1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Suspense. 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:29,920 This is the man in black, here again to introduce Columbia's program. 3 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:30,920 Suspense. 4 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:37,400 Heading our starring Hollywood cast this evening is Mr. Richard Dix, who appears as a United 5 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:42,360 States Naval officer, who found himself in a remarkable predicament on what should have 6 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,720 been an uneventful flight from New York to Philadelphia. 7 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:52,520 As fellow passengers aboard the airliner are Miss Gail Page, a girl named Monica, and Mr. 8 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,200 Montague Love, who plays that aged and domineering millionaire Silas Naylor. 9 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:06,080 The story by John Dixon Carr called Death Flies Blind is tonight's tale of suspense. 10 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,360 If you have been with us on these Tuesday nights, you will know that suspense is compounded 11 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:15,120 of mystery and suspicion, dangerous adventure. 12 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:20,800 In this series, our tales are calculated to intrigue you, stir your nerves, to offer you 13 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:26,960 a precarious situation, and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 14 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:32,000 And so it is with Death Flies Blind and the performances of Richard Dix, Gail Page, Montague 15 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:45,120 Love, and our other players, we again hope to keep you in suspense. 16 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,240 The Guardia Field, Municipal Airport of New York. 17 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,640 The Guardia Field, vast behind its white buildings. 18 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:56,880 On a gray spring afternoon when rain splashes across the runways, dims the sky, and spills 19 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:01,560 spatters on the wings of a great silver painted airliner waiting beyond. 20 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,000 Already as the limousine bus from the New York terminus slowly draws up to the waiting 21 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,800 shed, you can hear the loud speaker. 22 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:14,000 The big limousine bus besides its driver contains only two persons. 23 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,800 One is a tall young man in United States naval uniform with the stripes of a lieutenant commander 24 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,120 around his sleeve. 25 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:26,800 The other is a tall and dark haired girl with a face a little frightened in the blue. 26 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:49,160 The yellowing 27 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:50,740 They go on non-stop from there. 28 00:02:50,740 --> 00:02:52,240 But that's just it. 29 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,500 Who's going on from there? 30 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:55,080 Oh, you'd be surprised. 31 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,920 This airport bus must hold 20 people, 32 00:02:56,920 --> 00:03:00,300 but there's nobody in it except ourselves and the driver. 33 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:02,560 Who's going on to Los Angeles or anywhere else? 34 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,020 I was going to tell you about that, Monica. 35 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:07,680 All right, miss. All right, sir. 36 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,640 Hop under that shed and out the door on the other side. 37 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:10,820 Oh, got your tickets ready? 38 00:03:10,820 --> 00:03:11,980 Yes, I've got them. 39 00:03:11,980 --> 00:03:13,480 All set, Monica? 40 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,680 The rain is certainly coming down. 41 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,360 Do they take off when it rains like this? 42 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,240 Oh, and miss, a little rain don't bother them. 43 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,040 What does bother them is unsettled weather at other places. 44 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,740 You mean it's perfectly safe? 45 00:03:23,740 --> 00:03:25,960 They never take off, miss, unless it is safe. 46 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,120 You better hurry up now. 47 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:35,760 There's the plane, Monica. 48 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:36,920 Shall we run for it? 49 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,140 I'd rather not run if you don't mind. 50 00:03:39,140 --> 00:03:41,800 Aren't getting nervous, are you? 51 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,520 I know it's stupid of me. 52 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:44,480 I've flown before. 53 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,400 It's just all those few seconds before the takeoff. 54 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,900 You're moving and the motors have been idling. 55 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:52,940 All of a sudden, they start to roar. 56 00:03:52,940 --> 00:03:55,040 The plane races ahead and the roar gets louder. 57 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,700 And suddenly you think, am I ever going to get down alive? 58 00:03:57,700 --> 00:03:59,040 Now look here, my dear. 59 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,580 Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm... 60 00:04:01,580 --> 00:04:03,840 There's nothing to worry about, you know. 61 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,160 Of course not. I'll be good. 62 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,880 It's just this dismal day and ghostly bust about in the past, isn't it? 63 00:04:11,180 --> 00:04:12,760 Ted, look. 64 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:13,760 Where? 65 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,440 At the plane. 66 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,820 They've got all the windows covered inside with a little gray curtain. 67 00:04:17,820 --> 00:04:18,820 Oh, that's all right, Monica. 68 00:04:18,820 --> 00:04:20,860 It's only a wartime measure. 69 00:04:20,860 --> 00:04:21,620 Wartime measure? 70 00:04:21,620 --> 00:04:22,740 Yes. 71 00:04:22,740 --> 00:04:26,500 You must keep those curtains closed for some minutes after taking off and before landing. 72 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:30,000 So no one can make maps or take pictures of our airports. 73 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:33,580 Anything could happen at their cost. 74 00:04:33,580 --> 00:04:34,800 No. 75 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,840 And what's more, if you're worried about your fellow passengers, look over your shoulder. 76 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:40,540 Well, there are some people coming through the gate. 77 00:04:40,540 --> 00:04:44,000 Yes, you see the little gray-haired man or the big fellow on each side of him? 78 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,880 The secretary dashing around them like a destroyer in a convoy? 79 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,600 You know, I've seen that gray-haired man somewhere before. 80 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,440 You've seen his picture? 81 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,440 That's Silas Naylor. 82 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,020 The third richest man in the world. 83 00:04:57,020 --> 00:04:59,600 Those two big fellows are his bodyguard. 84 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:00,640 Does he need a bodyguard? 85 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,020 Well, I... 86 00:05:02,020 --> 00:05:04,020 Not more than most of us, I imagine. 87 00:05:04,020 --> 00:05:05,400 Ted. 88 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:06,200 I don't like it. 89 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,320 Nonsense, my dear. 90 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,160 Come on, now. Up the steps to the plane. 91 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,160 Give your name to the air hostess to the door. 92 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,160 That's it. 93 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:14,160 Good afternoon, miss. 94 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,160 May I have your name, please? 95 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,160 I'm Monica Vale. You're the air hostess? 96 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,160 That's right, Miss Vale. 97 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,160 Take any seat you like. And you, sir? 98 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,160 Onslow, Lieutenant Commander Fred Onslow. 99 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,160 Oh, yes, Commander. We've had instructions about you. 100 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,160 Happy to have you with us, even if it's only as far as Philadelphia. 101 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:30,160 Thank you. 102 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,160 May I take your overcoat or your briefcase? 103 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,160 Only the overcoat, please. I'll keep the briefcase. 104 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,160 Fred, look there. 105 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,160 What is it now? 106 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,160 That man you called Mr. Naylor's secretary. 107 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,160 Light-headed man, rather good-looking. 108 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,160 He's sprinting towards this plane as fast as he can run. 109 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,160 Well, he'd better be careful on that slippery surface. 110 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,160 He certainly has. 111 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,160 Air hostess! Air hostess! Air hostess! Air hostess! 112 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,160 Look out, man. Look out, man. Watch your step. Look out. 113 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,160 Are you all right? Here, let me help you up. 114 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,160 I'm all right, thanks. Perfectly all right. 115 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,160 Air hostess. Yes, sir? 116 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,160 My name is Michael Shepherd. 117 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,160 I'm Mr. Naylor's secretary, and I think there must be some mistake here. 118 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,160 Yes. When Mr. Naylor travels, 119 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,160 he's in the habit of booking every seat in the plane to ensure privacy. 120 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,160 Yet we seem to have two extra passengers. 121 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:16,160 Well, I'm afraid that's my fault, Mr. Shepherd. 122 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,160 Indeed, sir. Then would you and the young lady be good enough to take some later for him? 123 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,160 I'm sorry. I'm afraid I can't do that. 124 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,160 No, and why not? 125 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,160 Maybe I ought to explain, Mr. Shepherd, 126 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,160 that Commander Onslow had last-minute orders to join his ship. 127 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,160 He and Miss Vale have priority as far as Philadelphia. 128 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,160 Philadelphia. Must we stop there? 129 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,160 Only for a few minutes, Mr. Shepherd. 130 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,160 This is outrageous. 131 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,160 Mr. Naylor is traveling, in a sense, on government business. 132 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,160 Well, so am I, old man. The Navy often does. 133 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,160 That doesn't alter the principle of the thing. 134 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,160 I don't want to seem ungracious, you understand. 135 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:52,160 Mr. Naylor is always glad to help our brave soldiers and sailors. 136 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,160 Oh, I love him, Mike. 137 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,160 Our choir will now sing hymn number 242. 138 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,160 But this time you've gone too far. 139 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,160 I shall appeal to Mr. Naylor himself. 140 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,160 Mr. Naylor. Mr. Naylor. 141 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,160 Yes, Mr. Shepherd. I can hear you. What is it? 142 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,160 This naval officer, sir, and the young lady. 143 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,160 Oh, I know, Shepherd. I know. 144 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,160 Isn't the plane big enough for all of us? 145 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,160 I was only following your orders, Mr. Naylor. 146 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:14,160 You asked for privacy. 147 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,160 All right, Shepherd. 148 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,160 What I'm asking for now is less noise. 149 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,160 The Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, eh? 150 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:21,160 That's right, Mr. Naylor. 151 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,160 Off on another fishing trip, I suppose. 152 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,160 That's just exactly right, sir. 153 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,160 Ever have to spec yet? 154 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:28,160 No, never. 155 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,160 Well, I have. 156 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,160 Twenty thousand a year I've had paid doctors. 157 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,160 And what do they give me? 158 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,160 The stump. 159 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,160 I'm not surprised you got priority, Commander. 160 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,160 But I am a little surprised about the girl. 161 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,160 She's my fiancee. 162 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,160 Mr. Naylor, Miss Vale. 163 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,160 Meet the rest of my family. 164 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,160 These two bruisers here, including the one with the mouth organ 165 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,160 and my bodyguard. 166 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,160 Mr. Cohen. 167 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,160 I'm pleased to meet you, Commander. 168 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,160 How do you do? 169 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:54,160 This is Mr. O'Reilly. 170 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:55,160 Glad to know you, Commander. 171 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,160 How are things going? 172 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,160 Hey, Cohen, can't... 173 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,160 Don't you ever get tired of playing that mouth organ? 174 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,160 Stand away from the door. 175 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,160 They want to close it. 176 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,160 Will everyone please take your seats 177 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,160 and fasten your seat belts? 178 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,160 Are we ready to take off? 179 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,160 Yes, in just a moment. 180 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,160 Shepard. 181 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:12,160 O'Reilly. 182 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,160 Cohen, come along to the front of the plane. 183 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:16,160 Yes, sir. 184 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,160 We'll sit in the back here, won't we, Fred? 185 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,160 Yes, yes, of course. 186 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:21,160 I... 187 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:22,160 Fred, is anything wrong? 188 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,160 No, no, of course not. 189 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,160 Why, what could be wrong? 190 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,160 Well, you'd better sit down. 191 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:28,160 We're starting to move. 192 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,160 That's good advice, Commander Onslo. 193 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,160 But I must ask you, Miss Bale, 194 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,160 not to touch the curtain on the window. 195 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,160 Oh, how soon before we can open the curtain? 196 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,160 As soon as we're well away from New York. 197 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,160 You see that illuminated sign, 198 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,160 no smoking, fasten seat belts? 199 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,160 Yes, what about it? 200 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,160 When the lights and the sign go out, 201 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,160 you can open the curtains 202 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,160 and smoke as much as you like. 203 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:49,160 Now, if you'll excuse me. 204 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,160 Certainly. 205 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,160 You needn't try to fool me, Fred Onslo. I saw it. 206 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,160 You saw what? 207 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:57,160 I saw you pick up that scrap of paper 208 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,160 one of those men dropped. 209 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,160 Why, why, that wasn't anything, Monica. 210 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,160 May I see the paper? 211 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,160 No. 212 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:05,160 Why not? 213 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,160 Well, because, because I'd rather you didn't see it, that's all. 214 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,160 There is something wrong, isn't there? 215 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,160 Look, Monica, let me repeat over and over. 216 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:13,160 What could be wrong? 217 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,160 I think Silas Naylor, an internationally famous figure, 218 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,160 with a group of trusted attendants, 219 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,160 here's an ACA plane as safe and dependable 220 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,160 as the old gray mare. 221 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:24,160 All the same, I... 222 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,160 All the same what? 223 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,160 I wish I hadn't brought you along. 224 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,160 I wish there was some kind of an emergency cord, 225 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,160 like a train, so that you could stop this plane 226 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,160 whenever you had to. 227 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,160 We're on our way. 228 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:48,160 Fifteen minutes, thirty minutes, forty minutes. 229 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,160 The great silver plane throbs against dead quiet. 230 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,160 It's warm and stuffy in the cabin, despite the hissing ventilator. 231 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,160 Dim white reading lamps shine down on a double row of cushioned chairs 232 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,160 along one side and a single row of cushioned chairs along the other. 233 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,160 Ahead above the closed door to the pilot's control cabin, 234 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:09,160 the red glowing sign still warns against opening those curtains. 235 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,160 Aft in the plane sits Commander Onslow, 236 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:15,160 his eyes fixed on the clock under that illuminated sign. 237 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:21,160 Monica. 238 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:22,160 Yes? 239 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,160 It's not exactly all right. 240 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:26,160 Fred, why do you say that? 241 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,160 Because we should have been in Philadelphia five minutes ago. 242 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,160 At least we should have been circling over the field. 243 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:33,160 And we're not? 244 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:34,160 No. 245 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,160 We're still ten or twelve thousand feet up, 246 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,160 if the pressure on my ear drums count for anything. 247 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,160 And traveling like a bat out of Hades. 248 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,160 Weather's delaying us, I guess, huh? 249 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:44,160 Maybe it is. 250 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,160 Awfully bumpy, isn't it? 251 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,160 Yes, a little. 252 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:52,160 Makes you gasp for breath in your stomach. 253 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:53,160 That was a bad one. 254 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,160 Not getting air sick, are you? 255 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,160 I don't think so. 256 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,160 Wish I had some of that chewing gum they gave you. 257 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:00,160 Ring for the air hostess. 258 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,160 She'll bring you some. 259 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,160 I did ring the bell, Fred, and there's no answer. 260 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,160 She's busy in the pantry back there, that's all. 261 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,160 She didn't hear you. Here, I'll get you some gum. 262 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,160 No, no, wait, I'll go. 263 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,160 Sure you're all right. 264 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,160 I want to powder my nose anyway. 265 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,160 Besides, you're going to have company. 266 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,160 Our Mr. Shepherd is weaving along this aisle 267 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,160 as though he didn't like air pockets either. 268 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,160 Well, thank the Lord one of that party's awake up there. 269 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:24,160 I thought they were all dead. 270 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:25,160 Don't say that. 271 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:26,160 Say what? 272 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:27,160 Dead. 273 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,160 A spooky plane with everything so quiet and dead itself. 274 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,160 Remember how the pilot walked through a while ago 275 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,160 and looked around and walked right back to the control cabin again? 276 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:37,160 No, I didn't notice him. 277 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,160 Oh, that's what I mean. 278 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,160 It was like a ghost. 279 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,160 I'll be right back. 280 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,160 I say, Commander Anzal. 281 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,160 Yes, Mr. Shepherd? 282 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:48,160 Mind if I sit down? 283 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,160 Not at all. Go ahead. 284 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,160 The fact is, Commander, I want to apologize. 285 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:54,160 That's all right. Forget it. 286 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,160 I'm not such an ill-mannered guy, as I must have sounded. 287 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,160 It's no joke, you know, taking care of the Chief. 288 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,160 I've got to go ahead like a cyclone, 289 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,160 so that everything will be quiet when he gets there. 290 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,160 And it's a great responsibility, too. 291 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,160 I can imagine. 292 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,160 I go on these long trips, 293 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,160 and there's the Chief half asleep and O'Reilly reading detective magazines 294 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,160 and Cohen with his mouth organ. 295 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,160 Doesn't that mouth organ bother the old boy? 296 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,160 No, he likes it. 297 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,160 Especially when Cohen plays the old square dances. 298 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,160 The Chief's a great man in his way. 299 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,160 I was just wondering about that. 300 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:31,160 Wondering what? 301 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,160 Is it true... 302 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,160 Stop me if I'm talking out of turn. 303 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,160 Go ahead. We can trust the Navy. 304 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,160 Is it true he's offered to design and build at his own expense 305 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:44,160 a fleet of underwater cargo boats, submersible freighters, 306 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,160 up to 5,000 or 6,000 tons, 307 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,160 but a do-away with a submarine menace altogether? 308 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,160 Where did you hear that? 309 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,160 Oh, just a rumor. 310 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,160 Is it true? 311 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,160 Yes. It's true enough. 312 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,160 You see, Mr. Shepherd, I'm one of the few people 313 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,160 who believe that that plan is practical. 314 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,160 There must be a lot of people who would like to see Mr. Naylor 315 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,160 put out of the way. 316 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,160 There are, Commander, only they can't get at him. 317 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,160 You're quite sure of that? 318 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,160 Dead sure. 319 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,160 Hitler himself isn't better guarded. 320 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:19,160 Why, you could no more shoot or stab or poison the Chief 321 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,160 than you could... 322 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,160 What? What was that? What happened? 323 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,160 Monica! 324 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,160 Is anything wrong? 325 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,160 It's all right, sir. It's only a noise in the pantry. 326 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,160 We'll see to it. 327 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,160 Monica! Monica, pull yourself together. What's wrong? 328 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,160 It's that air hostess, Miss Lee. 329 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:34,160 Well, what about her? 330 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:35,160 She's lying back in the pantry among the broken dishes 331 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,160 with her head all over blood. 332 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,160 Somebody beat her over the head and left her there to die. 333 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,160 Somebody? Yes. 334 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,160 But nobody's gone back to the pantry. 335 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,160 Nobody's gone past us except... 336 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,160 Except the pilot or co-pilot of this plane, remember? 337 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:47,160 Excuse me, Mr. Shepherd. 338 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,160 I'm going to open the curtains on that window. 339 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,160 Do you think it's wise, Commander? We were told not to. 340 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,160 Well, we were told a lot of things. 341 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,160 I'll just take the responsibility of... 342 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,160 Good Lord! 343 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,160 There, there, Monica. Mr. Naylor, Mr. Naylor. 344 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,160 Yes, son? What's up? 345 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,160 Draw the curtain on your window and take a look down. 346 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,160 If O'Reilly and Cohen have got guns, 347 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,160 they better keep them handy. 348 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,160 Is that so now? Why? 349 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,160 Because we're not flying west. 350 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,160 We're over the Atlantic Ocean now and headed straight out to sea. 351 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,160 We're going to be there. 352 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,160 Grey water, thin clouds. 353 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,160 We must be miles and miles away from land. 354 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,160 We are miles away from land. 355 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,160 Does anybody here know anything about first aid? 356 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,160 I do, Commander. I studied medicine in the old days. 357 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,160 Then you'd better go back and look after the hostess. 358 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,160 You'll join Mr. Naylor. Steady, Monica. 359 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,160 I'm all right. It's this horrible blind feeling, that thing. 360 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:54,160 Hey, Pocket, look out! 361 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,160 Sit here, Commander. We're over the ocean. 362 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,160 What the devil's going on here, eh? 363 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,160 You were being kidnapped, Mr. Naylor. That's my guess. 364 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,160 Kidnapped, did you say? 365 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,160 Ah, come off it, Commander. We ain't as dumb as that. 366 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,160 The pilot and the co-pilot of this plane are fakes. 367 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,160 They've replaced the real officer. 368 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,160 On a dark day like this, with their raincoat collars turned up, 369 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,160 they could have gotten away with it. 370 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,160 And hijacked us straight off the airfield. Is that it? 371 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,160 Yes, I'm afraid so. 372 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,160 The hostess must have spotted one of them and knocked her out. 373 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:23,160 Now, what about the airport? 374 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,160 Wouldn't they know a plane was missing? 375 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,160 Well, not until we fail to show up at Philadelphia. 376 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,160 The pilot would report by radio telephone 377 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,160 about 15 minutes out of New York. 378 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,160 But after that, silence. 379 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,160 Excuse me, Commander. 380 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,160 You say these two fake pilots are still aboard? 381 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,160 In that compartment there with the closed doors? 382 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,160 Yes, that's right. 383 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,160 Well, what are we waiting for, Corn? 384 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,160 Can we get to work on them? 385 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:47,160 You said it, Barney. 386 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:48,160 Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute, both of you. 387 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,160 You wouldn't be trying to stop us, would you, Commander? 388 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,160 The one thing we don't want is a gunfight 12,000 feet up. 389 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,160 Can any of you fly a plane? 390 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,160 No, not one of us. 391 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,160 Neither can I. 392 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,160 So if anything happens to those two pilots, how are we going to get down? 393 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,160 I see, young fellow. 394 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,160 Well, what are you going to do? 395 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:11,160 First of all, we'll try wrapping on the door. 396 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:12,160 Have your gun ready. 397 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,160 You can count on that, sir. 398 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:17,160 Fred, Fred, listen to me. 399 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:18,160 Be quiet, Monica. 400 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,160 Has this anything to do with the scrap of paper you picked up off the floor? 401 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:22,160 What scrap of paper, Commander? 402 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,160 Never mind, sir. 403 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,160 Why, this door, it's unlocked. 404 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:29,160 Unlocked? 405 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,160 Now, don't take any fool chances, young fellow. 406 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,160 The way I always did when I was your age. 407 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,160 Stand to one side when you open that door. 408 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,160 Let Cohen and O'Reilly take care of it. 409 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,160 Good Lord! 410 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,160 Well, the control cabin is empty. 411 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,160 There's nobody at the controls. 412 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,160 You mean we're... 413 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,160 we're flying without a pilot? 414 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:56,160 Yes. 415 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,160 See that stick move back and forth? 416 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,160 As though a ghost had hold of it? 417 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,160 What do those crooks do? 418 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,160 They set the automatic controls. 419 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,160 It's a gyroscope attachment that keeps her steady. 420 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,160 And then they must have bailed out. 421 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,160 And what's better happen to us? 422 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,160 You see, Monica, the fact is... 423 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,160 Go on, Fred, tell me the truth. 424 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,160 I'll know if you don't. 425 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,160 Well, we'll go on until our gas runs out or until a storm hits us. 426 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,160 Then we'll dive into the sea. 427 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,160 It's a good way of killing Mr. Naylor, as any. 428 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,160 I see, son. 429 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,160 Have we got any chance at all? 430 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,160 Frankly, I don't know. 431 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:36,160 Wait till I get a look inside of that control cabin. 432 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,160 Sorry, Mother, that's delicious. 433 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,160 Cohen, stop it! Stop it! 434 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,160 Yeah, Mr. Naylor? 435 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,160 Stop playing that infernal mouth organ. 436 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,160 Or if you must play it, play something cheerful. 437 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,160 Yes, sure, Mr. Naylor, sure. 438 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,160 How long do you think it'll be before we... 439 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,160 Why, it's Cohen. He's the commander back again. 440 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,160 Well, young fella... 441 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,160 The radio telephone's out of order. 442 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,160 We can't signal. 443 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,160 Fred, what about those patrol ships? 444 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,160 You said they're 200 miles out to watch for unidentified aircraft. 445 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,160 Won't they see us? 446 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,160 They've seen us already, I expect. 447 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,160 They'll send for an army fighter plane to investigate, but... 448 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,160 What can it do? 449 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,160 Yeah, shoot us down, maybe, huh? 450 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:19,160 That's fine. 451 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:21,160 If only somebody could fly the plane. 452 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,160 Well, nobody can skip us, so think of something else. 453 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,160 See, Mr. Naylor, I was wrong. 454 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,160 Wrong, son. About what? 455 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:33,160 One of your party, and I can guess which one, 456 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,160 dropped a torn piece of paper. 457 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,160 There was a line of writing on it. 458 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,160 Probably the end of some instructions. 459 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:41,160 Well? 460 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,160 Those instructions ended, 461 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:48,160 you should land just as your fuel fails at 7 o'clock a.m. 462 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:53,160 You should land just as your fuel fails at 7 o'clock a.m. 463 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:57,160 But that might not have anything to do with the sun. 464 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,160 What made you suspicious of it? 465 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,160 Because it was written in German. 466 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,160 In German? 467 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,160 Quiet, Cohen, I can't hear myself think. 468 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:08,160 Okay, okay, Mr. Naylor, I'm sorry. 469 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,160 I thought the fake pilots were kidnapping you, maybe abroad. 470 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,160 There's not enough fuel for that, is there? 471 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,160 Well, if there's enough fuel for Los Angeles, 472 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,160 then there's enough for Europe. 473 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,160 Well, that won't work. 474 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,160 They bailed out and left us to crash. 475 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,160 It's unusual, sir, but it's getting black as pitch out there. 476 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,160 I think there's a storm coming up. 477 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,160 What happens when that hits us? 478 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,160 Plenty, O'Reilly, plenty. 479 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,160 Yeah, well, I was afraid of that. 480 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,160 If only somebody could fly this plane, I could navigate it. 481 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,160 Navigate it? 482 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,160 Yes. 483 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,160 You have to learn aerial navigation in my business. 484 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,160 With enough figuring, 485 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,160 I might even set a new course and try the automatic controls on it. 486 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,160 No, I don't dare handle the ship. 487 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,160 Wait a minute. I know a way out of this. 488 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,160 Well, then speak up, miss. 489 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,160 A 90-mile wind can hit us any minute. 490 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,160 The air hostess, of course. 491 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,160 Miss Lee, what about her? 492 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,160 I remember reading somewhere that most air hostesses get flying instructions 493 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,160 when they've been with the company for a given length of time. 494 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,160 You know, Miss Dale, that's true. 495 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,160 There was a girl of Inter Airways who told me the same thing. 496 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,160 And if this one can even make a triad landing a plane, 497 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,160 we may get back to New York yet. 498 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,160 I thought you said she'd been knocked out. 499 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:18,160 She isn't badly hurt, but there's just a chance that maybe she's... 500 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,160 There's Shepard, coming back from the pantry. 501 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,160 Anybody got a drink? It wasn't very pleasant back there. 502 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,160 How is she? You know, we were just wondering 503 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,160 whether Miss Lee might be in any shape to pilot the plane. 504 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,160 Pilot the plane? Wine blazers? Should she pilot the plane? 505 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,160 There's no time to explain now, Shepard. 506 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,160 But we're bound for Davy Jones unless something's done. 507 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,160 Could she do it? 508 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:37,160 No. 509 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,160 Not even if we, uh, revived her? 510 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,160 Not if all the doctors on Earth stood at her side. 511 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,160 Why, but I... 512 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,160 I don't think you understand, sir. 513 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,160 Miss Lee has just died. 514 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,160 Hymn singing of wind above the clouds, 515 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,160 then storm with a white eye of lightning at the windows, 516 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,160 losing height, gaining it again, 517 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,160 blown off her blind course, flung partway back again, 518 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,160 always racing forward on a flight to nowhere, 519 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,160 late afternoon, evening, night, 520 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,160 the steady throbbing of motors like a pulse beat inside the head. 521 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,160 Towards morning, the storm dies away. 522 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,160 In that dim cabin, there is exhaustion of nerves. 523 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:32,160 The hands of the clock stand at a quarter of two in the morning. 524 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,160 Monica. Monica. Wake up. 525 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,160 Oh, my God. Oh, God. 526 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,160 Shh. Shh. Shh. It's Fred. 527 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,160 Now, keep your voice down. 528 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,160 Have I been asleep? 529 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,160 Yes, for a couple of hours. 530 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:55,160 They say condemned criminals sleep on the night before their execution. 531 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,160 Where are the others? 532 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,160 Well, I was a boy back home. 533 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,160 They counted down. 534 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:03,160 My father used to say to me, 535 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,160 Well, are you all right? 536 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,160 Did you ever see a banshee? 537 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,160 A banshee, he says, eh? 538 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,160 The old woman that lets you know when you're gonna die. 539 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,160 Pipe down, you two. 540 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,160 Oh, Roy, I'm sorry, Mr. Nils. 541 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,160 No offense, Chief. 542 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,160 Can't a man play a quiet game of solitaire 543 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,160 without somebody gapping all the time? 544 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,160 Like nine on red dead. 545 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,160 Listen, Monica, and listen carefully. 546 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,160 My first idea was right after all. 547 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,160 What are you talking about? 548 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,160 There's somebody aboard this ship who can fly a plane. 549 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,160 Shh. There is. 550 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,160 I proved it by the automatic controls. 551 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,160 How? 552 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,160 If those controls had stayed as they originally were, 553 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,160 the side winds would have blown us clear off our course. 554 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,160 But we're still on our course. 555 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,160 That shows that somebody's been sneaking in there 556 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,160 and setting us right again when we do stray. 557 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,160 Then you mean... 558 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,160 I mean we're headed for somewhere. 559 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,160 We're being taken somewhere. 560 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,160 But we may outwit this gentleman yet. 561 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,160 Outwit who? 562 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,160 Is somebody still talking back there? 563 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,160 I'm sorry, Mr. Naylor. Monica's just waked up. 564 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,160 None of us can feel very much like sleeping anyway. 565 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,160 You're right, son. I admit it. 566 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,160 Come up here and join me, will you? 567 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,160 With pleasure. 568 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,160 I've been teaching myself in this place since the card game. 569 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,160 But I still can't make it come out. 570 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,160 Oh, what's the use pretending anyway? 571 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,160 We know we're in for it. 572 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,160 It's this waiting that gets you. 573 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,160 Yeah. Yeah, that goes for all of us, Mr. Naylor. 574 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,160 What I'm dreading is... 575 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,160 is the minute when those motors choke and go dead. 576 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,160 And we start whirling. 577 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,160 Down. 578 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,160 Down. 579 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,160 Down. 580 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,160 What does it sound like, Commander, when... 581 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,160 when motors conk out? 582 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,160 I've never heard it, Mr. Naylor, but I imagine it sounds like... 583 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,160 Listen. 584 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,160 I imagine it sounds like that. 585 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,160 We're losing height. I can feel it. 586 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,160 Well, Corn, I guess this is the payoff. 587 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,160 Yeah, you said it. 588 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,160 But look here, Mr. Naylor, we can't be out of fuel. 589 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,160 Because it's too early. Look at the clock. 590 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,160 It's only five minutes to two o'clock. 591 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,160 I beg your pardon, old man. It's five minutes to seven o'clock. 592 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,160 Seven o'clock? Are you crazy? 593 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:16,160 No. Haven't you forgotten the cross-ocean changes in time? 594 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,160 By George the Commander's right. 595 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,160 European time is five hours ahead of our time. 596 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,160 You don't believe me? Just notice that it's getting daylight outside. 597 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,160 I was thinking of that message. 598 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:32,160 You should land just as your fuel fails at seven o'clock a.m. 599 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,160 Stand perfectly still, all of you. 600 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,160 What's got into little Art Faroy? 601 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,160 I'll show you what's got into me, my friend. 602 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,160 Yes, I rather thought you would. 603 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,160 I shall go into that control cabin. 604 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,160 Follow me if you like. 605 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,160 I shall sit down at the controls. 606 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,160 And I shall bring this plane safely to the ground. 607 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,160 Safety to the ground? Where? 608 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,160 In Germany, of course. 609 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,160 Germany? Don't pull a gun, Cohen. If you plug him, we're all done for. 610 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,160 That is good advice, Mr. Cohen. 611 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,160 I might add that we're getting closer to the ground every minute. 612 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,160 For the love of... 613 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,160 Do I take control? 614 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,160 Yes, go ahead, but we're following you. 615 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,160 Follow by all means. 616 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,160 All right, let's get comfortable here. 617 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,160 I take up my position. So? 618 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,160 There's fog below. Can you see? 619 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,160 Well enough, Mr. Well enough. 620 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,160 We must go down rather quickly. 621 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,160 And I can't help if it's somewhat rough on your ears. 622 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,160 You young spying, what's the idea? 623 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,160 The idea, dear patron, 624 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,160 is to bring you and your plans for a submarine freighter 625 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,160 to a country which will appreciate them. 626 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,160 And those two fake pilots? 627 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,160 They were colleagues of mine. 628 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,160 Unfortunately, if they had remained your pug-uglies, 629 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,160 we would have started a gunfight, and none of us might have got here. 630 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,160 Well? 631 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,160 So they left by parachute. 632 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,160 And I brought you safely without blood or toil 633 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,160 into the boundaries of the Third Reich. 634 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,160 You're going down too fast, man. Now take it easy. 635 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,160 I am perfectly in command, thank you. 636 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,160 Look out! The trees are coming straight up at us! 637 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,160 Look out! 638 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,160 Are you all right, Monica? 639 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,160 Are you all right? 640 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,160 Only a bit shaken up. 641 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,160 We're all okay here, Skipper. 642 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,160 Shall I give this guy the works now before they come to get us? 643 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,160 No, don't shoot. Let him alone. 644 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,160 That also is good advice. 645 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,160 And now, my friends, my mission is ended. 646 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,160 I stand up on the pilot's chair. 647 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,160 I throw open this glass hatch. 648 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,160 And to old Germany, to all the world, I cry. 649 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,160 This is the stolen plane, 650 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,160 in the name of landing on field number 21. 651 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,160 Heidner! 652 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,160 Well, strike me blind if it ain't another one. 653 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,160 Yes, first Rudolph Esse and now this bloke. 654 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,160 What do you suppose they want over here? 655 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,160 English. Why are you speaking English? 656 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,160 Why, Cocky? 657 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,160 We need an abacus. We've got this country. 658 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,160 This isn't England. 659 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,160 Oh, yes, it is. 660 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,160 Better climb out of here and with your hands up. 661 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,160 But it can't be. 662 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,160 I followed the course laid down on those instruments. 663 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,160 Unfortunately, old man, I altered our course last night. 664 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,160 Keep back, Shepard, or you may get a bullet in the head yet. 665 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,160 Your instructions were all right, 666 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,160 but they didn't tell you about the five hours difference in time. 667 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,160 When we got to the right navigation point, 668 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,160 I let the fuel out of the tanks 669 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,160 and made you think we were landing in Germany. 670 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,160 You know, there's nothing like having a good Nazi 671 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,160 for a taxi driver is there. 672 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,160 And so ends Death Flies Blind, 673 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,160 starring Richard Dix with Gail Page and Montague Love. 674 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,160 Tonight's tale of... 675 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:54,160 Suspense. 676 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,160 This is your narrator, the man in black, 677 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,160 who conveys to you Columbia's invitation 678 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:02,160 to spend this half hour in suspense with us again next Tuesday, 679 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,160 same time when Mr. Paul Lucas 680 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,160 will star in the suspense play called 681 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,160 Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer. 682 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,160 Ladies and gentlemen, on the following Tuesday, May 18th, 683 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,160 Mr. Charles Lawton and Miss Elsa Lanchester 684 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,160 will be with us in one of the most famous 685 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,160 of Agatha Christie's thrillers, 686 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,160 The ABC Murders. 687 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,160 William Spear, the producer, Ted Bliss, director, 688 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,160 Doug Luskin and Lucian Mahouk, the conductor and composer, 689 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,160 and John Dixon Carr, the author, 690 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:48,160 collaborated on tonight's Suspense. 691 00:28:48,160 --> 00:29:10,160 This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.