1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,080 Roma wines present suspense. Roma wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 2 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:27,240 Salud! Your health, senora. Roma wines toast the world. The wine for your table is Roma wine 3 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:34,720 made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. This is the Man in Black here for 4 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:40,320 the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California to introduce this weekly half hour of suspense. 5 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:46,600 Tonight in Hollywood, Roma brings you the young American actor whose sensational rise to stardom 6 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:54,400 has been unparalleled in recent seasons, Mr. Alan Ladd. The suspense play which stars Alan Ladd and 7 00:00:54,400 --> 00:01:02,120 which is produced and directed by William Spear is called The One Way Ride to Nowhere. So with 8 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,600 this play and with the performance of Mr. Ladd as an adventurous young man named Tom Dwyer, 9 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:26,680 Roma wines again hope to keep you in suspense. Right this way ladies and gentlemen, the thrill 10 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:33,840 of a lifetime. It's safe and sensational and the price is only a dime. A dime ten cents for the 11 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:39,360 fastest and the fanciest ride in Ocean City. It's not a roller coaster ladies and gentlemen, 12 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:45,960 it's an experience. We give you the breathtaking dip over Moonlight Bay. We give you the tunnel 13 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:51,280 of love and it's the longest and highest and the very finest scenic railway in the world. 14 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:57,040 How many good looking? Two tickets. No listen Tom is this really necessary? What's the matter with 15 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,160 you? Come on you're scared? Well I just don't like these things that's all I never have. Don't be 16 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,120 silly it's no worse than riding to a stick-up in a prowl car. Yeah well I never liked that either. 17 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:12,080 Go on go on get in. Oh no not in the last seat that is definitely up. Okay okay so we'll ride in 18 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,400 the last seat the next time when you're over your stage fright. You'll ride in the last seat 19 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,760 the next time for me this is strictly a one-shot proposition and don't expect anything different. 20 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:32,280 Safety belt Mack everybody got their safety belt buckled? Okay folks you're on. 21 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:52,480 Oh hey hey Tom are we still alive? Well can't you tell? All right folks who's gonna ride again? 22 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:57,160 What do you say Benny? Wanna try it again? Are you crazy? Come on come on it'll do you good. 23 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:02,240 Don't tell me. This thing is a menace to health and sanity. What did I tell you? Look there's 24 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,920 a guy passed out back there. Come on snap out of it. Hey come on get up mister. Hey somebody 25 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:12,400 give me a hand with this guy. Yeah yeah I'll help you. All right you get his legs I'll take 26 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:17,280 his head. Oh I don't know why guys ride this thing if they're gonna pull a fade out. Oh 27 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:22,640 this guy didn't pull any fade out. Yeah well he ain't exactly the life of the party. You're 28 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:31,040 right there pal he's dead. He's what? He's dead. Holy gee. I better call a boss. All right folks 29 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,200 you'll have to step outside the gates please. I'm sorry there's been a little accident here. 30 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:40,320 Everybody out please go on everybody out. What's the matter Johnny? A guy passed out. Man that 31 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:46,400 says he's dead. Oh every season it's something. Please folks outside the gate. Yeah go on. All 32 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:51,440 right stand back there stand back everybody. What's the matter Terry? That guy just died 33 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,920 honestly. Yeah how come? I don't know this man here looked him over. How do you know he's dead? You a 34 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:02,160 doctor? No officer but it's uh not too hard to tell. Where is he? Back in her last seat. Come on 35 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,440 keep the mob outside will you Terry? Sure. Come on break it up now will you? Break it up. 36 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,640 This the guy? Yeah. Looks like it must have been heart failure. It doesn't look to me like heart 37 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:18,720 failure. Say who are you? Dwyer's a name Tom Dwyer. Yeah well. Hey I've never seen this dead guy. 38 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:24,400 He never bought a ticket for me. That's right he never had a ticket. You mean he rode for free? How 39 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:30,320 could he? He rode for free all right. Say how come you know so much about this? Me? Oh I'm just kind 40 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:36,960 of nosy. Hey you. Yeah? Do you remember seeing this man get on the car? How do I know to get on to get 41 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,640 off? I just work here. Don't you remember that my friend and I were going to get in that last seat 42 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:46,720 and then we didn't? Hey that's right. Hey who's this? Ben Duffy's a friend of mine. Yeah? Yeah. Now 43 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,280 listen my friend and I were the last ones to get in that car. We were going to take the last seat 44 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:56,880 and then we didn't. Then the car pulled out and when it pulled out that last seat was empty. Hey 45 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:02,720 that's right. That last seat was empty. This dead guy never even got on the car. Now you're getting 46 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:07,840 someplace. All right Dick Tracy I'm listening. A rolly coaster car starts out from this platform 47 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:12,640 all hunky dory and rips around the tracks about 90 miles an hour and when it gets back here there's 48 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:17,600 a dead guy on it that wasn't on it when it started. How do you think he got on there? Dropped out of 49 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:22,880 the sky? Well figure it out for yourself pal. If he wasn't in the car when it started then some place 50 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:29,040 along the line he was dumped on it and guys who have been dumped are generally guys who have been 51 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:45,280 murdered. Murder is a rude and terrible customer always but seldom indeed has this unwelcome 52 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:51,120 guest intruded more incongruously than on this particular evening when he chose to be the extra 53 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:58,560 passenger on a roller coaster ride. Alan Ladd is our star of suspense in Robert L. Richard's story 54 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:12,320 the one-way ride to nowhere. You have heard the prologue for tonight's tale of suspense. 55 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:17,440 Before we return to Ocean City the scene of our drama let's take you for a moment to a pleasant 56 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:24,560 spot to the south. Where are we now? Along the Caribbean looking into a smart cafe. Captain, 57 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:30,800 Captain. Si senor. You have a fine port wine? I should like something special. Perhaps you uh... 58 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:37,600 Si senor. In Paltes from California. A wine? Excellent. 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Why not let Roma wines add 66 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,080 their delight to your family meals and your family's enjoyment. Buy wine to the 67 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:34,480 tomorrow and specify Roma. R-O-M-A. Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 68 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:42,960 And now it is with pleasure that Roma wines bring back to our sound stage Mr. Alan Ladd 69 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:56,960 in the one-way ride to nowhere. A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 70 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,560 Hey Tom where you been? We're all supposed to be waiting in here for the chief of police. 71 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:15,680 I'm making a phone call that's all. Anybody I know? Jefferson Hotel. You know him? Huh? Hey what's 72 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:21,040 this all about? Oh about four hundred thousand dollars and a lot of people's lives. Uh-oh here 73 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:26,000 comes the chief now. All right quiet everybody. Chief Haynes wants to say something to you. 74 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:32,720 A man died under peculiar circumstances on the Ocean City roller coaster tonight 75 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:38,240 and all of you here were either on the car in which the body was found or in the immediate 76 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:45,440 vicinity like on the platform. Now cause of death has not yet been determined but all of you might 77 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:50,080 be needed as witnesses so we want to know where to get a hold of you. Have all these people been 78 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,560 identified and left locations where they can be reached? Yes sir. Well then that's all you can go now. 79 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:02,640 Oh uh chief Haynes. Well I'd like to ask a couple of questions. Are these the two fellows you told 80 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:07,040 me about Johnson? Yes sir. You're a pretty inquisitive young fellow aren't you? Well that's 81 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:12,720 my business. By the way chief Haynes haven't we met somewhere before? Not that I know of. 82 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,200 What did you want to ask about? Well for one thing you said just now the cause of death have not yet 83 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,200 been determined. That's right the man was blue in the face and apathetic but there were no marks of 84 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,200 violence on the body. The coroner's working on it now. Maybe the coroner should look at the man's neck. 85 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:31,200 At what? At his neck. Listen you're no doctor and neither am I. The coroner of this city knows his 86 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:36,240 business. Okay Haynes okay I just thought I might save him a little time. Well you're wasting my time. 87 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:40,000 If you think I'm going to give you an inside track so that you can go to this poor man's family with 88 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,640 some sales talk that you can help him get some kind of illegal action. Oh he's got a family has he? 89 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:50,080 Yeah he's got a family. Now get out of here. And his name is Richard Elliston Brighton and he's 90 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,720 professor of psychology. He comes from Chicago right? So you went through his pockets before 91 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:59,280 my men got there. How did I say that? Listen to me young fellow you know entirely too much about this 92 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:04,320 case for your own good. You're from Chicago too aren't you? That's right. What are you doing here? 93 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:10,160 On a vacation visiting my friend here. Well you better take it. Oh hello doctor. What about it? 94 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:17,680 Uh murder. He was strangled. Strangled? Mm-hmm. We got a good look at him. We found a thin red 95 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:23,280 mark around his neck. He was strangled with something like uh picture wire. Now isn't that 96 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:28,000 a funny way for a middle-aged professor to be knocked off? Yeah funny way for anybody to be 97 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:33,600 knocked off. And isn't that a funny thing for a professor of psychology with uh with a family 98 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:39,040 and all to be way out here all alone so far from home hanging around an amusement park? No funnier 99 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:43,920 than what you're doing hanging around here. And that's quite a coincidence by the way Mr. Tom Dwyer 100 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:48,720 of Chicago. Chicago's a big place Chief Haines. Lots of people live there. Uh say chief what I 101 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:53,200 think of it here is the stuff we took out of his pockets and nothing much wallet and a few things 102 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:58,960 and oh drop something there. I got it. Hand that over Dwyer. Well well well a souvenir postcard. 103 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:06,080 What? Sheila Kennedy. Ocean City. Hey she's quite a cutie too. I said hand it over. It's material 104 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:11,200 evidence. Sure sure sure here you are. One of the local tent show girls I take it. Know anything 105 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:16,480 about her chief? Now listen Dwyer. I got enough on you already to hold you on suspicion. Take my 106 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,640 advice and keep your nose out of this. Come on Tom this isn't doing you any good. Yeah that's right 107 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:37,120 Ben and anyway we got a date with a lady. They're lovely. They're luscious. They're delightful and 108 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:43,200 they're daring. The most gorgeous girls. Hey Bud can we go in now? Yeah what did she say? What's that? 109 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:47,840 I said can we go in now? Oh yeah okay fellas down there the second door. I told her about you and 110 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:54,640 she says it's okay. Thanks. Make it snappy she goes out in a couple of minutes. Hey lovely. Room of 111 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:59,680 her own. Sheila must be all right. Hey I thought you said this was business. It is. Wait out here 112 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:10,720 will you Ben? Oh so when it's dames I wait outside. I said this was business. Well I don't know you. 113 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:16,080 Well maybe we've both been missing something. How did you know I came from Chicago? You'd never 114 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,920 have gotten in if you hadn't pulled that. It was a good guess wasn't it? Well I don't know you and I 115 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:24,400 don't want to know you so beat it. Now look Sheila I didn't come here to cause you any trouble. My 116 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,880 name's Tom Dwyer and I. Are you going to leave or do I call a bouncer? Sheila a man was murdered in 117 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:34,560 the amusement park tonight. Murder? Well hadn't you heard? Everybody has but I didn't know it was. 118 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:40,560 He was from Chicago too and Sheila he he had your picture in his pocket. My picture? That's right. 119 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:46,240 So so what? There must be 50,000 old goats from one end of this country to the other with my picture 120 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:52,320 in their pockets. They sell them at the show. How do you know how old he was? I don't. I was only. 121 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,520 Professor Brighton didn't come around in the last two or three days to talk to you about 122 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:00,560 about anything did he Sheila? No I don't even know what you're talking about. You got no right to 123 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:05,040 question me. You know what I think Sheila? I don't know and I don't care. I think you're in a tough 124 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:12,400 spot and you'd like to be out of it. Only you uh don't know quite how. Well what if I am? 125 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,440 Well maybe I can help you. Nobody can help me. This is murder Sheila. That's not so good. 126 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:23,680 What's your angle in all this? I wouldn't kid you. I'm a private detective. I make my living in things 127 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:29,440 like this. Aside from that and as a general rule I I just don't like murder. Listen mister 128 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:35,200 what'd you say your name was? Dwyer. I'm proud of you. All right. I don't know why but you seem like 129 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:40,880 a nice guy. I am. Well you know me better. Might have been nice at that. Keep out of this. It's for 130 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:45,760 your own good. You'll get nothing but grief. What kind of grief? The worst kind there is. 131 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,960 You saw what happened to the professor. Poor guy. Get out of the amusement park. Get out of Ocean City 132 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,680 and stay out. Thanks Sheila. Maybe you're right. I know I'm right. But I'm in kind of deep already. 133 00:13:55,680 --> 00:14:02,240 Is there anything particular I should look out for? Come on Sheila you're on. Okay. 134 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:07,120 Listen Tom just remember that roller coaster isn't the only one-way ride to nowhere around here. 135 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:10,960 One-way ride to nowhere. 136 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:18,560 There. 137 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,520 Yeah what did she mean by that? Maybe. 138 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:33,280 One-way ride to nowhere. That's what the professor got all right for free but how? 139 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,200 He was dumped on. I still say how. Well that little problem doesn't bother me but. 140 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:44,000 She's the one and only the bulletproof automobile that took three men on a one-way ride to nowhere. 141 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:49,520 One-way ride to nowhere. Come on. Hey I think it's around there to the right. 142 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:55,760 Yeah. Bulletproof automobile. Where? That can't show next to the roller coaster. Take it easy now. 143 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,960 Okay but. Then you worry me sometimes. Did you know this thing was here? Well it wasn't here last week. 144 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,880 How am I supposed to know what you want? If you'd tell a guy something once in a while it wouldn't. 145 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:10,480 Boy you never heard of Dwyer's McGuire either. No. Skip it. Guy's going into his routine again. 146 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:17,360 Ladies and gentlemen step right up. Inside you will see the actual bulletproof automobile 147 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:23,440 in which the famous Jarvis gang sped from the scene of the four hundred thousand dollar 148 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:30,240 Springfield mail robbery. The most daring hold up in modern times. Now this is the very limousine 149 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:36,480 in which they were pursued for 50 miles. Three of them died. The fourth became a raving maniac 150 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:41,760 on that last fatal one-way ride to nowhere. Step right in ladies and gentlemen. 151 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,880 Benny. Benny now I know I'm right. Is this what you came down here for? 152 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,960 Not exactly but there's been some funny talk lately about this mail robbery job in some funny 153 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,280 place. I still don't get it. There were four guys in on that. Three of them dead and the others in 154 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,720 the bug house. That kind of closes the books don't it? I'll give you a little tip Benny. 155 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:03,680 They never found the money. And the insurance company's got a standing offer of a 10% reward. 156 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:09,280 40,000 bucks. Step right over gents the original bulletproof automobile. 157 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:15,680 Okay maybe we'll at that. How much? Two bits. Okay. Yeah yeah. Step right inside gentlemen. 158 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:20,160 Now the car that you see before you. You don't have much business do you? 159 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,320 And what are you a couple of public accountants? No offense it just seems too bad. It's a small 160 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:28,880 exhibit. You're telling me. These hicks down here they don't appreciate nothing. 161 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:33,120 It must be pretty hard judging what the public will go for. Yeah I thought this 162 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,600 motor automobile would be a sensation. Something modern you know. My brother found it in a junkyard 163 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:42,480 in Indiana. Cops must have sold it at auction or something. Look would you really like to get rid 164 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:48,480 of this heap? Like to. Don't worry I already have. Yeah? Listen brother the minute I found out that 165 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,880 I had to take you I went out and found me a sucker but quick. Well how did you find him? 166 00:16:52,880 --> 00:17:00,880 Well I didn't exactly find him. He come by you see. He's making some sort of a collection for some 167 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:07,600 cops museum. Capone's bulletproof car. Dillinger's artillery. You know I got my price though. 168 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:15,920 Oh no isn't that too bad Benny? Oh yeah sure it is. What's too bad about it? Well I'll tell you the 169 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:20,800 truth. We're making sort of a collection ourselves for a big New York exhibitor. Sure. I thought 170 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,880 maybe we could do a little business. Oh I'm sorry mister. Just close the deal tonight if you'd only 171 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:30,160 come around just a couple hours sooner. Well do you suppose this man you sold the car to would be 172 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:36,800 interested in selling at the right price? I don't know. It'd cost you plenty though. Confidentially 173 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:42,720 he paid me a thousand bucks cash. Where could we find this guy? Well he should be here any minute. 174 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:47,280 He's gonna pick up the papers and things. Hey you want to come out and back and wait from there? 175 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:52,640 I was just gonna knock off anyway. Well thanks. You know I had a hunch maybe I should have held on. 176 00:17:52,640 --> 00:18:00,080 How's a guy supposed to know in this crazy business? Well hey yeah. Wow quite a cozy little 177 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,360 place you got here. That's all right. Sit down make yourself at home. 178 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:12,560 Hey hey what's that? Huh? Oh them rolly coasters. The tunnel goes right under the floor here. 179 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:17,840 It's enough to drive you nuts. Yeah I can imagine. That door over there must open up right where the 180 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:22,640 tunnel comes out huh? Yeah I guess it does at that. I never looked. It's all nailed up. Hey there used 181 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,800 to be another wing on this building in the old days wasn't there? That was the door to it. It might 182 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:32,160 have been. Yeah I guess it was. Say does this mister uh. The guy I sold the car to? McGuire. 183 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:37,360 McGuire. Oh does he have a sort of a business manager with him or anybody like that? Well he's 184 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:41,760 had a couple of guys with him once in a while. He really didn't pay no attention. I suppose he's 185 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:46,240 been hanging around here fairly steady the last few days huh? In and out you know. He ought to 186 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,600 be here any minute. Oh here he is now. What's the matter? Dad I don't. Hello Mr. McGuire we was just 187 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:57,200 talking about you. Yeah? Who what? Well me and these two gentlemen they want to see you but. 188 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:02,320 Is this the guy that came to see you Sheila? I don't know. Sure I am Sheila come on tell him. 189 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:08,720 Well I guess that's him. Okay you can run along to the hotel honey. Head listen please don't. Who 190 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:14,720 like I tell you? Harry you stay here with me. Okay I got all your papers and things Mr. McGuire. 191 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,280 Everything's here in this amf. Thanks. Now what you two fellas want to see me about? Just a little 192 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:24,400 business proposition. My name is Tom Dwyer and this is Ben Duffy. Hiya Mr. McGuire. Here's McGuire. 193 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:29,280 Pleased to meet you. You can beat it now for ever. We'll take care of everything. Okay well uh. 194 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:37,200 Salam. Salam. Watch the door Harry. Now what's your proposition? Well I understand you bought 195 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:44,160 McGuire's car. That's right. You interested in used cars? Some used car. How interested? 196 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:49,680 Enough to make an offer. Your uh your friend here in on the deal? No he just came along for the ride. 197 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:56,400 Well I got a partner. Where do we find him? We don't. He'd have to come here and we'd have to 198 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:01,920 send somebody after him. Somebody like uh like your friend. Okay. Now listen Tom I don't. What's 199 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:07,680 his name and how does my uh my friend find it? Name is Johnson. George Johnson. He's at 2854 Drexel 200 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:12,480 Boulevard. Just tell him I sent you. Uh Tom I don't think I ought to leave. Take it easy. 201 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:18,640 While you're out I I wish you'd do something for me first. What? Take up my mail. It won't be out of 202 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:23,760 your way. Your mail? Yeah that's right. Do that first. I'm expecting a very important special 203 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:29,200 delivery and I want you to stop by the Jefferson Hotel where I'm staying and ask for a bellhop 204 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:35,600 named uh Ted Martin. He takes care of all my stuff. The Jefferson? That's right and be sure to see Ted 205 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,040 Martin. He's the only one who can help you so ask the clerk for him and hurry back then. 206 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,280 Ted Martin and Jefferson. Well okay. 207 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:50,320 You want me to go Ed? No you stay here. Now that he's out of the way what do you know? 208 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:56,400 Enough. You're a pretty bright boy aren't you? You gonna talk? Why not? I know for instance why you 209 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:02,480 bought that car. I think you know too much. Let me handle this. Keep talking bright boy. After that 210 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:07,760 Springfield mail job nobody ever found the money. 400,000 bucks is a lot of letters and you think 211 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:12,000 it's still somewhere in that car. Did you figure it out all by yourself or did you get a tip when 212 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:18,640 you were in the federal pen along with Duke Jarvis? You know any more cute answers bright boy? Sure 213 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:24,160 I come from Chicago. I know that around there you got a nickname and they call you 214 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:29,920 wires. I told you too much. On account you got a reputation for being very handy disposing of 215 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:34,320 troublesome guys with the length of picture wire twisted around the neck. Any idea what you've 216 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:39,040 just talked yourself in for bright boy? I know what I'll talk you in for if you don't play ball. 217 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:44,800 What do you think of that? I think we're wasting time. Listen McGuire I not only know how you 218 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:49,920 killed Professor Brighton I know why. Sure you do bright boy sure you do. You think I'm kidding 219 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,720 huh? Professor Brighton was a psychiatrist. They used to call him into the federal pen to examine 220 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:59,600 guys who were wacky. They called him in to examine Duke Jarvis. Duke was the last of the Jarvis gang 221 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,400 the rest were all killed in the hold up. He was wacky all right. So wacky they let stuff about the 222 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:09,440 money being still hidden in the car. So when the professor heard about the car showing up he thought 223 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:14,640 he could pick up a piece of change. Poor guy only you caught up with him first huh? You got it all 224 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:21,440 figured out haven't you? Yeah all but one thing I don't think you're smart enough to pull this all 225 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:26,480 by yourself. I think you do have a partner. I tell you we're wasting time. No we're not. 226 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:30,800 Now listen Bright Boy who are you working for? What difference does that make? 227 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:37,520 Plenty. Don't you think I want to know who else is in on this? What do you say Bright Boy? There's 228 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:43,520 nobody I'm working alone. Cover him Harry. Okay. You'd better talk Bright Boy. There's nothing to say. 229 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:50,080 Who else knows about this? Nobody. This ain't gonna do your face any good Bright Boy. Talk. Got him. 230 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,560 Watch him Harry. I think he's coming out of it again. Yeah this ain't getting us no price. 231 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:11,360 Suppose his pal comes back. He'll never come back but the time he finds out there ain't no such guy 232 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:19,920 as George Johnson. Take a look Harry. It's me. It's Chief Haynes Ed. Okay open up. Hey I thought I 233 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:25,600 told you. How did he get here? He walked in. He knows plenty. How much? It worked. We've been 234 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:30,880 trying to sweat out of him who he's working for. Haynes. I know where I've seen you before. 235 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:38,720 Your picture. You were a guard at the federal pen when Jarvis McGuire were there. That's how you 236 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:44,560 heard about the money. When McGuire came down here he had to play ball because you were chief of 237 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:50,720 police here. He's got the gold McGuire. Yeah I know. So we give him the business and dump him out of the 238 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:55,280 side store there into the roller coaster like we did the prep. Are you crazy? You can't get away 239 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,680 with two jobs like that same night. So what do we do? Anything. Dump him in the bay. Make it look 240 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:05,280 like an accident. Anything. Hey there's an idea. Don't try to get fancy about it this time. But you 241 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:10,000 just gave me quite an idea Haynes. Quite a good idea. 242 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:24,000 The fastest and the fanciest roller coaster. Keep that hat down over his face and hold him up straight. 243 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:29,280 Yeah I got him. What seat do we want? What's the difference? Car's almost empty anyway. Get him in. 244 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:34,320 Take the middle one. All right. I'll tell your safety vows. Keep that belt loose. Okay everybody 245 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,320 you're off. There we go. 246 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,960 Going into the tunnel now. Tie his hands and feet while we're in the dock. 247 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,840 Yeah I'm doing it now. Got the search weights on him? They're on him. 248 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:57,680 We're out now. Watch him. Hey what was that? What's the difference? Hang on. We're starting up. 249 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:03,440 We're coming to the top. You know what to do Harry. Yeah. When you hit the bottom of the dip over the bay. 250 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:08,000 Okay. I'll yell and we both heave together. He'll go down into that bay and sink like a... 251 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,120 Okay McGuire. Put up your hands both of you. Put them up. 252 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:17,600 Okay McGuire. Put up your hands both of you. Put them up. 253 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:31,600 Ben. Ben you made it. Tommy you okay? Yeah sure. What do you think you're doing here? 254 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:36,880 The federal pinch McGuire. I'm Ted Martin, Department of Justice. Staying at the Jefferson Hotel. 255 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:41,760 Get it McGuire? Hey Tom you ought to get to a dock. No no I gotta get down to the police. Hey Ted. 256 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,160 Ted listen never mind about these guys. Get Haynes, Chief of Police. We've got a couple of men down 257 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,400 there already Tom. When you phoned I figured you might get mixed up with him. We've had our eye on 258 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:56,640 the Chief for quite a while. Well I'll see you later. So long. Thanks Ted. Hey you were taking an 259 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:01,360 awful chance Tom playing so cagey. I had to be sure first. I bet Dame hadn't stuck around and 260 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:07,120 tipped us off. We just about made it when the car went through the tunnel. That Sheila Dame huh? Uh 261 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:14,080 huh. Say Ben I uh I think I got a date with a lady. Oh so what do I do? Well I'll tell you. 262 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:31,680 Here's a dime advance out of your twenty thousand dollar reward. Go take a ride on the roller coaster. 263 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:42,240 And so closes the one-way ride to nowhere starring Alan Ladd. Tonight's tale of 264 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:51,280 The Fiend. In just a moment we'll hear again from Mr. Ladd. First though may I pass along this 265 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:57,520 thought. Spotted about the globe wherever wine grapes grow there are a few wineries whose products 266 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:05,520 are made for world enjoyment. Among such wineries right here in California are those of Roma. And we 267 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:12,080 who live in America have the pleasure of enjoying Roma wine at exceptionally low costs. And we 268 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:17,520 have the opportunity to enjoy Roma wine at a very low cost. For we buy it free of beauty and free of 269 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:24,560 excessive shipping costs. Try for instance Roma California Sherry. Here is the queen of appetizer 270 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:32,080 wine. And not only that a wine so delicious it is suitable to serve at any time cool or chilled. 271 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:38,880 But no matter what your preference may be you will find a Roma wine costing far less than you 272 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:45,120 would buy. So if you have not already tried Roma wine tomorrow make your first purchase. Select 273 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:52,160 the type of wine you love best. Then you too will know why Roma wines have a universal appeal. 274 00:27:52,160 --> 00:28:00,000 Why they are America's largest selling wine. But remember before you buy wine buy war bonds and 275 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:05,440 stamps. This is Alan Ladd. 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