A nervous waterfront character hires Shayne to move a suitcase from a station locker, using him as a decoy in a hunt for money from an old bank robbery. Ex-con Dan Bascom, former accomplice Ed Ferris and others threaten and double-cross one another over the missing 0,000, but when the real suitcase is finally recovered the cash is in obsolete large-size bills from 1931, making the deadly fortune almost impossible to spend.
This Michael Shayne broadcast aired on October 23, 1948. It is listed as episode 17 in the archive. The cast includes Jeff Chandler. Other credited names include William P. Rousseau as director and Don W. Sharpe as producer.
The surviving recording runs about 26 minutes. Characters credited in this version include Michael Shayne.
Radio adventures featuring Brett Halliday's private detective Michael Shayne, following the tough investigator through murder, blackmail, disappearances, and other criminal cases across several radio productions.
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