Rocky Fortune: The Rodeo Murder Mystery 01/12/1954
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
24 min
7 speakers
8 chapters
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What is the introduction to Rocky Fortune and the Rodeo Murder Mystery?
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Now, Frank Sinatra, transcribed as Rocky Fortune.
NBC presents Frank Sinatra starring as that footloose and fancy-free young gentleman, Rocky Fortune.
When it comes to employment, I am what you might call a connoisseur. I have jobs which are strictly out of this world. The last one I had nearly put me there permanently. I'm instructed to report to the Ninth Avenue Arena. When I get there, I find the horse pollies of 1954 is all over the place. The legit title is Grand National Rodeo. And I find the boss, an old guy with a hat you could stew tomatoes in, hanging over the rail, watching a cowboy ride on a bull which must have just sat down on a hornet. You Colonel Larrabee?
Ride him! Ride him! Look at that boy, stuck to that critter's back like he had a pot of glue in his hip pocket.
How does Rocky Fortune get involved in the rodeo murder mystery?
Excuse me, I'm looking for Colonel Larrabee.
That boy's the best frame of bull rider I've seen in 20 years. Hey, get that critter away from him! Talk on it how many times have I told those broken-down tramps to get him away from... Look out!
He's clear, Pop.
He's up over the fence rail. I've got to tell them hands to move in quicker. Don't look good when a rider gets gored by the bull. It's bad publicity. Gets the humane society down on you.
I don't mean to interrupt, but are you Colonel Larrabee? I am. Who are you? Rocky Fortune. The agency said that you needed an administrative assistant.
Administrative assistant? I told that agency I wanted an errand boy, somebody from the West.
Sure, that's me. You from the West? Yeah, 11th Avenue.
What clues does Rocky uncover about the Colonel's office?
You get any further west than that, you're in the Hudson River.
Oh, come on, Pop. You just want somebody to run errands. He doesn't have to qualify as a top hand.
I suppose not.
Yeah, what's keeping that next rider? Well, uh, Mr. Poachin, I'm Jane Larrabee. Colonel here's my father. If you're gonna work for the rodeo, you'll just have to get used to him. He's so western, he makes Wild Bill Hickok look like a sophomore bastard.
Now, Janie, don't you go running down the west. All right, young man. You mean I'm all right? Okay, what am I supposed to do? Anything I tell you to.
What happens when Rocky confronts the suspect in the office?
Mostly run errands and answer the telephone for me. The show's on, I'm all over this barn. I need somebody to keep me in touch with the office. For printing? Sure. I'm the tail on your dog. Yeah? Yeah, all right, Fortune. I guess I'm stuck with you. You can start right now. You go down to my office and bring up the tally on the box office receipts for today's matinee. It's on the desk. Sure.
Where's your office?
Down those stairs over there. My name's on the door. Reet, Dad, reet. Huh? You're a westerner.
Ah!
I have to pull myself away from the fence rail, and I hear the snap as my eyes peel off Jane Larrabee. She's one of them tall dames, dressed like the rest of the cowboys in Levi's and fancy shirt. But somehow the shirt turns out fancier than it was originally intended, and she manages to look somewhat different from Gary Cooper in similar circumstances. The colonel's office is down a long hall which looks like the Canal Street station of the Broadway subway. I open the door and walk in.
For a second, I think I'd forgotten to open the door. Something clobbered me behind the ear and I got down for a long count. And just as I'm beginning to come up for air, I hear somebody coming down the corridor. I open one eye and spot a pair of bow legs that could walk over a beer barrel without noticing it.
What are you doing down there?
How does Rocky escape the confrontation with the bull?
Oh, my head. Where's that list I sent you for? It's been close to an hour. I was slugged. Oh, well, come on into my office and I'll...
What happened in here? Looks like somebody tried to turn the desk inside out.
The guy that slugged me... I figured that might happen. Some low-down coyote tried to rob me.
Maybe we'd better call the cops, huh?
No, no. If Larry can't handle his own affairs without calling on the sheriff, he might as well fold up.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the introduction to Rocky Fortune and the Rodeo Murder Mystery?
0:00–1:43
2
How does Rocky Fortune get involved in the rodeo murder mystery?
1:43–2:29
3
What clues does Rocky uncover about the Colonel's office?
2:29–3:00
4
What happens when Rocky confronts the suspect in the office?
3:00–4:33
5
How does Rocky escape the confrontation with the bull?
4:33–5:16
6
What is the significance of the money hidden in the dummy?
5:16–5:54
7
How does Rocky confront the real killer at the climax?
5:54–6:31
8
What are the final revelations and conclusions of the episode?
6:31–24:38
Speakers
7 identifiedMore from Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
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