CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Episode 11

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Title:

Accounts Receivable

Plot:

Burdened with the responsibility of his sick father who has been recently released from jail, a son must also struggle to find $15,000 and buy out his business associate in order to keep his business afloat

Episode:

0011

Air Dates:

First Run - January 16, 1974
Repeat - March 9, 1974

Actors:

Prince, William

Writer:

Sloan, Sidney

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7 Responses to Episode 0011

Not a satisfying ending, in that some critical threads are unresolved...however, it's not supposed to be that kind of story. Morality play, no supernatural elements.
	Andy, 2011-07-18 23:13:14

Phil is needing money for his gas station business takes in his sick father who was recently released from prison. Phil soon develops a sharp temper and a penchant for punching people in the face. He is convinced he can squeeze the money out of his pop whom he calls Frank. Pretty good episode with a sad ending, poor Phil, poor Frank.
	Alan, 2011-07-19 13:48:36

I disagree with Andy that the ending here is unsatisfying. While it's true that some plot elements remain unresolved, they aren't critical to the resolution. This episode is a fine morality play, with a good lesson about money's corrupting power and an unexpected ending. No supernatural elements.
	Yisterwald, 2011-11-04 21:47:51

An emotionally harsh drama. A lesson is learned in the bitter end.
	E.A. Abergos, 2012-12-13 10:18:58

A son brings his ailing, paroled father home from the hospital. Meanwhile, he must find $15000 to buy out his business partner or lose his business.
	Dianne F., 2013-01-17 09:20:40

Kind of sappy, but well acted.
	Florence Grace, 2013-01-17 09:23:42

No supernatural, no unexplained phenomenon, no psychological terror... just a story of the relationship between a father and son. This is a beautiful episode. A man is called to take his elderly ailing father home from prison on a compassionate parole from his robbery sentence. His son is an honest and hard-working down-to-earth individual who despises his father for his crimes and his absence in his own youth. Reluctantly he takes him in. The son's business partner is pressuring him to buy him out and the bank is hesitant to lend him the entire sum. The son, desperate for cash, demands from his father the money he is said to have received from the robbery, but denies he ever had. Well developed characters. It sounded like the little grandson was actually played by a child actor, which was wonderful. I recall other episodes (The Hands of Mrs. Mallory) where the role of children are quite obviously played by adults, and quite unconvincingly.

Gary, 2013-01-17 09:37:16

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