1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Suspense! 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Tonight, Thomas Dorne, starring Mr. Henry Fonda, for you to... 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Why, Charles Vanda! 4 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:42,000 It's exciting when there's a storm, and strange things can happen. 5 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Now, some people are sensitive to changes in the weather, like me. 6 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,000 There's nothing odd about that. 7 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,000 It's like people who talk to themselves. 8 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,000 I talk to myself a lot. 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,000 I think about things, and I talk to myself about them. 10 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 There's nothing odd about that. 11 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Come on, Eddie, get the suitcase packed, and let's get out of here. 12 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Like that, I talk to myself. 13 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:10,000 You know, just making up my mind because there's no one else around to talk to me. 14 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,000 Just getting myself on the move again, because the landlady wasn't taking care of the room. 15 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:24,000 She was away on a visit, and her husband, Mr. Waters, was slopping around in a bathrobe trying to run the place. 16 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Come on, Eddie. 17 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,000 He never makes the bed, and you've used the same towel for a week. 18 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 It's time to get out. 19 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Lock up the suitcase and get going. 20 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Uh-oh. 21 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,000 There's Waters. 22 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Guess you can't sneak out without his seeing you. 23 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 There's a mean man, Eddie. 24 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,000 You can tell by his little eyes. 25 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 All fat men aren't good-natured. 26 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,000 He's stuffing himself with pig's knuckles or whatever they are. 27 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Well, come on. 28 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Hey, hello, Eddie. 29 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Morning, Mr. Waters. 30 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Pig knuckles don't taste as good as they did an hour ago. 31 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,000 This will feed the rest of them to Graham's dog. 32 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 That would be nice, Mr. Waters. 33 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Yeah. 34 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Taking your laundry out? 35 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 No, sir. 36 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 These are clothes. 37 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 I'm leaving, sir. 38 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 You what? 39 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Leaving. 40 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 I'm sorry. 41 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 What's the matter, Eddie? 42 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Don't you like the place? 43 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Yes, sir, but I gotta get closer to my work. 44 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Here's the keys before I forget them. 45 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Better wait a while, Eddie. 46 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Looks like we're gonna have a storm sometime today. 47 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Oh, I don't mind a storm, Mr. Waters. 48 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 I'm funny that way. 49 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Yeah. 50 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Well, it'll be a lot better if you'd wait till the wife gets back. 51 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Won't be more than a couple of hours. 52 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,000 You mean she'd blame you for my leaving? 53 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Yeah, she might. 54 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Got a nasty tongue. 55 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Stick around till she gets back, Eddie. 56 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 No, I gotta be going. 57 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Besides, I ain't feeling so hot. 58 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Been feeling bad all morning. 59 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Yeah, getting worse, Eddie. 60 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 I'm sorry, Mr. Waters. 61 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 It's my stomach. 62 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 I'm sorry, Mr. Waters, honest, but I gotta go. 63 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Wait a minute. 64 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Ain't you forgetting something? 65 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Forgetting something? 66 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 What are you trying to pull anyhow? 67 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 I don't get it. 68 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 You don't, huh? 69 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 What about the rent? 70 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 The rent? 71 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Last week's rent, what do you think I am, a sucker? 72 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 I paid my rent. 73 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Oh, you did, huh? 74 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Give me that suitcase. 75 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 I paid it to your wife before she went away. 76 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 That's your story. 77 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Go ahead and leave if you wanna, 78 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 but this suitcase stays here until I get that rent. 79 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Which you've already got. 80 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 You know I paid it to Mrs. Waters. 81 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 You're trying to make me out a liar? 82 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 No, but you were here. 83 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,000 You got her a seat? 84 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Well, she never gave me one. 85 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Said I didn't need it. 86 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Give me that suitcase. 87 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Don't you take a swing at me. 88 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Well, you can't slap me around. 89 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 No, wait. 90 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Eddie, my back. 91 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Stop pushing. 92 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Why, you asked for it. 93 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Eddie, Eddie, let go. 94 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Oh, you don't like it when I fight back, huh? 95 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Eddie, Eddie, you're killing me. 96 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 No, I'm not. 97 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Maybe I should. 98 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 There. 99 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Help, help somebody. 100 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Help. 101 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Is that enough? 102 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Help, help. 103 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Better let him go. 104 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 He looks bad, Eddie. 105 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Who, who are you talking to? 106 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Myself. 107 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Get over there, you fat. 108 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,000 I'm pristine too hard, I guess. 109 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Gee, he looks bad. 110 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 He's out cold, Eddie. 111 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Mr. Waters? 112 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Mr. Waters, you all right? 113 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Somebody at the door. 114 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Better be quiet. 115 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Hey, Waters. 116 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 That's Mr. Graham from next door. 117 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,000 That clock's awful loud. 118 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Are you in there, Waters? 119 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Hey, hey, what's up, Graham? 120 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Oh, come on up here, old pal. 121 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Nothing fishy going on. 122 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Huh? 123 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 What, what's going on? 124 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Come here to the door and listen. 125 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 I, I don't hear nothing. 126 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Nothing fishy was going on in there. 127 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Well, what do you mean? 128 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Waters was yelling his head off a minute ago. 129 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Now he won't answer the door. 130 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Hey, hey, Waters, you all right? 131 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 I, I don't hear him. 132 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Now that's what I mean. 133 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 I think we ought to go in and see what's the matter. 134 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 You mean, you mean just walk in? 135 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Where do you think? 136 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Huh? 137 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 They're coming in here, Eddie. 138 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,000 You've got to get away. 139 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Out the back door. 140 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,000 No, no, no, they can see you from where they are. 141 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 The attic, that's it. 142 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 They don't know about that. 143 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 What do you mean? 144 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Up the stairs, but don't make any noise. 145 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Better not let them find you, Eddie. 146 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Up there where you helped Mrs. Waters store the blankets. 147 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Why don't you try knocking on it? 148 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Just step over Mr. Waters, Eddie. 149 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 He looks bad. 150 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 There. 151 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 He never knows. 152 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 No, quiet. 153 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 I don't see a point to it. 154 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 What? 155 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 You mind? 156 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 I don't see it. 157 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 I'll try. 158 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Right up here's a place to hide from them. 159 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 And if they start upstairs, I can crawl in the attic. 160 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Waters! 161 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 No answer, Graham. 162 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Well, isn't that what I told you? 163 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Come on, I'm going. 164 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Now I've got to listen. 165 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,000 I've got to see what they do. 166 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Try, try to go up. 167 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Can't let them see me. 168 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 There. 169 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 There, it ain't locked. 170 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Come on in. 171 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Do you think we ought to? 172 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Sure. 173 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 I'll better put something wrong in here. 174 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Come on. 175 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 I don't like it, Graham. 176 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 I'm getting out. 177 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Then leave me alone. 178 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Nothing to do with it. 179 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Well, this ain't none of my business, Graham. 180 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 I feel like a fool if Waters comes strolling down those stairs. 181 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Well, he's not going to... 182 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Look, I'm going to go up the stairs. 183 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 I'm going to go up the stairs. 184 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,000 I feel like a fool if Waters comes strolling down those stairs. 185 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Well, he's not going to... 186 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Look, look under the table. 187 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Good Lord. 188 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Waters. 189 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Say, say, listen. 190 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Well, let's get the table away. 191 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Don't stand there. 192 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 I don't like this, Graham. 193 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Let's get the table away. 194 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 I tell you, maybe it's hurt bad. 195 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Grab the table. 196 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,000 All right. 197 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Waters? 198 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Waters, you all right? 199 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 We'd better call a doctor. 200 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Yeah, well, there's a phone over there. 201 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Hey, wait. 202 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,000 We don't need no doctor. 203 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 What? 204 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:32,000 We need the police. 205 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 The, the, the, the, the, the police? 206 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Yeah. 207 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 The guy's dead. 208 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Dead. 209 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Waters was dead. 210 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,000 The words made me weak. 211 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Sick all over. 212 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 I hadn't hit him hard. 213 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:01,000 I just grabbed him around the neck and pushed him back when the fight went out of him. 214 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 I remembered the table though. 215 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:08,000 When he fell against it, it tipped up and must have smashed the back of his head. 216 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 That was it. 217 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,000 That had killed him. 218 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,000 And now, now they'd start looking for me and when they found me, they'd hang me. 219 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:23,000 They'll say you killed him, Eddie. 220 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 And you'll hang for it. 221 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,000 They're calling the police now. 222 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,000 When they find you here, they'll say you killed him, whether you meant to or not. 223 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 And they'll be right, Eddie. 224 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 You did. 225 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 But maybe you can get away. 226 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Listen. 227 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Be quiet. 228 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:47,000 See what's going on down there. 229 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 No sound but the clock. 230 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Wonder where they are. 231 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 You can tell the police about this when they get here, Graeme. 232 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Stick around. 233 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 You're a witness too. 234 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 No, no, sirree. 235 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 I'm going back home. 236 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 I don't want to get mixed up in this thing. 237 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 What's the matter? 238 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Are you yelling? 239 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 No, no, I ain't yelling. 240 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 I told you before this was none of my business and I'll get out right now. 241 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 All right, go on. 242 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Get out. 243 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:13,000 I'll wait here until the police come. 244 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Maybe now's your chance, Eddie. 245 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 He's all alone. 246 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Sneak downstairs before the police come. 247 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Get out of this house and get away, far away. 248 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Watch out for the stairs. 249 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,000 They squeak. 250 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Who's there? 251 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 I thought I heard something. 252 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Getting jumpy, I guess. 253 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 He's right below you, Eddie. 254 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 But he can't see you. 255 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Take it easy. 256 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Now's your chance. 257 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Let Eddie chest. 258 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Drop it on him. 259 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Of course you don't want to kill him. 260 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000 But if you do, you can get away from here. 261 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Just lift it over the rail and drop it. 262 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,000 You killed one man or they'll say you did. 263 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000 They can only hang you once. 264 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Lift it slowly, Eddie. 265 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Slowly. 266 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Now. 267 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Lift it over. 268 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Quiet. 269 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 You missed your chance. 270 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 You let the clock scare you. 271 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 He's gone. 272 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 The police, they're here. 273 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:46,000 For the first time panic overtook me. 274 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,000 I set down the chest and stepped back into the shadows. 275 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Beside me was the door to the hall closet. 276 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Now remember that in there was the trap door which led to the attic. 277 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 I slipped in, got a foot on a wall hook 278 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000 and scrambled up over the clothes that were hanging there. 279 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,000 I pushed back the little trap door, lifted myself through the hole 280 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,000 and listened for a minute. 281 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,000 I could hear the muffled voices, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. 282 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:22,000 They must be down there where Mr. Waters is. 283 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Somebody's coming up the stairs. 284 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,000 He's coming down the hall. 285 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 The attic was long and low. 286 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 He wouldn't think of anyone being up in there. 287 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Or would he? 288 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000 It was dark except for the light from a small ventilator. 289 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 I moved back into the shadows. 290 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:49,000 I crouched low because the space was too small to stand up in. 291 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Suddenly my hand brushed against a short piece of pipe. 292 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,000 It had been left there for a long time and the dust was thick on it. 293 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,000 But it was a weapon. It made me feel safer. 294 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:05,000 I moved quietly over the trap door and waited. 295 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Get ready for him, Eddie. 296 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 If he opens the trap door, you'll have to hit him. 297 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:17,000 They can only hang you once. 298 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Anybody up there on the search? 299 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,000 No, nobody here. 300 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:33,000 That's all I remembered for a while. 301 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 I must have passed out for hours. 302 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:45,000 When I woke up, the attic was black and heavy with heat. 303 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Still, there was no storm. 304 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Only a vague threat and distant thunder. 305 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 And inside of me there was a threat too. 306 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 The beginning of a storm. 307 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,000 My head ached and my mouth was dry. 308 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,000 I knew there was cold water in the icebox and I wanted it. 309 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:09,000 The storm was coming closer inside of me and I had to be moving. 310 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 I slid the cover back and listened. 311 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:16,000 The house was quiet with only the ticking of the big hall clock. 312 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:25,000 So I dropped through the hole and started down the stairs. 313 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Don't let that clock scare you, Eddie. 314 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:33,000 There's no one here now. 315 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Maybe you can get out now, Eddie. 316 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:41,000 There's your suitcase in the hall. Don't forget that. 317 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Someone's at the door. 318 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Hello, Mrs. Waters. The wife wants to... 319 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Oh, it's you, Mr. Farrell. 320 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 I'm glad someone's come over, even you. 321 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,000 I've been alone for hours, ever since the cops got me back from assistant. 322 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Well, the wife says... 323 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Oh, gosh, I can't tell you how bad I feel about this. 324 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Come in, Mr. Farrell. 325 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,000 He was a swell man, Mrs. Waters. Your husband, I mean. 326 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Yes, yes, he was. 327 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Yes, sir. He really swelled. 328 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 They didn't come any better than him. 329 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Anyway, anyway, the wife's seen you from the window, and she said... 330 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Won't you come in, Mr. Farrell? 331 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 In? In there? I mean, well... 332 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Just for a minute. 333 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Well, all right, just for a minute. 334 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000 They won't find you, Eddie. 335 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Not if you stay quiet and keep back here in the shadows. 336 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 I am. I can't stay long. 337 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Anyway, the wife wants to know if there's anything we can do. 338 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 I mean, if you're scared to be alone or anything. 339 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 No, no, there's nothing. 340 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Just finish up my dinner, and I'll go to bed very shortly. 341 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,000 And I'm not frightened. 342 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Oh, gosh, gosh, it was awful. Simply awful. 343 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 The way he was lying there and breathing so heavy. 344 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,000 I was standing right there looking at him. 345 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:51,000 And it was the way he was breathing that got me sort of gasping. 346 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,000 You know what I mean? 347 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Yes, yes, I know, Mr. Farrell, but he's gone now. 348 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 And there ain't any good... 349 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Listen, listen. 350 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 Did you hear something? 351 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Listen. 352 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Hear something? Where? 353 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 It sounded like somebody breathing. 354 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Stop breathing, Eddie. 355 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 I don't hear anything. 356 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Good Lord, it sounded just like him. 357 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 What on earth are you talking about? 358 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Your nerves are all on edge, Mr. Farrell. 359 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 No, look, I've got to be getting back. 360 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 If you're sure there ain't nothing we need now. 361 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 No, I'm quite all right. 362 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 If there's anything you want, you just call. 363 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,000 I'm going right to bed. I don't feel well. 364 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Well, I shouldn't wonder. I shouldn't wonder. 365 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,000 I'll tell my wife. 366 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Never mind. I'll be all right. 367 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Good night, Mr. Farrell, and don't worry about me. 368 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Yes, well, good night. 369 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,000 I've got to get back to the wife. 370 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Good night. 371 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 I gave her an hour to get to bed and to sleep. 372 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 I stayed right there counting the seconds 373 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 and listening to the ticking of the big clock in the hall. 374 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:58,000 My muscles were stiff and my throat was dry and sore from swallowing. 375 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 I hardly dared breathe. 376 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Finally, I slipped out, picked up my suitcase, 377 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 and started to tiptoe out. 378 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,000 The back door would be the best, I thought. 379 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,000 I went slowly in the dark, thinking that I could see 380 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,000 the spot in the kitchen where Mr. Water's body had been after a fight. 381 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,000 But the back door was in blackness. 382 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 I tried the knob softly. 383 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 The door wouldn't open. 384 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,000 It was locked, not with a night latch, 385 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,000 but with the old-fashioned iron locks that were on all the doors in the house. 386 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 There was no way out without a key. 387 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000 I started for a window. That was no good either. 388 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 The screens were heavy and were nailed firmly in place. 389 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 I'd help nail them myself. 390 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,000 I knew that cutting them would make too much noise. 391 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 There was no way out except with a key, 392 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,000 and that must be in Mrs. Water's room. 393 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Back down the hall, I went to the downstairs bedroom. 394 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:06,000 The door was unlocked, and I opened it and listened. 395 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,000 She's asleep, Eddie. Listen. 396 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,000 The keys must be on the dresser, Eddie, right over there. 397 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:23,000 The storm was getting close outside, and I felt all stormy inside. 398 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,000 I had to get the keys, get out of this house. 399 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 It wasn't too dark to see Mrs. Water's in bed. 400 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 She was breathing heavily. 401 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 I brushed past the bed and my knee touched the chair. 402 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,000 I went on until I felt something waist high, the dresser. 403 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,000 I moved my hand slowly over the top. 404 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 The first thing I saw was the dresser. 405 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 I moved slowly over the top. 406 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,000 First some clothing, then I felt around for the keys. 407 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 They weren't there. 408 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,000 I felt more slowly. 409 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:03,000 A hairbrush, a comb, then a pile of hairpins. 410 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Where was the key? 411 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:11,000 I held my breath until Mrs. Water started breathing regularly again. 412 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:18,000 I was shaking now and scared, and the storm was building up inside. 413 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 I reached into a drawer. 414 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000 I tried not to make any noise, but there was some. 415 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 I reached inside. 416 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 There was something steely and cold. 417 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,000 The key? No. 418 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 No scissors. 419 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Long ones, sharp and pointed. 420 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000 The phone was frightening. 421 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,000 I wanted to run to get out of the room, but I couldn't remember where the door was. 422 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:51,000 I held the scissors like a weapon, a knife, and flattened myself against the wall. 423 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Oh dear, the phone. 424 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Eddie. 425 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Eddie hides somewhere. 426 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 The phone at this hour. 427 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,000 I stepped back into the closet. 428 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,000 Pulled some clothes in front of me just before she snapped on the light over the bed. 429 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 I'm coming, I'm coming. 430 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:14,000 I talked softly to myself like I always do when I'm alone and scared. 431 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 You've got the scissors, Eddie. 432 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 If she comes in here, you'll have to use them. 433 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 They must know you killed Mr. Waters. 434 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:27,000 It wouldn't be right to kill her too, but what if she finds you, Eddie? 435 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,000 You're no killer, Eddie, but you can't be caught, you can't. 436 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,000 If she opens the door, do it. Do it quickly, Eddie, and then run. 437 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Where's that dang bathroom? 438 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 All right, all right. 439 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 She didn't find you, Eddie. 440 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 You didn't have to kill her. 441 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,000 She just took her robe off the hook. 442 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Hello? 443 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 She didn't have to kill her, did you? 444 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Hello, Mr. Fett. 445 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Not yet. 446 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 But now's your chance, Eddie. 447 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Her handbag's on the bed. 448 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Let's see. 449 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Here they are. 450 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 The keys, Eddie. 451 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Get the back door before she's through. 452 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:31,000 I'll stay out and let you in. 453 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:38,000 I walked a long time in the rain while a storm out inside me settled down the same steady rhythm as the raindrops. 454 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,000 I hadn't eaten all day and I was weak and shaky. 455 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:48,000 The water dripped from me and the bag slapped against my leg and my shoes made little splashing noises in the mud. 456 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 I counted my footsteps. 457 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,000 I counted to a thousand and then started over. 458 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 And then through the rain I saw an all-night diner. 459 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:01,000 I shook the rain from my hat and looked inside. 460 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 There was a man and an apron. 461 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 No one else. 462 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:17,000 I hesitated for a moment, but the smell of food and coffee came to me and I opened the door and walked in. 463 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Ah, what'll it be? 464 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Coffee. 465 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Coffee? 466 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Bad. 467 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Boy, you're really wet. 468 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Yeah. 469 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Boy. 470 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Give me a sandwich, any kind of sandwich. 471 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Sure, sure, sure, coming up. 472 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Look, kid, take off the coat and let me hang it up for the coffee boiler. 473 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 Oh, I'm all right. 474 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Let me have the sugar. 475 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Sugar? 476 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Cream? 477 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 No. 478 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 These sandwiches all right? 479 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 It's all gone. 480 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Hello, Casey. 481 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Well, what's cooking with the police department on a night like this? 482 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Good day, Mike. 483 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Give me a cup of coffee and I'll hurry with it. 484 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 A cup, Eddie? 485 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Don't run, take it easy. 486 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Coffee coming up, Casey. 487 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Hey, kid. 488 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Hey. 489 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Beef sandwich okay? 490 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Sure. 491 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,000 This raincoat's dripping all over your floor. 492 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 I'll hang it up, Mike. 493 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Okay. 494 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 It's really wet out there. 495 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000 He's hanging up his gun too, Eddie. 496 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Maybe you couldn't get it if you have to. 497 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Well, how'd you get so wet, kid? 498 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Didn't see you before. 499 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 I got caught in the storm. 500 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Yeah, I see. 501 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Oh, thanks, Mike. 502 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Look, kid, maybe you'd better come along with me down to the station house. 503 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 It was done. 504 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,000 It was over. 505 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,000 They'd caught me. 506 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 I'd felt free up until now. 507 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,000 I looked at where his gun was hanging by his raincoat. 508 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,000 Now I'd have to try it. 509 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 I'd have to kill again, I thought. 510 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 I could get them both and get away, maybe. 511 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 They could only hang me once. 512 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 How about it, kid? 513 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 I'll book you as a sleeper. 514 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,000 Well, morning you'll be dried out on your way. 515 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Okay? 516 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,000 You mean, you mean just sleep there? 517 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Well, sure. 518 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,000 There won't be any charge against you. 519 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Well, well, thanks, but I've got to get along. 520 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,000 Okay, have it your own way. 521 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Well, what do I owe you, Mike? 522 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Just a dime. 523 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Here. 524 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Thanks. 525 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 You been hitting the ball tonight? 526 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 I'll say. 527 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Been taking the doc around. 528 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 I have to go back and pick him up now. 529 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Oh, emergency case, huh? 530 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Yeah, doc called it botulism, something like tomaine poisoning. 531 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Said it was from eating pig's feet. 532 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Old lady Waters up on Elm Street. 533 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,000 You gotta be awful careful of them things. 534 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Yeah, they'd wonder about them, but I guess she ate them anyhow. 535 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:54,000 They were from the same batch that killed her husband earlier today. 536 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,000 She didn't know that was what happened to him, and she ate him too. 537 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Ah, tomaine's bad stuff. 538 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Hits you, just like that. 539 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Yeah, well, so long. 540 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000 So long, Casey. 541 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,000 More coffee, kid? 542 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,000 No, thanks. 543 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Did you hear that about Mr. and Mrs. Waters both dying from the same thing? 544 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Yeah. 545 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Pig's nuts. 546 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,000 Ah, you gotta be careful of that tomaine stuff. 547 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Well, looks like the storm's over. 548 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Sure is. 549 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000 The moon's out. 550 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 Just a summer storm and now it's all over. 551 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Yeah, it'll make it nice for you. 552 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Feel all right? 553 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000 Me? 554 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 I feel swell. 555 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Music. 556 00:24:45,000 --> 00:25:10,000 This is the Armed Forces Radio Service. 557 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Music.