Sam Spade - The Soap Opera Caper
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The National Broadcasting Company presents The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
No! No!
Sam's Fade Detective Agency.
Me, sweetheart.
Was it awful, Sam?
Excruciating. If I suffered, girl, how I suffered.
But there's no other way, Sam. Hmm? When fate turns against the man.
True, dear one, true. But from somewhere I must find strength.
You must.
You must. To pick up the shattered fragments of my life. To raise my eyes once again to the horizon and piece by piece put them together again. Sam! And the two of us, dear one, hand in hand, shall go marching down the years together. Oh, Brace yourself, sweetheart.
I'll try, Sam.
Gather together the homely, humble tools of your trade. Find six dry handkerchiefs and prepare to greet me with a smile behind the tears. I'll be down before you can change stations with a report entitled, The Soap Opera Caper. For NBC, William Spear, radio's outstanding producer, director of mystery and crime drama, brings you the greatest private detective of them all in The Adventures of Sam Spade. Sam? Who called, young widder Perrine?
Lane F. Is it all over, Sam?
Is a soap opera ever over, dear one?
Oh, but it's out on the phone like you... I know, I know, but it's not the end.
It's never the end. Pull up a chair now. Take a firm grip on pad, pencil, and your emotions. Got them?
I'm at the ready, Sam.
Good show. To Agatha Pilbeam from Samuel Spade, license number 137596. Subject, the soap opera, Caper.
How was I to know what was on her mind?
What is the setup and opening scene of 'The Soap Opera Caper'?
This strange woman, this mysterious Agatha Pilbeam. This voice on the telephone, directing me to the big, sprawling house in Hillsboro.
Is that clear, Mr. Spade?
How urgent is it, Miss Pilbeam?
Very, very urgent, Mr. Spade. I... I don't know which way to turn.
So I went to the big sprawling house in Hillsboro, pulled up behind an ancient Model A parked at the curb, and was walking past it toward the gate when... Hey! Huh? Oh, oh, Croc Morton, isn't it?
Good old Sammy, you remember.
Yeah, yeah. When'd you get out?
Uh-oh, last month, but I'm a good boy now. Here, take one of my cards. Yeah, if you know anyone who needs a first-class private eye, Croc's available. What are you doing here, Sam?
A lady wants to see me.
The soap opera queen?
Is that what she is?
Oh, six or eight of them, she writes.
Oh?
Oh, Behind the Clouds, The Heart of Julia Jukes. That must be her. Life, uh... Oh, I forget the rest. Yeah. Beats gumshoeing, Sammy. Yeah, well, write if you get work, Crock. I'm on a job right now.
You mean you got your license already?
Oh, me?
Well, I... Well, you can always run off a photostat of someone else's.
Oh, Sam, that's mean.
Kroc was a crook, but a nice crook. He never killed anybody. He was just an uncurable camera fiend, specializing in taking pictures of people doing what they hadn't ought to be doing, you know, stuff like that. Or if you wanted a photo stand of somebody else's document, Kroc was your man. Well, I walked up the drive to the door, threw it past a white shirt front that turned out to have a butler in it, and toured what seemed to be your study. But it wasn't. It was your bedroom. And you were reclining on six pillows with a cigarette in a long holder in one hand and a mouthpiece of a dictating machine in the other.
But, John. Hush, Melinda. There is no way to go now but ahead. John, you're so strong.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:50
2
What is the setup and opening scene of 'The Soap Opera Caper'?
2:50–7:05
3
Who is Agatha Pilbeam and why does she urgently contact Sam Spade?
7:05–11:39
4
What strange household tableau does Sam discover at the Hillsboro house?
11:39–13:48
5
What information about Dr. Martin Hawks' mood and marriage does Agatha reveal?
13:48–29:33