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00:00The Adventures of Michael Shane, Private Detective.
00:10The people who make 76 gasoline and Triton motor oil, Union Oil Company present...
00:20The Adventures of Michael Shane, Private Detective, starring Wally Mayer and Kathy Lewis.
00:30The Adventures of Michael Shane, Private Detective, starring Wally Mayer and Kathy Lewis.
00:38Anything can happen in San Francisco. Well, almost anything.
00:42And when it happens, you usually find Michael Shane, Private Detective, somewhere around.
00:46That's why Mike and Phyllis Knight, his observant and easy-on-the-eye assistant, are locking the office at 9 a.m.
00:52and heading for the nearest corner to join Inspector Faraday on what the inspector describes as a wild goose chase.
00:58Or, as Phyllis more aptly puts it, a junket on office time.
01:02It seems there are pirates in San Francisco Bay.
01:08Ah, it's spring, Angel, wonderful day, and I've always wanted to go aboard a yacht.
01:12Yacht, my eye, it's probably phony too.
01:15What about our clients? You haven't cleaned up on that insurance case yet.
01:18Oh, let them wait, let them wait.
01:19Sixteen men on a dead man's chest, yo-ho, and a bottle of rum.
01:23Oh.
01:24Here's the elevator, darling.
01:25Oh, this is going to be too many pirate pictures.
01:28Pirates in San Francisco Bay.
01:30Do you suppose they're related to the Indians at Stanford?
01:32What are you muttering about?
01:34I always mutter when some publicity-seeking chorus girl lets herself be found drugged in her pajamas,
01:39wrapped in a blanket in the bottom of a canoe.
01:41She's no chorus girl, honey, she's the wife of a college professor.
01:44But when she says pirates boarded a yacht, killed her husband, and kidnapped her, well, now, really, my, that's just...
01:49Yes, yes, I know, I know, you don't believe it. Well, I'm the open-minded type, darling.
01:52Certainly are.
01:53Here's where we get off.
01:56Oh, smell that air.
01:58As I said before, honey, it's spring.
02:00Mm-hmm, and in the spring, the sap rises.
02:03Over here, folks.
02:04Oh, hi, Inspector.
02:05Hello, Inspector.
02:06Come on in.
02:07Here, darling.
02:08Thank you.
02:09Sausalito, first stop.
02:11Oh, what a day for a motorboat ride.
02:14Why, Inspector, you're actually glowering. What's happened?
02:17Plenty. I think I got my finger on the guy at the bottom of this deal.
02:20A movie press agent by the name of Jim Fonda.
02:22Remember that guy pulling his Hollywood shenanigans in my town.
02:25Why, Inspector, no pirates.
02:27Oh, plenty of them, Phil. Too many of them. A whole brig full.
02:30There's 200 of them.
02:31What? You've already got 200 pirates in jail? Holy smoke.
02:35A brigantine is a pirate vessel, Mike.
02:37Huh?
02:38Right, Inspector?
02:39Right, Phyllis.
02:40They might as well be in jail, for that anchor doesn't budge until I give the word.
02:44Lafitte's men, I suppose, from around the hall.
02:47No, no, no, nothing so romantic, my dear.
02:48They're Captain Kidd's men from Central Casting in Hollywood.
02:51There's a movie company aboard the ship,
02:53and they're getting ready to sail down the coast on location when I clamp down.
02:56Oh, aren't you a bit rough on them, Inspector?
02:58After all, press agents have to have their fun.
03:00Well, do you know something I don't know?
03:02No, not a thing, Mike.
03:03I guess I lost my sense of humor.
03:05Hollywood had its laugh this morning.
03:07Now I'm going to have mine.
03:08Huh?
03:09Well, they have to pay those pirates every day, you know.
03:11Oh, yeah, I get it.
03:13Investigations, questions, delays.
03:15Well, where do we go first? The pirate ship or the yacht?
03:17The yacht.
03:18Maybe Professor Porter will be there himself.
03:20If he isn't still plain dead.
03:22Um, where's the wife?
03:24She'll be there, too.
03:25And so will Jim Fonda.
03:26Or I'll fire every detective on my staff.
03:28Well, that might not be a bad idea.
03:30Save the sarcasm, Mike.
03:32Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
03:33That's only foolish.
03:35Well, there's the yacht.
03:37Oh, that's beautiful.
03:39There's nothing phony about this baby.
03:41She's big enough to go to sea.
03:43Yeah, but she hasn't been away from that dark side since the Professor Porter.
03:46Gee, this doesn't look like a college professor's layout.
03:49A nice, tidy little investment there.
03:51Yeah, teaching's a sideline with Professor Porter.
03:53They tell me he's got oil wells working for him.
03:55If that's Annabelle, his wife, coming out to welcome us, they better be gushers.
04:00She looks very expensive.
04:02Inspector Faraday?
04:03Yes.
04:04Oh, and this is Michael Shane and Phyllis Knight, Mrs. Porter.
04:07How do you do?
04:08Good morning.
04:09How do you do?
04:10Please come into the lounge.
04:11Thank you.
04:12I'm a courteous man, Mrs. Porter, but I haven't time for courtesy this morning.
04:15I can't understand why an apparently sane woman would expect us to believe such a story.
04:19Do you mind if we stroll around, Mrs. Porter?
04:21I've never been on a yacht before.
04:22Yes, certainly.
04:24And now, Inspector, will you please explain why you don't like this story?
04:27Big-hearted Mike.
04:28He just can't bear to hear a beautiful redhead balled out, so he takes the powder.
04:32Oh, look, Angel, this doesn't add up.
04:34You don't plot publicity gags in a playhouse like this one.
04:36Huh?
04:37You've seen something, Mike.
04:39Or maybe it was just one look at the redhead.
04:42Hmm.
04:43I guess this is the master's stateroom.
04:45Two beds.
04:46What are you doing?
04:47The one bed lay outs in the guest cabin.
04:49Mike, what did you see?
04:51Oh, just Mrs. Porter.
04:52She used to be Annabelle Armstrong in the movies.
04:54So what?
04:55Hey, now it's my turn.
04:57I spy something beginning with the letter P.
04:59Give you one guess.
05:00Fills in a blue bottle by the bed.
05:01I think I'll have a look.
05:03Mike, this entire bottle wouldn't put a child to sleep.
05:06Let me see it, honey.
05:08Oh, it doesn't spell anything backwards.
05:11It spells something for me.
05:13These pills prove Annabelle went canoe riding with her eyes open.
05:18Ow!
05:19What did you expect to find in the closet, pirates?
05:22Oh, that bag that hit my foot felt like it was packed.
05:25Hey, it is.
05:26And so is this one.
05:27Everything for a nice long trip.
05:30You know, I could take a honeymoon with this bag.
05:32Say, the professor's a snappy dresser.
05:34Just look at this sport coat.
05:35Come on, Mike.
05:36Let's quit playing house.
05:38I want to watch Annabelle act.
05:39Okay.
05:40I might have known how it would turn out when I brought you along, Mike.
05:43Why, what's up, Inspector?
05:44It's murder, my boy.
05:45While we're playing houseboat.
05:47So her story stood up.
05:48I'm buying it up to here.
05:49Well, I haven't heard it, but I think I'll shop around.
05:52Well, fond is the guy, all right.
05:54I just telephoned a general alarm.
05:55Ought to pick him up any minute.
05:56You telephoned?
05:57Yeah, there's a phone.
05:58The yacht's permanently tied up to the pier.
06:00I also sent for Porter's secretary.
06:02He may have some information.
06:03Inspector, do you mind bringing us up to date?
06:05We've been sightseeing.
06:06Well, Mike, here's the story.
06:08Jim Fonda is Porter's nephew.
06:09Yeah.
06:10Sort of a family black sheep.
06:11He's been causing trouble.
06:13Everything from forgery to some sort of blackmail.
06:15Uh-huh.
06:16Well, it seems Fonda headed for the professor's home as soon as he hit town.
06:19The professor's secretary sent him to the yacht.
06:21That'd be yesterday afternoon.
06:23There was a row.
06:24Porter threatened to send Fonda to jail and shoved him off the boat.
06:27Yeah.
06:28Fonda yelled he'd be back and told Porter he'd better have it ready.
06:30Mrs. Porter thinks he meant a sum of money.
06:32Maybe the secretary tailor can clear that point.
06:35Uh-huh, but where do the pirates come in?
06:37Well, I'm coming to that.
06:38I'll tell you, Mike.
06:39After Fonda left, Mrs. Porter developed a headache.
06:42That night she couldn't sleep.
06:44The professor went into the lounge to read,
06:46and Mrs. Porter took two sleeping pills.
06:48That's three, my dear.
06:49Mrs. Porter took three sleeping pills.
06:52Later, she was aroused by loud voices,
06:55and then a big, burly pirate with a red beard leaned over the bunker.
07:00I believe his beard was black this night.
07:03Oh, yes.
07:04The light was on.
07:05No, the cabin was dark.
07:07This man dressed like a pirate seized me,
07:10threw a blanket over me, and carried me to the canoe.
07:13It was one we kept tied to the yacht.
07:15There was a body wrapped in a blanket on the bottom.
07:18He paddled for several minutes and then put the body over side.
07:23Maybe you'd better ask the questions, Mike.
07:25Well, you're doing fine, Angel.
07:26Thanks.
07:27Mrs. Porter, the cabin was dark.
07:29There was no moon.
07:31How did you know the man was dressed like a pirate?
07:33He struck several matches.
07:34Yes, he was smoking the pipe.
07:36I see.
07:37And why are you so sure that this man dressed as a pirate was Jim Fonda?
07:41I knew Jim.
07:42He was the publicity man on one of my pictures.
07:44Oh, maybe I should explain.
07:46I'm Annabel Armstrong.
07:48Oh, not at all.
07:49I recognized Annabel Armstrong the moment I came aboard.
07:52Thank you.
07:53Well, Jim Fonda had two peculiarities.
07:56His eyebrows were highly arched, and his left eye twitched.
08:00I recognized him despite his disguise the first time he lighted a match.
08:04Did he know you had recognized him?
08:06I'm not sure.
08:07He might have worn the pirate costume as a prank.
08:10Jim had an odd sense of humor.
08:12I believe he intended taking me with him.
08:15He tried to arouse me when he landed the canoe.
08:17I was too heavy to carry far.
08:19Those sleeping tablets must have been pretty powerful.
08:22It's a shame.
08:23Those tablets are a mild harmless sort.
08:26I was wide awake.
08:27Then from fright at first, then I acted.
08:31Don't forget, I used to be an actress.
08:33Why did you stay in the canoe after he left you?
08:35Well, I yelled my head off, and nobody came.
08:37It was dark, and, well, I was afraid I'd fall into the water.
08:41I can't swim.
08:42Well, that's sensible.
08:43Do you think you could locate the spot where your husband's body was dropped into the water?
08:47I pointed out the spot when the police brought me to the yacht this morning.
08:50That's right, Mike.
08:51We've had men grappling for the body all morning.
08:53There's no current, and the water's quiet, so we ought to bring it up.
08:56Well, that's the police launch.
09:03That ties it up.
09:04Bring it in, boy.
09:05Well, you satisfied now, Angel?
09:06No, I am not, and neither are you.
09:08Mm-hmm.
09:09Say, I guess that'd be Mr. Taylor with the briefcase over there coming down the pier.
09:14Huh?
09:15Oh, yes, the secretary.
09:18Dark and handsome.
09:20Huh?
09:21And not too tall.
09:26In just a moment, we'll rejoin Mike Shane and Phyllis Knight in their adventures.
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10:59Professor Porter's body has been recovered from the bay, and Inspector Faraday is hurrying to meet the launch at the end of the pier.
11:06Mike and Phyllis are following, but Phyllis is reluctant to leave Mrs. Porter and the professor's secretary, Bill Taylor, together in the lounge of the yacht.
11:15Come on, hurry, honey, they'll be here in a minute.
11:17You're getting awfully careless, Mike.
11:19I know what I'm doing.
11:20I wonder.
11:21Oh, cut it out, Angel, please.
11:22Oh, Mike, get tough. Be yourself.
11:24Why, what do you mean?
11:25Well, don't let a good-looking redhead blind you.
11:27So far, she's got all the answers, Angel, good answers.
11:30All of them.
11:31All right, take it easy now.
11:33Okay, bring it over here.
11:35Hey, give me a hand, this is heavy.
11:39Okay, Sergeant, cut the ropes.
11:41Right.
11:42Hey, what are all those lumps?
11:43Some sort of weights.
11:44Made a sack out of the blanket.
11:46Open it up, men.
11:47Okay, here we are.
11:48All right, sir.
11:51Holy jumping catfish.
11:53Well, I'll be...
11:54I knew they were heavy reading, but I never thought of them as weights.
11:57Well, the professor went down wrapped in culture.
12:00The Encyclopedia Britannica.
12:02Yeah, one, two, three, four, twelve volumes.
12:08Mm-hmm, from A to J.
12:11Mike, look over by the inspector, Mrs. Porter and Bill Taylor.
12:15Of course, darling, they've got to identify the body.
12:18Look out, she's fading.
12:19Take her back to the yacht, men.
12:20Yes, I've got to see Annabelle in a swoon.
12:22You'd better go with her, Angel, now hurry.
12:23Okay.
12:24Doc says can he have the body now?
12:25Okay, take her to the morgue.
12:27What about all them books?
12:28You know what to do with evidence.
12:29The blank and everything go to headquarters.
12:30Right.
12:31Inspector.
12:32Yes, see any marks on the body?
12:33Not a scratch.
12:34Hey, where's Porter's secretary?
12:36Right here, Inspector, Bill Taylor.
12:38Does Jim Fonda strike you as the sort of fellow who'd pull a job like this?
12:42Well, I wouldn't like to accuse anyone of a thing like this.
12:44How long have you known him?
12:45About a year, ever since I've been with Professor Porter.
12:49Shall we return to the yacht?
12:50I'm afraid Mrs. Porter's ill.
12:51We can talk here.
12:52Miss Snyder'll look after her.
12:54Oh, this is my friend, Mr. Shane.
12:56Oh, how do you do, Mr. Shane?
12:57Fine.
12:58Well, looks like Fonda put his trademark on this one.
13:01I don't know.
13:03I only wish I'd never sent him to the yacht.
13:05Hmm?
13:06When was this?
13:07Yesterday.
13:08Yesterday afternoon.
13:09Well, why did you send him?
13:11Well, I never dreamed it.
13:13He was insistent.
13:15Did Porter tell you to keep Fonda away from him?
13:19Well, this is embarrassing, Mr. Shane.
13:22Murder usually is, Mr. Taylor.
13:24Come on, let's have a story.
13:26Well, Professor Porter disliked seeing his nephew.
13:29Why?
13:30Was he afraid of him?
13:31No, not exactly afraid.
13:32It was just that...
13:34Well, look, Inspector, can this be kept confidential?
13:36Oh, how can I tell you until I know what it is?
13:38Well, a good many years ago,
13:40Professor Porter was involved in a rather nasty divorce case.
13:43Nothing like that, stand-up.
13:44His past is clean.
13:45Maybe he took on a new identity, Inspector.
13:47It's been done, you know.
13:48Yes, yes.
13:49Professor Porter did take a new name
13:50and arranged an entirely different past.
13:52You see, Professor Porter was William Steele.
13:54Hmm.
13:55Hey, wait a minute.
13:56I remember that case.
13:57Back on Long Island.
13:58Hmm.
13:59I don't know a great deal about it, however.
14:00But Fonda did, huh?
14:01And made the most of it.
14:02Well, I'm not sure, Mr. Shane.
14:04But you see, I took care of Professor Porter's bank account
14:06and he gave his nephew large sums of money.
14:09Hmm.
14:10How much does Mrs. Porter know about this?
14:12I don't believe she knows anything about the divorce.
14:14But she knew Fonda had something on her husband?
14:17I suspect she did.
14:18She knew about the money because she spoke to me about it.
14:20Mm-hmm.
14:21How often has Fonda been tapping the Professor?
14:24Almost every month.
14:25This was his second trip this month.
14:27Ah, speaking of trips,
14:29where were you going on your vacation?
14:30My vacation?
14:32Oh.
14:33Oh, you found my bag.
14:34What's this about a bag, Mike?
14:36I found two bags fully packed in a closet.
14:38One belonged to you, Mr. Taylor, I believe.
14:40And the other one?
14:41To Mrs. Porter.
14:42Well, that's easy to explain.
14:44You see, the Professor sold the yacht
14:46and I was moving my personal possessions.
14:48I presume that Mrs. Porter had the same thing in mind.
14:51What about Professor Porter?
14:52Well, he always put things off until the last moment.
14:55Meaning?
14:56Well, the moving van isn't due until tonight.
14:58All right, Mike.
14:59That explains the bags.
15:00Now, let's get back to my office.
15:01I want Fonda.
15:02Let's see how Mrs. Porter's feeling.
15:03All right, go ahead.
15:04The coroner's inquest hasn't been set,
15:06but I want to see you and Mrs. Porter tomorrow morning.
15:08Okay, we'll be at Mrs. Porter's home.
15:10Mike.
15:11Huh?
15:12Michael.
15:13Yes, Angel?
15:14Now I've seen everything.
15:15Now where's Mrs. Porter?
15:16Oh, she's beautiful, but bereaved.
15:17She's repairing her makeup.
15:18Come on, I want to get to my office.
15:20Mike, Mike, did you ask Mr. Taylor about the bags?
15:22Yes, Angel, yes.
15:24But he knows the answer.
15:32Any messages?
15:43Hollywood's been calling every 20 minutes, Inspector.
15:45What do they want?
15:46A fella at Apex Studios wants his pirates.
15:48Tell him we've got a murder case to settle first.
15:50Says you're going to have a lawsuit, too.
15:52Claims this has cost him thousands.
15:53Why don't you turn him loose, Inspector?
15:55The guy says you'd better do it pronto.
15:57That boat's stuck till I get my hands on Fonda.
16:00Come on, Mike.
16:01Okay.
16:02Now, let's get down to business.
16:04Yeah, let's go to work.
16:05Well, it's about time.
16:06What do you mean, fellas?
16:07Fonda left a trail a yard wide.
16:09Too wide, Inspector.
16:10You want to do me a favor, Inspector?
16:12You too?
16:13What is it?
16:14Check on that story about the sale of Porter's yacht.
16:17Yes, Mike, I had that in mind.
16:19Yes, Inspector?
16:20Is Bolton back from that pirate ship?
16:22He's waiting outside.
16:23Send him in.
16:28Pick up any leads, Bolton?
16:29Not a line.
16:30The guy just vanished.
16:31Oh, he can't do that.
16:32What did they tell you about Fonda?
16:34Everybody had a good word for him.
16:36He came to town ahead of the picture crowd last Friday.
16:38Oh?
16:39When was he on the boat?
16:40Yesterday.
16:41They said he seemed worried about his uncle.
16:43Hadn't been able to see him.
16:44Did he tell anybody why he wanted to see his uncle?
16:48No.
16:49Seems that he didn't do much talking.
16:51Does Fonda smoke a pipe?
16:54Say, you haven't found him, have you, Mike?
16:56No.
16:57Why?
16:58That's part of the description they gave me.
16:59Mm-hmm.
17:00Left eye twitches, too.
17:02You must know the guy.
17:03No.
17:04No, just the woman he kidnapped.
17:05Well, he can't get out of town.
17:06Must be holed up somewhere.
17:07You searched the boat?
17:08Yeah.
17:09Even turned up some girl pirates.
17:10Any pirate costumes missing?
17:12Wardrobe man says they're all there.
17:14Well, how about the odd parts?
17:15Wigs, scarves, uh...
17:16I thought of that.
17:17Could be.
17:18But it'd take a week to check.
17:19OK, take a week, but check it.
17:20OK.
17:21Hello?
17:22That Hollywood guy's on the wire.
17:24Cry him.
17:25Tell him I got a murder in my hands.
17:26The boat stays here.
17:28Bond is not on that boat, Inspector.
17:29His friends are.
17:30Get back to that boat.
17:31If I stay out there any longer, I'll turn pirate myself.
17:36Got any ideas, Mike?
17:37Well, I'd like to know about, uh...
17:40About that porter yacht, Inspector.
17:42Yes?
17:43Professor sold it, all right.
17:44That satisfy you, Mike?
17:46Well, that cooks one idea, anyhow.
17:48I've got an idea, Inspector.
17:50Let's have it, Phil.
17:51Remember when lovely Annabelle was giving us act two?
17:54Oh, let's don't be catty, ain't you?
17:56You be quiet.
17:57I know when you're getting ready to spring something.
17:59Oh, I wish I knew as much.
18:01All right, all right, smarty.
18:03Well, Mrs. Porter spoke of Jim Fonda in the past tense.
18:06A natural reaction.
18:07Probably glad to have him out of her life.
18:09Oh, you don't.
18:10Just heard from the coroner's office, Inspector.
18:12When's the inquest?
18:13Tomorrow.
18:14Funny thing...
18:15What's that?
18:16Doc says Porter's been in the water two or three days.
18:20Did you hear that, Mike?
18:21Well, that knocks the whole case into a cocked hat.
18:23But Mrs. Porter said it happened last night.
18:25Well, maybe she'll know the answer to this one.
18:27Maybe I know the answers.
18:28What?
18:29Remember when we went through the staterooms on the yacht?
18:31Yeah, yeah.
18:32You admired the beds.
18:33Uh-huh.
18:34There were two in the stateroom and one in the guest cabin.
18:36Yeah.
18:37They'd all been slept in.
18:38Maybe yes, maybe no.
18:39But there was something missing.
18:41Hey, hey, I remember.
18:43The blankets.
18:44Now you're cooking.
18:45Look, this is no time for guessing games, Mike.
18:47Let him alone, let him alone.
18:48I thought he never would wake up.
18:49One blanket to wrap the professor in.
18:51One for his wife for a canoe ride.
18:53That makes two blankets.
18:54Where's the third one?
18:55Maybe it was for Fonda.
18:57You're wrong, Mike.
18:58And about encyclopedias?
19:00Twenty volumes to the set, covering everything from A to Z.
19:03Right, Angel, right.
19:04Where's the other eight volumes?
19:06Porter was dumped overboard with A to J.
19:08And you think K to Z are with Fonda?
19:11Say, anybody on the yacht with that name?
19:13Oh, Taylor's with her.
19:14She'll keep.
19:15Well, Fonda didn't keep very well.
19:17Well, maybe I left her uncovered so she'd lead us to Fonda.
19:19I've got a different slant, Inspector.
19:20The only place Annabelle will lead you is astray.
19:23I guess we'd better get back to the yacht.
19:24If you're still looking for Fonda, we'd better go.
19:26I doubt if there's anyone else there.
19:28All right, let's go.
19:29Fonda's the lad I'm still looking for.
19:31Then you better take along the boys with the long-handled rakes, Inspector.
19:46We'll return to Michael Shane and his adventures in just a moment.
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21:23Mike, Phyllis, and Inspector Faraday are back at the yacht.
21:26A crew with grappling hooks is just arriving.
21:28It would be old home week if Mrs. Porter and Bill Taylor were there, but they've flown the coop.
21:33The inspector mutters to himself,
21:35I hope this phone's still working.
21:37Hello? Hello? Hello, Sarge?
21:40Yes, Inspector?
21:41Get Cassidy on the shortwave. Tell him to bring Mrs. Porter and Taylor back to the yacht.
21:45So you did have them tailed.
21:47How do you think I keep my job, Mike?
21:49Mike? Mike, you were right about the blankets and the bags are gone, too.
21:52Sure they're gone. Taylor told us they were moving into town.
21:55And here's where the encyclopedia set came from.
21:57Where is it?
21:58An empty shelf, and I never even noticed.
22:00Say, let's go out on deck and see if they fished up anything, huh?
22:03All right.
22:05Hey, fellas, have you found anything?
22:07Two tire cases and a couple of pairs of old shoes.
22:10Well, keep on raking. Tie it forward.
22:12Okay.
22:13It's beginning to add up, all right.
22:14Yeah, sure, sure, it adds up.
22:16Fonda gets into town, goes to see Uncle Porter.
22:18And tries to pick up five grand.
22:20No, no, no, I'm not buying the blackmail scenario.
22:22Why, Mike?
22:23Too well-planned, unlike the rest of the deal.
22:25Anyhow, a crook working a blackmail racket doesn't have to work as a press agent.
22:28Okay, so Fonda goes to see Porter.
22:30And Porter isn't in sight.
22:31Annabelle and Taylor give Fonda a cock-and-bull story.
22:34He gets suspicious and starts checking.
22:36Yeah, but where?
22:37Around the neighborhood, at the university.
22:39And then?
22:40Annabelle and Taylor get ideas.
22:42Maybe Fonda is the answer to a little job they've already done.
22:45You mean Porter's murder?
22:46You're on the beam, Inspector.
22:48My guess is Fonda stood to get a slice of the professor's estate.
22:51A big slice.
22:52I'm beginning to like your story.
22:54Well, wait a minute, let me finish it.
22:56They decide to knock off Fonda, hang the Porter murder on him,
22:59and live happily ever after.
23:01Take the whole part, huh?
23:02Right, right.
23:03So Taylor lets Fonda know that his professor uncle is on the yacht.
23:06And when Fonda shows up Sunday night, Taylor drills him.
23:09Hey, aren't you boys guessing a bit too far ahead?
23:12You've got no proof that Taylor shot Fonda.
23:14In fact, you've got no proof that Fonda's even dead.
23:16No.
23:17But do you see what I see on that ledge?
23:20You mean the lamp?
23:21Yes, darling, a lamp.
23:22Where it couldn't do anybody any good.
23:24No, it's not very ornamental.
23:26Okay, okay, quit being clever.
23:28Move it.
23:29All right.
23:30A bullet hole.
23:31Yes, honey, a bullet hole.
23:33Not very old, either.
23:34And since no bullets were used to put the professor out of the way,
23:37and Taylor and the professor's wife are still alive.
23:41What is it, Sarge?
23:43Another bundle, Inspector.
23:49Well, well, Inspector, blanket number three.
23:52Yeah, and the same kind of bulges as the other bundles.
23:56Yes, Angel.
23:57Encyclopedia Britannica, volumes K to Z.
24:05Oh.
24:15Looks like a police car.
24:16Cassidy, you hope?
24:17With our two murdering lovebirds.
24:19Yeah.
24:20Yeah, it's Cassidy, all right.
24:27Here they are, Inspector.
24:29Did you send for us, Inspector?
24:30Yes, I wanted to finish our chat.
24:32Why, what happened, Inspector?
24:33Nothing much.
24:34We just found Fonda's body.
24:36Get out of the car, Taylor.
24:37You too, Annabelle.
24:38Duck, guys, he's got a gun!
24:41Get him, Farragut, get him!
24:42My gun's jammed!
24:46That guy's tired!
24:52The car's caught fire.
24:53Come on, run for it, hurry!
24:57They're both unconscious.
24:58Pull them out, pull them out.
24:59Here.
25:00Get her first.
25:01It's the same of the day.
25:02Just bump your head.
25:03Well, that's too bad.
25:04Mike, where are you going?
25:05To get the robe out of the car before it burns.
25:07Have you gone crazy?
25:08No, no.
25:09Now, here.
25:10Here, let's throw this robe over Annabelle.
25:11Pull it up over her face.
25:12Hey, Taylor's stirring.
25:13He's coming out of it.
25:14Good, good.
25:15But I can't have Annabelle awake.
25:16Maybe I'd better conquer her.
25:17Let me.
25:18Wake him up, Inspector.
25:19Come on, you get up.
25:20Wake him up.
25:21Come on.
25:22Where am I?
25:23You're at the end of the road, fella.
25:25Oh, where's Annabelle?
25:27Mrs. Porter.
25:28Mrs. Porter?
25:30Mrs. Porter.
25:31Mrs. Porter is dead.
25:33Huh?
25:34Oh, no.
25:35No, she couldn't be.
25:36Ann, pull the blanket back, honey.
25:39Was she dead?
25:41I mean...
25:42I mean...
25:43I know exactly what you mean, boy.
25:45Now, now, she talked.
25:47Talked plenty before she went.
25:49You've been out cold for ten minutes, fella.
25:51Come on, you'd better talk fast.
25:53I had nothing to do with it.
25:55Oh, I helped dispose of the bodies, yes.
25:57Believe me, she threatened my life.
25:59She acted like a mad woman.
26:01I didn't do it.
26:02I didn't.
26:03Then who did?
26:04Annabelle.
26:05She poisoned the professor and she shot Fonda.
26:06He's lying.
26:07Don't believe him.
26:08Oh, so you came to her?
26:09But...
26:10But you said she was dead.
26:11You...
26:12You tricked me.
26:13Which is nothing compared to what we're going to do to you, both of you.
26:16Yes, we tricked you.
26:17And you accused her of murder.
26:18Now it's her turn.
26:19Where did he hide the gun?
26:20At my apartment.
26:21Oh, you're a fool if you kept your mouth shut.
26:23If you both kept your mouth shut, we'd still have caught you.
26:26Every clue that you planted,
26:27every clue that you thought would point to Fonda
26:29was a signpost leading us right to you.
26:33I don't want to talk with him anymore, Inspector.
26:35How about you?
26:36Not me.
26:37I've had all I want.
26:38Take him away, Cassidy.
26:54Well, Mike,
26:55this is my apartment, remember?
26:57Huh?
26:58Oh.
26:59Oh, yes, Angel, yes.
27:02What are you thinking of, Mike, the redhead?
27:04Redhead?
27:05Oh, her?
27:06No, no.
27:07Oh, no, no.
27:08She did sort of go for him.
27:10In a mild sort of way.
27:12Not me, honey.
27:13I knew she was a phony.
27:14Ah, don't give me that.
27:16No, look, Angel, look.
27:17What do you think I am, a fool?
27:18Yes, where blondes and redheads are concerned, yes.
27:21Angel, from the word go I had her tagged.
27:24She tried to identify Fonda as the guy who kidnapped her.
27:27Well, I know it.
27:28Well, could you picture Fonda picking her up,
27:30wrapping her in a blanket,
27:32carrying her to a canoe,
27:33and all the time striking matches to light a pipe he was smoking?
27:38Tough cut, Angel.
27:39Well, then why didn't you say so before?
27:43Just because you look so cute when you're jealous.
27:45Jealous?
27:46Well, you...
27:47Ah, Angel, please, Angel, not here.
27:49The neighbors are watching.
27:54The neighbors are watching.
28:13Tune in again next week at 8.30 for another adventure
28:16with Michael Shane, Private Detective,
28:19starring Wally Mayer and Kathy Lewis,
28:21and Joe Forte as Inspector Faraday.
28:24Tonight's story was written by Tom Petty
28:26and based on the character created by Brett Halliday.
28:29Music was composed and directed by Bernard Katz.
28:32This is Ed Stevens substituting for John Lang
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