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Good evening, land-lovers.

And welcome aboard.

we should have a pleasant voyage this evening.

Sorry, I get carried away sometimes.

We shall make several interesting ports of call tonight.

But first...

we must endure a rather dull 60 seconds

while we get beyond the three mile limit.

[croupier] Three... red.

Place your bets, folks, place your bets.

Place your bets, folks, place your bets.

No more your bets, no more your bets.

Twenty-five red!

Place your bet.

-Can I get your car, sir? -I don’t have one.

-Cab? -No, thanks, I’ll walk.

$1,000 bill.

86, 87, 88,

89, 90, 91,

92.

$92,000.

-[Purdy] Good morning. -Good morning.

I’d like to rent a safety deposit box, please.

Just fill this out.

It wouldn’t be for long.

A month, say. Maybe even less.

One month, $1.75.

1247.

What?

The number of your safety deposit box.

Thank you. You may come in, Mr., uh,

Benson.

Will you come in here, please?

You can use this booth, Mr. Benson.

Just come out when you’re ready.

Be right with you.

Will you come with me, please?

Copy.

Can I help you?

Yes. I’d like to insert an ad.

All right.

How many times do you want it to run?

Just once.

It’s not too late for today, is it?

No.

We have a special rate for three days.

Well if I want it repeated, I’ll let you know.

By 11:00 a.m., that’s the rule.

Now well, what’s the classification?

Uh, lost and found.

Under found.

Found...

Found early Tuesday morning...

vicinity Pinto Inn--

a sum of money.

Owner may have same by identifying and paying for this ad.

And then, put the box number.

"Found, early Tuesday morning vicinity of Pinto Inn a sum of money.

Owner may have same by identifying and paying for this ad.

-That’s right. -Box... 308.

That will be 75 cents.

[register dings]

It’s none of my business,

but was it a large sum of money?

Why, yes, it was.

In that case, if I were you,

I’d go on over to the police station and let them know about it.

Money’s important in this town.

People are concerned about it.

Name me a town where they aren’t.

I think you will find they are more concerned here.

Thanks.

Yes, sir?

I’ll like to report finding a sum of money.

You wait here.

The captain wants to see you.

Sit down.

So you found some money.

How much?

Well, I don’t think I should mention the amount.

At the proper time...

Was it in a gold clip marked C.N.?

How would you know about that?

And was it 102,000 dollars?

102,000?

Oh, no, you’re wrong about that.

It was 92,000.

Come on, now. I knew about the clip.

Why wouldn’t I know about the amount?

But I’m telling you the truth. That’s all there was. 92,000.

Sure you haven’t blown the other 10,000 at the tables?

I tell you there was 92,000 in the clip.

If there was 10,000 more, I don’t know what happened to it.

What’s your name?

Benson. William Benson.

Address?

242 Wesley, St. Louis.

Las Vegas address.

Mirador Motel.

Occupation?

I’m a teacher...

a professor...

Paleontology.

Look, are you trying to tell me

there was supposed to be 102,000 dollars in that money clip?

Mm-hm.

When did you get into town?

Yesterday morning.

Why’d you come to Las Vegas, Professor?

To have a good time.

Mostly to pay roulette.

Now, see here, Captain.

All I did was find some money and report it.

If it’s short, that’s too bad.

Maybe somebody stole it from its rightful owner

and then blew the 10,000 at the tables before they lost it.

But don’t accuse me of something--

OK... OK.

I just want to get everything straight. That’s all.

You didn’t win last night, did you?

No. I didn’t win.

In fact, you went broke.

Yes, I went broke...

well...

almost anyway.

I had to save some money to eat on...

pay my hotel and get home.

I saved up $400.

I’m a teacher, as I said,

so don’t ask me how long it took me to save it.

It didn’t take very long to lose it.

Just one night.

Where did you find the money?

The Pinto Inn parking lot.

It was just lying there in plain sight.

And it was 92,000 dollars in 1,000 dollar bills.

Where were you coming from?

The casino.

About 3:30.

So you took the money and you went to the casino--

-I did not. -You didn’t?

No.

I want you to know that I am not accustomed to being told I’m a liar.

-Neither am I accustomed-- -OK, OK.

Simmer down.

You seem to know who lost the money,

why don’t you get him in here and ask him how much it was.

Suppose you tell me just what you did

between the time you found the money and right now.

Well, I found the money...

went to my motel and counted it.

I didn’t know what else to do at that hour.

You could have brought it here.

I didn’t think of it.

Or you could have got out of town right then. Why didn’t you?

It did occur to me.

You knew banks keep a record of big bills.

You knew you’d never get away with it.

No, I didn’t know that,

but I knew trying to cash 1,000 dollar bill wouldn’t be easy.

So you did think about it.

Who wouldn’t?

I didn’t sleep much last night

trying to figure what was the best thing to do.

So now you’ve got it all figured out.

Yes.

I wanna tell you, Captain.

I couldn’t keep it.

Now, why don’t you phone up the person who lost the money,

or should I do it?

You’ve got the money with you?

I didn’t want to carry it around.

I put it in a box at the bank.

That was wise.

You’re sure now there’s only 92,000?

Yes, I’m sure.

OK, stick around outside for a while.

Close the door when you go out.

Have a chair.

Hello, Mr. Newsome.

Hello, Sergeant.

Do you have a match, Sergeant?

Thank you.

Come in.

Mr. Newsome. Mr. Benson.

Ah, the captain’s been telling me about you, Mr. Benson

I want you to know how glad I am to meet you.

Seems I owe you a great debt.

Oh, I was glad to do it.

I didn’t like being kept waiting out there, though.

I’m sorry about that.

I suppose the captain told you that the amount I found was 92,000.

Yes, Mr. Benson, he did. And he said you’d checked your count.

Oh, there’s no mistake, believe me.

Well I don’t want you to worry about it, we’ll find the other 10,000.

That much money doesn’t stay lost in this town.

Isn’t that right, Captain?

That’s right. It’ll show up somewhere.

As I said, I don’t want you to worry.

I understand you put the money in a safety deposit box.

Yes, and I’ll be glad to get rid of it.

I can understand that.

Then we’ll have to think about you.

That isn’t necessary.

I hadn’t really figured on it.

Oh, we can talk about that later.

You know, the captain wanted to put you on the 11:00 train.

I still think it’s a good idea.

He’s a worrier. It’s a good thing, too.

Somebody around here has to worry.

After this is settled, I would like to be on my way.

I hadn’t intended to stay long, anyway.

Of course.

We can discuss it after we pick up the money.

Shall we go?

Well, that’s it, just as you said.

92,000 dollars.

And now we have to take care of you, Mr. Benson.

I’ll have to talk it over with my partner first,

but I am sure it’ll be all right.

Oh, I didn’t really expect anything.

It isn’t every man who would’ve done what you did.

Thank you.

Let’s get out to Pinto Inn.

The Pinto Inn?

Mr. Newsome owns the Pinto Inn.

Well, not all of it. I own a good piece of it.

Oh, you won’t need that safety deposit box anymore.

You better give Miss Purdy back her key.

Golly, you’re right.

-Ms. Purdy... -Mr. Newsome.

Here.

You still have another month to go.

Uh, well, if you need it, it will be here.

Thank you, I don’t think I’ll need it.

And thank you for your invitation to go out to the Inn, but...

I think I’d better be on my way.

-Back to St. Louis? -Yeah.

You’re a married man, aren’t you, Mr. Benson?

Yes.

I think that’s fine.

I’ll tell you what you’re gonna do.

You’re gonna call that wife of yours

and get her to fly out here for a week.

You’ll both stay at the Pinto Inn,

the finest in the house.

All on me.

Gee, I don’t know whether Joyce--

You’ll think it over on the way out to the Inn.

You’re satisfied, then?

The both of you?

Of course we’re satisfied!

Everything’s under control.

OK, then. If you’ll drop me off at my office.

Sure. Let’s go, Benson.

Thank you, Captain.

Oh, uh... wait a minute, Mr. Newsome.

What’s the matter?

Well, I’ve been thinking it over.

I’m not sure I want to call Joyce.

Joyce? Oh, that’s your wife.

Yeah.

I’m not sure she’d like it here.

Why, he’d have a great time. And all expenses paid.

Any woman would give her right arm

to come out here without having to worry about money.

Well, it’s not just money, Mr. Newsome.

Swimming, riding, golf, shows.

You’re telling me she wouldn’t like that?

I don’t know.

Why don’t you ask her and find out?

Gee, you’re more than kind.

Call her.

All right. I’ll see what she says.

-That’s more like it. -[starts engine]

Good afternoon, Mr. Newsome.

Larry.

Park it, honey.

Oh, I just remembered.

What?

My bag at the motel. If we’re gonna stay here--

Oh, I’ll pick it up. Come on!

This is Mr. Lent, Mr. Benson.

Mr. Lent will take care of you while I arrange things.

Excuse me.

Enjoy yourself.

The courtesy of the house is yours, Mr. Benson.

Courtesy of the house?

Yes, the house will stake you to any game of your choice.

I think I’ll just watch for a while.

How about a drink?

Thank you.

Give this gentleman anything he wants.

Courtesy of the house.

Scotch and water, please.

[man] Place your bets, folks, place your bets.

Thank you.

[man] No more bets.

Number six, flat.

-The boss wants to see you. -Oh, fine.

Follow me.

In here.

Come in.

All right, put her on.

[Joyce] Bill, are you there?

-Joyce? -[Joyce] Bill!

What is it? What’s the matter?

[Joyce] Bill, there are two awful men here.

-They-- -[hangs up phone]

[Newsome] Sit down.

You cut me off! Why you do that?

I said, sit down!

My wife’s in trouble!

Your wife isn’t in trouble, yet.

You thought you were getting away with something, did you?

You fooled the police, but you didn’t fool me.

You play it straight now and everything will be all right.

I don’t believe in holding grudges.

But if you don’t play it straight,

sometime tonight something will happen to your wife...

and it won’t be pretty, Mr. Benson

Now, let’s have my 10,000 dollars you stole.

So much for our visit to exotic Las Vegas.

We shall cast anchor soon,

for I wish to have a meeting with a business associate.

But hang on, please.

I see one of those dreadful sandbars ahead.

I shall see you after we tie up.

I’ve just completed a meeting with my sponsor

in which he had a change of heart.

And I think it’s safe to say

that we may be spared his commercials in the future.

Why don’t you tune in next week and see.

Until then, goodnight.