WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:08.000 And now, Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:08.000 --> 00:10.000 Roma Wines presents... 00:10.000 --> 00:12.000 Suspense! 00:15.000 --> 00:19.000 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you The Man Who Thought He Was Edward G. Robinson. 00:19.000 --> 00:25.000 A suspense play produced, edited, and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 00:25.000 --> 00:35.000 Suspense! Radio's outstanding theater of thrills is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:35.000 --> 00:43.000 That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines. Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 00:43.000 --> 00:48.000 To your happiness in entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. 00:48.000 --> 00:55.000 Yes, right now, a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma Wines bring you Edward G. Robinson. 00:55.000 --> 01:03.000 As both himself and as a certain Mr. Homer J. Hubbard, a man who thought he was Edward G. Robinson in this remarkable tale of... 01:03.000 --> 01:05.000 Suspense! 01:05.000 --> 01:10.000 The Man Who Thought He Was Edward G. Robinson 01:16.000 --> 01:19.000 Mm-hmm. Yeah. 01:19.000 --> 01:23.000 And I'm making this statement in accordance with a promise to a very dear friend. 01:23.000 --> 01:29.000 It is a complete statement in every detail, even including those matters which are to me personally incriminating. 01:29.000 --> 01:34.000 Because my trust in my friend is such that I haven't the slightest concern on that score, or any other. 01:34.000 --> 01:37.000 What follows concerns primarily two persons. 01:37.000 --> 01:42.000 Myself, Homer J. Hubbard, and my wife, Ada Sampsy Hubbard. 01:42.000 --> 01:48.000 Even when I was courting Ada, I was aware that hers was a strong and domineering personality, to say the least. 01:48.000 --> 01:57.000 And after we were married, well, at first I put up with Ada's constant nagging and petty persecutions as best I could. 01:57.000 --> 02:01.000 I put up with them for five long years. 02:01.000 --> 02:08.000 It wasn't until a memorable evening in 1930 that the first-day mouth lines of an escape and finally a plan began to take shape in my mind. 02:08.000 --> 02:17.000 Ada and I had gone to the movies to see a picture called Little Caesar, with an actor in it whom I had never heard of before. 02:17.000 --> 02:27.000 Oh, so you thought you'd rat on me, huh? Well, get this, nobody rats on Little Caesar, see? 02:34.000 --> 02:40.000 The moment I saw that face on the screen, the minute I heard that voice, the world of reality around me simply ceased to exist. 02:40.000 --> 02:44.000 I lived that picture. I was Little Caesar. I was Edward G. Robinson. 02:44.000 --> 02:53.000 I was dimly conscious that my voice was like his, that even my face without my spectacles and with my hair parted differently might have been mistaken for his. 02:53.000 --> 02:58.000 But it was more than that. It was his personality that fascinated me and that I assumed. 02:58.000 --> 03:05.000 Calm, assured, tough, the kind of a man who made people do what he wanted done the way he wanted it done. 03:05.000 --> 03:10.000 Walking out of the movie theater, I knew something had happened that was going to change my whole life. 03:10.000 --> 03:17.000 There, there's the man. Little Caesar, they call him, and well, they may. What's his name? Edwin G. Robinson? 03:17.000 --> 03:18.000 No, no, no, Edward G. Robinson. 03:18.000 --> 03:24.000 Oh, Edward G. Robinson. Well, I'll wait to be hearing plenty about him from now on. He's no Caspar Milktoast. 03:24.000 --> 03:25.000 Yes, dear. 03:25.000 --> 03:30.000 Is that all you have to say? Yes, dear. What does it take to arouse a little enthusiasm in you anyway? 03:30.000 --> 03:36.000 Well, here you've seen a fine performance, a picture that would get anybody in the world excited, and all you can say is, yes, dear. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 Yes, dear. 03:37.000 --> 03:40.000 Oh, I wish you were half the man that Robertson is. 03:45.000 --> 03:49.000 Yes, but from that moment, I no longer really cared what Ada wished or thought. 03:49.000 --> 03:56.000 I had begun my escape into a dream world of my own making, a world in which I was Edward G. Robinson. 03:56.000 --> 03:59.000 As the weeks went by, I began to identify myself with him more and more. 03:59.000 --> 04:06.000 I imagined myself in countless dangerous situations, and when no one was looking, I imitated him and affected his mannerisms. 04:06.000 --> 04:12.000 I spent our day dreaming at my desk, wondering what the other people in the office would think if I suddenly exposed this hidden side of my personality. 04:12.000 --> 04:14.000 Good heavens! Is Hubbard gone mad? 04:14.000 --> 04:15.000 What's up with this ho? 04:15.000 --> 04:16.000 Mad, crazy, jokey. 04:16.000 --> 04:21.000 Okay, okay, everybody, now stay where you are. Hold your hands over your head. I don't want any monkey business, see. 04:21.000 --> 04:23.000 Now stand back there, Ryan. I need plenty of stuff from you, and I'll let you have it. 04:23.000 --> 04:28.000 Hubbard, this is preposterous. What do you mean by such behavior? Is this your idea of a joke? 04:28.000 --> 04:33.000 You'll see whether it's a joke or not if you make one false move. This isn't a water pistol I'm holding here, you know. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 Hubbard, go fire! Leave this office immediately! 04:35.000 --> 04:42.000 Oh, don't make me laugh. I'm getting out all right, but I'm not fired, see. I'm even well-heeled, and that's why you come in, Mr. Ryan. 04:42.000 --> 04:43.000 Oh, look, Hubbard, what did he say? 04:43.000 --> 04:44.000 Please, please, Hubbard. No, no, no, be reasonable. 04:44.000 --> 04:50.000 Oh, shut up and do what I tell you. Keep your hands up in the air and walk over to that safe. Open it up. Get all the money out of it. 04:50.000 --> 04:51.000 Look, I'm falling. 04:51.000 --> 04:53.000 Put it right here on the desk in front of me. I get going. 04:53.000 --> 04:54.000 All right, all right. 04:54.000 --> 04:58.000 I don't want to have any trouble with you, Ryan. I'm going to count three, and if you're not moving when I finish, you'll never move again. 04:58.000 --> 04:59.000 Hubbard. 04:59.000 --> 05:00.000 See? Hubbard. 05:00.000 --> 05:01.000 One, two. 05:01.000 --> 05:02.000 Hubbard. 05:02.000 --> 05:03.000 Hubbard. 05:03.000 --> 05:04.000 Huh? 05:04.000 --> 05:09.000 What are you daydreaming about? You better get busy or I shall be forced to report you to Mr. Pamberton again. 05:09.000 --> 05:18.000 Oh, oh, oh. I'm sorry, Mr. Ryan. I'm terribly sorry. I can't understand why you could have come over me. 05:22.000 --> 05:27.000 Well, that's the way it went. At the office, walking down the street, riding home on the bus. 05:27.000 --> 05:36.000 My life outwardly, calm, well-ordered, possibly even dull, was actually 24 hours of harrowing adventure with myself as the central figure. 05:36.000 --> 05:39.000 I saw every Edward G. Robinson picture that came out. 05:39.000 --> 05:44.000 It was the day after seeing Brother Orchard for the third time that Ada finally caught me. 05:44.000 --> 05:47.000 I was shaving that morning and talking to myself. 05:48.000 --> 05:53.000 Okay, okay, all right. You asked for it. If you don't come out, we're coming in and get you, see? 05:53.000 --> 05:56.000 And we're coming in shooting. What's that? 05:56.000 --> 06:02.000 Oh, yeah? And only a dirty yellow rat would say that. Okay, boys, let them have it. 06:02.000 --> 06:09.000 Well, of all the fool performances I ever heard of, this beats all. What the world are you jabbering about in here? 06:09.000 --> 06:17.000 Oh, it's really nothing, dear. I was just sort of trying to imitate Edward G. Robinson. 06:17.000 --> 06:18.000 You were what? 06:18.000 --> 06:19.000 Yes, I was. 06:19.000 --> 06:20.000 Edward G. Robinson! 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 That's right. 06:21.000 --> 06:23.000 Oh, that's rich. Oh, no, I can't believe it. 06:23.000 --> 06:24.000 Well, I was. 06:24.000 --> 06:26.000 You were trying to imitate Edward G. Robinson. 06:26.000 --> 06:27.000 Yeah. 06:27.000 --> 06:33.000 I can't stand it. But don't stop. Oh, no. Don't let me interrupt the performance, Mr. Movie Star. 06:33.000 --> 06:34.000 Don't laugh at that. 06:34.000 --> 06:36.000 Come on. Do your act for me. 06:36.000 --> 06:40.000 Well, dear, I don't see anything so funny about it. 06:40.000 --> 06:43.000 Maybe you don't, but you're the only person in the world who wouldn't. 06:43.000 --> 06:50.000 Well, I'll leave you to your rehearsing. But why don't you imitate Donald Meek or Shirley Temple? 06:50.000 --> 06:55.000 I think you'd find it easier. 06:55.000 --> 07:09.000 It was right then that I decided to kill her. 07:09.000 --> 07:14.000 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you The Man Who Thought He Was Edward G. 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More Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 08:36.000 --> 08:45.000 So insist on Roma. R-O-M-A. Roma Wines. Largest selling wines in all history. 08:45.000 --> 08:54.000 And now, Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, Edward J. Robinson, appearing as both himself and as Homer J. Hubbard, 08:54.000 --> 09:01.000 the man who thought he was Edward G. Robinson, in a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 09:10.000 --> 09:14.000 I might have decided to have mercy on her if she'd only let me alone. 09:14.000 --> 09:20.000 But Ada could never leave anyone alone. She really killed me at home and in front of our friends. 09:20.000 --> 09:25.000 Sometimes she would let a few weeks go by without saying anything and I would think that perhaps she'd forgotten. 09:25.000 --> 09:31.000 No, but Ada never forgot. She would wait until we were in a group of people and then she would come out with it. 09:31.000 --> 09:37.000 Why, my dear, you mean I haven't told you about Homer's dream world? He thinks he's Edward G. Robinson. 09:40.000 --> 09:46.000 Tell us, Mr. Homer G. Robinson, when you think you'll be getting your next contract from Hollywood. 09:46.000 --> 09:54.000 Oh, you folks at that home are all wrong. He's a killer at heart. Just a cold-blooded killer. 10:06.000 --> 10:09.000 I want to buy a gun. 10:09.000 --> 10:12.000 Sure, bud. What kind of a gun? 10:12.000 --> 10:19.000 Well, I don't know much about guns, but that one looks all right. 10:19.000 --> 10:23.000 Yeah, that's a nice little gun. 2850. 10:23.000 --> 10:25.000 Do I have to have a license? 10:25.000 --> 10:31.000 Not unless you're going to carry it on your person. Otherwise we just register it for the police records under your name. What's the name? 10:31.000 --> 10:34.000 Edward G. Robinson. 10:34.000 --> 10:42.000 You heard me, Mug. Edward G. Robinson. See? 10:42.000 --> 10:50.000 Oh, I had made my plans very carefully. My plan was that her murder would look like suicide. 10:50.000 --> 10:54.000 It would be a night when the moon was full so that I could see ahead on the pillow and aim carefully. 10:54.000 --> 11:00.000 I would fire the shot, quickly wipe my fingerprints from the handle of the gun, then push it into her hand. 11:00.000 --> 11:07.000 Then, as the shocked and bereaved husband, I would call Dr. Wallace. The police wouldn't come until later, and when they did, I would be ready for them. 11:07.000 --> 11:12.000 I was so busy laying my plans that I hadn't been reading the papers and had to be told the big news. 11:12.000 --> 11:19.000 Homer, oh, I beg your pardon. Mr. Robinson, would you mind passing the spinach? 11:19.000 --> 11:24.000 That is, if you're not too preoccupied and planning your next murder. 11:24.000 --> 11:28.000 Yeah, you held up any banks like me, Homer? 11:28.000 --> 11:31.000 Here you are, dear. 11:31.000 --> 11:35.000 Oh, say, say, that reminds me. All kidding to one side, as the fellow says. 11:35.000 --> 11:38.000 Did you know that he's going to be here in town next week? 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 Who? What? 11:39.000 --> 11:43.000 Edward G. Robinson. He's going to address the hobbyist convention. 11:43.000 --> 11:44.000 Is that so? 11:44.000 --> 11:45.000 Yes. 11:45.000 --> 11:47.000 My, my, I'd like to hear him. 11:47.000 --> 12:01.000 I would, too. I'd like to see what a real he-man is like, not just a poor imitation. 12:01.000 --> 12:10.000 We went, and at first it was the most terrible disappointment of my life, because he wasn't tough or hard-boiled or anything like it. 12:10.000 --> 12:20.000 He seemed to be a mild-mannered man, a little shy, almost like me. And he talked about orchids and modern art. 12:20.000 --> 12:25.000 They were his hobbies, he said, raising orchids and collecting paintings, modern paintings. 12:25.000 --> 12:31.000 But as the lecture went on, I began to understand, and by the time it was over, I knew. 12:31.000 --> 12:34.000 And so, ladies and gentlemen, I consider myself twice blessed. 12:34.000 --> 12:40.000 Every man is blessed who has a hobby, but I am among the fortunate few who has two hobbies. 12:40.000 --> 12:43.000 And as the fellow said, whose fiancé had a twin sister... 12:43.000 --> 12:51.000 Oh, I see you already know it. I love them both. Thank you very much. 12:51.000 --> 12:53.000 Ah, it's hard! 12:53.000 --> 13:03.000 Later that evening, I made an excuse to get away from Maida and went down to the hotel where I knew Mr. Robinson was staying. 13:03.000 --> 13:08.000 I brined the bellboy a dollar seventy-five to tell me which was his room. 13:08.000 --> 13:13.000 I went down the hall and knocked at the door of 708. 13:13.000 --> 13:19.000 Yeah? Western Union! Come on in! 13:19.000 --> 13:27.000 Just put it on the... Well, say, Western Union dresses their boys up pretty snappy in this town, don't they? 13:27.000 --> 13:34.000 Well, I must apologize for adopting the subterfuge, Mr. Robinson, but I have something of the utmost importance to discuss with you. 13:34.000 --> 13:38.000 And I was afraid you might not see me since we had never been formally introduced. 13:38.000 --> 13:44.000 Formally introduced? Well, that's all right. What is it, autograph? 13:44.000 --> 13:48.000 I'm afraid it's something a good deal more serious than that, Mr. Robinson. 13:48.000 --> 13:54.000 Yeah? Well, you caught me right in the middle of shaving, as you say, but if you don't mind my finishing the job while you talk. 13:54.000 --> 13:56.000 Oh, come right along inside. Tell me all about it. 13:56.000 --> 13:58.000 Thank you. 14:02.000 --> 14:05.000 Well, now, what's on your mind? 14:05.000 --> 14:14.000 Well, Mr. Robinson, I have a problem. I followed your career since its earliest pain, and that is why I feel that you'll be able to tell me what to do. 14:14.000 --> 14:17.000 Uh-huh. Well, what is the problem? 14:17.000 --> 14:27.000 Well, Mr. Robinson, I suppose this is purely hypothetical, of course, but suppose you were going to kill somebody. 14:27.000 --> 14:28.000 Kill somebody? 14:28.000 --> 14:35.000 Yes, yes, in your own home. Somebody who was, shall we say, related to you. 14:35.000 --> 14:40.000 Yeah, now hold on a minute, Mr. Hubbard. Homer J. Hubbard. 14:40.000 --> 14:47.000 Mr. Hubbard, I may look like a bad guy on the screen, but when I'm not working, I'm just a plain piece of living citizen, just like anybody else. 14:47.000 --> 14:58.000 Oh, you can fool people like that audience tonight with all that talk about orchids and modern art, and it was very good, and I quite understand why you do it. 14:58.000 --> 15:01.000 A man in your position must have a front, of course. 15:01.000 --> 15:11.000 Yes, but you didn't fool me. I know. Rather, I knew that I could come to you and be perfectly frank. 15:11.000 --> 15:12.000 What about? 15:12.000 --> 15:15.000 Why, about the murder. 15:15.000 --> 15:16.000 About the what? 15:16.000 --> 15:35.000 Well, look at me, Mr. Robinson. I'm a shy, inhibited, weak, utterly ineffectual person. I've none of your assurance, your hardness, your ability to cope with any situation the directly ruthless way. 15:35.000 --> 15:46.000 How many times I wished I had, because for 20 years my life has been made horribly, unbearably miserable by one person, my wife. 15:46.000 --> 15:50.000 Oh, so that's the way it is. 15:50.000 --> 16:01.000 Yes, yes, for years I bore it as best I could, and then one day I thought, how would you have coped with it? And of course I knew at once you would kill her. 16:01.000 --> 16:09.000 And now, wait a minute, wait a minute, are you kidding me? Oh no, no, Mr. Robinson, I wouldn't think of such a thing. Look here, look here, I even secured a gun to do it with. 16:09.000 --> 16:16.000 Yeah, you better give me that. No, no, no, don't point it. Hand it to me by the barrel. I'll put it over here. Save it, you know. 16:16.000 --> 16:23.000 Yes, I must admit, I know very little about firearms, and they're quite distasteful to me. 16:23.000 --> 16:31.000 Yes, you and me both. I mean, small arms like that. Of course, a tommy gun, that's different. That's the only thing to use. 16:31.000 --> 16:41.000 Yes, I suppose you're right, but I didn't know where to get a tommy gun, and I was afraid even if I did, I'd never master the art of using it. 16:41.000 --> 16:45.000 Yes, well, now you want to kill your wife, is that it? You want me to help you? 16:45.000 --> 16:52.000 If you would, Mr. Robinson, if you could, if you could spare the time. I can't tell you how grateful I'd be. 16:52.000 --> 17:01.000 Well, you know, Mr. Hubbard, you look like a pretty nice little guy. Your wife must really be an old battle axe to have got you in a frame of mind like this. 17:01.000 --> 17:10.000 All right, I'll tell you what I'll do. I will help you. Oh, Mr. Robinson, yes, but it's got to be done my way, see? It's got to be done right. You've got to plan these things. 17:10.000 --> 17:21.000 Now, take this gap, for instance. That's no kind of a rot to kill your wife with. Why, the caliber is all wrong. The ballistics would be all wrong. The dicks would be on your tail just like that. 17:21.000 --> 17:28.000 Now, I got to get home. That's perfect for this job, get me? I've knocked off Humphrey Bogart, Orson Welles, Jimmy Cagney. Oh, I don't know how many guys with it. 17:28.000 --> 17:36.000 Now, the first thing when I get home, I'll send it to you, parcel post. Would you, Mr. Robinson? Oh, sure, sure. Now, when you get it, you just lay low, see? Now, don't do a thing till you hear from me. 17:36.000 --> 17:52.000 I'll lay this thing out with some of my boys, and then I'll get in touch with you, okay? Oh, Mr. Robinson, I don't know how to thank you. Oh, forget it, pal, forget it. What's a little murder between friends? 17:52.000 --> 18:05.000 I could scarcely maintain my composure in the two days that followed. The second day, sure enough, the gun arrived. It was a great heavy thing, the kind that is referred to, I think, as an automatic. 18:05.000 --> 18:16.000 Yes, that's it. Remembering its history, I handled it with the utmost care and reverence. I hid it in the garage where I keep my pipe, but Ada won't let me smoke. 18:16.000 --> 18:26.000 It was the next afternoon, Saturday, that the phone rang. I rushed into the bedroom to answer it and close the door after me, so Ada wouldn't hear in case it was. 18:26.000 --> 18:34.000 Hello, Homer? Yes? Well, this is Eddie. Eddie? Yeah, yeah, Eddie Robinson. 18:34.000 --> 18:40.000 Oh, yes, Mr. Eddie. Did you get the package I sent you? Yes, I got it. 18:40.000 --> 18:48.000 Okay now, but don't fool around with it, see? Until the time comes, it's kind of tricky. No, no, no, I won't. Now listen, we're going to do this the sooner the better. The deadline's tomorrow night, midnight. 18:48.000 --> 18:58.000 Now, here's the layout. You go to bed just the same as you always do, but have that gat handy and leave the front door open. Oh, say, I meant to ask you, is it safe to talk where you are? 18:58.000 --> 19:06.000 Oh, yes, yes, the phone is in the bedroom and the door is closed. Oh, the bedroom, eh? Well, that's swell. Now listen, now, a little before midnight, now you get up. 19:06.000 --> 19:12.000 She's asleep, of course. Now you take a spot just outside the bedroom door where you can keep an eye on her and on the front door too, see? Yes. 19:12.000 --> 19:21.000 At midnight, I'll contact you. We'll do the job and make a quick getaway and you can hole up in the hideout I got until the heat's off. Get it? Tomorrow night. Midnight. 19:21.000 --> 19:30.000 I'll do everything just as you say, Eddie. 19:30.000 --> 19:35.000 I followed his instructions to the letter. 19:35.000 --> 19:43.000 Well, it seemed hours before Ada went to sleep that night. It seemed days until my watch finally crept around towards midnight. 19:43.000 --> 19:54.000 But at last, the time had come. I crept out of bed, got the gun out of my coat pocket and took my position on the landing outside the bedroom door as he had told me to. 19:54.000 --> 20:01.000 And then suddenly the stillness was shattered by the ringing of the phone. Oh, I was in utter panic. 20:01.000 --> 20:07.000 This is one of those unforeseen things that can ruin even the best of plans, even plans made by Edwidgee Robinson. 20:07.000 --> 20:13.000 I rushed back into the bedroom hoping against hope that I could catch it before Ada woke up, but she already had the light on. 20:13.000 --> 20:18.000 Homer! What in the world are you doing prowling around at this time and nice little gun in your head? 20:18.000 --> 20:21.000 Why, I, I, I thought I heard a burglar. 20:21.000 --> 20:22.000 Burglar? 20:22.000 --> 20:23.000 Yes. 20:23.000 --> 20:27.000 When I've answered this phone, I want to talk to you, Homer Jeremiah Hubbard. 20:27.000 --> 20:28.000 Yes dear. 20:28.000 --> 20:29.000 Hello. 20:29.000 --> 20:30.000 Yes? 20:30.000 --> 20:35.000 What? Oh, Homer, there is a burglar. 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 Someone just saw him trying to get into the house. 20:37.000 --> 20:38.000 Are you sure? 20:38.000 --> 20:41.000 Of course I am. Somebody just phoned that they saw him. 20:41.000 --> 20:44.000 Well, don't stand there. You've got a gun. Go down there and stop him. 20:44.000 --> 20:45.000 Oh, but Ada... 20:45.000 --> 20:47.000 Go on. You want us to be killed in our beds? Go on, I say. 20:47.000 --> 20:51.000 Oh, Ada, why do you have to spoil everything? 20:55.000 --> 20:57.000 Go on, go on. Go. 20:57.000 --> 21:03.000 She pushed me out. There was nothing to do but go. I crept down the stairs in the darkness. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 I knew what Edward G. Robinson would have done. 21:05.000 --> 21:08.000 He would have gone down and captured the burglar without the slightest trouble 21:08.000 --> 21:11.000 and turned him over to the police after giving him the beating he deserved. 21:11.000 --> 21:15.000 But somehow I didn't feel much like Edward G. Robinson just then. 21:15.000 --> 21:20.000 It was at that moment that the terrible thought occurred to me that maybe it wasn't the burglar. 21:20.000 --> 21:26.000 Maybe this was Edward G. Robinson. I had no time to pursue the thought further. 21:26.000 --> 21:34.000 There he is. 21:34.000 --> 21:38.000 Suddenly, suddenly there was a barrage of shots and a confused yelling of voices. 21:38.000 --> 21:41.000 In my terror, I suppose I must have squeezed the trigger of my own gun 21:41.000 --> 21:44.000 because it began jumping and flaming in my hand. 21:44.000 --> 21:48.000 I tripped on something and the next thing I knew I was coming headlong down the stairs. 21:48.000 --> 21:59.000 And that was the last I remembered. 21:59.000 --> 22:04.000 When I woke up, Ada was holding my head in her arms and she was crying. 22:04.000 --> 22:09.000 They made me stay in bed for a couple of days, but I really didn't mind. 22:09.000 --> 22:15.000 They were reporters to see me and take my picture for the paper and all kinds of people. 22:15.000 --> 22:18.000 Even Mr. Ryan and Mr. Pemberton came to see me. 22:18.000 --> 22:22.000 And Ada? Well, Ada was simply a changed person. 22:22.000 --> 22:27.000 Nothing was too good for me. My slightest wish was literally her command. 22:27.000 --> 22:29.000 Yet the whole thing hadn't been an accident. 22:29.000 --> 22:36.000 If I planned it that way, it couldn't have turned out better. 22:36.000 --> 22:42.000 And then there was a final climax that afternoon when the phone rang by my bed. 22:42.000 --> 22:49.000 Yes? Oh, oh, yes. Mr. Eddy. You did, eh? 22:49.000 --> 22:50.000 Who is it? 22:50.000 --> 22:53.000 Oh, it was nothing, really. 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 Yes, well, about that, things have changed. 22:55.000 --> 22:56.000 Who is it? 22:56.000 --> 22:58.000 Quiet now. Will you be quiet when I'm talking to somebody else? 22:58.000 --> 22:59.000 Don't give me all the time. Excuse me. 22:59.000 --> 23:00.000 Hello, dear. Hello, dear. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 Mr. Eddy. Yes, they have changed quite a lot. 23:02.000 --> 23:05.000 I don't think we'll have to go through with it. 23:05.000 --> 23:10.000 That's right. Oh, sure, sure. She's right here. Just a minute. 23:10.000 --> 23:12.000 Eddie wants to talk to you. 23:12.000 --> 23:13.000 Eddie? 23:13.000 --> 23:17.000 Yeah, sure. Eddie Robinson. Quite a pal of mine. 23:17.000 --> 23:19.000 You mean Edward G. Robinson? 23:19.000 --> 23:22.000 Oh, yes. The robber. You know, we had quite a little chat that night. 23:22.000 --> 23:25.000 He was in town after I let you in. Got pretty chummy. 23:25.000 --> 23:27.000 Here, she's going to talk to you. 23:27.000 --> 23:36.000 Yes, yes. Hello. Oh, yes. Yes, Mr. Robinson. Oh, I know he is. 23:36.000 --> 23:39.000 Oh, I certainly will, Mr. Robinson. 23:39.000 --> 23:44.000 Oh, I know I'm lucky. All right, Mr. Robinson. Goodbye. 23:44.000 --> 23:48.000 Oh, Homer. He knew all about it. He'd seen it in the papers. 23:48.000 --> 23:49.000 Yeah, yeah. So he said. 23:49.000 --> 23:55.000 And he said you were a hero, a real hero. Bigger than any movie hero that ever was. 23:55.000 --> 23:56.000 He did, huh? 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 Oh, Homer. 23:58.000 --> 24:11.000 Well, if Eddie Robinson says I'm a hero, I guess maybe I am. 24:11.000 --> 24:16.000 It couldn't have turned out better, Eddie, and you know how grateful I am. 24:16.000 --> 24:22.000 I'm a regular little Caesar around town now. My married life is all I've ever wanted it to be. 24:22.000 --> 24:26.000 Of course, there are some things about the whole thing that confuse me a little. 24:26.000 --> 24:33.000 It has even occurred to me, I will confess, that you might have had more of a hand in it than was generally known. 24:33.000 --> 24:39.000 That the gun you sent me might have contained blanks, I believe you called them, don't you? 24:39.000 --> 24:43.000 Because in spite of all the shooting, there wasn't one bullet hole anywhere in the house. 24:43.000 --> 24:46.000 And the gun had disappeared, which confused the police somewhat, too. 24:46.000 --> 24:52.000 And that the burglars might have been some of your boys playing a little joke. 24:52.000 --> 24:56.000 Yes, but I don't think you would do a thing like that to a pal, Eddie, would you? 24:56.000 --> 25:02.000 No, I don't even think you would use the statement that you asked me to send you to hold over my head as a guarantee that I wouldn't try to kill Eddie again. 25:02.000 --> 25:04.000 Not that I ever would. 25:04.000 --> 25:09.000 But even if you did all that, Eddie, I don't really mind. 25:09.000 --> 25:22.000 Because as you might say yourself, what's a little joke between pals? 25:22.000 --> 25:24.000 Suspense! 25:24.000 --> 25:31.000 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 25:31.000 --> 25:40.000 And now, this is Ken Niles with a double helping of compliments for you, Mr. Robinson, for your excellent performances in both the roles you played tonight. 25:40.000 --> 25:42.000 And here's a note from the control room. 25:42.000 --> 25:47.000 Bill Spear, our producer-director, says you sounded remarkably authentic as Edward G. Robinson. 25:47.000 --> 25:50.000 And very sincere as the little man who wanted to be. 25:50.000 --> 25:54.000 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Niles, and a bow to you, Bill. 25:54.000 --> 26:00.000 And Eddie, since you're one of Hollywood's most celebrated hosts, we know you'll enjoy this gift basket of Roma California wines. 26:00.000 --> 26:03.000 Well, a handsome gift, Ken, and many thanks. 26:03.000 --> 26:09.000 Here's the bottle of Roma Burgundy, Bill Spear suggested we serve tomorrow night if Mrs. Robinson can get any meat. 26:09.000 --> 26:18.000 Well, Eddie, during these shorty days when you rarely find a porterhouse steak or a juicy roast you want, Roma Burgundy rescues many a meal. 26:18.000 --> 26:26.000 For robust Roma Burgundy with its tempting taste harmonies for hearty meals makes ordinary pot roast as flavorful as roast beef. 26:26.000 --> 26:34.000 Yes, the finer taste of Roma Burgundy brings out all the subtle hidden flavors in food, adds richly to mealtime pleasure. 26:34.000 --> 26:36.000 That sounds mighty good. 26:36.000 --> 26:44.000 Well, Roma Burgundy is mighty good because only Roma, America's greatest vintner, selects from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. 26:44.000 --> 26:47.000 Only Roma possesses so vast a treasure. 26:47.000 --> 26:51.000 That's why every Roma wine is better tasting every time. 26:51.000 --> 26:56.000 No wonder more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 26:56.000 --> 27:01.000 Well, you've convinced me, Ken. And now tell me, who stars on Suspense next Thursday? 27:01.000 --> 27:04.000 It's that very lovely and very talented actress, Miss Susan Hayworth. 27:04.000 --> 27:05.000 Well, well. 27:05.000 --> 27:11.000 In a play about a wife, a husband, a blackmailer, and a remarkably ingenious murder plot. I think you'll want to listen, Eddie. 27:11.000 --> 27:16.000 Well, why should I want to be different from everybody else in the country, Ken? I certainly will listen. 27:16.000 --> 27:22.000 Good night. Good night, Eddie. And we're looking forward to seeing you in your new failure production, The Red House. 27:22.000 --> 27:28.000 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Miss Susan Hayworth as star of Suspense. 27:30.000 --> 27:35.000 Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 27:35.000 --> 27:43.000 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Judy Garland, Jack Carson, Brian Dunleavy, Cary Grant, Roddy McDowell, and others. 27:43.000 --> 27:49.000 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrill. 27:49.000 --> 28:09.000 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.