Cloak and Dagger: Windfall (A0044)

Summary

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Episode: Cloak and Dagger – “Windfall”
Host: Adam Graham
Original Air Date: October 22, 1950
Podcast Release: December 13, 2025

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Main Theme / Episode Purpose

This episode features the final adventure from the classic radio drama Cloak and Dagger: “Windfall.” Drawing from real-life OSS (Office of Strategic Services, WWII-era intelligence) files, the episode immerses listeners in an espionage tale of neutrality, patriotism, and moral reckoning. Host Adam Graham introduces and then reflects on a drama about an American gambler, Mike Slade, caught between self-interest and higher ideals in wartime Switzerland.

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Key Discussion Points and Story Breakdown

1. Setting the Scene (Starts ~[02:46])

• Location: Noirmont Lodge, on the Swiss border near Nazi-occupied France during WWII.
• Main Characters:
  • Mike Slade, American gambler and self-proclaimed neutral
  • Jen, his Swiss girlfriend, a ski instructor
  • Frederick Haywood, apparent American diplomat/spy
  • McAllister, OSS agent
  • Keitel and Wierstadt, Gestapo agents

2. Arrival of a Mysterious American ([02:46]–[08:00])

• Haywood checks into the lodge, arouses Slade’s curiosity.

• Jen deduces Haywood must have crossed the border on foot, implying clandestine activities.

  “There aren’t any Americans touring France these days.”
  — Jen, [08:26]

• Slade pitches card games in hopes of making money—highlighting his personal motivation ("I'm what they call a neutral, I guess." – Slade, [06:40]).

3. The Murder and the Microfilm ([10:39]–[14:00])

• Slade and Jen discover Haywood’s murdered body after hearing a disturbance.

• Haywood’s dying words: “Shoe… heel… left shoe… McAllister” ([12:07]).

• Slade finds a cylinder of microfilm hidden in the heel.

  “That’s no bullet, baby. It’s a cylinder of microfilm.”
  — Slade, [13:16]

• Jen hides the film for safety at Slade’s request.

4. Intrigue and Conflicting Loyalties ([14:00]–[22:00])

• Nazis Keitel and Wierstadt, as well as OSS agent McAllister, express interest in the microfilm.

• McAllister offers Slade a deal for the microfilm, urging him to consider its vital importance to the Allied war effort.

  “Those are pictures...showing the location of every Nazi V2 rocket launching site on the French coast. They could mean the saving of thousands of lives.”
  — McAllister, [19:09]

• Slade remains fixated on monetary gain, raising his price as different parties apply pressure (first 25,000 francs, then 50,000 dollars).

• Jen is appalled at Mike’s greed and loses faith in his love:

  “I love you, Mike. But I couldn't go on loving you if you did a thing like this. I‘d come to hate you.”
  — Jen, [23:33]

5. Climax: Violence and Decision ([23:47]–[28:00])

• Nazis assault and torture Slade and Jen, trying to force the film’s location.

• McAllister intervenes heroically during a gunfight, rescuing both.

• Despite being given another chance to sell the film, Slade challenges McAllister to cut cards for it—a gambler’s last attempt at neutrality.

  “I’ll cut cards with you for the microfilm. Double or nothing.”
  — Slade, [27:00]

• Slade deliberately loses, handing over the film for nothing; Jen realizes he chose patriotism:

  “You had him beaten…He would have paid the 50,000…Why did you do it?”
  — Jen, [28:49]
  “I don't know, baby. I guess some guys just can’t help being suckers.”
  — Slade, [29:00]
  “I guess some guys just can’t help being patriots.”
  — Jen, [29:06]

6. Resolution and Aftermath ([29:20]–[31:15])

• Slade and Jen remain in Switzerland, penniless but redeemed.

• After the war, McAllister tells Slade how the film helped save thousands, emphasizing the impact of small acts of reluctant heroism.

  “You were the toughest ally the OSS ever had, brother. But you did the job.”
  — McAllister, [30:55]

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Host Reflection and Analysis (Adam Graham, [31:15]–[35:51])

Comparison to Casablanca

• Adam Graham likens Slade’s arc to Rick in Casablanca—an American expat in a neutral land forced to choose sides by brutality and the courage of others.

• He emphasizes the difference between real OSS agents and fictional super-spies.

  “These were not professional spies…but citizens who took on a dangerous task, all responding 'yes' to the offer that we heard at the start of each episode. And at least some of the people profiled paid with their lives.”
  — Adam Graham, [33:56]

The Series as Tribute

• Adam lauds Cloak and Dagger for its blend of suspense and respect for the risks and sacrifices of regular people.
• He shares listener appreciation and calls the show a “magnificent tribute” with lasting resonance.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Haywood’s code:
  “Shoe… heel… left shoe… McAllister.” ([12:07])
  (Launches central quest for meaning and sets up the microfilm intrigue.)

• Jen’s moral ultimatum:
  “I love you, Mike. But I couldn’t go on loving you if you did a thing like this. I’d come to hate you.” ([23:33])

• Slade’s choice:
  “I don’t know, baby. I guess some guys just can’t help being suckers.” ([29:00])

• Jen’s reply:
  “I guess some guys just can’t help being patriots.” ([29:06])

• McAllister on Slade’s contribution:
  “You were the toughest ally the OSS ever had, brother. But you did the job.” ([30:55])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:46] – Story introduction and character setup
• [07:49] – Jen suspects Haywood’s real identity and mission
• [12:07] – Dying clue about the microfilm’s location
• [14:00] – First Nazi confrontation and stakes rise
• [19:09] – McAllister reveals importance of the microfilm
• [23:33] – Jen’s ultimatum to Mike about his moral choice
• [27:00] – High-stakes gamble for the microfilm
• [29:00] – Slade’s self-sacrificial turning point
• [31:15] – Host analysis and tribute to real OSS agents

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Tone and Style

• The dialogue is hardboiled and economical, in the classic noir style.
• Themes of cynicism, redemption, and reluctant heroism echo throughout.
• Adam Graham’s host commentary is thoughtful, respectful, and appreciative.

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Summary for Non-Listeners

“Windfall” is a taut wartime drama about a self-interested American in Switzerland juggling the chance to escape poverty with a critical OSS mission. Through violence, patriotism, and the inspiration of others, he’s forced to choose: profit or aiding the Allies. The story’s emotional climax comes not from spectacular action, but from one man’s quiet moral conversion and the price of a conscience. Adam Graham closes the episode and Cloak and Dagger series with a heartfelt salute to the unsung heroes who inspired these tales.

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Transcript

[Adam Graham]

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[Mike Slade]

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[Mike Slade]

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[Mike Slade]

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[Mike Slade]

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[Adam Graham]

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[Mike Slade]

Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission behind enemy lines knowing that you may never return alive? What you have just heard is the question asked during the war of agents of the OSS ordinary citizens, who to this question answered, yes. This is cloak and dagger. Black warfare. Espionage, International intrigue. These are the weapons of the OSS in today's adventure, Windfall. The part of McAllister is played by Les Tremaine. Jan Minor plays Jen, and Mike Slade is played by Bill Quinn. The story is suggested by actual incidents recorded in the Washington files of the Office of Strategic Services, a story that can now be told. We had three new guests at the lodge at Noirmont that day. The first one blew in just after lunch and I recognized him right away. At least I thought I did. I didn't know who he was, you understand, but I thought I knew what he was. A fellow American, for one thing, and probably a member of the diplomatic mission at Bern. I wish now that that was all he had been. You have a reservation for me? The name, monsieur? Heywood. Frederick Heywood. One moment, monsieur. I made a mental note of that name as I shuffled my cards and dealt myself another hand of solitaire. I was sitting in the lobby, close to the desk, and not by accident either. I made it my business to catch the names of new arrivals. If you know a man's name, he's usually more willing to sit down at a card table with you. And if the guests at Noirmont didn't play cards with me, how could I eat? Well? Clerk, do you have the reservation or not? Yes. Here it is, monsieur. It was phoned in yesterday from Bern. Your room is being prepared now, sir. Let me know when it's ready. I'll be in the bar. I went to work, then followed him into the bar. I was sure by then that I'd size him up right. A secretary or a file clerk could come to the lodge to ski and relax. He was ripe for picking, I figured. I found him at a table by the window looking out over the mountains of snow and ice and down into the green valley where Switzerland became France. Nazi occupied France. Welcome to Norman, Mr. Hayward. Huh? Who are you? Name's Slade. Mike Slade. I heard you ask for your reservation. I couldn't help overhearing your name. You're an American. That's right. You mind if I sit down? Thanks. Up here to do a little skiing, I suppose? Perhaps. Planning to stay long? That depends. On what? On a number of things. None of which are your business. Relax, Mr. Haywood. You don't have to be afraid to talk to me. I'm not on the enemy's side. In fact, I'm not on anybody's side. I'm just a plain, ordinary, private citizen. Oh. And what are you doing in Switzerland? He asked. So I told him the whole sad story. How I'd shipped out of San Francisco when I was 15. How I jumped ship in Shanghai. How I'd spent the next 25 years gambling my way around the world till I hit it big, knocking over a roulette wheel in Paris for a million francs. So you're up here blowing your million francs, huh, Slade? No, not exactly. Didn't last long enough to blow. A week after I won it, the Germans marched into Paris and my money wasn't worth a thin dime. I got away and landed up here at Nuoma and been waiting ever since. Waiting for what? Why, for someone to win this war, of course. Someone? Anyone, you mean. Oh, I'm not too particular, Mr. Heywood. Like I say, I don't play sides. I'm. I'm what they call a neutral, I guess. A neutral American, huh? Well, it's been a long time since I was in America. I just want him to get the war over with somehow so Jen and I can get out of here. Jen? My girl, Mr. Haywood. She's one of the skiing instructors here at the lodge. And when I go, she's promised to go with me. I see. Now I'll go see if my room's ready. Oh, wait a minute. How about another drink? No, thanks. Well, look, if you're not doing anything tonight and you'd like a little game of stud. No, thanks, Noel. It's as good a way as any to pass the evening up here. Maybe, but I'm rather particular about the kind of men I gamble with, Slade. Especially the kind of Americans. Oh, well, I figured some guys couldn't help being patriots. Me, I had other things to worry about. Not enough money in my jeans to pay for my room at the end of the week. And no stud game in sight.

[Jen]

Hello, Mike.

[Mike Slade]

Jen. How are you, baby?

[Jen]

I came into the bar a few minutes ago, but you were talking to somebody here. Who was he?

[Mike Slade]

A guy named Heywood. An American, just checked in from Berne.

[Jen]

From Berne? With Mike? He couldn't have.

[Mike Slade]

What do you mean?

[Jen]

Well, after that heavy snow last night, he couldn't have come by automobile. And you know perfectly well the train from Bern doesn't arrive for another three hours.

[Mike Slade]

Hey, I forgot about that. Then how the devil did he get here?

[Jen]

There's only one way. He must have walked.

[Mike Slade]

Walked? All the way from Bern?

[Jen]

Of course not. He walked from down there in the valley. He came across the French border.

[Mike Slade]

Baby, you're forgetting there's a war on. There aren't any Americans touring France these days.

[Jen]

No, but there are some fighting for France. Fighting with the French Marquis?

[Mike Slade]

I don't Know what you're talking.

[Jen]

American intelligence agents, Mike.

[Mike Slade]

Hey, wait a minute. Maybe you've got something there. That would explain why Haywood brushed me off that way. He must be one of those OSS guys we heard about. It was the only answer. I didn't think much of it. I figured an OSS agent just out of occupied France wouldn't have enough money to finance a game of stud. So I went looking for someone who would. We wish two rooms, clerk. One for stud, one for myself. Krauts were Krauts. And you didn't have to be a patriot like Haywood not to like them. But I figured if these two guys at the desk were a couple of jokers on a holiday, they'd be well healed. This is ridiculous.

[Adam Graham]

Ridiculous.

[Mike Slade]

That's all I. Welcome to Noirmont, gentlemen. What about those rooms? I don't believe I quite caught your names. Gentlemen, if you please. My friend, we are trying to get accommodations. I am sorry, Herr Keitel. All I can give you, and Herr you and Herr Wierstadt is a double room. There are no single ones. No, sir. The American who arrived today took the last one. Oh, an American arrived today? I'm an American, too. Slade's my name. Mike Slade. But it was not you who just came. Oh, no, no. I've been around for nearly three years. The new guest is Mr. Hayward. Mr. Hayward, eh? And his room?

[Jen]

18.

[Mike Slade]

Room 18. I'm in 27 myself. Gentlemen, if you'd be interested in a friendly game of stud poker this evening. I can't hear, Slade. I'm afraid we are going to be busy this evening. Yeah, that is true. We are going to be very bus. So that took care of my last chance to put some meat on my thin bankroll. Jen and I had dinner at the lodge that night. Then I walked her back to her cottage above the hotel. The moon was bright. Dry snow squeaked under our feet. It was the same as any other night at Noirmont. Seemed the same anyway. Even the things we talked about were the same.

[Jen]

You must be patient, Mike. We will leave Noir Mall someday.

[Mike Slade]

But when? And how? We'll never get out until I lay my hands on some dough. Big dough, I mean. Not the kind I can win from a bunch of yokels who don't know two pair from a straight.

[Jen]

Your government would send you home, maybe.

[Mike Slade]

Maggot. Yeah, sure, sure, and shove me in the army. Only they don't have any use for a guy my age. And that makes it mutual. Besides, they wouldn't let you go with me.

[Jen]

But I Would wait. And when the war is over.

[Mike Slade]

No dice, kid. When I go, you go. So the answer's still money. But listen, Lord. Sounds like somebody's been hurt. Come on, honey.

[Jen]

Down. Down. This way. Mike. There's something lying this nose.

[Mike Slade]

Yeah. Yeah, that must be him.

[Jen]

Mike. Mike. It's the American. Mr. Hayward.

[Mike Slade]

It was Hayward, all right. But it didn't look much like him anymore. His nose was broken and the rest of his face was pushed out of shape. Lord knows what else they've done to him. That you, Slade? All right. Take it easy, fella. We'll get the doctor at the lodge. No use shoe, Slade. Shoo. You understand him, Jim?

[Jen]

It sounds as if he's saying shoo.

[Mike Slade]

Yes. Shoe.

[Jen]

Heel.

[Mike Slade]

Left shoe.

[Jen]

The heel of his left shoe.

[Mike Slade]

MacAllister. What? What was that? McAllister. Yes.

[Jen]

He's fainted. I'll get Dr. Gantha. Mike.

[Mike Slade]

Never mind. Dr. Gunther. Jen. He's dead.

[Jen]

Dead?

[Mike Slade]

No.

[Jen]

How could it have happened? You think he fell from the rock up there?

[Mike Slade]

No, baby. He didn't fall from any rock. He fell into the hands of a couple of Germans. It was all clear. By then. Heywood had been an OSS agent and the only winter sport the crowd to come to Noirmont for was torturing and beating him. It was tough. Plenty tough. But then I still had problems, too. I unlaced Haywood's left boot and slipped it off his foot.

[Jen]

What are you doing, Mike?

[Mike Slade]

Finding out what Hitler's happiness boys were after.

[Jen]

Look. The heel slips right off the shoe.

[Adam Graham]

Yeah.

[Mike Slade]

There's something inside it. Wait a minute there, Mike.

[Jen]

It's a little cylinder. Looks like a bullet.

[Mike Slade]

That's no bullet, baby. It's a cylinder of microfilm.

[Jen]

Microfilm? Pictures? Abu.

[Mike Slade]

I don't know. Whatever it is, it's important. Whatever's important is valuable.

[Jen]

What are you thinking, Mac?

[Mike Slade]

Me? I'm thinking about you and me, sweetheart.

[Jen]

You mean.

[Mike Slade]

Never mind. Now, look. You take this film and get back to your cottage and hide it. As far as anybody's concerned, you weren't with me when I found Heywood's body.

[Jen]

I don't understand.

[Mike Slade]

You will. Get going, baby.

[Jen]

But what are you going to do?

[Mike Slade]

Not a thing. Just sit around and cool my heels and wait for a guy named McAllister. Of course, I had to report Haywood's death. I reported it to Dr. Gunther, the house physician at the lodge. This is terrible. Such a tragic accident. I didn't say it was an accident, Doctor. Oh, but it was. Of course. Now, wait a minute. You said so, and I Am the doctor. Yeah, but you can't hear. Heywood slipped and fell from a rock. We will all do our best to see that there's no another such tragedy, will we? Not, Harslie? It gives the lodge a bad reputation. So Gunther had already been briefed by his fellow crowds. And Haywood's death was an accident. Well, I was all right with me. It didn't hurt my angle a bit. The next morning, Gunther got all the guests together in the lobby and broke the sad news. And I know, my friends, that you will all want to pay your last respects to the victim of this unfortunate accident. Services for Herr Heywood will be held in the chapel at 3 o' clock this afternoon. I turned away and I felt a little sick. Sometimes these Nazis made it hard for a guy to stay strictly neutral, I was thinking. Then a hand clapped me on the shoulder. Good morning, Auslade. Hello, Keitel. This is very sad, this news about your fellow countrymen. Yeah, you're all broken up about it, aren't you? Dr. Gunther informs me it was you who found the body. You and Dr. Gunther keep each other pretty well informed. I was wondering. House laid? Yeah. I was wondering if by any chance you also found something else. Were you? Will you keep right on wondering, Herr Keitel? I spent most of that day playing solitaire at my favorite table near the desk. I wasn't listening for the names of poker prospects anymore. I was listening for another name. McAllister. But I didn't hear it. At three o' clock I went down to the chapel. I figured I ought to pay my last respects to Heywood, too. Was the least I could do, considering how much I was going to owe him. Life is so cheap. The accidental death of a passing stranger may seem like a trivial thing. Believe me, my friend, it was almost over when a big blonde guy sat down next to me. You're Mike Slade? Yes, that's right. You found Haywood's body last night. But a few short hours ago, what was left of him, he was here with us. He was still alive, wasn't he? His spirit moving slightly. Did he say anything? Not much. Mention a name. McAllister. I'm McAllister. Now he is gone. Okay. And we are left here alone. He gave you something for me? Yeah. Good. When can I get it? When can you pay for it? Tragedy. Pay for it? That's what I said. Why, you dirty. Easy, pal. I want 25,000 francs. Dollars. Of all the filthy. Double crush. I'll watch it. Is that a way to act at your buddy's funeral. And now, dear friends, let us all bow our heads in prayer. The minister's sermon wasn't the only one I heard that day on the way back to the lodge. McAllister preached one, too. When you call your glad McAllister, you've got my proposition. Take it or leave it. You know what's on that microfilm? You realize? Where do you think I could get that kind of money? You might try the embassy at Bern. And if they won't buy, then maybe Berlin will. Berlin? You'd actually sell that film to the Nazis? Sell out your own country? I haven't had a country for a long time. You were born in America. Sure, but I've lived in Switzerland for quite a while. Some of its neutrality has rubbed off on me. I stayed away from Jen all that day because I didn't want to attract any attention to her. But as soon as it was dark, I started out for her cottage. I didn't get very far. Good evening, house lad. Wierstadt and I wish to talk to you. You guys pick funny places for conversation. On the contrary, this fits our needs admirably. Three of us are alone. We had another conversation last night in a similar place. They would regret to have this one end in the same way that one did. Okay, what are you after? The microfilm, of course. Please give it to us, Haslade. I don't know what you're talking about. Then I suppose we will have to instruct you. His arms. Wierstadt. Wierstadt pinned my arms behind me. Kaita let me have it. Square in the face with a fist as hard as a sledgehammer. Where's the microfilm, Slade? You'll never get it this way. You think not? You didn't get it away from Heywood this way, did you? Why don't you meatheads get smart? Kill me and you'll never lay hands on that film. And if we don't kill you? Then you might have a chance. How much would the chance cost us, Slade? How you catch an eye. How much? Well, I would have let you have it cheap before you started to push me around. The price has gone up. I want 50,000. 50,000 marks? Dollars. Think it over, boys. They must have seen some logic in it because. Because they stopped slugging me and went away to talk it over. I didn't go to Jen's cottage after all. I didn't want them following me. So I went back up to my room, and when I got there, found my door unlocked. The room was a shambles. Somebody'd gone through it like a cyclone. Come on in, Slade. You OSS boys know how to take a room apart, don't you? McAllister? When we have to. Did you have to do this? No. I came up to do it, but those Gestapo agents saved me the trouble. It was already done. I was afraid they might have found what they were looking for. How do you know they didn't? By the condition of your face. They've been working you over, haven't they? What of it? They wouldn't have bothered if they found the film. You're quite a brain, aren't you, McCallister? You're not Slade. If you were, you wouldn't be playing this game. You're gonna wind up just where Haywood is. I'll take my chances. You don't know what the DOE means to me. You'd understand. You don't know what these films mean to the Allies. Or maybe you'd understand. Those are pictures of German maps. Slade maps, showing the location of every Nazi V2 rocket launching site on the French coast. They could mean the saving of thousands of lives. They could even mean winning the war. Or losing it. Does that make any impression on you? My price is still the same. All right, then let me tell you what Heywood went through to get those films. You'll be wasting your time. My price is still the same. Okay? You're the guy who has to look in the mirror at yourself when you shave. I'll be around if you. Oh, I forgot about this. What? This picture. It was on the floor. I accidentally stepped on it and broke the frame. How many have that? I noticed the inscription. To Mike, with all my love, Jen. Okay, okay. Let's have it. She's the skiing instructor, isn't she? Beautiful girl. Be a shame if anything happened to that face. Is that a threat, McAllister? No, no. The OSS doesn't go in for torturing women. Maybe we're too sentimental. Why would anybody want to torture her? Because she's helping you play your little angle. What makes you think so? Just a guess. And if I can guess it, so can Keitel and Wierstadt. And they're not a bit sentimental. It took me a while to fall asleep after that, but I managed. It finally. Couldn't have been much later when the phone beside my bed woke me up. Yeah.

[Adam Graham]

Mike?

[Mike Slade]

Jen, baby, what's the matter?

[Jen]

I've got to talk to you. Mike, Come to the cottage. Right.

[Mike Slade]

I was scared then. All the way over, McAllister's words kept ringing in my ears. And I was scared to look at her face. But there was nothing the matter with it when I got there. The only marks on it were the marks of worry and a guilty conscience.

[Jen]

I couldn't sleep, Mike. I had to call you. I've been thinking about it all night.

[Mike Slade]

About my new business enterprise, I suppose. You mean.

[Jen]

Yes. Trying to make money out of those microfilms. It's wrong, darling. We can't go through with it.

[Mike Slade]

Two Bits says McAllister was here.

[Jen]

Yes. Yes.

[Mike Slade]

He was waving the flag all over the place.

[Jen]

What he said made sense. He told me what was on the film. He made me see how Haywood had suffered to get it.

[Mike Slade]

I'm surprised you didn't turn it over to him.

[Jen]

I wouldn't do that. You know it. But I want you to turn it over to him.

[Mike Slade]

I will. For 25 grand.

[Jen]

No, Mike. For nothing. Because they belong to him, rightfully. And because they'll help the Allies win the war.

[Mike Slade]

No dice, baby.

[Jen]

Mike, do you want those vile Merthyrs Nazis to win?

[Mike Slade]

All I want is my 25 GS. Then you and I can get out of here.

[Jen]

Not you and I, Mike. What? I won't go with you under those conditions.

[Mike Slade]

You don't mean that.

[Jen]

I do. I do. I love you, Mike. But I couldn't go on loving you if you did a thing like this. I come to hate you, Jen. I'm sorry, darling. It's true.

[Mike Slade]

Round. Mike. I've waited 25 years for a break like this. I'm not gonna let it run down the drain. Not even for you. If you don't want to go, okay. I'll be traveling alone. I don't think you'll be traveling anywhere just yet, Asked Slade. It was Keitel. And just behind him was Verstadt. And both of them carried Luger's. Before I could move, Wurstad had used his. The butt of it clipped me on the head. Oh, no. I remember hearing Jen scream and feeling myself crumbling toward the floor. When I came to, I couldn't move my arms and my legs. Took me a minute to figure out why I was tied to a chair. Slowly, the room came back in focus and I saw the two Gestapo agents. Then I saw Jenny. What they've been doing to her. Get your hands off her, you filthy rats. Don't touch her again. There will be no need to touch her. Her. Slade, you will cooperate with us better than she has been doing. Where is the microfilm, Harslade? You still think you're gonna find out for free, huh? Yeah. We think so. Where is the microfilm, Harslade? Let her alone. Your baby. Then tell us where it is. All right, all right. Stop it and I'll tell you. Stop it. We have stopped her, Slade. Now, please tell us. Okay. The microfilm is. It came from outside, through the window. That revolver shot Veerstadt, let out a groan and dropped to the floor. Keitel dropped to the floor, too, but he hadn't been hit. He flicked the light switch as he went down. The room went black. The advantage was all his now he was in a pitch black room. Whoever was outside was moving around in the bright moonlight, made even brighter by the snow. I saw Keitel's gun spit. The gun outside answered it. I was still tied hand and foot to the chair. There wasn't anything I could do. Or was there? I remember that the light switch was just over my head. I worked until I got my chair turned around so I was facing the wall. I started butting upward at the switch with my head. Three times I missed it. Fourth time it clicked. The room was flooded with light. Keitel was outlined at the window like a sitting duck. It wasn't any great surprise when a tall blond guy walked in a minute later and started to untie me. Looks as if you had to choose sides after all, Slane. Yeah, Looks as if maybe I did. McAllister. You all right, Jen?

[Jen]

Yes, I. I'll be fine now.

[Mike Slade]

Sure, baby.

[Jen]

Yes, Mike. And thank you, Mr. McAllister.

[Mike Slade]

I should have said that, too, McAllister. Thanks. That's okay, Mike.

[Jen]

And, honey, don't you see now?

[Mike Slade]

Don't you understand I don't know what you're talking about?

[Jen]

You do. You must. The difference between him and those horrible brutes. It's the whole point, Mike. That's why you can't hold onto that microphone.

[Mike Slade]

Oh, yeah? Yeah. The microfilm. I've been thinking about that. You've decided to give it to me. No, I haven't. McAllister, I'm a gambler, and gamblers don't give things away. All they do give is a sporting chance. What do you mean? I'll cut cards with you for the microfilm. Double or nothing. If I get the high card, you'll give me the film, right? If I get high card, you pay me 50,000. It's a deal. Slate. Okay. Here, shovel. Mcallister, You cut first. One card does it. Well, six. Not so good, fella. Go on, Slade. Cut. Well, Four. I win. Yeah, you win. Get him the film, Jen.

[Jen]

All right, Mike.

[Mike Slade]

Now, both sides in this War have cost me money.

[Jen]

Here. Here it is, Mr. McAllister.

[Mike Slade]

Thanks.

[Jen]

And good luck to you.

[Mike Slade]

With his luck, he'll win the war single handed. These microfilms will help. Goodbye, Jen. He's seeing you, slave. Yeah, he's seeing him. McAllister.

[Jen]

Mike. Why did you do it?

[Mike Slade]

Do what?

[Jen]

Here's your card. The one you cut. He wasn't a fool. It was a 10.

[Mike Slade]

Yeah, I know you.

[Jen]

You had him beaten. He would have paid the 50,000.

[Mike Slade]

That's right, Mark.

[Jen]

Why did you do it?

[Mike Slade]

I don't know, baby. I guess some guys just can't help being suckers.

[Jen]

I guess some guys just can't help being patriots.

[Mike Slade]

So we were stuck in Switzerland for a couple of more years, Jen and I. There were times when I could have kicked myself for being a sentimental chump. Lots of times. Until a day came after the war when I ran into McAllister again. I felt better about it. Then, I guess you know, what the Allied air forces did to those Nazi rocket launching sites along the French coast Couldn't have been done without the microfilm, Slade. So you can take some credit for it. You were the toughest ally the OSS ever had, brother. But you did the job. And once again, the report of another OSS agent closes with the words mission accomplished. Today's story was based on actual incidents recorded in the Washington files of the OSS and was brought to you on Cloak and dagger. Heard in today's cloak and dagger adventures. Mcallister was les tremaine, mike slade, bill quinn, jen, jan minor. Others were grant richards, raymond edward johnson, carl weber, charles irving, stefan schnabel, boris applin, paul arnold and jerry jarrett. The script was written by ken field and the music was under the direction of john gart. Sound effects by jerry magee. Engineering by joe silva. Today's oss adventure was based on the book cloak and dagger by corey ford and alistair mcbain. This program was produced by louis g. Cowan and alfred hollander and under the direction and supervision of sherman marks.

[Adam Graham]

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