1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:25,800 Suspense. 2 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:31,520 This is the Man in Black, here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,960 Tonight heading our Hollywood cast are two noted leading men. 4 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:40,960 One Mr. Preston Foster, a star long established, the hero of many an adventurous film, the 5 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,560 latest, the 20th Century Fox production, Guadalcanal Diary. 6 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:50,320 The other Mr. Dane Clark, a newcomer to the screen, whose auspicious debut in Action in 7 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,560 the North Atlantic has made him warmly welcome in these parts. 8 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,800 Mr. Clark appears tonight as a young man who awoke one morning to find himself in a very 9 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:00,080 serious jam. 10 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:06,040 And Mr. Foster is the San Francisco homicide detective who is willing to help his friend, 11 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:07,880 up to a point. 12 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:13,000 The play called The Singing Walls by Robert L. Richards, adapted from a story by Cornell 13 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,760 Woolrich, is tonight's tale of Suspense. 14 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,800 If you've been with us before, you will know that Suspense is compounded of mystery and 15 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,440 suspicion and dangerous adventure. 16 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:29,120 In this series are tales calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious 17 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:35,360 situation and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 18 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,880 And so it is with the performances of Preston Foster as Detective Denny Sullivan and Dane 19 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:45,880 Clark as young Tom Cochran, we again hope to keep you in Suspense. 20 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:53,800 Have another. 21 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,000 No, drink it all. 22 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,000 There's lots more. 23 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,360 So a guy named Joe brought you, huh? 24 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,920 You come up here from Joe's place? 25 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:04,920 What's that? 26 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,360 Oh, you don't even know where Joe lives, huh? 27 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:10,360 Me? 28 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,240 No, I don't know either. 29 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:19,840 I never seen Joe before in my life. 30 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,840 How you feeling now, kid, huh? 31 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,080 Sure, have a little more. 32 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,080 It's good for what ills you. 33 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,080 Ah, that's nothing. 34 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,080 You're all right. 35 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,560 Sure, I know. 36 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:33,800 Let's get out of here. 37 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:34,800 I know a better place. 38 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:35,800 Come on, come on, I'll help you. 39 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:45,600 No, that's not a window. 40 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,600 It's bricked up. 41 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,200 They put a building up right behind this one. 42 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,240 That's right. 43 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,640 It comes right out of the walls. 44 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:53,640 Singing walls. 45 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:54,640 Yeah. 46 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:59,000 We got hot and cold running water here and singing walls. 47 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Have another. 48 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:15,320 Sure, bottoms up. 49 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,120 That's the idea. 50 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,120 Make yourself right at home. 51 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:20,120 Hey, lie down. 52 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,120 Lie down and take a little snooze. 53 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:30,640 I'll be right back. 54 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:31,880 What's the matter? 55 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,240 Have a little trouble in here while I was gone? 56 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,240 What's blood? 57 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,400 Sure, blood. 58 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,400 All over your shirt. 59 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:41,400 Oh him? 60 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:42,400 Oh, he's all right. 61 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:43,400 Just put him in the closet. 62 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:44,400 Lock the door. 63 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,400 Like that, see? 64 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:46,400 Now you put the key right in your pocket so you'll know just where to find it. 65 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:53,400 Don't worry, he'll be all right. 66 00:03:53,400 --> 00:04:00,280 No, I'm not going anyplace. 67 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,280 I'll be back in just a minute. 68 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,280 Here. 69 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:04,280 Have another. 70 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:05,280 Have another. 71 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,280 I'll be back in just a minute. 72 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:09,280 No. 73 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:10,280 No, no. 74 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:11,280 Let me out. 75 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,280 Let me out of here. 76 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:17,280 Tommy. 77 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:22,280 Tommy. 78 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:27,280 Tommy. 79 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:34,280 Tommy, wake up. 80 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:35,280 What? 81 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:36,280 What is it? 82 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:40,840 I've been knocking at your door the longest time. 83 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:44,080 You were having a dream or something. 84 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,480 Yeah, I... 85 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:46,480 What time is it? 86 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,560 It's way afternoon. 87 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,560 You came in pretty late. 88 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:51,560 Did I? 89 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,520 Toss me in my bathroom, will you, sis? 90 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,280 Don't you know what time you got in? 91 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:57,280 Not exactly. 92 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:59,440 Oh, Tommy. 93 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,700 I know it's tough not having a job all these months. 94 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:03,700 And I know you've tried. 95 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:06,000 But this isn't doing you any good. 96 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,360 I know, sis, but last night was the first time in a month in any way. 97 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:11,360 It was different. 98 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,960 I had a few drinks, but it was different. 99 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:15,960 Something happened. 100 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:16,960 What do you mean something happened? 101 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:18,440 Well, it wasn't just the drinks. 102 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,440 They were doped or something. 103 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:20,440 Oh, Tommy. 104 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,120 No, look, sis, it's not just an alibi. 105 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,720 I don't remember where I was or anything. 106 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,320 Only just now I seem to be dreaming about it. 107 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:27,320 About what? 108 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:28,320 About last night. 109 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,840 I could hear you banging on the door all the time I was dreaming. 110 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:36,480 And then it seemed as though I wasn't dreaming at all, that I was remembering a lot of things. 111 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:37,480 What sort of things? 112 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:38,480 It was all mixed up. 113 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,920 There was a guy with a kind of a frog voice that kept giving me drinks. 114 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,760 And I was sort of floating. 115 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,400 Then there was a place that music came out of the walls. 116 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,000 There was something about blood on my shirt. 117 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 The key to a closet. 118 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,480 But Tommy, you're shaking like a leaf. 119 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:56,480 Yeah. 120 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,480 It was a pretty scary dream. 121 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,880 If it was a dream. 122 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,680 What you need is some good hot coffee. 123 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,480 Now hurry up and get dressed and come on downstairs. 124 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,960 Here, I'll get you out a clean shirt. 125 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:10,960 I'd better wear the old one. 126 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:11,960 I've only worn it once. 127 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:12,960 But it's all messy. 128 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,960 Yeah, it does look kind of... 129 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:15,960 Mildred. 130 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:16,960 What? 131 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:17,960 My shirt. 132 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:18,960 Give it to me. 133 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:19,960 Now what's the matter? 134 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:20,960 Look, Mildred, that's blood. 135 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:21,960 Well, I guess it is. 136 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:22,960 I know it is. 137 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:23,960 Just like it was in the dream. 138 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:24,960 Oh, Tommy, don't be so silly. 139 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:25,960 You must have hurt yourself somewhere. 140 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:26,960 But I didn't. 141 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:27,960 Look, there isn't a scratch on me. 142 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:28,960 Well, then you got in a fight. 143 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,960 Maybe. 144 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:30,960 What else could it have been? 145 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:31,960 Well, that's what I'm trying to think. 146 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:37,960 Well, stop thinking and hurry up and get dressed. 147 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:43,960 My goodness, look at the way you threw your clothes around last night. 148 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,960 Trousers on the floor. 149 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:46,960 Here. 150 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,960 Oh dear, everything's falling out of the pocket. 151 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:50,960 I'll pick it up. 152 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:51,960 You get dressed. 153 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:52,960 Thanks. 154 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,960 You didn't come home with much, did you? 155 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,960 Well, I didn't have much to start with. 156 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,960 Well, I'll put it all up here on the bureau. 157 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,960 25 cents in change and your keys. 158 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:01,960 Now hurry. 159 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:02,960 What did you say? 160 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:03,960 I said hurry. 161 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:04,960 No, no, no. 162 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:05,960 Before that, what did you say? 163 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,960 I said I'd put your change and your keys up in the bureau. 164 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:09,960 Keys? 165 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:10,960 Yes. 166 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,960 Mildred, I only have one key. 167 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:16,960 Well, there are two there now. 168 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:17,960 I know. 169 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:18,960 Let me see them. 170 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:19,960 Here. 171 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,960 One's the key to the front door. 172 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:22,960 Yeah, but the other one. 173 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,960 It doesn't belong to any door in this house. 174 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:26,960 It's the key to the closet. 175 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:27,960 What closet? 176 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:28,960 Last night it wasn't a dream. 177 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:33,960 Tommy, what are you talking about? 178 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,960 Mildred, you better call Denny right away. 179 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:37,960 But he's on duty. 180 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,960 I know, but get him over here right away. 181 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,960 Tommy, what is it? 182 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:59,960 Last night, I think I killed a man. 183 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:00,960 Let me look at your eyes. 184 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:01,960 Listen, Denny, I... 185 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,960 You were doped all right. 186 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:04,960 Well, I didn't know what it was. 187 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:05,960 Why remind that now? 188 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:06,960 How much do you remember? 189 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,960 Look, Denny, I hated to bring you in on this and I... 190 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:10,960 I didn't know who else to go to. 191 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:11,960 Skip it. 192 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,960 What's the use of having a brother-in-law who's a cop if he can't help you once in a while? 193 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:16,960 How much do you remember? 194 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:17,960 Well, just what I've told you. 195 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,960 Just like it wasn't a dream, only it wasn't a dream. 196 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:25,960 You see, there was this guy, Joe, just some guy I'd known from someplace. 197 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:26,960 I don't know where. 198 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:28,960 See, I met him on the street and he took me to the party. 199 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,960 And then the guy with the frog voice began giving me drinks. 200 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,960 And then everything got confused. 201 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:39,960 And I was in another place with the singing walls and some harmonica playing or something. 202 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,960 I don't even know whether it was in the same apartment even, but that's where the closet was. 203 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:44,960 What about the guy you... 204 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:45,960 The dead guy. 205 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,960 Well, at first he wasn't there and then he was. 206 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,960 He was sort of slumped over in a big armchair. 207 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,960 Then frog voice put him in the closet. 208 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:53,960 That's what I remember. 209 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:54,960 And then he left. 210 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,960 And then I suddenly seemed to realize that the guy in the closet was dead and that's why I got out of there. 211 00:08:58,960 --> 00:08:59,960 I don't know how. 212 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,960 You don't have any idea where it was? 213 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,960 No, no, I don't even know where the party was. 214 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,960 You'd never seen any of these people before? 215 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,960 Except this guy, Joe, who took me to the party. 216 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,960 And that's all I know about him, Denny. 217 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,960 Just a guy named Joe that I knew by sight from someplace. 218 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,960 I don't know where or his last name or anything. 219 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,960 Not much to go on, is there, kid? 220 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:18,960 No, not much. 221 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:23,960 A guy named Joe singing walls in a closet, another guy with a froggy voice... 222 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,960 But I'd recognize him or his voice if I ever saw him again. 223 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,960 Tommy, you're in a jam. 224 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,960 The way it looks right now, there's a dead man in a closet somewhere in this town. 225 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:34,960 And you killed him. 226 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:35,960 Oh, but Denny, I... 227 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,960 If we find him before somebody else does, maybe we can figure out what did happen. 228 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,960 The way it stands now, you're it. 229 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:43,960 I know. 230 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:45,960 We haven't got much time, either. 231 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:46,960 The place is an apartment. 232 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,960 They probably would have found the body already, and I'd know about it. 233 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:50,960 It's a hotel. 234 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,960 They check the guests out by six o'clock. 235 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:54,960 That gives us about four hours. 236 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,960 Four hours. 237 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,960 For the murderer to find the guy he murdered. 238 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,960 It's kind of crazy, isn't it? 239 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,960 Tommy, you know how I feel about Mildred. 240 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,960 You know I don't exactly hate you, either. 241 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,960 You know I'll do everything in the world I possibly can to clear you. 242 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,960 Sure, Denny, I know. 243 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,960 But I'm a cop, Tommy. 244 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,960 If you did it, you know I'm gonna turn you in, don't you? 245 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:18,960 Sure. I know that, too. 246 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:19,960 Okay, kid. 247 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,960 Now, let's start from the beginning. 248 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:22,960 What about this Joe? 249 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,960 I... I don't know anything about him. 250 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,960 You know his name, you know his face. 251 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:27,960 Think, Tommy, think. 252 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:29,960 I'm trying to. 253 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,960 If I could only remember. 254 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:33,960 If I could only remember. 255 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,960 So a guy named Joe brought you, huh? 256 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,960 You come up here from Joe's place? 257 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,960 What's that? 258 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,960 Oh, you don't even know where Joe lives, huh? 259 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:46,960 Me? 260 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,960 No, I don't know, either. 261 00:10:49,960 --> 00:11:04,960 I never seen Joe before in my life. 262 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,960 You still don't get it, Tommy? 263 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:07,960 No, no, I don't. 264 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,960 You told me where Joe is. 265 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:10,960 I have? 266 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,960 Sure, you see the sign over that saloon? 267 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:13,960 I don't know. 268 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:14,960 I don't know. 269 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:15,960 I don't know. 270 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:16,960 I don't know. 271 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:17,960 I don't know. 272 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:19,960 I don't know. 273 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,960 Yeah, it's Joe's place. 274 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:22,960 But how do you know that... 275 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,960 Tommy, you were playing with bad boys last night. 276 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,960 And this is where bad boys hang out, among other places. 277 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:30,960 It's got a name. 278 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,960 It's run by a guy named Joe. 279 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,960 He minds his own business as far as we know, 280 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:35,960 but his customers don't. 281 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:36,960 So? 282 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,960 It all clicked when I remembered you said the guy 283 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:40,960 with the frog voice asked you if you came up there 284 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,960 from Joe's place. 285 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,960 He didn't mean where Joe lived or anything. 286 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:45,960 He meant this place. 287 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:47,960 He thought maybe you were one of the boys. 288 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:49,960 Yeah, but how did I ever meet this Joe? 289 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:50,960 I've never been here in my life. 290 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,960 He runs another joint, a respectable saloon. 291 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,960 A sort of cover, about three blocks from our house, 292 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:56,960 the town tavern. 293 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,960 Hey, that's right. 294 00:11:58,960 --> 00:11:59,960 Remember? 295 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:01,960 Joe may or may not be in on this. 296 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,960 Frog voice made a big play to you that he didn't know Joe. 297 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,960 Never seen him before in his life. 298 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:07,960 His customers always cover him. 299 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,960 It's better for them that way. 300 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,960 If my hunch is right, Joe is going to be plenty surprised 301 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:13,960 when he sees you walk in there. 302 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:14,960 Me? 303 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:15,960 Walk in there? 304 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:16,960 Don't worry. 305 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:18,960 Walk in and sit down at the bar. 306 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:19,960 If you're not out in a couple of minutes, 307 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,960 I'll know you recognize the guy and we're on the right track. 308 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:23,960 I'll come in as though I didn't see you 309 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:24,960 and go into the phone booth. 310 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:25,960 And then what? 311 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,960 Then we'll see. 312 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:28,960 Okay, kid? 313 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:29,960 Okay. 314 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:30,960 Oh, one thing. 315 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,960 If he offers you a drink on the house, take it. 316 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,960 Sure. 317 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:35,960 Oh, here goes. 318 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:42,960 What'll it be, Mac? 319 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:43,960 Beer. 320 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:44,960 Oh, it doesn't matter. 321 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:46,960 Suit yourself. 322 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,960 Well, well, what do you know? 323 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:51,960 Tell me. 324 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:52,960 Hiya, Joe. 325 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,960 Hey, what are you doing down in this part of town, kid? 326 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,960 Oh, I had to come down to see a guy. 327 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:00,960 I didn't know you had this place. 328 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,960 Oh, just a little sideline? 329 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,960 It's where our place started, you know. 330 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:05,960 Sure, I know. 331 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:06,960 One beer, that'll be ten cents. 332 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:08,960 Hey, no, no, none of that. 333 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:10,960 You gotta have one on me, kid. 334 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:11,960 A real drink. 335 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:12,960 What'll you have? 336 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:13,960 Well, I... 337 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:14,960 Scotch? 338 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:15,960 Okay. 339 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,960 Scotch for the gentleman, Larry. 340 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:18,960 The very best. 341 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:19,960 You understand? 342 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,960 Oh, yeah, sure. 343 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,960 I'll take rye. 344 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:24,960 Hey, Tommy. 345 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:26,960 There was some party last night, huh? 346 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:27,960 Party? 347 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:28,960 Yeah. 348 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,960 Hey, where'd you disappear to? 349 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,960 I was looking all over for you. 350 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,960 You know, that's a funny thing I don't even remember. 351 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:36,960 I get it. 352 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,960 Well, a guy has to cut loose once in a while, huh? 353 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:40,960 Yeah, yeah. 354 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,960 One Scotch, the very best. 355 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:43,960 One rye. 356 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:45,960 Well, here's to you. 357 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:46,960 Wait a minute. 358 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:47,960 Hey, who are you? 359 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,960 Uh, uh, this is my brother-in-law. 360 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:51,960 Denny, this is Joe. 361 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,960 Say, you must have got those drinks mixed up. 362 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,960 You never drink Scotch, Tommy. 363 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,960 You only drink rye. 364 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:58,960 Yeah, that's right. 365 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,960 Yeah, you take the rye and give Joe the Scotch, 366 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:01,960 and I'll take your beer. 367 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:02,960 I don't like Scotch. 368 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:03,960 I never touch it. 369 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:04,960 Okay, I'll take it. 370 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:05,960 Thanks. 371 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,960 By the way, Joe, you haven't got a little bottle 372 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,960 I could pour this into, have you? 373 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,960 Say, who do you think you're kidding, bud? 374 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:12,960 I'm from headquarters. 375 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:13,960 There's my badge. 376 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,960 Oh, oh, now wait a minute. 377 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:16,960 I didn't know that you... 378 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:18,960 I suppose you don't know what I'd find in this drink 379 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,960 if I took it down to be analyzed either. 380 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:21,960 Hey, now, look, I don't want any trouble. 381 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:22,960 I never had any. 382 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:24,960 They can tell you down at headquarters. 383 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,960 Of course, it's a matter of dough. 384 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,960 You can't buy your way out of this one, chum. 385 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:29,960 I want talk, and I want it quick. 386 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:30,960 What kind of talk? 387 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:32,960 Where'd you take Tommy last night? 388 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:34,960 It was just a little party, a private party. 389 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,960 Yeah, and they slipped things in people's drinks there, too. 390 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,960 Now, I don't know anything about that. 391 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,960 Now, honestly, I hardly know the people. 392 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:42,960 Who's the guy with the frog voice? 393 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:43,960 Voice? 394 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,960 I don't know any guy with a frog voice. 395 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,960 Now, look, I told you I don't want any trouble. 396 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:48,960 They can tell you that down at headquarters. 397 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:50,960 Listen, there's a narcotics wrap in this for somebody, 398 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:51,960 and it could be you. 399 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,960 Where was the party? 400 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,960 Courtney Square West, number 75. 401 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:58,960 Some people named Sorelle... 402 00:14:58,960 --> 00:14:59,960 Come on, Tommy. 403 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:16,960 You're coming, too, Joe, just in case. 404 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:17,960 Sorelle, A.J. 405 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,960 Does this look like the place, Tommy? 406 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:21,960 Well, it looks like it. 407 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:22,960 Could be. 408 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,960 Everything has been so confused since last night. 409 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,960 Well, this is it. 410 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:27,960 It better be. 411 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:28,960 Mrs. Sorelle? 412 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:29,960 Yes? 413 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:30,960 I'm from police headquarters. 414 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:31,960 Oh? 415 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:32,960 Mind if we come in and look around? 416 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:33,960 I'm... no. 417 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:34,960 Come on, Tommy. 418 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:35,960 You, too, Joe. 419 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,960 By the way, you two know each other? 420 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:39,960 Oh, his face familiar. 421 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:40,960 I think he's been here on a couple of parties. 422 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,960 We kind of get crazy parties. 423 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:44,960 All kinds of people wander in and out. 424 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:45,960 Is that what the trouble is? 425 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:46,960 It might be. 426 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,960 You know anyone with a froggy voice? 427 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:49,960 No. 428 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:51,960 Not that I can remember. 429 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:52,960 Okay. 430 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:53,960 Let's look at the apartment. 431 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,960 Well, this is the hall, of course. 432 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:56,960 And here's the living room. 433 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,960 Joe, you stay here in the hall. 434 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:00,960 And you better be here when I get back. 435 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,960 I'll be here. 436 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,960 So this is the living room. 437 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:05,960 Uh-huh. 438 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:06,960 This is the bedroom. 439 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:07,960 Looks kind of messy now. 440 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:08,960 See anything? 441 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:09,960 No. 442 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:10,960 Over here's the kitchenette. 443 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:11,960 I see. 444 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,960 That's about all there is to it. 445 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:14,960 What's that room there? 446 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,960 Oh, that's just a sort of store room. 447 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:18,960 Well, I think we'd better look at it, though. 448 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:19,960 Come on. 449 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:20,960 All right. 450 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:21,960 You... 451 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:22,960 There. 452 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:23,960 See? 453 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:24,960 Nothing much in it. 454 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,960 An old armchair and a bed. 455 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,960 We use it as a guest room sometimes. 456 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:29,960 Denny, that closet. 457 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:30,960 Oh, there's nothing in there. 458 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,960 Just a lot of old odds and ends. 459 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:33,960 Open it. 460 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:34,960 Well, it's locked. 461 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:35,960 All right. 462 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:36,960 Unlock it. 463 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:37,960 I'm not sure where the key is. 464 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,960 And, lady, you better find it. 465 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:40,960 Well, I'll try. 466 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,960 Be right back. 467 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:44,960 Is this it, Tommy? 468 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,960 Oh, there was a closet like that. 469 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,960 And a window just over there where that one is. 470 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:49,960 And the armchair and the bed. 471 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:50,960 Don't you remember? 472 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:51,960 I... 473 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:52,960 I can't, Denny. 474 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:53,960 Let me have that key. 475 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:54,960 Wait a minute. 476 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:55,960 Here she comes. 477 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:56,960 I think this is it. 478 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:57,960 Try it. 479 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:58,960 Sort of stick sometimes. 480 00:16:58,960 --> 00:16:59,960 I'll help you. 481 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:00,960 Here she comes. 482 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:01,960 See? 483 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,960 Just a lot of old junk. 484 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:05,960 Uh-huh. 485 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:06,960 Oh, come on, Denny. 486 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:07,960 You sure? 487 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:08,960 Sure, I'm sure. 488 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:09,960 Come on. 489 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,960 Well, I guess that's all, Mr. Sorrell. 490 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:13,960 Thanks for showing us around. 491 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:14,960 That's all right. 492 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:15,960 Hello, Joe. 493 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:16,960 Still here, huh? 494 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,960 You don't mind if I stay here and visit a while, do you? 495 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:20,960 No, I guess not. 496 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:21,960 Well, good-bye. 497 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:22,960 Bye. 498 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:23,960 Thanks again. 499 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,960 Well, good-bye and good luck, Hopper. 500 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:29,960 I'm sorry, Denny. 501 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:31,960 That was a try. 502 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:33,960 Well, what do we do now? 503 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:34,960 I don't know, Tommy. 504 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:35,960 I don't know. 505 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:37,960 Think, Tommy. 506 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:38,960 Think. 507 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:39,960 We found Joe. 508 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,960 Now what about those singing walls? 509 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,960 No, that's what's over there. 510 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:49,960 That's right. 511 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,960 It comes right out of the walls. 512 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,960 We got hot and cold running water here 513 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:57,960 and singing walls. 514 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:03,960 Denny. 515 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:04,960 Yeah? 516 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:05,960 Listen. 517 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:06,960 What? 518 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:07,960 That's it, the singing walls, the music I heard last night. 519 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:08,960 You sure? 520 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:09,960 Sure, I remember the piece, the harmonica and everything. 521 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:10,960 It's coming from right around here someplace. 522 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,960 Denny, it's coming from their apartment, the one we just left, Sorrell's. 523 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:13,960 Well, come on. 524 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:15,960 This must be the place, Tommy. 525 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,960 The closet and now the music. 526 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,960 They must have been pulling a fast one on us. 527 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:20,960 Well? 528 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:21,960 All right, quit stalling. 529 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:22,960 Come on, Tommy. 530 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:23,960 Stalling? 531 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:24,960 You heard me. 532 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:25,960 You two brushed us off pretty slick, didn't you? 533 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,960 Hey, now listen, I told you I don't know anything about this, but if you... 534 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:28,960 Where's the music coming from? 535 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:29,960 Well, from the radio. 536 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:30,960 The radio? 537 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,960 Yes, I turned it on in the kitchen just now when I started to fix dinner. 538 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:34,960 It's a little portable. 539 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:36,960 From here, see? 540 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:38,960 Okay. 541 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:39,960 I don't get it. 542 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:40,960 What did you mean by... 543 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:41,960 Skip it. 544 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:42,960 Well, Tommy, here we go again. 545 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:43,960 I don't care. 546 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,960 That was the music I heard. 547 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:46,960 And that's the same number 548 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:47,960 and it sounds like the same band. 549 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:48,960 Hey, wait a minute. 550 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:49,960 Now what? 551 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:50,960 Where's your phone? 552 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:51,960 On the desk. 553 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,960 Tommy, go and see what station that's coming over. 554 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:54,960 All right. 555 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:56,960 WBTA. 556 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:57,960 It's a local station. 557 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:58,960 Thanks. 558 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:00,960 Hello? 559 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:01,960 Operator? 560 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:03,960 Get me station WBTA. 561 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,960 A radio station. 562 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:06,960 I don't know what the number is. 563 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:07,960 Just get it. 564 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:08,960 This is a police call. 565 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:10,960 Thanks. 566 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,960 May be wrong, Tommy, but I got a hunch. 567 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:14,960 Hello? 568 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:15,960 WBTA? 569 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,960 What's that band you've got on now? 570 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:20,960 I don't care if it's an electrical transcription 571 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:21,960 or a Mickey Mouse cartoon. 572 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:22,960 What's that guy's name? 573 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:24,960 What? 574 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:25,960 Turn off that radio. 575 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:27,960 Now, what was that guy's name? 576 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:29,960 Yeah. 577 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:32,960 Well, where can we get a hold of this guy? 578 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:33,960 Where does he hang out? 579 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:35,960 I see. 580 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:37,960 Five nights a week, huh? 581 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:38,960 That include tonight? 582 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:40,960 Thanks. 583 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:42,960 He's a small-time band leader, Tom. 584 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:44,960 Armonica Hall and his harmoniers, he calls himself. 585 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,960 And he plays at a place called the Silver Slipper 586 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:47,960 out in the concourse. 587 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:48,960 Come on. 588 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:49,960 Coming. 589 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:51,960 You better get on that phone, Joe. 590 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,960 You dumb, you would have to turn on that radio. 591 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:08,960 There's the Silver Slipper right over there. 592 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:10,960 Okay, let us out here. 593 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,960 Right. 594 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:13,960 There you are. 595 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:15,960 Thank you, sir. 596 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,960 Look familiar to you around here, Tommy? 597 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:25,960 No. 598 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,960 Oh, I'm afraid it's a bum's steer, Denny. 599 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,960 Look, kid, here's the way I figure this music deal. 600 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:31,960 You may have heard a recording of this band 601 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,960 the way you did a little while ago. 602 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,960 But there's a good chance you actually heard the guy himself. 603 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:38,960 You know what time it was when you heard it? 604 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:40,960 Well, it was just night, that's all I know. 605 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:41,960 All right. 606 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,960 They don't make recordings often of unknown bands. 607 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,960 And this Silver Slipper isn't on the air. 608 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,960 So maybe you were out here someplace and heard the band itself. 609 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:50,960 Maybe. 610 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:52,960 I know it's kind of a long shot, kid, 611 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,960 but right now it's the best we got. 612 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:55,960 Let's case the joint. 613 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:57,960 Okay. 614 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,960 Don't look like there are any rooms with closets in a Silver Slipper. 615 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,960 Say, what about that crummy-looking hotel next to it? 616 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,960 Yeah, I was just thinking. 617 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,960 If you were in a room in a closet and all that, 618 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,960 and you really did hear this band, 619 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:12,960 that hotel's the only place you could have been. 620 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,960 Oh, I wish I could remember something. 621 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,960 The shape you were in, you probably signed your own name, too. 622 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:17,960 Come on. 623 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:19,960 By the way, what time you got? 624 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:20,960 Uh, 10 to 6. 625 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,960 10 to 6. 626 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,960 Deadline's pretty close, kid. 627 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:25,960 Yeah. 628 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,960 This better be right. 629 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,960 What a dump. 630 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:31,960 I can only remember. 631 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,960 Well, there's a clerk, we'll see. 632 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,960 Say, you got a guy named Tom Cochran here? 633 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,960 Tom Cochran? I don't know. 634 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,960 It's all right. We're friends of his. 635 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,960 Let's see. When did he register? 636 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:42,960 Last night. 637 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,960 Sure, here it is. Tom Cochran and Ben Doyle, room 209. 638 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:47,960 I don't think they're in now. 639 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:48,960 No? 640 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,960 No. I've been ringing to see if they were going to check out by 6. 641 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:52,960 I was just going to send somebody up. 642 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,960 Well, they were out at a big party last night. 643 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,960 Probably haven't pulled themselves together yet. 644 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,960 As a matter of fact, that's where we came to see them. 645 00:21:58,960 --> 00:21:59,960 Should I ring again? 646 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:00,960 No, we're sort of surprised. 647 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,960 Okay, right up those stairs. 648 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:04,960 But they've got to be out by 6 or pay for another night. 649 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,960 We'll take care of that. Let's go, Tom. 650 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,960 Denny, did you see that handwriting on the register? 651 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:12,960 Yeah. 652 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:14,960 It was mine all right. 653 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,960 This is it, Tommy. One way or another. 654 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:17,960 Yeah. 655 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,960 Here's 209. 656 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,960 Don't put your hand on that doorknob. 657 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,960 Fingerprints. Use your handkerchief. 658 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:25,960 Slak. 659 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:26,960 I got some keys. 660 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:28,960 It's an easy lock. 661 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,960 Here we go, kid. 662 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:34,960 Denny, this is it. 663 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:35,960 Close that door. 664 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:37,960 Yeah. There's a closet. 665 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:38,960 Give me the key. 666 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,960 Here, you better hold my gun on that door just in case. 667 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:42,960 All right. 668 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:44,960 Denny, look out! 669 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,960 He was just falling. He's dead. 670 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,960 Oh, gee, this is awful. 671 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:51,960 You remember now? 672 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:53,960 Yeah. 673 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:55,960 But I can't put it together. 674 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:56,960 Let's have a look. 675 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:57,960 Oh. 676 00:22:58,960 --> 00:22:59,960 Stabbed. 677 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:01,960 Here's his driver's license. 678 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,960 Benjamin Doyle. 679 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:04,960 What's going on, Dad? 680 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:05,960 Give me it. 681 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:07,960 Hello? 682 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,960 Oh, yeah, we found him, all right. 683 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,960 Oh, they're going to keep the room for another night. 684 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,960 No, no, no. There's not a thing we want. 685 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,960 We're in for it now, kid. 686 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,960 Denny, look on the floor over there. 687 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,960 Class knife. Covered with blood. 688 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:21,960 That's what did it, all right. 689 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:22,960 Yeah. 690 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:23,960 Hey. 691 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:24,960 Yeah, yeah, I know. It's mine. 692 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,960 Tommy, why didn't you tell me? 693 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,960 Honest, Denny, I didn't even know I'd lost it until I just saw it there now. 694 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,960 Fingerprints all over. 695 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,960 It's clear as other than made in ceiling wax. 696 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:35,960 Right-handed, aren't you, Tommy? 697 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:36,960 Yeah, right-handed. 698 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:37,960 Let me see your right hand. 699 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,960 Doesn't take an expert to read these. 700 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,960 Those prints are yours, all right, kid. 701 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:44,960 Yeah, I guess they are. 702 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,960 And you still don't remember? 703 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,960 Honest, Denny, I don't. 704 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,960 Can you think of any other explanation? 705 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,960 No. There's the guy with the frog voice, 706 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,960 but I must have just dreamed them up. 707 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:56,960 I don't know. 708 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,960 Well, kid, I guess this is it. 709 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,960 You did all you could, Denny. Don't feel bad. 710 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,960 We can plead insanity or something. 711 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:05,960 Maybe we can prove you were doped. 712 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:06,960 Maybe. 713 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,960 You better call headquarters, Denny. Let's get it over. 714 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:10,960 All right. 715 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:11,960 So where are you going? 716 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,960 I don't have a phone from here. The clerk will listen in. 717 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,960 It's no use getting all the wolves on us before we have to. 718 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:17,960 Aren't you afraid that I'll... 719 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:18,960 No, no. 720 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:19,960 Oh, I won't. 721 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,960 I just haven't sent a detective car. 722 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,960 You won't have to go in the wagon. 723 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:24,960 Thanks. 724 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,960 Better let me have my gun. 725 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:27,960 Sure. 726 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:28,960 I'll be back. 727 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,960 Lie down for a couple of minutes. 728 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,960 You look kind of sick. 729 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:33,960 I am. 730 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,960 That's the idea. Take a little snooze. 731 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,960 I won't be gone long. 732 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,960 Get a little sleep. Do your good. 733 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:50,960 I'll be right back. 734 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,960 Have a little trouble in here? 735 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:57,960 Blood. 736 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,960 Sure, blood. 737 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:01,960 All over your shirt. 738 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,960 Oh, he's all right. 739 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,960 Put him in the closet. Lock the door. 740 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,960 Key right in your pocket. 741 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,960 I'm not going anyplace. 742 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,960 Back in just a minute. 743 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,960 Sure, I'll be right back. 744 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,960 Be right back. 745 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:25,960 Here he is. 746 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:26,960 You? 747 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:27,960 Yeah, me. 748 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:28,960 Hey, what are you going to do with him, Froggy? 749 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,960 Get him in the other room until his copper friend misses him 750 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:31,960 and starts looking. 751 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,960 Now listen, I don't want to be in anything like this. 752 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:34,960 Shut up. 753 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,960 You're in it up to your neck. 754 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:37,960 Come on, you. Get up. 755 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:38,960 Okay. 756 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:39,960 Get going. 757 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:41,960 Up to your neck. 758 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,960 Get going. Up to your neck. 759 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:48,960 Open the other door, Joe. 760 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:49,960 Sure. 761 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:52,960 Get in there. 762 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:57,960 That's the guy, Frog? 763 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:58,960 Yeah. 764 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:00,960 Listen, Froggy, this don't look so good. 765 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,960 There was people who knew you were getting ready to give it to Doyle. 766 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,960 Sure, sure. That's why I framed this guy. 767 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,960 All the trouble I went through, 768 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:09,960 doped him and brought Doyle in there when he was out. 769 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,960 Planted the key on him, bloodied him up, 770 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:12,960 put the knife in his hand. 771 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,960 I still don't see how he ever came to in time. 772 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,960 Yeah, but he did. 773 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:18,960 So what? 774 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:20,960 We frame him again. 775 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:21,960 Music? 776 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,960 You like music, don't you? 777 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,960 You're pretty sweet about music, ain't you? 778 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,960 Well, for your information, that's harmonica hell rehearsing for the night. 779 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,960 And in this room, it comes through the window. 780 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,960 On account of the reservoir window. 781 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:36,960 But in the other room, it comes through the walls. 782 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,960 On account of the rate no window. 783 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:39,960 Catch on. 784 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:40,960 Better close the window, Joe. 785 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:42,960 No, no, wait a minute. 786 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,960 Yeah, I do like music. 787 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,960 You mind if a guy in a spot like I am hears a little music? 788 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:49,960 What about it, Froggy? 789 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,960 Sure, sure, leave it up. 790 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,960 Let's have music while we work. 791 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,960 It'll cover up the noise if he makes any fuss. 792 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:57,960 So what's the new angle? 793 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,960 Knock him off. 794 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,960 Dump him in the park. 795 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,960 Dead by his own hand. 796 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,960 Remorse. 797 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,960 We leave the gun beside him and plant some of Doyle's stuff on him. 798 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:08,960 Yeah, yeah, I got it. 799 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,960 All right, get going, get going, tie him up. 800 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:11,960 Yeah. 801 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,960 Put a hand on his mouth. 802 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:14,960 Yeah. 803 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:15,960 Put a card around him. 804 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:16,960 He's drunk, see? 805 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,960 And we're taking care of him. 806 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:19,960 Okay. 807 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:20,960 Where's the card? 808 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:21,960 Round it back. 809 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,960 Nobody will see us going out that way. 810 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,960 All right, all right, you ready? 811 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:26,960 Just a minute. 812 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:27,960 All right, take a look. 813 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:28,960 Okay. 814 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:29,960 All right. 815 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:30,960 Take a look out that door. 816 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:31,960 Okay. 817 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:34,960 All clear? 818 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:35,960 Yeah. 819 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:36,960 Let's go. 820 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,960 Lock the door after we go in. 821 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:39,960 Okay. 822 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,960 Down the hall to the back stairs. 823 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:45,960 Hey, what the? 824 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,960 All right, drop those guns and drop them up. 825 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:48,960 Cover him, you guys. 826 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:49,960 I got it. 827 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:50,960 You'll find out, Graziano. 828 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,960 Get that gag out of the guy's mouth and untie him. 829 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:53,960 Sure. 830 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,960 Jenny, I heard the music. 831 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:58,960 I hoped you would. 832 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,960 I asked him to leave the window open. 833 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,960 I heard the conversation too. 834 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:03,960 Enough. 835 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,960 Okay, boys, take him down. 836 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,960 All right, come on, come on. 837 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,960 Say, who are those guys? 838 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:16,960 Graziano's a mobster. 839 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,960 Doyle was one of his boys who double crossed him. 840 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:20,960 How you feeling? 841 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:21,960 Okay, I guess. 842 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:22,960 That was kind of close. 843 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,960 Yeah, all the way around. 844 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:25,960 Yeah. 845 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:26,960 Look, kid, I... 846 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:27,960 Skip it, Denny. 847 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:28,960 I'm sorry, Tommy. 848 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:29,960 Honest. 849 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:30,960 I thought you did it. 850 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:35,960 Denny, until just now, so did I. 851 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:58,960 And so closes The Singing Walls starring Preston Foster with Dane Clark. 852 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,960 Tonight's tale of... 853 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,960 Suspense. 854 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:11,960 This is your narrator, the man in black, who conveys to you Columbia's invitation to spend this half hour in suspense with us again next week at this same time, 855 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:18,960 when Miss Lillian Gish and Mr. Otto Krueger, who star in the suspense play, marry for murder. 856 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:25,960 The producer of these broadcasts is William Spear, who with Ted Bliss, the director, Bernard Herman and Lucy Ann Marowick, conductor and composer, 857 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,960 and Robert L. Richards, the radio author, collaborated on tonight's Suspense. 858 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:56,960 This is CBS, the Columbia broadcasting system.