The Silent Queen Matter - Ep 2

From Hollywood, it's time now for... Johnny Dollar. Understand you've been trying to get in touch with me, Dollar. That's right. Okay, what's up? I got some news for you, Sergeant. Mavis Gayle was once married to a small-time movie actor named Tom Sanford.

Seems he was murdered during a honey trip in the Sierra some 27 years ago. So? Mavis Gayle just identified Barney Slade as Tom Sanford. What? Same man, Sergeant. She's still at the mortuary? Yeah, the manager's office.

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Item four, ten cents a cup of black coffee from Mavis Gale, Queen of the Silent Flickers. While she drank it, I elbowed my way past Barney Slade's friends, gathered in the hall just outside the mortuary office, and walked out to the street to do a little quiet thinking.

I didn't have time. Excuse me, Mr. Dollar. Oh, uh... Is it a fact about Mavis Gale? I mean, she was Barney's wife? Oh, what's your big data? Well, Mort thought he heard her say so.

Mort? of the funeral parlor. You were in his office, helped carry Miss Gayle there. Is it a fact, Mr. Dollar? How do you know my name? I was a gabbin' with Pwiler earlier tonight. She's the girl at the change desk in the Penny R. K.

I know. Then I seen you and Sergeant McKay, Kamara Barney's apartment. Who are you? Frank Jessup. I run the mermaid bit over on the pier. You know, three baseballs for a quarter and you... You try to dunk the doll in the water tank, yeah.