Broadcast: 6th July 1953

Starring: Paul Frees, Lou Merrill

Added: Jun 14 2005

The sound you hear is that of a man having his right hand hook filed. It’s Saturday night in London town and he wants to be gleaming and presentable. The year is 1739 when a well-sharpened hook in London town was considered prudent and Captain Ratt besides being a drunkard a scoundrel and a smuggler was a prudent man. The young man handling the file is named Charles Drew Junior and he is performing this intimate little ironmongery because he needs a favor done, captain Ratt can help him out. He can supply the youngster with an alibi and Junior badly needs one for he has just shot his father dead…