1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 In just a moment, Auto Light presents Suspense with John Garfield. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Hello, Mr. Wilcox. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Well, hello, Mary. Where's Hap tonight? Anaheim Azusa or Cucamonga? 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,000 Oh, no, Mr. Wilcox. He's giving a speech at his club tonight. 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 He was scared to death, too. Didn't know what to talk about. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Well, why doesn't he talk about those bang-up, bonus-built Auto Light stay-full batteries? 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Why, by Cornelius, he could talk a whole evening about them. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,000 For Auto Light stay-full batteries have got something that practically eliminates a major cause of battery failure. 9 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,000 You know what it is? 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,000 Why, sure, they have. 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000 No, no, no, no. Now, please, don't steal my thunder, Mary. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Auto Light stay-full batteries have an extra-large liquid reserve, 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:45,000 which means, in plain old Wilcox language, that Auto Light stay-full batteries need water only three times a year in normal car use. 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Why, by Cornelius, everybody ought to get an Auto Light stay-full battery. 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 They'd be enthralled, enthused, enthrilled. 16 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,000 Enthrilled? Oh, no, Mr. Wilcox, but... 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Shh! Here comes Suspense. 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Suspense. 19 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Suspense. 20 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills. 21 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Joining tonight, Mr. John Garfield in Anton Leder's production of Death Sentence. 22 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in. 23 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Suspense. 24 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,000 It's hard to tell where it first started. 25 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:46,000 It was six months ago that I nabbed a killer, Maxie Dunn, and cashed in 15,000 in reward money. 26 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Sure, I knew that Maxie worked for Luke Cromwell, 27 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,000 but the killing was a private affair, so I didn't think Lou would be upset. 28 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Right after I got the killer, I took a small job that meant going to Brazil. 29 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 But the trouble started before then. 30 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,000 By the time Maxie Dunn was arrested, the chips were down and the wheel was already spinning. 31 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Anyway, that's how Lou Cromwell would put it, and Lou would know because he knows his gambling. 32 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 He runs the gambling in this town, along with a lot of other things. 33 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,000 I hadn't been back in town 10 minutes when I ran into Brad Cummings, 34 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 a local columnist in front of the region hotel. 35 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Well, well, well, you're back in town. How are you, Tommy? 36 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Hello, Brad. How's the column? 37 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Oh, great, great. Don't even have to write it anymore. 38 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 I'm reusing last year's stuff. 39 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Say, Tommy, I'm just going to a cocktail party in the hotel. Come along. 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Whose party? 41 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Lou Cromwell's. 42 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 He'll be surprised to see me. 43 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Oh, he'll love it, Tommy. Come on. 44 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Okay, let's go to your party. 45 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Oh, Tommy, Tommy. Hi, Tommy. 46 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Hi, Tommy. 47 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 What do you say, fellow? How are you now? 48 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Well, it doesn't look like Lou's shown up yet. 49 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 What's he celebrating? 50 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Well, he hasn't said yet. 51 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Say, why did you come back, Tommy? 52 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Oh, I shouldn't. It's a nice town. 53 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Sure, except when Lou Cromwell doesn't want it to be. 54 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Meaning? 55 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Oh, nothing much. 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,000 I'm only a columnist, Tommy, and like I said, I'm using last year's news, 57 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 so I'm still interested in the town. 58 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Well, I'm glad you're here, Tommy. 59 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,000 And like I said, I'm using last year's news, so I'm still interested in Maxie Dunn. 60 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Oh, it's a dull story, Brad. 61 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 The cops couldn't find Maxie, so the widow of the guy he killed hired me. 62 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 I dug up a tip on Maxie's hideout and brought him in. 63 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,000 There happened to be a 15 grand reward, so I had myself a custom-built vacation. 64 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 I guess I was just born lucky. 65 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Lou may think you ought to die the same way. 66 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,000 I can take care of myself. Besides, why should Lou worry about it one way or the other? 67 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Well, you have done some work for him. 68 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Oh, sure, sure. I'm a private investigator. 69 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I don't owe anybody who'll pay me as long as the job's on the level. 70 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 And those I did for Lou were, too. 71 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 You don't have to argue with me, Tommy. 72 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 But I told you a year ago not to get mixed up with Lou. 73 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 A man has to pick one side of the fence and stay there. 74 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 He can't play on both sides. 75 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 I don't know, Brad. I've done pretty well at it. 76 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Until now. But Maxie was Lou's right hand, so I don't think he liked it. 77 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 So he didn't like it. In the meantime, I'll... 78 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Tommy! 79 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Oh, yeah. Oh, hello there, Mugsy. 80 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Tommy. 81 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Lou wants to see you. 82 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Lou? 83 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 He wants to see me? 84 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 He wants to see me? Where is he? 85 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 He's not here. 86 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,000 He wants to see you across the street in his office. 87 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Oh. Well, let's go. 88 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Back in a few minutes, Brad. Have a drink for me. 89 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Sure, Tommy, sure. I'll drink to your health. 90 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 How are you, Lou? 91 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Well, Tommy, nice to have you back with us. 92 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Nice to be back, Lou. 93 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Seems to me you heard pretty fast about me being in town. 94 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,000 You know how it is, Tommy. People drop in here and gossip and I hear things. 95 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Sit down. 96 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Thanks. 97 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Cigarette? 98 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Sure. 99 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Have a nice vacation? 100 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Good enough. 101 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 I guess you're just naturally lucky, Tommy. 102 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 A long vacation and 15 grand to spend. 103 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 And now me. I didn't get a vacation. 104 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,000 I had to work pretty hard and it cost plenty trying to save Maxie Dunn. 105 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,000 And now it's very inconvenient finding someone to take his place. 106 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Well, if you're offering me the job, I'm not interested. 107 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 I'm glad to see you haven't changed. 108 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,000 But seriously, Tommy, you shouldn't have turned Maxie in. 109 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Oh, I'm sorry I inconvenienced you. 110 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 No, it's not only that. 111 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 You know how it is in this racket? 112 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Either you keep rolling sevens and stay on top or you're on the bottom. 113 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,000 It don't look so good for me to let one of my boys take a ramp. 114 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Oh, he had it coming. 115 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Possibly. Maxie was dumb to pull that personal job. 116 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 But if I let you come in and grab off my boys, 117 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 somebody will start thinking that Lou Cromwell is slipping. 118 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Oh, I never thought of that, Lou. 119 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 What's the pitch? 120 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Well, let's see. Maxie goes to the gas chamber in seven days. 121 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,000 That's just how long you have to live, Tommy. 122 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,000 What? Lou, you're punchy. 123 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Maybe. But you and Maxie are going out together. 124 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Now, look... 125 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 You've got seven days, Tommy. No more. 126 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 You can take care of the job yourself then, 127 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 or we'll handle it for you when the time's up. 128 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Play it your own way. 129 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 I could get the D.A. in my corner... 130 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Don't think so, Tommy. You and I have just had a friendly talk. 131 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Nobody's made any threats. 132 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Besides, you won't win playing that way. 133 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Maybe. And maybe there are other ways to play. 134 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Not this time. You know, I like you, Tommy. 135 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Ordinarily, I'd even like to see you win. 136 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 But once in a while, the house has to rake in a few chips to stay in business. 137 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Yeah, but you'd better tell the house man to keep his foot off the break. 138 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,000 I'm playing to win, Lou. 139 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 I knew you would. That makes it more interesting. 140 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 I get tired of playing with plain suckers. 141 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Well, I got a party across the street. Care to come along? 142 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 I've already been there. It's not much of a party. 143 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 It'll get better. I'll see you around, Tommy. 144 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Don't start brooding about the seven days. 145 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Make the most of them. 146 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Oh, you need any money? 147 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 No, thanks. I'll make out all right. 148 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Good. Go out and have some fun. 149 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:13,000 It's a great life, Tommy, as long as it lasts. 150 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,000 For Suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Mr. John Garfield 151 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:35,000 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 152 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Say, Mary, let me tell you about a most wonderful experience I had this afternoon. 153 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Why, sure, Mr. Wilcox. 154 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Well, I drove my car into a nearby service station, and the attendant, new man, you see, 155 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 he said, uh, check your battery, mister. 156 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Well, by Cornelius, this is the chance I've been waiting for 157 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 ever since my grandfather traded his horse for a Stanley steamer. 158 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Young man, I says, that gorgeous hunk of battery you're looking at is an Auto Light Stay Full. 159 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Why, that Auto Light Stay Full battery hasn't needed a drop of water for months. 160 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 And I'll bet you a $40 fedora, it doesn't need water now 161 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 any more than a goldfish needs a raincoat. 162 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Did he take your bet, Mr. Wilcox? 163 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,000 I should say not. 164 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Bub, he says to me, you can't trick me. I'm an Auto Light dealer. 165 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Well, I'd rather bet a barrel of bucks on a three-legged horse 166 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,000 than bet an Auto Light Stay Full battery needs water. 167 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000 What's more, says he, that Auto Light battery is built to last longer 168 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 than batteries without Stay Full features. 169 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,000 It's got oversized electrical capacity plus fiberglass insulation, 170 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,000 and it's one of over 400 automotive, aviation, and marine parts 171 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,000 made by the Auto Light people in their 26 nationwide plants. 172 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Chew on that a while, mister. 173 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:42,000 He says to me, imagine the nerve of this guy, Mary, stealing my sales talk. 174 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Me, Harlow A for Auto Light Wilcox. 175 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:49,000 Well, you just go feel sorry for yourself, Mr. Wilcox, while I listen to suspense. 176 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:53,000 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 177 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Mr. John Garfield as Tommy Cochran in Death Sentence. 178 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in. 179 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Suspended. 180 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Seven more days to live. 181 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 I wouldn't admit it to Lou, maybe not even to myself, 182 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 but it was almost that simple. 183 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Sure, I could go to the police, but I didn't have any proof that Lou was out to kill me. 184 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000 And I knew that sooner or later, no matter where I went, 185 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 one of Lou's boys would catch up with me. 186 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,000 As I rode down in the elevator, I kept remembering one of Lou's gang 187 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,000 who turned state's evidence once and got off with it three years. 188 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Ten days after the guy checked into the big house, he was knifed to death in the prison yard. 189 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 And they never found out who did it. 190 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,000 That's the way Lou operated. Patient, deadly. 191 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Well, there wasn't any point of making plans with a guy like that. 192 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,000 I'd pretend to follow his advice about having a good time. 193 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:08,000 All I could do was keep on my toes and watch for an opening. 194 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Main floor, sir. This is as far as we go. 195 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Oh, thanks. It's about as far as I go, too. 196 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,000 I didn't know just where I was going for the first stop. 197 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,000 But sometimes it's better if you just play it off the cuff. 198 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,000 I guess I was still thinking of the next spin of the wheel as I walked out of the building. 199 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,000 I didn't even notice the taxi standing at the curb or the... 200 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Hey, why don't you look where you're going? 201 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Oh, I'm sorry. I hope I didn't hurt your traveling case. 202 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 No, but I thought you were going to stumble right off the curb. 203 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 I guess I was thinking... 204 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Say... 205 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 What? 206 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,000 You're beautiful. 207 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Well... 208 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 I hope you'll live forever. 209 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Thanks. I'll try to. 210 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Yeah, if you find out how, let me know, will you? 211 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Where are you going? 212 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Well, now, really... 213 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 No, I mean the traveling case there. 214 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Oh, to Santa Barbara. 215 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Santa Barbara, huh? Well, that's not a bad idea. 216 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Tell me something. If you had just one week, where would you go? 217 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Well, I do have about a week and I'm still going to Santa Barbara. 218 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,000 All right, honey. Thanks for the idea. Maybe I'll run into you again. 219 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 You must... 220 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Hey, that guy bothering you? 221 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:20,000 Oh, hello, Mugsy. Look, will you be a darling and help me bring these bags up to Lou's office? 222 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,000 I threw a few things into a bag and headed for Santa Barbara. 223 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Seemed like a good place to wait for that opening. 224 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Lou would never think of me going to a pleasure resort so near. 225 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Anyway, three hours after I left Lou's office, I was on a plane bound for Frisco. 226 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 That's right, San Francisco. 227 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,000 When I got there, I rode around for an hour and a half in three different taxis, 228 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 then caught another plane out for Salt Lake. 229 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:55,000 From there, I swung back to Santa Barbara, checked in at the swank Ocean Club Hotel. 230 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 I was pretty sure I'd shaken anybody who may have been watching me. 231 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,000 I could count on maybe two days before Lou's boys caught up with me, 232 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 and by that time, I might have a plan. 233 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:10,000 I wandered around on the beach a while, keeping my eyes open for the other reason I had picked Santa Barbara, 234 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,000 and then when I went inside, I saw her sitting there at the bar. 235 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,000 It was the same girl, and she was alone. 236 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Well, I beg your pardon. 237 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Hello there. 238 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Oh, it's you. So you did come to Santa Barbara. 239 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 You told me, remember? 240 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,000 I only suggested that... 241 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Yeah, I know, I'm kidding. Mind if I join you? 242 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Please do. 243 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 I'm Tommy Cochran. 244 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Tommy Co... 245 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Oh, hello, Tommy. My name's Helen Ludlow. 246 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Helen, huh? 247 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Maybe it's silly, but I was feeling like a kid in the wrong schoolhouse 248 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 until I saw you sitting there. 249 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 I know that sounds like the usual... 250 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 No, I know what you mean. 251 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,000 In fact, I felt the same way. 252 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Good. So now we're both happy. 253 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 I guess we are. Are you here on vacation? 254 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Not exactly. I retired yesterday. What about you? 255 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 I guess I retired too, in a way. 256 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 I've seen you somewhere, Helen, but I just can't remember... 257 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Probably in a show. I'm a dancer. 258 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Sure, that's it. In Top of the Roof, last four... 259 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Uh-uh, bad guess. That was my kid's sister. 260 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 She had a second lead in it. 261 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 I'm strictly chorus. 262 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Strictly chorus? 263 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Why, you need a new manager. How about having dinner with me tonight 264 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 and we'll talk about your career? 265 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Well, I don't know if I... 266 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 All right. 267 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Good. It's a date. 268 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Look, Tommy, we met each other entirely by accident, 269 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,000 but suddenly we're friends. I mean, really friends. 270 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 At least I feel that way. 271 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Yeah, I know what you mean. Go on, Helen. 272 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,000 But we don't know anything about each other, 273 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 and that's the way it's got to be. 274 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 I won't ask any questions, Tommy, and I can't answer any. 275 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 If we keep it like that, then maybe everything will be all right. 276 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Okay, it's a deal. 277 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 I don't even know why I feel this way. 278 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Tell me if you find out. 279 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 After all, I'm not a kid 16 years old. 280 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,000 It just doesn't make sense. 281 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Yeah, I've known a couple of girls myself. 282 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 What are you doing this afternoon, Tommy? 283 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Would you like to go horseback riding? 284 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Horse? Sure, why not? 285 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,000 I've never been on a horse, though, but you can always pick me up. 286 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Then it's a date. 287 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Sure. How would you like a drink first? 288 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 That's a wonderful idea. 289 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 A drink to the present. 290 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 No past, no future. 291 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 So Helen and I rode a horse back in the afternoon, 292 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 had dinner together, and then danced until early morning. 293 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,000 It was great, except that it's hard to be with a girl like that 294 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 and not talk about the future. 295 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,000 I wanted her in my future, only I didn't have any. 296 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Maybe she sensed it. 297 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 I hadn't seen any of Lou's boys. 298 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 I kept looking around, trying to spot them, 299 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 thinking maybe the guy next to me might even be the one. 300 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 I kept trying to forget them, 301 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 and it wasn't too hard with Helen around. 302 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 She was someone I'd been looking for all my life, 303 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 and now maybe I'd found her too late. 304 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Every minute had to come, 305 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,000 and I was still waiting for an opening. 306 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 I got up early the next morning. 307 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Helen and I were going riding before breakfast, 308 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 and for once I wasn't thinking about Lou and his boys 309 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 until I walked across the lobby of the hotel. 310 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Hello, Tommy. 311 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Huh? 312 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 How are you? 313 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Well, hello, Lou. 314 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Keeping awfully late hours, Tommy, 315 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 or else you're up early. 316 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Maybe a little of both. 317 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 What are you doing here, Lou? 318 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Checking in. I just got off the plane. 319 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 But don't let it bother you, Tommy. 320 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 You still have four days left. 321 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 By the way, what room are you in? 322 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,000 425. 323 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Now, that's coincidence. They gave me 427. 324 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,000 You can knock on the wall whenever you get lonesome. 325 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000 I won't get that lonesome, Lou. 326 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Well, you never know. 327 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Anyway, let's not talk shop. 328 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 Why not enjoy ourselves while we can? 329 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 All right, why not? 330 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 I'm not afraid of the worry. 331 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 I didn't see him again that day. 332 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Helen and I took that ride, went swimming in the afternoon, 333 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 and then drove down the beach for dinner. 334 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 The next day was about the same, 335 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 except we ended up at the hotel for dinner, 336 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,000 and dancing, of course. 337 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Funny, I'd never cared much about dancing before. 338 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 You know, you're very good at it, Tommy. 339 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Even terrific. 340 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Oh, I used to be a jiggler. 341 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Tommy, did you really? 342 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Yeah, no, I'm kidding, Helen. 343 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 I've been a lot of things, though. 344 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Yes, so have I. 345 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Anything besides wonderful? 346 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Everything but that. 347 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Things have been rough sometimes. 348 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000 It's that kind of a world. 349 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 It may not look it in a place like this, 350 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 soft lights and white tablecloths, 351 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,000 nice, clean people eating nice, clean food, 352 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 but down underneath, it's still rough. 353 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,000 You can forget it, though, while the music keeps on playing. 354 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Yeah, how long are you planning to stay in Santa Barbara, Helen? 355 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,000 About a week, you. 356 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 A week? Why'd you come? 357 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 I can't tell you. 358 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 And please don't ask me any questions, remember? 359 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Let's enjoy it while we can. 360 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Yeah, well, let's eat. 361 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 I wish it would last forever. 362 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,000 I mean this week. 363 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Maybe this is forever, honey. 364 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Here we are. 365 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Thanks, Tommy. 366 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000 What's this? 367 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 You didn't order champagne, did you? 368 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 No, I... they must have made it. 369 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Oh. 370 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 I sent it over, Tommy. 371 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 I thought you might like it. 372 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Nice of you, Lou. Thanks. 373 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Well, do I get to meet the lady, 374 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,000 or are you starting to hold out on your old friends? 375 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Helen, this is Luke Cromwell, Miss Ludlow. 376 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 I... how do you do? 377 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 You two make a lovely couple. 378 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 You both seem to be having a lot of fun out there in the dance floor. 379 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,000 That's right, we were. 380 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I'm glad to hear it. 381 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Have all the fun you can while you're here. 382 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Life's too short to waste any of it. 383 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Don't you think so, Tommy? 384 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Well, three more days went by. 385 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,000 I was still on my toes, but nothing had opened. 386 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 I was like a fighter whose opponent wouldn't come out of his corner. 387 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 I spent every minute with Helen. 388 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 We weren't kidding ourselves any longer. 389 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 We knew this was the biggest thing that ever happened to us. 390 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 We'd both been kicked around a lot, made mistakes, 391 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 and played the game on a bluff, 392 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,000 trying to get things we thought we wanted. 393 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 And now we knew we had what we wanted. 394 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Only I knew how long it would keep. 395 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 And there were times when I thought Helen guessed it. 396 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Maybe it was because she didn't ask any questions, 397 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000 as though she already knew the answers. 398 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Finally, it was nearly noon of my sixth day. 399 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 I had a date for an early lunch with Helen, 400 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 so I walked down the hall to her suite. 401 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,000 I guess I was about ten feet away when her door opened. 402 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,000 All right, honey, and we'll leave it that way. 403 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Just see that you deliver in two days. 404 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Thanks, Lou. I'll try to. 405 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Tommy! 406 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 You haven't changed rooms, have you, Lou? 407 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,000 Tommy, it's all right. I knew Lou before I came here. 408 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,000 That's right, Tommy. Helen and I are old friends. 409 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Oh? I thought I introduced you. 410 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 That was just a little idea of mine. 411 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 I've got to run along now, Helen, 412 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,000 unless Tommy has something he'd like to talk over. 413 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 No, Lou, just run along real fast. 414 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Take it easy, Tommy. 415 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:26,000 It may not make you live longer, but you'll be happier. 416 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 See you around. 417 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Would you like to come in, Tommy? 418 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Thanks. 419 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 All right, let's have it. 420 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 How do you happen to know Lou Cromwell? 421 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Tommy, doesn't everybody know Lou or know of him? 422 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 Yes, but you know him. How come? 423 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 I met him somewhere. You know how it is. 424 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Yeah, I know how it is. 425 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Why didn't you tell me the other night when he sent us the wine? 426 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 He obviously didn't want me to, and I don't see how it mattered. 427 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 What did he mean before about you delivering in two days? 428 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Tommy, Tommy, I can't tell. 429 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Why don't you leave it that way? I can't answer questions. 430 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 You've got to, Helen. You know how I feel about you, 431 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 and I thought you felt the same way. 432 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Oh, Tommy. 433 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 It's too late now for that no-question stuff. 434 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 I don't have the time. You've got to answer. 435 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Please, try to understand Tommy. 436 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,000 I came here in the first place because of Lou, because he forced me to. 437 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 What do you mean, he forced you? 438 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Because of my sister. 439 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 What are you talking about? 440 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 It's true, Tommy. She's just a crazy kid, 441 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 and she got mixed up in something. 442 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Lou could make it tough for her if he wanted to. 443 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000 I mean really tough. 444 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Okay, so he forced you to come here. Why? 445 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,000 To do something I didn't want to do, but that I had to. 446 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 What? 447 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,000 I can't tell you, Tommy. 448 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,000 I didn't want to. Believe me, I have to, and that's all. 449 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,000 All right. All right. I believe you. 450 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Oh, Tommy, I guess we're the kind of people who never win, no matter what. 451 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,000 Helen, I've done some pretty foolish things, been around a lot. 452 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 I know what you mean. 453 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,000 But it's never been like this. 454 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,000 I've never been in love with anybody before like this. 455 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Oh, that goes for me too. 456 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Will you do something for me, something important? 457 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,000 What, darling? 458 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Marry me tonight. 459 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Tommy, I... 460 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Please, honey. 461 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,000 I don't know. 462 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 What do you say? 463 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 I never wanted anything so much. 464 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 And I ought to have just one thing I want. We both ought to. 465 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000 All right, Tommy, tonight. 466 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 We were married at 8 o'clock with a hotel musician playing 467 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 O Promise Me on a pint-sized organ. 468 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 And then Helen went to her suite to change for dinner. 469 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 At least, that's what she thought. 470 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 But I had a different plan. 471 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,000 I was going to make my own opening and take her along. 472 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Oh, I ordered the dinner all right and made a big noise about it in the dining room. 473 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 And then I went straight to my room. 474 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,000 A charter plane was already warmed up and waiting at the airfield. 475 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 And I had a taxi at the rear door of the hotel. 476 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 This was going to be a fast break. 477 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 And I wasn't even taking any luggage. 478 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Nothing except Helen and me. 479 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,000 And a 38 automatic strapped on under my coat. 480 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:58,000 It was about a half hour later when I finally went down to Helen's suite to pick her up. 481 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 She didn't answer, so I tried again. 482 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,000 The door was unlocked. 483 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Helen, it's Tommy, Helen. 484 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,000 She wasn't in the sitting room or the bedroom. 485 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 So I finally opened the door to the bath. 486 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000 I looked around, but she wasn't in sight. 487 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 And just as I started to leave, 488 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,000 she fell. 489 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:33,000 She'd been propped up in the tub behind the shower curtain. 490 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,000 But she fell out hitting with a horrible limp sound. 491 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,000 She was dead, strangled. 492 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:50,000 I stepped out and pulled the bathroom door shut. 493 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Using my handkerchief to wipe off the knob without even thinking. 494 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 I didn't feel anything. 495 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Except maybe a numbness that still hurt. 496 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Lou had seen how I felt about her. 497 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,000 So he'd done this, or had it done. 498 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,000 I tried to brush the fog out of my eyes and think, 499 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 but not about her lying in there. 500 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Or what might have been. 501 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,000 No, I wasn't even thinking about myself. 502 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,000 No, I wasn't even thinking about my seven days. 503 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 I had something else on my mind. 504 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Finally I stepped out into the hall 505 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,000 and started for Lou Cromwell's room. 506 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,000 But I had only gone a few steps when I heard two guys coming 507 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 and they sounded like cops. 508 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,000 I stepped into the hall linen closet and pulled the door shut. 509 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Some guy calls up and says this thing was just been killed. 510 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 And we'd find the killer still there. 511 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,000 I don't know. 512 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000 I got it then. 513 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Lou had not only killed Helen, 514 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 he called the police and said, I did it. 515 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,000 It didn't take long to reach his room. 516 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Oh, it's you, Tommy. 517 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 I thought it was one of the boys. 518 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 No, no, it's me, Lou. 519 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000 I'm a little surprised at this visit, Tommy. 520 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Where's your new bride? 521 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Why'd you do it, Lou? 522 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Oh, you've already been there then. 523 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,000 I thought you'd stick around longer after you found things. 524 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 So the cops would get there? 525 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Well, something like that, maybe. 526 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,000 You didn't have to do it that way, Lou. 527 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Not to her. 528 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Why'd you do it? 529 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000 You mean you don't know? 530 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 You should have gone back to that party with me last week. 531 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Why? 532 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 Because then you'd have found out about my surprise, Tommy. 533 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,000 I made the announcement that I was going to marry Helen Ludlow 534 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 at the end of the week. 535 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,000 So that's what you were forcing her to do. 536 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Oh, let's just say that I proposed 537 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,000 and conditions were such that she accepted. 538 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 When I got here, she wanted a couple of more days 539 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 and I gave it to her. 540 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 But today she double-crossed me and married you. 541 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Two double-crosses. 542 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 You can see the position that put me in, Tommy. 543 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 It's bad for business. 544 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Tell me, Lou, did she know about me? 545 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 You know what I mean. 546 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Yeah, yeah, she knew. 547 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 I guess she thought the two of you could break the bank. 548 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Sure, Lou, you had to do it. 549 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000 But you made some mistakes. 550 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 You made one way. 551 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 What's the gun for? 552 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Oh, I just feel more comfortable 553 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 holding it this way, Tommy. 554 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Don't let it bother you, though. 555 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Go on. 556 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 What were my mistakes? 557 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 One of them was not thinking I'd come here to your room 558 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 and find you alone. 559 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,000 But the big one, the big one was when you killed Helen. 560 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 You shouldn't have done that. 561 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Well, now, Tommy, don't let it get you down. 562 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Maybe I can fix it. 563 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 It's too late now. 564 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 We've all had our last chance. 565 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,000 The way you'd put it, the bets are all down 566 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 and the wheel's starting to slow up. 567 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Well, well. 568 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Maybe you can tell me what number it's stopping on, Tommy. 569 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Sure, Lou, the house takes everything. 570 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,000 What? 571 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,000 It's already stopped on double zero. 572 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 Oh, my God. 573 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 Oh, my God. 574 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 Hello? 575 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Des... 576 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 Desclerc? 577 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:24,640 I'm a stranger in town. 578 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:49,880 How do I find the chief of police? 579 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,200 Thank you, John Garfield, for a splendid performance. 580 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,880 Mr. Garfield will return in just a moment. 581 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,960 Mr. Wilcox, you look all out of breath. 582 00:26:58,960 --> 00:26:59,960 Did suspense get you? 583 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:00,960 Me? 584 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:01,960 Out of breath? 585 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,560 Why, I only need three breaths a year in normal Wilcox use. 586 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:05,560 What? 587 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,640 I mean, auto-light stay-full batteries need water only three times a year in normal car 588 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:10,640 use. 589 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,080 My, I'm glad you got that straightened out. 590 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,640 Well, friends, here's something I'm really straightened out about. 591 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,840 If you mean to make the most of your next battery buy, if you want to practically banish 592 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,840 one cause of battery failure, then high yourself down to your nearest auto-light dealer bright 593 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:29,240 and early tomorrow morning and get your car a brand new auto-light stay-full battery. 594 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,600 Why, your friendly auto-light dealer will be downright delighted to put a wonderful, 595 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,720 dependable auto-light stay-full battery in your car. 596 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:36,720 Don't delay. 597 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,560 Get your ding-dong daisy of an auto-light stay-full battery right away. 598 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,120 And friends, remember, auto-light means batteries. 599 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,040 Stay full battery. 600 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,640 Auto-light means spark plugs. 601 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,560 Ignition engineered spark plug. 602 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,160 Auto-light means ignition system. 603 00:27:52,160 --> 00:28:01,920 The lifeline of your car. 604 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:03,920 And now here again is Mr. John Garfield. 605 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:09,000 It's been a great pleasure to appear here tonight with this great cast of suspense actors. 606 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,040 And I'm expecting almost as much pleasure next Thursday when radio's outstanding theater 607 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:18,600 of thrills brings you Anne Blythe and Edmund O'Brien in Muddy Track, another gripping study 608 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:28,880 in suspense. 609 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,920 John Garfield will soon be seen starred in the Roberts production, Force of Evil, presented 610 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,840 by Enterprise Studios and released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 611 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,920 Tonight's suspense play was written by Lou Lusty and Les Crutchfield with music composed 612 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,960 by Lucian Morrowek and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 613 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,460 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Lieder. 614 00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:52,520 In the coming weeks, suspense will present such stars as Rosalind Russell, Agnes Moorhead, 615 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,840 and Ronald Coleman. 616 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:59,400 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 617 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:04,680 And next Thursday, same time, hear Edmund O'Brien and Anne Blythe in Muddy Track. 618 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:12,280 This is the auto-light suspense show. 619 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,320 Drive as if your life depends on it. 620 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,320 It does. 621 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:16,320 Good night. 622 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,640 Switch to auto-light. 623 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,040 This is CBS, where 99 million people gather every week. 624 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:49,040 The Columbia Broadcasting System.