WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 Suspense. 00:05.000 --> 00:13.120 Tonight's suspense brings you Miss Claire Trevor as star. 00:13.120 --> 00:15.400 But first a word from your announcer. 00:15.400 --> 00:27.600 In hotels, restaurants and homes of distinction, the choice in wines is C-R-E-S-T-A, B-L-A-N-C-A, 00:27.600 --> 00:30.320 Cresta Blanca. 00:30.320 --> 00:31.960 Cresta Blanca. 00:31.960 --> 00:36.120 Yes, the best serve Cresta Blanca wines. 00:36.120 --> 00:41.280 Those choice selections created to please the most discriminating tastes. 00:41.280 --> 00:46.640 And there's a magnificent Cresta Blanca wine to distinguish your dining, to enrich your 00:46.640 --> 00:47.640 entertaining. 00:47.640 --> 00:52.840 So, always pour Cresta Blanca wines from the finest of the vines. 00:52.840 --> 00:57.160 Shenley's Cresta Blanca Wine Company, Livermore, California. 00:57.160 --> 01:05.800 And now, Shenley brings you Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 01:05.800 --> 01:08.080 Presented by Roma Wines. 01:08.080 --> 01:10.240 That's R-O-M-A. 01:10.240 --> 01:13.040 Roma Wines of Fresno, California. 01:13.040 --> 01:18.880 Tonight's star, Miss Claire Trevor in The Blue Hour, a suspense play produced, edited 01:18.880 --> 01:22.680 and directed for Shenley by William Spear. 01:22.680 --> 01:28.240 Just one more. 01:28.240 --> 01:30.560 Just one more, Mr. Paul. 01:30.560 --> 01:32.840 Are you sure you don't know who killed White, not even a guest? 01:32.840 --> 01:33.840 Just one more. 01:33.840 --> 01:34.840 Oh, boys. 01:34.840 --> 01:35.840 Oh, oh, oh. 01:35.840 --> 01:36.840 Please. 01:36.840 --> 01:37.840 Oh, all right, boys, the show's over. 01:37.840 --> 01:38.840 We're taking off now. 01:38.840 --> 01:39.840 See you on Broadway. 01:39.840 --> 01:40.840 Goodbye. 01:40.840 --> 01:41.840 Goodbye. 01:41.840 --> 01:42.840 You've all been just grand. 01:42.840 --> 01:43.840 Just grand, boys. 01:43.840 --> 01:44.840 Love you all. 01:44.840 --> 01:45.840 Bye. 01:45.840 --> 01:46.840 Goodbye. 01:46.840 --> 01:47.840 Hey, stewardess. 01:47.840 --> 01:56.080 Where's my seat, honey? 01:56.080 --> 02:07.400 Well, that was that. 02:07.400 --> 02:11.000 From then on, I had a nice quiet ride into New York with nothing to do but look down 02:11.000 --> 02:12.000 at the scene rate. 02:12.000 --> 02:15.200 You never know when the breaks are going to come in show business. 02:15.200 --> 02:18.520 I've been hoofing for six years now and the best I ever did was a one night stand and 02:18.520 --> 02:20.280 some greasy clip joint. 02:20.280 --> 02:25.480 I know I'm no ballerina from the Ballet Rooster Monte Carlo, but I can do a couple of whirls 02:25.480 --> 02:26.480 without breaking my neck. 02:26.480 --> 02:27.480 And besides, I got looks. 02:27.480 --> 02:28.480 That's what the men ask for. 02:28.480 --> 02:32.880 At least that's what Jason White asked for. 02:32.880 --> 02:37.360 He was my only connection with high society before he passed away. 02:37.360 --> 02:41.400 Oh, don't feel sorry for me because his getting bumped off was my break. 02:41.400 --> 02:43.360 They had my legs in every paper in Chicago. 02:43.360 --> 02:45.880 That's how I happened to come to New York. 02:45.880 --> 02:51.080 I got a contract to dance at an extremely chic joint called the Blue Hour with a minimum, 02:51.080 --> 02:52.080 mind you. 02:52.080 --> 02:57.360 All the way from Chicago, I worried no one would meet me when I arrived, but I was wrong. 02:57.360 --> 03:00.600 There were about nearly a million reporters at LaGuardia Airport. 03:00.600 --> 03:06.200 You'd have thought I was Miss America, a, a Bueller or somebody. 03:06.200 --> 03:08.440 I was really intriguing to miss her. 03:08.440 --> 03:09.440 He showed up. 03:09.440 --> 03:10.440 That man, Mahoney. 03:10.440 --> 03:13.480 How about one more picture, Miss LaPaule? 03:13.480 --> 03:14.480 A little more leg? 03:14.480 --> 03:15.480 Ah, that's it. 03:15.480 --> 03:16.480 Thank you. 03:16.480 --> 03:17.480 Oh, thank you, boys. 03:17.480 --> 03:20.800 Come around and see me at the Blue Hour. 03:20.800 --> 03:24.440 I'll give an extra good show if I know you're there. 03:24.440 --> 03:29.200 Well, you're pretty smooth at extra good shows, aren't you? 03:29.200 --> 03:30.200 I beg your pardon? 03:30.200 --> 03:31.200 Oh, it's you. 03:31.200 --> 03:32.200 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 03:32.200 --> 03:33.200 Mahoney's her name. 03:33.200 --> 03:34.200 Alec Mahoney. 03:34.200 --> 03:35.200 I didn't ask your name. 03:35.200 --> 03:36.200 My, my, you're touchy. 03:36.200 --> 03:37.200 Wouldn't you like to know? 03:37.200 --> 03:40.560 Carry your bag for you. 03:40.560 --> 03:43.160 I can afford a porter. 03:43.160 --> 03:45.120 Oh, I, uh, I'd like to speak to you. 03:45.120 --> 03:46.280 Call me up sometime. 03:46.280 --> 03:47.600 Who killed Jason White? 03:47.600 --> 03:49.600 Cop or reporter? 03:49.600 --> 03:50.600 Why? 03:50.600 --> 03:51.880 You got two different answers? 03:51.880 --> 03:55.800 Look, Mahoney, if you could read, you'd know from the papers I had nothing to do with Jason 03:55.800 --> 03:56.800 White's death. 03:56.800 --> 03:57.800 I never read the papers, honey. 03:57.800 --> 03:58.800 I'm a reporter. 03:58.800 --> 04:00.080 Well, I already gave my interview. 04:00.080 --> 04:01.080 Now, leave me alone, Mahoney. 04:01.080 --> 04:03.080 I went through all this with the Chicago police. 04:03.080 --> 04:04.080 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 04:04.080 --> 04:05.080 I know, I know. 04:05.080 --> 04:06.620 Well, then why the sudden interest? 04:06.620 --> 04:07.620 Because the whole thing smells. 04:07.620 --> 04:08.620 Move, Mahoney. 04:08.620 --> 04:09.620 You're beginning to blow me. 04:09.620 --> 04:14.080 Why were you afraid to tell the police you were at Jason White's apartment the night 04:14.080 --> 04:15.080 he was killed? 04:15.080 --> 04:16.080 What are we playing? 04:16.080 --> 04:17.080 20 questions? 04:17.080 --> 04:18.080 No, no, no, no. 04:18.080 --> 04:19.080 Just, uh, hunches, honey. 04:19.080 --> 04:20.080 Hunches, hmm? 04:20.080 --> 04:23.680 Look, Mahoney, Jason White was a nice guy. 04:23.680 --> 04:24.680 He liked me. 04:24.680 --> 04:25.680 I liked his money. 04:25.680 --> 04:27.800 We got along swell as long as he was spending it on me. 04:27.800 --> 04:29.800 Did you kill him because he stopped spending it? 04:29.800 --> 04:33.480 If that's another hunch, get out of my way before I haul off on you. 04:33.480 --> 04:34.480 Oh, now look, honey. 04:34.480 --> 04:36.720 There's just two things you can do for me. 04:36.720 --> 04:37.720 Drop dead. 04:37.720 --> 04:48.240 Why didn't Phil so good after parting with Mahoney? 04:48.240 --> 04:52.000 He made me feel uneasy, as if he knew something important. 04:52.000 --> 04:56.040 He seemed awfully nosy about who killed Jason White. 04:56.040 --> 04:57.040 He sure would have made a good lawyer. 04:57.040 --> 04:58.040 Besides, he wasn't half bad looking. 04:58.040 --> 05:03.040 Just the same, I hope to never see him again. 05:03.040 --> 05:06.400 I finally got a cab and decided to go straight over to the Blue Hour. 05:06.400 --> 05:10.280 Come to think of it, they didn't have anyone meet me at the airport. 05:10.280 --> 05:14.280 They've got some nerve treating their star attraction that way. 05:14.280 --> 05:16.560 I'd tell them a thing or two. 05:16.560 --> 05:20.160 I couldn't believe my eyes when I took a gander at the Blue Hour. 05:20.160 --> 05:24.120 It was the most beautiful place I ever saw. 05:24.120 --> 05:26.080 Extremely chic. 05:26.080 --> 05:30.760 The walls and ceilings were covered with real satin, and the floors were so clean they glistened. 05:30.760 --> 05:35.600 There were enough mirrors around to pot a 4,000 noses at the same time. 05:35.600 --> 05:39.600 And there was an honest-to-goodness band, ten pieces. 05:39.600 --> 05:41.600 They were rehearsing as I entered. 05:41.600 --> 05:45.840 Oh, anybody would look good on that stage with that music. 05:45.840 --> 05:48.000 And I wasn't going to be the exception. 05:48.000 --> 05:51.200 I was in such a daze, I didn't see him come along inside of me. 05:51.200 --> 05:54.720 But somehow he had the knack of making you feel his presence. 05:54.720 --> 05:55.720 Miss LaPaule? 05:55.720 --> 05:56.720 Oh, yeah. 05:56.720 --> 05:57.720 How did you know? 05:57.720 --> 06:00.120 You're quite famous these days. 06:00.120 --> 06:01.120 I'm Anthony LaCatta. 06:01.120 --> 06:03.640 Pleased to meet you, Mr. LaCatta. 06:03.640 --> 06:05.040 I love your joint. 06:05.040 --> 06:07.480 I mean, the place. 06:07.480 --> 06:08.480 Extremely chic. 06:08.480 --> 06:10.480 I know I'm going to like working here. 06:10.480 --> 06:11.480 I hope so. 06:11.480 --> 06:12.480 Follow me, Miss LaPaule. 06:12.480 --> 06:15.480 Oh, that band is certainly out of this world. 06:15.480 --> 06:17.480 I'm glad you like it. 06:17.480 --> 06:19.480 This way, Miss LaPaule. 06:19.480 --> 06:21.480 I've never seen anything like it. 06:21.480 --> 06:22.480 Won't you sit down? 06:22.480 --> 06:25.480 Thanks, I could use a seat. 06:25.480 --> 06:27.760 Those reporters gave me a good going over this morning. 06:27.760 --> 06:28.760 What'd you tell them? 06:28.760 --> 06:31.200 Well, the usual stuff, like how many offers I had. 06:31.200 --> 06:33.760 And I picked your club because it was the best in town. 06:33.760 --> 06:35.280 And I gave them a couple of good shots. 06:35.280 --> 06:37.080 Did you tell them anything about Jason White? 06:37.080 --> 06:39.160 Well, they were the usual questions. 06:39.160 --> 06:40.160 What usual questions? 06:40.160 --> 06:42.080 Like, did I love him? 06:42.080 --> 06:43.080 Do I miss him? 06:43.080 --> 06:44.880 Do I have any idea who killed him? 06:44.880 --> 06:45.880 Do you? 06:45.880 --> 06:51.080 Look, Mr. LaCatta, I want to be a dancer, not an information, please. 06:51.080 --> 06:54.920 I'm sorry, Miss LaPaule, but I'm very interested in crime. 06:54.920 --> 06:57.000 Unsolved crimes. 06:57.000 --> 06:58.000 Just a hobby. 06:58.000 --> 06:59.000 Cigarette? 06:59.000 --> 07:00.000 Oh, thank you. 07:00.000 --> 07:03.000 When do I start working, Mr. LaCatta? 07:03.000 --> 07:05.000 You're on salary already. 07:05.000 --> 07:06.840 Oh, gee, thank you. 07:06.840 --> 07:08.400 I could start rehearsing right away. 07:08.400 --> 07:09.760 I'd be ready by tomorrow night. 07:09.760 --> 07:14.800 Well, you must be very tired from the ordeal of everything that happened in Chicago. 07:14.800 --> 07:17.640 You take a two-week rest, then we're going to see. 07:17.640 --> 07:18.640 Two weeks? 07:18.640 --> 07:21.920 Well, I'll be deader than a mackerel by then. 07:21.920 --> 07:25.280 Mr. LaCatta, I'm hot as a firecracker now. 07:25.280 --> 07:28.080 How long do you think this publicity can last? 07:28.080 --> 07:30.920 I'm sorry, Miss LaPaule, I don't think it's possible. 07:30.920 --> 07:32.240 You don't think it's possible? 07:32.240 --> 07:34.240 Well, I like that. 07:34.240 --> 07:37.720 I've waited six years for this kind of a chance, and I'm not going to sit on my... 07:37.720 --> 07:40.360 I'm not going to just sit and watch it fizzle out. 07:40.360 --> 07:44.120 Unfortunately, Miss LaPaule, you must be satisfied with the arrangement. 07:44.120 --> 07:45.120 Satisfied my foot. 07:45.120 --> 07:46.400 I'll get a job somewhere else. 07:46.400 --> 07:48.440 You're forgetting one small detail, Miss LaPaule. 07:48.440 --> 07:50.360 You're on the contract to me. 07:50.360 --> 07:51.600 I'm going to see that you stay there. 07:51.600 --> 07:52.960 Well, I don't get it. 07:52.960 --> 07:56.240 You chased me around in Chicago as if I was studded with diamonds. 07:56.240 --> 07:57.240 You are very valuable. 07:57.240 --> 07:58.240 What's the game, LaCatta? 07:58.240 --> 07:59.240 Don't you know? 07:59.240 --> 08:00.240 No, I don't know. 08:00.240 --> 08:06.280 What a shame, Miss LaPaule. 08:06.280 --> 08:19.000 I'm sure that before you finished here, you'll play the game very well. 08:19.000 --> 08:20.480 I didn't like it. 08:20.480 --> 08:25.160 I didn't like it at all because it didn't take a Sam Spade to figure out that the game 08:25.160 --> 08:29.920 he was playing had something to do with a guy I knew called Jason White. 08:29.920 --> 08:47.200 And Jason White was murdered. 08:47.200 --> 08:51.960 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Miss Claire Trevor in the Blue Hour. 08:51.960 --> 09:01.600 Roma Wines presentation tonight in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills, Suspense. 09:01.600 --> 09:12.560 Suspense, Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills is presented by Better Tasting, Roma Wines. 09:12.560 --> 09:18.480 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, America's favorite wines. 09:18.480 --> 09:23.400 Have you discovered how much Roma California wines can heighten your enjoyment of everyday 09:23.400 --> 09:24.600 meals? 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11:27.760 --> 11:30.200 I'm Mahoney. 11:30.200 --> 11:34.680 Hello there, beautiful. 11:34.680 --> 11:35.680 Shut up and come in. 11:35.680 --> 11:40.400 Well, I'm honored, Miss LaPaule. 11:40.400 --> 11:43.080 Tell me, is this to be a social visit or a... 11:43.080 --> 11:44.080 I'm scared. 11:44.080 --> 11:45.080 I need help. 11:45.080 --> 11:47.240 Well, your attitude seems to have changed. 11:47.240 --> 11:49.160 Did you see a man outside? 11:49.160 --> 11:50.160 An autograph hunter? 11:50.160 --> 11:51.880 More like a headhunter. 11:51.880 --> 11:54.320 He's planted there to watch me. 11:54.320 --> 11:55.320 Who planted him? 11:55.320 --> 11:57.360 Anthony LaCatta of the Blue Hour. 11:57.360 --> 11:59.360 LaCatta, huh? 11:59.360 --> 12:02.760 Well, this is developing faster than I figured. 12:02.760 --> 12:03.760 He sure is impatient. 12:03.760 --> 12:04.760 Nuts, he's impatient. 12:04.760 --> 12:08.160 He's making me sit around doing nothing for two weeks. 12:08.160 --> 12:09.720 It's some game we're playing. 12:09.720 --> 12:12.760 Only I don't like games and I'm scared. 12:12.760 --> 12:15.760 Well, well, you do have human instincts. 12:15.760 --> 12:18.040 Oh, Mahoney, what's going on? 12:18.040 --> 12:19.920 Why am I involved? 12:19.920 --> 12:21.920 Close the faucet on those crocodile tears, Anthony. 12:21.920 --> 12:23.320 Why don't you believe me? 12:23.320 --> 12:24.840 Because you're not playing square with me. 12:24.840 --> 12:27.680 What do you want from me, Mahoney? 12:27.680 --> 12:28.680 The truth. 12:28.680 --> 12:29.680 Oh, why... 12:29.680 --> 12:32.560 You were in Jason White's apartment the night he was killed. 12:32.560 --> 12:34.560 Weren't you? 12:34.560 --> 12:36.680 Yes, I was. 12:36.680 --> 12:38.640 What were you doing there? 12:38.640 --> 12:40.640 I went to see him. 12:40.640 --> 12:41.640 Oh. 12:41.640 --> 12:43.120 Oh, just like that, huh? 12:43.120 --> 12:45.000 He called me and asked me to come right up. 12:45.000 --> 12:48.440 Do you always run when a man asks you to come up to his apartment? 12:48.440 --> 12:49.440 He sounded frightened. 12:49.440 --> 12:51.440 He told me to hurry. 12:51.440 --> 12:55.080 I grabbed a taxi and got there as fast as I could. 12:55.080 --> 12:59.960 I knocked several times, but there was no answer, so I walked in. 12:59.960 --> 13:05.080 Every light in the place was lit and every chair, table and drawer was upset. 13:05.080 --> 13:07.080 You know that from the newspaper stories. 13:07.080 --> 13:10.760 Jason was sitting in the one and only chair left upright. 13:10.760 --> 13:13.160 I remember he smiled as I walked in. 13:13.160 --> 13:18.520 You got here very quickly, my dear. 13:18.520 --> 13:19.960 Thank you. 13:19.960 --> 13:21.920 Jason, what happened? 13:21.920 --> 13:22.920 What's been going on here? 13:22.920 --> 13:23.920 Oh, forget about that. 13:23.920 --> 13:27.160 Come over here beside me. 13:27.160 --> 13:28.600 I don't understand this. 13:28.600 --> 13:29.600 Never mind, my dear. 13:29.600 --> 13:30.600 It's unimportant. 13:30.600 --> 13:33.360 Listen to me carefully. 13:33.360 --> 13:34.360 You sound sick. 13:34.360 --> 13:35.360 What's the matter? 13:35.360 --> 13:36.360 Nothing, my dear. 13:36.360 --> 13:37.360 Don't worry. 13:37.360 --> 13:38.360 Here, take this. 13:38.360 --> 13:39.360 It's a bottle of perfume. 13:39.360 --> 13:49.800 Yes, I've had it for you for a long time, but like most men, I forgot to give it to you. 13:49.800 --> 13:50.800 Take it now. 13:50.800 --> 13:52.800 You mean you had me rush all the way up here for this? 13:52.800 --> 13:53.800 What's the gag? 13:53.800 --> 13:54.800 Jason, Jason, you're bleeding. 13:54.800 --> 13:55.800 You've been hurt. 13:55.800 --> 13:56.800 I'll call a doctor. 13:56.800 --> 13:57.800 No, Lois, please don't do that. 13:57.800 --> 13:58.800 I'd rather have it this way. 13:58.800 --> 13:59.800 Who did it, Jason? 13:59.800 --> 14:00.800 I don't know. 14:00.800 --> 14:01.800 Lois promised me one thing. 14:01.800 --> 14:02.800 Don't open that bottle of perfume until they catch and convict whoever attacked me. 14:02.800 --> 14:03.800 If you do, your life will be in danger. 14:03.800 --> 14:04.800 I promised Jason. 14:04.800 --> 14:05.800 You'd better go now. 14:05.800 --> 14:06.800 I'll see you soon. 14:06.800 --> 14:07.800 I'll see you soon. 14:07.800 --> 14:08.800 I'll see you soon. 14:08.800 --> 14:09.800 I'll see you soon. 14:09.800 --> 14:10.800 I'll see you soon. 14:10.800 --> 14:11.800 I'll see you soon. 14:11.800 --> 14:12.800 I'll see you soon. 14:12.800 --> 14:13.800 I'll see you soon. 14:13.800 --> 14:24.800 I'll see you soon. 14:24.800 --> 14:39.800 I'll see you soon. 14:39.800 --> 14:51.300 Jason, Jason. 14:51.300 --> 14:53.560 And that's exactly what happened, Mahoney, I swear. 14:53.560 --> 14:55.320 Do you still have that bottle of perfume? 14:55.320 --> 14:56.320 Of course I have. 14:56.320 --> 14:57.320 May I see it? 14:57.320 --> 14:58.320 Thinking of using it? 14:58.320 --> 14:59.320 Perhaps. 14:59.320 --> 15:03.320 I keep it in my makeup kit. 15:03.320 --> 15:05.320 Here. 15:05.320 --> 15:08.320 Wow. 15:08.320 --> 15:09.320 Very interesting. 15:09.320 --> 15:11.320 Did you notice the name of this perfume? 15:11.320 --> 15:12.320 Yeah, it's in French. 15:12.320 --> 15:15.320 I have a hard enough time with my English. 15:15.320 --> 15:16.320 Le Bleu. 15:16.320 --> 15:17.320 Huh? 15:17.320 --> 15:18.320 Sounds like your tongue got stuck. 15:18.320 --> 15:19.320 Oh, I get by, honey. 15:19.320 --> 15:20.320 I get by. 15:20.320 --> 15:22.840 Bleu means the hour and bleu means blue. 15:22.840 --> 15:25.320 The hour blue, or better known as the blue hour. 15:25.320 --> 15:26.320 The blue hour? 15:26.320 --> 15:28.320 That's the same name as the nightclub. 15:28.320 --> 15:30.440 Well, well, well, you catch on fast, don't you? 15:30.440 --> 15:32.440 And here's something else for you to mull over. 15:32.440 --> 15:35.320 Jason White bought a diamond in Antwerp in 1929 called the blue hour. 15:35.320 --> 15:38.320 It was called that because it was a perfect blue white stone worth about a half a million 15:38.320 --> 15:39.320 bucks. 15:39.320 --> 15:40.320 Holy mackerel. 15:40.320 --> 15:42.320 Now, do you know what's in this bottle? 15:42.320 --> 15:43.320 Perfume? 15:43.320 --> 15:47.320 If you're telling the truth, honey, the blue hour diamond is floating around in there. 15:47.320 --> 15:51.320 You mean 500 grand worth of...oh, brother. 15:51.320 --> 15:52.320 Yeah. 15:52.320 --> 15:54.320 Well, we'll find out in just a minute. 15:54.320 --> 15:55.320 No, no, don't. 15:55.320 --> 15:59.320 I told you what Jason said about my life being in danger if that's open before his murderer 15:59.320 --> 16:00.320 is convicted. 16:00.320 --> 16:02.320 Sugar face, your life is already in danger. 16:02.320 --> 16:04.320 Well, cross your fingers. 16:04.320 --> 16:07.320 Here goes. 16:07.320 --> 16:11.320 Oh, my holy. 16:11.320 --> 16:15.320 Oh, brother, look at that thing dazzle. 16:15.320 --> 16:18.320 Oh, gee, it's beautiful. 16:18.320 --> 16:20.320 So that's the blue hour diamond. 16:20.320 --> 16:24.320 Boy, on my finger would that look extremely chic. 16:24.320 --> 16:25.320 Look, baby. 16:25.320 --> 16:29.320 Look, if you want to live to enjoy it, we've got to beat the early bird to the worm. 16:29.320 --> 16:30.320 Now, here. 16:30.320 --> 16:31.320 Sit down here. 16:31.320 --> 16:33.320 You've got a full evening in front of you, honey. 16:33.320 --> 16:43.320 Now, here, here's what you're going to do. 16:43.320 --> 16:46.320 Alec wasn't kidding when he said we had a full evening in front of us. 16:46.320 --> 16:49.320 He had a plan and I had to memorize it. 16:49.320 --> 16:51.320 I was going to do some acting. 16:51.320 --> 16:53.320 And here I come to New York to be a dancer. 16:53.320 --> 16:58.320 I was so mixed up with all that happened, I wasn't sure of anything except that I fell 16:58.320 --> 17:00.320 in love with Alec Mahoney. 17:00.320 --> 17:06.320 He didn't know it yet, but as soon as things were settled, I was going to let him know. 17:06.320 --> 17:10.320 Meanwhile, I felt that Mahoney was staging a play and I was his leading lady. 17:10.320 --> 17:15.320 He said things, had me repeat them till I thought I'd scream, but he assured me one 17:15.320 --> 17:17.320 mistake would be fatal. 17:17.320 --> 17:20.320 He then picked out my chicest evening gown and had me put it on. 17:20.320 --> 17:25.320 I thought I detected a gleam in his eye as I paraded before him, but he pulled himself 17:25.320 --> 17:29.320 together, gave me a quick pat on the shoulder and left. 17:29.320 --> 17:31.320 I waited ten minutes by the clock. 17:31.320 --> 17:35.320 We still had LaCava's fair-haired boy waiting outside. 17:35.320 --> 17:38.320 I then opened the door noisily and stepped out. 17:38.320 --> 17:40.320 Hey, you going someplace? 17:40.320 --> 17:42.320 Look, stupid, I'm going down to the Blue Hour. 17:42.320 --> 17:45.320 If you want to come along, just fall in line behind Teacher. 17:45.320 --> 17:47.320 Net-ta! 17:47.320 --> 17:49.320 Tommy. 17:49.320 --> 17:51.320 Good evening, Mr. LaCatta. 17:51.320 --> 17:53.320 What are you doing here? 17:53.320 --> 17:55.320 I came to see you. 17:55.320 --> 17:57.320 Was it something you didn't understand this afternoon? 17:57.320 --> 17:59.320 On the contrary. 17:59.320 --> 18:01.320 It was all too clear. 18:01.320 --> 18:04.320 Aren't you going to ask me to sit down, Tony? 18:04.320 --> 18:06.320 Sit down. 18:06.320 --> 18:08.320 And don't call me Tony. 18:08.320 --> 18:10.320 I'm going to ask you to sit down. 18:10.320 --> 18:12.320 I'm going to ask you to sit down. 18:12.320 --> 18:14.320 I'm going to ask you to sit down. 18:14.320 --> 18:16.320 I'm going to ask you to sit down. 18:16.320 --> 18:18.320 And don't call me Tony. My name's Anthony. 18:18.320 --> 18:20.320 I'm sorry, Anthony. 18:22.320 --> 18:24.320 You look pretty good for a second-rater. 18:24.320 --> 18:26.320 See, I'm flattered. 18:26.320 --> 18:28.320 I still don't know why you're here. 18:28.320 --> 18:31.320 I came to play the game. 18:31.320 --> 18:33.320 I see. 18:33.320 --> 18:35.320 What caused this sudden change of mind? 18:35.320 --> 18:38.320 It's a woman's prerogative, isn't it? 18:38.320 --> 18:40.320 Maybe. 18:40.320 --> 18:43.320 You see, I know something about you. 18:43.320 --> 18:45.320 And I think you've guessed something about me. 18:45.320 --> 18:47.320 Stop beating around the bush. 18:47.320 --> 18:49.320 All right, Anthony. 18:49.320 --> 18:51.320 I know you killed Jason White. 18:51.320 --> 18:55.320 For the dumb babe, you think you know an awful lot. 18:55.320 --> 18:58.320 I was in the room when you killed Jason. 18:58.320 --> 19:00.320 Can you prove it? 19:00.320 --> 19:02.320 If I tried hard enough, I might be able to. 19:02.320 --> 19:04.320 But that's not why I'm here. 19:04.320 --> 19:08.320 Then what did cause this social visit? 19:08.320 --> 19:11.320 I think you know I have the Blue Hour Diamond. 19:11.320 --> 19:13.320 I have. 19:13.320 --> 19:16.320 Put your eyes back in your head, Anthony. 19:16.320 --> 19:18.320 So you do have it. 19:18.320 --> 19:20.320 Up to this point, you only thought I had it. 19:20.320 --> 19:21.320 Isn't that right? 19:21.320 --> 19:22.320 What's the deal? 19:22.320 --> 19:24.320 I'll make it short and simple. 19:24.320 --> 19:26.320 I need money. 19:26.320 --> 19:28.320 I couldn't possibly pass that rock. 19:28.320 --> 19:30.320 You know your way around. 19:30.320 --> 19:31.320 Pass it. 19:31.320 --> 19:33.320 Split 50-50. 19:33.320 --> 19:35.320 And I'll forget I ever saw you in Jason's apartment. 19:35.320 --> 19:37.320 I never said I was there. 19:37.320 --> 19:38.320 So you didn't. 19:38.320 --> 19:39.320 Give me the diamond. 19:39.320 --> 19:40.320 Don't be stupid. 19:40.320 --> 19:41.320 I never carry it around. 19:41.320 --> 19:42.320 It's too heavy. 19:42.320 --> 19:43.320 Where is it? 19:43.320 --> 19:45.320 Come to my apartment in about half an hour, 19:45.320 --> 19:48.320 and come yourself, Anthony. 19:48.320 --> 19:50.320 Leave that hairy ape home. 19:50.320 --> 19:53.320 If there's any funny business, you'll never get it. 19:53.320 --> 19:54.320 I'll be there. 19:54.320 --> 19:55.320 I'll own. 19:55.320 --> 19:57.320 I'm sure you'll do as I say, Anthony, 19:57.320 --> 20:00.320 because that diamond must mean a lot to you. 20:00.320 --> 20:03.320 After all, you committed murder for it. 20:03.320 --> 20:05.320 When I left the carter's office, 20:05.320 --> 20:08.320 the taxi back to my apartment felt like a Turkish bath. 20:08.320 --> 20:12.320 But so far, everything went exactly as Mahoney said it would. 20:12.320 --> 20:14.320 He would have been proud of me. 20:14.320 --> 20:16.320 I didn't muffle on. 20:16.320 --> 20:20.320 Now, the worst that could happen to me was getting killed. 20:20.320 --> 20:22.320 The prospect of this didn't appeal at all. 20:22.320 --> 20:26.320 Besides, it took me 25 years to find a guy like Mahoney. 20:26.320 --> 20:28.320 I was a little girl. 20:28.320 --> 20:30.320 I was a little boy. 20:30.320 --> 20:34.320 Besides, it took me 25 years to find a guy like Mahoney. 20:34.320 --> 20:37.320 I wanted to stay around and enjoy him. 20:37.320 --> 20:39.320 Once I got back to my apartment, 20:39.320 --> 20:41.320 I had nothing to do but wait for the carter. 20:41.320 --> 20:44.320 That's like waiting for poison to take effect. 20:44.320 --> 20:47.320 I turned on every light and the radio. 20:47.320 --> 20:50.320 I figured the soft music would help my nerves relax. 20:50.320 --> 20:52.320 It didn't. 20:52.320 --> 20:54.320 I smoked 16 cigarettes. 20:54.320 --> 20:56.320 I know, I counted them. 20:56.320 --> 20:58.320 I was sitting there trying to keep my mind, 20:58.320 --> 21:00.320 as it is, off of unpleasant things. 21:00.320 --> 21:03.320 And then...then I heard it. 21:03.320 --> 21:05.320 It was the window opening. 21:05.320 --> 21:08.320 Very softly in my bedroom. 21:08.320 --> 21:11.320 Somebody had come up the fire escape into my room. 21:11.320 --> 21:13.320 I should have known that the carter wouldn't take a chance 21:13.320 --> 21:15.320 and come to see me alone like I told him. 21:15.320 --> 21:17.320 He had one of his gorillas in my other room 21:17.320 --> 21:19.320 to make sure that I'd be in his power. 21:19.320 --> 21:21.320 This apparently had not occurred to Mahoney, 21:21.320 --> 21:23.320 who thought he was so smart. 21:23.320 --> 21:27.320 I got up from the couch and stood there listening. 21:27.320 --> 21:29.320 The guy in there was coming closer 21:29.320 --> 21:31.320 because I heard him knock my sewing basket over. 21:31.320 --> 21:33.320 I looked around for an effective weapon. 21:33.320 --> 21:35.320 Then I spotted it. 21:35.320 --> 21:38.320 Just the thing. My big makeup case. 21:38.320 --> 21:41.320 I picked it up, hefted it, 21:41.320 --> 21:43.320 and I quietly kicked off my shoes 21:43.320 --> 21:45.320 and strolled over to the bedroom doorway. 21:45.320 --> 21:47.320 I leaned back against the wall out of sight 21:47.320 --> 21:49.320 as the door started to open. 21:49.320 --> 21:51.320 I could see that big gorilla standing there 21:51.320 --> 21:54.320 with a gun in the dark, with his hat pulled down over his face. 21:54.320 --> 21:56.320 Then he started to push his face out into the room. 21:56.320 --> 21:58.320 Now look. 21:58.320 --> 22:00.320 He fell back into the bedroom, 22:00.320 --> 22:04.320 and I shut the door and stood there. 22:04.320 --> 22:09.320 Oh, Mahoney, wherever you are, don't fail me now. 22:09.320 --> 22:11.320 Who is it? 22:11.320 --> 22:13.320 La Cara. 22:13.320 --> 22:15.320 Oh, come in, Anthony. 22:15.320 --> 22:17.320 I'm glad to see your prompt. 22:17.320 --> 22:19.320 It's a sign of good upbringing. 22:19.320 --> 22:21.320 You've got to play that radio. 22:21.320 --> 22:23.320 Oh, I'm sorry. 22:23.320 --> 22:26.320 You shouldn't keep such late hours, Anthony. 22:26.320 --> 22:27.320 It's making you nervous. 22:27.320 --> 22:28.320 Where's the diamond? 22:28.320 --> 22:30.320 Gee, you're in a hurry. Got a date? 22:30.320 --> 22:31.320 I've got to get back to the club. 22:31.320 --> 22:33.320 All right, Anthony, but remember, 22:33.320 --> 22:35.320 I don't care what you do with the diamond. 22:35.320 --> 22:37.320 I just want 250 grand. 22:37.320 --> 22:39.320 Our share, is that clear? 22:39.320 --> 22:40.320 You'll get your share. 22:40.320 --> 22:42.320 Good. Here's the diamond. 22:42.320 --> 22:45.320 Had it in my handbag all evening. 22:45.320 --> 22:48.320 Oh, the blue hour. 22:48.320 --> 22:50.320 I saw it only once, 22:50.320 --> 22:53.320 but I knew then that someday I'd have to have it. 22:53.320 --> 22:57.320 You saw an ant trip in 1929. Isn't that right, Anthony? 22:57.320 --> 22:58.320 How do you know? 22:58.320 --> 22:59.320 I have a crystal ball. 22:59.320 --> 23:00.320 You know too much. 23:00.320 --> 23:02.320 Not any more than you do now, Anthony. 23:02.320 --> 23:05.320 What was that reporter Mahoney doing here this evening? 23:05.320 --> 23:06.320 Mahoney? I don't recall. 23:06.320 --> 23:08.320 My man told me he was here. 23:08.320 --> 23:09.320 Oh, oh, yeah, yeah. 23:09.320 --> 23:12.320 He came for an exclusive interview of my life. 23:12.320 --> 23:15.320 Did he tell you it was going to end tonight? 23:15.320 --> 23:16.320 No. 23:16.320 --> 23:18.320 You think for one minute I was going to let you run loose, 23:18.320 --> 23:20.320 knowing what you do about me. 23:20.320 --> 23:23.320 I still don't know how you could have been in that apartment 23:23.320 --> 23:24.320 when I had to kill Jason. 23:24.320 --> 23:26.320 So you did kill him. Mahoney was right. 23:26.320 --> 23:29.320 Oh, Mahoney. I thought so. 23:29.320 --> 23:31.320 Only don't count on him, sister, 23:31.320 --> 23:33.320 because my boys are out looking for him now. 23:33.320 --> 23:37.320 Anthony, let's talk this over, huh? 23:37.320 --> 23:40.320 You can keep the diamond. It's yours. 23:40.320 --> 23:43.320 You should have stuck to those clip joints back in Chicago. 23:43.320 --> 23:44.320 That's where you belong. 23:44.320 --> 23:45.320 No. No! 23:45.320 --> 23:49.320 There you're press... 23:49.320 --> 23:51.320 Lois. Lois, are you all right? 23:51.320 --> 23:53.320 It's me, Mahoney. Mahoney. 23:53.320 --> 23:55.320 Are you all right, beautiful? Are you all right? 23:55.320 --> 23:56.320 I'm alive. 23:56.320 --> 23:57.320 Oh, good. 23:57.320 --> 24:00.320 Well, what did you have to hit me on the head for, you big dope? 24:00.320 --> 24:01.320 Was that you? 24:01.320 --> 24:03.320 Oh, you know, I almost didn't make it. 24:03.320 --> 24:06.320 Well, I never would have spoken to you again, Mahoney. 24:06.320 --> 24:09.320 In fact, I never would have spoken to anybody again, would I? 24:09.320 --> 24:11.320 Oh, you're going to be all right now, honey. 24:11.320 --> 24:13.320 I must have lost four pounds tonight. 24:13.320 --> 24:16.320 Well, I never heard a woman complain about that before. 24:16.320 --> 24:19.320 Come on. Come on, get up, honey. You're all right. 24:19.320 --> 24:21.320 You're not hurt. 24:21.320 --> 24:22.320 Hey, what's wrong? 24:22.320 --> 24:25.320 Nothing. I'm just saying my prayers. 24:37.320 --> 24:40.320 Okay, Miss LaPaule, would you mind facing the sun 24:40.320 --> 24:42.320 just a little more so we can see the sparkle? 24:42.320 --> 24:43.320 That's it. 24:43.320 --> 24:46.320 Hey, are you going to collect the reward for turning up White's killer? 24:46.320 --> 24:48.320 Yeah, Miss LaPaule, what about that? 24:48.320 --> 24:51.320 Well, I didn't turn him up. Somebody else did. 24:51.320 --> 24:52.320 Not the way I heard it. 24:52.320 --> 24:54.320 Well, why are you going back to Chicago all of a sudden? 24:54.320 --> 24:57.320 Oh, that's all, boys. I'm sorry. 24:57.320 --> 24:58.320 Well, goodbye, Miss LaPaule. 24:58.320 --> 25:01.320 Bye. Bye. 25:03.320 --> 25:07.320 Well, now you're really famous, aren't you? 25:07.320 --> 25:12.320 Mahoney, I thought when I didn't hear from you, I thought... 25:12.320 --> 25:14.320 Well, I've been busy. 25:14.320 --> 25:17.320 You didn't think I was going to let you run out on me, did you? 25:17.320 --> 25:22.320 Oh, that. I never really thought about it one way or the other. 25:22.320 --> 25:23.320 No? 25:23.320 --> 25:28.320 No, I'm still extremely angry with you, as you may well imagine. 25:28.320 --> 25:30.320 You haven't even bothered to explain. 25:30.320 --> 25:33.320 Well, honey, it was this way. 25:33.320 --> 25:35.320 LaCotta was with Jason White on his trip to Antwerp, 25:35.320 --> 25:37.320 and he saw Jason buy the Blue Hour Diamond. 25:37.320 --> 25:40.320 He offered him all sorts of dough for it, but he wouldn't sell. 25:40.320 --> 25:42.320 And LaCotta never got over it. 25:42.320 --> 25:44.320 Holy mackerel. 25:44.320 --> 25:46.320 Well, he's over it now. 25:46.320 --> 25:49.320 There's just one thing I want to know from you, Mahoney. 25:49.320 --> 25:52.320 How did you know LaCotta killed Jason White? 25:52.320 --> 25:53.320 Why, I didn't. 25:53.320 --> 25:57.320 You... you... you mean everything I did? 25:57.320 --> 26:00.320 Risking my life, playing games with a maniac, 26:00.320 --> 26:01.320 was it all because you had a hunch? 26:01.320 --> 26:04.320 That's right, baby. Never go wrong, Mahoney. 26:04.320 --> 26:06.320 Oh! 26:06.320 --> 26:10.320 Well, what are you going to do now, beautiful? 26:10.320 --> 26:12.320 You're a rich woman now, you know. 26:12.320 --> 26:13.320 How do you think that? 26:13.320 --> 26:15.320 Well, the diamond legally belongs to you. 26:15.320 --> 26:17.320 I think it would hold up in court. 26:17.320 --> 26:19.320 Well, I know one thing for sure. 26:19.320 --> 26:21.320 I'm giving up the ballet. 26:21.320 --> 26:25.320 And for two things, I think I'll get married. 26:25.320 --> 26:29.320 Oh. Society, I suppose. 26:29.320 --> 26:32.320 Holy mackerel, you're a big dope, Mahoney. 26:32.320 --> 26:37.320 It takes a lot of courage for a girl to do what I'm about to do. 26:37.320 --> 26:39.320 Will you marry me? 26:39.320 --> 26:43.320 Oh, I suppose so. 26:43.320 --> 27:08.320 Oh, you sure? 27:08.320 --> 27:10.320 Suspense! 27:10.320 --> 27:14.320 Two Hour, starring Claire Trevor, presented by Roma Wines. 27:14.320 --> 27:17.320 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, 27:17.320 --> 27:22.320 selected from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. 27:22.320 --> 27:27.320 You get more enjoyment for your money when you serve Roma Wines, 27:27.320 --> 27:31.320 because Roma makes absolutely sure of better taste 27:31.320 --> 27:35.320 by pressing only the choicest California grapes, 27:35.320 --> 27:39.320 then with age-old skills and wine-making resources 27:39.320 --> 27:41.320 unmatched in America. 27:41.320 --> 27:44.320 Roma master ventners guide this luscious grape treasure 27:44.320 --> 27:48.320 unhurriedly to taste perfection. 27:48.320 --> 27:53.320 These finer wines are laid aside with mellow Roma wines of years before, 27:53.320 --> 27:57.320 and from these, Roma later selects for your pleasure. 27:57.320 --> 28:01.320 This weekend, treat your family and friends to glorious, 28:01.320 --> 28:06.320 nut-like Roma sherry, fruity Roma port, or mellow Roma muscatel. 28:06.320 --> 28:09.320 You'll enjoy these fine Roma wines, 28:09.320 --> 28:13.320 so delicious, so inexpensive, too. 28:13.320 --> 28:17.320 That's why Roma, that's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, 28:17.320 --> 28:21.320 are America's largest selling wines. 28:21.320 --> 28:24.320 Miss Trevor will next be seen in the independent artist production, 28:24.320 --> 28:26.320 The Velvet Touch. 28:26.320 --> 28:29.320 Tonight's play was by Marty Schwartz. 28:29.320 --> 28:35.320 Next Thursday, you will hear Kirk Douglas as star of Suspense! 28:35.320 --> 28:37.320 Produced and directed by William Spear 28:37.320 --> 28:41.320 for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 28:41.320 --> 28:52.320 Daylight saving time ends in certain areas September the 28th. 28:52.320 --> 28:56.320 This may change the time at which Suspense is heard in your community. 28:56.320 --> 28:59.320 Please check your local newspaper for the time at which this program 28:59.320 --> 29:14.320 will be heard next Thursday and each Thursday thereafter. 29:14.320 --> 29:17.320 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Louis Jourdan, 29:17.320 --> 29:20.320 Agnes Moorhead, and others. 29:20.320 --> 29:23.320 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense! 29:23.320 --> 29:31.320 Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills. 29:31.320 --> 29:54.320 This is CBS The Columbia Broadcasting System.