1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,680 Yes, Roma wines taste better, because only Roma selects from the world's greatest wine 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,120 reserves for your pleasure. 3 00:00:12,120 --> 00:00:20,440 And now, Roma wines, R-O-M-A, Roma wines present Suspense. 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:27,880 Tonight, Roma wines bring you Mr. Richard Conte in Win, Place, and Murder, a suspense 5 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:33,600 play produced, edited, and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 6 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:42,600 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 7 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:49,800 That's R-O-M-A, Roma wines, those better tasting California wines enjoyed by more Americans 8 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:54,480 than any other wine, for friendly entertaining, for delightful dining. 9 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:59,440 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma wines bring you Richard 10 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:13,080 Conte in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 11 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,320 Most of this took place because you can lead a horse to water and sometimes you can make 12 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:19,320 him drink, but you can never make him win a race. 13 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:22,720 I learned that from a horse named Mosquito down at Tropical Park. 14 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,680 I was in New York and things weren't easy. 15 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,800 The private detective business had gone flat out in a glass of beer in a boiler room. 16 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,000 I needed to borrow money, but the only place I could get it from was a girl named Laura 17 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Lee. 18 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,560 I'd been going with her before I got hit by that monsoon at the $2 window, and I'd 19 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,000 marry her if she could shake a father with five million bucks and a big stick. 20 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,920 Anyway, I scratched together a little dough and I'd sit in my office brooding about how 21 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,000 crime doesn't pay. 22 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,400 It didn't help anyone Laura took an office across the hall and called herself a private 23 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,520 detective with five million bucks you can afford to play games. 24 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,600 But after that things went from bad to worse. 25 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:03,160 And then last week, Thursday, I noticed in the paper Mosquito was running at Jamaica. 26 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,440 I picked up the phone to call a bookie joint run by a guy named Joey Gault and that's how 27 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:08,440 it started. 28 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:09,440 Hello? 29 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:17,440 Let me talk to Joey Gault, I got a bet. 30 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:18,440 He can't talk now. 31 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,320 It's only going to take a minute. 32 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:21,320 Why you want him for? 33 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,320 I told you I want to make a bet. 34 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:23,320 Just a minute. 35 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:24,320 Hello? 36 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:25,320 Joey, you know that horse Mosquito? 37 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:26,320 Hold it mister, this ain't Joey Gault. 38 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,320 Look, if I wanted to talk to everybody in town, I'd rent a subway. 39 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Let me talk to Gault. 40 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,320 Who is this? 41 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,320 Chris Draper. 42 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:33,320 I want to give Joey a bet. 43 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,320 He's not taking any more bets. 44 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,320 What do you mean? 45 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,320 I got the right thing at Jamaica. 46 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,320 What do you mean he's not taking any more bets? 47 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,320 I mean it the way it sounds Draper, Joey Gault isn't taking any more bets. 48 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:39,320 I should have known that. 49 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,320 I'm not going to let you get away with this. 50 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:41,320 I'm going to get away with this. 51 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:42,320 I'm going to get away with this. 52 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:43,320 I'm going to get away with this. 53 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:51,320 I'm going to get away with this. 54 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,840 I should have known then, but I'm the kind of a guy that finds out about an earthquake 55 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,320 when the repair squad arrives. 56 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,120 If Joey Gault wouldn't take my bet, somebody would. 57 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:03,880 It was almost 12, so I put on my coat and started for a bookie joint down on 45th. 58 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,840 On the door I hung a sign that said, out to lunch, back at 1 o'clock. 59 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,360 I always hated to walk out that door because I had to look at the sign across the hall. 60 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,680 Laura Lee, licensed private detective. 61 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:19,040 A dame that couldn't find a spoon of sugar in a candy factory. 62 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,160 But she had the scratch and that's what counts. 63 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,480 I walked down to 45th street and put my last hundred bucks on mosquito to win. 64 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,160 It was raining, so I ducked into a drug store for a sandwich and a cup of coffee. 65 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,480 After that I strolled up toward my place again. 66 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,920 I stopped a couple of times, once in front of a bookstore. 67 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,360 The window was full of books on how we had to have a peaceful world. 68 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,120 Three of them were written by generals who would know peace if somebody lugged it in 69 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:44,120 on a hunk of toast. 70 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:49,480 It was about a quarter to 1 when I walked up to the door of my office. 71 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:54,920 Somebody had made some changes and I got the fastest slow burn in history. 72 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,180 My sign was gone, but there was another one that said, gone for one week. 73 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:01,860 Please inquire at room 205, Ms. Laura Lee. 74 00:04:01,860 --> 00:04:06,000 I brished into my office and called the intercepting quick boys. 75 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Come on, come on. 76 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 77 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 What's the matter? 78 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Don't you answer these things? 79 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,800 Well, I only have two hands, Mr. Draper. 80 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,000 I bet you got two heads to go with them. 81 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,800 Look, nobody's called on this phone for a week. 82 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:16,800 Haven't I been getting any calls? 83 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:21,000 Of course, Mr. Draper, you had quite a few, but we switched them to Ms. Lee's office. 84 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Why? 85 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000 According to your instructions. 86 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I see. 87 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 When did I give them? 88 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Well, Ms. Lee told us. 89 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 She said you were working together from now on. 90 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000 When did she say that? 91 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,680 Oh, about a week ago when she brought up the check to pay your office rent. 92 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:32,680 My rent. 93 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:33,680 Yeah. 94 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:34,680 Anything wrong, Mr. Draper? 95 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:35,680 Not a thing, baby. 96 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:36,680 Get a pad of paper. 97 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,680 I've got a message for you. 98 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:38,680 I'll allow it, Draper. 99 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:39,680 Just a minute. 100 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:40,680 Where's Pilsen? 101 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:41,680 I... 102 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:42,680 I held onto the phone and looked up from the desk. 103 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:43,680 The room was full of muscle. 104 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:50,560 A guy named Mike Farago, a collection boy for Joey Gough. 105 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:51,560 I'd seen him around before. 106 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,640 A broad guy with a smile like an undertaker. 107 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:55,640 Where's Pilsen? 108 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:56,640 Oh, hello. 109 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:57,640 I just called your office. 110 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:58,640 What happened over there? 111 00:04:58,640 --> 00:04:59,640 Look, don't make me keep repeating. 112 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,640 Where's Pilsen? 113 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:01,640 Hello? 114 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:02,640 I don't know any Pilsen. 115 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:03,640 You don't sound sure. 116 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:04,640 I'm awful sure, Farago. 117 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:05,640 I don't know any Pilsen. 118 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:06,640 You're a nice guy, Draper. 119 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:07,640 You shouldn't have made it tough. 120 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,080 Now, wait a minute, put that away, it'll go off in my face. 121 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,080 That's so you can see it. 122 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,160 Now, look, you're trying to find a guy named Pilsen. 123 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:14,160 I don't know him. 124 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:15,160 I never heard of him. 125 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:16,920 As far as I'm concerned, you just dreamed him up. 126 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,480 The boss don't think that. 127 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,480 Huh? 128 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,200 Yeah, Pilsen just knocked off the boss. 129 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,200 He killed Joey Gough? 130 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:24,200 Uh-huh, that's right. 131 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,600 He just walked in, took a gun out of his umbrella and shot Joe right in the ticker. 132 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:28,600 It's a shame. 133 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,600 Oh, I'm sorry for Joe. 134 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,600 Well, I hope they let him make book up there. 135 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,000 Everybody's got regrets. 136 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,680 We got them about you, Draper. 137 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,680 I don't know your boy, Farago. 138 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,120 You had your trans, Draper. 139 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,120 Now... 140 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,120 Hello, Lieutenant. 141 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:42,120 Lieutenant. 142 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:43,120 Put down that phone. 143 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:44,120 I got him on the wire, Mike. 144 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:45,120 You should have asked him. 145 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,120 Hello, Lieutenant, I got one of Gough's boys up here. 146 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,120 All right, all right. 147 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,120 He's pushing me around a little. 148 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,120 If he pushes too hard, you know where to look. 149 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,480 All right, you win this one, Draper. 150 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,000 I'll be back when you're not so lucky. 151 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 I'm always lucky. 152 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 I don't believe it. 153 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 I've seen your mutual tickets. 154 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 I'll be back. 155 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Goodbye. 156 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Goodbye. 157 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Goodbye. 158 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:06,160 As soon as he walked out, I started hating her again. 159 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:07,800 Laura Lee, girl detective. 160 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,320 I knew now where the business was going. 161 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,240 For weeks she'd been bypassing me on every client. 162 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,240 I wanted to shoot her in the head. 163 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,360 But I controlled myself and started across the wall to strangle her. 164 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,960 Look, Laura, I want to talk to you. 165 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:22,960 Watch out, Chris. 166 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:23,960 He's got a gun. 167 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:24,960 Watch out, will you? 168 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:25,960 Oh, heavens to... 169 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:26,960 Oh. 170 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:27,960 You all right, Chris? 171 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:28,960 Who is he? 172 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,960 A client. 173 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:30,960 One of mine? 174 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:31,960 Oh, please, Chris. 175 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:32,960 I didn't mean anything with those signs. 176 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:33,960 I just wanted to show you, Chris, if you'd marry me. 177 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:38,680 Things like this wouldn't happen, will you marry me? 178 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:39,920 My dough, who is he? 179 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:40,920 Who? 180 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:41,920 This on the floor. 181 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:42,920 He's not a cop, but who is he? 182 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:43,920 I don't know. 183 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:44,920 He gave me this ticket. 184 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:45,920 Let me see it. 185 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,240 Yeah, check stand, Grand Central Station. 186 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,520 Don't tell me he wanted you to pick up a suitcase. 187 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:52,520 How could you know that? 188 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,160 Look, I spent my life in this jungle. 189 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:55,600 I know a phony pitch when I see it. 190 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:56,600 Oh, it's not a phony. 191 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:57,600 He's a nice old man. 192 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:58,600 Oh, right. 193 00:06:58,600 --> 00:06:59,600 He's a nice old man. 194 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:00,920 If you don't mind being sharp. 195 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,320 Well, he offered me $100 to pick up the suitcase. 196 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,320 Look, for four bits, any red cap in town will do it. 197 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:07,320 The guys are phony. 198 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:08,960 Somebody was watching for the bag, you see. 199 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,080 He couldn't use a red cap. 200 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,920 I was going to pick it up and meet him at track 17 at 2 o'clock. 201 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:13,920 Well, help me roll him over. 202 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,520 You know, Christopher, he's really an important man. 203 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:18,520 They don't wear ragged collars. 204 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:19,520 Really important. 205 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:20,520 Top's a night. 206 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:21,520 There. 207 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:22,520 Here's his wallet. 208 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:23,520 Hey, you're right. 209 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,520 He is an important man. 210 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:25,520 Let me see it. 211 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:26,520 Let me see. 212 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:31,520 Frank Pilsen, age 47, cashier, Everwear Umbrella Company. 213 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:32,520 Pilsen, yeah. 214 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,280 Pilsen, you've got yourself a tough client, baby. 215 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:36,280 This guy's one off a murder. 216 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:37,280 Oh, he couldn't be. 217 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,040 He shot up a bookie named Joey Gault. 218 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,680 Oh, Christopher, there's some mistake. 219 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,040 Joey doesn't think so. 220 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,040 The police will find out. 221 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,040 They'll understand. 222 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,440 You'll have to make a bigger sale. 223 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:46,440 All the hoods in town want him. 224 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:47,800 Well, I just don't believe it. 225 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,720 And I'm going to take the ticket and meet him with the suitcase. 226 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:50,720 Now, give me that ticket. 227 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:52,160 No, now you stay away from me, Chris. 228 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,160 Now... 229 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:54,160 You're not big enough, sweetheart. 230 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:55,160 No. 231 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,160 Let loose. 232 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,160 Are you going to marry me, Chris? 233 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,160 Not today. 234 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,160 All right, Chris. 235 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:00,160 I'm sorry, darling, but I'm a big girl now. 236 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:12,600 I don't know where she learned that trick, but by the time I got to the elevator, it was 237 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:13,600 on its way down. 238 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,680 When I got to the street, she was near up near Seventh Avenue climbing into a cab. 239 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,960 There was only one other cab in sight, but I couldn't do business there because Farago 240 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,960 moved into it and started to follow Laura. 241 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,920 If I was going to get there, I had to grab a cab down the street. 242 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,240 I turned and ran right into a lieutenant from Homicide named Herbie Knapp, a guy that learned 243 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,320 how to dress from books and how to talk from Damon Runyon. 244 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:36,920 Ah, hello, Chris. 245 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:37,920 How are the horses? 246 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:38,920 Look, Herbie, I got to run. 247 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:40,840 I asked you how the horses was. 248 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:41,840 Mosquitoes win the first now. 249 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:42,840 Let me get by, Herbie. 250 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,840 I got to get a cab. 251 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:44,840 Oh, just a minute. 252 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,600 It's a shame, but you got to stay here. 253 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,160 Likewise, it's a shame about Joey Galt. 254 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,360 I don't have the time, Herbie. 255 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,680 Somebody walks in about an hour ago and shoots him right on the price tag. 256 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:54,920 Yeah, yeah, I heard about it. 257 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,600 Yeah, you know, it's most uncharitable to kill a bookie, especially he is an honest 258 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,600 bookie. 259 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:01,600 Stay here. 260 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,680 All right, I'm not going anywhere now. 261 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:08,480 And all in sundry along Broadway, say Joey Galt is honest as the day is long and part 262 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:09,480 of the night, too. 263 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,720 He never welches. 264 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:16,240 This comes about, probably, because no one ever has a winner with Joey, though. 265 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,640 If you got a pitch, make it, Herbie. 266 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,560 I'm asking you the whereabouts of Pilsen. 267 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:20,560 Who? 268 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:21,560 A citizen named Pilsen. 269 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:23,920 He drops one of your circulars in Galt's place. 270 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:25,120 That proves I got a printer's bill. 271 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,120 It proves more. 272 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,920 A few minutes after Joey dies, the phone rings and it's you, Chris, pretending you want a 273 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,440 place of bet. 274 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,400 I have put two and two together and I don't want four. 275 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:36,400 I want Pilsen. 276 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,160 All right, he's up in 205. 277 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:39,280 You'll find him up there. 278 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:40,520 We'll both find him, Chris. 279 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:41,600 I got to go, Herbie. 280 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:42,600 You go on up. 281 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:43,880 Being a cop is no fun. 282 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,600 Likewise, it's lonely. 283 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:53,840 You come, too. 284 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:58,560 I could see Herbie wasn't going to let me chase that cab, so I got him up to room 205. 285 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,360 I opened the door to Laura's office. 286 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:02,360 He's in here now. 287 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:03,360 Check him and let me get... 288 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:04,360 Hey. 289 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,840 He is a wee fella, Chris. 290 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:13,720 He is so wee, I do not see him. 291 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,240 You know, I couldn't see him either. 292 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,440 And why I couldn't see him was that he wasn't there. 293 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,240 Lieutenant Knapp of Homicide looked at me and I looked at Lieutenant Knapp of Homicide. 294 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,360 And at that moment, he looked better than I did. 295 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:26,720 That was because I was gaining weight. 296 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:31,640 In a couple of minutes, I expected to be heavier by 13 ounces, which is the standard weight 297 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:41,520 of a pair of handcuffs. 298 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:46,600 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Richard Conti in Win, Place, and Murder. 299 00:10:46,600 --> 00:11:00,480 Roma Wines presentation tonight in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 300 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:05,480 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 301 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:11,240 You receive an extra dividend without cost every time you buy Roma Wine. 302 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,960 That extra dividend is the fuller bouquet, richer body, and better taste. 303 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,440 You enjoy in all Roma California wines. 304 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:24,920 That extra dividend of better taste is the reason why more Americans enjoy Roma than 305 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,560 any other wine. 306 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:32,680 Yes, Roma Wines taste better because Roma selects and presses California's choicest 307 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:33,680 grapes. 308 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:39,600 Then, with ancient skill and resources unmatched in America, Roma Master Ventners guide this 309 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:44,320 grape treasure unhurriedly to tempting taste perfection. 310 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,520 These choice wines are placed with mellow Roma wines of years before. 311 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:55,480 And from these reserves, the world's greatest reserves of fine wines, Roma later selects 312 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,280 for your pleasure. 313 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:02,360 Whether your favorite is Sherry, Port, or Muscatel, you'll find more real enjoyment 314 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:03,360 with Roma. 315 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,920 So, buy Roma tomorrow. 316 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:12,320 That's our OMA, Roma Wine, your best buy in good taste. 317 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:17,680 And now, Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood Soundstage Richard Conte as Chris Draper, 318 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:23,520 with Wally Mayer as Mike Farago in Win, Place, and Murder, a tale well calculated to keep 319 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:36,240 you in suspense. 320 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,000 I felt embarrassed to say the least. 321 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,880 Here I have invited Lieutenant Knapp up to meet somebody who is of mutual interest to 322 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:42,880 both of us. 323 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:44,880 Now, I had to pick up the check. 324 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:45,880 Well? 325 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,080 Well, he was here five minutes ago. 326 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:51,120 Look, don't pull my leg on account of I will use it on your teeth. 327 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,120 He was here five minutes ago. 328 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:53,360 I hit him and I thought he was out. 329 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:54,920 He must have gone down the fire escape. 330 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,720 Oh, first you never hear of Pilsen, then you have him upstairs, and now he goes out the 331 00:12:58,720 --> 00:12:59,720 back way. 332 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:01,040 Whose place is this? 333 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,560 It's the girl's office, Miss Laura Lee, debutante detective. 334 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:05,800 How come Pilsen was here? 335 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:06,800 He came by mistake. 336 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,360 Yeah, that's the way I'm taking you to the jug, bub. 337 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:11,960 I have a brother-in-law who handles cases, Chief. 338 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,520 Look, would I hide him on you, Herbie? 339 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:14,840 I'm taking you downtown, Chris. 340 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:15,840 Now, wait a minute, Herbie. 341 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,360 Unless you pull Pilsen out of the woodwork. 342 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:19,360 All right. 343 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,360 He's over in my office. 344 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,440 That's better. 345 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:25,440 Across the hall here. 346 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,560 Did he go down the fire escape on this side, too? 347 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:32,440 No, he's over here in the closet. 348 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:33,440 I had to lock him in. 349 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:40,120 There, you can have all five feet of them. 350 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,120 Where? 351 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,120 I don't see no... 352 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:43,120 In the back there. 353 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,120 Oh, let me see. 354 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,120 Sure. 355 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,120 Look him over good. 356 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,120 Wait, wait a minute, paper. 357 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,120 Sorry, Herbie. 358 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,120 Hey, hey, Chris, let me out of here. 359 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,120 I told you I was in a hurry. 360 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,120 I'll shoot the ball out. 361 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,120 Bring all the tenants in. 362 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:53,120 The police force had looked funny locked in the closet. 363 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:54,120 I'll be back in an hour. 364 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,120 Wait a minute. 365 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,120 Wait a minute, Chris. 366 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:57,120 Yeah, yeah. 367 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:58,120 Look, Chris, that filling man, he's got a gun. 368 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,120 He's got a gun. 369 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,120 He's got a gun. 370 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,120 He's got a gun. 371 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:02,120 He's got a gun. 372 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:03,120 He's got a gun. 373 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,640 And that filling mosquito, she's running in the first. 374 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:07,120 Like crazy, is the word. 375 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,620 Yeah, look, if you keep me in here an hour, I will not get a bet down chum. 376 00:14:10,620 --> 00:14:11,980 Suppose she wins. 377 00:14:11,980 --> 00:14:13,440 She's a 58 to 1 shot too. 378 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,400 But Chris, I will consider it a great favor if you put 20 skins on mosquito's nose. 379 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,400 All right, I'll give it to Lou Golding. 380 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,400 He works the corner, pass it under the door. 381 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:22,860 Well, what if it sticks? 382 00:14:22,860 --> 00:14:26,600 If it's horse money, it's thin, pass it under. 383 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,280 All right, you got it? 384 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:29,280 Yeah. 385 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:30,280 Be sure she wins. 386 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,340 I'll tell her about your 20 bucks. 387 00:14:32,340 --> 00:14:34,340 Thanks, Chris. I won't forget you for this. 388 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:35,840 Go easy, she may lose. 389 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:36,840 That's what I mean. 390 00:14:45,340 --> 00:14:47,340 It looked like a good trick, but I knew it wasn't. 391 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:52,340 If I didn't find Pilson, Herbie'd come out of that closet burning like horse radish in a floor furnace. 392 00:14:53,340 --> 00:14:55,340 And that give-and-take about horses didn't mean a thing, 393 00:14:55,340 --> 00:14:59,840 because he's the kind of a guy who could win the Grand National and put the kids to bed without supper. 394 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,840 I had to get to Track 17 and I had to head off Laura somewhere in between. 395 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:09,840 I walked to the corner and got down Herbie's bed, and then I cut down 44th Street to Grand Central. 396 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:17,840 The station was jammed with Scarsdale Clubmen trying to look 36 for 46 hips, but I spotted Farago right away. 397 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,840 We couldn't miss with his face. Most witch doctors were to turn it down. 398 00:15:23,340 --> 00:15:25,840 He was standing over by the telegraph window watching the check stand. 399 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:34,340 Laura was there looking around nervously. Finally the guy behind the counter handed her a small black bag and she started for the Vanderbilt Avenue exit. 400 00:15:35,340 --> 00:15:38,340 Farago dropped the telegram blank and started after her. 401 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,340 If he ever got to her, she'd be counting the bruises with a slide rule. 402 00:15:42,340 --> 00:15:45,340 So I cut across and bumped into Farago near the stairway. 403 00:15:46,340 --> 00:15:47,340 Watch out where you're going. 404 00:15:48,340 --> 00:15:50,340 It's too late to get on out, Farago. 405 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:51,340 Get out of my way. 406 00:15:51,340 --> 00:15:52,340 I'll come around either way, mister. 407 00:15:52,340 --> 00:15:53,340 Okay, you wretch. 408 00:15:53,340 --> 00:15:56,340 Oh, come on, come on. Break it up, break it up. Come on. 409 00:15:57,340 --> 00:15:58,340 If you want to fight, get a matchmaker. 410 00:15:59,340 --> 00:16:00,340 You're a cop. He was bothering a lady. 411 00:16:00,340 --> 00:16:01,340 Where is she? 412 00:16:01,340 --> 00:16:02,340 Well, she's gone now. 413 00:16:02,340 --> 00:16:05,340 What did she do? Ride a deer? I just walked up. 414 00:16:06,340 --> 00:16:07,340 Were you bothering a lady? 415 00:16:07,340 --> 00:16:08,340 I don't know none. 416 00:16:08,340 --> 00:16:09,340 Oh, forget about it. 417 00:16:10,340 --> 00:16:11,340 Now both of you get out of here. 418 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:14,340 Yeah, okay, okay. I'll tag you later, Julie. 419 00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:16,340 And you get moving too, fella. 420 00:16:16,340 --> 00:16:20,340 I'm sorry about this trouble. Here. Here, you want a cigar? 421 00:16:21,340 --> 00:16:22,340 Is it one of those nickel things? 422 00:16:22,340 --> 00:16:23,340 Yeah. 423 00:16:23,340 --> 00:16:26,340 Well, you keep it. I don't smoke nickel cigars. 424 00:16:26,340 --> 00:16:28,340 I didn't say you had to smoke it, officer. Just chew it. 425 00:16:35,340 --> 00:16:37,340 Farago was up the stairs and out the Vanderbilt exit. 426 00:16:37,340 --> 00:16:39,340 But I knew Laura had time to disappear on the crowd in Farago. 427 00:16:39,340 --> 00:16:41,340 I didn't know about Gate 17. 428 00:16:42,340 --> 00:16:45,340 I went over to the information desk and then walked back to the gate. 429 00:16:45,340 --> 00:16:46,340 I didn't see Laura at first. 430 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:49,340 The crowd was starting to gather for the Chicago train. 431 00:16:49,340 --> 00:16:54,340 Laura was over on one side scared and hugging the wall so tight she could have hired out of a mural. 432 00:16:55,340 --> 00:16:56,340 Oh, Chris! 433 00:16:56,340 --> 00:16:57,340 Give me that bag. 434 00:16:57,340 --> 00:16:58,340 You get out of here, Christopher. 435 00:16:58,340 --> 00:17:00,340 Hand me the bag. I'm taking over from here. 436 00:17:00,340 --> 00:17:02,340 No, you go away, Chris. Now if you don't go away, I'll scream. 437 00:17:02,340 --> 00:17:04,340 If you stick around, you'll be screaming out of a hole in your throat. 438 00:17:04,340 --> 00:17:07,340 I told you up in the office. Homicide wants your boy. 439 00:17:07,340 --> 00:17:11,340 Oh, my stars, he didn't kill anybody. Chris, I don't want you to make a mistake. 440 00:17:11,340 --> 00:17:13,340 Look, baby, I like your knees, but not on my neck. 441 00:17:13,340 --> 00:17:15,340 I got homicide breathing hard. Now give me the bag. 442 00:17:15,340 --> 00:17:17,340 No, I'm not going to do it. Chris, you don't know. 443 00:17:17,340 --> 00:17:20,340 Chris, no, no. Hold it, hold it. Hold it, officer. 444 00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:22,340 Who are you saving this time, fella? 445 00:17:22,340 --> 00:17:23,340 Wait a minute, officer. 446 00:17:23,340 --> 00:17:26,340 You need a white horse. Is he bothering you, lady? 447 00:17:26,340 --> 00:17:27,340 Yes. 448 00:17:27,340 --> 00:17:29,340 I'm not bothering her. I know her. She works across the hall. 449 00:17:29,340 --> 00:17:32,340 Well, sometimes that helps. Goodbye, fella. 450 00:17:32,340 --> 00:17:34,340 I never saw this man before in all my born days. 451 00:17:34,340 --> 00:17:37,340 Look, don't get the wrong idea. This is important. 452 00:17:37,340 --> 00:17:39,340 On your way, fella. Stop bothering the lady. 453 00:17:39,340 --> 00:17:41,340 It's important, I tell you. It's a matter of life and death. 454 00:17:41,340 --> 00:17:47,340 That's the first time I ever heard a guy put it that way. 455 00:17:51,340 --> 00:17:54,340 The cop watched me as I walked off, and the way he stood at the gate, 456 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:57,340 I knew I wasn't going to get to Laura with a shortwave radio. 457 00:17:57,340 --> 00:18:01,340 It was 1.45, and Pilsen had a few more minutes before he had the show. 458 00:18:01,340 --> 00:18:03,340 I took a chance and called his office. 459 00:18:03,340 --> 00:18:11,340 It looked as if I wasn't going to get there, because the girl on the board had locked her. 460 00:18:13,340 --> 00:18:16,340 Hello. Ever wear an umbrella? 461 00:18:16,340 --> 00:18:18,340 I want to talk to Mr. Pilsen. 462 00:18:18,340 --> 00:18:20,340 He's not here. He'll be back at two. 463 00:18:20,340 --> 00:18:21,340 Is he the cashier over there? 464 00:18:21,340 --> 00:18:22,340 Yeah. 465 00:18:22,340 --> 00:18:24,340 Well, how long have you been there? 466 00:18:24,340 --> 00:18:26,340 Who is this, please? 467 00:18:26,340 --> 00:18:29,340 Insurance company. We're just investigating a policy. 468 00:18:29,340 --> 00:18:34,340 Oh, yeah. But he's been here for 15 years. He was with the company at the start. 469 00:18:34,340 --> 00:18:36,340 How about his personal habits? 470 00:18:36,340 --> 00:18:37,340 I beg your pardon? 471 00:18:37,340 --> 00:18:40,340 His habits. The big two. Women and gambling. 472 00:18:40,340 --> 00:18:41,340 I don't think so. 473 00:18:41,340 --> 00:18:42,340 Are you sure? 474 00:18:42,340 --> 00:18:46,340 I don't think he gambled. He had to take a vote on the women. 475 00:18:46,340 --> 00:18:48,340 He's over 40. 476 00:18:48,340 --> 00:18:51,340 That don't change anything but the blood pressure. 477 00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:56,340 He gave a Mr. Galtz a reference. Do you know if he ever called up there? 478 00:18:56,340 --> 00:19:00,340 Why, yes, I think he does. At the brokerage house, isn't it? 479 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:03,340 It used to be. Do you know if he went there today? 480 00:19:03,340 --> 00:19:07,340 I don't think so. He had to pick up the payroll during lunch hour. 481 00:19:07,340 --> 00:19:08,340 What payroll? 482 00:19:08,340 --> 00:19:10,340 He always picks it up on Friday. 483 00:19:10,340 --> 00:19:13,340 I didn't know about that. Would it be risky to insure him? 484 00:19:13,340 --> 00:19:19,340 Oh, my, no. He's been doing it for years. A small black bag. He does it every Friday. 485 00:19:19,340 --> 00:19:21,340 I see. How much is in the payroll? 486 00:19:21,340 --> 00:19:22,340 I don't know. 487 00:19:22,340 --> 00:19:23,340 Well, make a guess. 488 00:19:23,340 --> 00:19:26,340 Oh, 50,000. I'm not sure. It may be. 489 00:19:26,340 --> 00:19:27,340 That's right. 490 00:19:27,340 --> 00:19:28,340 What? 491 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:29,340 Maybe. 492 00:19:36,340 --> 00:19:38,340 I was out of the woods on that one anyway. 493 00:19:38,340 --> 00:19:41,340 Pilsen had taken the payroll to square up with Joey Galtz. 494 00:19:41,340 --> 00:19:43,340 But why did Pilsen knock him off? 495 00:19:43,340 --> 00:19:46,340 And why did Joey Galtz let a five and dime run up a tab like that? 496 00:19:46,340 --> 00:19:51,340 They were big questions. And the answer walked right by the telephone booth. 497 00:19:51,340 --> 00:19:54,340 I was just coming out of the booth when Pilsen hurried around the corner. 498 00:19:54,340 --> 00:19:56,340 All I had to do was reach out from the yanker. 499 00:19:56,340 --> 00:19:57,340 Please. 500 00:19:57,340 --> 00:19:59,340 Come here, Pilsen. Get in that booth. 501 00:19:59,340 --> 00:20:00,340 No, no. You'll hurt me. 502 00:20:00,340 --> 00:20:01,340 Get in that booth. 503 00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:02,340 Please. 504 00:20:02,340 --> 00:20:03,340 Come on. 505 00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:05,340 Don't. Please. 506 00:20:05,340 --> 00:20:06,340 Now, sit in there and talk in a hurry. 507 00:20:06,340 --> 00:20:09,340 Don't hurt me. You can have the rest of the money. 508 00:20:09,340 --> 00:20:10,340 What money? 509 00:20:10,340 --> 00:20:11,340 The other 26,000. 510 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:12,340 The payroll, though. 511 00:20:12,340 --> 00:20:15,340 I didn't want to take it, but he made me take it. Your friend made me take it. 512 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:16,340 I don't have any. 513 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:18,340 Farago. He made me take it. 514 00:20:18,340 --> 00:20:20,340 He's on another team. I'm Chris Draper. 515 00:20:20,340 --> 00:20:23,340 You're Mr. Draper, but Miss Laura Lee said that... 516 00:20:23,340 --> 00:20:25,340 Yeah, I know, I know. She said she was handling my cases. 517 00:20:25,340 --> 00:20:27,340 Why did you want to detect it? 518 00:20:27,340 --> 00:20:30,340 I was in trouble. I thought you could help me. 519 00:20:30,340 --> 00:20:31,340 I can't swear a murder rap. 520 00:20:31,340 --> 00:20:34,340 I just took the money. There's no murder. 521 00:20:34,340 --> 00:20:35,340 Galt's cold enough to prove it. 522 00:20:35,340 --> 00:20:36,340 Galt? 523 00:20:36,340 --> 00:20:37,340 And you're one of them murder. 524 00:20:37,340 --> 00:20:40,340 You've got to help me, Mr. Draper. 525 00:20:40,340 --> 00:20:41,340 You're tough enough by yourself. 526 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:45,340 No, no. Mr. Galt was all right when I left. He and Farago were talking. 527 00:20:45,340 --> 00:20:46,340 Farago, huh? 528 00:20:46,340 --> 00:20:48,340 He's the one who fixed it up so I could go to Chicago. 529 00:20:48,340 --> 00:20:49,340 Why? 530 00:20:49,340 --> 00:20:52,340 He said I'd get in trouble unless I skipped. 531 00:20:52,340 --> 00:20:55,340 He said to take what was left of the payroll and skip. 532 00:20:55,340 --> 00:20:56,340 He said I had to do it. 533 00:20:56,340 --> 00:20:58,340 Or throw a lot of sevens before two o'clock. 534 00:20:58,340 --> 00:21:01,340 No, but I got scared. When Farago came down the stairs, 535 00:21:01,340 --> 00:21:04,340 he gave me the gun and he said to take care of myself. 536 00:21:04,340 --> 00:21:07,340 I got scared, and that's why I went to see you. 537 00:21:07,340 --> 00:21:09,340 He didn't like me. 538 00:21:09,340 --> 00:21:10,340 You're guessing. 539 00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:13,340 He wanted that money. I know. He kept asking where it was. 540 00:21:13,340 --> 00:21:14,340 I didn't tell him. 541 00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:16,340 Then I got away from him and I came to see you. 542 00:21:16,340 --> 00:21:18,340 You've got to help me, Mr. Draper. 543 00:21:18,340 --> 00:21:19,340 On that much story? 544 00:21:19,340 --> 00:21:21,340 Please, Mr. Draper. I didn't kill him. 545 00:21:21,340 --> 00:21:24,340 I wouldn't do that. You can ask anyone. 546 00:21:24,340 --> 00:21:26,340 Can I ask Joey Galt? 547 00:21:34,340 --> 00:21:36,340 I rushed Filton up to my office. 548 00:21:36,340 --> 00:21:39,340 Herbie was banging around the closet like a madman. 549 00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:41,340 Hey, let me out. Hey. 550 00:21:41,340 --> 00:21:43,340 All right, all right, all right. 551 00:21:43,340 --> 00:21:45,340 Quick, let me out of here. 552 00:21:45,340 --> 00:21:47,340 Come on out, Herbie. 553 00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:48,340 How was it? 554 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:51,340 Humiliating. By the same token, it is distressing. 555 00:21:51,340 --> 00:21:52,340 Yeah. 556 00:21:52,340 --> 00:21:55,340 Likewise, it is distressing to throw you in the clink. 557 00:21:55,340 --> 00:21:57,340 You don't have to. Here's your boy, Pilsen. 558 00:21:57,340 --> 00:21:58,340 He goes to the clink, too. 559 00:21:58,340 --> 00:22:00,340 Tell him no, Mr. Draper. Tell him no. 560 00:22:00,340 --> 00:22:03,340 The drag Draper's got won't pull a flea over a silk thread. 561 00:22:03,340 --> 00:22:05,340 You go to the clink, Pilsen. 562 00:22:05,340 --> 00:22:06,340 He says he didn't do it. 563 00:22:06,340 --> 00:22:08,340 Christopher. Mr. Pilsen. 564 00:22:08,340 --> 00:22:10,340 Christopher, I want to talk to you. 565 00:22:10,340 --> 00:22:11,340 Now, wait a minute, Laura. 566 00:22:11,340 --> 00:22:13,340 What are you doing with Mr. Pilsen? 567 00:22:13,340 --> 00:22:15,340 Chris, I want to know what you are doing. 568 00:22:15,340 --> 00:22:17,340 Well, who is this Judy with a tooth loose tonsil? 569 00:22:17,340 --> 00:22:19,340 Now, wait a minute. Calm down, Laura. Give me that bag. 570 00:22:19,340 --> 00:22:20,340 No, I'm not going to do it. No. 571 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,340 Give me that bag. 572 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:22,340 No. 573 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:23,340 Herbie, do me a favor. 574 00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:26,340 This afternoon, I would not do Bush a favor. 575 00:22:26,340 --> 00:22:28,340 Do me a favor and get in that closet with Pilsen. 576 00:22:28,340 --> 00:22:30,340 You miscounted the holes in my head. 577 00:22:30,340 --> 00:22:32,340 Look, it'll only be for a while. Please, Herbie, do me a favor. 578 00:22:32,340 --> 00:22:34,340 You can't lose anything now. 579 00:22:34,340 --> 00:22:37,340 That's it. Just stay in that closet. 580 00:22:37,340 --> 00:22:39,340 Chris, I got the only sunstroke in April. 581 00:22:39,340 --> 00:22:41,340 That's it, boy. All right, now. Get in there, Pilsen. 582 00:22:41,340 --> 00:22:42,340 When do I get out? 583 00:22:42,340 --> 00:22:43,340 I'll let you know. 584 00:22:43,340 --> 00:22:45,340 Christopher, I won't let you do that to Mr. Pilsen. 585 00:22:45,340 --> 00:22:47,340 Now, keep still and come over here by the desk. 586 00:22:47,340 --> 00:22:48,340 I'm not... 587 00:22:48,340 --> 00:22:49,340 Help me get this bag off. 588 00:22:49,340 --> 00:22:51,340 Oh, please. 589 00:22:52,340 --> 00:22:54,340 There. Now we'll have a look. 590 00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:55,340 Well, I... 591 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:56,340 Oh! 592 00:22:56,340 --> 00:22:58,340 Chris, in the bag. 593 00:22:58,340 --> 00:23:02,340 Yeah, Pilsen's laundry. 26,000 green shirts. 594 00:23:02,340 --> 00:23:04,340 Here, help me put them on the table. 595 00:23:04,340 --> 00:23:06,340 How do you know there's 26,000? 596 00:23:06,340 --> 00:23:07,340 Just put the dough on the table. 597 00:23:07,340 --> 00:23:08,340 Well, I'm trying. 598 00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:11,340 Don't bother the counter. I'll have more time. 599 00:23:11,340 --> 00:23:14,340 Oh, hello, Farago. I was afraid you'd follow her. 600 00:23:14,340 --> 00:23:16,340 Just, uh, scoop it in the bag, Graper. 601 00:23:16,340 --> 00:23:19,340 Well, you don't need this. You got the rest of Pilsen's payroll. 602 00:23:19,340 --> 00:23:21,340 I'm just greedy. 603 00:23:21,340 --> 00:23:23,340 Put it in the bag. 604 00:23:23,340 --> 00:23:24,340 Pilsen doesn't get much out of this. 605 00:23:24,340 --> 00:23:25,340 He gets a lesson. 606 00:23:25,340 --> 00:23:27,340 Well, he was right, then. You were after that dough. 607 00:23:27,340 --> 00:23:30,340 You knocked off Gorton, took the dough, Pilsen paid him. 608 00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:32,340 And I want the rest of that payroll. 609 00:23:32,340 --> 00:23:34,340 Chris, I was right. Mr. Pilsen didn't do it. 610 00:23:34,340 --> 00:23:36,340 That's right. Farago palmed off the murder gun on him. 611 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:39,340 Oh, I won't let him take the money. Give me that bag. 612 00:23:39,340 --> 00:23:41,340 Wait a minute, lady. 613 00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:45,340 All right, lady. Get down on the floor and pick it up. 614 00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:47,340 While you're down there, say a prayer for me, too. 615 00:23:47,340 --> 00:23:49,340 Get it all over the... prayers. 616 00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:51,340 What do you mean? 617 00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:54,340 He's hot now. His only chance is to knock us off. 618 00:23:54,340 --> 00:23:58,340 That's right. Now hand me the bag. Thanks. 619 00:23:58,340 --> 00:24:01,340 It's the only way, Farago, but it's a big mistake. 620 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:03,340 As I was saying to Lieutenant Knapp... 621 00:24:03,340 --> 00:24:05,340 I'll worry about that, Draper. 622 00:24:05,340 --> 00:24:08,340 I'm sorry about you, lady. I got regrets, but I'll get over them. 623 00:24:08,340 --> 00:24:11,340 Now use your head, Farago. If Herbie were here... 624 00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:13,340 Sorry. Pick an angel, Draper. 625 00:24:13,340 --> 00:24:17,340 Farago, I don't want to fast-talk you, but there's a copper in that closet. 626 00:24:17,340 --> 00:24:18,340 Don't kid me. 627 00:24:18,340 --> 00:24:20,340 If you'll step out of there, he'll put you away for good. 628 00:24:20,340 --> 00:24:22,340 I wasn't born yesterday. 629 00:24:22,340 --> 00:24:24,340 But you'll die today, mister. 630 00:24:31,340 --> 00:24:33,340 Draper. 631 00:24:33,340 --> 00:24:41,340 You're a bum horse player, but you hit it on the nose this time. 632 00:24:43,340 --> 00:24:45,340 He looks pretty, Herbie. 633 00:24:45,340 --> 00:24:49,340 Yeah, all such characters get sleepy along about this time. 634 00:24:49,340 --> 00:24:52,340 If you roll him, you'll find the 20 grand he killed Galtforth. 635 00:24:53,340 --> 00:24:55,340 I guess that answers everything? 636 00:24:55,340 --> 00:24:57,340 Yeah, except one thing. 637 00:24:57,340 --> 00:24:58,340 What? 638 00:24:58,340 --> 00:25:00,340 How a mosquito makes out in the first race. 639 00:25:00,340 --> 00:25:03,340 Oh, I forgot all about it. Give me that phone. 640 00:25:04,340 --> 00:25:07,340 Switchboard. Get me Lou Golding's place. 641 00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:09,340 If she's due this time, I know it, Herbie. 642 00:25:09,340 --> 00:25:11,340 In such cases, I say heaven bless you. 643 00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:14,340 Hello, how about the first of Jamaica? How'd they finish? 644 00:25:14,340 --> 00:25:16,340 She won, Herbie. She came in and paid 58 to 1. 645 00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:18,340 How do you like that? How do you like that for a horse? 646 00:25:18,340 --> 00:25:21,340 58 to 1? I had $20 on the schnoz. I got that. 647 00:25:21,340 --> 00:25:23,340 Think of it, Laura. A hundred skins is 58 to 1. 648 00:25:23,340 --> 00:25:26,340 Oh, my stars, it's $5,000. 649 00:25:26,340 --> 00:25:28,340 It's more than that. It's enough to get married on. 650 00:25:28,340 --> 00:25:31,340 You've got to do it now, Chris. You've just got to marry me now. 651 00:25:31,340 --> 00:25:32,340 Well, okay, I accept. 652 00:25:32,340 --> 00:25:34,340 Oh, Chris, darling, you're the most wonderful. 653 00:25:34,340 --> 00:25:35,340 Come here, baby. 654 00:25:35,340 --> 00:25:37,340 What do you think of her, Herbie? Isn't she a knockout? 655 00:25:37,340 --> 00:25:39,340 To be sure, yeah. 656 00:25:39,340 --> 00:25:41,340 Isn't she the most beautiful thing you ever saw? 657 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:42,340 In my born days. 658 00:25:42,340 --> 00:25:46,340 Of course she is. I tell you, Herbie, there'll never be another filly-like mosquito. 659 00:25:46,340 --> 00:25:58,340 Oh, Christopher, darling. 660 00:25:58,340 --> 00:26:00,340 But there's always a kicker along Broadway. 661 00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:03,340 That price of 58 to 1 was too big. 662 00:26:03,340 --> 00:26:06,340 Lou Golding couldn't stand the belt. 663 00:26:06,340 --> 00:26:09,340 When Herbie and I went around to collect, they said he'd skipped town. 664 00:26:09,340 --> 00:26:11,340 Now I'm broke. 665 00:26:11,340 --> 00:26:15,340 And Laura, top heavy with dough, won't let me out of that marriage deal. 666 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:18,340 She even claims Herbie for a witness. 667 00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:21,340 I could get a smart lawyer and wriggle out. 668 00:26:21,340 --> 00:26:24,340 But I got a sure thing at Hialeah next Tuesday. 669 00:26:24,340 --> 00:26:26,340 So I need a hundred bucks. 670 00:26:26,340 --> 00:26:29,340 Laura says she'll give it to me if I marry her. 671 00:26:29,340 --> 00:26:32,340 I don't know. It may be worth it. 672 00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:34,340 This is a sure thing. 673 00:26:34,340 --> 00:26:53,340 A very sure thing. 674 00:26:53,340 --> 00:26:55,340 Suspense. 675 00:26:55,340 --> 00:26:57,340 Presented by Roma Wines. 676 00:26:57,340 --> 00:26:59,340 R-O-M-A. 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That's an idea for holding my listeners. 688 00:27:39,340 --> 00:27:46,340 You're right, Richard. At dessert time or after dinner, serve that fine Roma California Port and you'll really have an appreciative audience. 689 00:27:46,340 --> 00:27:54,340 Believe me. For Ruby Red Roma Port has a rich, full body. A mellow, natural sweetness that everyone enjoys. 690 00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:58,340 You'll find Roma Port is the ideal finishing touch to a fine dinner. 691 00:27:58,340 --> 00:28:02,340 A luxurious taste treat later in the evening with cake or fruit. 692 00:28:02,340 --> 00:28:04,340 Say no more, Truman. 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Thank you and good night. 699 00:28:34,340 --> 00:28:38,340 Next week, part of the country goes on daylight saving time. 700 00:28:38,340 --> 00:28:43,340 If your city remains on standard time, suspense will be heard one hour earlier. 701 00:28:43,340 --> 00:28:46,340 Check your local newspaper for time. 702 00:28:46,340 --> 00:28:52,340 Richard Conte appeared through the courtesy of 20th Century Fox, producers of the late George Atlee. 703 00:28:52,340 --> 00:28:56,340 Tonight's suspense play was from the story by Emile C. Tepperman. 704 00:28:56,340 --> 00:29:02,340 Next Thursday, you will hear Miss Ava Gardner as star of Suspense. 705 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:24,340 Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 706 00:29:32,340 --> 00:29:43,340 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Robert Mitchum, David Niven, Virginia Bruce and others. 707 00:29:43,340 --> 00:30:05,340 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 708 00:30:05,340 --> 00:30:15,340 Stay tuned for the thrilling adventures of the FBI in Peace and War, which follows immediately over most of these stations. 709 00:30:15,340 --> 00:30:35,340 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.