- John Beresford Tipton: [Anthony enters the Tipton estate hobby room, to find Tipton operating a set of electric trains. Tipton switches off the trains] Hello, Mike.
- Michael Anthony: You sent for me, sir?
- John Beresford Tipton: Mike, j'ever play with trains when you were a boy?
- Michael Anthony: Yes, sir, I certainly did.
- John Beresford Tipton: [Chuckles] I still do. But nowadays it's not so much the railroads that fascinate me as the men who build them - and the men who build the great bridges and dams and roads that tread their way across the land.
- Michael Anthony: It can be very dangerous work, sir.
- John Beresford Tipton: Yes. They face great physical problems, Mike, and emotional problems, too.
- [Tipton hands over envelope to Anthony]
- John Beresford Tipton: Our next millionaire is one of these men.
- [Anthony bows and departs]
- Michael Anthony: [to the viewers] Steve Logan and Larry Smart had been friends ever since they fought together in Korea, and they remained friends afterwards - close friends.
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- Michael Anthony: [to the viewers] My name is Michael Anthony, and until his death, I was executive secretary to John Beresford Tipton, a multibillionaire, who had the strange hobby of giving away $1,000,000. One million dollars, tax-free, to an individual who had never met him, who indeed had never even heard of him. This is Silverstone, John Beresford Tipton's 60,000-acre estate. Mr. Tipton was a man of amazingly wide interests - so wide that one never knew what to expect when called into his presence.
- Steve Logan: [Anthony rings the doorbell of Steve Logan's apartment. Logan responds] Yes?
- Michael Anthony: Mr. Logan?
- Steve Logan: Yeah?
- Michael Anthony: My name is Michael Anthony. I'd like to speak to you for a moment.
- Steve Logan: Well, I'm afraid I don't need anything right now.
- Michael Anthony: I'm not selling anything - not a thing.
- Steve Logan: What do you want to talk to me about?
- Michael Anthony: [Anthony opens his briefcase and withdraws a check, which he holds up before Logan] About this, Mr. Logan.
- Steve Logan: A million dollars? Brother, if I had that much money, I'd...
- Michael Anthony: It's yours, free and clear,
- [Removes a paper from his briefcase]
- Michael Anthony: provided you sign this document. You merely pledge yourself not to tell anyone, except your wife when you do marry, the exact amount of this gift or how you got it. If you do, you forfeit what's left.
- Steve Logan: A gift? For me? But who would give me a million dollars?
- Michael Anthony: You will never know his name.
- Steve Logan: Are you kidding? What are you - a crackpot or something?
- [Logan grabs Anthony and pushes him into the closed front door]
- Steve Logan: Why you phony, for two cents, I'd...
- Michael Anthony: PLEASE! Look at this! It's a cashier's check!
- Steve Logan: [Accepting check] It is a check. A million dollars. Wowee!
- Michael Anthony: If you'll, uh, just sign the document.
- Steve Logan: This check better be good.
- Michael Anthony: Oh, it... it... it's good.
- Steve Logan: [Logan signs the agreement, which Anthony returns to his briefcase] You know what this means, Mr. Anthony? It means my partner and I are in business.
- [Shakes hands with Anthony]
- Michael Anthony: I'm very happy for you, Mr. Logan. Goodbye.
- [Anthony leaves]