WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 Now, Roma Wines present... 00:05.000 --> 00:10.000 Suspense! 00:10.000 --> 00:25.000 Tonight, Drive-In starring Nancy Kelly. 00:25.000 --> 00:32.000 This is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines. 00:32.000 --> 00:37.000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 00:37.000 --> 00:42.000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:42.000 --> 00:46.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant. 00:46.000 --> 00:49.000 As Roma Wines bring you... 00:49.000 --> 00:52.000 Suspense! 00:52.000 --> 01:02.000 This is the man in black here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 01:02.000 --> 01:06.000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you a star, Miss Nancy Kelly. 01:06.000 --> 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. 01:15.000 --> 01:22.000 And so with Drive-In and with the performance of Nancy Kelly, we again hope to keep you in... 01:22.000 --> 01:35.000 Suspense! 01:35.000 --> 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. 01:41.000 --> 01:47.000 It was late and I was tired. I'd been on my feet all day carrying heavy trays. 01:47.000 --> 01:52.000 Hopping to it when impatient people blared their headlights on and off in my eyes. 01:52.000 --> 01:56.000 And heaven knows there are a lot of impatient people in Hollywood. 01:56.000 --> 01:59.000 These car hops don't have an easy time of it. 01:59.000 --> 02:02.000 Talk about your mail carriers. Well, we're the same. 02:02.000 --> 02:09.000 Raining or blowing or boiling hot, we've got to get through with that tray or know the reason why. 02:09.000 --> 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. 02:15.000 --> 02:17.000 Why do we do it? 02:17.000 --> 02:21.000 Well, sure, there are other ways of making a living in Hollywood, but... 02:21.000 --> 02:27.000 Not many that hold that glittering promise that maybe someday, somehow, maybe someone will say... 02:27.000 --> 02:30.000 Why, that girl looks like Lana Turner. 02:30.000 --> 02:33.000 Yeah, at least her hair is done up that way. 02:33.000 --> 02:36.000 You know, I think I could use her in that new picture of mine. 02:36.000 --> 02:39.000 I'll ask her to come out to the studio. Yeah, I know. 02:39.000 --> 02:41.000 Well, here we go again. 02:41.000 --> 02:45.000 Maybe it doesn't happen often, but there's always a chance. 02:45.000 --> 02:47.000 And there's always that hope. 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 That's what keeps us going, I guess. 02:49.000 --> 02:52.000 But there are other things that can happen in a drive-in. 02:52.000 --> 02:55.000 Things that aren't on the menu by any manner of means. 02:55.000 --> 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. 03:03.000 --> 03:07.000 Oh, Mildred, please take his order. I've got three other cars and I'm waiting for French fries. 03:07.000 --> 03:11.000 Oh, look at the clock, will you? It's near midnight. I'm off duty. 03:11.000 --> 03:15.000 Oh, please, Mildred, just this one more, will you? I'll do the same for you sometime. 03:15.000 --> 03:17.000 But Ruth... 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 Oh, what's the matter with him? Can't he read? 03:19.000 --> 03:21.000 Please do not honk your horn. 03:21.000 --> 03:23.000 That looks clear enough to me. 03:23.000 --> 03:25.000 Well, it's the doctor's car, see? He's probably in a rush. 03:25.000 --> 03:28.000 Anyway, you've got nobody waiting. 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 Oh, all right. 03:29.000 --> 03:33.000 Gee, thanks a lot. 03:33.000 --> 03:36.000 Well, it was true. No one was waiting for me. 03:36.000 --> 03:40.000 Only the bus that had taken me to Glendale where I lived alone in an apartment. 03:40.000 --> 03:45.000 So I buttoned up my raincoat and I took a menu over to the car. 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 Good evening. 03:47.000 --> 03:51.000 Never mind the menu. Just some black coffee, a pop of it and a ham sandwich. Please hurry it. 03:51.000 --> 03:53.000 When I... 03:53.000 --> 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. 04:03.000 --> 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. 04:13.000 --> 04:18.000 And then I looked at my hand. It was as red as blood. 04:18.000 --> 04:23.000 I looked up quickly at him. 04:23.000 --> 04:26.000 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Dr. Morgan. I just had an emergency in the car. 04:26.000 --> 04:28.000 Oh, an accident? 04:28.000 --> 04:32.000 Yes, sunset and vine, quite a crash. I just happened by and I took one of them to the hospital. 04:32.000 --> 04:34.000 Oh, gee, that's too bad. 04:34.000 --> 04:36.000 Yes, it was very unfortunate. 04:36.000 --> 04:40.000 I walked back trying to wipe the blood from my hand with a paper napkin. 04:40.000 --> 04:45.000 Oh, it gave me a creepy feeling to have somebody's blood on my hand. 04:45.000 --> 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. 04:53.000 --> 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. 05:01.000 --> 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. 05:12.000 --> 05:16.000 I put the nickel back in my pocket and I hurried out to him. 05:16.000 --> 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? 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 Forty cents. 05:24.000 --> 05:31.000 Forty cents. Here you are. I hope I didn't interrupt your phone call. Wasn't important, was it? 05:31.000 --> 05:36.000 No, no, no. I was just checking on the time. I didn't want to miss my bus. 05:36.000 --> 05:38.000 There was a clock right over your head. 05:38.000 --> 05:41.000 Oh, it's usually wrong. 05:41.000 --> 05:45.000 I have the time. It's about four minutes to twelve. 05:45.000 --> 05:48.000 Oh, gee, I am going to miss my bus. 05:48.000 --> 05:49.000 What time does it leave? 05:49.000 --> 05:51.000 At midnight from Hollywood and La Brea. 05:51.000 --> 05:54.000 Well, hop in. I'll take you. I'm going right past there. 05:54.000 --> 06:00.000 Oh, gee, would you? I'll take the train and I'll be right back. I might as well make it. 06:00.000 --> 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. 06:06.000 --> 06:11.000 Oh, Ruth! Ruth, please help me pick these things up, will you? I'm going to miss my bus. 06:11.000 --> 06:13.000 All right, Mildred, okay. 06:13.000 --> 06:16.000 I'll take the things up quickly. Ruth went off with the tray. 06:16.000 --> 06:21.000 I started to run around the other side of the car when I noticed something shining on the ground. 06:21.000 --> 06:24.000 It was one of the shakers that had fallen from the tray. 06:24.000 --> 06:29.000 I picked it up and I started running toward the driver when he spoke to me. 06:29.000 --> 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. 06:33.000 --> 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. 06:39.000 --> 06:43.000 I was just about to get in when I hesitated. 06:43.000 --> 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. 06:50.000 --> 06:53.000 Still, he looked so decent and... 06:53.000 --> 06:55.000 Come on, come on. You'll miss it. 06:55.000 --> 06:58.000 Then he reached out just to help me in. 06:58.000 --> 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. 07:05.000 --> 07:09.000 And the first thing I knew, I was sitting beside him. 07:09.000 --> 07:11.000 And the door slammed. 07:11.000 --> 07:14.000 And he knew we were driving off. 07:14.000 --> 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. 07:23.000 --> 07:27.000 I suppose you're in a hurry because someone's waiting for you. 07:27.000 --> 07:33.000 Oh, no, I live alone, but I'd hate to walk back to Glendale in this rain. 07:33.000 --> 07:36.000 You won't have to walk. 07:36.000 --> 07:40.000 This is very nice of you. I appreciate it. 07:40.000 --> 07:43.000 Not at all. 07:43.000 --> 07:46.000 Would you mind rolling up that window on your side? There's a draft. 07:46.000 --> 07:49.000 Oh, of course. 07:49.000 --> 07:54.000 You can let me off at that corner over there. 07:54.000 --> 07:55.000 All right. 07:55.000 --> 07:58.000 Anywhere along here will be all right. 07:58.000 --> 08:03.000 This is fine. Right over there by that stop sign. 08:03.000 --> 08:07.000 Wait, are you going right through that stop signal? 08:07.000 --> 08:08.000 Am I? 08:08.000 --> 08:10.000 Yes. 08:10.000 --> 08:14.000 But I'll get over there by the other one. My bus. 08:14.000 --> 08:16.000 You're turning the wrong way. 08:16.000 --> 08:17.000 Am I? 08:17.000 --> 08:21.000 Yes. This goes up to Laurel Canyon. 08:21.000 --> 08:27.000 Does it? 08:27.000 --> 08:30.000 You thought you were pretty smart, didn't you? 08:30.000 --> 08:34.000 I don't know what you mean. Please let me out of this car. 08:34.000 --> 08:36.000 You went right to the phone. You thought I wouldn't see you. 08:36.000 --> 08:39.000 The phone? But I was calling about the time. Honest to the world. 08:39.000 --> 08:42.000 The time? With that clock right over your head? 08:42.000 --> 08:46.000 Oh, but that clock's wrong sometimes. Besides, who would I call? 08:46.000 --> 08:49.000 Why should I call anyone about you? 08:49.000 --> 08:51.000 You were calling the police. 08:51.000 --> 08:54.000 Oh, no. Honest I wasn't. Let me out of this car. 08:54.000 --> 08:58.000 You were going to catch a bus. You were going straight to the police. That's where you were going. 08:58.000 --> 09:00.000 Well, why should I go to the police? 09:00.000 --> 09:01.000 You know why. 09:01.000 --> 09:03.000 No, no. Really, I don't. 09:03.000 --> 09:07.000 Because you saw him. You saw his blood. 09:07.000 --> 09:10.000 I... I... 09:10.000 --> 09:11.000 No, no, you don't. 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 Oh, no. 09:13.000 --> 09:19.000 There. You won't need to try to open that door again. 09:19.000 --> 09:22.000 Now... now we'll begin. 09:34.000 --> 09:39.000 Tonight, for suspense, Roma wines are bringing you as star Miss Nancy Kelly, 09:39.000 --> 09:45.000 whom you have heard in the prologue to Drive-In by Mel Dinelli and Muriel Roy Bolden. 09:45.000 --> 09:48.000 Tonight's tale of suspense. 09:57.000 --> 10:01.000 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 10:01.000 --> 10:08.000 Haven't you often realized that many of life's finest enjoyments are simple and moderate rather than the opposite? 10:08.000 --> 10:12.000 I give you the words of a high and well-loved parate, Miss Elsa Maxwell, 10:12.000 --> 10:16.000 international expert on smart entertaining and gracious living. 10:16.000 --> 10:21.000 Good hospitality is always simple, genuine, and moderate. 10:21.000 --> 10:27.000 That is why I often suggest enjoyment of delicious Roma sauternes, 10:27.000 --> 10:31.000 when you have friends in to dinner or with your everyday meals. 10:31.000 --> 10:39.000 Serve this delicate golden sauternes well chilled with any food in any glasses you have. 10:39.000 --> 10:45.000 Special wine glasses are pretty but not essential to the enjoyment of Roma wine. 10:45.000 --> 10:49.000 Now, what can I add to such charming good sense as that? 10:49.000 --> 10:50.000 Maybe just this. 10:50.000 --> 10:58.000 Roma sauternes and all Roma wines are the best that California's magnificent sun-ripened grapes can provide. 10:58.000 --> 11:06.000 In glorious color, fragrance, and flavor, protected for you by the ancient wine skill of Roma's famed wineries. 11:06.000 --> 11:14.000 That's why Roma wines and Roma quality do not vary, never fall short, but are always enjoyable. 11:14.000 --> 11:21.000 Unchanging high quality gives tremendous popularity to Roma wines and makes low costs possible. 11:21.000 --> 11:23.000 Only pennies a glass. 11:23.000 --> 11:29.000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 11:29.000 --> 11:33.000 R-O-M-A, Roma wine. 11:33.000 --> 11:39.000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage Miss Nancy Kelly in Drive-In. 11:39.000 --> 11:58.000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 11:58.000 --> 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. 12:05.000 --> 12:08.000 I just sat there as we drove on. 12:08.000 --> 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. 12:17.000 --> 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. 12:24.000 --> 12:27.000 The car twisted and swirled. 12:27.000 --> 12:32.000 My arm ached from his strong fingers that had dug into it when I tried to jump out. 12:32.000 --> 12:34.000 I looked at him from the corner of my eye. 12:34.000 --> 12:40.000 He hadn't seemed like a criminal back at the drive-in and he didn't seem like one now. 12:40.000 --> 12:47.000 His jaw was black from needing a shave and still his face, well it wasn't like a criminal at all. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.000 It was so tired. 12:49.000 --> 12:51.000 Quit staring at me. 12:51.000 --> 12:54.000 Look, look, I didn't know anything about you, honest I didn't. 12:54.000 --> 12:56.000 Please let me go. 12:56.000 --> 12:58.000 You know something about me now. 12:58.000 --> 13:01.000 I won't tell anybody, whatever it is, I promise you I won't. 13:01.000 --> 13:04.000 No woman's promises. 13:04.000 --> 13:06.000 Remind me to tell you a story about a woman and a promise. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.000 Let me out. Please let me out right here. 13:09.000 --> 13:12.000 It's a long way back to Glendale. 13:12.000 --> 13:16.000 That's all the better. It'll take me hours to get back and you'll be miles away by then. 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 I'm not taking any chances with you kid. 13:18.000 --> 13:23.000 Please, oh please let me out. I've got to get back. 13:23.000 --> 13:27.000 You said no one was waiting for you. 13:27.000 --> 13:30.000 You live alone don't you? 13:30.000 --> 13:34.000 No one will miss you. 13:34.000 --> 13:36.000 We both were at the fire room then. 13:36.000 --> 13:38.000 He looked quickly into the rear vision mirror. 13:38.000 --> 13:42.000 Then he took a gun from his pocket and he turned to me. 13:42.000 --> 13:44.000 If that's for us and we're stopped, remember this. 13:44.000 --> 13:47.000 I've used this gun before tonight and I can use it again if I have to. 13:47.000 --> 13:49.000 If I'm taken you'll go first. 13:49.000 --> 13:53.000 But now listen, I'm a doctor and you're a nurse and we're headed on an emergency. 13:53.000 --> 14:03.000 You won't try to pull anything. Now remember that. Remember it. 14:03.000 --> 14:08.000 Well, you're going awful fast for a wet night aren't you? 14:08.000 --> 14:10.000 All the way up from Hollywood. 14:10.000 --> 14:13.000 I'm Dr. Morgan and this is Nurse Johnson on an emergency call. 14:13.000 --> 14:15.000 I'll see your identification. 14:15.000 --> 14:17.000 Well, let's see. 14:17.000 --> 14:22.000 He fumbled through his pocket with one hand, holding the gun to my ribs with the other. 14:22.000 --> 14:24.000 The motorcycle cop looked over at me. 14:24.000 --> 14:28.000 I thought for a moment that I could signal him with my eyes. 14:28.000 --> 14:31.000 But then I knew he wasn't looking at my face. 14:31.000 --> 14:37.000 He was looking down at my white starched blouse which he could see under my raincoat. 14:37.000 --> 14:40.000 He thought it was a nurse's uniform. 14:40.000 --> 14:42.000 Here you are, officer. 14:42.000 --> 14:46.000 Okay Doc, sorry I stopped you. 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 Well, that's that. 14:48.000 --> 14:50.000 Hey, hey, hey wait a minute. 14:50.000 --> 14:52.000 What's the matter? 14:52.000 --> 14:58.000 I just wanted to tell you, the rain started to slide up our way. Better take it easy. 14:58.000 --> 15:00.000 Thanks. I will. 15:10.000 --> 15:14.000 You're not Dr. Morgan, are you? 15:14.000 --> 15:20.000 What do you think? 15:26.000 --> 15:28.000 Then we came to the landslide. 15:28.000 --> 15:31.000 It wasn't a big one but it made a terrible mess of the road. 15:31.000 --> 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. 15:37.000 --> 15:43.000 Suddenly, it fell as though the whole rear end had slipped out. 15:43.000 --> 15:48.000 I looked over at him. He was tense. His knuckles turned wide as he clutched the wheel. 15:48.000 --> 15:51.000 He shoved the car into reverse. 15:51.000 --> 15:55.000 I hoped it would never, never move. 15:55.000 --> 15:58.000 And it didn't. We were stuck. 15:58.000 --> 16:00.000 Hopelessly stuck. 16:00.000 --> 16:03.000 Have all the luck. 16:03.000 --> 16:06.000 Suddenly, suddenly the car was filled with light. 16:06.000 --> 16:09.000 A car had come around the curve behind us. 16:09.000 --> 16:13.000 This might be my chance. 16:13.000 --> 16:19.000 Remember, I still have this gun. Now don't try anything. 16:19.000 --> 16:24.000 Hey! We're stuck here! Could you give us a push? 16:24.000 --> 16:26.000 Thank you very much. 16:26.000 --> 16:32.000 Well, have some California hospitality. 16:32.000 --> 16:36.000 I'll have to get out. I'll have to put something under the wheel. 16:36.000 --> 16:40.000 Stay here. 16:40.000 --> 16:43.000 There, there were some bushes by the side of the road. 16:43.000 --> 16:47.000 If I could reach them, I could perhaps run up the side of the hill and hide. 16:47.000 --> 16:50.000 Then in the morning, I could make my way back down the canyon. 16:50.000 --> 16:57.000 I slipped under the wheel and I carefully turned the handle of the door on his side of the car. 16:57.000 --> 17:01.000 I could see him in the mirror. He was at the back of the car. 17:01.000 --> 17:04.000 I eased the door gently open. 17:04.000 --> 17:06.000 I put one foot out. 17:06.000 --> 17:09.000 I was just sliding out when I heard him. 17:09.000 --> 17:12.000 You're not going any place. 17:12.000 --> 17:14.000 Come here. 17:14.000 --> 17:15.000 Give me that raincoat. 17:15.000 --> 17:16.000 Why? 17:16.000 --> 17:18.000 I need something dry to step under this wheel. 17:18.000 --> 17:19.000 Oh, but I... 17:18.000 --> 17:20.000 You won't be needing it! 17:20.000 --> 17:24.000 I hesitated a moment, but he practically ripped it off my back. 17:24.000 --> 17:29.000 He wound it into a ball and, bending down, he stuck it under the wheel. 17:29.000 --> 17:33.000 The gun. It stuck out of his back pocket. 17:33.000 --> 17:36.000 I could get it if I could lay my hands on it. 17:36.000 --> 17:40.000 I held my breath and I reached out. 17:40.000 --> 17:44.000 It seemed so far, but I finally touched it. 17:44.000 --> 17:48.000 And then, and then I snatched it from his pocket swiftly. 17:48.000 --> 17:50.000 Give me that gun. 17:50.000 --> 17:52.000 I'm going. You can't stop me now. 17:52.000 --> 17:53.000 Can't I? 17:53.000 --> 17:56.000 No. No, you stay right where you are. 17:56.000 --> 17:59.000 I won't hurt you. All I want is to get home. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 I'm going, but if you follow me, I'll... 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 You'll what? 18:03.000 --> 18:04.000 I'll kill you. 18:04.000 --> 18:06.000 I don't think you will. 18:06.000 --> 18:08.000 Oh, yes, I will. You think I'm afraid? 18:08.000 --> 18:09.000 Aren't you? 18:09.000 --> 18:12.000 No. I don't care what happens to you. 18:12.000 --> 18:15.000 You're a murderer. You killed somebody. 18:15.000 --> 18:18.000 I thought you didn't know anything about me. 18:18.000 --> 18:22.000 I didn't, I didn't, but I do now and I'm going to tell the police. 18:22.000 --> 18:24.000 Stay where you are. 18:24.000 --> 18:26.000 No, no. I'm not afraid. 18:26.000 --> 18:28.000 I'll shoot! 18:28.000 --> 18:31.000 It's too bad I used up all of those tonight. 18:31.000 --> 18:34.000 You could have filled me full of holes. 18:34.000 --> 18:36.000 Give me that gun. 18:36.000 --> 18:38.000 Now get in the car. 18:45.000 --> 18:47.000 That's better. 18:49.000 --> 18:53.000 Are you going to kill me? 18:53.000 --> 18:58.000 What do you think? 19:05.000 --> 19:08.000 We were nearing the top of the canyon now. 19:08.000 --> 19:10.000 The road was very steep. 19:10.000 --> 19:13.000 The rain had let up. It was just drizzling now. 19:13.000 --> 19:17.000 Even though he hadn't answered my question, I knew the answer. 19:17.000 --> 19:19.000 He was going to kill me. 19:19.000 --> 19:22.000 I wouldn't get back home tonight. 19:22.000 --> 19:25.000 Not tonight or any other night. 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 It was funny. 19:27.000 --> 19:32.000 I sometimes used to hate that little apartment of mine where nothing ever happened. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 But tonight... 19:34.000 --> 19:38.000 And then for some reason I thought about Ruth. 19:38.000 --> 19:42.000 What would she say tomorrow when I didn't show up at work? 19:42.000 --> 19:46.000 And then I wondered where they'd find my body. 19:46.000 --> 19:48.000 Well, here we are. 19:48.000 --> 19:51.000 Look out mountain, the top of the world. 19:51.000 --> 19:55.000 Suddenly we came over the crest of the hill. 19:55.000 --> 19:59.000 And way down below the city stretched out for miles. 19:59.000 --> 20:03.000 Millions of lights glittering in the rain. 20:03.000 --> 20:06.000 For a moment I forgot everything. 20:06.000 --> 20:11.000 It was the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen. 20:16.000 --> 20:18.000 Ever been up here before? 20:18.000 --> 20:19.000 No. 20:19.000 --> 20:21.000 It's nice, isn't it? 20:21.000 --> 20:23.000 Oh, yes. 20:23.000 --> 20:26.000 I used to come up here with a girl once. 20:26.000 --> 20:29.000 We used to sit and talk for hours. 20:30.000 --> 20:34.000 Come on. We'll get a better view if we get out. 20:34.000 --> 20:36.000 I knew it was foolish to argue. 20:36.000 --> 20:38.000 So I followed him. 20:38.000 --> 20:42.000 But as he walked over toward the edge, I became frightened. 20:42.000 --> 20:45.000 It was such a steep drop. 20:45.000 --> 20:47.000 Well, come on. 20:47.000 --> 20:50.000 I'm afraid to get so close to the edge. 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 You will fall. 20:54.000 --> 20:55.000 Look. 20:55.000 --> 20:58.000 That's Los Angeles over there. 20:58.000 --> 21:02.000 That bright line of lights is Western Avenue. 21:02.000 --> 21:05.000 I went to school somewhere along in there. 21:05.000 --> 21:09.000 I used to get into all sorts of trouble at school. 21:09.000 --> 21:11.000 But I got by. 21:11.000 --> 21:13.000 I managed. 21:13.000 --> 21:17.000 And everyone said I'd grow out of it. 21:17.000 --> 21:21.000 And over that way, towards the ocean, that's Wet's Wood. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 That's where she lived. 21:23.000 --> 21:26.000 This girl I was telling you about. 21:26.000 --> 21:30.000 That was the best part of my life, I guess. 21:30.000 --> 21:34.000 That's when they said marriage and her wife would straighten me out. 21:34.000 --> 21:39.000 Marriage and her wife would straighten me out in Wet's Wood, they said. 21:39.000 --> 21:42.000 Does your wife still live there? 21:42.000 --> 21:44.000 No. 21:44.000 --> 21:45.000 She's dead. 21:45.000 --> 21:47.000 Oh, I'm sorry. 21:47.000 --> 21:49.000 You needn't be. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 I killed her. 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 Oh, why? 21:53.000 --> 21:55.000 Because she couldn't keep her promises. 21:55.000 --> 21:59.000 Did... did you kill her tonight? 21:59.000 --> 22:00.000 No. 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 A long time ago. 22:02.000 --> 22:05.000 The jury said I was insane. 22:05.000 --> 22:08.000 But I think it was the sanest thing I ever did. 22:08.000 --> 22:11.000 They put me in an asylum. 22:11.000 --> 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? 22:17.000 --> 22:18.000 No. 22:18.000 --> 22:19.000 That isn't good. 22:19.000 --> 22:22.000 If you do anything to get out, anything, anything... 22:22.000 --> 22:26.000 I knew if I could keep them talking, maybe a car would come along. 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 Maybe something would happen. 22:28.000 --> 22:30.000 It was... it was my only chance. 22:30.000 --> 22:32.000 What are you thinking about? 22:32.000 --> 22:37.000 You... you killed someone else tonight, didn't you? 22:37.000 --> 22:39.000 Yes. 22:39.000 --> 22:41.000 Dr. Morgan? 22:41.000 --> 22:43.000 Yes. 22:43.000 --> 22:46.000 He was one of the men who thought I was insane. 22:46.000 --> 22:48.000 Why did you do it? 22:48.000 --> 22:50.000 I wanted his car to get away in. 22:50.000 --> 22:52.000 I didn't want to be locked up anymore. 22:52.000 --> 22:53.000 Oh, but they'll catch you. 22:53.000 --> 22:54.000 No. 22:54.000 --> 22:57.000 No, they won't find a doctor for several days. 22:57.000 --> 22:58.000 I saw to that. 22:58.000 --> 23:00.000 But how can you be so sure? 23:00.000 --> 23:04.000 I do things thoroughly. 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 What are you going to do now? 23:06.000 --> 23:08.000 First, I'm going to... 23:11.000 --> 23:13.000 Then I guess I'll go south. 23:13.000 --> 23:16.000 I knew what he meant by that pause. 23:16.000 --> 23:19.000 I started to back away slowly. 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 I'd made a mistake by reminding him of the present. 23:21.000 --> 23:26.000 My hands went instinctively to my pocket for something to defend myself with. 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 I knew there was a pencil there. 23:28.000 --> 23:29.000 It was sharp. 23:29.000 --> 23:32.000 Maybe I could scratch him or hurt him in some way with it. 23:32.000 --> 23:36.000 But when I reached for it, I felt something else instead. 23:36.000 --> 23:39.000 Something cold and hard. 23:39.000 --> 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. 23:46.000 --> 23:49.000 You can't get away now. 23:49.000 --> 23:51.000 Then he started moving toward me. 23:51.000 --> 23:55.000 Me with only a pencil and a shaker to defend myself with. 23:55.000 --> 23:58.000 It's too bad I came into that drive-in tonight. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 Why did you? 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 Because I was hungry? 24:02.000 --> 24:05.000 Because I hadn't eaten for a long time? 24:05.000 --> 24:08.000 Weren't you afraid someone would see you? 24:08.000 --> 24:09.000 No alarm had gone out. 24:09.000 --> 24:10.000 How did you know? 24:10.000 --> 24:12.000 I knew. 24:12.000 --> 24:14.000 Oh, I'm sorry. 24:14.000 --> 24:17.000 If only you hadn't rolled that window down. 24:17.000 --> 24:20.000 If you're sorry, why don't you let me go? 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 It's too late. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 What's that? 24:24.000 --> 24:27.000 A car was coming over the top of the hill. 24:27.000 --> 24:32.000 With a sudden movement, his arms were about me in a tight embrace. 24:32.000 --> 24:37.000 I started to scream, but suddenly his lips closed over mine. 24:37.000 --> 24:41.000 Pushing my head back roughly, he kissed me. 24:41.000 --> 24:47.000 I could scarcely breathe, and I felt the car's headlights on us like a spotlight. 24:47.000 --> 24:50.000 Well, just look at this view, will you? 24:50.000 --> 24:52.000 You know, I'll have to do this in a picture sometime. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 Can't you see we're interrupting something? 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 Drive on, will you? 24:55.000 --> 24:56.000 Where? 24:56.000 --> 25:00.000 When all this rain, you'd think people would have more sense. 25:00.000 --> 25:03.000 Come on. 25:03.000 --> 25:08.000 He held me a moment longer, and when the car had gone, he released me. 25:08.000 --> 25:13.000 My pencil had fallen to the ground, and I was left with only the shaker in my hand. 25:13.000 --> 25:17.000 I fingered it nervously, and then I felt the top coming off. 25:17.000 --> 25:21.000 I felt the content spilling into my hand. 25:21.000 --> 25:23.000 What have you got in your hand? 25:23.000 --> 25:24.000 Nothing. 25:24.000 --> 25:25.000 Give it to me. 25:25.000 --> 25:26.000 No. 25:26.000 --> 25:27.000 Give it to me. 25:27.000 --> 25:30.000 He grabbed my wrist, and he pulled me toward him. 25:30.000 --> 25:33.000 We were moving to the edge of the cliff, but my other hand was free, 25:33.000 --> 25:36.000 and I threw the contents of the shaker into his face. 25:36.000 --> 25:39.000 His hands flew to his face, and inevitably clear his eyes. 25:39.000 --> 25:40.000 But it was too late. 25:40.000 --> 25:41.000 The pepper had blinded him. 25:41.000 --> 25:45.000 He lunged out for me, but I stepped aside quickly, and he slipped in the mud. 25:45.000 --> 25:47.000 His hands went out to steady himself. 25:47.000 --> 25:58.000 He clawed frantically at thin air, and then I saw him falling over backwards, over the edge. 25:58.000 --> 26:20.000 Then my strength gave way, and I felt myself sinking down to the ground. 26:20.000 --> 26:26.000 I don't know how long I must have been there, but when I came to it, it was raining again. 26:26.000 --> 26:34.000 I was soaked to the skin, and there was mud caked in my hair, and there was no one in sight. 26:34.000 --> 26:39.000 The lights of Los Angeles stretched out in a pattern peacefully below, 26:39.000 --> 26:46.000 and I knew that somewhere at the foot of those hills was Glendale and my apartment. 26:46.000 --> 26:51.000 I rose slowly to my feet, and I started back toward the road. 26:51.000 --> 26:58.000 Somehow, everything that had happened seemed unreal, like a dream. 26:58.000 --> 27:23.000 Everything except the way he kissed me to keep me from crying out. 27:23.000 --> 27:30.000 And so closes Drive-In, starring Nancy Kelly. Tonight's study in Suspense. 27:30.000 --> 27:35.000 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed by William Spear. 27:35.000 --> 27:42.000 We are sometimes asked, why does Miss Elsa Maxwell always say it is smart to serve Roma wine? 27:42.000 --> 27:44.000 Her explanation is simple. 27:44.000 --> 27:51.000 It is smart to serve Roma wine, first of all because Roma wines are so delicious, 27:51.000 --> 27:54.000 so good with food or any time. 27:54.000 --> 28:02.000 It is smart further because Roma wine affords simple pleasure, enjoyment that is truly moderate. 28:02.000 --> 28:11.000 Finally, it is smart because it is such an easy and inexpensive addition to hospitality and everyday living. 28:11.000 --> 28:17.000 Yes, in every way it is smart to serve and enjoy Roma wines. 28:17.000 --> 28:24.000 They are California's finest, always good, unvaryingly fine in flavor and quality. 28:24.000 --> 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 --> 28:38.000 Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 28:38.000 --> 28:44.000 Nancy Kelly appeared through the courtesy of RKO and will soon be seen in their production, Betrayal from the East. 28:44.000 --> 28:47.000 The part of the man was played by Wally Mayer. 28:47.000 --> 28:52.000 Next Thursday, same time, we will have an unusual program for you that you won't want to miss. 28:52.000 --> 28:57.000 It will bring you in his first appearance as a dramatic actor, Mr. Frank Sinatra. 28:57.000 --> 29:02.000 And appearing with Mr. Sinatra will be that incomparable actress, Miss Agnes Moorhead. 29:02.000 --> 29:08.000 Don't miss them next week on Suspense. 29:08.000 --> 29:20.000 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 29:20.000 --> 29:42.000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.