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Vice Detail. A professional gambling ring is on the move, and Joe Friday is out to put a stop to it.
Bill Lockwood returns as Joe’s partner and the cops interview an informant over a cup of coffee. Dave makes a living as a pinsetter, a job being quickly made obsolete by those new automatic machines. A couple of new faces in the bowling alley let on about the new big game in town. The cops make it worth the information with a ten spot.
In voiceover, Joe tells about the dangers of illegal gambling. Even if somebody wins, he could find himself beaten and robbed. Following leads, Joe and Bill stakeout locations, and a raid goes down. Gunshots. Gamblers bail out the windows. “What’s the beef! All these guys want is to play a little cards. Nobody ever got hurt!”
Mike seems to be the ringleader, but will he come clean downtown? The cops try to play one partner against the other. The stakes in the gambling biz just got raised when the report comes in that the cop who was shot in the raid just died.
The tough act drops, and Mike tells all about his contact. the man who is really behind the moving card games. Delano freely admits his racket as a gambler, And he owns the murder weapon. Will the cops buy his story? Does his choice of employees absolve him from guilt? What will the rest of the thugs have to say once they’re picked up?
