1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Suspense! 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Tonight's suspense brings you our star, Mr. Dennis O'Keefe. 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:18,000 But first, do you know that on the great ship Queen Elizabeth, 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 where travel is the last word in luxury, 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:26,000 the first name in wines is C-R-E-S-T-A? 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,000 B-L-A-N-C-A. 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Cresta Blanca. 8 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Cresta Blanca. 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Yes, the best serve Cresta Blanca California wines from the finest of the vines. 10 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,000 And whatever the occasion, there's a magnificent Cresta Blanca selection 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,000 to bring rare pleasure to the most discriminating taste. 12 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,000 So, distinguish your diners. 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Poor Cresta Blanca Burgundy, Cresta Blanca Sauterne, 14 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,000 or any Cresta Blanca table wine, and enjoy the best. 15 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Schenley's Cresta Blanca Wine Company, Livermore, California. 16 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:09,000 And now, Schenley brings you Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Suspense! 18 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Presented by Roma Wines. 19 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,000 That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines of Fresno, California. 20 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000 And starring Dennis O'Keefe in the X-Ray Camera. 21 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,000 A suspense play produced, edited, and directed for Schenley by William Spear. 22 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:35,000 I've been reading a lot here, and I came across something good the other day. 23 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,000 There is a shadowy borderland between hate and love. 24 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 And there are men who dwell in this land of mixed emotions, 25 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:51,000 loving deeply and fiercely, and yet, at the same time, hating venomously and murderously. 26 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,000 I guess I both loved and hated my wife. 27 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,000 I was crazy for her, lonely and desperate without her. 28 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:03,000 At the same time, I wished she'd be killed or die somehow, 29 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:15,000 so I wouldn't keep depending on her for the affection I'm always so hungry for. 30 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Hello? 31 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Hello. Hello, Anna. Anna, this is Johnny. 32 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Oh. What do you want? I told you not to bother me. 33 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Well, now listen, Anna, I've got to see you. 34 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 I don't want to see you, Johnny. If I told you once, I told you a hundred times, don't phone. 35 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Yes, I know, but now wait, this is important. I must talk to you. Anna, just let me talk to you. 36 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Oh, Johnny, listen. 37 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Listen, please, let me see you for just a few minutes, Saturday night. 38 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,000 After that, if you still want me to stay away, I will. I'll never bother you again. 39 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000 That's what you always say. 40 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Oh, listen, honey, won't you just let me talk to you? If it's no go, I'll let you have that divorce. 41 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 All I want is ten minutes, that's all. 42 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 You on the level about the divorce? 43 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Yeah, yeah, sure. 44 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 All right, Johnny, come over at seven o'clock Saturday, 45 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 but I might as well tell you now you're wasting your time. 46 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Oh, why can't you be reasonable about it, Anna? You know, you and I could... 47 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Save your breath, Johnny. You want to see me? All right, all right, I'll see you. Seven o'clock Saturday. Goodbye. 48 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 It didn't look good. 49 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,000 I could feel that all the things I'd saved up to say to her wouldn't work. 50 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 She hated me and she'd never have me back again. 51 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,000 There's a stubborn streak in me that wouldn't let me give it up. 52 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 I figured I'd play it as I'd planned it. 53 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Then if she wouldn't change her mind, I'd go through with it to the end. 54 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Late Saturday afternoon, I went down to Hooper's department store, 55 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 and saw it over to the jewelry counter. 56 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Yes, sir? 57 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000 I'd like to see a wristwatch. Ladies' wristwatch, please. 58 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 How much would you like to spend? 59 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Oh, I don't know, about, uh, 200 or so. 60 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Oh, well, here you are. Seven-deam jewel movement, 61 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,000 14-karat white gold case set with 10 small diamonds. 62 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,000 It's very pretty. And it's reduced from $349 to $225. 63 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Well, say, that's pretty classy. 64 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Some girl's going to get a mighty nice surprise. 65 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Huh? You like it? 66 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 I like it. I love it. 67 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,000 I wish I had a friend who could buy things like that for me. 68 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Now you're kidding me. 69 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 A beautiful girl like you must have plenty of friends. 70 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Oh, not anyone I could really call a friend. 71 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 I see. Uh, this watch. 72 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 How would you like it if I gave this to you? 73 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Just like that, huh? 74 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Well, not exactly just like that. 75 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 First, I'd have to get to know you better. 76 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Not from that side of the county. 77 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,000 I know, but you could meet me after you get through with work. 78 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000 I don't leave here till nine. 79 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,000 Okay. I could wait until nine. For you. 80 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 On the 34th Street side. 81 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 It'll take me about ten minutes to change my clothes. 82 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 I'll be there. 83 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Here's the date. Even if you don't buy the watch. 84 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Oh, I told you I am buying it. 85 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Well, I'll have to make out a sales slip. 86 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Name, please. 87 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,000 James Landry. Yeah, James Landry. 88 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,000 What's yours? 89 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Joyce. 90 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:11,000 See, that'll be $225 plus tax of 20%, making it $270. 91 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 And that sales tax of $450. 92 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,000 $270, $450, all totaled. 93 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Your address, please. 94 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Oh, you don't need that. 95 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:25,000 It is $270 and $4 and 50 cents. Right? 96 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Right. Shall I wrap it? 97 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 I don't know, just like that. 98 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Ten after nine, baby, huh? 99 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 I'll be there. 100 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Yes, the chances were I would be there. 101 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 I didn't hold out much hope that Anna would listen to me. 102 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,000 If she didn't, why not? 103 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 This Joyce girl was quite a kid. 104 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Tall, slim, terrific eyes, pleasant smile. 105 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Sure, why not? 106 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 And besides, she'd work right in with the whole thing. 107 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 She'd work in swell. 108 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,000 I had plenty of time before seven in my appointment with my wife, 109 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 so I wandered through the shop. 110 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Even bought myself a new robe. 111 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 After all, you might want to impress someone. 112 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,000 I had the robe sent home, and then I dropped into Patty's Clam House. 113 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,000 When I'd finished coffee, it was time to take the BMT to Anna's. 114 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,000 I got there just at seven. 115 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,000 It was a little awkward at first, but after a while I got through it. 116 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Oh, I tell you, Anna, this last year's just been awful. 117 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Oh, you know, I'm still crazy about you, 118 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 and every hour we're apart just makes me feel worse. 119 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Is that all you have to say, Johnny? 120 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 No, no, no, let me finish. I admit I've been a heel. 121 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Well, I've done everything wrong. 122 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 You're perfectly right to leave me. 123 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 All I can say is I'm sorry, and then it won't happen again. 124 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Oh, Johnny. 125 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 No, Anna, really, I'll turn over a new leaf. 126 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 You take me back and you'll see. 127 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 I promise you'll never have any reason to complain. 128 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Johnny, you know it'll never work out. 129 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Oh, but it will. 130 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,000 You've given me your word dozens of times, and always it's the same. 131 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 I just can't take that sort of thing anymore. I can't. 132 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 But you can't be happy living alone like this in a furnished room, eating out. 133 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 I still have the apartment. 134 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 If you come back, you don't have to work either. 135 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 I've got a swell job now. 136 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 I'm head mechanic at a big garage. 137 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 It is all. 138 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 I think things can be a lot better than before. 139 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,000 We'll have more money. 140 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Johnny, I'm not thinking of the money. 141 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I make enough to get by. 142 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Then why not try? 143 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 I just want my peace of mind, Johnny. 144 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Oh, but Anna... 145 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 It hasn't been so bad this last year. 146 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 At least I don't have to be worrying about where you are, Knights. 147 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 If you want to chase the girls, it's not my concern anymore. 148 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Oh, now, wait a minute. 149 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 No, if we get together again, I'll have it all over again. 150 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Sitting up and wondering and hating it and hating you and hating myself. 151 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 No, no, Johnny, no, not anymore. 152 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Oh, but there won't be any more of that, I swear it. 153 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 No, not until the next time. 154 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Oh, gee, Anna, why don't you believe me? 155 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Oh, I know I lied about it before, but not this time. 156 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 It means too much to me this time. 157 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 I've got to have your back. 158 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Look, look, honey, I brought you something. 159 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Just to show you, I do mean it. 160 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 A watch. 161 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Very nice. 162 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Well, put it on, Anna. Go ahead, wear it. 163 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 I won't do, Johnny. 164 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 That isn't enough. 165 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 It's not nearly enough to convince me you're really any different. 166 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 What more can I say? 167 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Nothing, nothing. Just forget it, Johnny. 168 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Just let me get a divorce and forget all about it. 169 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 You'll find someone else. 170 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Is that why you want a divorce? 171 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 So you can find someone else? 172 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Well, there isn't anyone just now, but I don't see why there shouldn't be. 173 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Well, I won't do it. 174 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 I'll never give you a divorce. 175 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 You're my wife and you're going to stay my wife, 176 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 like the preacher said, till death do us part. 177 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Well, the preacher was wrong, Johnny. 178 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 I'm saving my money. When I have enough, I'll get it. 179 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 You can't keep me tied to you all my life. 180 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 There's only one thing that'll break up our marriage, 181 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000 and that's you are dying. 182 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 You better go, Johnny. I don't like this kind of talk. 183 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Well, I'm warning you, Anna. If you don't come back, I'll kill you. 184 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Oh, Johnny, you're bluffing. You can't kill a fly. 185 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,000 No, I'm bluffing. 186 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,000 You're too scared. And besides, the first one the cops would look for would be you. 187 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 They know all about your threats, Johnny. You don't scare me. 188 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Any more than you ever did. Oh, you better go, please. 189 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,000 But this time I'm not bluffing. 190 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Wait a minute. Here's your watch, Johnny. 191 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Take it back to the store and get your money. 192 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Give it to that little redhead. 193 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 You're still seeing her, aren't you, Johnny? 194 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 You think I'm bluffing, huh? 195 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Well, you'll see. You'll see if I'm bluffing or not. 196 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 You know, Mr. Landry, I was sure you wouldn't show up at 9 o'clock. 197 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 What made you think that? 198 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 I thought you were giving me a line. 199 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Anyone who buys a watch like that must have a girl. 200 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 I still have it in my pocket. 201 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Guys, then you weren't kidding. 202 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Why should I kid you, sister? You're too pretty to kid. 203 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 But you can't mean you're going to give it to me. 204 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Sure. Why not? If I feel like it. 205 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 What business are you in? 206 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 You're not a racketeer, are you? 207 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Matter of fact, I'm on the other side of the fence. 208 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,000 What do you mean? 209 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 I'm a private eye. 210 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,000 A private eye? Oh, gosh, this is thrilling. 211 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Imagine me knowing a real detective. 212 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Well, just keep it under your hat. 213 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 It doesn't do for people to know my business, you know. 214 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Makes it harder to tailor crooks. 215 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Oh, you must have so many exciting things happening to you. 216 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 That's all in a day's work. 217 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Are you working on a case now? Are you trying to solve a murder? 218 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 No. I'm trying to get the goods on a jewel thief. 219 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Really? Yeah. 220 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,000 This gal, she works for a big diamond-cutting firm. 221 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 The firm hired me. 222 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 And she's been stealing diamonds? 223 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 We think so. 224 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Well, then why don't you arrest her? 225 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 My goodness, if someone is stealing diamonds, just... 226 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 You can't just haul her in. You've got to get the goods on her first. 227 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Well, I should think that would be easy. Just search her. 228 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,000 We arrest her and find nothing, and we can get sued for false arrest. 229 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Even if she's a crook? 230 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Sure, sure. You've got to have the proof first. 231 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 And I'm out to get it. 232 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 But how? 233 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Can I trust you not to talk? 234 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Why, Mr. Landry, you know you can't. 235 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Jim. 236 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Oh, sure. Jim. But tell me about it. 237 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Well, you see, there are a lot of things in detective work that crooks don't know about. 238 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,000 For example, and this is a secret, remember, we have an X-ray camera. 239 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 An X-ray camera? What for? 240 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Well, suppose we want to see if someone has something hidden in his clothes. 241 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,000 You know, a gun or something. 242 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Oh, my goodness. 243 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Take a picture with this X-ray camera, and we know. 244 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,000 And then you can use that camera to tell if this woman has the stolen diamonds on her, huh? 245 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Sure. Sure, only I, uh, I can't do it. 246 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Why not? 247 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 I can't get close enough to her. She knows me. 248 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Every time she sees me, she ducks. 249 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Oh. 250 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,000 You see, you've got to stand real close with that camera, or else it doesn't register. 251 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Well, then why don't you hire someone to take the picture? Someone she doesn't know. 252 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 I can't trust anybody. 253 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 This camera is so secret that you can't let a stranger handle it. 254 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Well, get someone you can trust. 255 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,000 What am I going to do? Advertise in the papers for someone I can trust? 256 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 How would I know I could trust anyone who answered the ad? 257 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 You could trust me. I could do it for you. 258 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Oh, yes, yes, but I wouldn't ask you to. It's dangerous work. 259 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 If a gang ever found out, they might rub you out. 260 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Would they have to find out? 261 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000 I could just slip up behind her and take the picture and nobody would know. 262 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 And that's because they saw the camera. 263 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Well, I wouldn't have to see it. I could hide it in a box or something. 264 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 There you are. I could do it. 265 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Oh, but you have a job. 266 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 I'll take a day off. 267 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 You know, that's mighty nice of you. 268 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 You know, it would mean quite a lot to me. 269 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Oh, I'd love to do it. 270 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Well, I'd get a big fee if I could get the goods on it. 271 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 And of course, I'd pay you for your time. 272 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Oh, you wouldn't have to pay me. I'd do it just for friendship. 273 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Okay, then. Okay, it's a deal. 274 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,000 And just to show you how I feel about it here, 275 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 wrap this around your wrist. 276 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 The watch? 277 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Oh, Jimmy, you don't have to give it to me. 278 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Take it, honey. I want you to. 279 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,000 Well, anything you say, Jimmy. 280 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 You're the boss. 281 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 The next day I brought home a short piece of three-inch pipe 282 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 and a cheese box I picked up in the alley. 283 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 And I set to work. 284 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 I got the grenade out. 285 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,000 It was a grenade that my cousin Ed gave me when he came back. 286 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 I used to show it around, say it was a war souvenir 287 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,000 I'd picked up in Berlin, although I never got near Germany. 288 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 In no time at all, I had everything assembled. 289 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 And I got some wrapping paper. 290 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 The paper my robe came wrapped in from Hoopers. 291 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,000 It was a good double thickness, and I made a neat package of it, 292 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 tying it securely with string. 293 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Through a tiny hole in one end, I left the cord attached to the firing pin, 294 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,000 stick out of the box. 295 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,000 It would be kind of tough on Joyce 296 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,000 when that cord was pulled, something was going to happen. 297 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 And I didn't want to be around when it did. 298 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,000 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Mr. Dennis O'Keefe 299 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 in the X-Ray Camera. 300 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Roma Wines presentation tonight in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 301 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Suspense. 302 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Suspense, Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 303 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 presented by Roma Wines. 304 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,000 That's R-O-M-A, better tasting Roma Wines, 305 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. 306 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 This is the season when the grunt of the pigskin 307 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,000 is heard on grid irons from coast to coast. 308 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,000 And that's the signal for friendly get-togethers after the big game. 309 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Well, here's a timely suggestion on how to have fun, 310 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 yet do it inexpensively. 311 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Serve guests delicious Roma California wine. 312 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:21,000 To add warmth to your welcome, serve glorious nut-like Roma sherry 313 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000 or hearty red Roma port. 314 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 And especially if the home team wins, 315 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,000 what better way to celebrate than with bubbling Roma champagne, 316 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 a sprightly dry bulk processed sparkling wine. 317 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Yes, there's a Roma wine to delight every taste, on every occasion. 318 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:43,000 So buy Roma Wines. That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines tomorrow. 319 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Discover for yourself why Roma Wines are America's largest selling wines. 320 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,000 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage 321 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Dennis O'Keefe as John Lawrence, 322 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 with Kathy Lewis as his wife Anna, 323 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 and Loreen Tuttle as Joyce, 324 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:06,000 in the X-Ray Camera, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 325 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Hi. Hi, Hop in, Joyce. 326 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Hello, Jimmy. Oh, I'm so excited. 327 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 It's been the camera. 328 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 No, not this time, kid. We don't work that fast. 329 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 I took the afternoon off, especially. 330 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Yes, yes, I know you did. But first we have to do some groundwork. 331 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Later, when we take the picture, you'll have to take another afternoon off. 332 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 All right, I can do that. What do we do today? 333 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Well, I'm going to park the car on the street near this diamond-cutting farm. 334 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,000 It's down here on Fulton Street. We'll sit in the car until she comes out. 335 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Oh, then you'll, uh, you'll put the finger on her. 336 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 That's one way of saying it. 337 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,000 You see, I don't want her to see us together. Give her an idea. 338 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Oh, I know that. 339 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 She walks up the street to the BMT. You follow her. 340 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 You mean I, I tailor. That sounds more professional. 341 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Uh-huh, yeah. You tailor. 342 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Stick close by, just as if you had the camera. 343 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Here, take this dummy package I made up for you. 344 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 What's in this? 345 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Nothing. It's just a box wrapped in paper. 346 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 The camera's real heavy, but this is just for practice. 347 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Oh, I see. 348 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 When you get into the subway, you stand right next to her. 349 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000 What if she gets a seat? 350 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Not at five o'clock, she won't. 351 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 You just make sure you're right behind her. 352 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Oh, I'll stick to her all right. Don't you worry about that. 353 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,000 And then you hold the camera like this, the long way, see? 354 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Try to hold it steady and pull on this cord I have attached to the inside. 355 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,000 What's that for? 356 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Well, it, uh, it trips the shutter on the camera in the box. 357 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,000 You see, the camera's all wrapped up, so in order to get it to shutter, 358 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 I had to tie a cord to it. 359 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Oh, I see. 360 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Will the camera take a picture from inside the box? 361 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 It's an X-ray camera, isn't it? 362 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Oh, yes. Of course, I forgot. 363 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 It'll take about 15 seconds for the exposure to be made. 364 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 You better wait till you're going through the tunnel to Brooklyn 365 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 before you take the picture. 366 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 That way, you'll be sure people won't be shoving you, you know, 367 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,000 getting in and out of the train. 368 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 I understand. 369 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Then I'll meet you in Brooklyn. 370 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,000 You get off at Court Street, 371 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 and I'll meet you in the St. George Hotel lobby. 372 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,000 It's very simple. 373 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 All you gotta remember is to hold the camera still 374 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,000 during the 15 seconds it takes to expose the film. 375 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Oh, of course, I'll hold it right between us. 376 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 That's a girl. You're real smart. 377 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 What time is it? 378 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Um, it's just five after five now by my very favorite watch, 379 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 which a bowl of mine gave me. 380 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 And there she comes out of that door. 381 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,000 You see her? She's walking up the street. 382 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 The girl in the blue hat. 383 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Oh, I see her. 384 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Go on. Go on. Get on her tail. 385 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000 I'll see you in Brooklyn later. 386 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Leave it to me, Jim. 387 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 This rehearsal is gonna go just perfect. 388 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Goodbye. 389 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Yeah. Goodbye, honey. 390 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 I watched her as she hurried up the street after Anna, 391 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,000 and I almost regretted that I hadn't given her the real package. 392 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 But it was better this way. 393 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 If there were any chinks in the plan, 394 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 this rehearsal would show them up. 395 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,000 I drove over the bridge and across the river to Brooklyn. 396 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 She was waiting in the St. George lobby. 397 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Ah, how did it go? 398 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Well, I could have held it still for two minutes instead of 15 seconds. 399 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 She was pushed into a corner right in front of me. 400 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,000 No hitches? 401 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,000 No, nothing. 402 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 She didn't even complain at the box pushing into her back. 403 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 She's awfully pretty, Jim. 404 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Why should a pretty girl like that be mixed up in stealing diamonds? 405 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Some people will do anything for money. 406 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 You know how much she got away with in the last couple of months? 407 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,000 A lot? 408 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 More than $100,000. 409 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Wow. Oh, now I see. 410 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Will you get much of a reward? 411 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Five grand, maybe ten. 412 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 And a good slice of that'll be yours. 413 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Oh, Jim, I don't care about the money. 414 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 I'm doing this for you. 415 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 I know, kid. 416 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 And don't think I don't appreciate it. 417 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Now, about the real job. 418 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 You think you can get off in the store at four on Friday? 419 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Four o'clock it is. 420 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Great, great. 421 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Now, a little after five, someone will be in for a mighty big surprise. 422 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 So Friday, I picked her up in front of the store, 423 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 and we drove over to the subway. 424 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,000 I kissed her, and then I gave her the camera. 425 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Is that it? 426 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Yeah. 427 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Now, be careful of it now. 428 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,000 Don't drop it or anything. 429 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 It's awfully expensive. 430 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 One of its kind in this country. 431 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 It's heavy. 432 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Oh, sure, sure it is. 433 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 It's got batteries in there, an x-ray tube. 434 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,000 It's very complicated. 435 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,000 It looks just like one of the packages from the store. 436 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 I know. 437 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 I got it up to look that way so it wouldn't be suspicious. 438 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 She must know you're carrying a camera. 439 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Oh, don't you worry. 440 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Nobody would know that. 441 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Is this the corridor, Pa? 442 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Hey, be careful. 443 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Don't fool around with that. 444 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,000 What was I going to pull now? 445 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 Well, I just don't want the plate, I suppose. 446 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:49,000 But when you do pull, pull it all away, hard. 447 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Give it a real yank. 448 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Why do that? 449 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 You leave it to me. 450 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Remember, the cord is at the back, 451 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 and you point the front right at her middle. 452 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000 She carries the diamonds around her waist. 453 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000 I'm sure of that. 454 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000 I get it. 455 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 All right. 456 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,000 It's up to you. 457 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 So long and good luck, kids. 458 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000 Sure. 459 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:13,000 I'll see you later. 460 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,000 I went back to the garage. 461 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 I hoped I'd get in without the boss seeing me. 462 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,000 But, oh, legal, I wouldn't miss anything. 463 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Ah, where have you been, Johnny? 464 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Me? 465 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,000 I was out for a cup of coffee. 466 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Oh, do you have to get out of your coveralls for that? 467 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Go on, get back on the job. 468 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,000 I promised that green convertible for tomorrow morning. 469 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Now, don't worry about it. 470 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 I've only got about another half hour's work on it. 471 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,000 I'll finish it up. 472 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Okay. 473 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Let me know when it's done. 474 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Sure. 475 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Sure, you'll know when it's done. 476 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Five o'clock. 477 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Five after five. 478 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Ten after five. 479 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Fifteen after five. 480 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Finally, 5.30. 481 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 It was done. 482 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Everything was done by now. 483 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Go home and wait. 484 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,000 I have my alibi. 485 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,000 I was under a convertible in the garage when it happened. 486 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:18,000 All I had to do was make sure the boss saw me leave and what time. 487 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 I finished that job, Mr. Granger. 488 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Oh, that's fine, Johnny. 489 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Of course you'll be paying me overtime. 490 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Got a half hour's overtime coming. 491 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Overtime? 492 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Like the devil I will. 493 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000 I didn't ask you to stay overtime. 494 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Oh, yeah, but you wanted the job done, didn't you? 495 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Sure, but not on time and a half. 496 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000 It's only a half an hour. 497 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Half an hour? 498 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 No, half an hour. 499 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 No overtime. 500 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Okay, okay. 501 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Have it your way. 502 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Next time you quit at five like everybody else. 503 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Go on, Johnny. 504 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 I took my time about dinner. 505 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:56,000 It would be some time before the news came through on the radio about the mysterious 506 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 explosion in the subway. 507 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 When I reached home, there was a letter waiting for me. 508 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 I started to shake when I saw the handwriting. 509 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,000 It was from Anna. 510 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Dear Johnny, I'm sorry I spoke to you the way I did. 511 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,000 You had good reason to get angry and I know you didn't mean what you said. 512 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,000 I've been thinking it over, Johnny, and maybe the preacher was right and we should try to 513 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 make our marriage stick. 514 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,000 If you really meant what you said about turning over a new leaf, call me, Johnny. 515 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 We'll talk about my coming back. 516 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:31,000 I've always loved you, Johnny, in spite of everything, Anna. 517 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 I broke out in a sweat. 518 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 I don't know what I hoped or thought. 519 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 I grabbed the phone. 520 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 I couldn't wait for the news to come through on the radio. 521 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:50,000 I had to know. 522 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Hello? 523 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Hello? 524 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Is this Johnny? 525 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Hello, who is it? 526 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Oh, she was alive. 527 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000 She hadn't been killed. 528 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Joyce, what happened to her? 529 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Maybe... 530 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Why hasn't it gone off? 531 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:16,000 I had to know that too, so I phoned her home. 532 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Hello? 533 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Hello? 534 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Is this Joyce? 535 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Jim? 536 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Oh, Jim, I was wondering when you'd call. 537 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 I waited for you at the St. George and you didn't come. 538 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000 What happened? 539 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Oh, I don't know what to say to you, Jim. 540 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 I don't know what you'll think of me. 541 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Never mind about that. What happened? 542 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 I was so stupid. 543 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,000 It was all my fault. Now you'll be angry. 544 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,000 What happened? 545 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 I had so much time to wait. 546 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 I sat in the subway until it was time to meet her. 547 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 I had the camera right beside me. 548 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,000 And a man sat down next to me, just as the train was about to leave. 549 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Oh, Jim, I should have known. 550 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Joyce, what happened? 551 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 He stole the camera. 552 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,000 He picked it up and ran into the train before I could open my mouth. 553 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 I didn't know whether to go to the police or not, 554 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:04,000 but I waited for you at the hotel and you didn't come, so I came home. 555 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 I knew you'd come. 556 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 You didn't tell anyone about it, did you? 557 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Oh, no. I thought you'd want to take care of it. 558 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Okay. Okay, forget it. I'll take care of it. Just forget it. 559 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 You aren't angry, are you, Jimmy? 560 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:21,000 No, no, I'm not angry. I'm crazy about you, baby. Forget it. 561 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Oh, for once luck was with me. 562 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 I could thank my lucky stars that there was one chink in the plan, 563 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 something I never could have foreseen. 564 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 All I thought about now was Anna, to call Anna, 565 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,000 to arrange to meet her and start my life all over again. 566 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,000 I felt like somebody must feel when he gets an eleventh hour of pre- 567 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,000 took a shower and was sitting there in my new robe, 568 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,000 smoking a cigarette and feeling like a million dollars. 569 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Who is it? 570 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Brody, homicide. 571 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Huh? 572 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000 What did you say? 573 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,000 I said Brody, homicide. 574 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 What do you want? 575 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 About a guy who was killed today, 576 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,000 a pickpocket and sneak thief named Mickey Rafferty, you know him? 577 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,000 How should I know him? 578 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Yeah, yeah, something in that. How should you know him? 579 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,000 I guess you didn't want to kill him, did you? 580 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,000 I didn't want to kill anybody. I don't know what you're talking about. 581 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Where were you at five o'clock? 582 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Working, working. I was at the Nemo garage. 583 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Why? 584 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,000 I see. Who were you trying to kill, punk? 585 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,000 Come on, come on, talk. Why did you make that nice little bomb? 586 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,000 I didn't make any bomb. I don't know a thing about any bomb. 587 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Okay, maybe this will refresh your memory. 588 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000 What is it? 589 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Well, look at it. It's a sales slip. 590 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Sold to John Lawrence, 185 East 45th Street, 591 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,000 one robe, $19.50. Deliver. 592 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:00,000 I guess it's that pretty one you're wearing now, huh? 593 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Where did you get that sales ticket? 594 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,000 It was between two sheets of wrapping paper on that homemade bomb you fixed up. 595 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Made it very easy for us, bud. 596 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 All we had to do was to deliver the package again. 597 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:19,000 And this time it's got a new suit for you, Johnny. 598 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 A nice suit with stripes. 599 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Well, I could have weaseled out of it, maybe. 600 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 But Joyce testified against me. 601 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,000 She was sore when she heard about what that X-ray camera really was 602 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,000 that she'd been carrying around. 603 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000 Hannah's mad, too. 604 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:42,000 I guess that's natural. 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