BOLD VENTURE Adventure, intrigue, mystery, romance starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Decaul Together in the sultry setting of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean BOLD VENTURE BOLD VENTURE Once again, the magic names of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Decaul bring you BOLD VENTURE and a tale of mystery and intrigue Shannon's place is sight to see, new tablecloth, clean up, holstery Four couple come on laugh and smile, we just got wedded, we'll stay a while So Mr. Shannon, he make nice party to get through our matrimony How big time, paint the place red, because they not need his newly wed Ah, that was fine, King Thank you, Mrs. Lee You can bring in that cake now Right away, be back with it in a minute Oh, a cake too? But my husband and I are sweet, Mr. Shannon Mr. Vaughn, we don't know how to thank you You don't bother to try Just tell your friends, Mrs. Chaney Well, a friend told us about Shannon's place, just last night in Miami before we were married Go to Shannon's place in Havana, Bill, he said, if you don't visit anywhere else You two know each other long? Oh, a couple of months, Bill and I, impetuous Would you like to tell me something, Mr. Chaney? Anything at all How does a man get up nerve enough to propose? I mean, well, I thought I was attracted to a girl Their interests are the same, they get along together Then what happened? Well, frankly, Ruth twisted my arm a little bit and the words just came out Last time I clamped a hammerlock on slate It hurt Now he tells me, all he told me then is that I had a lot to learn about leverage Make way for the wedding cake Oh, it's beautiful What's the matter, Mrs. Chaney? Because it's store bought? I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't bake it Nothing, it's nothing What is it, dear? Well, I guess I'm foolish Everyone's being so nice, everyone's enjoying themselves That man over there in the corner, I've been watching him He came in alone a little while ago and he seems so... Well, look at him Yeah, he does look a little played out Bill, bring him over here Sure, I think that's a fine idea You sit still, I'll get him The people over there were wondering Hey, what's wrong with you? Come on, come on, you can't Slate, what's the matter with him? I didn't have time to invite him to the party, sailor He just dropped dead Oh, I'm tired, Bill Got that old tired feeling Yeah, me too, baby For the gay party, wasn't it? The best you've ever given me I'll cherish it always For a wedding present, do you like that too? The dead seigneur one, contrarious I like that best of all You've given me a new life I feel like a brand new bride with a brand new husband We murdered a man so you get that feeling You and me, baby Which one are you talking about, Bill? The one back home or this new one, contrarious? The one we poisoned? Contrarious doesn't count, he was a greedy punk I was thinking about the guy back home Thanks, just wanted to keep him straight in my mind I owe him a lot, don't I, Bill? That derelict who came to the door for a handout You beat him to death, planted your identity on him And then burned it all to the ground So my old Bill could be dead I could collect his insurance money And marry my new Bill again I owe him a lot When we get back home, I'll put flowers on his dress It's my grave, isn't it, baby? Put my name on it And I'm a happy, happy widow with a brand new bridal veil Nothing can stand in the way of that, can it, honey? Nothing? Nobody? No one? I'm tired, baby, let's get some sleep I was trying to make people happy, build up goodwill for Shannon's place And what happened? What are you talking to yourself for? You know what happened By the time we get back to the hotel, Inspector LaSalle will probably be waiting there Getting to the cafe is the daily stopover for LaSalle's flunkies and coroners Guy picks up some poison someplace in Havana, comes into my place and keels over Maybe that man back there knows why Huh? He's still following us? Uh-huh, now he's trying to look like a palm tree Let's find out about a sneaky fella like that It's for this fun. Look, suddenly he's wearing a beard Come on Hi there, nice day It will rain Your beard's dragging That is how I know it will rain How do you tell when you're not wearing a beard? Huh? What are you saying? He's saying, why the disguise? Why are you following us? Who are you? What are you doing here? Stuff like that there Permit me my card A key Read and you will know Eduardo Senco, 54, Paseo Tortuga And it says here you're an Ojo particular Si? The greatest Ojo particular of them all Of them all? You're the greatest what? Ojo particular, a private I, and of the matter of why I am following you It is of the matter of why you have murdered my partner Juan Contuarius What? You have learned of the blackmail, senor Is it not so? So you want in Is it not so? And it is for this that I follow Put up your hands Now let's stay alive, shall we? So you refuse? Very well You will take that and also You didn't have to hit him that hard, slave Blackmail? What is he talking about? I don't know Neither do I Let's go back to the hotel. I've got some figuring to do Inspector LaSalle wasn't in the lobby, slave Oh, it looks good that way, doesn't it? Never saw it look better How about a dead body? I peaked, not one We must be slipping, huh, kid? Well, well You know what I always say, sailor? Uh-huh, but say it anyway I always say if a cop's gonna wait for a fellow, why doesn't a cop just wait in a fellow's office where it's cozy? You comfy, LaSalle? You are a thoughtful man, senor Shannon This swivel chair of yours has a remarkable velocity I came to warn you, senor, because in so many small ways I admire you Now, don't tell me, let me guess Want to put your hands over my eyes while I guess? I admire you, senor, for how violent is your shadow For how you beat up a ridiculous little man on a beach Slave does that when he gets angry And the reason for your anger? I had reasons He pointed a gun at me You left out the best part He said you killed his partner, Contrarias Oh, yeah, that too Why would Eduardo Finkel think such a thing of such an admirable man as you, senor Shannon? He gets his kicks that way Nothing else? Yeah, something else He thought I wanted to cut in on a blackmail racket Been more my years, senor Shannon It is thrilling what you tell me Now, with the man who was murdered in your hotel Listen to me, LaSalle Your cops were here, ran their noses all over the place, whispered in each other's ears, ate up the wedding cake And I wanted to save a piece to put under my pillow Perhaps they were hungry, senorita With the same hunger I have to discover why senor Shannon should kill, commit violence I came only to tell you I will appease this hunger Hasta luego Hasta luego, senorita The man wasn't kidding, Slade He made it cold in here Yeah Throw me a warm kiss, Saylor, I'm going out Where? To find out what gives LaSalle such a big appetite Please, stand in the place where you are Huh? Hey, look, me I am looking The way they light through the shutters strikes your face It interests me, much Much Try this profile What does that do? Oh, it makes me want to write home to my mother You are the Slade, Shannon, notorious violent A boy to bring home Yeah Now, for a PS, you can tell Mom I want Eduardo Cinco, the awful particular On second thought, maybe you better tell me You wish him to follow something? To divorce you from something? Yeah, from a murder rap, the one he's trying to pin on me Murder? Well, I must pick for Eduardo the appropriate false beard He has a pretty one for murder Don't bother, I already pushed that one down his teeth Oh, he was so partial to it, what's his favorite beard? He said something to me about blackmail, about that's why I killed his partner But you wouldn't know about that, huh? About what? Off the dime, Magda Because Slade Shannon spoke my name, I will tell you I wouldn't know about it Which brings us back to Eduardo My name is Magda Marquise, 12 Alvendita Parada Whenever loneliness walks the streets at your side Hmm, could be Uh, uh, let's see, where was I? Oh yeah, I was asking you where I could find your boss, name of Cinco The man with the beard He is attending a rendezvous on Little Beach at this moment Because you said, could be Hey, Sailor Hi What are you doing here? Mr. Sal called, he wanted you, so I thought I'd better What do you want me for? Maybe you'd better ask him, there he is Over there in the crowd What's going on? I just looked and didn't believe it You'd better see for yourself Inspector LaSalle Oh, welcome Senor Shannon You have returned to admire your handiwork What's happening here? Move, move You see, Senor Shannon, the man lying here on the sand has been stabbed to death That's the little private eye, Eduardo Cinco Nor did he forget you Here, at his fingertips, he has written a name in the sand Do you see it? He has written a name, Slave Shannon Now, back to Bold Venture Our stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall And the second act of our story Look at those people over there Even after they take the body away, they hang around Fire and death, Mr. Wall, holds its own particular mirror up to each of us We look at it, we see what we wish to see And each of us shivers because it has touched us Is that why I'm shivering? I thought it was because it's getting chilly out here on the beach And I thought perhaps it was because you had just killed a man Nope, it's because it's getting chilly Come on, sailor, I'll take you home You can stick your feet in a hot bucket of water See what simple pleasures I have, Inspector LaSalle I am sorry for you You will have to dip your feet, dad Senor Shannon comes with me What? Why? It's a normal procedure for people under arrest You're not serious, are you? You don't think I killed that little guy? In one word, see For which a pre-translation is yes Come along Wait a minute I repeat, come along I don't like jail, LaSalle, especially when I haven't done anything Murder or something? Senor, I will be forced to point a gun at you Save yourself the trouble Slate, you're crazy You'll have the whole Havana police force on your back They're just there Go home, sailor, I'll get in touch with you I'll tell the girl about a murder King, it scares me I don't think Slate should have run away They would have tried to hang him for murder, Lady Sailor And they might have succeeded because they wanted so much Don't, King Oh, forgive me, I only meant to... I know Don't stop playing It helps Where do you think he is now? I do not know But it would be in some place where he can find a way to spare his life to us And to himself Why would a dying man write Slate's name in the sand? The dead have many whims Mr. Balls, my husband and I want to... What's the matter, dear? You look so forlorn I've got a keen reason They want Slate for murder Are you kidding us, Mr. Balls? They say he killed that man at your wedding party They found another man on the beach They say Slate killed him too You have any unsolved murders, Mrs. Chaney? I've got just the guy for you They got you, Mr. Shannon, in jail? No, he got away So he could find the real murderer That's one for our side Maybe I'm sorry, I prided, dear I'm sure at a time like this you'd rather be alone You're sweet, Mrs. Chaney Thanks If we can help in any way, Mr. Balls, please feel free to... Come on, Bill Leave her alone He got away from them You said writing his name that way, but... Bill, a man like Shannon could spoil it Don't worry about it Shannon won't spoil anything Not Shannon, not Magda Nobody, no one Like I always say to you, baby Yes, it's you Get away quickly, go Wait a minute, I'm the guy who impressed you, remember? When the light through the shutters strikes my face You used to jump up and down without getting off the floor You must go, I tell you I'm coming in You do not know what you are doing All right you are Get out of here In a little while, after you explain some things to me No, no Who poisoned Cantuarius, Magda? Oh, please, please, you must go, you must... And who had the rendezvous with Cinco on Lido Beach? You must not ask this, please, senor Go quickly while... While what? I will be dead if you do not go I will die like one, like El Duaro What's happened to you? Who frightened you like this? Here, give me your hand, Magda Oh, please Oh, please, you must go Isn't this a lot better than being frightened to death? Yes Your mascara is running Yes I don't care either Now, tell me what's happening No, no, you will not trick me to stay Get out, I will show you Come on, give me the police So long, Magda, a short romance and a lousy one Oh, please, Shalman, oh, mi alma How is it with my slave, huh? So long it has been you have not come to Maria's Palace of Jollies To dance for the diamonds I've got some trouble, Maria Well, if you cannot afford ten centavos to dance at Maria's place Maria will put it on her fat cock It's not that I've got to have some place to stay Worry is in your face, mi hermosa This kind of worry shows the police want me I had to hit a cop to get away from them I've got to have some place to stay In the back is a room, it is yours And one more thing Get word to Sailor, tell her where I am, tell her I want to see her See, see, all this I will do From fat me to worried you, my assistance From worried me to wonderful you, my thanks Oh, do not thank me, slave Shannon If harm would come to you, Maria would waste away Lady Sailor, quick, Lady Sailor What's the matter, King? You find a guest swiping a towel? It's much better than that, Lady Sailor This scrap of paper, it slid under my door From Slate? From the lady of the dance palace of Jollies Mr. Slate is hiding there, he wants you to go to him I'm going to go to him I'm going to go to him I'm going to go to him I'm going to go to him I'm going to go to him Mr. Slate is hiding there, he wants you to go to him I'd give my arm if I could go to him The Salve Beagles are just waiting for me to do something like that Those who have been sniffing around our hotel? Those I will go to him, Lady Sailor They'd follow you too If they want Slate, they'll have to sweat for him I think he is in much need of you, Lady Sailor, I think you would just... Come in here, King Oh, it's you You care to come in, Mr. Voll? Thanks Ruth, it's Mr. Voll This is an unexpected pleasure, dear Please sit down Mr. Chaney, you said if I needed help I could call on you Well, that depends, Mr. Voll What kind of help? It's a word from Slate Oh, you must be very happy, dear And you want to share it with us You couldn't have come to two people more suited He wants me to go to him If I did that... The police would follow you and arrest him Maybe hang him Will you two go? Tell him I got his message, but I can't come to him because the police will follow me Where is you, Mr. Shannon, dear? At the Palace of Jollies in the Barrio Tell a woman named Maria that I sent you She'll take you to Slate It's like Baby said, Mr. Voll You couldn't have come to two people more suited Maria? It is Maria How do these two get here? They say they come from Miss Dover Well, then they ought to come in It's all right, Maria, I'll let you know if we need anything You do that, me hermosa, anything at all Mr. Shannon Come on in and talk to me See if I'm right I should have thought about it, the cops were tailing Saylor That's right, Mr. Shannon That's why she asked us to come That party I gave you is a good investment She told us all about it How you wanted for two murders, about the girl Huh? About what girl? Magda How terrified she was when you came to her for help She told you that, huh? You made a mistake, Baby Didn't she, Shannon? I didn't tell Saylor anything about Magda's being terrified How would you know about Magda? Because it's us that terrified her The blackmailer Get back to that, those two private eyes on the piece of you, huh? Is that what Magda told you? Oh, Magda and I got along fine My advice to you, Mr. Shannon, is to go to the police with it Why don't you do that? This gun, get in the way? The gun doesn't bother me If I had a few things to fill me in, I'd go to the police What few things? Bill and I'd be glad to oblige For that nice store-bought wedding cake Like what the blackmail twist is? Oblige him, Ruth Sure, honey Mr. Shannon, we killed a man back in the States I'm too in Havana You're making an international production out of it That's right, but let's take it slowly We killed a man back in the States and burned his body And the insurance company said that was Bill here They paid me $50,000 I met Bill in Miami with the money And here we are Which private eye caught up with you, Bill? Contrarias He saw me on the street and came up to me Contrarias even arranged passage for Bill to Havana Baby Suggested your place, Mr. Shannon, didn't he, Bill? Baby Baby, I'm trying to tell you something What? Oh, baby, haven't you figured why we came here to this place? Yeah, think about it, Ruth Why didn't Bill just call the cops if he wanted to get rid of me? Bill You've got to go too, baby Bill, you're junkie You collected that money for Bill's death That makes it all his You're a man I like to chat with, Shannon You understand how things are Right and wrong Bill, Bill, you're just tired, honey You don't know what you're saying I know, he really does Bill, Bill, listen to me This is Ruth We killed three men together You want it from up close, Ruth? Keep coming You don't know what you're saying I'll never let you go Hold it up Move Let me go Hold on a minute I shouldn't have made her love you so much, Bill Slate Shannon, Slate Shannon Now, don't come in here, Maria But what has happened? Call the police But why? What should I tell them? Tell them Slate Shannon's here You don't know what you're saying You don't know what you're saying You don't know what you're saying Hey Slate, what's that? I thought you'd know right away It's a cake I baked it myself What for? I'm celebrating. I didn't go to jail again. There's a candle for every time you didn't, huh? Let me see. One, two, three, four. Don't count them. Just make a wish, then blow them out. Why should I? To your cake. I give it to you. All right. I'll make a wish. That's very good. What did you wish? If I tell, it won't come true. Never does. Never? Come here, sailor. See? I didn't tell. Came true, huh? Go bake another cake. I could keep this up forever. And so our two stars, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, have brought to a close our latest bold venture story. Special music was composed and conducted by David Rose. May we invite you to listen again next week at this time for another exciting adventure starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall together in Bold Venture. And may we invite you to listen again next week at this time for another exciting adventure starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
