1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Tonight, Roma wines bring you the distinguished actor, Mr. Henry Daniel, as star in a play 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:28,000 especially written for suspense by a contemporary master of crime fiction, John Dixon Carr. 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 6 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 7 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 8 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,000 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Before we bring you Henry Daniel in our suspense play, here's a brief message from famed hostess, Elsa Maxwell. 10 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:02,000 When even so simple a main dish as a steaming fragrant dish of spaghetti or beans 11 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:09,000 is surrounded by bright green salads, golden rolls or muffins, and brilliant Roma California burgundy, 12 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,000 the food is more appetizing, more enjoyable. 13 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,000 And for a summery touch, a vase of flowers. 14 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Perfect color complement to the deep rich beauty of Roma burgundy. 15 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 You'll enjoy the fruity, robust taste. 16 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,000 The tart piquancy of distinguished Roma burgundy served cool. 17 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Truly a masterpiece of fine winemaking. 18 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Like all Roma wines, Roma burgundy is unvaryingly good. 19 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Always high in quality of bouquet, rich in color and taste. 20 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 The happy reward of selected grapes brought slowly to perfection, 21 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,000 gently pressed, then carefully guided to flavor fullness 22 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,000 by the ancient skill of Roma's noted wineries in California's choicest vineyards. 23 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Yet all this goodness is yours for only pennies a glass. 24 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Remember, because of uniformly fine quality at reasonable cost, 25 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 26 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 27 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant 28 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 as Roma wines bring you a remarkable tale of suspense. 29 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 And with the dealings of Mr. Markham, 30 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 and with the performances of Mr. Henry Daniel in the title role, 31 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,000 and of Joan Loring as Judith and Gavin Gordon as Ronald, 32 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Roma wines hope indeed to keep you in suspense. 33 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,000 This is the story of a man who commits murder and gets away with it. 34 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Does the idea shock you? 35 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Do you believe that justice must always be done? 36 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 But let's be honest with ourselves. 37 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 I needn't be cynics to know that justice is very seldom done. 38 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Innocence flinches, guilt is childlike and bland. 39 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Innocence is imposed upon. 40 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Guilt can compass all things, even a successful murder. 41 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 And I know this. 42 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Because I was the murderer, you say? 43 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Oh, no. 44 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Inquire at Scotland Yard. 45 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 I was the victim. 46 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Blast! 47 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 In Bond Street, not far from Piccadilly, 48 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 there used to be an establishment which in a less fashionable part of town 49 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 would have been called a shop. 50 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 On the windows, in letters as discreet as a visiting card, 51 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 were the words Charles Markham, antique dealer. 52 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Such a delightful fellow, Markham, such a character. 53 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Thirty years ago, yes, as long as that, 54 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 this antique shop was a dingy place, 55 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 despite deep carpets and crystal chandeliers. 56 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,000 It rustled with the ticking of a hundred clocks. 57 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,000 It was shadowed by Damascene armor and the loom of tall tapestries. 58 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 And late, one summer night, 59 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000 when the shutters were long closed upon those windows, 60 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,000 a four-wheeler drew up before that door on the gaslit street. 61 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 That's all, Cabby. You needn't wait. 62 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Very good, Miss. Good night. 63 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Good night. 64 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000 He must be there. He must be. 65 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 I won't go back to that place. I'll kill myself first. 66 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Look here, I say, old man. Look here. 67 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 I beg your pardon. 68 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 And I beg yours. I'm not the person you were expecting, am I? 69 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,000 No, madam. As a matter of fact, I was expecting a police officer. 70 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 A police officer? 71 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Nearly an old friend who often drops in for a talk and a drink. 72 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 You are Mr Markham, aren't you? 73 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Yes, my name is Markham. 74 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Can I have you have any service to you? 75 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 I want to come in. I want to buy a present for somebody. 76 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Really, madam? It's nearly one o'clock, surely, tomorrow morning. 77 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 That'll be too late. This is a special occasion, you see. 78 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 It's a birthday present. That's it, a birthday present. 79 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 I've got to deliver it at breakfast, 80 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,000 and Sir Charles Lytel says that this is the only place in London to buy antiques. 81 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Sir George flatters me. 82 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 One moment, I'll put some lights on. 83 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Oh, no, please. That little light will be enough. 84 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 But you won't be able to see anything. 85 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,000 That doesn't matter. I'll trust your judgment. 86 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,000 And just as you like. This way, madam. 87 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 What's that? That noise? 88 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 You mean the clocks, madam? 89 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 There are more than a hundred clocks in this room. I'm very fond of them. 90 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Might I interest you perhaps in a clock? 91 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 No, I hate them. 92 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 I don't think this grandfather clock might amuse you. 93 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 What about it? 94 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Observe the signature. 95 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Yohannes Carver, Londini, Faket AD 1752. 96 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 You could see better, madam, if you raise that veil. 97 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 I'll keep my veil down, thank you. 98 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Just as you please. But look at the clock. 99 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 I open the glass face like this. 100 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,000 I push the minute hand forward like this. 101 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Ah. And... 102 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 What? 103 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 What? 104 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,000 One, no clock, ten, all twelve. 105 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 What was that voice? 106 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Only the clock, madam. Nothing more. 107 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,000 The clock spoke? 108 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Clever, isn't it? 109 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 A device of old John Carver, 110 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 anticipating Mr Edison's gramophone by more than a hundred years. 111 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 But you don't like clocks? 112 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 No. 113 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 May I ask whether the present is for a lady or a gentleman? 114 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 It's for a man. 115 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Has it some knowledge of antiques? 116 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 No. Yes, I mean... 117 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Furniture perhaps? 118 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Bronzes, tapestries, weapons? 119 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 He might be very much interested in weapons, yes. 120 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Then I imagine his name is Mr Ronald Gilbert. 121 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Will you tell me, Miss Ray, why you really came here tonight? 122 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 So you know who I am. 123 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Naturally. You're Miss Judith Ray. 124 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Why did you come here? 125 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 I wanted to see what sort of man you actually were. 126 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 And have you found out? 127 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 No. But I won't go back to prison. I won't. 128 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 As you will. 129 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 But since this is to be a business conference, Miss Ray, 130 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 and I imagine it is... 131 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Yes. 132 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Then suppose we go into my office here at the back of the shop. 133 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Will you precede me? 134 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Thank you. 135 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 You must excuse the dust covers I put on the chairs here. 136 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 I'm leaving for a holiday tomorrow and the shop will be closed. 137 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 When I return next week, Miss Ray, 138 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 I shall expect the amount requested. 139 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 In cash, of course. 140 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,000 But I can't raise 2,000 pounds. You ought to know that. 141 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Your fiancée could raise the money, I imagine. 142 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Ron? 143 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Do you think I'd have Ron know where I've been and what I've been? 144 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 It's better than having his father learn it, surely? 145 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Sit down, Miss Ray. 146 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 I'd rather stand. Thank you. 147 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Now, that's a very foolish gesture. 148 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 But the ladies will do it. 149 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 They think it gives them dignity 150 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 and shows their disdain of the poor blackmailer. 151 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 You see, I make no bones about it. 152 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 I am a blackmailer. 153 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 You seem rather proud of yourself. 154 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Why not? I am the one person in England, 155 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 perhaps in the world, who has made it a large-scale business. 156 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Congratulations. 157 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 What is all life but blackmail? 158 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 The child says, if you don't give me that, I'll scream. 159 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,000 The grown woman says, if you go on behaving like this, I'll leave you. 160 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Your sex, Miss Ray, are blackmailers from the cradle. 161 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 You know, Charles Markham... 162 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Yes? 163 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 I wonder if anyone has ever hurt you very much. 164 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Hurt me? What do you mean? 165 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 When you talk about the world and people in general, 166 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000 your face goes white under the eyes. 167 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,000 You pick up that letter opener from the desk... 168 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Not a letter opener, please, Miss Ray. 169 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 A Medici dagger. 170 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 16th century work. 171 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,000 It isn't the money that really interests you, is it? 172 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 I don't understand. 173 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 You hate the world. 174 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 You just want to torture people as you think you've been tortured. 175 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Isn't that so? 176 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 This is a very sharp dagger, Miss Ray. 177 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 If I throw it down on the desk, it sticks. 178 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Like that. 179 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Isn't it so, Charles Markham? 180 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 My motives, Miss Ray, aren't in question. 181 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 I wonder. 182 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Whereas your motives are. 183 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Let me see. 184 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Ten years ago, in 1903, 185 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 a certain girl called Letty Wilson, 186 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 your real name, I believe, 187 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,000 fell in love with a rather contemptible underworld character 188 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,000 named Arthur Akers. 189 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Please. 190 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 No, humiliation was too great for her. 191 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 She worked for him, lied for him, stole for him. 192 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 I was only 18. I didn't know what I was doing. 193 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 This girl, for a very shabby theft, 194 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 was sentenced to three years' hard labour at Holloway Prison. 195 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Five months later, she escapes from prison and disappears. 196 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 All these years afterwards, 197 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 she appears in the West End 198 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 as Miss Judith Ray, fashionable milliner. 199 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Haven't I made up for it? 200 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 No. 201 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,000 For one mistake after ten years. 202 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,000 That's the way of the world, my dear. I didn't create it. 203 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,000 And I'm forgetting the best part of the comedy. 204 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 This paragon of virtue next falls in love with Mr Ronald Gilbert, 205 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 son of Major General Sir Edmund Gilbert. 206 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Such a respectable family, too. 207 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Stop it, please. 208 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Then shall we say £2,000? 209 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Suppose I did raise the money. 210 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 I don't know how, but suppose I did raise it. 211 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Well? 212 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 What guarantee would I have that you wouldn't ask for still more money? 213 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 You probably shall ask for more money, Miss Ray. 214 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 That's my privilege as a blackmailer. 215 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Then I'm never going to be free of you, is that it? 216 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Frankly, that's it. 217 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Unless I kill you, of course. 218 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 What if I did kill you? 219 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 People have threatened that before, 220 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,000 but they haven't meant it. 221 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Maybe I mean it. 222 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Well, he can easily test you out. 223 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 There's a sharp knife stuck in the desk in front of you. 224 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,000 I'm going to get up and deliberately turn my back on you. 225 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Like this. 226 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Be careful, Charles Markham. 227 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 As a student of human nature, I'm curious. 228 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 How much will you risk to keep this secret? 229 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Have you the courage to kill and risk hanging? 230 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Yes, I think I have. 231 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 What was that? 232 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Aren't you glad you held back at the last moment, Miss Ray? 233 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 I said, what was that? 234 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 That, my dear, was the front doorbell. 235 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Probably my friend Inspector Ross from Widmore Street Police Station. 236 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Come on in, old man. 237 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Make yourself comfortable. 238 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 I'll be with you in a minute. 239 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 You wanted me to try to kill you, didn't you? 240 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 No, I was merely curious. 241 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,000 And in any case, Miss Ray, 242 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 it would be useless to kill me. 243 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Useless? Why? 244 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Because I shouldn't die. 245 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Don't talk rot. 246 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 It's quite true. 247 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 A man in my position must take certain precautions. 248 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 If you killed me, I should be back to haunt you within half an hour. 249 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 And I don't happen to be joking. 250 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Come in. 251 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Look here, Markham. 252 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Ron! 253 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Good Lord. 254 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Judith. Mr. Ronald Gilbert, as I live. 255 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Ron, what are you doing here? He hasn't got anything against you, has he? 256 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Speak up, Mr. Gilbert, have I? 257 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 The fact is, Judith, I... 258 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Look at him, Miss Ray. 259 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 See how he changes colour and twists his moustache? 260 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 And altogether resembles a boy caught at the jam cupboard. 261 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,000 The perfect picture of a gentleman being a gentleman. 262 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Look here, Markham. 263 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 I'm not very clever. 264 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 You can always make a fool out of me when you start talking. 265 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,000 So, let's stop talking. 266 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 I've brought the money. 267 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 What money? 268 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 My fee for keeping quiet about you. 269 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 So you went to Ron, too? 270 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 You told him about it? 271 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Naturally. If possible, always sell your wares in two markets. 272 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 How much money? 273 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Never mind, Judith. 274 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 I'd hoped I could do this without your knowing. 275 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 How much money, Ron? 276 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Three thousand. It's all I could raise. 277 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Has he told you who I am? 278 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,000 And what I've been? 279 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Look here, Judith. Who the devil cares who you are, what you've been? 280 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,000 I happen to be in love with you. 281 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,000 I... Oh, never mind. Let's get out of here. 282 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Ron, it's no good. He'll only come back for more. 283 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 I know that. But what else can we do? 284 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Nothing, I'm afraid. 285 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Well, what's that knife doing there? 286 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Stuck in the desk. 287 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Nothing dangerous, I assure you. 288 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Oh, only a curio? 289 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Very sharp, of course. 290 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Miss Ray was much interested in the dagger. 291 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 May I have that envelope with the money, please? 292 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 There you are. 293 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Take it. Thank you. 294 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,000 As I explained to Miss Ray, 295 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 I'm leaving tomorrow for a holiday. 296 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Hence, the general disarray and the dust 297 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 feathers on the chairs. 298 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 I'm glad we could settle this affair as you would say, 299 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 like gentlemen. 300 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 This is your job, Markham, I suppose. 301 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 You can't help being what you are. 302 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 But never again, as long as you live. 303 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Well? 304 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Never even say that word, gentlemen. 305 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Be careful, Ron. Look at his face. 306 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Tell me, Mr. Gilbert, 307 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 how much money is in this envelope? 308 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 You heard what I said. 309 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Three thousand pounds. 310 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Then take it back, my friend. I find we can't strike a bargain after all. 311 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 What do you mean? 312 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Just what I say. 313 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Here's your money. 314 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 You will now oblige me, both you and Miss Ray, by leaving my shop. 315 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 What do you mean? What are you going to do? 316 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Tomorrow morning, perhaps even tonight, 317 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 I'm going to get in touch with the police. 318 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 I shall tell them where they can find Letty Wilson, alias Judith Ray. 319 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 You can't do that, Markham. 320 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Oh, yes, he can. You've hit him where it hurts. 321 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Three thousand pounds, my friend, is not enough compensation 322 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 for the way you talk. 323 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 There's the way through the shop. 324 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Shall I escort you to the front door? 325 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000 You prefer to stay here and make a fool of yourself? 326 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 You're not going to tell the police, Markham. 327 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 I promise you that. 328 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,000 And how are you going to stop me? 329 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 With this! 330 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Ron, put that gun away! 331 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,000 It's a funny thing, Judith. 332 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,000 I felt a bit of a fool, you know, bringing this revolver along. 333 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Now I've got a use for it. 334 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Oh, yes, I've got a use for it. 335 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Maybe the best thing would be for me to go into the street now and call the police. 336 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 You'll never get to the street, Markham. 337 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Get back in here. 338 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 So both of you, it appears, came here under false pretenses. 339 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 You said you wanted to pay me some money. 340 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 The money's still there. 341 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 But you've lost your chance to get it. 342 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 And our dear Judith said she wanted to buy a present for you. 343 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 I showed her this grandfather clock there. 344 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 This talking clock. 345 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Don't go a step beyond that clock, Markham. I warn you. 346 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 You wouldn't dare. 347 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Wouldn't I? 348 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 No, and I'll call your bluff. One step, two steps. 349 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Ron! 350 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 I know your whole silly tribe. 351 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 You wouldn't risk it, you wouldn't. 352 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 What's happening to me? 353 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Don't try to grab at the clock, Markham. 354 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000 It won't save you. 355 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000 You wouldn't risk your life. 356 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 You wouldn't risk your family position. 357 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,000 You wouldn't. 358 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 One fifteen and a all. 359 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Well, one fifteen and a all. 360 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 I had to do it, Judith. 361 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Don't you say I had to do it. 362 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Oh, Ron. Ron. 363 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Steady. 364 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Ron, steady. 365 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 We'll find a way out. 366 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Maybe he's not dead, Ron. 367 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Go and look at him. 368 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 He's dead, all right. 369 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Please, Ron, go and look at him. 370 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Well? 371 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Shot through the heart. 372 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Well, it went clean through him, smashed the face of the grandfather clock. 373 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 It's all I can see in this dim light. 374 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 This isn't happening to us. 375 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 It can't be happening. 376 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 I've got to think. 377 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 I've got to think. I'm scared. 378 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 You're not going to give yourself up? 379 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Have this whole thing made public? 380 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 No fear. 381 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Wait a minute. There may be a way out. 382 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 What way? 383 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 He said he was going for a holiday. It means his absence won't be noticed. 384 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 The shop will be closed. Nobody will come here for days. 385 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 And certainly nobody will come here tonight. 386 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 The police officer. 387 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 I forgot the police officer. 388 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 What police officer? 389 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 A friend of Markham's inspectors somebody from Wigmore Street. 390 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 He's expected here tonight. 391 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 Could you pick Markham up and carry him? 392 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Yes. 393 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Yes, I could manage that. 394 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Why? 395 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 There must be a back way out of this shop. Probably in the office. 396 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 Hurry, Ron. 397 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 I don't like to touch him. 398 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Hurry, Ron, please. 399 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 He's as heavy as a sack of meal. 400 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 He seems to be looking straight at me. 401 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,000 I know. Everything here seems to have eyes and to move a little in the shadow. 402 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Did you see the expression in Markham's eyes? 403 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Just before you... 404 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 No. 405 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 I didn't notice. 406 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 He seemed to be looking behind us or beyond us. 407 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 I don't know how to describe it. 408 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 And he said something too that scared me. 409 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 He said he couldn't die. 410 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 He said that... 411 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Close the door, quick. 412 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 The back door. Oh, there it is. 413 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Locked. 414 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 It's locked. Isn't there a key? 415 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 No. Maybe in his pockets. Look in his pockets. On the key ring. 416 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 There isn't time, Ron. I think I heard the front door open. 417 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 The police... 418 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 I've got it. The dust covers. 419 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 What? Those white cloth covers that fill over the chairs. 420 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Look at them. 421 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 What on earth are you talking about? 422 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,000 Like the game we played when we were kids. 423 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Somebody sits in a big chair. 424 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 You fit the dust cover over him and nobody can tell he's sitting there. 425 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Don't you see, Judith? That's how we can hide Markham's body. 426 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 It might work if there's time. 427 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 There's got to be time. 428 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Take the cover off that big wing chair. 429 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 All right. Maybe there's a chance. 430 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 I'll... I'll fit him into it. 431 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 There. 432 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 There. 433 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Now, put that cover back again. 434 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Pull it down around his feet. 435 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Don't let it touch his chest. 436 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 The blood will show through. 437 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000 There. There. That's got it. 438 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Now, you can't see anything now, can you? 439 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,000 No, but... 440 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Ron. 441 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Well? 442 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 What did you do with the gun? 443 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Gun? 444 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 The revolver, the gun you shot Markham with. 445 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Oh, I... I put it down on the floor when I picked up his body. 446 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 How'd that other room...? 447 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 Yes. Yes, I'm afraid so. 448 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Oh. 449 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 It's too late now, Judith. The police are here. 450 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 What are we going to say? 451 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 I don't know. Trust your wits and try to brazen it out. 452 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Yes? 453 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Come in. 454 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Ah! 455 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Good evening, Miss Ray. 456 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Good evening, Mr Gilbert. 457 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 Charles Markham. 458 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 You're Charles Markham? 459 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Correct, Miss Ray. 460 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 But why should that surprise you? 461 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Why do you look as though you were seeing a ghost? 462 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Because we are seeing a ghost. 463 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 If you're Charles Markham, whose body is it...? 464 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Judith, be careful. 465 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Body, Miss Ray? 466 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Did you say body? 467 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Miss Ray's upset. She... 468 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 She... she doesn't know what she's talking about. 469 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,000 If you killed me, I should be back to haunt you within half an hour. 470 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 That's what you said. 471 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Indeed? 472 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 My dear young people, you're very welcome. 473 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 But the situation is surely a little odd. 474 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,000 I come in here and find you two looking as guilty as a pair of murderers. 475 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 In my private office in the middle of the night. 476 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 There's nothing odd about it. I wanted to buy a Judith something and... 477 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 At one o'clock in the morning... 478 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 I'm not... 479 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 May I ask how you managed to get in? 480 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000 The front door was open. We just walked in. 481 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 And you say there was nobody else here? 482 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 There's nobody here, Mr. Markham. Not a living soul. 483 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Then you didn't by any chance meet my brother? 484 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Your brother? 485 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Brother? 486 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 Yes, my brother Robert. 487 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 You couldn't have mistaken him if you had seen him. 488 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 He looks so much like me that few people can tell us apart. 489 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 And that's it? 490 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Poor Robert often deputizes for me. 491 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,000 He's learned to act like me, think like me, talk like me. 492 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000 But he doesn't like the work much. 493 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Of course, you know what my work really is. 494 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Your brother? 495 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Yes, my brother Robert. 496 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,000 He's an idealist. 497 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000 He thinks, poor fellow, that my profession is beneath contempt. 498 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,000 But he acts the part and acts it well because I pay him. 499 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 And it's convenient. 500 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 I have a double who'll run risks for me. 501 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 What have you done with his body? 502 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 We haven't done anything with him. 503 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,000 My friend, if you've killed Robert, you've committed a totally useless murder. 504 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 You don't see him here, do you? 505 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000 No. 506 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,000 But I see his handiwork. 507 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Meaning what? 508 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 I've warned him many times about throwing a knife down on a polished desk top. 509 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Those scratches on the desk are fresh scratches. 510 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Of course, if you give me your word of honor, he's not here. 511 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Of course he's not here. 512 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Well then, in that case, all we can do is sit down and make ourselves comfortable. 513 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Will you sit down, Mr. Gilbert? 514 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:25,000 And you, Miss Ray, how about the wing chair by the window? 515 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 I... 516 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 What's wrong, Miss Ray? Why don't you sit down? 517 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Because I prefer to stand, thank you. 518 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Then perhaps you won't mind if I sit in the wing chair. 519 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 It's a very comfortable one. My brother always says... 520 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Don't sit down there. 521 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 No, no, don't sit down there. 522 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 So that's it. 523 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Yes, that's it. 524 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 What's the use of going on like this? 525 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 I killed him. 526 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 You admit that? 527 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Yes, yes, I admit it. 528 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 But Judith had nothing to do with this, I swear she hadn't. 529 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 My telephone, you notice, is against the wall. 530 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,000 I shall have to turn my back to you when I ring. 531 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Ring where? 532 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Wigmore Street Police Station. 533 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Give him a chance. Please give him a chance. 534 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Hello? 535 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Operator? I want Regent 0586. 536 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 I won't let them take you, Ron. I won't. 537 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 No good, Judith. 538 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 I killed a man. I meant to kill him. 539 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 That's all there is to it. 540 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 You have a very sensible attitude, my friend. 541 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 And if the lady has any idea of flying at me with that knife... 542 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Just notice what I've got here. 543 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 A.32 revolver, one chamber fired, 544 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 picked up off the floor in that other room where... 545 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Oh, hello. 546 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 Wigmore Street Police Station. 547 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 For the last time, Mr. Markham, won't you give him a chance? 548 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Be quiet, Miss Ray. 549 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 May I speak to Inspector Ross? 550 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Please, Mr. Markham. 551 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Hello, Inspector. 552 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Charles Markham. 553 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 I understood you were going to drop in and see me tonight. 554 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 Oh, I see. 555 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Well, naturally, business before pleasure. 556 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 As a matter of fact, I rang you up to make sure you wouldn't come here tonight. 557 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000 I've got a lot of work to do, and I'm leaving for Eastbourne early tomorrow morning. 558 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Let's make it some other time, shall we? 559 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000 No, Inspector. 560 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 No. 561 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 It's as quiet as the grave. 562 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000 I'm not going to be here. 563 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000 It's as quiet as the grave hereabouts. 564 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 I've never known a more peaceful night. 565 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Bye-bye. 566 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Why did you do that? 567 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Please don't excite yourself, Miss Ray. 568 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Didn't you hear what I told the inspector? 569 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Yes. Is this some more trickery? 570 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Trickery? How can that be? 571 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 I don't know. That's what I'm asking you. 572 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 I should call it generous. 573 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 I should call it generous. 574 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 I'm not going to do this without a reason. 575 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000 Naturally not. 576 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Has it occurred to you, either of you, 577 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 that I might not want my business dealings revealed in court? 578 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 What are you driving at? 579 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Has it also occurred to you that a man's double, 580 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 who looks exactly like him and shares all his secrets, 581 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 may become a danger rather than an asset? 582 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 He knows too much. 583 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 He wants too much, and so... 584 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 I think I understand. 585 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 You're glad he's dead. 586 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 I'm glad, dear. You've shocked my brotherly feelings. 587 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 But definitely relieved. 588 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Look here. You can't get away with this. 589 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Get away with it, sir? 590 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Come now. 591 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Aren't you forgetting that you're the murderer? 592 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 And what are you going to do? 593 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 It's very simple. 594 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 We three, in an unholy partnership, 595 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 will dispose of Robert's body. 596 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 Or would you rather hang? 597 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 He's got us run. There's no other way. 598 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 But how can we dispose of the body? 599 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Oh, this seems worse than killing him. 600 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 It's a filthy, cold-blooded... 601 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 practical necessity. 602 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 As for disposing of the body, 603 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 nothing is easier. 604 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,000 We shall simply gather the necessary materials... 605 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 And so, as I said before, 606 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 this is the story of a man 607 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 who commits murder and gets away with it. 608 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Ronald Gilbert looks back 609 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000 across the years and is still firmly 610 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 convinced of his own guilt. 611 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 But, of course, 612 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Gilbert never shot anybody. 613 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 I was the man who committed the murder. 614 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Don't you remember? 615 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 When he killed my brother, 616 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 he's supposed to have passed through his body 617 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000 and smashed the face of the grandfather clock. 618 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 But that's an impossibility. 619 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 The face of a grandfather clock 620 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 is much higher than the heart of a man. 621 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 You see, two shots were fired 622 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 at the very same instant. 623 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Gilbert missed and smashed the clock face. 624 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 I fired from the door of the office 625 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 and did not miss. 626 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 That was why my brother 627 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 looked past those two. 628 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 I went out by the back door, 629 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 stopped it, and reappeared 630 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 at the front afterwards. 631 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 It was not 632 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Robert Markham who died. 633 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 I am Robert Markham. 634 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 It was Charles 635 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 who died that night. 636 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 And I killed him. 637 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 To stop forever 638 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 the wholesale blackmail that was poisoning 639 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 the lives and blasting the hearts of a thousand 640 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 half-crazed people. 641 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,000 His records I destroyed. 642 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,000 His correspondence I burnt. 643 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 His deadened on. 644 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 I have assumed his name and identity 645 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 ever since. 646 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Yes, 647 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 I committed a murder. 648 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 And yet, 649 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 if you were on a jury, 650 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 dare you say 651 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000 that you would condemn me? 652 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Oh, come now. 653 00:25:47,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Would you? 654 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 And so closes the dealings 655 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 of Mr Markham, in which 656 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Romerwines have brought you Henry Daniel 657 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 as star, with Joan Loring as Judith, 658 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 and Gavin Gordon as Ronald. 659 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 In tonight's study in 660 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Suspense. 661 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,000 Suspense is produced, edited, 662 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,000 and directed by William Spear. 663 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Before Mr Daniel 664 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 returns to the microphone, 665 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000 this is Truman Bradley with a word 666 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,000 for Romerwines, 667 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,000 the sponsor of Suspense. 668 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000 America's famed authority on 669 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 hospitality, Elsa Maxwell, 670 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000 recently made this suggestion for 671 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 gracious entertaining. 672 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 Our friends will complement your good taste 673 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,000 when you serve delightful 674 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Romer California Toquet, 675 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 with coffee or dessert, 676 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,000 with nuts and fruit, 677 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000 enjoyable at any time, 678 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 served cool. 679 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,000 A most timely suggestion for Miss Maxwell. 680 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 You'll find flame 681 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,000 bright, Romer Toquet 682 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,000 velvety smooth, moderately 683 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,000 sweet, light, 684 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000 yet delightfully rich, 685 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 and you'll find Romerwines always 686 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,000 delicious, of unvarying 687 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,000 fine quality and goodness. 688 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 And the next time you use 689 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,000 vermouth, choose Roma 690 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 vermouth. Zestful, 691 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 full flavored Roma vermouth 692 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000 is blended, developed, 693 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000 with all the traditional wine making 694 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,000 skill of Roma wineries, 695 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,000 is made and bottled in the heart of California's 696 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,000 famous vineyards, 697 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,000 yet surprisingly low priced. 698 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,000 Try Roma vermouth 699 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 soon, won't you? 700 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000 This is Henry Daniel. 701 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,000 For a long time I've looked forward to making an appearance 702 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 on Suspense, and I hope that I 703 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 should be invited for a return engagement. 704 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,000 Now, here's something important. 705 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,000 Every dollar 706 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 invested now in the Seventh War loan, 707 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,000 which ends this Saturday, is a fighting 708 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,000 dollar that paves the way to victory 709 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,000 over Japan. It's an invested 710 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,000 dollar stored for your future security. 711 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Buy an extra war 712 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000 bond or two by Saturday, and do your share 713 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 in bringing the Seventh War loan to a successful 714 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 close. Henry Daniel is 715 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,000 currently being seen in RKO's production 716 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,000 The Body Snatcher. 717 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Joan Loring is currently 718 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,000 being seen in the Warner Brothers production 719 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,000 The Corn is Green, 720 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,000 and will be starred on Suspense 721 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 at a later date. 722 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 Next Thursday, you will hear 723 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,000 Mr. George Kolouris as 724 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 star of Suspense. 725 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,000 Suspense. 726 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000 Presented by 727 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000 Roma Wines, 728 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,000 R-O-M-A, 729 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,000 made in California 730 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,000 for enjoyment throughout 731 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,000 the world. 732 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000 This is CBS, 733 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:05,000 the Columbia Broadcasting System.