Box 13 - "Hare and Hounds" (Old Time Radio, 2012)
Box 13 presents “Hare and Hounds,” originally broadcast February 27, 1949. This is episode 28 of the classic mystery series, starring Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday.
After an older stranger takes an out-of-town letter from the Box 13 mail, Dan follows the trail it leaves behind—only to find himself caught in a dangerous case and wanted by the police. Russell Hughes wrote the original story, with Richard Sanville directing; Sylvia Picker co-stars as Suzy.
Box 13 presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.
Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
27:21 Closing
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Speaker 1: When an older stranger who has been watching the Box
13 mail steals an out-of-town letter from Dan Holliday's office,
a later reply sends Holliday after the lead and into
a murder charge. This is Box 13, Episode 28, Hair
and Hounds, originally broadcast February 27, 1949. Alan Ladd stars
as Dan Holliday, with Sylvia Picker as Susie. As the
police close in, Holiday must learn what the stolen letter
said in motion. Russell Hughes wrote the original story and
Richard Sandville directed. From Hollywood, a Mayfair production, Box 13,
Hare and Hounds. And now, our story begins.
Speaker 2: Box 13.
Speaker 3: With the star of Paramount Pictures, Alan Ladd as Dan Holliday.
Speaker 4: You idiot, you fool, you let him get away. I
did not, worker.
Speaker 5: What could I do? He was in the post office.
Speaker 4: Did he have the envelopes? Of course he did. He
sent them to someone.
Speaker 5: Sent them?
Speaker 4: And he's got away? Oh, Staley, you are an idiot.
Speaker 5: No, not quite. Look, I've got a blotter. Well, what
good's that? Look, in the mirror. What he wrote on
the envelope was on the blotter.
Speaker 6: Well, at least you used your head. Let's see if
we can read it. Box 13, care of start times.
Box 13, start times. There's no start times in this city.
Speaker 5: But there is in the city he sent his letter to.
You're right.
Speaker 6: Well, we'll find him later. But first, I think I
can get what we want from this box 13.
Speaker 3: And now, back to Box 13 and Dan Holliday's newest adventure,
Heron Hounds.
Speaker 1: Uh-huh.
Speaker 5: Okay, I'll see you later then. So long.
Speaker 2: Hello, Mr. Holliday.
Speaker 5: Oh, hiya, Susie. Got the mail?
Speaker 2: Uh-huh. And I.
Speaker 7: What do you got there?
Speaker 5: Eight nice new counterfeit $ 5 bills.
Speaker 7: How'd you get them?
Speaker 5: Well, you see, I had my eyes closed when they
were passed on to me. I'm turning them over later
to the police. How about the mail? Oh, here.
Speaker 7: And you know, Mr. Holliday, I had the funniest feeling
while I was coming back here at the office from
the Star Times.
Speaker 5: What do you mean?
Speaker 7: I had a kind of demolition.
Speaker 5: You mean you blew your top?
Speaker 2: Huh?
Speaker 5: What do you mean, demolition?
Speaker 7: You know, like when you think something's happening or going
to happen.
Speaker 5: Oh, premonition.
Speaker 4: I had it.
Speaker 2: Why?
Speaker 4: I felt like I was being followed.
Speaker 7: I felt eyes looking at me when I was in
the Star Times getting the mail.
Speaker 5: And you were followed?
Speaker 7: It felt like it.
Speaker 5: Okay, that makes you a big girl now. Let's have
the mail in.
Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
Speaker 4: Twelve letters.
Speaker 5: Slim pickings.
Speaker 7: It was such a funny feeling.
Speaker 5: Wow. Wow, look here. An out-of-town letter.
Speaker 8: I know.
Speaker 7: I thought... Oh!
Speaker 5: A little nervous this morning, Susie.
Speaker 4: I guess so.
Speaker 8: Come in.
Speaker 4: Good morning.
Speaker 5: Good morning.
Speaker 4: May I come in?
Speaker 5: Oh, please do.
Speaker 2: Oh.
Speaker 4: I hope this is not too much of an intrusion,
but I.
Speaker 5: May I do something for you? Well, maybe.
Speaker 6: Is this your advertisement in the Star Times? Adventure Wanted
will go anyplace, do anything, Box 13?
Speaker 5: That's right.
Speaker 4: So you are Box 13.
Speaker 5: Yes.
Speaker 4: I had a different picture of you, Mr.
Speaker 5: Holiday. Dan Holiday.
Speaker 4: My name is Worker, Thomas Worker.
Speaker 7: Oh, I saw you at the Star Times. You were
the one who was looking at me.
Speaker 4: Yes, I guess I was.
Speaker 7: You followed me?
Speaker 4: It was charming work.
Speaker 2: And you.
Speaker 7: Oh, thank you.
Speaker 5: May I ask why you followed my secretary, Mr.
Speaker 8: Worker?
Speaker 4: Curiosity.
Speaker 6: You see, I've been noticing your ad for weeks now.
It runs day after day. Naturally, I wanted to see you,
what you look like, and why you put the ad
in the paper.
Speaker 5: Oh, is that all? Yes, that's all.
Speaker 4: Foolish?
Speaker 2: No.
Speaker 4: Tell me, Mr.
Speaker 5: Holliday.
Speaker 4: Do you get the adventure you advertise for?
Speaker 5: Sometimes.
Speaker 4: Do you receive many replies to your ad?
Speaker 5: Usually, yes.
Speaker 4: But you cannot.
Speaker 5: Follow them all. Well, no. Do you have any particular
reason for asking all these questions, Mr. Worker?
Speaker 6: No, but I lead such a prosaic life myself that
your ad intrigued me. I finally got up enough courage
to go to the Star Times and wait for someone
to collect the mail.
Speaker 5: From Box 13.
Speaker 2: I see.
Speaker 5: And now that you've found me... I.
Speaker 6: Well, perhaps you'd care to have dinner with me some
evening and tell me some of your adventures.
Speaker 4: Oh, I'd like to hear them very much. I... I'm
very lonely and.
Speaker 5: All right, Mr. Worker. I'd be glad to.
Speaker 4: Oh, thank you. Thank you. Now I must be going.
Sorry to have troubled you. And I hope I didn't
frighten you, young lady.
Speaker 8: Oh, no.
Speaker 7: It was kind of fun.
Speaker 4: Oh, my umbrella. One can never tell when it might rain. Well,
good day, Mr. Holliday, and thank you so much. Don't
bother to get up. I'll look you up in the
phone book.
Speaker 2: And call you.
Speaker 5: Please do. Goodbye.
Speaker 7: What a nice man.
Speaker 5: Funny old duck. Well, let's open the mail, Susie.
Speaker 2: Hey. Huh?
Speaker 7: What's the matter?
Speaker 5: Where's that letter from out of town?
Speaker 7: It's right on top of the pile where you put it.
Speaker 5: But it's not a... What's the matter, Mr.
Speaker 2: Holliday?
Speaker 5: He's gone. What do you mean?
Speaker 4: Sure he's gone.
Speaker 5: And that letter went with him.
Speaker 7: He took it.
Speaker 5: His umbrella was on top of the pile. Oh, what
a nice old man.
Speaker 4: Gee, he stole the letter.
Speaker 5: Yeah, and something tells me, Susie, that Mr. Worker will
never invite me to have that dinner with him. Sure,
Worker took the letter. But why? What was in it?
Why was it so important? And who sent it? Well,
I kept asking myself those questions, and then three days
after that little visit from Worker, Susie came bursting into
the office. Oh, Mr.
Speaker 4: Holiday, look.
Speaker 7: Here's another letter from the same place. I mean, it
looks like the same handwriting.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it does. Hey, Susie. Huh? You weren't followed this time,
were you?
Speaker 2: Uh-uh.
Speaker 4: I made sure.
Speaker 5: Oh, good. What's it say, Mr.
Speaker 8: Holliday?
Speaker 5: Listen. Three days ago, I sent you a letter containing
a sealed envelope. It contained half of something which is
very important to me. It was imperative that I get
rid of it until I could get to safety.
Speaker 4: Gee.
Speaker 5: I'm all right now, so send the sealed envelope to
243 Marlow Avenue, Bridgeport. Arthur Holmes.
Speaker 7: Now what are you going to do, Mr.
Speaker 5: Holliday?
Speaker 2: Do?
Speaker 5: Well, I can't send him the envelope because I haven't
got it. I can't find Mr. Worker because I've got
a sneaking hunch that he'll be a little scarce.
Speaker 7: Maybe you better write to Mr.
Speaker 5: Holmes. Oh, no, Susie. This looks too good to be
handled by a letter. I'm going to find out a
few things by seeing Mr. Holmes in person. I went
to Bridgeport, found 243 Marlowe Avenue. It was an apartment house.
There was no clerk at the desk, but there was
a tier of mailboxes. One of them belonged to Arthur
Holmes in apartment 6B... So, a couple of minutes later... Mr. Holmes? Oh, Mr.
Speaker 2: Holmes?
Speaker 5: I tried the door. It wasn't locked. The apartment was dark.
I was fumbling for the light switch when.
If I say I was fresh as a daisy after
that thump on my head, I'd never get to be
the father of my country. I was lying on the floor.
The room was still dark except for a flashing light
that came from a store sign across the street. I
lay there for a minute to give the room a
little time to stop spinning. Then I realized I was
holding something in my hand. And from where I lay,
it felt like a gun. I was just crawling to
my feet when.
Speaker 2: Mr. Holmes! I've come with the fresh towels. Mr.
Speaker 5: Holmes! I wanted to clear up a lot more before
anyone found me. I ducked behind the door and waited.
Speaker 2: Mr.
Speaker 8: Holmes?
Speaker 5: Why did you scream? Well, who wouldn't? The room was
a shamble. Someone had searched it. And lying on the
bed in an alcove was a man who certainly would
have no further interest in me. Or anything else. There
was a hole in his forehead. And I was sure
I held the gun that put it there. Sure, I
was innocent. But I'd have a hard time proving that.
Figure it out. I received the letter from Holmes. Instead
of writing, I went to him. I didn't wait for
the clerk in the building to call up first. I
ducked behind the door when the cleaning woman came in.
Maybe I should have gone to the police right away.
But I was innocent. And I wanted to learn a
bit more. Besides, the cleaning woman reported the murder. So,
a half hour later, I was drinking a cup of
coffee in an all-night hamburger stand... And that winds up
the late news for tonight.
Speaker 2: The next edition of the new.
Speaker 5: Oh, just a moment, ladies and gentlemen. We have a
last-minute flash. A murder was committed tonight in the Roxmore Apartments.
Speaker 8: Police are looking for a man who answers this description.
Speaker 5: Medium height, light hair, wearing.
Speaker 2: Dark gray flannel suit, blue and white... Another murder.
Speaker 8: You heard, mister?
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 4: Getting so a person can't feel safe no more.
Speaker 5: You're so right. More coffee? No, no, thanks. Pie? Cake? Nothing,
thank you. They ought to get that guy that done
it pretty soon. You think so? Sure. He ain't gonna
get far.
Speaker 9: Every cop in this city will be looking for a
guy wearing a gray suit with blue and.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you're right. Okay, here's your dime. Yeah, thanks. What's
the matter? You're... Don't say it.
Speaker 4: What are you gonna do?
Speaker 5: Walk out of here? Sure, sure. You stay right where
you are and you won't get hurt. Just keep talking
to me. Mister, I ain't got nothing to say. Don't
say it. Sure, sure. If it makes you feel any better,
I didn't kill that man. I ain't said you did.
Speaker 4: The police said it.
Speaker 5: They could be wrong. Sure, they could be wrong. Yeah,
that's right. Stay right where you are. Don't say a
word to either of the other two in here until
I'm out of sight. Understand?
Speaker 4: Sure, sure.
Speaker 2: Good night, mister.
Speaker 5: Come again.
Speaker 8: Hey, that's him.
Speaker 9: That's the guy.
Speaker 5: Somebody call the police. Hey, taxi.
Speaker 2: Taxi. Know where the park is?
Speaker 1: Yeah, sure.
Speaker 5: Drive to it fast. Yeah.
Speaker 4: Hey, stop that guy.
Speaker 5: What's all that noise about? I haven't the least idea.
Speaker 2: Park, huh? Okay.
Speaker 5: I'd sure like to know what all that noise was about.
They're playing a game.
Speaker 2: Huh?
Speaker 5: Sure. Heron Hounds. Ever hear of it? Oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: I played it when I was a kid.
Speaker 5: Then I've got news for you. It's no longer a
kid's game. Mistake number two for Smart Boy Holiday. Another
notch against me. I ran from the hamburger stand. That
would look bad. But I've got one bad fall. Among others, I'm...
I'm very curious. And I was so curious to know
how and why the clerk at the apartment house identified
me when he didn't even see me. But if somebody
paid him off to enlarge this beautiful frame around my neck, well,
we'd see.
Speaker 2: Hey, uh, mister, I've been thinking.
Speaker 9: Ain't that hare and hounds game a little young for grown-ups?
Speaker 5: I told you it wasn't a kid's game anymore.
Speaker 2: The whole world's gone nuts.
Speaker 5: We agree. Say, uh, pull up here, will you? I
thought you wanted to go to the park. It's dark there.
Speaker 6: Huh?
Speaker 2: Well, it's dark all over. It gets that way at.
Speaker 8: Night, mister.
Speaker 5: Maybe you've got something there. Oh, pull up here by
the drug store.
Speaker 2: Here you are.
Speaker 5: Keep the change. Hey, a fiver. Well, thanks, buddy. No,
don't mention it.
Speaker 2: I won't.
Speaker 5: Not even to the missus. When the cab drove away,
I then went into the drug store to the phone booth.
I looked up the Roxmore Apartments in the book and
dialed the number.
Speaker 2: Hello.
Speaker 5: Roxmore Apartments? Is Eddie there? Eddie. He's the clerk there,
isn't he? Who?
Speaker 8: Charlie.
Speaker 5: Charlie. Charlie who? Madison? No, Eddie's a clerk there. Okay, okay.
Keep your Charlie. Madison. Madison. Charles Madison. There were three
Charles Madisons in the book. Okay. Maybe one of the
three was the one I wanted. I left the drugstore
and went back out up the street. And as I did,
the cab I just got out of drove up.
Speaker 8: Hey, you! Hey, you, wait a minute!
Speaker 5: Well, this was it. Hey, you! So, you want to
play heron hounds, too, huh? Well, I'm sorry, but I
warned you. Now, wait a minute! It's no longer a
kid's game, not the way I play it!
Speaker 3: And now, back to Hair and Hounds, another Box 13
adventure with Alan Land as Dan Holliday.
Speaker 5: Well, well. I was adding black marks against my name
faster than I could explain them away. And I knew
the police would be listening in on the Roxmore switchboard.
I hope my act had worked. Now, all I had
to do was find the right Charlie Madison and get
his story. An hour and a half and two Charlie
Madisons later, Uh-huh, I'm Charlie Madison. Clerk of the Roxburgh? Yeah, why?
I'm a writer. I'd like to get your story. Oh, sure, sure.
Come on in. You're married, Mr. Madison?
Speaker 6: No.
Speaker 5: You live alone? Sure, sure. Swell, huh? Get your coat
and hat, Charlie. What for? I'll feel safer out on
the street away from here. I don't get it. Don't
you recognize me, Charlie? Charlie? What are you giving me?
I never saw you before in my life. For a
guy who never saw me before in his life, you
gave a pretty accurate description to the police.
Speaker 4: You.
Speaker 5: You're... Yeah. Yeah, I am. Help! Now, listen, Charlie. You're
not going to get hurt if you play good boy.
Don't try another yell. You're breaking my arm. One more
peep out of you and I'll work my way up
to your neck.
Speaker 4: What do you want from me?
Speaker 5: Information. Now, come on. I want to be out of
here when the police arrive. Let's go, Charlie. I'm right
behind you. I've got a gun. Sure, sure. Is it
back way out of here? Turn to the right. Where
does this alley lead to? To the street. Then we
go the other way.
Speaker 4: Listen, I.
Speaker 5: Maybe I made a mistake.
Speaker 4: Maybe you ain't the guy I saw.
Speaker 5: I know that, Sally. There are other things. All right,
stop here. It's dark enough. What are you going to do? Nothing.
You're going to talk. Now, what do you know about Holmes?
Speaker 2: Nothing.
Speaker 4: He only lived at the Roxmore two days.
Speaker 5: Just moved in? Yeah. Now, who paid you to identify me?
Speaker 9: Nobody.
Speaker 5: No? Who paid you? I don't know who he was.
Was his name Worker? I don't know, honest.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 5: Was he short, gray hair, little mustache?
Speaker 8: Yeah.
Speaker 5: His name's Worker, isn't it? I don't know his name.
I guess you don't. But he paid you to say
that you saw me going to the Holmes apartment, huh? I... See?
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5: Now let me go. Oh, no, Charlie. We've got work
to do. Where's the nearest pay phone? Down the street
on the corner. Okay, I'll furnish the nickel and you
furnish the talk. I don't get it. What do you
want me to do now? Help me smoke this work
out into the open. What for? I told you, Charlie.
I didn't kill Holmes, but I'd have a tough time
making anyone believe that after the ring around the Rosie
I played tonight. Work is the boy I want. Now
get moving.
Speaker 9: I remember what.
Speaker 5: You're going to say, Charlie. Yeah, yeah, sure. The police
will trace this call. Don't let them make you repeat anything.
It's a trick to hold you here until they can
trace where this call comes from. Just say what I... Hello, police?
Speaker 9: This is Charles Madison. Listen, there's something else I didn't
tell you. There's another man in the Holmes murder and...
I said there's... Don't repeat.
Speaker 5: Keep talking.
Speaker 9: Look for a man below medium height. Gray hair. Little mustache.
I don't know his name. But he carries an umbrella
and he wears glasses.
Speaker 8: That's all.
Speaker 5: What?
Speaker 2: Hang up.
Speaker 4: He didn't hear the last part.
Speaker 5: He heard it all right. Let's get out of here.
Speaker 4: Can I go home now?
Speaker 5: Oh, no, Charlie. I'm beginning to be real fond of you.
What are you going to do now? You like taxi cabs, Charlie? Huh?
We're going to ride in one cab after another till
the morning papers come out. What for? The papers will
carry the latest on the Holmes murder, including your description
of the mysterious little man with gray hair, whose name
is Worker. But.
Speaker 6: but Worker will come after me.
Speaker 5: Now you're beginning to be bright about the whole thing.
You'll kill me. Yes, like you did Holmes. You won't
let him.
Speaker 4: You've got to let me go.
Speaker 5: You know, Charlie, I can't seem to work up a
flood of tears for you. You frame me for money.
I wouldn't have had a chance if the cleaning woman
had seen me in Holmes' apartment with this gun in
my hand.
Speaker 4: Well, I'll say I lied.
Speaker 5: Think a minute, Charlie. If you do that, it'll make
you an accessory after the fact. What's that mean? Simply
that the police would hold you equally as guilty as worker.
Or me.
Speaker 4: Well, then what'll I do?
Speaker 5: You know, Charlie, I'm a very curious-minded person. I could
go to the police. But I'd rather play it through
my way. Smoke Worker out in the open and see
what this is all about. But how? Well, as long
as Worker knows you can identify him, he'll try to
find you. Get you. But if you don't go to
the police, he'll know you're around somewhere, Charlie. By the way, Charlie,
how does it feel to be another hair in the game?
All right, pull up here, driver. Come on, Charlie. You
tired of writing? It's almost day. Yeah. Stack of morning
papers on the corner. Here you are, driver. Keep the change. Charlie,
there's nothing gloomier than a city just before dawn. I'll
get one of those papers. Where are we going then?
Who knows? I've seen the whole city. Go on, get
the paper.
Speaker 2: They're tied up.
Speaker 5: Untie them. Yeah. Here you are. Did you leave a nickel?
Speaker 9: Huh?
Speaker 5: You have a dishonest streak in you, Charlie. Come on,
leave a nickel for the paper. All right, down this alley. Okay,
in the storeway. Now we'll see what the papers have
to say. Well, you're in, Charlie. Listen. Mysterious disappearance of
Charles Madison has led the police to suspect foul play. See, Charlie?
What else does it say? Oh, here it is. Madison
called the police late last night with another tip in
the murder of Arthur Holmes. Madison volunteered the description of
another man whose name he said he did not know. Meanwhile,
police revealed Holmes... What's the matter? Why'd you stop? Meanwhile,
police revealed Holmes' real name to be Albert Henning... former
draftsman at the Bull Mill Aircraft Company. Henning disappeared over
a week ago, and executives of the aircraft company stated
that Henning was suspected of having taken micro-photographs of plans
for the Navy's new twin jet fighter. He was a spy? Uh-huh.
And that's what he sent to Box 13. He didn't
want to be caught with the photographs on him, so
he used me as a hideout until he could send
for them.
Speaker 4: I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 5: All I know is... We gotta go to the police now.
You're so right, Charlie. You're so right. Come on, I'm
through playing games. This has grown a little bigger than
Box 13. Both of you, stay where you are. It's him.
It's Worker. Yeah.
Speaker 4: Don't try to use your gun, Mr.
Speaker 5: Holliday. It's not my gun. It's yours. The one you
killed Henning or Holmes with.
Speaker 2: That's right.
Speaker 4: How'd you find us? Simple. You see, Mr.
Speaker 6: Holliday, when I heard over the radio that you would
escape from Holmes' apartment, I was a little worried. I
knew you'd read or heard about this fool giving your description.
I thought you might go to him and perhaps to
the police.
Speaker 5: Yes, as I should have in the first place.
Speaker 6: That's right, but you didn't. I'm glad you like adventure. So,
I watched Madison's place and I've been following you all
night to see what you were.
Speaker 4: Going to do.
Speaker 5: I know.
Speaker 4: Do you want to guess?
Speaker 8: No.
Speaker 6: You made it perfect for me. As perfect as Henning
did when he double-crossed us and tried to sell those
photographs for a higher price.
Speaker 5: Perfect for you?
Speaker 1: Yes.
Speaker 4: Think of this.
Speaker 6: Here you are in an alleyway with the only man
who identified you as the murderer of Mr.
Speaker 2: Holmes.
Speaker 4: Now, you still have the gun, and I'll take it.
Be careful how you hand it to me. Please hurry.
Thank you.
Speaker 6: Now.
Speaker 4: I shoot Mr. Madison first, and then you. And how
does it look?
Speaker 5: Pretty smart, but it looks as though.
Speaker 4: It's my idea. Let me tell it. There was a struggle, shooting,
and both of you are dead.
Speaker 6: Oh, it has flaws, but not glaring ones.
Speaker 5: Don't, don't. I'll swear I lied to the police, Mr.
Speaker 9: Worker.
Speaker 4: I'll say Holiday killed Holmes.
Speaker 5: Honest, I will.
Speaker 6: Oh?
Speaker 4: Better still.
Speaker 6: I will give you this gun, Madison, and you will
shoot Holliday while I stand in back of you. And
then you will go to the police and say you
got the gun away from him when he was going
to kill you.
Speaker 5: Here.
Speaker 4: Now, once you kill our friend, Mr. Holliday, you will
be a murderer and you will have to keep your
mouth shut.
Speaker 5: So go ahead, Mr. Madison.
Speaker 4: Pull the trigger.
Speaker 5: Come on, pull it. Don't do it, Madison. Don't do it.
Worker can't make two shootings look right.
Speaker 6: Either you pull the trigger, Madison, or I do. It's
a little better to live than to die.
Speaker 5: Hurry, you idiot! I.
Speaker 4: You won't kill me? No, no. There would be no
need for it unless you talk, and you won't.
Speaker 5: Madison, don't. Hey, you down there. Who's... It's the police.
Hit the ground, Madison.
Speaker 9: Fast.
Speaker 2: You suck.
Speaker 4: All right, you asked for it.
Speaker 5: High shooting officer. Very nice. All right, you two, get
up off the ground. And believe me, I'm very happy
to be able to do just that. What's the matter
with the other guy? Nothing. Things were a little too
much for him. He passed out.
Speaker 2: That's a guy, officer.
Speaker 4: That's a guy.
Speaker 8: Okay, okay, you guys stand back.
Speaker 5: All right. Officer, what kept you? Are you kidding?
Speaker 8: We've been tracing you all night. One taxi driver after another,
one cab after another. You think you're going to get
away with passing those phony fives all over town?
Speaker 5: That's right. No, I didn't. That's why I passed them out. What?
You know, officer, you have a very efficient police force.
Speaker 4: Oh, thanks, boys. You mean you gave out them phony
fins on purpose?
Speaker 8: Uh-huh.
Speaker 5: A very definite purpose. I don't get it.
Speaker 8: You think it's funny, huh? Well, see how hard you
can laugh at headquarters.
Speaker 5: Officer, I've never been so happy to be arrested. And, boys... Yeah?
I'll match every phony five with a good ten. Come on,
let's go.
Speaker 6: Hello?
Speaker 5: Hello, Susie.
Speaker 2: Mr.
Speaker 5: Holliday.
Speaker 8: Gee, where are you?
Speaker 5: I was worried.
Speaker 2: You were worried?
Speaker 5: Now, listen, Susie, I'm in jail.
Speaker 9: Yes, sir.
Speaker 2: You're what?
Speaker 5: Yeah, get a hold of Lieutenant Kling. Tell him I've
got to talk to him.
Speaker 7: But why are you in jail?
Speaker 5: It's a long story, Susie. I'll tell you all about
it when I get back. But technically, the charge is
passing counterfeit money.
Speaker 2: Mr. Holliday, you should.
Speaker 5: Be ashamed of yourself.
Speaker 7: All you have to do is open.
Speaker 2: A charge account.
Speaker 5: Oh, no. Good night, Susie.
Speaker 2: Good night.
Speaker 3: Next week, same time, through the courtesy of Paramount Pictures,
Alan Ladd stars as Dan Holliday in Box 13. Box
13 is directed by Richard Sandville with an original story
by Russell Hughes. Original music is composed and conducted by
Rudy Schrager. The part of Susie is played by Sylvia Picker.
Production is supervised by Vern Karstensen. Box 13 is a
Mayfair production from Hollywood. Watch for Alan Ladd in his
latest Paramount Picture.
Speaker 1: The city grows quiet again after Box 13, Hare and Hounds.
Good night, and thank you for joining us.