WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.000 Now, Roma Wines present... 00:10.000 --> 00:12.000 Suspense! 00:16.000 --> 00:20.000 This evening, The Dead of the Night, starring Robert Cummings. 00:24.000 --> 00:27.000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:27.000 --> 00:30.000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 00:30.000 --> 00:35.000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 00:35.000 --> 00:37.000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 00:37.000 --> 00:40.000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:40.000 --> 00:43.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, 00:43.000 --> 00:45.000 as Roma Wines bring you... 00:45.000 --> 00:47.000 Suspense! 00:47.000 --> 00:54.000 This is the man in black here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 00:54.000 --> 00:58.000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you in his first appearance in a radio drama, 00:58.000 --> 01:02.000 since his enlistment as United States Army Air Force Flight Instructor, 01:02.000 --> 01:06.000 one of the screen's favorite young players, Mr. Robert Cummings. 01:06.000 --> 01:11.000 And so with the strange events which befell the young Californian named Jimmy Barton, 01:11.000 --> 01:15.000 in The Dead of the Night, and with the performance of the young actor, 01:15.000 --> 01:20.000 Robert Cummings, we again hope to keep you in... 01:20.000 --> 01:22.000 Suspense! 01:29.000 --> 01:32.000 Helen and I had never been apart since our folks died. 01:32.000 --> 01:35.000 Never before that summer when I got a job up at Lake Arrowhead. 01:35.000 --> 01:38.000 She was supposed to go with me, wait on tables or something. 01:38.000 --> 01:42.000 It was to be our vacation, but at the last minute she decided to stay in L.A. 01:42.000 --> 01:46.000 She figured her boyfriend Steve might be coming home on a furlough. 01:46.000 --> 01:49.000 I should have known better. My sister was such a kid, 01:49.000 --> 01:53.000 but I let her talk me into it, and I left her there alone. 01:53.000 --> 01:56.000 That was the beginning of the whole thing. 01:56.000 --> 01:59.000 That's when she met him, Phil Armstrong. 01:59.000 --> 02:03.000 If I hadn't gone away that summer, I guess Phil would be alive today. 02:07.000 --> 02:10.000 All during the time that I was gone, Helen didn't write much, 02:10.000 --> 02:13.000 and what letters I did get didn't seem natural. 02:13.000 --> 02:16.000 So I was anxious to finish my job and get home. 02:16.000 --> 02:19.000 I expected her to be at the bus station, but she wasn't. 02:19.000 --> 02:23.000 And when I got to the apartment, I could hear someone moving inside. 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 The door was locked, so I knocked. 02:25.000 --> 02:27.000 Helen? 02:27.000 --> 02:28.000 Who is it? 02:28.000 --> 02:29.000 It's me. 02:29.000 --> 02:30.000 Jenny? 02:30.000 --> 02:31.000 Yeah, open the door. 02:31.000 --> 02:33.000 Oh, Jenny. Yes, it is. 02:35.000 --> 02:39.000 Hi, honey. Since when have you taken the locking the door and the data? 02:39.000 --> 02:42.000 What did you do to yourself? Your face. 02:42.000 --> 02:43.000 Were you in an accident? 02:43.000 --> 02:46.000 I fell, Jimmy. I fell and I hurt myself. 02:46.000 --> 02:49.000 Well, your eyes swollen shut. Let me look at it. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 Jimmy, I have something to tell you. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 What are these suitcases doing here? 02:53.000 --> 02:56.000 You and I are going away, Jimmy. We've got to get out of here. 02:56.000 --> 02:57.000 I packed everything. 02:57.000 --> 03:00.000 We're going no place till you tell me what this is all about. 03:00.000 --> 03:04.000 Well, Jimmy, while you were gone, I got married. 03:04.000 --> 03:08.000 Married? You mean Steve was here on his furlough? 03:08.000 --> 03:10.000 No, Jimmy, not to Steve. 03:10.000 --> 03:12.000 But you were engaged to him. 03:12.000 --> 03:16.000 Yes, I know. I got a letter from him right after you left. 03:16.000 --> 03:18.000 He married someone he met where he was stationed. 03:18.000 --> 03:20.000 Oh, Helen. Gee, I... 03:20.000 --> 03:24.000 I was pretty upset, Jimmy, and that's when I met Phil Armstrong. 03:24.000 --> 03:27.000 Oh, but gee, I think you might have... I don't even know the guy. 03:27.000 --> 03:31.000 No, neither did I. I was unhappy. 03:31.000 --> 03:33.000 Well, you just don't go off and marry someone you don't know. 03:33.000 --> 03:36.000 That's what I did, Jimmy. Now we've got to get out of here. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 Huh? But why? 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 Because there's been trouble. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 What kind of trouble? 03:40.000 --> 03:43.000 I'm afraid, Jimmy. It's terrible. 03:43.000 --> 03:45.000 He takes something. I don't know what. 03:45.000 --> 03:49.000 But sometimes he's... he's crazy. 03:50.000 --> 03:51.000 Helen. 03:51.000 --> 03:52.000 Yes? 03:52.000 --> 03:56.000 Your face. You didn't fall. 03:56.000 --> 03:57.000 No. 03:57.000 --> 04:00.000 He did that. I'll... I'll kill him. 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 He'll kill you. That's what I mean. 04:03.000 --> 04:04.000 That's what we've got to get away. 04:04.000 --> 04:05.000 Well, you can get a divorce, can't you? 04:05.000 --> 04:07.000 He threatened me if I even tried to get one. 04:07.000 --> 04:08.000 We'll put him under a peace bond. We'll... 04:08.000 --> 04:12.000 What good would a peace bond be, Jimmy, if he killed one of us? 04:15.000 --> 04:18.000 So I let her talk me into running away. 04:18.000 --> 04:22.000 I guess I shouldn't have, but I knew that if I saw him after what he'd done to her... 04:22.000 --> 04:27.000 Well, anyhow, I saved my salary and I had some gas coupons. 04:27.000 --> 04:30.000 We didn't know where we were going, but we started out. 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 I don't know what he'll do when he finds I've gone. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 Helen, don't you think we ought to go to the police? 04:35.000 --> 04:39.000 Oh, I'm afraid, Jimmy. I know him. I know what he'd do if he found out we'd reported him. 04:39.000 --> 04:42.000 But they'd protect us, Helen. They'd protect us. 04:42.000 --> 04:45.000 What if he got to us before they got to him? 04:47.000 --> 04:51.000 And she looked so frightened, I thought it best to let her do it her way. 04:51.000 --> 04:55.000 We got to Santa Monica that night and we stopped at a motel near the water. 04:55.000 --> 04:58.000 Well, a week slipped by and Helen seemed to be forgetting. 04:58.000 --> 05:01.000 She didn't jump every time someone knocked at the door. 05:01.000 --> 05:03.000 And she began to get a nice tan. 05:03.000 --> 05:06.000 I managed to get a job. It was at McGuffey's Potluck Gallery... 05:06.000 --> 05:09.000 and one of the shooting concessions on the pier. 05:10.000 --> 05:15.000 Then one night late as I came home from work, I heard voices coming from our apartment. 05:15.000 --> 05:18.000 I knew who it was and I knew that from what Helen had told me... 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 it would be foolish for me to go in unarmed. 05:20.000 --> 05:23.000 So I ran back to the shooting concession. 05:26.000 --> 05:30.000 It didn't take long, but when I got back, the lights were out... 05:30.000 --> 05:34.000 and the sound of voices was gone. I tried the door. 05:38.000 --> 05:40.000 It was very dark. 05:40.000 --> 05:44.000 And then my foot struck something soft and heavy on the floor. 05:44.000 --> 05:48.000 I snapped on the switch and the room was flooded with light... 05:48.000 --> 05:51.000 and I looked down into a dead man's face. 05:51.000 --> 05:54.000 The Night of Suspense 05:59.000 --> 06:04.000 Tonight for Suspense, Roma wines are bringing you a star, Mr. Robert Cummings... 06:04.000 --> 06:08.000 whom you have heard in the prologue to The Dead of the Night by Mel Dinelli. 06:08.000 --> 06:11.000 Tonight's tale of suspense. 06:11.000 --> 06:14.000 The Night of Suspense 06:20.000 --> 06:24.000 Yes, it is true that our own wonderful vineyard country in California... 06:24.000 --> 06:28.000 produces in Roma wines that discriminating people in many foreign lands... 06:28.000 --> 06:31.000 esteem as an imported delicacy. 06:31.000 --> 06:37.000 Yet you here at home can enjoy these distinguished Roma wines for mere pennies a glass full. 06:37.000 --> 06:40.000 Daily with your meals or when entertaining or anytime... 06:40.000 --> 06:44.000 you can delight yourself and your guests with a wonderful taste... 06:44.000 --> 06:49.000 that comes from age-old wine making traditions perfected by modern knowledge. 06:49.000 --> 06:54.000 For a treat you are certain to enjoy, place on the table with dinner tomorrow night... 06:54.000 --> 06:58.000 a cool bottle of hearty rich red Roma California Burgundy. 06:58.000 --> 07:03.000 It doesn't matter what the meal is or what kind of glasses you use to serve Roma. 07:03.000 --> 07:06.000 It's good in any glass with any meal. 07:06.000 --> 07:11.000 Your family, your guests will find new pleasure in even the simplest foods. 07:11.000 --> 07:16.000 For Roma wine makes any meal a feast at only pennies a glass. 07:16.000 --> 07:18.000 Try it yourself tomorrow. 07:18.000 --> 07:23.000 Ask your dealer for R-O-M-A Roma wine. 07:23.000 --> 07:28.000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 07:30.000 --> 07:34.000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage Robert Cummings... 07:34.000 --> 07:39.000 who as young Jimmy Barton resumes his narrative concerning the death of a brother-in-law... 07:39.000 --> 07:44.000 in The Dead of the Night, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 07:54.000 --> 07:59.000 It's funny how in the biggest, the most important, the most terrifying moments of your whole life... 07:59.000 --> 08:02.000 you remember little tiny insignificant things. 08:02.000 --> 08:04.000 I remember that I set my alarm. 08:04.000 --> 08:06.000 It was to go off at five o'clock. 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 I'd set it to wake me up that afternoon. 08:08.000 --> 08:13.000 And a bird started to chatter outside as I stood there shivering with cold and terror... 08:13.000 --> 08:17.000 looking down at that dead man's face. 08:18.000 --> 08:23.000 Although I'd never seen him alive, I knew this was Phil, her husband. 08:23.000 --> 08:28.000 There was a deep gash over his eye and the blood still flowed from it onto the floor. 08:28.000 --> 08:31.000 I stepped over him and I ran into the bedroom. 08:31.000 --> 08:34.000 Helen! Helen! 08:34.000 --> 08:38.000 But there was no one in the bedroom, nor in the kitchen. 08:38.000 --> 08:41.000 And then I heard the front door open. 08:42.000 --> 08:44.000 Jimmy! 08:44.000 --> 08:45.000 Close that door, Helen. 08:45.000 --> 08:46.000 Oh, Jimmy! 08:46.000 --> 08:48.000 Close it, do you hear me? 08:48.000 --> 08:51.000 Be quiet! Turn the lights out. 08:52.000 --> 08:53.000 Be quiet, I tell you. 08:53.000 --> 08:55.000 Oh, Jimmy, what have I let you in for? 08:55.000 --> 08:58.000 Stay where you are. Don't move, Helen. 08:58.000 --> 08:59.000 Who is it? 08:59.000 --> 09:01.000 I don't know. Keep quiet. 09:02.000 --> 09:03.000 Jimmy! 09:03.000 --> 09:06.000 Oh, Jimmy! It's Mrs. Gordon. 09:06.000 --> 09:09.000 Is she... She's going to unlock the door. 09:09.000 --> 09:13.000 Oh, just a minute, Mrs. Gordon. I'll get something on. 09:13.000 --> 09:17.000 Jimmy, what's going on in there? All the plants have been complaining. 09:17.000 --> 09:21.000 Just some friends of mine, Mrs. Gordon. They were having a party. They're gone now. 09:21.000 --> 09:25.000 Jimmy, Bart, you should be ashamed of yourself. Now open this door. I want to talk to you. 09:25.000 --> 09:28.000 Well, I'm not dressed. I was taking a shower. 09:28.000 --> 09:30.000 Well, slip something on. 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 Well, I'm tired. I just was going to bed. 09:32.000 --> 09:36.000 Jimmy, I told you I wanted to talk to you. Now will you open this door? 09:36.000 --> 09:37.000 She has a passkey, Jimmy. 09:37.000 --> 09:41.000 All right. All right, Mrs. Gordon. Just let me get some clothes on. 09:41.000 --> 09:43.000 I'll give you two minutes. 09:44.000 --> 09:49.000 I didn't know what to do. I knew she was determined to come in. Mrs. Gordon was a nosy old woman. 09:49.000 --> 09:52.000 She meant well. She'd taken it upon herself to mother Helen and me. 09:52.000 --> 09:56.000 She was always coming into the apartment with her pots of jam and her bowls of soup. 09:56.000 --> 09:59.000 I knew no matter what I said, nothing would stop her. 09:59.000 --> 10:00.000 What do we do, Jimmy? 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 He's all about a minute left. 10:02.000 --> 10:04.000 Helen, take him by the feet. 10:04.000 --> 10:05.000 No. 10:05.000 --> 10:06.000 Helen, take him by the feet. 10:06.000 --> 10:09.000 It's no use. It's no use. 10:09.000 --> 10:14.000 We started half dragging, half carrying him towards the bedroom. 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 The rug's slipping along the floor as we moved. 10:16.000 --> 10:19.000 We'd just gotten into the bedroom and then... 10:19.000 --> 10:24.000 Time's up, Jimmy. And as long as your good mother isn't here to look after you, I'm going to myself. 10:24.000 --> 10:26.000 We can't leave him here. She might come into the bedroom. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 Quick. The bathroom. 10:28.000 --> 10:30.000 Jimmy, where are you? 10:30.000 --> 10:31.000 What if she comes in here? 10:31.000 --> 10:32.000 Pull back those shower curtains. 10:32.000 --> 10:33.000 Jimmy, we can't. 10:33.000 --> 10:35.000 Don't argue. Pull them back. 10:37.000 --> 10:41.000 Jimmy, I can't get his legs in. 10:41.000 --> 10:45.000 Here, I'll double them up. There. Pull the curtains together, quick. 10:45.000 --> 10:51.000 Jimmy, what's been going on here? Why, look at my rugs. Has there been a fire? 10:51.000 --> 10:52.000 Just a minute, Mrs. Gordon. 10:52.000 --> 10:56.000 Jimmy, what's on this floor? And on this gas heater? Is this floor? 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 Jimmy, Jimmy. 10:58.000 --> 11:00.000 Get me a razor out of the medicine chest. 11:02.000 --> 11:03.000 What are you going to do? 11:03.000 --> 11:04.000 Never mind. 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 You stay here. 11:07.000 --> 11:09.000 I'm coming, Mrs. Gordon. 11:11.000 --> 11:14.000 Great. Just as I suspected. 11:14.000 --> 11:18.000 You've been fighting and you've hurt yourself. Now let me see your hand. 11:18.000 --> 11:20.000 Oh, it isn't bad, Mrs. Gordon. 11:20.000 --> 11:23.000 Oh, no wonder you didn't want me to come in. Where's Helen? 11:23.000 --> 11:26.000 She's out. She hasn't been here all evening. 11:26.000 --> 11:27.000 Well, let's look at that hand. 11:27.000 --> 11:29.000 It isn't bad, Mrs. Gordon, really. 11:29.000 --> 11:31.000 You let me see that hand. 11:33.000 --> 11:36.000 Jimmy, this is the bad gas. Have you disinfected it? 11:36.000 --> 11:37.000 Yes, yes I have. 11:37.000 --> 11:38.000 Well, let me bandage it for you. 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 But this towel's all right. 11:39.000 --> 11:43.000 It's not all right. Where are your bandages and things? In the bathroom? 11:43.000 --> 11:46.000 No, no. I mean, I don't have any. 11:46.000 --> 11:49.000 Now you're just saying that, Jimmy Barton, because you don't want to be bandaged. 11:49.000 --> 11:52.000 You're not fooling me. I'm going right into the bathroom and getting... 11:52.000 --> 11:56.000 No, not the bath... I mean, I don't have any. 11:56.000 --> 11:57.000 Well, I'll just see for myself. 11:57.000 --> 11:59.000 No, no, Mrs. Gordon. 12:01.000 --> 12:04.000 Jimmy, why, you've dripped blood all over this floor. 12:04.000 --> 12:07.000 Here, let's look in this medicine closet. 12:09.000 --> 12:12.000 There, I knew it. Here's some tape and some gauze, too. 12:12.000 --> 12:15.000 Mrs. Gordon, can't we just do this in the living room? 12:15.000 --> 12:18.000 No, we'll do it right here. 12:18.000 --> 12:22.000 Now, here's some alcohol. Come on, put your hand over here. 12:24.000 --> 12:29.000 We stood there and she bandaged me and I kept wondering where Helen had gone. 12:29.000 --> 12:33.000 And then I saw the shower curtain move slightly and I knew. 12:33.000 --> 12:36.000 For a moment I thought Mrs. Gordon had seen it, too. 12:36.000 --> 12:40.000 Jimmy, just look at that shower curtain. 12:40.000 --> 12:41.000 Yes. 12:41.000 --> 12:44.000 Goodness, you smid, that was blood, too. 12:44.000 --> 12:47.000 Well, I'd better clean things up for you before Helen gets home. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.000 Why, you'll scare the life out of me. 12:49.000 --> 12:51.000 I'll clean it up, Mrs. Gordon. You've done enough. 12:51.000 --> 12:53.000 Thanks very much for taking care of this hand. 12:53.000 --> 12:56.000 Well, all right, if you don't want me to. 12:56.000 --> 12:58.000 Now, you'd better get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning. 12:58.000 --> 13:00.000 Good night, Jimmy. 13:00.000 --> 13:02.000 Good night, Mrs. Gordon. 13:04.000 --> 13:05.000 Oh, Jimmy. 13:05.000 --> 13:06.000 Helen. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.000 I had to hide someplace. It was terrible. 13:09.000 --> 13:12.000 I know, it was the only thing you could do. 13:12.000 --> 13:13.000 Jimmy! 13:13.000 --> 13:14.000 Yes? 13:14.000 --> 13:17.000 Jimmy, I forgot to tell you that I'm having some painting done tomorrow. 13:17.000 --> 13:19.000 So you'll have to be out of here early. 13:19.000 --> 13:23.000 So I'm not getting painters these days without making them wait for the tenants to get up, you know. 13:23.000 --> 13:27.000 All right, Mrs. Gordon, I'll be out first thing in the morning. 13:27.000 --> 13:28.000 Good night. 13:28.000 --> 13:29.000 Good night. 13:31.000 --> 13:32.000 Now we'll have to get him out of here. 13:32.000 --> 13:33.000 Yeah. 13:33.000 --> 13:35.000 Where will we take him? 13:35.000 --> 13:38.000 I don't know. I've got to think. 13:38.000 --> 13:40.000 Here, Helen, you try and get some rest. 13:40.000 --> 13:41.000 Jimmy, let me go to the police. 13:41.000 --> 13:45.000 Let me tell them that I did it. 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 Let me tell them what he was. 13:47.000 --> 13:49.000 They won't do anything to me. 13:49.000 --> 13:51.000 No, no. You try and rest. 13:51.000 --> 13:52.000 What time is it? 13:52.000 --> 13:54.000 About six. 13:54.000 --> 13:57.000 Six. We've got two hours before the painters get here. 13:57.000 --> 13:59.000 What are we going to do, Jimmy? 13:59.000 --> 14:00.000 Let's see. 14:00.000 --> 14:01.000 This is the car. 14:01.000 --> 14:04.000 No one will see us if we take him through the service porch into the garage. 14:04.000 --> 14:05.000 And what? 14:05.000 --> 14:08.000 I don't know, but that'll get him out of here anyway. 14:08.000 --> 14:09.000 I think I can do it alone, Helen. 14:09.000 --> 14:12.000 Listen, Jimmy, we're in this mess because of me. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 I'm going to help you. 14:14.000 --> 14:16.000 I'll be ready in a minute. 14:19.000 --> 14:23.000 When I went into the bathroom, the shower curtains were standing open. 14:23.000 --> 14:27.000 His legs had slipped from their cramped position and they'd pushed themselves into the room. 14:27.000 --> 14:31.000 He sat there with his head twisted down and his chin digging into his chest. 14:31.000 --> 14:34.000 I took a washcloth and I... 14:34.000 --> 14:36.000 It was awful. 14:36.000 --> 14:39.000 I wiped the blood off his face just in case anyone saw us. 14:39.000 --> 14:41.000 They might think he was just sick. 14:41.000 --> 14:43.000 I tried to lift him, but I slipped. 14:43.000 --> 14:47.000 And his head made a holler sound as it thumped down on the shower floor. 14:50.000 --> 14:53.000 Helen, help me get him into the luggage compartment of the car. 14:53.000 --> 14:54.000 Where are we going, Jimmy? 14:54.000 --> 14:57.000 Helen, won't you please stay in the apartment? Please? 14:57.000 --> 14:59.000 No, no, I couldn't. I'm going with you. 14:59.000 --> 15:00.000 Helen, haven't you done enough? 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 I'm going with you. 15:02.000 --> 15:06.000 Too late now to wish that I hadn't... 15:09.000 --> 15:11.000 Where are we going? 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 To the pier, the Santa Monica Pier. 15:13.000 --> 15:16.000 Beyond the concessions, you can drive a car on the end there. 15:27.000 --> 15:29.000 Lucky it's so foggy. 15:29.000 --> 15:31.000 Yeah, what time is it? 15:31.000 --> 15:33.000 Five of seven. 15:33.000 --> 15:35.000 We'll have to act fast, because the fog will be clearing soon. 15:35.000 --> 15:38.000 It'll be harder to get him out of this car. 15:39.000 --> 15:42.000 Now, you stay here. I can manage this alone this time. 15:42.000 --> 15:43.000 I'll help you, Jimmy. 15:43.000 --> 15:45.000 You stay here, do you hear me? 15:45.000 --> 15:46.000 All right, call me if you need me. 15:46.000 --> 15:49.000 I'll go around the back. Keep your eyes open. 15:49.000 --> 15:50.000 Yeah. 15:50.000 --> 15:51.000 Jimmy. 15:51.000 --> 15:52.000 What? 15:52.000 --> 15:53.000 Someone's coming. 15:53.000 --> 15:54.000 Who is it? 15:54.000 --> 15:55.000 I can't see. 15:55.000 --> 15:56.000 Jimmy, it's a policeman. 15:56.000 --> 15:57.000 What? 15:57.000 --> 15:59.000 It's a policeman. Jimmy. 15:59.000 --> 16:02.000 Oh, it's all right. I know him. It's Red Davis. 16:02.000 --> 16:04.000 He's the beach patrolman. 16:06.000 --> 16:08.000 Hello, Red. 16:09.000 --> 16:11.000 Well, hello, Jimmy. 16:11.000 --> 16:13.000 Say, when do you get your sleep? 16:13.000 --> 16:15.000 Didn't you close up after that swing-ship dance last night? 16:15.000 --> 16:19.000 Yeah, Red, but I couldn't seem to remember if I'd locked up the old shooting gallery, 16:19.000 --> 16:21.000 so I came over this morning to have a look around. 16:21.000 --> 16:23.000 I see. 16:23.000 --> 16:25.000 Oh, I'm sorry. This is my sister. 16:25.000 --> 16:28.000 Red, this is Helen. This is Red Davis. 16:28.000 --> 16:29.000 Hello. 16:29.000 --> 16:31.000 So you're an early riser, too, huh? 16:31.000 --> 16:32.000 Yes. 16:32.000 --> 16:34.000 Well, the fog's clearing up. 16:34.000 --> 16:36.000 It looks like we're going to get some sun today for a change. 16:36.000 --> 16:37.000 Yeah. 16:37.000 --> 16:40.000 Well, I guess I'll be getting back. 16:40.000 --> 16:42.000 I think I'll try and catch a few more hours' sleep. 16:42.000 --> 16:44.000 Well, so long. 16:44.000 --> 16:46.000 Yeah, so long. 16:46.000 --> 16:48.000 Oh, say, say, Jimmy. 16:48.000 --> 16:49.000 Yeah? 16:49.000 --> 16:52.000 Say, Jimmy, I have to take my wife over to the nursery today 16:52.000 --> 16:54.000 to pick up some plants and stuff, you know, 16:54.000 --> 16:56.000 and I don't have a trunk on my car. 16:56.000 --> 16:57.000 I wonder if you'll let me have yours. 16:57.000 --> 17:00.000 You'll have to drive me over to Malibu this afternoon, Jimmy. 17:00.000 --> 17:01.000 Yeah, yeah, I'd forgotten. 17:01.000 --> 17:03.000 Well, you can drive over in my car. How's that? 17:03.000 --> 17:04.000 Well, you see... 17:04.000 --> 17:07.000 That brother of yours thinks I wrecked that beautiful car. 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 Oh, isn't that, Red? 17:09.000 --> 17:10.000 Okay, then I'll be over about noon. 17:10.000 --> 17:12.000 I'll leave my car for you till I get back, huh? 17:12.000 --> 17:14.000 Well, I won't be home at noon, Red. 17:14.000 --> 17:17.000 All right, I'll meet you at the entrance to the pier. How's that? 17:17.000 --> 17:19.000 All right, Red. 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 Well, so long. 17:21.000 --> 17:23.000 Yeah, so long. 17:24.000 --> 17:26.000 Why'd you say goodbye to Jimmy? 17:26.000 --> 17:28.000 Well, if I didn't, he'll go over to the apartment looking for us. 17:28.000 --> 17:30.000 And you don't want any policemen over there, do you? 17:30.000 --> 17:33.000 Oh, oh, no, no, of course not. 17:33.000 --> 17:35.000 We've got to get out of here fast. 17:38.000 --> 17:41.000 As we drove along the ocean, the fog cleared up rapidly. 17:41.000 --> 17:45.000 It was almost 8 o'clock and some kids were already out on the beach playing around. 17:45.000 --> 17:48.000 Then I saw a group of early picknickers. 17:48.000 --> 17:51.000 They were unloading their blankets, umbrellas and things. 17:51.000 --> 17:55.000 I guess it was from them I got the idea, from seeing them. 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 Jimmy, your gas is pretty near on empty. 17:57.000 --> 17:58.000 Yeah. 17:58.000 --> 17:59.000 You got any more coupons? 17:59.000 --> 18:02.000 No, they're all used up. We're going to have to do something soon. 18:02.000 --> 18:03.000 I know, Jimmy. 18:03.000 --> 18:06.000 We can't go back to the motel with the painters there. 18:06.000 --> 18:10.000 And we can't leave him in the car, red-slab, luscious and pin us down to using it. 18:10.000 --> 18:11.000 There's only one place left. 18:11.000 --> 18:12.000 Where, Jimmy? 18:12.000 --> 18:15.000 Helen, listen. I'm going to let you out of this car. 18:15.000 --> 18:17.000 You can't help me with what I've got to do now. 18:17.000 --> 18:18.000 No, Jimmy, I'm staying with you. 18:18.000 --> 18:19.000 Don't argue, Helen. 18:19.000 --> 18:20.000 I'm not leaving you, Jimmy. 18:20.000 --> 18:21.000 Get out of this car, do you hear me? 18:21.000 --> 18:22.000 No. 18:22.000 --> 18:23.000 I haven't time to argue with you. 18:23.000 --> 18:24.000 Jimmy, please. 18:24.000 --> 18:25.000 Now get out. 18:25.000 --> 18:26.000 I won't do it, Jimmy. 18:26.000 --> 18:27.000 Yes, you will if I have to push you out. 18:27.000 --> 18:29.000 Jimmy, you're hurting me. 18:29.000 --> 18:30.000 There. 18:30.000 --> 18:32.000 Now go back to the motel. 18:32.000 --> 18:33.000 Get off that running board, Helen. 18:33.000 --> 18:34.000 I can't leave you alone, Jimmy. 18:34.000 --> 18:35.000 I want to help you. 18:35.000 --> 18:38.000 I'm not blaming you for killing him, Helen, but now you've got to help me do as I say. 18:38.000 --> 18:39.000 What, Jimmy, what? 18:39.000 --> 18:40.000 I don't blame you for what you did. 18:40.000 --> 18:41.000 He deserved it. 18:41.000 --> 18:42.000 But now you've got to help me handle things. 18:42.000 --> 18:43.000 Jimmy, you've got to let me... 18:43.000 --> 18:44.000 Goodbye, Helen. 18:44.000 --> 18:45.000 Jimmy! 18:45.000 --> 18:50.000 Oh, Jimmy, don't leave me, Jimmy! 18:50.000 --> 18:51.000 I watched her out of the mirror. 18:51.000 --> 18:53.000 She kept calling me. 18:53.000 --> 18:55.000 I drove on as fast as I could. 18:55.000 --> 18:59.000 I knew what I had to do when I was one chance in a million, but I had to take it, and I 18:59.000 --> 19:01.000 didn't want her to be part of it. 19:01.000 --> 19:08.000 If I could keep him on the beach that whole day, then maybe I'd be able to get ready from 19:08.000 --> 19:09.000 when night fell. 19:09.000 --> 19:13.000 I wanted to drive further along, but I was afraid I'd run out of gas. 19:13.000 --> 19:18.000 So I settled for a deserted strip of beach not far from the motel. 19:18.000 --> 19:25.000 I had my swimming shorts and a blanket and a towel in the car, and I got out. 19:25.000 --> 19:30.880 I looked around carefully, and then I opened the luggage compartment. 19:30.880 --> 19:38.640 It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, but I started taking his clothes off. 19:38.640 --> 19:40.240 I managed to get my shorts onto him. 19:40.240 --> 19:45.000 Lucky we were pretty near the same size, and then I closed the door. 19:45.000 --> 19:49.000 I went out onto the beach and I spread my blanket out on the sand. 19:49.000 --> 19:52.000 Then I went back for him. 19:52.000 --> 19:57.000 When there were no cars in sight, I carried him over to where I'd spread my blanket, and 19:57.000 --> 20:03.000 I placed him onto it face down with his hands folded over his head as though he were just 20:03.000 --> 20:05.000 sunbaked. 20:05.000 --> 20:11.000 Then I spread my towel out a short distance from him and I laid down on it. 20:11.000 --> 20:16.000 I tried to look relaxed. 20:16.000 --> 20:20.000 People didn't start to arrive until about an hour later. 20:20.000 --> 20:23.000 Gradually little groups of sunbathers started to form. 20:23.000 --> 20:27.000 He and I, we looked no different from the others. 20:27.000 --> 20:29.000 No one paid any attention to us. 20:29.000 --> 20:34.000 I was beginning to feel that everything was going to be easy once it was dark again, but... 20:34.000 --> 20:37.000 Jimmy, I've been looking all over for you. 20:37.000 --> 20:38.000 What? 20:38.000 --> 20:40.000 Oh, hello Mrs. Gordon. 20:40.000 --> 20:42.000 Where's Helen? 20:42.000 --> 20:44.000 Isn't she in the apartment? 20:44.000 --> 20:45.000 No. 20:45.000 --> 20:46.000 What time did you go out this morning? 20:46.000 --> 20:48.000 I couldn't sleep. 20:48.000 --> 20:50.000 Didn't Helen come in at all last night? 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 Yes, she did, but she left early too. 20:52.000 --> 20:54.000 Said she was going into Los Angeles. 20:54.000 --> 20:58.000 Oh, I was so worried about her. 20:58.000 --> 21:01.000 Well, the pain just came, Jimmy, and everything's a mess. 21:01.000 --> 21:05.000 I think I'll sit down here with you a while. 21:05.000 --> 21:07.000 You're not with anyone, are you? 21:07.000 --> 21:09.000 No, no I'm not. 21:09.000 --> 21:11.000 Goodness, I wish I'd brought along some oil. 21:11.000 --> 21:14.000 Looks like it's going to be a hot day. 21:14.000 --> 21:17.000 You know, these days, the start of foggy are very deceiving. 21:17.000 --> 21:20.000 Yeah, yeah, they are. 21:20.000 --> 21:22.000 This is a real treat for me, Jimmy. 21:22.000 --> 21:24.000 I never get out on the beach. 21:24.000 --> 21:26.000 I think I'll have a nice day of rest for change. 21:26.000 --> 21:28.000 Later we can get some sandwiches. 21:28.000 --> 21:29.000 The treats aren't me. 21:29.000 --> 21:32.000 Well, Mrs. Gordon, I hadn't planned on spending the day at the beach. 21:32.000 --> 21:34.000 Oh, it'll be good for you, Jimmy. 21:34.000 --> 21:38.000 Not healthy for a boy your age to be working all night and sleeping all day. 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 But Mrs. Gordon, you see, I... 21:40.000 --> 21:45.000 Jimmy, do you know that man over there? 21:45.000 --> 21:46.000 Which one? 21:46.000 --> 21:48.000 Why, that one right there. 21:48.000 --> 21:51.000 What? No, I don't know him. 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 Well, he's lying so still. 21:53.000 --> 21:56.000 His back's going to get an awful burn. 21:56.000 --> 21:57.000 Yeah. 21:57.000 --> 21:59.000 Well, do you suppose he's asleep? 21:59.000 --> 22:01.000 It isn't good to sleep in the sun, you know. 22:01.000 --> 22:05.000 Mrs. Gordon, do you think that the painters will be finished by this afternoon? 22:05.000 --> 22:08.000 Oh, well, I hope so. 22:08.000 --> 22:12.000 My, a person can get an awful burn on a day like this. 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 You know, someone ought to speak to him. 22:14.000 --> 22:17.000 Mrs. Gordon, wouldn't you like to go for a walk? 22:17.000 --> 22:18.000 Oh, I'm not one for walking. 22:18.000 --> 22:20.000 You go ahead if you like. 22:20.000 --> 22:21.000 Well, I... 22:21.000 --> 22:22.000 Come on, Dick, pitch it over here. 22:22.000 --> 22:23.000 Oh, those kids. 22:23.000 --> 22:24.000 You children, stop that. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 You're getting sand all over me. 22:26.000 --> 22:27.000 Oh, sorry, Lee. 22:27.000 --> 22:28.000 No need to play here. 22:28.000 --> 22:30.000 There's a playground over by the pier. 22:30.000 --> 22:31.000 Now you just get away from here. 22:31.000 --> 22:32.000 Don't pay no attention to her. 22:32.000 --> 22:34.000 She don't own the beach. 22:34.000 --> 22:35.000 Pitch it over here. 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 I'm coming at you. 22:37.000 --> 22:40.000 Uh-oh, they hit that guy on the knee. 22:40.000 --> 22:41.000 Bad. 22:41.000 --> 22:42.000 Now see what they've done. 22:42.000 --> 22:44.000 They've hit that poor man. 22:44.000 --> 22:45.000 Now they'll get what's coming to them. 22:45.000 --> 22:48.000 Mrs. Gordon, sure you don't want to get some sandwiches or something. 22:48.000 --> 22:49.000 I'll just stay here and... 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 Not until I see those two hoodlums get what they deserve. 22:51.000 --> 22:52.000 Shh. 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 My, gee, I'm sorry, mister. 22:54.000 --> 22:56.000 Could we have our ball? 22:56.000 --> 22:57.000 Now, look at that. 22:57.000 --> 22:59.000 Ball right in the crook of his arm. 22:59.000 --> 23:00.000 He's pretending he's asleep. 23:00.000 --> 23:03.000 He's not going to hand it to them, but just wait till they reach for it. 23:03.000 --> 23:06.000 He'll give them something besides their ball all night. 23:06.000 --> 23:07.000 What are you waiting for, Dicky? 23:07.000 --> 23:08.000 It's our ball. 23:08.000 --> 23:09.000 Just take it. 23:09.000 --> 23:11.000 Oh, hey, mister, could we have... 23:11.000 --> 23:12.000 Go on, take it. 23:12.000 --> 23:13.000 Here, I'll get it. 23:13.000 --> 23:14.000 Thanks, mister. 23:14.000 --> 23:15.000 I got... 23:16.000 --> 23:17.000 What's the matter? 23:18.000 --> 23:19.000 Gee, he's cold. 23:19.000 --> 23:20.000 What did you say? 23:21.000 --> 23:22.000 He's cold, lady. 23:22.000 --> 23:23.000 His arm's like ice. 23:23.000 --> 23:25.000 I just touched it. 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 You probably hurt him. 23:26.000 --> 23:29.000 A little ball like this couldn't hurt anybody. 23:29.000 --> 23:30.000 Well, nevertheless, it did. 23:30.000 --> 23:31.000 Here. 23:31.000 --> 23:34.000 Now, let's have a look. 23:36.000 --> 23:38.000 And then she started moving toward him. 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 I knew it was useless to try and stop her. 23:40.000 --> 23:43.000 And then she reached over and put her hand on his back. 23:43.000 --> 23:44.000 And suddenly she was screaming. 23:44.000 --> 23:48.000 Oh, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, this man is dead. 23:48.000 --> 23:49.000 He's dead, soldier. 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 Before long, there was a crowd of people around us. 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 And someone called the police. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 I wanted to run, but I knew that would be the wrong thing to do, 24:00.000 --> 24:03.000 so I just stayed there, numb-like, watching things. 24:03.000 --> 24:06.000 When the police came, they started questioning everybody. 24:06.000 --> 24:08.000 Mrs. Gordon was first. 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 Why, why, he'd been there all morning. 24:10.000 --> 24:12.000 I came early and he was here already. 24:12.000 --> 24:13.000 Just like that. 24:13.000 --> 24:14.000 You know, with his face down. 24:14.000 --> 24:15.000 Just like he was coming. 24:15.000 --> 24:17.000 Was there anyone else around when you arrived? 24:17.000 --> 24:18.000 Around? 24:18.000 --> 24:19.000 Yes, Jimmy was here. 24:19.000 --> 24:21.000 He was here all alone with him. 24:21.000 --> 24:22.000 Weren't you Jimmy? 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 Yes, yes, I was. 24:24.000 --> 24:25.000 Yes, you see, you were. 24:25.000 --> 24:28.000 Doesn't anyone know this man? 24:28.000 --> 24:30.000 Do you know him, Jimmy? 24:30.000 --> 24:33.000 I told you kids to keep away from here now, did you hear me? 24:33.000 --> 24:34.000 We discovered him, didn't we? 24:34.000 --> 24:36.000 But it hadn't been for us. 24:36.000 --> 24:39.000 Yeah, and you don't even know a clue when you see one. 24:39.000 --> 24:40.000 Look at his fingernails. 24:40.000 --> 24:41.000 What's that? 24:41.000 --> 24:43.000 Oh, the child's right, officer. 24:43.000 --> 24:44.000 Now just look for yourself. 24:44.000 --> 24:45.000 Let me see that. 24:45.000 --> 24:46.000 Yes. 24:46.000 --> 24:50.000 It looks like powder, something flaky. 24:50.000 --> 24:54.000 Are you sure none of you people around here recognize him? 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 Recognize him? 24:55.000 --> 24:57.000 Well, I've never seen him. 24:57.000 --> 24:58.000 Officer. 24:58.000 --> 24:59.000 Why that? 24:59.000 --> 25:00.000 Why that he's lying on? 25:00.000 --> 25:01.000 It's from my motel. 25:01.000 --> 25:04.000 See, it's stamped right under where you moved his hand. 25:04.000 --> 25:05.000 Oh, oh dear. 25:05.000 --> 25:06.000 Look for yourself. 25:06.000 --> 25:09.000 See, it says seaside motor cabin. 25:09.000 --> 25:10.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 25:10.000 --> 25:11.000 Yes. 25:11.000 --> 25:12.000 And you're sure he wasn't registered? 25:12.000 --> 25:13.000 Why, I'm positive. 25:13.000 --> 25:16.000 Is there anyone else around here from your motel? 25:16.000 --> 25:17.000 Jimmy, look. 25:17.000 --> 25:18.000 Jimmy! 25:18.000 --> 25:19.000 Here comes Helen. 25:19.000 --> 25:20.000 Look, she's crying. 25:20.000 --> 25:23.000 Mrs. Gordon, I ask if there was anybody else around here. 25:23.000 --> 25:28.000 Huh, what's that? 25:28.000 --> 25:31.000 Oh, yes, yes, Jimmy Barton here and that girl. 25:31.000 --> 25:32.000 You see, she's his sister. 25:32.000 --> 25:35.000 They've been with us for several weeks. 25:35.000 --> 25:36.000 Jimmy. 25:36.000 --> 25:39.000 What have you got to say, Jimmy? 25:39.000 --> 25:43.000 And suddenly everyone was looking at me and at Helen as she ran towards us. 25:43.000 --> 25:50.000 And like a fool, I started to run too in Helen's direction to ward her off. 25:50.000 --> 25:52.000 I didn't get to see her. 25:52.000 --> 25:53.000 I didn't get far, however. 25:53.000 --> 25:55.000 Someone caught me with the arm. 25:55.000 --> 25:57.000 Jimmy, Jimmy, I've been looking all over for you. 25:57.000 --> 25:58.000 Don't say anything, Helen. 25:58.000 --> 25:59.000 Let me do the talking. 25:59.000 --> 26:00.000 Don't say anything. 26:00.000 --> 26:04.000 Jimmy, when you forced me out of the car this morning, you said you didn't pay me for having killed him. 26:04.000 --> 26:05.000 Helen, be still. 26:05.000 --> 26:06.000 Don't. 26:06.000 --> 26:07.000 Jimmy, I didn't kill him. 26:07.000 --> 26:08.000 I thought you had. 26:08.000 --> 26:11.000 I was helping you get rid of him because I thought you'd done it. 26:11.000 --> 26:12.000 I'm sorry, kid. 26:12.000 --> 26:13.000 Helen. 26:13.000 --> 26:16.000 Helen, are you telling the truth? 26:16.000 --> 26:17.000 I swear it, Jimmy. 26:17.000 --> 26:19.000 Phil and I were quarreling. 26:19.000 --> 26:21.000 He'd been taking something again. 26:21.000 --> 26:22.000 He was like crazy. 26:22.000 --> 26:23.000 This guy, Phil? 26:23.000 --> 26:25.000 And I knew there'd be trouble when you came home from work. 26:25.000 --> 26:28.000 So I got out the back way and I went looking for you on the pier. 26:28.000 --> 26:32.000 When I couldn't find you, I went back to the motel and I found him on the floor. 26:32.000 --> 26:33.000 I thought you... 26:33.000 --> 26:35.000 But Helen, why didn't you say so? 26:35.000 --> 26:37.000 You didn't give me a chance, Jimmy. 26:37.000 --> 26:38.000 You just took it for granted that I did it. 26:38.000 --> 26:39.000 But who did kill him, Helen? 26:39.000 --> 26:41.000 That's what I'm trying to tell you. 26:41.000 --> 26:43.000 Nobody killed him. 26:43.000 --> 26:44.000 What are you talking about? 26:44.000 --> 26:46.000 I went to the motel a while ago to wait for you. 26:46.000 --> 26:49.000 While I was there, I remembered about Phil last night. 26:49.000 --> 26:51.000 How strangely he'd acted. 26:51.000 --> 26:56.000 I hadn't been able to walk straight and he'd almost fallen several times while we were quarreling. 26:56.000 --> 26:58.000 And then I saw the gas heater, Jimmy. 26:58.000 --> 27:00.000 There was a sharp edge on the top. 27:00.000 --> 27:01.000 It was... 27:01.000 --> 27:04.000 But he must have fallen. 27:04.000 --> 27:05.000 He must have. 27:05.000 --> 27:07.000 Oh, but Helen, we've no way of proving that. 27:07.000 --> 27:08.000 There was something else, Jimmy. 27:08.000 --> 27:09.000 What? 27:09.000 --> 27:10.000 The wall above the heater was scratched. 27:10.000 --> 27:13.000 As though someone had clutched that to save himself from falling. 27:13.000 --> 27:15.000 There might be fingerprints. 27:15.000 --> 27:17.000 There might be. 27:17.000 --> 27:18.000 Oh, no, that's not... 27:18.000 --> 27:19.000 Wait a minute. 27:19.000 --> 27:20.000 Plaster. 27:20.000 --> 27:21.000 Plaster. 27:21.000 --> 27:24.000 Hey, Red, that flaky stuff you found under his fingernails. 27:24.000 --> 27:26.000 That might have been plaster. 27:31.000 --> 27:33.000 And it was. 27:33.000 --> 27:36.000 Well, that's about it. 27:36.000 --> 27:40.000 Everything checked back at the motel and the autopsy showed he was full of dope. 27:40.000 --> 27:43.000 But I guess it was really Mrs. Gordon who saved our necks for us. 27:43.000 --> 27:47.000 Besides talking so loud and so long that they'd probably acquitted us just to get rid of us, 27:47.000 --> 27:50.000 she did dig up a witness who'd heard Helen and Phil quarreling 27:50.000 --> 27:53.000 and who'd seen Helen leave alone after he'd threatened her. 27:53.000 --> 27:56.000 Well, everything's all right now. 27:56.000 --> 27:58.000 Helen and I are beginning to forget. 27:58.000 --> 28:03.000 But it's Mrs. Gordon who's making quite a nuisance of herself on the beach these days 28:03.000 --> 28:25.000 as she goes along poking all the sunbathers and asking if they're sure they're all right. 28:25.000 --> 28:28.000 And so closes The Dead of the Night starring Robert Cummings. 28:28.000 --> 28:30.000 Tonight's study in suspense. 28:30.000 --> 28:34.000 Suspense is produced and directed by William Spear. 28:34.000 --> 28:39.000 If you are one who does not yet know how much and how delightfully Roma wines can add to your meals, 28:39.000 --> 28:43.000 well, let me urge you not to miss out any longer on such a treat as this. 28:43.000 --> 28:45.000 There's nothing complicated about it. 28:45.000 --> 28:51.000 Just get and serve Roma wine with meals or anytime in any kind of glass you wish. 28:51.000 --> 28:56.000 Try the many different kinds of Roma wine until you find those you like best of all. 28:56.000 --> 29:02.000 Try Roma California Sherry with its wonderful nut-like flavor as an appetizer. 29:02.000 --> 29:08.000 Then hearty Roma Burgundy or the deliciously delicate Roma Sauterne with the meal. 29:08.000 --> 29:11.000 These superb wines make even the simplest meal a feast. 29:11.000 --> 29:14.000 Yet they cost you only pennies a glass full. 29:14.000 --> 29:16.000 Get some tomorrow. 29:16.000 --> 29:20.000 And if your dealer is temporarily out of Roma, please try again soon. 29:20.000 --> 29:24.000 Ask for R-O-M-A Roma wines. 29:24.000 --> 29:28.000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 29:28.000 --> 29:34.000 Next Thursday same time you will hear Mr. Charles Lawton as star of Suspense. 29:34.000 --> 29:37.000 Presented by Roma Wines R-O-M-A. 29:37.000 --> 29:41.000 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 29:41.000 --> 29:54.000 This is CBS Columbia Broadcasting System.