Color. The adjustment consists of a pallet and a brush and the viewer simply fills in the numbered squares, it takes a very deft hand. Tonights tale is provocatively captioned, decoy. Do i pique you . I hope so. A program host should always be a good piquer. In watching the story, i want you to pay particular attention to the three onbreak ladies who dance in the final scene because one of these young ladies has since married a titled englishman and her face is now quite wellknown. [explosion] and now please listen closely, the next sound you hear will be that of my sponsor, dropping a hint. Gil larkin 6 oclock, i was sorry to see the day come to an end, it had been a wonderful day, but everything seemed wonderful when i was with mona. Even the arrangements i had arranged from her new show i thought was the best work id ever done. I guess i fell in love with mona the first week i began to work for her. She had no idea how i felt, i couldnt let her know, she was married. Married to ben cameron, one of the top theatrical agents in new york, and though i respected the marriage, shed somehow become very important in my life, there was something about her that set her apart from any woman id ever known. Oh well lets try the beginning just once more. No, no more work, okay gil . Im awfully tired. All right. Would you be an angel and fix me a drink. You a drink . Yes, this is one time i feel i could use one. Sure, whatll you have . Well i dont care, i wouldnt know the difference anyway. Anything. You know something gil, i really like that middle part now that i know it. Im glad. I worked very hard on it. Thank you. Oh im sorry all over the rug. Thats all right, ill get you another one. No no never my mona mona whats wrong, youve been rubbing your arm all afternoon . Oh nothing, just a little sore thats all. Same time tomorrow . Mona, whats the matter . Nothing, cant a girl get be careful of the glass. I will. Try and get some rest. Good night. Good night gil. Mona, if theres something wrong theres nothing wrong gil,please now dont tell me that, theres something wrong, ive known it all afternoon. Thats not true, i was little tired thats all. Ill be all right tomorrow. Well, your husband gets home, id like to meet him. No gil, dont do that. I wish youd let me take a look at that arm. Well, theres nothing wrong with my arm. Well im going to look at it gil plea there is nothing wrong with my arm. Just the same, im going to look at it. No, thats nothing at all, how did you get that bruise . I hit my arm against the table. Would you mind showing me how . Look mona you dont have to tell me if you dont want to, i you talk about it. Now, how did you bruise your arm, was it your husband . Gil, thats not fair. I dont care was it . Please gil, i dont want sympathy. It was your husband. Whats the difference, its been going on a long time. Why didnt you tell me . Because id give anything not to have told you now. Its about time you did. Darling i love youn no gil, you mustnt say that, please. Sorry. Look i had to tell you even though i know i mean nothing to you. No, thats not true, thats not true at all. You dont know how much its meant to me to have you work with me every day, and take my mind off of it. These last few months have been so awful. What do you mean . Tell me. To talk about what its like to live with a man whos physically cruel and insanely possessive. Tomorrow you see a lawyer. No gil, i cant do that. Ive asked ben for a divorce, it doesnt do any good. You cant go on like this, i wont let you. What am i supposed to do . You want the truth . Im afraid of him, im afraid of what hell do to me. Well im not afraid. Ill go to his office right now, its time i met ben cameron. No gil, please stay out of it. I cant stay out of it you say, i promise. Please dont go over there now. Look mona, i know what im doing. I just want to talk to the man. Now dont worry. [music] yes . Im gil larkin , mrs. Camerons accompanist, hes expecting me. Mr. Camerons on the phone right now, would you wait a minute please . Late already, so if you dont mind, ill run along. Not at all. See that light on the phone, when that goes off, hes hung up and you can go on in. Okay . Fine, thanks. Good night. Good night. Well first of all, i wanna four week guarantee and your name above the title wait a minute, Somebody Just came in. Yeah, something i can do for you . Im gil talk to you. Sure, make yourself comfortable. Ill be with you in a just a minute. Yeah how much did you say they offered you . Thats perfectly ridiculous, the answer is no. I dont care what kind of success they promised. Certainly ill talk to them, they shouldnt have called you directly in the first place. No Richie Richie dont [music] gil larkin it couldnt have been more than 20 seconds when i came to, at first i didnt believe what had happened, then i looked at what was in my hand. Hello hello . [music] it was crystal clear, someone had followed me and turned me into a patsy, a fall guy, a clay pigeon. Whoever had killed ben cameron had wanted to pin the blame on me. Police . Say i was in love with camerons wife, and i wanted to ask him for her freedom, while i was there someone came in and killed him, would they believe me . Never in a million years, theyd figure if for the way it looks theyd claim i came in, we we argued and then in a fit of anger i shot him. Wait someone on that phone had heard cameron call out the murderers name richie someone if i could find the person cameron had been talking to, they might be able to help me. How . [music] sasikawa and Dave Packard Cameron was probably talking to one of them, either couldve overheard ben call out the name richie. Which one . It was a long shot, but what they come to the office . After midnight probably. It would give me time a few hours at least. Ive read about sasikawa, she was the greatest dancer in japan. 8 20, i could still catch her in her dressing room before she went on stage if i could get by the doorman. Yes yeah, look lady, im just the doorman here well wait a go ahead right, goodbye lady. Yeah, you want to go here . Oh, all right. I dont know where this is, i dont know see. You ask man down there okay. I im sorry, im looking for miss sasikawa. Im sasikawa. Wont you come in . Thank you. Who are you sir . My name is gil larkin, id like to ask miss sasikawa a few questions. You are reporter . No, but i think she can help me. I am her husband, we are at your service mr. Larkin. Thank you. Cameron . We both know him, he is my agent, a very kind man mr. Cameron. Thanks to him i was hired from japan to dance in this show, i consider him to be wonderful. I see, did you call him in his Office Tonight around 7 oclock . [speaking japanese] please this is extremely important to me, did you call mr. Cameron tonight . [speaking japanese] well . Curtain time one minute, curtain. Im sorry, i must be on stage. [speaking japanese] please wait a minute, did you call camerons office. No, now please leave me alone neither of us called ben cameron, we intended to, but we changed our mind and decided to let it wait till the morning. If we cannot help you in your trouble, we are sorry. Thanks anyway. [music] that left dave packard, the most famous disc jockey in new [music] now thats dave packard in there, his program will be finished in a minute. Excuse me. Well, all you crazy cats, wherever youre listening, thats the story for tonight. Tomorrow ill have a bunch of new platters to roll, keep out of mischief and keep them rocking. Nitey nite. Mr. No, no, no, i got a date with a chick, i gotta hurry here you are i really gotta get out of here mr. Packard, i have to talk to you, mr. Packard well, you come around tomorrow, and ill play your favorite platter. Please, i think maybe you can help me. Oh tomorrow. Not tomorrow, now. Well, get with it man, get with it. Do you know ben cameron . Ben cameron . Sure, hes a doll. A real doll. Hes been my great, did you call him tonight around 7 oclock . Did you . Hey i dont like your tone of voice. I dont like anything about you. Why should i tell you anything . Because ben cameron was killed tonight. Did you say killed you mean dead defunct, kaput my agent . Thats right. You mean my pal, my buddy was killed . Hey youre crazy man real crazy. There you are, i gotta get to my chick. Look, did you call him tonight . Do you know a man named richie . Richie hey, hey i dont dig you man. Look mr. Packard im sorry, but somebodys trying to frame me, now you left a message you were going to call his Office Around 7 oclock, now all i want to know is did you call him . No, i got tied up and im going to call him in the morning, im going to call him in the morning. [humming] hey that tune hey youre breaking my bill. Thats the tune i heard on the phone, now you must have called cameron. Hey you know what you did, you just made me out like im a liar, well youre the end. The living end thats the tune i heard on the phone. But its an old record, i wouldnt play it, i mean its square, real square. Crazy, you know what i think happened to you . You flipped. [music] gil larkin i felt as though i were living in a crazy nightmare that made no sense and it seemed so long since id left mona. [doorbell buzzing] i figured i had about two hours before the cleaning woman would notify the police. Mr. Larkin, yes of course weve been expecting you. Who are you . E e you . Im lieut. Brandt, were from homicide. Come in mr. Larkin come in. Mona, didnt do it, believe me i didnt. Of course you didnt. How did you find out . Somebody called headquarters . Phone when he was killed. He was shot by someone standing directly behind me, now, whoever cameron was talking to would have heard him call out the murderers name richie. Whoever was on that phone mustve called you they said nothing about a richie. You dont believe me. Where have you been the past three hours . Trying to find who cameron was talking look, i found this message in camerons office, now i went to see these people you admit you were in camerons office . Of course i admit it but he didnt kill ben, he couldnt have. Gil is incapable of killing anyone. Well, there are fingerprints all over the gun, it will be easy enough to find out whose they are. Lieutenant, theyre mine, i was slugged and when i came to there was a gun in my hand. Now i wasnt thinking about fingerprints, youll find them all over the office. Does that sound like a guilty man lieutenant . Would a murderer leave his fingerprints to see me. Ready, mr. Larkin . Im coming too. No, we want to talk to him alone, youd better stay here. Mona you stay here. All right. [music] gil larkin it mustve been two in the morning when i finished dictating my statement. I told them everything i could remember, i swore to them it was the truth, then lieutenant brandt handed me a cigarette. Lighted it for me, and as i took involved a statement as ive ever heard, you dont think you could tell it the same way twice do you . I certainly can. Id like to hear you try. All right. [doorbell buzzing] gil hello mona. They let you go forgive me for coming back, worried, come in. What happened . I told him the whole story, every move i made. And it seemed to satisfy them enough, now all i have to do is testify before a grand jury. Oh gill, it isnt fair, its all my fault i shouldnt have let you go. Forget it. I could sure use a drink. Of course you coulou whiskey on the rocks please. Thanks. To you. To you and all that youve done for me. To both of us. To both of us. Its funny gill, i dont feel any shock at all about ben. In fact i feel guilty for almost feeling gladoh be such a different person now, i can live and breathe and feel free again [music] youre going to be so gill at this hour . Sorry i wasnt thinking. Its funny thats the second time ive heard that record tonight. Quite a coincidence, dont you agree . I suppose so, i dont know. Whats wrong gill . Finding that record is no coincidence, you were playing it tonight when you called ben. I called ben . Oh no gil, do you know what you just said to me . Whats the matter with you . Darling, youre talking to me. I never loved me. Oh, you planned this very well, i was pretty dumb wasnt i . But its easy to fool someone is in love with you. And what a fool i was, believing your story about ben beating you and his physical cruelty. I didnt know ben, is that why you picked on me . And then did you laugh when i went up to his office like a concerned about you . I wanted you to be happy. And what did you want for me . A murder charge and for what you mustve had a reason. Whatre you after . Your freedom . Bens money . What were you framing me for . Richie what you want me to do with him angel . What can we do with him . See, a man that committed a rd conscience. And a guilty conscience could lead to suicide. Couldnt it . I wont stop him, come on pigeon. Is it all right if i get my coat . Drop the gun, put your hands up turn around one murder a night is enough. Oh, thank heavens lieutenant, i dont know whats going on gun and and he [music] gently please, i bruise easily, dont i gill . Well mr. Larkin . Looks like you figured it just right lieutenant. Afraid i did. Can i have a second . Sure. It all right if i take them . Go ahead. Scene i mentioned. We ran over time and had to cut it at the last moment. Im sure you dont mind, it had nothing to do with the story, but it was a lot of fun making it. Tonights commercial comes in three installments. Here before i return is the third and concluding chapter. That was my error. I see there i hope you can wait that long to see how it comes out. Good night. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] its not their fault. The blueprints are wrong. Tell them it doesnt matter. I just want it moved. O. K. , o. K. Shut up now, o. K. . All right, this is it. Uh, la mesa. Esta weve already had this conversation, mr. Stapleton. [speaking spanish] ive been watching you, kid. How would you like a job for the next three weeks after school . Ill pay you 5 bucks an hour for onthespot translations. I have a job. Im a doctor. Is he putting me on . Only in l. A