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Let's hear some more about it later. Here's Suspense. 01:07.000 --> 01:09.000 Suspense. 01:13.000 --> 01:21.000 Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you Radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 01:21.000 --> 01:29.000 Starting tonight, Mr. Edmund O'Brien and Miss Anne Blythe in Anton Leder's production of Muddy Track. 01:29.000 --> 01:34.000 A tale well calculated to keep you in Suspense. 01:39.000 --> 01:44.000 They say to me, don't be bitter, Harry. I'm not bitter. 01:44.000 --> 01:49.000 They say, forget it, Harry. That I can't do. 01:49.000 --> 01:53.000 I'll never be able to forget it, or her. 01:53.000 --> 02:01.000 How did it happen? Well, like practically every important thing that ever happens to anybody, it just happened. 02:01.000 --> 02:04.000 I was in the bar, see? 02:06.000 --> 02:10.000 Got a match? I said, got a match. 02:10.000 --> 02:11.000 Who, me? 02:11.000 --> 02:15.000 What's the matter? Girl shy or just match shy? 02:15.000 --> 02:19.000 I thought you were talking to the bartender. Here you are. 02:20.000 --> 02:24.000 Well, glad we got that straightened out. What are you drinking? 02:24.000 --> 02:26.000 Coke. At this hour. 02:26.000 --> 02:29.000 Clear me up on something, angel face. Are we trying to get acquainted with each other? 02:29.000 --> 02:30.000 You're cute. 02:30.000 --> 02:34.000 I'm broke, flat, busted. Go pick yourself another target. 02:34.000 --> 02:36.000 Have a drink on me. 02:36.000 --> 02:38.000 I only take a round when I can buy one back. 02:38.000 --> 02:40.000 I'm not trading. I'm buying. 02:40.000 --> 02:42.000 You could have fooled me. 02:42.000 --> 02:45.000 I repeat, you're cute. 02:45.000 --> 02:49.000 Eddie, give my friend a bourbon. What's the matter? Been playing the nags? 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 You read minds, too, huh? 02:51.000 --> 02:56.000 Simple. Tracks open. That's a good suit you got on, and you've been nursing that coke for 20 minutes. 02:56.000 --> 03:00.000 Besides, your racing form showing. 03:00.000 --> 03:02.000 That's pretty good. How's my future look? 03:02.000 --> 03:04.000 Depends. What do you do for a living? 03:04.000 --> 03:06.000 I'm glad you waited for me, Brandy. 03:06.000 --> 03:07.000 Augie. 03:07.000 --> 03:12.000 I like you to wait for me. When you don't wait, it makes me unhappy. 03:12.000 --> 03:15.000 Now, there was a guy I wouldn't want to see unhappy. 03:15.000 --> 03:18.000 He was friendly, all right, but he was overdoing it. 03:18.000 --> 03:21.000 Everything about him was too set, too sharp. 03:21.000 --> 03:25.000 Clothes, manicure, even his eyes, like two blue marbles. 03:25.000 --> 03:27.000 But, Augie, you said you wouldn't be here till 10. 03:27.000 --> 03:29.000 So? Who's this guy? 03:29.000 --> 03:31.000 His name's Clark, Harry Clark. 03:31.000 --> 03:33.000 Brandy, go powder your nose. 03:33.000 --> 03:36.000 I... Okay, Augie, you don't have to get in a nuptial, Roy. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 You're always getting so... 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 What were you talking to Brandy about? 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 No kidding. Is that her name? 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 What were you talking about? 03:43.000 --> 03:45.000 Believe it or not, a job. 03:45.000 --> 03:48.000 Oh, so you're looking for a job. Where are you from? 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 Out of town. 03:49.000 --> 03:52.000 Tell me, you particular what you do? 03:52.000 --> 03:54.000 Why, what's the job? 03:54.000 --> 03:56.000 Answering the phone. 03:56.000 --> 03:57.000 That can't pay much. 03:57.000 --> 03:59.000 5% of the take. 03:59.000 --> 04:00.000 What take? 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 I'm Augie Pershing. I run the books in this town, 04:03.000 --> 04:06.000 and I've got a new set-up for you if you want it. 04:06.000 --> 04:09.000 Ah, a bookie, huh? It's a new one for me. 04:09.000 --> 04:13.000 Well, I don't know if... Say, why would you want to give me a job? 04:13.000 --> 04:16.000 You want the job or don't you? 04:17.000 --> 04:21.000 Well, since you put it that way, Persian, we're in business. 04:21.000 --> 04:23.000 Eddie, a couple more drinks. 04:23.000 --> 04:25.000 Where are you drinking? Bourbon? 04:25.000 --> 04:29.000 On second thought, I think I'll switch to Brandy. 04:29.000 --> 04:31.000 Not a good idea. 04:31.000 --> 04:33.000 Brandy lovers die young. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 I'll take that chance. 04:35.000 --> 04:37.000 You've got a lot of nerve, ain't you? 04:37.000 --> 04:40.000 Yeah, and that's all I've got. I'm flat broke. 04:40.000 --> 04:42.000 How do you feel about advances? 04:42.000 --> 04:45.000 I don't mind them at all, so long as you keep them in cash. 04:48.000 --> 04:50.000 I should have walked out then. It was too easy. 04:50.000 --> 04:53.000 But I couldn't kick too much. 04:53.000 --> 04:55.000 I had 25 of Pershing's bucks in my pockets. 04:55.000 --> 05:01.000 I guaranteed he'd pick me up in the morning like he said. 05:02.000 --> 05:05.000 It was punctual. At 10.30 a.m. sharp, 05:05.000 --> 05:08.000 a big black sedan pulled up in front of my rooming house. 05:08.000 --> 05:13.000 Persian was all smiles as we drove across town to a small apartment house. 05:13.000 --> 05:16.000 He took me up to the third floor to apartment 3B, 05:16.000 --> 05:18.000 opened the door and handed me the key. 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 Well, this is where you work. 05:20.000 --> 05:22.000 Here's the scratch sheets and there's the fold. 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 Ah, nice place. 05:24.000 --> 05:26.000 By the way, who's Eleanor Grayson? 05:26.000 --> 05:27.000 Why? 05:27.000 --> 05:28.000 Well, that's the name over the bell. 05:28.000 --> 05:30.000 Oh, she lives in this apartment. 05:30.000 --> 05:31.000 She know you're using the place? 05:31.000 --> 05:32.000 You just answered the phone. 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 Yeah, but suppose she came in? 05:34.000 --> 05:36.000 Look, you get here at 11 and pull out at 4. 05:36.000 --> 05:38.000 She'll never see you. 05:38.000 --> 05:40.000 That's the way I want it all the time, understand? 05:40.000 --> 05:41.000 But how do I... 05:41.000 --> 05:43.000 She thinks Brandy uses the apartment. 05:43.000 --> 05:44.000 Does she? 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 You're too nosy and you talk too much. 05:46.000 --> 05:48.000 Is that advice? 05:48.000 --> 05:50.000 Yeah, let's call it that. 05:50.000 --> 05:52.000 The boys have passed the word around about the new phone. 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 You ought to be getting action pretty quick. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.000 Write up all the bets you take. 05:55.000 --> 05:57.000 I'll call you up from time to time with results. 05:57.000 --> 05:58.000 So long. 06:01.000 --> 06:04.000 It was one of those small apartments with a pull-down bed, 06:04.000 --> 06:06.000 but it was kind of nice. 06:06.000 --> 06:09.000 The sun came in at the windows of the living room. 06:09.000 --> 06:12.000 I had it in mind to explore the kitchen for a cup of coffee, 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 but Persian was right. 06:14.000 --> 06:16.000 The word had got around. 06:16.000 --> 06:17.000 Hello? 06:17.000 --> 06:18.000 This is J.K. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 Give me five win, five show on oatmeal 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 and a third at Pimlico. 06:21.000 --> 06:25.000 Five win, five show, oatmeal. 06:25.000 --> 06:26.000 Okay, J.K. 06:26.000 --> 06:28.000 By the way, how's the track there? 06:28.000 --> 06:29.000 Let's see. 06:29.000 --> 06:32.000 Pimlico, raining, but still fast. 06:32.000 --> 06:34.000 Okay, thanks. 06:34.000 --> 06:35.000 I was in business. 06:35.000 --> 06:37.000 I still had the coffee on my mind, 06:37.000 --> 06:40.000 but I had something else on my mind, too. 06:40.000 --> 06:44.000 The picture of a girl smiling at me alongside the telephone. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 It was good to have company, 06:46.000 --> 06:48.000 even if it was only a picture frame, 06:48.000 --> 06:52.000 because I was beginning to develop a queer, creepy feeling. 06:52.000 --> 06:56.000 And again, I thought, maybe I ought to get out. 06:59.000 --> 07:01.000 But they kept me too busy. 07:01.000 --> 07:02.000 It was almost 1 o'clock, 07:02.000 --> 07:04.000 and I still hadn't had that cup of coffee. 07:04.000 --> 07:06.000 The phone kept ringing, 07:06.000 --> 07:09.000 and the girl in the picture kept smiling. 07:09.000 --> 07:11.000 I felt kind of cold all of a sudden, 07:11.000 --> 07:13.000 maybe because I hadn't eaten all day. 07:13.000 --> 07:16.000 I headed for the kitchen thinking there'd be some eggs, at least, 07:16.000 --> 07:18.000 maybe some bacon. 07:18.000 --> 07:20.000 There was one of those swinging doors to the kitchen. 07:20.000 --> 07:22.000 I pushed it open. 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 She was lying at the end of the kitchen, 07:26.000 --> 07:29.000 near the sink, all lumped up, 07:29.000 --> 07:32.000 her blond hair matted with blood. 07:33.000 --> 07:36.000 I grabbed a stove to keep my legs from buckling. 07:36.000 --> 07:39.000 I was glad I hadn't eaten, 07:39.000 --> 07:42.000 but I turned her over just the same. 07:42.000 --> 07:44.000 It was Brandy. 07:44.000 --> 07:46.000 She was dead. 07:46.000 --> 07:49.000 So that's why Augie Persian hired me, 07:49.000 --> 07:52.000 and I'd called him a sucker. 08:02.000 --> 08:04.000 For Suspense, Autolite is bringing you 08:04.000 --> 08:07.000 Edmund O'Brien and Anne Blythe 08:07.000 --> 08:14.000 in Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills, Suspense. 08:18.000 --> 08:21.000 Say, hello. 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You can let it go until tomorrow. 10:47.000 --> 10:49.000 But I don't usually come here tomorrow. 10:49.000 --> 10:50.000 I said let it go. 10:50.000 --> 10:51.000 Hi, who are you? 10:51.000 --> 10:54.000 Never mind, never mind. Here's a dollar for your trouble. 10:54.000 --> 10:57.000 Oh, thank you, but I don't think I should take it. 10:57.000 --> 11:06.000 Make it next week. 11:06.000 --> 11:08.000 I had to force myself to wait there 11:08.000 --> 11:12.000 till I could be sure she'd gone away to clean another apartment. 11:12.000 --> 11:15.000 Finally, I let myself out. 11:15.000 --> 11:19.000 Carefully. 11:19.000 --> 11:21.000 It was good to get out on the street again. 11:21.000 --> 11:23.000 People, kids. 11:23.000 --> 11:25.000 And somewhere, somebody laughed. 11:25.000 --> 11:28.000 If I hurried, I had a fair chance of getting out of town. 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 I could keep out of Persians way. 11:30.000 --> 11:34.000 I walked all the way to my rooming house when the thought hit me. 11:34.000 --> 11:38.000 It stopped me cold. 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 Fingerprints. 11:39.000 --> 11:41.000 I'd left them all over the place. 11:41.000 --> 11:43.000 I started back on the double. 11:43.000 --> 11:45.000 Ran all three flights up to the apartment. 11:45.000 --> 11:48.000 Opened the door where the key Persian had given me. 11:48.000 --> 11:49.000 Fingerprints. 11:49.000 --> 11:51.000 I had to get rid of them all. 11:51.000 --> 11:54.000 I picked up the phone, wiped it clean. 11:54.000 --> 11:57.000 The kitchen. 11:57.000 --> 12:01.000 I tried to keep my eyes away from her, but I couldn't help it. 12:01.000 --> 12:05.000 She looked so pitiful there on the floor. 12:05.000 --> 12:09.000 And then I noticed something clutched in her hand. 12:09.000 --> 12:11.000 A pasteboard. 12:11.000 --> 12:14.000 I carefully forced her hand open. 12:14.000 --> 12:16.000 It was a pawn ticket. 12:16.000 --> 12:19.000 I put it in my pocket and started to get up. 12:19.000 --> 12:22.000 It was the girl in the picture. 12:22.000 --> 12:27.000 She was leaning against the kitchen door, a face white with shock. 12:27.000 --> 12:29.000 Is she dead? 12:29.000 --> 12:31.000 Yes. 12:31.000 --> 12:33.000 Who are you? What are you doing here? 12:33.000 --> 12:35.000 How did you get in this apartment? 12:35.000 --> 12:36.000 I live here. 12:36.000 --> 12:39.000 Oh, and you're Eleanor Grayson? 12:39.000 --> 12:40.000 Yes, who are you? 12:40.000 --> 12:43.000 I'll ask the questions. Come on, I'm a detective. 12:43.000 --> 12:45.000 Let's get out of here. 12:45.000 --> 12:47.000 I herded her out of the apartment. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.000 She thought I was taking her down to the station, 12:49.000 --> 12:51.000 but I steered her into a chop suey joint. 12:51.000 --> 12:53.000 I ordered some tea for her. 12:53.000 --> 12:55.000 She looked like she was going to faint. 12:55.000 --> 12:57.000 She drank it. 12:59.000 --> 13:01.000 Feel better? 13:02.000 --> 13:05.000 Oh, yes. Yes, thank you. 13:05.000 --> 13:08.000 I'm sorry to be such a bother. 13:08.000 --> 13:10.000 I guess it was quite a shock. 13:10.000 --> 13:13.000 No. No, not really. 13:13.000 --> 13:14.000 What do you mean? 13:14.000 --> 13:17.000 Brandy was a strange girl, always getting into trouble. 13:17.000 --> 13:20.000 Always getting mixed up with the wrong sort of men. 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 You've known her long? 13:22.000 --> 13:24.000 All my life. 13:24.000 --> 13:26.000 We're from the same town. 13:26.000 --> 13:27.000 Came here together. 13:27.000 --> 13:29.000 Shared the apartment for a while. 13:29.000 --> 13:32.000 She worked on the elevator next to mine in the Broadway building, 13:32.000 --> 13:34.000 but she hated it. 13:34.000 --> 13:37.000 And then one day a photographer rode in her car, 13:37.000 --> 13:39.000 and the next day she was a model. 13:39.000 --> 13:41.000 That's when she took the name of Brandy. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 Her real name is Evangeline. 13:43.000 --> 13:46.000 She had the face of a Madonna, but... 13:46.000 --> 13:48.000 I know. I met her. 13:48.000 --> 13:51.000 Looked like uptown, talked like downtown. 13:53.000 --> 13:54.000 That must be... 13:54.000 --> 13:57.000 Yeah. Now, take it easy. Take it easy. 13:57.000 --> 14:01.000 Now, tell me, what was she doing in your apartment today? 14:01.000 --> 14:03.000 She paid half the rent. 14:03.000 --> 14:06.000 Well, she said she needed to use the phone for modeling appointments, 14:06.000 --> 14:09.000 but I never really believed that. 14:09.000 --> 14:12.000 I needed the money. 14:12.000 --> 14:13.000 I shouldn't have let her. 14:13.000 --> 14:14.000 Now I'll get into trouble. 14:14.000 --> 14:16.000 She was killed in my apartment. 14:16.000 --> 14:18.000 Now they'll blame it on me. 14:18.000 --> 14:21.000 Look, look. Why don't you go away and stay with a friend tonight? 14:21.000 --> 14:24.000 You're in no shape to go back there. 14:25.000 --> 14:27.000 You're very understanding for a policeman. 14:27.000 --> 14:30.000 You'd be surprised about us policemen. 14:30.000 --> 14:31.000 You'll help me. 14:31.000 --> 14:33.000 I'll do what I can. 14:33.000 --> 14:34.000 You promise? 14:33.000 --> 14:34.000 Yeah, sure, sure. 14:34.000 --> 14:37.000 Don't bank on it too much, but everything I can. 14:39.000 --> 14:42.000 It's a lousy trick to lie to her like that. 14:42.000 --> 14:44.000 Poor kid. 14:44.000 --> 14:47.000 Ah, she'd be all right, and I needed time. 14:47.000 --> 14:50.000 That siren meant that the chase had started. 14:50.000 --> 14:52.000 It was my skin I had to worry about. 14:52.000 --> 14:54.000 I put her on a streetcar, 14:54.000 --> 14:57.000 then I headed in the opposite direction on another one. 14:57.000 --> 15:00.000 I had to transfer twice to reach the spot I was bound for, 15:00.000 --> 15:03.000 the safest way to get out of town. 15:03.000 --> 15:06.000 About an hour later, in a diner on the outskirts of town, 15:06.000 --> 15:07.000 I found my boy. 15:07.000 --> 15:09.000 Yeah, I'll give you a ride, Mac, 15:09.000 --> 15:11.000 but I ain't highballing out till midnight. 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 And I can't pick you up here. Insurance spot is around. 15:13.000 --> 15:15.000 Know where Fremont turns into Kelso by 101? 15:15.000 --> 15:17.000 Yeah, yeah, I'll find it. 15:17.000 --> 15:19.000 Well, look, be there by the signal a little after 12. 15:19.000 --> 15:21.000 I'll pick you up. 15:24.000 --> 15:27.000 I went back to my rooming house to get my stuff. 15:27.000 --> 15:29.000 My rent was paid. 15:29.000 --> 15:31.000 I wouldn't have to see anybody. 15:31.000 --> 15:34.000 I'd sure be glad to get out of this town. 15:37.000 --> 15:39.000 You made me lose a bet, Clark. 15:39.000 --> 15:43.000 He was a fat man, and he was holding a cigar. 15:43.000 --> 15:46.000 He put the cigar in his mouth, and I was conscious of dimples, 15:46.000 --> 15:50.000 three of them, one in his chin, one in each cheek. 15:50.000 --> 15:52.000 I had never seen him before. 15:52.000 --> 15:56.000 Yeah, I bet you wouldn't be fool enough to come back here. 15:56.000 --> 15:58.000 What do you want? 15:58.000 --> 16:02.000 I'm the contender type. I hardly ever want nothing. 16:02.000 --> 16:05.000 But Augie does. Augie Persian. 16:05.000 --> 16:09.000 He wants to see a bed. 16:14.000 --> 16:16.000 I didn't say anything. 16:16.000 --> 16:19.000 I didn't have any words to argue with the gun he pressed against me 16:19.000 --> 16:21.000 as we went down the stairs. 16:21.000 --> 16:24.000 There was a car about halfway down the block, 16:24.000 --> 16:26.000 a big black sedan. 16:26.000 --> 16:28.000 I knew that once I got into that car, 16:28.000 --> 16:31.000 the chances were I wouldn't climb out again. 16:31.000 --> 16:33.000 So I made a run for it, 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 ducked into an alley. 16:35.000 --> 16:37.000 Don't be a sucker, Clark. 16:37.000 --> 16:39.000 I hid behind a bulge of a chimney. 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 As he came around, I let him have it. 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 Right in the stomach. 16:43.000 --> 16:46.000 He went down like a paper sack filled with water. 16:46.000 --> 16:48.000 He just sat there and grinned, 16:48.000 --> 16:51.000 holding onto his belly, sucking in air like an asthmatic. 16:51.000 --> 16:53.000 I ran to the other end of the alley 16:53.000 --> 16:56.000 and rolled my first seven when I hit a bus sign 16:56.000 --> 16:59.000 advertising beds at half a buck a throw. 16:59.000 --> 17:02.000 This would be my hideout until 11.30, 17:02.000 --> 17:05.000 when I'd catch my truck ride. 17:05.000 --> 17:07.000 I hit the pillow, 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 shut my eyes. 17:18.000 --> 17:20.000 When I woke up, 17:20.000 --> 17:24.000 the sun was coming through the dirty windows. 17:24.000 --> 17:27.000 There were two old men talking close by. 17:27.000 --> 17:29.000 No, sir, eh? 17:29.000 --> 17:32.000 You can't catch me leaving town with that dragnet the cops got spread. 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 What time is it? 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 About seven o'clock. 17:36.000 --> 17:38.000 Seven o'clock in the morning? 17:38.000 --> 17:41.000 Well, that ain't the moon shining out there. 17:45.000 --> 17:48.000 I'd lost my chance to get out of town. 17:48.000 --> 17:51.000 But what was worse, dragnet, he said. 17:51.000 --> 17:53.000 I had to find out. 17:53.000 --> 17:55.000 I dashed out onto the street to buy a paper, 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 and then I discovered it. 17:57.000 --> 17:59.000 The paper was clean. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 Somebody in the flophouse had rolled me. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 I didn't have a penny. 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 And the newsboy hollering his head off about 18:05.000 --> 18:08.000 mysterious man sorting models killing. 18:08.000 --> 18:11.000 I couldn't afford to float around town with no dough. 18:11.000 --> 18:14.000 I couldn't afford the chance of ending up in a police lineup. 18:14.000 --> 18:18.000 And I certainly couldn't afford to let Persian get his hooks into me. 18:18.000 --> 18:21.000 There was only one other person I knew. 18:21.000 --> 18:24.000 I had to risk seeing her. 18:24.000 --> 18:27.000 I made my way to the center of town. 18:27.000 --> 18:29.000 I went through an arcade into the Broadway building 18:29.000 --> 18:31.000 and watched the elevators. 18:31.000 --> 18:33.000 She was running the second one from the right. 18:33.000 --> 18:35.000 I went up to the top floor on one of the others 18:35.000 --> 18:37.000 and got off and waited. 18:37.000 --> 18:39.000 When her car registered near the top 18:39.000 --> 18:41.000 and nobody was in the hall, 18:41.000 --> 18:44.000 I pressed the button to signal. 18:49.000 --> 18:51.000 Down, please. 18:51.000 --> 18:53.000 I've got to talk to you. 18:53.000 --> 18:55.000 You're not a detective. You didn't fool me for long. 18:55.000 --> 18:56.000 I know. I'm sorry about that, but... 18:56.000 --> 18:57.000 Did you kill her? 18:57.000 --> 18:59.000 Why would I want to kill her? 18:59.000 --> 19:01.000 I just met her last night in a bar. 19:01.000 --> 19:03.000 But you were in the apartment leaning over. 19:03.000 --> 19:05.000 I know. I know. It looks bad, but you've got to believe me. 19:05.000 --> 19:07.000 That's the starter signal. I have to go. 19:07.000 --> 19:09.000 Please. Wait. 19:09.000 --> 19:11.000 I haven't got anybody to turn to but you. 19:11.000 --> 19:13.000 They're looking for you. 19:13.000 --> 19:14.000 The cleaning woman told... 19:14.000 --> 19:16.000 I wouldn't want you to think that I... 19:16.000 --> 19:17.000 I'll lose my job. 19:17.000 --> 19:18.000 Please. Please. 19:18.000 --> 19:19.000 The police have been in the building all day. 19:19.000 --> 19:20.000 You'll get caught here. 19:20.000 --> 19:21.000 You've got to believe me. 19:21.000 --> 19:23.000 I didn't kill Brandy. 19:23.000 --> 19:25.000 I've got to go. Please. They'll catch you. 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 Look, look. I'm broke. 19:27.000 --> 19:30.000 I haven't got a nickel. You've got to help me. 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 I've got to talk to you. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 Here's a dollar. 19:34.000 --> 19:36.000 I'll try to get you more later. 19:36.000 --> 19:37.000 I get off work at six. 19:37.000 --> 19:39.000 Meet me at the Chinese restaurant where you took me yesterday. 19:39.000 --> 19:41.000 Okay. Thanks. 19:43.000 --> 19:45.000 The buck was crumpled in my fist 19:45.000 --> 19:47.000 till I got out of the building. 19:47.000 --> 19:49.000 Then I stuck it in my pocket 19:49.000 --> 19:51.000 and discovered a little piece of paper 19:51.000 --> 19:53.000 and got there first. 19:53.000 --> 19:55.000 It was the porn ticket. 19:55.000 --> 19:57.000 The ticket I'd taken out of Brandy's hand 19:57.000 --> 19:59.000 when I found her in the kitchen of the apartment. 19:59.000 --> 20:01.000 Might be nothing. 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 It might be something. 20:03.000 --> 20:05.000 I had to find out. 20:07.000 --> 20:09.000 Hey, bud. 20:09.000 --> 20:10.000 Are you talking to me? 20:10.000 --> 20:12.000 Yeah. Can you tell me where the Acme porn shop is? 20:12.000 --> 20:14.000 Sure. Right down the block there. 20:14.000 --> 20:16.000 Oh, thanks. 20:16.000 --> 20:18.000 Hey, mister. 20:18.000 --> 20:20.000 Not that way. The other way. The other way. 20:20.000 --> 20:22.000 I knew which way I was going all right 20:22.000 --> 20:24.000 because in front of that porn shop 20:24.000 --> 20:26.000 I'd seen a long black car 20:26.000 --> 20:28.000 and sitting behind the wheel was Augie Pershing. 20:36.000 --> 20:38.000 I spent the next two hours in a movie 20:38.000 --> 20:40.000 but I don't know what the picture was about. 20:40.000 --> 20:42.000 The porn ticket kept bothering me. 20:42.000 --> 20:45.000 And Eleanor, was she really on my side? 20:45.000 --> 20:47.000 Could I depend on her? 20:47.000 --> 20:49.000 I decided to go to the Chinese restaurant all right 20:49.000 --> 20:51.000 but I wouldn't go in. 20:51.000 --> 20:53.000 I'd wait a few doors down the street. 20:53.000 --> 20:55.000 If she was on the level, she'd come alone. 20:59.000 --> 21:01.000 Here I am. 21:01.000 --> 21:03.000 What? You said the restaurant. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 Hi. Are you hungry? 21:05.000 --> 21:07.000 No. Let's walk. 21:07.000 --> 21:09.000 It won't be safe to walk. They're looking for you. 21:09.000 --> 21:11.000 Come on. We can't stand here. 21:11.000 --> 21:13.000 There's the park across the street. 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 We'll talk soon. All right. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 You look tired. I am. 21:23.000 --> 21:25.000 I'm dead. 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 Here's a bench. Why don't we sit down? 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 Okay. 21:29.000 --> 21:31.000 No. No. Maybe it isn't such a good idea. 21:31.000 --> 21:33.000 Why not? Well, parks are full of cops snooping around. 21:33.000 --> 21:35.000 Maybe we'd better go, huh? 21:35.000 --> 21:37.000 No. No, let's stay. 21:37.000 --> 21:39.000 Here, sit down. 21:39.000 --> 21:41.000 Oh, it's nice here. 21:41.000 --> 21:43.000 It's quiet. 21:43.000 --> 21:45.000 No elevators, no noise, no people. 21:45.000 --> 21:47.000 Poor kid. 21:47.000 --> 21:49.000 I forgot. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 Isn't easy for you either, is it? 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 I'm worried about you. 21:53.000 --> 21:55.000 What are you going to do? 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 I don't know. 21:57.000 --> 21:59.000 I don't know if I only had something to go on. 21:59.000 --> 22:01.000 Wait a minute. 22:01.000 --> 22:03.000 There is something. I almost forgot it. 22:03.000 --> 22:05.000 What? 22:05.000 --> 22:07.000 The pawn ticket. 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 Pawn ticket? Yeah, I found it in Brandy's hand. 22:09.000 --> 22:11.000 Let me see it. I got it right here. 22:11.000 --> 22:13.000 Kiss me. Huh? 22:13.000 --> 22:15.000 There's a policeman. He's coming this way. Hurry up and kiss me. 22:15.000 --> 22:19.000 I held her in a clinch until the cop's footsteps disappeared past us, 22:19.000 --> 22:23.000 every nerve tight as a stretched tendon. 22:23.000 --> 22:29.000 And then, suddenly, the tightness was gone. 22:29.000 --> 22:31.000 And there was something else in its place. 22:31.000 --> 22:35.000 It had started out as just a prop kiss, 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 just a guy and a gal on a park bench. 22:37.000 --> 22:39.000 But that wasn't what it turned into. 22:39.000 --> 22:41.000 Eleanor? 22:41.000 --> 22:43.000 Oh, Harry. 22:43.000 --> 22:45.000 I didn't notice it before. 22:45.000 --> 22:47.000 You're beautiful. 22:47.000 --> 22:49.000 Oh, Harry. 22:49.000 --> 22:53.000 All day, I've been running and running. 22:53.000 --> 22:57.000 Just now, 30 seconds ago, I started to slow up. 22:57.000 --> 22:59.000 I know. 22:59.000 --> 23:01.000 There isn't much time, Harry. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 Please let me see the pawn ticket. 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 Sure, honey. 23:05.000 --> 23:07.000 Got it right here. 23:07.000 --> 23:09.000 What's the matter? 23:09.000 --> 23:11.000 That car down there. 23:11.000 --> 23:13.000 Where? 23:13.000 --> 23:15.000 Big black sedan. Look. See? Just stopped without lights. 23:15.000 --> 23:17.000 Persian's car. 23:17.000 --> 23:19.000 Persian? Yeah, but how did he know where I was? 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 Harry, Harry, give me the pawn ticket. 23:21.000 --> 23:23.000 We've got to get away from here, Eleanor. Come on. 23:23.000 --> 23:25.000 No, wait. Come on, don't be silly. Come on, hurry. 23:25.000 --> 23:27.000 Stop. Stop! 23:27.000 --> 23:29.000 What are you doing with that gun? 23:29.000 --> 23:31.000 Never mind. 23:31.000 --> 23:33.000 Just hand over the pawn ticket. 23:33.000 --> 23:35.000 I'm so anxious to have it. 23:35.000 --> 23:37.000 What's this all about? 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 Don't ask questions. Just give me the ticket. 23:39.000 --> 23:41.000 All right, Eleanor. 23:41.000 --> 23:43.000 Put down the gun. 23:43.000 --> 23:45.000 I'll give it to you. 23:45.000 --> 23:47.000 No tricks now. 23:47.000 --> 23:49.000 Of course not. No tricks. 23:55.000 --> 23:57.000 Don't move, Clark. 23:57.000 --> 23:59.000 This is a gun I got too. 23:59.000 --> 24:01.000 See if she's dead, Dimples. 24:01.000 --> 24:03.000 We were fighting for the gun. 24:03.000 --> 24:05.000 It went off. I... 24:05.000 --> 24:07.000 I don't understand why she... 24:07.000 --> 24:09.000 Don't ever trust a dame, Clark. 24:09.000 --> 24:11.000 Any dame. 24:11.000 --> 24:13.000 Eleanor told us you'd be here in the Chinese restaurant or the park. 24:13.000 --> 24:15.000 She called me. 24:15.000 --> 24:17.000 What? 24:17.000 --> 24:19.000 She called you? 24:19.000 --> 24:21.000 She ain't dead, Augie. 24:21.000 --> 24:23.000 But she ain't gonna live very long. 24:23.000 --> 24:25.000 Hey, looks like crime doesn't pay, Eleanor. 24:25.000 --> 24:27.000 Don't kill him, Persian. 24:27.000 --> 24:29.000 Me kill Harry? 24:29.000 --> 24:31.000 Oh, no, Eleanor. 24:31.000 --> 24:33.000 You were the target for tonight. 24:33.000 --> 24:35.000 Me? 24:35.000 --> 24:37.000 Yeah. 24:37.000 --> 24:39.000 But you saved me the trouble. 24:39.000 --> 24:41.000 Persian, you're crazy. 24:41.000 --> 24:43.000 You're crazy. 24:43.000 --> 24:45.000 No, you are, Clark, for trusting her. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 Why don't you tell him, Eleanor? 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 Tell him why you killed Brandy. 24:49.000 --> 24:51.000 How you'd been hacking her clothes, her jewelry. 24:51.000 --> 24:53.000 How you'd been killing her. 24:53.000 --> 24:55.000 How you'd been hacking her clothes, her jewelry. 24:55.000 --> 24:57.000 How she finally caught up with you. 24:59.000 --> 25:01.000 I didn't mean to kill her. 25:01.000 --> 25:03.000 She found a porn ticket. 25:03.000 --> 25:05.000 Threatened to have me arrested. 25:05.000 --> 25:07.000 She slapped me. 25:07.000 --> 25:09.000 We... 25:09.000 --> 25:11.000 We had a fight. 25:11.000 --> 25:13.000 She fell and hit her head on the sink. 25:13.000 --> 25:15.000 I didn't know what to do. 25:15.000 --> 25:17.000 Ran away. 25:17.000 --> 25:19.000 And just then a perfect fall guy turned up. 25:19.000 --> 25:21.000 Friend Harry here. 25:21.000 --> 25:23.000 Friend Harry here. 25:23.000 --> 25:25.000 That's why she needed this porn ticket. 25:25.000 --> 25:27.000 What porn ticket? 25:27.000 --> 25:29.000 This one. 25:29.000 --> 25:31.000 Well, this ties it all up. 25:31.000 --> 25:33.000 She had to have this. 25:33.000 --> 25:35.000 Even if I had fallen for her double cross 25:35.000 --> 25:37.000 and rubbed you out, 25:37.000 --> 25:39.000 this ticket would still point to her. 25:39.000 --> 25:41.000 Harry. 25:41.000 --> 25:43.000 What, Eleanor? 25:43.000 --> 25:45.000 Tell me. 25:45.000 --> 25:47.000 I...I didn't want to. 25:47.000 --> 25:49.000 I... 25:49.000 --> 25:51.000 If only we'd met before, I... 25:59.000 --> 26:01.000 Well, that apartment is now 26:01.000 --> 26:03.000 available for new tenants. 26:03.000 --> 26:05.000 We better beat it, Augie. 26:05.000 --> 26:07.000 Come on, Harry. 26:07.000 --> 26:09.000 You know, I tried to catch up to you all day. 26:09.000 --> 26:11.000 To give you protection. 26:11.000 --> 26:13.000 Oh, shut up. 26:13.000 --> 26:15.000 Yeah, I know, kid. I know. 26:15.000 --> 26:17.000 Now look, idiot. 26:17.000 --> 26:19.000 Leave me alone. I said shut up. 26:19.000 --> 26:21.000 Shut up. 26:35.000 --> 26:37.000 Thank you, Edmund O'Brien 26:37.000 --> 26:39.000 and Anne Blythe, for a splendid performance. 26:39.000 --> 26:41.000 Mr. O'Brien and Miss Blythe 26:41.000 --> 26:43.000 will be back in just a moment. 26:43.000 --> 26:45.000 Harlow, 26:45.000 --> 26:47.000 where in the world do you get all those 26:47.000 --> 26:49.000 auto light adjectives you throw around? 26:49.000 --> 26:51.000 Ah, those aren't adjectives. Those are facts. 26:51.000 --> 26:53.000 And the fact is, I, old 26:53.000 --> 26:55.000 Harlow A for Auto Light Wilcox, 26:55.000 --> 26:57.000 would give a mountain of money for a 26:57.000 --> 26:59.000 meaty, memorable motto. 26:59.000 --> 27:01.000 To remind America's millions of owners 27:01.000 --> 27:03.000 of auto light equipped cars to accept 27:03.000 --> 27:05.000 no substitute for auto light parts. 27:05.000 --> 27:07.000 For there is no substitute for auto light parts. 27:07.000 --> 27:09.000 So, friends, 27:09.000 --> 27:11.000 if you want really reliable 27:11.000 --> 27:13.000 electrical parts and service, drive down to your 27:13.000 --> 27:15.000 nearest auto light service station, or the 27:15.000 --> 27:17.000 dealer who sells your make of car, 27:17.000 --> 27:19.000 and ask for auto light original 27:19.000 --> 27:21.000 factory parts and service. 27:21.000 --> 27:23.000 Tell her my sentient you'll be taken care of extra pronto. 27:23.000 --> 27:25.000 Harlow, listen. 27:25.000 --> 27:27.000 Auto light? 27:27.000 --> 27:29.000 You'll find auto light service stations 27:29.000 --> 27:31.000 listed in your classified telephone directory 27:31.000 --> 27:33.000 under automotive 27:33.000 --> 27:35.000 electrical equipment. And remember 27:35.000 --> 27:37.000 your auto light electrical system is the 27:37.000 --> 27:39.000 lifeline of your car. 27:39.000 --> 27:41.000 Auto light friends, and here's something else to remember. 27:41.000 --> 27:43.000 Auto light means spark plugs. 27:43.000 --> 27:45.000 Ignition engineered spark plugs. 27:45.000 --> 27:47.000 Auto light means batteries. 27:47.000 --> 27:49.000 Stay full batteries. 27:49.000 --> 27:51.000 Auto light means ignition systems. 27:51.000 --> 27:53.000 The lifeline of your car. 28:01.000 --> 28:03.000 And now here again is Mr. Edmund O'Brien. 28:03.000 --> 28:05.000 I'd like to say for Anne Blythe 28:05.000 --> 28:07.000 and myself that it's been a pleasure to appear 28:07.000 --> 28:09.000 on Suspense tonight. 28:09.000 --> 28:11.000 That's right Eddie, and next week we'll be 28:11.000 --> 28:13.000 listening to one of the most famous of all 28:13.000 --> 28:15.000 suspense shows, Agnes 28:15.000 --> 28:17.000 Moorhead in Sorry Wrong Number. 28:17.000 --> 28:19.000 And that is really tops in. 28:19.000 --> 28:21.000 Suspense. 28:23.000 --> 28:25.000 Anne Blythe 28:25.000 --> 28:27.000 appeared through the courtesy of Universal 28:27.000 --> 28:29.000 International and can now be seen in Mr. 28:29.000 --> 28:31.000 Peabody and the Mermaid, released by 28:31.000 --> 28:33.000 Universal International. Edmund O'Brien 28:33.000 --> 28:35.000 may soon be seen in Warner Brothers' Technicolor 28:35.000 --> 28:37.000 production, Fighter Squadron. 28:37.000 --> 28:39.000 Tonight's Suspense play was written by Bob 28:39.000 --> 28:41.000 Shelley and Buckley Angel, with music 28:41.000 --> 28:43.000 composed by Lucian Moorweck and conducted 28:43.000 --> 28:45.000 by Lud Bluskin. The entire 28:45.000 --> 28:47.000 production was under the direction of Anton M. 28:47.000 --> 28:49.000 Lieder. In the coming weeks, Suspense 28:49.000 --> 28:51.000 will present such stars as Ronald Coleman, 28:51.000 --> 28:53.000 Rosalind Russell, James Cagney, 28:53.000 --> 28:55.000 Margaret O'Brien, Claude Reigns, and 28:55.000 --> 28:57.000 Peter Laurie. Make it a boy to 28:57.000 --> 28:59.000 listen each Thursday to 28:59.000 --> 29:01.000 Suspense, radio's outstanding 29:01.000 --> 29:03.000 theater of thrills. And next Thursday 29:03.000 --> 29:05.000 same time, hear Agnes Moorhead in 29:05.000 --> 29:07.000 Sorry, wrong number. 29:11.000 --> 29:13.000 This is the Autolite Suspense show. 29:13.000 --> 29:15.000 On this Armistice Day, 29:15.000 --> 29:17.000 Autolite is proud to join All 29:17.000 --> 29:19.000 America in a salute to the United 29:19.000 --> 29:21.000 States Marine Corps on its 29:21.000 --> 29:23.000 173rd anniversary. 29:23.000 --> 29:25.000 Good night. Switch to 29:25.000 --> 29:27.000 Autolite. This is CBS, 29:27.000 --> 29:41.000 the Columbia Broadcasting System.