Flying Trip to Nowhere

Listen to Herbert Marshall as the Man Called Ex. Wherever there is mystery, intrigue, romance, in all the strange and dangerous places of the world, there you will find the Man Called Ex. There was no warning, no presentment of impending disaster.

The papers headlined the cliche of another impasse at the United Nations. Radio commentators announced a new gangland murder, the firing of a football coach. There was not the slightest hint that the entire civilized world might be in terrible danger.

And then, a telephone started to ring in a certain New York City of Fire. Hello? What's up, Chief? I'll be right there. Sure, there's no mistake, Chief. Another chance, Ken. It's Formula H, alright. The key to the most destructive weapon ever conceived by man, and a set of the microfilm is missing.

When was the last discovered? I got a call from Los Alamos 20 minutes ago. Any idea who? Take your choice, Ken. Sir John Saunders of England, Charles Gormar of France, Aline Nogdell of Belgium. Good Lord.

Yeah. Three of the world's greatest atomic scientists, all of them cleared to work with our top men, and all of them had access to those plans. What's been done about them? Washington just reported on the personal security search.

And? No trace of the film. No, that wouldn't be. But what the devil are we going to do about it? We can't let those plans get out of the states. Why, can't they fall into the wrong hands? The whole world could go up and smoke.

Chief, went to three of them about to leave this country for a scientific convention in Paris. That's right. They were all set to take off at midnight from Washington to the charted plane, but don't worry about that.