1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Suspense. 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:29,360 This is the man in black, here to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:35,360 In Hollywood this evening, our star is the young American actor who within a single year 4 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:40,360 has become one of the most provocative of Hollywood's leading men, Mr. Gene Kelly. 5 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:47,640 Mr. Kelly appears tonight as a gentleman named Art Kramer, a gentleman of most uncertain scruples, 6 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:54,240 engaged with other gentlemen of similar disrespectability in distinctly unlawful practices. 7 00:00:54,240 --> 00:01:02,240 Our Suspense play by Robert L. Richards is called Thieves Fall Out, and in it in support of our star, 8 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:09,640 you will hear Hans Conrad as a racetrack devotee by name Kennelly, and William Johnstone as Sam 9 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,600 Gross. And so with Thieves Fall Out and with the performance of Gene Kelly as Art Kramer, 10 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:34,600 we again hope to keep you in Suspense. 11 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:39,600 ABC Enterprises. No, he's not in. No, I don't know where you can locate him. 12 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:45,600 Yes, I'll tell him you called. ABC Enterprises, ABC Enterprises. Why does he give all these guys 13 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,600 his phone number if he wants to keep his business so quiet? 14 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:53,600 Yeah, you know, wants to do favors with people he meets in bars, brags, how he can get things for them, you know. 15 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,600 Sure, I know. The next day I have to get him the brush off. 16 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:01,600 He's gonna brag to the wrong guy someday. Hi, Yachty. 17 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:06,600 Hello. 18 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,600 Hello, Arthur. 19 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:08,600 Hiya, babe. 20 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,600 Where you been the last couple of days? 21 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,600 Ducking all the guys I owe money to. What time is Sam getting the boys together? 22 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,600 About half an hour down at the warehouse. He better start down there pretty soon. 23 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,600 What's the difference? I won't get enough out of it to buy a round trip to Coney Island. Any calls? 24 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,600 Yeah, Kennelly called a little while ago. 25 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,600 That punk. Another guy I once know I haven't got. Just Stalem? 26 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,600 I tried, but he said he was coming up anyway. 27 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,600 What'd you let him do that for? You know I don't want to see that guy. 28 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,600 I couldn't help it. He knows the way he... 29 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,600 Okay, okay. Anything else? 30 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:43,600 No. Arthur, if you're not going down right away, can I talk to you for a minute? 31 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,600 What about? 32 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,600 Oh, something. Joe, watch this switchboard for me, will you, while I talk to Arthur in the next room? 33 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,600 What's he got that I haven't got? 34 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,600 No cracks out of you. Please, Arthur. 35 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,600 All right, but make it snappy. 36 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:58,600 Now what? 37 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Oh, Arthur, what's the matter lately? 38 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,600 You know what's been the matter. Everything. 39 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:04,600 Me too. 40 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,600 Don't start that again. Read. It's no use. 41 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,600 Look, you're a good kid, but it's no use. 42 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,600 You didn't used to say that. 43 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,600 All right. So now I owe nearly ten grand around this town. 44 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,600 And there's some plenty tough monkeys. 45 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,600 If I don't get it up pretty soon, it's going to be too bad. 46 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,600 On top of that, I had a loaded truck and a trailer hijacked last week, 47 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,600 and there goes my take for the month and more. 48 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,600 And you want to know what's the matter. 49 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,600 Arthur, honey, why don't you quit? Why don't you get out while you still can? 50 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,600 Why don't I quit? What are you talking about? 51 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,600 You used to have a decent business, Arthur. 52 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,600 Sure, sure, and I didn't eat. 53 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,600 What about now? It's making a wreck of you. 54 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,600 It's dangerous. You know what's going to happen. 55 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,600 This whole black market thing's going to crack pretty soon, and when it does... 56 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Don't be silly. Yeah? 57 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,600 Cannelli's outside to see, Addy. 58 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,600 That punk. All right, let him come in. What's one more? 59 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,600 Okay. 60 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,600 Better let me talk to him alone, baby. 61 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,600 All right. Think about what I said, will you? 62 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:05,600 Sure. 63 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,600 Hi, Addy. I thought I might catch you. 64 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,600 Yeah, I'll bet. Close the door. 65 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,600 Sure. 66 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,600 Hey, listen, Arthur, I need that dough. 67 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,600 Well, I haven't got it. I told you that. 68 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,600 No, no, no, look, I don't want there to be no trouble. 69 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,600 There's not going to be any trouble. 70 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,600 Take it easy. I didn't mean that. 71 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,600 But I took them bets from you on my own, 72 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,600 and now my boss is after me. 73 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,600 If I don't get that dough by Monday, I'm going to be in trouble. 74 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,600 Well, I haven't got it, and I won't have it for another month. 75 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,600 Can't you get it from Sam? 76 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,600 No, I'm into him as far as I can be now. 77 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:40,600 What do you mean? Sam must have plenty soldered down in some safe deposit vault by now. 78 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,600 It is an inner vault. It's up at his place in Connecticut. 79 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,600 Anyway, he won't give me any more. 80 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,600 Connecticut, huh? I didn't know he had a place in Connecticut. 81 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,600 Near Riverside. It's a hideout, way away from everything. 82 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,600 McPhail has one, too, about five miles away. 83 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,600 When's he go there? 84 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,600 He's hardly ever there. Nobody's there. What do you care? 85 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,600 You're thinking of the days when you used to climb through second-story windows? 86 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,600 Oh, you should know to say that, Art. 87 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,600 I don't even know where the journey is. 88 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,600 No, I was kidding. 89 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,600 Anyway, listen, I'm sorry about the dough, but you'll have to wait. 90 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,600 Art, you don't know the spot. I mean... 91 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,600 You'll get it from me when I've got it. I'm leaving. 92 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:15,600 Art, listen... 93 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:16,600 You're coming? 94 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:17,600 Where are you going? 95 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:23,600 To the warehouse to watch my share of last month's take go down the drain. 96 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:30,600 Where is it? 97 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:31,600 Artie! 98 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,600 Okay. 99 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:35,600 You late? 100 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,600 Yeah, I stopped in at the office. Hi, McPhail. Hi, Mo. 101 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,600 You weren't waiting just for me to hand out the chips, were you? 102 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,600 You're right. We weren't. 103 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,600 I just wanted you to know how it worked out. 104 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,600 It was a good month, Art. 105 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:50,600 Except for you. 106 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,600 I know, I know. 107 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,600 Come on, Sam, come on. Pass around the sugar. 108 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:55,600 Let's get it over with. 109 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:56,600 Well, here it is. 110 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:57,600 And cash. 111 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,600 Total take was 53 grand. 112 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,600 17 goes to you, McPhail. 113 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,600 And you got the figures all here if you want to see. 114 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,600 I know you wouldn't double-cross me, Sam. 115 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,600 I wouldn't double-cross anybody. 116 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,600 And don't forget it. 117 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,600 Here's your dough. 118 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,600 Oh, yours is six. 119 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,600 You understand you didn't bring in as much business as McPhail. 120 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:18,600 I ain't complaining. 121 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,600 I get 21. Part of that is paying expenses. 122 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,600 The rest is my percentage. 123 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,600 Don't I get anything? 124 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,600 What? Your cut would have been nine grand. 125 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,600 But there was that truck and trailer. 126 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,600 Those things cost dough, you know. 127 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,600 You say nothing of a whole load of prime meat. 128 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:35,600 You have to take it all out now? 129 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,600 I already have. 130 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,600 I'll give you 500 to keep going on. 131 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,600 Oh, that's fine. 500. 132 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:42,600 Listen, Sam, I need dough. 133 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,600 You always need dough and never have none. 134 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:45,600 Listen, you... 135 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:46,600 He's right, Art. 136 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,600 You got to get yourself straightened out. 137 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,600 If I give you any more, it'll just go to the bookies 138 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,600 and gambling joints like the rest of us. 139 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,600 Listen, Sam, I tell you, I got a habit. 140 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:56,600 That guy's after me. 141 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:57,600 I think he's jealous, Sam. 142 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,600 You keep your big mouth out of this. 143 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,600 I was a respectable businessman when you were running 144 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,600 a lousy clip joint on Sanson. 145 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:04,600 Yeah, yeah, and you're starved. 146 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:05,600 And you're still starving. 147 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,600 Because you're in the guts to keep a couple of mugs 148 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,600 from hijacking your stuff. 149 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,600 Why, you... 150 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,600 Cut it out now. Cut it out. 151 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,600 There's not going to be any trouble in this organization. 152 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,600 It's plenty for everybody. 153 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:18,600 Now, listen, Art. 154 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:19,600 Yeah? 155 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,600 Why don't you go up to my place in Connecticut 156 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:22,600 for a few days? 157 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:23,600 Take it easy. 158 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,600 And let me talk to these guys who are looking for you. 159 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,600 I know who they are. 160 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,600 They don't want any more talk. 161 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Anyway, I go nuts up there in the country. 162 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:32,600 Go on. 163 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:33,600 Pick up my car at the station. 164 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,600 No, thanks. 165 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:35,600 Well, hell, I'm going. 166 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,600 I'm going out to the country and tend them a victory garden. 167 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Your victory garden? 168 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,600 Yeah. 169 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:42,600 I see about Tuesday. 170 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,600 Okay. 171 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:45,600 Hey, Mac. 172 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:46,600 Yeah? 173 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,600 Wait a minute. 174 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:48,600 So long, Art. 175 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:49,600 So long. 176 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,600 Say, uh, Mac, I'm sorry I made any cracks. 177 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,600 Forget it. 178 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,600 Uh, Mac, you going up to the country? 179 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:00,600 Yeah, bet your life. 180 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,600 Going down and get on the 520 right now. 181 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,600 Say, uh, you know, I think I'll take Mac up. 182 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,600 Uh, Mac, I, uh, I kind of need a rest. 183 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:10,600 I think... 184 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:11,600 Yeah, yeah, you'll need something. 185 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,600 Uh, do you mind if I ride up on the train with you? 186 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:15,600 Why not? 187 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:16,600 Why not? 188 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:17,600 It's a public train. 189 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,600 Oh, you know, uh, Mac, I was sorry about that. 190 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:21,600 Say, Artie, Artie. 191 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:22,600 Yeah? 192 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,600 Don't mind me. 193 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,600 I talk a lot. 194 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:25,600 And I don't mean it. 195 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:26,600 Oh, forget it, Mac. 196 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:27,600 I know. 197 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,600 Say, you want to see my victory garden? 198 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:30,600 Are you kidding? 199 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,600 No, no, I got a garden. 200 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,600 It's a beaut, too. 201 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:35,600 Want to see it? 202 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:36,600 Sure, sure I would. 203 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,600 I, I always like gardens. 204 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:44,600 Well, well, in that case, you'll have to stop over at my place on your, on your way to Sam's, huh? 205 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,600 It'll be a pleasure. 206 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,600 Come on in, Artie. 207 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:04,600 I want to put this door in the safe, and then I'll, then I'll show you around. 208 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:05,600 Sure. 209 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:11,600 When the war is over, and I'm legitimate, I'm going to build onto it. 210 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,600 Have a lot of lawn, gardener, real country gentleman. 211 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,600 What's this, your office? 212 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,600 I do a little business here once in a while. 213 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,600 Keep my dough in the safe there until I bank it. 214 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,600 Know anything about safes? 215 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:27,600 No. 216 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,600 That's good. 217 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:30,600 That's good. 218 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,600 Not that I don't trust you, Artie. 219 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,600 There. 220 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,600 There she is. 221 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:38,600 Put them up, Mac. 222 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:39,600 What? 223 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:40,600 You heard me. 224 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,600 They're not a move either. 225 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:42,600 A stick up, huh? 226 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:43,600 Why, you yellow little rat. 227 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,600 You don't think you can pull this on me and live, do you? 228 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:46,600 It's not a stick up, Mac. 229 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,600 I just want you to do me a little favor, and I want to be sure you do it. 230 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:50,600 Yeah? 231 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:51,600 Yeah, get on that phone. 232 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:52,600 This had better be a gag. 233 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,600 It won't be unless you do exactly what I tell you. 234 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:56,600 What? 235 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:57,600 Call Reed in town. 236 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,600 Ask her what Sam has lined up for Tuesday. 237 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,600 Say you called me over at Sam's house just now and talked to me. 238 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,600 But I didn't know. 239 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,600 Go on, get going. 240 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,600 Edward at 3-5562. 241 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,600 Listen, Art, I'm no guy to get around with. 242 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:16,600 And I don't like this. 243 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:17,600 Talk. 244 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,600 There. 245 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,600 Rita, this is Mac. 246 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,600 What Sam could line up for Tuesday. 247 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,600 I just talked to Artie over at Sam's place. 248 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:27,600 Yeah. 249 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,600 Yeah, up here in the country. 250 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,600 He said he didn't know and he'd call you. 251 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,600 Oh, I see. 252 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,600 Let's show it. 253 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,600 No, no, no, never mind. 254 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,600 Okay. 255 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:41,600 All right. 256 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,600 Now it's a gag. 257 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,600 You never were very smart, were you, Mac? 258 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,600 That's my alibi. 259 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,600 You just told Rita you talked to me at Sam's place. 260 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:51,600 You get it? 261 00:10:51,600 --> 00:11:02,600 Boy, you duck. 262 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,600 Neatly done, Art Kramer. 263 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,600 Virtually a perfect alibi. 264 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:17,600 And $17,000 in cold cash. 265 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,600 But there was someone else who thought he had a perfect setup, too. 266 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:25,600 Cannelli, the little bookie, whose former occupations were even less savory. 267 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,600 It wasn't hard for Cannelli to find where Sam's place was in Connecticut. 268 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:34,600 In New York's underground of petty crime, he could find out anything. 269 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:40,600 And it wasn't hard to jimmy a window, and that often enough. 270 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,600 And then to find the money. 271 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,600 There was a wad of money here at Sam's place somewhere. 272 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,600 Art Kramer had said so, probably in a safe. 273 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,600 That wouldn't be any trouble either. 274 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,600 Not in the living room, of course. 275 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,600 Yes, maybe this room. 276 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,600 An office, a desk and phone. 277 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,600 And a safe there in the wall. 278 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,600 And just as he'd thought, old fashioned, easy to crack. 279 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,600 First to drill a little hole, then the soup. 280 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,600 There'd be a quick, neat explosion, and the safe would fall apart in his hands. 281 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,600 But wait, what's that? 282 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:15,600 A car driving up. 283 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:16,600 Stopping. 284 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:17,600 Who? 285 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,600 Art Kramer had said nobody ever came up here. 286 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,600 But it was leaving now, driving away. 287 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,600 Probably just a mistake. 288 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,600 No, no, steps outside. 289 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,600 Somebody coming in. 290 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,600 What to do? Escape cut off. 291 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Hide here in the office behind the door. 292 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:33,600 Hide the bag of tools quick. 293 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,600 He's coming in here. 294 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:42,600 Operator. 295 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:47,600 I want New York City at water 35562. 296 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,600 Yeah, that's right. 297 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:51,600 Hello, Rita. 298 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:52,600 Sam. 299 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,600 Listen, Rita, get a hold of everybody. 300 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,600 Artie, Mac, Moore, everybody you can. 301 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,600 I've got a tip off. There's gonna be a raid. 302 00:12:58,600 --> 00:12:59,600 Yeah, cops. 303 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Tell the boys to duck. 304 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,600 Lay low until they hear from me. 305 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,600 Find out where they're gonna be and call me right back as soon as you contact everybody. 306 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:06,600 Got it? 307 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:07,600 Yeah? 308 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,600 Oh, okay. 309 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,600 I'll get hold of Mac myself as long as he's up here. 310 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,600 Artie, too? 311 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,600 Well, I'm calling from my place now. 312 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,600 I don't see him anywhere. 313 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,600 He must have changed his mind. 314 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,600 I didn't look in the garage. He came by cab. 315 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,600 He's probably around someplace, yeah. 316 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:25,600 Well, I'll wait for your call, then. 317 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:26,600 Okay, Rita. 318 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,600 And make it snappy now. 319 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,600 Hey. 320 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,600 Cannelli. 321 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,600 What are you doing here? 322 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,600 Listen, Sam, Art used to ca... 323 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,600 They're safe. 324 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,600 Why are you... 325 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,600 No, no, you... 326 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:47,600 Sam. 327 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,600 Sam. 328 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,600 Hit him too hard. 329 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,600 He's dead. 330 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,600 Dead. Yes, hit him too hard. 331 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,600 Murder. 332 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,600 That's a lot different from housebreaking. Murder. 333 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:07,600 The phone. 334 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,600 Somebody calling Sam. 335 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,600 Fear, blind unreasoning fear. 336 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,600 Smash it. Rip it out of the wall. 337 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,600 So whoever was on the other end could actually hear, actually see what was in this room. 338 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,600 Murder and a murderer. 339 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,600 There. 340 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,600 Why, oh, why had he done that? 341 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,600 Foolish. Just nerves. 342 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:26,600 Get hold of yourself. 343 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Think, think, think. What now? 344 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:29,600 The money. 345 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:30,600 Yes, have to have the money now. 346 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:31,600 Make it get away. 347 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,600 Mexico, South America, 348 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,600 maybe Sam. 349 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:34,600 Yes, the body. 350 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:35,600 He do even touch him. 351 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,600 But turn him over. 352 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,600 There, the wallet. 353 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:40,600 Empty. 354 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:41,600 That's funny. 355 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,600 Where are the pockets? 356 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,600 No, no, nothing. 357 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:44,600 They're safe then. 358 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:45,600 Finish the job quick. 359 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:46,600 Then get out. 360 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,600 Find the drill again. 361 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,600 Hurry. 362 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,600 Again, somebody coming. 363 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:52,600 Never mind. 364 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,600 Not going to be caught this time. 365 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:55,600 Can't be. 366 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:56,600 A murderer. 367 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,600 Close the door. 368 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:58,600 Lock it quick. 369 00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:59,600 Pocket key. 370 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:00,600 Hide it. 371 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,600 Maybe whoever it is will go away. 372 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,600 Then come back and get the money later. 373 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,600 Here he is. 374 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,600 Hide quickly. 375 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:08,600 Kitchen. 376 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:09,600 Get out the back window again if you have to. 377 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:10,600 Wait, wait. 378 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:11,600 He's not following. 379 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:12,600 I wonder who it is. 380 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:13,600 Just have a look. 381 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,600 Do the crack of the door. 382 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,600 Careful here. 383 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:20,600 Art. 384 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:21,600 Art Kramer. 385 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,600 The suitcase must be going to stay. 386 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:25,600 But wait, why not? 387 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,600 Art wouldn't know anything. 388 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,600 Couldn't with the office door locked. 389 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:31,600 Give him a plausible story. 390 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:32,600 Stay overnight. 391 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:33,600 And get the money when he's asleep. 392 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:34,600 A chance. 393 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:35,600 But have to take it. 394 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:36,600 Have to have the money now. 395 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:37,600 Why not tell Art he'd come looking for Sam to borrow? 396 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:38,600 Then looking through the house for him. 397 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:39,600 Call him. 398 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:40,600 Yes, make it look natural. 399 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:41,600 He can't answer now. 400 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:42,600 Call him. 401 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:43,600 Sam. 402 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:44,600 Sam. 403 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:45,600 Hello, anybody here? 404 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:46,600 Hello. 405 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:47,600 Hello. 406 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:48,600 Hello. 407 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:49,600 Hello. 408 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:50,600 Hello. 409 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,600 Hello. 410 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:52,600 Hello. 411 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:53,600 Hello. 412 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:54,600 Hello. 413 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:55,600 Hello. 414 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:56,600 Hello. 415 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:57,600 Hello. 416 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:58,600 Who is it? 417 00:15:58,600 --> 00:15:59,600 Who is it yourself? 418 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,600 I'm looking for Mr. Gross, Sam Gross. 419 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,600 Well, what are you doing here? 420 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:07,600 Hello, Arthur. 421 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:08,600 I was looking for Sam. 422 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,600 I thought you didn't know where this place was. 423 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,600 I found out. 424 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:14,600 Yeah? 425 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,600 What made you think Sam was going to be up here? 426 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,600 Why, I heard a tip in town. 427 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:19,600 There might be some trouble. 428 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,600 I figured he might come up here to dock out. 429 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:23,600 What kind of trouble? 430 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:24,600 Cops. 431 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Yeah? 432 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:26,600 I didn't hear anything. 433 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,600 I don't know, but I had to do something. 434 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,600 You know, I need dough the worst way. 435 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,600 I figured Sam might let me have a little. 436 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,600 He paid off today, didn't he? 437 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:36,600 That's right. 438 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:37,600 Arthur, did you get any? 439 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:38,600 Me? 440 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,600 Well, if you did, I don't like to keep asking you, but I need it, Arthur. 441 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,600 Why, uh, why, uh... 442 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:45,600 Look, Cannelli. 443 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:46,600 Huh? 444 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,600 You know, I meant to get in touch with you about that. 445 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,600 I wanted to talk to you this afternoon. 446 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:51,600 You mean you got somewhere? 447 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:52,600 Uh, come on inside. 448 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,600 I'll tell you. 449 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:54,600 Oh, sure. 450 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,600 I, uh, got an idea. 451 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,600 An idea? 452 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,600 It came like a flash to Art Kramer. 453 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:06,600 Frame Cannelli for the murder of McPhail. 454 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,600 Plan some of McPhail's money on him as evidence. 455 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,600 And who would ever believe Cannelli's word, 456 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,600 a man with a criminal record against Art's? 457 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,600 Why, Rita would swear that McPhail himself 458 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,600 had said Art was at Sam's place, 459 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,600 simply denied that he'd ever seen Cannelli. 460 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,600 And Cannelli would be McPhail's murderer, 461 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,600 and Art Kramer would be safe forever. 462 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,600 Now, uh, about that money. 463 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:30,600 Yeah. 464 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,600 As a matter of fact, I did get some. 465 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:33,600 Not much, understand? 466 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,600 Well, even a little would help. 467 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,600 How much do I owe you altogether? 468 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,600 Nearly 4,000, huh? 469 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,600 Well, suppose I gave you two. 470 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,600 I shouldn't give you that much, the way I'm fixed. 471 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,600 Well, it ain't what I need, but it would help. 472 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,600 Okay, here's two grand on account, then. 473 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,600 Oh. 474 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,600 You know, it doesn't leave me with much. 475 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,600 I appreciate it, Art, really. 476 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,600 Say, uh, you're really on a spot, huh? 477 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:57,600 Yeah. 478 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,600 How much more do you need? 479 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,600 Oh, not a four or five anyway. 480 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,600 Oh, well, uh, you know, I just thought I'd know 481 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,600 where you can get it if you work it right. 482 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:08,600 You do? 483 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,600 Yeah. 484 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,600 You know McPhail? 485 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,600 Oh, I know him. Not well. 486 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,600 Well, I do. He took in plenty this month. 487 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:17,600 How good is that to me? 488 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,600 I tell you, I know the guy. 489 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,600 He's the softest touch in the world. 490 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,600 He'd give the shirt off his back to anybody 491 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,600 if they told him the right story. 492 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,600 Yeah? How come you don't put the bite on it? 493 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,600 He doesn't like me, but anyone else. 494 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,600 You mean, uh, I just ask him? 495 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,600 Sure. 496 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,600 You get anything you want. I'm not kidding. 497 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,600 If he asked for 10, even 20, you'd get it if he had it. 498 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:37,600 No, four. 499 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,600 Sure. He's up here in the country now, too. 500 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,600 Right up this same back road, four and a half miles. 501 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,600 Hey, uh, how do I recognize the place? 502 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,600 It's a big place on the right. 503 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,600 It's the only house for a mile. You can't miss it. 504 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,600 Say, I'd run up there if I were you. 505 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,600 Maybe I will, huh? Maybe I will. 506 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,600 A break. 507 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,600 The kind of break Cannelli had prayed for. 508 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,600 Get the money from McPhail. 509 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,600 Yes, quicker and safer than trying to get back in that room 510 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,600 with a dead body on the floor. 511 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,600 Get it from McPhail and have a good head start. 512 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,600 Art won't find Sam's body in there for at least a day or two. 513 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,600 The door's locked and Cannelli has the key. 514 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,600 He can be on a plane with McPhail's money 515 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,600 and be out of the country by tomorrow. 516 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,600 A break, the perfect break. 517 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,600 Well, thanks for the tip, Art. 518 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,600 You sure McPhail's up there? 519 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,600 Sure, he's always there every weekend. 520 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,600 He's got a garden, a victory garden. 521 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,600 That's a lot. 522 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,600 Well, I guess I better get going, huh? 523 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,600 Look around the grounds for him first. 524 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,600 If he isn't outside, just walk right in. 525 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,600 The door's always open. He's a simple guy. 526 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:43,600 Trust anybody. 527 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,600 Well, okay. Thanks, Art. 528 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,600 Skip it. Maybe someday you can do the same for me. 529 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,600 Yeah. Yeah, maybe someday I can. 530 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:54,600 Well, so long. 531 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,600 So long. 532 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,600 And now Art has a job to finish. 533 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:02,600 Phone the cops. 534 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,600 From here? No, better not. 535 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:05,600 They might trace it. 536 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,600 The gas station at the crossroad. Plenty of time. 537 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,600 Cannelli will be there five or ten minutes 538 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:14,600 before he finds what he'll find as the cops find him. 539 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,600 How easy he fell for it. 540 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,600 But never mind that now. The gas station. The phone. 541 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,600 Hello. I want the police. 542 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,600 Hurry, please. 543 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,600 Hello. Riverside Police? 544 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,600 Listen, I was just driving down 9-mile road. 545 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,600 I was going by the old MacPhail place. 546 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,600 You know the place I mean? 547 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,600 Yeah, yeah, that's the one. 548 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,600 I was going slow and I heard something. 549 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,600 It sounded like someone was being killed. 550 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,600 Yeah, yes, a murder. 551 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,600 There were shots and somebody screaming and more shots. 552 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,600 A man's voice. Oh, it was terrible. 553 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,600 You better get up there right away. 554 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,600 Oh, never mind who I am. I don't want to get in any trouble. 555 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,600 No, but get up there. 556 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,600 Yes, murder. 557 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,600 Did you call all right, sir? 558 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,600 Yeah, thanks. 559 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,600 ABC Enterprises. 560 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,600 Yes, did you locate him yet? 561 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,600 We'll keep trying and call me back. 562 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,600 Joe, I'm worried. 563 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,600 Don't worry about him. 564 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,600 You can't find Moe, neither can the cops. 565 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,600 I'm not thinking about him. I'm worried about Sam and Arthur. 566 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:39,600 Maybe they went out. 567 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,600 Sam said he'd wait for my call. It isn't that. 568 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,600 The phone's dead. I've got to get in touch with him somehow. 569 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:45,600 Can it wait? 570 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,600 No, it can't. Not with the cops raiding the warehouse 571 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,600 and arresting everyone in sight. 572 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,600 Well, how about a telegram? 573 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,600 Oh, too slow. 574 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,600 I hate to send anyone around to the house, 575 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,600 but Sam will understand this time. 576 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:56,600 What are you going to do? 577 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,600 Get the telephone company to help. 578 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,600 Hello? I want the Riverside, Connecticut traffic operator, please. 579 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:03,600 Yes. 580 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,600 You know, it's funny about that phone. 581 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,600 It rang two or three times, and then suddenly it went dead. 582 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,600 Oh, hello, traffic operator? 583 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,600 Have you a phone listed under the name of Gross? Samuel Gross. 584 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,600 Well, there's something wrong with it, 585 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,600 and it's very important that I get in touch with Mr. Gross right away. 586 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:20,600 I'm his secretary. 587 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,600 Will you send a man up right away? 588 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:23,600 Thanks. 589 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,600 And would you tell Mr. Gross that I've been trying to reach him? 590 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,600 Thank you. 591 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,600 See? When Sam finds out there's something wrong with his phone, 592 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,600 he can phone me from outside. 593 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,600 You're a pretty smart girl sometimes, Rita. 594 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:36,600 Yeah. 595 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:37,600 Don't you believe me? 596 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,600 I just wish I was smart enough to get some sense across 597 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,600 to that guy Art Kramer once in a while. 598 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,600 You kind of like him, don't you? 599 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:44,600 Cut it out. 600 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,600 Don't worry about Artie. He'll be all right. 601 00:22:46,600 --> 00:23:01,600 Sure, I suppose. I suppose he'll be all right. 602 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,600 Mr. Gross, I'm from the telephone company. 603 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,600 Mr. Gross isn't here. 604 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,600 Oh, well, we just got word from New York 605 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,600 that his secretary's been trying to reach him, 606 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:10,600 but his phone is out of order. 607 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:11,600 I was sent up to look at it. 608 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,600 Sure, go right ahead. 609 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,600 I'm a friend of Mr. Gross. I know he'd want you to fix it. 610 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,600 Okay. Where is it? 611 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,600 First door to your right. 612 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,600 Well, looks like we've got more visitors. 613 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,600 Yeah, cops. 614 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,600 Well, I'd better get after this phone here. 615 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:26,600 I'm sorry to trouble you. 616 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,600 I wonder if we could use your phone. 617 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:29,600 It's out of order, I'm afraid. 618 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,600 There's a man here fixing it now. 619 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,600 What's the matter, officer? Trouble? 620 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,600 Yeah, a little killing up the road. 621 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,600 We didn't want to handle the phone there. 622 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,600 Might be fingerprints on it. 623 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:40,600 Murder? 624 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:41,600 That's right. 625 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:42,600 The old McPhail place. 626 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,600 Got the guy red-handed. Murder and robbery. 627 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,600 We even found the door on him. 628 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,600 Yeah? Who did it? 629 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,600 Says his name is Cannelli from New York. 630 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,600 I wouldn't tell you all this, except it's an open-shut case. 631 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,600 Couldn't explain what he was doing there 632 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,600 or how he got the money or anything. 633 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,600 Well, you'll read about it in the papers tomorrow. 634 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,600 You'll have him outside now? 635 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,600 Yep. Well, we'd better be going. 636 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:04,600 Hey, mister. 637 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,600 That door you got, it's locked. You got a key? 638 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,600 Why, no. 639 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,600 Well, what's the matter? You lost a key someplace? 640 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,600 Well, I must have. The room with the phone in it. 641 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,600 Oh, maybe I can help you out. 642 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,600 I got a little gimmick here that might open it. 643 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:18,600 Thanks. 644 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,600 We gotta have things like that in this line of business, you know. 645 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,600 This the door? 646 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,600 Yeah, that's it. 647 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,600 There you are. 648 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,600 Thanks. 649 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,600 You don't need me in there for anything, do you? 650 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:33,600 No, sir. 651 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:34,600 Well, good night. 652 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:35,600 Good night. 653 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,600 Hey, say, officer. 654 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:38,600 Yeah? 655 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,600 You better come in here a minute. 656 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,600 Wait a second, will you, Jim? 657 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:42,600 Sure. 658 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,600 What's the matter? 659 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,600 Hey, mister. 660 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:47,600 You've been here all day? 661 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,600 That's right. Why? 662 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,600 Nobody else been here all afternoon? 663 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:52,600 No, sir. 664 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:53,600 Oh. 665 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,600 What's this? You find something wrong in there? 666 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,600 You said it, mister. Put up your hands. 667 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:58,600 Hey, what's the idea? 668 00:24:58,600 --> 00:24:59,600 You don't know, huh? Jim. 669 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:00,600 Take a look at what we got here. 670 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,600 Yeah. 671 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:02,600 Well, well. 672 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:03,600 Cover him, Jim. 673 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:04,600 Okay. 674 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:05,600 Oh, what a... 675 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:06,600 Hey, let me see that. 676 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:07,600 Sure. 677 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,600 Sam. 678 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:10,600 No. 679 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:11,600 Robbery, too. 680 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,600 Been through his wallet and started on the safe. 681 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:14,600 Just like the other guy. 682 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:15,600 Let's risk him. 683 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,600 No, no. 684 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:17,600 I didn't do this. 685 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:18,600 I didn't do it, I tell you. 686 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:19,600 Here's the dough, all right. 687 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,600 A roll big enough to choke a horse. 688 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:22,600 Look, you guys. 689 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:23,600 I tell you, I didn't do this. 690 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:24,600 Yeah. 691 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:25,600 Kind of interrupted you, didn't we? 692 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:26,600 Come on. 693 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,600 Look, I didn't do this, I tell you. 694 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,600 I didn't. 695 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:30,600 I didn't do this. 696 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,600 I did, I did. 697 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:33,600 I didn't do this. 698 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:43,600 I didn't do this. 699 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:50,600 And the story ends with a newspaper clipping. 700 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,600 I'll read it to you. 701 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:54,600 Bridgeport, Connecticut. 702 00:25:54,600 --> 00:26:00,600 Arthur Kramer and George Kennelly were executed here today within 10 minutes of each other, 703 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:06,120 to bring to a fitting conclusion one of the strangest series of coincidences in the criminal 704 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,520 records of this state. 705 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:13,440 Both men committed the same crime, murder and robbery within a few miles of each other 706 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,560 on the same day and at almost the same time. 707 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,840 Both victims were operators in the New York black market. 708 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,960 Kramer was convicted of the murder of Samuel Gross. 709 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,400 Kennelly killed Edward McPhail. 710 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,560 Both killers were caught on the scene of the crime, were arrested by the same officers, 711 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:34,240 taken together in the same police car to the same jail. 712 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:38,560 Both proclaimed their innocence, yet pleaded guilty in the face of the overwhelming evidence 713 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:39,560 against them. 714 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:45,120 A curious factor in the case was that though both men denied knowing the other, they tried 715 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:49,600 repeatedly to attack each other in the prison yard until guards were forced to keep them 716 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,480 out of sight of each other at all times. 717 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,880 Police have always believed there was some connection between the two crimes, but have 718 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:14,720 never been able to find out what it was. 719 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:18,280 And so closes Thieves Fall Out, starring Gene Kelly. 720 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:25,200 Tonight's tale of suspense, appearing with Gene Kelly, who is to be seen currently in 721 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:30,960 Metro Golden Mayor's Technicolor musical Thousands Cheer, where Hans Connery, Daz Kennelly, 722 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,000 and William Johnstone are Sam Gross. 723 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:38,000 This is the man in black who conveys to you Columbia's invitation to spend this half hour 724 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:43,760 in suspense with us again next week same time, when our star will be Mr. Vincent Price. 725 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:48,440 Mr. Price will be heard in a suspense play by E. Jack Newman, dealing with the Gestapo, 726 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,560 and called The Strange Death of Charles Umberstein. 727 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:56,400 The producer and director of suspense is William Spear, who with Ludgluskin and Lucian 728 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,040 Malowick, conductor and composer, and Robert L. Richards, the author, collaborated on 729 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:06,600 tonight's Suspense. 730 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,960 Don't miss Suspense when this series moves to a new day in time, the day Thursdays, beginning 731 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:16,840 December the 2nd, the time 8 p.m. Eastern wartime and 7 p.m. Central wartime. 732 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:21,400 In the Mountain and Pacific time zones, listeners will hear Suspense on Mondays, beginning December 733 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,480 the 6th at 9 p.m. Pacific wartime. 734 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:43,560 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.