commission forced
the match, Whitney killed Cortez to get rid of the
threat to Foster's title. If they get rich, would take
the rapport. But the match was a still out. Think
of the money Whitney lost by killing Steve uh peanuts
compared to hanging under the title.
Speaker 2: They'd be other.
Speaker 1: Matches and fort had a good chance of whipping anyone
but Cortez. I see, well, why did Whitney try to
kill you? Because I said I had an idea who
the murderer was, and Whitney thought I meant him, But
didn't you No, not At the time. Was his shooting
at me that put me straight?
Speaker 5: Huh?
Speaker 1: The first who shot at me was waiting in the
alley next to the hotel landof that meant.
Speaker 2: He knew I was going there. Uh huh.
Speaker 1: Well, Whitney was with for when Foster made the appointment
to meet me at the Vandolden and they were the
only ones on knew, so had to be one of them.
And when the cab driver clear had Boston had left
with me alright, Mike, Only one more question. What's that
you insisted on bringing me.
Speaker 3: Along when you're nabbed with me?
Speaker 1: Why I didn't help you? Well, Angel, suppose all I'd
asked was for you to have dinner with me tonight.
Speaker 2: Would you accept it?
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