1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Now, Roma wines present. 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 Suspense. 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Tonight, The Brighton Strangler starring John Loder with June Dupre. 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 7 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 8 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant. 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 As Roma Wines bring you... 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Suspense. 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:53,000 This is the man in black here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you a radio play by Robert L. Richards. 14 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Based on the RKO picture, The Brighton Strangler. 15 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:08,000 The stars of the production are appearing with us this evening in this drama of an actor who specialized in murder. 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,000 And of a girl who became the unwilling heroine in a real life play. 17 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:18,000 And so with The Brighton Strangler and with the performances of John Loder and June Dupre, 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 we again hope to keep you in... 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Suspense. 20 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Ten. 21 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Eleven. 22 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Eleven. 23 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Twelve. 24 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Midnight and the New Year. 25 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Oh, Edward, it's been such a lovely holiday. 26 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,000 April, my dear, I wouldn't stand too near the edge. 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 The rail is very low and it's quite a drop to the street. 28 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,000 I was only looking over the city. 29 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,000 It's even a lovely night to have a holiday end. 30 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 As long as it must end. 31 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 All lovely things must end, my dear. 32 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Shall we join the others? 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 It's a bit chilly out here on the terrace, don't you think? 34 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000 No, we can't go in just yet because... 35 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Because what? 36 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Because something has to happen first. 37 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,000 What has to happen? 38 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,000 You know what happened to the Lord Mayor of Brighton, don't you? 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 He... Well, he was strangled. 40 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 On Christmas Day. 41 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 And the Chief Inspector? 42 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Three days later he was strangled too, wasn't he? 43 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Edward. 44 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Don't try to pretend you haven't guessed who I am. 45 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 No, Edward. You couldn't be... 46 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Go on, say it. The Brighton Strangler. 47 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 You couldn't... 48 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,000 But I did. 49 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 My alibi for the Lord Mayor was very simple. 50 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 I merely turned his watch back. 51 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:57,000 And for the Chief Inspector, you yourself supplied me with an alibi. 52 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Remember? 53 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 But why? Why? 54 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Because ten years ago they conspired to send an innocent man to prison. 55 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 And that innocent man was me. 56 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,000 And now you, my dear, are the only person alive who knows. 57 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Edward, listen to me. We're in London. It's New Year's Eve. 58 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Don't you remember how... 59 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 The silk cord... 60 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Edward. Edward, you're not going to... 61 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Yes. 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Help! Help! 63 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 That's him! Stop! Stop or I'll shoot! 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 You've got him! 65 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Dead. At last. The Brighton Strangler. 66 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. 67 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Good night. 68 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Oh, Reggie, it's so good. It's so good. I can't bear to close it. 69 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 And it's making so much money. 70 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Well, you're the producer. Don't close it. Put someone else in the park. 71 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,000 You know I can't do that. People don't come to see the Brighton Strangler. 72 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,000 They came to see you, Reggie. To the public, you are the Brighton Strangler. 73 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Not after tonight. I'm not. 74 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 I can't understand you, Reggie. Walking out on a play that gave you fame and fortune. 75 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 I'm fed up. Fed to the teeth with it. That's all. 76 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Reggie, look, look, look. I won't speak for the play itself. It's only mediocre. 77 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 I'll grant you that. But you've given it something. 78 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Just by sheer force of personality, you've made it authentic, terrifying, a tremendous psychological drama. 79 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 That's just it. Now, look here, Sheldon. 80 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Has it ever occurred to you that a man might feel if he strangled one more person, he'd go stark, raving mad? 81 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,000 Oh, but it's only a play, Reggie. Just make believe. 82 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Oh, you ought to know by this time that you're an actor, a good actor. 83 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 It's never entirely make believe. 84 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Yes, yes. Now, look here, Reggie, look here. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll... 85 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 I don't want to talk about it. Leave me alone, can't you? 86 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 But, Reggie, I... 87 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Leave me alone. Can't you understand? Leave me alone. 88 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 All right, all right, all right. There's no need to get edgy. 89 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Oh, I'm sorry. Got any plans? Some service canteen shows? 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Well, if I don't see you, Merry Christmas. 91 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Yes, Merry Christmas. Good night. 92 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Uh-uh, air raid. 93 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Sheldon, Sheldon! 94 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Gone. Everyone's gone. 95 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,000 No time to make the shelter now. Best stay here, I suppose. 96 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Getting close. 97 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Too close. 98 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 This is it. 99 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 My head. 100 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 It hurts. 101 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 It hurts. 102 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Got to get out of here. 103 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Somehow. 104 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 But where? Where? 105 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Where? 106 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Ah, take care of some of the chaps now. 107 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Are you all right, sir? 108 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Oh, you got a nasty gash on your head, haven't you? 109 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,000 All right, why... Yes, yes, I'm all right. 110 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Oh, here. Don't forget your suitcase, sir. 111 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Suitcase? 112 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Yes. Where are you going? Victoria Station? 113 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Huh? Yes. Victoria Station. 114 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 How many? 115 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Three return tickets to Washington. 116 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Here you are. 117 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Yours? 118 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Return to Rottingdean, if you please. 119 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Right. Next? 120 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Single to Brighton. 121 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Brighton. 122 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Next. What's yours, sir? 123 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Single to Brighton. 124 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 I'm sorry, sir. 125 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 I'm sorry. 126 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 I'm sorry. 127 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Tonight for Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as stars 128 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Mr. John Loder and Miss June Dupre 129 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,000 in The Brighton Strangler, tonight's tale of Suspense. 130 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,000 When you listen to the friendly advice of Miss Elsa Maxwell 131 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 about hospitality and gracious living, 132 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 you realize that here is an authority 133 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,000 who talks plain, common sense all the time. 134 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,000 I'm talking to men as well as women 135 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,000 when I say that the finest hospitality is always simple, 136 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 sincere, moderate, and natural. 137 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Never the opposite. 138 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 I'm talking to you. 139 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 I'm talking to you. 140 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 I'm talking to you. 141 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 I'm talking to you. 142 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 And so I'm always emphasizing that the nicest, simplest, 143 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,000 most sincerely flattering hospitality 144 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,000 is to serve your guests some Roma Sherry 145 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 with its golden amber color, 146 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 its deliciously tangy nut-like flavor. 147 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,000 It's not only supremely enjoyable before dinner 148 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 or in the afternoon. 149 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 It's smartly correct, 150 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,000 of genuine compliment to your friends and to yourself. 151 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 And please don't worry about special glasses. 152 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,760 It's perfectly correct to use any nice glasses that are handy. 153 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,600 Well, Miss Maxwell speaks more authoritatively than I can, 154 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,140 but I will add this. 155 00:08:23,140 --> 00:08:26,440 Roma sherry, like all famous Roma wines, 156 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,980 made from California's magnificent sun-ripened grapes, 157 00:08:29,980 --> 00:08:33,640 brings you all their fine flavor, aroma, and color. 158 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,220 It's unvaryingly good, always enjoyable, 159 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:41,020 thanks to the age-old wine skill of Roma's noted wineries 160 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:44,560 located in the choicest vineyard areas of California. 161 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:47,360 Yet all this goodness and pleasure is yours, 162 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,460 or only panties a glass. 163 00:08:49,460 --> 00:08:55,000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 164 00:08:55,000 --> 00:09:00,140 Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 165 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:03,040 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our soundstage 166 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,640 Mr. John Loder as Reginald Parker 167 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,080 and June Dupre as April Manby, 168 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:12,020 who now takes up the narrative concerning The Bright and Strangler, 169 00:09:12,020 --> 00:09:16,020 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 170 00:09:16,020 --> 00:09:18,020 ["The Bright and Strangler"] 171 00:09:24,020 --> 00:09:27,200 Somehow from that very first moment, I was drawn to him. 172 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,900 He was handsome and attractive, yes, but it wasn't that. 173 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:34,100 He seemed so lonely, so much in need of help. 174 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:36,600 And then on the train, when I thought that he'd really been hurt, 175 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,640 I just threw convention to the winds and took charge of him. 176 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,840 You've been very kind. 177 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,020 Well, if someone had to put a bit of sticking plaster 178 00:09:46,020 --> 00:09:47,780 on that head of yours. 179 00:09:47,780 --> 00:09:49,420 Are you sure you're all right now? 180 00:09:49,420 --> 00:09:50,920 Oh, quite, thank you. 181 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,620 You must have been terrible. 182 00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:54,360 I heard about the theater. 183 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:55,520 The theater? 184 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,160 Yes, of course I recognized you 185 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,100 the minute you stepped into the compartment. 186 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:00,100 What? 187 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,600 You are Reginald Parker, the actor, aren't you? 188 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,300 I've seen your picture on the billboards dozens of times. 189 00:10:05,300 --> 00:10:06,800 Reginald Parker. 190 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,500 And I've been dying to tell you. 191 00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:10,000 My name is April. 192 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 April? 193 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,500 Mm-hmm, that's the name of the girl in your play, isn't it? 194 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:15,180 And I'm from Brighton. 195 00:10:15,180 --> 00:10:16,680 April from Brighton. 196 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:19,280 Only, of course, my last name is Nandy. 197 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,520 That's what I'm going to, Brighton. 198 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,520 Why isn't that nice? 199 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,520 We do have a lot in common, don't we? 200 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,020 Yes, a great deal, I think. 201 00:10:28,020 --> 00:10:32,120 Oh, we can have such wonderful times in Brighton over the holidays. 202 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,840 You know, I was wondering if you wouldn't think it forward of me. 203 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:36,840 What? 204 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,640 Well, my family's having a party at our house on Christmas Day. 205 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,140 Lord Mayor and a lot of people are going to be there. 206 00:10:43,140 --> 00:10:44,140 The Lord Mayor? 207 00:10:44,140 --> 00:10:46,140 Yes, and if you'd like to come. 208 00:10:46,140 --> 00:10:49,840 I mean, I'm really not a celebrity, aren't you, no? 209 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,140 But if you'd really like to come... 210 00:10:51,140 --> 00:10:52,740 I'd be delighted. 211 00:10:52,740 --> 00:10:54,960 Oh, Mr. Parker, that would be wonderful. 212 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,320 April, why don't you call me Edward? 213 00:10:58,320 --> 00:10:59,320 Edward? 214 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,960 Oh, you mean Reginald Parker's only your stage name? 215 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:03,960 Yes, sir. 216 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,960 Yes, sir, stage name. 217 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:07,300 Isn't that odd? 218 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:11,440 I always knew actors had stage names, but I always thought yours was real. 219 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,680 But I think I'd rather call you Reginald. 220 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,080 Or at least introduce you to my family that way. 221 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,600 It's so sort of confusing, two names. 222 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,600 Well, what's in a name? 223 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,600 It's, after all, what is. 224 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,680 Reginald, what's that little silk cord you keep twisting in your hands? 225 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:29,680 Oh, this? 226 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:30,680 Yes. 227 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:34,160 I use this to strangle people. 228 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,160 What? 229 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,120 Oh, you mean in the play? 230 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,160 Yes, in the play. 231 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,160 Do you always carry it about with you? 232 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,160 Always. 233 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:44,160 Why? 234 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,160 Oh, I don't know. 235 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:46,160 For luck, I suppose. 236 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,440 I've heard of actors having superstitions like that. 237 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:55,280 Do you have many friends in Brighton? 238 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:56,280 Friends? 239 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,200 Acquaintances, I haven't been back for ten years. 240 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,200 Don't scarcely remember you, will they? 241 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,940 The ones who are important will remember me. 242 00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:07,480 They will remember me very well. 243 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:25,640 Hello there, am I late? 244 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,400 Oh, no, right on the dot. 245 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:29,400 Just 5.30 now. 246 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:30,400 Here, let me take your coat. 247 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:31,400 Thanks. 248 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:32,400 Now, come along and meet everyone. 249 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:33,400 I'm so anxious for you to meet my parents. 250 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:34,400 I've told them so much about you. 251 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:35,400 I didn't realize you knew so much about me. 252 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:36,400 You know what I mean. 253 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:37,400 Mother, I want you to meet Mr. Reginald Parker. 254 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:38,400 How do you do, Mr. Parker? 255 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,400 How do you do? 256 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:40,400 Mrs. Shackleton. 257 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,400 How do you do? 258 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:42,400 Mr. Shackleton. 259 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:43,400 How are you? 260 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,400 My father, Dr. Manby. 261 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:45,400 How are you? 262 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:46,400 I'm fine. 263 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:47,400 I'm fine. 264 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:48,400 I'm fine. 265 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:49,400 I'm fine. 266 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:50,400 I'm fine. 267 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:51,400 I'm fine. 268 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:52,400 I'm fine. 269 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,400 I'm fine. 270 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:54,400 I'm fine. 271 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,720 My father, Dr. Manby. 272 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:56,720 How do you do, sir? 273 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:57,720 And Chief Inspector Allison. 274 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:58,720 How do you do? 275 00:12:58,720 --> 00:12:59,720 Well, everyone's here now but the Lord Mayor. 276 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:00,720 I wonder what can be keeping him. 277 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:01,720 Well, it's barely 5.30 now. 278 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:02,720 It's a bit of a walk from his place. 279 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:03,720 I expect you to be long directly. 280 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:10,680 Well, Mr. Parker, it's a pleasure to meet you in the flesh, so to speak, sir. 281 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:14,120 I have an impression that we have met in the flesh before, Inspector. 282 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,720 Not that I recall, sir, and I'm sure that I would. 283 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:21,360 I would have thought so too, Inspector, if only because of our mutual adventures in 284 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,360 Villany. 285 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:23,360 Eh? 286 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:28,400 Well, I'm a practical criminologist, more supposed to be, and I must confess that I 287 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,120 find most of these plays and films and so on about crime rather preposterous. 288 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:33,120 Why? 289 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,600 Why, in this day and age, a man can't draw about killing people without being caught. 290 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,640 Once in a while, perhaps, but when you get these stories of chess with two, three, and 291 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,880 a whole string of victims, oh, no, no, no, no, never. 292 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,400 But Inspector, they always are caught in the end, if only to prove to the kiddies that 293 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:48,840 crime doesn't pay. 294 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,920 But supposing it were the perfect crime. 295 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,920 Oh, gosh, there's no such thing. 296 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:53,920 Really? 297 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,760 Ah, are you interested in criminology, Mr. Parker? 298 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,880 We ought to get together some evening while you're here. 299 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,960 Perhaps I could give you a few experiences of my own that would amuse you. 300 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,200 I should be delighted, Inspector. 301 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,280 In fact, I shall make a point of it. 302 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,280 Good. 303 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:09,280 Excuse me a moment. 304 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,280 Hello? 305 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:11,280 Yes? 306 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:12,280 Yes, I'll call you. 307 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:13,280 It's for you, Daddy. 308 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:14,280 Oh, thank you, my dear. 309 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,280 Yes? 310 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:16,280 Yes, this is Dr. Manvey speaking. 311 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:23,280 What? 312 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,280 Good Lord. 313 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:27,280 Yes, yes. 314 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,680 Very well, I'll tell him and I'll come over at once. 315 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:31,680 What is it? 316 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:32,680 What's wrong? 317 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,720 A terrible thing has just happened. 318 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,360 We'll need you on this, I'm afraid, Inspector. 319 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:37,360 Now, what's happened? 320 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,080 The Lord Mayor has been murdered. 321 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,080 Heard of it? 322 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,080 Can't understand it. 323 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,480 Why, he didn't have an enemy in the world. 324 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:44,480 When did it happen? 325 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,520 He left his house at 5.15 to come over here. 326 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,480 He was apparently attacked by someone who'd been lurking in the shrubbery of his own grounds. 327 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:51,480 He was killed at 5.30. 328 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,760 His watch had been smashed during the struggle and that's when it stopped. 329 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,240 And how was he killed, Doctor? 330 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:03,240 He was strangled. 331 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:09,400 It was fantastic, of course. 332 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,120 But there it was, that terrible coincidence. 333 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,160 The strangling in Brighton. 334 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,360 I must confess that my main concern was for Reggie. 335 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:23,480 The way everyone glanced at him, the polite standoffish way they talked to him, was enough 336 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,800 to show they thought that somehow he was responsible for the dreadful thing that had happened. 337 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:32,200 As for myself, I felt almost as badly as he did and thought I'd never known anyone quite 338 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:33,200 so brave. 339 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,960 But it was clear he wanted to get away and he was quite free to go. 340 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,000 And yet he stayed on in Brighton, so compelled to. 341 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:46,320 Perhaps by a strange feeling that he mustn't run off until the mystery had been solved. 342 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,920 He even made a little joke about it that night that I drove him to the concert. 343 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,200 Well, this is one way of facing the music. 344 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,240 Reggie, you must have said that. 345 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,240 I'm sorry. 346 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,240 I hope you didn't mind too much driving me down. 347 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,240 Of course I didn't. 348 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:02,480 I know you must think I'm a low dog for picking the one night when you wouldn't come along. 349 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,560 But it's their only program of Rimsky-Korsakov and I couldn't bear to miss it. 350 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,880 I'll come another time, if you want me to. 351 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,800 I want you to very much. 352 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:17,800 Reggie, did you ever think that a play might have an effect on people who saw it? 353 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:18,800 How? 354 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,040 That someone might see it and want to do the same thing? 355 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,040 Oh. 356 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,480 Reggie, I think that's what happened. 357 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:30,360 I think that someone saw your play and is trying to do the same thing in real life. 358 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,840 Some poor creature with a twisted mind. 359 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:33,840 A twisted mind? 360 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,120 Please don't think I'm blaming you. 361 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,240 But a play like that should never have been written, should never have been allowed. 362 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,800 Perhaps it was just fated to be that way. 363 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,080 It's the only thing I can think of to explain the things that have happened. 364 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,640 Does it make a great deal of difference to you? 365 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:50,640 Difference? 366 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,800 In the way you feel about me. 367 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,160 Oh, Reggie, no. 368 00:16:55,160 --> 00:17:00,640 I'm glad of that because I think quite soon now, perhaps after tonight, I shall have something 369 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,400 very important to tell you, April. 370 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:04,400 Oh. 371 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,680 Well, here we are. 372 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:08,760 Thanks for bringing me. 373 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:09,760 And you will pick me up. 374 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:10,760 At 11.30 sharp. 375 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:11,760 Tickets? 376 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:12,760 Tickets, please, sir. 377 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:13,760 Here you are. 378 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:14,760 First dollar on your right, sir. 379 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:15,760 First seat in the last row. 380 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:16,760 Am I late? 381 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:17,760 No, sir. 382 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:18,760 It's just about to begin, sir. 383 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:41,720 Goodbye my dear. 384 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:49,760 Inspector. 385 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:50,760 Hello there, Parker. 386 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:51,760 Come in, come in. 387 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:52,760 Thank you. 388 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:53,760 I was just listening to a little music on my telephone. 389 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:54,760 Do you know it? 390 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:55,760 Cherizade? 391 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:56,760 Yes, it's just 42 minutes long. 392 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:57,760 Oh, is it? 393 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:58,760 I never timed it. 394 00:17:58,760 --> 00:17:59,760 Yeah, make yourself comfortable by the fire. 395 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:00,760 I was rather hoping you'd pick this evening to drop in. 396 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:01,760 I'm all alone. 397 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:02,760 I remember you said you'd be. 398 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:03,760 You have quite the temper. 399 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:04,760 I'm not a man of my word. 400 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:05,760 I'm a man of my word. 401 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:06,760 I'm a man of my word. 402 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:07,760 I'm a man of my word. 403 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:08,760 I'm a man of my word. 404 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:09,760 I'm a man of my word. 405 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:10,760 I'm a man of my word. 406 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:11,760 I'm a man of my word. 407 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:12,760 I'm a man of my word. 408 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:18,900 I remember you said you'd be. 409 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:23,600 And I see you collect other things, as well. 410 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,040 Oh, oh, my private chamber of horrors. 411 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,040 Interested? 412 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,040 Very much. 413 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,300 Of course you did want to talk about crime, didn't you? 414 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:35,440 Well, each of these things are rather gruesome, most of them to you, I expect. 415 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:36,920 It's like a trophy to me. 416 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,260 Now, take this butcher knife. 417 00:18:38,260 --> 00:18:41,200 You can imagine what that was used for, I suppose. 418 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,200 His wife? 419 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,200 Carved her up and put her in a trunk and checked her at Brighton Station. 420 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,200 We didn't find her for three months. Never did find her head. 421 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,200 We got the chap, though. 422 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,200 Now, here's something you don't see very often. 423 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:54,200 A hangman's noose. 424 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:58,200 Yes, the fellow who wore that collar last got me my biggest promotion. 425 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,200 It must be a great moment of satisfaction when the bolt is pulled, 426 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,200 the rope tightens, and you know your murder is done for. 427 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,200 Yes, it is, for a fact. 428 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,200 But there's one trophy I intend to have here that'll make me prouder than all the rest. 429 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,200 Just a little thing it is, too. Just a bit of cord. 430 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,200 You mean the cord that was used to strangle the Lord Mayor? 431 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,200 Right you are, and I'll get it. 432 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:25,200 Many years ago, ten years to be exact, before the Lord Mayor was the Lord Mayor, 433 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,200 he was a barrister defending a client in a court of law. 434 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,200 And let us suppose that instead of defending his client, 435 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,200 he betrayed him to the prosecution and the man went to prison. 436 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,200 And let us suppose that the man returned one day, 437 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,200 after all those years in prison, to take revenge. 438 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,200 And he took it. 439 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,200 Very imaginative theory, Mr. Parker. 440 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,200 Why don't you drop into my office tomorrow and we'll discuss it further. 441 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,200 Ah, but you've only heard half of my theory, Inspector. 442 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,200 Let us also suppose that the representative of the prosecution 443 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,200 to whom this innocent man was betrayed 444 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:01,200 was someone more interested in collecting trophies than in seeing justice. 445 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,200 An ambitious man. 446 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,200 A chief inspector of police, shall we say. 447 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,200 Someone like you, Inspector. 448 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,200 Really, Mr. Parker? 449 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:15,200 Then it would also follow that our man would strangle you, wouldn't it, Inspector? 450 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,200 I'm afraid playacting has influenced your judgment, sir. 451 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,200 This is no play, Inspector. 452 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,200 Oh, you couldn't get away with a thing like this. 453 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,200 You've said that before. 454 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,200 People know where you are. 455 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,200 Exactly, you see, I am at a concert. 456 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:37,200 No! 457 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,200 Oh, there you are. 458 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,200 Been waiting long? 459 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,200 No, it's just over. 460 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,200 Did you enjoy it? 461 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,200 I don't think I've ever enjoyed a concert quite so much in all my life. 462 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,200 Really? 463 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,200 Do you have a wireless in your car? 464 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,200 Yes, there it is, right in front of you. 465 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,200 Oh, yes, of course. 466 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,200 I thought we might hear a bit of news. 467 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,200 Mm-hmm. 468 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,200 Under intense anti-aircraft fire, the raiders were driven off. 469 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:03,200 However, with only a minimum of damage to non-military objectives. 470 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,200 I have just been handed a dispatch from Brighton. 471 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,200 The Brighton Strangler has struck again. 472 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,200 At approximately 11 o'clock tonight, 473 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,200 Chief Inspector Allison of the Brighton police force was found dead in his flat. 474 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,200 Reggie. 475 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,200 He had apparently been murdered in the same manner as the Lord Mayor of Brighton, 476 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,200 only three days before by strangling. 477 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,200 Again, there were no clues to the killer. 478 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,200 Reggie. 479 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,200 It's fortunate, my dear, that you and others know I was at the concert this evening. 480 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,200 Fortunate? 481 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:34,200 Because otherwise it might seem almost one coincidence too many. 482 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,200 Coincidence? 483 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,200 Suddenly all this coincidence that it seemed only the trickery of an impossible nightmare 484 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,200 became the evidence of terrible reality. 485 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,200 How I managed to maintain a semblance of calm 486 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,200 as I drove him back to his hotel I shall never know. 487 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,200 The next day he had left, and that afternoon he called me from London. 488 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,200 He said it was most urgent that I see him. 489 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,200 I knew that I must go. 490 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,200 But first, I went to the police. 491 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,200 It's Fort Faulkner who came to us first. 492 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,200 Now, if you know where he is, Miss, we'll arrest him at once. 493 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:14,200 But I don't know where he is. 494 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,200 Besides, I have no proof. 495 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,200 Neither of you, neither of anyone. 496 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,200 There's all the proof we need, Miss. 497 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,200 But don't you see the pattern? 498 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,200 I'm to meet him at the Plaza Hotel. 499 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,200 And the Plaza Hotel is a terrace, and tonight is New Year's Eve. 500 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,200 And my name is April. 501 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,200 You'll be taking your life in your hands, Miss. 502 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,200 Maybe I'm wrong. I pray that I am. 503 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,200 Maybe you won't have to do anything, and he'll come to you of his own accord 504 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,200 when I tell him you want him. 505 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,200 But if I'm not wrong, if this is the only way to save him, 506 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,200 I'm the only person in the world who can do it. 507 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,200 Well, what did you say the line in the play was? 508 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:52,200 He says, and now you, my dear, the only person alive who knows. 509 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,200 The only person alive who knows. 510 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,200 You do have a script for the play, don't you? 511 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,200 Oh, yes, yes. 512 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,200 Because you'll have to come right in on cue. 513 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,200 Do you have a copy of the play for yourself? 514 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:19,200 I don't need one. I know it now by heart. 515 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:24,200 Ten. 516 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,200 Eleven. 517 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:33,200 Twelve. Midnight and the New Year. 518 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,200 Shall we go in? It's a bit chilly out here, don't you think? 519 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,200 No, we can't go in just yet because... 520 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,200 Because what? 521 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,200 Because something has to happen first. 522 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,200 What has to happen? 523 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:48,200 You know what happened to the Lord Mayor of Brighton, don't you? 524 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,200 And the Chief Inspector, he was strangled too, wasn't he? 525 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:52,200 Reggie. 526 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,200 Don't try to pretend you haven't guessed who I am. 527 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,200 Reggie, this is where the lines are different from the play. 528 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,200 I've known who you are. 529 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,200 Go on, say it. The Brighton Strangler. 530 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,200 And now you have a silk cord in your hands and you want to strangle me. 531 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,200 But you mustn't. Who'll listen to me? Reggie. 532 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,200 You've been sick, don't you understand? 533 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,200 You've been sick and you've got to get well. 534 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,200 And now you, my dear, are the only person alive who knows. 535 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,200 Reggie, no. 536 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:17,200 Yes. 537 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,200 Applause, all of you. Applause. 538 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,200 Applause. 539 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,200 He's dead global, all right. 540 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,200 But keep him covered all the same. 541 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,200 Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. 542 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,200 He's backing up to the railing. He'll fall. Stop him, someone. 543 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,200 Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody. 544 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,200 Good night. 545 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:50,200 So in a trance bowing as he had so often to so many enchanted audiences of the Brighton Strangler, 546 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:55,200 he stepped backwards towards the low parapet as though again leaving a stage and fell. 547 00:24:55,200 --> 00:25:01,200 We found him on the pavement below. He was still alive. 548 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,200 It's April from Brighton. 549 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,200 We were bombed, weren't we? 550 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,200 And then I heard applause. 551 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,200 I think I'm hurt, but you'll help me, won't you? 552 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:20,200 I want to take just one last curtain call. 553 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,200 He died there in my arms. 554 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:35,200 And so closes the Brighton Strangler based on the RKO picture 555 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,200 and starring John Loder with June Dupre. 556 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,200 Tonight's study in Suspense. 557 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,200 Suspense is produced, edited and directed by William Spear. 558 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:49,200 There is no reason at all, Elsa Maxwell says, 559 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:34,320 to be a 560 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:39,320 woman. 561 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,320 Why everyone should not have the enjoyment of Roma wines. 562 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,320 And so closes the Brighton Strangler based on the RKO picture 563 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,320 and starring John Loder with June Dupre. 564 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,320 Tonight's study in Suspense. 565 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,320 Suspense is produced, edited and directed by William Spear. 566 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,320 There is no reason at all, Elsa Maxwell says, 567 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,320 why everyone should not have the enjoyment of Roma wines 568 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,320 with everyday meals and when entertaining friends. 569 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:12,320 These superb wines of California are so delightful to the taste, 570 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,320 so very delicious with food, 571 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,320 so smartly complementary to friends who are your guests. 572 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,320 It seems a shame to me that some people still miss out on such 573 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,320 wholesomely simple, moderate and inexpensive pleasure. 574 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,320 But of course, Miss Maxwell, millions already do know 575 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,320 and enjoy Roma wines. 576 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:37,320 In fact, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 577 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,320 And that can only mean Roma wines are California's finest. 578 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:46,320 Always extra good, unvaryingly fine in flavor and quality. 579 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,320 Yet, only pennies a glass. 580 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:53,320 Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 581 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,320 Before we bring you news about next week's program, 582 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,320 I should like for our sponsors, the Roma Wine Company 583 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,320 and for all of us who collaborate to bring you Suspense. 584 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,320 Mr. Spear, our producer-director, 585 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,320 Lud Gluskin, our conductor, 586 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,320 Lucian Marowick, composer of our scores, 587 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,320 Vern Surrey and Ralph Cummings, our sound crew, 588 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,320 Bob Anderson, engineer, 589 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,320 and Truman Bradley, our announcer, 590 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,320 to wish you a very Merry Christmas. 591 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,320 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Miss Ida Lupino 592 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,320 as star of Suspense. 593 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:31,320 Presented by Roma wines, R-O-M-A, 594 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:36,320 made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 595 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,320 An open telegram from Washington concerning the merchant marine, 596 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,320 which should be listened to with vital interest 597 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,320 by eligible members of our audience. 598 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:48,320 United States shipbuilding program is being increased at enormous rate. 599 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,320 Contracts have been awarded for hundreds of additional new ships. 600 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:55,320 Every one of these ships must be manned by 40 to 50 men, 601 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,320 most of them with previous sea experience. 602 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:02,320 Long Pacific distances and expanding supply problems 603 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:06,320 call for continuous employment of large numbers of men and ships 604 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,320 until Japan is totally defeated. 605 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,320 Universal demand for strong post-war merchant marine 606 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,320 makes post-war opportunities in these jobs 607 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:21,320 fully as great as in any American industry today.