Chapter 1: What unusual questions do the characters ask at the beginning?
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Chapter 2: Who arrives to help fix the car and what is their connection?
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Listen now to The Adventures of Sam Spade, starring Howard Duff in The Convertible Caper.
Sam Spade, Detective Agency.
Me, sweetheart.
Sam! I knew you'd have the courage to come back and face it.
Well, I'm back, Effie. What shall I face first?
You didn't do something else, did you, Sam? Besides what? Besides running away with that woman in a stolen car.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of the stolen car in the story?
Perhaps I am merely a waste of time.
My time is your time as you stay in the States, Mrs. Donovan.
Oh, you are very sympathetic, very kind. Yes. Entrance. My automobile has been stolen. When and from where? Last night, after midnight, while I was checking in at the Hotel San Rafael, where I am staying. I foolishly left the parts outside with the keys in it.
Have you reported this to the police?
No.
I suggest you do it. No.
No? No. Why not? Because I stole it from another... I see. No, but you do not yet know all. If the police find the car and notify the one from whom I stole it, then that one will know that I am in San Francisco. And that's bad. If he finds out I am in San Francisco, then he will come here and kill me. That is why I must recover the car rapidly and without the police.
You will be glad to hear that.
It would be very pleasant, Mrs. Strada, but cars are not exactly in my line.
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Chapter 4: What does the charm bracelet reveal about the case?
Forty pesos. Sometimes more. Work for me and I'll cut you in. I cut you to pieces. The boss treats me good. Sure. You do all the dirty work. If there's any trouble, you'll take the rap. What means rap? They put you in a little room and squirt gas in you. You fall dead. Gas? Tom Tom do this? He does indeed. Venga. Come. I take you to see the man. I think he will be very happy to see you.
The place Paco took me to was about as high on Russian Hill as you can get. The house was old, based in brownstone, and had a high iron fence around it. On the gate was a main plate, H.H. Lovelace. When I opened it to go in, I noticed that Paco was no longer with me. Oh, Mr. Spade, come in, come in.
The gray-haired gentleman who greeted me was wearing a winged collar, a carnation, and a very distinguished air. I could hardly believe it, but he was definitely, beyond a shadow of a doubt, none other than the one and only Happy Herman Heap. Well, Mr. Spade, I see that you're surprised. I'm overwhelmed, Mr. Heath. Lovely. Lovelace, that is the correct name.
For my fifth avocation, I selected my first and second names, the HH, you know. My full name is Herman Heath Lovelace. About that car, Mr. Spade. Yeah, about that. I must know that you outwitted me. I was rather proud of my little device, the disc on the charm braces, you know. When you showed it to me at my business establishment, I naturally thought you were authorized to take the car.
Yeah, naturally. However, I'm not averse to enterprise in a young man, and I'm prepared to pay for my blunder. You said a million. I still couldn't accept, Mr. Lovelace. Oh, why not? I was hired to recover that car for my client. It's not mine to sell. Well, it's certainly not hers. I don't care whose it is.
All I know is that my client's life is in danger, and it has something to do with that car. Mr. Strada? Yeah. Excuse me one moment. Please arrive.
Hello, Papa.
That's all she said. Then she stood there looking at me in that way that made you not care who she was double-crossing or why. Then she turned through Lovelace, alias Herman Heap.
How much does he know?
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Chapter 5: Who is Happy Herman Heap and what role does he play?
Ironic, isn't it, that with all my varied interests, I've never learned to drive a car. You seem kind of shaky, Meecher. You sure you can handle the car down the ramp?
I'm a very good driver, Waffle. Meecher! Stop! Put on your brakes!
There's a man coming up the ramp! He was dead before I got to him. As I leaned over him, I saw the bracelet lying beside his hand. I picked it up and walked back to the car. Nietzsche and Herman Heath Lovelace were sitting in stony silence, glaring at each other. Is he dead? Yeah. Was the bracelet on him?
I didn't look. Lovelace, go and risk him. Must I? It's very distasteful to me. Come, Mr. Spade. You fool. We trust this detective. Go on. Very well. Get in, Sam. Get in. We'll leave him here. What's the matter? Is something wrong?
Oh, nothing at all.
Come back here. This is an outbreak. I didn't drink.
Come back here, I tell you. Please, Raffo. A cigarette.
Sure, sure. Here you are.
Gracias. De nada. I, uh, I saw you pick up the bracelet. I meant that you should share it with me. That is why I gave you the bracelet in the first place. I liked you.
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Chapter 6: What danger does the main character face while investigating?
Good night.
Good night. The Adventures of Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett's famous private detective, was written for radio by Bob Tolman and Gil Dowd, with musical direction by Lud Gluskin. Sam Spade is played by Howard Duff. Maureen Tuttle is Effie. Tonight's program was directed by Elliot Lewis.