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This is the man in black here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California, to introduce
this weekly half hour of Suspense.
Tonight from Hollywood, Roma wines bring you Mr. Sonny Tufts in a suspense play that tells
of a murder in Boston and a perilous adventure in Vermont's snow-covered hills.
And so with Cat and Mouse, and with the performance of Sonny Tufts as John Guthrie, an engineer,
we again hope to keep you in Suspense.
W1QXL, W1QXL, W1QXL, this is W1, RBX calling W1QXL, W1QXL, this is WIR, Markov, Vovanov,
Vermont calling and standing by.
W1RBX, W1RBX, this is W1QXL in Boston returning.
Hi, I got three, how you been?
Signals clear, good signal, come in.
W1QXL, W1QXL, W1RBX back.
Hello Lockwood, I'm fine.
Signals good up here, I got lots to tell you.
Been trying to get in touch with you for the last couple of hours.
Where you been?
Out to dinner with Valentine?
Go ahead.
Sorry Guthrie, haven't seen Val today.
She hasn't answered her phone.
Guess she's awful tired of picking it up and hearing me on the other end proposing.
Anyhow, I've been working hard.
Oh, had a little excitement here at the laboratory an hour or so ago.
Thought we had a prowler on the grounds.
But guess it was a false alarm.
Nerves, I guess.
What's your news Guthrie?
I've got a bit for you myself, but let's hear yours first.
Go ahead.
Okay.
Well as far as I'm concerned kiddo, you can set up a date for demonstration for the Army
Signal Corps and the Naval Ordnance people just as soon as you like.
We're in the clear now for keeps.
I got the last bug out of the screen this morning and it ought to make the prettiest
little image you ever saw.
If the brass hats put the steam on, I don't see why it shouldn't be in there fighting
in a couple of months.
Now let's hear about you.
Go ahead.
Boy, that sounds great.
Hold it Guthrie, something going on here.
Keep listening, I'll be back in a second.
Who is it?
Who's out there?
Who's there?
Get up there.
I'll shoot.
Come on.
Stop.
What is it Lockwood?
Howard, what's the shooting?
Is that you coughing?
Lockwood, is that you?
Go ahead.
Hello.
Hello Guthrie.
I saw him that time.
Almost got him with my rifle.
Wonder what that guy can want.
Well, I know one thing he's got and that's a sore throat.
Boy, did you hear that cough?
Go ahead.
I'm worried Lockwood.
Somebody must be getting wise to what we've got.
We better arrange for more protection around the lab.
Well, you've heard my say of it.
How are you getting on with the blueprints?
Go ahead.
Did you hear me Howard?
Go ahead.
W1QXL.
What's happened?
Come back in.
Go ahead.
Hello.
This is W1QXL.
I am going away.
I'm going skiing.
I'm going skiing up in Sunbury, Vermont at the Phoenix Hotel.
The Phoenix.
Have you got that Frank?
Frank?
What's all this about you going skiing?
You've never been on skis in your life.
Besides, I'm coming up to see you and it's important.
We'll get together now in the blueprints.
Okay?
At the Phoenix Hotel.
Go ahead, Frank.
What's this gag calling me Frank?
What's going on?
I hear voices behind you.
Sounds like interference.
You all right?
I say are you all right?
I'm leaving here for Boston in the morning.
I'll bring the whole works.
No, no don't.
And don't contact Bell.
If anything happens to me, the man with the cough, the man with the cough, the cough, the
cough.
Lockwood, what's up?
Are you still there?
Come in, come in Lockwood.
Lockwood come in.
Lockwood go ahead.
W1QXL.
This is W1RBX calling.
Go ahead.
W1QXL, W1QXL, this is W1, RBS.
Go ahead.
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as engineer John Guthrie in Cat and Mouse.
A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.
Well, that's about all the facts we know, Miss Amy.
Yes.
The bruises on Mr. Lockwood's head were a little hard to explain, as you pointed out.
It was the explosion that killed him, that seems to be probably...
Dr. Vaughan, yes, the explosion may have been what actually was the final cause of his death.
I take a doctor's word like you for that.
But those marks, bruises, suppose he'd been beaten, hit over the head in order to make
him...
In order to make him what?
I can't say any more, Dr. Vaughan.
I don't know quite what I'm talking about anyhow, I guess.
You see, Howard had been experimenting with something.
He had a collaborator.
Collaborator?
Yes, I don't know who.
Howard would never...
Well, he used to talk to this other man on shortwave.
They both had shortwave sets, radio hams, you call them, those amateur radio operators.
Yes, well, I must go.
Oh, let me help you with your coat, Dr. Vaughan.
Oh, thank you.
I must say that after talking to you, I'm partly convinced, Miss Ames, but murder is
a pretty difficult thing to prove, especially in this case.
Oh, excuse me.
I'll be going then.
I...
Hello?
Yes?
Who?
Mr. Guthrie?
Well... oh, I see.
Well, if you were his friend, I...
Where, in the drugstore?
Yes, I'll wait.
Just come right up to apartment 15E.
Yes.
Goodbye.
Thank you again for your trouble, Dr. Vaughan.
Well, please feel that you can cough...
Cough...
I'll get you some water.
No, no, no.
Don't bother.
Too many cigars.
Bad larynx.
I'm awfully sorry.
I'll say goodbye.
Sure, you're all right?
No, it was perfect.
Don't worry.
I'll keep in touch with you, Miss Ames.
Yes.
Well, goodbye now.
Oh, just a minute.
Hello.
You must be Valentine Ames.
Yes, I am.
I'd recognize you anywhere.
Well, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Well, just, uh, are you Mr. Guthrie?
Just throw your things in that chair there.
Yeah, just as I pictured you.
Lockwood spoke of you so often.
How it spoke of me?
Do you?
Well, you were engaged to be married, weren't you?
No, I was fond of him, but never that way.
But he, he told me, that is, he said...
Then you were his collaborator.
Oh, please, Mr. Guthrie, you can trust me.
I need help.
They all say his death was an accident.
The coroner, the newspapers, the police.
But I know it wasn't.
How do they say it happened?
A woman died, a woman, a woman.
A woman died on the same day as you.
Oh, please, Mr. Guthrie, you can trust me. I need help.
They all say his death was an accident.
The coroner, the newspapers, the police.
But I know it wasn't.
How do they say it happened?
An explosion in his laboratory.
Chemicals he was using in his experiments.
Nonsense. Explosion.
Wasn't anything more explosive in Lockwood's lab than a package of matches.
Then you were his collaborator.
Oh, please, trust me.
Lockwood was murdered. I know it.
You think so too, then?
Yes.
Well, then our job is to prove he was murdered.
No, I'm sorry, Val.
There's something more important that comes first.
When they kill Lockwood, they stole half of our, well...
Your invention?
But having an invention is worthless.
But I have the other half.
In other words...
Yeah.
I'm next. We can count on that.
But they don't know who you are.
Maybe not yet.
Hmm.
That was why Lockwood kept calling me Frank when he was talking to me near the inn.
He didn't want to give my name away to them.
And you've no idea who they are.
Just something we could start on.
Well, just one thing.
That night, the night he was killed,
we were talking a short wave, and he'd been bothered by a prowler.
He spoke of it.
I even heard the fellow in the air. He was...
Oh, hold on.
Excuse me a second.
Hello?
Yes?
Oh, Dr. Borbitt.
Yes, it's nice of you to call me back,
and thank you so much for sending Dr. Vaughn to see me.
He certainly is...
Dr. Vaughn.
But...
you sent him to see me about Dr. Lockwood.
About...
Dr. Edwin Vaughn?
You're positive?
I see.
Well, thank you anyway.
Bye.
What's up?
Someone just before you came, and Dr. Edwin Vaughn
said he was with the coroner's office.
Called on me.
And the coroner's office never heard of him? Is that it?
Never.
Uh-huh.
Who was he? I mean, what did he look like?
Would you recognize him if you saw him again?
Well, he was just a middle-aged fellow.
Poor man had a terribly bad cough,
one of the really hacking coughs.
A cough? It's the same one.
He came to Halley's lab the night of the killing. I heard him.
You're sure?
Positive. You see, it fits. He was looking for me.
Figured I'd come here to see you.
He wants my half an invention.
Well, Val, they need what I've got,
and I've got to get back what they've stolen, so...
Where are you going?
Skiing.
I'm going back to Vermont to go skiing.
I'll send you a card from the Phoenix Hotel.
Next up is Sunbury, Vermont.
Sunbury!
Bring me an orangeade, Porter.
Well, hello. You're new up here.
Uh, beg your pardon?
I'm sure going to the Phoenix Hotel, of course.
Get so you know a skiing fan when you see one.
I know almost all the Phoenix crowd.
This must be your first trip to the Phoenix, huh?
Yeah, it is.
Name's O'Brien.
Sean Guthrie.
Excuse me.
Do they serve drinks in this lounge car?
Yes, they do.
You're new, too.
Yes, I've only been in the States a few weeks.
Oh, no. I mean new to our weekend skiing contingent.
Skiing contingent?
Yeah.
Oh, oh, yes.
I'm O'Brien. That's Mr. Guthrie.
What did you say your name was?
Well, I...
Thanks, Porter, thanks.
And bring me a couple more cigars, will you?
Here, take one of mine while you're waiting, Mr. O'Brien.
Oh, thank you.
Now, that's what I like about the Phoenix crowd.
Associable.
Everybody pals with everybody else.
Sounds very pleasant.
Yes, I suppose so.
Well, Mr. uh...
Well, anyway, you wait.
By Monday, everyone in the place will be calling you by your first name.
Oh, really?
Well, I guess I'd better be getting back to my compartment.
Very happy to have met you, gentlemen.
See you later.
Weird duck.
Unsociable life.
Now, I always say you take a fellow that won't mix.
Be quiet a minute.
What's the matter with you, Mr. Guthrie?
You look like you'd seen a ghost.
Good evening, Mr. Guthrie.
I trust you're feeling refreshed now, sir.
Yeah, three hours sleep and a long walk was just what I needed.
Any messages for me?
No, sir.
Good evening, Mr. O'Brien.
Hello there, hello.
Ah, there you are.
I've been looking for you everywhere.
Want to introduce you around to some of the folks here.
Well, thanks, Mr. O'Brien.
I'm a little worried about you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, but we've got folks here.
Well, thanks, Mr. O'Brien.
I would kind of like to get acquainted.
Why, sure, be sociable.
You see the old lady in the wheelchair?
That's Mrs. Garvey.
Mrs. Garvey, eh?
Yeah.
lambda here, too.
Legs paralyze poor soul.
Always sits and nits.
The husky man's her husband.
Well, hello there, folks.
Hello, Irishman.
Well?
Ah, feels good here.
So you're our newcomer?
Only one of them, yeah.
And this sweet soul, Mr. Guthrie, is Mrs. Garvey.
Excuse my not shaking hands. I'm all tied up in this ball of wool when you can't walk you compensate by keeping the hands over busy
That's very considered obvious make me feel at home here. Mrs. Garvey and mr. Garvey
Surprised a strong young man like you isn't in the army really daddy you have to excuse him mr. Guthrie nosy and fresh
Well, there's no harm done. Yeah, see I'm an engineer and they've deferred me there
He is I'm doing my share as is I suppose. Yeah, I'm a promoter myself. Yeah daddy hold out your hand
That's it. Now don't wiggle on my wool slip and I'm not in the army because I'm too old took advantage of the over 38
Law, I'm 59
Just what is a promoter mr. Garvey careful daddy those little needles almost stuck you then their special needles, mr
Guthrie sharp why they could cut ice or pierce wood or kill a man. Yes
Yes, I'd be careful mother. So you're an engineer. Mr. Guthrie. I knew an engineer fine boy
Oh, I remember him. He was a dear boy anybody I know no
Thought I'd try to get him to come up here was working on an experiment
I was very much interested in wouldn't do business with me. Oh, yeah now bring your hands together daddy
That's a good boy fine
Daddy has such big strong hands yet. They're so gentle boys dead now met with an accident
I think really
What did you say his name was Howard Lockwood? Yes, not good. He had a collaborator
I've been trying to locate me and I could really have a long talk same of the way Guthrie
Have you seen that bird the unsociable one we came up in the train with no I haven't he's probably a big businessman
He seems a nervous. I tell you doesn't pay be sociable business can always wait
Definitely when I see how little you fellas get out of life. I thank heavens. I have the sense to retire
How long have you been retired mr. O'brien? Hmm before years in June you were in business for yourself. No, no
I was a professional man. Oh, I see
Medicine no detective. I was with the FBI
Come in
Well, well Guthrie come in come in feel just like a nice sociable talk sit down sit down, mr. O'brien
I'm in trouble and I need expert help and you were an FBI man. You can help me. Oh, oh
I was afraid of that. I'm sorry Guthrie. I'm retired too old for the game
You get a hold of the Boston office. They'll get someone up to help you in a jiffy call Jack Porter
He's in charge now. They mentioned my name, but there's no time now. You see Boston is six hours from here
I need help right now. Take it easy boy. Relax. I suppose you're another engineer with some gadget
That's gonna win the war. That's a familiar one. Mr. O'brien. This is serious
There's a murder in this hotel and if I don't get him he'll get me now now take it easy
You'll just give me a hand. You know, I felt there was something going on here this weekend
Things were things weren't sociable like they usually are
Mm-hmm. What are you noticed? Nothing in particular
Just people seemed to act funny
You take that Garvey and his old wife and that bird with a cough that came up on the train with us
What's he up to eating his meals in his room? Look, will you help me? Mr. O'brien?
I do have an invention as it happens
Excuse me a minute
Hello
Hello, Mr. Guthrie. Yes, he's here
Hmm the gentleman 421 right now very well. Goodbye
It's for you party in 421 want you to step in and see him. That's him that fake. Dr
Vaughn. Well, this is it and you refuse to help. Oh now look I'd like to I guess but after all
Alright O'brien, but look just this 421 is right down the hall. If I'm not back in ten minutes
Will you knock on the door? Oh that much I'll do for you
John
Well, Valentine, what are you doing here? We agreed that you
That's the hall John
Open your door quickly before we're seen together
Look, I've got something important to do wait in my room for me if I can only find a key
The door is open
It's funny. I locked it
Look
The room's been searched my papers the pillows my trunk
Oh John, they know you
Where is it?
I didn't bring the blueprints with you here
Not that dumb. Well, it's gone
What? My gun
Oh John, I'm afraid
I feel as if I'd known you for a long time
My dear
Well, you know I love you don't you
John, we shouldn't talk about that now
But you see I've been in love with what I think you are. I've only known you for two days and
What are you trying to ask me John?
Why you came when we agreed that you shouldn't
Because I was afraid that you
And why I find you hiding near my door and find the door unlocked
When I had locked it only ten minutes ago and then I come into my room and I find this
Oh John, don't please don't
I came because I wanted to help you
I felt that if you were in danger it wasn't right for me to stay home safe
Not knowing
I'm sorry, I trust you
Look, stay here. I'm going down the hall
Somebody's waiting
Oh, don't go John, don't please I'm afraid for you
You got a gun, Belle?
Yes, I thought I might need it
I'll give it to him
Now, kiss me
Oh John
Wait here
If I'm not back in ten minutes get the police
Where are you going?
Room 421 to talk to a man about his cough
I'm going with you
This is his room
I'm going in with you
You're staying outside
Step back, don't let him see you
Open up
Oh
They're on the rug at the party
Dr. Vaughn, he's dead
Look, look at the gun
He killed himself
You mean he's supposed to look as if he killed himself
He was shot in the back of the head, a bit too neat
What do you mean?
That gun in his hand
It's mine
Then if he wasn't the murderer
Who was he?
Oh John, the gun
They'll think that you...
Come in
Well
Oh Brian, look here
This gun's mine, it's a plot to frame me
What?
That's not your killer Guthrie
That's Hilary Lawrence of Scotland Yard
Assigned to this case because his government, like ours
Is keenly interested in your invention
I should have listened to you before Guthrie
You know about it then?
I checked, called FBI office in Boston
Talked to Porter
Yes, your Dr. Vaughn was Hilary Lawrence of Scotland Yard
He was the one you heard in Lockwood's lab the night he was killed
He must have got a little too close in the tail of the real killers
Mr. Garvey was...
Well, I really don't know enough to talk
I better shut my big mouth
But I think I know
You know the killer?
But I have no proof
Without proof Guthrie, you'll be held for the murder of Lawrence
That's obvious
We've got to get our other evidence before someone finds the body
Yeah
You know there must be a hideout around here they operate from
There's a cabin about a mile to the left from the top of the skeet
I saw it one day when I got lost
I've got a funny hunch it might be the place
If we can get there and find something involving them
Before the hotel people find this body and arrest you
We'll be...
What are you waiting for? Come on, let's go
Come on back to my room, Val
See you downstairs in five minutes, O'Brien
If we don't find proof, John, what then?
Then we get murdered or get held for murder
The cabin's dark
One of these keys must fit
Ah, that one does it
Softly now
Mr. Guthrie, I'll take Miss Ames' gun
You're too impulsive
Thanks
Well, there's no one here
Draw the shade, please
I'd better keep a lookout on the road
Someone may come
That's a good idea
Now, this is what I call a real sociable evening
Look, a note, it's addressed to me
Well, we're in the right place then
Read it
Guthrie, 200,000 in cash for your blueprints
And you can get the cash first
Wherever you designate
With no questions asked
As to what government gets them
Why do you...
Calmly, my boy
You don't have the prints here, do you?
No, they're in a safety vault
And my name is San Francisco
What's that there, that panel?
It's a radio rig
Sending and receiving
Someone's coming
Oh, quick, turn up that light
Look, John, here, through the window
It's Garvey, and he's alone
Alone? Are you sure?
He's alone, all right
I knew she was a phony
She does too much knitting
I wonder where she is
All right, Miss Ames, out you go, quickly
Get to the foot of the road before he does
It's your car, understand?
You're lost, looking for a way back to the Phoenix
Delay him from coming in here
I'll go outside, you search the place, I'll brine with Val
No, let the girl go, her best weapon is her charm
Hurry now, stall him as long as you can
Good luck
Don't worry, I can see them from here
You got it, short way, yeah
With this outfit, Garvey could hear Lockwood and me
Talking over our work
Pretty clever operator, I'd say
Can you see Val?
She's getting near him now
Brave girl, that one
There she is, he's seen her
Let me have a look
See them, over my finger, between that row of trees
Yeah, she's talking to Garvey now
She'll stall him
Hey, come on, O'Brien, let's start searching his place
Wait a minute, wait a minute
The two of them
Well, I should have known
Val, oh no, it can't be
Sorry, Guthrie, but you're seeing right
The girl's with Garvey
But she loves me, I know it, she's honest, I swear it
They're coming up the path
You stand behind the door, I'll stand up on the balcony
And cover them from behind with a gun
You all set, Guthrie?
All set
You spring out on them as they close the door and I'll cover you from here
Val, Garvey, duck, he's got the gun
Above
My arm
O'Brien
All of you reach, don't stoop for that gun, Guthrie
Up with your arms
The three of you are going to join the late Mr. Lockwood
The girl and Mr. Garvey of the FBI
Who poked his nose in a boot too far
You're out of your mind, O'Brien
What will you get by killing us?
I've got the information you want and if I'm dead you'll never get it
I'm fighting for my life now, not your invention
With you three out of the way I've got a chance
A fire in this lovely cabin will do the job nicely
Now get into that closet all of you
Get started
You're missing one, O'Brien
My wife
I'm not worrying about that, O'Brien
Drop your gun, Mr. O'Brien
That point you feel in your back is my knitting needle
Drop it
Remember it can crack ice, pierce wood or kill a man
Okay, Mrs. Garvey
It's really nice to see you again
Nice job, Guthrie
You tipped us off just in time
Sit down, Mother
You look tired
You must be standing behind the kitchen door for an hour
Look here, you...
Just be quiet, Mr. O'Brien
Formerly of the FBI
Kicked out for improper conduct, he was
The service has had its eye on you ever since, my friend
You see, you made a slight error, O'Brien
When you said you'd call the porter of the Boston FBI office
The outgoing lines from the hotel have been out of order since 5 o'clock
Oh, your arm, Daddy
Here, let me bandage it
You'd better get going and have it looked after
Oh, it's bleeding
I think I'm going to faint
Faint ahead, Val
I got a pair of arms that aren't doing a thing
And so closes Cat and Mouse
Starring Sonny Tufts, tonight's tale of...
Suspense
Mr. Tufts appeared through the courtesy of Paramount Pictures
And will soon be seen in the Paramount Picture
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