WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.560 At the first sign of a cold, take Rexol antihistamine, bottle of 15 tablets only 39 cents at Rexol 00:12.560 --> 00:14.560 drugstores everywhere. 00:14.560 --> 00:19.320 And now listen while the makers of Rexol drug products and 10,000 independent Rexol family 00:19.320 --> 00:42.720 drugists bring you Dick Powell as Richard Diamond private detective. 00:50.320 --> 00:53.320 Good health to all from Rexol. 00:56.320 --> 01:03.320 Now your Rexol family drugist brings you a transcribed half hour with Richard Diamond private detective starring Dick Powell. 01:14.320 --> 01:15.320 Mr. Diamond? 01:15.320 --> 01:17.320 Yeah, what's the matter? 01:17.320 --> 01:20.320 You got to do something for me. 01:20.320 --> 01:21.320 Hey, you're hurt. 01:21.320 --> 01:22.320 Yeah, yeah. 01:22.320 --> 01:23.320 Now take it easy. 01:23.320 --> 01:24.320 Sit down. 01:24.320 --> 01:25.320 You got to listen to me. 01:25.320 --> 01:26.320 You're bleeding all over the place. 01:26.320 --> 01:27.320 I'll call a doctor. 01:27.320 --> 01:28.320 No, please, please wait. 01:28.320 --> 01:29.320 But look. 01:29.320 --> 01:30.320 I've been knifed. 01:30.320 --> 01:31.320 I've been knifed bad. 01:31.320 --> 01:33.320 I don't think I've got much time. 01:33.320 --> 01:34.320 Here, take this. 01:34.320 --> 01:35.320 They're right behind me. 01:35.320 --> 01:37.320 I'm going to call a doctor. 01:37.320 --> 01:38.320 No, no, listen. 01:38.320 --> 01:39.320 Listen. 01:39.320 --> 01:44.320 Key or less to get envelope to. 01:44.320 --> 01:45.320 Oh. 01:45.320 --> 01:46.320 Hey. 01:46.320 --> 01:47.320 Hey, you. 01:47.320 --> 01:53.320 Oh, no. 01:53.320 --> 01:56.320 The man, whoever he was, had toppled over on his face and was very dead. 01:56.320 --> 02:00.320 He handed me a plain white envelope sealed with no address on it. 02:00.320 --> 02:06.320 I went over to my desk to put in a called homicide when I heard someone moving around in the hall. 02:06.320 --> 02:11.320 I turned and saw the shadow of a man silhouetted against the glass section of my office door. 02:11.320 --> 02:17.320 I grabbed a pen and hurriedly scribbled the address of Lieutenant Walter Levinson, 5th Precinct Homicide, on the envelope, 02:17.320 --> 02:20.320 stuck a stamp on it, then headed for the hallway. 02:20.320 --> 02:24.320 I was about to open the door when the shadow was joined by another one. 02:24.320 --> 02:25.320 They opened it for me. 02:25.320 --> 02:26.320 Excuse me, gentlemen. 02:26.320 --> 02:27.320 Wait a minute. 02:27.320 --> 02:28.320 We want to ask you something. 02:28.320 --> 02:29.320 Later, later. 02:29.320 --> 02:30.320 I got to mail a letter. 02:30.320 --> 02:31.320 Hey, stop him. 02:31.320 --> 02:36.320 Don't let him mail that thing. 02:36.320 --> 02:38.320 They were both big men and could run. 02:38.320 --> 02:41.320 I beat them to the mail chute by a split second and dropped the envelope. 02:41.320 --> 02:45.320 They made a dive for it, and when they missed, they forgot it and started concentrating on me. 02:51.320 --> 02:52.320 Mr. Diamond. 02:53.320 --> 02:54.320 Mr. Diamond. 02:56.320 --> 02:58.320 Mr. Diamond, please try and sit up. 03:01.320 --> 03:03.320 What happened to you? 03:03.320 --> 03:05.320 Where are your wings, honey? 03:05.320 --> 03:07.320 You look as though someone had beaten you up. 03:07.320 --> 03:09.320 No, don't be silly. It's the latest thing. 03:10.320 --> 03:12.320 Hey, I'm back in my office. 03:12.320 --> 03:14.320 I found you lying here. You want me to call a doctor? 03:14.320 --> 03:16.320 No, no. Call homicide. 03:16.320 --> 03:17.320 Someone dead? 03:17.320 --> 03:19.320 Certainly. That guy right over... 03:19.320 --> 03:20.320 What guy? 03:20.320 --> 03:21.320 Oh, Dandy. 03:21.320 --> 03:26.320 Well, honey, there was a guy. In fact, he was lying just about where I'm lying, and he was dead. 03:26.320 --> 03:28.320 Look, you can see the blood. 03:28.320 --> 03:29.320 I thought that was your blood. 03:29.320 --> 03:30.320 Ah. 03:31.320 --> 03:35.320 Rather than try and convince you, maybe you'd like to tell me why you came up to see me. 03:35.320 --> 03:38.320 Well, my name's Nancy Lang. I want to hire you. 03:38.320 --> 03:39.320 To do what? 03:39.320 --> 03:42.320 I'm giving a big party tonight. Some very wealthy guests. 03:42.320 --> 03:45.320 I just want someone around to keep an eye on things. 03:45.320 --> 03:49.320 Well, I'd like to help you, but I've got a bit of a problem with a missing body. 03:49.320 --> 03:51.320 Oh, that's too bad. 03:51.320 --> 03:54.320 I was prepared to pay you $500 for the evening. 03:54.320 --> 03:56.320 Uh, $500? 03:57.320 --> 03:59.320 Well, so a body gets lost. 03:59.320 --> 04:05.320 Who wants to hunt a corpse when he can tend a perfectly good party? 04:14.320 --> 04:16.320 Well, good afternoon, Sergeant Otis. 04:16.320 --> 04:17.320 Oh, how are you, Diamond? 04:17.320 --> 04:19.320 Still breathing. Why don't you try it sometime? 04:19.320 --> 04:21.320 Oh, go jump in the lake. 04:21.320 --> 04:24.320 Only if you'll lend me one of your shoes to paddle around in. 04:24.320 --> 04:25.320 No. 04:25.320 --> 04:26.320 Hello, Walt. 04:26.320 --> 04:27.320 Hi, Rick. 04:27.320 --> 04:29.320 Oh, no. What happened here? 04:29.320 --> 04:32.320 Well, two charming gorillas used me for a fast game of squash. 04:32.320 --> 04:33.320 Who were they? 04:33.320 --> 04:34.320 Never saw them before. 04:34.320 --> 04:36.320 But I got a hunch they killed a guy. 04:36.320 --> 04:39.320 Let's have a look at your mug file. 04:41.320 --> 04:44.320 I gave Walt the story and told him about the mysterious envelope 04:44.320 --> 04:46.320 he would be getting in the mail. 04:46.320 --> 04:49.320 But after two hours of checking the rogues gallery, 04:49.320 --> 04:51.320 we came up with nothing. 04:51.320 --> 04:53.320 So I went home, shaved and changed, 04:53.320 --> 04:55.320 and went out to my client's house, 04:55.320 --> 04:58.320 where she met me in a well-appointed library. 04:58.320 --> 05:01.320 Her appointments were, uh... 05:01.320 --> 05:04.320 Mr. Diamond, right on time. 05:04.320 --> 05:05.320 You look much better. 05:05.320 --> 05:08.320 Well, I tried to wear something that wouldn't clash with my bruises. 05:08.320 --> 05:10.320 I'd like you to meet Senor Guiardo. 05:10.320 --> 05:11.320 Guiardo? 05:11.320 --> 05:14.320 An old friend, a very wealthy politician from South America. 05:14.320 --> 05:16.320 This is Mr. Diamond, Mr. Guiardo. 05:16.320 --> 05:17.320 How do you do, sir? 05:17.320 --> 05:19.320 How are you, Mr. Guiardo? 05:19.320 --> 05:21.320 Mr. Diamond is a private detective. 05:21.320 --> 05:22.320 He's here to guard the wealth. 05:22.320 --> 05:23.320 How very interesting. 05:23.320 --> 05:25.320 Kind of an official watchdog, Mr. Guiardo. 05:25.320 --> 05:28.320 Well, there will certainly be enough to guard. 05:28.320 --> 05:31.320 Miss Lang's guest list is made up of some very wealthy 05:31.320 --> 05:33.320 and prominent personalities. 05:33.320 --> 05:36.320 In fact, I am very flattered to be among them. 05:36.320 --> 05:38.320 I, uh... I've seen you before. 05:38.320 --> 05:39.320 Very possibly. 05:39.320 --> 05:41.320 Have you ever been to South America? 05:41.320 --> 05:42.320 A couple of times, but that's not it. 05:42.320 --> 05:44.320 My home is in Bogota. 05:44.320 --> 05:45.320 No. 05:45.320 --> 05:47.320 Oh, it doesn't matter. I'll think of it. 05:47.320 --> 05:48.320 If you'll excuse us, Mr. Guiardo, 05:48.320 --> 05:51.320 I want to show Mr. Diamond around the house and grounds. 05:51.320 --> 05:54.320 Certainly, certainly. A pleasure meeting you, Mr. Diamond. 06:06.320 --> 06:08.320 The house was my father's. 06:08.320 --> 06:10.320 He died several years ago. 06:10.320 --> 06:12.320 He used to love this garden. 06:12.320 --> 06:13.320 It's beautiful. 06:13.320 --> 06:14.320 Smell the jasmine? 06:14.320 --> 06:16.320 Yes. 06:16.320 --> 06:18.320 What made you become a private detective? 06:18.320 --> 06:20.320 Oh, I don't know. I... 06:20.320 --> 06:22.320 I make a pretty good living. 06:22.320 --> 06:23.320 My own boss. 06:23.320 --> 06:25.320 I was a cop for a long time. 06:25.320 --> 06:27.320 I like to work. 06:29.320 --> 06:32.320 And that's, uh, quite a fountain. 06:32.320 --> 06:34.320 Trying to give Rockefeller Center competition. 06:34.320 --> 06:36.320 It looks beautiful with the lights on. 06:36.320 --> 06:37.320 There. 06:37.320 --> 06:39.320 Yes, it certainly does. 06:40.320 --> 06:43.320 You're not the type to be a private detective. 06:43.320 --> 06:45.320 Oh, I'm definitely the type. 06:45.320 --> 06:48.320 Sure, like everything else, it gets dull sometimes, 06:48.320 --> 06:51.320 but when things start popping, it can get pretty interesting. 06:51.320 --> 06:54.320 Like this afternoon? Getting beaten up? 06:54.320 --> 06:56.320 The man you said was killed in your office? 06:56.320 --> 06:59.320 Well, he wasn't killed there. He just died there. 06:59.320 --> 07:02.320 Besides, how many guys can wake up lying on their office floor 07:02.320 --> 07:05.320 and have a beautiful girl offer them $500 to come to a party? 07:05.320 --> 07:07.320 I see what you mean. 07:08.320 --> 07:09.320 Don't you think you'd better get back? 07:09.320 --> 07:11.320 Your guests are probably arriving. 07:11.320 --> 07:13.320 Yes, I'll switch off the fountain lights. 07:13.320 --> 07:14.320 Why don't you leave them on? 07:14.320 --> 07:16.320 Your guests would love it. 07:16.320 --> 07:19.320 My father used to sit and watch it for hours. 07:19.320 --> 07:21.320 I don't like to show it to everyone. 07:21.320 --> 07:25.320 Hmm. Kind of like a part of the garden died. 07:26.320 --> 07:28.320 You certainly are a strange man. 07:28.320 --> 07:30.320 Never noticed myself. 07:30.320 --> 07:32.320 Well, I have. 07:32.320 --> 07:34.320 I like you. 07:34.320 --> 07:37.320 Uh, where did you meet Mr. Guiardo? 07:37.320 --> 07:40.320 In South America. He was a good friend of my father's. 07:40.320 --> 07:41.320 Wealthy politician. 07:41.320 --> 07:43.320 That's right. 07:43.320 --> 07:46.320 Mr. Diamond. 07:46.320 --> 07:48.320 It's Rick. 07:48.320 --> 07:49.320 Rick? 07:49.320 --> 07:51.320 Yeah. 07:51.320 --> 07:53.320 Oh. 07:53.320 --> 07:57.320 I, uh, I think we'd better go back to the party. 08:01.320 --> 08:03.320 I'm a fairly normal guy. 08:03.320 --> 08:05.320 Nancy was a very exciting girl. 08:05.320 --> 08:09.320 And the kiss in the garden was as nice as anybody could ask for. 08:09.320 --> 08:11.320 But there's one thing I do pride myself in. 08:11.320 --> 08:14.320 And that's a certain lack of stupidity. 08:14.320 --> 08:15.320 There was something wrong. 08:15.320 --> 08:18.320 Nothing I could put my finger on, but I sensed it. 08:18.320 --> 08:23.320 Like being lost in a dark room with a loose high-tension wire. 08:30.320 --> 08:34.320 I circulated around and nothing out of the ordinary happened. 08:34.320 --> 08:36.320 By three o'clock the party broke up and 08:36.320 --> 08:39.320 Senor Guiardo and Nancy were the only ones left. 08:39.320 --> 08:41.320 The most enjoyable party, Miss Lang. 08:41.320 --> 08:44.320 Thank you. It was nice of you to come, Senor Guiardo. 08:44.320 --> 08:46.320 Well, I must say good night. 08:46.320 --> 08:49.320 Have you remembered where you have seen me before, Mr. Diamond? 08:49.320 --> 08:51.320 Well, not yet, Mr. Guiardo. 08:51.320 --> 08:52.320 Oh, that's too bad. 08:52.320 --> 08:54.320 Thank you again for a charming evening, Miss Lang. 08:54.320 --> 08:55.320 Good night, Mr. Diamond. 08:55.320 --> 08:56.320 Good night. 08:56.320 --> 08:58.320 Good night. 08:58.320 --> 09:00.320 Oh, I'm exhausted. 09:00.320 --> 09:01.320 A little beat myself. 09:01.320 --> 09:02.320 You want some coffee? 09:02.320 --> 09:09.320 Love it. 09:09.320 --> 09:12.320 We had some coffee and Nancy drove me home. 09:12.320 --> 09:15.320 I kissed her good night and left with a promise to call. 09:15.320 --> 09:18.320 As I reached my floor I could hear my phone ringing. 09:18.320 --> 09:22.320 I opened the door and stumbled into the biggest mess I'd seen in a long time. 09:22.320 --> 09:24.320 My room was a wreck. 09:24.320 --> 09:27.320 Someone had torn it to pieces. 09:27.320 --> 09:28.320 Yeah? 09:28.320 --> 09:29.320 Diamond? 09:29.320 --> 09:30.320 It's a quarter to four in the morning. 09:30.320 --> 09:32.320 What do you want, fatty? 09:32.320 --> 09:35.320 We fished a body out of the river about an hour ago. 09:35.320 --> 09:37.320 Died from a knife wound in the back. 09:37.320 --> 09:39.320 Did he fit the description of the guy who died in my office? 09:39.320 --> 09:42.320 This one didn't fit any description. 09:42.320 --> 09:45.320 Someone was very careful to fix his face so we couldn't identify him. 09:45.320 --> 09:47.320 Check his fingerprints? 09:47.320 --> 09:50.320 You're playing around with some pretty gory individuals. 09:50.320 --> 09:52.320 They amputated his fingers. 09:52.320 --> 09:53.320 Oh. 09:53.320 --> 09:55.320 Somebody's given my room a good going over. 09:55.320 --> 09:57.320 Really took it apart. 09:57.320 --> 10:00.320 It's an odds on bet they were after that envelope. 10:00.320 --> 10:02.320 When you get it tomorrow morning, give me a call. 10:02.320 --> 10:04.320 It might tell us everything we want to know. 10:04.320 --> 10:05.320 Okay. 10:05.320 --> 10:08.320 Walt, you ever heard of a man named Guiardo? 10:08.320 --> 10:11.320 South American, supposed to be mixed up in politics? 10:11.320 --> 10:12.320 No. Why? 10:12.320 --> 10:13.320 Nothing. 10:13.320 --> 10:15.320 I met him at the party tonight. 10:17.320 --> 10:18.320 Hey, what's the racket? 10:18.320 --> 10:21.320 You met this guy at a party and what? 10:21.320 --> 10:22.320 Rick. 10:22.320 --> 10:24.320 Rick, what's the matter? 10:24.320 --> 10:25.320 Rick! 10:25.320 --> 10:27.320 Who is this? 10:27.320 --> 10:29.320 This is Lieutenant Levinson. Who is this? 10:29.320 --> 10:31.320 Mr. Diamond is unconscious. 10:31.320 --> 10:32.320 What? 10:32.320 --> 10:36.320 And if you ever want to see him alive again, listen carefully. 10:36.320 --> 10:38.320 Okay. Go ahead. 10:38.320 --> 10:43.320 From Mr. Diamond's conversation, I understand you are to receive the envelope. 10:43.320 --> 10:47.320 When you do, go directly to the Staten Island ferry. 10:47.320 --> 10:50.320 Ride on it. All day, if necessary. 10:50.320 --> 10:54.320 A man will meet you and pick up the envelope. 10:54.320 --> 11:01.320 Be alone. Do not notify the police or Mr. Diamond will surely die. 11:01.320 --> 11:08.320 And now, back to tonight's adventure with Richard Diamond, Private Detective starring Dick Powell. 11:17.320 --> 11:06.180 Someone had sapped the 11:06.180 --> 11:17.180 someone had sapped me good. I had a dull throbbing headache and when I began to find myself 11:17.180 --> 11:20.180 in a coma, I was in a coma. 11:20.180 --> 11:22.180 I was in a coma. 11:22.180 --> 11:24.180 I was in a coma. 11:24.180 --> 11:26.180 I was in a coma. 11:26.180 --> 11:28.180 I was in a coma. 11:28.180 --> 11:30.180 I was in a coma. 11:30.180 --> 11:32.180 I was in a coma. 11:32.180 --> 11:34.180 I was in a coma. 11:34.180 --> 11:36.180 I was in a coma. 11:36.180 --> 11:42.180 I began to feel a dull throbbing headache and when I began to find my way back to consciousness, 11:42.180 --> 11:46.180 I felt that my coat pulled off and my shirt sleeve rolled up. 11:46.180 --> 11:52.180 There was a sharp pain in my upper arm and several seconds later, my headache disappeared 11:52.180 --> 11:56.180 and a surge of heat spread out over my back and shoulders. 11:56.180 --> 12:01.180 I tried to fight it, but it was like being on a sinking ship, 12:01.180 --> 12:03.180 swallowed up in the black water. 12:13.180 --> 12:17.180 The next thing I remembered was a blinding circle of light 12:17.180 --> 12:22.180 overhead like the sun if you were looking at it through a sheet of wrinkled cellophane. 12:23.180 --> 12:25.180 I shut my eyes and I could hear voices. 12:25.180 --> 12:30.180 Far off, hollow, not making much sense. 12:31.180 --> 12:35.180 The light hurt my eyes but I couldn't seem to shut it out. 12:36.180 --> 12:41.180 So I tried to relax and wait, give the drug time to wear off. 12:46.180 --> 12:50.180 After what seemed like hours, the voices began to make sense. 12:51.180 --> 12:53.180 The light was easier to look at. 12:53.180 --> 12:56.180 It was just a plain ceiling lamp. 12:57.180 --> 13:02.180 As the feeling in my fingers began to return, I realized I was lying on a bed. 13:03.180 --> 13:06.180 In the restaurant on the corner, I won't be more than ten minutes. 13:09.180 --> 13:14.180 The other man had promised to be back in ten minutes, so I had to do something in a hurry. 13:15.180 --> 13:19.180 I kept tightening my muscles trying to get the circulation back. 13:19.180 --> 13:24.180 I had to make a try. I wasn't sure of my strength but I had to try. 13:25.180 --> 13:27.180 I rolled off the bed. 13:28.180 --> 13:30.180 Hey, hey, coming out of it, huh? 13:31.180 --> 13:32.180 Trying to break your neck? 13:33.180 --> 13:36.180 He leaned down to pick me up and I hit him just below the Adam's apple with the side of my open hand. 13:38.180 --> 13:39.180 The man choked and turned blue. 13:40.180 --> 13:42.180 He grabbed for his shoulder holster and I kicked out with both feet. 13:44.180 --> 13:45.180 He doubled over and fell on his face. 13:45.180 --> 13:48.180 The effort had put him out of commission but I was exhausted. 13:49.180 --> 13:51.180 I grabbed his gun and staggered for the door. 13:52.180 --> 13:55.180 But getting out of that room was like wading through an acre of glue. 13:56.180 --> 13:59.180 I made the halls somehow and started down the steps. 14:00.180 --> 14:02.180 I met the other man coming up. 14:03.180 --> 14:05.180 His arms were filled with beer and sandwiches. 14:05.180 --> 14:10.180 I shot him right through his dinner. 14:17.180 --> 14:18.180 Feel better? 14:19.180 --> 14:21.180 Yeah, yeah, Walt. A little more coffee. 14:22.180 --> 14:23.180 You really had a rough time. 14:24.180 --> 14:25.180 They pumped you full of this stuff. 14:26.180 --> 14:27.180 Yeah, I'm amazed. 14:28.180 --> 14:29.180 I was out nearly 14 hours, huh? 14:30.180 --> 14:31.180 Yeah, you lost a whole day. 14:32.180 --> 14:33.180 How you managed to get down here, I don't know. 14:33.180 --> 14:34.180 I guess I'll never know. 14:35.180 --> 14:36.180 Drink your coffee. 14:37.180 --> 14:38.180 Yeah. 14:40.180 --> 14:42.180 And you gave them the envelope, huh? 14:43.180 --> 14:45.180 Yeah, about an hour before you staggered into the station. 14:46.180 --> 14:47.180 I rode that ferry all day. 14:48.180 --> 14:50.180 Five o'clock a man came up to me and I gave him the envelope. 14:51.180 --> 14:52.180 Oh, I was smart. 14:53.180 --> 14:56.180 I had three men on the ferry and three men at each landing to tail him. 14:57.180 --> 14:58.180 He was a little smarter. 14:58.180 --> 15:02.180 He took the envelope, stuck it in a waterproof case and jumped overboard. 15:03.180 --> 15:04.180 Fast speedboat picked him up. 15:05.180 --> 15:06.180 No identification on the guy I shot? 15:07.180 --> 15:09.180 No record, nothing on him by the time we got there. 15:10.180 --> 15:11.180 What did the other guy look like? 15:12.180 --> 15:13.180 He was so punchy I couldn't tell much. 15:14.180 --> 15:15.180 He'd have a sore throat for a long time. 15:16.180 --> 15:18.180 But they were the ones who beat you up yesterday at your office. 15:19.180 --> 15:20.180 They were. 15:20.180 --> 15:23.180 When you feel like it, I want you to take a look at that guy we dragged out of the river. 15:24.180 --> 15:25.180 See if you recognize his clothes or anything. 15:25.180 --> 15:27.180 He just might be the one who died in your office. 15:28.180 --> 15:30.180 All right. Now, what was in that envelope? 15:31.180 --> 15:33.180 Well, I had a photo stat made before I took it to the ferry. 15:34.180 --> 15:36.180 Looks like part of a map. Here. 15:37.180 --> 15:39.180 So this is what's caused all the trouble. 15:40.180 --> 15:41.180 Boy, it must be worth a lot. 15:42.180 --> 15:43.180 Did you make anything out of it? 15:43.180 --> 15:50.180 Water, section of land and here's a longitude reading, but no latitude reading. 15:51.180 --> 15:52.180 Probably on the other half. 15:52.180 --> 15:55.180 I wouldn't doubt it. Well, I've got a hunch about this. 15:56.180 --> 15:58.180 I want you to send Otis over to pick up Nancy Lang, 15:58.180 --> 16:01.180 then take me over to the newspaper office and help me look at the files 16:01.180 --> 16:03.180 for something on a man named Guiardo. 16:13.180 --> 16:14.180 You know what you're looking for? 16:14.180 --> 16:17.180 Yeah, this guy Guiardo, Senor Guiardo. 16:17.180 --> 16:19.180 I know I've read about him or seen his pictures. 16:19.180 --> 16:21.180 I... Hey, Walt. 16:21.180 --> 16:22.180 You find something? 16:22.180 --> 16:24.180 Yeah, here he is. 16:25.180 --> 16:28.180 But his real name isn't Guiardo, it's Otis. 16:28.180 --> 16:30.180 Yeah, look at those headlines. 16:30.180 --> 16:33.180 Julio Otis assassinated. 16:33.180 --> 16:37.180 Rebel leader killed after plot to take over government failed. 16:37.180 --> 16:38.180 Yeah, listen to this. 16:39.180 --> 16:43.180 Otis was expecting a large amount of American dollars to finance his army. 16:44.180 --> 16:46.180 Although the rumor is not true. 16:46.180 --> 16:49.180 It was reported that Otis shipped a million dollars in gold bullion 16:49.180 --> 16:51.180 to someone in the United States. 16:51.180 --> 16:53.180 The plane was supposed to have crashed, 16:53.180 --> 16:56.180 and it is interesting to note that the recent plane crash 16:56.180 --> 17:00.180 in which two American pilots escaped, John Bishop and Bernard Combs, 17:00.180 --> 17:02.180 were found floating off Key West. 17:03.180 --> 17:04.180 Key West? 17:05.180 --> 17:08.180 Holy smoke, that was the guy in my office tried to tell me. 17:08.180 --> 17:10.180 He said Key West before he died. 17:11.180 --> 17:12.180 Walt, don't you know that? 17:12.180 --> 17:13.180 I don't know. 17:13.180 --> 17:16.180 Maybe those two pilots crossed him, he hit the gold. 17:16.180 --> 17:18.180 That's what the map is all about. 17:18.180 --> 17:22.180 Out of eight to five, the man you have in the morgue is one of those pilots. 17:22.180 --> 17:24.180 John Bishop or Bernard Combs. 17:24.180 --> 17:27.180 I'll have the FBI send us the files on both of those guys. 17:27.180 --> 17:29.180 If one of them is John Bishop or Bernard Combs, 17:29.180 --> 17:31.180 we won't need fingerprints or a face. 17:31.180 --> 17:33.180 We'll check their dental records, birthmarks. 17:33.180 --> 17:43.180 Let's get back and see if Otis has got the lovely Nancy Lang. 17:43.180 --> 17:45.180 That's right, Lieutenant Shane in town. 17:45.180 --> 17:47.180 She's gone on a vacation, a butler said. 17:47.180 --> 17:48.180 Did he say where? 17:48.180 --> 17:50.180 No, he said he didn't know. 17:50.180 --> 17:53.180 He said this Miss Lang left town about four o'clock this afternoon. 17:53.180 --> 17:55.180 And I'll bet she's with Ortiz. 17:55.180 --> 17:57.180 Walt, when you talk to the FBI about those two pilots, 17:57.180 --> 17:58.180 have them check the map. 17:58.180 --> 18:00.180 I'll have the FBI send me the files. 18:00.180 --> 18:03.180 Walt, when you talk to the FBI about those two pilots, 18:03.180 --> 18:05.180 have them check Nancy Lang too. 18:05.180 --> 18:06.180 I'm going to Key West. 18:06.180 --> 18:09.180 Send any information to the chief of police there. 18:17.180 --> 18:19.180 Well, I'm glad to know you, Diamond. 18:19.180 --> 18:23.180 We just got a telepathy from the lieutenant identifying the body. 18:23.180 --> 18:25.180 It was Bernard Combs, one of the pilots. 18:25.180 --> 18:28.180 Well, here's the half of the map. 18:28.180 --> 18:31.180 Does that look like any section of coastline around here? 18:31.180 --> 18:34.180 That's hard to say. I'll have it checked. 18:34.180 --> 18:37.180 You ever heard of a man named John Bishop? 18:37.180 --> 18:38.180 He's the other pilot. 18:38.180 --> 18:39.180 Oh, sure. 18:39.180 --> 18:41.180 When them two boys was found floating around, 18:41.180 --> 18:43.180 they brought him into Key West. 18:43.180 --> 18:45.180 They was in the hospital here a couple of days. 18:45.180 --> 18:46.180 Bishop still lives in Key West. 18:46.180 --> 18:47.180 Well, I hope so. 18:47.180 --> 18:49.180 He may have died here very recently. 18:49.180 --> 18:52.180 And you think this year Ortiz is in Key West too? 18:52.180 --> 18:53.180 I'll bet on it. 18:53.180 --> 18:56.180 He wants the other half of that map and may have it by now. 18:56.180 --> 18:58.180 He's got to go after that gold. 18:58.180 --> 19:00.180 You'll need a boat and some diving equipment. 19:00.180 --> 19:02.180 What makes you think the gold's in the water? 19:02.180 --> 19:04.180 This map's got a shoreline too. 19:04.180 --> 19:08.180 Well, those two pilots couldn't carry a million dollars in gold bullion. 19:08.180 --> 19:10.180 It either went down with the plane or they dumped it 19:10.180 --> 19:12.180 and then bailed out and let the plane crash. 19:12.180 --> 19:14.180 Well, I'll get Bishop's address. 19:14.180 --> 19:29.180 Go over there and have a talk with him. 19:29.180 --> 19:30.180 He's on the next floor. 19:30.180 --> 19:31.180 I hope you're right. 19:31.180 --> 19:35.180 Well, that's where he's been living. 19:35.180 --> 19:38.180 Right down here. 19:38.180 --> 19:42.180 Bishop? 19:42.180 --> 19:44.180 Hey, Bishop. 19:44.180 --> 19:45.180 The door's locked. 19:45.180 --> 19:46.180 You got a passkey? 19:46.180 --> 19:51.180 Yeah. 19:51.180 --> 19:53.180 Bishop, you... 19:53.180 --> 19:55.180 Lord have mercy. 19:55.180 --> 19:56.180 Yeah. 19:56.180 --> 19:58.180 Is that Bishop? 19:58.180 --> 20:01.180 Yeah, that's him. 20:01.180 --> 20:08.180 Boy, he sure is dead. 20:08.180 --> 20:10.180 Well, that accounted for the two pilots. 20:10.180 --> 20:13.180 So now all we had to do was find Julio Ortiz. 20:13.180 --> 20:16.180 It figured he now had both sections of the map 20:16.180 --> 20:19.180 and his next move would be to hire a boat and diving equipment. 20:19.180 --> 20:23.180 There weren't many places in Key West where a man could rent a boat and diving equipment. 20:23.180 --> 20:26.180 So the chief rounded up his men and we all started checking. 20:26.180 --> 20:27.180 It didn't take long. 20:27.180 --> 20:28.180 No, Captain. 20:28.180 --> 20:31.180 The party hired my ship ain't come back yet. 20:31.180 --> 20:32.180 We ain't do the sale for now. 20:32.180 --> 20:34.180 What did the party look like? 20:34.180 --> 20:35.180 Pretty girl. 20:35.180 --> 20:38.180 Can't figure what she wants to go diving for, 20:38.180 --> 20:40.180 but I just rent them and keep my mouth shut. 20:40.180 --> 20:41.180 Probably Nancy Lang. 20:41.180 --> 20:44.180 Ortiz is staying undercover until the last minute. 20:44.180 --> 20:47.180 Well, I'll spread my boys around and we'll keep out of sight. 20:47.180 --> 20:50.180 And when they show up, Skipper, you don't say nothing about us. 20:50.180 --> 20:51.180 Sure, sure. 20:51.180 --> 21:00.180 I just rent them and keep my mouth shut. 21:00.180 --> 21:02.180 About ready for that boat to sail. 21:02.180 --> 21:04.180 They'll wait till the last minute. 21:04.180 --> 21:09.180 Just imagine a million dollars in gold, just like a pirate story. 21:09.180 --> 21:12.180 Well, enough killings mixed up with it to be one. 21:12.180 --> 21:14.180 Hey, hold it. 21:14.180 --> 21:15.180 That them? 21:15.180 --> 21:17.180 That's Nancy Lang. 21:17.180 --> 21:19.180 But Ortiz isn't with her. 21:19.180 --> 21:20.180 Who are them two fellas? 21:20.180 --> 21:22.180 I've never seen them before. 21:22.180 --> 21:24.180 Some of Ortiz's men. 21:24.180 --> 21:27.180 They're probably checking to see if everything's clear before Ortiz comes aboard. 21:30.180 --> 21:33.180 We got as close to the schooner as we could and waited. 21:33.180 --> 21:37.180 The two men walked over and checked the diving equipment while Nancy Lang went below. 21:37.180 --> 21:41.180 We kept waiting and still Julio Ortiz didn't show. 21:41.180 --> 21:43.180 Hey, they started engine. 21:43.180 --> 21:45.180 I don't see Ortiz anywhere. 21:45.180 --> 21:46.180 They're casting off. 21:46.180 --> 21:47.180 We better take them. 21:47.180 --> 21:50.180 We're gonna have to jump. 21:50.180 --> 21:52.180 Look out for that one, he's got a gun. 21:52.180 --> 21:53.180 I got him jumped. 21:53.180 --> 21:54.180 The other guy's running forward. 21:54.180 --> 21:55.180 Stop, you! 21:55.180 --> 21:57.180 He's going over. 21:57.180 --> 21:59.180 Well, my men will pick him up. 21:59.180 --> 22:01.180 Yeah, I'm going below. 22:01.180 --> 22:03.180 Hello, Nancy. 22:03.180 --> 22:05.180 How did you find me? 22:05.180 --> 22:06.180 Where's Ortiz? 22:06.180 --> 22:08.180 I don't know who you're talking about. 22:08.180 --> 22:10.180 Is this the girl? 22:10.180 --> 22:12.180 Nancy Lang, me key West chief of police. 22:12.180 --> 22:13.180 How do you do? 22:13.180 --> 22:14.180 Where's Ortiz? 22:14.180 --> 22:16.180 She says she doesn't know who he is. 22:16.180 --> 22:19.180 Okay, young lady, I'm gonna hold you for the New York authorities. 22:19.180 --> 22:21.180 Hold me for what? 22:21.180 --> 22:24.180 Murder, John Bishop and Bernard Combs, so we can make it stick. 22:24.180 --> 22:28.180 It might go easier on you if you tell us where Ortiz is at. 22:28.180 --> 22:30.180 I still don't know any Ortiz. 22:30.180 --> 22:32.180 Guillardo, the man I met at your party. 22:32.180 --> 22:33.180 That's ridiculous. 22:33.180 --> 22:35.180 Now look, we know all about the gold. 22:35.180 --> 22:37.180 If you don't have a chance of raising it, 22:37.180 --> 22:39.180 then eventually we'll get Ortiz. 22:39.180 --> 22:40.180 We're back at the door. 22:40.180 --> 22:42.180 If you don't help us, Nancy, 22:42.180 --> 22:44.180 it's pretty sure you'll get life for complicity. 22:44.180 --> 22:46.180 And if I do help? 22:46.180 --> 22:48.180 I can't promise a thing, 22:48.180 --> 22:50.180 but it will make a difference with the court. 22:50.180 --> 22:53.180 Julio's waiting 10 miles down the coast. 22:53.180 --> 22:56.180 We would pick him up, then go out and raise the gold. 22:56.180 --> 22:58.180 He has the map? 22:58.180 --> 22:59.180 Yes. 22:59.180 --> 23:01.180 I'll tell the skipper to shove off again. 23:01.180 --> 23:04.180 We'll sail that 10 miles and grab Ortiz. 23:04.180 --> 23:06.180 What's your connection with Ortiz, Nancy? 23:06.180 --> 23:08.180 He's my husband. 23:11.180 --> 23:14.180 A dozen police officers came aboard and hid below decks. 23:14.180 --> 23:17.180 The skipper put out to sea and sailed parallel to the coast. 23:17.180 --> 23:19.180 Nancy told me all about her husband 23:19.180 --> 23:22.180 and his history as a rebel leader in South America. 23:22.180 --> 23:27.180 I was stranded in South America with a show that folded. 23:27.180 --> 23:29.180 I married Ortiz. 23:29.180 --> 23:31.180 After the gold was lost, 23:31.180 --> 23:34.180 he faked assassination and came to the United States. 23:34.180 --> 23:37.180 We located the two pilots. 23:37.180 --> 23:39.180 My husband was suspicious, 23:39.180 --> 23:42.180 so I played up to the one who came to your office. 23:42.180 --> 23:44.180 I got him drunk one night, 23:44.180 --> 23:46.180 and he told me about the gold and his half of the map. 23:46.180 --> 23:48.180 We've gone to 10 miles. 23:48.180 --> 23:49.180 I'm glad it's over with. 23:49.180 --> 23:51.180 I see a man standing on the beach. 23:51.180 --> 23:53.180 Mr. Diamond. 23:53.180 --> 23:54.180 Yes? 23:54.180 --> 23:57.180 I was supposed to lure you into that garden. 23:57.180 --> 23:58.180 Figured. 23:58.180 --> 24:01.180 What I said at the fountain. 24:01.180 --> 24:03.180 I really... 24:04.180 --> 24:05.180 I'll forget it. 24:05.180 --> 24:06.180 Yeah. 24:06.180 --> 24:08.180 No sense in making it any tougher. 24:13.180 --> 24:16.180 We pulled into a cove and got as close to shore as possible. 24:16.180 --> 24:18.180 Then we swung a dinghy over the side. 24:18.180 --> 24:20.180 The chief and I climbed in behind Nancy. 24:20.180 --> 24:22.180 We kept our hats down over our faces 24:22.180 --> 24:25.180 and hoped Ortiz wouldn't notice until it was too late. 24:25.180 --> 24:28.180 We both rode and kept our backs to him. 24:28.180 --> 24:30.180 Nancy sat in the stern facing us. 24:30.180 --> 24:31.180 Rick. 24:31.180 --> 24:32.180 Yeah? 24:32.180 --> 24:34.180 We headed right. I don't want to turn around. 24:34.180 --> 24:36.180 You headed all right. 24:36.180 --> 24:39.180 Rick, my husband, has always been good to me. 24:39.180 --> 24:41.180 I'm glad he was good to somebody. 24:41.180 --> 24:44.180 He sure made a mess out of a couple of guys I can think of. 24:44.180 --> 24:45.180 But he was good to me. 24:45.180 --> 24:46.180 We're nearly there. 24:46.180 --> 24:47.180 Hello, darling. 24:47.180 --> 24:49.180 Hello. 24:49.180 --> 24:50.180 Julio. 24:50.180 --> 24:51.180 Yes? 24:51.180 --> 24:52.180 The police are with me. 24:52.180 --> 24:53.180 Why, you stupid little... 24:53.180 --> 24:54.180 He's running for it. 24:54.180 --> 24:55.180 Save the girl. 24:55.180 --> 24:56.180 Let him go. My men will pick him up. 24:56.180 --> 24:58.180 I got a score to settle. 25:00.180 --> 25:02.180 Ortiz, stop. 25:02.180 --> 25:03.180 Okay. 25:06.180 --> 25:10.180 Well, that... that makes the assassination permanent. 25:10.180 --> 25:13.060 The 25:19.180 --> 25:22.180 Again, here's your Rexall family druggist. 25:23.180 --> 25:26.180 Good health to all from Rexall. 25:37.180 --> 25:39.180 Richard Diamond, private detective, stars Dick Powell 25:39.180 --> 25:42.180 in the title role and was written by Blake Edwards 25:42.180 --> 25:44.180 with music by Frank Wirth. 25:44.180 --> 25:46.180 Dick Powell may currently be seen in the Metro Golden 25:46.180 --> 25:49.180 Mayor production, Right Cross, in which he co-stars 25:49.180 --> 25:51.180 with June Allison and Ricardo Montalbun. 25:51.180 --> 25:54.180 Featured in tonight's cast were Barton Yarborough, 25:54.180 --> 25:56.180 Barney Phillips, Virginia Gregg, Wilms Herbert, 25:56.180 --> 25:58.180 Arthur Q. Bryan, and Luke Krugman. 25:58.180 --> 26:01.180 Richard Diamond, private detective, is transcribed 26:01.180 --> 26:04.180 in Hollywood by Jaime Del Valle. 26:04.180 --> 26:07.180 This is Bill Foreman inviting you to join us next week 26:07.180 --> 26:10.180 at this time when we will again bring you Dick Powell 26:10.180 --> 26:34.180 as Richard Diamond, private detective. 26:40.180 --> 26:58.180 Thank you.