The Long Rope

There was a man with a bad heart. A telephone number scribbled on a cash register to receipt in a corpse on the other side of town. But I couldn't see the connection between them until I realized that they were all tied together by the same long rope worth $30,000.

From the pen of Raymond Chandler, outstanding author of Crime Fiction comes his most famous character as CBS presents... The adventures of Philip Marlowe! Now with Gerald Moore, starred as Philip Marlowe, we bring you tonight's exciting story, The Long Rope.

I'd finally wound up a sour case in which I'd been kicked around, disillusioned and short-changed. And in my book a routine like that calls for relaxation. So I'd spent the morning sleeping in the afternoon in a Turkish bath, being worked over on a table by Nick Takalakis.

I'm now talking, Messure, who untied knots and more muscles than I thought I had. He was trying to tear loose my Achilles tendon when the phone rang. It was for me. Nick wouldn't let me up, so I took it lying down.

Yeah? Marlow speaking? My name is Sydney Vanitter, Mr. Marlow. I've tried all afternoon to reach you. Oh, Nick. What can I do for you, Mr. Vanitter? I've already made your reservation with American Airlines. You're leaving on the ten o'clock plane tonight.

and you're taking with you a set of pearls for a certain buyer in Chicago. Wait a minute, Mr. Veneta, maybe I can keep... No, maybe, Marlow. I've checked early on you and find you entirely qualified, which is important because the pearls are perfectly matched set in a rope valued at about $30,000.