Barrie Craig: A Very Odd Job (EP0496)

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And now it's time for today's episode of Barry Craig.

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I think you're going to enjoy it as well.

The title is a very odd job.

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And when I spend 200 days a year rolling down the highway,

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William Gargan stars as Barry Craig, confidential investigator.

The trouble with murder, as a business,

is that very few of the men who take it up have any judgment.

Sooner or later they run it right into the ground.

A national broadcasting company presents William Gargan

in another transcribed drama of mystery and adventure

with America's number one detective, Barry Craig,

confidential investigator.

Barry Craig speaking.

With the weather what it is, a smart operator

would be spending his evenings indoors,

partner to steam heat, with a glass in his hand

and the small warm glow in the region of his lower chest.

I guess I don't qualify.

I still like to take walks.

Around about this time of the night,

there's not much on the street.

The air is cold and clean.

It's nice to find out you have a pair of lungs

which can use that air.

Hey you!

Me?

Hold it.

Or what?

The lippy tape.

No, no, just not quick, that's all.

You're Craig.

That's more or less what I answer to.

I get a jab for you.

Oh, I better make a note of it.

How often does a job come running after a man?

Save the conversation for a friend, Craig.

You would like to make a couple of hundred easy?

Me and most of the adult male population of the United States.

Take this.

This.

Ooh, small puppet.

Who come to think of it?

Are there any big puppets?

You deliver that, that's all.

200.

I deliver it to who?

The name is Anne Kelly.

She wants a puppet.

She'll be very happy to get that one, see?

Well, not exactly, but there are lots of Kelly's in the phone book.

And this time of night she'll be at EZ's open house.

It's a clip joint over in E-states.

She helps EZ, keeps the house open.

She helps him keep it filled.

What does she use?

A hook?

You catch her routine, you'll be able to add it up to yourself.

That's in addition to the 200?

Yeah.

I don't see the 200 yet.

It's on your office desk.

It's going to get awful dusty.

You know, the last time I looked, I didn't notice any money on that desk.

It's there now.

I don't try to collect it, see?

Not until after you deliver the puppet.

Makes a kind of sense.

Do I give Miss Kelly your regards along with the puppet?

Do you know who's regards together?

No.

But then you better skip it.

Now you can make the joint in maybe 15 minutes.

I wouldn't be happy about you dragging it out.

Craig always keeps his clients happy.

I'll get it to her in 15 minutes.

They're lying.

I wouldn't bother remembering the license plate.

You wouldn't?

No, they don't belong to the car.

Well, that's all.

Ah, even more than that.

Yeah?

The car don't belong to me.

I didn't bother about the license plates.

I always believe a client.

Even if he happens to be a monk, this one was.

But he wasn't a liar.

Easy's open house was over in the East 80s and it was open.

And Kelly wasn't at the moment helping keep the house open.

I ducked a head waiter and headed for the dressing room.

One of the advantages of being a confidential investigator,

you always know where the back rooms are.

If you can call in an advantage.

One of the doors had a great slip of paper glue to it.

The name on the paper was Anne Kelly.

I didn't have to think about it much.

A slip of paper that started out in life nice and white.

It's practicing how to be a drummer boy?

That I decided with an invitation to come in.

Anne Kelly had started out in life nice and clean.

We all do.

In her case, she'd held on to a little of that nicest cleanness.

What happened to you?

You lost your table or something?

No.

I'm on display out on the floor, not back here, mister.

My name's Barry Craig.

Well, that's a very fine name.

I'll write home and tell mother all about it.

You're Anne Kelly.

I'm not the king of France.

But I guess you could tell that.

They haven't got a king in France.

I'm here on a job.

Really?

It's an odd kind of job.

You want to cry on my shoulder, buddy?

I'm not an older, but...

Or a pan there wouldn't seem to be anything wrong with the job.

Then why don't you do it?

Yeah.

It's in my pocket here.

Your job?

The most important part of it.

I was instructed to deliver it to you.

This.

This.

This.

A puppet here.

Oh, no.

Miss Kelly.

My client had said Anne Kelly would be very happy to get the puppet.

He was wrong.

Unless every time Anne Kelly got happy, she passed out.

Miss Kelly.

Miss Kelly.

Kelly, you're wrong.

Kelly.

I don't like to be nasty, Kelly, but the customers are impatient.

Oh.

She fed it.

Really, sir.

You shouldn't...

I mean, after all.

I didn't.

Oh.

You easy?

You meant, am I Mr. Easy?

That's what I meant.

Well, I'm so sorry.

I'm not.

I'm Arthur.

No, don't fret about it.

Where can I find Easy?

Oh, here's the officers down the hall.

Oh!

What a delightful puppet.

You must have dropped it?

No.

Well, I mean, is it yours?

No.

But it must be Kelly's then.

Fancy.

I'm too busy right now.

And I hang around until she comes to home.

Well, I suppose I'm...

Yeah.

I didn't spend any time thinking.

I had nothing to think about.

The hallway back at the club was a carbon copy of them all.

Chabby, the walls breezy with ancient dirt.

The light bulb overhead, not putting up much of a fight.

Easy's office wasn't hard to find.

That figure.

Light leaked out from under the door.

Somebody was in.

The door was locked.

Osborne could have been light.

Inpatient friend?

He wasn't.

Mr. Easy was at home.

But why the delay?

The strong silent type friend.

The name's Craig.

I think I'd like you're using it better than friend.

I try to remember.

Are you coming in Craig?

If you don't mind.

So now what?

Just information.

What do you know about Anne Kelly?

Why do I discuss her with you?

I'm on a job.

And it could turn out pretty nasty.

And it could be the Kelly girl doesn't deserve it.

Do you appeals to you?

That could be a range.

You got a heavy hand friend.

Lay off the friend, huh?

Going around protecting virtue.

You're a little late with Kelly.

I asked you a question.

So you did?

No.

The desk draw stays shut.

I don't want to admire your gun.

About the girl.

She works in.

The customer's like her.

I pair her 100 and a quarter a week period.

How'd you come to hire her?

She drapped in, asked for an audition.

And she got it.

So she got the job.

Nice and neat.

Don't try to make a thing of a girl passing out, Craig.

Kelly happens to pass out easy.

How'd you know she faded?

You stole me outside the door.

Come on.

I like it here.

I said, come on.

All right.

Take your hands off.

I'm coming.

Thanks.

Call me outside your door.

Call me in your office.

You know about her fading.

Pretty boy must have fallen from hard dressing room.

This one.

What the hell are you fussing in here?

You're not Aunt Kelly.

Of course she isn't Craig.

I could have told you that before you have knocked the door down.

Hold on.

Yeah.

The same room.

I'll cut paper with a name on it.

It was torn off the door.

Oh, Craig.

A little lady is dressing for her act.

We're in her way.

This was Aunt Kelly's dressing room up until a couple of minutes ago.

Crazy.

I'm beginning to think you've never even seen her.

Where is she, easy?

I finished the last show for the night property on her way home.

No.

I'm a little lady could start screaming.

That would bring us lots of company.

Yeah.

It's going to be this way.

I never saw Aunt Kelly.

She wasn't here.

I never handed her up.

Wait a minute.

What's this?

That looks like a puppet to me.

Who's puppet?

I know. Maybe belongs to Susie.

Does it, Susie?

Yeah.

Hey, Craig.

Well.

A nice look-up play.

Shut Craig off in a corner.

Get Kelly out of the place and...

Okay.

Excuse me, little lady.

Craig.

Yeah?

I don't want any trouble.

I don't know what you think you saw.

I get shot.

But if you want to look through the place, it's okay with me.

Thanks.

I'm not much good at closing stable doors, though.

So long, easy.

I was in a hurry.

And Kelly wouldn't be in the phone booth.

I needed help.

A confidential investigate is much good on a big deal in a hurry.

Whatever the book says.

I help the help to the cops.

But tell the judges.

Oh.

Craig, the perambulating operative.

Take it easy, Travis.

Don't forget.

I never went to college.

Well, anyone ever forget I did.

Lead a clean life and maybe they will.

Travis need help in a hurry.

What kind of help?

I want a girl named Anne Kelly found.

And found fast.

What's special about her?

She fates when you shove a puppet under her nose.

I feel something like that about puppets myself.

You're not joking.

No.

All right.

We'll go see what the boys in the back room are having.

What can you give me on her?

She's an entertainer at Easy's Open House.

So far, pretty bad.

I've got a feeling she's in the wrong place.

Shivalry, Barry?

It's part of a job.

I beg your pardon.

I almost insulted you by applying you have a heart.

Everybody's got a heart.

All that does is pump the blood around.

I was hired to deliver a puppet to her.

Just one look at it and passed out.

I went visiting Easy.

Not a nice man.

No.

He stalled me.

By the time I realized it and shot back to the girl's dressing room,

they planted somebody else there.

The girl was gone.

You will stop here.

I'll go inside, find out if there's a record on her.

You sit down right out a nice description.

You might feed a pretty boy named Osborne to your men too.

Works for easy.

Osborne.

Sit down, Barry.

Get that description down.

No poetry, though.

Poetry?

What's that?

Flav didn't need a written description.

He just thought it might be a good idea if I had something to do while I was waiting.

I guess it showed pretty plainly.

I didn't bother with the description.

I just waited.

Barry.

Yeah?

Nothing like Kelly.

No record.

You got that description done?

He's blonde, blue-eyed, medium-height, in her 20s.

What good would it do you?

No good.

Come on.

Come on, where?

Osborne's in the books.

I've got an address for him.

All right.

On our way over, you can tell me about who hired you for the puppet delivery.

Yeah.

I'll tell you something in return for it.

You will?

What about puppets?

We climbed into Lieutenant Raj's car and went away from headquarters.

My story didn't take up very much time.

You never got a good look at your client, then.

No, I'd recognize him, but maybe it'll come out in the wash.

Or perhaps we can correlate a couple of stories.

You're speaking to somebody who had his troubles with the eighth grade.

I imagine the eighth grade had more trouble with you.

Larry, about a year ago, the department became indirectly interested in the puppet show.

Homicide?

Homicide.

The primary interest was by the Treasury.

So these are a couple of people who were very good with puppets.

Also did pretty well with distributing counterfeit money.

For cutie or tie-up?

No, no.

The puppets worked with a tent show.

A tent show was always moving.

It's every part of the country.

Its customers keep changing.

It's not a bad center for distribution.

I guess that.

The puppets were handled by a couple of people.

A blonde girl named Anne Keegan and her father, Keegan, Shelley, a possibility.

However, the Treasury started pressing.

Things happened.

There was no direct evidence about the girl, but her father was definitely implicated.

Along with a couple of men in the background, one to supply the counterfeit, the other to run the whole operation.

They had nails.

The manufacturer was called Dalgos.

The man in charge may have been John Easy.

May have been?

No evidence.

Dalgos served a year on an old charge.

The operation was broken up, but a couple of hundred thousand dollars and very good counterfeit currency disappeared at the time.

And somebody is looking for it now.

You said homicide was interesting?

Yes.

The girl's father was cracking under the pressure.

He was ready to confess.

But someone got to him before then.

And he died.

He died.

Jigsaw puzzles are fun working out.

You keep looking at the pieces.

After a while you begin putting them together.

You have your problems, but pretty soon you'll lick them.

And then you're finished.

But suppose you don't like the picture you wind up with.

This blonde's got an apartment in this house.

He'd tie in with the potential deal.

No evidence.

Osborne.

Osborne, yes.

Apartment 1C would be on the ground floor.

Convenient.

You probably think you're being cynical, but you're right.

For a criminal, the ground floor is definitely convenient.

I'm right without knowing it, huh?

I thought the only way I'm right.

Your modesty's becoming.

How accurate it is.

No, not.

No, not.

This one.

What are you doing?

We won't loiter until in bikehead.

Yes.

Here's what.

The room's empty.

But the lights are on.

Door in the opposite wall.

Shut.

However.

Bedroom.

And not empty.

That's your friend, Osborne.

He's not literally so pretty anymore.

The girl.

No sign of her in here.

Lower in the living room.

The bathroom.

No.

And when the body's still warm, window open.

Anything besides the garbage cans?

Sure.

Ash cans.

Fun.

No.

Back in the living room.

Nice apartment.

A mojilani on the wall.

Modern furniture.

With thick walls.

The shots were hurt.

A while in the wall.

That painting.

Looks more French than Italian.

You knew who mojilani was all along.

Oh, well.

We'll have company in a few minutes.

We're no longer from the side.

And she didn't care for Osborne's hospitality.

Barry.

Barry, come back here.

I don't want you sticking that picnic yours out.

Barry.

I wasn't in the mood for company.

Besides, everything had gone too smooth, too fat.

The cops would have a time breaking things out into the open.

They were dealing with professionals.

Need?

Maybe I wouldn't be figured close.

I never wanted a medal for brilliant.

It might be a health.

Everything had happened in a hut.

The man who'd handed me the puppet that started everything

had mentioned how smart I'd be if I stayed away from my office until my job was done.

That meant a man would be watching it.

Maybe nobody had notified him I'd finished my job.

Maybe he'd still be watching the office.

He was there.

He wasn't happy about it either.

That was a cold doorway he was holding down.

Need?

I picked another doorway and waited.

I waited very good.

One of these days I'm going to start a movement to have all doorways heated,

if I ever thought out.

The car came down the street and quick grip told me it was the same one I'd seen

the boy with the puppet right.

I let it pass.

And made my car.

And watched the car up ahead stop to the mud on sympathy to be climbed in.

Everything was okay now.

Craig did the upstairs and collect his 200.

Craig had other ideas.

They weren't expecting company.

They weren't very careful.

They let a straight run downtown over to the harbor.

They pulled the car up into an alley left to there and used their feet.

It wasn't a long walk.

They used to steal, went into a house to push young and fresh maybe when the last century died,

and shut the door behind them.

Force of habit got me to the back door.

There wasn't a carpet site.

I leaned on the door.

It opened.

They were pretty sure of themselves.

Downstairs was nothing much.

A couple of empty rooms, one that wasn't empty.

Two men, neither of whom interested me.

I tried to stand.

Nobody was worried.

I got to the top.

Filled some proofs up there.

If you could call it an improvement.

I want to work so much of an impression on me, Craig.

I don't know what you want.

In a big time.

I already told you.

Craig, I already didn't believe you.

I guessed it.

I got lots more.

Well.

I could open the door and walk in.

I might live long enough to identify my client.

But not long enough to do the girl much good.

I ain't got all year.

I need the green stuff.

I got to turn up the obstacle of my equipment.

I need the green stuff.

I pass it on back in business again.

You wouldn't want to stand in my way with you.

I never knew anything else.

Sure, sure it was your old man.

Remember what happened to him?

Yes.

It could happen to you.

That was the smart move.

Get out of there and yell for the cops.

Maybe they would have showed up in time.

But who's smart?

Hello, August.

The private eye.

What?

I don't like the way you treat women, August.

I'm firing.

You as a client.

Okay.

You've been funny.

Now, touch straight.

That was straight.

What are you waiting for, middle?

I'll take Anne Keegan instead.

You know who I am.

It's been a loasily kept secret.

Excuse me for interrupting.

But I ain't given out, Anne Keegan tonight.

Just one will be enough.

You're packing a rod, Snoop.

What do you think?

I think you ain't.

Otherwise, you'll be showing.

So I can break you in half before you get yours out.

Maybe.

But the boy's downstairs.

What do you think they'll be doing?

You'd be dead before they got here.

Maybe.

Maybe not.

But after they got here, you would be dead.

And the girl she might not be so lucky.

We both got something.

Oh, you got your prayer.

No.

You haven't yelled for help yet.

That's so what.

So you're afraid of what I do to you before they got here?

I'm just hanging around waiting to see how bright you are.

We'll leave it at that.

I'm not at all bright.

I want the girl.

Nah.

We both got something.

You've got the boys downstairs.

Me?

I've got the green stuff.

The 200 grand and counterfeit money.

Hey, where did you not hear?

Not on me.

How foolish do you think I am?

You're running a nice bluff.

No bluff.

Anne, how'd you get your job at the open house?

After my father was killed,

easy offered it to me.

Used to be a friend of my father.

He said he'd look after me.

Oh, bet he did.

None of this tells me where the stuff is.

Nobody's telling you.

Not till the girl and I are out of here.

You take me for a second.

You picked the girl up after she left the nightclub.

You sent me to her with a puppet.

You figured it would frighten her and make her run.

Hey, you're not telling me anything I don't know.

Yes, I am.

Was anyone with her?

Yeah.

Yeah, cute little fella.

I didn't have any trouble with her.

His name's Osborne.

Hi, thank you for an introduction.

You picked up something else when you picked her up.

Yeah?

A murder rap.

That's supposed to be funny.

A murder rap for who?

Osborne.

What are you talking about?

All I did was push him around a little.

When the cops found him, he'd been pushed around a lot.

But half a dozen thirty-two caliber led no slugs.

Oh, what's it got to do with it?

He's got it all now.

How do you like it?

I don't like it.

At all.

You've got one chance of beating that rap.

Yeah, huh.

Keeping the girl and me alive.

How would that happen?

I can clear you.

If I want to.

But it'll cost you.

Of course we want.

$200,000 in counterfeit money.

It took him a little time to decide.

Him a little time and me a lot of sweat.

But then he came around halfway.

He let Anne go.

She went.

But me?

Me, he was holding on to.

Until I could produce the counterfeit money.

And they out for a murder rap.

I get a gun on you and I keep it on you.

The boys cover the open house, front and back.

Any funny business?

I know.

I know.

Yeah, but you ain't sure.

You can be sure.

With that rap riding my shoulders, what have I got to lose?

What do you want me to do?

Turn green with fright.

We've arrived.

How do you know?

Hey Sam, get out first.

Cover a big boy from the outside, eh?

Ah, you go out, Greg.

Thanks.

Me with you.

We walked nice and close together.

The gun right on your ribs.

You wouldn't think of a quick wrestler.

Frick his shave, those off if I bring you through.

That's all built up.

Let's go, huh?

Sam, you take the bank.

Big boy walks out without me.

He gets it hard.

You stay out here, beef.

Same order for you.

Come on, baby.

You join in open.

Not for business.

There's a back office.

Yeah.

That's where we do business.

Right.

We go in.

They don't smell good in here.

You ever been in a place that did?

You watch it.

I am so easy.

Easy, remind me.

Have I know a man named Easy?

Nah.

You're going to.

Come on.

Right to that door.

The one we want.

I don't think we know.

Hello, isn't he?

Craig.

What did you call him?

Easy.

John Easy.

Any objections?

For the name's Marlow.

Ain't it Marlow?

Hello, Douglas.

Long time no see.

Long time, a one-year stretch.

And that's over.

I'm pleased for you.

I can't say I approve of the company you're keeping.

Never mind that.

I got a gun on him.

But what about the man who worked with you and Kagan before you were sent up thousands?

Yeah.

And then, Jay van Kagan, a job here.

Because he used to be a friend of her father.

Nothing wrong with that.

Except who killed Ann Kagan's father, Douglas.

I don't know.

Did you?

You're fishing for one.

The truth.

I don't think you killed him, Douglas.

Thanks for nothing.

But who did?

What does it have to be?

Douglas, why my office?

I mean, if you enjoy playing games with the stick-headed idiot.

I don't think you killed Osborne either, Douglas.

But look when Osborne does.

Immediately after your release from jail.

And under what circumstances?

What he was supposedly hiding Ann Kagan out.

What does that add up to?

Your conviction because you wound up with Ann Kagan.

That much I know.

What's your handing me now?

You're easy.

And you're small.

He had the motives.

He'd let start off at $200,000.

He knew you'd be after Ann as soon as you got out.

That's why he hired us.

So we could use her for a bait.

A bait for a trap in which you could break your neck.

It could be that way.

Douglas, you got your gun on Craig?

Yeah.

And you won't be able to do very much about this, would you?

What?

Yeah, my gun pointing at you.

As far as yours is concerned, shoot Craig or not as you please.

Why, you dirty gun.

You're using that gun on Craig?

No.

And suppose you drop it.

Hey.

Okay.

Mr. Craig is unfortunately right.

Too bad you had to get him involved in this, Douglas.

Otherwise, you'd have a little longer to live.

Not much, but every hour counts, doesn't it?

You've got that down.

Of course I have.

And I'll have fun spending it with caution.

Now think of your often, Douglas.

You can't afford it.

Or I can.

Craig tracked you down.

You and he had a gun fight.

You both got killed.

Who knows?

Craig might even get a medal.

It'll work, Douglas.

I don't think so.

Why?

Drop it.

I said.

What?

Hi, Barry.

Hello, and welcome, Fred.

Mr. Easeer, I guess I should say Marlow will live long enough.

The account of his money?

It is safe, I guess.

I will find out.

Are you waiting for anything, Delgos?

No, no, no.

I've got a few policemen outside that collected his associates.

I think they'll be pleased to pick him up.

He's managed to acquire a few brand new charges in a very short time.

Thanks for showing up on time.

I was beginning to wonder if you ever would.

You were gambling on the girl, weren't you?

But she was honest that she'd come straight to us and paid off, did it?

She's waiting for you at headquarters.

What's see you?

Barry, when you get to her, I think you'll first realize just how well it paid off.

Hmm.

Goodbye folks.

See you next week.

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Tonight's story, a very odd job was written by Lou Vittis.

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Lots of great twists as usual with Barry Craig.

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And some listeners are a little bit behind where we are right now.

Cam about 100 episodes back says,

I'm slowly but surely cappuccine up in my quest to listen to great defectors from the beginning.

I just passed episode 400.

I suspect that you already know this, but in case no one has told you episode 397,

you're a wolf as your intro comments on both of the ends of the episode.

I was a bit disappointed not to be able to hear your words of wisdom concerning the episode.

By the way, recently heard listener comments are right.

When you slow down your deliver,

the commentary is much easier to understand.

Keep up the good work and thanks again for the podcast.

Well, thanks so much.

One thing I have to remember and be very conscious of, not self-conscious,

but I tend to, I guess, have a mental association with fastness and speed being an indication of excitement.

And perhaps in some situations they are like in cartoons, I guess.

But yeah, even though I'm back to college, that's something I continue to work on.

Thanks for the reminder.

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This one on the 400 episode special screen directors play on the B.O.A.

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I know that I just wrote to this morning, however, while driving to and from work,

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I have to disagree with your comment about the music.

Although I've not seen the movie, I thought that a single piano playing in lower registers

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I even wrote a call commenting to myself early on in the play that the music fit the story.

Keep on with your great podcast, Tim.

Well, thanks so much, Tim.

And maybe it is an effect of having seen the movie.

But different people have different perspective on those.

But using a single piano may also have been an indication of NBC radio budgetary constraints in 1951.

But thanks so much for your comments.

And we're actually coming up on our 500th episode special.

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