1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,920 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,920 Suspense! 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:25,880 Tonight, Roma wines bring you a play of suspense and smiles, starring William Bendix and Alan 4 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:26,880 Jocelyn. 5 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:34,800 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 6 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,600 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 7 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,120 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 8 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,920 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:53,120 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you a remarkable 10 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,120 tale of suspense. 11 00:00:54,120 --> 00:01:00,120 And with Raymond Chandler's satirical suspense tale, Pearls are a Nuisance. 12 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,120 And with the performances of William Bendix and Alan Jocelyn, Roma Wines hope indeed to 13 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,120 keep you in suspense. 14 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:14,920 It's quite true I wasn't doing anything that morning, except looking at a blank sheet of 15 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,800 paper in my typewriter and thinking about writing a letter. 16 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:22,920 It's also quite true that I don't have a great deal to do any morning, but I like not doing 17 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:23,920 anything. 18 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,920 I want to do something to do. 19 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,400 And I don't like telephone calls that interfere with it. 20 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,640 That's why I have two telephones, one a public phone that I can ignore and the other a private 21 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,000 phone, which I better answer if I know what's good for me and I do. 22 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,000 What did you say darling? 23 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,480 Oh, I said good morning dear. 24 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,080 How are you darling, busy? 25 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:41,920 Yes and no, mostly no. 26 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:42,920 Why? 27 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,720 Somebody has stolen Mrs. Tenreddick Pearls and I want you to find them. 28 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,760 Possibly you think you have the police department on the line. 29 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,880 This is the residence of Walter Gage, Walter Gage speaking. 30 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,840 If you aren't out here in less than half an hour, you'll receive a small parcel by registered 31 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,240 mail containing a diamond engagement ring. 32 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,240 I'll tell Mr. Gage when he comes in. 33 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:11,840 No, I went naturally, I even hurried. 34 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,240 Ellen's voice has that effect on me. 35 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,600 I think it's the way she says it. 36 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:15,600 Walter darling. 37 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,600 Yes, Ellen. 38 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,440 Mrs. Tenreddick's pearl necklace has been stolen. 39 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,240 So you said on the telephone my blood pressure remains normal. 40 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,520 It's a string of 49 matched pink pearls that Mr. Tenreddick gave his wife on their golden 41 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:26,720 wedding anniversary. 42 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,760 Only 49 pearls for 50 years of marriage? 43 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,320 I wonder which was the bad year. 44 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,320 Oh shut up darling. 45 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,320 Yes dear. 46 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,320 The worst part of it is the pearls are false. 47 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,320 False? 48 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,320 Evidently they're all bad years. 49 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,320 Don't be silly, Walter. 50 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,520 The pearls were real enough when Mr. Tenreddick gave them to her. 51 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,480 The fact is she sold them and had copies made. 52 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:44,480 Those copies have been stolen. 53 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,480 We've got to get them back, Walter. 54 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:48,480 What does it matter if they're false? 55 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:53,000 Well she's terrified that the faithful blackmailer when he finds out they're only making imitations. 56 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,520 If Mr. Tenreddick ever hears that she sold the original. 57 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,880 Oh I begin to see what might be described as daylight. 58 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,080 But where do I start looking for these baubles from which your elderly employer is so loath 59 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:04,080 to be separated? 60 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:05,080 Because I know who stole them. 61 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,880 It's so fair we had here a few months, Walter. 62 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,120 A horror big bruiser named Henry Eichelberger. 63 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,320 And that's suddenly the day before yesterday for no reason at all, without a word. 64 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:15,600 I'm sure he stole the pearls. 65 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:16,600 How big did you say he is? 66 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:17,600 About six feet. 67 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:18,600 How big did that taste? 68 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,600 Three. 69 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:20,600 Three? 70 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,240 Six foot three? 71 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:23,240 Three. 72 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:24,840 I'm sure he didn't take them dear, couldn't he? 73 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,120 He tried to kiss me once, Walter. 74 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,120 Oh he did? 75 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,120 Tried to kiss you? 76 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,720 Where is this big slab of meat, darling? 77 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,800 Here's the address he gave me when he first came here to work. 78 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:34,800 Sounds like an unpleasant neighborhood. 79 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,240 Not half as unpleasant as it'll be for Eichelberger when I arrive. 80 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,240 Tried to kiss you, did he? 81 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,720 The pearls are the important thing, Walter. 82 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:42,720 And be careful. 83 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,400 He's six foot three, remember? 84 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:55,960 I find it difficult to forget. 85 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,840 Eichelberger's address proved to be a seedy looking hotel upstairs over a Chinese laundry. 86 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,480 At the head of the stairs was the door marked manager. 87 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,800 I rang the bell. 88 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:09,800 Full up, Bud. 89 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:10,800 Roll. 90 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,280 I'm not inquiring for a room. 91 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,720 I'm looking for one Henry Eichelberger, whom I'm informed libtard. 92 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,280 If he does, he ain't registered. 93 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:21,120 That is, of course you know, is contrary to the law. 94 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,080 A wise guy, hey. 95 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,080 Down the hall, Jack. 96 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,080 To 18. 97 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,560 Have the kindness to show me the way. 98 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:28,560 Huh. 99 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:29,560 What do you know? 100 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:30,560 A duke, no less. 101 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:31,560 Okay, your lordship. 102 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:32,560 Pick up your feet, hey. 103 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:33,560 This is it. 104 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:34,560 He's out. 105 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:35,560 Half an hour. 106 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:36,560 I'm going to go get a drink. 107 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:37,560 I'll be right back. 108 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:42,360 He's out. 109 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:43,840 Have the goodness to unlock the door. 110 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:46,240 I wish to go in and wait for this Eichelberger. 111 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,240 In a pig's beliefs. 112 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,000 Who do you think you are, Jake boy? 113 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,720 I wouldn't call me names if I were you. 114 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:52,720 You wouldn't, hey. 115 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,160 Well, that just shows the difference between you and me, because I would. 116 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,160 You want to make something out of it, hey? 117 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,160 Yes. 118 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,160 What? 119 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,160 Oh. 120 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,560 Hey, that wasn't fair. 121 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,320 You got 20 years on me, hey. 122 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:06,480 Well, open the door, hey. 123 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,160 I have no time to argue with you. 124 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,160 Oh. 125 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,160 A buck. 126 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,520 Two bucks, and I won't even tell Eichelberger when he comes in, hey. 127 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:14,520 That is a deal. 128 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:15,520 Brother, you can, hey. 129 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:16,520 I'll take that for you, hey. 130 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,520 Thanks, hey. 131 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:18,520 Here's your money. 132 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,040 If you hear any noises later on, ignore them. 133 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,800 If there's any damage, it'll be paid for generously. 134 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:32,800 I hope you know what you're doing, hey. 135 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,080 I searched all the likely places where he might have hidden the necklace, and then I searched 136 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,720 all the unlikely places. 137 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:38,720 No necklace. 138 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,680 Then I heard approaching footsteps. 139 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:49,920 How did you get in here, sonny? 140 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,640 The explanation of that can wait. 141 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,280 I'm looking for one Henry Eichelberger. 142 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:54,280 Are you he? 143 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:56,280 Get you, a real comedian. 144 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:58,680 Wait till I loosen my belt before you make me laugh. 145 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,800 My name's Gage, Walter Gage. 146 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:01,800 Are you Eichelberger? 147 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,720 Give me a nickel and I'll tell you. 148 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,760 I'm the fiance of Miss Ellen McIntosh. 149 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,520 I'm informed that you tried to kiss her. 150 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,400 What do you mean, tried? 151 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:16,080 I hit him rather severely on the left eye, then the right. 152 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,280 And I gave him a crushing uppercut to the jaw. 153 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:31,360 He looked at me with an air of patient resignation and then hit me. 154 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:35,120 I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. 155 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,480 When I had it nicely spinning, I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the 156 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:46,320 head with the floor. 157 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,960 I believe I lost consciousness at about this point. 158 00:06:48,960 --> 00:07:03,080 At any rate, I was no longer aware of the time of day. 159 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:10,480 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as stars, Mr. Alan Jocelyn and Mr. William 160 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:16,240 Bendix, whom you are hearing in Pearls are a Nuisance by Raymond Chandler, which is Roma 161 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:28,240 Wines' presentation tonight of Suspense. 162 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,680 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 163 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,560 We quote now a brief word from the famous hostess, Elsa Maxwell. 164 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:41,840 The delicious flavor of tender broiled chicken, the succulents of spring lamb garnished with 165 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:47,880 mint leaves, deserves the matchless flavor complement of Roma California sauce herons. 166 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:54,040 This delicate wine, pale gold in color, delightful in bouquet, is a delicious flavor mate with 167 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,040 fish or fowl. 168 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:59,960 Yes, just as the musical conductor blends the tones of different instruments, so the 169 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:04,120 knowing hostess can combine the flavors of food with wine. 170 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:09,520 Each glass full of Roma Sauternes is alight with Roma's rich heritage in winemaking. 171 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:16,160 Here is a masterpiece of the winegrower's age-old skill, and all Roma wines, you'll find, are 172 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,280 always unburyingly good. 173 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:23,720 The result of carefully selected grapes, picked at the peak of perfection in sunny California's 174 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,900 choicest vineyards and gently pressed. 175 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:31,920 Then the natural juices are stored and guided with the ancient skill of Roma wineries to 176 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,800 full goodness. 177 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:40,640 Roma wines do not vary, are always high in quality, yet cost only pennies a glass. 178 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:45,160 More Americans enjoy Roma than any other wines. 179 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,200 R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 180 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:55,880 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, William Bendix as J. Henry Eichelberger 181 00:08:55,880 --> 00:09:02,200 and Alan Jostlin as Walter Gage in Pearls on a Nuisance, a muscular drama replete with 182 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:15,160 situations well calculated to keep you in suspense. 183 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,840 While I was thinking about the possibility of getting back to my feet in the very near 184 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:23,320 future, a wet towel began to slap at my face and I opened my eyes. 185 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:28,200 The face of one Henry Eichelberger was close to mine and bore a certain appearance of tender 186 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,200 solicitude. 187 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,440 You'd be all right, but I thought maybe you was killed, Jack. 188 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,680 You've got a stomach as weak as Chinese tea. 189 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:34,680 What happened? 190 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:36,360 As if I didn't know. 191 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,040 You tripped on an itty bitty tear in a carpet. 192 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,040 You feel like getting up? 193 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,040 Here, I'll give you a hand. 194 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,040 Come on. 195 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,460 Thank you, Henry. 196 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:44,460 May I call you Henry? 197 00:09:44,460 --> 00:09:46,560 No tax on it. 198 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:47,560 You look okay. 199 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:49,320 Why don't you tell me you were sick? 200 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,960 Eichelberger, you swine, that doesn't. 201 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:53,960 What about? 202 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:54,960 You'll muss my hair. 203 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,080 I wish you'd fall down when I hit you, Henry. 204 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:58,920 Just once, it would do wonders for my morale. 205 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,880 Ah, you know, you and me could get along, Jack. 206 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,720 I never kiss your girl, even if I ain't saying I wouldn't like to. 207 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,480 Is that all that's eating on you? 208 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,080 Well, no, there's another matter. 209 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,000 Sit down and tell me the score. 210 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Only no more haymakers, they'd give me a headache. 211 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Promise? 212 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 I promise. 213 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,040 Tell me, why did you leave the employ of Mrs. Penrodoc? 214 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,400 You tell me, am I what you might call a good-looker? 215 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,400 Well, Henry... 216 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:24,400 Don't sulk me. 217 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,600 No, then, I wouldn't call you handsome exactly, but unquestionably you ate your spinach as 218 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:29,600 a child. 219 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:30,600 That's a consolation. 220 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:31,600 Get you a real comedian. 221 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,600 Wait till I loosen my belt. 222 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,840 Look, suppose you fell for a doll with stars in her hair. 223 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,600 A guy like me that looks like a taxi going down the street with both doors open. 224 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,400 Then suppose you get a job where you see this doll all the time and every day, what would 225 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:46,400 you do, Jack? 226 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,400 Me, I'd just quit the job. 227 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:50,400 Ellen? 228 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:51,400 Yeah? 229 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,400 I'd like to shake your hand. 230 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:53,400 Go ahead. 231 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,920 Now, there's one more thing, one rather insignificant detail. 232 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:01,000 I'm empowered to arrange for the return of Mrs. Penrodoc's pearls. 233 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,320 $50 reward and no embarrassing questions. 234 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,680 You got nerve, Jack. 235 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:09,720 So you think I stole some marbles and I'm sitting around here waiting for a flock of 236 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:10,920 dicks to swarm me? 237 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,400 The police have not been told, Henry, and you may not be aware, but the pearls are false. 238 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:16,400 False? 239 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,400 They're mean, they're false? 240 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:19,400 Exactly. 241 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,320 And you think I'd bother myself to hook some phonies? 242 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,840 You mean you didn't steal the necklace, Henry? 243 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,520 Now look, if they was ringers, I wouldn't be bothered. 244 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,860 And if they was real, I wouldn't be holed up in no cheap flop in L.A. waiting for a couple 245 00:11:30,860 --> 00:11:33,560 of Carlos or Johns to put their sneeze on me, would I? 246 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:35,040 That's exactly what I thought, Henry. 247 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,040 Well, as long as you didn't steal them, how'd you like the job of helping me recover them? 248 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,040 Are you kidding? 249 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,840 No, Henry, it's obvious that if you didn't snatch these marbles, I believe that's the 250 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,560 expression, someone else did, and you can help me find them. 251 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:47,560 How about it? 252 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:48,560 Why not? 253 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:49,560 Why not, indeed. 254 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,800 Well, you got any ideas of where to start? 255 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,360 Yes, I have. 256 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,440 I feel that we must, as they say, tap the grapevine. 257 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,080 When a string of pearls is stolen, all the underworld must be seething. 258 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,880 Hmm, maybe you got right, but this underworld that's doing all this seething ain't going 259 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,680 to seethe much over a string of glass beads, or I might punch you. 260 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:11,800 I am thinking, Henry, that the underworld probably has a sense of humor, and a thief 261 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:16,200 who went to the trouble of stealing some worthless crinkets would be the buff of considerable 262 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,200 coarse jest. 263 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,680 Well, there's the knuckles of an idea in that. 264 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:24,080 I would say something like that could get around the pool rooms and start a little wholesome 265 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,080 chuckling already. 266 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,080 Yes, all we need to do is to locate a reliable crook. 267 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:29,080 Let's see. 268 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,840 Oh, there's a guy named Lou Scandizi that runs the Blue Lagoon downtown. 269 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,720 Might be interested in some marbles, but he don't like being asked questions. 270 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:38,720 He sounds dangerous. 271 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,680 Eh, we'll turn him inside out and take a look at his liver. 272 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:45,520 Very well, let us go and beard this Scandizi character in his malodorous den. 273 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:56,120 Yeah, let us go and beard, eh, leave us do what you said. 274 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,800 Mr. Scandizi's Blue Lagoon wasn't difficult to find. 275 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,440 It was a rather soiled establishment bathed in an unpleasant blue light. 276 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:09,800 Henry and I went through a small, dim dining room to a door marked private. 277 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:10,800 You Scandizi? 278 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,920 Ah, who wanted to know? 279 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,720 Me and my friend here want to talk to you. 280 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:16,720 Oh, I'll talk. 281 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:17,720 I'm not listening. 282 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:18,720 How about some pearls? 283 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:19,720 Forty-nine. 284 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:20,720 Is that right, Walter? 285 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:21,720 Quite right, Henry. 286 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,720 A pearl necklace that somebody hoisted. 287 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,720 Go on and get out before I have you thrown out. 288 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:27,720 You'll do what? 289 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:28,720 I'll do, I'll do nothing. 290 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:29,720 Oh, that's better, dough face. 291 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:30,720 What about them pearls? 292 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:31,720 Well, I, I don't think I heard about it. 293 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:32,720 That's right, I remember. 294 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,720 Maybe if I pulled off one of your ears, it might help. 295 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:34,720 Henry, you seem to be doing all the work. 296 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:35,720 Do you think that's quite fair? 297 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:36,720 Well, I'll get you some pearls. 298 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:37,720 I'll get you some pearls. 299 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:38,720 I'll get you some pearls. 300 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,720 I'll get you some pearls. 301 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,120 I'll get you some pearls. 302 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,120 You seem to be doing all the work. 303 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,120 Do you think that's quite fair? 304 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,120 Well, okay, you work them over. 305 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,120 These fat guys grew something leather. 306 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,120 Oh, take it easy. 307 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,120 I, I ain't heard nothing. 308 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,960 You, uh, you guys insurance them in, huh? 309 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,800 Now you're cooking with helium, dough face. 310 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,280 Well, what's insurance company you boys work for? 311 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:57,640 Give them our card, Walter. 312 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:58,960 No, this is my personal card. 313 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,000 I have my phone number on it. 314 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Oh. 315 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Yeah. 316 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Okay, okay. 317 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 You may be surprised. 318 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,000 You may get a call. 319 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 What do you think, Walter? 320 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 You think this muzzle is leveling with us? 321 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,440 I dare say he wouldn't be above telling us an untruth. 322 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,040 Get you a real comedian. 323 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,080 Wait till I loosen my belt. 324 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,440 You giving us a straight good, Scandizzi? 325 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:18,440 Straight goods, absolute. 326 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:19,440 We'll cooperate. 327 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:20,440 I bet you get a call. 328 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:21,440 Okay, so long, Scandizzi. 329 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:26,440 And keep your schnozzle clean if you don't want to be looking for it under your desk, 330 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,440 hey. 331 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,440 And that goes for your cat, too, Scandizzi. 332 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:29,440 Hey. 333 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:30,440 Well? 334 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:31,440 What now? 335 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,360 I think we've done adequate day's work, Henry. 336 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,800 The procedure would seem to be for me to go home and wait for the telephone to ring, bearing 337 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,800 glad tidings from the underworld. 338 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:41,800 What about me? 339 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,280 I would suggest if you wend your way homeward also. 340 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,800 Here's my private number. 341 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:46,800 Call me in the morning. 342 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Okay. 343 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:55,800 See you tomorrow. 344 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,760 I went home and waited for the phone to ring. 345 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,400 I must have fallen asleep after a while. 346 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,920 It was quite dark when the call came through. 347 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,920 Well, here goes. 348 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:11,880 Walter Gage speaking, Acme Insurance Company. 349 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,880 When did you become an insurance company? 350 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:14,880 Oh, it's you, Ellen. 351 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:15,880 Why didn't you call on the private phone? 352 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:16,880 Oh, I didn't have the number handy. 353 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:17,880 You haven't found the Pearls yet. 354 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:18,880 How'd you know? 355 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:19,880 We just got a telephone call. 356 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:20,880 From whom? 357 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:21,880 He wouldn't say. 358 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,880 All he said was he heard from somebody named San something. 359 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:25,880 Scandizzi? 360 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:26,880 That's it. 361 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:27,880 That we were looking for the Pearls. 362 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,880 Has he found out the Pearls are false? 363 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:30,880 No. 364 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:31,880 I didn't tell him. 365 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:32,880 All right, don't worry. 366 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:33,880 We have no idea how to get them back. 367 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:34,880 We? 368 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:35,880 Who's we? 369 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:36,880 Henry and me. 370 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:37,880 Henry who? 371 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:38,880 I go burger up. 372 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:39,880 Hired him to help me find the Pearls. 373 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:40,880 Are you out of your mind? 374 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:41,880 Didn't Henry take the Pearls? 375 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:42,880 Of course not. 376 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:43,880 He only left because he was in love with you. 377 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:44,880 Oh, Walter, that big brute. 378 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:45,880 How could you say such a thing? 379 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:46,880 Ellen, I thought you'd be flattered. 380 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:47,880 What? 381 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:48,880 I never want to speak to you again, Walter Gage. 382 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:49,880 Goodbye. 383 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:50,880 Ellen. 384 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:51,880 Oh, Ellen, I sometimes want to... 385 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:52,880 Hello, honey. 386 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:53,880 I'm so glad you called back. 387 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:54,880 Listen, darling, I... 388 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:55,880 Who you calling honey, sweetheart? 389 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:56,880 Who's this? 390 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:57,880 Never mind. 391 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:58,880 Your name Gage? 392 00:15:58,880 --> 00:15:59,880 Yes. 393 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:00,880 A guy named Scandizzi? 394 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:01,880 Yes. 395 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:02,880 Oh, I'm sorry. 396 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:03,880 I'm sorry. 397 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,880 Your name Gage? 398 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:07,880 Yes. 399 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:08,880 A guy named Scandizzi says you're looking for some oyster fruit. 400 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,880 A frail named McIntosh says you're the guy to talk to. 401 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:13,880 Possibly. 402 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,880 Well, I got 49 of them, pal. 403 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,880 Pink ones. 404 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,880 Five grand is the price. 405 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:20,880 Why, that's absurd. 406 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:21,880 Those Pearls happen to be false. 407 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:22,880 Quit your kidding. 408 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:23,880 You heard me. 409 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:24,880 Five Gs. 410 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,880 I'll give you them tomorrow afternoon to scrape it together. 411 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:33,880 Then I'll call you and let you know where to meet me. 412 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:34,880 Hello? 413 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:35,880 Ellen, this is Walter. 414 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:36,880 I told you I never wanted to speak to you again. 415 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:37,880 All right, I won't speak to you. 416 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:38,880 Just tell me the name of the man who sold Mrs. Penroddick's pearls for her. 417 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:39,880 Gallimore, Roger Gallimore. 418 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:40,880 He has a jewelry company downtown. 419 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:41,880 Thank you. 420 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:42,880 Walter! 421 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:43,880 How do you do? 422 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:44,880 I'm fine. 423 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:45,880 I'm fine. 424 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:46,880 I'm fine. 425 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:47,880 I'm fine. 426 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:48,880 I'm fine. 427 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:49,880 I'm fine. 428 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:50,880 I'm fine. 429 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:51,880 I'm fine. 430 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:52,880 I'm fine. 431 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:53,880 I'm fine. 432 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:54,880 I'm fine. 433 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:55,880 I'm fine. 434 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:56,880 I'm fine. 435 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:57,880 I'm fine. 436 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:58,880 I'm fine. 437 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:07,760 How do you like it, darling? 438 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,160 I was beginning to see the light the next morning I went to see this Mr. Gallimore. 439 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:17,040 He was a tall, pink man of about 70 and he listened to my narrative of events with considerable 440 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,040 interest. 441 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:19,040 Hmm. 442 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,880 Five thousand seems like a good deal for a string of false pearls. 443 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:22,880 Yes, indeedy. 444 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,720 And you know what I think, Mr. Gallimore? 445 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,040 What, Mr. Gage? 446 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,720 I believe that the pearls are in fact real. 447 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,280 You're a very old friend of Mrs. Penroddick. 448 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,280 Mm-hmm. 449 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,680 Perhaps even a childhood sweetheart. 450 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,000 When she gave you the pearls to sell, you didn't sell them, Mr. Gallimore. 451 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,800 Instead you gave her $20,000 of your own money and returned the pearls to her pretending they 452 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,200 were imitations of the original necklace. 453 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,480 Son, you think a lot smarter than you talk. 454 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,560 I try very hard, Mr. Gallimore. 455 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:48,560 And I'm correct. 456 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,600 Embarrassingly so, Mr. Gage. 457 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:52,600 Pearls are real. 458 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,600 Now, what would you like me to do? 459 00:17:54,600 --> 00:18:02,560 Give me $5,000 with which to get them back. 460 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,640 Mr. Gallimore felt much better after he'd had a glass of water. 461 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,700 Some hours later I managed to convince him that I knew approximately what I was doing. 462 00:18:09,700 --> 00:18:12,400 He gave me a check for $5,000. 463 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:13,400 This check, Henry. 464 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,880 You mean he gave it to you? 465 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,080 Five thousand fish just like that? 466 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,080 You have said it. 467 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,480 Well, I'll be a Mickey Finn at a woman's club lunch. 468 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:26,040 Kid, you've got something with that Daisy chain shatterer of yours. 469 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,040 Thank you, Henry. 470 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,480 At any rate, all that remains now is for the phone to ring. 471 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:31,480 Aha. 472 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:32,480 You can say that again. 473 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:33,480 Very well. 474 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:34,480 Aha. 475 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:35,480 Hello? 476 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:36,480 Gage? 477 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:37,480 Yes, who's this? 478 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:38,480 Guess. 479 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:39,480 You got the dough? 480 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,480 It's in my pocket at this exact moment. 481 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,960 If I have any assurance of honorable treatment, I'm prepared to go through with it. 482 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,280 Oh, you get the marbles, okay. 483 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,960 We're in this business a long time and we can't afford the wealth. 484 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,800 If we did it, it'd get around and nobody would play with us. 485 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:56,800 I understand. 486 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:57,800 What are your instructions? 487 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,400 Tonight at 8th shop, you'll be at Pacific Palisade. 488 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,400 You got that? 489 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,400 Yeah. 490 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:10,240 At the end of the third road, corner of Sunset and Corona Del Mar, be there at 8th shop and 491 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,360 come alone and no gun. 492 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:17,360 No funny business, no smart work, and no slip up, nobody get hurt. 493 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,880 That's the way we do business. 494 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:19,880 Very well. 495 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,880 Oh, one last thing. 496 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,880 Where did you get my phone number from? 497 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:24,880 Scandici? 498 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:25,880 Who else? 499 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:30,000 Eight o'clock then and no tricks. 500 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,480 That is very interesting. 501 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:32,480 What, what? 502 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:33,480 The telephone. 503 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:34,480 Yeah, yeah. 504 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,240 Hooray for Alexander Graham. 505 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,240 What's his name? 506 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:38,240 But what did the guy say? 507 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:39,240 Oh, oh, yeah. 508 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:40,240 Yeah. 509 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,240 It's all arranged, Henry. 510 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,880 I'm to meet them tonight all by myself and give them the money. 511 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:46,680 All by yourself, huh? 512 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,720 Yet you, a real comedian, wait till I loosen my belt. 513 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,160 They'll take the dough and leave you laying there bleeding all over yourself and they'll 514 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:54,160 still have the marbles. 515 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,760 I ought to go with you. 516 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:00,760 Henry, it's my duty and I must brave these monsters and human guys alone and unattended. 517 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:05,000 Of course, I do have a big car and you could hide on the floor under a rug. 518 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 It's a cinch. 519 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 But maybe... 520 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,760 Well, the only thing wrong with you as far as I can see is you got holes in your head. 521 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,120 All I'm trying to do is keep you from getting another one. 522 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:14,120 I'm going with you. 523 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:20,560 So I was settled. 524 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:21,560 Henry was to go with me. 525 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:26,360 That afternoon I stopped at the bank where I cashed Mr. Gallimore's check and changed 526 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,680 it into a hundred dollar bill. 527 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,480 You counted as though it were your own. 528 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,480 Five thousand. 529 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:32,480 Five thousand? 530 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:33,480 Five thousand. 531 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:34,480 Now a roll of quarters, please. 532 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:35,480 Roll of quarters, please. 533 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,000 There seems to be an echo in here. 534 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Leave them in the wrapper. 535 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Oh, quite heavy, aren't they? 536 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:52,720 Yes, aren't they? 537 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,840 And so late that evening I found myself out on the Pacific Palisades with Henry Eichelberger 538 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,360 Boy in the back of the car. 539 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:00,360 I was very nervous. 540 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:01,360 I think Henry was also. 541 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:05,480 Neither of us were any too sure of what was going to happen that night. 542 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,000 Oh, me back. 543 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,080 What's the matter, Henry? 544 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,080 Aren't you comfy back there? 545 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,560 Oh, I'm comfy, all right. 546 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,320 Only my heater keeps digging into me. 547 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:15,520 Ain't we there yet? 548 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,040 Well, we're getting close. 549 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,040 Stay down. 550 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:33,320 This is business. 551 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,160 This is the end of the line, Henry. 552 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,160 Be careful. 553 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,160 They're probably watching me. 554 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:38,160 OK. 555 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,160 What's that? 556 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,240 It's me, Walter. 557 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,600 My gun is breaking my back. 558 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:45,600 Well, stop sitting on it. 559 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:46,600 I did. 560 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,600 Anything stirring? 561 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:48,600 No, keep quiet. 562 00:21:48,600 --> 00:22:05,300 I'll make like a little mousey. 563 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:06,300 Don't you think we've waited? 564 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:08,520 I mean, don't you think we've waited long enough, Henry? 565 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,400 We've only been waiting 15 minutes. 566 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,160 You sure this is the place? 567 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,160 Yes, of course. 568 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,080 Well, let's get out of the car and see if anybody shoots at us. 569 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,360 Then we'll know if somebody's around. 570 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:21,640 Well, that seems to be the difficult way of finding out, but let's try it. 571 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,600 I personally feel sure that there's no one here but you and I. 572 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,920 Suck it. 573 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:35,200 You know what happened, Walter? 574 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:36,200 What do you think, Henry? 575 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,840 Well, it was just a tryout, that's all. 576 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,080 Tomorrow this guy calls again on the phone and he says, sorry, but they had to be careful 577 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,960 and they'll try again tonight maybe. 578 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,240 Maybe out in San Fernando Valley. 579 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,080 And the price is now 10 grand on account of their extra trouble. 580 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:56,120 I ought to go back and twist that scandisi so he spends the rest of his life looking 581 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:57,600 up his left pants leg. 582 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,080 Well, Henry, what's the next move? 583 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,920 Well, I'll feed it home, I guess. 584 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,280 Anyhow, I won't need this gun anymore. 585 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:13,520 My back is sore enough from it. 586 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,560 We stood there and looked at one another, Henry and I. 587 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:21,080 He doubled his hands into fists and shook them slowly in his sadness. 588 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,160 I too was melancholy. 589 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,400 In the brief time I'd known Henry, I'd grown very fond of him. 590 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:32,200 Yeah, yeah, that's it, all right. 591 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:38,000 That's enough to do but feed it on home, that's all that's left to us. 592 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,040 I took my right hand out of my pocket. 593 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,560 I have large hands. 594 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:45,820 In my right hand nestled the roll of quarters I'd gotten from the bank that morning. 595 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:48,960 My hand made a large and heavy fist around them. 596 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:49,960 Henry didn't notice. 597 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,480 What are you looking at me so funny for, Walter? 598 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,660 I just wanted to say good night, Henry. 599 00:23:55,660 --> 00:23:57,200 You had two strikes on me. 600 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,680 Well, this is the big one. 601 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,600 I don't get it. 602 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:02,960 He got it then. 603 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,480 My fist with nearly a pound of metal in it caught him squarely on the jaw. 604 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:13,360 For a moment he wavered back and forth on his feet and then. 605 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:35,120 Henry Eichelberger lay motionless on the ground as limp as a rubber glove. 606 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:38,280 I found the pearls twined around his ankle inside his left sock. 607 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,840 Well, Henry, I said, although he couldn't hear me, you're a gentleman even if you are 608 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:42,840 a thief. 609 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,720 You could have taken the money a dozen times today. 610 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,040 You could have taken it a little while ago when you still had the gun. 611 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,420 But even that repelled you. 612 00:24:49,420 --> 00:24:52,040 You threw the gun away and we were man to man. 613 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,040 But still you hesitated. 614 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:58,120 In fact, Henry, I said, for a successful thief you hesitated just a little too long. 615 00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:01,400 But as a sporting man I can only think more highly of you. 616 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,360 Goodbye, Henry, and good luck, I said. 617 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:06,360 I put a hundred dollar bill in his chubby little fist and withdrew. 618 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:07,360 End of story. 619 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,400 But how did you know it was Henry, darling? 620 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:10,920 You told me so, little lemon cookie. 621 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:11,920 You were quite sure of it. 622 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,880 I know, but you must have had proof of some kind. 623 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:18,280 Well, there was one other minor detail that convinced me Henry was the guilty party. 624 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,320 I gave Scandisi my phone number, but I have two telephones. 625 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:22,740 One's a private line. 626 00:25:22,740 --> 00:25:24,320 Only two people had that number. 627 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:25,320 You were one of them. 628 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,540 Henry was the other. 629 00:25:26,540 --> 00:25:29,640 When Henry's accomplice got in touch with me, he used the phone number I'd given Henry, 630 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:30,640 not the one I gave Scandisi. 631 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:31,640 You see? 632 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,640 Oh, darling, you're so clever. 633 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:38,640 Of course, you may kiss me if you like. 634 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:45,760 A few months after Ellen and I were married, we received a letter postmarked, Honolulu. 635 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,120 It was from Henry. 636 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:54,000 My dear, dear Walter, I have only just received the joyous tidings that you and Ellen are 637 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,160 embarked upon the happy tide of holy matrimony. 638 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,200 I am so glad for you. 639 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:04,160 I often think of you, Walter, particularly with an overwhelming curiosity as to what 640 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,360 it was you struck me with that night. 641 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:14,040 Ah, well, I dare say it can only be conjecture on my part now, a hammer perhaps, that I allowed 642 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,920 my jaw to be exposed to your weapon while I stood there meditating as to whether to 643 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:24,880 take your 5,000 then or wait for 10 the following evening was a human error of judgment. 644 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,780 At any rate, I entertain no feelings of ill will toward you. 645 00:26:28,780 --> 00:26:31,600 On the contrary, I am indebted to you greatly. 646 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:37,600 The ease with which you talked Mr. Gallimore out of $5,000 has changed my life. 647 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:42,520 I have been taking English lessons myself, and I'm now practicing on a wealthy widow 648 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,440 woman, not without financial success. 649 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:50,000 Our treasurer, the sport, devotedly, Henry. 650 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:55,560 P.S. was it perchance an anvil, I wonder? 651 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,400 You know, Henry wasn't such a bad fellow. 652 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,600 All I really disliked him for was his barbaric English. 653 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:07,160 Now he's changed that, maybe I should have married him. 654 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,160 What do you think, Walter? 655 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,160 Oh, it gets you. 656 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,160 A real comedian. 657 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:15,960 Wait till I loosen my belt. 658 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:21,120 And so closes Pearls are a Nuisance, in which Roma wines have brought you William Bendix 659 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:26,800 and Alan Jocelyn as co-stars of tonight's study in Suspense. 660 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:32,240 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed by William Spear. 661 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:36,820 Before our stars return to the microphone, let me say a word for Roma Wines, the sponsor 662 00:27:36,820 --> 00:27:37,820 of Suspense. 663 00:27:37,820 --> 00:27:42,280 Elsa Maxwell's hospitality is always simple and unaffected. 664 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,640 The other day she said, 665 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:49,440 A few old friends, some comfortable chairs, a glass or two of good Roma California sherry, 666 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,220 and there you have the perfect combination for a pleasant evening at home. 667 00:27:53,220 --> 00:27:58,060 In fact, you'll find the light nut-like flavor of this glorious amber-golden Roma sherry 668 00:27:58,060 --> 00:27:59,520 is delightful anytime. 669 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:04,640 A delicious prelude to dinner, a gracious note of hospitality whenever friends drop 670 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:05,640 in. 671 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:10,280 Best of all, Roma wines are so reasonably priced, any family can afford to serve them 672 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:11,280 regularly. 673 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,520 The goodness of Roma wines can add a lot to the joy of your daily living. 674 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:21,980 Always delightful, always unburyingly high in quality, yet cost only pennies a glass. 675 00:28:21,980 --> 00:28:26,160 And the next time you use vermouth, sweet or dry, use Roma vermouth. 676 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:32,660 Zestful, herb-flavored Roma vermouth is blended, mellowed, developed, and bottled in California 677 00:28:32,660 --> 00:28:36,520 with all the traditional winemaking skill of Roma wineries. 678 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,360 Try Roma vermouth soon, won't you? 679 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:39,360 This is Alan Jocelyn. 680 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,960 I trust that you died in the wool of Suspense fans who are accustomed to somewhat heavier 681 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,200 meat on these Thursday dramas, who weren't displeased with our efforts in the interests 682 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,200 of gaiety and insouciance. 683 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,560 Do you concur, Mr. Bendic- 684 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,240 Who gets you, a real comedian? 685 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,240 Where do I loosen my gallows? 686 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,240 Where do I loosen my gallows? 687 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,520 Courtesy impels me to tell you that Mr. Bendic here is being heard weekly on his own radio 688 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,080 show, The Life of Riley, and Paramount impels me to say that he will soon be seen in their 689 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,680 production two years before the match. 690 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,600 Permit me to return the favor, hey. 691 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,760 Alan Jocelyn is soon going to be seen in the 20th Century Fox 30th Anniversary production, 692 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,760 Colonel Effingham's race. 693 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:08,760 Thanks, Bill. 694 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,560 No, not at all, not at all. 695 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:17,640 Next Thursday, you will hear John Payne and Stuart Irwin as stars of Suspense. 696 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:24,160 Planted by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 697 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:51,160 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.