WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.000 Now, Roma Wines present... 00:04.000 --> 00:10.000 Suspense! 00:10.000 --> 00:18.000 Tonight, Sell Me Your Life, starring Lee Bowman. 00:18.000 --> 00:24.000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:24.000 --> 00:30.000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 00:30.000 --> 00:35.000 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:35.000 --> 00:41.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you... 00:41.000 --> 00:44.000 Suspense! 00:44.000 --> 00:50.000 This is the Man in Black, here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 00:50.000 --> 00:54.000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you as star, Mr. Lee Bowman, 00:54.000 --> 00:58.000 who is currently being co-starred with Rita Hayworth and Janet Blair 00:58.000 --> 01:02.000 in the Columbia Technicolor musical, Tonight and Every Night. 01:02.000 --> 01:06.000 He appears this evening as a rather embittered young man, 01:06.000 --> 01:09.000 whose life really began in spite of himself, 01:09.000 --> 01:12.000 at the very moment when he had planned to take leave of it. 01:12.000 --> 01:16.000 And so with Sell Me Your Life, and with a glass full of wine, 01:16.000 --> 01:20.000 he began to take leave of it, and so with Sell Me Your Life, 01:20.000 --> 01:23.000 and with the performance of Lee Bowman as Joe Bland, 01:23.000 --> 01:27.000 we again hope to keep you in... Suspense! 01:29.000 --> 01:34.000 All right, all right, quiet down. I want to hear this guy's story. 01:34.000 --> 01:36.000 Go ahead, Bland. 01:36.000 --> 01:39.000 No. Why waste any more time? 01:39.000 --> 01:43.000 Because I'm going to hear your version of what happened. I'm going to hear it now. 01:43.000 --> 01:47.000 Listen, Lieutenant, less than two hours ago I was ready to kill myself. 01:47.000 --> 01:51.000 You think I'm going to spend any time now trying to convince you I ought to live? 01:51.000 --> 01:54.000 What difference does it make? Come on, let's get out of here. 01:54.000 --> 01:56.000 Let's have the story. 01:56.000 --> 01:59.000 I don't get it. You're not going to believe any part of it, and you know it. 01:59.000 --> 02:01.000 So far as you're concerned, I'm already in the chair. 02:01.000 --> 02:04.000 We'll see. Go on with the story. 02:04.000 --> 02:07.000 Do you believe that tonight I was standing on top of the railing 02:07.000 --> 02:10.000 of the Grand Street Bridge ready to jump? Do you? 02:10.000 --> 02:12.000 No. No, of course you don't. 02:12.000 --> 02:15.000 All right, keep going. Let's hear it all. 02:17.000 --> 02:20.000 Well, that's where I was. 02:20.000 --> 02:23.000 And that's what I was about to do. 02:23.000 --> 02:27.000 Do you know how it feels, Lieutenant? Standing there? 02:27.000 --> 02:30.000 Then all of a sudden making your decision? 02:30.000 --> 02:33.000 I didn't worry too much about being seen. 02:33.000 --> 02:37.000 It was too late at night. And the mist was too heavy. 02:37.000 --> 02:40.000 I looked down at the black water. 02:40.000 --> 02:43.000 I closed my eyes. I caught my breath. 02:43.000 --> 02:46.000 And then... then the headlights hit me. 02:51.000 --> 02:54.000 And the next second, I knew the driver had seen me. 02:54.000 --> 02:57.000 I heard the car stop and the door open. 02:57.000 --> 03:01.000 I couldn't move. I couldn't jump on over and I couldn't climb back down. 03:01.000 --> 03:06.000 I just stood there and listened to the footsteps come toward me and stop. 03:06.000 --> 03:08.000 What do you think you're doing? 03:08.000 --> 03:11.000 A woman. The footsteps should have told me that, but they didn't. 03:11.000 --> 03:14.000 I wonder if you know how silly you look, pitched up there. 03:14.000 --> 03:21.000 I got my first good look at her then. Dark hair, about 30, and yeah, a knockout. 03:21.000 --> 03:23.000 Come on. Come on down. 03:23.000 --> 03:26.000 Why don't you get back in your car and go on about your business? 03:26.000 --> 03:29.000 I'm waiting for you to come on down or else jump over. 03:29.000 --> 03:30.000 You. 03:30.000 --> 03:33.000 That's right. A gesture as big as that deserves an audience. 03:33.000 --> 03:36.000 I'll see that you have one. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 Well, I'm waiting. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 That's more like it. 03:43.000 --> 03:45.000 Okay, the place is yours. 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 No, no, wait. Don't you understand? I want to help you. 03:47.000 --> 03:50.000 Why? What difference does it make to you? 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 Here, let's get in the car. 03:52.000 --> 03:54.000 There's nothing you or anybody else can do. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 Can't you see I... 03:55.000 --> 03:57.000 Oh, you're tired, aren't you? 03:57.000 --> 03:59.000 How long have you been walking? 03:59.000 --> 04:02.000 I... I don't know. 04:02.000 --> 04:04.000 Hours, I guess. 04:04.000 --> 04:08.000 Then come on. At least I can give you a lift to your next bridge. 04:11.000 --> 04:17.000 I can't explain it, but I guess I just didn't have much fight left in me. 04:17.000 --> 04:21.000 Because there I was, driving on off the bridge. 04:21.000 --> 04:25.000 And all of a sudden I found myself spilling the whole thing. 04:25.000 --> 04:28.000 I told her how a certain pal of mine juggled the company books, 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 my books as well as his, 04:30.000 --> 04:32.000 about how he could never admit I was innocent 04:32.000 --> 04:35.000 because he dropped over dead this morning, 04:35.000 --> 04:37.000 about how the auditors would be through by tomorrow 04:37.000 --> 04:39.000 and I'd be up for embezzlement. 04:39.000 --> 04:42.000 Yeah, I can see by your face. 04:42.000 --> 04:47.000 You think that old corny story, but it's true. 04:47.000 --> 04:49.000 Well, I told her about it, 04:49.000 --> 04:51.000 about how that would put me away for good 04:51.000 --> 04:54.000 because it would make my third conviction. 04:58.000 --> 05:01.000 Then I told her, and I knew she wouldn't believe that either, 05:01.000 --> 05:03.000 but I told her just the same. 05:03.000 --> 05:05.000 I was innocent of those previous crimes, 05:05.000 --> 05:07.000 as innocent as I was of this one. 05:07.000 --> 05:10.000 Innocent of all of them, is that right? 05:10.000 --> 05:11.000 Yes. 05:11.000 --> 05:14.000 Well, why don't you let me out here. 05:14.000 --> 05:15.000 Thanks very much for everything. 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 Wait, wait. That money they think you took. 05:17.000 --> 05:21.000 Wouldn't it help if you could somehow make it good? 05:21.000 --> 05:24.000 Sure. All I gotta do is walk in tomorrow morning 05:24.000 --> 05:25.000 and plank down a thousand dollars. 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 Only a thousand? 05:27.000 --> 05:28.000 Only a thousand. 05:28.000 --> 05:31.000 And I've got $4.62 in my pocket. 05:31.000 --> 05:33.000 Well, there's someone I want you to meet. 05:33.000 --> 05:35.000 What? Who? 05:35.000 --> 05:37.000 Your future employer, I hope. 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 His name is Andrew Bodine. 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 Bodine? 05:40.000 --> 05:42.000 The banker? 05:42.000 --> 05:43.000 Yes. 05:43.000 --> 05:46.000 You see, I'm Mrs. Bodine. 05:46.000 --> 05:47.000 That won't work. 05:47.000 --> 05:49.000 Well, you've no reason to say that. 05:49.000 --> 05:52.000 My husband has helped hundreds of people. 05:52.000 --> 05:53.000 It can't work. 05:53.000 --> 05:55.000 The breaks I've been getting will go right on 05:55.000 --> 05:57.000 and there's nothing you can do to stop them. 05:57.000 --> 05:59.000 My life's over, I tell you. It's spent. 05:59.000 --> 06:01.000 No, no, not yet it isn't. 06:01.000 --> 06:04.000 And if you don't want it, I'll take it. 06:04.000 --> 06:06.000 Oh, please. 06:06.000 --> 06:10.000 For just one hour, sell me your life. 06:10.000 --> 06:12.000 What have you got to lose? 06:19.000 --> 06:21.000 She took me into the Bodine place 06:21.000 --> 06:24.000 and we came straight to the library here. 06:24.000 --> 06:26.000 That's where Mr. Bodine would be, she said. 06:26.000 --> 06:29.000 But then, when she opened the door... 06:29.000 --> 06:31.000 I saw a young-looking guy. 06:31.000 --> 06:34.000 He was over there, working at the desk. 06:34.000 --> 06:35.000 Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Foraday. 06:35.000 --> 06:37.000 It was just that I expected my husband. 06:37.000 --> 06:40.000 Oh, another one of those conferences, I'm afraid. 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 He was called away only a few moments ago. 06:42.000 --> 06:43.000 That's unfortunate. 06:43.000 --> 06:46.000 Oh, this is Mr. Foraday, my husband's secretary. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 I didn't know you. 06:47.000 --> 06:48.000 Well, thank you. 06:48.000 --> 06:50.000 I don't believe I heard your name, Mr. 06:50.000 --> 06:52.000 If you don't mind, Mr. Foraday, I wonder if you'd excuse us. 06:52.000 --> 06:54.000 Why, certainly, certainly. 06:54.000 --> 06:56.000 My work's pretty well cleared up, anyway. 06:56.000 --> 06:58.000 Good night, Mrs. Bodine. 06:58.000 --> 07:00.000 Good night. 07:01.000 --> 07:03.000 You see, the fact that my husband isn't here right now 07:03.000 --> 07:05.000 isn't really going to matter too much. 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 I'm appealing to you for help. 07:08.000 --> 07:10.000 Appealing to me for help? 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 Yes. 07:11.000 --> 07:13.000 During the time you've been under sentence, 07:13.000 --> 07:16.000 you've naturally had considerable contact with, 07:16.000 --> 07:18.000 well, criminals. 07:18.000 --> 07:21.000 I want you to identify just such a person. 07:21.000 --> 07:24.000 I... I guess I don't get what you... 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 My husband's life is in danger. 07:26.000 --> 07:27.000 I'm sure of it. 07:27.000 --> 07:29.000 In danger? But from what... 07:29.000 --> 07:32.000 No, no, I shan't tell you whom I suspect. 07:32.000 --> 07:34.000 I want you to find that out. 07:34.000 --> 07:36.000 I want you to give me proof. 07:36.000 --> 07:38.000 Most important, I... 07:38.000 --> 07:40.000 I want you to give my husband protection. 07:40.000 --> 07:41.000 How? 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 By watching him. 07:42.000 --> 07:45.000 By observing everyone who comes in contact with him. 07:45.000 --> 07:50.000 Whether casually or regularly. 07:50.000 --> 07:53.000 Oh, yes, would you just step over there to the desk? 07:53.000 --> 07:55.000 No, no, no, no, behind it. 07:55.000 --> 07:57.000 Now, that first drawer on the left. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 This one? 07:58.000 --> 08:01.000 Yes, that's it. Open it. 08:03.000 --> 08:04.000 Why, it's... 08:04.000 --> 08:05.000 It's filled full of bills. 08:05.000 --> 08:07.000 Hundred dollar bills. 08:07.000 --> 08:10.000 My husband calls it his trust fund. 08:10.000 --> 08:13.000 It's always there to help those he feels deserve help. 08:13.000 --> 08:15.000 Cut off ten of them. 08:15.000 --> 08:16.000 Please, please, go on. 08:16.000 --> 08:19.000 Why, I... I can't do that. 08:19.000 --> 08:21.000 We just... charity? 08:21.000 --> 08:23.000 In your case, it's salary. 08:23.000 --> 08:25.000 And it will settle up that difficulty at your office. 08:25.000 --> 08:26.000 Now, won't it? 08:26.000 --> 08:28.000 If it doesn't, we can always add to it. 08:28.000 --> 08:31.000 But... but you don't know anything about me. 08:31.000 --> 08:32.000 You don't even know what I... 08:32.000 --> 08:34.000 I was coming to that. 08:34.000 --> 08:36.000 You'll probably start work for us tomorrow and... 08:36.000 --> 08:39.000 Oh, oh, yes, here's a pad. 08:39.000 --> 08:42.000 If you'll just jot down where we can reach you. 08:42.000 --> 08:43.000 Do you mind? 08:43.000 --> 08:46.000 No, of course not. 08:46.000 --> 08:49.000 It's the Rex Hotel. 08:49.000 --> 08:51.000 They've got a pay phone in the lobby. 08:51.000 --> 08:53.000 I put the number down there. 08:53.000 --> 08:55.000 Good. That should do it. 08:55.000 --> 08:57.000 Well, you're forgetting something, aren't you? 08:57.000 --> 08:59.000 Forgetting something? 08:59.000 --> 09:00.000 My name. 09:00.000 --> 09:02.000 I put it down too. 09:02.000 --> 09:04.000 It's Bland. Joe Bland. 09:04.000 --> 09:07.000 Well, I'm happy to know you, Joe. 09:07.000 --> 09:09.000 Haven't you forgotten something? 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 Me? Oh, what? 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 A thousand dollars. 09:13.000 --> 09:17.000 Oh. 09:17.000 --> 09:20.000 You're a wonderful person, Mrs. Bodine. 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 I wish I knew how to thank you. 09:22.000 --> 09:24.000 I'll tell you. 09:24.000 --> 09:26.000 Just stay alive. 09:36.000 --> 09:38.000 I took the slow way home tonight 09:38.000 --> 09:41.000 because, well, whether you believe it or not, Vance, 09:41.000 --> 09:44.000 there was a lot of thinking I wanted to do, 09:44.000 --> 09:46.000 mostly about that woman I'd met. 09:46.000 --> 09:49.000 And while I was climbing upstairs to my room, 09:49.000 --> 09:52.000 I realized what she'd really done. 09:52.000 --> 09:56.000 All because of her, I'd sort of been born again. 09:56.000 --> 09:59.000 I let myself into my room 09:59.000 --> 10:02.000 and switched on the overhead light. 10:04.000 --> 10:07.000 All right, Joe, just put your hands up. 10:07.000 --> 10:10.000 There you were, Vance, sitting in a chair across the room. 10:10.000 --> 10:12.000 I'd never seen you before. 10:12.000 --> 10:14.000 That's it. 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 Now, just keep them up. 10:16.000 --> 10:18.000 I'm Vance, police headquarters. 10:18.000 --> 10:21.000 Now, stand still while I check you over. 10:21.000 --> 10:23.000 The office. 10:23.000 --> 10:26.000 I didn't think they'd get to that till tomorrow. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 Oh, well. 10:28.000 --> 10:30.000 That's so. 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 Here we are. 10:32.000 --> 10:34.000 A thousand bucks. 10:34.000 --> 10:38.000 Serial number, G, six, that's it. 10:38.000 --> 10:40.000 All right, where's the rest? 10:40.000 --> 10:42.000 The rest? 10:42.000 --> 10:44.000 That's all there is. 10:42.000 --> 10:44.000 Get it, huh? 10:44.000 --> 10:46.000 That's what I thought. 10:46.000 --> 10:48.000 Took you long enough to get here. 10:48.000 --> 10:51.000 I was going to turn that over to the company in the morning. 10:51.000 --> 10:53.000 The company? What company? 10:53.000 --> 10:55.000 My company. 10:55.000 --> 10:57.000 I don't know what you're talking about. 10:57.000 --> 10:59.000 Just tell me where you put the gun. 10:59.000 --> 11:01.000 The gun? 10:59.000 --> 11:01.000 You hid that too, huh? 11:01.000 --> 11:03.000 Wait a minute, I never had any gun. 11:03.000 --> 11:05.000 What is this? I don't know what you're... 11:05.000 --> 11:07.000 I guess you are as dumb as you act. 11:07.000 --> 11:09.000 Anybody who'd leave his name, address, and phone number 11:09.000 --> 11:12.000 on his victim's desk can't be very right. 11:12.000 --> 11:15.000 They just posted a reward for the guy who robbed 11:15.000 --> 11:17.000 and then murdered Andrew Bodine. 11:17.000 --> 11:19.000 Looks like I'm the guy who's going to collect it. 11:19.000 --> 11:21.000 What? 11:21.000 --> 11:23.000 Andrew Bodine murdered? 11:23.000 --> 11:26.000 As if you didn't know, sweetheart. 11:26.000 --> 11:28.000 Come on, we're going back out there. 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 Tonight for Suspense, 11:30.000 --> 11:32.000 Roma wines are bringing you a star, 11:32.000 --> 11:34.000 Mr. Lee Bowman, whom you have heard 11:34.000 --> 11:36.000 in the first act of Sell Me Your Life 11:36.000 --> 11:38.000 by Emile C. 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We've been waiting for you. 14:30.380 --> 14:32.380 I'm very sorry, Lieutenant, but I... 14:32.380 --> 14:35.380 I was with Mrs. Bodine. She's rather hard hit. 14:35.380 --> 14:37.380 Yeah? Well, here's the guy. 14:37.380 --> 14:38.380 Can you identify him? 14:38.380 --> 14:40.380 Well, I should be able to. 14:40.380 --> 14:42.380 It was less than an hour ago that I saw him. 14:42.380 --> 14:43.380 Here? 14:43.380 --> 14:44.380 Yes, in this room. 14:44.380 --> 14:46.380 He was with Mr. Bodine. 14:46.380 --> 14:47.380 Mr. Bodine? 14:47.380 --> 14:48.380 Well, that's a dream. 14:48.380 --> 14:50.380 Quiet. You'll have your chance. 14:50.380 --> 14:51.380 Go on for it, eh? 14:51.380 --> 14:54.380 Well, Mr. Bodine was talking with him, 14:54.380 --> 14:56.380 trying to work out some way to help him. 14:56.380 --> 14:57.380 Why, you... 14:57.380 --> 14:59.380 Shh. You probably know of the old man's habit 14:59.380 --> 15:03.380 of picking up, well, bums, giving them money, 15:03.380 --> 15:05.380 trying to get them work. 15:05.380 --> 15:06.380 I'd want him time and time again... 15:06.380 --> 15:08.380 Yeah, we know about that. Just go on with the story. 15:08.380 --> 15:09.380 Yeah, just go on with your lies. 15:09.380 --> 15:11.380 I told you to keep still. 15:11.380 --> 15:13.380 What for? So we can fill up that phony story? 15:13.380 --> 15:16.380 Listen, Vance, I want to see Mrs. Bodine. 15:16.380 --> 15:18.380 She was with me all the time. I told you that. 15:18.380 --> 15:20.380 She can stop this whole thing in two minutes. 15:20.380 --> 15:22.380 She... 15:22.380 --> 15:26.380 She can if Faraday here hasn't done something to her. 15:26.380 --> 15:28.380 Well, this fellow must be insane. 15:28.380 --> 15:30.380 I want to see Mrs. Bodine. Now. 15:30.380 --> 15:32.380 She's in no condition to be disturbed. 15:32.380 --> 15:35.380 Furthermore, she has no connection, whatever, with this case. 15:35.380 --> 15:36.380 Oh, no? 15:36.380 --> 15:37.380 Let me give you some advice, Bland. 15:37.380 --> 15:40.380 Keep your mouth shut until I tell you to talk. 15:40.380 --> 15:45.380 Well, the old man, Mr. Bodine, asked me to leave them alone. 15:45.380 --> 15:47.380 So I went right to my room down the hall. 15:47.380 --> 15:49.380 There was nothing else I could do. 15:49.380 --> 15:50.380 And then? 15:50.380 --> 15:54.380 Well, it must have been about 15 minutes that I heard a shout. 15:54.380 --> 15:56.380 I rushed in here and... 15:56.380 --> 15:58.380 And there was Mr. Bodine. 15:58.380 --> 16:00.380 He was dead. 16:00.380 --> 16:01.380 What about Bland? 16:01.380 --> 16:02.380 Gone. 16:02.380 --> 16:05.380 That's pretty fast. Since you were only down the hall, 16:05.380 --> 16:07.380 you'd have seen him leave, wouldn't you? 16:07.380 --> 16:09.380 Well, not if he left by that window there. 16:09.380 --> 16:11.380 And that's just what he did. It was wide open, just as it is now, sir. 16:11.380 --> 16:12.380 No sign of the gun, huh? 16:12.380 --> 16:14.380 No, nor the money. 16:14.380 --> 16:16.380 Almost $21,000 missing. 16:16.380 --> 16:18.380 Uh-huh. 16:18.380 --> 16:20.380 You don't fool around, do you, Joe? 16:20.380 --> 16:21.380 You know something? 16:21.380 --> 16:23.380 You're going to tell me where the rest of that dough is. 16:23.380 --> 16:25.380 You can find that out from Faraday. 16:25.380 --> 16:27.380 You're also going to tell me about that gun. 16:27.380 --> 16:29.380 You can also find that out from Faraday. 16:29.380 --> 16:30.380 Can't you see it? He's the killer. 16:30.380 --> 16:32.380 You can forget that right now. You're dead, Bland. 16:32.380 --> 16:35.380 You haven't a chance. You haven't any kind of a case at all. 16:35.380 --> 16:37.380 Well, get Mrs. Bodine in here. 16:37.380 --> 16:39.380 You'll see what kind of a case I have. 16:39.380 --> 16:41.380 You'll see what kind of a case he's got, too. 16:41.380 --> 16:42.380 I've had enough of this. 16:42.380 --> 16:43.380 I'll get her myself. 16:43.380 --> 16:45.380 Hey, come back here. You're not going anywhere. 16:45.380 --> 16:48.380 Get your hands off me. I'm going to find Mrs. Bodine. 16:48.380 --> 16:50.380 Mrs. Bodine. 16:50.380 --> 16:52.380 Oh, dear. Oh, Mrs. Bodine. 16:52.380 --> 16:54.380 I didn't want you to be disturbed. 16:54.380 --> 16:56.380 Now, please, please, you'd better go back to your room at once. 16:56.380 --> 16:58.380 It's all right, Mr. Faraday. 16:58.380 --> 17:00.380 I kept hearing my name called. 17:00.380 --> 17:03.380 I'm Lieutenant Vance, Mrs. Bodine. 17:03.380 --> 17:07.380 This man here beside me, do you happen to know who he is? 17:10.380 --> 17:11.380 This man? 17:11.380 --> 17:13.380 Yeah, me. 17:14.380 --> 17:16.380 I've never seen him before in my life. 17:22.380 --> 17:24.380 She'd never seen me before in her life. 17:25.380 --> 17:27.380 Well, I did it, Vance. 17:27.380 --> 17:29.380 After that, I was with you, 17:29.380 --> 17:31.380 sitting between you and your pal Tannen 17:31.380 --> 17:33.380 in a police car bound for headquarters. 17:33.380 --> 17:35.380 Not even hearing those stupid cars from the car... 17:35.380 --> 17:37.380 Car 64, Raymond. 17:37.380 --> 17:39.380 Go to the corner of Hill and 20th. 17:39.380 --> 17:41.380 At 229, that is O. 17:42.380 --> 17:44.380 Doing some thinking, are you, Blaine? 17:44.380 --> 17:46.380 Well, I'm afraid it's a little too late. 17:46.380 --> 17:48.380 I was doing some thinking. 17:48.380 --> 17:50.380 I wasn't going to let it be too late. 17:50.380 --> 17:52.380 I couldn't let it be too late. 17:52.380 --> 17:53.380 How about it, kid? 17:53.380 --> 17:55.380 Anything you want to say? 17:55.380 --> 17:57.380 Yeah, I'd like a cigarette. 17:57.380 --> 17:59.380 Give him a cigarette, Tannen. 17:59.380 --> 18:01.380 Me? I gotta watch the road. 18:01.380 --> 18:04.380 Okay, but keep your eye on him, too. 18:04.380 --> 18:05.380 Hey! 18:05.380 --> 18:07.380 Hey, what are you... 18:07.380 --> 18:08.380 My gun, Tannen! 18:08.380 --> 18:10.380 Look out! Get your foot off that, Blaine! 18:10.380 --> 18:11.380 You'll wreck us! 18:11.380 --> 18:12.380 He's after my gun! 18:12.380 --> 18:13.380 Get him, Tannen! 18:13.380 --> 18:14.380 Look out! 18:14.380 --> 18:15.380 I can't! 18:17.380 --> 18:19.380 Okay, okay, Tannen. 18:19.380 --> 18:22.380 Just pull the car to a stop and don't reach for your gun. 18:22.380 --> 18:23.380 Because I'm taking it. 18:23.380 --> 18:25.380 Now, I might need to. 18:25.380 --> 18:26.380 You're a jerk, Blaine. 18:26.380 --> 18:27.380 This'll never work. 18:27.380 --> 18:28.380 I'll try anything. 18:28.380 --> 18:30.380 Even suicide, didn't you know? 18:30.380 --> 18:31.380 Now stay there. 18:31.380 --> 18:32.380 Till I get... 18:32.380 --> 18:34.380 The van's out! 18:34.380 --> 18:36.380 Okay, now you come out. 18:36.380 --> 18:38.380 No, no, don't touch the keys. 18:38.380 --> 18:39.380 Just come out. 18:39.380 --> 18:40.380 It'll never work. 18:40.380 --> 18:41.380 We'll be shot down on sight. 18:41.380 --> 18:43.380 Not for a while, baby. 18:43.380 --> 18:45.380 Not in a police car. 18:46.380 --> 18:47.380 Car 82. 18:47.380 --> 18:49.380 Ruben and Malone. 18:49.380 --> 18:50.380 Check under 13. 18:50.380 --> 18:52.380 10-100 Block Forest. 18:52.380 --> 18:53.380 That is all. 18:58.380 --> 18:59.380 Attention, all cars. 18:59.380 --> 19:01.380 Attention, all cars. 19:01.380 --> 19:03.380 Joe Bland, accused slayer, 19:03.380 --> 19:06.380 has just stolen police car 46. 19:06.380 --> 19:07.380 Then I heard it. 19:07.380 --> 19:08.380 Over the car radio. 19:08.380 --> 19:10.380 This man must be apprehended. 19:10.380 --> 19:11.380 He is desperate. 19:11.380 --> 19:12.380 Shoot to kill. 19:12.380 --> 19:14.380 That is all. 19:15.380 --> 19:16.380 Attention, all cars. 19:16.380 --> 19:19.380 Report from police car 13. 19:19.380 --> 19:23.380 Bland has just been sighted passing Serrano Street. 19:23.380 --> 19:26.380 Speeding northward on Fountain. 19:26.380 --> 19:29.380 All cars proceed toward Northern End Fountain. 19:29.380 --> 19:30.380 Intercept. 19:30.380 --> 19:31.380 That is all. 19:34.380 --> 19:36.380 Now crossing Selmer and Riverdale. 19:36.380 --> 19:38.380 Car 19. 19:38.380 --> 19:39.380 62. 19:39.380 --> 19:42.380 Form roadblock next intersection. 19:42.380 --> 19:43.380 Cars 20. 19:43.380 --> 19:44.380 13. 19:44.380 --> 19:46.380 Cut off rear escape. 19:46.380 --> 19:47.380 Attention. 19:47.380 --> 19:48.380 Attention. 19:48.380 --> 19:51.380 Bland just sighted abandoning car. 19:51.380 --> 19:53.380 Running east on Selmer. 19:53.380 --> 19:54.380 Stop him. 19:54.380 --> 19:56.380 This man must not escape. 20:02.380 --> 20:06.380 And somehow, someway, by running up alleys, 20:06.380 --> 20:09.380 by hitching rides, I got back to the boating place. 20:09.380 --> 20:12.380 The library window, the one they said I'd used to escape, 20:12.380 --> 20:13.380 was still open. 20:13.380 --> 20:16.380 I climbed into the room that way. 20:16.380 --> 20:17.380 My luck still held. 20:17.380 --> 20:20.380 The party was there, filling with papers at the desk, 20:20.380 --> 20:22.380 listening to the radio. 20:22.380 --> 20:24.380 OK, turn it off. 20:24.380 --> 20:25.380 Huh? 20:25.380 --> 20:26.380 Oh, you... 20:26.380 --> 20:27.380 I said turn it off. 20:27.380 --> 20:30.380 ...all civilians are urged to be on the... 20:30.380 --> 20:32.380 Now, stay where you are. 20:32.380 --> 20:33.380 Why, you... 20:33.380 --> 20:35.380 How... how call the police? 20:35.380 --> 20:36.380 Put that down. 20:36.380 --> 20:39.380 You dial one number and I'll blow your head off. 20:40.380 --> 20:42.380 Well, it doesn't matter. 20:42.380 --> 20:44.380 You heard what they said. 20:44.380 --> 20:45.380 The police have picked up your trail. 20:45.380 --> 20:47.380 They'll be here any minute. 20:47.380 --> 20:49.380 This won't take long. 20:49.380 --> 20:51.380 What... what are you going to do? 20:51.380 --> 20:54.380 Give you the best break you ever had? 20:54.380 --> 20:56.380 The gun you used to kill Bodine. 20:56.380 --> 20:57.380 Also the $20,000. 20:57.380 --> 20:59.380 I'm taking them off your hands. 20:59.380 --> 21:02.380 Why, you're not only a killer, you're a lunatic. 21:02.380 --> 21:04.380 I told you I was giving you a break. 21:04.380 --> 21:06.380 No, not because I like you. 21:06.380 --> 21:09.380 It's because I hate somebody else more than I hate you. 21:09.380 --> 21:13.380 You're just like me, a fall guy, a sucker, a pigeon. 21:13.380 --> 21:15.380 Huh? What do you mean? 21:15.380 --> 21:17.380 Do you really think she's going to split with you? 21:17.380 --> 21:19.380 Share the old man's will and insurance money? 21:19.380 --> 21:20.380 Why should she? 21:20.380 --> 21:22.380 You see, why should she? 21:22.380 --> 21:24.380 Why shouldn't she have it all? 21:24.380 --> 21:26.380 I... I don't get your point. 21:26.380 --> 21:28.380 Why shouldn't she turn you over too? 21:28.380 --> 21:30.380 See where that would put her? 21:30.380 --> 21:31.380 Then there'd just be her. 21:31.380 --> 21:33.380 I don't have to listen to this. You're... 21:33.380 --> 21:34.380 Figure it out. 21:34.380 --> 21:37.380 Did she have anything whatever to do with murdering that man? 21:37.380 --> 21:40.380 Anything except working on how you'd be the guy who'd do it 21:40.380 --> 21:42.380 the minute I left here tonight? 21:42.380 --> 21:44.380 Well, I... 21:44.380 --> 21:46.380 How did you know? Did Lenore... 21:46.380 --> 21:48.380 Lenore, is it? 21:48.380 --> 21:50.380 Suppose you were nailed by the cops. 21:50.380 --> 21:52.380 Would Lenore be loyal to you? 21:52.380 --> 21:53.380 I... 21:53.380 --> 21:55.380 I didn't hurt her to be loyal to anybody. 21:55.380 --> 21:59.380 If Lenore Bodine had a choice between being sole owner of a million bucks 21:59.380 --> 22:01.380 and sticking her neck out with yours, 22:01.380 --> 22:03.380 what do you honestly think she'd do? 22:04.380 --> 22:06.380 All right. Where's the money? 22:06.380 --> 22:08.380 I... 22:08.380 --> 22:10.380 I don't know what to do. 22:10.380 --> 22:12.380 Where is it? 22:12.380 --> 22:14.380 Okay. There they are, the cops. 22:14.380 --> 22:16.380 Are they gonna find that money on you or her? 22:16.380 --> 22:18.380 You've got less than a minute, Faraday. 22:18.380 --> 22:19.380 Oh. 22:19.380 --> 22:20.380 What's it gonna be? 22:20.380 --> 22:21.380 I... 22:21.380 --> 22:22.380 Stop! Where are you going? 22:22.380 --> 22:24.380 To get the money. It's in my room. 22:24.380 --> 22:27.380 Just a minute. You're staying here, my friend. 22:27.380 --> 22:28.380 Lenore. 22:28.380 --> 22:30.380 Toss your gun on the floor, Mr. Bland. 22:30.380 --> 22:32.380 I think we can get along with mine. 22:32.380 --> 22:35.380 Okay. But you're a couple of seconds too late. 22:35.380 --> 22:37.380 You see, I can tell the cops where to find that dough. 22:37.380 --> 22:39.380 Oh, no, you won't tell the cops anything. 22:39.380 --> 22:41.380 You won't be able to talk. 22:41.380 --> 22:43.380 You're an escaped murderer, and I killed you. 22:43.380 --> 22:45.380 I shot you in self-defense. 22:45.380 --> 22:46.380 Stand over there. 22:46.380 --> 22:47.380 You're too late. 22:47.380 --> 22:49.380 They're already here, and they'll know it wasn't self-defense. 22:49.380 --> 22:50.380 Faraday, that window there. Close it. 22:50.380 --> 22:51.380 Don't move. 22:51.380 --> 22:53.380 If she kills me, you're as good as dead, 22:53.380 --> 22:54.380 because you'll take the rap alone. 22:54.380 --> 22:56.380 She'll tell the cops where to find that dough and... 22:56.380 --> 22:57.380 Wait. Wait, Lenore. Wait. 22:57.380 --> 22:59.380 Get away from him. Get away. I'm gonna shoot. 22:59.380 --> 23:01.380 No. You tell the police. You'll sell me out. 23:01.380 --> 23:03.380 Oh, you fool. Why don't you listen to him? 23:03.380 --> 23:05.380 Nobody's gonna tell the police. 23:05.380 --> 23:07.380 Nobody's gonna... Get away from him! Get away from him, I tell you! 23:07.380 --> 23:09.380 I won't let you sell me out. I'll kill you first. 23:09.380 --> 23:11.380 Get away from me! Stop it! 23:11.380 --> 23:13.380 I'll shoot! I'll... 23:17.380 --> 23:19.380 I killed him. 23:19.380 --> 23:21.380 I killed him. I killed him. 23:21.380 --> 23:23.380 All right. All right, Lenore. 23:23.380 --> 23:25.380 I killed him. 23:25.380 --> 23:27.380 I killed him. 23:27.380 --> 23:29.380 Mrs. Bodine. 23:29.380 --> 23:31.380 You've got the gun. 23:31.380 --> 23:34.380 Yes, I've got the gun. 23:34.380 --> 23:36.380 But I was too late. 23:36.380 --> 23:39.380 I tried to get it out of his hand before he shot Farley. 23:39.380 --> 23:41.380 But I was too late. 23:41.380 --> 23:42.380 No, that's not true, Vance. 23:42.380 --> 23:44.380 Don't even budge. 23:44.380 --> 23:46.380 All right, the rest of you men, come on in. 23:46.380 --> 23:48.380 Yeah, why don't they come? 23:48.380 --> 24:04.380 This guy Blaine's killed another one. 24:04.380 --> 24:06.380 There you are, Vance. 24:06.380 --> 24:08.380 That's the story. 24:08.380 --> 24:10.380 And like I said, you don't believe it. 24:10.380 --> 24:12.380 Doesn't matter anyway. I can't win. 24:12.380 --> 24:14.380 It's a use of trying. 24:14.380 --> 24:16.380 Come on. Let's go on back to headquarters. 24:16.380 --> 24:20.380 Lieutenant, please see that he stays in the car this time. 24:20.380 --> 24:23.380 Don't worry, Mrs. Bodine. He won't be back here again. 24:23.380 --> 24:24.380 You all set, Tennant? 24:24.380 --> 24:26.380 Yeah. Want me to bring this gun along? 24:26.380 --> 24:27.380 Yeah, exhibit A. 24:27.380 --> 24:29.380 Careful you don't smudge any of the prints on it. 24:29.380 --> 24:30.380 Right. Okay, boys. 24:30.380 --> 24:33.380 Prints. Prints. Fingerprints. 24:33.380 --> 24:34.380 Huh? 24:34.380 --> 24:36.380 Yeah, fingerprints on that gun. 24:36.380 --> 24:38.380 Well, that's it, Vance. 24:38.380 --> 24:40.380 My prints aren't on it. They never were on it. 24:40.380 --> 24:41.380 Only hers. 24:41.380 --> 24:43.380 Because she's the only one who ever used it. 24:43.380 --> 24:44.380 That's not true. 24:44.380 --> 24:46.380 Look, prints. No fingerprints on the gun. 24:46.380 --> 24:48.380 No fingerprints on... 24:48.380 --> 24:51.380 Yeah, the window. That window over there, Vance. 24:51.380 --> 24:53.380 The one you said I opened. 24:53.380 --> 24:56.380 Listen, the catch on that window, it doesn't have my fingerprints. 24:56.380 --> 24:58.380 It only has Faraday's. 24:58.380 --> 24:59.380 Or yours, Mrs. Bodine. 24:59.380 --> 25:01.380 Oh, he's lying. Don't listen to him. 25:01.380 --> 25:03.380 Yeah? 25:03.380 --> 25:06.380 Look, Bland, so it doesn't have your fingerprints on it. 25:06.380 --> 25:08.380 Maybe you wore gloves, huh? 25:08.380 --> 25:10.380 If I... If I had, I... 25:10.380 --> 25:12.380 I wouldn't have left prints on that desk drawer, Vance. 25:12.380 --> 25:14.380 That's the drawer where the money was. 25:14.380 --> 25:18.380 And incidentally, you'll find that dough in Faraday's room. 25:18.380 --> 25:20.380 How about it, Lieutenant? 25:20.380 --> 25:21.380 Convinced? 25:21.380 --> 25:23.380 I'd rather think I am. 25:23.380 --> 25:26.380 What about you, Mrs. Bodine? Are you convinced? 25:26.380 --> 25:29.380 Yes, yes, I suppose I am. 25:29.380 --> 25:33.380 Well, it looks as though Mr. Bland will have company on his trip to headquarters. 25:33.380 --> 25:35.380 Are we ready? 25:35.380 --> 25:37.380 I'm afraid I won't have the pleasure of joining you. 25:37.380 --> 25:38.380 Thanks very much anyway. 25:38.380 --> 25:40.380 Haven't you forgotten something, Mr. Bland? 25:40.380 --> 25:43.380 It was a little matter of embezzlement, I believe. 25:43.380 --> 25:46.380 I'm so sorry I wasn't able to help you on that. 25:46.380 --> 25:48.380 Oh, you did all right. 25:48.380 --> 25:51.380 That five grand reward you posted. 25:51.380 --> 25:53.380 I think I've won it, don't you? 25:53.380 --> 25:54.380 Now, wait a minute. 25:54.380 --> 25:56.380 The guy's got a point, Mrs. Bodine. 25:56.380 --> 26:00.380 The way I see it, that reward ought to take care of the embezzlement charge 26:00.380 --> 26:03.380 with quite a nice sum left over. 26:03.380 --> 26:05.380 Looks like you got gypped, Lenore. 26:05.380 --> 26:08.380 You asked me to sell you a washed-up life. 26:08.380 --> 26:11.380 I think you'll pay for it with your own. 26:24.380 --> 26:28.380 And so closes Sell Me Your Life, starring Lee Bowman. 26:28.380 --> 26:31.380 Tonight's study in Suspense. 26:31.380 --> 26:35.380 Suspense is produced, edited and directed by William Spear. 26:35.380 --> 26:39.380 And now, here's a brief message from that noted authority 26:39.380 --> 26:43.380 on smart and pleasurable entertaining, Elsa Maxwell. 26:43.380 --> 26:46.380 Most of the parties I'm giving these days are simple affairs. 26:46.380 --> 26:51.380 And when I entertain, I always serve well-chilled Roma California sherry 26:51.380 --> 26:53.380 before dinner and later in the evening. 26:53.380 --> 26:58.380 You'll find that glorious amber-golden Roma sherry is a gracious touch 26:58.380 --> 27:01.380 that's sure to get the meal off to a good start 27:01.380 --> 27:03.380 and adds to the evening's pleasure. 27:03.380 --> 27:05.380 And don't worry about fancy glasses. 27:05.380 --> 27:07.380 It's the wine that's important. 27:07.380 --> 27:10.380 So be sure it's that good Roma wine, 27:10.380 --> 27:12.380 because Roma wines are so reasonably priced, 27:12.380 --> 27:15.380 any family can afford to serve them regularly. 27:15.380 --> 27:20.380 Yes, Roma wines cost only pennies a glass, so enjoy them often. 27:20.380 --> 27:23.380 Serve Roma with your everyday meals. 27:23.380 --> 27:27.380 Roma wine is delicious, for Roma quality never varies. 27:27.380 --> 27:33.380 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 27:33.380 --> 27:37.380 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 27:37.380 --> 27:41.380 And the next time you use vermouth, either sweet or dry, 27:41.380 --> 27:43.380 choose Roma vermouth. 27:43.380 --> 27:47.380 Zestful, full-flavored, blended, mellowed, 27:47.380 --> 27:49.380 and developed with all the traditional quality 27:49.380 --> 27:54.380 winemaking skill of Roma wineries, yet surprisingly low-priced. 27:54.380 --> 27:56.380 Try it soon, will you? 27:56.380 --> 28:00.380 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Mr. Thomas Mitchell 28:00.380 --> 28:03.380 as star of Suspense. 28:03.380 --> 28:08.380 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 28:08.380 --> 28:13.380 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 28:13.380 --> 28:15.380 Please listen to this. 28:15.380 --> 28:20.380 Male from home can mean the difference between a good soldier and a poor soldier, 28:20.380 --> 28:23.380 between a man who knows why he is fighting 28:23.380 --> 28:27.380 and a homesick boy who knows only bitterness and indifference. 28:27.380 --> 28:29.380 Write short, frequent letters. 28:29.380 --> 28:33.380 Never mind about that great big long letter that never seems to get written. 28:33.380 --> 28:36.380 And always use V-MAIL. 28:36.380 --> 28:40.380 It is the surest way to get your letter overseas. 28:40.380 --> 28:42.380 V-MAIL. 28:42.380 --> 29:06.380 Music 29:06.380 --> 29:21.380 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.