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The Economist

Chicago, the Summer of 1932. There are 12-million unemployed in the U.S.; with less money to spend, the price of booze goes down. The whiskey Syndicate is meeting; the chairman is the powerful gangster Vincent Tunis who runs the town. His 3 lieutenants suggest they hit the speaks. To make a point, Tunis demands a toothpick from his underling Charlie Grach; Tunis roughs him up, bloodies his nose, and points a gun at Charlie*-- demanding a toothpick. Charlie pleads, ""I can't give ya what I haven't got."" Tunis quips, ""Neither can the speak operators."" Vincent Tunis is The Economist: he explains the law of supply-and-demand to the Syndicate. The speak owners get 15 cents a shot for booze, that's $3 a bottle, that's $36 a case-- and the Syndicate wants $75 a case; the speak owners can't give the Syndicate what they don't have. So, Tunis will dry up the market, sending the price of booze way up-- he says, to ""20 cents, 30 cents, 50 cents: where it belongs""** Vincent Tunis reads to t

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  • Originally Aired October 16, 1962
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network ABC (US)
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Name Type Role
Harold Gast Writer
Charlie Picerni Guest Star
Ellen Madison Guest Star
Earl Parker Guest Star
James T. Callahan Guest Star
Joseph Sirola Guest Star
Rae Allen Guest Star
Henry Corden Guest Star
Malachi Throne Guest Star
Noam Pitlik Guest Star
A.G. Vitanza Guest Star
Ken Lynch Guest Star
Helen Kleeb Guest Star
Frank Wilcox Guest Star
Joseph V. Perry Guest Star
George Mathews Guest Star
Paul Stanley Director