Richard Diamond, Private Detective: The Big Foot Grafton Case 08/30/1950
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29 min
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What is the opening premise of the Big Foot Grafton case?
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Well, just a moment.
Don and pick up the receiver and speak to me or I'll I'll I'll I'll I'll I'll
Walt, Walt, is that your blood pressure I hear bubbling or are you calling from Niagara Falls? But the big idea is that it's a beautiful day and I'm happy. When I'm happy, I whistle. And when I'm happy and whistling, I don't like to be interrupted.
I'll remember that the next time you're unhappy and you ask a favor from me. You can whistle then, too.
Oh, the great big important police lieutenant wants a favor from poor little old Richard Diamond.
I want you to go to a funeral.
Yours?
No, it's mine. Say I'll live to dance the Charleston on your grave, wise guy. Oh, they're burying Bigfoot Grafton this afternoon.
How do you know?
How do I know? How do I know what?
That it's Bigfoot Grafton they're tucking in.
Why does Lieutenant Walt ask Diamond to attend Bigfoot Grafton’s funeral?
The way it read my paper, the harbor patrol fished out a guy presumed to be Bigfoot Grafton boy racketeer.
We're satisfied with the identification.
Huh? Fingerprints?
Fingerprints. Look, the body was in the Hudson River for nearly a week.
Oh. Then tell me, what makes you so sure the guy they're putting in the ground today is Grafton?
Look, Diamond, you're beginning to exasperate me. Will you or won't you go with us to Bigfoot Grafton's funeral this afternoon?
Why me?
Maybe you can show the boys how to dig the grave.
Oh, Walt, Walt, that's silly. I don't know a grave from a hole in the ground. So why me?
Because you once told me about a little business matter you had with some of Grafton's gang out west. And because some of those same hoods may attend the funeral, and because if any of them do, you'll recognize.
And I can point them out to you.
Say, you are a detective. Otis and I'll pick you up in about an hour. Goodbye, Diamond.
Goodbye, bright eyes.
Come
on, come on, Billy. How many times have I got to tell you this is the only thing left to do? It's all wrong, Marge. I tell you there's no need to call in a private eye.
Well, hello, girls.
Who are you?
The name's on the door.
Your diamond? Uh
You see something you don't like?
Yeah, you.
Oh, you'll never be lovely, be engaged, or get to use ponds with an attitude like that.
It's a waste of time, Marge. A waste of time. Lay off it, Billy. I know what's right. We came a long way to see you, Diamond. All the way from West Frampton we came. We're ducklings.
Well, first impressions are so deceiving. I almost thought you were girls. Now look, there's a psychiatrist just down the hall who.
Get this, Billy. The guy thinks we're nuts.
Well maybe you are a couple of ducks, and I'm the one who's crazy.
Not ducks, ducklings.
Oh. Well then if you have that kind of a problem, go to the Ottoman Society.
You never heard of the Long Island ducklings? All we done was win the pennant last year.
Pennant? Oh, baseball?
Now it's coming. We're a girls' softball team. We got our own park out in West Frampton. I play third base.
Who's on first?
Me. Come on, let's get out of here, Marge. We'll stay.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening premise of the Big Foot Grafton case?
0:00–2:52
2
Why does Lieutenant Walt ask Diamond to attend Bigfoot Grafton’s funeral?
2:52–5:41
3
Who is Lottie Wyrochek and why is she missing?
5:41–8:14
4
What clues does Diamond find at Dr. Percy Alman’s office?
8:14–13:00
5
How does Diamond chase the suspect through the cemetery?
13:00–16:51
6
What happens during the showdown with Bigfoot Grafton?
16:51–19:47
7
How is the mystery of the chart and Grafton’s identity resolved?
19:47–24:12
8
What are the final take‑aways and closing remarks of the episode?
24:12–29:35
Speakers
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