WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 In just a moment, Auto Light presents Suspense with John Garfield. 00:06.000 --> 00:08.000 Hello, Mr. Wilcox. 00:08.000 --> 00:11.000 Well, hello, Mary. Where's Hap tonight? Anaheim Azusa or Cucamonga? 00:11.000 --> 00:14.000 Oh, no, Mr. Wilcox. He's giving a speech at his club tonight. 00:14.000 --> 00:17.000 He was scared to death, too. Didn't know what to talk about. 00:17.000 --> 00:21.000 Well, why doesn't he talk about those bang-up, bonus-built Auto Light stay-full batteries? 00:21.000 --> 00:24.000 Why, by Cornelius, he could talk a whole evening about them. 00:24.000 --> 00:29.000 For Auto Light stay-full batteries have got something that practically eliminates a major cause of battery failure. 00:29.000 --> 00:30.000 You know what it is? 00:30.000 --> 00:31.000 Why, sure, they have. 00:31.000 --> 00:34.000 No, no, no, no. Now, please, don't steal my thunder, Mary. 00:34.000 --> 00:38.000 Auto Light stay-full batteries have an extra-large liquid reserve, 00:38.000 --> 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. 00:45.000 --> 00:48.000 Why, by Cornelius, everybody ought to get an Auto Light stay-full battery. 00:48.000 --> 00:50.000 They'd be enthralled, enthused, enthrilled. 00:50.000 --> 00:53.000 Enthrilled? Oh, no, Mr. Wilcox, but... 00:53.000 --> 00:55.000 Shh! Here comes Suspense. 00:55.000 --> 01:07.000 Suspense. 01:07.000 --> 01:13.000 Suspense. 01:13.000 --> 01:21.000 Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills. 01:21.000 --> 01:28.000 Joining tonight, Mr. John Garfield in Anton Leder's production of Death Sentence. 01:28.000 --> 01:31.000 A tale well calculated to keep you in. 01:31.000 --> 01:37.000 Suspense. 01:37.000 --> 01:40.000 It's hard to tell where it first started. 01:40.000 --> 01:46.000 It was six months ago that I nabbed a killer, Maxie Dunn, and cashed in 15,000 in reward money. 01:46.000 --> 01:49.000 Sure, I knew that Maxie worked for Luke Cromwell, 01:49.000 --> 01:53.000 but the killing was a private affair, so I didn't think Lou would be upset. 01:53.000 --> 01:57.000 Right after I got the killer, I took a small job that meant going to Brazil. 01:57.000 --> 01:59.000 But the trouble started before then. 01:59.000 --> 02:04.000 By the time Maxie Dunn was arrested, the chips were down and the wheel was already spinning. 02:04.000 --> 02:09.000 Anyway, that's how Lou Cromwell would put it, and Lou would know because he knows his gambling. 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 He runs the gambling in this town, along with a lot of other things. 02:12.000 --> 02:16.000 I hadn't been back in town 10 minutes when I ran into Brad Cummings, 02:16.000 --> 02:19.000 a local columnist in front of the region hotel. 02:19.000 --> 02:21.000 Well, well, well, you're back in town. How are you, Tommy? 02:21.000 --> 02:23.000 Hello, Brad. How's the column? 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 Oh, great, great. Don't even have to write it anymore. 02:25.000 --> 02:28.000 I'm reusing last year's stuff. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 Say, Tommy, I'm just going to a cocktail party in the hotel. Come along. 02:31.000 --> 02:32.000 Whose party? 02:32.000 --> 02:33.000 Lou Cromwell's. 02:33.000 --> 02:34.000 He'll be surprised to see me. 02:34.000 --> 02:36.000 Oh, he'll love it, Tommy. Come on. 02:36.000 --> 02:38.000 Okay, let's go to your party. 02:38.000 --> 02:41.000 Oh, Tommy, Tommy. Hi, Tommy. 02:41.000 --> 02:42.000 Hi, Tommy. 02:42.000 --> 02:44.000 What do you say, fellow? How are you now? 02:44.000 --> 02:46.000 Well, it doesn't look like Lou's shown up yet. 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 What's he celebrating? 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 Well, he hasn't said yet. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 Say, why did you come back, Tommy? 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 Oh, I shouldn't. It's a nice town. 02:53.000 --> 02:55.000 Sure, except when Lou Cromwell doesn't want it to be. 02:55.000 --> 02:56.000 Meaning? 02:56.000 --> 02:57.000 Oh, nothing much. 02:57.000 --> 03:01.000 I'm only a columnist, Tommy, and like I said, I'm using last year's news, 03:01.000 --> 03:03.000 so I'm still interested in the town. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 Well, I'm glad you're here, Tommy. 03:05.000 --> 03:09.000 And like I said, I'm using last year's news, so I'm still interested in Maxie Dunn. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 Oh, it's a dull story, Brad. 03:11.000 --> 03:14.000 The cops couldn't find Maxie, so the widow of the guy he killed hired me. 03:14.000 --> 03:17.000 I dug up a tip on Maxie's hideout and brought him in. 03:17.000 --> 03:21.000 There happened to be a 15 grand reward, so I had myself a custom-built vacation. 03:21.000 --> 03:23.000 I guess I was just born lucky. 03:23.000 --> 03:25.000 Lou may think you ought to die the same way. 03:25.000 --> 03:29.000 I can take care of myself. Besides, why should Lou worry about it one way or the other? 03:29.000 --> 03:31.000 Well, you have done some work for him. 03:31.000 --> 03:33.000 Oh, sure, sure. I'm a private investigator. 03:33.000 --> 03:36.000 I don't owe anybody who'll pay me as long as the job's on the level. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 And those I did for Lou were, too. 03:38.000 --> 03:40.000 You don't have to argue with me, Tommy. 03:40.000 --> 03:42.000 But I told you a year ago not to get mixed up with Lou. 03:42.000 --> 03:45.000 A man has to pick one side of the fence and stay there. 03:45.000 --> 03:46.000 He can't play on both sides. 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 I don't know, Brad. I've done pretty well at it. 03:48.000 --> 03:53.000 Until now. But Maxie was Lou's right hand, so I don't think he liked it. 03:53.000 --> 03:55.000 So he didn't like it. In the meantime, I'll... 03:55.000 --> 03:56.000 Tommy! 03:56.000 --> 03:59.000 Oh, yeah. Oh, hello there, Mugsy. 03:59.000 --> 04:00.000 Tommy. 04:00.000 --> 04:01.000 Lou wants to see you. 04:01.000 --> 04:02.000 Lou? 04:02.000 --> 04:03.000 He wants to see me? 04:03.000 --> 04:05.000 He wants to see me? Where is he? 04:05.000 --> 04:06.000 He's not here. 04:06.000 --> 04:10.000 He wants to see you across the street in his office. 04:10.000 --> 04:13.000 Oh. Well, let's go. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 Back in a few minutes, Brad. Have a drink for me. 04:15.000 --> 04:19.000 Sure, Tommy, sure. I'll drink to your health. 04:29.000 --> 04:30.000 How are you, Lou? 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 Well, Tommy, nice to have you back with us. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 Nice to be back, Lou. 04:35.000 --> 04:38.000 Seems to me you heard pretty fast about me being in town. 04:38.000 --> 04:42.000 You know how it is, Tommy. People drop in here and gossip and I hear things. 04:42.000 --> 04:43.000 Sit down. 04:43.000 --> 04:44.000 Thanks. 04:44.000 --> 04:45.000 Cigarette? 04:45.000 --> 04:46.000 Sure. 04:48.000 --> 04:50.000 Have a nice vacation? 04:50.000 --> 04:51.000 Good enough. 04:52.000 --> 04:54.000 I guess you're just naturally lucky, Tommy. 04:54.000 --> 04:57.000 A long vacation and 15 grand to spend. 04:57.000 --> 05:00.000 And now me. I didn't get a vacation. 05:00.000 --> 05:04.000 I had to work pretty hard and it cost plenty trying to save Maxie Dunn. 05:04.000 --> 05:08.000 And now it's very inconvenient finding someone to take his place. 05:08.000 --> 05:11.000 Well, if you're offering me the job, I'm not interested. 05:12.000 --> 05:14.000 I'm glad to see you haven't changed. 05:14.000 --> 05:18.000 But seriously, Tommy, you shouldn't have turned Maxie in. 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 Oh, I'm sorry I inconvenienced you. 05:20.000 --> 05:22.000 No, it's not only that. 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 You know how it is in this racket? 05:24.000 --> 05:28.000 Either you keep rolling sevens and stay on top or you're on the bottom. 05:28.000 --> 05:32.000 It don't look so good for me to let one of my boys take a ramp. 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 Oh, he had it coming. 05:34.000 --> 05:38.000 Possibly. Maxie was dumb to pull that personal job. 05:38.000 --> 05:41.000 But if I let you come in and grab off my boys, 05:41.000 --> 05:44.000 somebody will start thinking that Lou Cromwell is slipping. 05:44.000 --> 05:47.000 Oh, I never thought of that, Lou. 05:47.000 --> 05:49.000 What's the pitch? 05:49.000 --> 05:54.000 Well, let's see. Maxie goes to the gas chamber in seven days. 05:54.000 --> 05:58.000 That's just how long you have to live, Tommy. 05:58.000 --> 06:02.000 What? Lou, you're punchy. 06:02.000 --> 06:05.000 Maybe. But you and Maxie are going out together. 06:05.000 --> 06:06.000 Now, look... 06:06.000 --> 06:09.000 You've got seven days, Tommy. No more. 06:09.000 --> 06:12.000 You can take care of the job yourself then, 06:12.000 --> 06:15.000 or we'll handle it for you when the time's up. 06:15.000 --> 06:16.000 Play it your own way. 06:16.000 --> 06:18.000 I could get the D.A. in my corner... 06:18.000 --> 06:22.000 Don't think so, Tommy. You and I have just had a friendly talk. 06:22.000 --> 06:24.000 Nobody's made any threats. 06:24.000 --> 06:27.000 Besides, you won't win playing that way. 06:27.000 --> 06:29.000 Maybe. And maybe there are other ways to play. 06:29.000 --> 06:32.000 Not this time. You know, I like you, Tommy. 06:32.000 --> 06:35.000 Ordinarily, I'd even like to see you win. 06:35.000 --> 06:38.000 But once in a while, the house has to rake in a few chips to stay in business. 06:38.000 --> 06:41.000 Yeah, but you'd better tell the house man to keep his foot off the break. 06:41.000 --> 06:43.000 I'm playing to win, Lou. 06:43.000 --> 06:45.000 I knew you would. That makes it more interesting. 06:45.000 --> 06:48.000 I get tired of playing with plain suckers. 06:48.000 --> 06:51.000 Well, I got a party across the street. Care to come along? 06:51.000 --> 06:53.000 I've already been there. It's not much of a party. 06:53.000 --> 06:56.000 It'll get better. I'll see you around, Tommy. 06:56.000 --> 06:58.000 Don't start brooding about the seven days. 06:58.000 --> 06:59.000 Make the most of them. 06:59.000 --> 07:00.000 Oh, you need any money? 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 No, thanks. I'll make out all right. 07:02.000 --> 07:04.000 Good. Go out and have some fun. 07:04.000 --> 07:13.000 It's a great life, Tommy, as long as it lasts. 07:19.000 --> 07:23.000 For Suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Mr. John Garfield 07:23.000 --> 07:35.000 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 07:35.000 --> 07:39.000 Say, Mary, let me tell you about a most wonderful experience I had this afternoon. 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 Why, sure, Mr. Wilcox. 07:40.000 --> 07:45.000 Well, I drove my car into a nearby service station, and the attendant, new man, you see, 07:45.000 --> 07:47.000 he said, uh, check your battery, mister. 07:47.000 --> 07:50.000 Well, by Cornelius, this is the chance I've been waiting for 07:50.000 --> 07:54.000 ever since my grandfather traded his horse for a Stanley steamer. 07:54.000 --> 07:59.000 Young man, I says, that gorgeous hunk of battery you're looking at is an Auto Light Stay Full. 07:59.000 --> 08:03.000 Why, that Auto Light Stay Full battery hasn't needed a drop of water for months. 08:03.000 --> 08:06.000 And I'll bet you a $40 fedora, it doesn't need water now 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 any more than a goldfish needs a raincoat. 08:08.000 --> 08:09.000 Did he take your bet, Mr. Wilcox? 08:09.000 --> 08:10.000 I should say not. 08:10.000 --> 08:14.000 Bub, he says to me, you can't trick me. I'm an Auto Light dealer. 08:14.000 --> 08:16.000 Well, I'd rather bet a barrel of bucks on a three-legged horse 08:16.000 --> 08:19.000 than bet an Auto Light Stay Full battery needs water. 08:19.000 --> 08:23.000 What's more, says he, that Auto Light battery is built to last longer 08:23.000 --> 08:25.000 than batteries without Stay Full features. 08:25.000 --> 08:29.000 It's got oversized electrical capacity plus fiberglass insulation, 08:29.000 --> 08:32.000 and it's one of over 400 automotive, aviation, and marine parts 08:32.000 --> 08:35.000 made by the Auto Light people in their 26 nationwide plants. 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 Chew on that a while, mister. 08:37.000 --> 08:42.000 He says to me, imagine the nerve of this guy, Mary, stealing my sales talk. 08:42.000 --> 08:44.000 Me, Harlow A for Auto Light Wilcox. 08:44.000 --> 08:49.000 Well, you just go feel sorry for yourself, Mr. Wilcox, while I listen to suspense. 08:49.000 --> 08:53.000 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 08:53.000 --> 08:58.000 Mr. John Garfield as Tommy Cochran in Death Sentence. 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 A tale well calculated to keep you in. 09:01.000 --> 09:17.000 Suspended. 09:17.000 --> 09:20.000 Seven more days to live. 09:20.000 --> 09:23.000 I wouldn't admit it to Lou, maybe not even to myself, 09:23.000 --> 09:25.000 but it was almost that simple. 09:25.000 --> 09:29.000 Sure, I could go to the police, but I didn't have any proof that Lou was out to kill me. 09:29.000 --> 09:32.000 And I knew that sooner or later, no matter where I went, 09:32.000 --> 09:35.000 one of Lou's boys would catch up with me. 09:35.000 --> 09:38.000 As I rode down in the elevator, I kept remembering one of Lou's gang 09:38.000 --> 09:41.000 who turned state's evidence once and got off with it three years. 09:41.000 --> 09:46.000 Ten days after the guy checked into the big house, he was knifed to death in the prison yard. 09:46.000 --> 09:48.000 And they never found out who did it. 09:48.000 --> 09:52.000 That's the way Lou operated. Patient, deadly. 09:52.000 --> 09:55.000 Well, there wasn't any point of making plans with a guy like that. 09:55.000 --> 09:59.000 I'd pretend to follow his advice about having a good time. 09:59.000 --> 10:08.000 All I could do was keep on my toes and watch for an opening. 10:08.000 --> 10:11.000 Main floor, sir. This is as far as we go. 10:11.000 --> 10:16.000 Oh, thanks. It's about as far as I go, too. 10:16.000 --> 10:20.000 I didn't know just where I was going for the first stop. 10:20.000 --> 10:24.000 But sometimes it's better if you just play it off the cuff. 10:24.000 --> 10:28.000 I guess I was still thinking of the next spin of the wheel as I walked out of the building. 10:28.000 --> 10:31.000 I didn't even notice the taxi standing at the curb or the... 10:31.000 --> 10:33.000 Hey, why don't you look where you're going? 10:33.000 --> 10:36.000 Oh, I'm sorry. I hope I didn't hurt your traveling case. 10:36.000 --> 10:39.000 No, but I thought you were going to stumble right off the curb. 10:39.000 --> 10:41.000 I guess I was thinking... 10:41.000 --> 10:42.000 Say... 10:42.000 --> 10:44.000 What? 10:44.000 --> 10:45.000 You're beautiful. 10:45.000 --> 10:46.000 Well... 10:46.000 --> 10:47.000 I hope you'll live forever. 10:47.000 --> 10:49.000 Thanks. I'll try to. 10:49.000 --> 10:54.000 Yeah, if you find out how, let me know, will you? 10:54.000 --> 10:55.000 Where are you going? 10:55.000 --> 10:56.000 Well, now, really... 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 No, I mean the traveling case there. 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 Oh, to Santa Barbara. 10:59.000 --> 11:02.000 Santa Barbara, huh? Well, that's not a bad idea. 11:02.000 --> 11:04.000 Tell me something. If you had just one week, where would you go? 11:04.000 --> 11:08.000 Well, I do have about a week and I'm still going to Santa Barbara. 11:08.000 --> 11:12.000 All right, honey. Thanks for the idea. Maybe I'll run into you again. 11:12.000 --> 11:13.000 You must... 11:13.000 --> 11:15.000 Hey, that guy bothering you? 11:15.000 --> 11:20.000 Oh, hello, Mugsy. Look, will you be a darling and help me bring these bags up to Lou's office? 11:28.000 --> 11:32.000 I threw a few things into a bag and headed for Santa Barbara. 11:32.000 --> 11:34.000 Seemed like a good place to wait for that opening. 11:34.000 --> 11:37.000 Lou would never think of me going to a pleasure resort so near. 11:37.000 --> 11:42.000 Anyway, three hours after I left Lou's office, I was on a plane bound for Frisco. 11:42.000 --> 11:44.000 That's right, San Francisco. 11:44.000 --> 11:48.000 When I got there, I rode around for an hour and a half in three different taxis, 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 then caught another plane out for Salt Lake. 11:50.000 --> 11:55.000 From there, I swung back to Santa Barbara, checked in at the swank Ocean Club Hotel. 11:55.000 --> 11:58.000 I was pretty sure I'd shaken anybody who may have been watching me. 11:58.000 --> 12:02.000 I could count on maybe two days before Lou's boys caught up with me, 12:02.000 --> 12:04.000 and by that time, I might have a plan. 12:04.000 --> 12:10.000 I wandered around on the beach a while, keeping my eyes open for the other reason I had picked Santa Barbara, 12:10.000 --> 12:14.000 and then when I went inside, I saw her sitting there at the bar. 12:14.000 --> 12:17.000 It was the same girl, and she was alone. 12:18.000 --> 12:19.000 Well, I beg your pardon. 12:19.000 --> 12:20.000 Hello there. 12:20.000 --> 12:24.000 Oh, it's you. So you did come to Santa Barbara. 12:24.000 --> 12:25.000 You told me, remember? 12:25.000 --> 12:26.000 I only suggested that... 12:26.000 --> 12:29.000 Yeah, I know, I'm kidding. Mind if I join you? 12:29.000 --> 12:30.000 Please do. 12:30.000 --> 12:31.000 I'm Tommy Cochran. 12:31.000 --> 12:32.000 Tommy Co... 12:33.000 --> 12:36.000 Oh, hello, Tommy. My name's Helen Ludlow. 12:36.000 --> 12:37.000 Helen, huh? 12:37.000 --> 12:42.000 Maybe it's silly, but I was feeling like a kid in the wrong schoolhouse 12:42.000 --> 12:44.000 until I saw you sitting there. 12:44.000 --> 12:46.000 I know that sounds like the usual... 12:46.000 --> 12:48.000 No, I know what you mean. 12:48.000 --> 12:50.000 In fact, I felt the same way. 12:50.000 --> 12:52.000 Good. So now we're both happy. 12:52.000 --> 12:55.000 I guess we are. Are you here on vacation? 12:55.000 --> 12:58.000 Not exactly. I retired yesterday. What about you? 12:58.000 --> 13:01.000 I guess I retired too, in a way. 13:01.000 --> 13:04.000 I've seen you somewhere, Helen, but I just can't remember... 13:04.000 --> 13:06.000 Probably in a show. I'm a dancer. 13:06.000 --> 13:08.000 Sure, that's it. In Top of the Roof, last four... 13:08.000 --> 13:11.000 Uh-uh, bad guess. That was my kid's sister. 13:11.000 --> 13:13.000 She had a second lead in it. 13:13.000 --> 13:15.000 I'm strictly chorus. 13:15.000 --> 13:16.000 Strictly chorus? 13:16.000 --> 13:19.000 Why, you need a new manager. How about having dinner with me tonight 13:19.000 --> 13:20.000 and we'll talk about your career? 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 Well, I don't know if I... 13:22.000 --> 13:23.000 All right. 13:23.000 --> 13:24.000 Good. It's a date. 13:24.000 --> 13:28.000 Look, Tommy, we met each other entirely by accident, 13:28.000 --> 13:31.000 but suddenly we're friends. I mean, really friends. 13:31.000 --> 13:33.000 At least I feel that way. 13:33.000 --> 13:35.000 Yeah, I know what you mean. Go on, Helen. 13:35.000 --> 13:38.000 But we don't know anything about each other, 13:38.000 --> 13:40.000 and that's the way it's got to be. 13:40.000 --> 13:43.000 I won't ask any questions, Tommy, and I can't answer any. 13:43.000 --> 13:46.000 If we keep it like that, then maybe everything will be all right. 13:46.000 --> 13:48.000 Okay, it's a deal. 13:48.000 --> 13:50.000 I don't even know why I feel this way. 13:50.000 --> 13:52.000 Tell me if you find out. 13:52.000 --> 13:54.000 After all, I'm not a kid 16 years old. 13:54.000 --> 13:57.000 It just doesn't make sense. 13:57.000 --> 13:59.000 Yeah, I've known a couple of girls myself. 13:59.000 --> 14:01.000 What are you doing this afternoon, Tommy? 14:01.000 --> 14:03.000 Would you like to go horseback riding? 14:03.000 --> 14:05.000 Horse? Sure, why not? 14:05.000 --> 14:08.000 I've never been on a horse, though, but you can always pick me up. 14:08.000 --> 14:09.000 Then it's a date. 14:09.000 --> 14:10.000 Sure. How would you like a drink first? 14:10.000 --> 14:11.000 That's a wonderful idea. 14:11.000 --> 14:13.000 A drink to the present. 14:13.000 --> 14:15.000 No past, no future. 14:24.000 --> 14:26.000 So Helen and I rode a horse back in the afternoon, 14:26.000 --> 14:28.000 had dinner together, and then danced until early morning. 14:28.000 --> 14:32.000 It was great, except that it's hard to be with a girl like that 14:32.000 --> 14:34.000 and not talk about the future. 14:34.000 --> 14:37.000 I wanted her in my future, only I didn't have any. 14:37.000 --> 14:39.000 Maybe she sensed it. 14:39.000 --> 14:41.000 I hadn't seen any of Lou's boys. 14:41.000 --> 14:43.000 I kept looking around, trying to spot them, 14:43.000 --> 14:46.000 thinking maybe the guy next to me might even be the one. 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 I kept trying to forget them, 14:48.000 --> 14:50.000 and it wasn't too hard with Helen around. 14:50.000 --> 14:53.000 She was someone I'd been looking for all my life, 14:53.000 --> 14:56.000 and now maybe I'd found her too late. 14:56.000 --> 14:58.000 Every minute had to come, 14:58.000 --> 15:02.000 and I was still waiting for an opening. 15:07.000 --> 15:09.000 I got up early the next morning. 15:09.000 --> 15:11.000 Helen and I were going riding before breakfast, 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 and for once I wasn't thinking about Lou and his boys 15:13.000 --> 15:15.000 until I walked across the lobby of the hotel. 15:15.000 --> 15:16.000 Hello, Tommy. 15:16.000 --> 15:17.000 Huh? 15:17.000 --> 15:18.000 How are you? 15:18.000 --> 15:21.000 Well, hello, Lou. 15:21.000 --> 15:23.000 Keeping awfully late hours, Tommy, 15:23.000 --> 15:25.000 or else you're up early. 15:25.000 --> 15:27.000 Maybe a little of both. 15:27.000 --> 15:29.000 What are you doing here, Lou? 15:29.000 --> 15:31.000 Checking in. I just got off the plane. 15:31.000 --> 15:33.000 But don't let it bother you, Tommy. 15:33.000 --> 15:36.000 You still have four days left. 15:36.000 --> 15:38.000 By the way, what room are you in? 15:38.000 --> 15:39.000 425. 15:39.000 --> 15:42.000 Now, that's coincidence. They gave me 427. 15:42.000 --> 15:45.000 You can knock on the wall whenever you get lonesome. 15:45.000 --> 15:47.000 I won't get that lonesome, Lou. 15:47.000 --> 15:48.000 Well, you never know. 15:48.000 --> 15:50.000 Anyway, let's not talk shop. 15:50.000 --> 15:53.000 Why not enjoy ourselves while we can? 15:53.000 --> 15:55.000 All right, why not? 15:55.000 --> 15:57.000 I'm not afraid of the worry. 16:03.000 --> 16:05.000 I didn't see him again that day. 16:05.000 --> 16:08.000 Helen and I took that ride, went swimming in the afternoon, 16:08.000 --> 16:10.000 and then drove down the beach for dinner. 16:10.000 --> 16:12.000 The next day was about the same, 16:12.000 --> 16:14.000 except we ended up at the hotel for dinner, 16:14.000 --> 16:15.000 and dancing, of course. 16:15.000 --> 16:19.000 Funny, I'd never cared much about dancing before. 16:21.000 --> 16:23.000 You know, you're very good at it, Tommy. 16:23.000 --> 16:24.000 Even terrific. 16:24.000 --> 16:26.000 Oh, I used to be a jiggler. 16:26.000 --> 16:27.000 Tommy, did you really? 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 Yeah, no, I'm kidding, Helen. 16:29.000 --> 16:31.000 I've been a lot of things, though. 16:31.000 --> 16:33.000 Yes, so have I. 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 Anything besides wonderful? 16:35.000 --> 16:36.000 Everything but that. 16:36.000 --> 16:39.000 Things have been rough sometimes. 16:39.000 --> 16:40.000 It's that kind of a world. 16:40.000 --> 16:42.000 It may not look it in a place like this, 16:42.000 --> 16:44.000 soft lights and white tablecloths, 16:44.000 --> 16:46.000 nice, clean people eating nice, clean food, 16:46.000 --> 16:48.000 but down underneath, it's still rough. 16:48.000 --> 16:51.000 You can forget it, though, while the music keeps on playing. 16:51.000 --> 16:56.000 Yeah, how long are you planning to stay in Santa Barbara, Helen? 16:56.000 --> 16:59.000 About a week, you. 16:59.000 --> 17:01.000 A week? Why'd you come? 17:01.000 --> 17:03.000 I can't tell you. 17:03.000 --> 17:05.000 And please don't ask me any questions, remember? 17:05.000 --> 17:07.000 Let's enjoy it while we can. 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 Yeah, well, let's eat. 17:09.000 --> 17:11.000 I wish it would last forever. 17:11.000 --> 17:12.000 I mean this week. 17:12.000 --> 17:14.000 Maybe this is forever, honey. 17:14.000 --> 17:15.000 Here we are. 17:15.000 --> 17:16.000 Thanks, Tommy. 17:16.000 --> 17:17.000 What's this? 17:17.000 --> 17:19.000 You didn't order champagne, did you? 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 No, I... they must have made it. 17:21.000 --> 17:22.000 Oh. 17:22.000 --> 17:24.000 I sent it over, Tommy. 17:24.000 --> 17:26.000 I thought you might like it. 17:26.000 --> 17:29.000 Nice of you, Lou. Thanks. 17:29.000 --> 17:30.000 Well, do I get to meet the lady, 17:30.000 --> 17:34.000 or are you starting to hold out on your old friends? 17:34.000 --> 17:39.000 Helen, this is Luke Cromwell, Miss Ludlow. 17:39.000 --> 17:41.000 I... how do you do? 17:41.000 --> 17:43.000 You two make a lovely couple. 17:43.000 --> 17:46.000 You both seem to be having a lot of fun out there in the dance floor. 17:46.000 --> 17:47.000 That's right, we were. 17:47.000 --> 17:49.000 I'm glad to hear it. 17:49.000 --> 17:51.000 Have all the fun you can while you're here. 17:51.000 --> 17:54.000 Life's too short to waste any of it. 17:54.000 --> 17:56.000 Don't you think so, Tommy? 18:04.000 --> 18:06.000 Well, three more days went by. 18:06.000 --> 18:09.000 I was still on my toes, but nothing had opened. 18:09.000 --> 18:12.000 I was like a fighter whose opponent wouldn't come out of his corner. 18:12.000 --> 18:14.000 I spent every minute with Helen. 18:14.000 --> 18:16.000 We weren't kidding ourselves any longer. 18:16.000 --> 18:19.000 We knew this was the biggest thing that ever happened to us. 18:19.000 --> 18:21.000 We'd both been kicked around a lot, made mistakes, 18:21.000 --> 18:23.000 and played the game on a bluff, 18:23.000 --> 18:26.000 trying to get things we thought we wanted. 18:26.000 --> 18:28.000 And now we knew we had what we wanted. 18:28.000 --> 18:31.000 Only I knew how long it would keep. 18:31.000 --> 18:34.000 And there were times when I thought Helen guessed it. 18:34.000 --> 18:37.000 Maybe it was because she didn't ask any questions, 18:37.000 --> 18:40.000 as though she already knew the answers. 18:40.000 --> 18:43.000 Finally, it was nearly noon of my sixth day. 18:43.000 --> 18:45.000 I had a date for an early lunch with Helen, 18:45.000 --> 18:47.000 so I walked down the hall to her suite. 18:47.000 --> 18:51.000 I guess I was about ten feet away when her door opened. 18:51.000 --> 18:55.000 All right, honey, and we'll leave it that way. 18:55.000 --> 18:57.000 Just see that you deliver in two days. 18:57.000 --> 18:59.000 Thanks, Lou. I'll try to. 18:59.000 --> 19:00.000 Tommy! 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 You haven't changed rooms, have you, Lou? 19:02.000 --> 19:05.000 Tommy, it's all right. I knew Lou before I came here. 19:05.000 --> 19:08.000 That's right, Tommy. Helen and I are old friends. 19:08.000 --> 19:11.000 Oh? I thought I introduced you. 19:11.000 --> 19:14.000 That was just a little idea of mine. 19:14.000 --> 19:16.000 I've got to run along now, Helen, 19:16.000 --> 19:19.000 unless Tommy has something he'd like to talk over. 19:19.000 --> 19:21.000 No, Lou, just run along real fast. 19:21.000 --> 19:22.000 Take it easy, Tommy. 19:22.000 --> 19:26.000 It may not make you live longer, but you'll be happier. 19:26.000 --> 19:28.000 See you around. 19:30.000 --> 19:33.000 Would you like to come in, Tommy? 19:33.000 --> 19:35.000 Thanks. 19:36.000 --> 19:38.000 All right, let's have it. 19:38.000 --> 19:40.000 How do you happen to know Lou Cromwell? 19:40.000 --> 19:42.000 Tommy, doesn't everybody know Lou or know of him? 19:42.000 --> 19:43.000 Yes, but you know him. How come? 19:43.000 --> 19:45.000 I met him somewhere. You know how it is. 19:45.000 --> 19:46.000 Yeah, I know how it is. 19:46.000 --> 19:48.000 Why didn't you tell me the other night when he sent us the wine? 19:48.000 --> 19:50.000 He obviously didn't want me to, and I don't see how it mattered. 19:50.000 --> 19:52.000 What did he mean before about you delivering in two days? 19:52.000 --> 19:54.000 Tommy, Tommy, I can't tell. 19:54.000 --> 19:56.000 Why don't you leave it that way? I can't answer questions. 19:56.000 --> 19:58.000 You've got to, Helen. You know how I feel about you, 19:58.000 --> 20:00.000 and I thought you felt the same way. 20:00.000 --> 20:01.000 Oh, Tommy. 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 It's too late now for that no-question stuff. 20:03.000 --> 20:05.000 I don't have the time. You've got to answer. 20:05.000 --> 20:08.000 Please, try to understand Tommy. 20:08.000 --> 20:12.000 I came here in the first place because of Lou, because he forced me to. 20:12.000 --> 20:13.000 What do you mean, he forced you? 20:13.000 --> 20:14.000 Because of my sister. 20:14.000 --> 20:15.000 What are you talking about? 20:15.000 --> 20:17.000 It's true, Tommy. She's just a crazy kid, 20:17.000 --> 20:19.000 and she got mixed up in something. 20:19.000 --> 20:22.000 Lou could make it tough for her if he wanted to. 20:22.000 --> 20:23.000 I mean really tough. 20:23.000 --> 20:25.000 Okay, so he forced you to come here. Why? 20:25.000 --> 20:28.000 To do something I didn't want to do, but that I had to. 20:28.000 --> 20:29.000 What? 20:29.000 --> 20:30.000 I can't tell you, Tommy. 20:30.000 --> 20:34.000 I didn't want to. Believe me, I have to, and that's all. 20:34.000 --> 20:38.000 All right. All right. I believe you. 20:38.000 --> 20:43.000 Oh, Tommy, I guess we're the kind of people who never win, no matter what. 20:43.000 --> 20:46.000 Helen, I've done some pretty foolish things, been around a lot. 20:46.000 --> 20:47.000 I know what you mean. 20:47.000 --> 20:48.000 But it's never been like this. 20:48.000 --> 20:51.000 I've never been in love with anybody before like this. 20:51.000 --> 20:53.000 Oh, that goes for me too. 20:53.000 --> 20:55.000 Will you do something for me, something important? 20:55.000 --> 20:56.000 What, darling? 20:56.000 --> 20:57.000 Marry me tonight. 20:57.000 --> 20:58.000 Tommy, I... 20:58.000 --> 20:59.000 Please, honey. 20:59.000 --> 21:00.000 I don't know. 21:00.000 --> 21:02.000 What do you say? 21:02.000 --> 21:05.000 I never wanted anything so much. 21:05.000 --> 21:09.000 And I ought to have just one thing I want. We both ought to. 21:09.000 --> 21:12.000 All right, Tommy, tonight. 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 We were married at 8 o'clock with a hotel musician playing 21:16.000 --> 21:19.000 O Promise Me on a pint-sized organ. 21:19.000 --> 21:21.000 And then Helen went to her suite to change for dinner. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 At least, that's what she thought. 21:23.000 --> 21:25.000 But I had a different plan. 21:25.000 --> 21:28.000 I was going to make my own opening and take her along. 21:28.000 --> 21:34.000 Oh, I ordered the dinner all right and made a big noise about it in the dining room. 21:34.000 --> 21:36.000 And then I went straight to my room. 21:36.000 --> 21:40.000 A charter plane was already warmed up and waiting at the airfield. 21:40.000 --> 21:43.000 And I had a taxi at the rear door of the hotel. 21:43.000 --> 21:45.000 This was going to be a fast break. 21:45.000 --> 21:47.000 And I wasn't even taking any luggage. 21:47.000 --> 21:49.000 Nothing except Helen and me. 21:49.000 --> 21:53.000 And a 38 automatic strapped on under my coat. 21:53.000 --> 21:58.000 It was about a half hour later when I finally went down to Helen's suite to pick her up. 21:58.000 --> 22:01.000 She didn't answer, so I tried again. 22:08.000 --> 22:09.000 The door was unlocked. 22:09.000 --> 22:12.000 Helen, it's Tommy, Helen. 22:15.000 --> 22:18.000 She wasn't in the sitting room or the bedroom. 22:18.000 --> 22:20.000 So I finally opened the door to the bath. 22:20.000 --> 22:23.000 I looked around, but she wasn't in sight. 22:23.000 --> 22:25.000 And just as I started to leave, 22:25.000 --> 22:28.000 she fell. 22:28.000 --> 22:33.000 She'd been propped up in the tub behind the shower curtain. 22:33.000 --> 22:37.000 But she fell out hitting with a horrible limp sound. 22:37.000 --> 22:41.000 She was dead, strangled. 22:43.000 --> 22:50.000 I stepped out and pulled the bathroom door shut. 22:50.000 --> 22:55.000 Using my handkerchief to wipe off the knob without even thinking. 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 I didn't feel anything. 22:57.000 --> 23:00.000 Except maybe a numbness that still hurt. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 Lou had seen how I felt about her. 23:02.000 --> 23:06.000 So he'd done this, or had it done. 23:06.000 --> 23:09.000 I tried to brush the fog out of my eyes and think, 23:09.000 --> 23:11.000 but not about her lying in there. 23:11.000 --> 23:14.000 Or what might have been. 23:14.000 --> 23:17.000 No, I wasn't even thinking about myself. 23:17.000 --> 23:20.000 No, I wasn't even thinking about my seven days. 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 I had something else on my mind. 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 Finally I stepped out into the hall 23:24.000 --> 23:27.000 and started for Lou Cromwell's room. 23:27.000 --> 23:30.000 But I had only gone a few steps when I heard two guys coming 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 and they sounded like cops. 23:32.000 --> 23:35.000 I stepped into the hall linen closet and pulled the door shut. 23:35.000 --> 23:38.000 Some guy calls up and says this thing was just been killed. 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 And we'd find the killer still there. 23:40.000 --> 23:41.000 I don't know. 23:41.000 --> 23:42.000 I got it then. 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 Lou had not only killed Helen, 23:44.000 --> 23:46.000 he called the police and said, I did it. 23:46.000 --> 23:49.000 It didn't take long to reach his room. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 Oh, it's you, Tommy. 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 I thought it was one of the boys. 23:56.000 --> 23:59.000 No, no, it's me, Lou. 23:59.000 --> 24:02.000 I'm a little surprised at this visit, Tommy. 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 Where's your new bride? 24:04.000 --> 24:05.000 Why'd you do it, Lou? 24:05.000 --> 24:08.000 Oh, you've already been there then. 24:08.000 --> 24:12.000 I thought you'd stick around longer after you found things. 24:12.000 --> 24:14.000 So the cops would get there? 24:14.000 --> 24:15.000 Well, something like that, maybe. 24:15.000 --> 24:18.000 You didn't have to do it that way, Lou. 24:18.000 --> 24:19.000 Not to her. 24:19.000 --> 24:20.000 Why'd you do it? 24:20.000 --> 24:21.000 You mean you don't know? 24:21.000 --> 24:24.000 You should have gone back to that party with me last week. 24:24.000 --> 24:25.000 Why? 24:25.000 --> 24:27.000 Because then you'd have found out about my surprise, Tommy. 24:27.000 --> 24:30.000 I made the announcement that I was going to marry Helen Ludlow 24:30.000 --> 24:32.000 at the end of the week. 24:32.000 --> 24:35.000 So that's what you were forcing her to do. 24:35.000 --> 24:38.000 Oh, let's just say that I proposed 24:38.000 --> 24:41.000 and conditions were such that she accepted. 24:41.000 --> 24:43.000 When I got here, she wanted a couple of more days 24:43.000 --> 24:45.000 and I gave it to her. 24:45.000 --> 24:48.000 But today she double-crossed me and married you. 24:48.000 --> 24:50.000 Two double-crosses. 24:50.000 --> 24:52.000 You can see the position that put me in, Tommy. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 It's bad for business. 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 Tell me, Lou, did she know about me? 24:55.000 --> 24:56.000 You know what I mean. 24:56.000 --> 24:58.000 Yeah, yeah, she knew. 24:58.000 --> 25:00.000 I guess she thought the two of you could break the bank. 25:00.000 --> 25:02.000 Sure, Lou, you had to do it. 25:02.000 --> 25:03.000 But you made some mistakes. 25:03.000 --> 25:04.000 You made one way. 25:04.000 --> 25:06.000 What's the gun for? 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 Oh, I just feel more comfortable 25:08.000 --> 25:10.000 holding it this way, Tommy. 25:10.000 --> 25:12.000 Don't let it bother you, though. 25:12.000 --> 25:13.000 Go on. 25:13.000 --> 25:15.000 What were my mistakes? 25:15.000 --> 25:17.000 One of them was not thinking I'd come here to your room 25:17.000 --> 25:19.000 and find you alone. 25:19.000 --> 25:23.000 But the big one, the big one was when you killed Helen. 25:23.000 --> 25:24.000 You shouldn't have done that. 25:24.000 --> 25:27.000 Well, now, Tommy, don't let it get you down. 25:27.000 --> 25:29.000 Maybe I can fix it. 25:29.000 --> 25:31.000 It's too late now. 25:31.000 --> 25:33.000 We've all had our last chance. 25:33.000 --> 25:37.000 The way you'd put it, the bets are all down 25:37.000 --> 25:39.000 and the wheel's starting to slow up. 25:39.000 --> 25:41.000 Well, well. 25:41.000 --> 25:45.000 Maybe you can tell me what number it's stopping on, Tommy. 25:45.000 --> 25:48.000 Sure, Lou, the house takes everything. 25:48.000 --> 25:49.000 What? 25:49.000 --> 25:52.000 It's already stopped on double zero. 25:52.000 --> 25:54.000 Oh, my God. 25:54.000 --> 25:56.000 Oh, my God. 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 Hello? 26:12.000 --> 26:14.000 Des... 26:14.000 --> 26:16.000 Desclerc? 26:16.000 --> 26:24.640 I'm a stranger in town. 26:24.640 --> 26:49.880 How do I find the chief of police? 26:49.880 --> 26:53.200 Thank you, John Garfield, for a splendid performance. 26:53.200 --> 26:55.880 Mr. Garfield will return in just a moment. 26:55.880 --> 26:58.960 Mr. Wilcox, you look all out of breath. 26:58.960 --> 26:59.960 Did suspense get you? 26:59.960 --> 27:00.960 Me? 27:00.960 --> 27:01.960 Out of breath? 27:01.960 --> 27:04.560 Why, I only need three breaths a year in normal Wilcox use. 27:04.560 --> 27:05.560 What? 27:05.560 --> 27:09.640 I mean, auto-light stay-full batteries need water only three times a year in normal car 27:09.640 --> 27:10.640 use. 27:10.640 --> 27:12.080 My, I'm glad you got that straightened out. 27:12.080 --> 27:15.640 Well, friends, here's something I'm really straightened out about. 27:15.640 --> 27:19.840 If you mean to make the most of your next battery buy, if you want to practically banish 27:19.840 --> 27:24.840 one cause of battery failure, then high yourself down to your nearest auto-light dealer bright 27:24.840 --> 27:29.240 and early tomorrow morning and get your car a brand new auto-light stay-full battery. 27:29.240 --> 27:32.600 Why, your friendly auto-light dealer will be downright delighted to put a wonderful, 27:32.600 --> 27:35.720 dependable auto-light stay-full battery in your car. 27:35.720 --> 27:36.720 Don't delay. 27:36.720 --> 27:40.560 Get your ding-dong daisy of an auto-light stay-full battery right away. 27:40.560 --> 27:44.120 And friends, remember, auto-light means batteries. 27:44.120 --> 27:46.040 Stay full battery. 27:46.040 --> 27:47.640 Auto-light means spark plugs. 27:47.640 --> 27:49.560 Ignition engineered spark plug. 27:49.560 --> 27:52.160 Auto-light means ignition system. 27:52.160 --> 28:01.920 The lifeline of your car. 28:01.920 --> 28:03.920 And now here again is Mr. John Garfield. 28:03.920 --> 28:09.000 It's been a great pleasure to appear here tonight with this great cast of suspense actors. 28:09.000 --> 28:13.040 And I'm expecting almost as much pleasure next Thursday when radio's outstanding theater 28:13.040 --> 28:18.600 of thrills brings you Anne Blythe and Edmund O'Brien in Muddy Track, another gripping study 28:18.600 --> 28:28.880 in suspense. 28:28.880 --> 28:32.920 John Garfield will soon be seen starred in the Roberts production, Force of Evil, presented 28:32.920 --> 28:36.840 by Enterprise Studios and released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 28:36.840 --> 28:40.920 Tonight's suspense play was written by Lou Lusty and Les Crutchfield with music composed 28:40.920 --> 28:43.960 by Lucian Morrowek and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 28:43.960 --> 28:47.460 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. 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