What happens
Roy Layton, a broke drifter in Los Angeles, is approached by Linda McElvey, who offers him five thousand dollars to marry her. She must have a husband in place by her twenty-fifth birthday to claim a large inheritance from her late uncle. Roy agrees, and the two wed and move into Linda's twelfth-floor apartment, where they play the roles of a happy couple. Their arrangement becomes more complicated as Roy's feelings shift and Linda insists the bargain stand. Presented on The Whistler, a mystery series with a surprise ending, this episode first aired on July 30, 1944.
Los Angeles, California, in the 1940s, including a boarding house, a cocktail lounge, and an apartment building.
Characters: Roy Layton, Linda McElvey, Mrs. Bazakili, Mac, Miss Prentice, Mr. Knowles, Lieutenant Cosgrove
Listen for: Listen for the arrangement Roy and Linda make and how their plans start to change over the course of the marriage.
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.