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Episode 11: A Stitch in Crime

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Previous: Episode Ten: A Neat Little Package                          Next:  A Million Bucks in Anybody's Language "We're In Stitches with Honey, "And it's not even funny." Honey and Sam are driving their van from Los Angeles to San Francisco to deliver twenty-two expensive gowns for a fashion show. They are 325 miles south of their destination. They must have started their trip less than an hour ago because they have not gotten very far, maybe twenty-five miles! Their client, Mr. Antoine of Beverly Hills, is so concerned with security that he has hired H. West and Co. to guard the gowns, but Honey and Sam have not taken any special precautions. It is just the two of them transporting the merchandise that is loaded in the back of their early-1960s Ford Econoline van. They are tooling along on the open road without a soul in sight — including, as Sam notes in this scene, no police, in case there is any trouble. So, what could go wrong?  How about a station wag