What happens
Archie, the eccentric manager of Duffy's Tavern, is eager to impress movie star Gene Tierney, who visits the tavern. Eddie Duffy and Archie's friend Finnegan are drawn into the excitement, and Finnegan decides to buy an accident insurance policy from agent Sam Hancock, naming Archie as his beneficiary. Eddie grows anxious about money and starts scheming around the policy, while Archie tries to win over the visiting star. This is an episode of the Duffy's Tavern series, originally aired on September 22, 1944, on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC, with Ed Gardner, Shirley Booth, Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop in the leading roles.
Duffy's Tavern
Characters: Archie, Eddie Duffy, Finnegan, Gene Tierney, Sam Hancock, Miss Duffy, Vera
Listen for: Archie's lines about Gene Tierney and the insurance policy with agent Sam Hancock
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.