WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.440 Just about the gayest couple in detective fiction are Nora and Nick Charles. 00:05.440 --> 00:10.240 Nick Charles is really the detective, but Nora makes a beautiful and able assistant. 00:10.240 --> 00:14.400 You'll hear all about the Charles family when you listen to the Adventures of the Thin Man 00:14.400 --> 00:20.560 every Friday beginning January 8th over this station at 8.30 p.m. Eastern wartime, and 00:20.560 --> 00:25.560 for the Pacific time zone at 9.30 p.m. Pacific wartime. 00:25.560 --> 00:40.560 Suspense. 00:40.560 --> 00:54.200 Tonight, Columbia brings you as guest stars two deaf players from the movie 00:54.200 --> 01:00.200 Laps of Hollywood, the stages of Broadway. Mr. Lesser Landy and Mr. George Caloris, 01:01.000 --> 01:08.600 they are here to spend with us a half hour of suspense. Suspense is compounded of mystery 01:08.600 --> 01:15.080 and suspicion and dangerous adventure. In this series of stories calculated to intrigue you, 01:15.080 --> 01:21.320 disturb your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation, and then withhold the solution until 01:21.320 --> 01:29.320 the last possible moment. Tonight, for instance, Miss Landy plays for us an agreeable young lady 01:29.320 --> 01:36.440 who is on the trail of some hot money, and Mr. Caloris plays for us a disagreeable young man 01:36.440 --> 01:43.800 who may or may not know more about the money than he says. We trust that with this tale we 01:43.800 --> 01:54.440 shall keep you in suspense. For Suspense tonight, CBS presents Alissa Landy and George Caloris 01:54.440 --> 02:14.520 in Nothing Up My Sleeve by John Dixon Carr. 02:18.520 --> 02:23.400 It's New Year's Eve, remember? Times Square is celebrating. The fiery lights flash no longer, 02:23.400 --> 02:28.280 but the crowds are still the same, thronging, jostling, singing, drowning out a voice at the 02:28.280 --> 02:34.360 street corner when it says, fatal gun battle at Jamaica, read all about it, fatal gun battle at 02:34.360 --> 02:42.120 Jamaica, read all about it. But would that cry perhaps reach as far as a large and sedate 02:42.120 --> 02:47.880 country house some 20 miles from New York? Out there the earth is sealed up with snow. 02:47.880 --> 02:53.800 The white pillars of the house rise up high and ghostly against it, showing no outward lights. 02:54.520 --> 03:00.920 A lonely house, this mansion in fir woods. Just the place for a murder, I've always said. 03:00.920 --> 03:06.600 It wouldn't surprise me either. These ralphs are a funny lot. And alone in that house tonight, 03:06.600 --> 03:13.000 apparently alone, is a man practicing shots in a billiard room, a long and paneled room 03:13.000 --> 03:23.080 at the back of the house. Now look at Mr. Derrick Ross, as tall and lean and well tailored as ever. 03:24.040 --> 03:29.720 Many people don't like him. He's a little too supersillient, a little too short of himself, 03:29.720 --> 03:36.280 too suggestive of the lifted lip and the glazed eye. There he stands in the billiard room, 03:36.280 --> 03:42.680 under the snow covered skylight, leaning over the green cloth under brilliant lights when... 03:42.680 --> 03:46.440 Just a moment please. 03:49.160 --> 03:52.040 Good shot. Yes, come in. 03:53.240 --> 03:55.080 Excuse me, Mr. Ross. Oh, not at all. 03:56.040 --> 04:00.680 Wait, wait, aren't you... I'm Dorothy Dale, your aunt's social secretary. 04:00.680 --> 04:02.920 Surely you remember that. Oh, of course, of course. 04:02.920 --> 04:07.400 Forgive me for forgetting your name. You surprised me, Dorothy. 04:07.400 --> 04:12.040 Yes, I thought I surprised you a little. No, I mean you surprised me by being in the house at all. 04:12.040 --> 04:17.160 Why? Why? Well, this is New Year's Eve. Shouldn't you be out getting drunk and blowing cardboard 04:17.160 --> 04:23.000 horns and doing the other fantastic things that people do? I haven't much heart for that tonight. 04:23.000 --> 04:30.840 Please don't become emotional, Dorothy. I detest emotion. If you're shivering, go over by the radiator. 04:30.840 --> 04:34.920 Mr. Rolfe, may I ask you a question? Of course. 04:34.920 --> 04:39.160 Did you ever feel sick at heart? Physically sick, I mean, so that your insides turned over 04:39.160 --> 04:44.520 and you couldn't get your breath and... Did you? No, no, I can't say I did. 04:46.360 --> 04:50.520 May I move you aside for just a moment? Thank you. 04:52.360 --> 04:56.120 Ah, not bad. Can't you guess why I came here to see you tonight? 04:56.120 --> 04:58.840 No. Because I'm in terrible trouble, Mr. Rolfe. 04:58.840 --> 05:03.640 Desperate trouble. And I think you can help me. I can help you? How? 05:04.360 --> 05:07.160 For one thing, you're making quite a name for yourself as a lawyer. 05:07.160 --> 05:09.800 Yes, and that's what others have told me. For another thing, 05:11.720 --> 05:17.400 do you know a man named Shark Morgan? Shark Morgan? Shark, did you say? 05:18.760 --> 05:23.160 Shark Morgan. No, I'm sure I've never heard that name before. 05:23.160 --> 05:27.560 You ought to know him. He's a little dark-faced man with most of his upper lip cut away in a knife 05:27.560 --> 05:31.080 fight so that you can see all his teeth. That's why they call him Shark. 05:31.080 --> 05:33.880 Oh, he sounds like an unpleasant-looking person. 05:33.880 --> 05:39.560 He is or was a ghastly-looking person. You don't know him? He's not a client of yours? 05:39.560 --> 05:42.040 No. I don't believe you. 05:44.040 --> 05:50.760 Just a moment, Miss Dorothy Dale. I must put down this cue and say a few words myself. 05:50.760 --> 05:53.560 Please do. I don't want to be offensive to you, 05:53.560 --> 05:58.040 but it seems to me that for a paid employee of my aunt practically a servant, you're taking a great 05:58.040 --> 06:02.040 deal on yourself. If you're trying to hurt me that way, you're succeeding. Go ahead. 06:02.040 --> 06:05.800 You come to me at 11 o'clock at night. You come rushing into this billiard room. Observe, 06:05.800 --> 06:09.160 I call it a billiard room, though this is actually a pool table. 06:09.880 --> 06:13.400 Just as everything in life gets its wrong name. I entirely agree. 06:13.400 --> 06:16.920 Yes, but you agree about what? That everything gets its wrong name. 06:16.920 --> 06:19.960 Honest men are called thieves and thieves are called honest men. 06:19.960 --> 06:22.360 Would you mind explaining that remark, please? 06:22.360 --> 06:27.320 I can explain it very easily. I'm engaged to be married to Jerry Winton. 06:28.360 --> 06:33.480 Well? Don't say you don't know who Jerry Winton is. He was in college with you. 06:33.480 --> 06:37.880 I played on our extremely second-rate baseball team with him, yes. 06:37.880 --> 06:43.080 You never liked him, did you? Liked him? I'm afraid I never noticed him. 06:43.080 --> 06:48.120 Jerry Winton works at City and Provincial Bank on 51st Street. He's a teller there. 06:48.680 --> 06:51.960 Does that mean anything to you? No. You see, it's not my bank. 06:51.960 --> 06:54.840 I was at the City and Provincial Bank yesterday afternoon. 06:54.840 --> 06:58.840 Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Ralph, just before closing time. 06:59.640 --> 07:04.520 It was a dark day and the lights were on. There weren't many people in that big marble hall. 07:04.520 --> 07:07.000 I went up to Jerry's window, if that's what you call it. 07:15.160 --> 07:18.920 Can you cash a check for a million dollars? Hello, darling. 07:18.920 --> 07:22.920 Hello, Jerry. You glad to see me? I am not pleased to see you here, darling. 07:22.920 --> 07:25.560 I'm never pleased to see you here. And why not? 07:26.120 --> 07:29.960 Because I can't make love to you. Can you imagine anybody making love in a bank? 07:29.960 --> 07:34.440 We might sneak into the president's office. As a matter of fact, I've dreamed of holding a party in there. 07:35.400 --> 07:39.000 But it'll never happen unless I'm fired, which is very likely. 07:39.000 --> 07:43.080 Jerry, sometimes I wish you weren't so easy going. I'm not easy going with the bank's money, 07:43.080 --> 07:47.320 darling. Otherwise, I'd be shoving it out to you through the window in double handfuls like this. 07:47.320 --> 07:51.560 Jerry, for heaven's sake, no. Baby, state your business, madam. 07:51.560 --> 07:56.520 The convict in the next cage is watching us already. I want to cash a check. Here it is. 07:57.320 --> 08:00.120 Twenty dollars. That is, if my account can stand it. 08:00.680 --> 08:03.400 Yes, I think we can manage that. How will you have it? 08:03.400 --> 08:07.240 Oh, it doesn't matter anyway. Jerry. What's wrong? 08:07.880 --> 08:13.080 Look over there. Where? Over there by that marble table with the pens and ink on it. 08:13.080 --> 08:17.720 The little man with no upper lip to his mouth and all his teeth showing. 08:17.720 --> 08:23.480 The ugly looking devil I've met. He's carrying something like a violin case. 08:23.480 --> 08:30.120 Hold on. I've seen that fellow someplace before. Of course you have. Don't you remember where? 08:30.120 --> 08:34.520 It was... It was out at Mr. Rolfe's house in the country when you came to visit me last Sunday. 08:35.240 --> 08:39.240 The man with the teeth and five other men were coming out on the porches. We were going in. 08:39.240 --> 08:43.560 Wait a minute, darling. That's not all. What is it? 08:44.600 --> 08:47.080 There's some very funny looking customers in this bank right now. 08:48.440 --> 08:52.280 Where? At Mr. Wallace's window. At Mr. Robinson's window. 08:53.320 --> 08:57.000 And up by the guard at the front door. They don't seem to make any sound. 08:57.880 --> 09:01.640 As though they all wore rubber-soled shoes. Jerry, something's going to happen. 09:01.640 --> 09:03.880 I know it is. Unless I can get off this stool and walk... 09:05.560 --> 09:08.840 That was just to call your attention, folks. Just to call your attention. 09:08.840 --> 09:11.800 Now, just stand where you are, all of you. And nobody at get height. 09:11.800 --> 09:13.800 Darling, I'm scared. What should I do? 09:13.800 --> 09:15.400 Stand where you are. Just stand still. 09:15.400 --> 09:18.680 I don't dare turn around. Was that the man with the teeth? 09:18.680 --> 09:20.440 Yes, he's got the machine gun. 09:20.440 --> 09:23.000 We don't want any funny business about alarm bells, see? 09:23.720 --> 09:26.440 One of the boys has already gone behind to take up the collection. 09:27.080 --> 09:28.840 Just stay where you are. That's all you gotta do. 09:28.840 --> 09:30.120 You can't get away with this. 09:30.680 --> 09:35.960 Oh, look, boys. Here's a guy at the front with a nice mahogany desk and a plate with his name on it 09:35.960 --> 09:38.440 who says we can't get away with it. That's your hand. 09:38.440 --> 09:40.440 No, it's not. That wasn't in our order. 09:40.440 --> 09:41.480 We can't get away with it. 09:41.480 --> 09:43.640 Oh, he's crazy. 09:43.640 --> 09:44.760 I hear somebody else talking. 09:46.600 --> 09:47.560 Jerry! 09:47.560 --> 09:49.560 I thought I heard somebody over here. 09:49.560 --> 09:51.080 Oh, it's you, kid. 09:51.080 --> 09:53.400 Move to one side of the window, darling. Move to one side of the window. 09:53.400 --> 09:54.920 Don't worry, kid. I ain't gonna height you. 09:55.800 --> 09:56.200 No? 09:56.200 --> 09:59.000 Not a bit of it. Thanks for helping us. You'll get your cut later. 09:59.800 --> 10:01.240 What do you mean, my cut? 10:01.240 --> 10:04.120 It's what I said. You'll get your share when we divvy up. 10:04.120 --> 10:05.320 Well, I don't know anything about this, Robert. 10:05.320 --> 10:06.840 Don't worry, kid. We'll take care of you. 10:06.840 --> 10:08.680 I tell you, I don't know anything about this robbery. 10:08.680 --> 10:09.640 Jerry! 10:29.000 --> 10:31.960 Now, six ball in the end pocket. 10:33.800 --> 10:34.520 Got it. 10:34.520 --> 10:36.280 Are you listening, Mr. Ralph? 10:36.280 --> 10:39.000 This shark Morgan must have been quite a fool. I grant you that. 10:39.000 --> 10:41.320 He was a fool. He must have been crazy. 10:41.320 --> 10:43.960 But they've held Jerry at police headquarters just the same. 10:43.960 --> 10:46.040 Well, that's very unfortunate if he's innocent. 10:46.040 --> 10:47.080 You know he's innocent. 10:47.080 --> 10:48.920 I'm afraid I don't know anything about it. 10:48.920 --> 10:50.840 Don't you even know what happened today? 10:50.840 --> 10:52.040 Haven't you read the newspaper? 10:52.040 --> 10:52.680 No. 10:52.680 --> 10:55.400 The police trapped that whole gang in a Long Island farmhouse. 10:55.400 --> 10:56.760 There was a gunfight. 10:56.760 --> 10:58.040 Oh, is that so? 10:58.040 --> 10:59.800 Oh, no casualties, I hope. 10:59.800 --> 11:00.520 You hope? 11:01.320 --> 11:05.640 I must tell you again, darling, don't be emotional. I detest emotions. 11:05.640 --> 11:09.400 The whole gang were killed, every last one of them, including shark Morgan. 11:09.400 --> 11:12.280 So there's nobody to talk, nobody to tell, but... 11:12.280 --> 11:14.600 But, as you were saying? 11:14.600 --> 11:15.960 They didn't find the money. 11:15.960 --> 11:16.680 What money? 11:16.680 --> 11:17.800 The stolen money. 11:17.800 --> 11:21.560 $88,000 taken from that bank, and yet the police can't find a cent of it. 11:22.200 --> 11:23.960 Shall I tell you why, Mr. Ralph? 11:23.960 --> 11:26.920 Because it was passed on to somebody else for safekeeping. 11:26.920 --> 11:28.680 Oh, passed on to somebody else. 11:28.680 --> 11:29.720 That's what I said. 11:30.760 --> 11:33.720 Well, perhaps your friend Jerry Winton could tell us where it is. 11:33.720 --> 11:37.560 That's what the police think. Can you imagine what he's going through tonight? 11:37.560 --> 11:39.960 It's not a pleasant way to spend New Year's Eve, I admit. 11:40.920 --> 11:41.560 Excuse me. 11:42.760 --> 11:46.520 But, you know, after all, the late shark Morgan did accuse Winton. 11:46.520 --> 11:48.840 Now, if he isn't guilty, why should Morgan accuse him? 11:48.840 --> 11:49.320 Meanness. 11:50.440 --> 11:52.440 I don't think I understand. 11:52.440 --> 11:55.560 Meanness. The sort of meanness that some people call a sense of humor. 11:56.520 --> 11:58.520 Morgan saw Jerry in this house. 11:58.520 --> 12:01.400 Oh, be careful, young lady, that's an actionable statement. 12:01.400 --> 12:03.240 I've already made it to the police, thanks. 12:03.240 --> 12:04.760 Oh, and did they believe you? 12:04.760 --> 12:05.240 No. 12:05.240 --> 12:08.120 They're a very intelligent crowd down a center street. 12:08.120 --> 12:10.120 And after all, your story isn't very credible. 12:10.120 --> 12:11.080 Why not? 12:11.080 --> 12:13.560 Well, shark Morgan sees your friend Winton, 12:13.560 --> 12:15.720 sees him for perhaps 10 seconds coming out of this house, 12:15.720 --> 12:18.520 and then accuses him of complicity in a bank robbery. 12:18.520 --> 12:19.800 Now, is that very likely? 12:19.800 --> 12:22.920 Yes, very likely. If somebody put him up to it. 12:23.480 --> 12:24.760 Again, I don't understand you. 12:24.760 --> 12:27.240 Somebody deliberately told Morgan to accuse Jerry 12:27.240 --> 12:29.080 and get him into as much trouble as possible. 12:29.080 --> 12:32.440 Tell me, Mr. Roth, why do you dislike Jerry so much? 12:32.440 --> 12:36.040 You know, now that you mention that fellow, I can recall who he is. 12:36.040 --> 12:37.640 Thanks for condescending to. 12:37.640 --> 12:38.680 Yes, yes, indeed. 12:38.680 --> 12:42.600 Why, he was the man in our class voted most likely to succeed. 12:43.960 --> 12:45.800 Now, let's see, where did you say he is tonight? 12:45.800 --> 12:47.560 He's just where you put him. 12:47.560 --> 12:50.360 You know, you're trying my patience to the very limit, young woman. 12:50.360 --> 12:51.880 And out in a Long Island farmhouse, 12:51.880 --> 12:53.880 there are five bodies full of bullet holes, 12:53.880 --> 12:56.840 five men you'll never speak again, and somewhere else. 12:56.840 --> 13:01.160 And somewhere else, maybe not very far from here, 13:01.160 --> 13:03.480 is the man who engineered the whole robbery, 13:03.480 --> 13:06.200 planned it and staged it and got his accomplices killed. 13:06.200 --> 13:08.360 My goodness, he must have supernatural powers. 13:08.360 --> 13:10.840 No witnesses, nobody to testify. 13:10.840 --> 13:12.440 Oh, if I could only find the money. 13:12.440 --> 13:14.360 $88,000, I think you said. 13:14.360 --> 13:16.520 I could only find the money and prove who had done it 13:16.520 --> 13:18.680 and prove Jerry innocent and just for one second 13:18.680 --> 13:21.800 get past that devilish smug mask of yours that's driving me. 13:23.720 --> 13:24.920 Anything wrong, Dorothy? 13:24.920 --> 13:29.240 No, no, nothing at all. 13:29.240 --> 13:31.240 You've been following me around and around this table. 13:32.360 --> 13:33.960 Have you been looking at something? 13:35.160 --> 13:38.040 Only admiring your billiard room, that's all. 13:38.040 --> 13:41.880 Oh, you haven't been looking at the suitcase, for instance? 13:41.880 --> 13:43.320 Oh, well, the suitcase. 13:43.320 --> 13:44.920 No, over on the bench under the cue rack. 13:45.800 --> 13:48.440 The suitcase that contains legal papers. 13:49.240 --> 13:50.920 I hadn't even noticed it. 13:52.120 --> 13:53.000 Mr. Rall. 13:53.000 --> 13:53.720 Yes, Dorothy? 13:53.720 --> 13:56.040 I'm afraid I've taken up a lot of your time 13:56.040 --> 13:58.200 and not done myself any good 13:58.200 --> 14:00.520 and made something of a spectacle of myself. 14:00.520 --> 14:02.360 Frankly, young woman, you have. 14:02.360 --> 14:04.520 Well, if you won't help me, you won't. 14:04.520 --> 14:05.480 That's that. 14:05.480 --> 14:07.480 If you don't mind, I'd like to go now. 14:07.480 --> 14:09.720 Suppose, my dear, I didn't choose to let you go. 14:09.720 --> 14:12.840 But why, why shouldn't you? 14:12.840 --> 14:14.680 What harm can I do? 14:14.680 --> 14:15.880 Now, who was it, who was it? 14:15.880 --> 14:18.440 Was it Meredith who remarked that the last thing 14:18.440 --> 14:21.640 to be civilized by man will be woman? 14:21.640 --> 14:24.440 Will be woman? I think it was, yes. 14:24.440 --> 14:25.640 And you know, and a slanderous woman 14:25.640 --> 14:26.760 can do a great deal of harm. 14:26.760 --> 14:30.120 But I, I haven't done you any harm so far. 14:30.120 --> 14:31.640 We're all alone in this house. 14:32.760 --> 14:34.200 There's not even a servant here. 14:35.160 --> 14:39.400 Now, if I chose to get between you and the door like this. 14:39.400 --> 14:40.440 Keep away from me. 14:40.440 --> 14:42.040 Oh, I'm not coming near you, Dorothy. 14:42.040 --> 14:44.120 I'm merely standing between you and the door. 14:45.240 --> 14:46.440 Now, I suppose you realize that 14:47.240 --> 14:49.640 I could turn very nasty in my life. 14:49.640 --> 14:50.840 What are you going to do? 14:50.840 --> 14:55.480 Do? Why, well, I'm going to open the door for you like this. 14:56.680 --> 14:59.880 I'm going to say, God bless you, my child. 14:59.880 --> 15:01.560 As befits a New Year's greeting. 15:02.120 --> 15:05.400 I'm going to show you out and wish you good night. 15:05.400 --> 15:05.900 You. 15:09.080 --> 15:11.640 Would you, you, you, you don't mind? 15:11.640 --> 15:13.640 Mind? Certainly not. 15:14.680 --> 15:16.760 You've got something to hide, haven't you, Mr. Rolfe? 15:16.760 --> 15:21.560 No, no, nothing, young woman, that I can't hide. 15:22.360 --> 15:23.560 Good night. 15:43.560 --> 15:44.360 Operator. 15:44.360 --> 15:45.960 What number are you calling, please? 15:45.960 --> 15:49.560 Operator, I want to get to police headquarters in New York City. 15:49.560 --> 15:51.320 No, no, no, no, that that would take too long. 15:51.320 --> 15:52.120 Wait, wait, wait. 15:53.000 --> 15:54.680 Get me the local police station. 15:54.680 --> 15:57.720 This is Mallingford eight, eight, nine, one. 15:57.720 --> 15:58.840 The local police station? 15:58.840 --> 16:00.200 Yes, yes, that's right. 16:00.200 --> 16:03.560 The number you want is Mallingford three to six. 16:03.560 --> 16:04.680 I will ring them. 16:04.680 --> 16:05.480 Thank you. 16:07.960 --> 16:09.800 Why is he so confident? 16:10.440 --> 16:12.360 What has he got up his sleeve? 16:12.360 --> 16:14.200 Mallingford police station. 16:14.200 --> 16:17.880 Oh, let me speak to the chief of police, please. 16:18.600 --> 16:19.880 You're speaking to him, ma'am. 16:20.840 --> 16:23.480 Nobody else is stay up here on New Year's Eve. 16:23.480 --> 16:25.960 My name is Dale, Miss Dorothy Dale. 16:25.960 --> 16:29.000 I'm speaking from Green Acres, Mr. Derek Rolfe's house, 16:29.000 --> 16:30.920 about two miles off the post road. 16:30.920 --> 16:32.200 Do you know it? 16:32.200 --> 16:34.440 Yes, I know it, but can't you talk louder? 16:34.440 --> 16:35.720 I can hardly hear you. 16:35.720 --> 16:37.320 I don't dare talk louder. 16:37.320 --> 16:40.040 I'm speaking from a phone just outside the post road. 16:40.040 --> 16:43.800 What about it? 16:43.800 --> 16:47.400 You want to recover the city and provincial bank money, don't you? 16:47.400 --> 16:48.600 I sure do, Miss. 16:48.600 --> 16:49.800 That money's hot, but... 16:49.800 --> 16:50.600 It's here. 16:50.600 --> 16:53.640 It's in this house, in this billiard room now. 16:53.640 --> 16:55.960 Oh, who's got it? 16:55.960 --> 16:57.560 Derek Rolfe himself. 16:58.360 --> 17:01.000 Look, Miss, is this on the level? 17:01.000 --> 17:02.440 I swear it's true. 17:02.440 --> 17:03.640 I've seen the money. 17:03.640 --> 17:05.800 Rolfe's a prominent people, you know. 17:05.800 --> 17:07.240 I can't help that. 17:07.240 --> 17:10.440 There's a big suitcase completely full of money in packages 17:10.440 --> 17:14.600 fastened with the paper label of the city and provincial bank, 17:14.600 --> 17:16.840 and that's not his own bank. 17:16.840 --> 17:18.040 Take it easy now. 17:18.040 --> 17:20.200 The lid of the suitcase wasn't quite closed. 17:20.200 --> 17:21.800 He thought he'd be alone here tonight, 17:21.800 --> 17:23.640 and that's why he was careless. 17:23.640 --> 17:25.640 Does he know you saw the money? 17:25.640 --> 17:27.000 Did I see the money? 17:27.000 --> 17:30.200 I... I... I'm not quite sure. 17:30.200 --> 17:31.800 You're not sure? 17:31.800 --> 17:34.040 No, I could almost have sworn he knew I saw the money, 17:34.040 --> 17:36.200 but he didn't seem to care. 17:36.200 --> 17:38.040 He... Be careful. 17:38.040 --> 17:40.040 The billiard room door's opening. 17:40.040 --> 17:42.840 I thought I heard someone using the telephone out here. 17:42.840 --> 17:45.240 Excuse me, Mr. Rolfe, I... I only... 17:45.240 --> 17:47.240 What's this about the door, Rolfe? 17:47.240 --> 17:48.840 These doors are rather thick, Dorothy, 17:48.840 --> 17:52.840 but I was under the impression that I heard somebody say police. 17:52.840 --> 17:54.840 Yes. Well, uh... 17:54.840 --> 17:56.840 Yes, you did. 17:56.840 --> 17:59.240 You weren't phoning the police by any chance, were you? 17:59.240 --> 18:00.840 Yes, I... I was. 18:00.840 --> 18:01.800 Why? 18:01.800 --> 18:02.840 I, uh... 18:02.840 --> 18:04.440 Go on, go on, go on. Why? 18:04.440 --> 18:07.640 As a matter of fact, I was trying to get in touch with Jerry. 18:07.640 --> 18:10.040 That's it. He's at police headquarters in New York, 18:10.040 --> 18:11.800 and I was trying to get in touch with him 18:11.800 --> 18:14.040 to see if they'd let me talk to him on New Year's Eve. 18:14.040 --> 18:16.040 You know, I thought it would cheer him up. 18:16.040 --> 18:18.440 Look, Miss, this is the Mellingford Chief of Police. 18:18.440 --> 18:19.640 Are you still there? 18:19.640 --> 18:20.840 What's that? What? Mellingford? 18:20.840 --> 18:23.640 Well, it's a New York call relayed through the local station. 18:23.640 --> 18:25.240 You... You don't mind? 18:25.240 --> 18:28.040 Not at all. Please go right ahead. 18:28.040 --> 18:29.240 Oh, by the way... 18:29.240 --> 18:30.440 What? 18:30.440 --> 18:32.840 I don't think you'll find that money, young woman. 18:32.840 --> 18:34.840 Good night. 18:34.840 --> 18:38.840 Listen, Miss, are you still on the end of the wire or aren't you? 18:38.840 --> 18:41.240 Yes, but I couldn't talk to you. He was here. 18:41.240 --> 18:42.440 Who was there? 18:42.440 --> 18:43.640 Derek Rolfe. 18:43.640 --> 18:46.040 He said I'd never find the money. 18:46.040 --> 18:48.040 You mean he admits he's got it? 18:48.040 --> 18:50.440 Well, no. He just smiles and smiles. 18:50.440 --> 18:53.240 He's got some trick up his sleeve. I know it. 18:53.240 --> 18:54.840 Oh, it'll have to be a good one. 18:54.840 --> 18:57.240 Please never mind that. Can you come over now? 18:57.240 --> 18:58.840 Oh... 18:58.840 --> 19:01.640 All right, Miss, I'll... I'll take a chance. 19:01.640 --> 19:03.640 Who else is in the house with you? 19:03.640 --> 19:05.640 Nobody. I'm all alone with him. 19:05.640 --> 19:08.040 What are you going to do if he tries to light out with the money? 19:08.040 --> 19:09.240 I don't see what I can do. 19:09.240 --> 19:11.640 That's all the more reason for you to get here quickly. 19:11.640 --> 19:15.240 I swear you'll find the money in that billiard room only. Hurry. 19:15.240 --> 19:22.040 Five minutes. Ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. 19:23.240 --> 19:25.640 It can seem a very long time to a waiting girl 19:25.640 --> 19:28.040 crouching in a cold and dim lit hallway 19:28.040 --> 19:31.240 outside a closed door, hearing only... 19:31.240 --> 19:33.240 ...a voice. 19:33.240 --> 19:35.240 A voice. 19:35.240 --> 19:37.240 A voice. 19:37.240 --> 19:39.240 A voice. 19:39.240 --> 19:41.240 A voice. 19:41.240 --> 19:43.240 A voice. 19:43.240 --> 19:45.240 A voice. 19:45.240 --> 19:47.240 A voice. 19:47.240 --> 19:49.240 A voice. 19:49.240 --> 19:51.240 A voice. 19:51.240 --> 19:53.240 A voice. 19:53.240 --> 19:55.240 A voice. 19:55.240 --> 19:57.240 A voice. 19:57.240 --> 19:58.640 Shh. 19:58.740 --> 20:01.440 Miss Dale, I'm Joe Hollister, chief of police. 20:01.540 --> 20:03.040 Yes, I recognized your voice. 20:03.140 --> 20:05.140 The front door wasn't locked, so I just walked in. 20:05.240 --> 20:07.840 I hoped you would. I didn't want to leave here. 20:07.940 --> 20:10.440 Has Mr. Rolfe come out of that room since you talked to me? 20:10.540 --> 20:11.540 No. 20:11.640 --> 20:14.440 Then according to what you claim, he's still in there with a suitcase full of money. 20:14.540 --> 20:15.840 That's right, Mr. Hollister. 20:15.940 --> 20:19.540 Now, look, Miss, before we go any further, there's something I ought to tell you. 20:19.640 --> 20:20.440 Well? 20:20.540 --> 20:23.340 Well, I... I checked with New York about you. 20:23.440 --> 20:25.740 And what did they say? 20:25.740 --> 20:28.340 Yes, Miss Hollister. And what did they say about her? 20:28.440 --> 20:29.240 Mr. Rolfe! 20:29.340 --> 20:30.740 I'm rather interested in knowing that myself. 20:30.840 --> 20:32.640 So you could hear everything through that door? 20:32.740 --> 20:34.440 Of course I could hear everything through the door, 20:34.540 --> 20:37.640 including our conversation with our friend, the chief of police. 20:37.740 --> 20:38.840 Good evening, Mr. Hollister. 20:38.940 --> 20:40.240 Good evening, Mr. Rolfe. 20:40.340 --> 20:41.440 This young lady says that... 20:41.540 --> 20:43.640 I know, I know what she says. 20:43.740 --> 20:45.340 Will you come into the billiard room, please? 20:45.440 --> 20:45.940 Both of you? 20:46.040 --> 20:47.040 Oh. 20:47.140 --> 20:48.840 Thank you. 20:48.940 --> 20:50.440 Just what trick are you up to now? 20:50.540 --> 20:51.640 Trick? You talk of tricks? 20:51.740 --> 20:54.240 Now, just a minute now. Take it easy. 20:54.240 --> 20:57.740 What I want to know is, where's this suitcase Miss Dale was talking about? 20:57.840 --> 20:58.740 There it is. 20:58.840 --> 21:01.040 What, you mean that empty suitcase on the bench beside you? 21:01.140 --> 21:01.940 Empty suitcase? 21:02.040 --> 21:02.940 Yes, that's what I said. 21:03.040 --> 21:04.740 It wasn't empty when I left this room. 21:04.840 --> 21:06.740 Chief, do you mind seeing for yourself? 21:06.840 --> 21:10.340 Well, it isn't empty. It's empty now, Miss. 21:10.440 --> 21:13.740 Hollister, it would gratify me to clear this matter up here and now. 21:13.840 --> 21:15.140 It would gratify me, too. 21:15.240 --> 21:17.940 I'm tired of this slanderous nonsense, and I'm going to end it. 21:18.040 --> 21:20.040 This young woman told you that I had... 21:20.140 --> 21:20.940 What was it? 21:21.040 --> 21:23.740 Some $88,000 in this room only a few minutes ago. 21:23.740 --> 21:24.840 I still say you had. 21:24.940 --> 21:28.040 Curb your temper, please, while I ask you some straight questions. 21:28.140 --> 21:29.040 Can you do that? 21:29.140 --> 21:30.440 You better answer her, Miss. 21:30.540 --> 21:32.240 All right, I'll try. 21:32.340 --> 21:35.340 Did I or did I not leave the billiard room at any time? 21:35.440 --> 21:36.240 No, you didn't. 21:36.340 --> 21:37.240 Good. 21:37.340 --> 21:40.540 Now, there's only one door and no window. 21:40.640 --> 21:42.640 Only a skylight covered with snow. 21:42.740 --> 21:44.240 So I didn't leave that way, did I? 21:44.340 --> 21:45.340 No, I suppose you didn't. 21:45.440 --> 21:48.640 Therefore, unless you're lying, the money must still be in this room. 21:48.740 --> 21:49.040 Yes. 21:49.140 --> 21:49.840 Then where is it? 21:49.940 --> 21:52.740 I don't know. You must have hidden it someplace. 21:52.840 --> 21:53.340 Where? 21:53.340 --> 21:55.540 I'm afraid Mr. Raoult's right, Miss. 21:55.640 --> 21:57.040 Take a look around you. 21:57.140 --> 21:58.340 One pool table. 21:58.440 --> 22:00.140 Comes apart so you can examine it. 22:00.240 --> 22:01.040 One radio. 22:01.140 --> 22:02.840 Go on, examine that too. 22:02.940 --> 22:05.640 One overhead light, one standing lamp, one bare bench, 22:05.740 --> 22:08.340 one rack of cues, one rack of pool balls. 22:08.440 --> 22:09.440 Now, that's everything. 22:09.540 --> 22:12.640 Now, can you tell me where I could hide enough money to fill a suitcase? 22:12.740 --> 22:13.540 No, I can't. 22:13.640 --> 22:15.740 It's impossible, Miss. The stuff's not here. 22:15.840 --> 22:17.740 It must be here. It's either here or else... 22:17.840 --> 22:18.340 Or else what? 22:18.440 --> 22:19.340 Or else it vanished. 22:19.440 --> 22:21.540 Oh, Mr. Hollister, haven't we had quite enough of this? 22:21.640 --> 22:22.640 Yes, I guess we have. 22:22.640 --> 22:24.140 Now, look here, Miss Dale. 22:24.240 --> 22:27.240 I like the way you talked and I thought you were talking straight. 22:27.340 --> 22:30.140 Will you just tell me why you try to string me along like that? 22:30.240 --> 22:32.240 You know, I think I can tell you, Chief Hollister. 22:32.340 --> 22:35.940 I wasn't exactly asking you, Mr. Raoult, but... 22:36.040 --> 22:36.740 Well, go ahead. 22:36.840 --> 22:41.240 You know, perhaps, that she's engaged to a man who was mixed up in the city and provincial robbery? 22:41.340 --> 22:41.940 He was not. 22:42.040 --> 22:45.340 It was neither a very clever nor a very far-sighted attempt. 22:45.440 --> 22:49.840 I'm inclined to think that she'll not have a job when my aunt returns. 22:49.840 --> 22:53.540 But as I say, it was a case of any old attempt to shield Jerry Wynton. 22:53.640 --> 22:54.840 Did somebody mention my name? 22:54.940 --> 22:56.540 Jerry! Oh, Jerry! 22:56.640 --> 22:59.540 Dear Dolly, steady. I'm alive. I'm not a ghost. 22:59.640 --> 23:00.940 You needn't dive at me like that. 23:01.040 --> 23:03.440 But how did you get here? How did you get away? 23:03.540 --> 23:06.740 I was trying to tell you, Miss, when our host parted in. 23:06.840 --> 23:09.540 The D.A. has convinced you a young man had nothing to do with this. 23:09.640 --> 23:10.840 That's right, Dolly. 23:10.940 --> 23:13.240 And I thought I'd better come out and take you back to New York with me. 23:13.340 --> 23:16.840 I was never so bad to see anybody in my life. 23:16.940 --> 23:17.840 Put your arms around me. 23:17.840 --> 23:22.740 Dolly, I suppose you'd mind if I picked up this cue and went on practicing. 23:22.840 --> 23:25.240 Let's try the eight ball all the way down the table. 23:25.340 --> 23:27.240 Come on, Dolly. It'll be New Year's in a few minutes. 23:27.340 --> 23:28.340 There's nothing to worry about. 23:28.440 --> 23:29.740 There is something to worry about. 23:29.840 --> 23:32.040 He's got the money, the whole 88,000. 23:32.140 --> 23:33.940 I know it. I'm sure of it. 23:34.040 --> 23:36.940 Only we can't find it. It's hidden somewhere in this room. 23:37.040 --> 23:39.740 As I said before, haven't we had just about enough of this? 23:39.840 --> 23:42.140 The chief of police there won't believe me, but it's true. 23:42.240 --> 23:44.240 I've heard a lot about that money myself. 23:44.240 --> 23:48.540 I'll bet you have sons for nothing but hot money, hot money, hot money... 23:48.640 --> 23:50.140 and where is it, where is it, where is it... 23:50.240 --> 23:52.140 until I thought I was going off my nut. 23:52.240 --> 23:56.140 If I could prove Derek Rolfe had anything to do with this, I'd... 23:56.240 --> 23:59.140 Dolly, what's the matter? 23:59.240 --> 24:00.140 Mr. Hollister. 24:00.240 --> 24:01.140 Yes, Miss? 24:01.240 --> 24:05.140 I think I know now where he's hidden the money. 24:05.240 --> 24:08.640 Well, that was a bad shot, Mr. Rolfe. 24:08.740 --> 24:11.640 You've made the white ball jump clear off the table. 24:11.740 --> 24:13.140 Well, there are plenty of others on the table. 24:13.140 --> 24:15.040 I tell you, I know where he's hidden it. 24:15.140 --> 24:16.040 Is it in this room? 24:16.140 --> 24:17.040 Yes. 24:17.140 --> 24:22.040 But where? In the pool table? In the radio? In some secret panel? 24:22.140 --> 24:23.040 No. 24:23.140 --> 24:24.040 You'd better speak up, Dolly. 24:24.140 --> 24:27.040 Has it ever struck you, any of you, that there is such a thing as an... 24:27.140 --> 24:29.040 invisible piece of furniture? 24:29.140 --> 24:33.040 An invisible piece of furniture? You mean we can't see it? 24:33.140 --> 24:36.040 No, it's in plain sight. It's smack in front of your eyes. 24:36.140 --> 24:40.040 But nobody ever sees it. You can't see it now. 24:40.140 --> 24:42.040 We may not understand you, Dolly. 24:42.040 --> 24:45.940 But by George Derek Rolfe does. Look at his face. 24:46.040 --> 24:47.940 Yes, I'm looking at it. 24:48.040 --> 24:48.940 What's the matter with all of you? 24:49.040 --> 24:51.940 Please don't become emotional, Mr. Rolfe. I detest emotion. 24:52.040 --> 24:55.940 Miss, there's a reward of 10,000 for the recovery of that money. 24:56.040 --> 24:56.940 If you know where it is, tell us. 24:57.040 --> 24:58.940 There's nothing easier. It's... 24:59.040 --> 25:01.940 Before that young woman says something she may regret, please listen to me. 25:02.040 --> 25:03.940 You've got him, Dolly. I don't know how or why, but you've got him. 25:04.040 --> 25:04.940 Go on, Mr. Rolfe. 25:05.040 --> 25:07.940 Tell me, Winton. You and I used to play on the same baseball team, didn't we? 25:08.040 --> 25:08.940 That's right. What about it? 25:09.040 --> 25:09.940 When did I play on that team? 25:09.940 --> 25:11.840 You were the pitcher. Why? 25:11.940 --> 25:12.840 Was I good? 25:12.940 --> 25:15.840 You had the best control and the best fast one I ever... 25:15.940 --> 25:18.840 Wait a minute. Why are you picking up that pool ball? 25:18.940 --> 25:19.840 What are you going to do? 25:19.940 --> 25:20.840 Take it easy, Mr. Rolfe. 25:20.940 --> 25:22.840 You three are across the room from me. 25:22.940 --> 25:24.840 I have a number of rather dangerous objects on the table here. 25:24.940 --> 25:26.840 And I'll split that girl's skull if she says another word. 25:26.940 --> 25:27.840 Don't be a blasted fool. 25:27.940 --> 25:29.840 You think I can't do it? 25:30.940 --> 25:33.840 Well, does that convince you I haven't lost my pitching arm? 25:33.940 --> 25:36.840 You didn't even get a chance to raise that gun. 25:36.940 --> 25:37.840 Oh, you don't. 25:37.840 --> 25:40.740 Don't try to pick it up. I said it'd lie down the floor. 25:40.840 --> 25:41.740 Get behind me, darling. 25:41.840 --> 25:42.740 You stay where you are. 25:42.840 --> 25:43.740 Move a step off First Basin. 25:43.840 --> 25:46.740 Maybe you'd better listen to her, Mr. Ales. 25:46.840 --> 25:48.740 Well, what are you going to do, Rolfe? 25:48.840 --> 25:50.740 You can't keep us here forever. 25:50.840 --> 25:52.740 I don't propose to keep you there forever. 25:52.840 --> 25:53.740 I'm not so enamored of your company. 25:53.840 --> 25:54.740 Now what's the game? 25:54.840 --> 25:55.740 Well, I'll make a bargain with you. 25:55.840 --> 25:56.740 Well? 25:56.840 --> 26:00.740 My car's outside with a little more gas than the state allows. 26:00.840 --> 26:02.740 Give me one clear hour to get away. 26:02.840 --> 26:04.740 Well, what do you say? 26:04.840 --> 26:06.740 I'm a cop, Mr. Rolfe. 26:06.740 --> 26:08.640 I can't make any bargains with you. 26:08.740 --> 26:09.640 No? 26:09.740 --> 26:11.640 No, and I'm coming over there after you. 26:11.740 --> 26:13.640 And you'll compel me to start throwing. 26:13.740 --> 26:15.640 Down, darling, down under the table. 26:15.740 --> 26:17.640 Hey, you missed that one, Mr. Rolfe. 26:17.740 --> 26:19.640 I'm not missed with this one. 26:20.740 --> 26:24.640 The shame to bust that till rack, Mr. Rolfe, but I'm still coming for you. 26:24.740 --> 26:26.640 You've lost your control, old son. You're done for. 26:26.740 --> 26:27.640 Let me try this. 26:27.740 --> 26:29.640 Yeah, that was the wildest pitch yet. 26:29.740 --> 26:30.640 Darling, look. 26:30.740 --> 26:31.640 Don't get up, but look. 26:31.740 --> 26:32.640 What is it? 26:32.740 --> 26:33.640 The radiator, the steam radiator. 26:33.740 --> 26:35.640 It's knocked the whole thing sideways. 26:35.640 --> 26:37.540 Have you ever seen that happen to a radiator before? 26:37.640 --> 26:39.540 Of course not, because it's a dummy radiator. 26:39.640 --> 26:40.540 Dummy radiator? 26:40.640 --> 26:41.540 See, I got you, Rolfe. 26:41.640 --> 26:44.540 I'm not too old to handle a bird like you. 26:44.640 --> 26:46.540 You haven't even got a search warrant. 26:46.640 --> 26:47.540 I'll take a chance. 26:50.640 --> 26:52.540 Well, what... 26:52.640 --> 26:54.540 What was that about? 26:54.640 --> 26:55.540 A dummy radiator? 26:55.640 --> 26:56.540 Yes. Look. 26:56.640 --> 26:57.540 Look here. 26:57.640 --> 27:00.540 It's got a little oil burner inside to make it give out heat. 27:00.640 --> 27:01.540 Yeah? 27:01.640 --> 27:03.540 And it hinges at the back to form a lot of compartments 27:03.540 --> 27:05.440 where you can hide as much money as you like. 27:05.540 --> 27:08.440 I saw the hinges when he told me to go over to the radiator, 27:08.540 --> 27:10.440 but I didn't guess what they meant. 27:10.540 --> 27:12.440 It's really a safe that never attracts attention 27:12.540 --> 27:14.440 because nobody ever notices it. 27:14.540 --> 27:16.440 And the stuff's here all right. 27:16.540 --> 27:18.440 There, Mr. Hollister. 27:18.540 --> 27:21.440 That's what I saw in the suitcase. 27:21.540 --> 27:25.440 I told you there was a $10,000 reward for that, miss. 27:25.540 --> 27:27.440 Oh, did you hear that? 27:27.540 --> 27:30.440 Turn on the radio, Jerry. 27:30.540 --> 27:31.440 Go on, turn it on. 27:31.440 --> 27:33.340 Welcome in the new year. 27:33.340 --> 28:02.240 Didn't you tell me, all of you, that the money was hot? 28:03.340 --> 28:28.240 And so ends Nothing Up My Sleeve, 28:28.340 --> 28:32.240 starring Alissa Landy and George Koloros. 28:32.240 --> 28:39.140 Tonight's story of Suspense. 28:39.240 --> 28:43.140 Columbia presents these tales of mystery and intrigue 28:43.240 --> 28:49.140 and dangerous adventure for your relaxation and enjoyment. 28:49.240 --> 28:52.140 Next Tuesday, there'll be another in this series, 28:52.140 --> 29:03.040 Same Hour, 9.30 Eastern Wartime. 29:03.140 --> 29:08.040 William Spear, the producer, John Deeks, the director, 29:08.140 --> 29:10.040 Bernard Herman, the composer, conductor, 29:10.140 --> 29:13.040 and John Dixon Carr, the author, 29:13.040 --> 29:25.940 our collaborators on Suspense. 29:25.940 --> 29:43.840 This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.