1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,600 Suspense. 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:28,760 This is the Man in Black, here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:33,200 We meet our stars from Hollywood, Miss Virginia Bruce and Mr. John Loder. 4 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:39,440 Miss Bruce appears as a beautiful and adventurous young lady who went in search of the bright face of danger, 5 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,080 and risked her life while finding it. 6 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:49,000 Mr. Loder's role is that of the smooth and charming gentleman who granted her employment in a perilous enterprise. 7 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:56,800 The story called The Cross-Eyed Bear by Dorothy B. Hughes is tonight's tale of Suspense. 8 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:03,960 If you've been with us before, you will know that Suspense is compounded of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 9 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:10,480 In this series, her tales are calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation, 10 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:16,440 and then, withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 11 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:23,240 And so it is with the performances of Virginia Bruce as Lisanne Steffen and John Loder as Bill Fulker. 12 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:32,280 We again hope to keep you in Suspense, The Cross-Eyed Bear, 13 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:46,600 The Subway Train, Midtown New York, a tall blonde girl reading an item in her newspaper, 14 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,880 reading it over and over, an advertisement, a personal advertisement. 15 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:58,880 A beautiful girl, no special training required, but must not be afraid to look upon the bright face of danger. 16 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,080 Full wardrobe and liberal expenses, good salary. 17 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:07,080 Apply in person, room 1000, the Lorenzo Hotel, East 51st Street. 18 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,080 Fifty-five, fifty-five street. 19 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:21,080 How do you do? 20 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,080 I came to answer an ad. 21 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,080 Oh. 22 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:25,080 Is this the place? 23 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,080 Yes, this is the place, I should think. 24 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,080 Am I the only one? 25 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,080 Not quite, but just now you're the only one. 26 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,080 I see. 27 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,080 I thought... 28 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,080 Listen, miss, whatever your name is. 29 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,080 Lisanne. 30 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,080 Lisanne Steffen. 31 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,080 Take my advice, Lisanne, before it's too... 32 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,080 Lydia, about that... 33 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,080 Oh, someone to see me. 34 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,080 This young lady came in answer to the ad, Mr. Fokker. 35 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,080 Miss Lisanne Steffen. 36 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,080 I see. 37 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,080 Well, won't you come in, Miss Steffen? 38 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:52,080 Thank you. 39 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,080 In here, please, my office. 40 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,080 Please sit down, won't you? 41 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,080 Thank you. 42 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,080 Not bad. 43 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,080 Not bad. 44 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:05,080 Oh, excuse me, Miss Steffen, this is my associate, Mr. Hugh King. 45 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,080 A bodyguard, she might as well know these little things, Bill. 46 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,080 Hugh's not really rude, Miss Steffen, it's just a mannerism. 47 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,080 Well, Bill did advertise for a beautiful girl. 48 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,080 I've always considered myself sort of an authority on that subject. 49 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,080 I see. 50 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,080 Perhaps, Mr. Fokker, you'd be good enough to explain why... 51 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,080 Perhaps I might tell you something about the job, eh? 52 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,080 Well... 53 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,080 Why did you apply for this position, Miss Steffen? 54 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,080 I, uh... 55 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,080 I needed the work. 56 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,080 And you're quite sure you're not afraid of danger? 57 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:37,080 As a matter of fact, I suppose I am, but I told you I need the work. 58 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,080 Well, that makes two of us. 59 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:43,080 Miss Steffen, have you ever heard of the cross-eyed bear? 60 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,080 Yes. 61 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,080 Where? 62 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,080 Why, uh... 63 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,080 In the papers. 64 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,080 Wasn't that what they called Newt Villius, the Swedish nickel king? 65 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,080 Did you know he was dead? 66 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,080 Yes, that's how I happened to hear about him, 67 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,080 when they had it all in the papers about a year ago. 68 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,080 And did you know he had three sons? 69 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,080 No, I didn't read much beyond the headlines. 70 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,080 He did. One of them's dead. 71 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,080 His name was Dean, the youngest. 72 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,080 The oldest, Steffen, is still in Sweden. 73 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,080 The third, Lans Villius, is where your job comes in. 74 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,080 I see. 75 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,080 Which he obviously doesn't. 76 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,080 I want you to meet Lans Villius, to get acquainted with him, 77 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,080 win his confidence. Do you understand? 78 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:23,080 I think so. 79 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,080 We know where he is, who he is, but he won't admit it. 80 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,080 He pretends he's a piano player named Lans Vought at Jim and Jack's nightclub. 81 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,080 We're pretty sure that Lans Vought is actually Lans Villius, 82 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,080 the second son of the cross-eyed bear. 83 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,080 Am I supposed to know why you want this done? 84 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,080 You might as well tell her, Belle. She's in for it now, anyway. 85 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,080 In for it? 86 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,080 You means it seems you're hired. You are. 87 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,080 Oh, thank you. 88 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,080 You accept? 89 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,080 Yes, yes, I accept. 90 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,080 Well, then, the background, Miss Stefferson, is this. 91 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,080 When the cross-eyed bear, that is, old Knut Villius, died, 92 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,080 he left a will. 93 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:01,080 The will was consciously designed to bring about the murder of at least two people. 94 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,080 Murder? 95 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,080 Yes. 96 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,080 He left his estate, which included several important mines, 97 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,080 divided equally among his three sons. 98 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,080 He left a cheque for three million dollars, 99 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,080 one cheque torn in three pieces, 100 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,080 one piece for each of his sons, 101 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,080 and all three pieces must be presented together before the cheque is valid. 102 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,080 A cheque torn in three pieces? 103 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,080 Oh, sure, it's an old gag, but it's effective if you want a house divided. 104 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,080 You see, the old bear knew that one son would eventually kill the others for their shares, 105 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,080 and he knew which one. 106 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,080 Stefferson. 107 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,080 The one in Sweden? 108 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,080 Yes. 109 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,080 Why do such a thing if he knew? 110 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,080 Survival of the fittest, chum. 111 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,080 The fittest to run his empire. 112 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,080 The old boy is what is known as a rugged individualist. 113 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:48,080 And because he hated all of his sons and wanted them to hate each other, 114 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,080 they weren't even brought up together. 115 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,080 They have never even seen each other. 116 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,080 But it seems so. Can't someone bring them together? Isn't there some way? 117 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,080 Sure, Stefan's way. First he killed Dean, and then... 118 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:03,080 Of course there's no proof. It happened somewhere up in Vermont. 119 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,080 I thought you said Stefan was in Sweden. 120 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,080 We think he is, but there are ways of doing these things. 121 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,080 No, he's on the trail of Lance, the second brother, and that's where you come in. 122 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,080 We want to get to him before Stefan does. 123 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,080 But if you think you know where he is and who he is, why don't one of you talk to him? 124 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,080 Because he's scared. He doesn't trust anyone. He won't talk to anyone. 125 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,080 Now, maybe he'll trust you. 126 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,080 But Mr. King, may I ask just why you... 127 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,080 The Sweden you see is neutral, and so they're scared to do anything about it officially. 128 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,080 Now, Bill here is like one of those spies in the movies. 129 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,080 If he gets caught, his own government is the one to throw the first stone. 130 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:39,080 Besides that, my government is afraid that if Stefan gets control of the mines, 131 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,080 he'll turn them over completely to the Germans. 132 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,080 Yes, Stefan's pro-Nazi, among his other virtues. 133 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,080 Well, Miss Jefferson, will you be ready to go to work tonight? 134 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,080 Yes, I'll be ready. 135 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,080 I'll reserve a table at Jim and Jack's. Two, in fact. 136 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,080 For, say, ten o'clock. 137 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,080 We'll meet you around the corner from the bar. I don't want Lance to see us together. 138 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,080 I'll be there. 139 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,080 Very well, then, Miss Jefferson. 140 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,080 Oh, by the way, here's a little cash. You may want to buy yourself an evening dress or two. 141 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,080 Thank you, but... 142 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,080 Oh, not at all. Part of the bargain. Goodbye. See you later. 143 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,080 Heavens! It's a thousand dollars! 144 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,080 Well, so you got the job. 145 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,080 Yes. 146 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,080 You were trying to warn me about something before I went in, weren't you? 147 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,080 It's no use now. I only hope you have better luck with it than I had. 148 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,080 Will you? Oh, I'm so sorry. 149 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,080 Don't be. Look, Lizanne, I don't know who you are, but you must be somebody. 150 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,080 You must be mixed up in this thing somehow. 151 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,080 I must be somebody? 152 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,080 If you're not, get out of it while you can. 153 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,080 You are, of course, but get out of it anyway. 154 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,080 Why? 155 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:47,080 Didn't it ever occur to you that the ad you answered may have been in the papers for weeks, 156 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,080 and that there are thousands of beautiful girls in New York, 157 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,080 and that hundreds of them must have come up here and been turned away? 158 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,080 I wondered, yes. 159 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,080 And why do you think out of all those you were chosen? 160 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:09,080 That's it. I don't know. 161 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:10,080 Diary. 162 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:15,080 October 12th. Yes. Why was I chosen? 163 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:20,080 Who are they, really? And more important, what do they know about me? 164 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,080 There's no answer except to work with them and wait. 165 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:27,080 At least I know that at last I've found the trail of the cross I'd bear. 166 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:31,080 It's true, then, about the torn check divided among the three sons. 167 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,080 And one is already dead. Dean. 168 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:39,080 The second, the man I'm supposed to meet tonight, to trap. 169 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,080 But I'm sure now that I was right to come to New York, 170 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,080 and I'm sure I was right to answer the strange ad, 171 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:55,080 as for danger, I always knew it would be there. 172 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,080 You're sure Lance hasn't come in yet, Miss Jefferson? 173 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,080 Positive. I've asked the head waiter twice. 174 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,080 I don't think it would be wise to ask again. Perhaps not. 175 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,080 Does he do this often, stay away like this? 176 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,080 No, that's the funny part. 177 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,080 They say he's been at that piano every night for a year. 178 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,080 This is the first time... 179 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,080 Oh, look, Lizanne. Do you mind if I call you Lizanne? 180 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:14,080 No. 181 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,080 Well, you didn't by any chance trip our friend off that people were looking for him, did you? 182 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,080 Aye. Why should I when I'm working for you? 183 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,080 Oh, I'm sorry. Skip it. 184 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,080 Just a habit. Nobody trusts anybody in this thing anymore. 185 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,080 But if you don't trust me... 186 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,080 Of course we trust you, Lizanne. 187 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,080 He was a little nervous, that's all. 188 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,080 Me? I'm not nervous. 189 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,080 I like sitting around night clubs with beautiful girls. 190 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,080 You do look very charming tonight, Lizanne. 191 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,080 It would be hard not to on a thousand dollars. 192 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,080 Hey, don't look around now, but our boy's just come in. 193 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:45,080 Did he see us? 194 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,080 No. I just happened to be looking around the corner and saw his back. 195 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,080 He's heading for the orchestra. 196 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,080 All right, Lizanne, here you go. 197 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,080 Don't be nervous. Just talk with him, chat along, you know. 198 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,080 What should I not say? 199 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,080 Be as frank as you like. There's nothing to conceal. 200 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,080 All right. Oh, waiter. See you later. 201 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:07,080 Waiter, I have a table reserved for tonight. My escort will be along shortly. 202 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,080 Yes, madame. What is the name, please? 203 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,080 Stefferson. It's table number 24, I think, over by the orchestra. 204 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:22,080 Oh, well, this way, please, madame. 205 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,080 And here we are, madame. Do you wish to order now or later? 206 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:27,080 I'll wait. Thank you. 207 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,080 Thank you, madame. 208 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:31,080 Excuse me. 209 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:32,080 Yes? 210 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,080 May I ask you a question? 211 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,080 Why not? 212 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,080 Won't you sit down for a minute? 213 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,080 All right. 214 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,080 Well? 215 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,080 I wanted to ask your name. 216 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,080 My name is Vought. V-A-U-G-H-T, Vought. 217 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,080 And your first name? 218 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,080 Lance. Why? 219 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:55,080 It's only because you look like someone I... someone whose picture I saw on the paper once. 220 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,080 Yeah. 221 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:57,080 Don't you believe me? 222 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:04,080 Why should I? You're just another one of these people who've been going around here lately with a bad case of mistaken identity. 223 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,080 Well, you're wrong, too. 224 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,080 You know about it, then. 225 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:12,080 About the cross I'd bear? Of course I do. 226 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,080 It's been following me long enough. 227 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,080 They think I'm Lance Villiers, that I'm heir to a lot of Swedish dough. 228 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,080 Well, I'm not. 229 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,080 You still look like the picture I saw on the paper. 230 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,080 Who are you working for, Stefan? 231 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,080 No. No, that's just it, don't you see? Your life's in danger. 232 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,080 Not as long as I keep my face shut, it isn't. 233 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,080 Look, you must trust me. I can help you. 234 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,080 I don't need any help. 235 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,080 Are you sure you don't? 236 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,080 Say, who are you working for? I noticed you ducked that one. 237 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,080 No, I didn't. I don't have to lie. 238 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,080 Well, who is it? 239 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,080 His name is Bill Foker. 240 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:49,080 I never heard of him. 241 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:53,080 He's working for the Swedish government. He wants to help you, too. 242 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,080 A lot of people seem to want to help me. 243 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,080 Won't you talk to him? 244 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:58,080 I might. 245 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,080 Tonight? They're here at another table. 246 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:01,080 They? 247 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,080 Bill and his bodyguard, Hugh King. 248 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:07,080 Since when do representatives of neutral governments need bodyguards? 249 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,080 Apparently, when they become involved with the cross-eyed bear. 250 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,080 Please come. 251 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,080 All right. For a couple of minutes. 252 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:19,080 I'll admit, I'm rather curious. 253 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,080 Over here. 254 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,080 I didn't tell you my name, did I? 255 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,080 It's Lisanne. Lisanne Stefferson. 256 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,080 Nice. 257 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,080 Here we are. Mr. Foker, Mr. King. This is Mr. Lance Fort. 258 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,080 How do you do? 259 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,080 Won't you sit down, Mr. Fort, please? 260 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,080 Thanks. 261 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,080 Uh-huh. 262 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,080 I thought perhaps I'd recognize you. 263 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,080 Oh, yes. I've been in here several times. 264 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,080 Pleasure or business? 265 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,080 A little of both. 266 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,080 Look, Mr. Fort, I'll speak frankly. 267 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,080 You can save it. Your Miss Stefferson has told me all about it. 268 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,080 My name is Bort. 269 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,080 You're barking up the wrong tree. 270 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,080 Got a birth certificate? 271 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,080 Why should I show it to you? 272 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,080 It might... Uh-oh. 273 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,080 Here comes something. 274 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,080 Well, hello, Hugh. 275 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,080 Hi, Toby. 276 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,080 Oh, don't let me disturb you. 277 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,080 But you better make some introductions, Hugh. 278 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,080 Well, this is Inspector Tobin of the homicide squad. 279 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:15,080 Miss Stefferson. 280 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:16,080 Mr. Falk. 281 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,080 How do you do? Mr. Falker. 282 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,080 How do you do? 283 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,080 What's up, Toby? 284 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,080 Oh, I just thought I'd like to ask a few questions. 285 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,080 Well, I'm sure you don't want me. 286 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,080 I've got to get back. 287 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,080 You better stick around, son. 288 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:29,080 Oh. 289 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,080 I don't suppose any of you can give a satisfactory account of your movements 290 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:38,080 between, say, eight and ten this evening with witnesses. 291 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,080 I thought so. 292 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,080 How about you, Miss Stefferson? 293 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,080 You're a new one. I thought you might at least. 294 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,080 Well, it took me quite a long time to dress. 295 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,080 It looks as though it might have. 296 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,080 Well, it's better to have too many suspects than none, I guess. 297 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,080 Come on, Toby, give. 298 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,080 There's been a murder. 299 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,080 A murder? 300 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:00,080 That's right. 301 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,080 A certain Lydia Vinton. 302 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,080 Your secretary, Mr. Falker. 303 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,080 Lydia? 304 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,080 You're surprised? 305 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,080 Why? Of course. 306 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,080 Where do I come in on this? 307 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:15,080 Well, now, Mr. Vaught, the New York police know a lot more about what's going on in the world than you think. 308 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:16,080 All sorts of things. 309 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,080 Like the cross-eyed bear, for instance. 310 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,080 I've got nothing to do with a cross-eyed bear. 311 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,080 Maybe you have, maybe you haven't. 312 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,080 But there are a lot of people who think you have, including me. 313 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:31,080 But Lydia, poor Lydia. She was only my secretary. She had nothing to do with it. 314 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,080 Had nothing to do with the cross-eyed bear? 315 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:40,080 Whether you knew it or not, Mr. Falker, Lydia Vinton was in the cross-eyed bear thing up to her neck. 316 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,080 She knew the Villiers' setup, she knew the Villiers' family. 317 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,080 In fact, she was one of the heirs to the Villiers' fortune. 318 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,080 Lydia was? 319 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,080 Lydia, Mr. Falker, was the wife of Steffan Villiers. 320 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,080 That's why she was killed. 321 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:10,080 October 14th. Lydia, poor Lydia, who tried to warn me. 322 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:16,080 And no wonder. Lydia was an heir to the cross-eyed bear's estate. 323 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,080 And she is dead. 324 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:22,080 Vinton was the youngest son-in-law, and he is dead. 325 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,080 In the next... land. 326 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,080 Of course he is land-spirited. 327 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,080 His disappearing is as good as signing a confession that he is land-spirited. 328 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:37,080 He disappeared not because he was a murderer of Lydia or anyone else. 329 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:44,080 But he is afraid of being murdered because he is the second son of a cross-eyed bear. 330 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:48,080 That means I've got to find him before they do. 331 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:58,080 Falklands Falk? No, I don't know anybody by that name. 332 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,080 He might be using some other name, but he's a piano player. 333 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,080 That isn't him over there, is it? 334 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:08,080 No. You don't have any other piano player, one who's just recently come with you? 335 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:14,080 No, ma'am. 336 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:20,080 Sure, he belonged to the Musicians' Union. They all do, but he hasn't worked for over a week. 337 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:24,080 And, well, if he didn't leave any forwarding address at his hotel, I'm sorry. 338 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,080 Some of these piano players are funny guys. 339 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,080 Oh, yes, yes, I know who you mean all right. 340 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,080 He used to go by this corner every evening. 341 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:38,080 Well, but that fellow's wanted. You don't think you're going to find him before us cops do, do you? 342 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:45,080 No, ma'am, I'm sorry. Nobody answering that description ever registered here. 343 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:58,080 I know you feel mighty bad about not finding that man. I can see that. 344 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,080 Do you want a little advice? 345 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,080 Oh, yes, yes, I do. 346 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,080 You ever hear of the 48 Club up in Harlem? 347 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:05,080 No. 348 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:09,080 You go up there. Now, I'll tell you how to get there. And you just hang around. 349 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,080 You'll show up there one of these nights. 350 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:12,080 But why? 351 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:20,080 Because nobody that's a real musician, and I know that boy is a real musician, nobody could stay away from that very long. 352 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:26,080 They got a piano team up there. You just got to hear them ever so often. 353 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:31,080 Now, you just go on up there like I tell you. 354 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:52,080 Are you sure? 355 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:57,080 I think I know who you mean. I've been keeping my eye out ever since you told me. 356 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,080 I see. Well, thank you. 357 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:04,080 The man you want wouldn't have a beard, would he? 358 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,080 Beard? I don't know. 359 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,080 There's the gentleman right over there. 360 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:09,080 Where? Oh. 361 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:10,080 Is that him? 362 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,080 I'm not sure, but I think I'll take a table for a while anyway. 363 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,080 Lance, Lance. 364 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,080 Quiet, you little fool. Come here. Sit down. 365 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:26,080 Oh, Lance, I'm so glad I found you. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. And the beard. 366 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,080 I had to do something. 367 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,080 Not very good. I recognized you. 368 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:33,080 All right. What are you here for? Put the finger on me? 369 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,080 Oh, Lance, no, that isn't true. 370 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,080 Why not? 371 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,080 You trust me, don't you? 372 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,080 Well, yes, for some reason. 373 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,080 I know why. Because I trust you when you know. 374 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,080 You trust me? 375 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:51,080 Oh, don't you see? We're all in this together. We're all in danger. 376 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:52,080 How does that apply to you? 377 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:56,080 Well, I'll tell you. First, listen. Don't you see what you've done? 378 00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:00,080 By running away, you've all but made an open confession that you are Lance Davis. 379 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,080 The police may think you ran away because you killed Lydia, 380 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,080 but whoever did kill her knows why you ran away. Don't you see? 381 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:10,080 Yeah, I know. I thought of that after a couple of days, but it was too late then. 382 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,080 You are Lance Davis, aren't you? 383 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:14,080 Why should I tell you? 384 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:18,080 Because we can help each other. Because if we don't, we're both helpless. 385 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,080 How do I know you're not with them? 386 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,080 I'm not with anybody. I'm trying to find out just as much as you are. 387 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:28,080 Look, sister, I don't know if you are or not, but I'm gambling with my life. 388 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:33,080 Listen, if you're Lance Vilius, you have a torn piece of a check made out by your father, 389 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,080 Canute Vilius, the cross-eyed bear, for one-third of his estate. 390 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:43,080 There are two others exactly alike, and all three must be presented together before any are valid. 391 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:48,080 If I show you another of those pieces of that check, then will you believe me? 392 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,080 Yes. 393 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,080 I will. But first, we've got to find a place for you to hide. 394 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:55,080 Where did you get part of that check? 395 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,080 Never mind that now. Where have you been staying? 396 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,080 Oh, here and there. One broken down hotel after another. 397 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:05,080 I know. My place. It's got two rooms, and you can have one of them. 398 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,080 Isn't that risky? 399 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:11,080 No, don't you see? It's like the story of the man who left the valuable letter in plain sight on his desk. 400 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:15,080 The simplest place to find you is the last place they'll look. Come on. 401 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,080 Here we are. How do you like it? 402 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,080 Well, it's a lot better than I've been used to lately. 403 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:35,080 And there are bolts on the doors. I had that done the second day I got mixed up in this thing. 404 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,080 Which room do you want me to take? 405 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:41,080 Oh, you might as well have this one, I guess. The phone's in the next room. 406 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,080 You won't want to be answering that anyway. 407 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:44,080 Well, this is all right. 408 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,080 We can work and plan here. It'll be our headquarters. We can... 409 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,080 Well, there's the phone now. 410 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,080 Make yourself comfortable. Why don't you try the piano? 411 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,080 Okay. 412 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:04,080 Hello? Hello? Hello, who is it? Hello, hello? 413 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,080 That's the one, isn't it? There was no... 414 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,080 Trent! Trent! 415 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,080 Bill, how'd you get here? What happened? 416 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,080 You can see for yourself. 417 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:14,080 You killed him. 418 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,080 Bill, don't follow me. He's right behind me. 419 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,080 I can't help that. 420 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,080 Come on, open up. 421 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,080 Come in, come in. The door's open. 422 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,080 Where? What happened here? 423 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,080 I don't know. I walked in and found them like that. 424 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,080 Lovers' quarrel, I guess. 425 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,080 Bill, what are you saying? 426 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,080 Well, this is where he's been hiding out. 427 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,080 No, no! 428 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,080 You better take her in, Inspector. 429 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,080 Come along, Miss Jefferson. 430 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,080 Here we are, Miss. 431 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,080 Don't fret now. It's no use. 432 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,080 Try to get a good night's sleep. 433 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,080 Can I call a lawyer? 434 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,080 Sure you can. You want me to get in touch with someone for you? 435 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,080 Who do you want me to call? 436 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,080 I don't know. 437 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,080 I don't know who to call her. 438 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,080 Or who to tell her. 439 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,080 October 28th. 440 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,080 At least they will let me write. 441 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,080 But what? 442 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,080 I've been such a fool. 443 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,080 They asked Jefferson's agents, Bill Falker and Hugh King, 444 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,080 and I walked into the trap. 445 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,080 They must have followed me. 446 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,080 Seen me locate Lance. 447 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,080 Perhaps even heard what we said. 448 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,080 Now Lance is dead. 449 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,080 The police believe I killed him. 450 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,080 And they will switch with all the power of money, 451 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,080 even foreign governance behind them. 452 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,080 But worst of all, they must know who I am. 453 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,080 They must know where the third piece of the cross I bear's check is. 454 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,080 That is why I am to be next. 455 00:22:51,080 --> 00:23:00,080 Dean, Lydia, Lance, and now Lisanne. 456 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,080 Here she is, Mr. Falker. 457 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,080 Bill! 458 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,080 Lisanne, I'm so sorry. 459 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,080 I couldn't come to you sooner. 460 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,080 It was a matter of your life and mine too. 461 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,080 Your life? 462 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:19,080 Didn't you see through it? 463 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,080 Oh, you poor child, I've been so blind. 464 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,080 But it's all right now. We're safe. 465 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,080 Are we? 466 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,080 Come along and I'll tell you about it on the way. 467 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,080 Everything's in order, isn't it, Matron? 468 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,080 Certainly, Mr. Falker. 469 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:35,080 You didn't really think I'd done such a thing to you, did you? 470 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,080 Didn't you see him standing there? 471 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,080 Who? 472 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:39,080 King, Hugh King. 473 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,080 Don't you see it now? 474 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:42,080 Is he? 475 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,080 Of course. 476 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,080 He's been Stefan's man all the time. 477 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,080 Watching me, protecting me, 478 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,080 waiting for me, for us, to lead him to the answer, and then strike him. 479 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,080 This way, please, and then you can get out right through the courtyard. 480 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,080 Thank you. 481 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,080 You see now why I had to do it? 482 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,080 I didn't actually see him kill, Lance. I got there a second later. 483 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,080 If I'd accused him, he'd have denied it. 484 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,080 They wouldn't have arrested him for a few hours at least. 485 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,080 And in those few hours, with the power of Stefan behind him, 486 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,080 it would have been you and I next, Lisanne. 487 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,080 But why did you let me be sent to jail? 488 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,080 To make him think I believed him. 489 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,080 But chiefly because I knew you'd be safe here. 490 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,080 And only if I knew you were safe could I do what I had to do. 491 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,080 What? 492 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,080 You won't trouble us again, Lisanne. 493 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,080 It's finished, at last. 494 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:38,080 Oh, I can still hardly believe that Hugh King has been so horrible. 495 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,080 I know, my poor child. 496 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,080 Come along. I'm going to take you home. 497 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,080 Taxi! 498 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,080 Lisanne, you should have told me who you were. 499 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,080 Go on in. Just relax for a while. 500 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,080 Like a drink? 501 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,080 No, thanks. 502 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,080 You don't mind if I do? 503 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:17,080 As a matter of fact, there are still a few things I haven't told you 504 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,080 about this little business of the cross-eyed bear. 505 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,080 There must be quite a lot of things. 506 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:27,080 For instance, you never knew I had a wall safe behind this bar, did you? 507 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,080 No. 508 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,080 And of course, you didn't know what I kept in it. 509 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:37,080 Perhaps you'd be interested to see. 510 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,080 The cross-eyed bears check all three pieces. 511 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,080 Yes. 512 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:49,080 Lance's, who had his part in his pocket, the fool, yours and my own. 513 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,080 You are so... 514 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:57,080 You know, I rather marvel that my poor brother Dean managed to marry such a naive girl. 515 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,080 You believed in me all the way, haven't you, Lisanne? 516 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,080 Even this afternoon. 517 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,080 When did you know? 518 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,080 Really, my dear, you don't think you were that beautiful, do you? 519 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,080 I knew my younger brother had a wife, someone. 520 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,080 And I knew she'd turn up eventually if I used the right bait. 521 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,080 The ad. 522 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,080 The ad. 523 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,080 But you weren't quite as innocent about that ad as you pretended, were you? 524 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,080 The beautiful girl went looking for danger. 525 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,080 You were trying to find the man who killed Dean, weren't you? 526 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,080 Yes. 527 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,080 Didn't you realise that he'd only married you for protection, 528 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,080 so there'd be one more heir to the Vilius fortune, 529 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,080 so they couldn't all be killed, or so he thought? 530 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,080 Yes, I realised that after I'd married him. 531 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,080 Lisanne, I have a private plane waiting for me, and I have the cheque. 532 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,080 By the way, I got your part out of your safe deposit vault, copies of your keys. 533 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,080 So there's no use prolonging the agony. 534 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,080 You understand? 535 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,080 You're going to kill me. 536 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,080 I'm afraid I must. 537 00:26:54,080 --> 00:27:00,080 Dean, Lance, my poor silly wife Lydia, who became a little too panic-stricken, 538 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,080 and now, since as Dean's wife, you're the last heir to the Vilius fortune... 539 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,080 You can't! You'll never get away with it! 540 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,080 I will. Oh, it'll look like suicide, naturally. 541 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,080 I've even forged a little note in which you confess to the other murders. 542 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,080 Remorse. 543 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,080 Do I make myself clear? 544 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:18,080 No. 545 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,080 My poor child, you mustn't think you can deceive me 546 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,080 by that ancient trick of staring over my shoulder at an nonexistent intruder. 547 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,080 Drop it, Bill. 548 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,080 Hugh! 549 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,080 I said drop it! 550 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,080 Hugh! Hugh, are you all right? 551 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,080 Sure I'm all right. 552 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,080 There was a close one for you, though, baby. 553 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,080 I told Tobin to keep you there till I got back. 554 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,080 I'll call the doctor. 555 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,080 Oh, that can wait. 556 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,080 But this can. 557 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,080 Oh, Hugh! 558 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,080 November 17th. 559 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,080 This is the end of you, darling. 560 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,080 I'm a married woman now. 561 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,080 And the most appropriate end I can think of is this clipping from today's time, 562 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,080 posted on the last page. 563 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,080 Jefferson King. 564 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,080 Viljes Eris weds FBI agent Hugh King, 565 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,080 who shadowed notorious Stefan Viljes for six months 566 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,080 to break international murder mystery. 567 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,080 By special dispensation of justice and war departments, 568 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:34,080 couple will honeymoon in Sweden. 569 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:40,080 And so closes The Cross-Eyed Bear, starring Virginia Bruce and John Loder. 570 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:48,080 Tonight's tale of Suspense. 571 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,080 This is your narrator, the man in black, 572 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:55,080 who conveys to you Columbia's invitation to spend this half hour with us again next week, 573 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:58,080 when Orson Welles will begin a four-week engagement 574 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,080 as our very welcome guest on Suspense. 575 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:07,080 During the next weeks, Mr. Welles will star in three unusual and spectacular suspense plays. 576 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,080 The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, 577 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,080 The Lost Special by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 578 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,080 and Donovan's Brain by Kurt Siodmak, 579 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:20,080 the last of which will be done in two parts on successive weeks. 580 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:24,080 The producer of these broadcasts is William Spear, 581 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:28,080 who with Ted Bliss the director, Bernard Herrmann and Lucian Marowick, 582 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:32,080 conductor and composer, and Robert L. Richards, the radio author, 583 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,080 collaborated on tonight's Suspense. 584 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:43,080 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.