Philip Marlowe – The Bums Rush. ep48, 490903

Gerald Mohr in 1951. A black and white photograph of Gerald Mohr, a man in a suit and tie, posing in front of a microphone with headphones on. He is holding a script in one hand and appears to be in the midst of speaking or recording. The background is dark and nondescript, with no discernible details.

Audio quality is good, but not as high resolution as others in the series.

Aunt jessie phones philip for help for her problem. A proud man wants to win her affections, but is clearly a bum on the prowl for a hand out. is this all a joke, or will philip be able to help his relative with her situation? posing as a man in need of a job, philip goes to see mr hearsh at his employment agency. not fooling anybody, and being tossed out marlowe comes face to face with the man he’s looking for, jonathan miner. There’s been a mix up in identity, and the case gets more complicated. After a thump on the head, marlowe wakes up to the sound of a gun shot.
Still not gaining
ground on learning the real identity of his aunt jessie’s caller, marlowe confronts him, with pistol in hand. The situation escalates, but will the cop waiting at marlowe’s car be a help, or hindrance? The race is on, but will marlowe be in time to stop another murder from going down?

The truth of the case bursts to the surface, but is it too late for marlowe? has he just walked into a trap? in epilog marlowe shares the events of his narrow escape, and how he put the clues together to save the day for aunt jessie.