Paul McGrath plays a man whose gambling debts are so large that the gangsters to whom he is beholden suggest an interesting solution: find a way to marry into big money. It doesn’t have to be anyone he has romantic interest in, just be very rich. He does so, and arranges life insurance for him and his new wife. The gambling thugs are getting impatient that he took too long to get married and it’s getting too long to get their money. He soon constructs ways to have her die accidentally, but she foils him at every turn. It seems he’s not very good at this. In a surprise ending, however, it turns out she that she is the experienced one and knows how this scam works. Who is the “easy victim” in the story? It’s definitely not her.
An episode that shares some aspects of this plotline’s elements is 1958-04-06 Just One Happy Little Family, and is just as entertaining.
Author Harold Huber passed away September 29, 1959. This is the last of the scripts he had penned for the series. His wife, Ethel, would continue with the series and be responsible for managing the music content of the programs.
There are two surviving recordings. The network version has slightly narrow range, has a clipped opening that is missing a few words of the opening introduction but is otherwise complete. It is likely a home aircheck, and is very listenable. The Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#758) is the much better of the two. It has a rich, clean sound. The recording is new to circulation among hobbyists.
The program recording date and related information is not available.
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THE CAST
Paul McGrath (Art), Elspeth Eric (Ella), Robert Readick (Herbert), Leon Janney (Don)
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