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Roma Wines, America's favorite wines. 01:11.800 --> 01:16.040 Tonight by popular request, we bring back the brilliant young star who appeared with 01:16.040 --> 01:21.160 us only a few weeks ago, Mr. Donald O'Connor, and in a play which was first presented on 01:21.160 --> 01:26.160 Suspense two and a half years ago, and was the subject of considerable comments. 01:26.160 --> 01:31.040 Donald O'Connor in The Visitor, a Suspense play produced, edited, and directed for Schenley 01:31.040 --> 01:36.040 by William Spear. 01:36.040 --> 01:47.760 It was around two o'clock on a Tuesday afternoon. 01:47.760 --> 01:49.880 I was writing my usual groove. 01:49.880 --> 01:52.800 Count of man and Al's coffee pot route 22 out of Baltimore. 01:52.800 --> 01:55.520 Not a bad job for a green guy. 01:55.520 --> 01:58.280 18 bucks a week in my meals. 01:58.280 --> 02:02.160 I was aiming to be a short order cook when I really got the hang of things. 02:02.160 --> 02:04.600 Well as I say, it was the usual afternoon. 02:04.600 --> 02:06.560 Not especially busy, but busy enough. 02:06.560 --> 02:08.560 Hey, no kidding, Mac. 02:08.560 --> 02:09.560 Where's that western sandwich? 02:09.560 --> 02:10.560 Oh, here you are. 02:10.560 --> 02:11.560 What do you have, mister? 02:11.560 --> 02:14.800 A ham on rye and a cup of coffee, bud. 02:14.800 --> 02:15.800 Coming right up. 02:15.800 --> 02:16.800 Ham on rye and draw one. 02:16.800 --> 02:19.800 Look, kid, I'd like to talk to you. 02:19.800 --> 02:20.800 Yeah? 02:20.800 --> 02:21.800 What about? 02:21.800 --> 02:22.800 Have you got a minute? 02:22.800 --> 02:23.800 Yeah, I guess so. 02:23.800 --> 02:27.040 Al, take the counter, will you? 02:27.040 --> 02:28.040 I'm going to have some coffee. 02:28.040 --> 02:29.040 Okay. 02:29.040 --> 02:32.040 So what's on your mind, mister? 02:32.040 --> 02:35.040 Look, can we go in here? 02:35.040 --> 02:36.040 Yeah. 02:36.040 --> 02:41.000 I've been looking for a long time for someone who looks like you. 02:41.000 --> 02:42.000 Yeah? 02:42.000 --> 02:45.640 Your name could be Bud Owen, couldn't it? 02:45.640 --> 02:46.640 Why should it? 02:46.640 --> 02:48.800 Well, I'm looking for a boy named Bud Owen. 02:48.800 --> 02:49.800 For what? 02:49.800 --> 02:52.040 Disappeared from his home about three years ago. 02:52.040 --> 02:54.000 Boy from my town. 02:54.000 --> 02:56.200 About your age now, about 18. 02:56.200 --> 02:57.200 17. 02:57.200 --> 02:58.200 Well, that'll do. 02:58.200 --> 03:00.920 Well, his folks have just been worried sick about him. 03:00.920 --> 03:02.200 Everyone else gave him up for dead. 03:02.200 --> 03:05.440 And then I heard you were working here, Bud. 03:05.440 --> 03:06.440 Yeah? 03:06.440 --> 03:07.440 Who told you? 03:07.440 --> 03:08.560 Oh, no one told me. 03:08.560 --> 03:09.560 I got a note, anonymous. 03:09.560 --> 03:11.560 You didn't write it, did you? 03:11.560 --> 03:14.280 No, no, I didn't write it. 03:14.280 --> 03:16.840 You know, I think I'd have recognized you anyway. 03:16.840 --> 03:19.600 You're a lot taller, of course, and you look older, Bud. 03:19.600 --> 03:21.680 Well, anyone would, wouldn't they? 03:21.680 --> 03:22.680 Come here, though. 03:22.680 --> 03:23.680 I call them wings. 03:23.680 --> 03:26.080 You remember who I am, of course. 03:26.080 --> 03:27.080 Mac Burl. 03:27.080 --> 03:28.360 Used to be chief of police. 03:28.360 --> 03:30.960 Pleased to meet you again, Mr. Burl. 03:30.960 --> 03:32.960 Well, well, Bud Owen. 03:32.960 --> 03:35.800 A lot of know-it-alls are sure going to be surprised. 03:35.800 --> 03:36.800 Surprised at what? 03:36.800 --> 03:37.800 Well, to see you. 03:37.800 --> 03:41.960 Edgerton, certain to a man that you were drowned three years ago off White Pier. 03:41.960 --> 03:43.440 I was drowned, huh? 03:43.440 --> 03:46.280 Hey, look, Mr. Burl, just what is your proposition? 03:46.280 --> 03:48.960 Well, Bud, I want you to come home again with me. 03:48.960 --> 03:49.960 Oh. 03:49.960 --> 03:54.640 Well, of course, things have changed some in Edgerton in three years, but not too much. 03:54.640 --> 03:58.720 And if you take it easy and if you have a friend to help you over the rough spots, you'll 03:58.720 --> 04:00.680 feel right back at home in no time. 04:00.680 --> 04:01.680 I see. 04:01.680 --> 04:03.240 Yeah, working in a diner. 04:03.240 --> 04:05.720 Why, you're depriving yourself of everything a boy could want. 04:05.720 --> 04:08.760 A good home, lovely parents, wealthy parents. 04:08.760 --> 04:12.000 You, you make it sound kind of nice at that, Mr. Burl. 04:12.000 --> 04:13.360 But what about you? 04:13.360 --> 04:17.840 Well, Bud, didn't you know that your father has offered a $10,000 reward for anyone who 04:17.840 --> 04:18.840 finds you? 04:18.840 --> 04:20.240 No, I didn't know that. 04:20.240 --> 04:21.240 $10,000? 04:21.240 --> 04:22.920 And think of your folks. 04:22.920 --> 04:24.800 Think how your poor mother has suffered. 04:24.800 --> 04:26.600 Think how happy it would make them. 04:26.600 --> 04:27.600 Uh-huh. 04:27.600 --> 04:31.360 Well, Mr. Burl, if you really think it'll be all right for me to come home. 04:31.360 --> 04:32.360 Sure it will. 04:32.360 --> 04:36.560 Oh, maybe a little help at first, all excitement, people staring at you, but that won't last 04:36.560 --> 04:37.560 long. 04:37.560 --> 04:38.560 Well, you've got to expect some excitement. 04:38.560 --> 04:41.680 Yeah, I suppose there was an event, having a homeboy drown. 04:41.680 --> 04:42.680 Drown boy? 04:42.680 --> 04:55.960 Why, they thought you were murdered. 04:55.960 --> 05:00.880 After I talked to Mr. Burl for an hour or so, the whole thing sounded pretty darn good. 05:00.880 --> 05:03.160 We took the five o'clock train for Edgerton on the way. 05:03.160 --> 05:07.080 Mr. Burl gave me the lowdown on what had been going on in the town for three years. 05:07.080 --> 05:14.880 How the town thought I was murdered and how my mother and David Cunningham, my stepfather, 05:14.880 --> 05:18.080 just wouldn't give up hope that I was still alive. 05:18.080 --> 05:20.800 And he told me how my mother hadn't changed anything in my room. 05:20.800 --> 05:24.080 She was so sure I'd come back. 05:24.080 --> 05:27.840 Although she'd bought new stuff for the rest of the house, new rugs, a couch, things like 05:27.840 --> 05:28.840 that. 05:28.840 --> 05:32.480 Mr. Burl described it so plain, I could almost see it. 05:32.480 --> 05:37.640 Well, by the time we got to Edgerton, I was feeling pretty sad for my mother. 05:37.640 --> 05:42.440 And I thought if I could make her happy, even if it was tough for me, it was worth, well, 05:42.440 --> 05:54.120 it was worth a try. 05:54.120 --> 05:55.120 Brace yourself, youngster. 05:55.120 --> 05:56.120 This is it. 05:56.120 --> 05:57.120 Yeah, sure. 05:57.120 --> 05:58.120 I'm okay, Mr. Burl. 05:58.120 --> 05:59.920 Is that you, Burl? 05:59.920 --> 06:00.920 Yeah. 06:00.920 --> 06:01.920 And look who's with me. 06:01.920 --> 06:02.920 Oh, Bud. 06:02.920 --> 06:03.920 Hello, hello, Father. 06:03.920 --> 06:04.920 Come in. 06:04.920 --> 06:05.920 Come in, Bud. 06:05.920 --> 06:06.920 Come in, come in. 06:06.920 --> 06:07.920 Here, let me take your suitcase. 06:07.920 --> 06:08.920 Here. 06:08.920 --> 06:09.920 Here's your mother, Bud. 06:09.920 --> 06:10.920 Hello, Mother. 06:10.920 --> 06:11.920 I, uh... 06:11.920 --> 06:12.920 Bud! 06:12.920 --> 06:13.920 Judith, Judith, this time it's really Bud. 06:13.920 --> 06:14.920 He's come back to us. 06:14.920 --> 06:15.920 Oh, Bud, Bud! 06:15.920 --> 06:16.920 It's all right, darling. 06:16.920 --> 06:17.920 It's all right now. 06:17.920 --> 06:18.920 Oh, my big baby. 06:18.920 --> 06:19.920 You're so tall, I can hardly kiss you. 06:19.920 --> 06:20.920 Come on, Judith. 06:20.920 --> 06:21.920 Let's go into the living room. 06:21.920 --> 06:22.920 Come along, Burl. 06:22.920 --> 06:23.920 I always knew you were here. 06:23.920 --> 06:24.920 I always knew you were here. 06:24.920 --> 06:25.920 I always knew you were here. 06:25.920 --> 06:26.920 I always knew you were here. 06:26.920 --> 06:27.920 I always knew you were here. 06:27.920 --> 06:28.920 I always knew you were here. 06:28.920 --> 06:31.920 I always knew you were here. 06:31.920 --> 06:37.920 Here, let me put your hair down. 06:37.920 --> 06:39.920 Now you look more like my Bud. 06:39.920 --> 06:41.920 Oh, gosh, I wouldn't have recognized this room. 06:41.920 --> 06:42.920 Oh, gosh, I wouldn't have recognized this room. 06:42.920 --> 06:43.920 Isn't the couch new? 06:43.920 --> 06:44.920 Yes, and the rugs and the drapes. 06:44.920 --> 06:45.920 And the drapes. 06:45.920 --> 06:46.920 I don't know how we'll ever be able to thank you, Burl. 06:46.920 --> 06:48.420 I don't know how we'll ever be able to thank you, Burl. 06:48.420 --> 06:51.920 Oh, I think Judith's so happy as, uh, reward enough. 06:51.920 --> 06:52.920 Oh, yes, yes, that reminds me. 06:52.920 --> 06:57.920 We'll drop into my office tomorrow and I'll take care of that other more tangible reward. 06:57.920 --> 07:00.420 Well, Mother, I don't know how to begin. 07:00.420 --> 07:01.920 I mean, to tell you how sorry... 07:01.920 --> 07:05.420 Don't tell me anything, darling. Nothing matters except that you're back. 07:05.420 --> 07:06.920 That's the spirit, Judith. That's the spirit. 07:06.920 --> 07:09.420 Goodness, your right hand, Bud. It's all bandaged. 07:09.420 --> 07:12.420 Oh, that's nothing much. I burned it working in the diner. 07:12.420 --> 07:13.420 Oh, darling. 07:13.420 --> 07:16.420 Well, folks, it's been a long day for an old man. I guess I'll run along. 07:16.420 --> 07:18.420 Right away, Mr. Burrow? You just got here. 07:18.420 --> 07:20.420 Oh, you'll be seeing plenty of me, Bud. 07:20.420 --> 07:23.920 Right now, you should be wanting to get acquainted with your folks again. 07:23.920 --> 07:26.420 I'll see you tomorrow, Dave. 07:26.420 --> 07:28.920 Oh, yes. Yes, of course. 07:28.920 --> 07:32.920 Well, have you noticed, Judith, how deep Bud's voice is now? 07:32.920 --> 07:35.920 Why, yes. It was just a little pipe when he left. 07:35.920 --> 07:37.920 It was beginning to break, wasn't it, Bud? 07:37.920 --> 07:41.420 Oh, gosh, I guess so. I sure must have sounded awful. 07:41.420 --> 07:43.420 And he shaves, David. 07:43.420 --> 07:44.920 Every day, Snooki? 07:44.920 --> 07:46.920 Well, gosh, not quite. 07:46.920 --> 07:49.420 Now, really, David, I don't think that's so funny. 07:49.420 --> 07:50.920 Well, I can't help it. 07:50.920 --> 07:53.420 Why, that sounds like Ellen. Isn't that nice? Let her in, David. 07:53.420 --> 07:55.420 Oh, certainly. Sure, sure. 07:55.420 --> 07:56.920 Ellen Woods. 07:56.920 --> 07:57.920 Why, who else, Bud? 07:57.920 --> 07:59.920 Does she still live next door? 07:59.920 --> 08:01.920 Of course, the Woods have always lived there. 08:01.920 --> 08:03.920 Ellen, dear, we have such a surprise. 08:03.920 --> 08:08.920 Oh, my God. Angelus, if we could have just let me kiss you, you little... 08:08.920 --> 08:10.920 Hey, hey, ouch. Take it easy. 08:10.920 --> 08:14.920 Bud, you're just gigantic, a regular beanpole. 08:14.920 --> 08:17.920 Oh, but I can't wait for Joe to see you. 08:17.920 --> 08:18.920 Joe? 08:18.920 --> 08:21.920 I called him as soon as I heard he's coming over here. 08:21.920 --> 08:23.420 It's all right, Mrs. Crane? 08:23.420 --> 08:25.920 Oh, of course, Ellen, I've forgotten. 08:25.920 --> 08:27.920 It'll mean so much to Joe. 08:27.920 --> 08:29.420 You know about Joe, Bud? 08:29.420 --> 08:32.920 Yes, Mr. Burrell told me. I didn't know before. 08:32.920 --> 08:34.920 This town's got a lot to make up to that young man. 08:34.920 --> 08:36.920 My folks wouldn't let me see Joe, Bud. 08:36.920 --> 08:37.920 Yeah? 08:37.920 --> 08:43.920 Well, they thought that Joe was the last person who saw you, and then... 08:43.920 --> 08:45.920 Well, he admitted you'd called. 08:45.920 --> 08:47.920 But your mother and I never had a moment's doubt, Bud. 08:47.920 --> 08:48.920 Oh, no. 08:48.920 --> 08:49.920 And I'm thankful for that. 08:49.920 --> 08:51.920 There, that's Joe. That's Joe now. 08:51.920 --> 08:54.420 Joe, it's true. Bud's here. 08:54.420 --> 08:56.920 Ellen, don't. I ran all the way. She said it. 08:56.920 --> 08:59.920 Yeah, yeah, Joe, it's me. 08:59.920 --> 09:02.420 Yeah, I guess it is. 09:02.420 --> 09:06.420 Well, pal, I hear I owe you an apology or something. 09:06.420 --> 09:07.920 Skip it, pal. 09:07.920 --> 09:09.920 Now, Joe, we know how hard it's been for you. 09:09.920 --> 09:10.920 Only now it's over. 09:10.920 --> 09:13.420 It didn't matter, Mrs. Cunningham. I've learned to put up with a lot. 09:13.420 --> 09:14.920 Judith, dear, let's go upstairs. 09:14.920 --> 09:16.920 Let's give the young folks a chance by themselves. 09:16.920 --> 09:18.920 All right, David, but don't stay up too long, Bud. 09:18.920 --> 09:19.920 No. 09:19.920 --> 09:20.920 You'll need lots of sleep. 09:20.920 --> 09:21.920 I won't, mother. 09:21.920 --> 09:22.920 And don't forget to turn off the light. 09:22.920 --> 09:23.920 Okay. 09:23.920 --> 09:24.920 Good night, children. 09:24.920 --> 09:25.920 Good night. 09:25.920 --> 09:26.920 Good night. 09:26.920 --> 09:27.920 Good night. 09:27.920 --> 09:31.920 Well, what do we do? Cut a rug or chew the fat? 09:31.920 --> 09:32.920 Suit yourself. 09:32.920 --> 09:37.920 Joe, don't talk that way to Bud. You might remember he's my friend and he certainly was yours. 09:37.920 --> 09:39.920 Yeah, I guess he was. 09:39.920 --> 09:42.920 Now, look, Joe, I can see how you're sore at me, but don't take it out on Ellen. 09:42.920 --> 09:44.920 Kindly don't start messing between Ellen and me. 09:44.920 --> 09:45.920 Joe, please. 09:45.920 --> 09:47.920 Okay, do I have to make a speech? 09:47.920 --> 09:50.920 So you're home now, Bud, and I'm the last one to kick. 09:50.920 --> 09:53.920 But when you toss it all off by saying you owe me an apology or something, 09:53.920 --> 09:55.920 well, maybe it's not easy to remember we were friends. 09:55.920 --> 09:57.920 Well, I... I didn't know what to say. 09:57.920 --> 10:01.920 I know I tried to remember we were friends when the whole town was sure I killed you. 10:01.920 --> 10:05.920 And I tried to remember it when the draft board listed me as undesirable because they thought I was guilty. 10:05.920 --> 10:06.920 Yeah, but... 10:06.920 --> 10:10.920 Yeah, I even tried to remember we were friends when for three years people crossed the street so they wouldn't have to speak to me. 10:10.920 --> 10:12.920 And people got up and walked out of the room when I came in. 10:12.920 --> 10:13.920 And when... 10:13.920 --> 10:15.920 Oh, gosh, Joe, I... 10:15.920 --> 10:18.920 I didn't realize that. I... I am sorry, Joe, honest. 10:18.920 --> 10:23.920 Joe, you should be the first one to walk around town with Bud right tomorrow morning. 10:23.920 --> 10:26.920 If you both like it, I'll go with you. 10:26.920 --> 10:28.920 It's all right with Bud. 10:28.920 --> 10:29.920 Is it? 10:29.920 --> 10:30.920 Boy, I'm gonna need company. 10:30.920 --> 10:32.920 Then it's a date, huh? 10:32.920 --> 10:33.920 No kidding, Bud. 10:33.920 --> 10:35.920 I'm glad you're home, fella. 10:35.920 --> 10:37.920 No heart feelings? 10:37.920 --> 10:39.920 Oh, gosh, no, Joe. 10:39.920 --> 10:41.920 So long, Bud. 10:41.920 --> 10:42.920 So long. 10:42.920 --> 10:44.920 Bud! 10:44.920 --> 10:45.920 Yes, mother. 10:45.920 --> 10:47.920 Are you coming up to bed now, dear? 10:47.920 --> 10:49.920 Yeah, I might as well. 10:49.920 --> 10:52.920 You... you knew Bud about Trixie? 10:52.920 --> 10:53.920 Trixie? 10:53.920 --> 10:56.920 Do you realize you've never even asked about her? 10:56.920 --> 10:58.920 Oh, Trixie, that's right, I didn't. 10:58.920 --> 11:00.920 After all, she was your dog. 11:00.920 --> 11:03.920 And you know what they say about a boy and his dog. 11:03.920 --> 11:05.920 Oh, poor thing. 11:05.920 --> 11:08.920 When you didn't come back, she just wandered off. 11:08.920 --> 11:10.920 Oh, gee, that's tough, all right. 11:10.920 --> 11:13.920 And you didn't even ask about her. 11:13.920 --> 11:17.920 Oh, but I... I guess you can't be expected to remember everything. 11:17.920 --> 11:20.920 No, I... I guess I can't remember everything. 11:26.920 --> 11:28.920 I went upstairs to my room. 11:28.920 --> 11:31.920 It was just like Mr. Burrow told me it would be. 11:31.920 --> 11:34.920 Everything seemed to have gone all right so far. 11:34.920 --> 11:37.920 I undressed and turned out the light. 11:37.920 --> 11:40.920 But before I got into bed, I locked the door. 11:40.920 --> 11:43.920 Just in case. 11:49.920 --> 11:54.920 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Donald O'Connor in The Visitor. 11:54.920 --> 11:59.920 Roma Wines presentation tonight in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills, Suspense. 11:59.920 --> 12:02.920 Suspense. 12:07.920 --> 12:12.920 Suspense, Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills, is presented by Roma. 12:12.920 --> 12:17.920 That's R-O-M-A, those better tasting Roma wines. 12:17.920 --> 12:23.920 Every day, more and more hostesses are discovering a simple secret for successful entertaining. 12:23.920 --> 12:27.920 Whenever guests are invited, or just drop in unexpectedly, 12:27.920 --> 12:30.920 welcome them with a fine Roma California wine, 12:30.920 --> 12:33.920 such as glorious golden amber Roma Sherry, 12:33.920 --> 12:38.920 ruby red Roma Port, or mellow Roma Muscatel. 12:38.920 --> 12:42.920 And when you serve these delicious Roma wines with cheese, fruit, or nuts, 12:42.920 --> 12:46.920 the most informal get-together becomes a delightful party. 12:46.920 --> 12:51.920 These Roma wines are a treat at dessert time to top off the dinner, too. 12:51.920 --> 12:53.920 If you are planning to entertain this weekend, 12:53.920 --> 12:59.920 be sure to have better tasting Roma Sherry, Roma Port, and Roma Muscatel on hand. 12:59.920 --> 13:02.920 Then you'll be sure of pleasing everybody, 13:02.920 --> 13:06.920 because Roma wines are America's favorite wines. 13:06.920 --> 13:12.920 And now Roma wines bring back to our Hollywood Soundstage Donald O'Connor as The Visitor, 13:12.920 --> 13:27.920 in a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 13:27.920 --> 13:30.920 Gosh, I guess I'm kind of late for breakfast. 13:30.920 --> 13:32.920 Oh, that's all right, darling. We know you needed a seat. 13:32.920 --> 13:34.920 Sit right in your old place, Barney. 13:34.920 --> 13:36.920 Yeah, well, sure. 13:36.920 --> 13:40.920 Your mother and I have been mooning over old pictures of your son. 13:40.920 --> 13:44.920 Yes, really, Bud. Except for the ears and something around the eyes, 13:44.920 --> 13:47.920 you've changed so that I can hardly recognize you. 13:47.920 --> 13:50.920 Now, look, here's the last picture before you went away. 13:50.920 --> 13:52.920 It's almost frightening the way you've grown. 13:52.920 --> 13:55.920 Oh, Judith, darling, you wouldn't want the boy to be a midget, would you? 13:55.920 --> 13:59.920 Sure, sure, he's taller. But look at his hair, the way he stands. 13:59.920 --> 14:01.920 Yeah, I sure was a goon. 14:01.920 --> 14:03.920 You should have been glad to get rid of me. 14:03.920 --> 14:05.920 And look, Bud, what else I found. 14:05.920 --> 14:08.920 All your school compositions from the first grade on. 14:08.920 --> 14:10.920 Here's one you wrote on Alexander the Great. 14:10.920 --> 14:14.920 Ouch, Mother, don't be so careless with those things or I'll die of blushing. 14:14.920 --> 14:17.920 Why, Bud, I think this was very good for your age. 14:17.920 --> 14:19.920 You were barely 14 when you wrote it. 14:19.920 --> 14:22.920 See, it's marked B, so it can't be too terrible. 14:22.920 --> 14:26.920 Oh, your least little scribble is a great thing to your mother. 14:28.920 --> 14:30.920 Well, I'd better get off to the office. 14:30.920 --> 14:32.920 Drop in to see me if you have time, Bud. 14:32.920 --> 14:34.920 Why, sure, Father, I'll do that. 14:34.920 --> 14:36.920 Good, good. Goodbye, Judith, darling. 14:36.920 --> 14:38.920 I'll be home for dinner. 14:38.920 --> 14:40.920 Goodbye, David. 14:40.920 --> 14:42.920 How about some hot coffee, Bud? 14:42.920 --> 14:44.920 Yes, thanks. 14:44.920 --> 14:46.920 Yes, Snooki. 14:48.920 --> 14:52.920 Oh, Bud, there's something important I want to discuss with you. 14:52.920 --> 14:54.920 It's about my will. 14:54.920 --> 14:55.920 Your will? 14:55.920 --> 14:57.920 You know how your father... 14:57.920 --> 15:00.920 Well, David is about my money, Bud. 15:00.920 --> 15:03.920 He never wanted to touch it or even have me put him in my will. 15:03.920 --> 15:06.920 He's so proud about things like that, and... 15:06.920 --> 15:09.920 I do have so much more than he ever will. 15:09.920 --> 15:11.920 Well, sure, I remember. 15:11.920 --> 15:13.920 How much money is it, anyway? 15:13.920 --> 15:17.920 Well, you know, Bud, there's about $150,000 your grandfather left. 15:17.920 --> 15:20.920 Then there were the four houses on Elm Street that Aunt Carolyn left, 15:20.920 --> 15:23.920 and the income from them, I haven't used any of it. 15:23.920 --> 15:25.920 So it amounts to quite a lot by now. 15:25.920 --> 15:27.920 Gosh, yes, it must have that. 15:27.920 --> 15:31.920 Well, after you left, even though David didn't want me to, 15:31.920 --> 15:33.920 I changed the will, leaving everything to him. 15:33.920 --> 15:35.920 Why, sure, that sounds fine to me. 15:35.920 --> 15:36.920 Oh, yes, but now you're back. 15:36.920 --> 15:39.920 I think the best thing would be to just turn it all over to you now. 15:39.920 --> 15:41.920 Set up a trust fund. 15:41.920 --> 15:43.920 You could use the income when you start the college, 15:43.920 --> 15:47.920 and later maybe you'd want to set yourself up on some kind of business. 15:47.920 --> 15:49.920 And I know it'll please David. 15:49.920 --> 15:53.920 But Mother, gee, it's well of you, but don't you think you should wait? 15:53.920 --> 15:54.920 Wait for what, darling? 15:54.920 --> 15:55.920 Well, until you know me better. 15:55.920 --> 15:59.920 I mean, gosh, I would know what to do with all that money, 15:59.920 --> 16:01.920 and maybe I'd mess things up. 16:01.920 --> 16:04.920 Oh, silly, the bank takes care of everything it always has for me. 16:04.920 --> 16:07.920 Now, all you have to do is to sign these papers here. 16:07.920 --> 16:08.920 Sign, but I can't, Mother. 16:08.920 --> 16:10.920 You see, my hand at the bandage. 16:10.920 --> 16:11.920 Oh, isn't that a shame. 16:11.920 --> 16:13.920 I forgot you couldn't write. 16:13.920 --> 16:16.920 It ought to be all right in a couple of days so I can take the bandage off. 16:16.920 --> 16:18.920 Oh, somebody's whistling for you, Bud. 16:18.920 --> 16:20.920 My, that sounds like old times. 16:20.920 --> 16:21.920 Oh, it's Ellen and Joe. 16:21.920 --> 16:24.920 They're going to take me out and show me around the town. 16:24.920 --> 16:26.920 I guess I'll have to face the music. 16:26.920 --> 16:27.920 You know you'll love it. 16:27.920 --> 16:29.920 You're going to be a regular hero. 16:29.920 --> 16:32.920 Yeah, but I don't feel much like a hero now. 16:39.920 --> 16:41.920 Hey, Bud, Bud Owen, wait. 16:41.920 --> 16:42.920 Now you're in for it, Bud. 16:42.920 --> 16:46.920 Oh, Bud, you're really real, and you've grown but divine. 16:46.920 --> 16:48.920 Hey, hey, you're choking me. 16:48.920 --> 16:50.920 Oh, I've just been telling everybody you're back. 16:50.920 --> 16:51.920 It's too sensational. 16:51.920 --> 16:55.920 It's like having a new boy in town, and do we need some? 16:55.920 --> 16:58.920 Oh, gosh, I shouldn't think you'd have any trouble. 16:58.920 --> 16:59.920 Why, you're cuter than ever. 16:59.920 --> 17:00.920 Listen to him. 17:00.920 --> 17:01.920 He's got a line. 17:01.920 --> 17:03.920 Isn't that something? 17:03.920 --> 17:06.920 Bud, the best thing you ever called her before was Buzzard egg. 17:06.920 --> 17:09.920 Oh, gosh, I called her something besides that once in a while. 17:09.920 --> 17:12.920 Oh, you did call her Mary Louise. 17:12.920 --> 17:14.920 Well, of course I called her that. 17:14.920 --> 17:25.920 Gee, it's swell to see you, Mary Louise. 17:25.920 --> 17:29.920 Bud Owen, you bad boy, are you going to recognize me or aren't you? 17:29.920 --> 17:30.920 Oh, gee, it's good to see you. 17:30.920 --> 17:31.920 How are you anyway? 17:31.920 --> 17:35.920 Well, you're not too grown up to kiss old Mrs. Callahan the way you always did. 17:35.920 --> 17:37.920 Oh, I'll say I'm not Mrs. Callahan. 17:37.920 --> 17:38.920 Here. 17:38.920 --> 17:39.920 Oh, well, now that's better. 17:39.920 --> 17:43.920 I heated enough bottles for you and washed enough of your diapers, too. 17:43.920 --> 17:45.920 So don't let me catch you putting on air. 17:45.920 --> 17:47.920 Oh, no, ma'am, I won't. 17:47.920 --> 17:48.920 Well, goodbye for now. 17:48.920 --> 17:49.920 Goodbye. 17:49.920 --> 17:50.920 What's the matter? 17:50.920 --> 17:51.920 Didn't you recognize her? 17:51.920 --> 17:52.920 Oh, Mrs. Callahan? 17:52.920 --> 17:53.920 Well, of course I did. 17:53.920 --> 17:55.920 Well, then why didn't you call her what you always used to? 17:55.920 --> 17:57.920 Couldn't you see she was sore? 17:57.920 --> 17:58.920 Well, I... 17:58.920 --> 17:59.920 Yes, I did. 17:59.920 --> 18:12.920 Bud, you used to call her Aunt Sealy. 18:12.920 --> 18:15.920 Well, well, well, I couldn't believe it. 18:15.920 --> 18:17.920 But I dare not refute the evidence of my senses. 18:17.920 --> 18:19.920 It's the Owen boy, Bud Owen. 18:19.920 --> 18:21.920 Why, I'm glad to see you, sir. 18:21.920 --> 18:22.920 I just saw your mother. 18:22.920 --> 18:23.920 Heard you were back. 18:23.920 --> 18:26.920 She told me she was bringing you down to my office in a day or two. 18:26.920 --> 18:28.920 Oh, yes, she told me. 18:28.920 --> 18:30.920 Your mother is one in a million, young man. 18:30.920 --> 18:32.920 She thinks only of your welfare. 18:32.920 --> 18:34.920 I hope you've learned to appreciate her. 18:34.920 --> 18:35.920 Oh, yes, sir, I have. 18:35.920 --> 18:38.920 Well, I just wanted to check on the news. 18:38.920 --> 18:40.920 And no nonsense, my boy. 18:40.920 --> 18:41.920 You do as your mother said. 18:41.920 --> 18:44.920 Yeah, goodbye. 18:44.920 --> 18:46.920 What did he mean, no nonsense? 18:46.920 --> 18:48.920 Don't you know? 18:48.920 --> 18:50.920 Yeah, I guess so. 18:50.920 --> 18:53.920 Mother told me this morning we had to go to the lawyer's office. 18:53.920 --> 18:54.920 Oh, Bud. 18:54.920 --> 18:56.920 I've been waiting for you to outsmart yourself. 18:56.920 --> 18:57.920 And this is it. 18:57.920 --> 18:58.920 I don't get it. 18:58.920 --> 18:59.920 You sure don't, Bud. 18:59.920 --> 19:00.920 Give him a chance, Joe. 19:00.920 --> 19:03.920 Because it happens that's not Mr. Reedy the lawyer, 19:03.920 --> 19:16.920 but Dr. Sterling the dentist. 19:16.920 --> 19:20.920 I talked fast and Ellen took my side and we got Joe calmed down. 19:20.920 --> 19:29.920 But I knew he was going to watch me like a hawk from then on. 19:29.920 --> 19:33.920 That afternoon, Ellen, Joe, and Mary Louise got the really snazzy idea 19:33.920 --> 19:35.920 of going to the beach. 19:35.920 --> 19:38.920 My father knocked off work and drove us down, 19:38.920 --> 19:41.920 sort of to celebrate my homecoming. 19:41.920 --> 19:43.920 It was really a hot day, so when we got there, 19:43.920 --> 19:45.920 the others made a beeline for the water. 19:45.920 --> 19:47.920 But I didn't because of my bandage tan. 19:47.920 --> 19:50.920 I stayed around the beach club near the pool. 19:50.920 --> 19:52.920 When it began to get dark, we all dressed 19:52.920 --> 19:54.920 and went down to White's Restaurant for a seafood dinner. 19:54.920 --> 19:56.920 Then we walked out on the pier, 19:56.920 --> 19:59.920 the same pier where I was supposed to have been murdered. 19:59.920 --> 20:01.920 I remember I said something about taking the button. 20:01.920 --> 20:03.920 Everybody laughed. 20:03.920 --> 20:04.920 Oh, Bud. 20:04.920 --> 20:07.920 Gee, isn't it heavenly out here? 20:07.920 --> 20:09.920 Yeah, gee, the breeze is swell. 20:09.920 --> 20:11.920 Well, Bud, it looks like you and Joe are right back 20:11.920 --> 20:13.920 where you were three years ago. 20:13.920 --> 20:15.920 Yes, I guess so, Father. 20:15.920 --> 20:17.920 This railing's just where we stood, isn't it, 20:17.920 --> 20:18.920 when you and I had our fight? 20:18.920 --> 20:20.920 Yes, yes, about. 20:20.920 --> 20:22.920 Hey, what's the volume of people have looking down 20:22.920 --> 20:24.920 from tall buildings? 20:24.920 --> 20:26.920 Gee, I get it, looking down at the water from up here. 20:26.920 --> 20:29.920 That shouldn't worry you, Ellen. You swim like a fish. 20:29.920 --> 20:31.920 Now me, I should really feel funny. 20:31.920 --> 20:33.920 Well, you about ready to go home, children? 20:33.920 --> 20:34.920 I don't want Judith to worry. 20:34.920 --> 20:36.920 Oh, yeah, all right, Mr. Cunningham. 20:36.920 --> 20:37.920 She hasn't been away from me, Joe. 20:37.920 --> 20:38.920 Bud, wait a minute. 20:38.920 --> 20:39.920 Come on, Joe. 20:39.920 --> 20:40.920 Wait a minute, there are a couple of things I want to say. 20:40.920 --> 20:42.920 But now later, Joe. Ellen and Father... 20:42.920 --> 20:44.920 Everybody knew Bud Owen couldn't swim. 20:44.920 --> 20:45.920 That was why when you disappeared, 20:45.920 --> 20:47.920 they thought I'd pushed you off the pier and you drowned. 20:47.920 --> 20:48.920 Now... 20:47.920 --> 20:49.920 Bud Owen couldn't swim. 20:49.920 --> 20:50.920 But this afternoon, when you thought we were all 20:50.920 --> 20:52.920 at a good, safe distance, 20:52.920 --> 20:54.920 I walked up to the beach club looking for you. 20:54.920 --> 20:56.920 And I saw you swimming in the pool. 20:56.920 --> 20:57.920 But I learned... 20:57.920 --> 20:59.920 And your bandage was off. 20:59.920 --> 21:01.920 Well, start talking. 21:01.920 --> 21:02.920 Or do I do the talking to the cops? 21:02.920 --> 21:04.920 Now, listen, Joe, you've got to wait. 21:04.920 --> 21:05.920 You've got to give me time. 21:05.920 --> 21:06.920 No one in this town should be gladder to have Bud Owen 21:06.920 --> 21:07.920 come back than me. 21:07.920 --> 21:10.920 After all, I've taken plenty because he disappeared. 21:10.920 --> 21:12.920 Rather than let Mrs. Cunningham be fooled. 21:12.920 --> 21:13.920 Well, that's what I mean, Joe. 21:13.920 --> 21:15.920 You've got to give me time to square things. 21:15.920 --> 21:16.920 Just a little time. 21:16.920 --> 21:17.920 Well, you better move fast, brother. 21:17.920 --> 21:19.920 Now, Joe, no matter what you think you know, 21:19.920 --> 21:20.920 I haven't hurt anybody. 21:20.920 --> 21:21.920 Not yet. 21:21.920 --> 21:23.920 And if you give me time, 21:23.920 --> 21:25.920 maybe nobody will be hurt. 21:36.920 --> 21:37.920 I went to Mr. Burrill the next morning 21:37.920 --> 21:39.920 and talked about everything. 21:39.920 --> 21:40.920 About how people were making cracks 21:40.920 --> 21:42.920 in him about the $10,000 reward 21:42.920 --> 21:44.920 and the whole mess. 21:44.920 --> 21:46.920 I knew things were moving awfully fast, 21:46.920 --> 21:49.920 and I told Mr. Burrill he had to help me. 21:49.920 --> 21:51.920 That night when she finished her coffee, 21:51.920 --> 21:53.920 my mother said she was awfully tired. 21:53.920 --> 21:58.920 My father, David, saw her upstairs to bed. 21:58.920 --> 22:01.920 I looked out the window and saw Mr. Burrill's car 22:01.920 --> 22:03.920 pull up to the curb in front of Ellen's house. 22:03.920 --> 22:05.920 I knew he was going to do everything he could, 22:05.920 --> 22:09.920 but by this time I was scared. 22:15.920 --> 22:18.920 Well, at bedtime, my stepfather fixed some sandwiches 22:18.920 --> 22:20.920 and we drank some milk. 22:20.920 --> 22:21.920 Then he came up to my room with me 22:21.920 --> 22:22.920 and sat down to talk. 22:22.920 --> 22:25.920 Well, I see your mother is changing your room around. 22:25.920 --> 22:28.920 Yeah, I guess women like to fuss around and so forth. 22:28.920 --> 22:31.920 That's a fact, and there's no use opposing them. 22:31.920 --> 22:33.920 I guess that's right. 22:35.920 --> 22:39.920 By the way, what is your real name? 22:40.920 --> 22:41.920 Buttoon. 22:41.920 --> 22:44.920 You don't need to be afraid of me. 22:44.920 --> 22:46.920 I've protected you so far. 22:46.920 --> 22:48.920 Why have you? 22:48.920 --> 22:51.920 I ask you first, what's your real name? 22:51.920 --> 22:53.920 Buttoon. 22:54.920 --> 22:56.920 You're stubborn, aren't you? 22:56.920 --> 23:00.920 You know, at first I thought you'd work this little scheme out all by yourself, 23:00.920 --> 23:02.920 or with Burrill. 23:02.920 --> 23:05.920 But there's someone else involved, isn't there? 23:05.920 --> 23:07.920 Who do you think? 23:07.920 --> 23:09.920 What about that bandage? 23:09.920 --> 23:10.920 Well... 23:10.920 --> 23:12.920 Take it off. 23:12.920 --> 23:15.920 Well, well, well. 23:15.920 --> 23:18.920 Not even a scar. 23:18.920 --> 23:23.920 I don't suppose you'd mind writing with it now that it's healed? 23:23.920 --> 23:25.920 No. 23:25.920 --> 23:27.920 I don't mind. What shall I write? 23:27.920 --> 23:33.920 Well, suppose we take this little composition of yours on Alexander the Great. 23:33.920 --> 23:35.920 Here. 23:35.920 --> 23:39.920 Would you copy this sentence, say, on the top of page three? 23:39.920 --> 23:41.920 Why not? 23:41.920 --> 23:43.920 Mm-hmm. 23:44.920 --> 23:49.920 And to make it a fair comparison, write your name. 23:49.920 --> 23:51.920 Bud Owen. 23:51.920 --> 23:53.920 Bud Owen. 23:53.920 --> 23:55.920 Here you are. 23:57.920 --> 24:00.920 So she taught you Bud's handwriting, too? 24:00.920 --> 24:02.920 Who did? 24:02.920 --> 24:04.920 My wife. 24:04.920 --> 24:06.920 You think I didn't know what was going on? 24:06.920 --> 24:10.920 Every move she made gave her away. 24:10.920 --> 24:13.920 Why is she in such a rush to change her will? 24:13.920 --> 24:15.920 I don't know. Why? 24:15.920 --> 24:19.920 She thought she was being so smart, trying to pass you off, 24:19.920 --> 24:21.920 trying to trap me. 24:21.920 --> 24:24.920 But I was one person who knew you weren't, Bud. 24:24.920 --> 24:28.920 Yeah? What makes you so sure I'm not, Bud? 24:28.920 --> 24:30.920 I know. 24:30.920 --> 24:32.920 Isn't that enough? 24:32.920 --> 24:34.920 I know. 24:34.920 --> 24:38.920 I see. Well, don't you think we'd better get my mother in on this? 24:38.920 --> 24:42.920 Yes. Yes, I think perhaps we'd better. 24:42.920 --> 24:45.920 She's, um, she's asleep. 24:45.920 --> 24:47.920 She'll have to wake up. 24:48.920 --> 24:51.920 Mother. Mother? 24:51.920 --> 24:53.920 Oh, she's... 24:53.920 --> 24:55.920 Mother! 25:02.920 --> 25:06.920 Oh, when I came to, I had an awful pain in my head. 25:06.920 --> 25:10.920 I was in my room on the bed and Ellen and Joe and Mr. Burl were there. 25:10.920 --> 25:13.920 For a minute I didn't know what had happened and then I remembered... 25:13.920 --> 25:15.920 Mother! Where's my mother? 25:15.920 --> 25:17.920 She's all right, Bud. She's in the hospital. 25:17.920 --> 25:19.920 He gave her enough of those sleeping pills to kill a horse. 25:19.920 --> 25:21.920 But she's all right now. 25:21.920 --> 25:23.920 How do you feel, Bud? 25:23.920 --> 25:24.920 All right, I guess. 25:24.920 --> 25:26.920 Oh, it's a good thing you had us standing by tonight, son. 25:26.920 --> 25:28.920 Why, he had you trussed up like a turkey. 25:28.920 --> 25:30.920 He was gonna hang you. 25:30.920 --> 25:33.920 Oh, gee, Mr. Burl, he must have been crazy. 25:33.920 --> 25:36.920 I guess he wanted to get us both out of the way before Mother could change that will. 25:36.920 --> 25:38.920 And for crying out loud, Bud, why didn't you let me in on this? 25:38.920 --> 25:39.920 I thought that... 25:39.920 --> 25:42.920 Oh, gee, I hated to do it, Joe, honest, but I had to. 25:42.920 --> 25:43.920 Somebody had to be the guinea pig. 25:43.920 --> 25:46.920 It was my idea, Joe. I sent the note to Mr. Burl. 25:46.920 --> 25:48.920 I really found Bud in that hash house. 25:48.920 --> 25:49.920 Yeah, but if you'd let me know... 25:49.920 --> 25:54.920 We knew that if Bud could fool you, if you thought he was a phony, he could fool everybody. 25:54.920 --> 25:56.920 Even David Cunningham. 25:56.920 --> 25:59.920 Yeah, you see, Joe, for three years I suspected that guy. 25:59.920 --> 26:02.920 He pushed me off the pier that night when I was only a kid. 26:02.920 --> 26:07.920 But I knew I was a kid and it was just his word against mine, so I ran away. 26:07.920 --> 26:11.920 I kept putting off coming here, but I swore that someday I'd trap him, and tonight I did. 26:11.920 --> 26:14.920 Because when he said he knew, I wasn't Bud Owen. 26:14.920 --> 26:16.920 I knew he thought he'd kill me. 26:16.920 --> 26:18.920 You took one whale of a chance tonight, Bud. 26:18.920 --> 26:19.920 He had you framed pretty. 26:19.920 --> 26:22.920 Another half hour, we'd have found your mother dead. 26:22.920 --> 26:26.920 You strung up and that suicide note you wrote popped up on the dresser. 26:26.920 --> 26:27.920 Suicide note? 26:27.920 --> 26:31.920 I just copied a sentence out of an old composition, something about Alexander the Great. 26:31.920 --> 26:34.920 Alexander the Great? Well, listen to this. 26:34.920 --> 26:40.920 It is terrible what awful crimes are done for greed and ambition, signed Bud Owen. 26:40.920 --> 26:42.920 Oh, sure. Well, you see, I was writing... 26:42.920 --> 26:46.920 What? I signed that? Holy... 26:53.920 --> 26:56.920 Well, that's about all. I didn't know how my mother would take it, 26:56.920 --> 26:59.920 having my stepfather to turn out to be such a heel. 26:59.920 --> 27:03.920 But once she got over the dope he slipped her, she was fine. 27:03.920 --> 27:05.920 As happy as a lark over me. 27:05.920 --> 27:08.920 And Joe and Ellen? They got married but quick. 27:08.920 --> 27:11.920 Mary Louise and I are going together now. 27:11.920 --> 27:16.920 I've been playing hard to get, but gee, she can see through me in a minute. 27:16.920 --> 27:30.920 I guess I never could fool anybody. 27:33.920 --> 27:35.920 Suspense! 27:35.920 --> 27:40.920 The Visitor starring Donald O'Connor presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 27:40.920 --> 27:46.920 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, America's largest selling wines. 27:46.920 --> 27:50.920 For a wine to give great enjoyment, it must have great quality. 27:50.920 --> 27:55.920 And that's precisely what you enjoy in better tasting Roma wine. 27:55.920 --> 28:00.920 The famous goodness of Roma wines stems from choicest California grapes, 28:00.920 --> 28:06.920 gently pressed, then with age-old skills and America's greatest wine-making resources. 28:06.920 --> 28:12.920 Roma master ventners guide this grape treasure unhurriedly to taste perfection. 28:12.920 --> 28:19.920 These finer, better tasting Roma wines are laid with mellow Roma wines of years before. 28:19.920 --> 28:24.920 And from these, the world's greatest reserves of fine wines, 28:24.920 --> 28:27.920 Roma later selects for your pleasure. 28:27.920 --> 28:30.920 So, whenever you order wine, remember this. 28:30.920 --> 28:33.920 You're sure of better taste at moderate price. 28:33.920 --> 28:42.920 When you ask for Roma, that's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, enjoyed by more Americans than any other wines. 28:42.920 --> 28:47.920 Donald O'Connor may currently be seen in the Universal International Production, Something in the Wind. 28:47.920 --> 28:53.920 Tonight's Suspense play, The Visitor, is from the novel by Carl Randow and Leanne Zugsmith. 28:53.920 --> 28:59.920 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Claire Trevor as star of Suspense! 28:59.920 --> 29:04.920 Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 29:04.920 --> 29:30.920 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. 29:30.920 --> 29:42.920 Thank you for watching!