CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER, “Jimmy Valentine’s Guilt,â€ starring Robert Dryden and Paul Hecht, with E.G. Marshall, host. O. Henry’s classic story about the reformation of America’s most famous safecracker, Jimmy Valentine.

Jimmy Valentine, whom O. Henry met while both were serving time in an Ohio penitentiary, is released and returns immediately to his chosen profession -- safecracking. Pursued by the feds, he lands in the small town of Elmore, Ark., and prepares to rob its only bank. But when he meets the bank president’s daughter, Annabelle, Jimmy decides to go straight. He opens a shoe store and becomes engaged to Annabelle, hoping, mistakenly, the feds will never find him.

CAST:
O. Henry.................ROBERT DRYDEN                 Mike.........................Court Benson
Jimmy Valentine............PAUL HECHT                    Ben Price..................Ken Harvey
                                                Annabelle Adams...............Catherine Byers
ADAPTED BY: Sam Dann