1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,720 Roma wines presents Suspense. 2 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:23,600 Roma wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 3 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,200 Salute your health, Signor. 4 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,400 Roma wines toast the world. 5 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:33,800 The wine for your table is Roma wine made in California for enjoyment throughout the 6 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,200 world. 7 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:42,920 This is the man in black, here for the Roma wine company of Fresno, California, to introduce 8 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,560 this weekly half hour of Suspense. 9 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,560 Tonight from Hollywood Roma wines bring you Miss Faye Bainter, Mr. Ralph Morgan and Mr. 10 00:00:52,560 --> 00:01:00,320 Dane Clark in a Suspense play dealing with a mother and a son and a lodger who kept an 11 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,640 appointment with death. 12 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,760 And so, with life ends at midnight and with the performances of Faye Bainter as Mrs. Bates, 13 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:14,760 of Dane Clark as her son Walter and of Ralph Morgan as Mr. Chalmers, we again hope to keep 14 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:23,160 you in Suspense. 15 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:28,560 Walter! 16 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,560 Walter! 17 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:49,320 Is that you, Walter? 18 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:50,320 That's right, Mom. 19 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:51,320 It's your little sonny boy, Waller. 20 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,320 You still remember my whistle, eh? 21 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,320 Oh, yes, I... 22 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:55,320 But what I... 23 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:56,320 I didn't... 24 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,320 No. 25 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:58,320 You never know when I'll turn up, eh, Mom? 26 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:59,320 What's the matter? 27 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:00,320 Do we have to stand here in the hall? 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,320 Oh, no, no. 29 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:02,320 Come in. 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,320 It's just... 31 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:04,320 Come in, Walter. 32 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:09,800 Well, it's the same old crummy joint. 33 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,480 I do my best to keep it clean, Walter. 34 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:12,480 Yeah, I know. 35 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:13,480 Regular old mother hubbid. 36 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,960 You'll have to clean up the whole South Side before you get the magoo out of this flea bag. 37 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:23,680 Oh, boy, am I tired up all night in a stinking day coach full of snoring jerks and squalling 38 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,840 babies. 39 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:26,840 Babies are the worst. 40 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,040 All they do is ball and slobber. 41 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,400 You left Pittsburgh last night? 42 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,400 One in the morning. 43 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:31,400 Didn't sleep a wink. 44 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:32,400 Yeah, look at my color. 45 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,080 But tomorrow is Monday. 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,560 You have to be at work in the morning. 47 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,560 Sure, I... 48 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:37,560 What's the matter? 49 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:38,560 You're worried? 50 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:39,560 Oh, no, no. 51 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:40,560 I just... 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:41,560 Don't just. 53 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:42,560 Can't a guy come home to see his mother once in six months? 54 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,000 That's a mother for you. 55 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 You break your back. 56 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,960 You sit up all night to see your mother for one day and she tells you you have to be at 57 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:47,960 work in the morning. 58 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:48,960 How do you like it? 59 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:49,960 Oh, Walter, I'm sorry. 60 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,120 I didn't miss you so. 61 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,120 I just worried about... 62 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,120 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 63 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,120 I know. 64 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:55,120 Well, don't worry so much. 65 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:56,120 It makes me nervous. 66 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,120 Here. 67 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:58,120 Sit at the table, dear. 68 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,120 You must be starved. 69 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,120 Oh. 70 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,560 Well, it's like coming home. 71 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:02,560 Oh, my baby. 72 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,520 I'm so glad to see you. 73 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,520 You did come just to see me, didn't you? 74 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:08,520 Well, Sadie Omar. 75 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,040 Well, of course you came to see me. 76 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,440 It's just that I always worry so about you. 77 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:13,440 Forget it. 78 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:14,440 Forget it. 79 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,440 Well, what's the... 80 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,440 I was just making a chop for my lunch. 81 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:17,440 That's all. 82 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,160 It seems to be in the house right now. 83 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:20,160 It'll be enough for me. 84 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,640 It'll be ready in a minute. 85 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:23,600 Now tell me about yourself, your job. 86 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,720 Never mind about me. 87 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:26,720 How are you doing? 88 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,760 Well, I try not to complain, Walter. 89 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,240 Things are not easy. 90 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:31,240 Prices high. 91 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,240 Rent's going up all the time, even on this old house. 92 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,920 Honest, I don't know what I'm going to do with things, don't you? 93 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,720 You had some bonds Papa left you. 94 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,720 You had about $2,000 bonds he left you. 95 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:40,720 You still got... 96 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,960 Well, I'm trying to tell you, Walter, things haven't been easy. 97 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:44,960 Always the poor mouth. 98 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,680 Every time I see her, she's putting on a poor mouth. 99 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,280 I'm just saying things aren't easy. 100 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,440 And for me, do you think it's a picnic? 101 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:51,440 I got enough trouble. 102 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,440 And for what? 103 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:53,440 For what? 104 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:54,440 All year I work like crazy. 105 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:55,440 For what? 106 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:56,440 A man must work, Walter. 107 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:57,440 A man must work, Walter. 108 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:58,440 Yes, that's true. 109 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:03,080 A man must work and live like a person and not be afraid so that he can sleep without 110 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,520 worrying about... about... 111 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,240 About what? 112 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,960 About a bell ringing at night or a knock on the door in the morning or someone touching 113 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:12,960 you on the arm. 114 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:17,320 Yes, it's a nice feeling and a free feeling to be able to walk down the street in the 115 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,200 sun with your eyes meeting another man's without wondering if he's... 116 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,200 Shut up! 117 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,200 Shut up! 118 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,200 I ain't in trouble against you. 119 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:25,200 Stop mouthing at me. 120 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,200 You're always mouthing at me. 121 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:27,200 You haven't... 122 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,200 You know what the judge said the last time, Walter? 123 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:29,200 He was nice. 124 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,200 Now he gave you another chance. 125 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:34,320 He saw you were really a good boy and he gave you another chance. 126 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,480 He got you a nice job and you promised to... you must... 127 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,760 Oh, you're all right, Walter. 128 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:40,760 You didn't... 129 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,840 A meatball, a herring on a plate all your life. 130 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:45,720 You're a tomcat in the garbage. 131 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,600 You find a fish head and you say, thank you, mister. 132 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,680 You chew a fish gut and you smile pretty. 133 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,560 Well, not for me. 134 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,400 You take a chance and you throw away the fish heads. 135 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,920 You get one break and you're out of the garbage can for life. 136 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,360 You throw a time clock and shiny pants. 137 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,320 You're in a higher bracket so nobody gets you. 138 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,720 Yeah, you're a mister with a future. 139 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,360 You hold your nose when you walk in the daycoach of your compartment. 140 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,640 You leave the stinks behind in a pot of dusty air in front of you and that's for me. 141 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,960 One break. 142 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,360 One break and you're as hot as a rocket shooting diamonds for spuds. 143 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,400 You're a P-38 in a world full of flippers. 144 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,400 A bucket's your two, two gets your four. 145 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:21,600 Good for one blond to kicker and a kisser. 146 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,160 It's all right. 147 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,160 I took another chance. 148 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,640 I tried to run it up, no dice. 149 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,320 I got to make it good. 150 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,240 Tomorrow morning I got to make it good. 151 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,000 The books of the office will show up and I got to make it good. 152 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 How much? 153 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 1500. 154 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 1500 dollars? 155 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 By midnight tonight, 1500. 156 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:43,000 If I miss that 1220 for Pittsburgh, it's all up. 157 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,120 I might as well take gas. 158 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,120 1500. 159 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,120 By midnight tonight? 160 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,920 Where am I going to get it, Walter? 161 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:50,920 The bonds. 162 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:51,920 You got the bonds, Popol. 163 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:52,920 The bonds. 164 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,920 How do you think I got you out of the last trouble? 165 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,960 The jobs bail, paying back every dime. 166 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,480 Where do you think I got it? 167 00:05:58,480 --> 00:05:59,480 I'll get ten years. 168 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:00,480 You heard the judge last time. 169 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:01,480 What can I do? 170 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:02,480 What? 171 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:03,480 Ten years and start. 172 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:04,480 Ten years. 173 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:05,480 There won't be no reform school this time. 174 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:06,480 Oh, Walter. 175 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:07,480 Oh, please, please, Mom. 176 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:08,480 Please get me the money. 177 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:09,480 Get it for me. 178 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:10,480 I'll be good. 179 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:11,480 I'll work hard. 180 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:12,480 I won't give you no more trouble. 181 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:13,480 Help me now. 182 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:14,480 Please, Mom. 183 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:15,480 Please. 184 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:16,480 Where can I get it, Walter? 185 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:17,480 I've got nothing left. 186 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:18,480 I don't care where you get it. 187 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:19,480 It's your fault and you've got to help me. 188 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,480 I only wanted to help you. 189 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:21,480 Yes. 190 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:22,480 It is my fault. 191 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,120 I've always protected you, but I can't protect you anymore. 192 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,440 I'll give you the few dollars I have. 193 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:29,440 Go away. 194 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:30,440 It'll be enough to help you run away. 195 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,440 That's all I can do. 196 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:32,960 You're holding out on me. 197 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:33,960 You're worrying about your old age. 198 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,960 You're making yourself a cushy little cell. 199 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:37,960 Oh. 200 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,400 Oh, I'm sorry. 201 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,000 I hope I'm not intruding. 202 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Who's this? 203 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Mr. Chalmers. 204 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 This is Mr. Chalmers, Walter. 205 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 He has the back bedroom. 206 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 This is my son, Walter. 207 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 He's been in the hospital for a few days. 208 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 He's been in the hospital for a few days. 209 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 He's been in the hospital for a few days. 210 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 He's been in the hospital for a few days. 211 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 He's been in the hospital for a few days. 212 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 I don't know, but I'm sorry. 213 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 I'm sorry. 214 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 I'm sorry. 215 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,000 I'm sorry. 216 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 I'm sorry. 217 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 He's gone wild, Mr. Chalmers. 218 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 How do you do, Mr. Bates? 219 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 I feel that I know you very well. 220 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Your mother and I sit here in the kitchen sometimes over a cup of tea, and she talks 221 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 about you for hours and hours. 222 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,060 Yes, I can see why mother is so proud of you. 223 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:08,500 How do you do, Mr. Bates? 224 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,680 Yes, you're a fine-looking young man. 225 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:16,020 Mrs. Bates, if you'll excuse me, I'm just going to the corner for my paper. 226 00:07:16,020 --> 00:07:21,640 I think that little man with the tiny moustache, you know who I mean, the insurance agent, 227 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,120 I think he might call again to collect. 228 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,000 Please tell him to go away. 229 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,540 You will do that for me, Mrs. Bates. 230 00:07:27,540 --> 00:07:28,640 Yes, Mr. Chalmers. 231 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,140 Thank you, Mrs. Bates. 232 00:07:30,140 --> 00:07:32,340 Tell him not to come back anymore. 233 00:07:32,340 --> 00:07:35,000 I don't want to pay any more on the policy. 234 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,200 You remember I told you my nephew was very sick in Spokane. 235 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,160 Yes, Mr. Chalmers. 236 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,280 Well, the poor young man passed away, yes. 237 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,000 I was going to leave him a few dollars when I died. 238 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,080 But now, well, I have no one left at all. 239 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,800 And well, a dollar a week. 240 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,320 You'll tell that to the little man with the tiny mustache? 241 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:55,560 Yes, Mr. Chalmers. 242 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,240 Thank you, Mrs. Bates. 243 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:58,360 Good day, Mr. Bates. 244 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,480 Walter, I have $40 in the house for the rent. 245 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,440 You can take that. 246 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,680 Grab me a card when you get settled someplace. 247 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,200 Let me know where you are. 248 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,520 I'll send you some more as soon as I can get it. 249 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,520 Maybe later I'll be able to straighten it out. 250 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,960 Maybe later I'll be able to speak to your boss. 251 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,840 I'll promise to pay back every dime. 252 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,000 But you must go away. 253 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,440 You must. 254 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,080 Tell me something about Mr. Chalmers. 255 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,080 He interests me very strangely. 256 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,200 Walter. 257 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,800 Don't be so nervous, Ma. 258 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,120 We've got plenty of time. 259 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:33,320 We've got till midnight. 260 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,840 Tonight for suspense, Roma wines bring you as stars 261 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,960 Faye Bainter, Ralph Morgan, and Dane Clark. 262 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,640 You have heard them in the prologue to our suspense 263 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,760 play this evening, Robert Tolman's story, 264 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,680 Life Ends at Midnight. 265 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,320 Before we return to the scene of our play, 266 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,640 let us journey in fancy to Havana and sit at a table 267 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,240 in the gay restaurant Paris. 268 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,000 At the next table, we see perhaps a farewell party 269 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,920 given for an American visitor. 270 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,320 The American is wondering how he'll be able to repay 271 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,080 in his own country the hospitality shown him in Cuba. 272 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,520 Reassuringly, his Cuban host might remark, 273 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,800 es muy fácil, amigo. 274 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,840 Just be sure to serve wonderful Roma wine. 275 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:37,120 It is wine imported by us from your own country, Roma wine. 276 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,840 Indeed, Americans can well be proud that judges of fine wines 277 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,400 in so many lands now acclaim the wines of California 278 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,600 among the world's most enjoyable of all time. 279 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,560 Of these truly superb wines, Roma wines 280 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,960 are especially honored for the number of countries 281 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,720 now importing them for enjoyment as rare luxuries. 282 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,920 But Roma wines are not lacking in honors bestowed 283 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,600 them here in America, because Roma wines are America's 284 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,040 largest selling wines. 285 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,160 If you aren't already one of the millions enjoying Roma wines 286 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,120 regularly as a delicious beverage any time, 287 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,640 to add sparkle to any meal, to smarten your entertaining, 288 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,960 make your own taste test to choose your favorite, 289 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,800 choosing from Roma wines many different wine types. 290 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,240 When you learn their modest cost here in America, 291 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,320 with no import duty to pay, no expensive shipping 292 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,600 charges to absorb, you'll know why 293 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,680 we say Roma wines are for your daily enjoyment. 294 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:35,360 I'll spell out the name for you. 295 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:41,440 R-O-M-A, Roma wines, made in California for enjoyment 296 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,320 throughout the world. 297 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,880 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our soundstage 298 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,920 Faye Bader, Ralph Morgan, and Dane Clark. 299 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:55,040 In Life Ends at Midnight, a tale well calculated 300 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,760 to keep you in suspense. 301 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,000 Yes, I do think I'll have another cup if you don't mind, 302 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:14,680 Mrs. Bates. 303 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,320 Now, Mr. Charmer, suppose you're looking at it this way. 304 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,960 You've been paying one buck a week for how many years now? 305 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,840 I'd say 20 years would be a conservative estimate. 306 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:24,760 All right, 20 years. 307 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,880 Now, let's see, that's $50 a year. 308 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,680 Say that's $1,000 you paid in, no? 309 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:31,960 Yes, $1,000. 310 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,960 This coffee cake, Mrs. Bates, is excellent. 311 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:34,400 You like it? 312 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:35,560 I made it yesterday when I... 313 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:36,840 Forget the coffee cake. 314 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,520 Now, let's figure percentage. 315 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,320 How many more years do you figure to live? 316 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:41,840 Walter. 317 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,080 Oh, that's all right, Mrs. Bates. 318 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,920 After all, I'm an old man, and at my age, one rather. 319 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,520 Well, it comes to terms with death. 320 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,120 It's like the end of a long, busy day. 321 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,680 Life ends at midnight, and a new day begins. 322 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:59,400 Yes, Walter, I think you're on the verge of making 323 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,000 a very profound observation. 324 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:01,880 You see. 325 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,520 My policy is for $2,500. 326 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,000 And in the days that are left to me, 327 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,040 I certainly will not be required to pay in as much as I have 328 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:09,920 already paid out. 329 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:11,160 That's the exact point. 330 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,200 And if you drop it now, will you get anything back? 331 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,400 No. 332 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,320 You got a straight life with no cash in value. 333 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,680 If you drop the policy now, the insurance company 334 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:20,960 is the winner. 335 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,120 But say you live another couple of years. 336 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,320 You pay a couple hundred more, and you leave the $2,500 337 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:27,520 to somebody. 338 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,400 Now, which is a smart thing, I leave it to you. 339 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,120 Yes, I should like to think that when I'm gone, 340 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,880 I've left something behind for someone. 341 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:36,760 Mr. Chalmers? 342 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,680 Oh, yes, I always remember him for this. 343 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:42,240 It's nice to live on in somebody's memory 344 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,640 for a little while after we're dead. 345 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,600 But A, I have no one in this world. 346 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,640 And B, I must be very, very frank and tell you 347 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,160 that I can no longer afford to pay even the dollar a week. 348 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:55,440 You see, I live on a few. 349 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,920 That's a problem of the most minor importance. 350 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,880 For anybody who invests in you now a buck a week 351 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,120 would be guilt edged. 352 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,880 I mean, for instance, well, take my mother here. 353 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,120 I suppose you made her the beneficiary. 354 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,560 I suppose she continued to pay the buck a week. 355 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:11,080 Who can lose on such a deal? 356 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:11,920 Who can lose? 357 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:12,560 Nobody. 358 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:13,280 You get the point? 359 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:14,240 No, no, I couldn't. 360 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:14,740 Why? 361 00:13:14,740 --> 00:13:15,400 Why, it's, it's... 362 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:16,600 Why not? 363 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:17,680 It's simple, huh? 364 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,680 No, no, Mr. Chalmers, no, you mustn't. 365 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,920 Let Mr. Chalmers aside. 366 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:23,240 Huh, Mr. Chalmers? 367 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:24,560 It makes good sense, no? 368 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:25,920 Let's everybody happy, no? 369 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,400 But we're practically strangers. 370 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:27,920 We just... 371 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,440 What do you mean, strangers? 372 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,080 Who's a stranger in this world? 373 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,680 We're just little people trying to make each other happy. 374 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:35,440 Huh, Mr. Chalmers? 375 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,880 Now, Mr. Chalmers here can die feeling he didn't waste a buck 376 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:38,720 a week for 20 years. 377 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,200 And you know he'll live in your memory. 378 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,400 That's what he wants. 379 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:42,880 Now, why shouldn't he have it? 380 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,120 Ain't every man entitled to at least live in somebody's memory? 381 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,760 Yes, but Mr. Chalmers doesn't have to do that. 382 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,200 I'll think about him anyway. 383 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:50,800 I promise I will. 384 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:51,600 He, he don't have... 385 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:52,680 Let him say something. 386 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:55,000 You're always mounting. 387 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,760 Now, what are you saying, Mr. Chalmers? 388 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,680 Oh, that must be the little man with the tiny mustache. 389 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:04,560 I'll tell him I'm keeping the policy 390 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,920 and changing the beneficiary. 391 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,640 Oh, could you let me have the loan of a dollar, Mr. Bates? 392 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:24,360 Hey, hurry it up, will you? 393 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:25,880 The old man's coming home in a minute or two. 394 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,200 He takes a nap about this time. 395 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,240 I want this ready for him. 396 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,120 No, relax, honey, relax. 397 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,560 I can't finish this job today. 398 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,640 What are you giving me? 399 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,320 It'll take a jerk and another lent of pie. 400 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,160 Well, fix it up. 401 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:35,920 You're a good plumber. 402 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,280 I think you can fix it up for now. 403 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,280 The room's pretty small. 404 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,080 Why do you want the heater so close to the bed for him? 405 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,040 Like I told you, he's got rheumatism. 406 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,440 He needs plenty of heat. 407 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,160 Well, I can run a rubber extension, 408 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:49,520 but with gas, I don't like it. 409 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,400 Okay, so with gas, you don't like it, 410 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,200 but with gas, we gotta run this heater. 411 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,200 The old man's got rheumatics. 412 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,000 He can take plenty of gas. 413 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:56,840 Huh? 414 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,880 The heat, I mean. 415 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,240 He needs plenty. 416 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,880 What are you doing now? 417 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:04,720 Tightening this joint. 418 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:05,680 Look, it's tight enough. 419 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,120 Here's your three bucks and... 420 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,160 Okay, okay, you're the boss. 421 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:10,280 Bring your tools in next time. 422 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:11,720 I won't be in it next time, Sonny. 423 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:12,680 What are you giving me now? 424 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,440 You can get somebody else to do your dirty work after this. 425 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:16,800 So long, Skippy. 426 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:18,800 Skippy? 427 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:22,000 Well, come on, Skippy. 428 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:22,840 Pull yourself together. 429 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:23,680 We got work to do. 430 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:37,880 Hiya, Pop. 431 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,200 Well, this is a pleasant surprise. 432 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,560 Yeah, this used to be my room. 433 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,120 The steam don't come up here so good, 434 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,160 so I talked the old lady into fixing this up for you. 435 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,440 Well, that was very thoughtful of you, Walter. 436 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,040 Thanks, I stuffed up the cracks and it went to two. 437 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,360 Zero weather, it gets plenty of drafty in this room. 438 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,640 You thought of everything, didn't you, Walter? 439 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:57,480 Huh? 440 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,480 Yeah, yeah, it ought to work out just fine. 441 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,480 It'll do the job, I think. 442 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,840 I'm going to take a little nap before dinner. 443 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,000 Do you think the heater? 444 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:07,840 Just leave it on. 445 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,680 I'll look in after a bit to see if it's okay. 446 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,440 Well, no, you needn't go to all that trouble. 447 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,480 No, it's no trouble at all, Mr. Chalmers. 448 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:29,480 When I do a thing, I like to do it right. 449 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,480 Oh, who's there? 450 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:33,480 Is that you, Walter? 451 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,480 Yeah, go on back to sleep, Pop. 452 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,480 I'm just turning the heater off. 453 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:38,480 It's getting stuffy in here. 454 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,480 Oh, you're a good, considerate boy, Walter. 455 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,480 All right, skip it. 456 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,480 Go on, go on back to sleep. 457 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:46,480 Hmm. 458 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:47,480 Hmm. 459 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,480 Please don't walk so fast, Walt. 460 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:11,480 My feet are hurting me again. 461 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,480 You'll combine those shoes tomorrow. 462 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:14,480 I'd like to know what with. 463 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:15,480 Maybe you'll have dough tomorrow. 464 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:16,480 Maybe we'll both have some dough. 465 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,480 If a miracle happens. 466 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,480 Maybe miracles do happen. 467 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:21,480 Maybe if you're smart. 468 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,480 Where are you taking me to, Walter? 469 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:23,480 Oh, we're in particular. 470 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,480 I thought we'd stroll around the old neighborhood. 471 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:26,480 Look, I like old times. 472 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,480 Well, that's a nice idea, Walter, but my feet. 473 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,480 Hello, Mrs. Bates. 474 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,480 Good evening, Officer Flanagan. 475 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:33,480 This is my son, Walter. 476 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:34,480 He's just here from Pittsburgh. 477 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,480 Glad to know you. 478 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,480 How's business, copper? 479 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:38,480 Oh, much the same. 480 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,480 Vagrancy, petty larceny, once in a while, suicide. 481 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:42,480 Suicide? 482 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,480 Yeah, that's what they start out to do, 483 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,480 but it's harder to get bumped off than most people think. 484 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:47,480 Huh? 485 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,480 Case just last week over in the next precinct. 486 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,480 Dame turned on the gas in her room and lay down on the bed. 487 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:54,480 What happened? 488 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:55,480 Nothing. 489 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,480 Always bungle somewhere, amateurs. 490 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,480 Gas petered out. 491 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,480 She forgot to put a quarter in the meter. 492 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,480 Ah, 7 o'clock. 493 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:06,480 I've got to call in. 494 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:07,480 Well, good night, Mrs. Bates. 495 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:08,480 Good night, Officer. 496 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,480 Nice to meet you, Walter. 497 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:11,480 Ma. 498 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,480 Yes, Walter? 499 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,480 When did you put a quarter in the meter at home? 500 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,480 Why, I don't remember. 501 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:18,480 Goodness, I'd better get some change. 502 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:19,480 Never mind a change. 503 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:20,480 Come on. 504 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,480 Walter, why did you ask about the gas meter? 505 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:24,480 What do you think? 506 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:25,480 Walter, you didn't. 507 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,480 That isn't why you put the heater in, Mr. Chalmers. 508 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:29,480 What do you think? 509 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:30,480 I don't think. 510 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,480 I just pray, pray that quarter ran out before it. 511 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:34,480 Save your prayers. 512 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,480 Of course, if that didn't work, I'll try another way. 513 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,480 Either that old clerk is dead before midnight or I spend 10 years in a stir. 514 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,480 He's going to be dead before midnight, see? 515 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,480 And if you try to make any trouble, you'll be pushing daisies right along with him. 516 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:56,480 Stop sniveling. 517 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,480 We're going in there now. 518 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,480 Now, look, if it took, scream your head off or I'll give you a reason to scream. 519 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:03,480 The gas. 520 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,480 I can smell it. 521 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,480 Come on. 522 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:13,480 Oh, I... 523 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,480 Oh, well, good evening, Walter, Mrs. Bates. 524 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:18,480 I was just on my way out. 525 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,480 Oh, Mr. Chalmers, you're all right, you're all right. 526 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:21,480 Of course he's all right. 527 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:22,480 What's eating you? 528 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:24,480 I have a slight headache, it's true. 529 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,480 But a brisk walk in the open air will cure that. 530 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,480 I'm sure. 531 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,480 Hey, have a look at this. 532 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:31,480 What is it, Walter? 533 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,480 This hose on a heater. 534 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,480 Got unhitched. 535 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,480 No wonder you got a headache. 536 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,480 I thought I smelled gas. 537 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,480 Boy, it's lucky for you, Ma forgot to put a quarter in a meter. 538 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,480 Providence works in strange ways, doesn't it, Walter? 539 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,480 Well, I must be getting on. 540 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:50,480 I'll be coming home rather late, Mrs. Bates, so I'll just let myself in. 541 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:51,480 How late? 542 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:55,480 Well, I thought I'd stop at the neighborhood picture house for dinner. 543 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,480 That'll be around nine o'clock. 544 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,480 So I imagine I won't be home much before eleven. 545 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,480 Mr. Chalmers, there's something I've wanted to tell... 546 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:02,480 Yes, Mrs. Bates? 547 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:07,480 Walter's a good boy at heart, you know, but he's been in some trouble lately and... 548 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,480 Is there anything I can do to help, Walter? 549 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:10,480 Yeah, plenty. 550 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,480 I'll tell you all about it when you get up. 551 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,480 You get back, come on, you better run along now, Mr. Chalmers. 552 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,480 You don't want to be late for that picture. 553 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:16,480 Yes, yes, of course. 554 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,480 Well, good night, Mrs. Bates. 555 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:19,480 Mr. Chalmers, I... 556 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:20,480 Good night, Mr. Chalmers. 557 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,480 Yes, good night. 558 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,480 Oh, Walter, I... 559 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:25,480 Walter! 560 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:26,480 Walter, no! 561 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,480 No, no, Michael, no! 562 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:29,480 You're gonna tell him, aren't you? 563 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,480 You'd like to send me to the chair, wouldn't you? 564 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,480 You struck me, Walter. 565 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,480 You struck your own mother. 566 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,480 I ought to have messed up your sad monkey face for good. 567 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,480 It's your fault I balled us up in the first place. 568 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,480 Why didn't you remember to put a quarter on that meter? 569 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:44,480 Why didn't you? 570 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,480 I'm glad I forgot. 571 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,480 It wouldn't be a lie. 572 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,480 I shouldn't have messed around with gas, trying to spare your feelings, 573 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,480 making it look like an accident. 574 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:52,480 The thanks I get for it. 575 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,480 She wants to blab the whole thing. 576 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:55,480 Turn me in, my own mother. 577 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,480 No, no, Walter, no, no, that's not true. 578 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,480 Why, you... 579 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,480 Don't strike me again, Walter. 580 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:01,480 I can't stand it. 581 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:02,480 Okay. 582 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,480 Maybe now you'll cooperate. 583 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,480 Now, look, let's put it this way. 584 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,480 It's either you or him. 585 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,480 If it's you, I don't care whether they get me or not. 586 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:11,480 Are you listening? 587 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:12,480 Oh, yes, yes, Walter. 588 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,480 Okay, now, like I said, 589 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,480 I got very little time to get this thing done. 590 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,480 I ought to have done it neat and clean in the first place, like I said. 591 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,480 He's old and weak. 592 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:20,480 You just push him over on that bed, 593 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,480 hold a pillow over his face for a few minutes, 594 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:23,480 and the job's done. 595 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,480 Nobody will ask any questions of a guy that old. 596 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,480 Well, if it's the last time, I'm begging you. 597 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,480 Okay, make sure it's for the last time. 598 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:30,480 Remember, it's you or him, like I said. 599 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,480 What are you going to do? 600 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,480 Now, look, I'll be waiting in his room when he comes home. 601 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,480 I'm shot anyway, so I'll lay down and get 40 winks. 602 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:40,480 You wait up for him. 603 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,480 Tell him I'll have to catch a train. 604 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,480 That's in case he suspects anything. 605 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,480 When he comes to his room, 606 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,480 I'll take care of the rest of it. 607 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,480 How do you know I won't warn him? 608 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,480 Because it's him or you, like I told you. 609 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,480 I don't think you'll warn Mr. Chalmers. 610 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,480 And don't try to stall him when he comes in. 611 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,480 He's got to be dead by midnight. 612 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,480 Or else. 613 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:17,480 Get the paper here. 614 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,480 Oh, Captain Mr. Chalmers. 615 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:21,480 Evening, Joe. 616 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,480 I'll have the late edition of the daily news, as usual. 617 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,480 Oh, I saved one out for you, Mr. Chalmers. 618 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:27,480 Thank you. 619 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,480 Good night, Joe. 620 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:29,480 Good night. 621 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,480 Oh, oh, oh, by the way, Joe, I almost forgot. 622 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,480 Can you give me the change of a dollar? 623 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,480 Oh, sure, Mr. Chalmers. 624 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:37,480 Here you are. 625 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,480 50, 75, 85, 90, one dollar. 626 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:42,480 Well, thank you. 627 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,480 I just happen to think of something I need change for. 628 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,480 A little good deed for a friend of mine. 629 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:02,480 Oh, Mr. Chalmers. 630 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,480 Well, I didn't think you'd be up so late, Mrs. Bates. 631 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,480 I waited up especially. 632 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,480 I wanted to talk to you about Walter. 633 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,480 Mrs. Bates, your eye, it's all discolored. 634 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,480 Yes, I... 635 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,480 The light burned out in the bathroom, 636 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,480 and when I went to replace it in the dark, that is, 637 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,480 I bumped into the door. 638 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,480 Now I would have thought Walter would have done that for me. 639 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,480 Oh, no, Walter didn't. 640 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:33,480 I mean, Walter's left already. 641 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,480 He had to catch the 12.20 for Pittsburgh, you know. 642 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,480 But it's only 11 now. 643 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:39,480 The clock is... 644 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,480 He had some things to do on the way, I mean... 645 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,480 Of course. Well, I'm afraid I must be getting on to bed. 646 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,480 No, not just yet. 647 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,480 I mean, won't you sit down for a minute 648 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,480 and have a cup of tea with me? 649 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,480 Well, I'd like to, but tea keeps me awake, Mrs. Bates. 650 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,480 I'll be getting long to my room now, if you don't mind. 651 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,480 No. No, don't go into that room, Mr. Chalmers. 652 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,480 Why, Mrs. Bates, whatever's the trouble... 653 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:09,480 My son, Walter, there's something I must tell you. 654 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,480 Forgive me, Mrs. Bates, but I'm an old man, 655 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,480 and I need my rest. 656 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,480 If it could possibly wait until morning... 657 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,480 No, no, no, it can't wait until morning. 658 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,480 It's got to be told before midnight. 659 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,480 What was that? 660 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,480 It sounds like someone moving about in the back of the house. 661 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,480 One of the shutters. It's loose. The wind. 662 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,480 Oh, you were saying, Mrs. Bates... 663 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,480 Nothing. 664 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,480 I can't tell you after all. 665 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,480 I'm afraid. 666 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,480 I'm afraid to tell it. 667 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,480 Afraid. 668 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,480 There, there, Mrs. Bates. Perhaps in the morning. 669 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,480 Try to get some rest. 670 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,480 You're going in there now? 671 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:01,480 I think that will be the best thing to do all the way around. 672 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,480 Don't you, Mrs. Bates? Good night. 673 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,480 No. No, wait. 674 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,480 Mrs. Bates, I... What is it, Mrs. Bates? 675 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,480 That smell. 676 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,480 Gas. 677 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,480 Walter. Walter! 678 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,480 Walter! 679 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,480 Why don't you lie down for a few minutes, Mrs. Bates? 680 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,480 I'll call you when the ambulance arrives. 681 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,480 Listen. 682 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,480 It's striking twelve. 683 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,480 Dead before midnight. 684 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,480 That's what he said. 685 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,480 Dead before midnight. 686 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,480 Poor lad. Fell asleep. 687 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,480 If only I hadn't remembered to go back for that change. 688 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:08,480 You did it. 689 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,480 You put the quarter in the meter. 690 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:17,480 That's what turned on the gas that killed him. 691 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,480 Well, you mentioned the gas having gone off and forgetting to put a quarter in the meter. 692 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:26,480 So on the way to the picture house I just went around to the back entry and dropped the coin. 693 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:31,480 I suppose I should have remembered about the connection being loose on the heater in my room. 694 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,480 But I wanted to surprise you with my good deed. 695 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,480 I didn't mean to do anything wrong, Mrs. Bates. 696 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,480 Truly I didn't. 697 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,480 No. 698 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:48,480 You didn't do anything wrong, Mr. Chalmers. 699 00:26:48,480 --> 00:27:06,480 You didn't do anything wrong. 700 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:12,480 And so closes Life Ends at Midnight, starring Faye Bainter, Ralph Morgan and Dane Clark. 701 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:18,480 Tonight's tale of suspense. 702 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,480 Miss Bainter appeared by courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers of Madame Curie. 703 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,480 Dane Clark is currently being seen in the Warner Brothers production, Destination Tokyo. 704 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:32,480 Before Ralph Morgan returns to our microphone, let me give you a suggestion. 705 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:37,480 The suggestion you will find can add to the success of your next dinner party at home. 706 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:42,480 At one end of the dining table, place a bottle of Roma wine's not sweet, not dry Burgundy. 707 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:47,480 At the other table end, place a bottle of Roma wine's delicately delicious Sauternes. 708 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,480 Then let each of your guests select the Roma wine to his liking. 709 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,480 You will know that whatever the individual choice of a guest, 710 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:59,480 both of these Roma California wines will delight by their superb quality, 711 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:05,480 the quality that has made Roma wines America's largest selling wines. 712 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:10,480 Whichever of Roma wine's many different California wine types you choose at your dealers, 713 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,480 the small purchase price he asks will surprise and delight you. 714 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:18,480 While the superb quality of these good Roma wines will win your full accord 715 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:24,480 with the judgment of wine experts of many lands that Roma wines are truly magnificent. 716 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:34,480 Let me repeat the name, R-O-M-A, Roma wines, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 717 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,480 This is Ralph Morgan. 718 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,480 First time sure I speak for all of us, Miss Bainter, Mr. Clark and myself, 719 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:44,480 in saying how much we've enjoyed appearing on Suspense this evening. 720 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:49,480 We will all be listening as we hope you will next week when Miss Agnes Moorhead is your star 721 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:56,480 in one of the most talked about plays ever to be presented in this series, called Sorry Wrong Number. 722 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,480 And now one more word. 723 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,480 Here's something our fighting men may never forget. 724 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,480 The price of victory is sacrifice. 725 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:12,480 You help bring the victory nearer when you make the sacrifices that make it possible for you to buy more war bonds. 726 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,480 Thank you. 727 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,480 Suspense is produced and directed by William Spear. 728 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:23,480 Don't forget then next Monday for Agnes Moorhead in Suspense. 729 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,480 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 730 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:37,480 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 731 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:59,480 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.