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Sarah! 01:03.560 --> 01:05.560 Come in, George. 01:05.560 --> 01:06.960 How did it go, darling? 01:06.960 --> 01:08.760 George, you're trembling. Something went wrong. 01:08.760 --> 01:09.960 No, nothing went wrong. 01:09.960 --> 01:10.960 You got it, then? 01:10.960 --> 01:12.760 Yeah, I got it stuffed in all my pockets. 01:12.760 --> 01:14.360 Here, I'll dump it on the bed. 01:16.560 --> 01:18.560 Here you are, Sarah. 01:18.560 --> 01:22.360 17 grand. 17,000? 01:22.360 --> 01:24.160 It's more than we expected. Yeah. 01:24.160 --> 01:25.960 George, you're acting queerly. 01:25.960 --> 01:27.360 Did everything work out all right? 01:27.360 --> 01:28.960 Sure. Sure it did. 01:28.960 --> 01:31.160 It was dark soap, just like old times, Sarah. 01:31.160 --> 01:32.960 Remember how every job clicked? 01:32.960 --> 01:35.960 Sure fire when we used to plan them together. 01:35.960 --> 01:38.160 George. Yeah? 01:38.160 --> 01:40.160 You're lying, aren't you? 01:40.960 --> 01:43.560 Sarah, you really love me, don't you? 01:43.560 --> 01:44.960 Do you have to ask? 01:44.960 --> 01:46.760 Would I have come to you if I hadn't? 01:46.760 --> 01:49.760 Do you have to ask? Would I have come back otherwise? 01:49.760 --> 01:51.560 Ten years is a long time. 01:51.560 --> 01:53.160 I thought you'd be changed. 01:53.160 --> 01:56.160 I never thought you'd come back like this out of nowhere. 01:56.160 --> 01:57.560 I don't even know what you've been doing, 01:57.560 --> 01:59.160 where you've been living, what name you're using. 01:59.160 --> 02:00.560 You haven't told me a thing about yourself. 02:00.560 --> 02:01.760 I will, George. I will. 02:01.760 --> 02:03.560 As soon as we get out of this apartment. 02:03.560 --> 02:05.360 As soon as we're really together, darling. 02:05.360 --> 02:06.760 That's the way you want it, isn't it, Sarah? 02:06.760 --> 02:08.960 Of course. Why do you think I never got a divorce? 02:08.960 --> 02:11.360 I didn't, you know. I didn't even consider it. 02:11.360 --> 02:13.160 No, no, you didn't. 02:13.160 --> 02:14.560 And you could have. You certainly had a right 02:14.560 --> 02:16.960 to put me up for five years on a felony. 02:16.960 --> 02:20.960 I'm glad you waited, Sarah. You won't regret it. 02:20.960 --> 02:22.360 I'm sure I won't, George. 02:22.360 --> 02:23.960 But let's not talk about that now. 02:23.960 --> 02:25.160 We have a train to make. 02:25.160 --> 02:26.560 You know, Sarah, you're as good to look at 02:26.560 --> 02:27.760 as you were ten years ago. 02:27.760 --> 02:29.160 No, you're just making talk, George. 02:29.160 --> 02:30.960 And you haven't answered my question. 02:30.960 --> 02:32.160 I want to know what went wrong. 02:32.160 --> 02:33.560 I'd given up hope, Sarah. 02:33.560 --> 02:34.960 I didn't expect to see you again. 02:34.960 --> 02:36.160 But I came back. 02:36.160 --> 02:37.560 I've done two stretches, Sarah. 02:37.560 --> 02:39.960 Nine years in jail out of ten. 02:39.960 --> 02:41.760 I wouldn't have pulled another job if you hadn't shown up. 02:41.760 --> 02:43.160 You won't go away again, will you? 02:43.160 --> 02:45.560 Only with you, George. 02:45.560 --> 02:48.960 Sarah, the scent of your hair. 02:48.960 --> 02:50.960 I used to dream of it. 02:50.960 --> 02:53.360 Those long nights in jail. 02:53.360 --> 02:55.160 Now it's real. 02:55.160 --> 02:59.160 Holding you like this with your hair in my face. 02:59.160 --> 03:02.560 George, you're hurting me. Your arms. 03:02.560 --> 03:04.160 I'm sorry. 03:04.160 --> 03:05.960 It's just that I'm so afraid it isn't true having you again. 03:05.960 --> 03:07.160 I want to hold you tight forever. 03:07.160 --> 03:10.760 George, what happened? What went wrong? 03:10.760 --> 03:16.360 Sarah, I had to kill him, man. 03:16.360 --> 03:18.960 Well, haven't you got anything to say? 03:18.960 --> 03:21.360 Only the obvious. 03:21.360 --> 03:22.760 It's murder, then. 03:22.760 --> 03:23.960 I changed my plans. 03:23.960 --> 03:24.760 Your plans? 03:24.760 --> 03:25.760 My plans for us. 03:25.760 --> 03:26.960 You're going to stick with me, aren't you? 03:26.960 --> 03:28.760 Of course. I didn't come back after ten years, 03:28.760 --> 03:29.960 only to run right out again. 03:29.960 --> 03:31.960 And we must think this out carefully. 03:31.960 --> 03:33.760 Are you sure you left no clues? 03:33.760 --> 03:36.160 Only the gun. I wiped it off clean and left it there. 03:36.160 --> 03:37.160 It's a gun I picked up years ago. 03:37.160 --> 03:38.360 No way to tack it on me. 03:38.360 --> 03:39.160 Fingerprints? 03:39.160 --> 03:39.960 Gloves. 03:39.960 --> 03:41.160 Then there's nothing to worry about. 03:41.160 --> 03:42.960 Only if they happen to pick me up on suspicion. 03:42.960 --> 03:44.960 I see. Are they after you now, George? 03:44.960 --> 03:46.760 Of course not. Nobody heard the shot. 03:46.760 --> 03:49.760 There was nobody in the building but that bald-headed bookkeeper. 03:49.760 --> 03:52.960 If he hadn't gone home, must have stayed to get his books in shape for the morning. 03:52.960 --> 03:53.560 My luck. 03:53.560 --> 03:55.360 Then you weren't followed or chased. 03:55.360 --> 03:57.160 You don't think I'd have come here if they were after me? 03:57.160 --> 03:59.160 I'm sorry, George. I know you wouldn't. 03:59.160 --> 04:00.360 You're not sore at me, then? 04:00.360 --> 04:02.360 We can go ahead just as we planned. 04:02.360 --> 04:06.160 Our train leaves in an hour. We'll pick up the tickets at the station. 04:06.160 --> 04:08.760 Sarah, it's hard to believe in an hour 04:08.760 --> 04:10.560 we'll be on the way to Florida, you and I. 04:10.560 --> 04:11.160 Yes, George. 04:11.160 --> 04:12.760 Just the two of us. 04:12.760 --> 04:15.160 In the warm sun. 04:15.160 --> 04:18.560 It's a dream I've had for ten years, in and out of jail. 04:18.560 --> 04:22.160 I figured it would always be a dream. 04:22.160 --> 04:23.360 You know, it's funny. 04:23.360 --> 04:24.960 What's funny? 04:24.960 --> 04:28.560 There's a bald-headed man lying dead over there at the finance company. 04:28.560 --> 04:30.360 He's finished. 04:30.360 --> 04:33.360 And we're just beginning. 04:33.360 --> 04:36.160 I never killed a man, Sarah. Never before. 04:36.160 --> 04:39.560 You'll do all right from now on, George. You'll forget about that thing. 04:39.560 --> 04:40.960 I'll help you forget it. 04:40.960 --> 04:41.960 Yeah. 04:41.960 --> 04:43.760 But we've got to hurry now. Put your hat on. 04:43.760 --> 04:45.760 And I'll go over and pick up the tickets. 04:45.760 --> 04:47.360 I thought we'd go to the station together. 04:47.360 --> 04:48.760 Silly, I've got to dress. 04:48.760 --> 04:51.560 Yeah, well, the Sunset Limited leaves at 8 o'clock. There's only an hour. 04:51.560 --> 04:55.160 I know, I know. I'll dress and pack and meet you in 30 minutes at the train gate. 04:55.160 --> 04:57.160 Have you any money? Here, take some of this. 04:57.160 --> 04:59.160 I'll put the rest in the valise and bring it in a cab, 04:59.160 --> 05:02.360 so it won't be found on you if anything happens. 05:02.360 --> 05:04.960 Why didn't you come back before, Sarah? 05:04.960 --> 05:07.160 I didn't realize it till this minute. 05:07.160 --> 05:10.760 I've been like an orphan for 10 years. 05:10.760 --> 05:12.560 Kiss me? 05:12.560 --> 05:14.560 Now, that's all, George. You've got to hurry now. 05:14.560 --> 05:17.560 Yeah. Remember, the Sunset Limited at the gate. 05:17.560 --> 05:18.960 I'll remember. 05:18.960 --> 05:20.360 And don't forget to clean out the desk. 05:20.360 --> 05:34.960 I'll take care of everything, George. Now, hurry. 05:34.960 --> 05:37.560 Hello? Police headquarters? 05:37.560 --> 05:41.360 A man was killed a few minutes ago at the Van de Finance company on Dexter Avenue. 05:41.360 --> 05:42.760 Please don't interrupt. 05:42.760 --> 05:46.960 If you go to the LaSalle station, you'll catch the murderer at the Sunset Limited train gate. 05:46.960 --> 05:58.560 His name is Monk, George Monk. 05:58.560 --> 06:02.560 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star Miss Lucille Ball 06:02.560 --> 06:05.560 in A Shroud for Sarah by Emile C. 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I'm coming. 08:18.360 --> 08:20.760 Oh, I knew it was you, Sara. 08:20.760 --> 08:25.360 Only you would ring so insistently when you know I'm handicapped by this infernal crutch. 08:25.360 --> 08:28.760 Good evening, Peter. How's our next governor? 08:28.760 --> 08:32.160 Aren't you going to kiss me? I've been away three days. 08:32.160 --> 08:34.160 Is it necessary, my dear? 08:34.160 --> 08:36.160 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 08:36.160 --> 08:40.560 Peter, are you going to let the neighbors see me standing out here with this valise? 08:40.560 --> 08:43.560 Kiss me, you idiot. You can stand it if I can. 08:43.560 --> 08:45.560 Very well. 08:46.560 --> 08:48.560 Satisfied, my dear. 08:48.560 --> 08:52.560 Now that we've performed for the neighbors, shall we go in? 08:58.560 --> 09:01.560 I see you've moved the radio again. 09:01.560 --> 09:03.560 I moved the radio. 09:03.560 --> 09:06.160 I see you've moved the radio again. 09:06.160 --> 09:08.160 I moved it nearer the easy chair. 09:08.160 --> 09:10.960 This crutch makes it hard for me to get around. 09:10.960 --> 09:14.560 I hope you don't mind, my dear. I mean it's being more convenient for me. 09:14.560 --> 09:16.560 Is that the news? I want to hear it. 09:16.560 --> 09:19.960 ... are seeking George Monk, an ex-convict who shot and killed a finance company bookkeeper 09:19.960 --> 09:22.360 and escaped with $17,000 in cash. 09:22.360 --> 09:24.960 What do you want to turn that up for? It's nothing but a sword has been... 09:24.960 --> 09:26.960 Oh, shut up! 09:26.960 --> 09:30.960 But there's a mystery angle here which sets this case apart from the ordinary holdup. 09:30.960 --> 09:34.560 Police are seeking an unidentified woman who tipped them off a few minutes after the murder, 09:34.560 --> 09:38.560 naming George Monk, and telling them just where he could be picked up. 09:38.560 --> 09:42.560 Unfortunately, one of the officers sent to apprehend the murder was recognized by Monk, 09:42.560 --> 09:44.560 who made his escape in the crowded railroad station. 09:44.560 --> 09:48.560 What's the matter, my dear? Why did you turn the radio off? 09:48.560 --> 09:50.560 You look as if you'd seen a ghost. 09:50.560 --> 09:52.560 Leave me alone, Peter. 09:52.560 --> 09:56.560 Well, well, what sort of villainy were you up to in Chicago? 09:56.560 --> 09:58.560 Sarah, come back here. Where are you going? 09:58.560 --> 10:01.360 I'm going up to my room. I want to unpack. 10:01.360 --> 10:02.960 Good night, Peter. 10:02.960 --> 10:04.560 A burglary in Chicago. 10:04.560 --> 10:07.360 A mysterious woman who tipped off the police. 10:07.360 --> 10:08.560 Just a moment, Sarah. 10:08.560 --> 10:10.360 I said good night, Peter. 10:10.360 --> 10:12.760 $17,000. 10:12.760 --> 10:15.960 Sarah, I want to know what's in that valise. 10:15.960 --> 10:17.760 Why are you hanging onto it like that? 10:17.760 --> 10:20.760 Stay where you are, Peter. Don't come up these stairs. 10:20.760 --> 10:24.160 What's wrong? Are you afraid to let me see what's in that valise? 10:24.160 --> 10:27.960 No, no, I'm not afraid. Just don't come up any closer. 10:27.960 --> 10:30.960 Well, well, that same little pistol of yours. 10:30.960 --> 10:32.760 Would you shoot me with it again, my dear? 10:32.760 --> 10:34.160 If you come a step further. 10:34.160 --> 10:37.160 Drop the gun. You're not going to shoot me now, just before election. 10:37.160 --> 10:38.960 You want to be the governor's lady, don't you? 10:38.960 --> 10:40.160 Stand still, Peter. 10:40.160 --> 10:42.760 I'm sorry, Sarah. I've got to know what's in there. 10:42.760 --> 10:43.960 Take another step, I'll shoot. 10:43.960 --> 10:45.560 You're a fool, Sarah. 10:45.560 --> 10:48.960 Clever and ruthless, yes, but nevertheless a fool. 10:48.960 --> 10:52.760 Look at all the terrible things you've done to satisfy your ambition. 10:52.760 --> 10:54.360 Even murder now. 10:54.360 --> 10:56.760 And it's all been a waste of time. 10:56.760 --> 10:57.560 What do you mean? 10:57.560 --> 11:01.160 Did you know that the results of the popular poll were published today? 11:01.160 --> 11:01.960 Well? 11:01.960 --> 11:05.160 It gives Stephen Archer a 15% edge over me. 11:05.160 --> 11:07.560 And not only that, but the incumbent governor, 11:07.560 --> 11:10.960 the man we're both trying to beat, ran ahead of the two of us in the poll. 11:10.960 --> 11:12.560 You're not lying about that? 11:12.560 --> 11:14.360 Of course not, my dear. 11:14.360 --> 11:16.960 How did you expect to beat Stephen Archer and his money? 11:16.960 --> 11:18.360 We're broke. 11:18.360 --> 11:20.360 No, Peter, we're not broke. 11:20.360 --> 11:24.560 Oh? You mean you have $17,000 in that bag? 11:24.560 --> 11:25.960 I'm going to be the governor's wife, I tell you. 11:25.960 --> 11:27.560 There's nothing that could stop me, nothing. 11:27.560 --> 11:28.560 I believe you, Sarah. 11:28.560 --> 11:31.560 Why, I believe you would even murder Archer if you had to. 11:31.560 --> 11:32.760 Let me have that police. 11:32.760 --> 11:34.560 You can't seem to understand, Peter. 11:34.560 --> 11:35.960 You're not going to open it. 11:35.960 --> 11:37.160 Then shoot me, my dear. 11:37.160 --> 11:39.760 You do it so well, it comes so natural to you. 11:39.760 --> 11:41.760 Maybe you can shoot me in the other leg this time. 11:41.760 --> 11:43.360 Oh, will you never stop throwing it up to me? 11:43.360 --> 11:44.160 That was an accident. 11:44.160 --> 11:46.560 A very fortunate accident, wasn't it, Sarah? 11:46.560 --> 11:49.160 Just when I was ready to accept a commission in the army. 11:49.160 --> 11:51.160 You didn't want to be the wife of an army captain. 11:51.160 --> 11:52.760 Your ambition ran higher than that. 11:52.760 --> 11:55.160 You wanted to be the governor's lady. 11:55.160 --> 11:57.560 Now, Sarah, I'm going to see what you have there. 11:57.560 --> 11:59.160 You're not going to do anything about it. 11:59.160 --> 12:00.160 Get away from me, Peter. 12:00.160 --> 12:03.560 No, Sarah, you're going to give them to me. 12:03.560 --> 12:06.360 First the gun, and now that black... 12:06.360 --> 12:07.960 Sarah, Sarah, don't, the stairs... 12:07.960 --> 12:08.960 I... 12:14.560 --> 12:16.360 Sarah. 12:16.360 --> 12:27.960 Oh, Sarah. 12:27.960 --> 12:30.160 Please go straight into the bedroom, Doctor. 12:30.160 --> 12:32.360 Peter fell again and hurt his leg in the same place. 12:32.360 --> 12:33.560 Now, look here, Mrs. Martell, 12:33.560 --> 12:36.360 what's the use of keeping up this deception between ourselves? 12:36.360 --> 12:39.560 You know and I know that your husband didn't fall the last time. 12:39.560 --> 12:41.560 That was a bullet wound in his leg. 12:41.560 --> 12:44.560 Dr. Varney, you promised never to mention that bullet wound. 12:44.560 --> 12:46.560 And you promised to pay me, remember? 12:46.560 --> 12:48.360 Ten thousand dollars. Where's the money? 12:48.360 --> 12:49.960 Don't worry, I have it. 12:49.960 --> 12:52.360 Oh, well, that's different. 12:52.360 --> 12:53.560 Where is it? I'll take it now. 12:53.560 --> 12:56.160 Later. Please go in now and take care of Peter. 12:56.160 --> 12:58.560 Did you shoot him again? 12:58.560 --> 13:00.760 Of course not. That was an accident the last time. 13:00.760 --> 13:02.760 I was examining the pistol and it went off. 13:02.760 --> 13:05.360 Yes, of course. That's the story, Mrs. Martell. 13:05.360 --> 13:08.160 And for ten thousand dollars, I'll gladly subscribe to it. 13:08.160 --> 13:09.760 But I must have that money. I need it. 13:09.760 --> 13:11.960 I won't touch that leg till I get the money. 13:11.960 --> 13:14.160 All right. I have it here. 13:14.160 --> 13:17.560 Oh. There. That's ten thousand dollars. 13:17.560 --> 13:19.560 Now hurry in there and take care of Peter. 13:19.560 --> 13:21.560 Afterwards, I'll want to see you in here. 13:21.560 --> 13:24.160 There may be another matter that I want you to handle for me. 13:24.160 --> 13:26.760 Yes, there's ten thousand. Another matter? 13:26.760 --> 13:30.160 You are also the physician for Stephen Archer, aren't you? 13:30.160 --> 13:33.960 Yes. You've been attending him every day during the campaign. 13:33.960 --> 13:36.360 I understand his heart needs attention. 13:36.360 --> 13:40.760 Look here, Mrs. Martell, Stephen Archer's running against your husband for governor. 13:40.760 --> 13:45.160 I wonder when you originally called me in, did you know I was Archer's physician? 13:45.160 --> 13:46.560 Could be. 13:46.560 --> 13:48.560 Well, I'm sorry I can't discuss Archer with you. 13:48.560 --> 13:51.960 Why not? Why not? Why, the ethics of my profession. 13:51.960 --> 13:55.560 The ethics of your profession? Please, Dr. Varney. 13:55.560 --> 13:59.160 If your fellow practitioners knew what I know about you, you wouldn't have any profession. 13:59.160 --> 14:00.960 I won't listen to any more from you. 14:00.960 --> 14:03.960 I'll take care of that leg of your husband's, but more than that, no. 14:03.960 --> 14:05.760 Oh, but I'm sure you'll change your mind, doctor. 14:05.760 --> 14:07.760 Whatever your proposition is, the answer is no. 14:07.760 --> 14:10.560 Even if I were to offer fifty thousand dollars? 14:10.560 --> 14:11.760 Eww. 14:11.760 --> 14:12.760 Fifty thousand? 14:12.760 --> 14:14.760 There, now I knew you'd be interested. 14:14.760 --> 14:17.360 Now run inside like a nice fellow and tend to Peter. 14:17.360 --> 14:19.960 I must go out for a few minutes, but please wait for me. 14:19.960 --> 14:22.160 There's an appointment I must keep. I won't be long. 14:33.160 --> 14:34.160 Mrs. Martell? 14:34.160 --> 14:35.160 Yes? 14:35.160 --> 14:36.360 Right here. 14:36.360 --> 14:38.560 Good evening, Mrs. Martell. 14:38.560 --> 14:40.560 Park is rather a dark place to meet, isn't it? 14:40.560 --> 14:42.360 I thought it would be best this way. 14:42.360 --> 14:43.560 Hmm. 14:43.560 --> 14:46.560 Especially if we're going to discuss the things you hinted at over the phone. 14:46.560 --> 14:48.760 Mr. Archer, let's come to the point quickly. 14:48.760 --> 14:50.960 Do you want to win the election? 14:50.960 --> 14:52.760 Frankly, yes, very much. 14:52.760 --> 14:55.760 Would it be worth money to you? A great deal of money? 14:55.760 --> 14:57.360 Hmm. 14:57.360 --> 14:58.960 Just what is your proposition? 14:58.960 --> 15:00.560 You're a wealthy man. 15:00.560 --> 15:03.960 Would a hundred thousand dollars be too much to pay for the governorship? 15:03.960 --> 15:04.960 A hundred thousand? 15:04.960 --> 15:07.960 I've spent several times that much on the campaign already. 15:07.960 --> 15:10.160 But I don't see how you could deliver the election. 15:10.160 --> 15:12.160 Listen to me closely, Mr. Archer. 15:12.160 --> 15:13.160 Yeah? 15:13.160 --> 15:15.160 I learned that in yesterday's poll figures, 15:15.160 --> 15:17.360 you ran 15% ahead of my husband. 15:17.360 --> 15:18.360 That's quite true. 15:18.360 --> 15:20.160 Then neither you or Peter will win. 15:20.160 --> 15:22.160 You're both taking strength from each other, 15:22.160 --> 15:23.560 and the governor will be re-elected. 15:23.560 --> 15:26.160 So your solution is for Peter Martell to withdraw, 15:26.160 --> 15:28.360 at the price of a hundred thousand dollars. 15:28.360 --> 15:30.960 Exactly. If one of you withdraws, the other will surely win. 15:30.960 --> 15:32.960 That's absolutely true. 15:32.960 --> 15:35.960 But I happen to know that Peter Martell would never make such a deal. 15:35.960 --> 15:38.160 No, he wouldn't, the fool. 15:38.160 --> 15:41.360 But for a hundred thousand dollars, I will put him out of the race. 15:41.360 --> 15:42.560 You? 15:42.560 --> 15:45.760 Would you believe it if I told you I hated that man's very shadow? 15:45.760 --> 15:48.960 I, uh, have heard rumors here and there. 15:48.960 --> 15:51.360 I want to leave him. I want to be rid of him forever. 15:51.360 --> 15:53.560 Where could I go without money? What could I do? 15:53.560 --> 15:56.760 He's so disgustingly honest that we're always broke. 15:56.760 --> 15:58.760 He couldn't even pay me enough alimony. 15:58.760 --> 15:59.960 I've got to think for myself. 15:59.960 --> 16:01.160 I begin to see... 16:01.160 --> 16:03.360 Now suppose that tomorrow, two days before the election, 16:03.360 --> 16:05.160 I were to file suit for divorce. 16:05.160 --> 16:06.160 Ah. 16:06.160 --> 16:07.760 I could leave for Reno tonight. 16:07.760 --> 16:09.360 There would be in every newspaper tomorrow. 16:09.360 --> 16:10.360 Hmm. 16:10.360 --> 16:12.360 It would certainly eliminate your husband. 16:12.360 --> 16:14.760 You'd pick up all the votes Peter would lose. 16:14.760 --> 16:16.160 Enough to swing the election. 16:16.160 --> 16:18.560 And your price is a hundred thousand dollars. 16:18.560 --> 16:19.560 You agree? 16:19.560 --> 16:22.360 I'd be a fool not to. Of course I agree. 16:22.360 --> 16:24.160 The moment you file your divorce papers in Reno, 16:24.160 --> 16:26.160 I'll have a hundred thousand dollars credited to your account 16:26.160 --> 16:27.160 wherever you specify. 16:27.160 --> 16:28.560 No, I must have it in advance. 16:28.560 --> 16:29.760 No, my dear Mrs. Martell. 16:29.760 --> 16:30.560 In advance. 16:30.560 --> 16:31.760 It's out of the question. 16:31.760 --> 16:33.760 How do I know you'll go through with it after I pay you? 16:33.760 --> 16:35.960 And how do I know you'll pay me after I go through with it? 16:35.960 --> 16:37.560 Don't you trust me? 16:37.560 --> 16:39.560 Do I have to answer that? 16:39.560 --> 16:40.760 Uh... 16:40.760 --> 16:42.360 It looks like a deadlock. 16:42.360 --> 16:43.360 I'll tell you what I'll do. 16:43.360 --> 16:45.160 I'll take half now and the other half in Reno 16:45.160 --> 16:46.560 after I've filed the papers. 16:46.560 --> 16:47.960 Fifty thousand tonight, eh? 16:47.960 --> 16:50.560 It must be tonight. I'll leave in the midnight plane. 16:50.560 --> 16:52.960 Surely you have the cash available in a campaign like this. 16:52.960 --> 16:54.960 Yes, of course I have the cash. 16:54.960 --> 16:57.560 That seems to be the only solution. 16:57.560 --> 16:59.160 It's a deal, Mrs. Martell. 16:59.160 --> 17:00.160 You'll get the money now? 17:00.160 --> 17:00.960 At once. Wait here. 17:00.960 --> 17:02.160 My home is just across the park. 17:02.160 --> 17:04.360 I'll be back in five minutes. 17:04.360 --> 17:06.160 But just as a precaution, 17:06.160 --> 17:09.760 I'm going to note down the serial numbers of the bills I give you. 17:09.760 --> 17:11.160 If you aren't in Reno tomorrow morning, 17:11.160 --> 17:13.160 I shall report the money stolen. 17:13.160 --> 17:15.560 Don't worry, Mr. Archer. I promise you. 17:15.560 --> 17:17.760 After tonight, there won't be anything to worry about. 17:29.360 --> 17:31.960 Still waiting for me, I see, Dr. Varney. 17:31.960 --> 17:34.960 Well, it took a long time. I was just deciding to leave. 17:34.960 --> 17:36.360 You took care of Peter all right? 17:36.360 --> 17:39.360 Yes, the wound opened up again. It was painful, but not as bad as it looked. 17:39.360 --> 17:40.760 He'll be up again by tomorrow. 17:40.760 --> 17:41.760 Thank you, Doctor. 17:41.760 --> 17:45.360 Oh, you said you wanted to talk to me. 17:45.360 --> 17:47.960 Yes, I have a little proposition for you. 17:47.960 --> 17:51.160 You, you mentioned fifty thousand dollars. 17:51.160 --> 17:55.560 Yes. Yes, I have the money in my handbag here. 17:55.560 --> 17:57.360 One, take it. 17:57.360 --> 17:58.760 Now count it. 17:58.760 --> 18:02.360 Oh, yes, yes. 18:02.360 --> 18:05.960 What, what do you want me to do? 18:05.960 --> 18:08.560 Doctor, have you ever murdered anyone? 18:08.560 --> 18:09.760 What? 18:09.760 --> 18:11.560 I said, have you ever murdered anyone? 18:11.560 --> 18:12.960 Why are you joking? 18:12.960 --> 18:15.160 You'd hardly call murder a joke. 18:15.160 --> 18:16.760 What are you suggesting? 18:16.760 --> 18:18.960 You are Stephen Archer's physician. 18:18.960 --> 18:21.960 You stop at his home every night and check his heart. 18:21.960 --> 18:23.160 And you give him a sedative. 18:23.160 --> 18:26.160 No, no, I'm going out of this house, Mrs. Martell, and I'm never coming back. 18:26.160 --> 18:28.960 Before you go, Doctor, I'll take that money back. 18:28.960 --> 18:30.360 Why? 18:30.360 --> 18:31.760 Fifty thousand dollars, Doctor. 18:31.760 --> 18:33.360 It's a lot of money. 18:33.360 --> 18:34.560 Yes. 18:34.560 --> 18:37.160 I know just how deep you are in the red. 18:37.160 --> 18:39.360 Fifty thousand will put you on your feet again. 18:39.360 --> 18:40.760 Well, I... 18:40.760 --> 18:44.560 And you'll have the friendship of the wife of the next governor. 18:44.560 --> 18:46.760 You... 18:46.760 --> 18:49.760 You want me to give Archer an overdose of sedative. 18:49.760 --> 19:10.160 I knew you'd be reasonable, Barney. 19:10.160 --> 19:12.160 Good morning, my dear. 19:12.160 --> 19:14.760 I see you're at the radio already. 19:14.760 --> 19:16.360 Aren't you up early today? 19:16.360 --> 19:18.560 I thought all the Borgias slept late. 19:18.560 --> 19:19.960 I wanted to hear the news. 19:19.960 --> 19:21.360 Indeed. 19:21.360 --> 19:25.160 Could it be a person by the name of George Monk that you're so anxious to hear about? 19:25.160 --> 19:27.160 What do you mean? Why do you mention that name? 19:27.160 --> 19:28.760 The Black Valleys, my dear. 19:28.760 --> 19:35.160 Remember, I'm still anxious to know if it contains seventeen thousand dollars. 19:35.160 --> 19:36.960 Have you taken the newspaper in yet? 19:36.960 --> 19:37.560 No? 19:37.560 --> 19:39.160 I'll get it. 19:39.160 --> 19:42.760 There'll be something in this morning's paper that I'd like you to see, my dear. 19:42.760 --> 19:46.760 Stephen Archer, candidate in the three-cornered race for governor, was found dead in his bed, 19:46.760 --> 19:48.960 apparently from an overdose of sedative. 19:48.960 --> 19:51.360 All indications point to accidental death, 19:51.360 --> 19:54.960 except for the fact that a large sum of money was missing from the safe. 19:54.960 --> 19:57.560 However, if the money was stolen, it'll do the thief no good, 19:57.560 --> 20:01.560 for the serial numbers were carefully noted down on the desk pad on Mr. Archer's desk. 20:01.560 --> 20:04.160 What was that? Archer dead? 20:04.160 --> 20:06.560 Yes. 20:06.560 --> 20:12.160 Sarah, I read the signs of your fine Italian hand. 20:12.160 --> 20:13.560 Did you have a hand in it? 20:13.560 --> 20:14.360 Peter! 20:14.360 --> 20:17.760 So now Archer's votes will drop in my lap, huh? 20:17.760 --> 20:19.160 You'll be governor, Peter. 20:19.160 --> 20:20.760 Sarah, I think I'm going to kill you. 20:20.760 --> 20:22.160 Put that crutch down! 20:22.160 --> 20:26.160 No, no, my dear, you needn't run away. I was just rehearsing. 20:26.160 --> 20:28.360 I'm not ready to kill you yet. 20:28.360 --> 20:30.760 Perhaps someone else will do it first. 20:30.760 --> 20:34.360 I'm going to wait for the result of my experiment. 20:34.360 --> 20:35.760 Experiment? What do you mean? 20:35.760 --> 20:37.160 See, here. 20:37.160 --> 20:39.360 What? What is it, Peter? 20:39.360 --> 20:42.160 Just an ad in the personal column. 20:42.160 --> 20:45.360 I had it inserted in every newspaper between here and Chicago. 20:45.360 --> 20:46.360 Let me see that. 20:46.360 --> 20:49.160 It's the first ad in the column with a display space around it. 20:49.160 --> 20:52.360 I wanted to make sure it was seen by the right person. 20:52.360 --> 20:53.960 Read it, Sarah, read it. 20:53.960 --> 20:57.560 All right, if it makes you happy, I will read it. 20:57.560 --> 21:02.360 George, was her name Sarah? 21:02.360 --> 21:04.760 Or did she use another name? 21:04.760 --> 21:10.960 I mean the one who left with the little black beliefs and all the money in it. 21:10.960 --> 21:15.560 If you have at least 17,000 reasons to find her, 21:15.560 --> 21:19.160 and if the traveling isn't too difficult under the circumstances, 21:19.160 --> 21:23.160 I suggest you come to Capital City. 21:23.160 --> 21:24.560 The address is... 21:24.560 --> 21:25.560 Peter, you didn't! 21:25.560 --> 21:27.760 Isn't it cleverly worded, my dear? 21:27.760 --> 21:31.160 I had to phrase it so that only George Monk and no one else would catch its meaning. 21:31.160 --> 21:32.960 You put this ad in all the papers? 21:32.960 --> 21:33.960 Exactly. 21:33.960 --> 21:38.360 You see, my dear, if that little black beliefs did not contain $17,000, 21:38.360 --> 21:39.960 you have nothing to fear. 21:39.960 --> 21:45.360 But if it did, well, then I may be spared the chore of killing you. 21:45.360 --> 21:47.160 I'll let George do it. 21:58.560 --> 21:59.160 Hello? 21:59.160 --> 21:59.960 Mrs. Martel? 21:59.960 --> 22:00.960 Who is this? 22:00.960 --> 22:02.160 Dr. Varney. 22:02.160 --> 22:03.160 Oh. 22:03.160 --> 22:04.160 Who did you think it was? 22:04.160 --> 22:06.760 I thought... never mind. What do you want, Varney? 22:06.760 --> 22:08.560 Don't you know? 22:08.560 --> 22:10.160 I think you're pretty clever, don't you? 22:10.160 --> 22:10.760 What do you mean? 22:10.760 --> 22:13.560 That was Archer's own money you gave me last night, that $50,000. 22:13.560 --> 22:14.960 Varney, are you insane? 22:14.960 --> 22:16.760 Don't you realize you're talking over an open phone? 22:16.760 --> 22:19.560 I only realize I murdered Archer for you for nothing. 22:19.560 --> 22:22.360 That $50,000 I can't use. The serial numbers have been broadcast. 22:22.360 --> 22:25.560 My dear Varney, I haven't the faintest notion what you're talking about. 22:25.560 --> 22:28.960 Oh, how clever you are, Sarah Martel, how clever. 22:28.960 --> 22:30.560 And how dangerous. 22:30.560 --> 22:45.560 Yes, too dangerous to live. 22:45.560 --> 22:47.560 The medical examiner is all through with the body, Inspector. 22:47.560 --> 22:48.760 All right, O'Connor, all right. 22:48.760 --> 22:51.560 Then I guess we're finished too. Tell Mike to be careful with the body. 22:51.560 --> 22:54.160 And put down in your report, 22:54.160 --> 22:57.360 dead on arrival, murdered by a person or persons unknown. 22:57.360 --> 23:00.160 I'll sign it when I get downtown. 23:00.160 --> 23:02.960 She was a beautiful woman, O'Connor. 23:02.960 --> 23:04.560 It's a tough way to die. 23:04.560 --> 23:06.360 A tough way indeed, Inspector. 23:06.360 --> 23:08.160 How's Mr. Martel taking it? 23:08.160 --> 23:10.960 Like a trooper, sir. Here he comes now with his doctor. 23:10.960 --> 23:12.560 All right, O'Connor, I'll see you downtown. 23:12.560 --> 23:13.960 Yes, sir. Goodbye, Inspector. 23:13.960 --> 23:15.960 Are you pretty near through, Inspector? 23:15.960 --> 23:19.360 Yes, Mr. Martel, the boys are taking the body away now. 23:19.360 --> 23:23.360 May I say, Mr. Martel, that you have my deepest sympathy in this bereavement of yours. 23:23.360 --> 23:24.360 Thank you, Inspector. 23:24.360 --> 23:26.360 Oh, by the way, do you know Dr. Varney? 23:26.360 --> 23:27.360 How do you do, Doctor? 23:27.360 --> 23:28.760 How do you do? Gastly business, Inspector. 23:28.760 --> 23:32.160 Yes, indeed, and we'll do everything in our power to lay that murderer by the heels. 23:32.160 --> 23:33.760 Inspector. 23:33.760 --> 23:34.960 Yes, Dr. Varney. 23:34.960 --> 23:39.160 Have you any clues, anything definite to go on? 23:39.160 --> 23:42.560 Well, if you don't mind my talking about it now, Mr. Martel. 23:42.560 --> 23:43.760 Oh, it's all right, Inspector. 23:43.760 --> 23:47.160 I'm afraid I'm going to have to listen to a good deal of talking about it. 23:47.160 --> 23:48.160 Might as well get used to it. 23:48.160 --> 23:50.960 A very wise and courageous way to look at it, Mr. Martel. 23:50.960 --> 23:52.760 Well, as I was saying, I believe it was a maniac. 23:52.760 --> 23:53.760 That's my firm conviction. 23:53.760 --> 23:54.560 A maniac? 23:54.560 --> 23:55.560 Right. 23:55.560 --> 23:57.960 Who but a maniac would have stayed in there to torment 23:57.960 --> 23:59.760 that poor dead body? 23:59.760 --> 24:02.960 Can you imagine a sane man first choking her to death with his hands, 24:02.960 --> 24:05.360 then stabbing her with some keen instrument, 24:05.360 --> 24:07.960 then bashing her head in with a blunt instrument? 24:19.960 --> 24:22.360 Well, Varney, that was quite an ordeal. 24:22.360 --> 24:24.760 It was terrible. 24:24.760 --> 24:26.560 Um, Varney. 24:26.560 --> 24:27.560 Yes? 24:27.560 --> 24:29.960 You hated her very much, didn't you? 24:29.960 --> 24:32.160 No more than you did, Mr. Martel. 24:32.160 --> 24:34.160 I won't deny it. It's true. 24:34.160 --> 24:37.160 You haven't been using your crutch this morning. 24:37.160 --> 24:38.160 Huh? 24:38.160 --> 24:39.760 What made you think of the crutch? 24:39.760 --> 24:40.960 Oh, nothing, nothing. 24:40.960 --> 24:42.560 Blunt instrument, huh? 24:42.560 --> 24:44.360 That's all right, Varney. I don't mind your asking. 24:44.360 --> 24:46.360 I was thinking along the same lines myself. 24:46.360 --> 24:49.160 Only it was the keen instrument I had in mind, say a scalpel. 24:49.160 --> 24:50.160 Now look here. 24:50.160 --> 24:52.560 Skip it, Varney. I was just making conversation. 24:52.560 --> 24:53.960 Oh. 24:53.960 --> 24:56.160 You know, there's something I don't understand. 24:56.160 --> 24:57.160 Yes, Varney? 24:57.160 --> 24:58.160 Yes? 24:58.160 --> 25:00.160 Well, nothing, nothing at all. 25:00.160 --> 25:02.360 I know what you want to ask. 25:02.360 --> 25:04.760 You want to know who was the third man. 25:04.760 --> 25:05.760 Well, I... 25:05.760 --> 25:07.360 I'll show you, Varney. 25:07.360 --> 25:09.160 Where are my keys? 25:09.160 --> 25:10.760 Ah, here. 25:10.760 --> 25:11.760 Oh. 25:11.760 --> 25:13.560 What have you got in that closet? 25:13.560 --> 25:14.960 A guest, Varney. 25:14.960 --> 25:17.360 Shall I say an invited guest? 25:20.160 --> 25:22.760 You can come out now, George. The coast is clear. 25:22.760 --> 25:23.760 Oh. 25:23.760 --> 25:25.560 I thought you meant to bury me alive in there. 25:25.560 --> 25:26.560 Tell, who's this man? 25:26.560 --> 25:28.560 Dr. Varney, George Monk. 25:28.560 --> 25:30.360 Shake hands, gentlemen. 25:30.360 --> 25:31.760 Oh, no? 25:31.760 --> 25:33.160 Very well. 25:33.160 --> 25:37.160 I, um... I thought it would be right for all three of us to be together for a moment. 25:37.160 --> 25:38.560 You're talking about Martell. 25:38.560 --> 25:40.960 Listen carefully, Varney, and you, George. 25:40.960 --> 25:43.560 Each one of us was in her room last night. 25:43.560 --> 25:46.960 A cumulative effect of our individual deeds has convinced the inspector 25:46.960 --> 25:49.160 that a maniac murdered my wife. 25:49.160 --> 25:50.960 But we three know better. 25:50.960 --> 25:54.560 However, there is one of us who knows more than the other two. 25:54.560 --> 25:56.160 One of us killed her first. 25:56.160 --> 25:59.360 I say first, because the other two were not one wit less murderers 25:59.360 --> 26:00.960 for the fact that she was already dead. 26:00.960 --> 26:02.560 The three of us. We all did it. 26:02.560 --> 26:03.760 Yes, George. 26:03.760 --> 26:06.360 And I suppose that by checking each other and comparing notes, 26:06.360 --> 26:10.560 we could determine to the satisfaction of all of us just who took precedence. 26:10.560 --> 26:13.560 For instance, when I heard you move about in the closet this morning 26:13.560 --> 26:15.160 and turned the key on you, 26:15.160 --> 26:17.960 I had no way of telling how long you'd been in the house. 26:17.960 --> 26:19.360 And I don't want to know. 26:19.360 --> 26:23.360 Then two of us will always be in doubt. 26:23.360 --> 26:25.160 Exactly, Varney. 26:25.160 --> 26:26.960 Do you agree to it? 26:26.960 --> 26:28.160 Yes. 26:28.160 --> 26:30.360 And you, George? 26:30.360 --> 26:31.960 Yes. 26:31.960 --> 26:33.760 Then... 26:33.760 --> 26:35.560 goodbye, gentlemen. 26:35.560 --> 26:40.560 MUSIC 26:51.560 --> 26:53.960 Roma wines have brought you Lucille Ball, 26:53.960 --> 26:56.160 a star of A Shroud for Sarah. 26:56.160 --> 26:58.760 Tonight's study in Suspense. 27:00.160 --> 27:04.960 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines, the sponsor of Suspense. 27:04.960 --> 27:07.960 When unexpected guests make a mealtime call, 27:07.960 --> 27:09.760 well, anything can happen. 27:09.760 --> 27:13.760 Famed hostess Elsa Maxwell makes this timeless suggestion. 27:13.760 --> 27:15.960 Invite them to stay for potluck 27:15.960 --> 27:20.160 and make the dinner exciting by serving Roma California Burgundy. 27:20.160 --> 27:21.960 For no matter what the dish, 27:21.960 --> 27:26.560 the fruity fragrance and piquant taste of robust red Roma Burgundy 27:26.560 --> 27:29.360 makes the food so much more enjoyable, 27:29.360 --> 27:32.160 adds friendliness to the table talk. 27:32.160 --> 27:33.360 That's right. 27:33.360 --> 27:36.960 Glass fulls of good Roma Burgundy, served cool, 27:36.960 --> 27:40.960 makes any simple meal more exciting, more delicious. 27:40.960 --> 27:43.560 But don't wait for unexpected guests. 27:43.560 --> 27:46.360 Try Roma Burgundy with dinner tomorrow. 27:46.360 --> 27:49.360 You'll enjoy this Vintner's masterpiece. 27:49.360 --> 27:51.360 Like all Roma wines, 27:51.360 --> 27:55.160 this is wine at its best in uniform quality, 27:55.160 --> 27:57.760 yet costs only pennies a glass. 27:57.760 --> 28:00.760 Always insist on Roma wines. 28:00.760 --> 28:04.560 No other wine offers you so much for so little. 28:04.560 --> 28:07.560 Next Thursday, you will hear Ronald Coleman in... 28:07.560 --> 28:10.760 Suspense, radio's outstanding theatre thrill. 28:12.160 --> 28:15.560 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 28:15.560 --> 28:20.560 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 28:20.560 --> 28:22.760 There is an immediate need in most hospitals 28:22.760 --> 28:25.360 for auxiliary and non-nursing personnel. 28:25.360 --> 28:28.560 Approximately 90,000 men and women must be recruited 28:28.560 --> 28:32.560 if hospitals are to provide patients with even minimum services. 28:32.560 --> 28:35.760 The present critical lack of hospital workers of all kinds 28:35.760 --> 28:39.560 is substantially reducing the amount of nursing care per patient, 28:39.560 --> 28:42.160 because nurses must spend so much of their time 28:42.160 --> 28:44.160 on non-professional tasks. 28:44.160 --> 28:47.360 Although the need varies in different sections of the country, 28:47.360 --> 28:49.760 there is an overall need for orderlies, 28:49.760 --> 28:54.360 laundry men, chefs, electricians, plumbers, janitors and so forth. 28:54.360 --> 28:56.960 Men and women, both skilled and unskilled, 28:56.960 --> 28:59.560 who want to work in a hospital in any capacity, 28:59.560 --> 29:03.960 can now get secure, well-paid jobs with a post-war future. 29:03.960 --> 29:18.960 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.