WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 Now, Roma wines present. 00:10.000 --> 00:13.000 Suspense! 00:16.000 --> 00:20.000 Tonight, The Black Curtain, starring Cary Grant. 00:23.000 --> 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 --> 00:46.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma wines bring you... 00:46.000 --> 00:48.000 Suspense! 00:49.000 --> 00:54.000 This is the man in black here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 00:54.000 --> 00:58.000 To introduce this weekly half hour of Suspense! 00:58.000 --> 01:01.000 Tonight in Hollywood, we are honored and happy to have with us... 01:01.000 --> 01:05.000 One of the Entertainment World's most distinguished gentlemen, Mr. Cary Grant. 01:05.000 --> 01:08.000 This becomes somewhat of an anniversary broadcast. 01:08.000 --> 01:15.000 Since it was one year ago tonight that Mr. Grant inaugurated this series of Suspense programs, sponsored by Roma wines. 01:15.000 --> 01:23.000 And in response to requests from our listeners, he will appear once more in the Suspense play by Cornell Woolrich, which starred him on that occasion. 01:23.000 --> 01:30.000 And so with the black curtain and with the performance of Cary Grant, we again hope to keep you in Suspense! 01:35.000 --> 01:39.000 It began, or rather life began again for me, I guess you'd say. 01:39.000 --> 01:43.000 That day on that street, my head was pounding terribly. 01:43.000 --> 01:46.000 I could hear all the noise and the people milling around. 01:46.000 --> 01:53.000 Everything was a jumble at first. 01:58.000 --> 02:00.000 All right, all right, Gangway, let the doctor through. 02:00.000 --> 02:05.000 I see what happened, Mr. Policeman. He was running and boy, he really gave himself a clunk on the beam. 02:05.000 --> 02:06.000 Get back there now. 02:06.000 --> 02:08.000 Oh, my head. 02:08.000 --> 02:10.000 Take it easy, take it easy. 02:10.000 --> 02:13.000 His wallet fell out of his pocket and a big boy grabbed it and ran away. 02:13.000 --> 02:16.000 Back everybody back, give the doctor room. 02:16.000 --> 02:20.000 I'm OK. Never mind, Doc, I'm OK. 02:20.000 --> 02:23.000 There seems to be nothing much to matter with you, sir. 02:23.000 --> 02:24.000 No, I'm all right. 02:24.000 --> 02:26.000 Guess I can talk to him now, Doc. 02:26.000 --> 02:29.000 Yes, sure, go ahead, officer. Just a bad bump on the head, I think. 02:29.000 --> 02:32.000 Yeah, you're all right. You're all right. You can walk now, can't you? 02:32.000 --> 02:34.000 Sure, sure. Here, here, let me brush you off. 02:34.000 --> 02:36.000 Thanks. I'll be fine. 02:36.000 --> 02:40.000 Hey, hey, wait a minute. What am I doing with the Nova code on? 02:40.000 --> 02:44.000 All right, now, mister, just so they got it on the plotter, what's your name and where do you live? 02:44.000 --> 02:47.000 Townsend, Frank Townsend, 820 Rutherford Street. 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 Here, have a cigarette. You're still shaking. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 No, thanks, I don't smoke. 02:51.000 --> 02:52.000 OK, well, I'll be getting back. 02:52.000 --> 02:54.000 Talk to me at the receiving hospital if you want us to check you out. 02:54.000 --> 02:55.000 Yes, I will. 02:55.000 --> 02:57.000 Here's your hat, mister, I found it. 02:57.000 --> 02:58.000 Thanks, kid. 02:58.000 --> 03:01.000 That's all now. Come on, move along, move along. This guy's all right. 03:01.000 --> 03:03.000 Oh, thanks, son, thanks. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 Hey, sorry about the fellow that got your wallet. 03:05.000 --> 03:09.000 Anyway, here's your cigar case, Mr. Townsend. I found it right alongside you. 03:09.000 --> 03:12.000 But I don't own a case. 03:12.000 --> 03:14.000 No, besides, look at the initials, D-N. 03:14.000 --> 03:17.000 I don't know, same initials in the hat, see, D-N. 03:17.000 --> 03:20.000 Yes, but this isn't my hat. 03:20.000 --> 03:23.000 Don't you even know your own hat, mister? 03:23.000 --> 03:27.000 Wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm trying to think. Where is this? 03:27.000 --> 03:28.000 What? 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 This street. 03:29.000 --> 03:30.000 You're on Tillery Street. 03:30.000 --> 03:34.000 Tillery Street? What am I doing on Tillery Street? 03:34.000 --> 03:35.000 He's lost. 03:35.000 --> 03:39.000 All right now, sir, look, my suggestion is that you go on home and go lie down. 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 It's cold. Start in the snow again. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 No, wait a minute, wait a minute. Don't leave me. 03:43.000 --> 03:46.000 Tell me, what... what happened? 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 Well, you slipped on this icy sidewalk. 03:48.000 --> 03:50.000 Fell down, hit your head good and hard on the curb. 03:50.000 --> 03:51.000 You were up about 20 minutes. 03:51.000 --> 03:54.000 Wait, wait, ice on the sidewalk? 03:54.000 --> 03:58.000 Look at it. That street cleaning department ought to clear away that snow too. 03:58.000 --> 03:59.000 But, but, snow and ice? 03:59.000 --> 04:01.000 Sure, why? 04:01.000 --> 04:02.000 Snow in July? 04:02.000 --> 04:06.000 July? It's December. December 1944. 04:06.000 --> 04:08.000 1944? 04:08.000 --> 04:11.000 You better get on home, son. Good night. 04:11.000 --> 04:13.000 1944? 04:21.000 --> 04:25.000 December 1944? 04:25.000 --> 04:29.000 The last I remember was July 1941. 04:29.000 --> 04:32.000 Three years just gone. 04:32.000 --> 04:34.000 Amnesia. 04:34.000 --> 04:37.000 A black curtain comes down over your mind out of nowhere. 04:37.000 --> 04:41.000 That black curtain had been over my eyes for three years. 04:41.000 --> 04:44.000 Where had I been? Who had I been? 04:44.000 --> 04:46.000 I hadn't been Frank Townsend. 04:46.000 --> 04:49.000 I'd been someone else. 04:49.000 --> 04:54.000 D.N. Someone whose initials were D.N. 04:54.000 --> 04:57.000 I walked along Tillery Street thinking about it. 04:57.000 --> 04:59.000 Those three years. 04:59.000 --> 05:02.000 What? I could have been married. 05:02.000 --> 05:05.000 I could have been a thief. 05:05.000 --> 05:08.000 Something made me turn around on the street for a moment. 05:08.000 --> 05:10.000 And that was when I first saw him. 05:10.000 --> 05:13.000 Grey eyes. He'd been talking to the cop who took my name. 05:13.000 --> 05:15.000 He looked up as I did. 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 And then he started to walk rapidly in my direction. 05:17.000 --> 05:19.000 I backed away instinctively. 05:19.000 --> 05:21.000 Something about him spelled trouble. 05:21.000 --> 05:22.000 He caught me and came forward. 05:22.000 --> 05:25.000 Hey, hey you! Stop! Stop, Townsend! Stop! Townsend! 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 Instinctively I knew I should run. Get away from me. 05:27.000 --> 05:28.000 Hey, you! 05:28.000 --> 05:30.000 I looked back as I ran to the corner. He had a gun in his hand. 05:30.000 --> 05:32.000 He raised it. 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 Then I turned and ran for my life. 05:42.000 --> 05:47.000 What lay behind that black curtain which separated Townsend from his past? 05:47.000 --> 05:50.000 Roma wines are presenting Hollywood's distinguished Cary Grant 05:50.000 --> 05:55.000 as star of tonight's tale of suspense. 06:03.000 --> 06:06.000 Haven't you often realized that many of life's finest enjoyments 06:06.000 --> 06:10.000 are simple and moderate rather than the opposite? 06:10.000 --> 06:14.000 I give you the words of a high and well-loved authority, Miss Elsa Maxwell, 06:14.000 --> 06:18.000 international expert on smart entertaining and gracious living. 06:18.000 --> 06:23.000 Good hospitality is always simple, genuine, and moderate. 06:23.000 --> 06:28.000 That is why I often suggest enjoyment of delicious Roma sauternes 06:28.000 --> 06:31.000 when you have friends into dinner or with your everyday meals. 06:31.000 --> 06:36.000 Serve this delicate golden sauternes well chilled with any food 06:36.000 --> 06:38.000 in any glasses you have. 06:38.000 --> 06:41.000 Special wine glasses are pretty but not very important. 06:41.000 --> 06:44.000 Now, what can I add to such charming good sense as that? 06:44.000 --> 06:48.000 Maybe just this. 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Where? 08:44.000 --> 08:46.000 Tillery Street. 08:46.000 --> 08:48.000 That's where I'd been when I woke up. 08:48.000 --> 08:50.000 Tillery Street. 08:50.000 --> 08:52.000 Well, maybe gray eyes would go back there too 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 looking for me. 08:54.000 --> 08:56.000 But I had to take that chance. 08:56.000 --> 09:01.000 Yes? 09:09.000 --> 09:10.000 Yes? 09:10.000 --> 09:12.000 Good evening, Pop. 09:12.000 --> 09:14.000 Hello. Oh, hello there. 09:14.000 --> 09:16.000 Oh, you know me. 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 Sure. Couldn't see under that hat at first. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.000 What can I do for you? 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 Have you got an evening paper I could look at? 09:22.000 --> 09:24.000 No, sir, I never read them. 09:24.000 --> 09:26.000 There's not much trouble in the world these days anyhow. 09:26.000 --> 09:28.000 Say, how you been? 09:28.000 --> 09:30.000 You haven't been around two or three weeks. 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 Oh, no? Well, I've been busy. 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 Oh, look, Pop. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 Yeah? 09:36.000 --> 09:38.000 I made a bet with a friend of mine 09:38.000 --> 09:40.000 that even though you see so many customers 09:40.000 --> 09:42.000 you'd walk right up and give me my full name. 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 Oh, well, I'm sorry. I don't know it. 09:44.000 --> 09:46.000 I don't think I ever heard your name. 09:46.000 --> 09:48.000 But I know your girl. 09:48.000 --> 09:50.000 My girl? 09:50.000 --> 09:52.000 Oh, you do? 09:52.000 --> 09:54.000 Well, maybe I can still win my bet. 09:54.000 --> 09:56.000 Why, of course. Ruth. 09:56.000 --> 09:58.000 Lives right across the street, the artillery apartment. 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 Oh, well, that's right. 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 Ruth. 10:02.000 --> 10:04.000 Ah, but now, what apartment? 10:04.000 --> 10:06.000 Apartment 3C, of course. 10:06.000 --> 10:08.000 Don't I take the sandwiches up there every night? 10:08.000 --> 10:10.000 3C? Yeah. 10:10.000 --> 10:12.000 Yes, well, thanks. 10:12.000 --> 10:14.000 Will you win your bet, mister? 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 Oh, yes, I think I will. 10:16.000 --> 10:18.000 What is your name, so I'll know it next time. 10:18.000 --> 10:20.000 I'll tell you tomorrow. 10:20.000 --> 10:22.000 So long. So long, Pop. Obviously... 10:22.000 --> 10:24.000 What's the matter, Drop? Something? 10:24.000 --> 10:26.000 No, nothing. Nothing. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 Just tying my shoe. 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 I'd just been going to walk out when I saw him 10:32.000 --> 10:34.000 standing across the street. 10:34.000 --> 10:36.000 Grey eyes again. 10:36.000 --> 10:38.000 I took down behind the store window and watched him. 10:38.000 --> 10:40.000 He looked over in my direction. 10:40.000 --> 10:42.000 And then up and down the street. 10:42.000 --> 10:44.000 And then he lit a cigarette and slowed down to the corner. 10:44.000 --> 10:46.000 The minute he disappeared, I yanked the door open, 10:46.000 --> 10:50.000 dashed out and ran across the tillery apartments and went in. 11:04.000 --> 11:06.000 Who is it? 11:06.000 --> 11:08.000 Ruth? Yes? 11:08.000 --> 11:10.000 It's me. 11:10.000 --> 11:12.000 Dan! 11:12.000 --> 11:14.000 Oh, Danny, where have you... Get in here. 11:14.000 --> 11:16.000 Oh, darling, it's really you. 11:16.000 --> 11:18.000 I thought... Hello, Ruth. 11:18.000 --> 11:20.000 Oh, Danny, why did you come here? 11:20.000 --> 11:22.000 He's been around twice today. He may be in the neighborhood right now for all you know. 11:22.000 --> 11:24.000 Yes, who? Who? 11:24.000 --> 11:26.000 Well, Slattery, of course. 11:26.000 --> 11:28.000 Slattery? 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 Oh, has he got grey eyes? 11:30.000 --> 11:32.000 What? Yeah. 11:32.000 --> 11:34.000 Did you ever see a detective that didn't? 11:34.000 --> 11:36.000 Oh, sure, sure. 11:36.000 --> 11:38.000 Danny, what's the matter with you? 11:38.000 --> 11:40.000 You're acting so strangely. 11:40.000 --> 11:42.000 Well, I... 11:42.000 --> 11:44.000 I just want to look at you. 11:44.000 --> 11:46.000 You seem so different, so far away. 11:46.000 --> 11:48.000 You haven't kissed me. 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 Well, that's easily fixed. 11:54.000 --> 11:56.000 Oh, darling, where have you been for three weeks? 11:56.000 --> 11:58.000 Oh, all around. 11:58.000 --> 12:00.000 Miss me? Oh, you know I did. 12:00.000 --> 12:02.000 Danny, Danny, just both... 12:02.000 --> 12:04.000 Do you think we could get away tonight? 12:04.000 --> 12:06.000 I've got $3,000 saved up. 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 We could go to Mexico or South America and... 12:08.000 --> 12:10.000 We could get married. 12:10.000 --> 12:12.000 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Nearing, 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 the tour of the world. 12:14.000 --> 12:16.000 Daniel Nearing? 12:16.000 --> 12:18.000 Oh, Mr. and Mrs. 12:18.000 --> 12:20.000 Sounds plenty good to me. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 Oh, you'll never know how good. 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 And we'll get out of here tonight. 12:24.000 --> 12:26.000 I'll call up and tell them I'm quitting my job. 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 I'll say I'm sick. All my stuff's here. 12:28.000 --> 12:30.000 Nothing's out there but a couple of uniforms. 12:30.000 --> 12:32.000 I'll make Ada and Franklin a present of those. 12:32.000 --> 12:34.000 Ada and Franklin? 12:34.000 --> 12:36.000 Don't you bother your head about those two. 12:36.000 --> 12:38.000 They weren't glad when it happened. 12:38.000 --> 12:40.000 A couple of vultures. 12:40.000 --> 12:42.000 Why, to them. 12:42.000 --> 12:44.000 Oh, with you back, Danny, with you back. 12:44.000 --> 12:46.000 Just think with my $3,000 we could... 12:46.000 --> 12:48.000 Well, do you think you ought to quit your job? 12:48.000 --> 12:50.000 Well, absolutely, I think so. 12:50.000 --> 12:52.000 I never was cut out to be a nurse anyway. 12:52.000 --> 12:54.000 No, you weren't. 12:54.000 --> 12:56.000 Any more than I was... 12:56.000 --> 12:58.000 Any more than you were meant to be a secretary. 12:58.000 --> 13:00.000 Any more than you were meant to be a secretary. 13:00.000 --> 13:02.000 I... That's right. 13:02.000 --> 13:04.000 I never wanted to be a secretary. 13:04.000 --> 13:06.000 I just drifted into it, I guess. 13:06.000 --> 13:08.000 It kind of got on my nerves, especially toward the end. 13:08.000 --> 13:10.000 It kind of got on my nerves, especially toward the end. 13:10.000 --> 13:12.000 The boss was no cinch to work for. 13:12.000 --> 13:14.000 The boss was no cinch to work for. 13:14.000 --> 13:16.000 He certainly wasn't. He was a rat. 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 The whole D.P. Bunch were mean, rotten. 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 The whole D.P. Bunch were mean, rotten. 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 The whole family. 13:22.000 --> 13:24.000 Yeah, that's right. 13:24.000 --> 13:26.000 All except the old man. 13:26.000 --> 13:28.000 Oh, the old man. Yes. 13:28.000 --> 13:30.000 I sort of liked him, didn't I? 13:30.000 --> 13:32.000 He loves you too, Danny. 13:32.000 --> 13:34.000 I think he wished you'd been his son. 13:34.000 --> 13:36.000 He's the only reason I've stuck around out there this long. 13:36.000 --> 13:38.000 He's the only reason I've stuck around out there this long. 13:38.000 --> 13:40.000 How are things out there? 13:40.000 --> 13:42.000 Oh, they've been questioning all of us. 13:42.000 --> 13:44.000 They've laid off lately, though, since you... 13:44.000 --> 13:46.000 Oh, don't let's talk any more about it. 13:46.000 --> 13:48.000 You're back. That's the main thing. 13:48.000 --> 13:50.000 You're back. That's the main thing. 13:50.000 --> 13:52.000 I want to forget New Jericho and the whole... 13:52.000 --> 13:54.000 New Jericho, huh? Yes. 13:54.000 --> 13:56.000 Oh, Danny. 13:56.000 --> 13:58.000 Danny, if only it hadn't happened. 13:58.000 --> 14:00.000 What hadn't? You know what? 14:00.000 --> 14:02.000 Danny, what's going to become of you and me? 14:02.000 --> 14:04.000 I wish I knew. 14:04.000 --> 14:06.000 Danny, get away from that window. 14:06.000 --> 14:08.000 Leave that shade down. He's down there. 14:08.000 --> 14:10.000 Who? Grey Eyes. 14:10.000 --> 14:12.000 He's standing in front of the hydrant. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 He's coming in here. In the building. 14:14.000 --> 14:16.000 Oh, did he see you? 14:16.000 --> 14:18.000 Look, Ruth, will you help me? 14:18.000 --> 14:20.000 What are you going to do? Give myself up. 14:20.000 --> 14:22.000 No. No. Well, it's better than getting shot at. 14:22.000 --> 14:24.000 What can they do to me? You crazy fool. 14:24.000 --> 14:26.000 They can send you to the chair. 14:26.000 --> 14:28.000 The chair? What do you think happens to a man 14:28.000 --> 14:32.000 who's a murderer? Murder? 14:32.000 --> 14:34.000 Murder? 14:34.000 --> 14:36.000 Ruth, listen to me. 14:36.000 --> 14:38.000 I'm not a murderer. 14:38.000 --> 14:40.000 The whole world says I committed murder. I say I didn't. 14:40.000 --> 14:42.000 The me that's in me says I didn't. 14:42.000 --> 14:44.000 I never said you were, Danny. I always said you didn't do it. 14:44.000 --> 14:46.000 But they found the body and they... 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 Oh, only you hadn't run away. 14:48.000 --> 14:50.000 Oh, so that's it. 14:50.000 --> 14:52.000 All right, nearing. Open up. 14:52.000 --> 14:54.000 Oh, why did you come here, Danny? Why? 14:54.000 --> 14:56.000 Why? Ruth, quick. 14:56.000 --> 14:58.000 We've got to get out of here. How about the fire escape? 14:58.000 --> 15:00.000 Shaft. Dumb waiter. Dumb waiter. 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 Oh, in here. 15:02.000 --> 15:04.000 Lock that kitchen door, quick. 15:04.000 --> 15:06.000 Now, get in. 15:06.000 --> 15:08.000 I'll stand on top and work the ropes. 15:08.000 --> 15:10.000 I don't think you can hold us both. We've got to. 15:10.000 --> 15:12.000 Now, can you hear me? 15:12.000 --> 15:14.000 Yes, Danny. 15:14.000 --> 15:16.000 Danny, what do we do? 15:16.000 --> 15:18.000 We're going back there to New Jericho. 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 New Jericho? Oh, no, Danny, don't. 15:20.000 --> 15:22.000 No, please. For me, don't, don't. 15:22.000 --> 15:24.000 I've got to. I've got to find out. 15:24.000 --> 15:26.000 We're going together. 15:26.000 --> 15:28.000 No, no, Danny, no. I've got the money. 15:28.000 --> 15:30.000 We can get out of here and we can... 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 Now, stop it. Oh, Danny, my arm. 15:32.000 --> 15:34.000 You're hurting me. 15:34.000 --> 15:36.000 From here on in, we're sticking together. 15:36.000 --> 15:38.000 You're going to take me back there, Ruth. 15:38.000 --> 15:40.000 Back where it happened. All right, darling. 15:40.000 --> 15:42.000 Crazy, but I'll go wherever you go. 15:42.000 --> 15:44.000 I can't lose you again. 15:44.000 --> 15:47.000 On the train, Ruth and I said very little to each other. 15:47.000 --> 15:49.000 While I had hidden the telephone booth at Pennsylvania Station, 15:49.000 --> 15:52.000 she'd bought us a couple of cheap overcoats. 15:52.000 --> 15:56.000 I sat hunched up in mine, thinking, thinking. 15:56.000 --> 15:59.000 Ruth had brought along the newspaper clippings. 15:59.000 --> 16:02.000 I looked at what they said for the 20th time, 16:02.000 --> 16:05.000 trying to see if there was anything there that would help me. 16:05.000 --> 16:07.000 I was thinking, thinking, thinking. 16:07.000 --> 16:09.000 I was thinking, thinking, thinking. 16:09.000 --> 16:11.000 I was thinking, thinking, thinking. 16:11.000 --> 16:14.000 Trying to see if there was anything there that would help me. 16:14.000 --> 16:16.000 Dietrich's slayer sword, it said. 16:16.000 --> 16:20.000 The secretary wanted him brutal slaying at suburban estate. 16:20.000 --> 16:23.000 Police are pressing the search for Daniel Nearing, 16:23.000 --> 16:27.000 secretary and the employee of the late John Dietrich, 58, 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 member of a well-known local family, 16:29.000 --> 16:33.000 who was shot and killed in the drawing room of his new Jericho estate 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 on the morning of November the 7th. 16:35.000 --> 16:38.000 Nearing disappeared November the 7th, 16:38.000 --> 16:42.000 on the morning of which date he is known to have had a bitter quarrel with the deceased. 16:42.000 --> 16:46.000 This last was attested to at the inquest by Ada and Franklin Dietrich, 16:46.000 --> 16:48.000 widow and brother of the murdered man. 16:53.000 --> 16:55.000 Well, I had all the facts now. 16:56.000 --> 16:58.000 Wanted for murder. 16:58.000 --> 17:02.000 And yet everything that was in me told me that no matter who I'd been, 17:02.000 --> 17:05.000 however many memories I had lost, that I was no killer, 17:05.000 --> 17:06.000 that I just couldn't have... 17:06.000 --> 17:09.000 No Jericho! No Jericho! 17:09.000 --> 17:11.000 I had to get into the Dietrich house 17:11.000 --> 17:13.000 and stand again in that room where it had all happened. 17:13.000 --> 17:15.000 Maybe something would come back to me. 17:15.000 --> 17:16.000 Maybe there would be some... 17:16.000 --> 17:18.000 No Jericho! 17:28.000 --> 17:31.000 Danny! Danny! 17:31.000 --> 17:32.000 Over here, Ruth. 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 It's dark. I couldn't see. 17:34.000 --> 17:37.000 Ada and Franklin just left. Drove down to the village. 17:37.000 --> 17:39.000 Did they say anything about you being out here on your day off? 17:39.000 --> 17:41.000 Yeah, Ada made some crack. 17:41.000 --> 17:44.000 But I said I had nothing to do in town and came out to write some letters. 17:44.000 --> 17:45.000 Let's go, then. 17:46.000 --> 17:48.000 Danny, I'm scared. 17:48.000 --> 17:49.000 Please, let's not stay here. 17:49.000 --> 17:51.000 You said you loved me. 17:51.000 --> 17:53.000 I do, Danny, I do. That's why I'm scared. 17:53.000 --> 17:57.000 They're only going to the village. They'll be back in half an hour at the most. 17:58.000 --> 17:59.000 Open the door, Ruth. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 Hurry. I've got to see the inside. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 That room. The place where it happened. 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 No, it's wrong, Danny. I'm telling you, you're crazy. 18:05.000 --> 18:07.000 They'll find you. 18:07.000 --> 18:09.000 Open the door, Ruth. Quickly. 18:14.000 --> 18:15.000 All right. 18:15.000 --> 18:17.000 Now, let's have a look at that room. 18:17.000 --> 18:20.000 Please, Danny, don't talk about it. Please. 18:23.000 --> 18:25.000 So this is where I'm supposed to have murdered John Dietrich? 18:25.000 --> 18:27.000 Danny, please. 18:27.000 --> 18:28.000 Where was it? 18:28.000 --> 18:31.000 Show me exactly where it was, Ruth. I've got to know. 18:31.000 --> 18:33.000 It was there. Right there. 18:33.000 --> 18:36.000 It was standing by the grandfather's clock. 18:36.000 --> 18:39.000 Are you going crazy, Danny? If they get to you, you'll hang. 18:39.000 --> 18:42.000 By the clock? You still believe me, don't you, Ruth? 18:42.000 --> 18:44.000 I believe you, Danny, but I'm scared. 18:45.000 --> 18:46.000 I love you. 18:47.000 --> 18:49.000 Wait, Ruth. What's that? Listen. 18:49.000 --> 18:51.000 That's only the old man. 18:51.000 --> 18:53.000 He's asleep in that room. Don't go in there, Danny. 18:53.000 --> 18:54.000 Don't please awake him. 18:54.000 --> 18:56.000 I want to see him. 18:56.000 --> 18:58.000 No, don't, Danny. No, he can't help you. 18:58.000 --> 19:00.000 You know he's paralyzed and he can't talk. 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 Turn on the light. I want to see him. 19:03.000 --> 19:05.000 There you're. Walk him out. 19:05.000 --> 19:08.000 It's me, Mr. Dietrich. Ruth. 19:08.000 --> 19:10.000 This is Danny. 19:10.000 --> 19:12.000 You remember Danny, don't you? 19:13.000 --> 19:14.000 Hello, Mr. Dietrich. 19:14.000 --> 19:16.000 See how his eyes are shining? 19:16.000 --> 19:17.000 Yes. 19:17.000 --> 19:19.000 Tell me, was he here when it happened? 19:19.000 --> 19:22.000 You know that, Danny. Why do you ask such funny questions? 19:22.000 --> 19:24.000 He's been in bed here for five years. 19:24.000 --> 19:25.000 He has? 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 Well, that mirror on the wall here. 19:27.000 --> 19:30.000 That clock. Look. 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 You can see the grandfather's clock in the other room. 19:32.000 --> 19:33.000 What are you getting at, Danny? 19:33.000 --> 19:34.000 Well, he could see it. 19:34.000 --> 19:37.000 The old man could see the murder through the mirror. 19:37.000 --> 19:39.000 Oh, if he only could talk. 19:39.000 --> 19:41.000 But he can't talk. You scare me, Danny. Don't... 19:41.000 --> 19:43.000 He saw the man who killed John Dietrich. 19:43.000 --> 19:46.000 Look. He understands what I'm saying. 19:46.000 --> 19:48.000 He's blinking his eyes. 19:48.000 --> 19:50.000 Oh, stop torturing him, Danny. Can't you see what you're doing to him? 19:50.000 --> 19:52.000 He's trying to say something. 19:52.000 --> 19:53.000 Look. His eyes are blinking. 19:53.000 --> 19:55.000 He's going to help me. 19:55.000 --> 19:57.000 Go outside and watch, Ruth. Go on. 19:57.000 --> 19:59.000 I'll watch out at the entrance, Roy. 19:59.000 --> 20:00.000 Be careful, Danny. They'll be back any minute. 20:00.000 --> 20:01.000 Leave me alone with him. 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 I'll pull if I hear them coming. 20:03.000 --> 20:07.000 Look now, Mr. Dietrich, don't be afraid. 20:07.000 --> 20:11.000 I'm going to ask you a question, and I'd like you to answer me. 20:11.000 --> 20:14.000 Are you trying to tell me something about the murder? 20:14.000 --> 20:17.000 Now, blink your eyes. Blink twice if you are. 20:17.000 --> 20:20.000 That's it. Once, twice. 20:20.000 --> 20:22.000 That's good. 20:22.000 --> 20:25.000 Did you see it happen here in your mirror? 20:25.000 --> 20:27.000 Blink once if the answer is no. 20:27.000 --> 20:29.000 Twice if the answer is yes. 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 Once, twice. 20:31.000 --> 20:34.000 You did, huh? You saw it. 20:34.000 --> 20:36.000 All right, Mr. Dietrich. 20:36.000 --> 20:39.000 Now, then. Is the murderer in this house? 20:39.000 --> 20:41.000 Danny, Danny, they're coming. Franklin, Nader. 20:41.000 --> 20:43.000 Get out of here and hide. Run, Danny, run! 20:43.000 --> 20:45.000 Is the murderer in this house? 20:45.000 --> 20:47.000 Blink once for no, twice for yes. 20:47.000 --> 20:49.000 Yes! In this house. 20:49.000 --> 20:50.000 Danny, Danny, they're coming! 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 Wait, wait a moment. I've got it. 20:52.000 --> 20:55.000 Mr. Dietrich, was it me? 20:55.000 --> 20:58.000 Once for no, twice for yes. Was it me? 20:58.000 --> 21:01.000 Get out of here, Danny. In the big room there behind the curtains. 21:01.000 --> 21:02.000 I'll talk to them. 21:02.000 --> 21:05.000 Okay. Thanks, Mr. Dietrich. I'll be back. 21:08.000 --> 21:12.000 Ruth, Ruth, is that you in Father's room? 21:12.000 --> 21:13.000 Yes, Mrs. Dietrich. 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 Are you here alone? 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 Why, yes. Why? 21:17.000 --> 21:21.000 We, we thought we heard voices. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 What are you so jittery about, Ruth? 21:23.000 --> 21:25.000 I'm tired, that's all. 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 May I go to bed now? 21:27.000 --> 21:28.000 Father's still awake, Ruth. 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 Well, he'll go to sleep all right. 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 I'm going upstairs, Mrs. Dietrich, now. 21:32.000 --> 21:33.000 Good night, Ruth. 21:33.000 --> 21:35.000 Good night. 21:35.000 --> 21:37.000 She's brought someone back here with her. 21:37.000 --> 21:38.000 It's him, I think. 21:38.000 --> 21:42.000 Who? Dan? Oh, Franklin. 21:42.000 --> 21:43.000 Take it easy, darling. Take it easy. 21:43.000 --> 21:44.000 If he's here, we'll get him. 21:44.000 --> 21:47.000 Back to the evidence we gave against him at the hearing. 21:47.000 --> 21:50.000 Oh, I'm scared. Let's get out of here fast. 21:50.000 --> 21:51.000 I'll go to the village for the police. 21:51.000 --> 21:54.000 No, no. Call the police. Here, I'll do it. 21:54.000 --> 21:57.000 Hello? Hello? 21:57.000 --> 21:59.000 It's too late. 21:59.000 --> 22:00.000 The wires have been cut. 22:00.000 --> 22:01.000 Come on, we'll both drive to the village. 22:01.000 --> 22:05.000 But he made me wait for us out by the car. 22:05.000 --> 22:06.000 Uh... 22:06.000 --> 22:08.000 What? Oh. 22:08.000 --> 22:10.000 What are you doing there, Franklin? 22:10.000 --> 22:14.000 I think I might just need my gun. 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 Come on, let's be on our way. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 The moment they left the house, I made for the old man's room. 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 I called for Ruth, but she was gone. 22:28.000 --> 22:31.000 Maybe Franklin and Ada had caught her after she cut the telephone wire. 22:31.000 --> 22:32.000 But I couldn't wait. 22:32.000 --> 22:34.000 My life was hanging on minutes now. 22:34.000 --> 22:37.000 I shot the flashlight on the old man's face again. 22:37.000 --> 22:41.000 Now, Mr. Dietrich, you're helping me fine. 22:41.000 --> 22:44.000 You know I'm trying to save my life, don't you? 22:44.000 --> 22:47.000 Now, the murderer. Was it me? 22:47.000 --> 22:50.000 Was it me who did it? Me, Danny Nearing. 22:50.000 --> 22:52.000 Blink once for no. 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 Once. 22:54.000 --> 22:57.000 You're sure? You're sure it wasn't me? 22:57.000 --> 23:00.000 Oh, you're smiling, Mr. Dietrich, smiling. 23:00.000 --> 23:04.000 Now, now, it was somebody in this house. 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 Then who was it? 23:06.000 --> 23:09.000 Oh, can't you make a sound? 23:09.000 --> 23:11.000 Help me, you've got to. Was it Ada? 23:11.000 --> 23:13.000 Price for yes, once for no. 23:13.000 --> 23:16.000 Once, not Ada. All right, then. 23:16.000 --> 23:17.000 Was it Franklin? 23:17.000 --> 23:20.000 Up with the hands, Nearing, or you'll never go to trial. 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 Franklin, wait a minute, you've got to listen. You've got to. 23:22.000 --> 23:23.000 I've got that flashlight. 23:23.000 --> 23:25.000 So you're trying to kill the old man too, eh? 23:25.000 --> 23:27.000 The murderer returns to the scene of his crime. 23:27.000 --> 23:28.000 You know I didn't kill him. 23:28.000 --> 23:29.000 Tell it to the police. 23:29.000 --> 23:31.000 They'll have him here in a couple of minutes. 23:31.000 --> 23:32.000 Where's your girlfriend, Ruth? 23:32.000 --> 23:34.000 She's not here. I don't know where she went. 23:34.000 --> 23:36.000 Never mind, they'll find her. 23:36.000 --> 23:38.000 You're a dead duck, Nearing. 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 You killed my brother and beat it. 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 What did you ever get out of it? That's always puzzled me. 23:42.000 --> 23:45.000 You killed your brother, and now you're going to kill me. 23:45.000 --> 23:48.000 You've gone nuts too. Why should I kill my own brother, you idiot? 23:48.000 --> 23:52.000 To get his share of the estate and his wife, Ada, among other things. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 But you can't stop with killing me. 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 Someone else knows the truth. 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 The old man saw it in the mirror. 23:58.000 --> 23:59.000 What? 23:59.000 --> 24:01.000 Yes, you'll have to kill your own father too. 24:01.000 --> 24:03.000 The old man saw it? How do you know? 24:03.000 --> 24:05.000 You're lying. He can't talk. He can't even move. 24:05.000 --> 24:07.000 He can hear, and he can blink his eyes. 24:07.000 --> 24:08.000 Come over here and look. 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 Look here you are. 24:10.000 --> 24:11.000 Oh, Rose! 24:11.000 --> 24:14.000 I had to do it. I heard him. He's going to kill you. 24:14.000 --> 24:16.000 Here's the gun, Daddy. Take it. 24:16.000 --> 24:17.000 You'll be all right. 24:17.000 --> 24:19.000 Rose, you shouldn't have done that. 24:19.000 --> 24:21.000 In another minute. 24:21.000 --> 24:22.000 I'm not sure it was Franklin. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 Oh, Dad, please, please, let's run for it. 24:24.000 --> 24:27.000 They'll be here in a second. It's your last chance. 24:27.000 --> 24:28.000 They'll all swear you did it. 24:28.000 --> 24:31.000 Not if I can be with the old man another half a minute. 24:31.000 --> 24:34.000 Mr. Dietrich, Mr. Dietrich, it's Danny again. 24:34.000 --> 24:36.000 No, Danny, don't, don't, don't. 24:36.000 --> 24:38.000 Tell me, Mr. Dietrich, was it Franklin? 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 Did Franklin kill your son John? 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 Blink once if he did. 24:42.000 --> 24:44.000 What's the matter, Mr. Dietrich? 24:44.000 --> 24:46.000 Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. 24:46.000 --> 24:48.000 Why are you afraid? 24:48.000 --> 24:50.000 He's afraid, Rose. 24:50.000 --> 24:52.000 Oh, it's this gun. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 Here, take the gun, Rose. You take it. He's afraid. 24:54.000 --> 24:56.000 I'm not going to hurt you, Mr. Dietrich. 24:58.000 --> 24:59.000 What's the matter? 24:59.000 --> 25:00.000 Why don't you answer me? 25:00.000 --> 25:02.000 Who killed John Dietrich? 25:02.000 --> 25:04.000 It wasn't me. It wasn't Ada. 25:04.000 --> 25:06.000 It wasn't Franklin. 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 But someone in the house. 25:08.000 --> 25:10.000 Was it... 25:10.000 --> 25:11.000 ...Rose? 25:11.000 --> 25:12.000 Rose! 25:12.000 --> 25:14.000 You! 25:15.000 --> 25:18.000 I told you, I told you not to come. 25:18.000 --> 25:21.000 Oh, I love you, Danny. I wanted you. 25:21.000 --> 25:23.000 I wouldn't have let them get you. 25:23.000 --> 25:25.000 Oh, why, why, Rose? 25:25.000 --> 25:27.000 Why did you kill John Dietrich? 25:27.000 --> 25:28.000 He was always after me. 25:28.000 --> 25:30.000 He wouldn't leave me alone. 25:30.000 --> 25:32.000 I hated him. 25:32.000 --> 25:34.000 And then the night he came back, he threatened me. 25:34.000 --> 25:36.000 Said he'd kill me. 25:36.000 --> 25:38.000 He couldn't have me. Nobody could. 25:38.000 --> 25:40.000 He had a gun, Danny, and I got it away from him. 25:40.000 --> 25:42.000 He hit the clock. 25:42.000 --> 25:44.000 He leaned against it. 25:44.000 --> 25:46.000 I thought he'd never fall down. 25:46.000 --> 25:48.000 Die. 25:48.000 --> 25:50.000 It was the day he ran away, and I was crazy. 25:50.000 --> 25:53.000 They thought it was you, and they started looking. 25:53.000 --> 25:55.000 You. Why was it you? 25:55.000 --> 25:58.000 I love you, Danny. I love you. 25:58.000 --> 26:00.000 I begged you not to come back here. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 Rose, please. Put down that gun. 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 No. Stand back, Danny. 26:04.000 --> 26:06.000 Stay over there. 26:06.000 --> 26:08.000 I just want to look at you. 26:09.000 --> 26:12.000 I was hoping we could get away together. 26:12.000 --> 26:15.000 But you've been through enough, Danny. 26:15.000 --> 26:17.000 And all because of me. 26:17.000 --> 26:19.000 Now you're clear, Danny. 26:21.000 --> 26:23.000 And this is going to clear me. 26:23.000 --> 26:25.000 Darling. 26:28.000 --> 26:31.000 Rose. Dear. Rose. 26:46.000 --> 26:48.000 Well, that's about all there is to tell. 26:48.000 --> 26:50.000 I've tried to put it all behind me. 26:50.000 --> 26:54.000 To resume my life where it left off three and a half years ago. 26:55.000 --> 26:59.000 Sometimes when it gets toward evening, I go and walk along Tillery Street. 26:59.000 --> 27:02.000 And once in a while somebody, somebody I don't know, 27:02.000 --> 27:04.000 will say, hello, Danny. 27:04.000 --> 27:07.000 And I just say hello and walk on. 27:07.000 --> 27:10.000 I don't want to find out anything more. 27:10.000 --> 27:12.000 I want it all to die away and be still. 27:12.000 --> 27:14.000 And it will. 27:14.000 --> 27:16.000 All except Ruth. 27:16.000 --> 27:19.000 Because somewhere behind that black curtain, 27:19.000 --> 27:21.000 I was loved. 27:21.000 --> 27:23.000 And loved someone. 27:23.000 --> 27:27.000 We must have known a love that I'll never know again. 27:40.000 --> 27:43.000 And so closes The Black Curtain, starring Cary Grant. 27:43.000 --> 27:46.000 Tonight's study in Suspense. 27:46.000 --> 27:49.000 Suspense is produced and directed by William Spear. 27:49.000 --> 27:53.000 We are sometimes asked, why does Miss Elsa Maxwell always say 27:53.000 --> 27:55.000 it is smart to serve Roma wine? 27:55.000 --> 27:56.000 Her explanation is simple. 27:56.000 --> 27:58.000 It is smart to serve Roma wine. 27:58.000 --> 28:01.000 First of all, because Roma wines are so delicious, 28:01.000 --> 28:03.000 so good with food or any time. 28:03.000 --> 28:07.000 It is smart further, because Roma wine affords simple pleasure. 28:07.000 --> 28:09.000 Enjoyment that is truly moderate. 28:09.000 --> 28:13.000 Finally, it is smart, because it is such an easy and inexpensive addition 28:13.000 --> 28:15.000 to hospitality and everyday living. 28:15.000 --> 28:19.000 Yes, in every way it is smart to serve and enjoy Roma wines. 28:19.000 --> 28:21.000 They are California's finest. 28:21.000 --> 28:22.000 Always good. 28:22.000 --> 28:25.000 Unvaryingly fine in flavor and quality. 28:25.000 --> 28:28.000 And remember, the cost is only pennies a glass. 28:28.000 --> 28:33.000 More Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 28:33.000 --> 28:37.000 R-O-M-A. 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