1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Now, Roma Wines present... 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Tonight, Voyage Through Darkness, starring Olivia de Havilland and Reginald Gardner. 4 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 5 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 6 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 7 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 8 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you... 10 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Suspense! 11 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,000 This is the Man in Black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 12 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Tonight from Hollywood, we bring you the distinguished American leading lady of the screen, Miss Olivia de Havilland. 13 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Miss de Havilland appears as a girl named Judith Webster, who found herself embarked upon a journey into darkness. 14 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Travelling with her on this perilous voyage is that suave and debonair actor, Mr. Reginald Gardner. 15 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:33,000 So with the performances of Mr. Havilland and Mr. Gardner in this sea-going adventure play, we again hope to keep you in... 16 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Suspense! 17 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Suspense! 18 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:51,000 It happened in 1939, shortly before England and Germany were at war. 19 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:59,000 I was in London, serving as traveling companion to Mrs. Edna Prescott, a wealthy, quite elderly American woman. 20 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:06,000 She wasn't a pleasant person, and the city's practice blackouts were a particular source of annoyance to her. 21 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,000 I remember thinking how ironic it was that she should die during one of them. 22 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:18,000 I even thought it the cause, until the doctors assured me her death was due to a common heart ailment. 23 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:25,000 I was very busy for the next few days, arranging passage to America, getting my train ticket down to Southampton, and... 24 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:30,000 and carrying out the promise I had made so many times to Mrs. Prescott. 25 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,000 I didn't relish any part of that. 26 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Miss Webster, Miss Webster, oh yes, yes, yes, the young woman who's escorting the casket. 27 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Here's your ticket, gate five, please. 28 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Vote train for Southampton, this way, please. 29 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,000 The young woman who's escorting the casket. 30 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:55,000 He said it so, so matter-of-factly, as if such things occurred every day. 31 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 I suppose they do. 32 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,000 And yet, every minute on that train I felt uncomfortable. 33 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:10,000 On edge, it seemed as if the trip to Southampton and the steamer docks would never end. 34 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:18,000 I remember how glad I was when it did, and how cheerful Stewart's voice sounded as he greeted me at the head of the gangway. 35 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Good evening, Miss. Welcome aboard. May I show you to your cabin? 36 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Please do, Stewart, I'm very tired. 37 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 12A, B deck, this way, Miss. 38 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Police, track him down, blackout killer! Police, hunt on train, the blackout killer! 39 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,000 I hope they get him all right, Miss. 40 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Get who? 41 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Police, have new clue on blackout killer! 42 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Boy, that blackout killer. Please have a new clue on him, he says. 43 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Oh, oh yes, an awful thing. 44 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Ah, here we are, Miss, 12A. You have it all to yourself. 45 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Thank you, Stewart. Oh, I'm sorry, here you are. 46 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Oh, it's quite all right, Miss. Thanks, and good night. Call me if you need me now. 47 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Good night. 48 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:11,000 In my stateroom. Perfectly safe, I realized how jittery I'd been, how upset. 49 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:17,000 And now, how relieved. Suddenly I began to laugh, right out loud. 50 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,000 My fears had been so foolish, so very foolish. 51 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,000 An hour later, I went out on deck. 52 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:33,000 I no longer felt tired, and I wanted to watch the lights of the coastline fading away from us. 53 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,000 I was standing near the aft rail, quietly looking out across the water. 54 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,000 I was looking at the sky, and I saw a blackout killer. 55 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,000 I was looking at the sky, and I saw a blackout killer. 56 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:51,000 I was looking at the sky, and I saw a blackout killer. 57 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,000 I was looking at the sky, and I saw a blackout killer. 58 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Beautiful, isn't it? Oh. 59 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 I'm sorry, did I frighten you? 60 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Yes, yes, you did. I didn't realize there was anyone near that lifeboat. 61 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Well, I'm sorry, I was sure you saw me. I never would have... 62 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Well, it's all right, really. I've been nervous tonight, anyway. I'm not always so jumpy. 63 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 What you need is an ocean void. 64 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Maybe that's it. 65 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Were you watching the shore lights? 66 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Yes, and I never did answer your question. They are beautiful. 67 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Very. And the sea alone is beautiful. 68 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,000 She has moods, you know, just like a woman. 69 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Gentle sometimes, and soothing. Then suddenly flying into a rage and dashing things to pieces. 70 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Then quieting right down again. 71 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,000 That's right. I see we feel the same about her. 72 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Does she frighten you sometimes? 73 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 The same way women frighten me. 74 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Oh? 75 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 I mean, when I don't understand them. 76 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Well, I thought it was the general male consensus that we weren't supposed to be understood. 77 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Only loved, isn't that the rest of it? 78 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Something like that. 79 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Anyway, it's a philosophy I disagree with. 80 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 That's refreshing. 81 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Ah, the lady is amused. 82 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Oh, not at all. It's just that the lady detects a bachelor. 83 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Because I have a mind of my own? 84 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 That's one good clue. 85 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Well, listen to me. I'm lecturing to you as if I... 86 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,000 I believe that bit of triteness ends up as if I'd known you all my life. 87 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Now, wait a minute. There's another which makes it perfectly all right. 88 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,000 It's that shipboard friendships last forever, business. 89 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,000 However, my name is Alan Bruce. Yours? 90 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Judith Webster. 91 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Miss or...? 92 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Miss. 93 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Good. Well, we got through that. 94 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Quite nicely. 95 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,000 You suppose we could get through a dance? There's music in the sun, all. 96 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Well, there's no longer any view of the shorelights. 97 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 However, you did say the sea alone was beautiful. 98 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,000 I was so wrong. There's nothing as monotonous as all that water. 99 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 It is kind of flat. 100 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Yes. Well, let's trade it for champagne, shall we? 101 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Be with you in a minute. 102 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Where are you going? 103 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Just over here. I wanted to do the skipper a little favor. 104 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 What is it? Oh, the lifeboat cover. 105 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 How did that ever get so loose? 106 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,000 I, uh... I don't know. I noticed it a while back. 107 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 There. Well, that should do it. 108 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Strange. It was almost as if... Oh, no. 109 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Well, what were you going to say? 110 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Well, I was going to get melodramatic and suggest that someone might have been hiding there. 111 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 You mean a stowaway? 112 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Yes. Well, of course it's silly. 113 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 I wouldn't say so. 114 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 No joking? 115 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Not at all. It's quite possible someone could have slipped on board and hid in that boat. 116 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,000 That's why I think we shouldn't mention this to anyone. 117 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 What? 118 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 It would only cause an alarm. 119 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 But I don't understand. 120 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Do you really think there might have been someone... someone... 121 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 someone... 122 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:07,000 I shall never forget that moment and the thoughts which went racing through my mind. 123 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:13,000 My nervousness on the train, those horrible headlines about the blackout killer. 124 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 That newsboy had shouted an hour before. 125 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Alan's strange attitude about the lifeboat, the whole unpleasant nature of this voyage, 126 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 and my promise to Mrs. Prescott. 127 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:30,000 I wanted to turn and run, wanted to cry out, but somehow I couldn't. 128 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,000 It was like a dream when you... when you can't move. 129 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,000 And then the darkness was swept away and I was no longer dreaming. 130 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,000 I was... I was in Alan's arms dancing. 131 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:48,000 There were laughing, carefree people all about us and the ship's salon was so bright and friendly. 132 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:53,000 I was ashamed for even thinking there might have been anything wrong. 133 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Had enough? They just brought our champagne. 134 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Well, in that case, yes. I had about given up. 135 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 What a fine way to talk about my dancing. 136 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 You know perfectly well what I mean. 137 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 All right. Let her go, waiter. 138 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Right you are, sir. 139 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000 There we are. All right. Thank you, waiter. That'll be all. 140 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Yes, sir. 141 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Oh, that does look good. 142 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,000 And is. Well, what should we toast to? Shipboard friendship? 143 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Shipboard friendship. 144 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 You know, I... 145 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 What is it? Something wrong? 146 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 No, nothing at all. Just thought I saw something and I... 147 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Will you excuse me a moment? 148 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Well, of course. 149 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 I won't be long. 150 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Everything all right, miss? 151 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Oh, excuse me, miss, but the gentleman, he dropped this billfold. 152 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Oh, thank you, waiter. I didn't notice. Would you just leave it there on the table? 153 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Very good, miss. There you are. 154 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 The billfold fell open as the waiter placed it on the table. 155 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,000 I couldn't take my eyes from it. 156 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,000 There was an identification card in plain sight. 157 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:03,000 The name on the card was not Alan Bruce. 158 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:14,000 It was Charles Drew. 159 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Sorry to have run off that way. I never should have. 160 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Didn't know the fellow at all. 161 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Say, you haven't touched your champagne. You'll let all the kick go out of it. 162 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 I'm afraid all the kick has gone out of it. 163 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Well, we'll soon take care of that. 164 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Oh, my billfold. Where did you find it? 165 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 It was on the floor. The waiter picked it up. 166 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 The waiter? Did he look at it? 167 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,000 No. 168 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Well, we found an honest man, eh? Have to remember him. 169 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Hadn't you better look to see if you found an honest woman? 170 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I'll take a chance. 171 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,000 On my honesty, yes. What about a woman's curiosity? 172 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Oh, I see. Well, now you know. 173 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Well, I must be more careful of my things in future. 174 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,000 But you know, I'm sure you wouldn't tell anyone anything. 175 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 No? 176 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,000 No. I knew from the very first that I could trust you. 177 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Stop your music. Stop your music. Stop. 178 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 What's happened to the music? 179 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 What's up, Stuart? Why is the music down? What's the matter? 180 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Attention! Attention, everybody! Everybody! 181 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 The First Officer has something to say to us. 182 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to break in on your dancing this way, 183 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 but I assure you this won't take long. 184 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:28,000 We've just received a radiogram from London, and I must ask your cooperation. 185 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 That's not important. Maybe it's war with Germany. 186 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 No, no, no. It isn't war. Nothing nearly as alarming as that. 187 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,000 However, the London police suspect that we are carrying a stowaway, 188 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,000 and they've asked us to make a thorough search of the ship and report back to them. 189 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Really? Must be a criminal. 190 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 A criminal? Oh, no. I don't... 191 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Francis, the blackout killer. 192 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 A killer on our ship? 193 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Now, wait, wait a moment, please, ladies and gentlemen. 194 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 It won't help to get excited. 195 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,000 The ship is being searched. He'll never get off. 196 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 All we ask is that you keep your cabins locked. 197 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 I was afraid this might happen. 198 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 How long did you expect to keep it from them? 199 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Naturally, I was hoping they'd never... 200 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Judith! Judith, what's wrong? Where are you going? 201 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Hey, look at him. 202 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 What's the devil? 203 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Hey, what's the matter, handsome? She run out on you? 204 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Please, let me through, will you? 205 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Okay, sure. Go do it, mister. Don't let her get away. 206 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:25,000 You know, maybe she thinks that you're the blackout killer. 207 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Tonight for Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Olivia de Havilland and Reginald Gardner. 208 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000 You have heard them in the first act of Voyage Through Darkness by Joel Malone. 209 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Tonight's tale of Suspense. 210 00:12:54,000 --> 00:13:00,000 It is a fact that connoisseurs of many foreign lands have discovered the excellence of Roma wines. 211 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,000 The greatness of California's wine country from which Roma comes. 212 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,000 But millions of Americans also know these things 213 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:14,000 and have made Roma by far the most popular, the largest selling of all America's wines. 214 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Here at home, Roma wines are truly inexpensive. 215 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:25,000 For only pennies a glass, your meals, your entertaining, can have the added delight of superb Roma wines. 216 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:30,000 You will find them constant in quality of unvarying excellent taste and character. 217 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Fine products of age-old winemaking skill perfected by modern knowledge. 218 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:42,000 To start enjoying this really fine wine yourself, simply place on the table with dinner tomorrow. 219 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:47,000 A well chilled bottle of hearty, ruby red Roma California Burgundy. 220 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Don't worry about what the meal is or what glasses you have handy. 221 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:55,000 You'll be delightfully surprised at how much extra enjoyment you get from your meal. 222 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,000 How Roma wine makes even the simplest meal a feast. 223 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Enjoy Roma wines anytime with meals when entertaining. 224 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:09,000 It's the easy and expensive way to make a big hit with guests and with the family. 225 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Be sure to ask your dealer for our OMA Roma wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 226 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:27,000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage, 227 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Miss Olivia de Havilland and Mr. Reginald Gardner as they continue Voyage Through Darkness. 228 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:39,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 229 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 I'll never know why I let the dining cell on without telling them. 230 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Certainly they could no longer be any doubt. 231 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:59,000 It was all too clear, that loose canvas covering on the lifeboat, 232 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:03,000 the way he'd been standing there, even the name he had given me, Alan Bruce. 233 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 I saw it later on the regular passenger list. 234 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:12,000 He must have killed Bruce and thrown him overboard, taking not only his name but his stateroom and clothes. 235 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,000 It was all so, so fantastic. 236 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Worse than anything else. 237 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 I had almost fallen in love with him. 238 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 He knew that, I'm certain. 239 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,000 It was why he was so confident that I wouldn't tell anyone. 240 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,000 And I didn't. 241 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Not even when I spoke to the first officer about, about my promise to Mrs. Prescott. 242 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,000 I wanted to tell him, but somehow I... 243 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Repta, I'll arrange it for early tomorrow morning. 244 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Most of the passengers will be asleep. 245 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Thank you. 246 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:53,000 I... I... I suppose it's rather unusual, but then Mrs. Prescott was an unusual woman. 247 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Hmm. 248 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000 I haven't conducted a burial at sea since the last war. 249 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 However, I'm not entirely unprepared. 250 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,000 The company officials spoke to me about this before sailing and... 251 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 Well, now, don't you worry, Miss Webster. 252 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,000 The ceremony will be quite in order, I assure you. 253 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Thank you. 254 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:15,000 I'll bid you good day, ma'am. 255 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,000 I wish you hadn't done that. 256 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Ah! 257 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 I'm sorry, I seem to have a habit of startling you. 258 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 What do you want? 259 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 How long have you been standing there? 260 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Long enough to overhear that conversation. 261 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,000 You had no right. 262 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 What are you doing in my cabin? 263 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Please, I know what you're going to say. 264 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 I had no right to be here or to listen. 265 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 However, it's fortunate that I did. 266 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 What do you mean? 267 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,000 I didn't know that it was Mrs. Prescott's desire to be buried at sea. 268 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 No one knew it. 269 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,000 But it was her last wish. 270 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 I promised her it would be carried out. 271 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 And tomorrow morning you're keeping that promise? 272 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Yes. 273 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,000 And now, if you'll excuse me, I don't feel very well. 274 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,000 I'd like to... 275 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Wait, please, Judith. 276 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,000 You've been avoiding me, haven't you? 277 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Yes, I have. 278 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,000 I hope it's only because you've been upset about Mrs. Prescott, I mean. 279 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000 That's one reason. 280 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Oh, I'm sorry. 281 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:13,000 I... I almost thought we were beginning to, well, to become very good friends. 282 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 You know, you're the only person on board whom I can trust. 283 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 You're very sure about that, aren't you? 284 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Of course. 285 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,000 You know who I am and what I'm doing on this ship. 286 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 And yet you've told no one. 287 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,000 I've wanted to. 288 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000 I know. 289 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Women were never meant to keep secrets. 290 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,000 However, I'm going to ask you to keep one more. 291 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,000 I'd rather not. 292 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Sorry. 293 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 I must include you this time. 294 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:40,000 And you see, it requires a change in your plans so they'll fit in with mine. 295 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 I'm afraid I don't understand. 296 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 It's very simple. 297 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Judith, this may upset you, but I must ask that you tell them that you've changed your mind. 298 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,000 That you don't want Mrs. Prescott buried at sea. 299 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,000 What? 300 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 You remember what they said. 301 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Even if they couldn't find the stowaway, he'd never get off the ship. 302 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 Well, he could get off. 303 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Very easily. 304 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:11,000 If you'd allow him to take Mrs. Prescott's place in that casket. 305 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 What? In that casket? 306 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Yes. 307 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Clever, eh? 308 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Clever? 309 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Not every man would think of it. 310 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Simple as it may seem, everyone searching the ship, questioning each passenger, 311 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,000 and all the while the man they were seeking would be safe inside the casket. 312 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 He would only have to wait patiently. 313 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 And then be hoisted from the ship's hold, lowered onto the pier, 314 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 and whisked safely away in a funeral car. 315 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000 When he was discovered by the funeral attendants? 316 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Oh, I'm sure they'd be so shocked at the dead coming to life, he'd have little trouble in... 317 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Stop it! Stop it, you here! 318 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,000 If you haven't any respect for the dead, I'm afraid I have. 319 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Oh, Mrs. Prescott, you mean. 320 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000 I should have told you that part of it. 321 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Her last wish has already been carried out. 322 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:04,000 You see, her body was removed from the casket the night we sailed. 323 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,000 Mrs. Prescott is already buried at sea. 324 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 You've thought of everything, haven't you? 325 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Yes. In my position, one must. 326 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,000 I remained in my cabin all that day, and the next. 327 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,000 I was afraid to see him again. 328 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:41,000 I can't explain the strange fascination he held over me. 329 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:47,000 I remember how surprised the first officer looked when I told him I had changed my mind about burial. 330 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:54,000 It was as if he sensed the truth, as if he knew Mrs. Prescott's body wasn't in the casket, that it was empty. 331 00:19:54,000 --> 00:20:13,000 But of course it was only my imagination and my sense of guilt for this terrible wrong I was doing. 332 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,000 When we sailed into New York Harbor, I went out on deck. 333 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,000 He was standing there near the port rail. I went up to him. 334 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,000 He turned and smiled as if he'd been expecting me. 335 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Oh, there you are. I've missed you. 336 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Haven't been under the weather? 337 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 No, I've been perfectly well. 338 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,000 You had me worried, not showing up at dinner. 339 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 You know, I've come to depend on you. 340 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Yes, I know. 341 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 I've decided not to let you get away from me. 342 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,000 After this is all over, we must, um... 343 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 You haven't much time. 344 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Oh, that's right. This may not be easy. Wish me luck. 345 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Haven't I done more than that already? 346 00:20:51,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Yes, of course. Only, uh, I mean, like this, Judith. 347 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:07,000 As suddenly as he had taken me in his arms, he released me, and I remained there by the rail as he hurried away. 348 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:14,000 I watched as the ship moved on into the harbor under the guidance of the tugboats with their shrill, insistent little whistles. 349 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:20,000 I listened to the shouts of the crew and long shoremen. 350 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Soon we were alongside the pier. 351 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Oh, the shoremen are coming, the shoremen! 352 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:28,000 And the steward was shouting from the head of the gangway, and then... 353 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Then I saw it. 354 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 The casket. 355 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,000 They were lowering it toward the pier. 356 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,000 There was a car waiting, a long black car, and suddenly I realized what I had done. 357 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,000 What a fool I had been. What a cowardly, frightened little fool. 358 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Wait! Stop them! Don't let them take it! Don't let them! 359 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Wait, please! You mustn't touch that casket! There's something wrong! 360 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000 Huh? Hey, what's the matter with you, lady? Get out of the way, will you? 361 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,000 But there's a man in there alive! He's hiding! 362 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:04,000 You're sure? Hide and go seek. He's played in a coffin. Go on, lady, we've got work to do. 363 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Clammore's rear door is tight, Ed. 364 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Please! Please, you must listen to me! If you won't, I'll call the police. 365 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Someone has got to stop him. He'll... Did I hear you call for the police? 366 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Oh, yes, these men won't listen to me, but there's a... 367 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,000 A man... hiding in this casket. 368 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Of course there is. We put him in there, Judith. 369 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,000 What did you say? I said we put him in there. 370 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Or rather, we let him walk right into our trap. 371 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 Wait a minute. 372 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Are you trying to tell me there's someone else inside that casket? 373 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Well, surely you're not trying to say that. 374 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Well, surely you're not trying to say that you thought I was in there. 375 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 But who else? 376 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Who else? Why, the blackout killer, of course. 377 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Then... then he's getting away. You're letting him get away. 378 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,000 No, no, Judith. Those men know who's inside that casket. 379 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 And they know right where to take him. 380 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Take him? 381 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,000 You know, Judith, for someone who helped plan this entire thing, you're acting very strangely. 382 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 I'm acting strangely? 383 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 It's almost as if you didn't know who I am at all. 384 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 I don't. 385 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 What? 386 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,000 I said I don't know you. I still don't. 387 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,000 But the night I dropped my billfold, I thought surely... 388 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,000 All I learned that night was your real name, Charles Drew. 389 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,000 You mean you didn't look at the rest of my papers? 390 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Certainly not. 391 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,000 But that's amazing. Say, you are different. 392 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Yes, and I suppose you're the everyday run-of-the-mill type. 393 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Look, what is this? 394 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Oh, it's all very simple, Judith. I... I thought you'd learned of my affiliation with Scotland Yard when you had my billfold. 395 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,000 You mean you're a detective? 396 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 I've even been called a bloodhound. 397 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Then all this time you've been trailing the killer. 398 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,000 That's right. We had a tip-off he might be on this ship, 399 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,000 and when I discovered the loose lifeboat covering, I was certain of it. 400 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Then Alan Bruce, he... he wasn't murdered at all. 401 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,000 He never existed. Just a name I was using. 402 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Good Lord, Judith, you know detectives never travel under their own names. It just isn't done. 403 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 No, no, everything has to be done the hard way. 404 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,000 I suppose that that's why you just didn't find the killer and arrest him on board. 405 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Oh, no. Hardly. You see, I couldn't find him. 406 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 Searched the ship from top to bottom, and I... 407 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,000 I guess he really would have given me the slip if I hadn't looked in the casket. 408 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 He was hiding there all the time. 409 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,000 No, it was empty. 410 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,000 I don't get it. 411 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Neither did I at first. 412 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Then I began to wonder why he would remove Mrs. Prescott's body from her casket unless it was part of some plan. 413 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,000 And... 414 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,000 And I decided that it was. A weird, yet thoroughly clever plan. 415 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Remember I told you not every man would think of it? 416 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Yes, you did say that. 417 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,000 He had only to wait patiently until the ship docked. 418 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Then at the last minute slip into the casket... 419 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:52,000 And be hoisted out of the hold onto the pier and whisked safely away in the funeral car. 420 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:57,000 And think, if it hadn't been for you, he might have gotten away with it. 421 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Oh, you helped plenty by calling off that burial and leaving the way open for him. 422 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Oh, no, Charles. I nearly wrecked everything. 423 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,000 I... I thought you were the killer. 424 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Oh, ha-ha-ha. Well, no wonder you avoided me. 425 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,000 I was so mixed up. I... I thought I knew so much. 426 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,000 No, no, it's my fault, darling. I overestimated you. 427 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Is it all clear to you now? 428 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Well, I... No, that is, it's clear about how... 429 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Well, the killer and the casket, but I don't know whether... 430 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 What? You mean about the lifeboat and... 431 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:37,000 No, no, about you. I'm not clear whether or... 432 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 You mean whether or not I'm really Scotland Yard? 433 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Well, I am. 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