1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Now, Roma Wines present... 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:25,000 Tonight, Drive-In starring Nancy Kelly. 4 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:32,000 This is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines. 5 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 6 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:42,000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 7 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant. 8 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,000 As Roma Wines bring you... 9 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Suspense! 10 00:00:52,000 --> 00:01:02,000 This is the man in black here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 11 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you a star, Miss Nancy Kelly. 12 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:15,000 In the suspenseful narrative of a Hollywood working girl who one rainy midnight found death sitting beside her on the ride home. 13 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:22,000 And so with Drive-In and with the performance of Nancy Kelly, we again hope to keep you in... 14 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Suspense! 15 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:41,000 I wish I hadn't let Ruth talk me into serving that last card that came to the Drive-In, that rainy night. 16 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:47,000 It was late and I was tired. I'd been on my feet all day carrying heavy trays. 17 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Hopping to it when impatient people blared their headlights on and off in my eyes. 18 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,000 And heaven knows there are a lot of impatient people in Hollywood. 19 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 These car hops don't have an easy time of it. 20 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Talk about your mail carriers. Well, we're the same. 21 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Raining or blowing or boiling hot, we've got to get through with that tray or know the reason why. 22 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Tired, hungry people who sit back in their car and expect a million dollars worth of service for a ten cent tip. 23 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Why do we do it? 24 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Well, sure, there are other ways of making a living in Hollywood, but... 25 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Not many that hold that glittering promise that maybe someday, somehow, maybe someone will say... 26 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Why, that girl looks like Lana Turner. 27 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Yeah, at least her hair is done up that way. 28 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 You know, I think I could use her in that new picture of mine. 29 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,000 I'll ask her to come out to the studio. Yeah, I know. 30 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Well, here we go again. 31 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Maybe it doesn't happen often, but there's always a chance. 32 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 And there's always that hope. 33 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 That's what keeps us going, I guess. 34 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,000 But there are other things that can happen in a drive-in. 35 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Things that aren't on the menu by any manner of means. 36 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Like the rainy night I was telling you about when I let Ruth talk me into serving that last car that came in. 37 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Oh, Mildred, please take his order. I've got three other cars and I'm waiting for French fries. 38 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Oh, look at the clock, will you? It's near midnight. I'm off duty. 39 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Oh, please, Mildred, just this one more, will you? I'll do the same for you sometime. 40 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 But Ruth... 41 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Oh, what's the matter with him? Can't he read? 42 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Please do not honk your horn. 43 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 That looks clear enough to me. 44 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Well, it's the doctor's car, see? He's probably in a rush. 45 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Anyway, you've got nobody waiting. 46 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Oh, all right. 47 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Gee, thanks a lot. 48 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Well, it was true. No one was waiting for me. 49 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Only the bus that had taken me to Glendale where I lived alone in an apartment. 50 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:45,000 So I buttoned up my raincoat and I took a menu over to the car. 51 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Good evening. 52 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Never mind the menu. Just some black coffee, a pop of it and a ham sandwich. Please hurry it. 53 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 When I... 54 00:03:53,000 --> 00:04:03,000 When I took his order over to the car, the window was rolled up a little too far and it interfered with the tray, so I reached in to wind it down. 55 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:13,000 When I touched the handle, it felt wet and kind of sticky, too, but I didn't think anything about it and I got the tray firmly set. 56 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,000 And then I looked at my hand. It was as red as blood. 57 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:23,000 I looked up quickly at him. 58 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Dr. Morgan. I just had an emergency in the car. 59 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Oh, an accident? 60 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Yes, sunset and vine, quite a crash. I just happened by and I took one of them to the hospital. 61 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Oh, gee, that's too bad. 62 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Yes, it was very unfortunate. 63 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000 I walked back trying to wipe the blood from my hand with a paper napkin. 64 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Oh, it gave me a creepy feeling to have somebody's blood on my hand. 65 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Then I went in to wash. I was keeping close track of the time and I was a little worried for fear the big drive-in clock wasn't right. 66 00:04:53,000 --> 00:05:01,000 It sometimes ran slow. So I took a coin from my pocket. I figured it was worth a nickel not to miss that last bus to Glendale. 67 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:12,000 I walked over to the payphone and I was just about to drop the nickel in when I looked out and was leaning on the horn and beckoning to me at the same time. 68 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,000 I put the nickel back in my pocket and I hurried out to him. 69 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:22,000 I'm sorry, but I'm in a hurry and I haven't time for this coffee to cool off. I'll take the sandwich with me. How much do I owe you? 70 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Forty cents. 71 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Forty cents. Here you are. I hope I didn't interrupt your phone call. Wasn't important, was it? 72 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:36,000 No, no, no. I was just checking on the time. I didn't want to miss my bus. 73 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 There was a clock right over your head. 74 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Oh, it's usually wrong. 75 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,000 I have the time. It's about four minutes to twelve. 76 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Oh, gee, I am going to miss my bus. 77 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 What time does it leave? 78 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 At midnight from Hollywood and La Brea. 79 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Well, hop in. I'll take you. I'm going right past there. 80 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Oh, gee, would you? I'll take the train and I'll be right back. I might as well make it. 81 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:06,000 In my hurry to unhook the train from the window, I gave it a jittery sound and it fell crashing to the ground. 82 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Oh, Ruth! Ruth, please help me pick these things up, will you? I'm going to miss my bus. 83 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 All right, Mildred, okay. 84 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 I'll take the things up quickly. Ruth went off with the tray. 85 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,000 I started to run around the other side of the car when I noticed something shining on the ground. 86 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,000 It was one of the shakers that had fallen from the tray. 87 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,000 I picked it up and I started running toward the driver when he spoke to me. 88 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Why don't you just put that in your pocket? You can return it tomorrow. Come on, come on. You're going to miss your bus. 89 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:39,000 I put the shaker into my pocket and I rushed over to the other side of the car and he opened the door for me. 90 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,000 I was just about to get in when I hesitated. 91 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:50,000 I wasn't used to doing this sort of thing. The other girls sometimes let the customers drive them home, but I never did. 92 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Still, he looked so decent and... 93 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Come on, come on. You'll miss it. 94 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Then he reached out just to help me in. 95 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:05,000 And I thought then that he was really concerned about my missing the bus, or he seemed to pull me into the car. 96 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000 And the first thing I knew, I was sitting beside him. 97 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 And the door slammed. 98 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 And he knew we were driving off. 99 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:23,000 I was a little uneasy, but then I thought, no, it's only a few blocks and I won't be in the car long. 100 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,000 I suppose you're in a hurry because someone's waiting for you. 101 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Oh, no, I live alone, but I'd hate to walk back to Glendale in this rain. 102 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,000 You won't have to walk. 103 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,000 This is very nice of you. I appreciate it. 104 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Not at all. 105 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Would you mind rolling up that window on your side? There's a draft. 106 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Oh, of course. 107 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:54,000 You can let me off at that corner over there. 108 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000 All right. 109 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Anywhere along here will be all right. 110 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:03,000 This is fine. Right over there by that stop sign. 111 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,000 Wait, are you going right through that stop signal? 112 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Am I? 113 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Yes. 114 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 But I'll get over there by the other one. My bus. 115 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 You're turning the wrong way. 116 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Am I? 117 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Yes. This goes up to Laurel Canyon. 118 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Does it? 119 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 You thought you were pretty smart, didn't you? 120 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,000 I don't know what you mean. Please let me out of this car. 121 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 You went right to the phone. You thought I wouldn't see you. 122 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,000 The phone? But I was calling about the time. Honest to the world. 123 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,000 The time? With that clock right over your head? 124 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Oh, but that clock's wrong sometimes. Besides, who would I call? 125 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,000 Why should I call anyone about you? 126 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,000 You were calling the police. 127 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Oh, no. Honest I wasn't. Let me out of this car. 128 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,000 You were going to catch a bus. You were going straight to the police. That's where you were going. 129 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Well, why should I go to the police? 130 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 You know why. 131 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 No, no. Really, I don't. 132 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Because you saw him. You saw his blood. 133 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,000 I... I... 134 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,000 No, no, you don't. 135 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Oh, no. 136 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:19,000 There. You won't need to try to open that door again. 137 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Now... now we'll begin. 138 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Tonight, for suspense, Roma wines are bringing you as star Miss Nancy Kelly, 139 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:45,000 whom you have heard in the prologue to Drive-In by Mel Dinelli and Muriel Roy Bolden. 140 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Tonight's tale of suspense. 141 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 142 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Haven't you often realized that many of life's finest enjoyments are simple and moderate rather than the opposite? 143 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 I give you the words of a high and well-loved parate, Miss Elsa Maxwell, 144 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 international expert on smart entertaining and gracious living. 145 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Good hospitality is always simple, genuine, and moderate. 146 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:27,000 That is why I often suggest enjoyment of delicious Roma sauternes, 147 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,000 when you have friends in to dinner or with your everyday meals. 148 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Serve this delicate golden sauternes well chilled with any food in any glasses you have. 149 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Special wine glasses are pretty but not essential to the enjoyment of Roma wine. 150 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Now, what can I add to such charming good sense as that? 151 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Maybe just this. 152 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Roma sauternes and all Roma wines are the best that California's magnificent sun-ripened grapes can provide. 153 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:06,000 In glorious color, fragrance, and flavor, protected for you by the ancient wine skill of Roma's famed wineries. 154 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:14,000 That's why Roma wines and Roma quality do not vary, never fall short, but are always enjoyable. 155 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Unchanging high quality gives tremendous popularity to Roma wines and makes low costs possible. 156 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Only pennies a glass. 157 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 158 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,000 R-O-M-A, Roma wine. 159 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:39,000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage Miss Nancy Kelly in Drive-In. 160 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:58,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 161 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:05,000 After I made that last try to get out and he broke the handle of the door, all the strength seemed to go out of my body. 162 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,000 I just sat there as we drove on. 163 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:17,000 We passed a few people and some cars in the next blocks and I thought of calling out and then I knew why he'd asked me to roll up the window when I'd first gotten into the car. 164 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:24,000 And then, and then we were at the mouth of the canyon and I could see the road dark and lonely up ahead. 165 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,000 The car twisted and swirled. 166 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:32,000 My arm ached from his strong fingers that had dug into it when I tried to jump out. 167 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 I looked at him from the corner of my eye. 168 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:40,000 He hadn't seemed like a criminal back at the drive-in and he didn't seem like one now. 169 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:47,000 His jaw was black from needing a shave and still his face, well it wasn't like a criminal at all. 170 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 It was so tired. 171 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Quit staring at me. 172 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Look, look, I didn't know anything about you, honest I didn't. 173 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Please let me go. 174 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 You know something about me now. 175 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 I won't tell anybody, whatever it is, I promise you I won't. 176 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 No woman's promises. 177 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Remind me to tell you a story about a woman and a promise. 178 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Let me out. Please let me out right here. 179 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,000 It's a long way back to Glendale. 180 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:16,000 That's all the better. It'll take me hours to get back and you'll be miles away by then. 181 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 I'm not taking any chances with you kid. 182 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Please, oh please let me out. I've got to get back. 183 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,000 You said no one was waiting for you. 184 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 You live alone don't you? 185 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:34,000 No one will miss you. 186 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 We both were at the fire room then. 187 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 He looked quickly into the rear vision mirror. 188 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Then he took a gun from his pocket and he turned to me. 189 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 If that's for us and we're stopped, remember this. 190 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,000 I've used this gun before tonight and I can use it again if I have to. 191 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 If I'm taken you'll go first. 192 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,000 But now listen, I'm a doctor and you're a nurse and we're headed on an emergency. 193 00:13:53,000 --> 00:14:03,000 You won't try to pull anything. Now remember that. Remember it. 194 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Well, you're going awful fast for a wet night aren't you? 195 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 All the way up from Hollywood. 196 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 I'm Dr. Morgan and this is Nurse Johnson on an emergency call. 197 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 I'll see your identification. 198 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Well, let's see. 199 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:22,000 He fumbled through his pocket with one hand, holding the gun to my ribs with the other. 200 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 The motorcycle cop looked over at me. 201 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,000 I thought for a moment that I could signal him with my eyes. 202 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 But then I knew he wasn't looking at my face. 203 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:37,000 He was looking down at my white starched blouse which he could see under my raincoat. 204 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 He thought it was a nurse's uniform. 205 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Here you are, officer. 206 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Okay Doc, sorry I stopped you. 207 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Well, that's that. 208 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Hey, hey, hey wait a minute. 209 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 What's the matter? 210 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:58,000 I just wanted to tell you, the rain started to slide up our way. Better take it easy. 211 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 Thanks. I will. 212 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,000 You're not Dr. Morgan, are you? 213 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:20,000 What do you think? 214 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Then we came to the landslide. 215 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,000 It wasn't a big one but it made a terrible mess of the road. 216 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:37,000 He didn't slow down and the car swerved crazily as it slipped from one side of the highway to the other. 217 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:43,000 Suddenly, it fell as though the whole rear end had slipped out. 218 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:48,000 I looked over at him. He was tense. His knuckles turned wide as he clutched the wheel. 219 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,000 He shoved the car into reverse. 220 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,000 I hoped it would never, never move. 221 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,000 And it didn't. We were stuck. 222 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 Hopelessly stuck. 223 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Have all the luck. 224 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Suddenly, suddenly the car was filled with light. 225 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,000 A car had come around the curve behind us. 226 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,000 This might be my chance. 227 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Remember, I still have this gun. Now don't try anything. 228 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Hey! We're stuck here! Could you give us a push? 229 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Thank you very much. 230 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Well, have some California hospitality. 231 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,000 I'll have to get out. I'll have to put something under the wheel. 232 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Stay here. 233 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,000 There, there were some bushes by the side of the road. 234 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,000 If I could reach them, I could perhaps run up the side of the hill and hide. 235 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Then in the morning, I could make my way back down the canyon. 236 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:57,000 I slipped under the wheel and I carefully turned the handle of the door on his side of the car. 237 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,000 I could see him in the mirror. He was at the back of the car. 238 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 I eased the door gently open. 239 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 I put one foot out. 240 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,000 I was just sliding out when I heard him. 241 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,000 You're not going any place. 242 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Come here. 243 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Give me that raincoat. 244 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Why? 245 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 I need something dry to step under this wheel. 246 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Oh, but I... 247 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 You won't be needing it! 248 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,000 I hesitated a moment, but he practically ripped it off my back. 249 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:29,000 He wound it into a ball and, bending down, he stuck it under the wheel. 250 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,000 The gun. It stuck out of his back pocket. 251 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,000 I could get it if I could lay my hands on it. 252 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,000 I held my breath and I reached out. 253 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,000 It seemed so far, but I finally touched it. 254 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 And then, and then I snatched it from his pocket swiftly. 255 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Give me that gun. 256 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 I'm going. You can't stop me now. 257 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Can't I? 258 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000 No. No, you stay right where you are. 259 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,000 I won't hurt you. All I want is to get home. 260 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 I'm going, but if you follow me, I'll... 261 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 You'll what? 262 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,000 I'll kill you. 263 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 I don't think you will. 264 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Oh, yes, I will. You think I'm afraid? 265 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Aren't you? 266 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 No. I don't care what happens to you. 267 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,000 You're a murderer. You killed somebody. 268 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,000 I thought you didn't know anything about me. 269 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,000 I didn't, I didn't, but I do now and I'm going to tell the police. 270 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 Stay where you are. 271 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 No, no. I'm not afraid. 272 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 I'll shoot! 273 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 It's too bad I used up all of those tonight. 274 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 You could have filled me full of holes. 275 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Give me that gun. 276 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Now get in the car. 277 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 That's better. 278 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Are you going to kill me? 279 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:58,000 What do you think? 280 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,000 We were nearing the top of the canyon now. 281 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000 The road was very steep. 282 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 The rain had let up. It was just drizzling now. 283 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Even though he hadn't answered my question, I knew the answer. 284 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 He was going to kill me. 285 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 I wouldn't get back home tonight. 286 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Not tonight or any other night. 287 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 It was funny. 288 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,000 I sometimes used to hate that little apartment of mine where nothing ever happened. 289 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 But tonight... 290 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,000 And then for some reason I thought about Ruth. 291 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,000 What would she say tomorrow when I didn't show up at work? 292 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,000 And then I wondered where they'd find my body. 293 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Well, here we are. 294 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Look out mountain, the top of the world. 295 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,000 Suddenly we came over the crest of the hill. 296 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,000 And way down below the city stretched out for miles. 297 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Millions of lights glittering in the rain. 298 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,000 For a moment I forgot everything. 299 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:11,000 It was the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen. 300 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Ever been up here before? 301 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 No. 302 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 It's nice, isn't it? 303 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000 Oh, yes. 304 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,000 I used to come up here with a girl once. 305 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,000 We used to sit and talk for hours. 306 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Come on. We'll get a better view if we get out. 307 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 I knew it was foolish to argue. 308 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000 So I followed him. 309 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,000 But as he walked over toward the edge, I became frightened. 310 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,000 It was such a steep drop. 311 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 Well, come on. 312 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,000 I'm afraid to get so close to the edge. 313 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 You will fall. 314 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Look. 315 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,000 That's Los Angeles over there. 316 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,000 That bright line of lights is Western Avenue. 317 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 I went to school somewhere along in there. 318 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 I used to get into all sorts of trouble at school. 319 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 But I got by. 320 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 I managed. 321 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:17,000 And everyone said I'd grow out of it. 322 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,000 And over that way, towards the ocean, that's Wet's Wood. 323 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 That's where she lived. 324 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,000 This girl I was telling you about. 325 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,000 That was the best part of my life, I guess. 326 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,000 That's when they said marriage and her wife would straighten me out. 327 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Marriage and her wife would straighten me out in Wet's Wood, they said. 328 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Does your wife still live there? 329 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 No. 330 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 She's dead. 331 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Oh, I'm sorry. 332 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 You needn't be. 333 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 I killed her. 334 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Oh, why? 335 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Because she couldn't keep her promises. 336 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Did... did you kill her tonight? 337 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000 No. 338 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 A long time ago. 339 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,000 The jury said I was insane. 340 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,000 But I think it was the sanest thing I ever did. 341 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,000 They put me in an asylum. 342 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Do you know what it's like being... being locked up year after year when you know there's nothing wrong with you? 343 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 No. 344 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,000 That isn't good. 345 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,000 If you do anything to get out, anything, anything... 346 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:26,000 I knew if I could keep them talking, maybe a car would come along. 347 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Maybe something would happen. 348 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 It was... it was my only chance. 349 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 What are you thinking about? 350 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:37,000 You... you killed someone else tonight, didn't you? 351 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Yes. 352 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Dr. Morgan? 353 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 Yes. 354 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,000 He was one of the men who thought I was insane. 355 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Why did you do it? 356 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 I wanted his car to get away in. 357 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 I didn't want to be locked up anymore. 358 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Oh, but they'll catch you. 359 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000 No. 360 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,000 No, they won't find a doctor for several days. 361 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,000 I saw to that. 362 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 But how can you be so sure? 363 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,000 I do things thoroughly. 364 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 What are you going to do now? 365 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 First, I'm going to... 366 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Then I guess I'll go south. 367 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,000 I knew what he meant by that pause. 368 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,000 I started to back away slowly. 369 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 I'd made a mistake by reminding him of the present. 370 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:26,000 My hands went instinctively to my pocket for something to defend myself with. 371 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 I knew there was a pencil there. 372 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 It was sharp. 373 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Maybe I could scratch him or hurt him in some way with it. 374 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,000 But when I reached for it, I felt something else instead. 375 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Something cold and hard. 376 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:46,000 I was puzzled for a moment, and then I remembered it was the shaker I'd picked up at the drive-in. 377 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,000 You can't get away now. 378 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Then he started moving toward me. 379 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Me with only a pencil and a shaker to defend myself with. 380 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,000 It's too bad I came into that drive-in tonight. 381 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Why did you? 382 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Because I was hungry? 383 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Because I hadn't eaten for a long time? 384 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Weren't you afraid someone would see you? 385 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,000 No alarm had gone out. 386 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000 How did you know? 387 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 I knew. 388 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Oh, I'm sorry. 389 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,000 If only you hadn't rolled that window down. 390 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,000 If you're sorry, why don't you let me go? 391 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 It's too late. 392 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 What's that? 393 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,000 A car was coming over the top of the hill. 394 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:32,000 With a sudden movement, his arms were about me in a tight embrace. 395 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:37,000 I started to scream, but suddenly his lips closed over mine. 396 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Pushing my head back roughly, he kissed me. 397 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:47,000 I could scarcely breathe, and I felt the car's headlights on us like a spotlight. 398 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Well, just look at this view, will you? 399 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 You know, I'll have to do this in a picture sometime. 400 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Can't you see we're interrupting something? 401 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Drive on, will you? 402 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Where? 403 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,000 When all this rain, you'd think people would have more sense. 404 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Come on. 405 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:08,000 He held me a moment longer, and when the car had gone, he released me. 406 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:13,000 My pencil had fallen to the ground, and I was left with only the shaker in my hand. 407 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,000 I fingered it nervously, and then I felt the top coming off. 408 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,000 I felt the content spilling into my hand. 409 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 What have you got in your hand? 410 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Nothing. 411 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Give it to me. 412 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 No. 413 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Give it to me. 414 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,000 He grabbed my wrist, and he pulled me toward him. 415 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,000 We were moving to the edge of the cliff, but my other hand was free, 416 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,000 and I threw the contents of the shaker into his face. 417 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,000 His hands flew to his face, and inevitably clear his eyes. 418 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,000 But it was too late. 419 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 The pepper had blinded him. 420 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,000 He lunged out for me, but I stepped aside quickly, and he slipped in the mud. 421 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000 His hands went out to steady himself. 422 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:58,000 He clawed frantically at thin air, and then I saw him falling over backwards, over the edge. 423 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Then my strength gave way, and I felt myself sinking down to the ground. 424 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:26,000 I don't know how long I must have been there, but when I came to it, it was raining again. 425 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:34,000 I was soaked to the skin, and there was mud caked in my hair, and there was no one in sight. 426 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:39,000 The lights of Los Angeles stretched out in a pattern peacefully below, 427 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:46,000 and I knew that somewhere at the foot of those hills was Glendale and my apartment. 428 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:51,000 I rose slowly to my feet, and I started back toward the road. 429 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Somehow, everything that had happened seemed unreal, like a dream. 430 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:23,000 Everything except the way he kissed me to keep me from crying out. 431 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:30,000 And so closes Drive-In, starring Nancy Kelly. Tonight's study in Suspense. 432 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:35,000 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed by William Spear. 433 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:42,000 We are sometimes asked, why does Miss Elsa Maxwell always say it is smart to serve Roma wine? 434 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000 Her explanation is simple. 435 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:51,000 It is smart to serve Roma wine, first of all because Roma wines are so delicious, 436 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,000 so good with food or any time. 437 00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:02,000 It is smart further because Roma wine affords simple pleasure, enjoyment that is truly moderate. 438 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Finally, it is smart because it is such an easy and inexpensive addition to hospitality and everyday living. 439 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:17,000 Yes, in every way it is smart to serve and enjoy Roma wines. 440 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:24,000 They are California's finest, always good, unvaryingly fine in flavor and quality. 441 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:28,000 And remember, the cost is only pennies a glass. 442 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:33,000 More Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 443 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 444 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:44,000 Nancy Kelly appeared through the courtesy of RKO and will soon be seen in their production, Betrayal from the East. 445 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,000 The part of the man was played by Wally Mayer. 446 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:52,000 Next Thursday, same time, we will have an unusual program for you that you won't want to miss. 447 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:57,000 It will bring you in his first appearance as a dramatic actor, Mr. Frank Sinatra. 448 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:02,000 And appearing with Mr. Sinatra will be that incomparable actress, Miss Agnes Moorhead. 449 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:08,000 Don't miss them next week on Suspense. 450 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:20,000 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 451 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:42,000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.