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Oh.

Here's the ransom note.

And inside is Alan's wedding ring.

When did this arrive?

It was early Thursday morning.

And your husband disappeared on Wednesday.

I need two passports.

Phony passports.

It'll cost you a lot of bread, though, Dana.

But we can afford it. I mean a lot.

I mean 10 ,000.

All right.

You must have a bundle.

What'd you do, rob a bank?

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin production starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with

guest stars Michael Tolan, Jacqueline Scott,

Anthony Costello, Karen Carlson.

Tonight's episode Edge of Desperation.

Hello? Mrs. Graves.

Oh, please.

How much further do I have to drive?

This is the last stop.

Leave the money on the floor of the phone booth.

Now? Now.

Um, um, just a second.

All right, I've done what you told me to.

Now, when will you let my husband go?

He'll be back home in Detroit in a few hours.

But if you've tried to trick me or call the police, you'll never see him again.

You understand?

No, I've done everything you said.

I hope so.

Dad. Alan's dead. I can feel it.

We don't know that.

Something could have happened.

What?

Home of David Clark. He should have been home hours ago.

Stupid.

Stupid.

He should have listened to you.

Well, you did what you thought was best.

Well, he said he'd kill him if I called the police.

Joan, let me call the FBI now.

FBI?

This is Elwood Hayes.

I want a report of kidnapping.

Alan Graves.

He's my son -in -law.

On the morning of May 9th, Mrs. Alan Graves of Detroit received a special

delivery letter postmarked Toledo, Ohio, warning that unless she paid $200 ,000,

her husband would be killed.

That night, Mrs. Graves drove to Toledo to pay the ransom.

But when her husband failed to return home by the next morning, the FBI was

notified and immediately entered the case.

Inspector, our resident agents in Toledo are checking the phone booth where Mrs.

Graves made the drop, and the gas station owner and nearby residents are

interviewed.

Okay.

Here's the ransom note.

And inside is Alan's wedding ring. We exchanged matching rings when we

And inside the ring sits forever... What?

When did this arrive?

It was early Thursday morning.

And your husband did it on Wednesday?

Did he go to work on Wednesday?

Yes, he's a claims adjuster with Titan and Mike.

Did you speak to him at all during the day?

We were supposed to go to dinner, but... He never came home.

And when did the kidnapper contact you again?

Yesterday, Thursday, there was a phone call. It was a man's voice, but I could

hardly understand him. He whispered very softly.

At first, I thought it was just the connection, but the same thing happened

again in the phone booth.

Is this the recon picture of your husband?

Yes, it is.

Inspector...

Is there any chance that Alan's still alive?

Flight 19, flight 19, now arriving gate 2 of Chicago.

Attention, please.

This is Helen Bell, 184 to the ticket office.

Mr. Hayes, you arranged for the ransom?

Yes.

There's no way Joan could have raised that kind of money.

They just don't have the resources.

Joan, I thought you were going to try and get some rest.

Is there any word yet?

No.

I'm afraid not.

What are we all just standing around here for?

I'm sorry, Inspector.

You don't have to explain.

Mrs. Graves will need the names and addresses of your friends, the people

and your husband see regularly.

I don't know many of my husband's business associates.

I have no idea who he planned to see on Wednesday.

All right, we'll see what we can find out at his office.

Oh,

it worked.

Yes.

It went perfect.

How do you feel?

Like I was 21 years old and starting my life all over again.

You are.

You are.

I love you.

And the best is yet to come.

Let's have a drink.

Okay.

Did you have any trouble?

Absolutely none.

Good.

Alan, I can't believe we made it.

We made it.

Easy.

Not yet, we haven't.

You're not wearing a ring.

No.

Do you miss it?

No, no. It's just that I've worn it so long that it almost become a part of me.

But you're not sorry.

All that's behind us now.

Now, what you're looking at there, Mr. Ward, are microscopic particles of wood

dust taken from the ransom envelope.

Mm -hmm.

Bill, do you know if the Identification Division has completed its examination?

Yes, no latent prints.

This is Assistant Director Ward.

Get me Inspector Erskine in Detroit, please.

All right, thanks.

Mrs. Graves, does your husband have a hobby?

Does he work with tools in any way?

Why? Could be important.

Well, he has a woodworking shop in the basement.

We'd like to see it.

I'll show you where it is.

Interesting to hear what the lab had to say about the throw dust.

Yeah.

Very interesting.

There's a connection.

He better circulate his picture in the Toledo and Detroit airports.

Let's go this way, okay?

Yeah.

Are you hungry?

A little.

Me too.

I know this terrific little place we can have some lunch.

I used to go there when I come down from school on the weekends.

No, look, I think we better find a hole in the wall and get a quick sandwich.

Oh. We can celebrate later.

Why can't we now?

We're not out of the woods yet.

What do you mean?

I still have to get the phony passports. We're going to have to have our

pictures taken.

Did you find someone to make them up?

Yeah.

But he wants more money now.

I'm going to meet him tonight.

Dana?

Oh, hi.

Wow. Hello.

Hello.

Uh, aren't you going to introduce us?

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Lee Payne, Alan Smith.

Nice to meet you, Alan. Thank you.

Lee's an old friend of mine from college.

Don't remind me.

What are we standing around for? Let me buy you guys a drink.

Uh, thanks, but we, uh, gotta be on our way.

You gonna be in town for long?

I'm afraid not.

What are you doing here, anyway?

Oh.

Oh, we're, we're just visiting. It's a business conference.

Oh, look, and, uh, you need anything. Tickets for shows, whatever.

Give me a bunk.

I'm at the Grayson, right up the street.

Nice to meet you, Alan.

Ciao.

Bye.

Well, we almost gave that one away.

I'm sorry, I just couldn't think fast enough.

Well, it's no big deal.

Who is he anyway?

Oh, I knew him in college before I got kicked out.

Should I ask why?

Gambling.

He seemed awfully glad to see you.

You're not jealous, are you?

Yeah, I guess I am.

Well, don't be.

See, most of the guys my own age just kind of bore me.

It's really different with you.

You really mean that, don't you?

I've never meant anything more in my life.

Oh, Mr. Ward.

Yes, Bill.

Well, we've just finished our examination of the wood dust. And the

wood dust from the workshop and the dust found in the ransom envelope are from

the same kind of plywood.

Not only that, the same glue was found in both specimens.

Good work, Bill. This helps.

Hold it.

Please, sit down.

What can I do for you, John?

I understand you're a close friend of Alan Gray.

Yes, I am.

When was the last time you saw him?

We had lunch a few days ago.

Do you remember what day that was?

Well, yes, Monday.

And that was the last time you saw him?

Yes.

Wait a minute. I don't even know if it's important.

But about a week ago, I was on the other side of town.

I hardly ever get over there. I just stopped in for a bite of lunch.

One of those dark restaurants.

Can't see your hands in front of your face.

Alan was there.

Was anyone with him?

Yes, my secretary, Dana Evans.

I don't think they saw me.

Is that the only time you've seen them together?

Yes.

Now, look, he probably just bumped into her.

Alan's a very happily married man.

Yes, of course.

We'd like to speak to Miss Evans, if you don't mind.

Well, she's not here.

She gave me her notice last week, something about her mother being ill.

Where does her mother live?

Des Moines, Iowa.

I can check her personnel file for the exact address, if you like.

Yes, Mr. Graves?

I brought the pictures. Have you got the passports?

Perhaps it would be wiser to step off the street so that we can't be seen.

Did you bring the money with you?

It's a thousand dollars, is that right?

Yes, that's quite right.

How do I know they'll get my immigration?

Mr. Graves, I have a great many customers.

Do you want them or not?

I want my money back.

I don't have it. You wouldn't kill me, would you?

Wouldn't I?

Put him

on.

Lewis, agents interviewed Dana Evans' mother in Des Moines.

Mrs. Evans is not ill.

And the girl isn't there, of course.

No, she isn't. But she called her mother last week, saying she was leaving soon

for a vacation in Mexico.

Her mother thought she sounded rather vague.

So far, she's received no cards or letters.

What about Graves?

Not yet.

Arthur, Tom just walked in with something. I'm putting him on the

Yes, sir. I just interviewed the manager of the girls' apartment house.

He said he's seen both of them.

Graves and Dana Evans together on several occasions.

One other thing, Arthur, the ransom.

It wasn't Graves' money, it was his father -in -law's.

Apparently Graves engineered his own kidnapping.

It really looks that way.

All right, Lewis.

Tom, have Dana Evans' picture added to the one of Graves we had circulated.

Yes, sir.

me when you got back.

Oh, what happened?

It all went wrong.

Are you all right?

I, uh, I got mugged.

There was a little fight. What about the passport?

I was lucky to come out of it alive.

It was a setup.

I guess I'm just an amateur at this.

What are we going to do now?

I don't know.

You know, it's amazing. I thought that there might be a little sympathy for me,

and instead you just worried about the passport.

Well, you said you had it all planned. That's right, I did.

I'll just have to work out something else.

Just give me a little time.

We don't have time.

We can't stay here forever.

I said I would take care of it, or don't you think I can?

I didn't say that.

You don't have to.

The first time you have any trouble, you turn into a frightened little child.

Well, I'm sorry I'm not as mature as your wife might have been.

Dana, just leave her out of this.

Sorry.

Wait a minute.

I just got an idea.

Maybe Lee can help us.

Lee?

We ran into him outside the hotel.

He knew all the angles in college, every one of them. In college. I am sure he

can get us some justice. Look, this isn't amateur night. This is for real.

get caught, I'm going to go to jail. Don't you understand that?

Alan, I'm not a little girl.

And I'm not panicking.

I'm just trying to help.

Well, the only way you can help me now is to leave me alone.

Don't shut me out.

I want to talk to Detroit.

Hello?

Uh, Joan?

Where are you?

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm up. I'm fine.

Joan, are you... Are you okay?

Yeah.

I just... I've just been so worried because I thought maybe...

I didn't know what to think.

I know.

Joan, listen to me.

I've called the FBI.

Anything exciting in the newspaper?

No.

Not really.

Nothing about Alan's kidnapping?

Yoni.

Let's talk about it.

But we can't keep avoiding the issue.

You've got to face the probability that Alan may have planned this whole thing

from the beginning.

There can be any number of explanations.

He can be hurt.

He could be in the hospital.

You really believe that?

Now, tell me the truth, Joan.

Have you and Alan been happy these last few years?

Oh, happy as most couples, I imagine, at our ages.

I just can't believe Alan would do a thing like this to me.

Can't you?

But then the wives are always the last to know, isn't that what they say?

You know...

A few months ago, a woman called about a plane.

And it closed my mind as I watched Alan taking the call.

A look came into his eyes that I hadn't seen in a long time.

And I guess that I knew it then, but I didn't want to face it.

Because it hurts.

It just hurts so terribly.

What am I going to do?

All I ever had was Alan.

It looks like Graves and the Evans girl are in New York City.

Graves rented a car here in Detroit, turned it in in Toledo, and someone

answering Graves' description was seen boarding a plane for New York.

Was anyone with him?

According to the ticket agent, he bought a single one -way ticket.

But agents here in Detroit at the airport say that Miss Evans also took a

to New York, and the planes would have landed within minutes of each other.

I have to stop by Atwood's office. Call Clay McGregor and he'll tell him we'll

be there in a few hours. Thank you.

Would I be out of line if I said how lovely you looked?

Be out of line.

I love it.

It was nice of you to come meet me.

Are you kidding?

I'd be a liar if I said I didn't want to see you again.

You see, I'm not even trying to be subtle.

At least I know how you feel.

That hasn't changed where you're concerned, Dana.

Funny, this is how I first met you.

What do you mean?

Having a drink.

Oh.

A little gambling spot on the edge of the campus.

Mm -hmm.

Are you still gambling?

Yeah.

Only now the stakes are higher.

Lee, I need... Um, whiskey soda.

Lee, I need help.

Name it.

I need two passports.

Phony passports.

You and the guy I bumped into on the street?

Mm -hmm.

What kind of trouble are you in?

Never mind.

Could you help us?

I might be able to.

It'll cost you a lot of bread, though, Dana.

But we can afford it.

I mean a lot.

I mean 10 ,000.

All right.

Oh, you must have a bundle.

Why'd you do rob a bank?

I have our pictures here.

You sure that's what you want?

Yes.

I missed you, Dana.

We... Okay.

You got yourself two passports.

Don't yell at me, Alan.

I only did what I thought was the best thing to do. How could you even go see

him after what I said?

Because I thought he could help us.

Now we don't have to worry. He said he could do it. Oh, he said he could do it.

Must have been like old times talking to old Lee again.

That doesn't even deserve an answer.

Dana? What?

I'm sorry.

Please forgive me.

Have you changed your mind, Alan?

Do you still really want to go through with this?

Do you?

All I know is I don't like it this way.

Look, once we get out of here, once we get to Europe, it'll be better.

Will it?

Sure it will. You'll see.

Only right now, just don't ask too much of me. I care about you. Is that asking

too much?

How did you leave it with him?

We're supposed to go to his place.

In an hour.

And you're supposed to have the money with you.

No, no, not his place. I don't like that.

Look, you... You go to him and tell him to meet us someplace out in the open.

Like a park.

And once you've got that set up, you call me back here at the hotel.

Don't you trust him?

No, not really.

Well, we've got to trust someone. Yeah, I know, I know.

You hurry up and get packed so we can be ready to leave.

Okay.

It's all going to work out.

You'll see.

Who's done?

Jane Bellamy? Yes.

The campus of the New York Hotel's paid off, Inspector.

The desk clerk at the Arnold Hotel positively identified the photographs of

Graves and Dana Evans as having been registered.

They checked out this afternoon, but the doorman remembered the cab driver who

picked up the Evans girl when she left the hotel.

Our agents are checking with the cab dispatcher now. Good work, Clay.

Where's your friend?

I don't know.

Maybe he got held up.

We can't stick around here all afternoon.

Leave.

He'll be here.

You don't think he stood you up by any chance, do you?

Why is he here?

For protection, doll.

You don't seem to realize that what I'm doing is considered slightly illegal in

some circles.

Is that all?

You don't think I'd double -cross you, do you, Dana?

I wonder.

NY -13.

13, go ahead.

Agents have interviewed the cab driver who picked up Dana Evans at the hotel.

She was dropped off at Columbus Park.

All right, alert all units.

Cool, Mr. Graves, and nobody will get hurt. Hey, what do you guys do?

Where's Graves?

Look, man, I don't know if you know, Graves. Some cat told me to come down

make a pickup, and give me 50 bucks.

Honest, man, that's the truth.

Drop the gun.

I would come with me, please.

Driver, take me to the airport.

I understand you have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say may be used against you.

And you have the right to a lawyer, if you wish.

I know.

Can I have a cigarette, please?

I just

want to say that

I didn't have anything to do with the kidnapping.

I mean, that was all Alan's idea.

I just wanted to be with him.

So, uh, I guess I would have done anything.

And I never really thought about what we were getting into.

That's too bad.

Where is he?

I don't know.

That's the truth. I don't know.

He sent that man in his coat.

Because he didn't trust us.

But then he was right.

Lee was going to double -cross us.

After you got the passports, where were you going?

To Europe.

We had fabulous plans.

That seems a long time ago.

I think he's still in love with his wife.

I don't think he ever really wanted to leave her.

He just kind of took a vacation.

Your hair looks lovely, Mrs. Graves.

Thank you.

Here.

Going to do some shopping?

Maybe a little layover. Thank you.

I haven't had lunch yet. Is the roof garden still open?

I think they said until about three.

Good.

I'll stand for it.

See you next week.

All right.

He's been positively identified as seen leaving the airport barely an hour ago.

What about his wife?

We just reached her father.

She has a standing one o 'clock hair appointment at a beauty salon here in

Let's get over there.

Please, get me out.

It was all a hoax.

The kidnapping.

Everything.

Yeah.

What contempt you must have for me.

Is that true?

Look, I can't make up any excuses for what I did.

There aren't any.

No, thanks.

Well, why did you bother to come back at all?

Did you just want to see me suffer?

No, of course not.

Then what is it that you want?

I guess I never realized how important you were to me until I was away from

Oh, please.

Please just leave me alone.

Mrs. Gray's left a little while ago.

Oh, she said she was going up to the Roof Garden Cafe.

She might still be there.

Thank you.

I know it's not something you can ever forget.

But I want you to know for whatever it's worth that I'm sorry.

I've undone everything that's ever been important to me.

And I've come back to tell you to

see if there's any way in the world I can put some of the pieces back

Is there any way?

Is there anything I can do to persuade you to forgive me?

and maybe even to love me again.

FBI graves!

No! No!

gonna hurt you.

Don't come any closer!

Come on back, Graves.

No! No!

I just want out!

Please, don't let him fall.

Listen to me.

You asked me a question before.

And the answer is, I still love you.

I always have.

um

The real crime wasn't my taking the money. The real crime was what I did to

Joan.

I just didn't give any thought to the consequences.

You and Miss Evans both.

It was all part of an adventure for her, I suppose. Some kind of romantic

adventure.

I suppose she thought she was in love with me.

I suppose saying that I never loved anyone but you is a little late.

It's not too late.

Alan Graves and Dana Evans were tried and convicted in federal court of

extortion. Lee Payne was found guilty of assaulting federal officers.

Payne and his confederate were also tried in state court, where they were

convicted of attempted armed robbery.

Holland and Boland were later arrested by New York authorities on armed robbery

charges.

Thank you.

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