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* PulledFromYourDayOff: Anticipating a much-needed vacation from his [[MeanBoss abusive boss]] Earl Janoth, magazine editor George Stroud finally reaches a breaking point when Janoth insists he skip his much-delayed honeymoon and go out of town on assignment.
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* {{Lockdown}}: In the Janoth Publications building, Stroud tries to avoid the witnesses, but one of them sees and recognizes him as the mystery man. Stroud slips away before the witness identifies him to the investigators, who now know that the mystery man is in the building but do not know his identity. All exits from the building are sealed, and the building's occupants must leave by the main door, with the witnesses watching for the mystery man. Building security men sweep the building to find the wanted man.
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* CharacterNameAlias: George Stroud uses the alias 'Jefferson Randolph': the name of a comedy SouthernGentleman his actor friend [=McKinley=] used to play on the radio.
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* BrickJoke: In her first scene, Louise Patterson mentions that her husband's whereabouts are unknown. Much later, she finds him: he's [[spoiler:Stroud's actor friend, McKinley]]. And he's not particularly happy to see her.

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* BrickJoke: In her first scene, Louise Patterson mentions that her husband's whereabouts are unknown. Much later, she finds him: he's [[spoiler:Stroud's actor friend, McKinley]].[=McKinley=]]]. And he's not particularly happy to see her.
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* DetectiveMole: After he murders his mistress Pauline York, publisher Earl Janoth decides to frame the man he saw leaving her aprtment before he arrived whose name he thinks is Jefferson Randolph. To his end, he orders the staff of ''Crimeways'' magazine to devote their efforts to locating Randolph, and puts ''Crimeways'' editor George Stroud in charge of the hunt: not knowing that [[HiredToHuntYourself 'Jefferson Stroud' is really George Stroud]].

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* DetectiveMole: After he murders his mistress Pauline York, publisher Earl Janoth decides to frame the man he saw leaving her aprtment apartment before he arrived arrived, whose name he thinks is Jefferson Randolph. To his end, he orders the staff of ''Crimeways'' magazine to devote their efforts to locating Randolph, and puts ''Crimeways'' editor George Stroud in charge of the hunt: not knowing that [[HiredToHuntYourself 'Jefferson Stroud' Randolph' is really George Stroud]].
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* DetectiveMole: After he murders his mistress Pauline York, publisher Earl Janoth decides to frame the man he saw leaving her aprtment before he arrived whose name he thinks is Jefferson Randolph. To his end, he orders the staff of ''Crimeways'' magazine to devote their efforts to locating Randolph, and puts ''Crimeways'' editor George Stroud in charge of the hunt: not knowing that [[HiredToHuntYourself 'Jefferson Stroud' is really George Stroud]].

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