1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,880 Yes, Roma wines taste better because only Roma selects from the world's greatest wine 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,840 reserves for your pleasure. 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:17,120 And now, Roma wines, R-O-M-A, Roma wines present Suspense. 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:25,520 Tonight, Roma wines bring you Miss Ava Gardner in Lady in Distress, a suspense play produced, 5 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:30,520 edited, and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. 6 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:37,920 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 7 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:44,760 That's R-O-M-A, Roma wines, those better tasting California wines enjoyed by more Americans 8 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:49,560 than any other wine, for friendly entertaining, for delightful dining. 9 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:55,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma wines bring you Ava Gardner 10 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,920 in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 11 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:09,200 The rain was coming down in torrents, washing huge streaks of gravel from the hillsides 12 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:10,200 onto the road. 13 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,960 It was getting dark and I was beginning to worry. 14 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:15,840 I'd been waiting nearly an hour, and then I saw it. 15 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:20,000 He was edging along the side of the road, his coat collar turned up against the rain, 16 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,000 coming toward me. 17 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:26,000 I eased the car into gear and drove up toward him. 18 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,320 He had no raincoat on and he must have been walking for quite a ways because he was soaked 19 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:31,320 through, dripping with the rain. 20 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:34,320 He stuck out his hand when he saw me and I stopped. 21 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:37,320 You're going to town? 22 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:40,320 By the lower road, is that all right? 23 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:43,320 That's even better. 24 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:46,320 Nice lady. 25 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:52,520 Out of the corner of my eye I looked him over. 26 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,000 He was fairly young, a little pale and nervous. 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,920 There was no real fear there and there was a lot of strength, of a kind, the kind I liked. 28 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,400 It's a miserable looking world and I bet it's great to be out in it. 29 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:06,400 Maybe you're right. 30 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,400 I know I'm right. 31 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,000 That'll somebody takes the privilege away from you of going where you want to go and 32 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000 doing what you want to do. 33 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,840 And you know how good it is to be out. 34 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,280 You used the word out twice. 35 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,280 Did you just get out of some place? 36 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:20,280 Yeah. 37 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,280 Where? 38 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,280 That's my business. 39 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,280 Oh, sorry. 40 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:24,280 Yeah, so am I. 41 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,280 I shouldn't be so touchy with you. 42 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,280 You were nice to me, giving me a ride. 43 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,280 Only if I told you where I came from it might frighten me. 44 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,560 I don't think it would. 45 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:34,560 Look at me. 46 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,840 There's only one place a guy like me would get out of. 47 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:38,840 Jail? 48 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,840 They call it the State Penitentiary. 49 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:41,840 Oh, yes. 50 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,280 I passed it a half hour ago. 51 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,280 Did you just get out? 52 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:46,720 Just got out this morning. 53 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:47,720 This morning? 54 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:48,720 This is Sunday. 55 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:49,720 So what? 56 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,040 The State Penitentiary doesn't release men on Sunday. 57 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,040 Only on weekdays. 58 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,000 Well, they released me. 59 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,920 You think I broke out? 60 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,680 Maybe you're wrong and maybe you're right. 61 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,880 What are you jumping for? 62 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,880 I'm just reaching for a cigarette. 63 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,440 Mind if I smoke? 64 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,440 No, you can smoke. 65 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:10,440 Cigarette? 66 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,440 No, thanks. 67 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,440 What are you getting nervous about? 68 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:14,440 I'm not nervous. 69 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,440 See? 70 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,440 I told you if you knew where I came from you'd be frightened. 71 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:21,440 It's natural. 72 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,440 Why did you tell me? 73 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,440 I just felt like talking. 74 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:30,840 I haven't talked to a dame, a lady, for a long time. 75 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:31,840 Like it? 76 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:32,840 Yeah. 77 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:33,840 Yeah, I do. 78 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,440 I don't think I ever talked to one quite like you before. 79 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,000 What do you mean, quite like me? 80 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,040 You know what I mean. 81 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,000 You know what you got on a ball, every bit of it. 82 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,880 You like that? 83 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:49,880 I could try. 84 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,000 Don't get me wrong. 85 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 I don't usually pick people up. 86 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Okay, relax. 87 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,520 Am I going to do anything to you? 88 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,360 Just drive me into the city and let me off. 89 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,280 Of course it would be nice if you didn't say anything to anybody about picking me up. 90 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,280 I won't say anything. 91 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,120 What are you turning in here for? 92 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,120 I'm hungry. 93 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,120 I haven't eaten anything all day. 94 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,240 You can wait a little while longer. 95 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,800 We have 90 more miles to drive and I'm going to get a sandwich now. 96 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,800 Okay. 97 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,560 Wait a minute. 98 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:20,560 Let's just understand. 99 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,120 You know what this is, don't you? 100 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:24,120 It's a gun. 101 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,120 And it shoots. 102 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:26,120 Don't forget that. 103 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:27,120 I won't. 104 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:28,120 Okay, on your way. 105 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,120 After you. 106 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:30,120 Hell, nice weather for ducking. 107 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:44,000 Yeah, you all alone in here, Mark? 108 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,400 Yep, glad you dropped in. 109 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,640 Suppose you're in a hurry to get home though. 110 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,440 Back to the kitties and the mother-in-law, huh? 111 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:51,440 Yeah. 112 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,440 Now, what do you have? 113 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:54,440 Coffee and a hamburger, please. 114 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:55,440 I get two. 115 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:56,440 All right, everything on those burgers? 116 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:57,440 Sure. 117 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:58,440 Well, what's a little onion among friends, huh? 118 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,440 Excuse me a minute. 119 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,440 Hey, where are you going? 120 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,440 If you're going over to use that telephone, lady, you might just as well not bother. 121 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,440 It's out of order. 122 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,440 I'm trying to get it fixed. 123 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:10,440 I wasn't going to use the phone. 124 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:11,440 I was going to get some cigarettes. 125 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:12,440 You don't say. 126 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:13,440 I know he didn't believe me. 127 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:14,440 He didn't say anything, but the way he looked at me, I could tell. 128 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:15,440 We finished our hamburgers and I paid for them and then we went back to the car. 129 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:39,920 What did you want to make a telephone call for? 130 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:40,920 I wasn't going to. 131 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:41,920 It wasn't because of me, was it? 132 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:42,920 I told you I wasn't going to make a call. 133 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:43,920 I just wanted some coffee. 134 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,920 You turned down my cigarette a little while ago. 135 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,920 They were the wrong brand. 136 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,920 You bought the same brand I offered you. 137 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:53,920 Who are you trying to kid, beautiful? 138 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,920 Oh, let's not talk about it. 139 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,920 It's not important. 140 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:04,920 What are you going to do now that you're out? 141 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:05,920 I got a job to do. 142 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,920 I got to take care of somebody. 143 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:08,920 You mean your family? 144 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:09,920 No, beautiful. 145 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,920 Somebody I got to buy a coffin for. 146 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,920 As a matter of fact, I'm not even going to buy the coffin. 147 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,920 I'm just going to make it easier for somebody to get one. 148 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,920 Sounds an awful lot like you mean you're going to kill somebody. 149 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,920 It's as easy as that. 150 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,920 I am. 151 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:25,920 Why? 152 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,920 I told you I just got out of prison, didn't I? 153 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,920 Well, you don't want to get back in. 154 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:31,920 It doesn't happen to make much difference. 155 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,920 You see, there isn't much useful left in my life. 156 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:34,920 I'm through. 157 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:35,920 Revenge, huh? 158 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:36,920 Yeah. 159 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,920 With all his debts settled, a guy could die happy. 160 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,920 That's a strange philosophy. 161 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:44,920 Is it? 162 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,920 What are you driving so fast for? 163 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:47,920 I'm in a hurry. 164 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,920 I have to get home. 165 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:50,920 It's OK with me. 166 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,920 The sooner I get this thing over, the better. 167 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,920 Get what over? 168 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:56,920 Hey, that's a cop. 169 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,920 That's what you get for driving so fast. 170 00:06:58,920 --> 00:06:59,920 I didn't realize it. 171 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:00,920 Pull over. 172 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,920 If they ask any questions, tell them I'm your brother. 173 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:03,920 See, your brother. 174 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:04,920 I will. 175 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,920 Don't say anything. 176 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,920 You'll be sorry for it, beautiful. 177 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,920 You're going pretty fast for these wet roads, lady. 178 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:18,920 I'm sorry. 179 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:19,920 I really didn't realize it. 180 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,920 If it skidded into a telephone pole, you would have. 181 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:23,920 Let me see your license. 182 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,920 It must be here somewhere. 183 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:27,920 That's your husband? 184 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:28,920 No. 185 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:29,920 Now, that's my brother. 186 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:30,920 Oh, here's the license. 187 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:31,920 Thanks. 188 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:36,920 Oh, why have I seen this name before? 189 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:37,920 I don't know. 190 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:38,920 Oh, sure. 191 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,920 Your husband's in the department, isn't he? 192 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,920 Well, yes, he is. 193 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:43,920 Are you nervous about something? 194 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,920 No, no, I'm just tired. 195 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:46,920 OK. 196 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,920 But just take it easy from now on. 197 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:49,920 Here's your license. 198 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:50,920 I will. 199 00:07:50,920 --> 00:08:02,920 Thanks a lot. 200 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,920 So your husband's in the police department? 201 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:05,920 Yes. 202 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,920 Maybe he'll get a promotion. 203 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:10,920 For catching you? 204 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:11,920 Don't be foolish. 205 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,920 Nobody's going to catch me unless I want them to. 206 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,920 Not even you, beautiful. 207 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:19,920 What did you mean about my husband? 208 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,920 About his getting a promotion. 209 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,920 Well, just between you and me, you know what I mean. 210 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,920 There's somebody I got to take care of who's also in the department. 211 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:29,920 What department? 212 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:30,920 Oh, that dumb, the police department. 213 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:31,920 Oh. 214 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:32,920 Keep your eyes on the road. 215 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:33,920 I am. 216 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:34,920 You weren't. 217 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:35,920 You were looking at me. 218 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:36,920 Well, what do you expect me to do? 219 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:37,920 You don't exactly make me comfortable sitting there. 220 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:38,920 You recognized me, didn't you? 221 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:39,920 Didn't you? 222 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:40,920 I'm not sure. 223 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:41,920 Yes, you are. 224 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:42,920 And that could be a mistake. 225 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,920 Believe me, I don't know who you are or anything about you. 226 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:46,920 That's a lie. 227 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:47,920 Stop looking at me. 228 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:48,920 All right. 229 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:49,920 I'm going to kill Ralph Harris. 230 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:50,920 I don't want to know anything about it. 231 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:51,920 Yes, you do. 232 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:52,920 You know Ralph pretty well. 233 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:53,920 No, no, I don't. 234 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:54,920 I never heard of him. 235 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:55,920 Stop dumbing up. 236 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,920 I saw the license when you handed it to the cop. 237 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,920 I'm going to kill your husband, Mrs. Harris. 238 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,920 You know, it's back a few miles on the road. 239 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,920 I could see it the way you looked at me. 240 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,920 You know, somehow I get the idea. 241 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,920 You're not going to mind that like you should. 242 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:18,920 Why don't you say something? 243 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,920 I can't think of anything. 244 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:26,920 Now that you know, I think you and me are going to have to have a little understanding. 245 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:27,920 What are you doing? 246 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:28,920 Nothing. 247 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:29,920 Just racing through your pocketbook. 248 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:30,920 I only have $10 in it. 249 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:31,920 I don't need money that bad. 250 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:32,920 Then what? 251 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,920 I'm going to get you a dress. 252 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,920 Women carry more things. 253 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,920 Here it is. 254 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:41,920 627 Mill Street, huh? 255 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:43,920 Here, you can have your pocketbook back. 256 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,920 I'm going to take the license. 257 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,920 I want to make sure I don't forget. 258 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,920 What are you going to do with me? 259 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,920 I haven't quite decided yet, beautiful. 260 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,920 I haven't quite decided. 261 00:09:55,920 --> 00:10:05,920 I glanced over at him again. 262 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,920 I knew he meant it exactly. 263 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,920 He hadn't quite decided. 264 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:10,920 Things had gone far enough. 265 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:15,920 From here on out, I had to make it convincing or else. 266 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,920 Look, Sullivan. 267 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,920 Oh, so you don't know my name. 268 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:20,920 Yes, I know your name. 269 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:21,920 I remember you. 270 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:22,920 I was at trial. 271 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:23,920 They framed you. 272 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:24,920 Did he tell you that? 273 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:25,920 They didn't have to. 274 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:26,920 The whole department knew it. 275 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,920 They needed a conviction and you were it. 276 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:31,920 That's what I thought. 277 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,920 You know a lot, don't you? 278 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:39,920 Listen, suppose I told you that you were right in what you said a minute ago. 279 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,920 That I hated my husband. 280 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:43,920 That I hated him as much as you do. 281 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,920 And that I'd hated him for years. 282 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,920 What do you think? 283 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:48,920 Well? 284 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,920 I'd say it was a stall to save your own neck. 285 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,920 That's what I thought. 286 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,920 That's why I wanted to get acquainted with him first. 287 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,920 First? Before what? 288 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:03,920 Well, doesn't it seem a little funny to you, am I just happening to run into you this way? 289 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,920 The wife of the man you've sworn to kill on the very day you break out of prison? 290 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:08,920 Who says I broke out? 291 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:10,920 I know someone who knows Red Folly. 292 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,920 Red Folly? 293 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,920 He was your contact on the outside that helped you plan it, wasn't he? 294 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,920 Listen, beautiful, I don't know how you got this. 295 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:20,920 Why do you think Red Folly got the money? 296 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,920 You tell me. 297 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:23,920 I'll tell you. 298 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,920 I want you to kill my husband. 299 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,920 I'll even help you. 300 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:45,920 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Eva Gardner in Lady in Distress, Roma Wines' presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 301 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:55,920 Between the acts of suspense, this is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 302 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:00,920 There's a reason more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 303 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,920 It's because Roma gives you more enjoyment for your money. 304 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:13,920 Yes, in all Roma wines you enjoy an important difference, an extra dividend in fuller bouquet, richer body and better taste. 305 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,920 To bring you better tasting wine, Roma selects from California's choicest grapes. 306 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:29,920 Then, with ancient skill and winemaking resources unmatched in America, Roma master vintners guide this grape treasure unhurriedly to tempting taste perfection. 307 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:40,920 These choice wines are placed with Melo Roma wines of years before, and from these reserves, the world's greatest reserves of fine wines, Roma later selects. 308 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,920 So to enjoy more pleasure for your money, insist on Roma. 309 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,920 That's R-O-M-A, Roma California Wine. 310 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:55,920 And whether your favorite is Sherry, Port or Muscatel, you'll find Roma, your best buy, in good taste. 311 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:04,920 And now, Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Eva Gardner as Evelyn Harris with Howard Duffa Sullivan in Lady in Distress, 312 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:11,920 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 313 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:33,920 He was beginning to believe me now when I told him that I knew who'd helped him make the prison break, when I told him that I'd put up the money for it, 314 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:41,920 when I told him that the man he wanted to kill was the man I wanted to kill, when I told him that man was my own husband. 315 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,920 We drove along for quite a while without saying anything, then I pulled him to a gas station. 316 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,920 It's the idea of coming in here. You don't need gas. 317 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,920 You still don't trust me, do you? 318 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:52,920 I don't know. 319 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,920 Look, Sullivan, I have to make a phone call to my husband. 320 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,920 Oh, no. I'm not that dumb, beautiful. 321 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,920 But I have to call him. I told him I would. 322 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,920 Why don't you think something's wrong? You can listen. 323 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:05,920 All right. I'll listen. 324 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:13,920 Where's your phone? 325 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:14,920 Oh, it's just inside the door. 326 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:15,920 Thanks. 327 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:20,920 It's right in here, lady. Right on the wall. Right on the wall there, lady. Got your nickel? 328 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:31,920 Look, I know how to use the phone. You don't have to act like you're Orson Welles. 329 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:38,920 Hello? 330 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:39,920 Ralph? 331 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:40,920 Yes? 332 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,920 This is Evelyn. I'm 25 miles from the city. The rain slowed me up. 333 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,920 You should have started earlier. 334 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:46,920 I know, but I didn't. 335 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:47,920 Everything all right? 336 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:48,920 Yes, everything's all right. 337 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,920 Well, I'm glad to see you're getting some sense in your head. Hurry up and get here. 338 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:53,920 Well, it won't take long. 339 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,920 You're not going to give me any more trouble, are you? 340 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:01,920 No, Ralph. From now on, I don't think you have a thing to worry about. 341 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,920 We drove on into town then. I didn't say anything more and nodded at Sullivan. 342 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:21,920 But I know I had it. He was still playing cautious, but I know I had it. 343 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,920 Well, here's where I let you off. Oh, the rain's almost stopped. 344 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:35,920 Okay, but listen, beautiful, don't try to double-cross me. 345 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:36,920 I won't double-cross you. 346 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,920 You'd make a mistake if you did. 347 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:39,920 Sullivan? 348 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,920 Yeah? 349 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:50,920 My husband always keeps his car in the garage. Every night, just as it gets dark, he walks into the garage to get the car, alone. 350 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:55,920 You know, you're quite a dish, beautiful. 351 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:57,920 And there's no light in the garage. 352 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:59,920 Come here. 353 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:08,920 Good night, beautiful. 354 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,920 There's only a few more blocks to the house. 355 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,920 Ralph was waiting up for me, and he seemed genuinely happy to see me. 356 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:21,920 A month ago, Ralph and I had one of our usual fights, and I went north to stay with my mother. 357 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,920 But I realized that I couldn't stay with her forever, and the only thing left for me to do was to come back. 358 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:33,920 And I hated it, crawling back to a man who had no heart, who ran his home like the lock-up pen down at police headquarters. 359 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:39,920 But I had no choice. Ralph was smug about my coming back, as I knew he would be. 360 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:52,920 I kept wondering if Sullivan was actually going through with it. Two days later, I knew. 361 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,920 Good morning, Mrs. Harris. 362 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,920 Get inside. Someone might see you. 363 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:00,920 How did you know I was alone? 364 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:05,920 I got friends. Your husband's working right now. He won't be home for five hours. 365 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,920 What do you want, Sullivan? 366 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,920 Let's not act like children. I said I was going to kill your husband, and I meant it. 367 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:13,920 What are you coming here for at this time of day? 368 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:14,920 See this? 369 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:15,920 That little box? 370 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,920 Yeah. When you do the wrong thing with it, it blows up. 371 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:19,920 Oh. 372 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:29,920 All I do is put this under the hood of somebody's car, hook it up to the starter, and when somebody gets in his car to drive off somewhere, all he does is step on the starter. 373 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,920 And he doesn't have to worry about driving a car ever again. 374 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:34,920 Oh. 375 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:46,920 Let's go out to the garage, beautiful. 376 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:54,920 We went out to the garage. Sullivan hooked the explosive up under the hood of Ralph's car. Then after a while, he went away. 377 00:17:54,920 --> 00:18:00,920 All the rest of the day, I was nervous and worried. The last minute, I even wanted to go out and disconnect it, but I didn't. 378 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,920 It was foolish to be nervous, and it had all gone along fine so far. 379 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:10,920 The time Ralph came home, I was composed and tried not to show that anything was any different than it always was. 380 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,920 After dinner, Ralph was doing some paperwork on a housebreaking case. 381 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,920 Oh, these reports are a nuisance. 382 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:17,920 Anything I can do to help you? 383 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,920 No. You know less about these reports than I do. 384 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,920 Well, I just thought maybe there might be something else. 385 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:23,920 Well, there isn't, so stop bothering. 386 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:24,920 All right, Ralph. 387 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,920 Wait a minute. There is something you can do. 388 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:28,920 What? 389 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,920 Go out and get the car and bring it around to the front. 390 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:31,920 No. 391 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:39,920 What? What are you looking so surprised about? As soon as I finish the report, I want to run down to the station. It'd save time if you got the car out. 392 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,920 I'd rather not. 393 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:42,920 What's the matter with you? 394 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,920 I have trouble getting out of the driveway. It's too narrow. 395 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,920 Ah, you've taken the car out a hundred times. What are you talking about? 396 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,920 Well, Ralph, I've got a cold coming on. I'd rather stay inside. 397 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,920 Put a coat on. It isn't cold out anyway. 398 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:53,920 I don't want to drive your car. 399 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:58,920 Look, the least you could do is help me out once in a while when I asked you to. Heaven knows you'd never do anything for me anyway. 400 00:18:58,920 --> 00:18:59,920 Well, it won't save that much time. 401 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,920 Get the car out before I get mad. 402 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:12,920 All right, Ralph. If you want me to, I'll get the car. 403 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:21,920 What could I do? I went out and opened the garage doors and put it around for a few minutes and slammed the door a couple of times, and I went back in the house. 404 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,920 Ralph? 405 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:23,920 Well, what, Ralph? 406 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:25,920 Is the car out in front? 407 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:26,920 It wouldn't start. 408 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:28,920 What do you mean it wouldn't start? 409 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,920 I don't know. It just wouldn't start. The motor wouldn't turn over. 410 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,920 Oh, you give me nothing but trouble. 411 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,920 It isn't my fault. It's your car. 412 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:36,920 All right, all right. Forget it. 413 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:37,920 Why don't you go out and try it yourself? 414 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:45,920 Because I won't, that's all. I've been having trouble with my battery. It's probably run down again. If it wouldn't start for you, it won't start for me. I'll look at it tomorrow sometime. 415 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,920 I'll do what you want. 416 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,920 Wait a minute. 417 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,920 Excuse me. I have some reading to do. 418 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:52,920 Well, wait a minute. 419 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:53,920 What do you want? 420 00:19:53,920 --> 00:20:02,920 Call up headquarters and have them send a cruiser around for me. 421 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:07,920 I could hardly sleep that night. Why, of all times, did Ralph have to ask me to get his car? 422 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:16,920 This almost as if he suspected. I knew he'd have to get the car sometime, but I was afraid he might check over the car and find out what was wrong with it and discover the mechanism. 423 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:21,920 Or he might send a mechanic out from a garage to look at it, and an innocent person would be killed. 424 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,920 But I was afraid of Sullivan by this time, terribly afraid. 425 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,920 I was exhausted from nervousness and lack of sleep when I got out of bed the next day. 426 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:48,920 Ralph had breakfast and went off to work in the police cruiser. I didn't dare go near the garage. I didn't dare do anything, except just wait. 427 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:49,920 Mrs. Harris? 428 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:50,920 Yes? 429 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:51,920 Sullivan speaking. 430 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:52,920 Why, Lo? 431 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,920 I've been reading all the papers and I haven't seen anything about your husband yet. 432 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:57,920 Yes, I know. 433 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:58,920 What happened? 434 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,920 Well, last night he didn't take the car out. 435 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:01,920 Why not? 436 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,920 I don't know why not. He just didn't, that's all. 437 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,920 Mrs. Harris, you wouldn't try to stall me, would you? 438 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:13,920 No, I swear that's what happened. He left the car in a... he left the house in a police cruiser. He didn't take his car. 439 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:14,920 You know what I think? 440 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,920 No. What? 441 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:21,920 I think I'm going to take a run out there and check up myself. Your husband isn't home, is he? 442 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,920 No, no, he won't be home for three hours. 443 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:35,920 Okay, beautiful. You can expect me. 444 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,920 Well, you could at least... oh, Ralph. 445 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,920 Who did you expect, Winston Churchill? 446 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,920 Well, he doesn't have time for you to be home. 447 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,920 Who said there was a certain time for me to be home? 448 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,920 Well, you don't usually get home this early. 449 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:53,920 Well, there wasn't much doing today. I have a few hours coming to me, but... what's the matter with you? 450 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:54,920 Nothing, why? 451 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,920 Well, you're nervous about something. Don't tell me you have a boyfriend hiding in the closet. 452 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:00,920 You may look if you want to. 453 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:07,920 I wouldn't bother. All right, come on, come on out with it. What's on your mind? What do you keep looking out the window for? 454 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:12,920 Oh, stop examining me like a criminal. I just didn't sleep well last night. I'm tired. 455 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,920 You don't do anything to get tired. Where are you going? 456 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:22,920 When you came in, I was just on my way to the market. Do you mind? I have to get my coat. Do you want me to explain any more? 457 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:23,920 Say, Evelyn. 458 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,920 What's wrong, Ralph? 459 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:33,920 I just thought I saw somebody go into our garage. Come here. Look, garage door is half open. 460 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:38,920 Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you. I called the garage and had them send a man to look at the battery. He'll take care of everything. 461 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,920 Yeah? Well, I'm going out and take a look myself. 462 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:41,920 You don't have to. He knows his job. 463 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,920 Sometimes I don't think you have any brains at all. I'll be right back. 464 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:58,920 I stood there at the window watching. I knew who was in the garage and it wasn't the mechanic. It was Sullivan. 465 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:05,920 Ralph walked off the back porch and across the yard and then into the garage. I didn't know what was going to happen. 466 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:13,920 I kept thinking only one man will come out of there alive. And then I thought maybe I'll be lucky. Maybe neither of them will come out alive. 467 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:20,920 I pulled the curtain back so I could see more clearly. And then I waited what seemed hours staring through the window. 468 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:28,920 I couldn't hear a thing and nobody came out. Nobody. I moved closer. My face pressed against the glass. 469 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:35,920 And then just before it happened, somehow I could hear it coming. 470 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:03,920 Operator. Get me to police headquarters. Just a moment. 471 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,920 Police headquarters. Sergeant Thompson speaking. 472 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:18,920 This is Mrs. Ralph Harris. There's been an accident. An explosion. 473 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,920 We'll be right out, Mrs. Harris. Are you all right? 474 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:28,920 The window broke. A big piece of glass. My throat. 475 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:46,920 One way I was lucky. Neither of them did come out alive. But another way I wasn't so lucky. I'm going to die. 476 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:03,920 Suspense. 477 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:10,920 Presented by Roma Wines. R-O-M-A. Roma. America's favorite wines. 478 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:24,920 Before we hear again from Ava Gardner, star of tonight's suspense play, this is Truman Bradley reminding you that in all Roma wines you enjoy an extra premium goodness in fuller bouquet, richer body, and better taste. 479 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:38,920 Yes, Roma wines taste better because Roma, and only Roma, selects better tasting wines from the world's greatest wine reserves. That's why more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 480 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:50,920 So ask for Roma wine. R-O-M-A. Roma. A premium wine in everything but price. Enjoy Roma California Sherry before dinner tomorrow. 481 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:56,920 This is Ava Gardner. It's been a great pleasure to appear on Suspense, which is such a favorite to all of us here in Hollywood. 482 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:07,920 Next Thursday's Suspense show will be one that I certainly won't miss. The most coveted honor which a radio program can achieve is the annual award given for excellence in drama by the George Foster Peabody Foundation. 483 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:19,920 This year the citation was given to Suspense, and one of the three Suspense plays which is particularly mentioned in connection with the award was that which will be rebroadcast next Thursday. It's called Dead Ernest. Good night. 484 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:27,920 Ava Gardner appeared through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers of the Technicolor picture The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, and Claude Jarman Jr. 485 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:40,920 Tonight's Suspense story was written by John Michael Hayes. Next Thursday, same time, you will hear an all-star cast of Hollywood's finest radio players headed by Wally Mayer in Suspense. 486 00:26:40,920 --> 00:27:06,920 Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 487 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:21,920 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Robert Mitchum, Virginia Bruce, Angela Lansbury, and others. Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills.