1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Now, Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Roma Wines presents Suspense. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Mr. Leon Ames as star of An Evening's Diversion. 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:32,000 A Suspense play produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Suspense, Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 7 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 8 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 10 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 11 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Right now, a glass full would be very pleasant. 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 As Roma Wines bring you Leon Ames. 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,000 In a remarkable tale of Suspense. 14 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000 It was literally just what the doctor had ordered. 15 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 There wasn't anything in particular wrong with me. 16 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Just feeling a little edgy. 17 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 And I went for a routine checkup. 18 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,000 Uh-huh. How many hours a day do you work, Mr. Edward? 19 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 I don't know, doctor. I never kept track. 20 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Get home for dinner very often? 21 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Not lately. 22 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Grab a sandwich at the drug store and go on back to the office. 23 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 I imagine I got a lot of patients like you. 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,000 The ulcer type of business executive I caught you. 25 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,000 You mean I... 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Oh, no. You haven't had an ulcer yet. 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Just overworked, nervous, strained. 28 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,000 A month's vacation is what you need. 29 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,000 But, doctor, I can't... 30 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Yes, I know. They all say that. 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 I'll tell you what you can do, though. 32 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Yes? 33 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Done wonders for some of my patients. 34 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 An evening's diversion. 35 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Oh, I don't work late every night. 36 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Why, I took my wife out to dinner in the theater only last week. 37 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Oh, I don't mean that kind of diversion. 38 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Rushing home and putting on dinner clothes. 39 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Fighting for a table in a restaurant. 40 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Rushing on in the theater. 41 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 That's work, too, I know from experience. 42 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Well, then, what do you mean by an evening's diversion? 43 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Dropping in at the club for a thrilling game of chess? 44 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Oh, that's no good. 45 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Either you wind up talking business. 46 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,000 No, what I have in mind is something different. 47 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Go out on your own. 48 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Go someplace you wouldn't normally think of going, 49 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 then relax and see what happens. 50 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Well, now, look here, doctor. 51 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 I'm a married man. I can't... 52 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Oh, then you're likely to get into any serious trouble. 53 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Oh, so that's your prescription. 54 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Well, really, doctor, I... 55 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Oh, don't misunderstand me, Mr. Edwards. 56 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 There's more than one kind of adventure to be found in a city this size. 57 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Well, you'd be surprised exactly what you'd find. 58 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Of course I didn't take him seriously. 59 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 How could I? 60 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 In the first place, I didn't have time to go 61 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 gallivanting around the strange places looking for trouble. 62 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 And in the second place, I told myself I was too old for that sort of thing. 63 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,000 I made a mental note to find a sensible doctor who would prescribe some pills 64 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 the way a doctor should and went on back to the office. 65 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 It was after five when I got there, 66 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 and I could have kicked myself for wasting an afternoon like that. 67 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 There was a stack of briefs on my desk I hadn't even looked at. 68 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 I met another late night. 69 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Hello. 70 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Hello, dear. It's me. 71 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Oh, hello, Lily. 72 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Look, honey, I was just going to call you. 73 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Oh, now, Paul, you're not going to tell me you're working late again tonight. 74 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 I'm afraid so, darling. 75 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Oh. Well, I suppose there's no use arguing with you. 76 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Did you see the doctor? 77 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Yes, I saw him. 78 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 What did he say? 79 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Oh, the usual nonsense. 80 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Said I needed an evening's diversion. 81 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Well, he's quite right. You do. 82 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Maybe so. Anyway, I'll be late, so don't wait up. 83 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Paul, do you absolutely have to stay at the office tonight? 84 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Absolutely. 85 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 You couldn't possibly get home just a wee bit early. 86 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Not a chance. 87 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Oh, dear. 88 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Well, what time do you think you will get home then? 89 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Oh, about 11, 11.30. 90 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Oh. Well, there's milk in the icebox if you're hungry when you get in. 91 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Thanks, honey. Good night. 92 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Good night, dear. Now, don't work too hard. 93 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I'll try not to. 94 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Yes, Mr. Edwards? 95 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Oh, I'm working late again, Lois. 96 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 I don't suppose you'd be interested in earning some more over time. 97 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Well, frankly, not tonight, Mr. Edwards. 98 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,000 I'd like to help out, but I've stayed every night this week and I'm just dead. 99 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Hmm. 100 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 I don't see how you do it. 101 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,000 What do you do on your free evenings, Lois? 102 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Oh, go to the movies sometimes. 103 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Sometimes my boyfriend and I just drop in some place that looks interesting 104 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 and just relax and see what happens. 105 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Well, what happens? 106 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Sometimes nothing, sometimes all sorts of things. 107 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Once there was a shooting right in the place where we were sitting. Gangsters. 108 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 That doesn't sound very relaxing to me. 109 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Oh, but it is. 110 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,000 I mean, you've gotten a lot kind of going to the office and home again day after day. 111 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,000 I couldn't stand it if there wasn't some excitement down there. 112 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Well, have a good time this evening. 113 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Thanks, Mr. Edwards. 114 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Anything you want me to do before I go? 115 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 No. Good night. 116 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Oh, Lois. 117 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Yes, Mr. Edwards? 118 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:41,000 What was the name of that place where those gangsters were? 119 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Oh, let me think. 120 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Oh, yes, Palacinos. 121 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 It's in a basement sort of over on Rod Street near 3rd. 122 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Must be quite a place. 123 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Well, good night, then. 124 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Good night. 125 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,000 After she'd gone, I opened a folder and started to read one of the briefs. 126 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,000 But I couldn't concentrate. It was stuffy in there. 127 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,000 I got up and crossed the room and raised the window, and I stood there for a few moments, 128 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 looking out at all the vast cities spread out below me. 129 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:16,000 A warm breeze was blowing from across the river, bringing with it a disturbing smell of trees and damp earth 130 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:22,000 that mingled with smoke and fumes and fetid air of the city and seemed to breathe a kind of excitement. 131 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Well, suddenly I remembered that I had missed lunch and I was hungry. 132 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,000 So I walked out into the corridor of the building and started toward the elevator. 133 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,000 I hadn't bothered to get my hat. I was only going out for a sandwich. 134 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Going down. Oh, it's you, Mr. Edwards. 135 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Good evening, Joe. How's everything? 136 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Oh, you know, you know. Can't complain. Going home? 137 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 No, no, just downstairs for a sandwich. 138 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Oh, man, you sure put in the hours, don't you? 139 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Oh, I don't mind. 140 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 I guess your work must be pretty interesting. 141 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Man, if I didn't do something besides run this elevator and go home, I'd go nuts. 142 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Well, what else do you do? 143 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Oh, I don't know. Seems like there's always something. 144 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Just walking around the city is a heck of a good time as far as I'm concerned. 145 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 You might have something there. 146 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Yeah. Well, here you are, Mr. Edwards. 147 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Thanks, Joe. See you in... 148 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Yeah, yeah, I know. In 15 minutes. 149 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Yes, I... No. By George, I won't. I won't go back. 150 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Something in his tone of voice must have decided me. 151 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 He wasn't just a fresh kid. He was really sorry for me. 152 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 When I got outside on the street, that air hit me again. 153 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 That warm summer air. 154 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 I started walking, not paying any attention to where I was, 155 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 just walking and enjoying that wonderful air. 156 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,000 I must have been walking for nearly an hour before I noticed where I'd got to. 157 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:49,000 It was Rod Street. And up ahead was a flickering neon sign. 158 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Pirochino. 159 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,000 The place was bigger than I expected and stock empty. 160 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000 There were double rows of booths down the two sides of it 161 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 and a high partition in the middle. 162 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,000 In the gray overhead lighting, it looked like an abandoned stable. 163 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,000 I was on the point of leaving the place when a sloppy looking waitress appeared from nowhere. 164 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Just you alone? 165 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Yes, I... This way. 166 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Look here. It seems as if I've come in at an awkward time. 167 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Early for dinner, but you can have a sandwich. 168 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Oh, well, all right then. 169 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Is Booth all right? 170 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Fine, fine. 171 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,000 We got ham and Swiss cheese. 172 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 And that's all. 173 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 That'll be fine. All right. 174 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Both? 175 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Yes. 176 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:39,000 It won't be long. 177 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,000 I sat there watching her as she slouched down the narrow aisle of Booth's to the kitchen. 178 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Then she was gone and there was nothing to look at. 179 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 The silence in the place was beginning to get me. 180 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Then I heard the door open and steps coming down the stairway from the entrance. 181 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Sitting down, I couldn't see over the top of my booth and I didn't have the curiosity to stand up. 182 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,000 They went down the aisle between the booths on the other side of the room. 183 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,000 They were both men. One had metal cleats on his heels. 184 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,000 The whole row of booths shook when they sat down. 185 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 They were apparently rather heavy men. 186 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,000 When I started talking, I could hear them as plainly as if they were sitting across the table from me. 187 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 I told you this place had been empty. 188 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Why couldn't we talk just as well in your room? 189 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,000 I like it here. 190 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Well, what do you want? 191 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Am I cut about 50 grams? 192 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Don't rush me. 193 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,000 What happened? Same, same, double-cross you? 194 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000 I didn't say that. 195 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,000 All she's got to do is slip that stuff in this coffee. 196 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Why don't you do it? 197 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 I'm seeing her tonight. 198 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,000 You've been seeing her every night for three months. 199 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 What are you talking about? 200 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 I'm doing this my own way, see? 201 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 You're nuts about her, aren't you? 202 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 What if I am? 203 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Bad business. 204 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 You don't understand a dame like that. 205 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 It takes time with a dame like that. 206 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000 In the meantime, maybe she gets tired of you and spills the whole caper. 207 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 That's my lookout. 208 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Oh, no, it's not, Maxie. 209 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 There's me to think of too and the rest of the boys. 210 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Okay, okay. I'll give her the final pitch tonight. 211 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 If she stalls me again... 212 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 You know what to do, Maxie. 213 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Where's that slob of a hash slinger? I'm hungry. 214 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Buy her big feed, Maxie. Uptown afterwards. 215 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 What makes you so sure I'll have to kill her? 216 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Oh, my God. 217 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Nothing, Maxie. Just a hunch. 218 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Come on, let's get out of here. 219 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,000 One thing more, Maxie. 220 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Take the subway. No taxis, you hear? 221 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 My my goodness. 222 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Here's your sandwich. 223 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Want anything with it? 224 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 No, no, no, no, no. Never mind. 225 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,000 I've got to leave right away. 226 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:42,000 Here, here's for the sandwich and keep the change. 227 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,000 I caught up with him near the corner of 7th Avenue. 228 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,000 I knew it was him because of those metal cleats on his heels. 229 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 I followed him down into the subway. 230 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 He walked up to the end of the platform. 231 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 I waited where I was. 232 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 It was as hot as a furnace down there. 233 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,000 My heart was pumping fast with excitement. 234 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 And I could hardly breathe. 235 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 But this was doctor's orders. 236 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 And he means diversion. 237 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 I walked to the far end of the platform. 238 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:18,000 He didn't look around at me. 239 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,000 When the train stopped, he went in through the center door. 240 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:27,000 I went in by the door at the rear of the car. 241 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Inside the train, I saw him for the first time in a good light. 242 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000 He was well dressed, almost too well dressed. 243 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 He must have felt me staring at him. 244 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 He didn't look my way, but he began to jitter. 245 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 He kept jiggling his right leg and looking at his watch. 246 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,000 He wound it and then he put it to his ear. 247 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,000 I studied him. 248 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 He was more than nervous. 249 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 He was worried, perhaps frightened. 250 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,000 He unfastened the top button of his shirt and loosened his tie. 251 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,000 He looked over at me once or twice as if he knew me but couldn't place me. 252 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 He unbuttoned his coat and tried to relax. 253 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 But I knew that he couldn't relax. 254 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Not with a gun holster under his coat. 255 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:23,000 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you a star, Leon Ames, in an evening's diversion. 256 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 A radio play by Stan Schlesinger. 257 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 258 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 259 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:50,000 When you finish work hot from these blistering summer days, you deserve something cool to come home to. 260 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:56,000 And what could be more refreshing than the frosty luxury of Roma Wine and Soda, iced. 261 00:11:56,000 --> 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rang. 284 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 His call didn't take more than three minutes. 285 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,000 And as he came out, I thought I saw a faint smile on his lips. 286 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 I flattened myself against the wall hoping he wouldn't notice me. 287 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:58,000 But he lit his cigarette and walked right over. 288 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Something I can do for you, Mr. 289 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000 What? 290 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 I said is there something I can do for you. 291 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,000 No, no, no, not that is. 292 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 You're following me, aren't you? 293 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Well now, see here, I don't know. 294 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Shut up. What are you, a dick? 295 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 What? 296 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 A flatfoot, a copper. 297 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Well, no, no, I'm not. 298 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,000 But you're following me. 299 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Well, I don't know what you're talking about. 300 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,000 We got on at the 8th Street Station. 301 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 You followed me when I got off here. 302 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,000 You watched me when I went into the phone booth. 303 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Well, I... 304 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,000 And now you're on my tail again. 305 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 What's the game? Maybe I'd like to play. 306 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 No, no, you play with guns. I don't. 307 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 Pretty sharp guy, aren't you? 308 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Well, you must have a guilty conscience. 309 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Let's leave my conscience out of this. 310 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Just keep away from me, you understand? 311 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Keep away or you'll get hurt. 312 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Yes, yes, I think I understand. 313 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 I hope you do, for your sake. 314 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Now, here comes the train. I'm getting on it. 315 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 You're going uptown, you'll wait for the next one. 316 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Yes, sir. 317 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 I don't want any funny business, mister. 318 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 You'll find I've got no sense of humor. 319 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 He ran for the train, and as he ran, 320 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 a scrap of pink-colored paper fell from his pocket to the platform. 321 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 I made no move to pick it up. 322 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:05,000 He was watching to make certain I didn't board the train. 323 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 At last the train started. 324 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 I waited until it was out of sight. 325 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 People were still clearing the platform. 326 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 I was about to pick up the scrap of paper 327 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,000 when a man hurried by and kicked it to the tracks below. 328 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:21,000 I had to have that paper, so I jumped down to the tracks. 329 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 There were dozens of papers down there, 330 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 but only one pink-colored scrap. 331 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 There was an address written on it. 332 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 It was 375 Highland Drive. 333 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Hey, you! What do you think you're doing down there? 334 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Oh, I'm sorry, officer. 335 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 I dropped an address down here, but I found it. 336 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 I don't care if you dropped your old lady down there. 337 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 You're not supposed to be down on the tracks. 338 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,000 I know, but I... 339 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 Now get out of there, but fast! 340 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Here, grab my hat. 341 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Thanks. I didn't mean to break the law, officer, 342 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 but it was important that I'd get that paper. 343 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 Hey, you're up. I ought to run you in for this. 344 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 But I hope you won't. 345 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 You're supposed to get hit down there. 346 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 You'd throw the whole train schedule off. 347 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 Well, I wouldn't want to cause anyone any inconvenience. 348 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Okay, okay, but don't let it happen again. 349 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Outside, I hailed a taxi. 350 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 This time I was lucky. I got one. 351 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 Hop in, mister. Why, too? 352 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:25,000 375 Highland Drive, and hurry, please. 353 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 The traffic is kind of heavy tonight. 354 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,000 I ain't got wings, but I'll get you there as fast as I can. 355 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 I'll make it worth your while. It's a matter of life and death. 356 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Yeah, yeah, I know. 357 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000 I'm telling you the truth. 358 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Hey, mister, I ain't going to argue with you, 359 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 but I've been driving this hack for ten years. 360 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000 I've heard that song before. 361 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,000 All right, then, don't believe me, 362 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 but for the love of heaven, please hurry. 363 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Okay, okay, I'm doing the best I can. 364 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:49,000 It's easy for you guys to hop in a hack and say, step on it. 365 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 But you know, I get awful tired hearing the same things. 366 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,000 You know what I mean? 367 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Oh, I guess you wouldn't. 368 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,000 You look like the kind of guy who wouldn't let himself get in a rut. 369 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 But not me. Every day... 370 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Why, why are you stopping? 371 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Red light, mister. 372 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 There isn't time to stop for red lights. 373 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 I've got to get to 375 Highland Drive, 374 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 and I've got to get there before it's too late. 375 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Relax, relax, mister. She'll wait. 376 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,000 See, where was I? 377 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Oh, yeah. Yeah, like I was saying, 378 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 things get pretty dull for a hack driver. 379 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Sometimes, sometimes I think to myself, 380 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 why not forget about it for a little while? 381 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:27,000 You know, go home, get the wife, get the kids. 382 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 The taxi seemed to crawl along, 383 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 and the driver kept talking, talking, talking. 384 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 I couldn't understand a word he was saying. 385 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 His voice, the rattle of traffic, 386 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,000 the ticking of the meter, 387 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 and the beating of my heart all blurred into one great din. 388 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,000 It seemed that the driver made every stop sign. 389 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,000 The cab was getting stuffy, 390 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:47,000 and his voice began to feel like red hot needles with penitent. 391 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000 Shut up! 392 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Huh? What? 393 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 I said shut up! 394 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Wise guy. 395 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Why are you stopping? There's no red light. 396 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 No, there ain't. 397 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 I'll shut up, okay, if you pay up and get out. 398 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Get out? 399 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 You heard me. I don't like your attitude. 400 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 I may not be much, but nobody walks on me. Now, get out! 401 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 But I'll never get another taxi. 402 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Stop, you're breaking my heart. 403 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Oh, you fool, this is a matter of life and death. 404 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,000 I told you that. Now, look, here's $5. Get me the $3.75. 405 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Mr. 500 bucks wouldn't get you to the next corner, 406 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000 as far as I'm concerned. 407 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Are you going to get out, or am I going to kick you out? 408 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Look, I'm sorry. I apologize. 409 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 But please, you must get me the $3.75. 410 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 And here's your change, $4.50. 411 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Skip the tip and get out. 412 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 I've got your number. Your company will hear about this. 413 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Yeah, yeah, and I got your number, too. 414 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Hit the road, brother. 415 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,000 I stood there for a moment, watching the taxi, until I was out of sight. 416 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:40,000 I was on Highland Drive all right, but I was five blocks from $3.75. 417 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,000 I began walking. I wondered if I would be too late. 418 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 The man with the gun must be out of the subway by now. 419 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,000 That would put him only three blocks from $3.75. 420 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,000 I walked faster and faster until I was almost running. 421 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 I knew I was becoming involved in something, 422 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 but just how involved, I didn't know. 423 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,000 If I had felt then like I do right now, 424 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000 I would have been able to get out of the car. 425 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 If I had felt then like I do right now, 426 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,000 I would have turned around and walked in the other direction. 427 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,000 As I neared the apartment house, I instinctively slowed down, 428 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,000 not out of fear of what was ahead of me, but for what was behind me. 429 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,000 I stopped. Someone was behind me. 430 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,000 I didn't have to turn around. I knew who it was. 431 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 You shouldn't have followed me here, pal. 432 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,000 But what makes you think I don't have business of my own here? 433 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Start walking. I got a gun in your back. 434 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Where are you taking me? 435 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 I'm going to start walking across the street. 436 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Don't try anything. I'll just let you have it an hour later. 437 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,000 You're going to kill me? 438 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000 You catch on fast. 439 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 But why? I haven't done anything to you. 440 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 I don't even know who you are. 441 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 That's rough. Straight ahead. 442 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 We're going to take a little walk through the park. 443 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Listen, let me go. I will repeat this to the police. 444 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 You have my word. 445 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 I don't want your word. 446 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,000 I told you not to follow me, which you did. 447 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 I don't know how you did it, but you're here. 448 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Turn right down this path. 449 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 You're out of your mind. 450 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 And you'll be out of your misery. 451 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 I've got money. I'll give you anything you want. 452 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 I don't want to see you get frapshed. 453 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Let me do the talking. 454 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Oh, say, son, do you live around here? 455 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Who wants to know? 456 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Me? I was wondering if you know this neighborhood. 457 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 No. 458 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,000 How about you, mister? 459 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Well, I... 460 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 We don't know the neighborhood either. 461 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 No? Well, could you tell me this much? 462 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Would, let me see now, 463 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 485 Highland Drive be in this direction? 464 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 I said we don't know the neighborhood. 465 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Oh, you don't? 466 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Well, thanks anyway. 467 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 I guess I'm going the right direction. 468 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Oh, hey, you. 469 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Shut up. 470 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,000 Yeah, what is it? 471 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Nothing. 472 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,000 We weren't talking to you. 473 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Oh, sorry. 474 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Okay. 475 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Start walking again. 476 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Do you, uh... 477 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 Do you mind if I ask you something? 478 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 It all depends. 479 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Just who were you going to kill tonight other than me? 480 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 A certain party in Apartment 1A. 481 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 What? 482 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,000 What are you going to do about it? 483 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Oh, I was just curious, that's all. 484 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Like a cat, huh? 485 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Why were you going to kill this party? 486 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 This is far enough. 487 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,000 You didn't answer my question. 488 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 I'm through answering questions, pal. 489 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Look, why, why, what are you going to kill? 490 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000 It'll get gained by killing me. 491 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Nothing. 492 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 But I swear... 493 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 I swear... 494 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Save your breath. 495 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Someone else is coming. 496 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 You can't get away with this. 497 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Why, the devil is always traffic coming from... 498 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Listen, if I... 499 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000 You listen, mister, keep your eye on me. 500 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Remember, I've got this gun on you. 501 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Don't try any funny stuff like you did the last time. 502 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000 It's a policeman, cop. 503 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 It doesn't make any difference to me. 504 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 What I said still goes. 505 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Nobody can talk to me like that. 506 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 I'll have you know my kid can lick your kid any old ass. 507 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Shut up, I said. 508 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Don't tell me to shut up. 509 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Hey, what's going on here? 510 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 You keep out of this, officer. 511 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Take it easy, buddy, take it easy. 512 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 What's with this guy? 513 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Oh, don't pay any attention to him, officer. 514 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 He's nuts. 515 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Well, I'm not a fat head like you, you flatfoot. 516 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 You don't know what he's talking about, officer. 517 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 He just talks a lot too much. 518 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,000 You know what I'm going to do when you go? 519 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Jump in the river, I hope. 520 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 I'm going up and down the street and break every window I can reach. 521 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Not while I'm around you, not. 522 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 I'm taking you along with me just for safe keeping. 523 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Okay. 524 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Oh, yeah? 525 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000 You and who else? 526 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 I'll take care of them, officer. 527 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 I'll take care of them good. 528 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Yeah? 529 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000 Well, all right. 530 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 But you're responsible for it. 531 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Yeah. 532 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 I don't want to see any broken windows, you understand? 533 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Oh, sure, sure thing, officer. 534 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Okay. 535 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,000 No one is going to take care of me. 536 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000 I'll take care of myself. 537 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Hey, hey, come back here. 538 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Come back here, I said. 539 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,000 I don't want any broken windows, you hear? 540 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:27,760 I ran deep into the heart of the park. 541 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,640 I knew he wouldn't fire after me with the policeman there. 542 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,000 I hid in the bushes for almost 20 minutes. 543 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000 From time to time, I could hear his searching steps. 544 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Occasionally, he would walk slowly toward the bush I was hiding under. 545 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,000 I was afraid to breathe, afraid to allow my heart another beat. 546 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Then for a moment, he would stop. 547 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,000 I could easily have reached out and touched him. 548 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000 He was that close. 549 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Then he would go, still searching. 550 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:59,000 I waited five minutes more, 10, 20, a half hour. 551 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,000 He didn't return. 552 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,000 I knew where he had gone. 553 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:09,000 I knew he was about to commit a murder. 554 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,000 I went into the apartment house through the service entrance. 555 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,000 My legs felt like rubber and my clothes were torn from the bushes in the park. 556 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:23,000 I walked quietly up the steps to the first floor, made sure the corridor was empty. 557 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Then moved to the door of apartment 1A and listened. 558 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,000 For a moment, I heard nothing. 559 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,000 And then that familiar voice seeped through the crack beneath the door. 560 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 So, you decided to back out, huh? 561 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Oh, Max, I'm afraid. 562 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 What's there to be afraid of, sweetheart? 563 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,000 I'm afraid for you. 564 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000 We'd never get away with it. 565 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 It says we wouldn't. 566 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Just you let me take care of him. 567 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Or maybe you still love him. 568 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 I loathe him and you know it. 569 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Then why hold back? 570 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Why make yourself miserable any longer? 571 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 It's you and me, sweetheart. 572 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 You get that? You and me. 573 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,000 That's the way it's gotta be. 574 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,000 I'm sorry, Max. I can't do it. 575 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000 I won't. 576 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 You can't back out now. 577 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Why can't I? 578 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 You know too much. 579 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Oh, Max, if that's what's worrying you, I would... 580 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 That's what's worrying me. 581 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Don't you trust me, darling. 582 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Sure, when I can see you. 583 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,000 That's why we've gotta be together. 584 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,000 Or maybe you want to bump him off 585 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 and take all the dough yourself. 586 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Oh, Max. 587 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Sure. 588 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 That's it. 589 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Oh, what a sap I've been. 590 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Don't be a fool. 591 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000 I'm going. 592 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,000 I'll... I'll hear from you, won't I, darling? 593 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Not a chance. 594 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 You won't be hearing from anyone, sweetheart. 595 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000 Max. Max, put away that gun. 596 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 I'm checking you out, Lily. 597 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Max, listen, please. 598 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Max, listen, don't do it. 599 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 I'm with you. You know that, don't you? 600 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000 That's all I am. 601 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 Let go, I tell you. 602 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Be careful of your... 603 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Lily. 604 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Max. 605 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Max, darling, I... 606 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Max, I didn't mean to do it. 607 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Max, I didn't mean to do it. 608 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000 Her back was to me as I opened the door. 609 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,000 She was on her knees weeping for the man she had just killed. 610 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 I walked quietly toward her, 611 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,000 knelt down and reached for the gun at her side, 612 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,000 picked it up, moved a few steps back and waited. 613 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,000 She must have felt my presence in the room 614 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 because she stopped sobbing, 615 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,000 stood up and turned to face me. 616 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Nothing was said. 617 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Her eyes were searching mine, 618 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 growing wider and wider as she found my thoughts. 619 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Tiny streams of blood began to trickle 620 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 from those places where her sharp fingernails 621 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,000 had penetrated the palm of her hand. 622 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,000 The silence of the room began to roar. 623 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000 And then... 624 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 Number, please. 625 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Get me the police department. 626 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Police department. 627 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:24,000 You'd better send someone over to 375 Highland Drive right away. 628 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Apartment 1A. 629 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,000 375 Highland Drive, Apartment 1A, huh? 630 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000 What's up? 631 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,000 I think you'll call it murder. 632 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 I just killed my wife. 633 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Suspense! 634 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:55,000 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 635 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,000 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 636 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 Before we hear again from Leon Ames, 637 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,000 the star of an evening's diversion to night's suspense play, 638 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,000 this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 639 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,000 The Fourth of July marks not only Independence Day, 640 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,000 but also the beginning of the really hot summer weather. 641 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,000 The sweltering throat-parching days that melt your energy 642 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,000 and burn your disposition. 643 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Well, here's a clever California recipe 644 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 that's famous as a heat beater. 645 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,000 To get cool, comfortable and contented, 646 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,000 enjoy an ice-cold, taste-tingling Roma Wine Lemonade. 647 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,000 That's right, Roma Wine Lemonade. 648 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,000 Delicious, refreshing and expensive. 649 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 Now, here's how. 650 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Place ice and the juice of half a lemon in a tall glass. 651 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Pour three-quarters full with zestful Roma California Burgundy 652 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 or any other Roma wine you prefer. 653 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000 Add water and sweeten to taste. 654 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,000 Then, sit back and sip your way to cool contentment. 655 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,000 Roma Wine Lemonade. 656 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,000 The most refreshing summer drink you ever tasted. 657 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 So cool to come home to. 658 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,000 And remember, Roma, America's favorite wine, 659 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,000 makes America's finest wine coolers. 660 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,000 So refresh with Roma. 661 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,000 R-O-M-A. 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