What happens
Phil Harder, treasurer of a company, is cornered by his friend Dan Fenton, a gambler, who demands $5,000 Phil has taken from the firm's safe. Phil also loves Mary, but she has chosen Larry Wilson, the company's general manager and Phil's roommate. Desperate to protect his position, Phil begins a scheme to remove Larry from his path. The Whistler's story follows Phil's calculated steps as he tries to pin the theft on Larry and eliminate him. The Whistler narrates the events, and the tale is presented as a moral parable of ambition and deceit. This episode is from the series The Whistler, which first aired on July 25, 1954.
A city office and an apartment in the 1950s, with a company office, a night watchman's post, and a car and beach drive.
Characters: Phil Harder, Dan Fenton, Larry Wilson, Mary, Francis Adams, Tex, Harvey, The Whistler
Listen for: Phil's plan to frame Larry Wilson for the stolen $5,000 and the bomb delivered to the apartment.
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.