1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,160 BTS 2 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,160 Suspense. 3 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,160 This is the man in black. 4 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:37,160 Here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 5 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:41,160 Heading our starring Hollywood cast this evening is Mr. Paul Lucas. 6 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:45,160 And with him are Miss Heather Angel and Mr. Bramwell Fletcher. 7 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:52,160 A story by John Dixon Carr dealing with strange, very strange happenings in a London curio shop. 8 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:56,160 And called Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer. 9 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,160 Is tonight's tale of Suspense. 10 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:07,160 If you've been with us on these Tuesday nights, you will know that Suspense is compounded of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 11 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:19,160 In this series our tales calculated to intrigue you, stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold a solution till the last possible moment. 12 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:41,160 And so with the performances of Heather Angel, Bramwell Fletcher, Paul Lucas as Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer, we again hope to keep you in Suspense. 13 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,160 This is the story of a man who commits murder and gets away with it. 14 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,160 Does the idea shock you? 15 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,160 Do you believe that justice must always be done? 16 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,160 But let's be honest with ourselves. 17 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:58,160 You and I needn't be cynics to know that justice is very seldom done. 18 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,160 Innocence flinches. 19 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,160 Guilt is childlike and bland. 20 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,160 Innocence is imposed upon. 21 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:10,160 Guilt can encompass all things, even a successful murder. 22 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,160 And I know this because I was the murderer you say? 23 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:19,160 Oh no. Inquire Scotland Yard. 24 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,160 I was the victim. 25 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:32,160 In Bond Street, not far from Piccadilly, there used to be an establishment, which in a less fashionable part of town would have been called a shop. 26 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:39,160 Under windows in letters as discreet as a visiting card were the words Charles Markham, Antique Dealer. 27 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:44,160 Such a delightful fellow, Markham. Such a character. 28 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:49,160 Thirty years ago, yes as long as that, this antique shop was a dingy place. 29 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:55,160 Despite deep carpets and crystal chandeliers, it rustled with the ticking of a hundred clocks. 30 00:02:55,160 --> 00:03:00,160 It was shadowed by damson armor and the loom of tall tapestries. 31 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:09,160 And late one summer night, when the shutters were long closed on those windows, a four-wheeler drew up before the door in the gaslit street. 32 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,160 That's all, Cabby. You needn't wait. 33 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,160 Very good, Miss. Good night. 34 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,160 Good night. 35 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,160 He must be here. He must be. 36 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:31,160 I won't go back to that place. I'll kill myself first. 37 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,160 Look here, old man. You needn't be. Oh, I beg your pardon. 38 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:40,160 And I beg yours. I'm, I'm not the person you were expecting, am I? 39 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,160 No, madam. As a matter of fact, I was expecting a police officer. 40 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,160 A police officer? 41 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,160 Oh, merely an old friend who was a police officer. 42 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:52,160 Oh, merely an old friend who often drops in for a talk and a drink. 43 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,160 You are Mr. Markham, aren't you? 44 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,160 Yes, my name is Markham. Can I be of any service to you? 45 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,160 I want to come in. I, I, I want to buy a present for somebody. 46 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,160 Really, madam, this is hardly the time. 47 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,160 Yes, I, I know it's late, but... 48 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,160 It's nearly one o'clock, madam. Surely tomorrow morning will be... 49 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:14,160 That'll be too late. This is a special occasion. It's, it's a birthday present. 50 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,160 A birthday present. That's it, a birthday present. 51 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,160 I've got to deliver it before breakfast. 52 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:23,160 And, uh, Sir George Lytle says this is the only place in London to buy antiques. 53 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,160 Sir George flatters me. 54 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,160 Won't you let me come in? Just for five minutes. 55 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,160 Well, under the circumstances, madam, I think it might be managed. 56 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,160 Now, one moment while I put some lights on. 57 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,160 No, please. That one little light will be enough. 58 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,160 But you won't be able to see anything. 59 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,160 That doesn't matter. I, I'll trust your judgment. 60 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,160 Just as you like. This way, madam. 61 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,160 What's that? That noise? 62 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,160 Oh, you mean the clocks, madam? 63 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,160 There are more than a hundred clocks in this room. 64 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,160 I'm very fond of them. 65 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,160 Don't they get on your nerves? 66 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,160 Ticking away together like a nightmare? 67 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,160 Striking the hours together? 68 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,160 They don't strike together, madam. 69 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:11,160 When the hour approaches, you will hear a musical din that lasts for some time. 70 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,160 Might I interest you perhaps in a clock? 71 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,160 No. I hate them. 72 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,160 Now, all the same, this grandfather clock might amuse you. 73 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,160 What about it? 74 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,160 Observe the signature. 75 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:28,160 Johannes Gukarver, Londini, facet A.D., 1752. 76 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,160 You could see better, madam, if you raise that veil. 77 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,160 I'll keep my veil down, thanks. 78 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,160 Just as you please. 79 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,160 But look at the clock. 80 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,160 I open the glass face like this. 81 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,160 Then I push the second hand forward like this and... 82 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,160 One o'clock and all's well. 83 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,160 One o'clock and all's well. 84 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,160 What was that voice? 85 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,160 Only the clock, madam. Nothing more. 86 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,160 The clock spoke? 87 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,160 Clever, isn't it? 88 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,160 The devise of old John Carter. 89 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,160 Anticipating Mr. Edison's gramophone by more than a hundred years. 90 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,160 Oh, but you don't like clocks. 91 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,160 No. 92 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,160 May I ask whether the present is for a lady or a gentleman? 93 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,160 It's for a man. 94 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,160 Oh, has he some knowledge of antiques? 95 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,160 Yes. I mean... 96 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,160 Furniture, perhaps. 97 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,160 Porcelain, bronzes, tapestries, weapons. 98 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,160 He might be very much interested in weapons. 99 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,160 Then I imagine his name is Mr. Ronald Gilbert. 100 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,160 Now, will you tell me, Miss Ray, why you really came here tonight? 101 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,160 So you know who I am. 102 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,160 Oh, naturally. You are Miss Judith Ray. 103 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,160 And why did you come here? 104 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,160 I wanted to see what sort of a man you actually were. 105 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,160 Oh, and have you found out? 106 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,160 No, but... but I won't go back to prison. I won't. 107 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,160 As you will. 108 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:56,160 But since it's to be a business conference, Miss Ray, and I imagine it is... 109 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,160 Yes. 110 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,160 Well, then suppose we go into my office, here at the back of the shop. 111 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,160 Will you proceed me? 112 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,160 Thank you. 113 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,160 I must excuse the dust covers I've put on the chairs here. 114 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,160 I'm leaving for a holiday tomorrow, and the shop will be closed. 115 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,160 Then I return next week, Miss Ray. 116 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,160 I shall expect the amount requested. 117 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,160 In cash, of course. 118 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,160 But I can't raise 2,000 pounds. You ought to know that. 119 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,160 Well, your fiancée could raise the money, I imagine. 120 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,160 Ron? Do you think I'd have Ron know where I've been? 121 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,160 Or what I've been? 122 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,160 It's better than having his father learn it, surely. 123 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,160 Now sit down, Miss Ray. 124 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,160 I'll stand, thank you. 125 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,160 Now, that's a very foolish gesture. 126 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,160 But the ladies will do it. 127 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:43,160 They think it gives them dignity and shows the disdain of the poor blackmailer. 128 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,160 You see, I make no bones about it. I am a blackmailer. 129 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,160 You seem rather proud of yourself. 130 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,160 Why not? I am the one person in England, perhaps in the world, 131 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,160 who has made it a large-scale business. 132 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,160 Congratulations. 133 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,160 And what is all life about blackmail? 134 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,160 The child says, if you don't give me that, I'll scream. 135 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,160 The woman says, if you go on behaving like this, I will leave you. 136 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,160 Your sex, Miss Ray, are blackmailers from the cradle. 137 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,160 You know, Charles Markham, I wonder... 138 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,160 Yes? 139 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,160 I wonder if anybody's ever hurt you very much. 140 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,160 Hurt me? What do you mean? 141 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,160 When you talk about the world and people in general, 142 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,160 your face goes white under the eyes. 143 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,160 You pick up that letter opener from the desk... 144 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,160 Not a letter opener, please, Miss Ray. 145 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,160 A Medici dagger. 146 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,160 It's a century-old work. 147 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,160 It isn't the money that really interests you. 148 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,160 I don't understand. 149 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,160 You hate the world. You just want to torture people. 150 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,160 But you think you've been tortured, isn't that so? 151 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,160 This is a very sharp dagger, Miss Ray. 152 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,160 If I throw it down on the desk, it sticks. 153 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,160 Like that. 154 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,160 Isn't it so, Charles Markham? 155 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,160 My motives, Miss Ray, aren't in question. 156 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:52,160 I wonder... 157 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,160 Whereas your motives are. Now, let me see. 158 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,160 Ten years ago, in 1903, a certain girl called Blatty Wilson, 159 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,160 a real name, I believe, fell in love with a rather contemptible 160 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,160 underworld character named Arthur Akers. 161 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,160 Please! 162 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,160 No humiliation was too great for her. 163 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,160 She worked for him, lied for him, stole for him. 164 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,160 I was only 18. I didn't know what I was doing. 165 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,160 Now, this girl, for a very shabby theft, 166 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,160 was sentenced to three years' hard labor at Holloway Prison. 167 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,160 Five months later, she escapes from prison and disappears. 168 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,160 All these years afterwards, she appears in the West End 169 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,160 as Miss Judith Ray, fashionable millionaire. 170 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,160 Haven't I made up for it? Haven't I? 171 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:27,160 No. 172 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,160 I'm not going to make. After ten years... 173 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,160 It's the way of the world, my dear. I didn't create it. 174 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,160 And I'm forgetting the best part of the comedy. 175 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,160 This paragon of virtue next falls in love with Mr. Ronald Gilbert, 176 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,160 son of Major General Sir Edmund Gilbert. 177 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,160 Such a respectable family. 178 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,160 Stop it, please! 179 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,160 Then, shall we say, 2,000 pounds? 180 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,160 Suppose I did raise the money. I don't know how, but... 181 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,160 Suppose I did raise it. Well? 182 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,160 What guarantee would I have that you wouldn't ask for still more money? 183 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,160 We shall ask for more money, Miss Ray. 184 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,160 That's my privilege as a black mayor. 185 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,160 Then... 186 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,160 Then I'm never going to be free of you. Is that it? 187 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,160 Well, frankly, that's it. 188 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,160 Unless I kill you, of course. 189 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,160 What if I did kill you? 190 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,160 People have threatened it before, but they haven't meant it. 191 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,160 Maybe I mean it. 192 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,160 Well, we can easily test you out. 193 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,160 There's a sharp knife stuck in the desk in front of you. 194 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,160 I'm going to get up and deliberately turn my back on you. 195 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,160 Like this. 196 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,160 Be careful, Charles Markham. 197 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,160 As a student of human nature, I'm curious. 198 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,160 How much will you risk to keep this secret? 199 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,160 Have you the courage to kill and risk hanging? 200 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,160 Yes. I think I have. 201 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,160 What was that? 202 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,160 Now, aren't you glad you held back at the last moment, Miss Ray? 203 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,160 I said, what was that? 204 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,160 That, my dear, was the front doorbell. 205 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:57,160 Probably my friend, Inspector Ross, from Bigmore Street Police Station. 206 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,160 Come in, old man. Come on in. Make yourself comfortable. 207 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,160 I'll be with you in a moment. 208 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,160 You wanted me to attack you, didn't you? 209 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,160 No, I was merely curious. 210 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:09,160 And in any case, Miss Ray, it would be useless to kill me. 211 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,160 Useless? Why? 212 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:12,160 Because I shouldn't die. 213 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,160 Don't talk rot. 214 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,160 Oh, it's quite true. 215 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,160 A man in my position must take certain precautions. 216 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:23,160 If you kill me, I should be back to haunt you within half an hour. 217 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,160 And I don't happen to be joking. 218 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,160 Come in. 219 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,160 I'm here, Martha. 220 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,160 Good Lord, Judith. 221 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:36,160 Ron. 222 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,160 Mr. Ronald Gilbert, as I live. 223 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,160 Ron, what are you doing here? 224 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,160 He hasn't got anything against you, has he? 225 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,160 Speak up, Mr. Gilbert. Have I? 226 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,160 The fact is, Judith, I... 227 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,160 Look at him, Miss Ray. 228 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,160 See how he changes color and twists his moustache 229 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:58,160 and altogether resembles a boy caught in his mother's gem cupboard. 230 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,160 Perfect picture of a gentleman being a gentleman. 231 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,160 Look here, Markham. I'm not very clever. 232 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,160 You can always make a fool of me when you start talking, 233 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,160 so let's stop talking. I've brought the money. 234 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:10,160 What money? 235 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,160 Oh, merely my fee for keeping quiet about you. 236 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,160 So you went to Ron, too. You told him about it. 237 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,160 Naturally. If possible, always sell you wares in two markets. 238 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,160 How much money? 239 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,160 Never mind, Judith. I hoped I could do this without your knowing. 240 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,160 How much money? 241 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,160 Three thousand. It's all I could raise. 242 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:31,160 Has he... has he told you who I am and what I've been? 243 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,160 Look here, Judith, who the devil cares who you are or what you've been? 244 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,160 I happen to be in love with you. I... 245 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,160 Never mind. Let's get out of here. 246 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,160 Ron, it's no good. He'll only come back for more money. 247 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,160 I know that. But what else can we do? 248 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:44,160 Nothing, I'm afraid. 249 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,160 Well, what's that knife doing there stuck in the desk? 250 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:47,160 Nothing dangerous, I assure you. 251 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:48,160 No? 252 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,160 Merely a curio. I pick it up like this, I flip it down like this, 253 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:53,160 and pick it up again. 254 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,160 Miss Ray was very much interested in the dagger. 255 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,160 Now, may I have that envelope with the money, please? 256 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:59,160 There you are. Take it. 257 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,160 Thank you. As I explained to Miss Ray, 258 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,160 I'm leaving tomorrow for a holiday, 259 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,160 hence the general disarray and the dust covers on the chairs. 260 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,160 But before my departure, I'm glad we could settle this affair, 261 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:11,160 as you would say, like gentlemen. 262 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,160 Before we clear out of here, Markham, 263 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,160 there's just one favor I'd like to ask. 264 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,160 Well, of course, old man, ask away. 265 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,160 This is your job, I suppose. 266 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,160 You can't help being what you are, 267 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,160 but never again, as long as you live... 268 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,160 Well? 269 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,160 Never even say the word, gentlemen. 270 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,160 Be careful, Ron. Look at his face. 271 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,160 Tell me, Mr. Gilbert, how much money is in this envelope? 272 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,160 You heard what I said, 3,000 pounds. 273 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,160 Then take it back, my friend. 274 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,160 I fanged. We can't strike a bargain after all. 275 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,160 What do you mean? 276 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,160 Just what I say. Here is your money. 277 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,160 You will now oblige me, both you and Miss Ray, 278 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:47,160 by leaving my shop. 279 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,160 What... what are you going to do? 280 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,160 Tomorrow morning, perhaps even tonight, 281 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,160 I'm going to get in touch with the police, 282 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,160 and I shall tell them where they can find Letty Wilson, 283 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,160 alias Judith Ray. 284 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,160 You can't do that, Markham. 285 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,160 Oh, yes, he can. You hit him where it hurts. 286 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,160 3,000 pounds, my friend, is not enough compensation 287 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,160 for the way you talk. 288 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,160 There is a way through the shop. 289 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,160 Shall I escort you to the front door? 290 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,160 No. 291 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:16,160 Oh, so you prefer to stay here and make a fool of yourself. 292 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,160 You're not going to tell the police, Markham. 293 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:19,160 I promise you that. 294 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,160 And how are you going to stop me? 295 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,160 With this. 296 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,160 Ron, put that gun away. 297 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:25,160 It's a funny thing, Judith. 298 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,160 I felt a bit of a fool, you know, 299 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,160 bringing this revolver along. 300 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,160 But now I've got a use for it. 301 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,160 Oh, yes, I've got a use for it. 302 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,160 Maybe the best thing would be to go into the street now 303 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,160 and call a policeman. 304 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,160 You'll never get into the street, Markham. 305 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,160 Are you following me into the shop? 306 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:45,160 Yes. 307 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,160 So both of you, it appears, 308 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,160 came here under false pretenses. 309 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,160 You said you wanted to pay me some money. 310 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,160 The money's still here, but you've lost your chance to get it. 311 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,160 And your dear Judith said she wanted to buy a present for you. 312 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,160 I showed her this grandfather clock here, 313 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,160 this talking clock. 314 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,160 You go a step beyond that clock, Markham. 315 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:03,160 I warn you. 316 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,160 Nonsense, old man. You wouldn't dare shoot. 317 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,160 Wouldn't I? 318 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,160 No, and I'll call your bluff. 319 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,160 One step. 320 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:11,160 Two steps. 321 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,160 Charlie! 322 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,160 I know you'll hold silly tried, my friend. 323 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,160 You wouldn't risk it. 324 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,160 No, you wouldn't. 325 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:21,160 What's happening to me? 326 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,160 Don't try and grab onto the clock, Markham. 327 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:24,160 It won't save you. 328 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,160 You wouldn't risk your life. 329 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,160 You wouldn't risk your family position. 330 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,160 You wouldn't risk your life. 331 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,160 One fifteen and all's well. 332 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:41,160 One fifteen and all's well. 333 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,160 I had to do it, Judith. 334 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,160 Don't you see I had to do it? 335 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,160 Did you? Is he? 336 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,160 Oh, yes. Yes, he's done for. 337 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,160 I tell you, I had to do it. 338 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,160 Keep your voice down. 339 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,160 Why? 340 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,160 That shot sounded like the crack of doom. 341 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,160 I wonder if anybody in the street heard it. 342 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,160 You mean the police? 343 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,160 Yes, Ron. 344 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,160 What in heaven's name are we going to do? 345 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,160 Steady, steady. We'll find a way out. 346 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,160 Maybe he's not dead, Ron. 347 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,160 Go and look at him. 348 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:10,160 He's dead, all right. 349 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,160 Please, Ron. 350 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,160 Go and look at him. 351 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:16,160 Well? 352 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:17,160 Shot through the heart. 353 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,160 The bullet went clean through him 354 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,160 and smashed the face of the grandfather clock. 355 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,160 That's all I can see in this dim light. 356 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,160 This isn't happening to us. 357 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:26,160 It can't be happening. 358 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,160 I've got to think, but it's hard to think. 359 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,160 You see, Judith, I'm not in a rage any longer. 360 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,160 I'm just numb and a little bit scared. 361 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:35,160 You're not going to give yourself up. 362 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,160 And have this whole thing made public? Not likely. 363 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:38,160 Wait a minute. 364 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,160 There may be a way out. 365 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:40,160 What way? 366 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,160 He said he was going for a holiday. Remember? 367 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,160 Well, suppose he did. 368 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:44,160 That gives us time. 369 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,160 It means his absence won't be noticed. 370 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,160 The shop will be closed. 371 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:49,160 Nobody will come here for days. 372 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,160 And certainly nobody will come here tonight and... 373 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,160 What's that? 374 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,160 The police officer. 375 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,160 I forgot the police officer. 376 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,160 What police officer? 377 00:16:58,160 --> 00:16:59,160 A friend of Markham's. 378 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,160 Inspector somebody or other from Wigmore Street. 379 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,160 He's inspected here tonight. 380 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:04,160 Then we're finished. 381 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:05,160 No, Ronnie. 382 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,160 We're not finished. 383 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,160 He can't see anything out there. 384 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,160 The shutters are down and the door is covered. 385 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,160 Could you... 386 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,160 Could you pick Markham up and carry him? 387 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,160 Yes, yes, I could. Why? 388 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,160 There must be a back way out of the shop. 389 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:20,160 Probably in the office. 390 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,160 Hurry, Ron. 391 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,160 I don't like to touch him. 392 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,160 Hurry, Ron. Please. 393 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,160 He's as heavy as a sack of meal. 394 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,160 He seems to be looking straight at me. 395 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,160 I know. 396 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,160 Everything here seems to have eyes 397 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,160 and move a little in the shadow. 398 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:40,160 Didn't you see the expression in Markham's eyes just before you... 399 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,160 No, no, I didn't. 400 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,160 He seemed to be looking behind us or beyond us. 401 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,160 I don't know how to describe it. 402 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,160 And he said something too that scared me. 403 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,160 He said he couldn't die. 404 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,160 He said... 405 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,160 Close the door, quick. 406 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,160 This police officer, Judith, 407 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,160 he can't get into the shop, can he? 408 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,160 Of course he can. 409 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,160 The front door isn't locked. 410 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,160 That's true. What's wrong with me, Judith? 411 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,160 I came in that way myself. 412 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,160 And there's no time to lock the front door now. 413 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,160 Our only hope is through the back way. 414 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,160 I thought I'd seen a back door and... 415 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,160 There it is. 416 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,160 Just a minute. 417 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,160 I've killed a man. 418 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,160 That means I'm a murderer. 419 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,160 A fraction of a second, one tick of a clock in there, 420 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,160 and you change from an ordinary happy person into... 421 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,160 into what I... 422 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,160 Well, Judith, well... 423 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,160 I'm sorry, Vaughan. The door's locked. 424 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,160 Isn't there a key? 425 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,160 No. Maybe in his pockets on a key ring. 426 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,160 There isn't time, Vaughan. 427 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,160 I think I heard the front door open. 428 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,160 Our visitor's coming in. 429 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,160 I've got it. The dust covers. 430 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,160 Those white cloths that... that cover, 431 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,160 that fit over the chairs. Look at them. 432 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,160 What on earth are you talking about? 433 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,160 We used to play a game when we were kids. 434 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,160 Somebody sits in a big chair, you know, you... 435 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,160 you fit the dust cover over him and... 436 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,160 and nobody can tell he's sitting there. 437 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,160 Don't you see, Judith? That's how we can hide Markham's body. 438 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,160 It might work if there's time. 439 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,160 There's got to be time. Take the big cover off that chair. 440 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,160 The wing chair. 441 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,160 All right. Maybe there's a chance. 442 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,160 I'll fit him into it. Arms along the chair arms. 443 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,160 Feet push back. 444 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,160 Now. Put the cover back again and... 445 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,160 and pull it round down his feet. 446 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,160 Don't let it touch his chest. 447 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,160 The blood will show through. 448 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,160 There. That's got it. You can't see anything now, can you? 449 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,160 No, but... Ron. 450 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,160 Well? 451 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,160 What did you do with the gun? 452 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,160 The gun? The gun you shot Markham with. 453 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,160 Oh. Oh, Judith, I put it down on the floor when I picked up his body. 454 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,160 Out in the other room? Yes, yes. I'm afraid so. 455 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,160 And it's too late now, Judith. 456 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,160 The police are here. 457 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,160 What are you going to say? 458 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,160 I don't know. Trust your wits and try and brazen it out. 459 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,160 Yes? Come in. 460 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,160 Good evening, Miss Ray. 461 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,160 And good evening, Mr. Gilbert. 462 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,160 Charles Markham? 463 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,160 You're Charles Markham? 464 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,160 Correct, Miss Ray. 465 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,160 Why should that surprise you? 466 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,160 Why do you look as though you were seeing a ghost? 467 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,160 Because we are seeing a ghost. 468 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,160 If you're Charles Markham, whose body is... 469 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,160 Judith, be careful. 470 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,160 Body, Miss Ray? Did you say body? 471 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,160 Miss Ray's upset. She doesn't know what she's talking about. 472 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,160 If you killed me, I should be back to haunt you within half an hour. 473 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,160 That's what he said. 474 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,160 I tell you, Miss Ray isn't herself. 475 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,160 She had bad news today. A relative of hers died. 476 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,160 I've been trying to make her feel better. 477 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,160 Indeed. 478 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,160 Do you think it would make her feel better to bring her here? 479 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,160 I don't understand. 480 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,160 My dear sir, you are very welcome. 481 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,160 But the situation is truly a little odd. 482 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,160 I come in here and find you two 483 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,160 looking as guilty as a pair of murderers. 484 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,160 If in my private office in the middle of the night. 485 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,160 There's nothing odd about that. 486 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,160 I wanted to buy Judith something. 487 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,160 At one o'clock in the morning? 488 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,160 Yes. Why not? 489 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,160 Well, may I ask how you managed to get in? 490 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,160 The front door was open. We just walked in. 491 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,160 If you wish to buy something, why not stay in the showroom? 492 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,160 Why come to my office? 493 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,160 Hang it all. You don't think we wanted to steal anything, do you? 494 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,160 Well, that thought did occur to me. 495 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,160 You see, there was nobody else here. 496 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,160 There's nobody here, Mr. Markham. 497 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,160 Not a living soul. 498 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,160 Then you didn't meet any chance my brother? 499 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,160 Your...your brother? 500 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,160 Yes, my brother Robert. 501 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,160 You couldn't have mistaken him if you had seen him. 502 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,160 He looks so much like me that few people can tell us apart. 503 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,160 Oh. So that's it. 504 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,160 Poor Robert. Often deputizes for me. 505 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,160 He's learned to act like me, think like me, and talk like me. 506 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,160 But he doesn't like the work very much. 507 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,160 Of course, you know what my work really is. 508 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,160 Is this part of the game? Are you playing a game? 509 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,160 Are you trying to play cat and mouse with it? 510 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,160 Robert is an idealist. 511 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,160 He thinks, poor fellow, that my profession is beneath contempt. 512 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:45,160 But he acts the part and acts it well because I pay him. 513 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:50,160 And I find it useful to have a double who will run risks for me. 514 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,160 What have you done with his body? 515 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,160 We...we haven't done anything with him. 516 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,160 If you've killed Robert, my friend, 517 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,160 you've committed a totally useless murder. 518 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,160 You don't see him here, do you? 519 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,160 But I see his handiwork. 520 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,160 Meaning what? 521 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,160 I've warned him many times about throwing a knife down on a polished desk top. 522 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,160 Those scratches on the desk are fresh scratches. 523 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,160 Of course, if you give me your word of honor that he's not here... 524 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,160 Of course he's not here. 525 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:21,160 Well, in that case, all we can do is sit down and make ourselves comfortable. 526 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,160 Will you sit there, Mr. Gilbert, and you, Miss Ray, 527 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,160 in that wing chair by the window? 528 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,160 What's wrong, Miss Ray? Why don't you sit down? 529 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,160 I prefer to stand, thank you. 530 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:36,160 Then perhaps you won't mind if I sit in the wing chair? 531 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,160 It's a very comfortable one. My brother always says... 532 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,160 Don't...don't sit down there for the life... 533 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,160 Oh. So that's it. 534 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,160 Yes. That's it. 535 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,160 It is rather a thick chair. 536 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,160 I press against the dust cover and blood comes through. 537 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,160 I lift the bottom of the dust cover and... 538 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,160 What's the use of going on with this? 539 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,160 I killed him. 540 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,160 You admit that? 541 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,160 Yes, I admit it. 542 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,160 But Judith had nothing to do with this. I swear she hadn't. 543 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,160 My telephone, you notice, is against the wall. 544 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,160 I shall have to turn my back to you when I ring. 545 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,160 Ring? Where? 546 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,160 Bigmore Street Police Station. 547 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,160 Oh, no. Give him a chance. Please give him a chance. 548 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,160 Hello? Hello, operator. 549 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,160 I want Regent 0586. 550 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,160 I won't let them take you on. I won't. 551 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,160 It's no good, Judith. 552 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,160 I killed a man. I meant to kill him. 553 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,160 That's all there is to it. 554 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,160 A very sensible attitude, my friend. 555 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,160 And if the lady has any idea of flying at me with that knife, 556 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,160 just notice what I've got here. 557 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,160 A.32 revolver in one chamber fired, 558 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,160 picked up off the floor in that room where... 559 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,160 Hello? 560 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,160 Hello? Wigmore Street Police Station. 561 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,160 For the last time, Mr. Markham. 562 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,160 Won't you give him a chance? 563 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,160 Be quiet, Miss Ray. 564 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,160 May I speak to Inspector Ross, please? 565 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,160 Inspector Ross speaking? Isn't that Mr. Markham? 566 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,160 Got it in one, Inspector. Charles Markham here. 567 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,160 I understand you were going to drop in and see me tonight. 568 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,160 I intended to, Mr. Markham, but I'm afraid I can't make it now. 569 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,160 Why not? Anything wrong? 570 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,160 Only a robbery in Davies Street, but it's likely to be a long job. 571 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,160 Sorry I can't get there. 572 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,160 Well, that's perfectly all right, Inspector, 573 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,160 because actually I rang up to make sure you wouldn't come here tonight. 574 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,160 You see, I've got a lot of work to do, 575 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,160 and I'm leaving for Eastbourne early tomorrow morning. 576 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,160 Let's make it some other time, shall we? 577 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,160 Oh, glad to, Mr. Markham. 578 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,160 No crime has been committed up your way, I suppose? 579 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,160 No, Inspector. It's as quiet as the grave. 580 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,160 I've never known a more peaceful night. Goodbye. 581 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,160 Why did you do that? 582 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,160 Now, please, don't excite yourself, Miss Ray. 583 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,160 Didn't you hear what I told the Inspector? 584 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,160 Yes, but is this some more trickery? 585 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,160 Trickery? How can it be? 586 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,160 I don't know. That's what I'm asking you. 587 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,160 I should call it generous when I let my poor brother's death go. 588 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,160 You're not doing this without a reason. 589 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,160 Naturally not. But has it occurred to you, either of you, 590 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:01,160 that I might not want my business dealings revealed in court? 591 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,160 What are you driving at? 592 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,160 And has it also occurred to you that a man's double, 593 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,160 who looks exactly like him and shares all his secrets, 594 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,160 may become a danger rather than an asset? 595 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,160 He knows too much, he wants too much, and so... 596 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,160 I think I understand. You're glad he's dead. 597 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,160 Not glad, my dear. You shock my brother with feelings. 598 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,160 But definitely relieved. 599 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,160 Look here, you can't get away with this. 600 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,160 Get away with it, sir? Aren't you forgetting that you are the murderer? 601 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,160 Then what are you going to do? 602 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,160 It is very simple. We three, in an unholy partnership, 603 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,160 will dispose of Robert's body. 604 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,160 Or would you rather hang? 605 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,160 He's got us wrong. There's no other way. 606 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,160 But how can we dispose of the body? 607 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,160 This seems worse than killing him. 608 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,160 It's filthy, cold-blooded practical necessity. 609 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,160 And as for disposing of the body, nothing is easier. 610 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,160 We shall simply gather the... 611 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,160 And so, as I said before, 612 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,160 this is the story of a man who commits murder and gets away with it. 613 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,160 Now, Ronald Gilbert looks back across the years 614 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:12,160 and is still firmly convinced of his own guilt. 615 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,160 But of course, Gilbert never shot anybody. 616 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,160 I was the man who committed the murder. 617 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,160 Don't you remember? 618 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,160 The bullet that killed my brother is supposed to have passed through his body 619 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,160 and smashed the face of the grandfather clock. 620 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,160 But that's an impossibility. 621 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:31,160 The face of a grandfather clock is much higher than the heart of a man. 622 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,160 You see, two shots were fired at the very same instant. 623 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,160 Gilbert missed and smashed the clock face. 624 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,160 I fired from the door of the office and did not miss. 625 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,160 That was why my brother looked past those two. 626 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:50,160 I went out by the back door, locked it, and reappeared at the front afterwards. 627 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:54,160 It was not Robert Markham who died. 628 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,160 I am Robert Markham. 629 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,160 It was Charles who died that night. 630 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:04,160 And I killed him to stop forever the wholesale blackmail 631 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:09,160 that was poisoning the lives and blasting the hearts of a thousand half-crazed people. 632 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,160 His records are destroyed, his correspondence are burned. 633 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,160 He is dead and gone. 634 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,160 I have assumed his name and identity ever since. 635 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,160 I committed a murder. 636 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,160 And yet, if you sat on a jury, 637 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,160 dare you say that you would condemn me? 638 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:47,160 Come now, would you? 639 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,160 And so closes Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer, 640 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,160 starring Paul Lucas with Heather Angel and Bramwell Fletcher. 641 00:27:55,160 --> 00:28:00,160 And the story of suspense. 642 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,160 This is your narrator, the man in black, 643 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,160 who conveys to you Columbia's invitation to spend this half hour in suspense 644 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,160 with us again next Tuesday, 645 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,160 when we will have the pleasure of bringing you Mr. Charles Lawton 646 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,160 and Miss Elsa Lanchester, 647 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,160 who will star in one of the most famous and suspenseful 648 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:21,160 of Agatha Christie's thrillers, The ABC Murders. 649 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,160 The producer of these broadcasts is William Spear, 650 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,160 the director, Lut Bluskin, and Lucian Morawick, 651 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,160 conductor and composer, 652 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,160 and John Dixon Carr, the author, 653 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:35,160 collaborated on tonight's suspense. 654 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:56,160 This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.