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Roma Wines of Fresno, California. 01:17.000 --> 01:20.000 And starring Dennis O'Keefe in the X-Ray Camera. 01:20.000 --> 01:25.000 A suspense play produced, edited, and directed for Schenley by William Spear. 01:25.000 --> 01:35.000 I've been reading a lot here, and I came across something good the other day. 01:35.000 --> 01:40.000 There is a shadowy borderland between hate and love. 01:40.000 --> 01:44.000 And there are men who dwell in this land of mixed emotions, 01:44.000 --> 01:51.000 loving deeply and fiercely, and yet, at the same time, hating venomously and murderously. 01:51.000 --> 01:54.000 I guess I both loved and hated my wife. 01:54.000 --> 01:58.000 I was crazy for her, lonely and desperate without her. 01:58.000 --> 02:03.000 At the same time, I wished she'd be killed or die somehow, 02:03.000 --> 02:15.000 so I wouldn't keep depending on her for the affection I'm always so hungry for. 02:15.000 --> 02:17.000 Hello? 02:17.000 --> 02:20.000 Hello. Hello, Anna. Anna, this is Johnny. 02:20.000 --> 02:24.000 Oh. What do you want? I told you not to bother me. 02:24.000 --> 02:26.000 Well, now listen, Anna, I've got to see you. 02:26.000 --> 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. 02:29.000 --> 02:34.000 Yes, I know, but now wait, this is important. I must talk to you. Anna, just let me talk to you. 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 Oh, Johnny, listen. 02:35.000 --> 02:38.000 Listen, please, let me see you for just a few minutes, Saturday night. 02:38.000 --> 02:42.000 After that, if you still want me to stay away, I will. I'll never bother you again. 02:42.000 --> 02:43.000 That's what you always say. 02:43.000 --> 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. 02:48.000 --> 02:50.000 All I want is ten minutes, that's all. 02:50.000 --> 02:52.000 You on the level about the divorce? 02:52.000 --> 02:53.000 Yeah, yeah, sure. 02:53.000 --> 02:56.000 All right, Johnny, come over at seven o'clock Saturday, 02:56.000 --> 02:58.000 but I might as well tell you now you're wasting your time. 02:58.000 --> 03:01.000 Oh, why can't you be reasonable about it, Anna? You know, you and I could... 03:01.000 --> 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. 03:12.000 --> 03:14.000 It didn't look good. 03:14.000 --> 03:18.000 I could feel that all the things I'd saved up to say to her wouldn't work. 03:18.000 --> 03:21.000 She hated me and she'd never have me back again. 03:22.000 --> 03:25.000 There's a stubborn streak in me that wouldn't let me give it up. 03:25.000 --> 03:28.000 I figured I'd play it as I'd planned it. 03:28.000 --> 03:32.000 Then if she wouldn't change her mind, I'd go through with it to the end. 03:38.000 --> 03:41.000 Late Saturday afternoon, I went down to Hooper's department store, 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 and saw it over to the jewelry counter. 03:44.000 --> 03:45.000 Yes, sir? 03:45.000 --> 03:48.000 I'd like to see a wristwatch. Ladies' wristwatch, please. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 How much would you like to spend? 03:49.000 --> 03:52.000 Oh, I don't know, about, uh, 200 or so. 03:52.000 --> 03:55.000 Oh, well, here you are. Seven-deam jewel movement, 03:55.000 --> 03:58.000 14-karat white gold case set with 10 small diamonds. 03:58.000 --> 04:02.000 It's very pretty. And it's reduced from $349 to $225. 04:02.000 --> 04:04.000 Well, say, that's pretty classy. 04:05.000 --> 04:08.000 Some girl's going to get a mighty nice surprise. 04:08.000 --> 04:09.000 Huh? You like it? 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 I like it. I love it. 04:12.000 --> 04:15.000 I wish I had a friend who could buy things like that for me. 04:15.000 --> 04:17.000 Now you're kidding me. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 A beautiful girl like you must have plenty of friends. 04:19.000 --> 04:21.000 Oh, not anyone I could really call a friend. 04:21.000 --> 04:25.000 I see. Uh, this watch. 04:25.000 --> 04:28.000 How would you like it if I gave this to you? 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 Just like that, huh? 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 Well, not exactly just like that. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 First, I'd have to get to know you better. 04:35.000 --> 04:38.000 Not from that side of the county. 04:38.000 --> 04:41.000 I know, but you could meet me after you get through with work. 04:41.000 --> 04:43.000 I don't leave here till nine. 04:43.000 --> 04:47.000 Okay. I could wait until nine. For you. 04:47.000 --> 04:49.000 On the 34th Street side. 04:49.000 --> 04:51.000 It'll take me about ten minutes to change my clothes. 04:51.000 --> 04:52.000 I'll be there. 04:52.000 --> 04:55.000 Here's the date. Even if you don't buy the watch. 04:55.000 --> 04:57.000 Oh, I told you I am buying it. 04:57.000 --> 04:59.000 Well, I'll have to make out a sales slip. 04:59.000 --> 05:00.000 Name, please. 05:00.000 --> 05:04.000 James Landry. Yeah, James Landry. 05:04.000 --> 05:05.000 What's yours? 05:05.000 --> 05:06.000 Joyce. 05:06.000 --> 05:11.000 See, that'll be $225 plus tax of 20%, making it $270. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 And that sales tax of $450. 05:13.000 --> 05:15.000 $270, $450, all totaled. 05:15.000 --> 05:16.000 Your address, please. 05:16.000 --> 05:18.000 Oh, you don't need that. 05:18.000 --> 05:25.000 It is $270 and $4 and 50 cents. Right? 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 Right. Shall I wrap it? 05:27.000 --> 05:29.000 I don't know, just like that. 05:29.000 --> 05:31.000 Ten after nine, baby, huh? 05:31.000 --> 05:32.000 I'll be there. 05:38.000 --> 05:41.000 Yes, the chances were I would be there. 05:41.000 --> 05:43.000 I didn't hold out much hope that Anna would listen to me. 05:43.000 --> 05:46.000 If she didn't, why not? 05:46.000 --> 05:48.000 This Joyce girl was quite a kid. 05:48.000 --> 05:52.000 Tall, slim, terrific eyes, pleasant smile. 05:52.000 --> 05:55.000 Sure, why not? 05:55.000 --> 05:58.000 And besides, she'd work right in with the whole thing. 05:58.000 --> 06:00.000 She'd work in swell. 06:00.000 --> 06:03.000 I had plenty of time before seven in my appointment with my wife, 06:03.000 --> 06:05.000 so I wandered through the shop. 06:05.000 --> 06:07.000 Even bought myself a new robe. 06:07.000 --> 06:10.000 After all, you might want to impress someone. 06:10.000 --> 06:14.000 I had the robe sent home, and then I dropped into Patty's Clam House. 06:14.000 --> 06:18.000 When I'd finished coffee, it was time to take the BMT to Anna's. 06:18.000 --> 06:21.000 I got there just at seven. 06:21.000 --> 06:25.000 It was a little awkward at first, but after a while I got through it. 06:29.000 --> 06:32.000 Oh, I tell you, Anna, this last year's just been awful. 06:32.000 --> 06:34.000 Oh, you know, I'm still crazy about you, 06:34.000 --> 06:36.000 and every hour we're apart just makes me feel worse. 06:36.000 --> 06:37.000 Is that all you have to say, Johnny? 06:37.000 --> 06:40.000 No, no, no, let me finish. I admit I've been a heel. 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 Well, I've done everything wrong. 06:42.000 --> 06:44.000 You're perfectly right to leave me. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 All I can say is I'm sorry, and then it won't happen again. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 Oh, Johnny. 06:47.000 --> 06:49.000 No, Anna, really, I'll turn over a new leaf. 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 You take me back and you'll see. 06:50.000 --> 06:52.000 I promise you'll never have any reason to complain. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 Johnny, you know it'll never work out. 06:53.000 --> 06:54.000 Oh, but it will. 06:54.000 --> 06:57.000 You've given me your word dozens of times, and always it's the same. 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 I just can't take that sort of thing anymore. I can't. 06:59.000 --> 07:03.000 But you can't be happy living alone like this in a furnished room, eating out. 07:03.000 --> 07:05.000 I still have the apartment. 07:05.000 --> 07:07.000 If you come back, you don't have to work either. 07:07.000 --> 07:08.000 I've got a swell job now. 07:08.000 --> 07:10.000 I'm head mechanic at a big garage. 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 It is all. 07:11.000 --> 07:12.000 I think things can be a lot better than before. 07:12.000 --> 07:13.000 We'll have more money. 07:13.000 --> 07:14.000 Johnny, I'm not thinking of the money. 07:14.000 --> 07:15.000 I make enough to get by. 07:15.000 --> 07:16.000 Then why not try? 07:16.000 --> 07:18.000 I just want my peace of mind, Johnny. 07:18.000 --> 07:19.000 Oh, but Anna... 07:19.000 --> 07:21.000 It hasn't been so bad this last year. 07:21.000 --> 07:24.000 At least I don't have to be worrying about where you are, Knights. 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 If you want to chase the girls, it's not my concern anymore. 07:26.000 --> 07:27.000 Oh, now, wait a minute. 07:27.000 --> 07:29.000 No, if we get together again, I'll have it all over again. 07:29.000 --> 07:32.000 Sitting up and wondering and hating it and hating you and hating myself. 07:32.000 --> 07:34.000 No, no, Johnny, no, not anymore. 07:34.000 --> 07:36.000 Oh, but there won't be any more of that, I swear it. 07:36.000 --> 07:37.000 No, not until the next time. 07:37.000 --> 07:39.000 Oh, gee, Anna, why don't you believe me? 07:39.000 --> 07:42.000 Oh, I know I lied about it before, but not this time. 07:42.000 --> 07:44.000 It means too much to me this time. 07:44.000 --> 07:46.000 I've got to have your back. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.000 Look, look, honey, I brought you something. 07:48.000 --> 07:50.000 Just to show you, I do mean it. 07:50.000 --> 07:52.000 A watch. 07:52.000 --> 07:53.000 Very nice. 07:53.000 --> 07:56.000 Well, put it on, Anna. Go ahead, wear it. 07:56.000 --> 07:57.000 I won't do, Johnny. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 That isn't enough. 07:58.000 --> 08:01.000 It's not nearly enough to convince me you're really any different. 08:01.000 --> 08:02.000 What more can I say? 08:02.000 --> 08:04.000 Nothing, nothing. Just forget it, Johnny. 08:04.000 --> 08:06.000 Just let me get a divorce and forget all about it. 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 You'll find someone else. 08:08.000 --> 08:10.000 Is that why you want a divorce? 08:10.000 --> 08:12.000 So you can find someone else? 08:12.000 --> 08:15.000 Well, there isn't anyone just now, but I don't see why there shouldn't be. 08:15.000 --> 08:16.000 Well, I won't do it. 08:16.000 --> 08:17.000 I'll never give you a divorce. 08:17.000 --> 08:19.000 You're my wife and you're going to stay my wife, 08:19.000 --> 08:21.000 like the preacher said, till death do us part. 08:21.000 --> 08:23.000 Well, the preacher was wrong, Johnny. 08:23.000 --> 08:25.000 I'm saving my money. When I have enough, I'll get it. 08:25.000 --> 08:27.000 You can't keep me tied to you all my life. 08:27.000 --> 08:29.000 There's only one thing that'll break up our marriage, 08:29.000 --> 08:30.000 and that's you are dying. 08:30.000 --> 08:33.000 You better go, Johnny. I don't like this kind of talk. 08:33.000 --> 08:36.000 Well, I'm warning you, Anna. If you don't come back, I'll kill you. 08:36.000 --> 08:38.000 Oh, Johnny, you're bluffing. You can't kill a fly. 08:38.000 --> 08:39.000 No, I'm bluffing. 08:39.000 --> 08:43.000 You're too scared. And besides, the first one the cops would look for would be you. 08:43.000 --> 08:45.000 They know all about your threats, Johnny. You don't scare me. 08:45.000 --> 08:48.000 Any more than you ever did. Oh, you better go, please. 08:48.000 --> 08:49.000 But this time I'm not bluffing. 08:49.000 --> 08:52.000 Wait a minute. Here's your watch, Johnny. 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 Take it back to the store and get your money. 08:54.000 --> 08:56.000 Give it to that little redhead. 08:56.000 --> 08:58.000 You're still seeing her, aren't you, Johnny? 08:58.000 --> 09:00.000 You think I'm bluffing, huh? 09:00.000 --> 09:06.000 Well, you'll see. You'll see if I'm bluffing or not. 09:11.000 --> 09:14.000 You know, Mr. Landry, I was sure you wouldn't show up at 9 o'clock. 09:14.000 --> 09:16.000 What made you think that? 09:16.000 --> 09:18.000 I thought you were giving me a line. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.000 Anyone who buys a watch like that must have a girl. 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 I still have it in my pocket. 09:22.000 --> 09:24.000 Guys, then you weren't kidding. 09:24.000 --> 09:26.000 Why should I kid you, sister? You're too pretty to kid. 09:26.000 --> 09:28.000 But you can't mean you're going to give it to me. 09:28.000 --> 09:31.000 Sure. Why not? If I feel like it. 09:31.000 --> 09:33.000 What business are you in? 09:33.000 --> 09:35.000 You're not a racketeer, are you? 09:35.000 --> 09:39.000 Matter of fact, I'm on the other side of the fence. 09:39.000 --> 09:40.000 What do you mean? 09:40.000 --> 09:42.000 I'm a private eye. 09:42.000 --> 09:46.000 A private eye? Oh, gosh, this is thrilling. 09:46.000 --> 09:49.000 Imagine me knowing a real detective. 09:49.000 --> 09:51.000 Well, just keep it under your hat. 09:51.000 --> 09:53.000 It doesn't do for people to know my business, you know. 09:53.000 --> 09:55.000 Makes it harder to tailor crooks. 09:55.000 --> 09:58.000 Oh, you must have so many exciting things happening to you. 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 That's all in a day's work. 10:00.000 --> 10:03.000 Are you working on a case now? Are you trying to solve a murder? 10:03.000 --> 10:06.000 No. I'm trying to get the goods on a jewel thief. 10:06.000 --> 10:07.000 Really? Yeah. 10:07.000 --> 10:10.000 This gal, she works for a big diamond-cutting firm. 10:10.000 --> 10:11.000 The firm hired me. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 And she's been stealing diamonds? 10:13.000 --> 10:14.000 We think so. 10:14.000 --> 10:15.000 Well, then why don't you arrest her? 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 My goodness, if someone is stealing diamonds, just... 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 You can't just haul her in. You've got to get the goods on her first. 10:19.000 --> 10:22.000 Well, I should think that would be easy. Just search her. 10:22.000 --> 10:25.000 We arrest her and find nothing, and we can get sued for false arrest. 10:25.000 --> 10:26.000 Even if she's a crook? 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 Sure, sure. You've got to have the proof first. 10:28.000 --> 10:30.000 And I'm out to get it. 10:30.000 --> 10:31.000 But how? 10:31.000 --> 10:33.000 Can I trust you not to talk? 10:33.000 --> 10:35.000 Why, Mr. Landry, you know you can't. 10:35.000 --> 10:36.000 Jim. 10:36.000 --> 10:39.000 Oh, sure. Jim. But tell me about it. 10:39.000 --> 10:43.000 Well, you see, there are a lot of things in detective work that crooks don't know about. 10:43.000 --> 10:47.000 For example, and this is a secret, remember, we have an X-ray camera. 10:47.000 --> 10:50.000 An X-ray camera? What for? 10:50.000 --> 10:53.000 Well, suppose we want to see if someone has something hidden in his clothes. 10:53.000 --> 10:54.000 You know, a gun or something. 10:54.000 --> 10:55.000 Oh, my goodness. 10:55.000 --> 10:57.000 Take a picture with this X-ray camera, and we know. 10:57.000 --> 11:01.000 And then you can use that camera to tell if this woman has the stolen diamonds on her, huh? 11:01.000 --> 11:04.000 Sure. Sure, only I, uh, I can't do it. 11:04.000 --> 11:05.000 Why not? 11:05.000 --> 11:07.000 I can't get close enough to her. She knows me. 11:07.000 --> 11:09.000 Every time she sees me, she ducks. 11:09.000 --> 11:10.000 Oh. 11:10.000 --> 11:14.000 You see, you've got to stand real close with that camera, or else it doesn't register. 11:14.000 --> 11:18.000 Well, then why don't you hire someone to take the picture? Someone she doesn't know. 11:18.000 --> 11:20.000 I can't trust anybody. 11:20.000 --> 11:22.000 This camera is so secret that you can't let a stranger handle it. 11:22.000 --> 11:24.000 Well, get someone you can trust. 11:24.000 --> 11:28.000 What am I going to do? Advertise in the papers for someone I can trust? 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 How would I know I could trust anyone who answered the ad? 11:30.000 --> 11:32.000 You could trust me. I could do it for you. 11:32.000 --> 11:35.000 Oh, yes, yes, but I wouldn't ask you to. It's dangerous work. 11:35.000 --> 11:37.000 If a gang ever found out, they might rub you out. 11:37.000 --> 11:39.000 Would they have to find out? 11:39.000 --> 11:42.000 I could just slip up behind her and take the picture and nobody would know. 11:42.000 --> 11:44.000 And that's because they saw the camera. 11:44.000 --> 11:48.000 Well, I wouldn't have to see it. I could hide it in a box or something. 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 There you are. I could do it. 11:50.000 --> 11:52.000 Oh, but you have a job. 11:52.000 --> 11:54.000 I'll take a day off. 11:54.000 --> 11:56.000 You know, that's mighty nice of you. 11:56.000 --> 11:58.000 You know, it would mean quite a lot to me. 11:58.000 --> 11:59.000 Oh, I'd love to do it. 11:59.000 --> 12:01.000 Well, I'd get a big fee if I could get the goods on it. 12:01.000 --> 12:03.000 And of course, I'd pay you for your time. 12:03.000 --> 12:05.000 Oh, you wouldn't have to pay me. I'd do it just for friendship. 12:05.000 --> 12:08.000 Okay, then. Okay, it's a deal. 12:08.000 --> 12:11.000 And just to show you how I feel about it here, 12:11.000 --> 12:13.000 wrap this around your wrist. 12:13.000 --> 12:15.000 The watch? 12:15.000 --> 12:17.000 Oh, Jimmy, you don't have to give it to me. 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 Take it, honey. I want you to. 12:19.000 --> 12:22.000 Well, anything you say, Jimmy. 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 You're the boss. 12:31.000 --> 12:34.000 The next day I brought home a short piece of three-inch pipe 12:34.000 --> 12:36.000 and a cheese box I picked up in the alley. 12:36.000 --> 12:38.000 And I set to work. 12:38.000 --> 12:40.000 I got the grenade out. 12:40.000 --> 12:43.000 It was a grenade that my cousin Ed gave me when he came back. 12:43.000 --> 12:45.000 I used to show it around, say it was a war souvenir 12:45.000 --> 12:49.000 I'd picked up in Berlin, although I never got near Germany. 12:49.000 --> 12:51.000 In no time at all, I had everything assembled. 12:51.000 --> 12:53.000 And I got some wrapping paper. 12:53.000 --> 12:55.000 The paper my robe came wrapped in from Hoopers. 12:55.000 --> 12:58.000 It was a good double thickness, and I made a neat package of it, 12:58.000 --> 13:01.000 tying it securely with string. 13:01.000 --> 13:04.000 Through a tiny hole in one end, I left the cord attached to the firing pin, 13:04.000 --> 13:06.000 stick out of the box. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.000 It would be kind of tough on Joyce 13:09.000 --> 13:12.000 when that cord was pulled, something was going to happen. 13:12.000 --> 13:15.000 And I didn't want to be around when it did. 13:27.000 --> 13:31.000 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Mr. Dennis O'Keefe 13:31.000 --> 13:33.000 in the X-Ray Camera. 13:33.000 --> 13:37.000 Roma Wines presentation tonight in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 13:37.000 --> 13:39.000 Suspense. 13:46.000 --> 13:49.000 Suspense, Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 13:49.000 --> 13:51.000 presented by Roma Wines. 13:51.000 --> 13:55.000 That's R-O-M-A, better tasting Roma Wines, 13:55.000 --> 13:58.000 from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. 13:58.000 --> 14:01.000 This is the season when the grunt of the pigskin 14:01.000 --> 14:04.000 is heard on grid irons from coast to coast. 14:04.000 --> 14:07.000 And that's the signal for friendly get-togethers after the big game. 14:07.000 --> 14:11.000 Well, here's a timely suggestion on how to have fun, 14:11.000 --> 14:13.000 yet do it inexpensively. 14:13.000 --> 14:16.000 Serve guests delicious Roma California wine. 14:16.000 --> 14:21.000 To add warmth to your welcome, serve glorious nut-like Roma sherry 14:21.000 --> 14:23.000 or hearty red Roma port. 14:23.000 --> 14:26.000 And especially if the home team wins, 14:26.000 --> 14:30.000 what better way to celebrate than with bubbling Roma champagne, 14:30.000 --> 14:33.000 a sprightly dry bulk processed sparkling wine. 14:33.000 --> 14:38.000 Yes, there's a Roma wine to delight every taste, on every occasion. 14:38.000 --> 14:43.000 So buy Roma Wines. That's R-O-M-A. Roma Wines tomorrow. 14:43.000 --> 14:49.000 Discover for yourself why Roma Wines are America's largest selling wines. 14:49.000 --> 14:53.000 And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage 14:53.000 --> 14:56.000 Dennis O'Keefe as John Lawrence, 14:56.000 --> 14:58.000 with Kathy Lewis as his wife Anna, 14:58.000 --> 15:00.000 and Loreen Tuttle as Joyce, 15:00.000 --> 15:06.000 in the X-Ray Camera, a play well calculated to keep you in suspense. 15:20.000 --> 15:22.000 Hi. Hi, Hop in, Joyce. 15:22.000 --> 15:25.000 Hello, Jimmy. Oh, I'm so excited. 15:25.000 --> 15:26.000 It's been the camera. 15:26.000 --> 15:28.000 No, not this time, kid. We don't work that fast. 15:28.000 --> 15:30.000 I took the afternoon off, especially. 15:30.000 --> 15:33.000 Yes, yes, I know you did. But first we have to do some groundwork. 15:33.000 --> 15:36.000 Later, when we take the picture, you'll have to take another afternoon off. 15:36.000 --> 15:38.000 All right, I can do that. What do we do today? 15:38.000 --> 15:42.000 Well, I'm going to park the car on the street near this diamond-cutting farm. 15:42.000 --> 15:45.000 It's down here on Fulton Street. We'll sit in the car until she comes out. 15:45.000 --> 15:48.000 Oh, then you'll, uh, you'll put the finger on her. 15:48.000 --> 15:50.000 That's one way of saying it. 15:50.000 --> 15:54.000 You see, I don't want her to see us together. Give her an idea. 15:54.000 --> 15:55.000 Oh, I know that. 15:55.000 --> 15:57.000 She walks up the street to the BMT. You follow her. 15:57.000 --> 16:00.000 You mean I, I tailor. That sounds more professional. 16:00.000 --> 16:02.000 Uh-huh, yeah. You tailor. 16:02.000 --> 16:04.000 Stick close by, just as if you had the camera. 16:04.000 --> 16:07.000 Here, take this dummy package I made up for you. 16:07.000 --> 16:08.000 What's in this? 16:08.000 --> 16:10.000 Nothing. It's just a box wrapped in paper. 16:10.000 --> 16:13.000 The camera's real heavy, but this is just for practice. 16:13.000 --> 16:14.000 Oh, I see. 16:14.000 --> 16:16.000 When you get into the subway, you stand right next to her. 16:16.000 --> 16:17.000 What if she gets a seat? 16:17.000 --> 16:19.000 Not at five o'clock, she won't. 16:19.000 --> 16:21.000 You just make sure you're right behind her. 16:21.000 --> 16:23.000 Oh, I'll stick to her all right. Don't you worry about that. 16:23.000 --> 16:26.000 And then you hold the camera like this, the long way, see? 16:26.000 --> 16:30.000 Try to hold it steady and pull on this cord I have attached to the inside. 16:30.000 --> 16:31.000 What's that for? 16:31.000 --> 16:34.000 Well, it, uh, it trips the shutter on the camera in the box. 16:34.000 --> 16:37.000 You see, the camera's all wrapped up, so in order to get it to shutter, 16:37.000 --> 16:38.000 I had to tie a cord to it. 16:38.000 --> 16:39.000 Oh, I see. 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 Will the camera take a picture from inside the box? 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 It's an X-ray camera, isn't it? 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 Oh, yes. Of course, I forgot. 16:45.000 --> 16:48.000 It'll take about 15 seconds for the exposure to be made. 16:48.000 --> 16:50.000 You better wait till you're going through the tunnel to Brooklyn 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 before you take the picture. 16:52.000 --> 16:54.000 That way, you'll be sure people won't be shoving you, you know, 16:54.000 --> 16:55.000 getting in and out of the train. 16:55.000 --> 16:56.000 I understand. 16:56.000 --> 16:57.000 Then I'll meet you in Brooklyn. 16:57.000 --> 16:58.000 You get off at Court Street, 16:58.000 --> 17:00.000 and I'll meet you in the St. George Hotel lobby. 17:00.000 --> 17:01.000 It's very simple. 17:01.000 --> 17:04.000 All you gotta remember is to hold the camera still 17:04.000 --> 17:07.000 during the 15 seconds it takes to expose the film. 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 Oh, of course, I'll hold it right between us. 17:09.000 --> 17:11.000 That's a girl. You're real smart. 17:11.000 --> 17:13.000 What time is it? 17:13.000 --> 17:17.000 Um, it's just five after five now by my very favorite watch, 17:17.000 --> 17:19.000 which a bowl of mine gave me. 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 And there she comes out of that door. 17:21.000 --> 17:24.000 You see her? She's walking up the street. 17:24.000 --> 17:26.000 The girl in the blue hat. 17:26.000 --> 17:27.000 Oh, I see her. 17:27.000 --> 17:29.000 Go on. Go on. Get on her tail. 17:29.000 --> 17:30.000 I'll see you in Brooklyn later. 17:30.000 --> 17:31.000 Leave it to me, Jim. 17:31.000 --> 17:33.000 This rehearsal is gonna go just perfect. 17:33.000 --> 17:34.000 Goodbye. 17:34.000 --> 17:35.000 Yeah. Goodbye, honey. 17:41.000 --> 17:44.000 I watched her as she hurried up the street after Anna, 17:44.000 --> 17:47.000 and I almost regretted that I hadn't given her the real package. 17:47.000 --> 17:49.000 But it was better this way. 17:49.000 --> 17:50.000 If there were any chinks in the plan, 17:50.000 --> 17:52.000 this rehearsal would show them up. 17:52.000 --> 17:55.000 I drove over the bridge and across the river to Brooklyn. 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 She was waiting in the St. George lobby. 18:06.000 --> 18:08.000 Ah, how did it go? 18:08.000 --> 18:12.000 Well, I could have held it still for two minutes instead of 15 seconds. 18:12.000 --> 18:14.000 She was pushed into a corner right in front of me. 18:14.000 --> 18:15.000 No hitches? 18:15.000 --> 18:16.000 No, nothing. 18:16.000 --> 18:18.000 She didn't even complain at the box pushing into her back. 18:18.000 --> 18:20.000 She's awfully pretty, Jim. 18:20.000 --> 18:23.000 Why should a pretty girl like that be mixed up in stealing diamonds? 18:23.000 --> 18:25.000 Some people will do anything for money. 18:25.000 --> 18:27.000 You know how much she got away with in the last couple of months? 18:27.000 --> 18:28.000 A lot? 18:28.000 --> 18:30.000 More than $100,000. 18:30.000 --> 18:34.000 Wow. Oh, now I see. 18:34.000 --> 18:36.000 Will you get much of a reward? 18:36.000 --> 18:37.000 Five grand, maybe ten. 18:37.000 --> 18:39.000 And a good slice of that'll be yours. 18:39.000 --> 18:41.000 Oh, Jim, I don't care about the money. 18:41.000 --> 18:42.000 I'm doing this for you. 18:42.000 --> 18:43.000 I know, kid. 18:43.000 --> 18:45.000 And don't think I don't appreciate it. 18:45.000 --> 18:48.000 Now, about the real job. 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 You think you can get off in the store at four on Friday? 18:50.000 --> 18:51.000 Four o'clock it is. 18:51.000 --> 18:52.000 Great, great. 18:52.000 --> 18:55.000 Now, a little after five, someone will be in for a mighty big surprise. 19:03.000 --> 19:05.000 So Friday, I picked her up in front of the store, 19:05.000 --> 19:07.000 and we drove over to the subway. 19:07.000 --> 19:11.000 I kissed her, and then I gave her the camera. 19:11.000 --> 19:12.000 Is that it? 19:12.000 --> 19:13.000 Yeah. 19:13.000 --> 19:14.000 Now, be careful of it now. 19:14.000 --> 19:15.000 Don't drop it or anything. 19:15.000 --> 19:17.000 It's awfully expensive. 19:17.000 --> 19:19.000 One of its kind in this country. 19:19.000 --> 19:20.000 It's heavy. 19:20.000 --> 19:21.000 Oh, sure, sure it is. 19:21.000 --> 19:23.000 It's got batteries in there, an x-ray tube. 19:23.000 --> 19:24.000 It's very complicated. 19:24.000 --> 19:27.000 It looks just like one of the packages from the store. 19:27.000 --> 19:28.000 I know. 19:28.000 --> 19:30.000 I got it up to look that way so it wouldn't be suspicious. 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 She must know you're carrying a camera. 19:32.000 --> 19:33.000 Oh, don't you worry. 19:33.000 --> 19:35.000 Nobody would know that. 19:35.000 --> 19:36.000 Is this the corridor, Pa? 19:36.000 --> 19:37.000 Hey, be careful. 19:37.000 --> 19:40.000 Don't fool around with that. 19:40.000 --> 19:41.000 What was I going to pull now? 19:41.000 --> 19:43.000 Well, I just don't want the plate, I suppose. 19:43.000 --> 19:49.000 But when you do pull, pull it all away, hard. 19:49.000 --> 19:51.000 Give it a real yank. 19:51.000 --> 19:52.000 Why do that? 19:52.000 --> 19:53.000 You leave it to me. 19:53.000 --> 19:54.000 Remember, the cord is at the back, 19:54.000 --> 19:57.000 and you point the front right at her middle. 19:57.000 --> 19:58.000 She carries the diamonds around her waist. 19:58.000 --> 19:59.000 I'm sure of that. 19:59.000 --> 20:00.000 I get it. 20:00.000 --> 20:01.000 All right. 20:01.000 --> 20:02.000 It's up to you. 20:02.000 --> 20:04.000 So long and good luck, kids. 20:04.000 --> 20:05.000 Sure. 20:05.000 --> 20:13.000 I'll see you later. 20:13.000 --> 20:16.000 I went back to the garage. 20:16.000 --> 20:18.000 I hoped I'd get in without the boss seeing me. 20:18.000 --> 20:21.000 But, oh, legal, I wouldn't miss anything. 20:21.000 --> 20:24.000 Ah, where have you been, Johnny? 20:24.000 --> 20:25.000 Me? 20:25.000 --> 20:26.000 I was out for a cup of coffee. 20:26.000 --> 20:28.000 Oh, do you have to get out of your coveralls for that? 20:28.000 --> 20:29.000 Go on, get back on the job. 20:29.000 --> 20:32.000 I promised that green convertible for tomorrow morning. 20:32.000 --> 20:33.000 Now, don't worry about it. 20:33.000 --> 20:35.000 I've only got about another half hour's work on it. 20:35.000 --> 20:36.000 I'll finish it up. 20:36.000 --> 20:37.000 Okay. 20:37.000 --> 20:38.000 Let me know when it's done. 20:38.000 --> 20:39.000 Sure. 20:39.000 --> 20:40.000 Sure, you'll know when it's done. 20:40.000 --> 20:49.000 Five o'clock. 20:49.000 --> 20:51.000 Five after five. 20:51.000 --> 20:53.000 Ten after five. 20:53.000 --> 20:56.000 Fifteen after five. 20:56.000 --> 20:59.000 Finally, 5.30. 20:59.000 --> 21:02.000 It was done. 21:02.000 --> 21:04.000 Everything was done by now. 21:04.000 --> 21:05.000 Go home and wait. 21:05.000 --> 21:06.000 I have my alibi. 21:06.000 --> 21:09.000 I was under a convertible in the garage when it happened. 21:09.000 --> 21:18.000 All I had to do was make sure the boss saw me leave and what time. 21:18.000 --> 21:20.000 I finished that job, Mr. Granger. 21:20.000 --> 21:22.000 Oh, that's fine, Johnny. 21:22.000 --> 21:23.000 Of course you'll be paying me overtime. 21:23.000 --> 21:25.000 Got a half hour's overtime coming. 21:25.000 --> 21:26.000 Overtime? 21:26.000 --> 21:27.000 Like the devil I will. 21:27.000 --> 21:28.000 I didn't ask you to stay overtime. 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 Oh, yeah, but you wanted the job done, didn't you? 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 Sure, but not on time and a half. 21:32.000 --> 21:33.000 It's only a half an hour. 21:33.000 --> 21:34.000 Half an hour? 21:34.000 --> 21:35.000 No, half an hour. 21:35.000 --> 21:36.000 No overtime. 21:36.000 --> 21:37.000 Okay, okay. 21:37.000 --> 21:38.000 Have it your way. 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 Next time you quit at five like everybody else. 21:40.000 --> 21:49.000 Go on, Johnny. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 I took my time about dinner. 21:51.000 --> 21:56.000 It would be some time before the news came through on the radio about the mysterious 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 explosion in the subway. 21:58.000 --> 22:01.000 When I reached home, there was a letter waiting for me. 22:01.000 --> 22:04.000 I started to shake when I saw the handwriting. 22:04.000 --> 22:07.000 It was from Anna. 22:07.000 --> 22:11.000 Dear Johnny, I'm sorry I spoke to you the way I did. 22:11.000 --> 22:15.000 You had good reason to get angry and I know you didn't mean what you said. 22:15.000 --> 22:19.000 I've been thinking it over, Johnny, and maybe the preacher was right and we should try to 22:19.000 --> 22:20.000 make our marriage stick. 22:20.000 --> 22:24.000 If you really meant what you said about turning over a new leaf, call me, Johnny. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 We'll talk about my coming back. 22:26.000 --> 22:31.000 I've always loved you, Johnny, in spite of everything, Anna. 22:31.000 --> 22:33.000 I broke out in a sweat. 22:33.000 --> 22:35.000 I don't know what I hoped or thought. 22:35.000 --> 22:36.000 I grabbed the phone. 22:36.000 --> 22:38.000 I couldn't wait for the news to come through on the radio. 22:38.000 --> 22:50.000 I had to know. 22:50.000 --> 22:52.000 Hello? 22:52.000 --> 22:55.000 Hello? 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 Is this Johnny? 22:57.000 --> 23:00.000 Hello, who is it? 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 Oh, she was alive. 23:02.000 --> 23:04.000 She hadn't been killed. 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 Joyce, what happened to her? 23:06.000 --> 23:08.000 Maybe... 23:08.000 --> 23:09.000 Why hasn't it gone off? 23:09.000 --> 23:16.000 I had to know that too, so I phoned her home. 23:16.000 --> 23:17.000 Hello? 23:17.000 --> 23:18.000 Hello? 23:18.000 --> 23:19.000 Is this Joyce? 23:19.000 --> 23:20.000 Jim? 23:20.000 --> 23:23.000 Oh, Jim, I was wondering when you'd call. 23:23.000 --> 23:25.000 I waited for you at the St. George and you didn't come. 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 What happened? 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 Oh, I don't know what to say to you, Jim. 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 I don't know what you'll think of me. 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 Never mind about that. What happened? 23:32.000 --> 23:34.000 I was so stupid. 23:34.000 --> 23:36.000 It was all my fault. Now you'll be angry. 23:36.000 --> 23:37.000 What happened? 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 I had so much time to wait. 23:39.000 --> 23:41.000 I sat in the subway until it was time to meet her. 23:41.000 --> 23:43.000 I had the camera right beside me. 23:43.000 --> 23:47.000 And a man sat down next to me, just as the train was about to leave. 23:47.000 --> 23:50.000 Oh, Jim, I should have known. 23:50.000 --> 23:51.000 Joyce, what happened? 23:51.000 --> 23:53.000 He stole the camera. 23:53.000 --> 23:57.000 He picked it up and ran into the train before I could open my mouth. 23:57.000 --> 23:59.000 I didn't know whether to go to the police or not, 23:59.000 --> 24:04.000 but I waited for you at the hotel and you didn't come, so I came home. 24:04.000 --> 24:06.000 I knew you'd come. 24:06.000 --> 24:08.000 You didn't tell anyone about it, did you? 24:08.000 --> 24:11.000 Oh, no. I thought you'd want to take care of it. 24:11.000 --> 24:15.000 Okay. Okay, forget it. I'll take care of it. Just forget it. 24:15.000 --> 24:17.000 You aren't angry, are you, Jimmy? 24:17.000 --> 24:21.000 No, no, I'm not angry. I'm crazy about you, baby. Forget it. 24:29.000 --> 24:31.000 Oh, for once luck was with me. 24:31.000 --> 24:34.000 I could thank my lucky stars that there was one chink in the plan, 24:34.000 --> 24:37.000 something I never could have foreseen. 24:37.000 --> 24:39.000 All I thought about now was Anna, to call Anna, 24:39.000 --> 24:43.000 to arrange to meet her and start my life all over again. 24:43.000 --> 24:46.000 I felt like somebody must feel when he gets an eleventh hour of pre- 24:46.000 --> 24:49.000 took a shower and was sitting there in my new robe, 24:49.000 --> 24:52.000 smoking a cigarette and feeling like a million dollars. 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 Who is it? 24:55.000 --> 24:57.000 Brody, homicide. 24:57.000 --> 24:59.000 Huh? 25:04.000 --> 25:05.000 What did you say? 25:05.000 --> 25:08.000 I said Brody, homicide. 25:08.000 --> 25:10.000 What do you want? 25:10.000 --> 25:12.000 About a guy who was killed today, 25:12.000 --> 25:16.000 a pickpocket and sneak thief named Mickey Rafferty, you know him? 25:16.000 --> 25:17.000 How should I know him? 25:17.000 --> 25:20.000 Yeah, yeah, something in that. How should you know him? 25:20.000 --> 25:23.000 I guess you didn't want to kill him, did you? 25:23.000 --> 25:26.000 I didn't want to kill anybody. I don't know what you're talking about. 25:26.000 --> 25:27.000 Where were you at five o'clock? 25:27.000 --> 25:30.000 Working, working. I was at the Nemo garage. 25:30.000 --> 25:31.000 Why? 25:31.000 --> 25:34.000 I see. Who were you trying to kill, punk? 25:34.000 --> 25:38.000 Come on, come on, talk. Why did you make that nice little bomb? 25:38.000 --> 25:42.000 I didn't make any bomb. I don't know a thing about any bomb. 25:42.000 --> 25:45.000 Okay, maybe this will refresh your memory. 25:45.000 --> 25:46.000 What is it? 25:46.000 --> 25:49.000 Well, look at it. It's a sales slip. 25:49.000 --> 25:52.000 Sold to John Lawrence, 185 East 45th Street, 25:52.000 --> 25:56.000 one robe, $19.50. Deliver. 25:56.000 --> 26:00.000 I guess it's that pretty one you're wearing now, huh? 26:00.000 --> 26:03.000 Where did you get that sales ticket? 26:03.000 --> 26:08.000 It was between two sheets of wrapping paper on that homemade bomb you fixed up. 26:08.000 --> 26:11.000 Made it very easy for us, bud. 26:11.000 --> 26:14.000 All we had to do was to deliver the package again. 26:14.000 --> 26:19.000 And this time it's got a new suit for you, Johnny. 26:19.000 --> 26:22.000 A nice suit with stripes. 26:22.000 --> 26:27.000 Well, I could have weaseled out of it, maybe. 26:27.000 --> 26:29.000 But Joyce testified against me. 26:29.000 --> 26:33.000 She was sore when she heard about what that X-ray camera really was 26:33.000 --> 26:35.000 that she'd been carrying around. 26:35.000 --> 26:37.000 Hannah's mad, too. 26:37.000 --> 26:42.000 I guess that's natural. 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