1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Now, Roma Wines present... 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Tonight, Sell Me Your Life, starring Lee Bowman. 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,000 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 7 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you... 8 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Suspense! 9 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:50,000 This is the Man in Black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you as star, Mr. Lee Bowman, 11 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,000 who is currently being co-starred with Rita Hayworth and Janet Blair 12 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,000 in the Columbia Technicolor musical, Tonight and Every Night. 13 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000 He appears this evening as a rather embittered young man, 14 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 whose life really began in spite of himself, 15 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,000 at the very moment when he had planned to take leave of it. 16 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,000 And so with Sell Me Your Life, and with a glass full of wine, 17 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,000 he began to take leave of it, and so with Sell Me Your Life, 18 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,000 and with the performance of Lee Bowman as Joe Bland, 19 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,000 we again hope to keep you in... Suspense! 20 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,000 All right, all right, quiet down. I want to hear this guy's story. 21 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Go ahead, Bland. 22 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,000 No. Why waste any more time? 23 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Because I'm going to hear your version of what happened. I'm going to hear it now. 24 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Listen, Lieutenant, less than two hours ago I was ready to kill myself. 25 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,000 You think I'm going to spend any time now trying to convince you I ought to live? 26 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,000 What difference does it make? Come on, let's get out of here. 27 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Let's have the story. 28 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 I don't get it. You're not going to believe any part of it, and you know it. 29 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,000 So far as you're concerned, I'm already in the chair. 30 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,000 We'll see. Go on with the story. 31 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Do you believe that tonight I was standing on top of the railing 32 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 of the Grand Street Bridge ready to jump? Do you? 33 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 No. No, of course you don't. 34 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000 All right, keep going. Let's hear it all. 35 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Well, that's where I was. 36 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,000 And that's what I was about to do. 37 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Do you know how it feels, Lieutenant? Standing there? 38 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Then all of a sudden making your decision? 39 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,000 I didn't worry too much about being seen. 40 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,000 It was too late at night. And the mist was too heavy. 41 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 I looked down at the black water. 42 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 I closed my eyes. I caught my breath. 43 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 And then... then the headlights hit me. 44 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 And the next second, I knew the driver had seen me. 45 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 I heard the car stop and the door open. 46 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,000 I couldn't move. I couldn't jump on over and I couldn't climb back down. 47 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,000 I just stood there and listened to the footsteps come toward me and stop. 48 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 What do you think you're doing? 49 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 A woman. The footsteps should have told me that, but they didn't. 50 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 I wonder if you know how silly you look, pitched up there. 51 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:21,000 I got my first good look at her then. Dark hair, about 30, and yeah, a knockout. 52 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Come on. Come on down. 53 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Why don't you get back in your car and go on about your business? 54 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 I'm waiting for you to come on down or else jump over. 55 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000 You. 56 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,000 That's right. A gesture as big as that deserves an audience. 57 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I'll see that you have one. 58 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Well, I'm waiting. 59 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 That's more like it. 60 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Okay, the place is yours. 61 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 No, no, wait. Don't you understand? I want to help you. 62 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Why? What difference does it make to you? 63 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Here, let's get in the car. 64 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 There's nothing you or anybody else can do. 65 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Can't you see I... 66 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Oh, you're tired, aren't you? 67 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 How long have you been walking? 68 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 I... I don't know. 69 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Hours, I guess. 70 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Then come on. At least I can give you a lift to your next bridge. 71 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:17,000 I can't explain it, but I guess I just didn't have much fight left in me. 72 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Because there I was, driving on off the bridge. 73 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 And all of a sudden I found myself spilling the whole thing. 74 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 I told her how a certain pal of mine juggled the company books, 75 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 my books as well as his, 76 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 about how he could never admit I was innocent 77 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 because he dropped over dead this morning, 78 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 about how the auditors would be through by tomorrow 79 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 and I'd be up for embezzlement. 80 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Yeah, I can see by your face. 81 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:47,000 You think that old corny story, but it's true. 82 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Well, I told her about it, 83 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 about how that would put me away for good 84 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,000 because it would make my third conviction. 85 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Then I told her, and I knew she wouldn't believe that either, 86 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 but I told her just the same. 87 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 I was innocent of those previous crimes, 88 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 as innocent as I was of this one. 89 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Innocent of all of them, is that right? 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Yes. 91 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Well, why don't you let me out here. 92 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Thanks very much for everything. 93 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Wait, wait. That money they think you took. 94 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Wouldn't it help if you could somehow make it good? 95 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Sure. All I gotta do is walk in tomorrow morning 96 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 and plank down a thousand dollars. 97 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Only a thousand? 98 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Only a thousand. 99 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 And I've got $4.62 in my pocket. 100 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Well, there's someone I want you to meet. 101 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 What? Who? 102 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Your future employer, I hope. 103 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 His name is Andrew Bodine. 104 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Bodine? 105 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 The banker? 106 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Yes. 107 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,000 You see, I'm Mrs. Bodine. 108 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 That won't work. 109 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Well, you've no reason to say that. 110 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,000 My husband has helped hundreds of people. 111 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 It can't work. 112 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 The breaks I've been getting will go right on 113 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 and there's nothing you can do to stop them. 114 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 My life's over, I tell you. It's spent. 115 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 No, no, not yet it isn't. 116 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 And if you don't want it, I'll take it. 117 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Oh, please. 118 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,000 For just one hour, sell me your life. 119 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 What have you got to lose? 120 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,000 She took me into the Bodine place 121 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,000 and we came straight to the library here. 122 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 That's where Mr. Bodine would be, she said. 123 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 But then, when she opened the door... 124 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 I saw a young-looking guy. 125 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 He was over there, working at the desk. 126 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Foraday. 127 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 It was just that I expected my husband. 128 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Oh, another one of those conferences, I'm afraid. 129 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 He was called away only a few moments ago. 130 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 That's unfortunate. 131 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Oh, this is Mr. Foraday, my husband's secretary. 132 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 I didn't know you. 133 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Well, thank you. 134 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 I don't believe I heard your name, Mr. 135 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 If you don't mind, Mr. Foraday, I wonder if you'd excuse us. 136 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Why, certainly, certainly. 137 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 My work's pretty well cleared up, anyway. 138 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Good night, Mrs. Bodine. 139 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Good night. 140 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,000 You see, the fact that my husband isn't here right now 141 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 isn't really going to matter too much. 142 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 I'm appealing to you for help. 143 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Appealing to me for help? 144 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Yes. 145 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 During the time you've been under sentence, 146 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 you've naturally had considerable contact with, 147 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 well, criminals. 148 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,000 I want you to identify just such a person. 149 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 I... I guess I don't get what you... 150 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 My husband's life is in danger. 151 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 I'm sure of it. 152 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 In danger? But from what... 153 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,000 No, no, I shan't tell you whom I suspect. 154 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 I want you to find that out. 155 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 I want you to give me proof. 156 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Most important, I... 157 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 I want you to give my husband protection. 158 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 How? 159 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 By watching him. 160 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 By observing everyone who comes in contact with him. 161 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Whether casually or regularly. 162 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Oh, yes, would you just step over there to the desk? 163 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 No, no, no, no, behind it. 164 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Now, that first drawer on the left. 165 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 This one? 166 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Yes, that's it. Open it. 167 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Why, it's... 168 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,000 It's filled full of bills. 169 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000 Hundred dollar bills. 170 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 My husband calls it his trust fund. 171 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 It's always there to help those he feels deserve help. 172 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Cut off ten of them. 173 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Please, please, go on. 174 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Why, I... I can't do that. 175 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 We just... charity? 176 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 In your case, it's salary. 177 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 And it will settle up that difficulty at your office. 178 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Now, won't it? 179 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 If it doesn't, we can always add to it. 180 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 But... but you don't know anything about me. 181 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 You don't even know what I... 182 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 I was coming to that. 183 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 You'll probably start work for us tomorrow and... 184 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Oh, oh, yes, here's a pad. 185 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,000 If you'll just jot down where we can reach you. 186 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Do you mind? 187 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,000 No, of course not. 188 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,000 It's the Rex Hotel. 189 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,000 They've got a pay phone in the lobby. 190 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 I put the number down there. 191 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Good. That should do it. 192 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Well, you're forgetting something, aren't you? 193 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Forgetting something? 194 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 My name. 195 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 I put it down too. 196 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 It's Bland. Joe Bland. 197 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Well, I'm happy to know you, Joe. 198 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Haven't you forgotten something? 199 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Me? Oh, what? 200 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 A thousand dollars. 201 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Oh. 202 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,000 You're a wonderful person, Mrs. Bodine. 203 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 I wish I knew how to thank you. 204 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 I'll tell you. 205 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Just stay alive. 206 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 I took the slow way home tonight 207 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,000 because, well, whether you believe it or not, Vance, 208 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 there was a lot of thinking I wanted to do, 209 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 mostly about that woman I'd met. 210 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,000 And while I was climbing upstairs to my room, 211 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 I realized what she'd really done. 212 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,000 All because of her, I'd sort of been born again. 213 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 I let myself into my room 214 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,000 and switched on the overhead light. 215 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 All right, Joe, just put your hands up. 216 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,000 There you were, Vance, sitting in a chair across the room. 217 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 I'd never seen you before. 218 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 That's it. 219 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Now, just keep them up. 220 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 I'm Vance, police headquarters. 221 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Now, stand still while I check you over. 222 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 The office. 223 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 I didn't think they'd get to that till tomorrow. 224 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Oh, well. 225 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 That's so. 226 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Here we are. 227 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 A thousand bucks. 228 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Serial number, G, six, that's it. 229 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 All right, where's the rest? 230 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 The rest? 231 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 That's all there is. 232 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 Get it, huh? 233 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 That's what I thought. 234 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Took you long enough to get here. 235 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,000 I was going to turn that over to the company in the morning. 236 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 The company? What company? 237 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 My company. 238 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 I don't know what you're talking about. 239 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Just tell me where you put the gun. 240 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 The gun? 241 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 You hid that too, huh? 242 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Wait a minute, I never had any gun. 243 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000 What is this? I don't know what you're... 244 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 I guess you are as dumb as you act. 245 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Anybody who'd leave his name, address, and phone number 246 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 on his victim's desk can't be very right. 247 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 They just posted a reward for the guy who robbed 248 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,000 and then murdered Andrew Bodine. 249 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Looks like I'm the guy who's going to collect it. 250 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 What? 251 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Andrew Bodine murdered? 252 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 As if you didn't know, sweetheart. 253 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Come on, we're going back out there. 254 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Tonight for Suspense, 255 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Roma wines are bringing you a star, 256 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Mr. Lee Bowman, whom you have heard 257 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 in the first act of Sell Me Your Life 258 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,000 by Emile C. Tepperman. 259 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 Tonight's tale of Suspense. 260 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:53,380 This is Truman's 261 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:58,380 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 262 00:11:58,380 --> 00:12:00,380 Elsa Maxwell is recognized internationally 263 00:12:00,380 --> 00:12:02,380 as an authority on gracious living. 264 00:12:02,380 --> 00:12:04,380 You will be interested in something she said the other day 265 00:12:04,380 --> 00:12:06,380 about wine and wartime food rationing. 266 00:12:06,380 --> 00:12:08,380 Listen. 267 00:12:08,380 --> 00:12:10,380 I find that people who know one simple secret 268 00:12:10,380 --> 00:12:12,380 of serving delicious meals 269 00:12:12,380 --> 00:12:14,380 aren't bothered much by food rationing. 270 00:12:14,380 --> 00:12:18,380 That secret is to enjoy good Roma wine with food. 271 00:12:18,380 --> 00:12:20,380 For instance, I reached out to a woman 272 00:12:20,380 --> 00:12:22,380 who was a farmer, 273 00:12:22,380 --> 00:12:24,380 and she said, 274 00:12:24,380 --> 00:12:26,380 for instance, I recently had dinner with some old friends. 275 00:12:26,380 --> 00:12:28,380 The main dish was kidney bean casserole. 276 00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:31,380 And to give this simple food a delightful party flavor, 277 00:12:31,380 --> 00:12:35,380 my hostess served cool Roma California burgundy. 278 00:12:35,380 --> 00:12:38,380 Everyone remarked about its wonderful bouquet and aroma, 279 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:40,380 and about the way that good Roma burgundy 280 00:12:40,380 --> 00:12:43,380 added enjoyment to our plain meal. 281 00:12:43,380 --> 00:12:45,380 Such added enjoyment is one of the reasons 282 00:12:45,380 --> 00:12:49,380 why more and more people serve delightful Roma wine. 283 00:12:49,380 --> 00:12:52,380 That's a grand suggestion from Elsa Maxwell. 284 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:55,380 So why not try Roma California Burgundy 285 00:12:55,380 --> 00:12:57,380 with your dinner tomorrow night? 286 00:12:57,380 --> 00:12:59,380 You'll enjoy its tart piquancy, 287 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:01,380 its fruity, robust taste, 288 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:04,380 the happy result of selecting luscious wine grapes 289 00:13:04,380 --> 00:13:07,380 from California's choicest vineyards, 290 00:13:07,380 --> 00:13:09,380 guided to perfection by the ancient wine skill 291 00:13:09,380 --> 00:13:11,380 of Roma's famed wineries. 292 00:13:11,380 --> 00:13:14,380 Good Roma wines never vary. 293 00:13:14,380 --> 00:13:16,380 They're always enjoyable, 294 00:13:16,380 --> 00:13:18,380 yet cost only pennies a glass. 295 00:13:18,380 --> 00:13:24,380 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 296 00:13:24,380 --> 00:13:28,380 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 297 00:13:28,380 --> 00:13:31,380 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back 298 00:13:31,380 --> 00:13:34,380 to our sound stage Lee Bowman as Joe Bland, 299 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:36,380 who has been saved from death by suicide 300 00:13:36,380 --> 00:13:39,380 only to face a murder charge, 301 00:13:39,380 --> 00:13:49,380 a situation well calculated to keep you in suspense. 302 00:13:49,380 --> 00:13:52,380 We came back here to the Bodine's library. 303 00:13:52,380 --> 00:13:56,380 The room was packed, loaded with police and reporters. 304 00:13:56,380 --> 00:13:58,380 It was full of Andrew Bodine, too. 305 00:13:58,380 --> 00:14:00,380 He was stretched out behind the desk, 306 00:14:00,380 --> 00:14:01,380 covered with a sheet. 307 00:14:01,380 --> 00:14:04,380 Hey, Bland, look over this way, right into the camera. 308 00:14:04,380 --> 00:14:05,380 That's it. 309 00:14:05,380 --> 00:14:06,380 I bought this guy's fingerprints, Lieutenant. 310 00:14:06,380 --> 00:14:07,380 We got him off his police record. 311 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:08,380 Yeah? 312 00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:10,380 They mashed the prints on the desk drawer, all right. 313 00:14:10,380 --> 00:14:11,380 Where the money was, I mean. 314 00:14:11,380 --> 00:14:12,380 I know. 315 00:14:12,380 --> 00:14:14,380 He admits taking the money, a thousand of it. 316 00:14:14,380 --> 00:14:17,380 Says Mrs. Bodine told him to take it. 317 00:14:17,380 --> 00:14:18,380 Anything else? 318 00:14:18,380 --> 00:14:20,380 Yeah, admits he needed the dough. 319 00:14:20,380 --> 00:14:23,380 Says he's about to be stuck on an embezzlement charge. 320 00:14:23,380 --> 00:14:25,380 Has he admitted shooting Lincoln yet? 321 00:14:25,380 --> 00:14:26,380 Looks like you. 322 00:14:26,380 --> 00:14:28,380 Oh, here's that secretary. 323 00:14:28,380 --> 00:14:30,380 For a day. We've been waiting for you. 324 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:32,380 I'm very sorry, Lieutenant, but I... 325 00:14:32,380 --> 00:14:35,380 I was with Mrs. Bodine. She's rather hard hit. 326 00:14:35,380 --> 00:14:37,380 Yeah? Well, here's the guy. 327 00:14:37,380 --> 00:14:38,380 Can you identify him? 328 00:14:38,380 --> 00:14:40,380 Well, I should be able to. 329 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:42,380 It was less than an hour ago that I saw him. 330 00:14:42,380 --> 00:14:43,380 Here? 331 00:14:43,380 --> 00:14:44,380 Yes, in this room. 332 00:14:44,380 --> 00:14:46,380 He was with Mr. Bodine. 333 00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:47,380 Mr. Bodine? 334 00:14:47,380 --> 00:14:48,380 Well, that's a dream. 335 00:14:48,380 --> 00:14:50,380 Quiet. You'll have your chance. 336 00:14:50,380 --> 00:14:51,380 Go on for it, eh? 337 00:14:51,380 --> 00:14:54,380 Well, Mr. Bodine was talking with him, 338 00:14:54,380 --> 00:14:56,380 trying to work out some way to help him. 339 00:14:56,380 --> 00:14:57,380 Why, you... 340 00:14:57,380 --> 00:14:59,380 Shh. You probably know of the old man's habit 341 00:14:59,380 --> 00:15:03,380 of picking up, well, bums, giving them money, 342 00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:05,380 trying to get them work. 343 00:15:05,380 --> 00:15:06,380 I'd want him time and time again... 344 00:15:06,380 --> 00:15:08,380 Yeah, we know about that. Just go on with the story. 345 00:15:08,380 --> 00:15:09,380 Yeah, just go on with your lies. 346 00:15:09,380 --> 00:15:11,380 I told you to keep still. 347 00:15:11,380 --> 00:15:13,380 What for? So we can fill up that phony story? 348 00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:16,380 Listen, Vance, I want to see Mrs. Bodine. 349 00:15:16,380 --> 00:15:18,380 She was with me all the time. I told you that. 350 00:15:18,380 --> 00:15:20,380 She can stop this whole thing in two minutes. 351 00:15:20,380 --> 00:15:22,380 She... 352 00:15:22,380 --> 00:15:26,380 She can if Faraday here hasn't done something to her. 353 00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:28,380 Well, this fellow must be insane. 354 00:15:28,380 --> 00:15:30,380 I want to see Mrs. Bodine. Now. 355 00:15:30,380 --> 00:15:32,380 She's in no condition to be disturbed. 356 00:15:32,380 --> 00:15:35,380 Furthermore, she has no connection, whatever, with this case. 357 00:15:35,380 --> 00:15:36,380 Oh, no? 358 00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:37,380 Let me give you some advice, Bland. 359 00:15:37,380 --> 00:15:40,380 Keep your mouth shut until I tell you to talk. 360 00:15:40,380 --> 00:15:45,380 Well, the old man, Mr. Bodine, asked me to leave them alone. 361 00:15:45,380 --> 00:15:47,380 So I went right to my room down the hall. 362 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,380 There was nothing else I could do. 363 00:15:49,380 --> 00:15:50,380 And then? 364 00:15:50,380 --> 00:15:54,380 Well, it must have been about 15 minutes that I heard a shout. 365 00:15:54,380 --> 00:15:56,380 I rushed in here and... 366 00:15:56,380 --> 00:15:58,380 And there was Mr. Bodine. 367 00:15:58,380 --> 00:16:00,380 He was dead. 368 00:16:00,380 --> 00:16:01,380 What about Bland? 369 00:16:01,380 --> 00:16:02,380 Gone. 370 00:16:02,380 --> 00:16:05,380 That's pretty fast. Since you were only down the hall, 371 00:16:05,380 --> 00:16:07,380 you'd have seen him leave, wouldn't you? 372 00:16:07,380 --> 00:16:09,380 Well, not if he left by that window there. 373 00:16:09,380 --> 00:16:11,380 And that's just what he did. It was wide open, just as it is now, sir. 374 00:16:11,380 --> 00:16:12,380 No sign of the gun, huh? 375 00:16:12,380 --> 00:16:14,380 No, nor the money. 376 00:16:14,380 --> 00:16:16,380 Almost $21,000 missing. 377 00:16:16,380 --> 00:16:18,380 Uh-huh. 378 00:16:18,380 --> 00:16:20,380 You don't fool around, do you, Joe? 379 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:21,380 You know something? 380 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:23,380 You're going to tell me where the rest of that dough is. 381 00:16:23,380 --> 00:16:25,380 You can find that out from Faraday. 382 00:16:25,380 --> 00:16:27,380 You're also going to tell me about that gun. 383 00:16:27,380 --> 00:16:29,380 You can also find that out from Faraday. 384 00:16:29,380 --> 00:16:30,380 Can't you see it? He's the killer. 385 00:16:30,380 --> 00:16:32,380 You can forget that right now. You're dead, Bland. 386 00:16:32,380 --> 00:16:35,380 You haven't a chance. You haven't any kind of a case at all. 387 00:16:35,380 --> 00:16:37,380 Well, get Mrs. Bodine in here. 388 00:16:37,380 --> 00:16:39,380 You'll see what kind of a case I have. 389 00:16:39,380 --> 00:16:41,380 You'll see what kind of a case he's got, too. 390 00:16:41,380 --> 00:16:42,380 I've had enough of this. 391 00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:43,380 I'll get her myself. 392 00:16:43,380 --> 00:16:45,380 Hey, come back here. You're not going anywhere. 393 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:48,380 Get your hands off me. I'm going to find Mrs. Bodine. 394 00:16:48,380 --> 00:16:50,380 Mrs. Bodine. 395 00:16:50,380 --> 00:16:52,380 Oh, dear. Oh, Mrs. Bodine. 396 00:16:52,380 --> 00:16:54,380 I didn't want you to be disturbed. 397 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:56,380 Now, please, please, you'd better go back to your room at once. 398 00:16:56,380 --> 00:16:58,380 It's all right, Mr. Faraday. 399 00:16:58,380 --> 00:17:00,380 I kept hearing my name called. 400 00:17:00,380 --> 00:17:03,380 I'm Lieutenant Vance, Mrs. Bodine. 401 00:17:03,380 --> 00:17:07,380 This man here beside me, do you happen to know who he is? 402 00:17:10,380 --> 00:17:11,380 This man? 403 00:17:11,380 --> 00:17:13,380 Yeah, me. 404 00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:16,380 I've never seen him before in my life. 405 00:17:22,380 --> 00:17:24,380 She'd never seen me before in her life. 406 00:17:25,380 --> 00:17:27,380 Well, I did it, Vance. 407 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,380 After that, I was with you, 408 00:17:29,380 --> 00:17:31,380 sitting between you and your pal Tannen 409 00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:33,380 in a police car bound for headquarters. 410 00:17:33,380 --> 00:17:35,380 Not even hearing those stupid cars from the car... 411 00:17:35,380 --> 00:17:37,380 Car 64, Raymond. 412 00:17:37,380 --> 00:17:39,380 Go to the corner of Hill and 20th. 413 00:17:39,380 --> 00:17:41,380 At 229, that is O. 414 00:17:42,380 --> 00:17:44,380 Doing some thinking, are you, Blaine? 415 00:17:44,380 --> 00:17:46,380 Well, I'm afraid it's a little too late. 416 00:17:46,380 --> 00:17:48,380 I was doing some thinking. 417 00:17:48,380 --> 00:17:50,380 I wasn't going to let it be too late. 418 00:17:50,380 --> 00:17:52,380 I couldn't let it be too late. 419 00:17:52,380 --> 00:17:53,380 How about it, kid? 420 00:17:53,380 --> 00:17:55,380 Anything you want to say? 421 00:17:55,380 --> 00:17:57,380 Yeah, I'd like a cigarette. 422 00:17:57,380 --> 00:17:59,380 Give him a cigarette, Tannen. 423 00:17:59,380 --> 00:18:01,380 Me? I gotta watch the road. 424 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:04,380 Okay, but keep your eye on him, too. 425 00:18:04,380 --> 00:18:05,380 Hey! 426 00:18:05,380 --> 00:18:07,380 Hey, what are you... 427 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:08,380 My gun, Tannen! 428 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:10,380 Look out! Get your foot off that, Blaine! 429 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:11,380 You'll wreck us! 430 00:18:11,380 --> 00:18:12,380 He's after my gun! 431 00:18:12,380 --> 00:18:13,380 Get him, Tannen! 432 00:18:13,380 --> 00:18:14,380 Look out! 433 00:18:14,380 --> 00:18:15,380 I can't! 434 00:18:17,380 --> 00:18:19,380 Okay, okay, Tannen. 435 00:18:19,380 --> 00:18:22,380 Just pull the car to a stop and don't reach for your gun. 436 00:18:22,380 --> 00:18:23,380 Because I'm taking it. 437 00:18:23,380 --> 00:18:25,380 Now, I might need to. 438 00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:26,380 You're a jerk, Blaine. 439 00:18:26,380 --> 00:18:27,380 This'll never work. 440 00:18:27,380 --> 00:18:28,380 I'll try anything. 441 00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:30,380 Even suicide, didn't you know? 442 00:18:30,380 --> 00:18:31,380 Now stay there. 443 00:18:31,380 --> 00:18:32,380 Till I get... 444 00:18:32,380 --> 00:18:34,380 The van's out! 445 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:36,380 Okay, now you come out. 446 00:18:36,380 --> 00:18:38,380 No, no, don't touch the keys. 447 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:39,380 Just come out. 448 00:18:39,380 --> 00:18:40,380 It'll never work. 449 00:18:40,380 --> 00:18:41,380 We'll be shot down on sight. 450 00:18:41,380 --> 00:18:43,380 Not for a while, baby. 451 00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:45,380 Not in a police car. 452 00:18:46,380 --> 00:18:47,380 Car 82. 453 00:18:47,380 --> 00:18:49,380 Ruben and Malone. 454 00:18:49,380 --> 00:18:50,380 Check under 13. 455 00:18:50,380 --> 00:18:52,380 10-100 Block Forest. 456 00:18:52,380 --> 00:18:53,380 That is all. 457 00:18:58,380 --> 00:18:59,380 Attention, all cars. 458 00:18:59,380 --> 00:19:01,380 Attention, all cars. 459 00:19:01,380 --> 00:19:03,380 Joe Bland, accused slayer, 460 00:19:03,380 --> 00:19:06,380 has just stolen police car 46. 461 00:19:06,380 --> 00:19:07,380 Then I heard it. 462 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:08,380 Over the car radio. 463 00:19:08,380 --> 00:19:10,380 This man must be apprehended. 464 00:19:10,380 --> 00:19:11,380 He is desperate. 465 00:19:11,380 --> 00:19:12,380 Shoot to kill. 466 00:19:12,380 --> 00:19:14,380 That is all. 467 00:19:15,380 --> 00:19:16,380 Attention, all cars. 468 00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:19,380 Report from police car 13. 469 00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:23,380 Bland has just been sighted passing Serrano Street. 470 00:19:23,380 --> 00:19:26,380 Speeding northward on Fountain. 471 00:19:26,380 --> 00:19:29,380 All cars proceed toward Northern End Fountain. 472 00:19:29,380 --> 00:19:30,380 Intercept. 473 00:19:30,380 --> 00:19:31,380 That is all. 474 00:19:34,380 --> 00:19:36,380 Now crossing Selmer and Riverdale. 475 00:19:36,380 --> 00:19:38,380 Car 19. 476 00:19:38,380 --> 00:19:39,380 62. 477 00:19:39,380 --> 00:19:42,380 Form roadblock next intersection. 478 00:19:42,380 --> 00:19:43,380 Cars 20. 479 00:19:43,380 --> 00:19:44,380 13. 480 00:19:44,380 --> 00:19:46,380 Cut off rear escape. 481 00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:47,380 Attention. 482 00:19:47,380 --> 00:19:48,380 Attention. 483 00:19:48,380 --> 00:19:51,380 Bland just sighted abandoning car. 484 00:19:51,380 --> 00:19:53,380 Running east on Selmer. 485 00:19:53,380 --> 00:19:54,380 Stop him. 486 00:19:54,380 --> 00:19:56,380 This man must not escape. 487 00:20:02,380 --> 00:20:06,380 And somehow, someway, by running up alleys, 488 00:20:06,380 --> 00:20:09,380 by hitching rides, I got back to the boating place. 489 00:20:09,380 --> 00:20:12,380 The library window, the one they said I'd used to escape, 490 00:20:12,380 --> 00:20:13,380 was still open. 491 00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:16,380 I climbed into the room that way. 492 00:20:16,380 --> 00:20:17,380 My luck still held. 493 00:20:17,380 --> 00:20:20,380 The party was there, filling with papers at the desk, 494 00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:22,380 listening to the radio. 495 00:20:22,380 --> 00:20:24,380 OK, turn it off. 496 00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:25,380 Huh? 497 00:20:25,380 --> 00:20:26,380 Oh, you... 498 00:20:26,380 --> 00:20:27,380 I said turn it off. 499 00:20:27,380 --> 00:20:30,380 ...all civilians are urged to be on the... 500 00:20:30,380 --> 00:20:32,380 Now, stay where you are. 501 00:20:32,380 --> 00:20:33,380 Why, you... 502 00:20:33,380 --> 00:20:35,380 How... how call the police? 503 00:20:35,380 --> 00:20:36,380 Put that down. 504 00:20:36,380 --> 00:20:39,380 You dial one number and I'll blow your head off. 505 00:20:40,380 --> 00:20:42,380 Well, it doesn't matter. 506 00:20:42,380 --> 00:20:44,380 You heard what they said. 507 00:20:44,380 --> 00:20:45,380 The police have picked up your trail. 508 00:20:45,380 --> 00:20:47,380 They'll be here any minute. 509 00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:49,380 This won't take long. 510 00:20:49,380 --> 00:20:51,380 What... what are you going to do? 511 00:20:51,380 --> 00:20:54,380 Give you the best break you ever had? 512 00:20:54,380 --> 00:20:56,380 The gun you used to kill Bodine. 513 00:20:56,380 --> 00:20:57,380 Also the $20,000. 514 00:20:57,380 --> 00:20:59,380 I'm taking them off your hands. 515 00:20:59,380 --> 00:21:02,380 Why, you're not only a killer, you're a lunatic. 516 00:21:02,380 --> 00:21:04,380 I told you I was giving you a break. 517 00:21:04,380 --> 00:21:06,380 No, not because I like you. 518 00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:09,380 It's because I hate somebody else more than I hate you. 519 00:21:09,380 --> 00:21:13,380 You're just like me, a fall guy, a sucker, a pigeon. 520 00:21:13,380 --> 00:21:15,380 Huh? What do you mean? 521 00:21:15,380 --> 00:21:17,380 Do you really think she's going to split with you? 522 00:21:17,380 --> 00:21:19,380 Share the old man's will and insurance money? 523 00:21:19,380 --> 00:21:20,380 Why should she? 524 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:22,380 You see, why should she? 525 00:21:22,380 --> 00:21:24,380 Why shouldn't she have it all? 526 00:21:24,380 --> 00:21:26,380 I... I don't get your point. 527 00:21:26,380 --> 00:21:28,380 Why shouldn't she turn you over too? 528 00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:30,380 See where that would put her? 529 00:21:30,380 --> 00:21:31,380 Then there'd just be her. 530 00:21:31,380 --> 00:21:33,380 I don't have to listen to this. You're... 531 00:21:33,380 --> 00:21:34,380 Figure it out. 532 00:21:34,380 --> 00:21:37,380 Did she have anything whatever to do with murdering that man? 533 00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:40,380 Anything except working on how you'd be the guy who'd do it 534 00:21:40,380 --> 00:21:42,380 the minute I left here tonight? 535 00:21:42,380 --> 00:21:44,380 Well, I... 536 00:21:44,380 --> 00:21:46,380 How did you know? Did Lenore... 537 00:21:46,380 --> 00:21:48,380 Lenore, is it? 538 00:21:48,380 --> 00:21:50,380 Suppose you were nailed by the cops. 539 00:21:50,380 --> 00:21:52,380 Would Lenore be loyal to you? 540 00:21:52,380 --> 00:21:53,380 I... 541 00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:55,380 I didn't hurt her to be loyal to anybody. 542 00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:59,380 If Lenore Bodine had a choice between being sole owner of a million bucks 543 00:21:59,380 --> 00:22:01,380 and sticking her neck out with yours, 544 00:22:01,380 --> 00:22:03,380 what do you honestly think she'd do? 545 00:22:04,380 --> 00:22:06,380 All right. Where's the money? 546 00:22:06,380 --> 00:22:08,380 I... 547 00:22:08,380 --> 00:22:10,380 I don't know what to do. 548 00:22:10,380 --> 00:22:12,380 Where is it? 549 00:22:12,380 --> 00:22:14,380 Okay. There they are, the cops. 550 00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:16,380 Are they gonna find that money on you or her? 551 00:22:16,380 --> 00:22:18,380 You've got less than a minute, Faraday. 552 00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:19,380 Oh. 553 00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:20,380 What's it gonna be? 554 00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:21,380 I... 555 00:22:21,380 --> 00:22:22,380 Stop! Where are you going? 556 00:22:22,380 --> 00:22:24,380 To get the money. It's in my room. 557 00:22:24,380 --> 00:22:27,380 Just a minute. You're staying here, my friend. 558 00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:28,380 Lenore. 559 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:30,380 Toss your gun on the floor, Mr. Bland. 560 00:22:30,380 --> 00:22:32,380 I think we can get along with mine. 561 00:22:32,380 --> 00:22:35,380 Okay. But you're a couple of seconds too late. 562 00:22:35,380 --> 00:22:37,380 You see, I can tell the cops where to find that dough. 563 00:22:37,380 --> 00:22:39,380 Oh, no, you won't tell the cops anything. 564 00:22:39,380 --> 00:22:41,380 You won't be able to talk. 565 00:22:41,380 --> 00:22:43,380 You're an escaped murderer, and I killed you. 566 00:22:43,380 --> 00:22:45,380 I shot you in self-defense. 567 00:22:45,380 --> 00:22:46,380 Stand over there. 568 00:22:46,380 --> 00:22:47,380 You're too late. 569 00:22:47,380 --> 00:22:49,380 They're already here, and they'll know it wasn't self-defense. 570 00:22:49,380 --> 00:22:50,380 Faraday, that window there. Close it. 571 00:22:50,380 --> 00:22:51,380 Don't move. 572 00:22:51,380 --> 00:22:53,380 If she kills me, you're as good as dead, 573 00:22:53,380 --> 00:22:54,380 because you'll take the rap alone. 574 00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:56,380 She'll tell the cops where to find that dough and... 575 00:22:56,380 --> 00:22:57,380 Wait. Wait, Lenore. Wait. 576 00:22:57,380 --> 00:22:59,380 Get away from him. Get away. I'm gonna shoot. 577 00:22:59,380 --> 00:23:01,380 No. You tell the police. You'll sell me out. 578 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,380 Oh, you fool. Why don't you listen to him? 579 00:23:03,380 --> 00:23:05,380 Nobody's gonna tell the police. 580 00:23:05,380 --> 00:23:07,380 Nobody's gonna... Get away from him! Get away from him, I tell you! 581 00:23:07,380 --> 00:23:09,380 I won't let you sell me out. I'll kill you first. 582 00:23:09,380 --> 00:23:11,380 Get away from me! Stop it! 583 00:23:11,380 --> 00:23:13,380 I'll shoot! I'll... 584 00:23:17,380 --> 00:23:19,380 I killed him. 585 00:23:19,380 --> 00:23:21,380 I killed him. I killed him. 586 00:23:21,380 --> 00:23:23,380 All right. All right, Lenore. 587 00:23:23,380 --> 00:23:25,380 I killed him. 588 00:23:25,380 --> 00:23:27,380 I killed him. 589 00:23:27,380 --> 00:23:29,380 Mrs. Bodine. 590 00:23:29,380 --> 00:23:31,380 You've got the gun. 591 00:23:31,380 --> 00:23:34,380 Yes, I've got the gun. 592 00:23:34,380 --> 00:23:36,380 But I was too late. 593 00:23:36,380 --> 00:23:39,380 I tried to get it out of his hand before he shot Farley. 594 00:23:39,380 --> 00:23:41,380 But I was too late. 595 00:23:41,380 --> 00:23:42,380 No, that's not true, Vance. 596 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:44,380 Don't even budge. 597 00:23:44,380 --> 00:23:46,380 All right, the rest of you men, come on in. 598 00:23:46,380 --> 00:23:48,380 Yeah, why don't they come? 599 00:23:48,380 --> 00:24:04,380 This guy Blaine's killed another one. 600 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:06,380 There you are, Vance. 601 00:24:06,380 --> 00:24:08,380 That's the story. 602 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:10,380 And like I said, you don't believe it. 603 00:24:10,380 --> 00:24:12,380 Doesn't matter anyway. I can't win. 604 00:24:12,380 --> 00:24:14,380 It's a use of trying. 605 00:24:14,380 --> 00:24:16,380 Come on. Let's go on back to headquarters. 606 00:24:16,380 --> 00:24:20,380 Lieutenant, please see that he stays in the car this time. 607 00:24:20,380 --> 00:24:23,380 Don't worry, Mrs. Bodine. He won't be back here again. 608 00:24:23,380 --> 00:24:24,380 You all set, Tennant? 609 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:26,380 Yeah. Want me to bring this gun along? 610 00:24:26,380 --> 00:24:27,380 Yeah, exhibit A. 611 00:24:27,380 --> 00:24:29,380 Careful you don't smudge any of the prints on it. 612 00:24:29,380 --> 00:24:30,380 Right. Okay, boys. 613 00:24:30,380 --> 00:24:33,380 Prints. Prints. Fingerprints. 614 00:24:33,380 --> 00:24:34,380 Huh? 615 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:36,380 Yeah, fingerprints on that gun. 616 00:24:36,380 --> 00:24:38,380 Well, that's it, Vance. 617 00:24:38,380 --> 00:24:40,380 My prints aren't on it. They never were on it. 618 00:24:40,380 --> 00:24:41,380 Only hers. 619 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:43,380 Because she's the only one who ever used it. 620 00:24:43,380 --> 00:24:44,380 That's not true. 621 00:24:44,380 --> 00:24:46,380 Look, prints. No fingerprints on the gun. 622 00:24:46,380 --> 00:24:48,380 No fingerprints on... 623 00:24:48,380 --> 00:24:51,380 Yeah, the window. That window over there, Vance. 624 00:24:51,380 --> 00:24:53,380 The one you said I opened. 625 00:24:53,380 --> 00:24:56,380 Listen, the catch on that window, it doesn't have my fingerprints. 626 00:24:56,380 --> 00:24:58,380 It only has Faraday's. 627 00:24:58,380 --> 00:24:59,380 Or yours, Mrs. Bodine. 628 00:24:59,380 --> 00:25:01,380 Oh, he's lying. Don't listen to him. 629 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:03,380 Yeah? 630 00:25:03,380 --> 00:25:06,380 Look, Bland, so it doesn't have your fingerprints on it. 631 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:08,380 Maybe you wore gloves, huh? 632 00:25:08,380 --> 00:25:10,380 If I... If I had, I... 633 00:25:10,380 --> 00:25:12,380 I wouldn't have left prints on that desk drawer, Vance. 634 00:25:12,380 --> 00:25:14,380 That's the drawer where the money was. 635 00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:18,380 And incidentally, you'll find that dough in Faraday's room. 636 00:25:18,380 --> 00:25:20,380 How about it, Lieutenant? 637 00:25:20,380 --> 00:25:21,380 Convinced? 638 00:25:21,380 --> 00:25:23,380 I'd rather think I am. 639 00:25:23,380 --> 00:25:26,380 What about you, Mrs. Bodine? Are you convinced? 640 00:25:26,380 --> 00:25:29,380 Yes, yes, I suppose I am. 641 00:25:29,380 --> 00:25:33,380 Well, it looks as though Mr. Bland will have company on his trip to headquarters. 642 00:25:33,380 --> 00:25:35,380 Are we ready? 643 00:25:35,380 --> 00:25:37,380 I'm afraid I won't have the pleasure of joining you. 644 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:38,380 Thanks very much anyway. 645 00:25:38,380 --> 00:25:40,380 Haven't you forgotten something, Mr. Bland? 646 00:25:40,380 --> 00:25:43,380 It was a little matter of embezzlement, I believe. 647 00:25:43,380 --> 00:25:46,380 I'm so sorry I wasn't able to help you on that. 648 00:25:46,380 --> 00:25:48,380 Oh, you did all right. 649 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,380 That five grand reward you posted. 650 00:25:51,380 --> 00:25:53,380 I think I've won it, don't you? 651 00:25:53,380 --> 00:25:54,380 Now, wait a minute. 652 00:25:54,380 --> 00:25:56,380 The guy's got a point, Mrs. Bodine. 653 00:25:56,380 --> 00:26:00,380 The way I see it, that reward ought to take care of the embezzlement charge 654 00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:03,380 with quite a nice sum left over. 655 00:26:03,380 --> 00:26:05,380 Looks like you got gypped, Lenore. 656 00:26:05,380 --> 00:26:08,380 You asked me to sell you a washed-up life. 657 00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:11,380 I think you'll pay for it with your own. 658 00:26:24,380 --> 00:26:28,380 And so closes Sell Me Your Life, starring Lee Bowman. 659 00:26:28,380 --> 00:26:31,380 Tonight's study in Suspense. 660 00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:35,380 Suspense is produced, edited and directed by William Spear. 661 00:26:35,380 --> 00:26:39,380 And now, here's a brief message from that noted authority 662 00:26:39,380 --> 00:26:43,380 on smart and pleasurable entertaining, Elsa Maxwell. 663 00:26:43,380 --> 00:26:46,380 Most of the parties I'm giving these days are simple affairs. 664 00:26:46,380 --> 00:26:51,380 And when I entertain, I always serve well-chilled Roma California sherry 665 00:26:51,380 --> 00:26:53,380 before dinner and later in the evening. 666 00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:58,380 You'll find that glorious amber-golden Roma sherry is a gracious touch 667 00:26:58,380 --> 00:27:01,380 that's sure to get the meal off to a good start 668 00:27:01,380 --> 00:27:03,380 and adds to the evening's pleasure. 669 00:27:03,380 --> 00:27:05,380 And don't worry about fancy glasses. 670 00:27:05,380 --> 00:27:07,380 It's the wine that's important. 671 00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:10,380 So be sure it's that good Roma wine, 672 00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:12,380 because Roma wines are so reasonably priced, 673 00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:15,380 any family can afford to serve them regularly. 674 00:27:15,380 --> 00:27:20,380 Yes, Roma wines cost only pennies a glass, so enjoy them often. 675 00:27:20,380 --> 00:27:23,380 Serve Roma with your everyday meals. 676 00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:27,380 Roma wine is delicious, for Roma quality never varies. 677 00:27:27,380 --> 00:27:33,380 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 678 00:27:33,380 --> 00:27:37,380 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 679 00:27:37,380 --> 00:27:41,380 And the next time you use vermouth, either sweet or dry, 680 00:27:41,380 --> 00:27:43,380 choose Roma vermouth. 681 00:27:43,380 --> 00:27:47,380 Zestful, full-flavored, blended, mellowed, 682 00:27:47,380 --> 00:27:49,380 and developed with all the traditional quality 683 00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:54,380 winemaking skill of Roma wineries, yet surprisingly low-priced. 684 00:27:54,380 --> 00:27:56,380 Try it soon, will you? 685 00:27:56,380 --> 00:28:00,380 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Mr. Thomas Mitchell 686 00:28:00,380 --> 00:28:03,380 as star of Suspense. 687 00:28:03,380 --> 00:28:08,380 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 688 00:28:08,380 --> 00:28:13,380 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 689 00:28:13,380 --> 00:28:15,380 Please listen to this. 690 00:28:15,380 --> 00:28:20,380 Male from home can mean the difference between a good soldier and a poor soldier, 691 00:28:20,380 --> 00:28:23,380 between a man who knows why he is fighting 692 00:28:23,380 --> 00:28:27,380 and a homesick boy who knows only bitterness and indifference. 693 00:28:27,380 --> 00:28:29,380 Write short, frequent letters. 694 00:28:29,380 --> 00:28:33,380 Never mind about that great big long letter that never seems to get written. 695 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:36,380 And always use V-MAIL. 696 00:28:36,380 --> 00:28:40,380 It is the surest way to get your letter overseas. 697 00:28:40,380 --> 00:28:42,380 V-MAIL. 698 00:28:42,380 --> 00:29:06,380 Music 699 00:29:06,380 --> 00:29:21,380 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.