WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 00:11.000 --> 00:13.000 Suspense! 00:17.000 --> 00:20.000 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Short Order, 00:20.000 --> 00:30.000 a suspense play produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 00:30.000 --> 00:37.000 Suspense! Radio's outstanding theater of thrills is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:37.000 --> 00:47.000 That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines, those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 00:47.000 --> 00:52.000 To your happiness in entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:52.000 --> 01:01.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you Short Order, a remarkable tale of... 01:01.000 --> 01:03.000 Suspense! 01:03.000 --> 01:13.000 Thank you very much. Come back. 01:18.000 --> 01:22.000 Bailey's Diner. Well, this is Mr. Bailey speaking. 01:22.000 --> 01:29.000 Oh, I'm sorry you're just a little late on that. I hired a fry cook day before yesterday. 01:29.000 --> 01:34.000 I'm sorry I forgot to tell the newspaper to stop running that ad until this morning. I got a good man. 01:34.000 --> 01:42.000 No, no, one man's all I need. Just got a small place here. That's all right. Bye. 01:42.000 --> 01:48.000 See there, Johnson, you better keep on your toes. Plenty of people after your job. You're not careful, you know. Something might... 01:53.000 --> 01:57.000 Well, what's the matter? Don't you want to take my money? 01:57.000 --> 02:02.000 Oh, sure. Yes, yes, of course, sir. 75 out of one. 02:02.000 --> 02:05.000 Five, one. Thank you. 02:05.000 --> 02:07.000 Okay. 02:09.000 --> 02:13.000 Hey, Johnson. Johnson, good Lord, did you see that man's face? 02:13.000 --> 02:14.000 Yeah, you're telling me. 02:14.000 --> 02:16.000 That's enough to haunt your dreams. 02:16.000 --> 02:18.000 Kind of made you nervous, didn't he, Mr. Bailey? 02:18.000 --> 02:21.000 Well, after all, it's kind of a shock to look up and see you. 02:21.000 --> 02:25.000 Yeah, I noticed you hung kind of close to that gun you keep under the cash register. 02:25.000 --> 02:31.000 Did I? Automatic reflex, I guess. Oh, poor guy. I ought to be ashamed. 02:31.000 --> 02:34.000 Probably got that way in an explosion accident or something, you know. 02:34.000 --> 02:39.000 Yeah, looks like a plastic surgery job. Only some doctor like Frankenstein must have done the surgery. 02:39.000 --> 02:40.000 Yeah. 02:40.000 --> 02:42.000 Well, here you are. Enjoy it. 02:42.000 --> 02:44.000 Oh, thank you. Come back. 02:46.000 --> 02:52.000 Yes, sir. He liked your cooking too, Johnson. Two deluxe sandwiches, two coffees. You know, that's not bad. 02:52.000 --> 02:53.000 Right. 02:53.000 --> 02:58.000 Seems to me business has been picking up ever since you started working here. Just thought you'd like to know. 02:58.000 --> 03:00.000 Thanks a lot. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 You like this work, Johnson? 03:01.000 --> 03:10.000 Yeah, it'll do. The hours kind of get me sometimes, and when the rush hour starts in half an hour, I can't pretend I'll be liking it, but it's all right. 03:10.000 --> 03:16.000 Sure. Well, someday you'll have a place of your own, be your own boss. Never get anywhere working for someone else, you know. 03:16.000 --> 03:19.000 Well, I'm doing okay now, Mr. Bailey. 03:19.000 --> 03:24.000 Yeah, you never go hungry for lack of a job. You're too good a cook. But your own business. 03:24.000 --> 03:32.000 Now, you take me. I'm doing well, even if I do say so. People come here to eat all right. I see that they get them. 03:32.000 --> 03:37.000 Yeah, makes you feel pretty good having your own place. Makes the saving and the scraping seem sort of worthwhile. 03:37.000 --> 03:40.000 You seem to get the business. Well, of course you got a terrific location. 03:40.000 --> 03:47.000 Well, this place has a name that means something. At least I think it has. As a matter of fact, there was a man in here trying to buy it just last week. 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 That's all? 03:48.000 --> 03:51.000 That's right. Real estate agent. The name is Sloan. He had a customer. 03:51.000 --> 03:52.000 Who's this customer? 03:52.000 --> 03:58.000 Oh, I don't know. I told him I didn't want to sell. Oh, here, how about opening that refrigerator door for me, will you? 03:58.000 --> 03:59.000 Okay. 03:59.000 --> 04:05.000 Thanks. No, I'm not going to sell. Couldn't afford to. I'm not in a position to retire. 04:05.000 --> 04:11.000 The way things are, it'd be too hard to start up somewhere else. Uh-oh. Well, here we go again. 04:11.000 --> 04:13.000 Good evening. Evening. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 Yes, sir. What'll it be? 04:15.000 --> 04:17.000 Special, I reckon. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 Right. 04:19.000 --> 04:23.000 Oh, good evening, sir. Is it still chilly out? 04:23.000 --> 04:26.000 Oh, yeah, a little. Thought some of your chili would warm me up. 04:26.000 --> 04:28.000 Get it? I get it. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 Chili coming up. 04:33.000 --> 04:37.000 Bailey's Place. Oh, Virginia, what's... 04:37.000 --> 04:43.000 What? What? All the windows? 04:43.000 --> 04:47.000 Well, who could possibly... Well, where were you? 04:47.000 --> 04:54.000 Well, now, why would anyone want... Oh, no, no. None of those kids would do a thing like that. They're nice kids. 04:54.000 --> 05:01.000 Yeah, hoodlums, I guess. Well, I don't know what you can do. Got no witnesses or anything? 05:01.000 --> 05:04.000 You sure it was rocks, huh? 05:04.000 --> 05:11.000 Well, I guess there's nothing you can do. Well, I wish I could, too, but I got to stay here. 05:11.000 --> 05:14.000 All right, dear. Yes. All right. Goodbye. 05:14.000 --> 05:16.000 Bad news, Mr. Bailey? 05:16.000 --> 05:20.000 Darn this thing. Hoodlums or something. It just broke every window in my house. 05:20.000 --> 05:22.000 I don't know what to think of it. 05:22.000 --> 05:25.000 Hey, Bailey, is this the new kind of bread you got here? Better than usual. 05:25.000 --> 05:28.000 Oh, you like it? Well, it costs a little more. 05:28.000 --> 05:32.000 Oh, good evening. Good evening. 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 Hello. 05:34.000 --> 05:35.000 Good Lord. 05:35.000 --> 05:38.000 Yes. Yes, sir. What'll it be? 05:38.000 --> 05:43.000 Hamburger and coffee. Right. How do you have the hamburger? 05:43.000 --> 05:45.000 Well done. Cream in the coffee? 05:45.000 --> 05:49.000 No. Black. Yeah, right. 05:50.000 --> 05:52.000 Hey. Hey, Bailey, come here a minute. 05:52.000 --> 05:55.000 Oh, yes. Pardon me, will you, please? 05:55.000 --> 06:00.000 Hey. Did you see the face on that fella that came in a minute ago? 06:00.000 --> 06:02.000 Yes, I did. It's pretty bad, isn't it? 06:02.000 --> 06:06.000 Bad? I'll say. Boy, I can stand a lot of things, but that gets me. 06:06.000 --> 06:08.000 Well, I've left half my meal on my plate. 06:08.000 --> 06:11.000 I was enjoying myself until that came in and sat over there. 06:11.000 --> 06:13.000 Then I didn't want anything more. That's too bad. 06:13.000 --> 06:16.000 Oh, look, don't pay. No, no, no. It's not your fault. 06:16.000 --> 06:20.000 Maybe mine. Gee, how do you suppose he got that way? 06:20.000 --> 06:24.000 Oh, a burn perhaps or maybe some other kind of accident. I wouldn't know. 06:24.000 --> 06:27.000 Boy, that's the worst I ever saw. It's too bad. Whatever happened. 06:27.000 --> 06:32.000 Sure. Well, yes. Too bad. Yes, it is. Ketchup. 06:32.000 --> 06:34.000 Okay. Here you are. 06:34.000 --> 06:37.000 What? This little paper cup, where's the bottle? 06:37.000 --> 06:41.000 Sorry, but ketchup's hard to get, and that's all we can serve anybody. 06:41.000 --> 06:44.000 Oh, profits his. Will there be anything more? 06:44.000 --> 06:48.000 No. Okay. You check and pay at the desk. Thank you. 06:51.000 --> 06:53.000 Hey, Mr. Bailey. Yes, Jocelyn. 06:53.000 --> 06:58.000 How's your luck? Sometimes good, sometimes bad. Why? 06:58.000 --> 07:02.000 The way I figure, somebody around here is sure going to need plenty of luck. 07:02.000 --> 07:05.000 Why? I don't know. I just got a feeling. 07:05.000 --> 07:09.000 If that isn't bad luck for somebody sitting back there at the counter, 07:09.000 --> 07:11.000 I'll eat this grill here. 07:11.000 --> 07:15.000 And I never saw a recipe for making a steel grill tender. 07:28.000 --> 07:31.000 We'd better order some more pork tomorrow, Mr. Bailey. 07:31.000 --> 07:33.000 Running low, are we, Johnson? Yeah, a little. 07:33.000 --> 07:36.000 They keep hitting our barbecues the way they have so far this evening. 07:36.000 --> 07:39.000 I'm sure we'll be needing it. All right. I'll make a note of it. 07:39.000 --> 07:43.000 Lucky we got any unspoiled meat left after that guy was in here twice yesterday. 07:43.000 --> 07:47.000 I thought the milk was sour. Bingo. Just like that when he looked at it. 07:47.000 --> 07:50.000 Yeah, but it didn't. Johnson, you shouldn't talk like that. 07:50.000 --> 07:52.000 He can't help it. You know he can't. 07:52.000 --> 07:54.000 We should feel sorry for him, not joke about it like that. 07:54.000 --> 07:59.000 Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah, sure. You got to have sympathy for a guy like that. 07:59.000 --> 08:01.000 Just the same. I hate to look at it. 08:01.000 --> 08:04.000 Uh, I guess we'll have to look at it some more. 08:04.000 --> 08:06.000 I think he's coming up to the door now. 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 Uh... 08:10.000 --> 08:12.000 Uh, good evening. 08:12.000 --> 08:14.000 Hello? 08:14.000 --> 08:16.000 Yes, sir. What'll it be? 08:16.000 --> 08:19.000 Hamburger and coffee. Make the coffee black. 08:19.000 --> 08:21.000 Yeah, right. 08:21.000 --> 08:23.000 Make that hamburger well done. Okay. 08:23.000 --> 08:25.000 Okay. 08:29.000 --> 08:31.000 Oh, good evening. 08:31.000 --> 08:33.000 Good evening. Yes, sir. What for you? 08:33.000 --> 08:36.000 Why, uh, I'll have, uh... 08:36.000 --> 08:38.000 Holy... 08:38.000 --> 08:40.000 How's that? Huh? Nothing. 08:40.000 --> 08:43.000 Nothing at all. I... In fact, I don't think I want anything. 08:43.000 --> 08:47.000 I just remembered an appointment. Just forget it. 08:49.000 --> 08:51.000 Oh, what do you know? 08:51.000 --> 08:54.000 Uh, your hamburger, mister, and your coffee. 08:54.000 --> 08:56.000 Ketchup, please. Okay. 08:56.000 --> 08:59.000 Still no bottle? No bottle. Sorry. 08:59.000 --> 09:02.000 Here. You go buy an extra bottle. 09:02.000 --> 09:04.000 Put it back on the shelf just for me. 09:04.000 --> 09:07.000 You gonna eat here some more? 09:07.000 --> 09:10.000 Yeah. I like this place. 09:10.000 --> 09:13.000 Go on, take that and see that you get some good ketchup, too. 09:13.000 --> 09:16.000 Oh, it ain't that, mister. It ain't the money. 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 You can't buy the stuff when they don't stock it. 09:18.000 --> 09:21.000 Uh, you better ask Mr. Bailey. 09:21.000 --> 09:23.000 Uh, Mr. Bailey! Oh, yes, Johnson? 09:23.000 --> 09:25.000 Oh, you tell him. 09:25.000 --> 09:29.000 I just gave your man some money to buy a bottle of ketchup. 09:29.000 --> 09:31.000 But he doesn't want to take it. 09:31.000 --> 09:33.000 Well, you see, sir, it's not that we can't afford to buy ketchup. 09:33.000 --> 09:35.000 No, indeed, we want to please the customer. 09:35.000 --> 09:38.000 Something a lot of people seem to have forgotten how to do nowadays, 09:38.000 --> 09:40.000 but ketchup's very hard to get just now, 09:40.000 --> 09:43.000 and we have to ask our customers to bear with us. 09:43.000 --> 09:45.000 You, uh, you keep your money. 09:45.000 --> 09:47.000 I like plenty of ketchup. 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 Nothing like ketchup, I always say. 09:49.000 --> 09:52.000 There ought to be enough in that paper cup. Won't that do you? 09:52.000 --> 09:54.000 Well, not quite. 09:54.000 --> 09:56.000 Any chance of a refill? 09:56.000 --> 09:58.000 I'm afraid that's all we can allow. 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 Gentleman says he's gonna eat here regular. 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 What? I said that... 10:02.000 --> 10:04.000 Oh, yes, sir. Good evening. 10:04.000 --> 10:06.000 Hello there. Could I do something for you? 10:06.000 --> 10:08.000 Well, I sort of thought I... 10:08.000 --> 10:11.000 Oh, no. No, thanks. No, no. 10:11.000 --> 10:15.000 Well, we hadn't finished our discussion. 10:15.000 --> 10:18.000 Yeah. As I was saying, Mr. Bailey, 10:18.000 --> 10:22.000 it looks like we got ourselves a regular customer. 10:35.000 --> 10:37.000 Three evenings now that he's been eating here, Johnson, 10:37.000 --> 10:39.000 and I wish you'd take a look at the figures. 10:39.000 --> 10:41.000 Take last night. 10:41.000 --> 10:43.000 Ordinarily, there'd be $10 to $20 worth of business 10:43.000 --> 10:45.000 just between 6 to 6.30 alone. 10:45.000 --> 10:49.000 From 6 to 10, how much? $1.35. 10:49.000 --> 10:52.000 Yeah, I know. Some of them won't even order. 10:52.000 --> 10:54.000 Some of them take a few bites and quit. 10:54.000 --> 10:57.000 At least it's not the food. We can be thankful for that. 10:57.000 --> 11:00.000 Hey, tell me, Johnson, how can you stand it over there 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 in front of him all the time? 11:02.000 --> 11:05.000 Oh, mostly I keep looking someplace else. 11:05.000 --> 11:07.000 That's why I took down the mirror. 11:07.000 --> 11:11.000 For a while I thought I'd just work along and not look at him. 11:11.000 --> 11:14.000 But I couldn't help looking in the mirror every now and then. 11:14.000 --> 11:17.000 So I think maybe the customers could stand it better 11:17.000 --> 11:18.000 without the glass, too. 11:18.000 --> 11:20.000 If they get to the sitting down stage. 11:20.000 --> 11:22.000 Yeah, if they do. 11:22.000 --> 11:24.000 Well, anyway, I took it down. 11:24.000 --> 11:26.000 Might help if you didn't get up every now and then 11:26.000 --> 11:28.000 and walk over to the door to look out. 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 People can't help seeing him then. 11:30.000 --> 11:32.000 Takes him a long time to eat, doesn't it? 11:32.000 --> 11:33.000 Yes, it does. 11:33.000 --> 11:35.000 Hey, say, I've got an idea. 11:35.000 --> 11:37.000 What's that? 11:37.000 --> 11:38.000 Look, when he comes in... 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 Oh. 11:42.000 --> 11:43.000 Evening. 11:43.000 --> 11:45.000 Hello. 11:45.000 --> 11:46.000 Yes, sir? 11:46.000 --> 11:47.000 The usual. 11:47.000 --> 11:48.000 Right. 11:49.000 --> 11:51.000 Oh, by the way, Mr... 11:52.000 --> 11:54.000 What's your name? 11:55.000 --> 11:59.000 Well, as I was saying, neighbor, we make a practice here 11:59.000 --> 12:01.000 for our special customers, not just anybody, mind you, 12:01.000 --> 12:04.000 but for our special customers of sending meals out. 12:04.000 --> 12:08.000 Now, I was thinking, since you've become one of our regular customers, 12:08.000 --> 12:11.000 that perhaps you'd appreciate it if I'd send your evening meal 12:11.000 --> 12:13.000 over to you every day at your room. 12:13.000 --> 12:14.000 How does that strike you? 12:14.000 --> 12:16.000 No. Thanks. 12:16.000 --> 12:17.000 I'd rather eat here. 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 But we don't have any comfortable chairs, 12:19.000 --> 12:21.000 there's no jukebox, no radio. 12:21.000 --> 12:22.000 That's okay. 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 Don't miss him anyway. 12:24.000 --> 12:27.000 That's not very comfortable, a lot of food odor in the air. 12:27.000 --> 12:29.000 You know, sometimes I get sick of it myself. 12:29.000 --> 12:30.000 I like it. 12:30.000 --> 12:33.000 Not too many people around. 12:33.000 --> 12:36.000 Nice place. Suits me. 12:36.000 --> 12:38.000 Then you're not interested. 12:38.000 --> 12:40.000 That's the idea. 12:40.000 --> 12:42.000 Hamburger and coffee. 12:42.000 --> 12:43.000 How about... 12:43.000 --> 12:45.000 Yeah, the ketchup. Here it is. 12:45.000 --> 12:47.000 Good. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.000 Nothing like ketchup, I always say. 12:49.000 --> 12:50.000 By the way... 12:50.000 --> 12:51.000 Yeah? 12:51.000 --> 12:53.000 Look for me about noon tomorrow. 12:56.000 --> 12:59.000 I think I'll be taking lunch with you from now on. 12:59.000 --> 13:02.000 Every day. 13:29.000 --> 13:33.000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Ted Meyers for Roma Wines. 13:33.000 --> 13:36.000 Elsa Maxwell is an acknowledged expert 13:36.000 --> 13:39.000 on the niceties of dining and entertaining. 13:39.000 --> 13:41.000 Recently she said, 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 Gracious little touches can do so much 13:43.000 --> 13:45.000 to make meals more enjoyable. 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 Dine by subdued light. 13:47.000 --> 13:51.000 If possible, adjust radio or phonograph for soft, mellow music. 13:51.000 --> 13:48.280 The 13:48.280 --> 13:52.280 As the crowning touch, serve well chilled Roma California Sauternes. 13:52.280 --> 13:55.280 A most excellent idea from Miss Maxwell. 13:55.280 --> 13:59.280 Good Roma Sauternes is pale gold, delightful in bouquet, 13:59.280 --> 14:02.280 and even more important, exquisite in taste. 14:02.280 --> 14:04.280 Created in the Roma tradition, 14:04.280 --> 14:16.360 Roma Sauternes is a 14:16.360 --> 14:21.360 Roma tradition, Roma Sauternes is always unvaryingly good. 14:21.360 --> 14:25.360 The goodness of luscious grapes selected at peak of flavor richness 14:25.360 --> 14:29.360 in sunny California's choicest vineyards, carefully pressed, 14:29.360 --> 14:34.360 then unhurriedly guided to perfection by the ancient wine skill 14:34.360 --> 14:37.360 of Roma's famed wineries. 14:37.360 --> 14:43.360 Good Roma wines are always delicious, yet cost only pennies a glass. 14:43.360 --> 14:49.360 Remember, because of uniformly fine quality at reasonable cost, 14:49.360 --> 14:54.360 more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 14:54.360 --> 14:58.360 R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 14:58.360 --> 15:02.360 And now, Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, 15:02.360 --> 15:06.360 Joseph Kearns as Bailey, Conrad Binyon as his assistant Johnson, 15:06.360 --> 15:09.360 and Gerald Moore as the Stranger. 15:09.360 --> 15:15.360 In short order, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 15:29.360 --> 15:32.360 Johnson, l'm at my wit's end. What are we going to do? 15:32.360 --> 15:34.360 l don't know. l got no more ideas. 15:34.360 --> 15:36.360 Two weeks now, and we're losing money every day. 15:36.360 --> 15:38.360 l could cook it so l wouldn't want to eat it. 15:38.360 --> 15:40.360 You've tried that, haven't you? 15:40.360 --> 15:41.360 Yeah, twice. 15:41.360 --> 15:42.360 And it didn't work. 15:42.360 --> 15:43.360 Yeah, that's right. 15:43.360 --> 15:44.360 l don't know what we're going... 15:44.360 --> 15:45.360 Just a minute, Johnson. 15:45.360 --> 15:47.360 Okay. l'll check on the bunse. 15:47.360 --> 15:50.360 All right. Hello, Bailey's place. 15:50.360 --> 15:55.360 Oh, yeah. Yeah, dear. Huh? Oh, no. 15:55.360 --> 15:58.360 Well, you must have misplaced it, honey. 15:58.360 --> 16:02.360 Every place? Well, how much was in it? 16:02.360 --> 16:04.360 Oh, no. 16:04.360 --> 16:07.360 Well, what are we going to do for the rest of the week? 16:07.360 --> 16:09.360 But l can't, honey. l really can't. 16:09.360 --> 16:12.360 Why, about three bucks or something? l don't know. 16:12.360 --> 16:17.360 Well, l don't... You know, it's just dropped off during the last week. 16:17.360 --> 16:19.360 Oh, no, no. He's fine. Now, don't say that, honey. 16:19.360 --> 16:21.360 There's nothing the matter with Johnson. 16:21.360 --> 16:23.360 And l'm not going to get a new cook. 16:23.360 --> 16:26.360 What? Well, l haven't told you, but... 16:26.360 --> 16:30.360 Well, why don't you cut down on a few things once in a while? 16:30.360 --> 16:33.360 Oh, Johnson, is there any aspirin back there? 16:33.360 --> 16:34.360 Yeah. You want the bottle? 16:34.360 --> 16:36.360 Yeah, my head's splitting. 16:36.360 --> 16:38.360 Here it is. Oh, thanks. 16:38.360 --> 16:41.360 Here he is. Now, look, l've got an idea. 16:41.360 --> 16:43.360 You back me up? What is it? 16:43.360 --> 16:46.360 Well, l'll try it, and if you don't like it, don't say nothing. 16:50.360 --> 16:52.360 Hello? 16:52.360 --> 16:55.360 Like l say, Mr. Bailey, this kid was a pretty game fighter. 16:55.360 --> 16:57.360 He didn't have a thing but a hard left. 16:57.360 --> 16:59.360 Mind if l butt in? l'd like to eat. 16:59.360 --> 17:02.360 You bring your lunch with you? What's that? 17:02.360 --> 17:05.360 lf you brought your lunch, okay. Lay it on the counter and eat it. 17:05.360 --> 17:07.360 Don't be funny, Johnson. Bring me the usual. 17:07.360 --> 17:10.360 l've got other things to do. What other things? 17:10.360 --> 17:12.360 l don't see any other customers. 17:12.360 --> 17:14.360 Want me to call the boss? 17:14.360 --> 17:16.360 Look, mister, l don't like you, see? 17:16.360 --> 17:19.360 l'm tired of seeing you around. You go someplace else and eat. 17:19.360 --> 17:21.360 We'll see about that. 17:21.360 --> 17:23.360 Hey, Bailey. 17:23.360 --> 17:25.360 Yes, sir? What can l do for you? 17:25.360 --> 17:27.360 This moron you call a cook says he won't serve me. 17:27.360 --> 17:29.360 Yes? 17:29.360 --> 17:31.360 Well, do something about it. 17:31.360 --> 17:33.360 What do you want me to do? Tell him to serve me. 17:33.360 --> 17:36.360 What else have l fired? Johnson's a good cook. Good cooks are scarce nowadays. 17:36.360 --> 17:38.360 What is this? Are you standing up for him? 17:38.360 --> 17:40.360 l just told you good cooks are hard to get. 17:40.360 --> 17:42.360 What about customers? Well, it's too bad, but... 17:42.360 --> 17:44.360 l see. Well, look, both of you. 17:44.360 --> 17:46.360 l came in here to get something to eat. 17:46.360 --> 17:50.360 And l'm gonna get it if l have to sit here all night. 17:50.360 --> 17:52.360 Suit yourself. Yes. 17:52.360 --> 17:54.360 Oh, l'll get it. 17:56.360 --> 17:58.360 Bailey's place? 17:58.360 --> 18:00.360 Yes, yes, dear, l am, but... 18:00.360 --> 18:02.360 What? 18:02.360 --> 18:04.360 Wrecked? 18:04.360 --> 18:06.360 Where? Were you in it? 18:06.360 --> 18:08.360 Were you hurt? 18:08.360 --> 18:10.360 Oh, in front of the house. 18:10.360 --> 18:12.360 Oh, l don't know what's happening, Virginia. 18:12.360 --> 18:14.360 lt just seems every time... 18:14.360 --> 18:17.360 Well, l... Of course, l'm glad you were in the house one. 18:17.360 --> 18:19.360 Well, how bad was it? 18:19.360 --> 18:21.360 Almost a complete wreck. 18:22.360 --> 18:26.360 Well, could they find out anything from the driver of the other car? 18:26.360 --> 18:28.360 Did he have any insurance? 18:28.360 --> 18:31.360 Well, they never do, do they? 18:31.360 --> 18:33.360 Well, no, l'm all right, dear. 18:33.360 --> 18:35.360 lt's almost out of my mind, is all. 18:35.360 --> 18:38.360 lt's getting so l'm afraid to answer the phone. 18:38.360 --> 18:41.360 Well, we'll just have to do without a car, that's all. 18:41.360 --> 18:44.360 Oh, l'm... l'm sorry, dear. 18:44.360 --> 18:48.360 Yeah, yeah, uh, well, l'll talk to you later. Bye. 18:48.360 --> 18:50.360 Mr. Bailey. Yes? 18:50.360 --> 18:52.360 Whoa, what's the matter, Mr. Bailey? Bad news? 18:52.360 --> 18:54.360 Oh, wrecked my car right in front of my own house. 18:54.360 --> 18:57.360 Had no insurance, of course. No money to pay. 18:57.360 --> 19:00.360 Oh, that's tough. Yeah, sir, that's tough. 19:00.360 --> 19:02.360 Him, him. Look at him. 19:02.360 --> 19:03.360 Still sitting there, waiting. 19:03.360 --> 19:05.360 l'll have to think of something. 19:05.360 --> 19:07.360 So now l can't seem to think at all. 19:07.360 --> 19:09.360 Yeah, l'm stopped, too. 19:09.360 --> 19:11.360 Boy, you sure get the luck, don't you? 19:11.360 --> 19:13.360 Oh, it's the matter. l never used to have luck like this. 19:13.360 --> 19:14.360 Just... Just lately. 19:14.360 --> 19:18.360 Just... Just since he started coming in here. 19:18.360 --> 19:19.360 Yeah, could be. 19:19.360 --> 19:21.360 Looked like bad news right from the start to me. 19:21.360 --> 19:23.360 And there he sits. 19:23.360 --> 19:25.360 We could get him out of here once and for all. 19:25.360 --> 19:28.360 Hey, wait a minute. You go to the door and see if Ryan's inside. 19:28.360 --> 19:29.360 If he is, call him in, will you? 19:29.360 --> 19:32.360 All right. l wouldn't. Oh, okay. 19:32.360 --> 19:34.360 Right outside. 19:34.360 --> 19:37.360 Oh, Ryan, would you come here a minute? 19:37.360 --> 19:38.360 Okay. 19:38.360 --> 19:41.360 Oh, Mr. Bailey wants to see you. 19:41.360 --> 19:43.360 What can l do for you, Mr. Bailey? 19:43.360 --> 19:45.360 See that man sitting at the counter, Ryan? 19:45.360 --> 19:47.360 l want him either arrested or thrown out of here. 19:47.360 --> 19:48.360 l don't care which. 19:48.360 --> 19:50.360 ls that so? Giving you trouble, is he? 19:50.360 --> 19:52.360 Hey, you. 19:52.360 --> 19:53.360 You talking to me? 19:53.360 --> 19:56.360 Nobody else. Come here. 19:56.360 --> 19:58.360 What do you want? 19:58.360 --> 20:00.360 Oh, Mr. Bailey, what's the charge? 20:00.360 --> 20:02.360 Well, he... 20:02.360 --> 20:03.360 l'm making a nuisance of himself. 20:03.360 --> 20:04.360 What's this? 20:04.360 --> 20:06.360 All l do is come in here to eat. 20:06.360 --> 20:09.360 l'm making a nuisance of myself. 20:09.360 --> 20:10.360 l don't get it. 20:10.360 --> 20:11.360 Look at him, Ryan. 20:11.360 --> 20:13.360 l am. 20:13.360 --> 20:15.360 Not very pretty, is he? 20:15.360 --> 20:16.360 Officer. 20:16.360 --> 20:19.360 The law doesn't give you the right to criticize a man's face. 20:19.360 --> 20:21.360 l'm sorry, mister. 20:21.360 --> 20:22.360 Hello, Mr. Bailey. 20:22.360 --> 20:24.360 Every day he comes in here, two or three times. 20:24.360 --> 20:26.360 l can't get anybody else to come near the place while he's here. 20:26.360 --> 20:29.360 He stays and stays. He drives most of my business away. 20:29.360 --> 20:32.360 l have to eat? Same as anybody else? 20:32.360 --> 20:33.360 You doing anything bad? 20:33.360 --> 20:35.360 Get tough, insult people, disturb the peace? 20:35.360 --> 20:36.360 Well, no. 20:36.360 --> 20:37.360 All l do is come in and eat. 20:37.360 --> 20:40.360 Look, we reserve the right to refuse service to any customer. 20:40.360 --> 20:42.360 Well, l don't know now, Mr. Bailey. 20:42.360 --> 20:44.360 lt's all very well, but technically speaking... 20:44.360 --> 20:45.360 What do you mean? 20:45.360 --> 20:47.360 He means that even if you don't like it, 20:47.360 --> 20:50.360 you can't run me out if l run mine my own business. 20:50.360 --> 20:52.360 He means you can't run me out if l ask you to serve me. 20:52.360 --> 20:54.360 Well, how about that? 20:54.360 --> 20:57.360 And if l ask for something to eat and offer you money for it, 20:57.360 --> 20:58.360 you've got to sell it. 20:58.360 --> 20:59.360 Oh, no, l don't. 20:59.360 --> 21:00.360 Oh, you'd better. 21:00.360 --> 21:02.360 Or l'll have you in court before you know it. 21:02.360 --> 21:05.360 l'm afraid he's right about that, Mr. Bailey. 21:05.360 --> 21:07.360 Well, all right. 21:07.360 --> 21:08.360 Sorry l can't help you, Mr. Bailey. 21:08.360 --> 21:09.360 ls there anything else? 21:09.360 --> 21:10.360 Oh, no. 21:10.360 --> 21:12.360 l'll be getting on then. 21:12.360 --> 21:13.360 Good night. 21:15.360 --> 21:17.360 Well, how about it? 21:17.360 --> 21:19.360 All right, all right, all right. Go sit down. 21:19.360 --> 21:21.360 Johnson, get him whatever he wants. 21:21.360 --> 21:22.360 Okay. 21:24.360 --> 21:27.360 l'm not going to answer it. l'm not... 21:28.360 --> 21:30.360 Mr. Bailey, the phone, you busted it. 21:30.360 --> 21:31.360 l don't care. 21:31.360 --> 21:34.360 Mr. Bailey, put my gun down. What are you going to do? 21:34.360 --> 21:35.360 Excuse me. 21:35.360 --> 21:38.360 Now, look here, you. l can be pushed just so far. 21:38.360 --> 21:40.360 Now, either you get out of this place and don't come back, 21:40.360 --> 21:43.360 or as sure as l'm standing here, l'm going to pull this trigger. 21:43.360 --> 21:44.360 Go away. l'm hungry. 21:44.360 --> 21:45.360 Did you hear what l said? 21:45.360 --> 21:46.360 l hear you. Now, go away. 21:46.360 --> 21:48.360 Now, look, l'm going to count three. 21:48.360 --> 21:49.360 One. 21:49.360 --> 21:50.360 Go away. 21:50.360 --> 21:51.360 Two. 21:51.360 --> 21:52.360 Three. 21:59.360 --> 22:01.360 Coffee. Black. 22:01.360 --> 22:04.360 l can't believe it. l shot you point blank. 22:05.360 --> 22:06.360 Good Lord. 22:06.360 --> 22:08.360 Don't forget the ketchup, you. 22:08.360 --> 22:18.360 No. 22:24.360 --> 22:27.360 Well, you got the lay of the place now, Mr. Tanner. 22:27.360 --> 22:29.360 You figure on making any changes? 22:29.360 --> 22:31.360 No, no. Bailey had a good thing here. 22:31.360 --> 22:33.360 That'll leave it just the way it was. 22:33.360 --> 22:35.360 We'll hold the trade easier if we do. 22:35.360 --> 22:37.360 How did he seem when the deal was closed? 22:37.360 --> 22:39.360 l'll tell you. l let the lawyers handle everything. 22:39.360 --> 22:41.360 He took a beating on the deal, or l don't know you. 22:41.360 --> 22:42.360 No, not too much. 22:42.360 --> 22:45.360 l figure he recovered about 70% of his investment. 22:45.360 --> 22:47.360 He was lucky. l felt sorry for him. 22:47.360 --> 22:48.360 You didn't talk to him at all, huh? 22:48.360 --> 22:50.360 No, no, no. Didn't even see him. 22:50.360 --> 22:52.360 You think he'd know you even without the makeup? 22:52.360 --> 22:55.360 Maybe. lf he was taking any chances, huh? 22:55.360 --> 22:57.360 Lucky l changed the bullets in that gun for blanks, 22:57.360 --> 22:59.360 or you'd be a dead pigeon. 22:59.360 --> 23:02.360 Yeah. Yeah, l'm glad l foresaw that possibility. 23:02.360 --> 23:05.360 You might say l saved your life, huh? 23:05.360 --> 23:08.360 You might. Don't worry, Johnson. You'll be taken care of. 23:08.360 --> 23:11.360 l'm not worrying. l never had reason to yet, have l? 23:11.360 --> 23:15.360 No. But just for your information, Johnson, 23:15.360 --> 23:17.360 we haven't committed any crime. 23:17.360 --> 23:20.360 We didn't take this place away from Bailey by force. 23:20.360 --> 23:22.360 We didn't swindle him. 23:22.360 --> 23:24.360 l paid money right on the line for it. Just remember that. 23:24.360 --> 23:27.360 Oh, l will. Customers. 23:27.360 --> 23:31.360 Why, it's Mr. Bailey. Come right in. 23:31.360 --> 23:33.360 Hello, Johnson. 23:33.360 --> 23:35.360 Come on, have a seat. 23:35.360 --> 23:37.360 By the way, you know Mr. Tanner, don't you? 23:37.360 --> 23:38.360 He bought the place. 23:38.360 --> 23:41.360 Oh, l never met him. Glad to know you. 23:41.360 --> 23:43.360 A pleasure, Mr. Bailey. 23:43.360 --> 23:47.360 You know, there's something familiar about you. 23:47.360 --> 23:49.360 Maybe l did meet you someplace. 23:49.360 --> 23:51.360 l was in once or twice. 23:51.360 --> 23:53.360 Looked the place over before l had Sloan talk to you. 23:53.360 --> 23:56.360 Oh, that's it. Well, how are you making out? 23:56.360 --> 23:58.360 Oh, just getting started. 23:58.360 --> 24:01.360 l'm sort of breaking Mr. Tanner in, you might say. 24:01.360 --> 24:03.360 Hope you had better luck than l did. 24:03.360 --> 24:07.360 l was doing fine until this man started coming in. 24:07.360 --> 24:09.360 Johnson knows the man, l mean. 24:09.360 --> 24:11.360 Bad luck in person. 24:11.360 --> 24:14.360 lf he ever comes back, you'd just better close up and go home. 24:14.360 --> 24:15.360 That's so. 24:15.360 --> 24:17.360 Yes, that's right. 24:17.360 --> 24:19.360 Well, it's a wonder l have any mind left. 24:19.360 --> 24:21.360 To tell the truth, l'm not even sure l do. 24:21.360 --> 24:24.360 Mr. Bailey, would you let me fix you something while you're in here? 24:24.360 --> 24:26.360 Oh, no, thanks. l'm not hungry. 24:26.360 --> 24:28.360 We got some good steak. 24:28.360 --> 24:30.360 No, thanks, Johnson. Not even steak now. 24:30.360 --> 24:31.360 You're the boss. 24:31.360 --> 24:34.360 Boss? Well, not anymore. 24:34.360 --> 24:37.360 But l would like to step behind the counter one last time 24:37.360 --> 24:39.360 just to sort of look around. 24:39.360 --> 24:41.360 Do you mind, Mr. Tanner? 24:41.360 --> 24:42.360 Oh, come ahead. 24:42.360 --> 24:43.360 Thanks. 24:43.360 --> 24:47.360 Well, you haven't changed anything, l see. 24:47.360 --> 24:48.360 Not a thing. 24:48.360 --> 24:50.360 We intend to operate the same way you did. 24:50.360 --> 24:51.360 l think it'll pay. 24:51.360 --> 24:53.360 Thanks for the compliment. 24:53.360 --> 24:55.360 But l hope you don't draw my luck. 24:55.360 --> 24:58.360 How about some coffee, Mr. Bailey? You look tired. 24:58.360 --> 25:01.360 Coffee? That sounds like a good idea. l don't mind if l do. 25:01.360 --> 25:03.360 Yours is cream and sugar, right? 25:03.360 --> 25:05.360 No, thanks. Black this time. 25:08.360 --> 25:11.360 Hey, this coffee is hot. 25:11.360 --> 25:13.360 Yeah, l forgot to cut the burner back, 25:13.360 --> 25:15.360 and the whole tankful is plenty hot. 25:15.360 --> 25:17.360 l'll have to let it cool. It's too hot for me. 25:17.360 --> 25:20.360 Just one last look. 25:20.360 --> 25:23.360 Things l won't be seeing for a while, l guess. 25:23.360 --> 25:26.360 Buns, butterpats, coffee cream. 25:26.360 --> 25:28.360 lt's funny how you miss things like these. 25:28.360 --> 25:30.360 Mustard, ketchup. 25:30.360 --> 25:32.360 Ketchup? 25:32.360 --> 25:34.360 Where did you get all this ketchup, Johnson? 25:34.360 --> 25:35.360 Why, l... 25:35.360 --> 25:36.360 l ordered those. 25:36.360 --> 25:37.360 Ordered them? So did l, 25:37.360 --> 25:39.360 but l never even got a look at a bottle of ketchup. 25:39.360 --> 25:40.360 You're lucky. 25:40.360 --> 25:42.360 All in knowing how, l guess. 25:42.360 --> 25:43.360 Yeah, l guess you're right. 25:43.360 --> 25:45.360 l rather like it myself, you know. 25:45.360 --> 25:47.360 Nothing like ketchup, l always say. 25:47.360 --> 25:48.360 What was that? 25:48.360 --> 25:52.360 l said l'm rather fond of ketchup. 25:52.360 --> 25:55.360 Fond of ketchup? Ketchup? 25:55.360 --> 25:57.360 l think l know who you are now, Tanner. 25:57.360 --> 26:00.360 l think l know who you are. That face. 26:00.360 --> 26:01.360 Sure, that face. 26:01.360 --> 26:03.360 Make-up, wasn't it? That face. 26:03.360 --> 26:05.360 And Johnson had to be in on it with you too, didn't he? 26:05.360 --> 26:07.360 Johnson helped you, didn't he, Tanner? 26:07.360 --> 26:08.360 He fixed the gun, didn't he? 26:08.360 --> 26:09.360 Well, didn't he, Tanner? 26:09.360 --> 26:10.360 Bailey, wait a minute. l can explain. 26:10.360 --> 26:12.360 You admit it. l'm telling the truth. 26:12.360 --> 26:13.360 Isn't that so, Tanner? 26:13.360 --> 26:14.360 Isn't that so? 26:14.360 --> 26:15.360 Bailey, stop! 26:15.360 --> 26:18.360 Pull him off, Tanner, or l'll get a clock! 26:18.360 --> 26:20.360 Police! Ryan! Help! 26:20.360 --> 26:21.360 Please! 26:21.360 --> 26:23.360 Coffee! You always take it black! 26:23.360 --> 26:25.360 Don't! 26:25.360 --> 26:28.360 Quick! Mr. Tanner! 26:28.360 --> 26:31.360 Good Lord, the coffee! His face! 26:31.360 --> 26:33.360 And what is this? 26:33.360 --> 26:36.360 Oh, it's all right, Ryan. There's nothing wrong, Ryan. 26:36.360 --> 26:38.360 Nothing really wrong. That's not his real face, Ryan. 26:38.360 --> 26:41.360 He likes it that way. Don't let him fool you. 26:41.360 --> 26:43.360 What else do you want? Oh, yes, ketchup! 26:43.360 --> 26:46.360 Plenty of ketchup! 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