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Roma wines present Suspense. 4 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:26,600 Tonight, Roma wines bring you Mr. Phil Silvers in The Swift Rise of Eddie Albright, a Suspense 5 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:33,120 play produced, edited, and directed for Roma wines by William Spears. 6 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:40,800 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma wines. 7 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,680 That's R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 8 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:49,800 Those better tasting California wines enjoyed by more Americans than any other wine. 9 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,520 For friendly entertaining, for delightful dining. 10 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,480 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma wines bring you Phil Silvers 11 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,080 in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 12 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:05,920 Up car please. 13 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,240 Good morning, Mr. Griffin. 14 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,240 Good morning. 15 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:11,240 Get back in the car please. 16 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,240 Well, good morning, Miss Spring-Ride. 17 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,240 Hello, Eddie. 18 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,240 Morning, Miss Gidridge. 19 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,240 Take away, Eddie. 20 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:16,240 That's all please. 21 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:17,240 Watch the doors, please. 22 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,240 Two, please. 23 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:19,240 Three. 24 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:20,240 Four. 25 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:21,240 Five. 26 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:22,240 Six. 27 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,240 Seven. 28 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:24,240 Eight. 29 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:25,240 Nine. 30 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:26,240 Ten. 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:31,400 Well, that's the way it is with me all day long, see. 32 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,040 I got my ups and downs, like they say. 33 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,560 But I like it that way, see, because I'm not going to be doing this forever. 34 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,200 I'm not even going to be doing it very much longer at all, because I got a job as an assistant 35 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,400 to Mr. Garvey, the building manager. 36 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,480 The way I handle my car and my customers, I'm going to be a cinch to get it. 37 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:53,480 In fact, I am so much a cinch that I have told Millie that that's what I am already. 38 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,120 Millie is the manicurist at the elite barbershop down in Lexington. 39 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,360 And three, four times a week on my off hour, I jump out of my uniform and into my street 40 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,560 clothes and go down there and get a manicure. 41 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,480 I saw they got Millie staked out, see. 42 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,160 And that's where I am on this day when all this happens, down there getting a manicure 43 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,160 from Millie. 44 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,560 I don't say that you got real nice hands though, Mr. Albright. 45 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:14,560 Real swan gay. 46 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,040 Well, you see, for a man in my position. 47 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,880 But I will also say that you don't really have to have them cared for quite so often. 48 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:20,880 Oh, that. 49 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,000 I mean, I wouldn't tell that to everyone, but some of my customers, I like to give them 50 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,960 my very best professional advice, you know. 51 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:26,960 Well, maybe I... 52 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,320 Just let your hand relax, Mr. Albright. 53 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Yeah. 54 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,680 Well, maybe I know that. 55 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:32,680 Maybe I got my reason. 56 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,680 Mr. Albright, I can't imagine what kind of reasons you'd have. 57 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,600 Look, with a guy like me, nobody has to stand on many ceremonies, see. 58 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,080 For instance, all my friends call me Eddie. 59 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,080 Really? 60 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,840 Sure, Mr. Garvey and everybody. 61 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,760 Just like I call you Millie. 62 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:47,760 That's all right, isn't it? 63 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:48,760 Oh, well, sure. 64 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,520 But me calling a customer, well, it makes a difference, you know. 65 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,880 Is that all I am? 66 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:53,880 Just another customer? 67 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:54,880 Oh. 68 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,040 You must hold your hand still, Mr. Albright. 69 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,040 Yeah, sure. 70 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:02,680 For what I mean, just because I hold a slightly higher position than somebody else, that don't 71 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,240 make any difference to me. 72 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,440 That's my idea of democracy. 73 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,400 Everybody is just as good as anybody else. 74 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,640 Of course, unless you're a millionaire or something. 75 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:12,760 Oh, well, what's so special about a millionaire? 76 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,520 I got a customer that's a millionaire and his hands aren't nearly as swan gay as yours. 77 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,520 Well, what I mean is, I'm not quite in that class, yes. 78 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,560 But I wish you would call me Eddie. 79 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,920 Well, you know, I was thinking about you. 80 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:25,920 I don't know. 81 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:26,920 Once or twice. 82 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:30,320 I mean, you're quite young to be holding the position of assistant manager of a big building 83 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:31,520 like the Dunbar building. 84 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,880 Well, I started at the bottom, of course, but there's little tricks in getting to the 85 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,560 top, just like in everything else. 86 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,240 Gee, I wish I knew some. 87 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:40,560 Well, take me for instance. 88 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,640 You know how I got where I am? 89 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,720 Remembering names and faces, that's how. 90 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:45,720 Yeah? 91 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:46,720 Yes, sir. 92 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:47,720 When I was just merely an elevator operator. 93 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:48,720 Remembering names. 94 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,920 You mean a little thing like that can get you to the top? 95 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:51,920 A little thing like that. 96 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,720 Listen, how do you suppose Jim Farley got where he is today? 97 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:56,720 Where is he? 98 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,000 I don't know where he is right now, but that's how he got to be postmaster general. 99 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,800 Just remembering names and faces. 100 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,280 Just one little thing, that's all. 101 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:05,280 Well, I don't know. 102 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,320 He must have had some kind of other abilities. 103 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,640 I mean, he must have been a bug on stamps or something. 104 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:10,640 Oh, Kevin's got that. 105 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:11,640 Look at that key. 106 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,280 Well, maybe one, two little things, but that was the main thing. 107 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:16,280 Now take me for instance. 108 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:19,760 Oh, I'm sorry, Eddie, but you've got to keep your hands still here. 109 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,560 Oh, that's okay, Millie, forget it. 110 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,560 But I was just trying to show you something in the paper. 111 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:24,560 See this picture? 112 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:25,560 Yeah. 113 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,560 Frankie the Nose Medic. 114 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,720 Former New York gangster who escaped from Atlanta six months ago, believed to be in 115 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:32,720 the city. 116 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:33,720 Oh, sure, I saw that this morning. 117 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,720 Yeah, so did I. 118 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,080 And when I saw it, I said to myself, Eddie, you, Eddie Albright, you've seen this guy somewhere 119 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,080 before. 120 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,680 And just like that, I remembered. 121 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,240 Oh, well, I bet I could remember an ugly mug like that. 122 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,240 Yeah, but suppose you only seen him three, four times. 123 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,600 Then it was two, three years ago. 124 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,720 And he was always with a whole lot of other people. 125 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,160 Eddie, you mean you know Frankie Maddox? 126 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,640 No, but I took him up in my car. 127 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,120 That was when I was just nearly an elevator operator. 128 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:58,400 I took him up three, four times. 129 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,000 There's a rich guy named Elinger lives in a penthouse on top of our building. 130 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,320 And I took him up there. 131 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,000 And that was two, three years ago. 132 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,280 But right away I remembered, Recall the Faith. 133 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:08,960 Oh, I guess that is pretty good. 134 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:09,960 All right. 135 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,920 Well, that's the kind of thing that got me where I am. 136 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,240 Yeah, well, some people are lucky, I guess. 137 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,000 Well, I don't know. 138 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,840 But some people that are lucky like to share their luck with other people. 139 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:20,600 Ever stop to think about that? 140 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,120 Well, I'm quite sure I don't know what you mean. 141 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,280 Well, take you and me for example. 142 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:26,280 What? 143 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:27,280 Maybe we could be lucky together. 144 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:31,160 I mean, maybe you and me could go out to dinner and the theater some night. 145 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:32,160 Really? 146 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,160 Oh, gee, that'd be awful nice. 147 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,160 Well, how about tonight? 148 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,160 Tonight? 149 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:38,160 Well, I don't know. 150 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,600 Well, I guess I could make it tonight. 151 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,600 Okay, now where do I need to... 152 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:43,600 Well, well, well. 153 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,880 So this is where you spend all your time. 154 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:47,440 Oh, hello, Alex. 155 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,520 Millie, I just remembered something important. 156 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:50,520 I got to go. 157 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:51,520 Yeah, but Eddie, I haven't finished yet. 158 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:52,520 What's your hurry? 159 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,000 You might at least introduce the little lady to your boss. 160 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 No, no, don't say that. 161 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Oh, dear. 162 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Then you must be Mr. Garvey. 163 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 I'm sure I'm pleased to meet you. 164 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Mr. Garvey? 165 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Say, what's this guy been telling you? 166 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,000 I, Millie, I... 167 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Well, I really don't see what's so funny. 168 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 No, it's not... 169 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 All I know is that Mr. O'Brien is a very good guy. 170 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 He's a very good guy. 171 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Oh, is that what he told you? 172 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Look, Alex, can I just... 173 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,480 Oh, Eddie, I'm ashamed. 174 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,400 How could you do such a thing to such a cute little lady? 175 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,000 Eddie O'Brien, you're going to sit there and let this man talk to me? 176 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,680 He better sit there because I am his boss. 177 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,680 Millie, look... 178 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:30,520 I'm chief starter on the Dunbar elevators, and little Eddie here is operator number 23. 179 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:31,520 Eddie. 180 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,280 And when I say go, he goes. 181 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:36,320 And when I say stay, he stays. 182 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,200 Millie, no, look, Millie, I got to go... 183 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,280 I hadn't finished your hand, Mr. O'Brien. 184 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:45,000 Oh, Millie, let's not be bitter. 185 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,400 Well, goodbye. 186 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:58,560 Well, you can imagine how that made me feel. 187 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,600 I felt lower in the third basement. 188 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,440 And what made it worse was all true what I told Millie. 189 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,160 I'll accept a little part about being Mr. Garvey's assistant. 190 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,480 But I did remember faces. 191 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:09,960 I was going to get to the top. 192 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,680 I was there already, practically. 193 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:17,800 But all I could think of was how I could get even with that starter, that Alex Henderson, 194 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,520 without having him fire me. 195 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,120 And pretty soon he came back, and I just didn't speak to him. 196 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,280 I didn't even look at him. 197 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:29,360 But I could see him grinning all over that ugly puss of his every time he looks at me. 198 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,400 And then I see him looking serious and going over to talk to some guys who just came in, 199 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,480 but I recognize the plane closed in. 200 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,800 And then they separate and sort of hang around the lobby trying to look as though they aren't 201 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:39,800 there. 202 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,360 And I figure I'll bide my time to get that on, Alex. 203 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,000 So pretty soon I mosey over to where he is. 204 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,760 Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. O'Brien. 205 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,800 Okay, okay, you had your fun. 206 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,800 What are all the dicks doing in the lobby? 207 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:57,280 Well, now I wouldn't tell everyone, but of course an important man like you... 208 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,160 Oh, lay off, can't you? 209 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:00,160 What's going on? 210 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,640 They had a tip Frankie Maddox was heading for this building. 211 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:03,640 Frankie Maddox? 212 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:04,640 Yeah. 213 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:05,640 Friend of yours? 214 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,640 Oh, I know what he looks like. 215 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,240 I took him up to the penthouse three, four times. 216 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,240 Two, three years ago. 217 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:10,240 I ain't never forgot. 218 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,240 Yeah? 219 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,240 Who was with him, General MacArthur? 220 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,240 Now look, I'm not kidding. 221 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,240 I'd remember him anyplace. 222 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,680 Well, why don't you just go over and speak to the lieutenant over there? 223 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:18,680 Okay, I will. 224 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:19,680 Get back on your car. 225 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:20,680 But, Alex... 226 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:21,680 Get back on your... 227 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,560 Well, well, well, look who's coming in the door. 228 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:26,560 Our girlfriend. 229 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:27,560 Our girlfriend? 230 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,440 Oh, listen, Alex, I can take just... 231 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:30,440 How do you do, Miss O'Malley? 232 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:31,440 Oh, I'm quite well. 233 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:32,440 Thank you, Mr. Henderson. 234 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:33,440 Hello, Millie. 235 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,680 I wonder if you could have one of your boys take me up to the penthouse. 236 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:40,080 We got a call at the shop a little while ago from Mr. Ellinger. 237 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,640 He wanted a manicure sent up. 238 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:42,840 Why, sure, Miss O'Malley. 239 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,840 The last car there. 240 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,840 Thank you very kindly, Mr. Henderson. 241 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,760 Eddie, take the young lady up to the penthouse. 242 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:49,760 Right away. 243 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:50,760 Look sharp. 244 00:08:50,760 --> 00:09:00,160 Millie... 245 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,160 The penthouse, please. 246 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,200 Now, listen, Millie, I can explain all what I said. 247 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:08,280 And I do not wish to engage in any unnecessary conversation with the help, Mr. Albright. 248 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,040 Oh, Millie, that guy's jealous, that's all. 249 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,240 He knows when that job comes up, I'm a sink-shrimp, and he won't stand a chance. 250 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,720 He's just trying to get the knife from me, that's all. 251 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,080 And that job is coming up, and I'm going to get it. 252 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,040 Every day now, you'll see. 253 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,000 Oh, Millie, give me a break. 254 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,400 You said yourself it didn't matter, even if a guy was a millionaire. 255 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,760 I am a very democratic person, Mr. Albright. 256 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:34,720 I have no objection at all to a man being an elevator operator whatsoever, but I do object 257 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,320 to his being a big phony. 258 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,320 I believe this is my floor. 259 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,840 Good day, Mr. Albright. 260 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:42,840 Millie... 261 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:43,840 Hold it, bud. 262 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:45,880 You heard him, hold it. 263 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,840 I'm sorry, but you gentlemen can't bring that copper down on this car. 264 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,320 You'll have to take the freight elevator. 265 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:51,320 Shut up. 266 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:52,320 Now, listen, I... 267 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:53,320 Get in there. 268 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:54,320 All right, easy now. 269 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,320 Okay, stand up... stand it up in that corner. 270 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,520 Well, of course, if you gentlemen insist. 271 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,240 Okay, that'll do it. 272 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,680 Our policy is to give prompt and courteous service to all the occupants of this building. 273 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:06,680 Okay, but... 274 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:08,680 But it's against regulations. 275 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:09,680 Shut down. 276 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:16,240 Yes, sir, but it's against regulations to carry furniture in the passenger cars and 277 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,520 a big carpet like that. 278 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,600 What about a big carpet like that? 279 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:20,600 Well, it's furniture. 280 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,640 Well, what do you know? 281 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,160 Sonny Boy here thinks this is furniture. 282 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,280 Well, it ain't furniture, you see, Sonny Boy? 283 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,280 Well, the regulations... 284 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:28,280 Shut up. 285 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,280 Yes, sir. 286 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:30,280 What floor, sir? 287 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,280 The basement. 288 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:32,280 Yes, sir. 289 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:33,280 Which basement? 290 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:38,280 You ain't trying to be funny, are you, Sonny Boy? 291 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,480 No, sir, but we have three basements in this building. 292 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:41,480 You all got stairs up to the street? 293 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,480 Yeah, they have stairs, but it isn't... 294 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:43,480 Take us to the fight when you come to. 295 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:44,480 Yes, sir. 296 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:45,480 But the building regulations... 297 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,480 Oh, shut up. 298 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,480 Yes, sir. 299 00:10:51,480 --> 00:11:00,040 Well, like I say, we believe in giving prompt and courteous service, so I wasn't going to 300 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:04,520 argue with anybody, particularly anybody as big and tough as these two guys look. 301 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,320 They wanted to take a carpet to the basement. 302 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,320 There was no skin or fine ease. 303 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,000 It was a big carpet, all right. 304 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,320 It was rolled up, and they had it standing in the corner between them. 305 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,360 And I glanced at it, just casual-like. 306 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:21,360 And then I saw something that made my skin come up in goosebumps all over. 307 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,560 Sticking out of the bottom of that carpet was a pair of feet. 308 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:37,760 Hey, those guys had a dead body in that carpet. 309 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:43,280 For suspense, Roma wines are bringing you Phil Silvers in the swift rise of Eddie Albright. 310 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:55,680 Roma wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 311 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:00,040 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 312 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:05,280 Make your Easter Sunday a day of gracious hospitality with America's favorite wine. 313 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:13,080 That's Roma wine, R-O-M-A, Roma, enjoyed by more Americans than any other wine. 314 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,480 Our guests will enjoy glorious golden amber Roma California Sherry. 315 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:22,040 And to bring out the full goodness of that ham or turkey dinner, serve Roma California 316 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,080 Burgundy or Sauveterne. 317 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:29,760 Whichever Roma wine you serve, you enjoy an important difference, a superiority in fuller 318 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,080 bouquet, richer body, and better taste. 319 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,680 That's because Roma selects California's choicest grapes. 320 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:42,000 Then Roma master ventiners with America's finest winemaking resources guide this great 321 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,720 treasure unhurriedly to tempting taste perfection. 322 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:51,360 Later, with Roma wines of years before, these choice treasures await selection from the 323 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,160 world's greatest wine reserves for your pleasure. 324 00:12:55,160 --> 00:13:03,880 So tomorrow, for your best buy in good taste, insist on Roma wine, R-O-M-A, Roma, the greatest 325 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,440 name in wine. 326 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,760 And now, Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Phil Silvers, in the swift rise 327 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:19,720 of Eddie Albright, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 328 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:30,800 Well, when I saw those two tough guys had a body rolled up in that carpet, I just stood 329 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,200 there at the controls of my car and tried to keep my knees from knocking until we got 330 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:40,280 down to the first basement. 331 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,280 Is this the basement? 332 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,280 I say, is this the basement? 333 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,280 Oh, yes, sir. 334 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,280 Okay. 335 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:46,280 All right. 336 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:47,280 Let's lift it easy. 337 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:48,280 Can I help you? 338 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,280 No, never mind. 339 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:50,280 Easy. 340 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:51,280 Okay. 341 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,280 Set it down. 342 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,800 All right, sonny boy. 343 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:57,800 You can beat it. 344 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:58,800 Yes, sir. 345 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,800 And listen, bud. 346 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:00,800 Yes, sir. 347 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,880 If I was you, I'd forget I ever seen this carpet. 348 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:03,880 Understand? 349 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:04,880 Yes, sir. 350 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:05,880 What carpet? 351 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:12,880 My next car, please. 352 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:18,680 Well, where you been, big shot? 353 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:22,960 Oh, oh, I had to take a tenner down to the basement. 354 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:23,960 The basement? 355 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:24,960 Yeah. 356 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:29,880 Somebody from the penthouse wanted to see the super about something. 357 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:31,480 Oh, I see. 358 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,680 I thought you was going to stick around and help the cops catch Maddox when he shows up. 359 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,280 Okay, Alex, you think I'm kidding, but I do know what he looks like. 360 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,800 Yeah, with his mug all over the paper, sure. 361 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,080 You and a million other people. 362 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,480 I mean what he looks like. 363 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:53,080 And since I remember, he's a medium-sized small guy about my size. 364 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,080 Oh, a shrimp? 365 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,080 All right, but you wait. 366 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,080 If that guy comes into this building, I'll spot him and I'll... 367 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,080 All right, everybody, all right. 368 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:00,080 Just stand right where you are, please. 369 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,080 That's the lieutenant. 370 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,080 It must be Maddox. 371 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,080 Maddox. 372 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,080 Now, there's no danger, folks. 373 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:05,080 No danger. 374 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:06,080 I'm trying to locate somebody. 375 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,080 Say, I gotta go. 376 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,080 You stay here. 377 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,080 I just remembered a party up on the 15th floor. 378 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,080 You stay. 379 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:23,080 But see, I figured the cops had everything under control about this Maddox, and there 380 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,080 was no use of my button in until they need me. 381 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:29,720 And so I'm sort of getting my breath and going past the ninth floor before I notice the little 382 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:30,720 guy in the car with me. 383 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,480 A nice-looking little guy, and he speaks to me real friendly. 384 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:35,920 What's all the excitement down there? 385 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:40,280 Oh, well, I think some gangster named Maddox is loose in the building somewhere. 386 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:41,280 Do they? 387 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:42,280 Yeah. 388 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,280 Maybe it was a good idea we started up when we did, huh? 389 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:45,280 Oh, I don't know. 390 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:46,280 Don't worry me none. 391 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:47,280 What floor? 392 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:48,280 The penthouse, please. 393 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:49,280 Oh, you're looking for Miss Ellinger. 394 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,280 That's right. 395 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:51,280 My girl's up there with him right now. 396 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:52,280 Your girl? 397 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:53,280 Yeah, she's a manicure. 398 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:54,280 Miss Ellinger sent for her a little while ago for a manicure. 399 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:55,280 Oh. 400 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:56,280 Well, here's your floor. 401 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:57,280 Say, wait a minute before you open those doors. 402 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:58,280 I got a little proposition to make. 403 00:15:58,280 --> 00:15:59,280 What is it? 404 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:00,280 I'm sorry. 405 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:01,280 I'm sorry. 406 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,280 I'm sorry. 407 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:03,280 I'm sorry. 408 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,680 I got a little proposition to make for you. 409 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:06,680 Proposition? 410 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:07,680 Yeah. 411 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,120 You see, Mr. Ellinger's an old pal of mine. 412 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,920 He's a great guy for gags. 413 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,120 I haven't seen him for quite a while. 414 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:13,680 I want to pull one on him, see? 415 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:14,680 Oh. 416 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,680 Well, yeah, but... 417 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,240 I want to borrow your uniform if we just swap coats. 418 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:19,240 That's enough. 419 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:20,240 It'll only take a minute. 420 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,240 The whole thing. 421 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,240 Oh, I'm sorry. 422 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:23,240 I couldn't do anything like that. 423 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,240 The regulations... 424 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,240 Sure. 425 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:26,240 Sure, I know. 426 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:27,240 Would this help? 427 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,240 Oh, no. 428 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,240 I couldn't. 429 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:30,240 You see, if... 430 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,240 A hundred bucks. 431 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:32,240 Sure. 432 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,160 I don't have anything for a gag, and like I say, it'll only take a minute. 433 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,160 Well, I don't know. 434 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:37,160 But a hundred bucks. 435 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:38,160 Oh, here, go on. 436 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,160 Take it. 437 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:40,160 Now, give me your coat. 438 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,160 Here's mine. 439 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:42,160 Well, you sure it'll only take a minute? 440 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,160 That's right. 441 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:44,160 Okay. 442 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,160 See ya. 443 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,160 Okay, now let's go. 444 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,160 You better come with me, though, so you can get your coat back and go right on down, see? 445 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,160 Yeah, sure. 446 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,160 I'll prop the car doors open. 447 00:16:51,160 --> 00:17:03,160 I'm sorry. 448 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,160 Millie. 449 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,160 Eddie Albright, for heaven's sake, now what? 450 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:10,160 Oh, it's she. 451 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:11,160 Oh, that's my... 452 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:12,160 That's Millie that I told you about. 453 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,160 Where's Ellen? 454 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,160 Well, I'm sure I don't know, and I've been waiting quite a while, and if I have to wait 455 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,160 much longer... 456 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:18,160 You sure he's not home? 457 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:19,160 Well, I should be. 458 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,360 I'm sure I don't have to wait much longer, I'm simply going to have to charge him the 459 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:24,160 full rate anyway, and if you're a friend of his, I wish you'd tell him... 460 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:25,160 Yeah, sure, sure. 461 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,160 I'll fix it for you. 462 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:27,160 We'll come in and wait. 463 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,160 As we do, Mr. Albright. 464 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,160 Of course, it's no business of mine. 465 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,160 But if you want to throw away your job and your whole career... 466 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:33,160 I've got my reasons, Millie. 467 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:34,160 Come on. 468 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,160 Well... 469 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,160 Yeah, but you said it would only take a minute. 470 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:37,160 Come on, come on. 471 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,160 There's another hundred in it for you. 472 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:39,160 When you get your coat back... 473 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:40,160 A hundred dollars? 474 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,160 See? 475 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,160 I told you. 476 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:43,160 Your boyfriend and I are just pulling a little gag, Miss. 477 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:44,160 Boyfriend? 478 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:45,160 Are you implicating that this... 479 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:49,160 Well, I must say, someone has given you the wrong kind of an oppression entirely. 480 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,160 Yeah, okay, but you two could do quite a lot with a couple of hundred bucks, couldn't you? 481 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,160 Suppose you wait here in the front room, Miss, we'll go on inside. 482 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,160 But don't tell Mr. Albright we're here. 483 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,160 We want to surprise him. 484 00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,160 Yes, sir, of course. 485 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,160 That's two hundred dollars. 486 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,160 Listen, I can't wait long, you know. 487 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,160 Yeah, sure, I know. 488 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:04,160 In here. 489 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:11,160 Let's go out on the balcony. 490 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:16,160 Ah, it's nice up here. 491 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,160 Yeah, I always wanted a penthouse. 492 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:24,160 You know, them looking all over for this Maddox, whatever his name is, they won't miss you for a while. 493 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,160 Yeah, there's that. 494 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,160 Boy, I just wish I could lay my hands on that guy. 495 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:29,160 Who? 496 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,160 Maddox? 497 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,160 Yeah, boy, if I could just capture him single-handed or something. 498 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:34,160 What's the matter? 499 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:35,160 You got something against the guy? 500 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,160 Oh, no, no, Mr. 501 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:38,160 Mason. 502 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,160 No, Mr. Mason, I got nothing against him. 503 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,160 But I got to do something pretty quick. 504 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:47,160 Fooling around with guys like this Maddox could be a little unhealthy, though, couldn't it? 505 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:48,160 Yeah, make that. 506 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,160 But well, you see, Mr. Mason, I got to do something for Millie. 507 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,160 Oh, I don't know, she seems like a nice kid. 508 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:59,160 She doesn't seem like the kind who'd expect any crazy grandstand plays from a guy. 509 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,160 Oh, she wouldn't, Mr. Mason. 510 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:02,160 Millie's the top. 511 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,160 She's aces. 512 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,160 But you see, well, I already made one and it flopped. 513 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,160 It was a terrible flop. 514 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,160 Oh, showing off for a dame, huh? 515 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:11,160 Like a little kid. 516 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,160 Yeah, I guess so, Mr. Mason. 517 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,160 I guess I made an awful fool out of myself. 518 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,160 But well, now I got to do something to make up for it. 519 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:22,160 Listen, Eddie, a dame that's any good, she doesn't expect anything special of a guy. 520 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:26,160 If she does lay off because she's poised, take my word for it, I know. 521 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:30,160 Maybe I wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn't tried to show off for a dame. 522 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,160 Just like you. 523 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,160 I was a punk kid, I didn't know any better. 524 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,160 Gee, Mr. Mason, I wouldn't say where you are today is so bad. 525 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,160 Being able to pass out $100 bills like you do... 526 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:44,160 Yeah, well, you get older, you see things a little different sometimes. 527 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,160 How'd you come to louse it up with her? 528 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:52,160 Well, you see, it began by me telling her about this job that I got as assistant to Mr. Garvey, the building manager. 529 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:53,160 Only I don't have it yet. 530 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,160 And then Alex, he's the starter. 531 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,160 He tips her off. 532 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,160 And then I'm trying to explain to her when I bring her up here. 533 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,160 Only I don't get a chance because these two mugs get in my car with a big... 534 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,160 What two mugs? 535 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,160 The two that come from the penthouse here. 536 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:08,160 I guess they're working for Mr. Ellinger and they got a big rolled up carpet. 537 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,160 They want to go down to the basement and I call on the regulations, but... 538 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,160 Gee, maybe I shouldn't be saying this after what they told me. 539 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:16,160 What did they tell you? 540 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,160 Well, about the carpet, they said. 541 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,160 Carpet. So that's it. 542 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:24,160 Well, I guess it's okay to tell you, Mr. Mason, but I was scared. 543 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,160 Well, there was a body in that carpet. 544 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,160 Gosh, you don't suppose that's why Mr. Ellinger... 545 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,160 Now listen, Eddie, you stay right here, see. 546 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,160 But Mr. Mason, my coat... 547 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,160 I'll be back in two minutes, kid, then you'll be all set. 548 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:37,160 To the basement, huh? 549 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,160 Yeah, but Mr. Mason, wait, wait, Mr. Mason... 550 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:40,160 You stay here. 551 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,160 If you want your coat back. 552 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,160 Oh. 553 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:49,160 Well, Mr. Albright, I see your newfound friend has left you holding the bag. 554 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,160 Oh, Millie, I don't know. 555 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,160 Everything has gone wrong today. 556 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:58,160 Well, you can't say that your friends or those who were your friends didn't give you fair warning. 557 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,160 You mean you're still my friend? 558 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,160 I didn't say that. 559 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:05,160 I just hope that Mr. Alex Henderson is your friend when you try to explain to him what happened to your uniform coat. 560 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,160 Alex Henderson? 561 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,160 Listen, Millie, you don't see anything in that guy, do you? 562 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,160 Well, he's just a common stardom. 563 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:14,160 I think Mr. Henderson is a very high-type gentleman and not a big phony. 564 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,160 Him? Well, he's no worse. 565 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,160 And at least he is not ashamed of his position. 566 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:18,160 He is, too. 567 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,160 And seeing that he is your superior, I feel... 568 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,160 Yeah, well, he won't be for long. I can tell you that right now. 569 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,160 All right, Maddox, reach. 570 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:25,160 What? 571 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,160 Don't try to screw him, Maddox. Get him up. 572 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,160 They got guns! 573 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,160 Maddox, hey, listen, I'm not mad, I'm something... 574 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:33,160 Who do you think you're kidding? We know you've been having a doctor change your face the last six months. 575 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:37,160 And then you think you're gonna walk right in here and knock off Eleanor for the 50 grand he took you for? 576 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,160 Well, you're a little late. You know why? 577 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,160 Listen, fellas, you got it wrong. Don't you remember? 578 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,160 I'll tell you why, because... 579 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,160 And we got tipped off and we got Eleanor out of here in a carpet. How do you like that? 580 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,160 You know who is gonna get it? You, Maddox. 581 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,160 Oh, I know. 582 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,160 Hey, look, my girl, she pleaded. 583 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,160 And she said, look, any last words, Maddox? 584 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,160 Wait, listen, I'm not mad. I'm the elevator boy. 585 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,160 I never thought I'd see you crawl, Maddox. 586 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,160 Don't you remember? I took you down with the carpet to the basement. 587 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,160 Go ahead, I'm getting a big boot out of this. 588 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,160 Wait a minute. Maybe he's got something. 589 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:11,160 Come over here, you. 590 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,160 Yes, sir. 591 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,160 I think it is the elevator punk. 592 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,160 That's me, sir. That's right, the elevator punk. That's me. 593 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,160 Get up. What do you think? 594 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,160 I don't know. What happened to your uniform, punk? 595 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,160 Well, there was a man. He was in my car. 596 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,160 All right, turn around and get it. 597 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,160 Maddox! 598 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,160 What happened those next few minutes, I'll never know. 599 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,160 I was down on the floor until the shooting stopped, 600 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,160 and then it was awful still. 601 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,160 And I opened my eyes and looked around, and Mr. Mason, 602 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,160 only he was Maddox, I recognized him. 603 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,160 And the two mugs were lying on the floor, and they weren't moving either. 604 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,160 And then I saw Millie lying there too, and I rushed over to her. 605 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,160 And I took her in my arms, and then she opened her eyes, 606 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,160 so I knew she was all right. 607 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,160 So I rushed back to Mr. Maddox to see if I could help him. 608 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,160 And the kind of he was nice to me, whatever he was. 609 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,160 But he was dead all right, I guess. 610 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,160 And I took the gun out of his hand, and then all of a sudden 611 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,160 the room was full of people, cops and Alex Henderson, 612 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,160 and even Mr. Garvey and the old fronting around me, 613 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,160 and everybody was saying something different. 614 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,160 It's Maddox all right, Chief. He's got identification. 615 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,160 What happened here? 616 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,160 Is that the missing operator, Henderson? 617 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:18,160 That's right, Mr. Garvey. 618 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,160 Who's the girl? 619 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,160 My officer. He's got a gun in his hand. 620 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,160 Give me that, son. 621 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,160 Yes, sir. 622 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,160 Well, say, son, you must have been mixed up 623 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,160 in this little party yourself, huh? 624 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,160 Where'd you get the gun? 625 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,160 Well, Lieutenant, it's Maddox's gun, isn't it? 626 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,160 That's right, Chief. That's what must have happened. 627 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,160 Maddox gunned the two hoods, and then the kid jumped him. 628 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,160 Yeah? Well, that took a lot of courage, son. 629 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,160 Is that what happened? 630 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:43,160 Well, sir... 631 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,160 Go ahead, Eddie. Speak up. Don't be afraid. 632 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,160 Oh, no, Mr. Garvey. I'm not afraid. I'm perfectly... 633 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,160 Just tell us what happened, son. 634 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,160 Well, what happened? 635 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,160 Yes, sir. That's what happened, all right. 636 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,160 What you said. 637 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,160 Mr. Maddox made me come in here and change clothes with him. 638 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,160 And then those two came in, and Maddox shot them, 639 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,160 and then, well, I just sort of overpowered him, 640 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,160 and the gun went off, and he was killed. 641 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,160 I know guys on the force wouldn't have dared do that. 642 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:11,160 Eddie! 643 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,160 Did she see it? 644 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,160 I fainted. 645 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,160 Well, say, young man, you certainly are to be congratulated. 646 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,160 Thanks, Mr. Garvey. 647 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,160 Sir, you're the type of man we need on the Dunbar Building staff, 648 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,160 which reminds me, there's a position, 649 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,160 has my personal assistant coming over, and I think you could fill him. 650 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,160 Come and talk to me about it in the morning. 651 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,160 Oh, yes, sir, Mr. Garvey. 652 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,160 Oh, Eddie! 653 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,160 Hey, Chief! Look, Maddox! He's alive! 654 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:33,160 So he is. 655 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,160 Yeah. 656 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:35,160 He can talk! 657 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,160 He can talk? 658 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,160 How about it, Maddox? Is that what happened? 659 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,160 What happened? 660 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,160 The kid here says you gunned the other two, and he overpowered you, 661 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,160 and you got it in the struggle for the gun. 662 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,160 Is that what happened? 663 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:54,160 The kid there overpowered me. 664 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,160 Oh. 665 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:03,160 Yeah, I assure you, the kid just overpowered me. 666 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,160 He's gone. 667 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:15,160 Gosh! 668 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,160 The reason I told this, well, 669 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,160 Millie and I got married when I got the job of Mr. Garvey, 670 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,160 and, well, something pretty important is going to happen pretty soon, 671 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,160 and, well, I got to think of what Mr. Maddox said, 672 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,160 and I told Millie the whole thing, 673 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:37,160 because I didn't want to have a kid who could ever say his old man was a big phony. 674 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,160 Hello, Eddie. I mean, good morning, Mr. Albright. 675 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,160 Alex. 676 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:47,160 Car three, sir. Take Mr. Albright right up. 677 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,160 Oh, thank you, Alex. I've been watching your work. 678 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,160 You're doing great. Great. Now just look alive. 679 00:25:52,160 --> 00:26:08,160 Well, shall we go? Up, up, quickly, boy. Up. 680 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,160 Suspense. 681 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,160 Presented by Roma Wines. 682 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:15,160 R-O-M-A. Roma. America's favorite wines. 683 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,160 This is Truman Bradley bringing back to our microphone 684 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,160 the star of tonight's suspense play, Phil Silvers. 685 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,160 Well, Phil, as a screen comedian, your usual job is to keep people in stitches rather than in suspense. 686 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,160 Tell me, how did you like the change tonight? 687 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:31,160 Truman, believe me, it's a lot easier to make people scared than it is to make them smile. 688 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,160 Well, would a top-flag comedian like yourself object to a tip on how to make folks smile? 689 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:39,160 Hey, the last time I got a good tip was when a guy mistook me for a waiter. 690 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,160 But go on ahead. Old Silvers needs a little polish. 691 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,160 My judge, I figured, a polish? 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You've been devoted. 708 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,160 Tonight's suspense play was written by Roy Grandy and Robert Richards. 709 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:13,160 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Mr. Kirk Douglas as star of Suspense. 710 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:41,160 Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 711 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:49,160 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Ava Gardner, David Niven, Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Barry, and others. 712 00:28:49,160 --> 00:29:07,160 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 713 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:17,160 Stay tuned for the thrilling adventures of the FBI in Peace and War, which follows immediately over most of these stations. 714 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:39,160 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.