1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:20,160 Suspense! 2 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:25,760 This is the Man in Black, here to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:31,000 In Hollywood this evening, our two distinguished stars are the lovely actress Margot and the 4 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,800 Polish young actor from Holland, Mr. Philip Dorne. 5 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:40,560 A story by John Dixon Carr dealing with strange, very strange happenings aboard an ocean liner 6 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:46,680 and called Cabin B13 is tonight's tale of Suspense. 7 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,060 If you have been with us before, you will know that Suspense is compounded of mystery 8 00:00:50,060 --> 00:00:53,680 and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 9 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:58,520 In this series our tales are calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer 10 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:04,920 you a precarious situation and then withhold a solution until the last possible moment. 11 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:10,120 And so with Cabin B13 and with the performances of Margot as Ann Brewster and Philip Dorne 12 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:31,080 as Dr. Karl Heinrich, we again hope to keep you in Suspense. 13 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,800 Come now in happier peacetime days to a great ocean liner on the night of her departure 14 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:36,800 for Europe. 15 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,240 There she is at the West 22nd Street Pier, the 25,000 tonne moravania of the White Planet 16 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,240 Line. 17 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:48,040 Smoke from her three funnels coils up lazily in mild October air. 18 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,440 You can see the decks white and shiny like shoeboxes and the string of lights along them 19 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,640 and the band standing by on a deck to play her out. 20 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,000 You can hear the murmur of an excited crowd and the rattle of the steam winches as cargo 21 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,480 is lowered into the hole. 22 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,360 You can see the bustle of activity and the second officer standing at the head of the 23 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:10,240 gangplank as two rather late passengers hurry through the custom shed towards that gangplank. 24 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,080 It's all right, Billy. 25 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,080 We are not too late. 26 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,960 No, and I thought we'd be in time. 27 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,120 A honeymoon in Europe. 28 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,360 Three whole months with nothing to worry about. 29 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:21,640 That's right, dear. 30 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:25,000 And you've been my wife for, let's see, practically five hours now. 31 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:30,120 I believe the correct phrase is, is, ah, it was so sudden, Mr. Brewster. 32 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,840 So sudden that we had to travel on our own passports instead of a husband and wife one. 33 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,080 I hope they don't think you're not an honest woman. 34 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,560 I'm going to act like a complete wad of just a devil. 35 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,800 Oh, what about our tickets, Ricky? 36 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,360 Do we give them to that officer standing at the top of the gangplank? 37 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,560 No, honey, you keep your ticket. 38 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,360 The cabin steward will come around and collect it after we're underway. 39 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,920 And the money, Ricky? 40 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:55,920 It's a lot of money, ain't it? 41 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,520 Ten thousand dollars in cash. 42 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,280 Maybe I better turn it in at the purse's office for safekeeping. 43 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,720 Yes, maybe you had. 44 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,000 Wait a minute, Ricky. 45 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 What is it then? 46 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Wait. 47 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,640 Do you mind if we stand here for a second before we go up the gangplank? 48 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:11,640 What's the matter? 49 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,640 You're not ill, are you? 50 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:17,240 No, but getting over brain fever isn't any joke. 51 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:18,960 Oh, I know, dear. 52 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:24,840 You see, Ricky, I ought to be eager and excited like all those people up there, but suddenly 53 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,360 you get fancies. 54 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,800 Queer, sick fancies. 55 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:34,600 Suddenly, right now, all I can think of is the night and the wind and all the black water 56 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:35,600 in the dark. 57 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,080 And that's exactly the kind of morbid fancy I'm trying to cure you of. 58 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,160 I know, Ricky. 59 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,920 I'll be good, but I was just thinking of a story. 60 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:45,920 What story? 61 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:46,920 Oh, never mind. 62 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:47,920 It doesn't matter. 63 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:48,920 Which way do we go? 64 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,680 Up the gangplank, through that door there, and then down on the elevator to B deck. 65 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:59,000 And no more horrors, do you understand? 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,880 Here we are, Ann. 67 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,880 B deck and cabin number... 68 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,680 Good Lord. 69 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,200 B 13. 70 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,200 B 13. 71 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,480 You're not superstitious, are you? 72 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,880 No, dear, not about things like that. 73 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,240 Open the door. 74 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,920 Here we are. 75 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:22,920 Lights on and... 76 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,160 Oh, Ricky, darling. 77 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,160 It's a beautiful cabin. 78 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:27,720 The best I could get. 79 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,760 They've got a luggage in anyway. 80 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,280 And over there, madam, you'll find a basket of fruit and some books from your obedient 81 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:35,280 servant. 82 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:36,720 Oh, you are nice to me. 83 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:38,820 And I'm feeling so much better, Ricky. 84 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:40,480 I will be all right, darling. 85 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,240 Of course you will. 86 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,320 But you won't find any detective novels among those books. 87 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,040 Please, please, Ricky. 88 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,760 Detective novels may be all right for presidents and college professors, but they're straight 89 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,400 poison to you. 90 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,920 You'll read love stories and like it. 91 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,920 You know, Ricky, I keep thinking and thinking about that story I mentioned. 92 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,200 Oh, what story, dear? 93 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,040 It's an old one. 94 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,000 You probably know it, but it was new to me. 95 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,960 A woman and her daughter arrive in Paris and go to a hotel. 96 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,160 Oh, you mean the old Paris Exposition story? 97 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:12,720 Yes, that's it. 98 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,600 The daughter goes out. 99 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,200 When she returns, her mother has disappeared. 100 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,440 And even the hotel room isn't the same. 101 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,840 The proprietor of the hotel swears the girl came there alone and that there never was 102 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:24,840 a mother. 103 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:28,120 The whole room is different when she goes back to look at it. 104 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,360 The girl goes to the police and they won't believe her and she's nearly crazy. 105 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:37,040 Of course, it turns out that the mother has caught bubonic plague and died and they're 106 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:41,040 hushing it up so that the visitors won't keep away from the city and ruin the whole exposition. 107 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,240 Anne, you've got to stop this kind of talk. 108 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,240 I know. 109 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:53,280 But imagine being in a situation like that with all those queer eyes staring at you, 110 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:57,520 wondering if you'd lost your reason, wondering if your brain had cracked and the whole world 111 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:58,520 might dissolve and... 112 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:59,520 Listen. 113 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,520 That's the last call, Anne. 114 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:07,600 We'll be on the way any minute now. 115 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:12,520 You know, Ricky, I would like to see the skyline go past and the Statue of Liberty and the 116 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:13,520 rest of it. 117 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,960 Well, then why not go up and see it? 118 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,400 I've got to deposit this money in the Purser's Office on Seadam. 119 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,640 But I don't like you to leave me. 120 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,000 Oh, now look here, dear. 121 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,200 You don't think I'm going to disappear, do you? 122 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,800 I suppose I don't really. 123 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:34,000 When I get these ideas and I can't help it, Ricky, I wish you'd wallop me. 124 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,680 I'm not going to wallop you, Anne, but you've got to stop being afraid. 125 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:43,200 You certainly won't disappear in a crowded ship with any number of people around you. 126 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,880 As for me, I defy Houdini himself to make me vanish. 127 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:47,880 Don't talk like that. 128 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,960 I'm not going to vanish, and neither is this cabin, dear. 129 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,320 Now, run along. 130 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,640 I'll join you on deck as soon as I can. 131 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:55,640 All right, Ricky. 132 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:56,640 I'll be good. 133 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:57,640 In with your gangplank. 134 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:58,640 In with your gangplank. 135 00:06:58,640 --> 00:06:59,640 Gangplank, please, sir. 136 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:00,640 Close the rails. 137 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:01,640 Stand by. 138 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:21,560 Eager people, excited people, happy people, all crowding up to the rail to wave goodbye. 139 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,760 Nothing to worry about. 140 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:24,960 Nothing on their minds except... 141 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:25,960 Except what? 142 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:26,960 Oh. 143 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:27,960 Except seasickness, madam? 144 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:28,960 Oh. 145 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,160 Why, back your pardon. 146 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,640 I hadn't meant to startle you. 147 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:33,640 Believe me. 148 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:34,640 Please don't mention it. 149 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:35,640 How silly of me. 150 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:36,640 It was my fault. 151 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,040 I haven't been very well. 152 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,920 I noticed it, madam, if you'll forgive me. 153 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,920 That was why I spoke to you. 154 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,360 As you see by my uniform, I'm the ship's doctor. 155 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,040 This is a British ship, isn't it? 156 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,040 But you don't sound British. 157 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,040 No, I'm an Austrian, madam. 158 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,960 Dr. Paul Henry, at your service. 159 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,120 I'm not very popular in my own country today. 160 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,600 Days of colored shirts and vacant minds. 161 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,760 I'm Mrs. Brewster, doctor, and Brewster. 162 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:03,920 When does the ship go? 163 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,560 In about a second, Mrs. Brewster. 164 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:12,320 You will hear the whistle, then the banter will strike up, all lungs in, and then... 165 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:13,320 We're moving, aren't we? 166 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,320 Yes. 167 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:15,320 Don't you feel the vibration of the engines? 168 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:16,320 Goodbye, Tommy. 169 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:17,320 Take care of yourself while I'm gone. 170 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:18,320 Come on, dear, I'll see you at Christmas. 171 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:33,320 Oh, the kid in the car is in the living room, table floor. 172 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:40,320 If you go out with Eddie Blom's tummy, I'll kill you when I get back. 173 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:41,320 Goodbye, man. 174 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,320 Yes, dear, of course I'll behave myself in Paris. 175 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:58,760 See, what time is the bar open aboard this time, then? 176 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,040 I imagine this is not your first crossing, madam. 177 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,160 I'm afraid it is, Dr. Henry. 178 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,320 My husband's crossed many times, he tells me, but not on this ship. 179 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,520 Well, then I hope you're a good sailor. 180 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:10,520 Why, Dr. Henry? 181 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,800 Well, because we'll run into some very dirty weather once we're out at sea. 182 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,320 October is a very bad month for traveling. 183 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:22,000 Well, if I do get seasick, doctor, I'll rush straight to you, and I'll expect to be cured. 184 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,520 Let me tell you a secret, madam. 185 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,120 There are two common ailments for which medical science has no cure. 186 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,240 One is ordinary seasickness, and the other is hangover. 187 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,120 Tomorrow morning, I shall be dealing with both. 188 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,120 And enjoying it? 189 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,120 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, sympathizing with it. 190 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:38,120 That's all I can do. 191 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,440 How do you like tomorrow of India? 192 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,480 Oh, it's a magnificent ship from what I've seen of it. 193 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:48,760 And you know, they've given us a very nice cabin down on B deck, B 13. 194 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:49,760 What's the matter? 195 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,400 Why are you looking at me like that? 196 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,960 I beg your pardon. 197 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,520 Did you say B 13? 198 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:56,520 Yes. 199 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,520 Why not? 200 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,400 You're quite sure of that, madam? 201 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,080 Well, yes, of course I'm sure of it. 202 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,640 I saw the number on the door. 203 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:04,640 Why not? 204 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:05,640 Well, because... 205 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:09,920 Go on, Dr. Henry. 206 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:14,600 Of course there's no such cabin aboard a ship. 207 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,520 I'm not joking, Mrs. Brewster. 208 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,480 You see, some people are superstitious. 209 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,960 Many ships, like this one, omit number 13 on each deck. 210 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,640 You must have been mistaken. 211 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,600 What are you trying to tell me? 212 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,080 Do you think I saw something that wasn't there? 213 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,360 No, no, Mrs. Brewster, not at all. 214 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:31,720 Then come along with me. 215 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,720 I'll show you. 216 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,520 I'll prove to you that there is a number 13. 217 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:35,520 Will you come along? 218 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,360 Yes, Mrs. Brewster. 219 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,000 I think perhaps I had better escort you. 220 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,800 Stuartus, Stuartus! 221 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,800 Yes, miss. 222 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,800 Yes, ma'am. 223 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,240 Come in straight away. 224 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,360 Tell me, Stuartus, this is B deck, isn't it? 225 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,360 B deck, ma'am. 226 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:54,360 Oh, yes, ma'am. 227 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:55,360 No doubt about that. 228 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,600 Dr. Henry and I have been all over this part of the ship looking for cabin number 13, but 229 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:00,600 we don't... 230 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:05,960 I've been trying to convince this lady stewardess that there's no such cabin, cabin number 13 231 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:06,960 on this ship. 232 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:07,960 It's a sure-to-heaven, isn't it, ma'am? 233 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:08,960 And never has been. 234 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:13,720 I served aboard the Moravania a matter of eight years, and I ought to know. 235 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,080 But I tell you, I saw it. 236 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,600 I was in there. 237 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,680 It was a big cabin with a private bathroom attached. 238 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:23,360 The walls were paneled in light oak, and the furniture was rosewood and yellow satin, and 239 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,920 the portholes were like real windows. 240 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,640 No, that's not much good, ma'am. 241 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,320 No, I'm afraid not. 242 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,560 Most of the cabins hereabouts look like that. 243 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:33,760 May I ask you, what name was the cabin booked in? 244 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:34,760 Brewster, naturally. 245 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,160 Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Brewster. 246 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,440 Here, let's have a look on my list. 247 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:40,440 No. 248 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,280 No, there's no Brewster here, ma'am. 249 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:44,840 I tell you, I was in there. 250 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,000 They even delivered the luggage. 251 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 I saw it. 252 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,560 Excuse me, ma'am, but I had a look-see in all the cabins I'm in charge of just to see 253 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:56,640 if the passengers wanted anything, and I don't remember any luggage with a Brewster label 254 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:57,640 on it. 255 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:58,640 Wait a minute. 256 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,760 There may be a partial explanation of this. 257 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,000 You see, that's better, Mrs. Brewster. 258 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,600 I was hoping you might find one. 259 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,640 Ricky, that's my husband. 260 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,400 Ricky and I have only been married a very short time, and when my maid printed the baggage 261 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,520 label, she must have made them out in my maiden name. 262 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,280 I never noticed at the time. 263 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,800 Oh, what name might that be, ma'am? 264 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,800 Thornton. 265 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,800 Anne Marie Thornton. 266 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:22,800 Oh, darn, Miss. 267 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,040 Now, why couldn't you have said that before? 268 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,080 Oh, I remember it well. 269 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,680 Two silk cases and a little trunk. 270 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,960 They're in B-16 now. 271 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:32,960 Where's B-16? 272 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,320 Right behind you, Miss. 273 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,600 You're standing practically in front of the door. 274 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,200 Oh, thank goodness for you. 275 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:43,000 Oh, yes, but what about my husband's luggage? 276 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,880 There's no gentleman's luggage in that cabin, Miss. 277 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:50,040 Your husband's or any other gentleman's, if you know what I mean. 278 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:51,040 I won't stand for this. 279 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,040 Where's Ricky? 280 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,040 What have you done with Ricky? 281 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:57,400 Please, Mrs. Brewster, there's one easy way to settle this. 282 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:58,400 Settle it? 283 00:12:58,400 --> 00:12:59,400 How? 284 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:00,400 Just look down the corridor. 285 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:05,080 You notice the man coming towards us, the man with the two gold stripes around his sleeve? 286 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,080 Well? 287 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,920 That's Mr. Marshall, our second officer. 288 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,200 Did you ever see him before? 289 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,000 Yes, yes, of course I have. 290 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,640 He was standing at the top of the gang plank when Rick and I got aboard. 291 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:18,640 Exactly. 292 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,120 So he might be able to tell us something. 293 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,120 Mr. Marshall? 294 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,120 Mr. Marshall? 295 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:24,120 Yes, Doctor, what's up? 296 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,120 Would you mind coming here for a moment? 297 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,960 Not at all, old boy. 298 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,000 I'm glad to oblige a chap who may have to cut me up at any moment. 299 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 What may I do for you? 300 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:38,320 Take a good look at this young lady and tell me, have you seen her before? 301 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:39,320 Seen her before? 302 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:46,280 My dear chap, if I had overlooked, young lady, pardon me, I know, a passenger as charming 303 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,920 as this lady is, I would be less of a gentleman than I fancy myself. 304 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,960 You saw her coming aboard tonight? 305 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,960 Oh yes, certainly. 306 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,000 And of course you saw the gentleman who was with her. 307 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,040 The gentleman who was with her? 308 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,040 Yes, yes, yes. 309 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:06,160 Oh, but there was nobody with her, old boy. 310 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,320 You're quite certain of that, Mr. Marshall? 311 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,200 My dear Doctor, she was the last of them to come aboard. 312 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,240 I take my Bible oath there was no other passenger with her, or ahead of her or behind her if 313 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:17,240 it comes to that. 314 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:18,240 You're lying, you're lying to me. 315 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,520 Please, please, Mrs. Rooster, lower your voice. 316 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,920 I know what it is. 317 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,240 It's the old Paris trick, like in the story. 318 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:28,520 But you won't get away with it, do you hear? 319 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:29,520 I'll look here, madame. 320 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,520 I'll go to the press or I'll go to the captain. 321 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:43,320 Dear Father in Heaven, won't anybody believe me? 322 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:49,260 Later that night, in the captain's room just above the bridge, there is a conference of 323 00:14:49,260 --> 00:14:54,720 ship's officers, outside, stung by spray, clinging to the bulkhead rail in the dark, 324 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,720 a frightened girl waits until the door of the cabin's room opens. 325 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:03,320 Will you bring the young lady in, Doctor Heising? 326 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,320 Close the door. 327 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,320 Yes, sir, here we are. 328 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,320 This is Captain Wainwright. 329 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:13,800 Now, just tell your story straightforwardly and please don't excite yourself. 330 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:17,920 Well, maybe we can get some decision into this matter. 331 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,120 Would you sit down here beside my desk, Miss Thornton? 332 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,240 My name is Brewster, Captain. 333 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:23,240 Mrs. Anne Brewster. 334 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,880 Ah, whatever you say, Mrs. Brewster. 335 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:26,880 Thank you very much, Captain. 336 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,840 I might tell you, ma'am, I've got a lot on my mind already. 337 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,400 The first officer comes aboard with an attack of flu. 338 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:37,080 I'm facing an equinoctial gale, short-handed, and now this has to happen on top of it. 339 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,160 I'm terribly sorry. 340 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:42,040 I can't help that, Captain, but I want to know what they've done with Ricky. 341 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,440 Just one moment, please, while I get this straight. 342 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:49,680 At this time, I understand you yourself have personally interviewed practically every single 343 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,320 passenger aboard this ship. 344 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,320 Is that true? 345 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,320 Yes, it's true. 346 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,240 But your alleged husband is not here. 347 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,240 Is that true? 348 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,240 Yes, that's true, but I... 349 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:05,920 In the meantime, the person has sent a squad of men to search this ship. 350 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:07,160 They've searched every inch of it. 351 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,960 You can take my word for that. 352 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,480 There's nobody hidden. 353 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:11,480 Your husband's not here. 354 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,320 According to Mr. Marshall, who's standing over there... 355 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:15,320 I can't see him. 356 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:19,520 According to Mr. Marshall, he never was here. 357 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,520 Hang it all, Miss Thornton. 358 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,200 You needn't glare at me like that. 359 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,200 We couldn't see the chap. 360 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,200 He wasn't there, nor could we. 361 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,200 Be quiet, Mr. Marshall. 362 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,200 Yes, I'm sorry. 363 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:30,600 No, I'm not unreasonable, Mrs. Brewster. 364 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:31,920 I think you'll admit that. 365 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:33,360 But what can I do? 366 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,560 What can I say? 367 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,800 Can you offer any proof even that this husband of yours ever existed? 368 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:40,800 Proof? 369 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,480 Yes, of course I can. 370 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,280 Excuse me for interrupting, Book. 371 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,480 Would you mind, Captain, if I asked a question or two? 372 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:47,480 No, Doctor, go ahead. 373 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,280 I'll tell you I'm going deaf myself. 374 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:55,920 If you were married, Mrs. Brewster, you must be carrying a joint husband and wife passport. 375 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:56,920 Where is that? 376 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,360 Well, there wasn't time to get one. 377 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,480 We each carried our own passport. 378 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,080 Oh, I see. 379 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,040 But still, there must be someone back in America who can confirm what you say if you got in 380 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,960 touch via radio telephone. 381 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:10,960 Your parents, for instance... 382 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:11,960 I haven't got any parents. 383 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:12,960 They're dead. 384 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,880 What about relatives, then, or a guardian? 385 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,880 My guardian is a trust company. 386 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:18,800 The administrators don't even know I'm married. 387 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,880 But somebody must have performed the ceremony of marriage, the past and the justice of peace. 388 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,120 Yes, of course, of course, but... 389 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:26,840 Oh, I... 390 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,200 I can't remember the name of the town. 391 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,520 You don't remember the name of the town? 392 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:32,880 Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Brewster. 393 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,920 The ship is going to pitch again. 394 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:40,520 How's the glass looking, Mr. Marshall? 395 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,520 Oh, barometers rising, sir. 396 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:43,920 This weather won't hold long. 397 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,640 We shall be in the fog before morning, though. 398 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,120 We are in the fog now, if you ask me. 399 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:49,120 This lady says she... 400 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:52,600 I'm terribly sorry, but I'm trying to think of it. 401 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:57,040 It was a little town in upstate New York where they can marry you at a moment's notice. 402 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:58,200 Ricky kept the certificate. 403 00:17:58,200 --> 00:17:59,600 I... 404 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,200 I was confused. 405 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,200 I haven't been well. 406 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,200 No, you haven't. 407 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:10,080 You see, Ricky had been away, and he came back, and I was in love with him, and he sort 408 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,760 of swept me off my feet and... 409 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,320 Oh, what's the use? 410 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,040 Not much use, apparently. 411 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:21,160 If you'll take my advice, ma'am, you'll go below to your cabin and get some sleep. 412 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,040 I'll send the doctor down to make sure he has sedative. 413 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,120 You think I'm crazy, don't you? 414 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:27,120 I... 415 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:29,600 I think you're a little overwrought, ma'am. 416 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,360 What I can't understand is why. 417 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:33,360 Why? 418 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:35,240 Why should you want to do this? 419 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,960 It can't be the bubonic plague this time. 420 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:39,760 Bubonic plague, ma'am? 421 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,000 Who said anything about the bubonic plague? 422 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Never mind. 423 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,160 But I'll show you. 424 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:50,440 You're all against me, except maybe the doctor. 425 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:51,440 But I'll show you. 426 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,120 I'll prove it to you. 427 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:55,800 I am going downstairs, and I don't want anybody to follow me. 428 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:56,800 Good night. 429 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,800 Good night, all of you. 430 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,080 Well, I'm glad that's over. 431 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,080 Look here, Mr. Marshall. 432 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:04,080 Huh? 433 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,080 You think it's quite safe to trust her out there alone? 434 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:07,680 Well, I don't know, sir. 435 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,680 She's mad as a hatter, if you ask me. 436 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:13,840 You think she might do something foolish? 437 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,040 I think she might chuck herself overboard if we're not careful. 438 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,080 What's your opinion, doctor? 439 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:23,240 I can give you my opinion, gentlemen, in a very few words. 440 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:24,920 That girl is as sane as you are. 441 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:25,920 What's that? 442 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,400 Wait and hear what I have to say. 443 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,760 I've shared your own belief at first, but I've been talking to her all evening. 444 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:37,320 I've heard her whole story, and there's not a psychopathic trait in her nature. 445 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,240 She firmly believes in this husband. 446 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:40,240 That's right, doctor. 447 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:44,120 A lot of people firmly believe they're Napoleon, but they get tossed into loony bins, that's 448 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:45,120 the same. 449 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:46,640 This matter is not a joke, Mr. Marshall. 450 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,640 I tell you, this man exists. 451 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,640 Or did exist. 452 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:51,640 What do you mean, doctor? 453 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:52,640 Or supposed he has been murdered. 454 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:53,640 Did exist. 455 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,640 Perhaps he has been murdered and thrown overboard. 456 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:56,640 Married? 457 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:57,920 Thrown overboard? 458 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,880 If you remember, Richard Brewster was carrying a very large sum of money in cash, his wife's 459 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,640 wedding gifts, practically all her inheritance. 460 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:10,800 He meant to go to the purse's office, but he never got there. 461 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,880 That money might have been a great temptation. 462 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:13,880 To whom? 463 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,400 To a stewardess, perhaps, or even to a ship's officer. 464 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,160 Just exactly what are you getting at? 465 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,040 Well, numbers on doors can be changed easily enough. 466 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,520 Just print a small card and put it on the metal slot on the door. 467 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,060 I still want to know what you're driving at. 468 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:31,600 If you use your intelligence, gentlemen, I think you will understand how a man can be 469 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:40,680 made to vanish into thin air, and why Mr. Marshall saw never another passenger. 470 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:41,680 You still don't see it? 471 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:42,680 No, I do not. 472 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:54,120 Well, then listen, and I'll explain exactly how it's been created. 473 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,920 Four o'clock in the morning. 474 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:01,840 Four o'clock, the hour of suicides and bad dreams. 475 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,720 The gala's subsided, the sea is calm. 476 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:09,160 The SS Moravania creeps blindly at barely eight knots through a thick and strangling 477 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,160 fog. 478 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,720 The whole ship is dark and sealed up in sleep. 479 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:18,400 There's no sound in all that mournful dimness, except when the foghorn cries out a warning 480 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,900 overhead. 481 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:25,920 Even cabin B16 is dark, and Brewster, still fully dressed, lies restlessly across one 482 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,920 of the berths, her head almost touching the inter-cabin telephone. 483 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,920 What was... 484 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:37,920 I thought I heard... 485 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:38,920 Telephone. 486 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:39,920 Yes? 487 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:40,920 Hello? 488 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:41,920 It's me, Ann. 489 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:42,920 Take it easy now. 490 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:43,920 Ricky! 491 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:44,920 Ricky, where are you? 492 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:45,920 Quiet! 493 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:46,920 Keep your voice down. 494 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:47,920 Where are you, Ricky? 495 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:48,920 What happened to you? 496 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:49,920 Are you hurt? 497 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:50,920 No, I'm not hurt, but he nearly got me. 498 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:51,920 Who nearly got you? 499 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:52,920 Listen, I'm not hurt. 500 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:53,920 I'm not hurt. 501 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,920 Who nearly got you? 502 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,920 Listen, dear, I can't explain over the phone, and I don't dare go down there. 503 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:01,920 Can you meet me up on deck? 504 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:02,920 Yes, of course. 505 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:03,920 Where? 506 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:04,920 Do you know the boat deck? 507 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:05,920 Boat deck? 508 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:06,920 Which one is that? 509 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,920 The top deck, where all the lifeboats are slung. 510 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:09,920 Oh, yes, I know it. 511 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:10,920 Well, go to the starboard side. 512 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:11,920 Yes. 513 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:12,920 That's the right-hand side, facing forward. 514 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:13,920 Find the fourth lifeboat from the aft companion wing. 515 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:14,920 Yes. 516 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:19,920 There's a thick fog, and nobody else will see us. 517 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:20,920 Ricky. 518 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:21,920 What is it? 519 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:22,920 Ricky! 520 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:23,920 He's gone. 521 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:24,920 He's gone. 522 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:29,920 Excuse me, miss, but I thought I heard somebody talking in here. 523 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,920 Stuartice, what are you doing up at this time of the night? 524 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,920 If I might ask, miss, what are you doing up and rest? 525 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,920 Oh, you ought to get some sleep, miss. 526 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:40,920 You're really off. 527 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,920 It might interest you to know, Stuartice, that I've just been talking to my husband. 528 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:46,920 Now, look here, miss. 529 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,920 Don't start that all over again. 530 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,920 Please don't start that all over again. 531 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,920 You all pretended to think I was mad, didn't you? 532 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,920 And you nearly drove me mad. 533 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,920 Ricky's beaten the whole crowd of you, and I'm going out on deck to meet him now. 534 00:22:58,920 --> 00:22:59,920 Out on deck, miss. 535 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:00,920 That's what I said. 536 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:01,920 Where's my coat? 537 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:02,920 Don't go out there, miss. 538 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,920 Not in the state of mind you're in. 539 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,920 And the fogs are thick. 540 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,920 You can't hardly see your hand in front of your face. 541 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:10,920 Stand away from the door, please. 542 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,920 Suppose, miss, I didn't want to let you go out there. 543 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,920 I don't think that would matter much. 544 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,920 You've probably heard that mad people have ten times ordinary strength, 545 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:20,920 and I'm stronger than you anyway. 546 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,920 Miss, I'm a beggin' ya. 547 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:24,920 Stand away from that door. 548 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,920 One, two, third. 549 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,920 Am I? Is that you? 550 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:48,920 Yes. Ricky. 551 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,920 Ricky, darling, where are you? 552 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,920 Here. Duck your head under the lifeboat. 553 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:53,920 Here, take my hand. 554 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,920 But isn't it horribly dangerous out there on the edge? 555 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,920 There's no railing along the side of the ship. 556 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,920 Don't worry, Anne. I won't let you fall. 557 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:01,920 Look out! 558 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,920 Oh, we're overboard here. 559 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,920 We're well aft near the propellers, the suction would carry you into the propeller blades and... 560 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,920 Now, listen. 561 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,920 I can't hear anything except the foghorn. 562 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,920 Yeah, but I can. 563 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,920 There's somebody walking along the deck. 564 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,920 And I can see a flashlight moving in the fog. 565 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,920 You're quite right, my friend. 566 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,920 You can see a flashlight moving in the fog. 567 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,920 Dr. Heinrich, what are you doing here? 568 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,920 At the moment, young lady, I'm covering both of you with a revolver. 569 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:30,920 Please don't move. 570 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,920 So, you were in the conspiracy, Dr. Heinrich. 571 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,920 May I ask you what conspiracy? 572 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,920 The whole ship's conspiracy to say Richard Brewster didn't exist. 573 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,920 My dear young lady, you can set your mind at rest. 574 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,920 There never was any ship's conspiracy against you. 575 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,920 The people you spoke to were perfectly honest. 576 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,920 Including Mr. Marshall, I suppose. 577 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,920 Yes, including Mr. Marshall. 578 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:52,920 Ben, what is this all about? 579 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:53,920 Stand back there. 580 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,920 I suppose he was telling the truth when he said nobody came up the gangplank before or after me. 581 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,920 I beg your pardon. That was not what he said. 582 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:02,920 He said no peasanture came up the gangplank at this time. 583 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,920 Well, what's the difference? 584 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,920 A great crime is arranged for tonight, young lady. 585 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,920 No less a crime than murder. 586 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,920 Murder? Who's going to be murdered? 587 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:12,920 You are. 588 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:13,920 What? 589 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,920 That, I repeat, is the scheme. 590 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,920 But there is no conspiracy and only one criminal. 591 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:23,920 Oh. And who is the criminal? 592 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,920 The criminal is the man standing besides you. 593 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,920 Your so-called husband. 594 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:33,920 Ricky! 595 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,920 Oh, you don't know what you're saying. 596 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:36,920 I think I do. 597 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,920 Marshall, of course, did see someone walk up the gangplank, loitering behind you. 598 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,920 But he never dreamt of associating this person in any way with you. 599 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,920 He saw a ship's officer returning from shorely in civilian clothes. 600 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:50,920 A ship's officer? 601 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:51,920 Yes. 602 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,920 That man you called your husband, his name isn't Richard Brewster. 603 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,920 His real name is Blaney, and he's the first officer of the Moravania. 604 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:00,920 Are you trying to tell me that my... 605 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,920 The Captain can identify him. 606 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,920 He's actually British, though he can fake an American accent very well. 607 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,920 He has already got a wife in England, and he is planning to join her with the $10,000 he got from you. 608 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,920 I don't believe it. I don't. 609 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,920 Ricky, why don't you say something? 610 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,920 Oh, he planned it very cleverly, I must admit. 611 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,920 He never let you know he was a ship's officer, did he? 612 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,920 He's been away for some time, naturally. 613 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,920 So he persuaded you to marry him in a hurry. 614 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:25,920 Ricky, Ricky, is this true? 615 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:26,920 He has the money, you see. 616 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:33,920 All he did was hang a dummy number on the cabin door, remove it later, put on his uniform, and walk away with his own luggage. 617 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,920 But Captain Wainwright told us that the first officer had come aboard tonight with... 618 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,920 With a bad attack of flu, yes. 619 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,920 Our friend couldn't be seen in public until he after he disposed of you. 620 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,920 The best thing was to convince everybody you were insane, as he did. 621 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,920 Then, when you went overboard tonight... 622 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:55,920 They would all believe it was suicide. 623 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,920 Exactly. 624 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,920 But I began to suspect this Brewster because you quoted him as telling such an obvious lie. 625 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:08,920 He said he had never traveled in the Moravania, yet he could direct you all over the ship, and even knew what a person's office was. 626 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:13,920 So he went to his cabin, found it empty, searched, and found your $10,000. 627 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:14,920 Look out, Dr. Henry! 628 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,920 Put it down, you fool! Put it down! 629 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:22,920 He's over for him! You shot him! You shot him! 630 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,920 Your shots might be enough to have touched him. 631 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,920 Never touched him? 632 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:32,920 No. The weight of the iron carried him over backwards when he lifted it. 633 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,920 It was the weight he was going to have used to sink your body. 634 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,920 The propellers! The ship's propellers! 635 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,920 Yes, they suck you under. 636 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:48,920 Doctor, I can't stand it. 637 00:27:48,920 --> 00:28:10,920 It won't be easy, my dear. It won't be easy, I know, but believe me, this way is better. 638 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:18,920 And so closes Cabin B-13, starring Margot and Philip Dawn, tonight's tale of suspense. 639 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:25,920 With our two stars tonight were Dennis Hoy as Captain Wainwright, and William Johnstone as Ricky Brewster. 640 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:32,920 This is the man in black who conveys to you Columbia's invitation to spend this half hour in suspense with us again next week, same time, 641 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:37,920 when our star will be one of the screen year's most sensational newcomers, Mr. Gene Kelly. 642 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,920 Mr. Kelly will be supported by Hans Conrad and William Johnstone. 643 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:57,920 The producer and director of suspense is William Spear, who has led Blusken and Lucian Morrowick, conductor and composer, and John Dixon Carr, the author, collaborated on tonight's Suspense. 644 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:02,920 Suspense fans, please note that these programs will shortly move to different days of the week. 645 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:08,920 Suspense will come to listeners in Eastern and Central time zones on Thursdays beginning December the 2nd, 646 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:13,920 and to Mountain and Pacific time zone listeners on Monday beginning December the 6th. 647 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,920 Remember Thursday beginning December the 2nd in Eastern and Central time zone, 648 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:27,920 and Mondays beginning December the 6th in the Pacific and Mountain time zones for Suspense. 649 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:32,920 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.