1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,900 In just a moment, Auto Light presents Suspense, starring Miss Agnes Moorhead in 2 00:00:05,900 --> 00:00:10,000 radio's most famous play, Sorry, Wrong Number. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,500 Say, Harlow, have you seen State's football team? 4 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:14,500 They're terrific. 5 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaking of terrific teams, Hap, my friend, the one that ignition engineered those Auto 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,540 Light resistor spark plugs is Tops. 7 00:00:21,540 --> 00:00:24,780 You know, the Auto Light people got together with many of the nation's leading car and 8 00:00:24,780 --> 00:00:29,900 truck manufacturers, and they ignition engineered a 10,000 ohm resistor right into the Auto 9 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:34,920 Light spark plug that permits a wider spark gap setting and maintains it far longer than 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,840 was ever possible before. 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,520 You know what that means to your car? 12 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:39,520 Smooth. 13 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,560 That's the word for State's football team. 14 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:42,560 Smooth. 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:43,560 Right you are. 16 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:44,560 Smooth. 17 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:49,080 Thanks to the wide gap, Auto Light resistor spark plugs help your engine idle smooth as 18 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,240 silk. 19 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,000 And that's only one of the simple, sound, solid, splendid advantages of those sensational 20 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,440 Auto Light resistor spark plugs. 21 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,080 You got it all off your chest, Harlow? 22 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,080 Sure have, Hap. 23 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,680 You're not going to hear one more word out of me till we've heard the whole suspense 24 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:03,680 show. 25 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:04,680 No? 26 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:05,680 No middle commercial tonight, Hap. 27 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:10,720 Auto Light doesn't want us to interrupt Agnes Moorhead's performance in that famous drama, 28 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,200 Sorry, Wrong Number. 29 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:18,080 Okay, Harlow, let's hear suspense. 30 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,560 Suspense. 31 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:40,160 Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you radio's outstanding theater 32 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,920 of thrills. 33 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:48,040 Starring tonight, Miss Agnes Moorhead in Anton Lido's production of Lucille Fletcher's famous 34 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,520 suspense play, Sorry, Wrong Number. 35 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:59,520 That tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 36 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:07,800 Oh dear. 37 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:24,760 Your call, please. 38 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:29,440 Operator, I've been dialing Murray Hill 40098 now for the last three quarters of an hour 39 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:30,680 and the line is always busy. 40 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,280 I don't see how it could be busy that long. 41 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:33,680 Will you try it for me, please? 42 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,760 I will be glad to try that number for you. 43 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:37,760 One moment, please. 44 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:39,720 I don't see how it could be busy all this time. 45 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:40,720 It's my husband's office. 46 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,280 He's working late tonight and I'm here all alone in the house. 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:49,640 My health is very poor and I've been feeling so nervous all day. 48 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:53,600 Ringing Murray Hill 40098. 49 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:54,600 Hello? 50 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:55,600 Hello? 51 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,600 Hello, is Mr. Stevenson there? 52 00:02:58,600 --> 00:02:59,600 Hello, hello? 53 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:00,600 Hello, hello, George? 54 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Yes, sir. 55 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:02,600 Hello, hello, George? 56 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:03,600 Hello, hello, hello, George? 57 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:04,600 Hello, hello, hello, hello, George? 58 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:05,600 Hello, hello, hello, hello, George? 59 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:06,600 Hello, hello, hello, hello, George? 60 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:07,600 Hello, hello, hello, hello, George? 61 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:08,600 Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, George? 62 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,600 Hello? 63 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:10,600 Hello, sir, this is George speaking. 64 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:11,600 Hello, who's this? 65 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:12,600 What number am I calling, please? 66 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:13,900 I'm here with our client, George. 67 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:14,900 Oh, good. 68 00:03:14,900 --> 00:03:15,900 Is everything okay? 69 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:16,900 Is the coast clear for tonight? 70 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:17,900 Yes, George. 71 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:18,900 He says the coast is clear for tonight. 72 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:19,900 Okay, okay. 73 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:20,900 Where are you now? 74 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:21,900 In a phone booth. 75 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:22,900 Don't worry, everything's okay. 76 00:03:22,900 --> 00:03:23,900 Hey, well, you know the address. 77 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:24,900 I know, I know. 78 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:25,900 At 11 o'clock, the private patrolman was leaving. 79 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:26,900 At 11 o'clock, the private patrolman was leaving. 80 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:27,900 What do you mean? 81 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:28,900 We've got to get out of here, George. 82 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:30,500 Everything's okay. 83 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:32,700 Hey, well, you know the address. 84 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:34,600 I know, I know. 85 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:39,600 At 11 o'clock, the private patrolman goes around to the bar on Second Avenue for a beer. 86 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,100 That's right, 11 o'clock. 87 00:03:41,100 --> 00:03:42,100 Okay. 88 00:03:42,100 --> 00:03:44,800 Now, be sure that all the lights downstairs are out. 89 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,200 There should be only one light visible from the street. 90 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,100 Okay, okay. 91 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:52,000 Just a minute, George. 92 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,800 Oh, our client tells me that at 11.15 a train crosses the bridge. 93 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,500 It makes a noise in case a window's open and she should scream. 94 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:02,500 Oh, hello, what number is this, please? 95 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,400 Okay, I understand. 96 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,700 That's 11.15, the train. 97 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:10,200 Yeah, you remember everything else, George? 98 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,600 Yes, I'll make it quick, as little blood as possible. 99 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,800 Because our client does not wish to make her suffer long. 100 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,500 That's right, you'll use a knife? 101 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:24,000 Yes, the knife will be okay. 102 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:31,200 Then afterwards, I remove the rings and bracelets and the jewelry in the bureau drawer because 103 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:36,300 our client wishes it to look like simple robbery. 104 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:40,000 Don't worry, everything's okay. 105 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,900 I never... 106 00:04:41,900 --> 00:04:46,700 Oh, how awful, how unspeakably awful. 107 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:52,900 Your call, please. 108 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:54,800 Operator, I've just been cut off. 109 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,400 I'm sorry, what number were you calling? 110 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,500 Why, it was supposed to be Murray Hell 40098, but it wasn't. 111 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:01,800 Some wires must have got crossed. 112 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,300 I was cut into a wrong number and I've just heard the most dreadful thing, something about a murder. 113 00:05:06,300 --> 00:05:08,900 Operator, you simply got to retrace that call at once. 114 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:11,400 I beg your pardon, may I help you? 115 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,200 Oh, I know it was a wrong number and I had no business listening, but these two men, 116 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,400 they were cold-blooded fiends and they were going to murder somebody, 117 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,700 some poor innocent woman who was all alone in a house near a bridge. 118 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:22,500 And we've got to stop them, we've just got to. 119 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:24,800 What number are you calling, please? 120 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:25,700 Well, that doesn't matter. 121 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:31,000 This was a wrong number and you dialed it for me and we've got to find out who what was immediately. 122 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,500 What number did you call? 123 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,900 Oh, why are you so stupid? 124 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:36,200 What time is it? 125 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,100 Do you mean to tell me you can't find out what that number was just now? 126 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:41,500 I'll connect you with the chief operator. 127 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:44,100 Oh, I think it's perfectly shameful. 128 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,500 Now, now, now look, it was obviously a case of some little slip of the finger. 129 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:51,200 I told you to try Murray Hill 40098 for me and you dialed it, 130 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,900 but your finger must have slipped and I was connected with some other number 131 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:56,400 and I could hear them, but they couldn't hear me. 132 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,900 Now, I simply failed to see why you couldn't make that same mistake again on purpose. 133 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:05,600 Why you couldn't try to dial Murray Hill 40098 in the same sort of careless way. 134 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,400 Murray Hill 40098. 135 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,100 I will try to get it for you. 136 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:24,500 Well, thank you. 137 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:25,800 I am sorry. 138 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,700 Murray Hill 40098 is busy. 139 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:31,900 I will call you in 20 minutes. 140 00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:34,000 Operator, operator. 141 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,200 Your call, please. 142 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,300 You didn't try to get that wrong number at all. 143 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:40,000 I asked you explicitly and all you did was dial correctly. 144 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,400 I am sorry. What number are you calling? 145 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,700 Well, can't you for once forget what number I'm calling and do something for me? 146 00:06:46,700 --> 00:06:48,300 Now, I want to trace that call. 147 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:51,000 It's my civic duty and it's your civic duty to trace that call 148 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,600 and apprehend those dangerous killers. 149 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:53,300 And if you don't... 150 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:55,500 I will connect you with the chief operator. 151 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:58,200 Well, please. 152 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,900 This talk can't make everyone understand. 153 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:03,500 This is the chief operator. 154 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:08,000 Chief operator, I want you to trace a call, a telephone call immediately. 155 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,100 I don't know where it came from or who was making it, 156 00:07:10,100 --> 00:07:12,200 but it's absolutely necessary that it be tracked down 157 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,400 because it was about a murder that someone's planning. 158 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,700 A terrible cold-blooded murder of a poor innocent woman tonight at 1115. 159 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:20,600 I see. 160 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:21,500 Well, can you trace it for me? 161 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:22,700 Can you track down those men? 162 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:24,600 I am not certain. It depends. 163 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:25,700 Depends on what? 164 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:29,200 It depends on whether the call is still going on. 165 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,200 If it's a live call, we can trace it on the equipment. 166 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:32,500 Well... 167 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,600 If it has been disconnected, we cannot. 168 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:35,700 Disconnected? 169 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:38,200 If the parties have stopped talking to each other. 170 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,700 Oh, but of course they must have stopped talking to each other by now. 171 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:43,100 That was at least five minutes ago 172 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:45,900 and they didn't sound like the type who would make a long call. 173 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:47,500 Well, I can try tracing it. 174 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,100 May I have your name, please? 175 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:51,800 Mrs. Stevenson. Mrs. Albert Stevenson. 176 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,500 But listen... 177 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:54,000 And your telephone number, please. 178 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,600 Applausa 32099. 179 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,800 But if you go on wasting all this time... 180 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:00,900 Why do you want this call traced, please? 181 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:03,000 Why? Oh... 182 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Well, no reason. 183 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,500 I mean, I merely felt very strongly that something ought to be done about it. 184 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:10,000 These men sounded like killers. 185 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 They're dangerous. They're going to murder this woman at 11.15 tonight. 186 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,500 And I thought the police ought to know. 187 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:16,300 Have you reported this to the police? 188 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:18,700 Well, no, not yet. 189 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:21,600 You want this call checked purely as a private individual? 190 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,100 Yes, yes, but meanwhile... 191 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:24,700 I am sorry, Mrs. Stevenson, 192 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:27,300 but I am afraid we couldn't make this check for you 193 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:31,000 and trace the call just on your say-so as a private individual. 194 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:31,500 But... 195 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:33,300 We will have to have something more official. 196 00:08:33,300 --> 00:08:35,000 Oh, for heaven's sake! 197 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,600 You mean to tell me I can't report that there's going to be a murder 198 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,100 without getting tied up in all this red tape? 199 00:08:40,100 --> 00:08:42,600 Why, it's perfectly idiotic! 200 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,500 Well, all right, I'll call the police. 201 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:47,000 Thank you. I am sure that would be the best way... 202 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,500 Oh, ridiculous! 203 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:51,400 I never heard of such noises. 204 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,000 Police department, I can't see why you have to go through all this... 205 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,600 business. 206 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,300 Oh... 207 00:08:58,300 --> 00:08:59,700 Your call, please. 208 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:00,600 The police department! 209 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,400 Get me the police department, please! 210 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,800 Thank you. 211 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,500 Ringing the police department. 212 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:07,400 Oh dear, do you have to dial? 213 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,300 Can't you ring them direct? 214 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:12,300 All this time wasting... 215 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:15,000 Police department, precinct 43, Sergeant Martins speaking. 216 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,600 Police department, um... 217 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,900 This is Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Albert Smythe Stevenson 218 00:09:19,900 --> 00:09:21,900 of 53 North Sutton Place. 219 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:24,000 I'm calling up to report a murder. 220 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:24,700 Huh? 221 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:26,500 I mean, the murder hasn't been committed yet, 222 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:29,100 but I just overheard plans for it over the telephone. 223 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:31,600 Over a wrong number that the operator gave me. 224 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,400 I've been trying to trace down the call myself, 225 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,600 but everybody is so stupid! 226 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,300 And I guess in the end, you're the only people who could do anything. 227 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:39,300 Yes, ma'am. 228 00:09:39,300 --> 00:09:41,600 It was a perfectly definite murder. 229 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,000 I heard their plans distinctly. 230 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,400 Two men were talking, 231 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,600 and they were going to murder some woman at 1115 tonight, 232 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,300 and she lived in a house near a bridge. 233 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:51,600 Are you listening to me? 234 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,300 Uh, yes, yes, ma'am. 235 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:55,600 And there was a private patrolman on the street. 236 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,600 He was going to go around for a beer on Second Avenue, 237 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,500 and there was some third man, 238 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:03,300 a client who was paying to have this poor woman murdered. 239 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:05,800 They were going to take her rings and bracelets and use a knife. 240 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,100 Well, it's unnerved me dreadfully, and I'm not well. 241 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:11,800 I see. Now, when was all this, ma'am? 242 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,500 About eight minutes ago. 243 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:16,300 Oh, then you can do something. You do understand. 244 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:17,800 What is your name, ma'am? 245 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,800 Mrs. Stevenson. Mrs. Albert Stevenson. 246 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,000 And your address? 247 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 53... 248 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,900 53 North Sutton Place. 249 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:27,500 That's near a bridge. 250 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:29,000 The Cleansborough Bridge, you know, 251 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 and we have a private patrol on the R Street, 252 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,700 and Second Avenue is the next street... 253 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,700 And what was that number you were calling? 254 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:38,000 Murray Hill 40098. 255 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 But that wasn't the number I overheard. 256 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,700 I mean, Murray Hill 40098 is my husband's office. 257 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:44,800 He's working late tonight, 258 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,800 and I was trying to reach him to ask him to come home. 259 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,100 I'm an invalid, you know, and it's the maid's night off, 260 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:54,200 and I hate to be alone even though he says I'm perfectly safe 261 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,600 as long as I have the telephone right beside my bed. 262 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,000 Well, we'll look into it, Mrs. Stevenson, 263 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,100 and see if we can check it with the telephone company. 264 00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:03,100 But the telephone company said they couldn't check the call 265 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:04,400 if the parties had stopped talking. 266 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,100 I've already taken care of that. 267 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:07,200 Oh, you have? 268 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,000 Yes, and personally, I feel you ought to do something 269 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,600 far more immediate and drastic than just check the call. 270 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:13,600 Well, now you see... 271 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,200 What good is checking the call do if they stop talking? 272 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,800 By the time you track it down, they've already committed the murder. 273 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,700 Well, we'll take care of it, don't you worry. 274 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:21,900 I'd say the whole thing calls for a search. 275 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:24,600 A complete and thorough search of the whole city. 276 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,300 Well, I'm very near the bridge, and I'm not far from Second Avenue, 277 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:30,000 and I know I'd feel a whole lot better 278 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,500 if you sent around a radio car to this neighborhood at once. 279 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:35,000 And what makes you think the murder's going to be committed 280 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,300 in your neighborhood, ma'am? 281 00:11:36,300 --> 00:11:38,500 Well, I... I don't know. 282 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:41,300 Only, the coincidence is so horrible. 283 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:44,500 Second Avenue and the patrolman and the bridge. 284 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:47,200 Well, Second Avenue's a very long street, ma'am, 285 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,300 and you know how many bridges there are in the city of New York, 286 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:54,100 well, not to mention Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and the Bronx. 287 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:58,400 How do you know there isn't some little house on Staten Island, 288 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,800 on some little Second Avenue you've never heard about? 289 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,800 How do you know they were even talking about New York at all? 290 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,400 But I heard the call on the New York dialing system. 291 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,100 Well, maybe it was a long distance call you overheard. 292 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:12,400 Telephones are funny things now. 293 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,600 Now, look, lady, why don't you look at it this way? 294 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,600 Supposing you hadn't broken in on that telephone call, 295 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,600 supposing you'd got your husband the way you always do, 296 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,400 you wouldn't be so upset, would you? 297 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:27,100 Well, I know, I suppose not, only it sounded so inhuman, so cold-blooded. 298 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:30,300 A lot of murders are plotted in this city every day, ma'am. 299 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:33,100 We manage to prevent almost all of them. 300 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,300 The clue of this kind is so vague, 301 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:37,700 it isn't much more used to us than no clue at all. 302 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:38,500 But surely you... 303 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:42,800 Unless, of course, you have some reason for thinking this call was phony 304 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,700 or that someone may be planning to murder you. 305 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:50,100 Me? Oh, no, I hardly think so. 306 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:52,800 I mean, why should anybody? 307 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,300 I'm alone all day and night. 308 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:57,700 I see nobody except my maid, Eloise, and she's a big girl. 309 00:12:57,700 --> 00:12:59,700 She weighs 200 pounds. 310 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:01,700 She's too lazy to bring up my breakfast tray, 311 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:04,300 and the only other person is my husband, Albert. 312 00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:06,500 He's crazy about me. He just adores me. 313 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:08,500 He waits on me hand and foot. 314 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:11,300 Has scarcely left my side since I took sick 12 years ago. 315 00:13:11,300 --> 00:13:13,700 Well, then, there's nothing for you to worry about. 316 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:16,800 Now, if you'll just leave the rest of this to us, we'll take care of it. 317 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,000 But what will you do? It's so late. It's nearly 11 now. 318 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,800 We'll take care of it, lady. 319 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,600 Well, will you broadcast it all over the city and send out squads 320 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,500 and warn your radio cars to watch out, 321 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:29,600 especially in suspicious neighborhoods like mine? 322 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,200 Lady, I said we'd take care of it. 323 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,800 Just now, I've got a couple of other matters here on my desk 324 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,200 that require immediate attention. 325 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,900 Good night, ma'am, and thank you. 326 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:41,600 Oh, you, you idiot! 327 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,300 Oh, no. 328 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:47,700 Why did I hang up the phone like that? 329 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:51,700 Now you'll think I am a fool. 330 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:54,700 Oh, why doesn't Albert come home? 331 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:57,700 Oh, why doesn't he? 332 00:13:57,700 --> 00:14:00,700 I'm the operator again. 333 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:05,500 Your call, please. 334 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:09,700 Operator, for heaven's sake, will you ring that Murray Hill 40098 number again? 335 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,900 I can't think what's keeping him so long. 336 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:13,700 I will try to get it for you. 337 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:18,700 You will try, try. I don't see why he doesn't answer. 338 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:28,200 I am sorry. 339 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,500 Murray Hill 40098 is busy. 340 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:33,500 I will call you. 341 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,400 I can hear it. You don't have to tell me. 342 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,600 I know it's busy. 343 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:43,400 Oh, if I can only get out of this bed for a little while. 344 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,900 If I can get a breath of fresh air and just 345 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:49,500 lean out of the window and see the street. 346 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:53,500 Hello, Albert? Hello? Hello? Hello? 347 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:58,500 Oh, what's the matter with his phone? Hello? Hello? 348 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:01,700 Hello? Hello? Oh, for heaven's sake, who is it? 349 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:04,500 Hello? Hello? Hello? 350 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:07,500 He's trying to call me. What are they trying to tell me? 351 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:09,500 Oh! 352 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:13,500 Your call, please. 353 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,000 Hello, operator. I don't know what's the matter with this phone tonight, 354 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000 but it's positively driving me crazy. 355 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,500 I've never seen such inefficient, miserable service. 356 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:23,500 Now, look, look, I'm an invalid, and I'm very nervous, 357 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,500 and I'm not supposed to be annoyed. 358 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:27,000 But if this keeps on much longer... 359 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,500 What seems to be the trouble? 360 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:30,000 Well, everything's wrong. 361 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,000 I haven't had one bit of satisfaction out of one call I've made this evening. 362 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 The whole world could be murdered for all you people care, 363 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,500 and now my phone keeps ringing and ringing and ringing every five seconds, 364 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:40,000 and when I pick it up, there's no one there. 365 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,500 I am sorry. If you will hang up, I will test it for you. 366 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,000 I don't want you to test it for me. 367 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 I want you to put that call through, whatever it is, at once. 368 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,500 I'm afraid I cannot do that. 369 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,500 You cannot? Well, why? Why, may I ask? 370 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:54,500 The dial system is automatic. 371 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:55,500 Oh, I... 372 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:58,000 If someone is trying to dial your number, 373 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,500 there is no way to check whether the call is coming through the system or not, 374 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:05,500 unless the person is trying to reach you, 375 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:07,500 complains to his particular operator. 376 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:10,000 Oh, of all the stupid... 377 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 And meanwhile, I've got to sit here in my bed, 378 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 suffering every time that phone rings, imagining everything. 379 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 I will try to check the trouble for you. 380 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Check it! Check it! That's all anybody can do. 381 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Oh, what's the use of talking to you? You're so stupid. 382 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Oh, I'll fix her. 383 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Of all the idiot... How dare she speak to me like that? 384 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,500 I can't do any sad things. 385 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:35,500 Why does it take so long? 386 00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:41,500 Your call, please. 387 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,500 Young woman, I don't know your name, 388 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:45,500 but there are ways of finding you out. 389 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:47,500 And I'm going to report you to your superiors 390 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:49,500 for the most unpardonable rudeness and insolence 391 00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:51,500 that has ever been my privilege. 392 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:53,500 Give me the business office at once. 393 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:55,500 You may dial that number direct. 394 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:56,500 Dial it direct? 395 00:16:56,500 --> 00:16:59,000 I'll do no such thing. I don't even know the number. 396 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 The number is in the directory, 397 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 or you may secure it by dialing information. 398 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Listen here, you... 399 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 Oh, what's the use? 400 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Oh, dear. 401 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,500 Oh, for heaven's sake, I'm going out of my mind. 402 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:14,500 I'm going out of my mind. 403 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,500 Hello? Hello, stop ringing me. Do you hear? 404 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:19,000 Answer me. Who is this? Do you realize you're driving me crazy? 405 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Who's calling me? What are you doing it for? 406 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Now, stop it! Stop it! Stop it, I say! 407 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Hello? If you don't answer, I'll call the police. 408 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,500 Hello? If you don't stop ringing me, I'm going to call the police. 409 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,500 Do you hear? The police! 410 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:32,500 Oh, Albert, would only come home. 411 00:17:34,500 --> 00:17:37,000 Oh, let it ring. Let it go on ringing. 412 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 It's a trick. At some point, I won't answer it. 413 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 I won't, even if it goes on ringing all night. 414 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,500 Just ring all night! I don't care. 415 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:51,500 What's the matter? 416 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:53,500 Why did they stop ringing all of a sudden? 417 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:56,500 Oh, what time is it? Where's my clock? 418 00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:58,500 Where is it? When did I put it? 419 00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:00,500 Five to eleven? 420 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:03,500 Oh, they've decided something. They're sure I'm home. 421 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,500 They heard my voice answer them just now. 422 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:07,500 That's why they've been ringing me. Why? No one is answering me. 423 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:10,500 Oh, call the operator again. 424 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:16,500 Oh, where... Oh, where is she? 425 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,500 Why doesn't she answer? 426 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:19,500 Your call, please. 427 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,500 Where were you just now? Why didn't you answer it once? 428 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:23,500 Give me the police department! 429 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:32,500 I am sorry. The line is busy. I will call you. 430 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:34,500 Busy? But that's impossible. 431 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,500 The police department can't be busy. There must be other lines available. 432 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:40,500 The line is busy. I will try to get them later. 433 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,500 No, no! I've got to speak to them now or it may be too late. 434 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:45,500 I've got to get to someone! 435 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:47,500 What number do you wish to speak to? 436 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:50,500 Well, I don't know, but there must be someone to protect people beside the police department. 437 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:52,500 The detective agencies... 438 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:56,500 You will find detective agencies listed in the classified directory. 439 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:58,500 But I don't have a classified... 440 00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:01,500 I mean, I'm too nervous to look it up and I don't know how to use it. 441 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:05,500 I will connect you with information. Perhaps they will be able to help you. 442 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:08,500 Oh, no! No! 443 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:11,500 Oh, you're being spiteful, aren't you? 444 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:14,500 You don't care, do you, what happens to me? 445 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:17,500 I could die and you wouldn't care. 446 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:21,500 Oh, stop it! Stop it! I can't stand anymore! 447 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:24,500 Hello! What do you want? Stop ringing with me! Stop it! 448 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:27,500 Hello, is this Plaza 32099? 449 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,500 Yes. Yes, I'm sorry. 450 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:33,500 This is Plaza 32099. 451 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:37,500 This is Western Union. I have a telegram here for Mrs. Elbert Stevenson. 452 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,500 Is there anyone there to receive the message? 453 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:41,500 I am Mrs. Stevenson. 454 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:43,500 The telegram is as follows. 455 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:48,500 Mrs. Elbert Stevenson, 53 North, Sutton Place, New York, New York, darling. 456 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:52,500 Terribly sorry, tried to get you for last hour, but line busy. 457 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:55,500 Leaving for Boston 11 p.m. tonight on urgent business. 458 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:58,500 Back tomorrow afternoon. Keep happy, love, signed Elbert. 459 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:00,500 Oh, no. 460 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:02,500 You wish us to deliver a copy of the message? 461 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:04,500 No. No, thank you. 462 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,500 Thank you, madam. Good night. 463 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:08,500 Good night. 464 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:12,500 No. No, I don't believe it. 465 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:14,500 He couldn't do it. He couldn't do it. 466 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:18,500 Not when he knows I'll be all alone in some trick, some phony trick. 467 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:20,500 It's so... 468 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:25,500 Your call, please. 469 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:31,500 Operator, try that Murray Hill 40098 number for me just once more, please. 470 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:33,500 You may dial that number direct. 471 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,500 Oh. 472 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,500 Emma. 473 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:39,500 You. 474 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:41,500 4... 475 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:43,500 Oh. 476 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:45,500 Oh. 477 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,500 Sorry. 478 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,500 Oh. 479 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:51,500 Oh. 480 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:53,500 Oh, no. 481 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:55,500 Oh, he's gone. 482 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:57,500 Oh, Elbert, how could you? 483 00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:59,500 How could you? 484 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:03,500 Oh, but I can't be alone tonight. I just can't. 485 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:07,500 If I'm alone one more second, I'll go mad. 486 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:11,500 I don't care what he says or what the expense is. 487 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:13,500 I'm a sick woman. 488 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:17,500 I'm entitled to some consideration. 489 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:25,500 This is information. May I help you? 490 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:28,500 I want the telephone number of Hinchley Hospital. 491 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:31,500 Hinchley Hospital? Do you have the street address? 492 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:33,500 No, it's somewhere in the 70s. 493 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:36,500 It's a very small private and exclusive hospital 494 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:38,500 where I had my appendix out two years ago. 495 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:40,500 Hinchley H-E-N-C-A... 496 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:41,500 One moment, please. 497 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,500 Please hurry. And please, what is the time? 498 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:49,500 You may find out the time by dialing Meridian 7-1-2-1-2. 499 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:51,500 For heaven's sake, I have no time to be dialing. 500 00:21:51,500 --> 00:22:01,500 The number of Hinchley Hospital is Butterfield 89970. 501 00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:03,500 You... 502 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:04,500 Eight... 503 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:05,500 Nine... 504 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:07,500 This is nine... 505 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:09,500 Seven... 506 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:11,500 Oh... 507 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:18,500 Hinchley Hospital, good evening. 508 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,500 Give me the nurse's registry. 509 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:22,500 What is it you wish to speak to, please? 510 00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:24,500 I want the nurse's registry at once. 511 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:25,500 I want a trained nurse. 512 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:27,500 I want to hire immediately for the night. 513 00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:30,500 I see. And what is the nature of the case, madam? 514 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:31,500 Nerves. I'm very nervous. 515 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:33,500 I need soothing and companionship. 516 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:35,500 You see, my husband is away and I'm all alone. 517 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:39,500 Have you been recommended to us by any doctor in particular, madam? 518 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:42,500 No, but I really don't see why all this catechizing is necessary. 519 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:43,500 I want a trained nurse. 520 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:45,500 I was a patient in your hospital two years ago 521 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:48,500 and after all, I do expect to pay this person for attending me. 522 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:50,500 I understand that, madam, 523 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:53,500 but registered nurses are very scarce just now. 524 00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:56,500 Our superintendent has asked us to send people out 525 00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:59,500 only on cases where the physician in charge 526 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:01,500 feels it is absolutely necessary. 527 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:03,500 Well, it is absolutely necessary. 528 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:06,500 I'm a sick woman. I'm very upset. Very. 529 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:08,500 I'm alone in this house and I'm an invalid 530 00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:10,500 and tonight I overheard a telephone conversation 531 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:11,500 that upset me dreadfully. 532 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:14,500 A woman's going to be killed when a train comes. 533 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:16,500 In fact, if someone doesn't come at once, 534 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:18,500 I'm afraid I'll go out of my mind. 535 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:22,500 I see. Well, I will speak to Miss Phillips as soon as she comes in. 536 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:23,500 Miss Phillips? 537 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:24,500 And what is your name, madam? 538 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:26,500 When do you expect her in? 539 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:30,500 I really couldn't say. She went out to supper at 11 o'clock. 540 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:33,500 Eleven o'clock? Oh, but it's not eleven yet. 541 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:38,500 Oh, my clock has stopped. I thought it was running down. 542 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:40,500 What time is it? 543 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:44,500 Just fifteen minutes past eleven. 544 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:46,500 What was that? 545 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:48,500 What was what, madam? 546 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:51,500 That click just now in my own telephone, 547 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:53,500 as though someone had lifted the receiver off the hook 548 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:55,500 off the extension telephone downstairs. 549 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:58,500 I didn't hear it, madam. Now about the nurse. 550 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:00,500 But I did. I did. 551 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:02,500 There's someone in this house, someone downstairs in the kitchen, 552 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:04,500 and they're listening to me now. 553 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:08,500 I won't pick it up again. I won't let them hear me. 554 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:10,500 I'll be quiet and then they'll feel... 555 00:24:10,500 --> 00:24:13,500 What if I don't call someone now while they're still down there? 556 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:16,500 There'll be no time. I've got to get to that operator. 557 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:19,500 I've got to get to that operator. 558 00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,500 That operator. 559 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:23,500 Oh, answer. 560 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:25,500 Your call, please. 561 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:27,500 Operator, I'm in desperate trouble. 562 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:31,500 I am sorry. I cannot hear you. Please speak louder. 563 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:34,500 I don't dare. There's someone listening. 564 00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:36,500 Can you hear me now? 565 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:37,500 I am sorry. 566 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:39,500 Oh, but you've got to hear me. Oh, please. 567 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:41,500 Please, you've got to help me. There's someone in this house, 568 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:43,500 someone who's going to murder me, 569 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:46,500 and you've got to get in touch with the police. 570 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:49,500 Oh, there. There it is. Did you hear it? 571 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:52,500 He's put it down. He's put down the extension phone. 572 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:55,500 He's coming up the... He's coming up the stairs. 573 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:57,500 Oh, give me the police department. 574 00:24:57,500 --> 00:24:59,500 Give me the police department. 575 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:02,500 One moment, please. I will connect you. 576 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:05,500 Hurry. Hurry. Oh, hurry. I can hear him. 577 00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:07,500 He's coming. He's coming here. 578 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:09,500 Oh. Oh, no. 579 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:11,500 Oh, what are you going to do to me? Oh, no. 580 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:14,500 Oh, no. Don't come near me. I haven't done anything. Please. 581 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,500 Oh, don't hurt me. Don't. Don't. 582 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:18,500 Help. Help. Help. 583 00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:22,500 Oh, no. 584 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,500 Police department, precinct 43, Sergeant Martenspiegel. 585 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:44,500 Police department, precinct 43, Sergeant Martenspiegel. 586 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:47,500 Hello, police department, precinct 43, Sergeant Martenspiegel. 587 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,500 Police department? Yes. 588 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:53,500 Oh, I'm sorry. 589 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:56,500 Must have got the wrong number. 590 00:25:56,500 --> 00:26:14,500 Don't worry. Everything's okay. 591 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:23,500 Thank you, Miss Agnes Moorhead, for another memorable performance. 592 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:26,500 Miss Moorhead will return in just a moment. 593 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:30,500 Say, Harlow, you got so wound up on auto light resistor spark plugs a while back, 594 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:33,500 you never told me whether you saw the state football game last week. 595 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:38,500 You bet I saw it. And say, did you notice the big gaps that state knocked in that enemy line? 596 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:41,500 Yes. Reminded me of that wide gap in auto light resistor spark plugs. 597 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,500 Now, Harlow. 598 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:48,500 You know, when you replace your old narrow gap spark plugs with wide gap auto light resistor spark plugs, 599 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:52,500 by Cornelius, your engine idles smoother, you have better luck with lean gas, 600 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,500 and by luck with lean gas mixtures, actually save gas. 601 00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,500 Harlow, I'm talking about football. 602 00:26:57,500 --> 00:27:01,500 Oh, by the way, how'd you like the way states line cut down enemy interference? 603 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:07,500 Great. Almost as good as the way auto light resistor spark plugs cut down spark plug interference with radio and television reception. 604 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:09,500 What a team. What a team. 605 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:15,500 Yes, friends, when it comes to team play, you really get it with those sensational new auto light resistor spark plugs. 606 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:18,500 And other auto light engineering first. 607 00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:23,500 No wonder, for auto light resistor spark plugs are one of over 400 automotive, aviation, and marine parts 608 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:26,500 made by the 26 nationwide auto light plants. 609 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:30,500 All famous for auto light engineered dependability. 610 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:36,500 So friends, don't dilly dally, dawdle, or delay, but hop down tomorrow to your friendly auto light dealer 611 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:40,500 and get a set of wonderful new wide gap auto light resistor spark plugs. 612 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:42,500 He's got just the type and size to fit your car. 613 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:46,500 And friends, remember too, auto light means spark plugs. 614 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:49,500 Ignition engineered resistor spark plugs. 615 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:51,500 Auto light means battery. 616 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:53,500 Stay full battery. 617 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:55,500 Auto light means ignition system. 618 00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:57,500 The lifeline of your car. 619 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:08,500 And now here again is Miss Agnes Moorhead. 620 00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:14,500 My thanks to producer Tony Leader for affording me this opportunity to play Lucille Fletcher's wonderful story once again. 621 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:19,500 And my thanks to the cast and the musicians and sound men who helped make it successful. 622 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:23,500 The Suspense program will always hold a special place in my affections. 623 00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:28,500 And I'll be listening with great interest next Thursday when radio's outstanding theater of thrills 624 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:34,500 brings us little Margaret O'Brien starring in Ray Bradbury's story, The Screaming Woman. 625 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:39,500 Another gripping study in Suspense. 626 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:47,500 Agnes Moorhead has recorded Sorry Wrong Number in album form. Miss Moorhead may currently be seen in the Warner Brothers picture, Johnny Belinda. 627 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:51,500 Music on tonight's Suspense play was composed by Lucian Moorweck and conducted by Lut Bluskin. 628 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:54,500 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Leader. 629 00:28:54,500 --> 00:29:00,500 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Ronald Coleman, Rosalind Russell, Claude Rains and William Bendix. 630 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:05,500 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 631 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:10,500 And next Thursday same time, hear Margaret O'Brien in The Screaming Woman. 632 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:15,500 This is the Auto Light Suspense show. 633 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:19,500 Volunteers are needed for the armed forces of the United States. 634 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:23,500 Your nearest recruiting station will have complete information. 635 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:26,500 Good night. Switch to Auto Light. 636 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:41,500 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.