What happens
Cliff Benton, a pilot in Dinjan, Burma, owes five thousand dollars to Burma Charlie, who runs a gambling casino and has made threats over the singer Lila. Benton plans to borrow the money from his co-pilot, Dave Cummings, who refuses. Benton then hatches a scheme involving the aircraft's oxygen supply. Featured in the story are Bill Foreman, Wally Mayer, Doris Singleton, Larry Dobkin, Marvin Miller, Ben Wright and Jack Moyles. This is an episode of The Whistler, first broadcast on February 4, 1951.
Dinjan, Burma, in the Far East, including Burma Charlie's gambling casino, a nearby apartment, and the airfield
Characters: Cliff Benton, Burma Charlie, Lila, Dave Cummings, Gus
Listen for: Pay attention to the conversation at the airfield between Cliff and Dave about the oxygen line, and to Dave's refusal to lend the money.
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.