1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 2 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:13,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,300 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Mr. Joseph Cotton, 4 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:23,100 a star of Beyond Good and Evil, 5 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:30,100 a suspense play produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:33,600 Suspense! 7 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:39,600 Radio's outstanding Theatre of Thrills is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,600 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 9 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,600 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 10 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,600 to your happiness and entertaining guests, 11 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,600 to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 12 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,100 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, 13 00:00:56,100 --> 00:01:00,600 as Roma Wines bring you Mr. Joseph Cotton in Beyond Good and Evil 14 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,600 by Ben Hecht and Douglas Whitney in a remarkable tale of... 15 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,600 Suspense! 16 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,600 Suspense! 17 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,600 My Dr. Pierce, good evening. 18 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,600 Good evening, Mary. Is Dr. McKillop still awake? 19 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,600 Oh, yes. We don't put him to bed until eight or later. 20 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,600 Is evening service over already? 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,600 For a shame, Mary, a Parson's housekeeper. 22 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,600 And do you forget we don't hold service on Wednesdays? 23 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,600 Why, it slipped my mind it was Wednesday, sir. 24 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,600 Of course you've come to read to Dr. McKillop. He'll be so pleased. 25 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,600 There's so little I can do. If he were able to let us know in some way... 26 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,600 I can tell by his eyes, sir. Whenever you're here, they fairly glow. 27 00:01:53,600 --> 00:02:00,600 Well, I suppose. That helpless as he is, not able to speak or even write, 28 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,100 my visits are at least a diversion. 29 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:08,600 You? You're more than a diversion, sir. You're his hope, if I may say so. 30 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,600 No, Mary. The Lord is his hope. 31 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,600 Oh, yes, sir. 32 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:19,600 The Lord struck him down with paralysis. And in time, the Lord will surely free him from it. 33 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,600 Where is the doctor? 34 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,600 In his study, sir. We leave him there until bedtime. 35 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,600 Very well. I'll go in for an hour or so. 36 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,600 Stay as long as you like, Dr. Pierce. We won't disturb you. 37 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,600 Dr. McKillop, it's Dr. Pierce come to read to you. 38 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,600 Good evening, Dr. McKillop. 39 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,600 Good evening. Good evening, good evening. 40 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,600 You're a most satisfying companion, McKillop. 41 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:49,600 You hang on my every word and you never talk back. Never but once. 42 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,600 And after tonight, you won't get the chance, so speak up, doctor. Why don't you? 43 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,600 No? 44 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Oh, of course, the cat's got your tongue. 45 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:08,600 Well, I'll turn up the lights a bit so I can at least bask in your baleful stare. 46 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,600 Yeah, that's better, much better. 47 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,600 Yes, tonight is your last chance, McKillop. 48 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,600 Tonight is the consummation, the grand finale, the end. 49 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:25,600 Act III curtain on a great play about death, redemption, about good and evil. 50 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,600 And I won't shrink from your eyes tonight, McKillop. Your eyes can't kill. 51 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,600 But I can kill. I have the mind and the will and the hands. 52 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:40,600 I've killed one man, you know that. And tonight I'm going to kill again. 53 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,600 No reading from the good book tonight, doctor. No more metaphysics now. 54 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,600 I'm going to tell you a story. Much of it is ancient history to you. 55 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,600 But I think there's enough new to hold your interest. 56 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:01,600 I know it'll hold my interest because I enjoy talking about myself. 57 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:07,600 Well, you already know I killed a man. You know who he was. 58 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,600 And you even know who I was before I became Dr. Howard Pierce, 59 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:18,600 pastor of this good and godly community. At least you know the name, Philip Gentry. 60 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,600 But you never knew the soul of Philip Gentry, doctor, the contempt, the sum of evil 61 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,600 that was in me the night it all began. That was three months ago. 62 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,600 A stormy night, as you remember. And where was I? 63 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,600 I was crouching in a swamp with a man named Mack 64 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,600 because we had just escaped from prison, hiding like an animal in the deep, muddy news, 65 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,600 alien from the whole human race. 66 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,600 Gentry, Gentry, where are you going? Take a highway, fool. 67 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,600 We have to get out of this mud and make time. But Pete's back there in the swamp. You can't leave him. 68 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:56,600 Why not? We got to all stick together. He'll die back there. Listen, we took it for chances when we made this break. 69 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:01,600 I'm not taking extra chances for anyone. But make time before daylight and before the rain stops. 70 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,600 We'll bring out dogs in the morning. Dogs? OK, OK, you're the boss. 71 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,600 There's a highway now beyond the fence. OK, so what do we do now? Where do we go? 72 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,600 Split up. But Gentry, shouldn't we stick together? We split up. 73 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,600 I go my way, you go yours. I'll meet you in Chicago later. At Tony's place? At Tony's place. 74 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,600 In two or three weeks, the manhunt cools off. OK. 75 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,600 OK, we'll make a great team, you and me. We'll make them suckers scream, Chicago. 76 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,600 And then maybe South America. All right, Mack, save the dreaming for later, right now. 77 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,600 You get moving. Now go on, fast. 78 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,600 He headed north. 79 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:41,600 I walked a mile or more this way, south. 80 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,600 Then I saw the car. It was parked close to the edge of the road. 81 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,600 Its headlight almost blacked out by the driving rain. And by the glow of the flashlight, 82 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,600 I saw a man bending into the rain, struggling to change a tire. 83 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,600 He was alone, so I walked up to him. 84 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,600 You startled me. 85 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,600 I didn't expect to see anyone out so late. 86 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,600 You picked a bad night for a flat. Yes, it's the second today. 87 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,600 I'm going to be awfully late. Here, here, let me... Oh, no, no, but if you'd hold the light. 88 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,600 Sure. From a long way? Yeah, from Detroit. 89 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,600 I'm on my way to Carleton. I was supposed to get there this afternoon. 90 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,600 That's your home, Carleton? Well, it will be. 91 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,600 I'm the new minister there. My name's Pierce. Oh, of course. 92 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,600 I didn't notice you were a preacher. Do you know Carleton? 93 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,600 Oh, pretty well. I'm taking over for old Dr. McKillop at Grace Church. 94 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,600 Oh, yeah, I've heard of him. He's been in bad health, so I'm taking his place. 95 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,600 This bolt is stubborn. I can't seem to get it. 96 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,600 Here, here, let me try. No, no, no, I'll manage. If I can just... 97 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,600 Give me the wrench. No, really, just hold the light. I said give me the wrench. 98 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,600 All right, it's awfully good of you, but... 99 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,600 What are you doing? I need your car, Dr. Pierce. You're going to be even later than you thought. 100 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,600 No, please! Please don't hit me! No! 101 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:24,600 Help! 102 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,600 Let me see your license, buddy. My license? 103 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,600 Oh, yes, I have it here. Here it is. 104 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,600 Howard Pierce, occupation. 105 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:42,600 Oh, Minister, I didn't notice. Yes, but what is it? Was I speeding? 106 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:47,600 No, no, we were checking all cars on this road. There was a break at the State Pen. 107 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,600 Three men, they might come this way. Oh, I see. 108 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,600 Oh, but I won't hold you any longer, Reverend. You're going far? 109 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,600 No, to Carleton. Oh, now I get it. 110 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,600 Well, imagine me not catching on right away. Catching on? 111 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:06,600 Sure, you must be the new preacher for Grace Church, taking Dr. McKillop's place. 112 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,600 Yes, I am. You're going to the parsonage now? 113 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,600 I was, but... Well, I'm going to headquarters now, and I have to go right by Dr. McKillop's house. 114 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,600 You follow me. Oh, I couldn't... 115 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:22,600 Oh, it's not out of my way at all. Not more than a block. I'll go slow so you can't lose me. Okay? 116 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,600 Well, all right. Oh, that's the ticket. 117 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:30,600 Really tickle old Dr. McKillop. Have you delivered right through his door? 118 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:35,600 Say, I bet you never counted on this kind of reception, Carleton Reverend Pierce. 119 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:40,600 Now, did you? No, I certainly didn't, my son. 120 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:55,600 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Mr. Joseph Carleton in Beyond Good and Evil 121 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,600 by Ben Hecht and Douglas Whitney. 122 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:03,600 Roma Wines' presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 123 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,600 Here's a suggestion from the internationally renowned hostess Elsa Maxwell, 124 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,600 who says this about smart and gracious hospitality. 125 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:28,600 Next time you entertain, flatter your guests by serving glorious, gold and amber Roma California Sherry. 126 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,600 Perfect before dinner, perfect at any time. 127 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:37,600 A most delightful wine of light, nut-like taste. 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My arrival in your dull, pleasant town of Calton, remember? 140 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:58,600 Officer Owens and your very beautiful daughter escorted me into your study. 141 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,600 Father, Mr. Owens brought Dr. Pierce. 142 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:06,600 Dr. Pierce, come in, come in. You and Mr. Owen wait outside for a few minutes, Lucy. 143 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,600 Yes. All right, Father. 144 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:13,600 Sit over here, Dr. Pierce. I can't tell you how relieved I am to see you. 145 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,600 I, uh, I'm relieved to finally be here, Dr. McCollum. 146 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:22,600 Yes, well, I really couldn't bring myself to sleep tonight without first talking to you. 147 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,600 You see, the situation's serious. 148 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:25,600 Serious? 149 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,600 My health, I'm a sick man. I've had one stroke, as you know. 150 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:29,600 Oh, yes, yes, you wrote. 151 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:34,600 Yes, well, I could have another one at any minute. The doctor says a worse one. 152 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:39,600 And I feel it essential that the work of the parish is in firm hands. 153 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,600 This parish needs a young man. 154 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,600 Well, I hope to be of service. 155 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:48,600 I've heard only good of you, Dr. Pierce. And you know, you're even younger than you looked. 156 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:49,600 Than I looked? 157 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,600 In the picture you sent, darker, too. Your hair... 158 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,600 I'm afraid it wasn't a good likeness. 159 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,600 I have the picture here, somewhere on my desk, with your letters. 160 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,600 What did you want to talk to me about, Dr. McKillop? 161 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,600 Oh, the work of the parish. Oh, yes, yes, yes, here's the photograph. It's... 162 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,600 It's... Dr. Pierce. 163 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,600 Is there something wrong, Dr. McKillop? 164 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:16,600 It's not... Who are you? This isn't your picture. Who are you? 165 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,600 I don't think that would interest you, Dr. McKillop. 166 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,600 Something's happened to Dr. Pierce. What did you do to him? You're... 167 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,600 What do you think I did, Dr. McKillop? 168 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:26,600 Oh... 169 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,600 Go on, guess. Guess. 170 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Don't play with me, you sanctimonious fool. Speak up. Speak. 171 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,600 Speak. 172 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:40,600 Oh, brother, don't tell me. Don't tell me you've had a stroke. You... You can't speak. Is that it? 173 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,600 Well, I'll find out. I'll take that picture, Dr. McKillop. 174 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:45,600 Now, if you don't... 175 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,600 Dr. Pierce, we thought we heard... 176 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,600 Yes, Miss Lucy, something's happened to your father. We were talking and all of a sudden... 177 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,600 Oh, say, he's sick. I'll call the doctor, Miss Lucy. 178 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,600 Pierce, please, Mr. Owen. Is it... 179 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,600 It's another stroke. He can't speak. Apparently, he can't move. 180 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Oh, Father. Father, what can we do? 181 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,600 We'll have to wait for the doctor. Maybe even... 182 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,600 I know. The doctor said he could be paralyzed for months, years, but he mustn't die. 183 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,600 No, no. I'm sure the Lord will spare him if we have faith. 184 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:15,600 Yes. Look. Look, he can hear us. See his eyes. 185 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:16,600 I see. 186 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,600 It's a blessing you got here tonight, Dr. Pierce. A blessing. You are going to stay. 187 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Well, I... 188 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Oh, but you must. 189 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:25,600 Well, I wasn't sure, but since this has happened to your father, yes, I'll stay. 190 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,600 I hope I prove worthy. 191 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:48,600 Dear friends, you may wonder that I chose this subject for my first sermon to you, 192 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,600 the agony of the thief. 193 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,600 It is no wonder, for as I spoke to you of such a man, 194 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,600 a thief beaten, outcast, and alone, 195 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,600 I spoke at the same time of each of us, 196 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,600 from the mighty to the fallen, of that substance 197 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:13,600 which we all share our human dignity as beings made in the image of God. 198 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:19,600 Remember the agony of our Lord who shared by two thieves, 199 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:26,600 crucified beside him, that he might be numbered among the transgressors. 200 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,600 And remember his words to one, 201 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:36,600 Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise. 202 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,600 We will sing hymn 426. 203 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,600 O God, our help in ages past. 204 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,600 My first sermon, Dr. McKillop, and it was duck soup for me. 205 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,600 You couldn't understand how such a thing could be done without faith. 206 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,600 Well, you didn't know I'd been a lawyer. 207 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,600 I've done a lot without faith, McKillop. 208 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:05,600 It doesn't take such a holy man to care for your sheep. 209 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,600 From the first day until now, I've been the ideal person. 210 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,600 Even the day I got that call from young Hubbard. 211 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,600 Yes, I played that part. 212 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,600 Oh, I forget that this is all news to you. 213 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,600 You didn't know about that, about the conversation I had with young Hubbard 214 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,600 in the study of the church. 215 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:23,600 Dr. Pierce? 216 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,600 Yeah? 217 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,600 I missed your first service, honey doctor. 218 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,600 I thought I ought to pay you a call. 219 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,600 Well, I'm glad you did. Sit down. 220 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:31,600 Oh, thank you. 221 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,600 My name's Hubbard. I work at the bank, First National. 222 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:35,600 I'm chief teller. 223 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,600 That's a very responsible job for a young man. 224 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:39,600 Oh, I don't know. I suppose it is. 225 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,600 But I don't have much more responsibility than the other tellers, 226 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:43,600 except at the end of the month. 227 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:44,600 Then it's a strain. 228 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:45,600 The end of the month? 229 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,600 Well, sure. Well, that's when I... 230 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,600 You know, I've never told anyone about this. 231 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,600 So even with you, Mr. Hubbard, it's confidential. 232 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,600 Oh, naturally, not so far as you're concerned, Dr. Pierce. 233 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:56,600 You see, the 30th of the month, 234 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,600 we move all our deposits to the Federal Reserve Bank. 235 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,600 $50,000 or more. 236 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,600 Well, you can see how I wouldn't want some people to know that. 237 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,600 You mean you take the deposits alone? 238 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,600 Oh, no, that would be even worse than it is. 239 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,600 There's an armored truck comes to take the money. 240 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,600 Comes by around 9.30 at night. 241 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,600 But I'm alone in the bank until it gets there. 242 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:15,600 Mm-hmm. 243 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,600 Well, sometimes when I'm sitting there at my desk, 244 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,600 I think how easy it would be. 245 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,600 All someone would have to do is shoot me through the glass door. 246 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:23,600 You see what I mean? 247 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Faith, McKillop. 248 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,600 God never sendeth mouth, but he sendeth meat. 249 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,600 Out of all this community's 35,000 souls, 250 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,600 Hubbard chose me to share that secret. 251 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,600 Sent a letter that night to Mack, care of Tony's in Chicago. 252 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,600 As you can see, Mack, the setup is simple. 253 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,600 We're going to have to get the money. 254 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,600 We're going to have to get the money. 255 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,600 We're going to have to get the money. 256 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,600 As you can see, Mack, the setup is simple and foolproof. 257 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,600 If you do as I say, leave Tony's now. 258 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,600 Hide out until the 20th of June, then head this way. 259 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,600 Case the job first, because you must be at the bank 260 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,600 not later than 9.00 p.m. on the 30th. 261 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:05,600 You're as gentry. 262 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:11,600 That meant two months to wait, 263 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,600 two months until the death of young Hubbard, 264 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,600 two months until I had $50,000 and a clear getaway, 265 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,600 two months until tonight. 266 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,600 Two pleasant months to play a saintly part, 267 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,600 warmed by adulation, warmed by love, 268 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,600 because even you could see what was happening to your daughter, 269 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,600 your very beautiful daughter, Lucy. 270 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,600 Dr. Pierce, do you ever think of anything besides your work? 271 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,600 I don't know, Lucy. What sort of things? 272 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,600 Well, do you ever think of yourself, 273 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,600 of a full life for yourself? 274 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,600 Why, of course, that's why I work. 275 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,600 My work gives me a full life. 276 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,600 You don't know what I mean. 277 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,600 Yes, I think I do. 278 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,600 You see, I have to tell you, 279 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:54,600 even if you don't want to hear it. 280 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:55,600 Lucy, my dear, I... 281 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,600 I have to tell you that I love you, Howard. 282 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,600 I know I can't expect that to mean much to you. 283 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,600 It means a great deal. 284 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:03,600 Not enough. 285 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,600 Lucy, dear, you told me once that you were engaged to someone. 286 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,600 Yes, I'm supposed to be. 287 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:15,600 Tom's all right, but he's little and unimportant and afraid. 288 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,600 He's afraid to dare anything, to do anything. 289 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:19,600 He's meek. 290 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,600 The meek shall inherit the earth. 291 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,600 You don't believe that, Howard Pierce. 292 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,600 Even if you are a parson, you don't believe it. 293 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,600 What do I believe, Lucy? 294 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,600 I don't know exactly. 295 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,600 But when I first saw you, I knew that you were like me. 296 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,600 You have boldness and strength. 297 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:48,600 You have an inward feeling about life. 298 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:49,600 I let it ride. 299 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,600 There wasn't any harm in that, Doctor, so far as I could see. 300 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,600 Lucy was a great help, blinded by what she called love. 301 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,600 And what did I feel? Love? 302 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,600 Doctor, a man who has mastered the use of words 303 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,600 as I have no longer knows what they mean, but only what they do. 304 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,600 With Lucy, so long as the word love served me, I used it. 305 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,600 After a while, it became a source of danger. 306 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,600 That was last week, Wednesday, when I came in the evening to read to you. 307 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,600 Howard, Howard, the most wonderful news. Guess. 308 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:18,600 How can I guess? 309 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,600 Don't you know the most wonderful thing that could ever happen to us? 310 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:22,600 No, what's that, Lucy? 311 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,600 Well, I've never breathed a word to Father about us because you asked me not to. 312 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,600 Not until he can talk to us and give his blessing. 313 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,600 Lucy, you didn't. 314 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:30,600 No, no, not yet. 315 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,600 But the Doctor was here today, and he told me Father will speak again soon, any day now. 316 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,600 He doesn't know why. He hasn't already. Isn't that wonderful? 317 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,600 Yes, yes, it is. 318 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:41,600 Howard, what's the matter? 319 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:42,600 Nothing's the matter. 320 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,600 What there is, I can see that you... 321 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,600 Sit down, Lucy. 322 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,600 All right, Howard. 323 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,600 I was going to tell you before, my dear. 324 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:54,600 You see, well, I can't marry you, not ever. 325 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:55,600 You can't? 326 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,600 Please, you mustn't ask me why. 327 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,600 It doesn't matter why. Do you understand? 328 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,600 It's because you don't love me. 329 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:07,600 If you have to believe that, all right, only you must go on and live your life as though you never met me. 330 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,600 As though I never met you. 331 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:10,600 You know what that means? 332 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:11,600 Whatever it means. 333 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,600 It means I'll marry Tom. 334 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,600 It means I'll have a little, quiet, secure life. 335 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:17,600 The best life for you, Lucy. 336 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,600 Tom. Tom in place of you. 337 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:25,600 Well, maybe you're right. I won't ever have great happiness with him, but after this I'll never have a greater unhappiness. 338 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,600 You mustn't be bitter, Lucy. 339 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:32,600 If you hadn't known me, you would have married your Tom and you would have loved him. 340 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,600 All right. All right, I will marry him. 341 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,600 I'll marry him this week in church, and you'll perform the service, Howard. 342 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,600 You'll be the one to make me Mrs. Tom Hubbard. 343 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:43,600 Who did you say? 344 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,600 Tom Hubbard. I'll be a banker's wife. 345 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,600 I... I never knew his name before. 346 00:20:50,600 --> 00:21:00,600 Well, no matter what you think, Lucy, I'm sure you'll be happy. 347 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:05,600 Don't ask me why I didn't kill you, Dr. McKellip, when I heard that you might speak now at any time. 348 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,600 I can still smother you with a pillow and no one would know. 349 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:13,600 I suppose killing always was distasteful to me, a job for cruder minds. 350 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,600 It isn't because of any moral squirreles, believe me. 351 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:20,600 And don't you believe, Doctor, that ethics had any part in what I did about Lucy either, not for one minute. 352 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,600 It was just that I wanted my hands free for this last week. 353 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,600 It was just that I believe in leaving a place tidy, no loose ends. 354 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:33,600 If it happens that my neat habits turn in a good deed now and then, that doesn't make me a boy scout. 355 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:41,600 After all, if I were a higher being like you, I might be upset by thinking of such things as... 356 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:48,600 ...killing Lucy's husband tonight, Tom Hubbard, as he sits at his desk at the bank. 357 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:53,600 Here it is, the 30th, and I've got a very important date in half an hour. 358 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,600 Well, Doctor, did that interest you? 359 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,600 Now that you know the real Philip Gentry, do you understand? 360 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,600 I doubt it. 361 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:09,600 I doubt if you, with your good book and your hymnal, your years of tending the good sheep in the rich green pastures here... 362 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,600 ...could ever understand one-tenth of what a man like me feels and is. 363 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,600 It doesn't matter. I don't need your understanding. 364 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,600 Good night, Doctor, and sleep well. 365 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,600 Good night, Dr. Pierce. Will you drop in tomorrow? 366 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:40,600 Tomorrow? Well, we'll see about tomorrow. We'll see. 367 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:47,600 Who is it? 368 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,600 It's Dr. Pierce, Tom. Let me in. 369 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,600 Oh, Doctor, just a minute. 370 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,600 Hi, I wanted to make sure you... 371 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,600 See, this is the night when the truck's supposed to arrive. 372 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,600 Yes, I remembered. That's how I knew where to find you, Tom. 373 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,600 Do you... Do you want something? 374 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,600 Lucy is feeling sick. I came to send you home. 375 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,600 Lucy? Well, but I can't. I have to stay... 376 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,600 I... I can stay for you. 377 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,600 Gee, I don't know. I'm supposed to stay. 378 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,600 Lucy is calling for you, Tom. 379 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,600 She's really sick? 380 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,600 Well, all right. I guess with you here, it'll be all right. 381 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,600 Just... Just tell me what to do. 382 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,600 Well, that's the money already in those sacks. 383 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,600 Yes. And I sit here? 384 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,600 Yes, right at this desk. 385 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,600 Well, gee, I don't know what the directors will think. 386 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,600 Run along now, Tom. They'll never know why. 387 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,600 Even if someone walks by from the outside, 388 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:49,600 they'll never know if it's you or me sitting here. 389 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:55,600 There. That got him right through the head. 390 00:23:55,600 --> 00:24:00,600 Now, he ought to have that money already right near him. 391 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,600 Mac. Huh? What? 392 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:07,600 Who's there? Mac. Come here, Mac. 393 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,600 Gentry. 394 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,600 Gentry. 395 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,600 Yes. It's Gentry, Mac. 396 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,600 But something's going on here. You're seven years old. 397 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,600 I know. I didn't have a chance to tell you. 398 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,600 The plans were changed, Mac. 399 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,600 Gentry. Honest, Gentry. I didn't mean to... 400 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,600 I know. I know. You'd better go. 401 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,600 I'm dying, Mac. 402 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,600 I ain't going to leave you here. What do you think I am? 403 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:40,600 Yes, yes, you are. They won't get me, Mac. I'm dying. 404 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,600 You go on now. Only you won't be able to take the money. 405 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,600 Huh? 406 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,600 The plan is all changed. 407 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,600 Okay, okay. That don't matter. That don't... 408 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:58,600 Remember. Remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 409 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,600 What? What are you talking about? 410 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,600 That's from the Bible, Mac. 411 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:10,600 You wouldn't know it, I guess. It's from the Bible. 412 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,600 It was said by a thief. 413 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:22,600 This, dear friends, was the man Philip Gentry or Dr. Pierce 414 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:27,600 or whatever other name he may choose in eternity. 415 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,600 The man whom we believe to be the son of God, 416 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,600 the son of God, the son of God, the son of God, 417 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,600 the son of God, the son of God, the son of God, 418 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,600 the son of God, the son of God... 419 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,600 But Jeffrey had been warred the five military commemorations 420 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:07,600 of the 19th century and the 20th century 421 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:15,040 what he denied, and to accomplish work as he had in God's vineyard, a man must have faith, 422 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:22,640 even though he denied that faith. 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