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I fell, Jimmy. 46 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,160 I fell and I hurt myself. 47 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:33,640 Your eyes swollen shut. 48 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:35,200 Let me look at it. 49 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,680 Jimmy, I have something to tell you. 50 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,120 What are these suitcases doing here? 51 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,120 You and I are going away, Jimmy. 52 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,120 We've got to get out of here. 53 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,120 I've packed everything. 54 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,640 We're going no place till you tell me what this is all about. 55 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:49,040 While you were gone, I got married. 56 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,040 Married? 57 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,480 You mean Steve was here on furlough? 58 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,600 No, Jimmy, not to Steve. 59 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,920 Not... but you were engaged to him. 60 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,720 I know, but I got a letter from him right after you left. 61 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,720 He married someone he met where he was stationed. 62 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,240 Oh, Helen, gee. 63 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,240 I was pretty upset, Jimmy. 64 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,240 That's when I met Phil Armstrong. 65 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,760 But gee, I think you might have... 66 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,080 I don't even know the guy. 67 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,080 No, neither did I. 68 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,320 But I was unhappy... 69 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,320 You just don't go off and marry someone you don't know. 70 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:18,320 That's what I did, Jimmy. 71 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,520 Now, we've got to get out of here. 72 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:21,520 But why? 73 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,240 Because there's been trouble. 74 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:24,740 What kind of trouble? 75 00:04:24,740 --> 00:04:26,320 I'm afraid, Jimmy. 76 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,320 He's terrible. 77 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:28,320 He takes something. 78 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,600 I don't know what, but sometimes he... he's just crazy. 79 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:32,600 Helen. 80 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:33,600 Yes? 81 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:34,600 Your face. 82 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,600 You didn't fall. 83 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:37,600 No. 84 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,600 He did that. 85 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,600 I'll... I'll kill him. 86 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:40,600 Or he'll kill you. 87 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:41,600 That's what I mean. 88 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:42,600 That's why we've got to get away. 89 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,600 You can get a divorce, can't you? 90 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,600 No, he threatened me if I even tried to get one. 91 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:45,600 We'll put him under a peace bond. 92 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:46,600 What good would a peace bond be, Jimmy, if he killed one of us? 93 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:59,920 So I let her talk me into running away. 94 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:00,920 I guess I shouldn't have. 95 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:07,040 But I knew that if I saw him after what he'd done to her... well, anyhow, she looked so 96 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,480 frightened. 97 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,520 I thought it best to let her do it her way. 98 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:16,040 We got to Santa Monica that night, and we stopped at a motel near the water. 99 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:20,240 Well, a week slipped by, and Helen seemed to be forgetting. 100 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,440 She didn't jump every time someone knocked at the door. 101 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:28,000 I managed to get a job at one of the shooting concessions on the pier, and we both began 102 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:33,520 to feel good for a while. 103 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:39,360 Then one night late, as I came home from work, I heard voices coming from our apartment. 104 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,920 I knew who it was, and I knew from what Helen had told me it would be foolish for me to 105 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,800 go in unarmed, so I ran back to the shooting concession. 106 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,040 I knew something was going to happen. 107 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:57,440 It didn't take long, but when I got back, the lights were out, and the sound of voices 108 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:58,440 was gone. 109 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:04,440 I tried the door. 110 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:11,280 It was very dark, and then my foot struck something soft and heavy on the floor. 111 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:17,080 I snapped on the switch, and the room was flooded with light, and I looked down into 112 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:22,320 a dead man's face. 113 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:27,560 I stood there shivering with cold and terror, looking down at that man. 114 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:32,480 Although I'd never seen him in life, I knew this was Phil, her husband. 115 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:37,120 There was a deep gash over his eye, and the blood still flowed from it onto the floor. 116 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:41,000 I stepped over him, and I ran into the bedroom. 117 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Helen! 118 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:47,120 But there was no one in the bedroom or in the kitchen, and then I heard the front door 119 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,120 open. 120 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:49,120 Oh, Jimmy! 121 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,120 Close the door, Helen. 122 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,120 Jimmy! 123 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,120 Close it, do you hear me? 124 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,120 Be quiet. 125 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,120 Turn the lights out. 126 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,120 Be quiet, I tell you. 127 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,120 Oh, Jimmy. 128 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,120 What have I let you in for? 129 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,120 Stay where you are. 130 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,120 Shh. 131 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:06,120 Don't move, Helen. 132 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:07,120 Who is it? 133 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:08,120 I don't know. 134 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,120 Keep quiet. 135 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,120 Jimmy, it's Mrs. Gordon. 136 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:19,640 She's going to unlock the door. 137 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,040 Just a minute, Mrs. Gordon. 138 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,040 I'll get something on. 139 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,040 Jimmy, what's going on in there? 140 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,040 All the tenants have been complaining. 141 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,360 Oh, some friends of mine, Mrs. Gordon. 142 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,800 They were having a party. 143 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:31,800 They're gone now. 144 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,800 Jimmy Barton, you should be ashamed of yourself. 145 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:34,800 Open this door. 146 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:35,800 I want to talk to you. 147 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:37,160 I'm not dressed. 148 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:38,160 I was taking a shower. 149 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:39,960 Well, flip something on. 150 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,080 I'm tired. 151 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,080 I was just going to bed. 152 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:43,080 Jimmy, I told you I wanted to talk to you. 153 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,080 Now, will you open this door? 154 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:45,080 She has a passkey, Jimmy. 155 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:46,080 All right. 156 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:51,080 All right, Mrs. Gordon. 157 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:52,080 Just let me get some clothes on. 158 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,080 I didn't know what to do. 159 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:58,080 I knew that she was determined to come in. 160 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,280 Mrs. Gordon is a nosy old woman. 161 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:02,280 But she meant well. 162 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,800 She'd taken it upon herself to mother Helen and me since the first minute she laid eyes 163 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:06,800 on us. 164 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,720 And we'd had a time keeping her out of the apartment with her pots of jam and her bowls 165 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:11,720 of soup. 166 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:12,720 What do we do, Jimmy? 167 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:13,720 Helen, take him by the feet. 168 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:14,720 No. 169 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,720 Helen, take him by the feet. 170 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:23,360 We started half dragging, half carrying him towards the bedroom, the rug slipping along 171 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,400 the floor as we moved. 172 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,360 We'd just gotten into the bedroom and then... 173 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:32,360 Well, if your mother isn't here to look after you, I'm going to do it myself. 174 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:33,360 We can't leave him here. 175 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:34,360 She might come into the bedroom. 176 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:35,360 Quick, the bathroom. 177 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,360 Jimmy, where are you? 178 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:37,360 Jimmy, what if she comes in here? 179 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:38,360 Pull back those shower curtains. 180 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:39,360 Jimmy, we can't. 181 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:40,360 Don't argue. 182 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:41,360 Pull them back. 183 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:42,360 Jimmy, I can't get his legs in. 184 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:43,360 Here. 185 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:44,360 I'll double them up. 186 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:45,360 There. 187 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:46,360 Now pull the curtains together. 188 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,360 Jimmy, what's been going on in here? 189 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:48,360 Look at my rug. 190 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:49,360 Has there been a fight? 191 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,360 Just a minute, Mrs. Gordon. 192 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:51,360 Jimmy, why are you so upset? 193 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:52,360 I'm not upset. 194 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:53,360 I'm just worried about my daughter. 195 00:08:53,360 --> 00:09:10,800 Jimmy, what's going on in here? 196 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,800 Get me a razor out of the medicine chest. 197 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:13,800 Here. 198 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,800 What are you going to do? 199 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:16,800 Never mind. 200 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:17,800 Stay where you are. 201 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,800 I'm coming, Mrs. Gordon. 202 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,200 Well, just as I suspected, you've been fighting. 203 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:25,200 You've hurt yourself. 204 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:26,760 Here, let me see your hand. 205 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,960 It isn't bad, Mrs. Gordon. 206 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,040 No wonder you didn't want me to come in. 207 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,040 Where's Helen? 208 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:33,100 She's out. 209 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:34,100 She hasn't been here all evening. 210 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:35,880 Here, let's look at your hand. 211 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:36,880 It isn't bad, Mrs. Gordon. 212 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:38,880 You let me see that hand. 213 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:39,880 There. 214 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,560 But, Jimmy, this is a bad gash. 215 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:43,560 Have you disinfected it? 216 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:44,560 Yes. 217 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:45,560 Yes, I have. 218 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:46,560 Well, let me bandage it for you. 219 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:47,560 No, this towel's all right. 220 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:48,560 It's not all right. 221 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:49,560 Where are your bandages and things? 222 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:50,560 In the bathroom? 223 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:51,560 No, no. 224 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:52,720 I don't have any. 225 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,840 You're just saying that, Jimmy Barton, because you don't want to be bandaged. 226 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:56,840 You're not fooling me. 227 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,040 And I'm going right into the bathroom and get some. 228 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:00,040 No, not the bathroom. 229 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,040 I mean, I don't have any. 230 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,040 Well, I'll just see for myself. 231 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,040 No, no, Mrs. Gordon. 232 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,440 Jimmy, you've dripped blood all over this floor. 233 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,160 Here, let's look in this medicine closet. 234 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,160 There. 235 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:14,160 I knew it. 236 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:15,960 Here's some tape and some gauze, too. 237 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,360 Mrs. Gordon, can't we do this in the living room? 238 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:19,720 No, we'll do it right here. 239 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,600 Now, here's some alcohol. 240 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,440 Put your hand over here. 241 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,120 We stood there, and she bandaged me. 242 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,880 And I kept wondering where Helen had gone. 243 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,840 And then I saw the shower curtain move slightly. 244 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:34,840 And I knew. 245 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,960 For a moment, I thought Mrs. Gordon had seen it move, too. 246 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,480 Jimmy, just look at that shower curtain. 247 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,480 Yes. 248 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,040 Goodness, you smeared that with blood, too. 249 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,520 I'd better clean things up before Helen gets home. 250 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:48,880 You'll scare the life out of her. 251 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,360 I'll clean it up, Mrs. Gordon. 252 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:52,800 You've done enough. 253 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,840 Thanks very much for taking care of this hand. 254 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,320 Well, all right, if you don't want me to. 255 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:58,320 Now you'd better get some sleep. 256 00:10:58,320 --> 00:10:59,320 I'll see you in the morning. 257 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,320 Good night, Jimmy. 258 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:01,320 Good night, Mrs. Gordon. 259 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:02,320 Jimmy. 260 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:03,320 Shh, Helen. 261 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:04,320 Oh, I had to hide someplace, and it was terrible. 262 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:05,320 I know, I know. 263 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:06,320 It was the only thing you could do. 264 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,320 Oh, Jimmy. 265 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:08,320 Yes? 266 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,320 Jimmy, I forgot to tell you that I'm having a heart attack. 267 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:10,320 I'm having a heart attack. 268 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:11,320 I'm having a heart attack. 269 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:12,320 I'm having a heart attack. 270 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:13,320 I'm having a heart attack. 271 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:14,320 I'm having a heart attack. 272 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:15,320 I'm having a heart attack. 273 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,320 I'm having a heart attack. 274 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,240 I'm having a heart attack. 275 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,240 Yes? 276 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,500 Jimmy, I forgot to tell you that I'm having some painting done tomorrow, so you'll have 277 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:22,500 to be out of here early. 278 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:26,060 It's hard enough getting painters these days without making them wait for my tenants to 279 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:27,060 get up. 280 00:11:27,060 --> 00:11:28,060 All right, Mrs. Gordon. 281 00:11:28,060 --> 00:11:29,520 I'll be out first thing in the morning. 282 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:30,520 Good night. 283 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,520 Good night. 284 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,520 Do I have to get him out of here? 285 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:35,520 Yeah. 286 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:36,520 Where will we take him? 287 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:37,520 I don't know. 288 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:38,520 I've got to think. 289 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:39,520 Helen, you try and rest. 290 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:40,520 Jimmy, let me get to the police. 291 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,100 Let me tell them that I did it. 292 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:45,800 Let me tell them what he was and they won't do anything to me. 293 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,200 No, no, you try and rest. 294 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:49,200 What time is it? 295 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:50,200 About six. 296 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,600 I've got two hours before the painters get here. 297 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,200 What are you going to do? 298 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:55,440 Well, there's the car. 299 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,840 No one will see us if we take him through the service porch into the garage. 300 00:11:58,840 --> 00:11:59,840 Then what? 301 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,960 I don't know, but that'll get him out of here anyway. 302 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,720 I think I can do it alone, Helen. 303 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:09,120 Listen, Jimmy, we're in this mess because of me, and I'm going to help you. 304 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:24,840 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Elliot Reid in Dead of Night. 305 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:37,480 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 306 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:44,760 Presented by Roma, R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, those better tasting wines that come from California's 307 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:50,680 finest vineyards to enrich your table, to enhance the hospitality of your home. 308 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:57,120 To bring you better tasting wine, Roma selects and presses California's choicest grapes. 309 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:03,040 Then Roma vintners with ancient skill and winemaking resources, unmatched in America, 310 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:08,800 guide this sun-drenched grape treasure unhurriedly to tempting taste perfection. 311 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:14,760 These fine wines are placed with other Roma wines of years before, and from these reserves, 312 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:21,200 the world's greatest reserves of fine wine, Roma later selects for your enjoyment. 313 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:27,080 Now, you can enjoy the premium quality of your favorite Roma California wine at savings 314 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,440 up to 20%. 315 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:36,560 Tomorrow as a special after dinner treat, try rich Roma port or mellow muscatel. 316 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:41,320 Be sure to ask for Roma, America's favorite wine. 317 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:46,880 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Elliot Reid as Jimmy Barton with 318 00:13:46,880 --> 00:14:04,360 Cathy Lewis as Helen in Dead of Night, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 319 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,880 When I went into the bathroom, the shower curtains were standing open. 320 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:13,960 His legs had slipped from their cramped position and they'd pushed themselves into the room. 321 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:19,680 He sat there with his head twisted down and his chin digging into his chest. 322 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,840 I took a washcloth and I... 323 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,800 It was awful. 324 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,920 I wiped the blood off his face. 325 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:33,440 Just in case anyone saw us, they might think he was just sick. 326 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:38,280 Then I tried to lift him, but I slipped and his head made a hollow sound as it thumped 327 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:44,600 down on the shower floor. 328 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,120 Helen helped me get him into the luggage compartment of the car. 329 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,560 Where are we going, Jimmy? 330 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,360 Helen, won't you stay in the apartment, please? 331 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:51,360 No, I couldn't. 332 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:52,360 I'm going with you. 333 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:57,360 All right, come on. 334 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:07,640 Lucky, it's so foggy. 335 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,360 What time is it? 336 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:10,360 Five or seven. 337 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,560 The fog will be clearing soon. 338 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,880 It'll be harder getting him out of the car than... 339 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:15,880 Jimmy. 340 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:16,880 What? 341 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:17,880 Jimmy, there's a Santa Monica Pier. 342 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,080 You can drive cars out to the end of it. 343 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,080 Maybe we can... 344 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:32,200 Yeah, it's worth a try anyway. 345 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:33,200 We'll have to act fast. 346 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,960 That fog's clearing. 347 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:35,960 You stay here. 348 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:36,960 I can manage alone this time. 349 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:37,960 Jimmy. 350 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:38,960 You stay here this time. 351 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:39,960 All right. 352 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:40,960 Call me if you need me. 353 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,720 I'll go around to the back. 354 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:43,720 Keep your eyes open. 355 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:44,720 All right. 356 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:45,720 Jimmy, someone's coming. 357 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:46,720 Who is it? 358 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:47,720 I can't see. 359 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:48,720 Jimmy, it's a policeman. 360 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:49,720 What? 361 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:50,720 It's a policeman. 362 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:51,720 Jimmy. 363 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:52,720 Oh, it's Slugger Vanda. 364 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:53,720 He's patrolman on the pier. 365 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,720 Hello, Slugger. 366 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:55,720 Well, hello, Jimmy. 367 00:15:55,720 --> 00:16:08,920 When do you get your sleep, Jimmy? 368 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,920 While you're working? 369 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,240 Yeah, Slugger. 370 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,200 But I couldn't seem to remember if I'd locked up the old shooting gallery. 371 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,920 So I came over this morning to have a look around. 372 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:21,920 Oh, I see. 373 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,240 This is my sister, Slugger. 374 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,840 Hello, this is Slugger Vanda. 375 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:26,840 How do you do? 376 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:27,840 Hello. 377 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:28,840 Well, you're an early riser too, huh? 378 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:29,840 Yes. 379 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:30,840 Well, the fog's clearing up. 380 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:32,840 Looks like we're going to get some sun today, Franchet. 381 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:33,840 Yeah. 382 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,520 Well, I guess I'll be getting back. 383 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,600 I think I'll try and catch a few more hours sleep. 384 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:39,600 So long. 385 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:40,600 Yeah, so long. 386 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:41,600 Oh, say, say, Jimmy. 387 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:42,600 Yeah? 388 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,840 Say, Jim, I have to take my wife over to a nursery today and pick up some plants and 389 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,000 stuff, and I don't have a trunk on my car. 390 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,640 I wonder if you'd let me use your car. 391 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:51,640 I... 392 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,680 Well, you have to drive me over to Malibu this afternoon, Jimmy. 393 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:55,680 Yeah, I'd forgotten. 394 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:56,680 Well, you can drive over in my car. 395 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:57,680 How's that? 396 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:58,680 Well, you see... 397 00:16:58,680 --> 00:16:59,680 Your brother thinks I'll wreck that beautiful car? 398 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:00,680 Oh, it isn't that, Slugger. 399 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:01,680 Okay, then, okay. 400 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:02,680 I'll be over about noon. 401 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,680 I'll leave my car for when I get back. 402 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:06,680 I won't be home at noon, Slugger. 403 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:07,680 Well, then I'll meet you at the entrance to the pier. 404 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:08,680 How's that? 405 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:09,680 All right, Slugger. 406 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:10,680 Okay. 407 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:11,680 Why'd you say you'd meet him? 408 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,680 Oh, if I don't, he'll go over to the apartment looking for you. 409 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:16,680 I mean, for us. 410 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:17,680 And I don't want a policeman going over there. 411 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:18,680 Oh, I'm sorry. 412 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:25,680 As we drove along the ocean, the fog cleared up rapidly. 413 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:34,320 It was almost 8 o'clock, and some kids were already out on the beach playing around. 414 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,280 Then I saw a group of early picnickers. 415 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:40,480 They were unloading their blankets and umbrellas and things. 416 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,600 I guess it was from them that I got the idea. 417 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:44,600 From seeing them. 418 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:45,600 Listen, Helen. 419 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,920 I'm going to let you out of this car. 420 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:51,560 You can't help me with what I have to do now. 421 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:52,560 No. 422 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:53,560 Jimmy, I'm staying with you. 423 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:54,560 Don't argue, Helen. 424 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:55,560 I'm not leaving you, Jim. 425 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,000 We can't go back to the apartment with the painters there, and we can't leave him in 426 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,000 the car. 427 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,920 Slugger's liable to see us and pin us down to using it. 428 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:02,920 There's only one place left. 429 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:03,920 Where, Jimmy? 430 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:04,920 Helen, get out of this car. 431 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:05,920 Do you hear? 432 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:06,920 Well, but, Jimmy... 433 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:07,920 I haven't time to argue with you. 434 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:08,920 I... 435 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:09,920 Get out. 436 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:10,920 I won't do it, Jimmy. 437 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:11,920 Yes, you will. 438 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:12,920 If I have to push you out... 439 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:13,920 Oh, Jimmy, you're hurting me. 440 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:14,920 There. 441 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:15,920 I'm sorry. 442 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:16,920 Go back to the apartment. 443 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:17,920 Get off that running board, Helen. 444 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:18,920 I can't leave you alone, Jimmy. 445 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:19,920 I want to help you. 446 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,560 I'm not blaming you for killing him, Helen. 447 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,160 But now you've got to do as I say. 448 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,160 What? 449 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,160 What did you say? 450 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:26,640 I don't blame you for what you did. 451 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:27,640 He deserved it. 452 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,360 But now you've got to help me handle things. 453 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:30,360 Jimmy, you've got to let me explain. 454 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:31,360 Goodbye, Helen. 455 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:32,360 Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy! 456 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:33,360 I watched her out of the mirror. 457 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:34,360 She kept calling me. 458 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:35,360 I drove on as fast as I could. 459 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:44,360 I knew that what I was going to do was one chance in a million. 460 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:46,280 But I knew I had to take it. 461 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:50,160 And I didn't want her to be part of it. 462 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:56,600 If I could keep him on the beach that whole day, then maybe I'd be able to get rid of 463 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:57,880 him when night fell. 464 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:02,680 It wasn't until after I stopped that I realized I'd driven right back to a strip of beach 465 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,680 not far from the apartment. 466 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,840 I had my swimming shorts and a blanket and a towel in the car. 467 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,840 And I got out. 468 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,840 I looked around carefully. 469 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,720 And then I opened the luggage compartment. 470 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,200 It was the hardest thing I'd ever done in my life. 471 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:25,560 But I started taking his clothes off. 472 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,280 I managed to get my shorts onto him. 473 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,800 Lucky, we were pretty near the same size. 474 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,560 Then I closed the door. 475 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:34,920 And I went out onto the beach. 476 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,640 And I spread my blanket out on the sand. 477 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,720 And I went back for him. 478 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:44,200 When there were no cars in sight, I carried him over to where I'd spread my blanket. 479 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:49,240 And I placed him on it face down with his hands folded over his head as though we were 480 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,440 sunbathing. 481 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,960 Then I spread my towel out a short distance from him. 482 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,400 And I laid down on it. 483 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:03,960 And I tried to look relaxed. 484 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,440 People didn't start to arrive until about an hour later. 485 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,360 And gradually, little groups of sunbathers started to form. 486 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:14,800 He and I, we looked no different from the others. 487 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,160 No one paid any attention to us. 488 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,200 And I was beginning to feel that everything was going to be easy once it was dark again. 489 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,680 Jimmy, I've been looking all over for you. 490 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:25,680 What? 491 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:26,680 I... 492 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:27,680 Hello, Mrs. Gordon. 493 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:28,680 Where's Helen? 494 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,680 Isn't she in the apartment? 495 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:31,680 Oh, no. 496 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,680 And what time did you go out this morning? 497 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:34,680 I... 498 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:35,680 I couldn't sleep. 499 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,160 Say, didn't Helen come in at all last night? 500 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,160 Oh, yes. 501 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,160 Yes, she did. 502 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,240 But she left early, too. 503 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,240 Said she was going into Los Angeles. 504 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,840 Oh, and I left her a note to tell her I was going down to the beach today. 505 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,520 I was so worried about her. 506 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,120 Say, the painters came, Jimmy. 507 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:51,120 Everything's a mess. 508 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:53,760 You know, I think I'll just sit here with you for a while. 509 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,560 You're, uh, you're not with anyone, are you? 510 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:57,560 No. 511 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:58,560 No, I'm not. 512 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,360 I wish I brought some oil along. 513 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,360 Looks like it's going to be a hot day. 514 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:06,320 These things, these days, it start off foggy or deceiving, you know? 515 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,320 Yeah, they are. 516 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,040 This is a real treat for me, Jimmy. 517 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:11,920 I never get out on the beach. 518 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,440 I think I'll have a nice day of rest for a change. 519 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,280 Later, we can get some sandwiches. 520 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:17,280 The treat's on me. 521 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,080 Oh, Mrs. Gordon, no. 522 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,480 I hadn't planned on spending the day at the beach. 523 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,600 Oh, it'll be good for you, Jimmy. 524 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,000 Not healthy for a boy your age to be working all night and sleeping all day. 525 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000 But, Mrs. Gordon, I... 526 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Oh. 527 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:34,800 Say, Jimmy, do you know that man over there? 528 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:35,800 Which one? 529 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:36,800 That one right there. 530 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:37,800 No. 531 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:38,800 I don't know him. 532 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:39,800 He's lying so still. 533 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:40,800 His back's going to get an awful burn. 534 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:41,800 Yeah. 535 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:42,800 You suppose he's asleep? 536 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,800 See, it isn't good to sleep in the sun. 537 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:51,800 Mrs. Gordon, will the painters be finished by this afternoon? 538 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:52,800 I hope so. 539 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,800 You know, a person can get an awful burn on a day like this. 540 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,800 Somebody ought to speak to him. 541 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,800 Mrs. Gordon, wouldn't you like to go for a walk? 542 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:01,800 Oh, I'm not one for walking. 543 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:02,800 You can go ahead if you like. 544 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,800 Well, I... 545 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,800 Come on, Dick, pitch it over here. 546 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:06,800 Oh, those kids. 547 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:07,800 You children, stop that. 548 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:08,800 You're getting sand all over me. 549 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:09,800 Sorry, lady. 550 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:10,800 There's no need to play ball here. 551 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:11,800 There's a playground over by the pier. 552 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:12,800 Now get away from here. 553 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:13,800 I don't pay no attention to her. 554 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:14,800 She don't own the beach. 555 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:15,800 Pitch it over here. 556 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:16,800 Oh, we hit that guy in the beazer. 557 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:17,800 Now see what they've done. 558 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:18,800 They've hit that poor man. 559 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:19,800 Now they'll get what's coming to them. 560 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:20,800 Mrs. Gordon, are you sure you don't want to go up and jump on the beach? 561 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:21,800 I'm not going to jump on the beach. 562 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:22,800 I'm going to jump on the beach. 563 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:23,800 I'm going to jump on the beach. 564 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:24,800 I'm going to jump on the beach. 565 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:41,800 I'm going to jump on the beach. 566 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:46,800 Look at that. Balls right in the crook of that man's arm. He's pretending he's asleep. 567 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,800 He's not gonna hand it to them. But just wait till they reach for it. 568 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,800 He'll give them something besides their ball. 569 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,800 Hey, mister, could we... 570 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,800 Ah, what are you waiting for, Dicky? It's our ball. Just take it. 571 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,800 Go on, take it. Here, I'll get it. 572 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,800 Thanks, mister. For you. 573 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,800 What's the matter? 574 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:08,800 Hey, he's cold. 575 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,800 What did you say? 576 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,800 He's cold, lady. His arm's like ice. I just touched it. 577 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:14,800 Why don't you... 578 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,800 Well, you probably hurt him. 579 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,800 Ah, a little ball like this couldn't hurt nobody. 580 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,800 Well, nevertheless, it did. Here, let's have a look. 581 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,800 And then she started moving toward him. 582 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,800 I knew it was useless to try and stop her. 583 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,800 And she reached over and put her hand on his back. 584 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,800 And suddenly she was screaming... 585 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:40,800 I can't believe it! This man's dead! 586 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,800 Before long, there was a crowd of people around us. 587 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,800 And someone called the police. 588 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,800 I wanted to run, but I knew that would be the wrong thing to do. 589 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,800 So I stayed there, numb like, watching things. 590 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,800 When the police came, they started questioning everyone. 591 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,800 Mrs. Gordon was first. 592 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,800 But he'd been there all morning. I came early and he was here already. 593 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,800 Just like that, with his face down, just like he was Sunday. 594 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,800 Was there anyone else around when you arrived? 595 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,800 Well, yes, Jimmy was here. He was here all alone with him, weren't you, Jimmy? 596 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,800 Yes. Yes, I was. 597 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:13,800 Doesn't anyone know the man? 598 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,800 Hey, I told you kids to keep away, do you hear? 599 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,800 Ah, we discovered him, didn't we? If it hadn't been for us, you... 600 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,800 Yeah, you don't even know a clue when you see one. Look at his fingernails. 601 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,800 See, the child's right, Officer. Look. 602 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,800 Ah, what's that? Now, let's see. 603 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,800 Ah, it looks like powder, something flaky. 604 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,800 You sure none of you people around here recognize him? 605 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,800 Well, I've never seen him. 606 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,800 Officer, that blanket he's lying on, it's from my motel. 607 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,800 See, it's stamped right under where you moved his hand. 608 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,800 Seaside motor cabins. 609 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:46,800 You sure he wasn't registered? 610 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:47,800 I'm positive. 611 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,800 Is there anyone around here from your motel? 612 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:50,800 Look, look, Jimmy. 613 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,800 Jimmy! Jimmy! 614 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,800 Here comes Helen. She's crying. 615 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,800 Mrs. Gordon, I asked if there's anybody around here from your motel. 616 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,800 Yes, just Jimmy Gordon here. And that girl, she's his sister. 617 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,800 They've been with us for several weeks. 618 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:07,800 And suddenly everyone was looking at me and at Helen as she ran towards us. 619 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,800 And like a fool, I too started to run in Helen's direction to ward her off. 620 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,800 I didn't get far, though, for someone caught me by the arm. 621 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,800 Jimmy, I've been looking all over for you. 622 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,800 Don't say anything, Helen. Let me do the talking. Don't say anything. 623 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:30,800 Jimmy, when you forced me out of the car this morning, you said you didn't blame me for having killed him. 624 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:31,800 Helen, be still. Don't... 625 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,800 Jimmy, I didn't kill him. I thought you had. 626 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,800 I was helping you get rid of him because I thought you'd done it. 627 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,800 Helen, are you telling the truth? 628 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,800 I swear it, Jimmy. Bill and I were quarreling. 629 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,800 He'd been taking something again. He was just like he was crazy. 630 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,800 And I knew there'd be trouble when you came home from work, so I got out the back way 631 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,800 and I went looking for you on the pier, and I couldn't find you. 632 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:59,800 I went back to the apartment and I... I... I found him on the floor. I thought you'd... 633 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,800 But Helen, why didn't you say so? 634 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,800 You didn't give me a chance, Jimmy. You just took it for granted that I did. 635 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,800 Then who did kill him, Helen? 636 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,800 That's what I'm trying to tell you. Nobody killed him. 637 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:12,800 What are you talking about? 638 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:18,800 I went to the apartment a little while ago to wait for you, and while I was there, I remembered about Bill last night. 639 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:23,800 How strangely he'd acted, Jimmy, and how he'd almost fallen several times while we were quarreling. 640 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:29,800 And then I saw the gas heater, Jimmy. There was a sharp edge on the top of it with blood on it. 641 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,800 He must have fallen. He must have... 642 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,800 But Helen, we've no way of proving that. 643 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,800 There was something else, Jimmy. The wall above the heater was scratched. 644 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,800 That there might be fingerprints. There might be... 645 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:40,800 Officer! 646 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:41,800 Yeah? 647 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,800 That flaky stuff you found under his fingernails, that might have been plastic. 648 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,800 Uh-huh. I think we'd better get down to the station. 649 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,800 Oh, Jimmy, they've got to believe us! 650 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:54,800 Don't cry, Helen. As long as we know that we didn't do it, that's all that matters. 651 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,800 Everything's gonna be all right. Don't cry anymore. 652 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,800 Well, that's about it. 653 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:11,800 Lucky for us, everything checked pretty well back at the motel, and the autopsy showed he was full of some kind of drug. 654 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,800 They call it highly toxic. 655 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:24,800 But I guess it was really Mrs. Gordon who saved our necks for us, besides talking so loud and so long that they'd have probably acquitted us just to be rid of her. 656 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:31,800 She did dig up a witness who'd heard Helen and Phil quarreling, and who'd seen Helen leave alone after he'd threatened her. 657 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:36,800 Well, everything's all right now. Helen and I are beginning to forget. 658 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:48,800 But it's Mrs. Gordon who's making quite a nuisance of herself on the beach these days, as she goes along poking all the sunbathers and asking if they're sure they're all right. 659 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:53,800 And now we will hear from the star of tonight's show, Mr. Elliot Reed. 660 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,800 Thank you very much. It was a great pleasure to appear on tonight's broadcast of Suspense. 661 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:04,800 For the next three weeks, Suspense will originate from New York, when you will hear Eva LeGallion, Alan Baxter, and Gloria Swanson. 662 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:19,800 Tonight's Suspense play was written by Mel Dinelli. 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