Mr Messler and the Insurance Policy

You're twice as sure with two great names. Frigidaire and General Motors. Frigidaire presents Herbert Marshall as the man called X. Wherever there's mystery, intrigue, romance, in all the strange and dangerous places of the world, there you will find the man called X.

And now Frigidaire presents Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, the man called X. To most people, mention of the Balero and the Samba, mean pleasant colorful music. What a man called X. Listen. The Famba Chief, I thought that was the name of a dance.

Oh, this is serious, Ken. The Samba docked here in New York Harbor early this morning. But a companion ship, the Balero, was mysteriously disappeared. Oh, in spite of the fact they had ideal sailing conditions all the way from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Well, the Coast Guard. Well, they plain just scoured every inch of the route and found nothing. Chief, what's our interest in this? Well, the first place Dick Finley is an old friend of mine. Oh, I know Dick Insurance.

Right. And the Bolero's cargo was insured by him for a flat 500,000 bucks. Finley evidently smelled a rat, a big one. That's why he called me. But if he smelled a rat, why did he give such big coverage without complete investigation?

Well, because John Messler, owner of the Bolero, used to be one of his biggest clients. Messler Plantation? Yeah. The fact remains, the one man who can give us the dope on this thing is Dick Finley.

Well, he's at work on it already, and talking with Carl Hertzberg, he's master's manager, and the rest of the crew, the samba down at Pier 14. I've sent Ryan over to pick him up so you self-talk to him.