1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,800 Yes, Roma wines taste better, 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:08,340 because only Roma selects from the world's greatest wine reserves 3 00:00:08,340 --> 00:00:10,380 for your pleasure. 4 00:00:10,380 --> 00:00:15,920 And now, Roma wines, R-O-M-A, Roma wines present... 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,920 Suspense! 6 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:25,560 Tonight, Roma wines bring you Mr. Robert Mitchum in Death at Live Oak, 7 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,800 a suspense play produced, edited, and directed 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,300 for Roma Wines by William Spear. 9 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:37,800 Suspense! Radio's outstanding theater of thrills 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,800 is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,800 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,800 Those better tasting California wines enjoyed by more Americans 13 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,300 than any other wine. 14 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:51,800 For friendly entertaining, for delightful dining. 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,800 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant 16 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,300 as Roma Wines bring you Robert Mitchum, 17 00:00:57,300 --> 00:00:58,800 in a remarkable tale of... 18 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:00,800 Suspense! 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,800 You know what death is? 20 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,800 It's a simple surgical process whereby a man's name 21 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,800 is cut off from his body. 22 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,800 If a man's name is dead, the man is dead. 23 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:15,800 Even though his breathing may be normal, 24 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,800 his pulse beat regular and strong. 25 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,800 My name is dead. 26 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,800 So I've become a ghost, a very much alive ghost, 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,300 with hemoglobin in my bloodstream and thoughts in my brain. 28 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:29,800 And yet, as a ghost, I am accused of a crime 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,800 which I swear to you I did not commit. 30 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,800 Going up. 31 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,800 Name your floors, please. 32 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:45,800 Seven, please. 33 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,800 I had just finished a rather harrowing day with my attorney 34 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,300 and I wanted a few moments relaxation at the Sky Room 35 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:53,800 before driving home to Palo Alto. 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,300 As I stood in the elevator, 37 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:58,800 I was conscious of someone staring at me, a girl, 38 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,800 wearing an orchid which had been completely crushed 39 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,800 against the shoulder of her mink coat. 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,800 She was young, early 20s, I'd say, 41 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,800 a sort of face which I find peculiarly attractive. 42 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,800 Lean, tanned. 43 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,800 She stood perhaps three feet away from me in the elevator. 44 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,800 Her eyes stared steadily into mine. 45 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,800 I glanced away and looked back again. 46 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,800 She was still staring at me. 47 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,300 Then she stepped over close to me. 48 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:27,300 What are you doing here? 49 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:28,300 I beg your pardon. 50 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:30,300 Why did you follow me? You know I didn't want to see you. 51 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:33,300 I think you've mistaken me for someone else. 52 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:35,300 Twenty-first floor. 53 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:36,800 You're Rex Melville? 54 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,800 No, my name is Sutherland. 55 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,300 Oh, I'm so sorry. 56 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:43,300 You look exactly like... 57 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:45,300 Please, forgive me. 58 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:46,800 This is your floor, ma'am. 59 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,300 Oh, thank you. 60 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:49,800 Good night, Mr. Sutherland. 61 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,800 Good night. 62 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,300 Sky room, sir? 63 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:54,800 Yeah, yes, the sky room. 64 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,300 Thank you. 65 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:06,800 I'm a flyer. 66 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,800 And I like to look down on the lights of cities from high places. 67 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,300 Usually it makes me feel important and warm inside. 68 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:15,300 But not on this night. 69 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:18,300 I found myself looking down, computing how many miles an hour 70 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:22,800 a human body would be falling by the time it hit the sidewalk. 71 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,800 Then I noticed leaning over the parapet a few feet away from me. 72 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,800 The girl from the elevator. 73 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,800 Good evening. 74 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,800 Oh, good evening. 75 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,800 It looks as if I am following you. 76 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,300 It doesn't seem possible. 77 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:41,800 Not the resemblance? 78 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,800 Yes, it's almost perfect. 79 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,300 You're a little taller, I think. 80 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:50,800 Oh, my chin comes just below his shoulder, too. 81 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,800 You're exactly the same height as Rex. 82 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,800 And who is Rex? 83 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,800 A friend. 84 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,800 You told me your name on the elevator. I've forgotten it. 85 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:02,800 David Sutherland. 86 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:03,800 I'm Diana Blake. 87 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:04,800 Miss Blake? 88 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:05,800 Yes. 89 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,800 Oh, would you care for something to eat, Miss Blake? 90 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:17,800 Yes, I would. 91 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,300 We had a rare bit, I think, and we talked about the customary subjects 92 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:23,300 with the expected frequency. 93 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:26,300 She was beautiful by every standard except the Flemish. 94 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:29,300 There was a thrilling compactness about her. 95 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:32,300 My mind floated through all sorts of conjectures. 96 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:34,800 But Miss Blake bolted me back to reality. 97 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:35,800 I lied to you. 98 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:36,800 What? 99 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,800 My name isn't Diana Blake. It's Mrs. Melville. 100 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,800 Rex is not a friend. He's my husband. 101 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,800 Oh, somewhat more than a friend. 102 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,800 In this case, somewhat less. 103 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,800 It's so incredible, so utterly incredible to sit across the table 104 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:58,800 from someone who looks exactly like my husband and have a good time. 105 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,800 Oh, I'd better leave. He might find us here. 106 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:02,800 Of course. Philip? 107 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:03,800 Yes, Mr. Sutherland? 108 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,800 Check, please. May I see your home? 109 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,800 Oh, it's not necessary. I have a suite here in the hotel. 110 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:08,800 Here is the check, sir. 111 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,800 I'll sign it. May I borrow your pencil, Philip? 112 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,800 I'm deeply sorry, Mr. Sutherland. 113 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:14,800 What? 114 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:15,800 I've been asked to tell you that... 115 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,800 Look, I've been signing checks at the Sky Room for five years. 116 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,800 Excuse me, but the accounting department... 117 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,800 Please, don't hate me if I pay it. 118 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:23,800 Oh, no, I couldn't possibly allow... 119 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,800 You will find, David, that I am a woman of extremes. 120 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,800 I've either a great deal or nothing. 121 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,800 Right now, the only thing I have a great deal of is money. 122 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:32,800 Philip. 123 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,800 Thank you, madam. 124 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,800 Don't be angry, please. 125 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,800 It's a small price for saving my life. 126 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:41,800 Saving you? 127 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,800 When you spoke to me out there on the parapet, 128 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,800 I was getting ready to commit suicide. 129 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,800 I saw her to the door of her hotel suite, 130 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,800 kissed her, mentally, 131 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,800 and bade her a formal good night. 132 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,800 It's been pleasant meeting you, Mrs. Melville, etc. 133 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,800 But inside, I knew what had happened to me. 134 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:07,800 And by four in the morning, 135 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,800 I knew I'd have to do something about it. 136 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,800 Market 0500. 137 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,800 I'd like to speak with Mrs. Melville. 138 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:26,800 One moment, please. 139 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,800 I'm sorry, sir, there is no Mrs. Melville registered here. 140 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,800 Oh, uh, oh, Operator, how about a Miss Blake? 141 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,800 Diana Blake? 142 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,800 I'm ringing Miss Blake's apartment. 143 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,800 Thank you. 144 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,800 Hello? 145 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,800 Forgive me for calling this late. 146 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:46,800 David Sutherland. 147 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,800 I wasn't asleep. I thought you'd call. 148 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:49,800 I've got to see you. 149 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,800 I know. As soon as possible. 150 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,800 You see, it's 4.15. 151 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,800 I'll meet you in the hotel lobby at, oh, better make it an hour from now. 152 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:57,800 Oh, no, not the lobby. 153 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,800 There's a little coffee shop, Radnick's, 154 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,800 around the corner, on Post Street. 155 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,800 I'll be there, 5.15. 156 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,800 It was just growing light as I drove up the Bay Shore. 157 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,800 Practically no traffic. I got to Radnick's in about, oh, 40 minutes. 158 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,800 She was there, waiting for me. 159 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:21,800 We ordered coffee. 160 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,800 Anything else? Eggs? Toast? 161 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,800 No, I'm not hungry. 162 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,800 Do you know what I want to talk with you about? 163 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,800 I think I know. 164 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,800 There are a few things we have to get clear. 165 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,800 Are you married? 166 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:37,800 Yes. 167 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,800 The hotel has you registered as Miss Blake. 168 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,800 I've been separated from Rex for three years. 169 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,800 I met him in Buenos Aires. 170 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,800 We were married. 171 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,800 Didn't work. So I left him. 172 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,800 No divorce? 173 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,800 I hate scandal. 174 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,800 Nobody knew I'd been married. 175 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,800 It was foolish, but I came back here and became Diana Blake again. 176 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,800 And he dropped out of your life? 177 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,800 He was still last week. 178 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,800 Just showed up out of nowhere. 179 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,800 Seems he suddenly needs money. 180 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,800 And a wealthy wife's a handy thing to have. 181 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,800 And to buy him off? 182 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,800 He doesn't stop there. 183 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,800 He, uh... 184 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,800 He wants to live with me. 185 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,800 I can't stand being in the same room with him. 186 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,800 And he looks exactly like me. 187 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,800 That's why I married him. He's very attractive. 188 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,800 His appearance... 189 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,800 But... 190 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,800 He's not a human being. 191 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,800 He... 192 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,800 You'd rather kill yourself than live with him? 193 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,800 Yes. 194 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,800 Now, listen to me. Raise your head. Listen to me. 195 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,800 Yes. 196 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,800 I'd rather die than go through what I have to do this week. 197 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,800 You know the firm of Sutherland & Sons? 198 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:45,800 The importers? 199 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,800 I used to have a third interest in the company. 200 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,800 But there have been some cagey stock manipulations by my dear cousins. 201 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,800 I wound up with a safe deposit box full of waste paper. 202 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,800 I may have to go through bankruptcy. 203 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,800 Oh, I'm sorry. 204 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,800 Now, look, we both considered suicide. 205 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,800 That's no good. 206 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,800 But what would happen if we both became... 207 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,800 Husband... 208 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,800 And wife? 209 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,800 Yes. 210 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,800 What will happen to Rex? 211 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,800 Rex is going to become the late David Sutherland. 212 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,800 Oh, no. 213 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,800 Now, look, I've thought it all out. 214 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,800 I have some property up in the high sierra. 215 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,800 A summer house. 216 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,800 The only way to get there is by air. 217 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,800 The place has been advertised for sale. 218 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,800 Now, suppose you told Rex you were interested in buying live oak. 219 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,800 Could you ask him to fly up with me in my plane? 220 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:31,800 Well, he likes to fly, but he might be suspicious. 221 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,800 You can make it sound logical. 222 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,800 Tell him you want to try to make a go of your marriage. 223 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,800 Live oak seems to be an ideal place for a second honeymoon. 224 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,800 Yes, I'll try. 225 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,800 Does he have any friends in San Francisco? 226 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,800 None that I know of. 227 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,800 He's lived in Argentina for years. 228 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,800 Oh, one thing. His voice. 229 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,800 Oh, I'm sorry. 230 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,800 Oh, one thing. His voice. 231 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,800 It's a little higher pitched than yours, 232 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,800 and he speaks more precisely. 233 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,800 I can get by. 234 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,800 What accounts does he have here? Bank accounts? 235 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,800 He doesn't have any. 236 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,800 Using travelers' checks and the money I've had to give him. 237 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,800 Will he stay with you tonight? 238 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,800 If I let him. 239 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,800 Good. That'll give me a chance to go through his hotel room. 240 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,800 Where's he staying? 241 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,800 The park row. 242 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,800 Room? 243 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,800 Oh, yes. 518. 244 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,800 Now, tonight, Diana, you tell him about Live Oak. 245 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,800 Now, tonight, Diana, you tell him about Live Oak. 246 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,800 Say I'm a real estate broker 247 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,800 and make some remark about the resemblance. 248 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,800 Yeah, all right. 249 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,800 Tell him that tomorrow night is the only time I can fly him up to the summer house. 250 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,800 I'll meet him at the Palo Alto airport at 9 o'clock. 251 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,800 In the evening. 252 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,800 The air is smoother at night. 253 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,800 The air is smoother at night. 254 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Can you land at Live Oak after dark? 255 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,800 No, Diana. 256 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,800 But Mr. Melville will never land anywhere 257 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,800 alive. 258 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,800 For suspense, 259 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,800 for suspense, 260 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,800 Roemer Wines are bringing you Robert Mitchum 261 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,800 in Death at Live Oak. 262 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,800 Roemer Wines' presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 263 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,800 Suspense. 264 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,800 Suspense. 265 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Suspense. 266 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,800 Suspense. 267 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:07,800 Suspense. 268 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,800 Suspense. 269 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,800 Suspense. 270 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,800 Suspense. 271 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,800 Suspense. 272 00:11:15,800 --> 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more 305 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,800 Americans enjoy Roemer 306 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,800 than any other wine. 307 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,800 That's R-O-M-A, 308 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,800 Roemer, your best buy 309 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,800 in good taste. 310 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,800 And now, Roemer Wines 311 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,800 bring back to our Hollywood Sound stage 312 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,800 the name Mitchum as David Sutherland 313 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,800 with Mary Jane Croft as Diana Blake 314 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,800 in Death at Live Oak, 315 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,800 a tale well calculated 316 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,800 to keep you in suspense. 317 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:57,800 I left Diana and went directly out to the airport. 318 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,800 I loosened the screws around the cowling 319 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,800 of the instrument panel of my airplane. 320 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,800 And I took my parachute home and soaked it 321 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,800 thoroughly in a wash tub full of black dye. 322 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:07,800 The shrouds and the silk came out 323 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,800 dull blank, just right. 324 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,800 As it began to grow dark, 325 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,800 I felt a tremendous desire to be with Diana, 326 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,800 at least to talk with her. 327 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,800 I realized how much she was coming to mean to me. 328 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,800 I stifled my urge to call her. 329 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,800 If I could be apart from Diana this one night, 330 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,800 I could be with her the rest of my life. 331 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,800 I drove back into San Francisco 332 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,800 to the Park Row Hotel. 333 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,800 As I walked in, I turned my hat brim down 334 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,800 in the way Diana and I were sitting. 335 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,800 I turned my hat brim down in the way Diana 336 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,800 had told me Rex Melville wore his. 337 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,800 I prepared to speak more precisely 338 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,800 to try out my impersonation of the man 339 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,800 I was about to murder. 340 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:47,800 Good evening, Mr. Melville. 341 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,800 Good evening. May I have the key to 518, please? 342 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,800 Certainly, Mr. Melville. 343 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,800 You weren't gone very long, sir? 344 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,800 No, not long. Is there any mail in my box? 345 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,800 Well, I... 346 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:59,800 I just gave you your mail, sir, 347 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,800 and you went out. 348 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,800 Oh, of course. I'd forgotten. Thank you. 349 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,800 I went on up and unlocked the door 350 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,800 to Rex Melville's room, empty, 351 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,800 and in a rather slovenly state of disorder. 352 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,800 I made it a point to touch everything in the room, 353 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,800 the light switches, the water faucets, 354 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,800 the drawer handles. 355 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,800 I wanted to leave plenty of my fingerprints 356 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,800 in case I should need to prove later on 357 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,800 that I, the future of Rex Melville, 358 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,800 had occupied this room. 359 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,800 And I left. 360 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,800 But I didn't go back to Palo Alto. 361 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,800 I just walked the streets of San Francisco 362 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,800 until dawn. 363 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,800 Who is it? David. 364 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Just a moment. 365 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,800 Oh, Diana. Oh, David. 366 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,800 I thought the morning would never come. 367 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,800 Rex just left a few seconds ago. 368 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,800 I know. I've been watching for him outside. 369 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,800 He didn't see you? No. 370 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,800 How is it about tonight? 371 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,800 We're all set. It wasn't easy, but I convinced him. 372 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,800 You'll meet you at the Palo Alto airport at nine. 373 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,800 Perfect. 374 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,800 I took his billfold out of his coat pocket. 375 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,800 Here. 376 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,800 Your signatures on the traveler's check. 377 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,800 Good. This is just what I needed. 378 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,800 Oh, David. 379 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,800 When will it be over? 380 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,800 Before midnight. I'll be back with you by this time tomorrow morning. 381 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,800 Be careful. 382 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,800 You know something? 383 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,800 I've never kissed you. 384 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,800 All my time. 385 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,800 Forgive me. 386 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,800 I didn't blot my lipstick. 387 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,800 Who could that be? 388 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,800 Rex. I had the billfold. 389 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,800 Yes? Who is it? 390 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,800 Let me in, will you? I forgot something. 391 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,800 Just a moment. 392 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,800 I left my wallet. 393 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,800 Well, hello. 394 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,800 This is the real estate man I told you about. 395 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,800 My name is Sutherland. 396 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,800 You're right, honey. He's a dead ringer for me. 397 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,800 Yes, he... 398 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,800 I understand we're taking a little trip tonight. 399 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:05,800 Yes, say... say you make your business calls 400 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,800 pretty early in the morning, don't you, Mr. Sutherland? 401 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,800 He stopped in to find out about tonight. 402 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,800 I was just leaving. 403 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,800 Good. Now, what about the wallet, honey? 404 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,800 It's not here. You sure? 405 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,800 If I find it, I'll call you. All right. 406 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,800 Say, why don't we ride down to the elevator together, Mr. Sutherland? 407 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,800 You can tell me something about this place at Live Old. 408 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,800 Oh, but, Rex... 409 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,800 I'll be glad to. 410 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,800 Goodbye, Mrs... Mrs. Melville. 411 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,800 I'll see you later, honey. 412 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,800 Goodbye. 413 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,800 Down car. 414 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,800 You're right ahead, Mr. Sutherland. No, after you. 415 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,800 All the way down? 416 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,800 Yes, the lobby, please. 417 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,800 Hey, I hope you're a good pilot, Sutherland. 418 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,800 I've been flying 10 years. 419 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,800 What kind of plane do you have? 420 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,800 Metal monoplane, a high wing. 421 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,800 It seats two people side by side. 422 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,800 Say! 423 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,800 What's the matter? Hey, you fellas twins? 424 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,800 No. I thought for a minute I was seeing double. 425 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,800 I have to go see an eye doctor. 426 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,800 No, no, we're not twins. 427 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,800 You sure do look alike, though. 428 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,800 I'm glad I don't have to see an eye doctor. 429 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,800 Oh, here's the main floor. 430 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,800 Watch your step, please. 431 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,800 Hello? 432 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:29,800 Hello, Diana. Yes. 433 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,800 Listen, we're in bad trouble. What's wrong? 434 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,800 The elevator boy. He noticed how much we look alike. 435 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,800 Which car was it? 436 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,800 The end elevator, the one nearest your door. 437 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,800 I can take care of it, David. 438 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,800 I'll be right back. 439 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,800 It was a ghastly day of waiting. 440 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,800 I wired the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles 441 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,800 to reserve a room in the name of David Sutherland. 442 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,800 I remarked casually to one of my neighbors 443 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,800 that I was flying down to Los Angeles in the evening. 444 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,800 Promptly at 9 o'clock, I drove to the airfield. 445 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,800 It was dark and deserted. 446 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,800 I dumped my black parachute 447 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,800 in the pilot's seat and waited. 448 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,800 9.15. No meld-o. 449 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,800 9.30. Still no sign-up. 450 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,800 About 20 minutes of 10, I saw some headlights 451 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,800 turn down the dirt road that leads to the hangar line. 452 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,800 Is that you, Sutherland? 453 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,800 I've been waiting for you. 454 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,800 When I saw you to be late, I was delayed in town. 455 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,800 You all set to go? 456 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,800 I'm going to the airport. 457 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,800 All set. 458 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,800 No one saw him get into the plane. 459 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,800 The airport isn't normally equipped for night operation. 460 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,800 I didn't waste much time warming up the engine. 461 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,800 This would be the last take-off for my ship 462 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,800 so it didn't make much difference. 463 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,800 I gave a full throttle, roared down the asphalt runway 464 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,800 and banked sharply out over the bay. 465 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,800 Sort of pretty up here. 466 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,800 Yes, very. 467 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,800 How long will it take us to get to Live Oak? 468 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,800 Not long. 469 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,800 Excuse me, I have to make a radio call. 470 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,800 NC 35013 calling San Francisco Radio. 471 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,800 I wish to file a flight plan. Over. 472 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,800 NC 35013, this is San Francisco Radio. 473 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,800 Go ahead with flight plan. 474 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,800 This is NC 35013 over Mountain View at 1500. 475 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,800 Pilot, Sutherland, airspeed 145. 476 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,800 Fuel supply three hours. 477 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,800 CFR, destination Los Angeles Municipal. 478 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,800 Los Angeles? 479 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,800 Shut up. ETA in Los Angeles 2345, over. 480 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,800 Roger, 013. 481 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,800 We'll file San Francisco Radio out. 482 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,800 But why are we going all the way to Los Angeles? 483 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,800 You're taking a longer trip than that, Mr. Melville. 484 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,800 I grasped the loose cowling from my instrument panel 485 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,800 and swung it squarely against his head. 486 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,800 He fell forward against the seatbelt. 487 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,800 There was no blood. 488 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,800 The bruise on his face was exactly where the cowling might strike him 489 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,800 if an accident threw him forward against it. 490 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,800 Quickly I screwed the cowling back in place 491 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,800 and then I set about exchanging clothes with my unconscious passenger. 492 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,800 It was difficult in the cramped cabin 493 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,800 and I had to watch my flight control. 494 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,800 I propped Melville into the pilot seat and buckled his safety belt 495 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,800 then I strapped on my own parachute and turned the ship nose down. 496 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,800 As it started to pick up speed in a steep dive 497 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:58,800 I shoved open the cabin door and leaped. 498 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,800 My parachute, black against black, 499 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,800 dropped me quietly into the meadow a few hundred yards from my burning ship. 500 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,800 The wreckage was complete. 501 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,800 I pulled in the chute, wadded it up and tossed it onto my funeral pyre. 502 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:48,800 Sleep well, Mr. David Sutherland. 503 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,800 The End 504 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,800 My plane had rammed the wild wilderness on the lower slope of Mount Hamilton. 505 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,800 I struck out on foot for the road which I knew from my maps 506 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,800 ran down the mountain from Lick Observatory to San Jose. 507 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,800 As I walked along in the moonless night I felt free. 508 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,800 For the first time in many months, no more debts, no more threats of bankruptcy, 509 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,800 no more scavenging attorneys. 510 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,800 From San Jose I took the bus back to Palo Alto 511 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,800 keeping as inconspicuous as possible. 512 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,800 At the airport I got into Rex Melville's car. 513 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:34,800 No, it was my car. I was Rex Melville now. 514 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,800 It was just getting light as I drove up Bayshore Boulevard. 515 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:45,800 I went into a pay phone booth to call her and tell her everything was all right. 516 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,800 Market 0500. 517 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,800 Miss Blake's apartment, please. 518 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:55,800 Miss Blake? 519 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:56,800 Diana Blake. 520 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,800 One moment, sir. I'm ringing Miss Blake's apartment. 521 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,800 Hello? Hello? 522 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,800 Why should a man's voice answer in Diana's room? 523 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,800 I went straight to the park road. 524 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,800 The same clerk was on duty who had called me Mr. Melville the night before. 525 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:26,800 Good morning, sir. 526 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,800 Good morning. The key to 518, please. 527 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,800 The key to 518, please? 528 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,800 Yes. Yes, Mr. Melville. 529 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,800 Why should he stare at me that way? 530 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:44,800 Everything had gone according to plan. 531 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,800 What have I done wrong? 532 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:50,800 Hello. 533 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,800 I must have the wrong room. 534 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,800 No, no, no. This is the right room. 518. Come in, come in. 535 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,800 I've been waiting for you, although we really didn't expect you to come back here. 536 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,800 What do you want to see me about? 537 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,800 Well, there's a little matter of murder. 538 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,800 You must have the wrong person. My name is Melville. 539 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:12,800 Rex Melville. 540 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:13,800 Yes. 541 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:14,800 Is this your billfold? 542 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,800 Yes, yes. That's mine. There's my name on it. Rex Melville. 543 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:19,800 You ought to be more careful where you're leaving. 544 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:20,800 Where did you find this wallet? 545 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,800 Now we want to get a few things straight. Harry, find the elevator boy and have him come in. 546 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,800 Now about this Miss Blake, what was your relationship with her girlfriend? 547 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,800 No, she was my wife. 548 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:31,800 Oh. 549 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,800 We were married in Argentina three years ago. 550 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,800 Well, Mr. Melville, if this woman was your wife, why did she use the name of Miss Blake? 551 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,800 We'd, well, we'd been separated. 552 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:41,800 Oh, I see. 553 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:42,800 Did you want to see me, sir? 554 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,800 Oh, yes, yes. I want you to take a good look at this gentleman and tell me if he's ever ridden on your elevator. 555 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,800 I took him down last night from the 21st floor. 556 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,800 He was in an awful hurry and sort of nervous. 557 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,800 But just before nine o'clock, I remember because I called go off duty at nine. 558 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,800 No, no, no. It was someone else. I was in Palo Alto at nine last night. 559 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:01,800 What is this anyway? 560 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,800 Look at him very carefully, son. 561 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,800 You're sure this is the man you took down from the 21st floor? 562 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:07,800 He's even wearing the same suit. 563 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,800 I demand to know it right you have to question it. 564 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,800 Don't you remember, Melville? 565 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:25,800 Last night sometime between 815 and five minutes of nine, you murdered Diana Blake. 566 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,800 I don't remember the next hour at all. 567 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:32,800 But I heard myself saying, there's another man. He looks exactly like me. He must have killed him. 568 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,800 Oh, a sort of Mr. Hy character? 569 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,800 No, no, another person. Elevator boy, you saw us together in your car yesterday morning. 570 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:39,800 I, I don't remember. 571 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,800 Think, think. You asked if we were twins and you said something about going to an eye doctor. Remember? 572 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,800 No, I don't remember. 573 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,800 He's lying. He's lying. Diana bribed him not to tell. 574 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:48,800 Why should she have bribed him? 575 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:54,800 Because, because I'm not Rex Melville. My name is David Sutherland. 576 00:25:54,800 --> 00:26:01,800 I live at 18016 Willow Road, Palo Alto. I didn't kill her. I tell you, I loved her. 577 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,800 David Sutherland was killed last night in an airplane crash on Mount Hamelin. 578 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:05,800 No, it was Melville who died. 579 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,800 Sutherland radioed a flight plan at 955 for Los Angeles. 580 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,800 He had a reservation at a Los Angeles hotel for last night. He never got there. 581 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:17,800 I'm Sutherland. I jumped in a black parachute. Melville, the murderer, he's the one who died. 582 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:22,800 Why are your fingerprints on every door knob and every water faucet of Rex Melville's room in the hotel here? 583 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,800 I didn't kill Diana Blake. I loved her. 584 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,800 You've been separated from her for three years. You're the murderer. 585 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:35,800 I'm a murderer, yes. I killed Rex Melville, but not Diana. I didn't kill Diana. 586 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:45,800 So there it is. Now you know what can happen when a man's name is severed from his body. 587 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:55,800 And in a few more moments, I shall know what happens when a man's body is severed from his body. 588 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:07,800 And in a few more moments, I shall know what happens when a man's body is severed from his soul. 589 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:14,800 Suspense! 590 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:22,800 Presented by Roma Wines. R-O-M-A. Roma. 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A premium wine in everything but price. 599 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,800 And now, Robert Mitchum. 600 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,800 Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a great pleasure appearing for you on Suspense. 601 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,800 I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. 602 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:27,800 I know you'll like next week's suspense show when Roma Wines brings you Virginia Bruce in a very unusual play about a lonely woman 603 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,800 who unknowingly invites murder into her home. 604 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,800 I'll see you soon. Thank you. Good night. 605 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:38,800 Robert Mitchum will soon be seen in RKO's Crossfire with Robert Young and Bob Ryan. 606 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,800 Tonight's suspense story was written by Robert E. Lee and E. Jack Newman. 607 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,800 Robert and Jack are the only two men in the family who are in the same boat. 608 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,800 Tonight's suspense story was written by Robert E. Lee and E. Jack Newman. 609 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:57,800 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Miss Virginia Bruce as star of Suspense. 610 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:17,800 Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 611 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,800 For the finest in cherries, remember this name. 612 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,800 C-R-E-S-T-A 613 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,800 B-L-A-N-C-A 614 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,800 Cresta Blanca. Cresta Blanca. 615 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:37,800 Yes, the famous California cherries of Cresta Blanca are among the great cherries of the world. 616 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,800 And Cresta Blanca has created a sherry for every occasion, for every taste. 617 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,800 Ask your wine dealer. 618 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,800 Discover the ideal Cresta Blanca sherry for you. 619 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,800 Shanley's Cresta Blanca Wine Company, Livermore, California. 620 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,800 Tune in again next Thursday, same time, for Suspense. 621 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,800 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.