WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 Now, the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents... 00:12.000 --> 00:14.000 Suspense! 00:19.000 --> 00:24.000 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Mr. Lee Bowman as star of I Won't Take a Minute, 00:24.000 --> 00:30.000 a Suspense play produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 00:34.000 --> 00:41.000 Suspense! Radio's outstanding theater of thrills is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:41.000 --> 00:44.000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 00:44.000 --> 00:49.000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, 00:49.000 --> 00:54.000 to your happiness and entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:54.000 --> 01:00.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma Wines bring you Mr. Lee Bowman 01:00.000 --> 01:02.000 in a remarkable tale of... 01:02.000 --> 01:04.000 Suspense! 01:08.000 --> 01:13.000 She was very good to look at, which is why I waited till I was 25 and met her. 01:13.000 --> 01:15.000 Here's how she went. 01:15.000 --> 01:19.000 First, a lot of gold all beaten up into a froth and poured over her head 01:19.000 --> 01:22.000 and allowed to set there in crinkly little curls. 01:22.000 --> 01:25.000 Blue eyes and a mouth with real lines. 01:25.000 --> 01:30.000 And in addition, well, she had everything just about right. 01:30.000 --> 01:32.000 And believe me, I was going to throw away the sales slip 01:32.000 --> 01:35.000 and not return the merchandise once it got to my house. 01:35.000 --> 01:40.000 That's why I nearly went nuts every evening waiting for her to come out of the building where she worked. 01:40.000 --> 01:44.000 She was always the last one out and this particular evening she was later than usual. 01:44.000 --> 01:48.000 It got dark, the streetlights came on, 01:48.000 --> 01:51.000 and the rush hour was over before she put in an appearance. 01:51.000 --> 01:54.000 Kenny? Oh, oh gee, Kenny, I'm sorry. 01:54.000 --> 01:55.000 You've been waiting long? 01:55.000 --> 01:59.000 Oh, no, no, I just nearly got run in for picketing the place, that's all. 01:59.000 --> 02:02.000 I hurried all I could. Please don't be mad at me, Kenny. 02:02.000 --> 02:05.000 I'm not mad at you, but slave driver you work for. 02:05.000 --> 02:07.000 Why do you always have to be the last one out? 02:07.000 --> 02:09.000 Oh, it's only for another week. 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 Yeah. Come on, let's go. 02:12.000 --> 02:15.000 I got to deliver this package on the way home for his nibs. 02:15.000 --> 02:19.000 But you're not going home. We're going to Philharmonic. Thursday, remember? 02:19.000 --> 02:22.000 Oh, it won't take any time at all, honey. It's just around the corner. 02:22.000 --> 02:24.000 415 Martin Street. 02:24.000 --> 02:28.000 Okay. That guy nerves me up, making you play messenger girl after hours. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 Oh, let's don't talk about Mr. Heston. Let's talk about us. 02:31.000 --> 02:33.000 Been counting the days? 02:33.000 --> 02:35.000 All day. Thirteen left. 02:35.000 --> 02:38.000 And a half. Don't forget the half if it's to be a noon wedding. 02:38.000 --> 02:40.000 Why all the fuss about the half? 02:40.000 --> 02:42.000 Oh, I don't like thirteen by itself. 02:42.000 --> 02:46.000 I'll be glad when it's tomorrow and only twelve days left. 02:46.000 --> 02:50.000 See, you're cute. The more I know you, the cuter you get. 02:50.000 --> 02:54.000 I bet you won't say that a year from now. You'll be calling me your old lady then. 02:54.000 --> 02:57.000 You'll always be Steffy to me. Just Steffy. 02:57.000 --> 02:58.000 Not even Stephanie? 02:58.000 --> 03:01.000 No, too sophisticated, too foreign sounding. 03:01.000 --> 03:04.000 Steffy, that's you. Hey, what number are you supposed to deliver that package to? 03:04.000 --> 03:07.000 415. That must be it. 03:07.000 --> 03:11.000 What a dump. Your boss have many customers in dumps like this? 03:11.000 --> 03:14.000 I don't know. Hold a mask on me. What are you counting? 03:14.000 --> 03:16.000 I can't see the name. 03:16.000 --> 03:17.000 There, that's better. 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 Yeah, uh-huh. But I still don't see it. 03:19.000 --> 03:20.000 What was the name? 03:20.000 --> 03:22.000 Muller, apartment 4B. 03:22.000 --> 03:37.000 Oh, here it is. Name cards fall now that it's split and gotten lost. No wonder I couldn't find it. 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 Maybe they're not home. 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 I'll ring it again. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 Ah, there it is. 03:43.000 --> 03:46.000 I don't like those automatic door latches. You never know who's up there. 03:46.000 --> 03:55.000 Ah, don't be silly. Wait here, honey. I won't take a minute. 03:55.000 --> 04:00.000 I never timed a cigarette. I suppose they take around five minutes. 04:00.000 --> 04:04.000 This one seemed to take longer, but then, uh, look who I was waiting for. 04:04.000 --> 04:10.000 I punched it out with my foot and lit another. I thought, won't take a minute. Yeah, I might have known it. 04:10.000 --> 04:16.000 I thought, what's she doing, saying a T up there? I counted my change just to give myself something to do. 04:16.000 --> 04:19.000 I took off my hat and looked it over like I'd never seen it before. 04:19.000 --> 04:28.000 Five cigarettes later, she still hadn't come back. 04:28.000 --> 04:32.000 Things happened. Nothing much. Little things that were to last so long. 04:32.000 --> 04:38.000 A stout lady in a ratty-looking fur coat came in holding some candy in one hand and a little boy by the other. 04:38.000 --> 04:41.000 I want a Hershey bar. I want a Hershey bar. 04:41.000 --> 04:43.000 Oh, you shut up or I'll smack you good. 04:43.000 --> 04:45.000 I'll clove your head and put it in the garbage can. 04:45.000 --> 04:50.000 Now, drudgy, I don't want to hear another word if you don't hush up her. 04:50.000 --> 04:55.000 After they'd gone, more waiting started in. I commenced tracing patterns with my feet. 04:55.000 --> 05:00.000 Circles, diagonals, Maltese crosses. Finally, I got fed up. 05:00.000 --> 05:06.000 I stepped over to the bell panel, picked out 4B, and nearly sent the button through to the other side of the wall. 05:06.000 --> 05:12.000 I could hear it ringing away off somewhere. A quiet house. Too quiet. 05:12.000 --> 05:17.000 I leaned on a bell till my thumb joint got all white down to my wrist, and something did happen. 05:17.000 --> 05:20.000 I heard the door of the automatic elevator open. 05:20.000 --> 05:27.000 I waited, nonchalant, like filing my fingernails. I thought I'd play a little heard when she arrived. 05:27.000 --> 05:30.000 I could see it was her, all right, walking toward me. 05:30.000 --> 05:35.000 She opened the door and then walked past me like she never saw me before. 05:35.000 --> 05:39.000 I let her go on. Figured she'd turn around by the time she got to the door. 05:39.000 --> 05:41.000 But no. 05:41.000 --> 05:44.000 Steffi. Hey, Steffi, wait. 05:44.000 --> 05:48.000 Steffi. Hey, Steffi, what's the big idea? 05:48.000 --> 05:50.000 I beg your pardon. 05:50.000 --> 05:55.000 Oh, I thought you were... I mean, you're dressed just like... 05:55.000 --> 06:00.000 I would advise you to be sure to whom you are talking before you go to grab a strange girl by the coat. 06:00.000 --> 06:06.000 Oh, no kidding. You look a lot like her, even the clothes. That little tan and the red shoes. 06:06.000 --> 06:08.000 Really, I don't find this amusing. 06:08.000 --> 06:10.000 Okay, sister, pardon me for living. 06:10.000 --> 06:14.000 Next time, make sure it's one of the girls that live here. 06:16.000 --> 06:20.000 It was a shock. I didn't like the looks of the place from the beginning. 06:20.000 --> 06:23.000 Up to then, I was just sore. Now I began to get scared. 06:23.000 --> 06:26.000 Maybe there's some guy up there trying to get funny with her, I thought. 06:26.000 --> 06:29.000 I better get up there fast and find out what this is. 06:29.000 --> 06:33.000 So I laid my hand flat over all the bells in the place so somebody would open up. 06:38.000 --> 06:42.000 Open up in there. Open up or I'll bust the door down, do you hear me? 06:42.000 --> 06:46.000 Steffi, are you in there, honey? Baby, why don't you say something? 06:46.000 --> 06:49.000 Yeah, what's this, what's this, what's this? 06:49.000 --> 06:51.000 Oh, that's what I want to know. Who are you? 06:51.000 --> 06:53.000 Building superintendent. 06:53.000 --> 06:54.000 You got a passkey to this flat? 06:54.000 --> 06:56.000 I have. What do you want in there? 06:56.000 --> 07:00.000 My girl. She took a package up. I've been waiting for her downstairs. 07:00.000 --> 07:03.000 I don't know how long. She never came down again. Now they won't answer the bell. 07:03.000 --> 07:06.000 Oh, wait a minute, young fella. She couldn't be in this flat. 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 Don't try to tell me. 07:08.000 --> 07:11.000 Hey, don't you try to tell me. I say she couldn't be. 07:11.000 --> 07:12.000 Why? 07:12.000 --> 07:14.000 I'll show you why. 07:17.000 --> 07:18.000 Hey. 07:18.000 --> 07:19.000 Now, you see why? 07:19.000 --> 07:20.000 It's empty. 07:20.000 --> 07:21.000 Empty. 07:21.000 --> 07:24.000 Nobody lives here. But there was someone here a while ago. 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 She rang the bell and they let her in. 07:26.000 --> 07:29.000 Mister, this place ain't been rented for six months. 07:29.000 --> 07:31.000 Listen, she came in here, I tell you. 07:31.000 --> 07:34.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe you and the little girl had a quarrel. 07:34.000 --> 07:36.000 Maybe she figured to play a little joke on you. 07:36.000 --> 07:37.000 Give you the slip. 07:37.000 --> 07:39.000 We never had any quarrel. We're getting married. 07:39.000 --> 07:42.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why don't you go to her place? 07:42.000 --> 07:44.000 You'll probably find her there. 07:44.000 --> 07:47.000 She didn't come out again, I tell you. I was there at the door the whole time. 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 What about the back way? Is there a back way out? 07:49.000 --> 07:52.000 Not a back way. There's a delivery entrance. 07:52.000 --> 07:55.000 But that goes right past my quarters. Nobody went out that way. 07:55.000 --> 07:58.000 Muller. The name was Muller. 07:58.000 --> 08:00.000 If he doesn't live in 4B, where does he live? 08:00.000 --> 08:01.000 Muller. 08:01.000 --> 08:06.000 We never had anyone with that name in the whole 12 years I've been working here. 08:06.000 --> 08:11.000 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you a star, Mr. Lee Bowman, in I Won't Take a Minute, 08:11.000 --> 08:38.000 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 08:38.000 --> 08:43.000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 08:43.000 --> 08:47.000 In the hurried, hectic shopping weeks between now and Christmas, 08:47.000 --> 08:52.000 there'll be many a night when you'll be glad to relax in the warmth and comfort of your own home. 08:52.000 --> 08:56.000 And what more delightful way to enjoy a quiet, restful evening 08:56.000 --> 09:01.000 than with a glass full of Roma California Muscatel and nuts or cake. 09:01.000 --> 09:04.000 You'll thoroughly enjoy this magnificent Roma Wine, 09:04.000 --> 09:08.000 so tempting with the distinctive fragrance of the world-famous Muscat Grape. 09:08.000 --> 09:13.000 With its rich, mellow sweetness, its glowing golden fire, 09:13.000 --> 09:17.000 Roma Muscatel is delightful with desserts, too. 09:17.000 --> 09:19.000 Famed hostess Elsa Maxwell says, 09:19.000 --> 09:26.000 Roma Muscatel is a sure-to-please, easy-to-serve entertainment wine when guests drop in. 09:26.000 --> 09:33.000 Like all Roma wines, Roma Muscatel is a true wine, crushed from selected grapes. 09:33.000 --> 09:38.000 Unhurriedly guided to taste perfection by age-old winemaking skills, 09:38.000 --> 09:42.000 and Roma's new low prices save you as much as one-fourth. 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 Get Roma Muscatel tomorrow. 09:44.000 --> 09:51.000 Insist on Roma, R-O-M-A, for uniformly fine wine quality at low cost. 09:51.000 --> 09:56.000 That's why more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 09:56.000 --> 10:00.000 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood Sound stage 10:00.000 --> 10:05.000 Lee Bowman as Kenny in Cornell Woolrich's story of a vanishing lady, 10:05.000 --> 10:11.000 I Won't Take a Minute, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 10:18.000 --> 10:20.000 The cop on the beat was a nice guy. 10:20.000 --> 10:23.000 He rang every bell in every flat of the building and questioned the occupants. 10:23.000 --> 10:26.000 No one had heard anything. No one had seen her. 10:26.000 --> 10:30.000 Finally, a single plainclothes man was dropped off at the door. 10:30.000 --> 10:33.000 Lieutenant Gilman. He kept calling me Bud. 10:33.000 --> 10:36.000 He looked around the empty flat, and then he looked at me. 10:36.000 --> 10:39.000 Bud, there's nothing to show that this girl or anyone else came in here. 10:39.000 --> 10:43.000 I tell you, she rang the bell at this flat, and someone released the door catch for her from up here. 10:43.000 --> 10:45.000 All right, all right. Assuming she got in here, how'd she get out? 10:45.000 --> 10:48.000 I don't know. I don't know. Maybe the fire is good. 10:48.000 --> 10:50.000 Look at those windows. Look at the dust on these frames. 10:50.000 --> 10:52.000 A person can't move in a place like this without it showing. 10:52.000 --> 10:54.000 Listen, don't do this to me, will you? 10:54.000 --> 10:56.000 I'm telling you, she didn't come here with me at all. 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 That's what it does sound like, Bud. 10:58.000 --> 11:02.000 Look, I was taking her to the concert tonight. We go every Thursday. 11:02.000 --> 11:03.000 Here's our ticket. 11:03.000 --> 11:05.000 I think we better build this thing from the ground up and see what we've got. 11:05.000 --> 11:07.000 Now, what's this girl's name? 11:07.000 --> 11:09.000 Stephanie. Stephanie Rizka. 11:09.000 --> 11:10.000 Address? 11:10.000 --> 11:11.000 120 Farragut. 11:11.000 --> 11:13.000 Uh-huh. What's she look like? 11:13.000 --> 11:18.000 Well, she... she comes up to about here next to me. 11:18.000 --> 11:23.000 Blonde, little curls close to her head, blue eyes. 11:23.000 --> 11:25.000 I'm no good at descriptions. 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 Don't let it get you, Bud. 11:27.000 --> 11:31.000 I'm not scared because she's gone. I'm scared because she's gone in such a crazy way. 11:31.000 --> 11:33.000 I can't get a grip on it. 11:33.000 --> 11:37.000 Now, you say you met her at 615 outside the Bailey Goodwin building with a package to be delivered here. 11:37.000 --> 11:39.000 Who'd she work for? 11:39.000 --> 11:43.000 A press clipping service. The Green Star, it's called. It's operated by a guy named Hessen. 11:43.000 --> 11:44.000 Big outfit? 11:44.000 --> 11:49.000 Just him and a secretary and an office boy. She was getting 22 a week. 11:49.000 --> 11:53.000 All right, Bud. You've given me something indefinite. We'll do some checking. 11:53.000 --> 11:56.000 But first of all, we go back to the place she worked. 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 Oh, what a telephone booth. 12:08.000 --> 12:12.000 She told me the place was small, but I never figured on this. Not even a window. 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 All right, all right. Let's have a look. 12:14.000 --> 12:18.000 Desk, filing cabinet. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 Yeah, clippings. 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 Well, so far, your story checks. 12:24.000 --> 12:26.000 Except for one thing. 12:26.000 --> 12:27.000 What's that? 12:27.000 --> 12:30.000 There's no file for anyone named Muller. 12:30.000 --> 12:33.000 Oh, this must be her desk. 12:33.000 --> 12:35.000 Yeah. 12:35.000 --> 12:39.000 Shears, glue, clips. 12:39.000 --> 12:43.000 Not much of a personal touch here, not even a hairpin. 12:43.000 --> 12:45.000 Uh-oh. Find something? 12:45.000 --> 12:47.000 Nothing special. 12:47.000 --> 12:50.000 You found something here. I saw you drop it in an envelope and stick it in your pocket. 12:50.000 --> 12:52.000 Listen, Bud, who's running this investigation? You or me? 12:52.000 --> 12:54.000 Sorry. 12:54.000 --> 12:55.000 You, I guess. 12:55.000 --> 12:57.000 Okay, let's keep it that way. 13:04.000 --> 13:08.000 Our next stop was one of those bungalow-type places in the outskirts. 13:08.000 --> 13:11.000 That was where Hessen lived, the guy she worked for. 13:13.000 --> 13:14.000 Oh, good evening. 13:14.000 --> 13:15.000 Good evening. You Mr. Hessen? 13:15.000 --> 13:16.000 That's right. 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 I'm from police headquarters. May I come in? 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 Oh, why, certainly. 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 Won't you sit down, gentlemen? 13:22.000 --> 13:24.000 We won't take up much of your time, sir. 13:24.000 --> 13:28.000 First of all, do you know anyone named Muller at 415 Martin Street? 13:28.000 --> 13:32.000 No, I don't know anyone by that name. I think we have a Miller. 13:32.000 --> 13:36.000 Mrs. Elsie Miller on our list, who divorces and marries quite frequently. 13:36.000 --> 13:39.000 Will that do? She owes us $29. 13:39.000 --> 13:45.000 You didn't send a package over to Muller, Apartment 4B, 415 Martin Street at 615 this evening? 13:45.000 --> 13:49.000 No, I'm sure I didn't. But wait a minute. It's easy enough to confirm that. 13:49.000 --> 13:51.000 Oh, Stephanie. 13:51.000 --> 13:53.000 Stephanie? 13:55.000 --> 13:56.000 Did you call me, Mr. Hessen? 13:56.000 --> 14:01.000 Yes, my dear. Oh, this is my assistant, gentlemen, Miss Stephanie Riscov. 14:02.000 --> 14:05.000 That isn't Stephanie. She's calling somebody else by her name. 14:05.000 --> 14:06.000 My dear young man. 14:06.000 --> 14:08.000 She came out of that building while I was waiting. I spoke to her. 14:08.000 --> 14:10.000 We'll discuss that later. 14:10.000 --> 14:13.000 Now then, Miss, how long have you been working for Mr. Hessen? 14:13.000 --> 14:16.000 Since October of last year. About eight months now. 14:16.000 --> 14:17.000 And your name is Stephanie Riscov? 14:17.000 --> 14:19.000 Why, yes, of course. 14:19.000 --> 14:21.000 Have you any identification on you? 14:21.000 --> 14:25.000 I don't know. Maybe there is something here in my handbag. 14:25.000 --> 14:26.000 Do you mind if I look? 14:26.000 --> 14:29.000 It's all right, my dear. He's from the police. 14:29.000 --> 14:31.000 Oh. Oh, well, in that case. 14:31.000 --> 14:32.000 Thank you. 14:32.000 --> 14:35.000 I don't know what these two are trying to pull, but she's not Stephanie. 14:35.000 --> 14:38.000 You've got to believe me. She came out of that building dressed like Stephanie. 14:38.000 --> 14:40.000 The way Stephanie was dressed when she went in. 14:40.000 --> 14:41.000 Stop that, will you? 14:41.000 --> 14:44.000 Thank you, Miss Riscov. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. 14:44.000 --> 14:45.000 It's quite all right. 14:45.000 --> 14:49.000 I noticed you have quite a supply of chewing gum there. 14:49.000 --> 14:51.000 That's hard to get these days. 14:51.000 --> 14:53.000 I make a hobby of it. Have some? 14:53.000 --> 14:56.000 Oh, thanks. My mouth's kind of dry. 14:56.000 --> 14:58.000 Well, Mr. Hester... 14:58.000 --> 14:59.000 It's quite all right. 14:59.000 --> 15:03.000 I don't know what this young man has got himself mixed up in, but if we were able to help... 15:03.000 --> 15:05.000 Oh, you did help a lot, sir. 15:05.000 --> 15:09.000 Come along, bud. I've got some more checking to do. 15:09.000 --> 15:12.000 This time it's on you. 15:17.000 --> 15:20.000 Okay, bud, now stop talking. Spill it. What's your pitch? 15:20.000 --> 15:23.000 I told you the truth. That girl wasn't Stephanie. I never saw her before. 15:23.000 --> 15:25.000 Was the man Hesson? 15:25.000 --> 15:27.000 He looked just like him. 15:27.000 --> 15:31.000 This girl of yours, what kind of gum did she chew? 15:31.000 --> 15:33.000 She didn't chew gum. She hated it. 15:33.000 --> 15:37.000 You ask me what it was I picked up back there in the office. 15:37.000 --> 15:39.000 Well, here's what it was. 15:39.000 --> 15:41.000 A wad of gum stuck under the edge of the desk. 15:41.000 --> 15:44.000 That girl back there at Hesson's place belongs in that office, bud. 15:44.000 --> 15:47.000 She had a letter addressed to herself in that handbag and her initials on the outside of it. 15:47.000 --> 15:50.000 It wasn't a new one and it wasn't fake. 15:50.000 --> 15:52.000 What's your racket, bud? 15:52.000 --> 15:55.000 Are you a pushover for mental observation? 15:55.000 --> 15:59.000 Or did you do something to some little blonde blue-eyed number? 15:59.000 --> 16:02.000 And are you trying to pass the buck before we even found out about it? 16:02.000 --> 16:05.000 I don't know. I don't know. Maybe I am nuts. 16:05.000 --> 16:09.000 Things like this... things like this just don't happen. They can't. 16:09.000 --> 16:11.000 One minute she walks into a building... 16:11.000 --> 16:14.000 You haven't produced a single person, even in the long, that actually laid eyes on this girl of yours. 16:14.000 --> 16:16.000 Where's her folks? Where'd she come from? 16:16.000 --> 16:18.000 Wisconsin, I think. Her folks are all dead. 16:18.000 --> 16:21.000 Ha ha. I thought so. 16:21.000 --> 16:24.000 Well, I'll give you one more spin for your money, bud. 16:24.000 --> 16:27.000 You stand or fall by the place you say she lived. 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 Have you been there? 16:29.000 --> 16:30.000 Yes. 16:30.000 --> 16:33.000 Could you describe it? 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 Okay. 16:35.000 --> 16:39.000 Sticking in the mirror of the dresser, she's got a list of the Holy Mother. 16:39.000 --> 16:44.000 On the radiator, she's got a rag doll that I won for at Coney Island. 16:44.000 --> 16:49.000 On a little shelf against the wall, she's got a gas ring with a tube running up to the jet. 16:49.000 --> 16:52.000 From the light fixture to the jet, there's a string attached. 16:52.000 --> 16:55.000 And she'll have stockings hanging here to dry. Are you listening? 16:55.000 --> 16:57.000 Yeah, yeah. Go on, go on. 16:57.000 --> 16:58.000 Will you remember those things? 16:58.000 --> 17:01.000 Yeah, bud. We'll see. 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 Now listen, bud. Get this straight. 17:09.000 --> 17:12.000 I don't want one word out of you the whole time we're here. You hear? 17:12.000 --> 17:15.000 I won't say a word. So help me. 17:15.000 --> 17:16.000 Yes? 17:16.000 --> 17:19.000 You got a girl named Stephanie risk living here? 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 Second floor front. She ain't home now. 17:21.000 --> 17:23.000 I'm from the police. I think you'd better let us in. 17:23.000 --> 17:25.000 Oh, well, certainly. 17:25.000 --> 17:26.000 Let's see her room, please. 17:26.000 --> 17:28.000 Yeah, follow me. 17:28.000 --> 17:32.000 She's a nice clean roomer. I'd hate to lose her. I hope she's not in any trouble. 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 No trouble. 17:37.000 --> 17:40.000 Now, Gilman, right over there. 17:40.000 --> 17:43.000 Hey, it's changed. They've changed it all around. 17:43.000 --> 17:45.000 Shut up. 17:45.000 --> 17:47.000 Has she always had it fixed this way, ma'am? 17:47.000 --> 17:51.000 Well, since the first day she's here, only one thing I got to complain about. 17:51.000 --> 17:54.000 There it is again, chewing gum. She leaves it all over. 17:54.000 --> 17:57.000 Let's see that. 17:57.000 --> 18:00.000 Ah, I thought so. Exhibit C, bud. 18:00.000 --> 18:03.000 Same as the other two. She belongs in that office and she belongs in this room. 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 Look out. You'd better hold your frame. 18:05.000 --> 18:08.000 Let him hold. This isn't anything to the falls. 18:08.000 --> 18:11.000 He's going to be taking five or ten minutes from now. 18:11.000 --> 18:12.000 What'd he do? Murder her? 18:12.000 --> 18:15.000 Not her, but I've got a good hunch she murdered someone 18:15.000 --> 18:19.000 and picked the wrong number and name out of a hat. 18:19.000 --> 18:22.000 I didn't hear any more of what they said while we were going down the stairs. 18:22.000 --> 18:28.000 The light bulbs in the place were doing funny things, turning red, spinning around in spirals. 18:28.000 --> 18:31.000 I was still on my feet, but not so as you'd notice it. 18:31.000 --> 18:34.000 The spinning didn't stop till we got to the foot of the stairs. 18:34.000 --> 18:37.000 The thing that stopped it was an umbrella stand beside the front door. 18:37.000 --> 18:40.000 It had a knotty walking stick jutting up out of it. 18:40.000 --> 18:43.000 I grabbed it in my free hand as he walked me past it. 18:43.000 --> 18:45.000 Watch out, Newtellen. He's going to... 18:45.000 --> 18:47.000 Hey, you! 18:54.000 --> 18:56.000 I didn't stop to investigate whether I'd kill him or only knock him out. 18:56.000 --> 18:59.000 I was a block down the street before the landlady could open her mouth to scream. 18:59.000 --> 19:02.000 I made for the Martin Street flat. That was instinctive. 19:02.000 --> 19:05.000 The place I'd last seen her, calling me back. 19:05.000 --> 19:09.000 When I got there, I ganged up on the janitor's bell and waited a thousand years. 19:09.000 --> 19:12.000 Oh, it's you again. What is it? Didn't you find her yet? 19:12.000 --> 19:15.000 What happened to that detective fellow that was with you? 19:15.000 --> 19:17.000 He sent me back to take another look. 19:17.000 --> 19:20.000 You don't have to come up. Just give me the passkey. 19:20.000 --> 19:22.000 All right, son. Come on in. 19:28.000 --> 19:32.000 My head was still spinning when I let myself into the door of apartment 4B. 19:32.000 --> 19:35.000 I don't know what I was looking for. Some clue. 19:35.000 --> 19:39.000 Some magic clue that would pop up and give her back to me. 19:39.000 --> 19:41.000 I tested the walls for secret panels. 19:41.000 --> 19:44.000 Alas, and a 50 buck a month flat. 19:44.000 --> 19:48.000 I dug out plaster with my bare nails, cased the cracks between the floorboards. 19:48.000 --> 19:52.000 I'd been there about ten minutes when I heard steps coming up the hall. 19:52.000 --> 19:54.000 I held my breath. 19:54.000 --> 19:58.000 All right, sonny. Come out of there with your hands up, or I'll come in to... 19:58.000 --> 20:01.000 Give me a minute, please. One minute. Maybe I'll find it. 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 Find what? 20:03.000 --> 20:05.000 Please, one minute. 20:05.000 --> 20:08.000 If you aren't out of there by the time I count ten, I commit you. Can you hear me? 20:08.000 --> 20:10.000 Yeah. Yeah, I hear you. 20:10.000 --> 20:13.000 One, two, three. 20:13.000 --> 20:16.000 I didn't stop the thing. I crossed the room and threw up in the window. 20:16.000 --> 20:18.000 The one that opened on the floor escaped. 20:18.000 --> 20:21.000 Down looked too far, so I started climbing. 20:21.000 --> 20:23.000 Hey! Hey! I'm not out of here, you! 20:23.000 --> 20:26.000 I'll break every bone in your body. You won't live to get into headquarters. 20:26.000 --> 20:28.000 I didn't yell back at him. I was saving my breath. 20:28.000 --> 20:30.000 Come on, after him. Keep that light on him. 20:30.000 --> 20:33.000 On the roof, I took a quick look both directions. 20:33.000 --> 20:36.000 There was about a yard-high partition wall dividing it from the next roof over. 20:36.000 --> 20:38.000 But before I could get... 20:38.000 --> 20:41.000 Hold it, pal. Hold it. He won't make it. 20:41.000 --> 20:43.000 Oh. 20:43.000 --> 20:46.000 Get that light focused on his eyes. He may be faking it. 20:46.000 --> 20:48.000 I think I busted my leg. 20:48.000 --> 20:51.000 Eh? Well, let's see. 20:51.000 --> 20:54.000 Now, just bark your shin a little. 20:54.000 --> 20:57.000 Oh, wait till I finish with you, wise guy. 20:57.000 --> 21:00.000 Oh, what are you waiting for? 21:00.000 --> 21:03.000 Go ahead. You promised me a beating. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 Go ahead. Don't you worry... 21:05.000 --> 21:07.000 Hey, where did that come from? 21:07.000 --> 21:09.000 What? That package there beside you. 21:09.000 --> 21:12.000 Package? Package. 21:12.000 --> 21:14.000 That's it. The package you took inside with it. 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 Hold that light steady. 21:16.000 --> 21:18.000 What's in it? What is it? 21:18.000 --> 21:21.000 Newspapers. Newspapers? That's a dummy. 21:21.000 --> 21:24.000 Look, those papers. They've had stuff clipped out of them. 21:24.000 --> 21:27.000 That proves they came from Hessman's clipping agency. 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 Well, doesn't it? 21:29.000 --> 21:31.000 Someone did bring a package here tonight. 21:31.000 --> 21:33.000 Oh, what a sap I've been. I kept thinking about that womb. 21:33.000 --> 21:36.000 She was never in that womb. I was right about that. 21:36.000 --> 21:39.000 They must have grabbed her in the hall and taken her straight up here to the roof through the skylight. 21:39.000 --> 21:41.000 But why? I don't know. 21:41.000 --> 21:45.000 Maybe that steel-plated landlady knows, and if she does, she's gonna talk and talk fast. 21:45.000 --> 21:47.000 All right, Grandma, come on, spill it. 21:47.000 --> 21:50.000 You can't scare me. I've got bigger men than you on my side. 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 What do you mean, your side? 21:52.000 --> 21:55.000 You should like to know. All I have to do is make one telephone call. 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 I have the number right here. 21:57.000 --> 21:58.000 Let's see that number. 21:58.000 --> 21:59.000 Take it. Call it yourself. 21:59.000 --> 22:00.000 Who gave you that number? 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 Ask me no questions. I'll tell you no lies. 22:02.000 --> 22:03.000 Who gave you this number? 22:03.000 --> 22:05.000 The FBI man who was here. 22:05.000 --> 22:08.000 Now you know who I'm working for. Go ahead. 22:08.000 --> 22:10.000 I'm not a spy. I'm a spy. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 I'm not a spy. I'm a spy. 22:12.000 --> 22:16.000 Now you know who I'm working for. Go ahead. Call the number. 22:16.000 --> 22:17.000 Oh, I get it. 22:17.000 --> 22:22.000 Tell me, Grandma, what did this FBI man look like? 22:22.000 --> 22:25.000 All right, I'll tell you. All you have to do is say yes and no. 22:25.000 --> 22:29.000 The guy's about my height, bald, wears pinched glasses, right? 22:29.000 --> 22:30.000 Maybe. 22:30.000 --> 22:35.000 He got you to work with him so this woman he described as one of his agents could step into the identity of this Stephanie Riska, right? 22:35.000 --> 22:36.000 You seem to know all about him. 22:36.000 --> 22:37.000 I know more than that. 22:37.000 --> 22:40.000 He wasn't an FBI man, and the girl who took Stephanie Riska's place was not a federal agent. 22:40.000 --> 22:41.000 Then who was he? 22:41.000 --> 22:43.000 I'm not sure, Grandma, but I've got a hunch. Calhoun! 22:43.000 --> 22:44.000 Joe! 22:44.000 --> 22:45.000 Calhoun, get out there. 22:45.000 --> 22:47.000 We have to spread the lab a little faster. Keep it fun until we get there. 22:47.000 --> 22:49.000 Gilman! Gilman! You think she's already... 22:49.000 --> 22:52.000 I don't know. Keep your fingers crossed, bud, and pray. 23:00.000 --> 23:03.000 Where are they? I told them to keep this house covered. 23:05.000 --> 23:06.000 Gone. Nobody here. 23:06.000 --> 23:07.000 Yeah, yeah. 23:07.000 --> 23:09.000 Hey, now, sir. Now, sir. 23:09.000 --> 23:11.000 Stand back against the wall. Somebody's coming. 23:13.000 --> 23:15.000 Gilman, you in here? 23:15.000 --> 23:18.000 Calhoun, what's the big idea? I told you to keep this place spotted. Now they're gone. 23:18.000 --> 23:21.000 I tailed them. They piled into a car, locked up the house and left. 23:21.000 --> 23:22.000 Where to? 23:22.000 --> 23:26.000 Pier 7, North River. They got in some kind of a fuzzy tramp steamer and it shoved off in less than a quarter of an hour. 23:26.000 --> 23:27.000 I tried to reach... 23:27.000 --> 23:28.000 Was the other girl with them? 23:28.000 --> 23:31.000 No. Two men in a stringy blond. They call Algar. That's all. 23:31.000 --> 23:32.000 Too late. We're too late. 23:32.000 --> 23:36.000 We could pull them off at quarantine. I'll make them talk. Come on, let's get out of here and get some fresh air. 23:36.000 --> 23:37.000 Thanks, Dona. 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 Yeah. Smells like they'd had their place fumigated or something. 23:40.000 --> 23:41.000 Hey. 23:41.000 --> 23:42.000 What's the matter? 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 That smell. That's gasoline. 23:44.000 --> 23:45.000 Gasoline? 23:45.000 --> 23:46.000 I hear something. A clock. 23:46.000 --> 23:47.000 It's the basement. Come on. 23:51.000 --> 23:54.000 Yeah, she's down here, all right. Go back upstairs, but I'll bring her up. 23:54.000 --> 23:55.000 Tell me. Tell me now. Don't wait till you get her... 23:55.000 --> 23:58.000 Yeah, she's alive. Come on. Get her out of here. Don't you hear that ticking? 23:58.000 --> 23:59.000 I'd better what that bomb... 23:59.000 --> 24:14.000 Thank you, Calhoun. You'll never make it that far. 24:14.000 --> 24:16.000 Yeah, she'll be around in a second or two. 24:16.000 --> 24:17.000 How's Calhoun? 24:17.000 --> 24:19.000 Burned pretty bad. It was an incendiary. 24:19.000 --> 24:21.000 Oh, can he? 24:21.000 --> 24:22.000 Oh, baby, it's okay. 24:22.000 --> 24:25.000 Yeah, sure. Everything's okay now, Stepy. 24:25.000 --> 24:26.000 Who are you? 24:26.000 --> 24:29.000 This is Lieutenant Gilman. We owe a lot to him, Stepy. 24:29.000 --> 24:31.000 Thanks, Lieutenant Gilman. 24:31.000 --> 24:37.000 Ah, I'm just a dumb flatfoot, Stepy, and I had to be conked over the head before I got wise to what was going on. 24:37.000 --> 24:42.000 Even then, I didn't figure it right. I figured Heston and his pals were a bunch of spies or something. 24:42.000 --> 24:43.000 Well, weren't they? 24:43.000 --> 24:47.000 Well, Heston became an American citizen in 1929. Up to now, his record's absolutely clean. 24:47.000 --> 24:50.000 Oh, I'm glad of that. I'd hate to be working for a spy. 24:50.000 --> 24:53.000 But I don't get it. Why did they want Stepy out of the way? 24:53.000 --> 24:56.000 That was all they're doing. The girl who was impersonating you, Stepy. 24:56.000 --> 24:58.000 You see, she's Heston's sister. 24:58.000 --> 25:05.000 She's fugitive from a couple of war crimes and figured the least her brother could do for her was to finish her with a nice, clean nationality. 25:05.000 --> 25:10.000 Their original plan was to bump Stepy off in that empty flat and leave her there without anything to identify her. 25:10.000 --> 25:13.000 Only, only they figured on her coming there alone. 25:13.000 --> 25:18.000 There was no time to work out a plan on the spot, so they scrammed over the roof, taking Stepy with them. 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 Hey, Gilman, we're doing headquarters. You coming? 25:20.000 --> 25:21.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right away, right away. 25:21.000 --> 25:22.000 Come on. 25:22.000 --> 25:24.000 Well, I gotta go, kid. 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 Thanks, Gilman. Thanks for everything. 25:26.000 --> 25:28.000 Ah, I'm glad to help you out. 25:28.000 --> 25:31.000 Hey, another thing, bud, you weren't lying about. 25:31.000 --> 25:33.000 She is pretty. 25:33.000 --> 25:36.000 No hard feelings? I mean, about me hitting you over the head? 25:36.000 --> 25:41.000 Oh, oh, say, I almost forgot. Something I meant to give you before we say goodnight. 25:41.000 --> 25:42.000 Oh, you've done enough. 25:42.000 --> 25:52.000 Ha ha, that's what you think. 25:52.000 --> 25:55.000 It was a while before I knew what hit me. 25:55.000 --> 25:57.000 It felt like a cement mixer. 25:57.000 --> 26:02.000 When my head cleared, Stepy, I had changed roles. 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