WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:16.240 Suspense. 00:16.240 --> 00:21.760 Presented by Roma Wines, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:21.760 --> 00:22.760 Salud. 00:22.760 --> 00:23.960 Your health, signore. 00:23.960 --> 00:27.680 The world toasts Roma, and Roma toasts the world. 00:27.680 --> 00:36.320 The wine for your table is Roma, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:36.320 --> 00:42.400 This is the Man in Black, here for Roma Wines to introduce this weekly half hour of Suspense. 00:42.400 --> 00:48.800 Tonight in Hollywood, we are honored and happy to have with us one of the entertainment world's 00:48.800 --> 00:52.320 most distinguished gentlemen, Mr. Cary Grant. 00:52.320 --> 00:57.880 The Suspense play, which stars Cary Grant, and which is produced and directed by William 00:57.880 --> 01:05.720 Spear, is the exciting and tense bestseller by Cornell Woolrich called The Black Curtain. 01:05.720 --> 01:11.640 Suspense is compounded of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 01:11.640 --> 01:17.920 In this series, Roma brings you tales calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer 01:17.920 --> 01:23.720 you a precarious situation, and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. 01:23.720 --> 01:28.120 And so, with The Black Curtain, and with the performance of Cary Grant, we again hope to 01:28.120 --> 01:32.880 keep you in Suspense. 01:32.880 --> 01:50.280 It began, or rather life began again for me, I guess you'd say, that day, on that street. 01:50.280 --> 01:51.520 My head was pounding terribly. 01:51.520 --> 01:54.920 I could hear all the noise and the people milling around. 01:54.920 --> 01:59.920 Everything was a jumble at first. 01:59.920 --> 02:06.120 All right, gangway there. 02:06.120 --> 02:07.120 Now let the doctor through. 02:07.120 --> 02:08.120 I seen it happen, Mr. Policeman. 02:08.120 --> 02:09.120 He was running. 02:09.120 --> 02:10.120 Boy, he really gave himself a clunk on the beam. 02:10.120 --> 02:11.120 All right, sir. 02:11.120 --> 02:12.120 Now get back there. 02:12.120 --> 02:13.120 Everybody back. 02:13.120 --> 02:14.120 Oh, my head. 02:14.120 --> 02:19.120 His wallet fell out of his pocket, and a big boy grabbed it and ran away. 02:19.120 --> 02:20.120 He went away. 02:20.120 --> 02:21.120 All right, now back, everybody. 02:21.120 --> 02:22.120 Let the doctor through. 02:22.120 --> 02:23.120 Give him air here. 02:23.120 --> 02:24.120 I'm okay. 02:24.120 --> 02:25.120 Never mind, Doc. 02:25.120 --> 02:26.120 I'm okay. 02:26.120 --> 02:27.120 Seems to be not a much of a matter with you, sir. 02:27.120 --> 02:28.120 No, I'm all right. 02:28.120 --> 02:29.120 Yes, I can talk to him now, Doc. 02:29.120 --> 02:30.120 Just a bad bump on the head, I think. 02:30.120 --> 02:31.120 That's right. 02:31.120 --> 02:32.120 We can walk, all right, can't you? 02:32.120 --> 02:33.120 Yeah, I think so. 02:33.120 --> 02:34.120 Sure. 02:34.120 --> 02:35.120 Here, now let me brush you off. 02:35.120 --> 02:36.120 Thanks, thanks. 02:36.120 --> 02:37.120 I'll be fine. 02:37.120 --> 02:38.120 Hey, wait a minute. 02:38.120 --> 02:39.120 What am I doing with an overcoat on? 02:39.120 --> 02:40.120 All right now, mister. 02:40.120 --> 02:41.120 Just so they got it on the bladder. 02:41.120 --> 02:42.120 What's your name? 02:42.120 --> 02:43.120 Where do you live? 02:43.120 --> 02:44.120 Townsend, Frank Townsend, 820 Rutherford Street. 02:44.120 --> 02:45.120 You want a cigarette? 02:45.120 --> 02:46.120 You're still shaking. 02:46.120 --> 02:47.120 No, thanks. 02:47.120 --> 02:48.120 I don't smoke. 02:48.120 --> 02:49.120 Well, while we're getting back, then, drop in at the receiving hospital if you want us 02:49.120 --> 02:50.120 to take you off. 02:50.120 --> 02:51.120 Yeah, I will. 02:51.120 --> 02:52.120 Hey, here's your hat, mister. 02:52.120 --> 02:53.120 High five. 02:53.120 --> 03:00.120 Oh, thanks, kid. 03:00.120 --> 03:01.120 All right, so now come on. 03:01.120 --> 03:02.120 Move along. 03:02.120 --> 03:03.120 Guy's all right. 03:03.120 --> 03:04.120 Come on. 03:04.120 --> 03:05.120 Oh, well, thanks. 03:05.120 --> 03:07.120 I'm sorry about the fellow that got your wallet. 03:07.120 --> 03:08.120 Anyway, here's your cigar case, Mr. Townsend. 03:08.120 --> 03:09.120 Guy found it right alongside of you. 03:09.120 --> 03:10.120 Hey, wait a minute. 03:10.120 --> 03:11.120 This isn't my hat. 03:11.120 --> 03:12.120 D.N. 03:12.120 --> 03:13.120 Those aren't my initials, D.N. 03:13.120 --> 03:14.120 Sure that's your hat. 03:14.120 --> 03:15.120 I seen it roll off you when you went down. 03:15.120 --> 03:16.120 Try it on. 03:16.120 --> 03:17.120 You see, it fits. 03:17.120 --> 03:18.120 Looks good. 03:18.120 --> 03:19.120 Yeah. 03:19.120 --> 03:20.120 But, what's that? 03:20.120 --> 03:23.120 Looks good. 03:23.120 --> 03:25.120 But what am I doing with the cigar case? 03:25.120 --> 03:26.120 D.N. 03:26.120 --> 03:27.120 Same initials as the hat. 03:27.120 --> 03:29.120 Don't you even know your own hat, mister? 03:29.120 --> 03:30.120 Wait a minute, wait a minute. 03:30.120 --> 03:31.120 I'm trying to think. 03:31.120 --> 03:32.120 Where is this? 03:32.120 --> 03:33.120 What? 03:33.120 --> 03:34.120 This street. 03:34.120 --> 03:35.120 You're on Tillery Street. 03:35.120 --> 03:36.120 Tillery Street? 03:36.120 --> 03:37.120 What am I doing on Tillery Street? 03:37.120 --> 03:38.120 He's lost. 03:38.120 --> 03:39.120 All right, now, sir. 03:39.120 --> 03:40.120 My suggestion is that you go on home and go lie down. 03:40.120 --> 03:41.120 It's cold and starting to snow. 03:41.120 --> 03:42.120 No, no, please. 03:42.120 --> 03:43.120 Wait a minute. 03:43.120 --> 03:44.120 Don't leave me. 03:44.120 --> 03:45.120 Tell me. 03:45.120 --> 03:46.120 What's the matter? 03:46.120 --> 03:51.120 Well, you slipped on this icy sidewalk. 03:51.120 --> 03:54.120 Fell down and hit your head good and hard on the curb. 03:54.120 --> 03:56.120 You're out for about 20 minutes and then you... 03:56.120 --> 03:57.120 Wait, wait, wait. 03:57.120 --> 03:58.120 Ice on a sidewalk? 03:58.120 --> 03:59.120 Well, look at it. 03:59.120 --> 04:02.120 That street cleaning department ought to clear the way the snow... 04:02.120 --> 04:03.120 What? 04:03.120 --> 04:04.120 Snow and ice? 04:04.120 --> 04:05.120 Sure, why? 04:05.120 --> 04:06.120 Snow? 04:06.120 --> 04:07.120 In July? 04:07.120 --> 04:08.120 July? 04:08.120 --> 04:09.120 It's December. 04:09.120 --> 04:10.120 December 1943. 04:10.120 --> 04:11.120 December 1943. 04:11.120 --> 04:12.120 December 1943. 04:12.120 --> 04:13.120 December 1943. 04:13.120 --> 04:14.120 December 1943. 04:14.120 --> 04:15.120 December 1943. 04:15.120 --> 04:16.120 1943. 04:16.120 --> 04:20.120 You better go on home, son. 04:20.120 --> 04:23.120 Good night. 04:23.120 --> 04:26.120 1943? 04:26.120 --> 04:33.120 December 1943. 04:33.120 --> 04:39.120 The last I remember was July 1940. 04:39.120 --> 04:43.120 Three years, just gone. 04:43.120 --> 04:45.120 I was in Amnesia. 04:45.120 --> 04:48.120 A black curtain comes down over your mind. 04:48.120 --> 04:52.120 That black curtain had been over mine for three years. 04:52.120 --> 04:53.120 Where had I been? 04:53.120 --> 04:55.120 Who had I been? 04:55.120 --> 04:57.120 I hadn't been Frank Townsend. 04:57.120 --> 04:59.120 I'd been someone else. 04:59.120 --> 05:01.120 D.N. 05:01.120 --> 05:06.120 Someone whose initials were D.N. 05:06.120 --> 05:12.120 I walked along Tillery Street thinking about it those three years. 05:12.120 --> 05:13.120 I could have been married. 05:13.120 --> 05:14.120 I could have been a thief. 05:14.120 --> 05:15.120 I could have... 05:15.120 --> 05:19.120 Something made me turn around on the street for a moment. 05:19.120 --> 05:21.120 That was when I first saw him. 05:21.120 --> 05:22.120 Grey eyes. 05:22.120 --> 05:24.120 He'd been talking to the cop who took my name. 05:24.120 --> 05:25.120 He looked up as I did. 05:25.120 --> 05:28.120 And then he started to walk rapidly in my direction. 05:28.120 --> 05:30.120 And backed away instinctively. 05:30.120 --> 05:32.120 Something about him spelled trouble. 05:32.120 --> 05:34.120 He called to me as he came forward. 05:34.120 --> 05:35.120 Hey, you, stop! 05:35.120 --> 05:36.120 Townsend! 05:36.120 --> 05:38.120 Instinctively I knew I should run and get away from him. 05:38.120 --> 05:39.120 Hey, you! 05:39.120 --> 05:40.120 I looked back as I rounded the corner. 05:40.120 --> 05:41.120 He had a gun in his hand. 05:41.120 --> 05:42.120 He raised it. 05:42.120 --> 05:44.120 And I turned, ran for my life. 05:53.120 --> 05:55.120 What lay behind that black curtain 05:55.120 --> 05:58.120 which separated Townsend from his past? 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With a gun. 08:23.120 --> 08:27.120 What did Grey Eyes want with me? I must have done something. 08:28.120 --> 08:32.120 I beat it on the subway and hid. I had to think it all out carefully. 08:32.120 --> 08:36.120 I knew I was on the spot for something. Grey Eyes meant business. 08:36.120 --> 08:39.120 What could it be? Who had I been? 08:39.120 --> 08:43.120 During those last three years with that black curtain in front of them. 08:43.120 --> 08:47.120 Well, maybe I'd been a gangster and he was one of them mobbed and one to rub me out. 08:47.120 --> 08:51.120 I didn't know. No identification, my wallet stolen. 08:51.120 --> 08:53.120 Nothing in my pockets that would help. 08:53.120 --> 08:59.120 Just D-N in the hat and D-N on the cigar case. D-N! 08:59.120 --> 09:02.120 My head was aching with worry. My stomach had panic in it. 09:02.120 --> 09:05.120 I had to find out who I'd been, what I'd done. 09:05.120 --> 09:07.120 But how? Where? 09:09.120 --> 09:14.120 Tellery Street. That's where I'd been when I woke up. Tellery Street. 09:15.120 --> 09:18.120 Well, maybe Grey Eyes would go back there too looking for me. 09:18.120 --> 09:29.120 But I had to take that chance. Tellery Street. 09:31.120 --> 09:32.120 Yes? 09:32.120 --> 09:34.120 Oh, good evening, Pop. 09:34.120 --> 09:38.120 Oh, hello there. Couldn't see you under that hat at first. 09:38.120 --> 09:39.120 Oh, you know me? 09:39.120 --> 09:42.120 Sure. What can I get you, son? 09:42.120 --> 09:45.120 Well, you got any evening paper I could look at? 09:45.120 --> 09:49.120 Nope. Sorry. Never read them. Too much trouble in the world these days anyhow. 09:49.120 --> 09:51.120 Say, how you been? You haven't been around two or three weeks. 09:51.120 --> 09:53.120 Oh, well, I've been kind of busy. 09:53.120 --> 09:55.120 Uh, look, Pop. 09:55.120 --> 09:56.120 Yeah? 09:56.120 --> 10:00.120 I made a bet with a guy that even though you see so many customers, 10:00.120 --> 10:02.120 you'd walk right up and give me my full name. 10:02.120 --> 10:06.120 Oh, well, I'm sorry. I don't know it. I don't think I ever heard your name. 10:06.120 --> 10:07.120 Oh. 10:07.120 --> 10:08.120 But I know your girl. 10:08.120 --> 10:09.120 My girl? 10:09.120 --> 10:10.120 Uh-huh. 10:10.120 --> 10:11.120 You do, huh? 10:10.120 --> 10:11.120 Yeah. 10:11.120 --> 10:15.120 Well, now, maybe I can still win my bet if you'll give me her name. 10:15.120 --> 10:17.120 Gee, I... 10:17.120 --> 10:19.120 I've heard you mention it. I... 10:19.120 --> 10:21.120 I'd know it if I heard it. 10:21.120 --> 10:22.120 You what? 10:22.120 --> 10:24.120 Well, uh, see if I can steer you a little. 10:24.120 --> 10:25.120 Now, is it Mary? 10:25.120 --> 10:26.120 Nope. 10:26.120 --> 10:28.120 Uh, Alice? Lillian? 10:28.120 --> 10:29.120 Ah, Margaret. 10:29.120 --> 10:31.120 No. Wait a minute. Wait. 10:31.120 --> 10:34.120 I know. Ruth. That's it. Ruth. 10:34.120 --> 10:35.120 Ruth? 10:35.120 --> 10:36.120 Yeah. 10:36.120 --> 10:38.120 Well, sure, you got it. 10:38.120 --> 10:40.120 Now, now, what's Ruth's last name? 10:40.120 --> 10:42.120 Gee, I don't know her... I know where she lives, though. 10:42.120 --> 10:43.120 You do? 10:43.120 --> 10:46.120 Yeah. Right across the street. Attillery Apartments. 10:46.120 --> 10:48.120 Well, it's right. 10:48.120 --> 10:51.120 Ah, but now, now, what apartment? 10:51.120 --> 10:53.120 What's the number of Ruth's apartment? 10:53.120 --> 10:55.120 Hmm... 10:55.120 --> 10:57.120 3C. Apartment 3C. 10:57.120 --> 11:00.120 Say, that's pretty good if I do say so. 11:00.120 --> 11:02.120 I was only there once, remember? The night I brought the Sam's... 11:02.120 --> 11:04.120 Well, thanks. 11:04.120 --> 11:06.120 Will you win your bet, mister? 11:06.120 --> 11:09.120 Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah. I think I will. 11:09.120 --> 11:11.120 Uh, what's your name? So I'll know it next time. 11:11.120 --> 11:14.120 Oh, I'll tell you tomorrow. I hope. 11:14.120 --> 11:15.120 So long. 11:15.120 --> 11:17.120 So long, Pop. Thank you. I'll be... 11:19.120 --> 11:20.120 What's the matter? 11:20.120 --> 11:24.120 Nothing. Nothing. I... just tied him a shoe. 11:27.120 --> 11:31.120 I'd just been going to walk out when I saw him standing across the street, gray eyes again. 11:31.120 --> 11:33.120 I ducked down behind the store window and watched him. 11:33.120 --> 11:36.120 He looked over in my direction and then up and down the street. 11:36.120 --> 11:39.120 Oh, then he did a cigarette and stalled down the corner. 11:39.120 --> 11:41.120 The minute he disappeared, I yanked the door open, dashed out, 11:41.120 --> 11:43.120 went across the tillery apartments and went in. 11:54.120 --> 11:55.120 Who is it? 11:55.120 --> 11:56.120 Ruth? 11:56.120 --> 11:57.120 Yes? 11:57.120 --> 11:58.120 It's me. 12:00.120 --> 12:03.120 Dan! Oh, Danny, where have you... 12:03.120 --> 12:05.120 Get in here. 12:05.120 --> 12:07.120 Oh, darling, it's really you. 12:07.120 --> 12:08.120 I thought you... 12:08.120 --> 12:09.120 Hello, Ruth. 12:09.120 --> 12:11.120 Oh, Danny, why did you come here? 12:11.120 --> 12:12.120 He's been around here twice today. 12:12.120 --> 12:14.120 He may be in the neighborhood right now, for all you know. 12:14.120 --> 12:15.120 Who? 12:15.120 --> 12:17.120 Oh, well, Fattery, of course. 12:18.120 --> 12:19.120 Has he got gray eyes? 12:19.120 --> 12:21.120 What? Yeah. 12:21.120 --> 12:23.120 Did you ever see a detective that didn't? 12:23.120 --> 12:25.120 Oh, I see. Sure, sure. 12:25.120 --> 12:26.120 Danny, what's the matter with you? 12:26.120 --> 12:27.120 You're acting so strangely. 12:27.120 --> 12:30.120 Well, I... I just want to look at you. 12:30.120 --> 12:33.120 You seem so different, so far away. 12:33.120 --> 12:34.120 You haven't kissed me. 12:34.120 --> 12:36.120 Well, that's easily fixed. 12:38.120 --> 12:40.120 Oh, darling, where have you been for three weeks? 12:40.120 --> 12:42.120 All around. Miss me? 12:42.120 --> 12:44.120 You know I did. 12:44.120 --> 12:46.120 Oh, Danny, you suppose... 12:46.120 --> 12:48.120 Do you think we could get away tonight? 12:48.120 --> 12:49.120 I've got $3,000 saved up. 12:49.120 --> 12:51.120 We could go to Mexico or South America. 12:51.120 --> 12:52.120 We could get married. 12:52.120 --> 12:55.120 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Nearing. Tour of the world. 12:56.120 --> 12:57.120 Daniel Nearing? 12:58.120 --> 12:59.120 Yeah, and wife? 12:59.120 --> 13:01.120 Sounds plenty good to me. 13:01.120 --> 13:02.120 You'll never know how good. 13:02.120 --> 13:04.120 We'll get out of here tonight. 13:04.120 --> 13:06.120 I'll call up and tell him I'm quitting my job. 13:06.120 --> 13:07.120 I'll say I'm sick. 13:07.120 --> 13:08.120 All my stuff's here. 13:08.120 --> 13:10.120 Nothing's out there but a couple of uniforms. 13:10.120 --> 13:13.120 I'll make Alma and Franklin a present of those. 13:13.120 --> 13:14.120 Alma and Franklin? 13:14.120 --> 13:17.120 Don't you bother your pretty head about those two charmers. 13:17.120 --> 13:19.120 Maybe they weren't glad when it happened. 13:19.120 --> 13:20.120 Couple of vultures. 13:20.120 --> 13:22.120 I'd buy to them. 13:22.120 --> 13:24.120 All with you back, Danny. 13:24.120 --> 13:26.120 Just think with my $3,000 we could... 13:26.120 --> 13:27.120 Oh, dear. 13:27.120 --> 13:28.120 Do you think you ought to quit your job? 13:28.120 --> 13:30.120 Absolutely, I think so. 13:30.120 --> 13:32.120 I was never cut out to be a nurse anyway. 13:32.120 --> 13:34.120 I guess you weren't. 13:34.120 --> 13:36.120 Any more than I was cut out... 13:36.120 --> 13:38.120 Any more than you were meant to be a secretary. 13:39.120 --> 13:40.120 That's right. 13:41.120 --> 13:43.120 Well, I never wanted to be a secretary. 13:43.120 --> 13:45.120 Just drifted into it, I guess. 13:45.120 --> 13:47.120 Kind of got on my nerves, especially toward the end. 13:48.120 --> 13:51.120 You know, the boss was no cinch to work for. 13:51.120 --> 13:52.120 He certainly wasn't. 13:52.120 --> 13:54.120 He was a rat. 13:54.120 --> 13:56.120 The whole Dakerid bunch are mean, rotten. 13:56.120 --> 13:57.120 The whole family. 13:57.120 --> 13:58.120 Yeah, that's right. 13:58.120 --> 14:00.120 Well, except the old man. 14:00.120 --> 14:02.120 Oh, yeah, the old man. 14:02.120 --> 14:04.120 I sort of liked him, didn't I? 14:04.120 --> 14:06.120 He loved you, Danny. 14:06.120 --> 14:08.120 I think he wished you'd been his son. 14:08.120 --> 14:10.120 Poor old man. 14:10.120 --> 14:12.120 He's the only reason I've stuck around out there this long. 14:12.120 --> 14:14.120 How are things out there? 14:14.120 --> 14:16.120 Oh, they've been questioning all of us. 14:16.120 --> 14:18.120 They've laid off lately, though, since you... 14:18.120 --> 14:21.120 Oh, Danny, don't let's talk any more about it. 14:21.120 --> 14:24.120 You're back. That's the main thing. 14:24.120 --> 14:27.120 I just want to forget new Jericho and the whole family. 14:27.120 --> 14:29.120 You're forgetting new Jericho and the whole family? 14:29.120 --> 14:30.120 New Jericho, huh? 14:30.120 --> 14:31.120 Yes. 14:31.120 --> 14:33.120 Oh, Danny. 14:33.120 --> 14:35.120 Danny, if only it hadn't happened. 14:35.120 --> 14:36.120 What hadn't? 14:36.120 --> 14:38.120 You know what? 14:38.120 --> 14:41.120 Oh, Danny, what's going to become of you and me? 14:41.120 --> 14:43.120 I wish I knew. 14:43.120 --> 14:45.120 Danny, get away from that window. 14:45.120 --> 14:46.120 Leave that shade down. 14:46.120 --> 14:47.120 He's down there. 14:47.120 --> 14:48.120 Who? 14:48.120 --> 14:49.120 Grey Eyes. 14:49.120 --> 14:51.120 He's standing in front of the hydrant. 14:51.120 --> 14:52.120 He's coming in here, in the building. 14:52.120 --> 14:54.120 Did he see you? 14:54.120 --> 14:55.120 Ruth, will you help me? 14:55.120 --> 14:56.120 What are you going to do? 14:56.120 --> 14:57.120 I'm going to give myself up. 14:57.120 --> 14:58.120 No, no, you're not... 14:58.120 --> 14:59.120 Well, it's better than getting shot at. 14:59.120 --> 15:00.120 What can they do to me? 15:00.120 --> 15:02.120 You crazy fool, they can send you to the chair. 15:02.120 --> 15:03.120 The chair? 15:03.120 --> 15:06.120 What do you think happens to a man when he's guilty of murder? 15:10.120 --> 15:11.120 Murder? 15:11.120 --> 15:12.120 Ruth, listen to me. 15:12.120 --> 15:14.120 I'm not a murderer. 15:14.120 --> 15:15.120 The whole world says I committed murder. 15:15.120 --> 15:16.120 I say I didn't. 15:16.120 --> 15:18.120 The me that's in me says I didn't. 15:18.120 --> 15:19.120 I never said you were, Danny. 15:19.120 --> 15:21.120 I always said you didn't do it. 15:21.120 --> 15:23.120 I'll be ahead and run away. 15:23.120 --> 15:25.120 So that's it. 15:25.120 --> 15:27.120 All right, nearing. Open up. 15:27.120 --> 15:29.120 Why did you come here, Danny? Why? 15:29.120 --> 15:30.120 Ruth, wait. 15:30.120 --> 15:31.120 We've got to get out of here. 15:31.120 --> 15:32.120 How about the fire escape shaft? 15:32.120 --> 15:33.120 Dumb waiter. 15:33.120 --> 15:34.120 Dumb waiter. 15:34.120 --> 15:35.120 Here. 15:35.120 --> 15:36.120 All right, get in. 15:36.120 --> 15:37.120 I'll stand on top and work the ropes. 15:37.120 --> 15:38.120 I don't think it can hold us both. 15:38.120 --> 15:39.120 Got to. 15:42.120 --> 15:43.120 Can you hear me? 15:43.120 --> 15:45.120 Yes, yes, Danny. 15:45.120 --> 15:46.120 Danny, what do we do? 15:46.120 --> 15:48.120 We're going back there to New Jericho. 15:48.120 --> 15:49.120 New Jericho? 15:49.120 --> 15:51.120 No, Danny, don't. Please, for me. 15:51.120 --> 15:52.120 Got to. 15:52.120 --> 15:53.120 I've got to find out. 15:53.120 --> 15:54.120 We're going together. 15:54.120 --> 15:56.120 No, Danny, no. I've got the money. 15:56.120 --> 15:57.120 We can get out of here and we... 15:57.120 --> 15:58.120 Stop it. 15:58.120 --> 16:00.120 Danny, ouch, my arm. 16:00.120 --> 16:01.120 You're hurting me. 16:01.120 --> 16:03.120 From here on in, we're sticking together. 16:03.120 --> 16:04.120 You're going to take me back there, 16:04.120 --> 16:06.120 back where it happened. 16:06.120 --> 16:07.120 All right, darling. 16:07.120 --> 16:11.120 It's crazy, but I'll go wherever you go. 16:11.120 --> 16:13.120 I can't lose you again. 16:13.120 --> 16:16.120 On the train, Ruth and I said very little to each other. 16:16.120 --> 16:17.120 While I hid in the telephone booth 16:17.120 --> 16:18.120 at the Pennsylvania station, 16:18.120 --> 16:20.120 she bought us a couple of cheap overcoats. 16:20.120 --> 16:24.120 I sat hunched up in mine, thinking, thinking. 16:24.120 --> 16:27.120 Ruth had brought along the newspaper clippings. 16:27.120 --> 16:30.120 I looked at what they said for the 20th time, 16:30.120 --> 16:31.120 trying to see if there was anything there 16:31.120 --> 16:32.120 that would help me. 16:32.120 --> 16:34.120 Deep tricks slammed into my head. 16:34.120 --> 16:35.120 I was so scared. 16:35.120 --> 16:36.120 I was so scared. 16:36.120 --> 16:37.120 I was so scared. 16:37.120 --> 16:38.120 I was so scared. 16:38.120 --> 16:39.120 I was so scared. 16:39.120 --> 16:40.120 I was so scared. 16:40.120 --> 16:41.120 I was so scared. 16:41.120 --> 16:42.120 I was so scared. 16:42.120 --> 16:44.120 Dietrich Slayer's saw it, it said. 16:44.120 --> 16:46.120 The secretary wanted him brutal slaying 16:46.120 --> 16:47.120 at Suburban Estate. 16:47.120 --> 16:50.120 Police are pressing the search for Daniel Nearing, 16:50.120 --> 16:53.120 secretary and the employer of the late John Dietrich, 58, 16:53.120 --> 16:55.120 member of a well-known local family 16:55.120 --> 16:56.120 who was shot and killed 16:56.120 --> 16:59.120 in the drawing room of his new Jericho estate 16:59.120 --> 17:01.120 on the morning of November the 7th. 17:01.120 --> 17:03.120 Nearing disappeared November the 7th 17:03.120 --> 17:04.120 on the morning of which date 17:04.120 --> 17:07.120 he is known to have had a bitter quarrel with the deceased. 17:07.120 --> 17:09.120 This last was attested to at the inquest 17:09.120 --> 17:10.120 by Elmer and Franklin Dietrich, 17:10.120 --> 17:12.120 widow and brother of the murdered maid. 17:16.120 --> 17:18.120 Well, I had all the facts now. 17:18.120 --> 17:20.120 Wanted for murder. 17:21.120 --> 17:23.120 And yet everything that was in me 17:23.120 --> 17:25.120 told me that no matter who I'd been, 17:25.120 --> 17:26.120 however many memories I'd lost, 17:26.120 --> 17:27.120 that I was no killer, 17:27.120 --> 17:28.120 that I couldn't have. 17:28.120 --> 17:30.120 Jericho! Jericho! 17:30.120 --> 17:32.120 I had to get into that Dietrich house 17:32.120 --> 17:33.120 and stand again in the room 17:33.120 --> 17:35.120 in which it had all happened. 17:35.120 --> 17:37.120 Maybe something would come back to me. 17:37.120 --> 17:38.120 Maybe there would be... 17:38.120 --> 17:40.120 Jericho! 17:54.120 --> 17:56.120 Danny! Danny! 17:56.120 --> 17:57.120 Over here, Ruth. 17:58.120 --> 18:00.120 It's dark. I couldn't see you. 18:00.120 --> 18:01.120 Elmer and Franklin just left. 18:01.120 --> 18:03.120 They drove down to the village. 18:03.120 --> 18:05.120 Did they say anything about you being out here on your day off? 18:05.120 --> 18:07.120 Yeah. Elmer said something. 18:07.120 --> 18:09.120 But I said I had nothing to do in town. 18:09.120 --> 18:11.120 He came out to write some letters. 18:11.120 --> 18:12.120 Let's go, then. 18:12.120 --> 18:14.120 Oh, Danny, I'm scared. 18:14.120 --> 18:15.120 Please, let's not stay out here. 18:15.120 --> 18:17.120 I thought you said you loved me. 18:17.120 --> 18:18.120 I do, Danny, I do. 18:18.120 --> 18:19.120 That's why I'm scared. 18:19.120 --> 18:21.120 They're only going to the village. 18:21.120 --> 18:23.120 They'll be back in half an hour at the most. 18:24.120 --> 18:25.120 Go on, open the door, Ruth. 18:25.120 --> 18:26.120 Hurry. 18:26.120 --> 18:27.120 I've got to see the inside. 18:27.120 --> 18:29.120 That room, the place where it happened. 18:29.120 --> 18:30.120 It's wrong, Danny. 18:30.120 --> 18:31.120 I'm telling you, you're wrong. 18:31.120 --> 18:32.120 You know, find... 18:32.120 --> 18:33.120 Open the door, Ruth. 18:33.120 --> 18:34.120 Quickly. 18:34.120 --> 18:35.120 All right. 18:35.120 --> 18:36.120 Now, let's have a look at that room. 18:36.120 --> 18:38.120 Please, Danny, please, don't talk about it. 18:41.120 --> 18:42.120 Oh. 18:42.120 --> 18:45.120 So this is where I'm supposed to have murdered John Dietrich, huh? 18:45.120 --> 18:46.120 Danny, please. 18:46.120 --> 18:47.120 Where was it? 18:47.120 --> 18:48.120 Show me exactly where it was, Ruth. 18:48.120 --> 18:50.120 I've got to know. 18:50.120 --> 18:51.120 It was there. 18:51.120 --> 18:52.120 Right there. 18:52.120 --> 18:55.120 He was standing by the grandfather's clock when... 18:55.120 --> 18:57.120 Why are you going crazy, Danny? 18:57.120 --> 18:59.120 If they get you, you'll hang. 18:59.120 --> 19:00.120 By the clock, huh? 19:00.120 --> 19:02.120 You still believe in me, don't you, Ruth? 19:02.120 --> 19:03.120 I still believe in you. 19:03.120 --> 19:04.120 You still believe in me, don't you, Ruth? 19:04.120 --> 19:06.120 I believe you, Danny, but I'm scared. 19:06.120 --> 19:07.120 I love you. 19:07.120 --> 19:08.120 Ruth, wait a minute. 19:08.120 --> 19:09.120 What's that? 19:09.120 --> 19:10.120 Listen. 19:10.120 --> 19:12.120 It's only the old man. 19:12.120 --> 19:14.120 He's asleep in that room up there. 19:14.120 --> 19:15.120 Don't go in there, Danny. 19:15.120 --> 19:16.120 You'll wake him. 19:16.120 --> 19:17.120 I want to see him. 19:17.120 --> 19:18.120 No. 19:18.120 --> 19:19.120 No, don't, Danny. 19:19.120 --> 19:20.120 He can't help you. 19:20.120 --> 19:22.120 You know he's paralyzed and he can't talk. 19:22.120 --> 19:23.120 Turn on the light. 19:23.120 --> 19:24.120 I want to see him. 19:24.120 --> 19:26.120 Here, you woke him. 19:26.120 --> 19:28.120 It's me, Mr. Dietrich. 19:28.120 --> 19:29.120 Ruth. 19:29.120 --> 19:31.120 This is Danny. 19:31.120 --> 19:33.120 You remember Danny, don't you? 19:33.120 --> 19:34.120 Hello, Mr. Dietrich. 19:34.120 --> 19:36.120 See how his eyes are shining? 19:36.120 --> 19:37.120 Yeah. 19:37.120 --> 19:39.120 Was he here when it happened? 19:39.120 --> 19:40.120 You know that, Danny. 19:40.120 --> 19:42.120 Why do you ask such funny questions? 19:42.120 --> 19:44.120 He's been in bed here for five years. 19:44.120 --> 19:46.120 That mirror. 19:46.120 --> 19:47.120 On the wall there. 19:47.120 --> 19:48.120 The clock. 19:48.120 --> 19:49.120 Look. 19:49.120 --> 19:52.120 You can see the grandfather's clock in the other room. 19:52.120 --> 19:53.120 What are you getting at, Danny? 19:53.120 --> 19:54.120 He could see it. 19:54.120 --> 19:57.120 The old man could see the murder through the mirror. 19:57.120 --> 19:59.120 Oh, if only he could talk. 19:59.120 --> 20:00.120 He can't talk. 20:00.120 --> 20:01.120 You scare me, Danny. 20:01.120 --> 20:03.120 He saw the man who killed John Dietrich. 20:03.120 --> 20:04.120 Look, look. 20:04.120 --> 20:06.120 He understands what I'm saying. 20:06.120 --> 20:07.120 He's blinking his eyes. 20:07.120 --> 20:08.120 Oh, stop torturing him, Danny. 20:08.120 --> 20:09.120 Can't you see what you're doing? 20:09.120 --> 20:11.120 He's trying to say something. 20:11.120 --> 20:12.120 Look. 20:12.120 --> 20:13.120 Look. 20:13.120 --> 20:15.120 His eyes are blinking. 20:15.120 --> 20:17.120 He's going to help me. 20:17.120 --> 20:18.120 Go outside and watch, Ruth. 20:18.120 --> 20:19.120 Go on. 20:19.120 --> 20:20.120 Now watch out at the entrance way. 20:20.120 --> 20:21.120 Be careful, Danny. 20:21.120 --> 20:22.120 Please, they'll be back any minute. 20:22.120 --> 20:23.120 All right, leave me alone with them. 20:23.120 --> 20:25.120 I'll call if I hear them coming. 20:25.120 --> 20:27.120 Look now, Mr. Dietrich. 20:27.120 --> 20:29.120 Don't be afraid. 20:29.120 --> 20:32.120 I'm going to ask you a question, and you're going to answer me. 20:32.120 --> 20:35.120 Are you trying to tell me something about the murder? 20:35.120 --> 20:37.120 Now blink your eyes. 20:37.120 --> 20:39.120 Blink twice if you are. 20:39.120 --> 20:40.120 And that's it. 20:40.120 --> 20:41.120 Once. 20:41.120 --> 20:42.120 Twice. 20:42.120 --> 20:43.120 That's good. 20:43.120 --> 20:45.120 Did you see it happen? 20:45.120 --> 20:47.120 Here in your mirror. 20:47.120 --> 20:49.120 Blink once if the answer is no. 20:49.120 --> 20:51.120 Twice if the answer is yes. 20:51.120 --> 20:52.120 Once. 20:52.120 --> 20:53.120 Twice. 20:53.120 --> 20:54.120 You're dead, huh? 20:54.120 --> 20:56.120 You saw it. 20:56.120 --> 20:59.120 Now then, is the murderer in this house? 20:59.120 --> 21:00.120 Danny, Danny, they're coming. 21:00.120 --> 21:02.120 Franklin and Alma, get out of here. 21:02.120 --> 21:03.120 Run, Danny, run. 21:03.120 --> 21:05.120 Is the murderer in this house? 21:05.120 --> 21:06.120 Blink once for no. 21:06.120 --> 21:08.120 Twice for yes. 21:08.120 --> 21:09.120 Yes. 21:09.120 --> 21:10.120 In this house. 21:10.120 --> 21:11.120 Danny, Danny, they're coming. 21:11.120 --> 21:13.120 Wait, wait, I've almost got it. 21:13.120 --> 21:16.120 Now, Mr. Dietrich, was it me? 21:16.120 --> 21:17.120 Once for no. 21:17.120 --> 21:18.120 Twice for yes. 21:18.120 --> 21:19.120 Was it me? 21:19.120 --> 21:20.120 Get out of here, Danny. 21:20.120 --> 21:22.120 Into the big room behind the curtains. 21:22.120 --> 21:24.120 I'll talk to them. 21:24.120 --> 21:25.120 All right, all right. 21:25.120 --> 21:26.120 All right. 21:26.120 --> 21:27.120 Thanks, Mr. Dietrich. 21:27.120 --> 21:29.120 I'll be back. 21:29.120 --> 21:31.120 Ruth? 21:31.120 --> 21:33.120 Ruth, is that you in Father's room? 21:33.120 --> 21:34.120 Yes. 21:34.120 --> 21:36.120 Are you here alone? 21:36.120 --> 21:37.120 Oh, yes. 21:37.120 --> 21:38.120 Why? 21:38.120 --> 21:40.120 Well, we thought we heard voices. 21:40.120 --> 21:42.120 What are you so jittery about, Ruth? 21:42.120 --> 21:44.120 I'm just tired, that's all. 21:44.120 --> 21:46.120 May I go to bed now? 21:46.120 --> 21:48.120 Father's still awake, Ruth. 21:48.120 --> 21:50.120 You'll go to sleep all right. 21:50.120 --> 21:52.120 I'm going upstairs, Mr. Dietrich, now. 21:52.120 --> 21:53.120 Good night, Ruth. 21:53.120 --> 21:55.120 And take your flashlight with you. 21:55.120 --> 21:57.120 Oh, I'm sorry. 21:57.120 --> 21:59.120 It was dark on the road tonight. 21:59.120 --> 22:00.120 Good night, Ruth. 22:00.120 --> 22:02.120 Good night. 22:02.120 --> 22:04.120 She's brought him back here with her. 22:04.120 --> 22:05.120 Hey, my thing. 22:05.120 --> 22:07.120 Who? Dan? 22:07.120 --> 22:08.120 Oh, Franklin. 22:08.120 --> 22:09.120 Take it easy. 22:09.120 --> 22:10.120 If he's here, we'll get him. 22:10.120 --> 22:12.120 After the evidence we gave against him at the hearing, 22:12.120 --> 22:13.120 I... 22:13.120 --> 22:14.120 Oh, I'm frightened. 22:14.120 --> 22:16.120 Let's get out of here fast. 22:16.120 --> 22:17.120 I'll go to the village for the police. 22:17.120 --> 22:18.120 Call the police. 22:18.120 --> 22:20.120 No, I'll do it. 22:20.120 --> 22:22.120 Hello? 22:22.120 --> 22:24.120 Hello? 22:24.120 --> 22:26.120 It's too late. It's dead. The wire's cut. 22:26.120 --> 22:28.120 Come on, we'll both drive to the village. 22:28.120 --> 22:30.120 But he may be waiting for us out by the car. 22:30.120 --> 22:31.120 Uh-uh. Oh. 22:31.120 --> 22:32.120 What? 22:32.120 --> 22:34.120 Eh. 22:34.120 --> 22:36.120 What are you doing there, Franklin? 22:36.120 --> 22:39.120 I think I just might need my gun. 22:39.120 --> 22:41.120 Come along. 22:48.120 --> 22:50.120 The moment they left the house, I made for the old man's room. 22:50.120 --> 22:52.120 I called for Ruth, but she was gone. 22:52.120 --> 22:55.120 Maybe Franklin and Alma had caught her after she cut the telephone wire. 22:55.120 --> 22:56.120 But I couldn't wait. 22:56.120 --> 22:58.120 My life was hanging on minutes now. 22:58.120 --> 23:01.120 I shot the flashlight on the old man's face. 23:04.120 --> 23:06.120 Now, Mr. Dietrich, you're helping me fine. 23:06.120 --> 23:09.120 You know I'm trying to save my life, don't you? 23:09.120 --> 23:11.120 Now, the murderer. 23:11.120 --> 23:13.120 Was it me? 23:13.120 --> 23:14.120 Was it me who did it? 23:14.120 --> 23:16.120 Me, Danny Nearing. 23:16.120 --> 23:18.120 Blink once for no. 23:18.120 --> 23:20.120 Once. 23:20.120 --> 23:21.120 Once! 23:21.120 --> 23:22.120 Oh, you're sure. 23:22.120 --> 23:24.120 You're sure it wasn't me. 23:25.120 --> 23:27.120 Oh, you're smiling, Mr. Dietrich. 23:27.120 --> 23:28.120 Smiling. 23:28.120 --> 23:30.120 Now, it was somebody in this house. 23:30.120 --> 23:32.120 Then who was it? 23:32.120 --> 23:35.120 Oh, can't you make a sound? 23:35.120 --> 23:37.120 Help me, you've got to. 23:37.120 --> 23:38.120 Was it Alma? 23:38.120 --> 23:40.120 Twice for yes, once for no. 23:40.120 --> 23:41.120 Once. 23:41.120 --> 23:42.120 Not Alma. 23:42.120 --> 23:43.120 All right, then. 23:43.120 --> 23:44.120 Was it Franklin? 23:44.120 --> 23:46.120 I'll just put the hands, Nearing. 23:46.120 --> 23:48.120 You'll never go to trial. 23:48.120 --> 23:50.120 Franklin, look, you've got to listen. 23:50.120 --> 23:52.120 Shut up and drop that flashlight. 23:52.120 --> 23:54.120 Trying to kill the old man, too, huh? 23:54.120 --> 23:56.120 The murderer returns the scene of his crime. 23:56.120 --> 23:57.120 You know I didn't kill him. 23:57.120 --> 23:59.120 Why don't you tell that to the police? 23:59.120 --> 24:01.120 Alma will have him here in a couple of minutes. 24:01.120 --> 24:02.120 Where's your girlfriend, Ruth? 24:02.120 --> 24:04.120 She's not here. I don't know where she went. 24:04.120 --> 24:06.120 Never mind. They'll find her. 24:06.120 --> 24:07.120 You're a dead duck, Nearing. 24:07.120 --> 24:09.120 You killed my brother and beat it. 24:09.120 --> 24:10.120 Where'd you get out of it? 24:10.120 --> 24:11.120 That's always puzzled us. 24:11.120 --> 24:14.120 You killed your brother, and now you're going to kill me. 24:14.120 --> 24:17.120 You've gone nuts, too. Why should I kill my own brother, you idiot? 24:17.120 --> 24:19.120 To get his share of the estate and his wife Alma, 24:19.120 --> 24:20.120 amongst other things. 24:20.120 --> 24:22.120 But you can't stop with killing me. 24:22.120 --> 24:24.120 Someone else knows the truth. 24:24.120 --> 24:27.120 The old man saw it in the mirror. 24:27.120 --> 24:29.120 You'll have to kill your own father, too. 24:29.120 --> 24:31.120 The old man saw it? How do you know? 24:31.120 --> 24:32.120 He told me. 24:32.120 --> 24:34.120 Oh, you're lying. He can't talk. He can't even move. 24:34.120 --> 24:35.120 He can hear. 24:35.120 --> 24:36.120 And he can blink his eyes. 24:36.120 --> 24:37.120 Come over here and look. 24:37.120 --> 24:39.120 I'll look here, all right? 24:39.120 --> 24:41.120 Ruth! 24:41.120 --> 24:43.120 He'll be all right. 24:43.120 --> 24:45.120 I heard him. He was going to kill you. 24:45.120 --> 24:47.120 Here's the gun, Danny. Take it. 24:47.120 --> 24:49.120 Oh, Ruth, you shouldn't have. In another minute. 24:49.120 --> 24:51.120 I'm not sure it was Franklin. 24:51.120 --> 24:53.120 Oh, Dan, darling, please. Let's run for it. 24:53.120 --> 24:54.120 They'll be here in a second. 24:54.120 --> 24:56.120 It's your last chance. They'll all swear you did it. 24:56.120 --> 24:58.120 Not if I can be with the old man another half minute. 24:58.120 --> 25:01.120 Mr. Dietrich. Mr. Dietrich. 25:01.120 --> 25:02.120 It's Danny again. 25:02.120 --> 25:04.120 No, Danny, don't. Don't. 25:04.120 --> 25:07.120 Tell me, Mr. Dietrich. Was it Franklin? 25:07.120 --> 25:09.120 Did Franklin kill your son John? 25:09.120 --> 25:12.120 Think once if he did. He's afraid. 25:12.120 --> 25:15.120 Why are you afraid? 25:15.120 --> 25:17.120 Oh, there's this gun. 25:17.120 --> 25:19.120 Here, take the gun, Ruth. You take it. 25:19.120 --> 25:21.120 He's afraid. 25:21.120 --> 25:23.120 I'm not going to hurt you, Mr. Dietrich. 25:23.120 --> 25:25.120 What's the matter? 25:25.120 --> 25:27.120 Why don't you answer me? 25:27.120 --> 25:29.120 Who killed John Dietrich? 25:29.120 --> 25:32.120 It wasn't me. It wasn't Elmer. It wasn't Franklin. 25:32.120 --> 25:34.120 But someone in the house. 25:36.120 --> 25:38.120 Was it? 25:38.120 --> 25:40.120 What? 25:40.120 --> 25:44.120 Ruth. Ruth. You. 25:44.120 --> 25:48.120 I told you. I told you not to come. 25:48.120 --> 25:50.120 Oh, I love you, Danny. I wanted you. 25:50.120 --> 25:52.120 I wouldn't have let them get you. 25:52.120 --> 25:55.120 Why? Why, Ruth? Why did you kill him? 25:55.120 --> 25:58.120 He was always after me. Wouldn't leave me alone. 25:58.120 --> 26:00.120 I hated him. 26:00.120 --> 26:03.120 Then that night he came at me, threatened me, said he'd kill me. 26:03.120 --> 26:06.120 If he couldn't have me, nobody could. 26:06.120 --> 26:09.120 He had a gun. I got it away from him. 26:09.120 --> 26:13.120 He hit the clock. He leaned against it. 26:13.120 --> 26:17.120 I thought he'd never fall down and die. 26:17.120 --> 26:20.120 It was the day you ran away and I was crazy. 26:20.120 --> 26:23.120 They thought it was you. They started looking. 26:23.120 --> 26:25.120 I love you, Danny. I still love you. 26:25.120 --> 26:27.120 I begged you not to come back here. 26:27.120 --> 26:29.120 Ruth. Put down that gun, Ruth. 26:29.120 --> 26:31.120 No. Stand back, Danny. 26:31.120 --> 26:33.120 Stay over there. 26:33.120 --> 26:36.120 I just want to look at you. 26:36.120 --> 26:39.120 I was hoping we could get away together. 26:39.120 --> 26:42.120 But you've been through enough, Danny. 26:42.120 --> 26:44.120 And all because of me. 26:44.120 --> 26:47.120 Now you're clear, Danny. 26:47.120 --> 26:50.120 And this is going to clear me. 26:50.120 --> 26:52.120 Darling. 26:52.120 --> 27:01.120 Ruth. 27:11.120 --> 27:15.120 Well, I guess that's about all there is to tell. 27:15.120 --> 27:17.120 I tried to put it all behind me. 27:17.120 --> 27:21.120 To resume my life where I left off over three years ago. 27:21.120 --> 27:25.120 Sometimes when it gets dark evening, I go and walk along Tilleries Street. 27:25.120 --> 27:29.120 Once in a while somebody, somebody I don't know, will say, 27:29.120 --> 27:31.120 Hello, Danny. 27:31.120 --> 27:34.120 I just say hello and walk on. 27:34.120 --> 27:37.120 I don't want to find out anything anymore. 27:37.120 --> 27:40.120 I want it all to die away and be still. 27:40.120 --> 27:42.120 And it will. 27:42.120 --> 27:44.120 All except Ruth. 27:44.120 --> 27:47.120 Because somewhere behind that black curtain I was loved. 27:47.120 --> 27:50.120 And loved someone. 27:50.120 --> 27:54.120 We must have known a love that I'll never know again. 28:08.120 --> 28:12.120 And so closes The Black Curtain starring Mr. Cary Grant. 28:12.120 --> 28:14.120 Tonight's tale of... 28:14.120 --> 28:16.120 Suspense. 28:16.120 --> 28:20.120 Since the beginnings of history, people have enjoyed wine. 28:20.120 --> 28:25.120 Ages ago our ancestors found that wine made any food taste better. 28:25.120 --> 28:28.120 Wine is a simple pleasure that anyone can enjoy. 28:28.120 --> 28:32.120 That is why Roma has devoted all its wine making skill 28:32.120 --> 28:36.120 to producing wines of fine quality at a price that means you can enjoy them often. 28:36.120 --> 28:38.120 Just a few cents a glass. 28:38.120 --> 28:43.120 Don't feel that you need fine crystal or a special occasion to serve Roma wine. 28:43.120 --> 28:47.120 Next time you have a quick supper, serve Roma wine in plain tumblers 28:47.120 --> 28:49.120 with your spaghetti or cold meats. 28:49.120 --> 28:53.120 And notice how much more enjoyment and zest it adds to the meal. 28:53.120 --> 28:56.120 Serve Roma wine often, cool or chilled. 28:56.120 --> 29:00.120 You'll quickly discover why Roma, R-O-M-A, 29:00.120 --> 29:04.120 Roma wines are America's largest selling wines. 29:04.120 --> 29:06.120 Yes, Roma wines are true to type. 29:06.120 --> 29:08.120 Roma wines are faithful in flavor. 29:08.120 --> 29:10.120 Roma wines are sound of character. 29:10.120 --> 29:13.120 Roma wines are reasonable in cost. 29:13.120 --> 29:17.120 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 29:17.120 --> 29:21.120 Our thanks to Cary Grant for his suspenseful performance here tonight. 29:21.120 --> 29:24.120 And Mr. Grant wants us to say that he will be listening with you 29:24.120 --> 29:27.120 next week at the same hour to Mr. Robert Young 29:27.120 --> 29:30.120 in the story called The Night Reveals. 29:30.120 --> 29:34.120 Don't forget then, next week same time for Robert Young in... 29:34.120 --> 29:35.120 Suspense. 29:35.120 --> 29:37.120 Presented by Roma Wines. 29:37.120 --> 29:42.120 R-O-M-A. 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