What happens
Mavis Cameron, a filing clerk at a Chicago bank, goes out after a dinner with coworkers and meets Dan Spinelli, a professional gambler, at the Park Wilson Hotel bar. She agrees to visit Domingo's, a private gambling club, and later accepts a ride home in his convertible. On the drive, Dan stops and a holdup and shooting follows, and Mavis finds herself drawn into his crime. Afterward she is pressured by Dan, who warns her she cannot escape him, and she begins to fear for her future. The Whistler series is broadcast by the Signal Oil program, and this episode first aired on March 17, 1947.
Chicago and the surrounding city in 1947, including the Park Wilson Hotel, Domingo's gambling club, and a city street at night.
Characters: Mavis Cameron, Dan Spinelli, Joe
Listen for: Dan's convertible stop and the shooting that follows, and Dan's chilling remarks to Mavis after the crime.
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.