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03:45.600 --> 03:48.080 I will be glad to try that number for you. 03:48.080 --> 03:49.080 One moment please. 03:49.080 --> 03:52.640 I don't see how it could be busy all this time. 03:52.640 --> 03:53.640 It's my husband's office. 03:53.640 --> 03:56.360 He's working late tonight and I'm all alone here in the house. 03:56.360 --> 03:59.560 My health is very poor and I've been feeling so nervous all day. 03:59.560 --> 04:04.560 Ringing Murray Hill 40098. 04:04.560 --> 04:07.560 Hello? 04:07.560 --> 04:09.560 Hello? 04:09.560 --> 04:11.560 Hello? 04:11.560 --> 04:16.560 Is Mr. Stevenson there? 04:16.560 --> 04:17.560 Hello? 04:17.560 --> 04:18.560 Hello? 04:18.560 --> 04:19.560 George? 04:19.560 --> 04:20.560 Yes sir, this is George speaking. 04:20.560 --> 04:21.560 Hello, who's this? 04:21.560 --> 04:22.560 What number am I calling please? 04:22.560 --> 04:23.560 I'm here with our client. 04:23.560 --> 04:24.560 Oh, good. 04:24.560 --> 04:25.560 Is everything okay? 04:25.560 --> 04:26.560 Is the coast clear for tonight? 04:26.560 --> 04:27.560 Yes George, he says the coast is clear for tonight. 04:27.560 --> 04:28.560 Okay, okay. 04:28.560 --> 04:29.560 Where are you now? 04:29.560 --> 04:30.560 In a phone booth. 04:30.560 --> 04:31.560 Don't worry, everything's okay. 04:31.560 --> 04:32.560 Very well. 04:32.560 --> 04:33.560 You know the address. 04:33.560 --> 04:34.560 I know, I know. 04:34.560 --> 04:35.560 At 11 o'clock the police are coming. 04:35.560 --> 04:36.560 I'll be there in a minute. 04:36.560 --> 04:37.560 I'll be there in a minute. 04:37.560 --> 04:38.560 I'll be there in a minute. 04:38.560 --> 04:39.560 I'll be there in a minute. 04:39.560 --> 04:40.560 I'll be there in a minute. 04:40.560 --> 04:41.560 I'll be there in a minute. 04:41.560 --> 04:42.560 I'll be there in a minute. 04:42.560 --> 04:43.560 I'll be there in a minute. 04:43.560 --> 04:48.560 Very well, you know the address. 04:48.560 --> 04:49.560 I know, I know. 04:49.560 --> 04:52.560 At 11 o'clock the private patrolman goes around to the bar on 2nd Avenue for a beer. 04:52.560 --> 04:53.560 That's right, 11 o'clock. 04:53.560 --> 04:54.560 Okay. 04:54.560 --> 04:59.560 Be sure that all the lights downstairs are out. 04:59.560 --> 05:02.560 There should be only one light visible from the street. 05:02.560 --> 05:03.560 Okay, okay. 05:03.560 --> 05:04.560 What's that? 05:04.560 --> 05:05.560 Just a minute George. 05:05.560 --> 05:11.560 Oh, our client tells me that at 11.15 a train crosses a bridge. 05:11.560 --> 05:15.560 It makes a noise in case a window is open and she should scream. 05:15.560 --> 05:17.560 Oh, hello, what number is this please? 05:17.560 --> 05:19.560 Okay, I understand. 05:19.560 --> 05:20.560 What? 05:20.560 --> 05:22.560 That's 11.15 the train. 05:22.560 --> 05:23.560 Yes. 05:23.560 --> 05:25.560 Do you remember everything else George? 05:25.560 --> 05:26.560 Yes. 05:26.560 --> 05:29.560 I'll make it quick, as little blood as possible. 05:29.560 --> 05:34.560 Because our client does not wish to make her suffer as long. 05:34.560 --> 05:35.560 That's right. 05:35.560 --> 05:36.560 You'll use a knife? 05:36.560 --> 05:39.560 Yes, a knife will be okay. 05:39.560 --> 05:45.560 Then afterwards I'll remove the rings and bracelets and the jewelry in the bureau drawer. 05:45.560 --> 05:50.560 Because our client wishes it to look like simple robbery. 05:50.560 --> 05:53.560 Don't worry, everything's okay. 05:53.560 --> 05:54.560 I never... 05:54.560 --> 05:58.560 Oh, how awful, how unfeasibly awful. 05:58.560 --> 05:59.560 I never... 05:59.560 --> 06:00.560 Your call please. 06:00.560 --> 06:02.560 Operator, I've just been cut off. 06:02.560 --> 06:04.560 I'm sorry, what number were you calling? 06:04.560 --> 06:09.560 Why, it was supposed to be Murray Hill 40098, but it wasn't, some wires must have got crossed. 06:09.560 --> 06:15.560 I was caught in the wrong number and I just heard the most dreadful thing, something about a murder. 06:15.560 --> 06:18.560 Operator, you'll simply have to retrace that call at once. 06:18.560 --> 06:22.560 I beg your pardon, I don't quite... may I help you? 06:22.560 --> 06:26.560 Well, I know it was a wrong number and I had no business listening, but these two men, 06:26.560 --> 06:29.560 they were cold-blooded fiends and they were going to murder somebody. 06:29.560 --> 06:33.560 Some poor innocent woman who was all alone in a house near a bridge. 06:33.560 --> 06:35.560 We've got to stop them, we just got to. 06:35.560 --> 06:37.560 What number are you calling, please? 06:37.560 --> 06:38.560 Well, that doesn't matter. 06:38.560 --> 06:42.560 This was a wrong number and you dialed it for me and we've got to find out what it was immediately. 06:42.560 --> 06:44.560 What number did you call? 06:44.560 --> 06:46.560 Oh, why are you so stupid? 06:46.560 --> 06:48.560 What time is it? 06:48.560 --> 06:51.560 Do you mean to tell me you can't find out what that number was just now? 06:51.560 --> 06:54.560 I'll connect you with the chief, Operator. 06:54.560 --> 06:56.560 Oh, I think it's perfectly shameful. 06:56.560 --> 07:00.560 Now look, it was obviously a case of some little slip of the finger. 07:00.560 --> 07:05.560 I told you to try Murray Hill 40098 for me and you dialed it, but your finger must have slipped 07:05.560 --> 07:10.560 and I was connected with some other number and I could hear them, but they couldn't hear me. 07:10.560 --> 07:14.560 Now, I simply failed to see why you couldn't make that same mistake again on purpose 07:14.560 --> 07:19.560 why you couldn't try to dial Murray Hill 40098 in the same sort of careless way. 07:19.560 --> 07:24.560 Murray Hill 40098, I will try to get it for you. 07:24.560 --> 07:34.560 Oh, thank you. 07:34.560 --> 07:39.560 I am sorry, Murray Hill 40098 is busy. 07:39.560 --> 07:41.560 I will call you as soon as I get it. 07:41.560 --> 07:43.560 Operator, Operator, Operator. 07:43.560 --> 07:44.560 You're currently... 07:44.560 --> 07:46.560 You didn't try to get that wrong number at all. 07:46.560 --> 07:49.560 I asked you explicitly and all you did was dial correctly. 07:49.560 --> 07:51.560 I am sorry, what number are you calling? 07:51.560 --> 07:54.560 Well, can't you for once forget what number I'm calling and do something for me? 07:54.560 --> 07:56.560 Now, I want to trace that call. 07:56.560 --> 07:59.560 It's my civic duty and it's your civic duty to trace that call 07:59.560 --> 08:01.560 and apprehend those dangerous killers and if you won't... 08:01.560 --> 08:03.560 I will connect you with the Chief Operator. 08:03.560 --> 08:06.560 Well, please. 08:06.560 --> 08:08.560 Talk. 08:08.560 --> 08:11.560 Is anyone here speaking? 08:11.560 --> 08:12.560 This is the Chief Operator. 08:12.560 --> 08:14.560 Oh, a Chief Operator. 08:14.560 --> 08:17.560 I want you to trace a call, a telephone call, immediately. 08:17.560 --> 08:19.560 I don't know where it came from or who was making it, 08:19.560 --> 08:21.560 but it's absolutely necessary that it be tracked down 08:21.560 --> 08:23.560 because it was about a murder that someone's planning, 08:23.560 --> 08:28.560 a terrible cold-butted murder of a poor innocent woman tonight at 1115. 08:28.560 --> 08:29.560 I see. 08:29.560 --> 08:31.560 Well, can you trace it for me? Can you track down those men? 08:31.560 --> 08:33.560 I'm not certain. It depends. 08:33.560 --> 08:34.560 Depends on what? 08:34.560 --> 08:36.560 It depends on whether the call is still going on. 08:36.560 --> 08:39.560 If it's a live call, we can trace it on the equipment. 08:39.560 --> 08:41.560 If it's been disconnected, we can. 08:41.560 --> 08:42.560 Disconnected? 08:42.560 --> 08:44.560 If the parties have stopped talking to each other. 08:44.560 --> 08:48.560 Oh, well, of course they must have stopped talking to each other by now. 08:48.560 --> 08:49.560 That was at least five minutes ago, 08:49.560 --> 08:52.560 and they didn't sound like the pilot would make a long call. 08:52.560 --> 08:55.560 Well, I can try tracing it. May I have your name, please? 08:55.560 --> 08:58.560 Mrs. Stevenson. Mrs. Albert Stevenson. 08:58.560 --> 08:59.560 But listen... 08:59.560 --> 09:00.560 And your telephone number, please. 09:00.560 --> 09:03.560 Plaza 32098. 09:03.560 --> 09:04.560 But if you go all the way... 09:04.560 --> 09:06.560 Why do you want to try trace, please? 09:06.560 --> 09:10.560 Why? Oh, well, no reason. 09:10.560 --> 09:15.560 I mean, I merely felt very strongly that something ought to be done about it. 09:15.560 --> 09:17.560 These men sounded like killers. They're dangerous. 09:17.560 --> 09:20.560 They're going to murder this woman at 11.15 tonight, 09:20.560 --> 09:21.560 and I thought the police ought to know. 09:21.560 --> 09:23.560 Have you reported this to the police? 09:23.560 --> 09:26.560 Well, no, no, not yet. 09:26.560 --> 09:28.560 You want this call checked purely as a private individual? 09:28.560 --> 09:30.560 Yes, yes, but meanwhile... 09:30.560 --> 09:33.560 Well, I'm sorry, Mrs. Stevenson, but I'm afraid we couldn't make this check for you 09:33.560 --> 09:36.560 and trace the call just on your say-so as a private individual. 09:36.560 --> 09:37.560 But I... 09:37.560 --> 09:38.560 We can't have something more official. 09:38.560 --> 09:40.560 Oh, for heaven's sake. 09:40.560 --> 09:42.560 You mean to tell me I can't report that there's going to be a murder 09:42.560 --> 09:45.560 without getting tied up in all this red tape? 09:45.560 --> 09:47.560 Why, it's perfectly idiotic. 09:47.560 --> 09:50.560 Well, all right, all right. I'll call the police. 09:50.560 --> 09:52.560 Thank you. I'm sure that'll be the best way to... 09:52.560 --> 09:55.560 Ridiculous. I never heard of this. 09:55.560 --> 09:58.560 The police department? 09:58.560 --> 10:00.560 Do we have to go... 10:06.560 --> 10:07.560 Your call, please. 10:07.560 --> 10:10.560 The police department. Get me the police department, please. 10:10.560 --> 10:12.560 Thank you. Ringing, the police department. 10:12.560 --> 10:16.560 Oh, dear, do you have to die? Why can't you ring them direct? 10:16.560 --> 10:18.560 Oh, it's... 10:18.560 --> 10:20.560 Wait. 10:26.560 --> 10:30.560 Police station, precinct 43, Sergeant Martin speaking. 10:30.560 --> 10:33.560 Police department, this is Mrs. Stevenson. 10:33.560 --> 10:37.560 Mrs. Elbert Smy Stevenson of 53 North Sutton Place. 10:37.560 --> 10:39.560 I'm calling up to report a murder. 10:39.560 --> 10:42.560 I mean, the murder hasn't been committed yet, 10:42.560 --> 10:45.560 but I just overheard plans for it over the telephone 10:45.560 --> 10:48.560 over a wrong number that the operator gave me, 10:48.560 --> 10:50.560 and I've been trying to trace down the call myself, 10:50.560 --> 10:53.560 but everybody is so stupid, and I guess in the end 10:53.560 --> 10:55.560 you're the only people who could do anything. 10:55.560 --> 10:56.560 Yes, ma'am. 10:56.560 --> 10:59.560 Well, it was a perfectly definite murder. 10:59.560 --> 11:01.560 I heard their plans distinctly. 11:01.560 --> 11:03.560 Two men were talking, and they were going to murder 11:03.560 --> 11:05.560 some woman at 1115 tonight. 11:05.560 --> 11:07.560 She lived in a house near a bridge. 11:07.560 --> 11:09.560 Are you listening to me? 11:09.560 --> 11:11.560 Huh? Oh, yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am. 11:11.560 --> 11:14.560 And there was a private patrolman on the street. 11:14.560 --> 11:16.560 He was going to go around for a beer on Second Avenue, 11:16.560 --> 11:19.560 and there was some third man, a client, 11:19.560 --> 11:21.560 who was paying to have this poor woman murdered. 11:21.560 --> 11:23.560 They were going to take her rings and bracelets 11:23.560 --> 11:24.560 and use a knife. 11:24.560 --> 11:27.560 Well, it's unnerving me dreadfully, 11:27.560 --> 11:29.560 and I'm not well. I'm very nervous. 11:29.560 --> 11:32.560 I see, I see, and when was all this, ma'am? 11:32.560 --> 11:34.560 Well, about eight minutes ago. 11:34.560 --> 11:37.560 You can do something. You do understand. 11:37.560 --> 11:38.560 What is your name, ma'am? 11:38.560 --> 11:41.560 Mrs. Stevenson. Mrs. Elbert Stevenson. 11:41.560 --> 11:43.560 Uh-huh. And your address? 11:43.560 --> 11:46.560 5353 North Sutton Place. 11:46.560 --> 11:49.560 That's near a bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, you know, 11:49.560 --> 11:52.560 and we have a private patrolman on our street, 11:52.560 --> 11:54.560 and Second Avenue is the next street. 11:54.560 --> 11:56.560 And what was the number you were calling, please? 11:56.560 --> 12:00.560 Murray Hill 40098. 12:00.560 --> 12:02.560 But that wasn't the number I overheard. 12:02.560 --> 12:05.560 I mean, Murray Hill 40098 is my husband's office. 12:05.560 --> 12:06.560 Well, I... 12:06.560 --> 12:07.560 Well, he's working late tonight, 12:07.560 --> 12:10.560 and I was trying to reach him to ask him to come home. 12:10.560 --> 12:14.560 I'm an invalid, you know, and it's the midnight off, 12:14.560 --> 12:16.560 and I hate to be alone even though he says I'm perfectly safe 12:16.560 --> 12:19.560 as long as I have the telephone right beside my bed. 12:19.560 --> 12:21.560 Well, we'll look into it, Mrs. Stevenson, 12:21.560 --> 12:24.560 and see if we can check it with the telephone company. 12:24.560 --> 12:26.560 But the telephone company said they couldn't check the call 12:26.560 --> 12:27.560 if the parties had stopped talking. 12:27.560 --> 12:29.560 I've already taken care of that. 12:29.560 --> 12:30.560 Oh, you have? 12:30.560 --> 12:32.560 Yes, I have, and personally, 12:32.560 --> 12:35.560 I feel you ought to do something far more immediate and drastic 12:35.560 --> 12:36.560 than just check the call. 12:36.560 --> 12:37.560 Whatever you see... 12:37.560 --> 12:39.560 What good is checking the call if they stop talking? 12:39.560 --> 12:40.560 By the time you track it down, 12:40.560 --> 12:42.560 they'll already have committed the murder. 12:42.560 --> 12:44.560 Well, we'll take care of it now, don't you worry. 12:44.560 --> 12:46.560 I'd say the whole thing calls for a search, 12:46.560 --> 12:48.560 a complete and thorough search of the whole city. 12:48.560 --> 12:49.560 Yes, but... 12:49.560 --> 12:52.560 I'm very near the bridge, and I'm not far from Second Avenue, 12:52.560 --> 12:54.560 and I know I'd feel a whole lot better 12:54.560 --> 12:56.560 if you sent around a radio card to this neighborhood at once. 12:56.560 --> 12:59.560 And what makes you think the murder's going to be committed 12:59.560 --> 13:00.560 in your neighborhood, ma'am? 13:00.560 --> 13:02.560 Well, I... I don't know. 13:02.560 --> 13:05.560 Only, you know, the coincidence is so horrible. 13:05.560 --> 13:08.560 Second Avenue is a patrolman, the bridge... 13:08.560 --> 13:11.560 Uh-huh. Well, look, you see, 13:11.560 --> 13:13.560 Second Avenue is very long street, ma'am. 13:13.560 --> 13:14.560 Well, I know that. 13:14.560 --> 13:17.560 You know how many bridges there are in the city of New York alone. 13:17.560 --> 13:18.560 Yes. 13:18.560 --> 13:23.560 Not to mention Brookwood, Staten Island, Queens, and the Bronx. 13:23.560 --> 13:27.560 And how do you know that there isn't some little house on Staten Island 13:27.560 --> 13:30.560 on some little Second Avenue you never heard about? 13:30.560 --> 13:33.560 How do you know they were even talking about New York at all? 13:33.560 --> 13:36.560 But I heard the call on the New York dialing system. 13:36.560 --> 13:38.560 Well, maybe it was a long-distance call you overheard. 13:38.560 --> 13:39.560 Oh, I... 13:39.560 --> 13:40.560 You know, telephone's a funny thing. 13:40.560 --> 13:41.560 But I did... 13:41.560 --> 13:42.560 Now, look, lady, look. 13:42.560 --> 13:45.560 Why don't you look at it this way? 13:45.560 --> 13:49.560 Now, supposing you hadn't broken in on that telephone call, 13:49.560 --> 13:52.560 suppose you got your husband the way you always do. 13:52.560 --> 13:54.560 Now, you wouldn't be so upset, would you? 13:54.560 --> 13:57.560 Well, I... No, I suppose not. 13:57.560 --> 13:59.560 Only it sounded so inhuman, so... 13:59.560 --> 14:03.560 A lot of murders are plotted in this city every day, ma'am, 14:03.560 --> 14:05.560 and we manage to prevent almost all of them. 14:05.560 --> 14:08.560 But a clue of this kind is so vague, ma'am, 14:08.560 --> 14:11.560 that it ain't much more used to us than no clue at all. 14:11.560 --> 14:13.560 Well, surely you can und... 14:13.560 --> 14:17.560 Unless, of course, you have some reason for thinking this call was a phony 14:17.560 --> 14:21.560 and that someone may be planning to murder you. 14:21.560 --> 14:22.560 Me? 14:22.560 --> 14:25.560 Oh, no, no, I hardly think so. 14:25.560 --> 14:27.560 I mean, why should anybody? 14:27.560 --> 14:28.560 Well, you... 14:28.560 --> 14:30.560 I'm alone all day and night. 14:30.560 --> 14:33.560 I see nobody except my maid, Eloise. 14:33.560 --> 14:35.560 She's a big girl. She weighs 200 pounds. 14:35.560 --> 14:36.560 Uh-huh. 14:36.560 --> 14:38.560 She's too lazy to bring up my breakfast tray. 14:38.560 --> 14:41.560 And the only other person is my husband, Albert. 14:41.560 --> 14:44.560 He's crazy about me. He just adores me. 14:44.560 --> 14:46.560 He waits on me hand and footies. 14:46.560 --> 14:49.560 He hardly left my side since I took sick 12 years ago. 14:49.560 --> 14:53.560 Uh-huh. Well, then, then there's nothing for you to worry about, is there, huh? 14:53.560 --> 14:57.560 Now, if you'll just leave the rest to us, we'll take care of it. 14:57.560 --> 15:00.560 But what will you do? It's so late. It's nearly 11 now. 15:00.560 --> 15:01.560 We'll take care of it. 15:01.560 --> 15:04.560 Will you broadcast it all over the city and send out squads 15:04.560 --> 15:06.560 and warn your radio cars to watch out, 15:06.560 --> 15:08.560 especially in suspicious neighborhoods like mine? 15:08.560 --> 15:10.560 Lady, lady, I said we would take care of it. 15:10.560 --> 15:14.560 Now, just now I've got a couple of other matters here on my desk 15:14.560 --> 15:16.560 that require immediate attention. 15:16.560 --> 15:18.560 Good night, ma'am, and thank you. 15:18.560 --> 15:21.560 Oh, you, you idiot! 15:23.560 --> 15:26.560 Oh, now, why did I hang up the phone like that? 15:27.560 --> 15:29.560 Now he'll think I am a fool. 15:31.560 --> 15:35.560 Oh, why doesn't Albert come home? Why doesn't he? 15:36.560 --> 15:37.560 Why does... 15:42.560 --> 15:43.560 How are you? 15:45.560 --> 15:46.560 Why doesn't he? 15:46.560 --> 15:48.560 Your call, please. 15:48.560 --> 15:50.560 Operator, operator, for heaven's sake, 15:50.560 --> 15:53.560 will you ring that Murray Hill 40098 number again? 15:53.560 --> 15:55.560 I can't think what's keeping him so long. 15:55.560 --> 15:57.560 I will try it for you. 15:57.560 --> 16:00.560 Well, try, try. I don't see why he doesn't answer. 16:08.560 --> 16:13.560 I'm sorry, Murray Hill 40098 is busy. I will call you. 16:13.560 --> 16:16.560 I can hear it. You don't have to tell me. I know it's busy. 16:19.560 --> 16:24.560 Oh, if I could only get out of this bed for a little while. 16:25.560 --> 16:28.560 If I could get a breath of fresh air, 16:28.560 --> 16:32.560 or just lean out the window and see the street. 16:33.560 --> 16:37.560 Hello, Albert? Hello? Hello? Hello? 16:37.560 --> 16:42.560 Hello? Oh, what's the matter with this phone? Hello? Hello? 16:45.560 --> 16:50.560 Hello? Hello? Oh, for heaven's sake, who is this? Hello? Hello? Hello? 16:51.560 --> 16:53.560 Why is he trying to call me? 16:54.560 --> 16:56.560 Why is he doing this to me? 17:00.560 --> 17:01.560 Your call, please. 17:01.560 --> 17:04.560 Hello, operator. I don't know what's the matter with this telephone tonight, 17:04.560 --> 17:06.560 but it's positively driving me crazy. 17:06.560 --> 17:09.560 I've never seen such inefficient, miserable service. 17:09.560 --> 17:13.560 Now, look. Look, I'm an invalid, and I'm very nervous, 17:13.560 --> 17:15.560 and I'm not supposed to be annoyed. 17:15.560 --> 17:17.560 But if this keeps on much longer... 17:17.560 --> 17:19.560 What seems to be the trouble, please? 17:19.560 --> 17:20.560 Well, everything's wrong. 17:20.560 --> 17:23.560 I haven't had one bit of satisfaction out of one call I've made this evening. 17:23.560 --> 17:25.560 The whole world could be murdered for all you people care, 17:25.560 --> 17:28.560 and now my phone keeps ringing and ringing and ringing and ringing 17:28.560 --> 17:30.560 every five seconds or so, and I'm going to pick it up. There's no one there. 17:30.560 --> 17:33.560 I am sorry. If you will hang up, I will test it for you. 17:33.560 --> 17:37.560 I don't want you to test it for me. I want you to put that call through whatever it is and what. 17:37.560 --> 17:39.560 I'm afraid I cannot do that. 17:39.560 --> 17:41.560 You can't? And why? Why, may I ask? 17:41.560 --> 17:43.560 The dial system is automatic. 17:43.560 --> 17:47.560 If someone is trying to dial your number, there's no way to check 17:47.560 --> 17:49.560 whether the call is coming through the system or not, 17:49.560 --> 17:54.560 unless the person who is trying to reach you complains to his particular operator. 17:54.560 --> 17:56.560 Oh, well, how all this stupid. 17:56.560 --> 18:02.560 And meanwhile, I've got to sit here in my bed suffering every time that phone rings, imagining everything. 18:02.560 --> 18:04.560 I will try to check the trouble for you. 18:04.560 --> 18:06.560 Check it! Check if that's all anybody can do. 18:06.560 --> 18:10.560 Oh, what for you for talking to you? You are so stupid! 18:10.560 --> 18:13.560 Oh, God, it's her. 18:13.560 --> 18:16.560 I'm only impotent and... 18:16.560 --> 18:21.560 How dare she speak to me like that? How dare she speak to me like that? 18:21.560 --> 18:33.560 Oh, why did it take so long? 18:33.560 --> 18:35.560 Your call, please. 18:35.560 --> 18:39.560 Young woman, I don't know your name, but there are ways of finding you out, 18:39.560 --> 18:43.560 and I'm going to report you to your superiors for the most unpardonable rudeness and insolence 18:43.560 --> 18:45.560 that's ever been my privilege. 18:45.560 --> 18:47.560 Give me the business office at once. 18:47.560 --> 18:49.560 You may dial that number direct. 18:49.560 --> 18:52.560 Dial it direct? I'll do no such thing. I don't even know the number. 18:52.560 --> 18:57.560 The number is in the directory, or you may secure it by dialing information. 18:57.560 --> 19:02.560 Listen here, you... Oh, what's the use? 19:02.560 --> 19:05.560 Oh, dear. 19:05.560 --> 19:09.560 Oh, for heaven's sake, I'm going out of my mind. 19:09.560 --> 19:12.560 Hello! Hello, stop ringing me. Do you hear? Answer me. Who is this? 19:12.560 --> 19:15.560 You realize you're driving me crazy? You're calling me. What are you doing it for? 19:15.560 --> 19:17.560 Now, stop it, stop it, stop it, I say. 19:17.560 --> 19:22.560 Hello, hello, you don't stop ringing me. I'm going to call the police. Do you hear? The police! 19:22.560 --> 19:32.560 Oh, if... if Albert would only come home... 19:32.560 --> 19:37.560 Oh, let it ring. Let it ring. Let it go on ringing. Get the trick of some kind. 19:37.560 --> 19:43.560 Get the trick of some kind. I won't answer. I won't, even if it goes on ringing all night. I won't. 19:43.560 --> 19:48.560 I won't answer. Yes. Now what's the matter? 19:48.560 --> 19:51.560 Why did they stop ringing all of a sudden? 19:51.560 --> 19:57.560 What time is it? Where's my clock? Oh, why did I put it? 19:57.560 --> 20:01.560 It's five to eleven. They've decided something. They're sure I'm home. 20:01.560 --> 20:04.560 They've heard my voice. I answered them just now. That's why they've been ringing me. 20:04.560 --> 20:07.560 Why no one has answered me? 20:07.560 --> 20:15.560 Oh, where is she? Where is she? Why doesn't she answer? 20:15.560 --> 20:20.560 Oh, Anne. Anne? 20:20.560 --> 20:25.560 Your call, please. Where were you just now? Why didn't you answer it once? 20:25.560 --> 20:28.560 Give me the police department. 20:28.560 --> 20:32.560 Oh. 20:32.560 --> 20:36.560 I'm sorry. The line is busy. I will call you... 20:36.560 --> 20:41.560 Busy? But that's impossible. The police department can't be busy. There must be other lines available. 20:41.560 --> 20:44.560 The line is busy. I will try to get them for you later. 20:44.560 --> 20:48.560 No, no. I've got to speak to them now. It may be too late. I've got to talk to someone. 20:48.560 --> 20:50.560 What number do you wish to speak to, please? 20:50.560 --> 20:55.560 I don't know, but there must be someone to protect people inside the police department. 20:55.560 --> 21:00.560 A detective agency. You will find agencies listed in the classified directory. 21:00.560 --> 21:06.560 But I don't have a classified. I mean, I'm too nervous to look it up, and I don't know how to use the directory. 21:06.560 --> 21:10.560 I will connect you with information. Perhaps they will be able to help you. 21:10.560 --> 21:14.560 No, no, no. 21:14.560 --> 21:22.560 Oh, you're being spiteful, aren't you? You don't care, do you, what happens to me? I could die in you when you can. 21:22.560 --> 21:26.560 Oh, stop it! Stop it! I can't stand it anymore! 21:26.560 --> 21:28.560 Hello, what do you want? Stop ringing, will you? Stop it! 21:28.560 --> 21:31.560 Hello? Is this Plaza 32099? 21:31.560 --> 21:38.560 Yes. Yes. Yes, I'm sorry. This is... This is Plaza 32099. 21:38.560 --> 21:44.560 This is Western Union. I have a telegram here for Mrs. Albert Stevenson. Is there anyone there to receive the message? 21:44.560 --> 21:47.560 Hello? I'm Mrs. Stevenson. 21:47.560 --> 21:53.560 The telegram is as follows. Mrs. Albert Stevenson, 53 North Sutton Place, New York, New York. 21:53.560 --> 21:57.560 Darling, terribly sorry. Tried to get you for last hour, but lying busy. 21:57.560 --> 22:05.560 Leaving for Boston 11 p.m. tonight on urgent business. Back tomorrow afternoon. Keep happy. Love. Signed, Albert. 22:05.560 --> 22:06.560 Oh, no. 22:06.560 --> 22:09.560 Do you wish us to deliver a copy of the message? 22:09.560 --> 22:12.560 No. No, thank you. 22:12.560 --> 22:14.560 Thank you, madam. Good night. 22:14.560 --> 22:17.560 Good night. 22:17.560 --> 22:23.560 Oh, no! No, I don't believe it. I don't believe it. He couldn't do it. 22:23.560 --> 22:30.560 He couldn't do it! Not when he knows I'll be on the Lord. It's something... It's something... something... 22:30.560 --> 22:33.560 Something... 22:39.560 --> 22:41.560 Your call, please. 22:41.560 --> 22:47.560 Operator, try that Murray Hill 4-0 die-in-mate number for me just once more, please. 22:47.560 --> 22:49.560 You may dial that number direct. 22:49.560 --> 22:51.560 Oh. 22:51.560 --> 23:06.560 Oh, no. 23:06.560 --> 23:18.560 Oh, no. 23:18.560 --> 23:27.560 He's gone. Oh, Albert, how could you? How could you? 23:27.560 --> 23:34.560 I can't be alone tonight. I can't. If I'm alone one more second, I'll go mad. 23:34.560 --> 23:50.560 I don't care what he says or what the expense is. I'm a sick woman. I'm entitled as I'm getting sick of rages. 23:50.560 --> 23:52.560 This is information. May I help you? 23:52.560 --> 23:56.560 I want the telephone number of Henschli Hospital. 23:56.560 --> 23:58.560 Henschli Hospital? Do you have the street address? 23:58.560 --> 24:08.560 No, no. It's somewhere in the 70s. It's a very small, private and exclusive hospital where I had my appendix out two years ago. Henschli H-E-N-C. 24:08.560 --> 24:09.560 One moment, please. 24:09.560 --> 24:11.560 Well, please hurry and please. What is the time? 24:11.560 --> 24:17.560 You may find out the time by dialing Meridian 7-1-2-1-2. 24:17.560 --> 24:19.560 Oh, for heaven's sake, I've no time to be dialing. 24:19.560 --> 24:27.560 The number of Henschli Hospital is Butterfield 8-9-9-7-0. 24:27.560 --> 24:29.560 Oh, my God. 24:51.560 --> 24:53.560 Henschli Hospital, good evening. 24:53.560 --> 24:54.560 Nurse's registry. 24:54.560 --> 24:56.560 Who was it you wished to speak to, please? 24:56.560 --> 25:01.560 I want the nurse's registry at once. I want a trained nurse. I want to hire her immediately for the night. 25:01.560 --> 25:04.560 I see. And what is the nature of the case, madam? 25:04.560 --> 25:09.560 Nerves. I'm very nervous. I need soothing and companionship. You see, my husband is away and I'm all... 25:09.560 --> 25:12.560 Have you been recommended to us by any doctor in particular, madam? 25:12.560 --> 25:21.560 No, but I really don't see why all this catechizing is necessary. I want a trained nurse. I was a patient in your hospital two years ago, and after all, I do expect a paid-if person for attending me. 25:21.560 --> 25:26.560 We quite understand that, madam, but we're not completely back on a peacetime basis, you know. 25:26.560 --> 25:27.560 I know that. 25:27.560 --> 25:38.560 Registered nurses are very scarce just now, and our superintendent has asked to send people out only on cases where the physician in charge feels it is absolutely necessary. 25:38.560 --> 25:47.560 Well, it is absolutely necessary. I'm a sick woman. I'm very upset, very. I'm alone in this house and I'm an invalid, and tonight I overheard a telephone conversation that upset me dreadfully. 25:47.560 --> 25:54.560 A woman's going to be killed when a train comes. In fact, if someone doesn't come at once, I'm afraid I'll go out of my mind. 25:54.560 --> 25:58.560 I see. Well, I'll speak to Miss Phillips as soon as she comes in. 25:58.560 --> 25:59.560 Miss Phillips. 25:59.560 --> 26:00.560 And what is your name, madam? 26:00.560 --> 26:02.560 Miss Phillips. When do you expect her in? 26:02.560 --> 26:06.560 I really couldn't say. She went out to Stubborn at 11 o'clock. 26:06.560 --> 26:16.560 Eleven o'clock? But it's not 11 yet. Oh, my clock has stopped. I thought it was running now. What time is it? 26:16.560 --> 26:19.560 Just fifteen minutes past eleven. 26:19.560 --> 26:21.560 What was that? 26:21.560 --> 26:23.560 What was what, madam? 26:23.560 --> 26:31.560 That click just now in my own telephone. As though someone has lifted the receiver off the hook off the extension telephone downstairs. 26:31.560 --> 26:33.560 I didn't hear it, madam. Now about the- 26:33.560 --> 26:39.560 But I did! There's someone in this house. Someone downstairs in the kitchen that are listening to me now. 26:39.560 --> 26:50.560 I won't pick it up. I won't let them hear me. I'll be quiet and they'll think, oh, but I don't call from now while they're still down there. There'll be no time. 26:50.560 --> 27:07.560 I've got to get that operator. I've got to get that operator. Operator. Answer me. Answer me. Please. Please. Operator. 27:07.560 --> 27:09.560 Your call, please. 27:09.560 --> 27:12.560 Operator. Operator, I'm in desperate trouble. I- 27:12.560 --> 27:15.560 I am sorry. I cannot hear you. Please speak louder. 27:15.560 --> 27:20.560 I don't dare. I- there's someone listening. Can you hear me now? 27:20.560 --> 27:21.560 I am sorry. 27:21.560 --> 27:29.560 But you've got to hear me. Oh, please. Please, you've got to help me. There's someone in this house. Someone who's going to murder me. And you've got to get in touch with it. 27:29.560 --> 27:39.560 Just hear it. There it is. Just put it down. Just put down the extension phone. He's coming up. He's coming up with this. 27:39.560 --> 27:42.560 Give me the police department. The police department. 27:42.560 --> 27:44.560 One moment, please. I will connect you. 27:44.560 --> 27:57.560 I can hear him. Please hurry. Please hurry. Oh, please hurry. What are you going to do? Oh, don't come near me. 27:57.560 --> 28:05.560 I don't have another chance. I don't have another chance. Please don't. Oh, no. Oh, no. 28:05.560 --> 28:34.560 Police department, please sing 43. Sergeant Martin speaking. Hello. 28:34.560 --> 28:40.560 Hello. Hello. Police department, please sing 43. Sergeant Martin speaking. 28:40.560 --> 28:41.560 Police department? 28:41.560 --> 28:42.560 Yeah. 28:42.560 --> 29:07.560 Oh, I'm sorry. Must have got the wrong number. Don't worry. Everything's OK. 29:13.560 --> 29:22.560 And so closes Sorry Wrong Number, in which Roma Wines have brought you Miss Agnes Moorhead, the star of tonight's study in Suspense. 29:22.560 --> 29:26.560 Suspense is produced, edited, and directed by William Spear. 29:26.560 --> 29:34.560 Before Miss Moorhead returns to the microphone, this is Truman Bradley with a word for Roma Wines, the sponsor of Suspense. 29:34.560 --> 29:54.560 This is the time of year when the air is clear and the hills look as if they had been burnished in gold. 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It goes without saying that it has been a major thrill to appear again on Suspense with Sorry Wrong Number. 31:02.560 --> 31:13.560 If you enjoyed it, I'm sure you won't want to miss next Thursday's Suspense Show, which Mr. Spear tells me will present the premiere of Lucille Pletcher's very newest suspense play. 31:13.560 --> 31:19.560 It is called The Furnished Floor, and in it you will hear Mildred Natwick and Don Dufour. 31:19.560 --> 31:27.560 Agnes Moorhead appeared through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and is one of the stars in their forthcoming production, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes. 31:27.560 --> 31:36.560 Next Thursday, you will hear Mildred Natwick and Don Dufour as stars of Suspense, Radio's outstanding theater thrill. 31:36.560 --> 31:44.560 This is read by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 31:44.560 --> 32:12.560 CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. AMX Columbia.