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26 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,160 Oh, to the end of the line, Marty. 27 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,240 Then we give him a transfer, a steel jacket transfer. 28 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,200 Get the picture, Chick? 29 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,200 Chick gets the picture. 30 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,200 When, Max? 31 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,640 When we get over the bridge. 32 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:17,160 Yeah, we'll make Kevlaran a good cop, and then we'll dump him. 33 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,600 Chick, I said enough's enough. 34 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,680 Make it stick this time, will you, Max? 35 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,600 You're awful sensitive for an ex-cop. 36 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,600 You with us, Marty? 37 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,600 What do you think? 38 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:31,280 I think maybe you're remembering that before they bounced you off the force, you and Kevlaran 39 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,320 once teamed together on the homicide squad. 40 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,640 Once had long red curls, too. 41 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:41,200 No, Max, what I'm remembering is the raw deal that Captain Brandt gave me. 42 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,400 And the little murder rap Kevlaran's been just sweating to pin on me. 43 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,200 Marty, tell you what. 44 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,200 Yeah? 45 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,080 You're all the time asking for a chance to climb up in the organization. 46 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,080 I'm going to give it to you now. 47 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,440 I'll let you combine business with pleasure as a personal favor. 48 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:58,440 I'm listening. 49 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:03,320 I'm going to let you put the quiet on Kevlaran all by yourself. 50 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,320 How's that? 51 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,040 I didn't hear you, Marty. 52 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:16,640 I said, how's that? 53 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:17,640 How's that, he says. 54 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:18,640 How's that? 55 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:21,020 I leave it to you, Captain Brandt. 56 00:03:21,020 --> 00:03:23,120 You dealt the cards for this hand. 57 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:24,120 How is it? 58 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,760 Me, Marty Connors, turning cop killer. 59 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,680 Are you satisfied, Brandt? 60 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,120 We're on the Queensboro Bridge now. 61 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,520 Me and Kevvie. 62 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,760 Remember your tough team of Connors and Kevlaran? 63 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,560 Only this time he ain't my partner, Brandt. 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:40,920 He's my gun meat. 65 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:46,400 I guess I should have expected anything, anything at all once I started to roll on my own. 66 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,880 No holes barred since the breakup. 67 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,320 Just a lot of dirty infighting from the day Brandt put the skids under me in front of 68 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:53,320 those newspaper vultures. 69 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:54,320 Morning, Chief. 70 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:55,320 Hi, Kev. 71 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:56,320 Hi. 72 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:01,640 What are those reporters doing outside? 73 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:02,640 Hand me your shield, Connors. 74 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:03,640 What? 75 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:04,640 I said, hand me your shield. 76 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,640 You're suspended on decision of the board. 77 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:07,640 But... 78 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:08,640 You heard me. 79 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:09,640 You're going up on charges. 80 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:10,640 But Brandt, give me a break. 81 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:11,640 I'll give him a break, Captain. 82 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:12,640 Break? 83 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,640 Tell me, Connors, where were you last night? 84 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:15,640 Well, I was... 85 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:16,640 I had a date. 86 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:17,640 At a bar, huh? 87 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,520 With a dame you never saw before. 88 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,040 Well, we had a few drinks and... 89 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,320 And what happened after that? 90 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:23,320 Well, I... 91 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:24,320 You see... 92 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,320 I'll tell you. 93 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,560 You're the only one who doesn't seem to know because everybody else read it in this morning's 94 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:29,560 paper. 95 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,080 Strange dame got you dead drunk at a bar, rolled you for your gun when you passed out, 96 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,720 tried to stick up, shot the joint to splinters and was collared still carrying your gun. 97 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,080 Now you know, do you still expect a break? 98 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:42,720 Sure I expect a break. 99 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,600 In the first place, I was off duty at the time. 100 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,960 And in the second place, I've been on the force 11 years. 101 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:51,120 And in third place, if it was 111, Connors, I'd still bounce you and bounce you hard. 102 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,960 You want to hand me that potty of yours or do I tear it off your chest? 103 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:55,960 Here. 104 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:05,360 Add it to your collection, Captain Brandt. 105 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,920 I'm sorry about the verdict, Marty, but don't blame Brandt. 106 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:08,920 Oh, sure. 107 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:09,920 Don't blame Brandt. 108 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:10,920 Blame me. 109 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,360 I'm the first cop ever gets drunk, huh? 110 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:14,360 Brandt don't drink. 111 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,360 You don't, huh? 112 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,360 Well, I... 113 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,800 I mean, the liquor smells like, I suppose, it's a laugh. 114 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:19,800 Oh, stop it, Marty. 115 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:20,800 What are you going to do? 116 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:21,800 Going out to Taiwan. 117 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,800 What did you think I was going to do? 118 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:25,800 What are you trying to prove? 119 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,240 Oh, Marty, look, you didn't get jammed up because of a drink now and then it was a dame. 120 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,440 With you, it's always a dame. 121 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:32,440 You lose your head, Marty. 122 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:33,440 You let him make a sucker out. 123 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,440 Lay off, kid. 124 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:35,440 It's the truth, Marty. 125 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:36,440 I said lay off, lay off. 126 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:37,440 Okay, then. 127 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:38,440 Oh, Marty. 128 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:39,440 Marty, let's not... 129 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,440 I mean, you and me, we... 130 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,440 How... 131 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:42,440 How you fix for money? 132 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,640 I got enough and pretty soon maybe I'll have a lot more. 133 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,240 Big bundles of it. 134 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,280 I've already got a call from Doc Williamson and Mack Shale. 135 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:52,280 What? 136 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:53,280 Nibble on that one, Kiv. 137 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:54,280 Marty, are you crazy? 138 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:55,280 Steer clear of them. 139 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:56,280 Why? 140 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:57,280 Show me why. 141 00:05:57,280 --> 00:05:58,280 You know as well as I do. 142 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:01,280 If you don't, well, just ask any of the boys on the narcotics squad. 143 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:03,280 Oh, Marty, stop shorter. 144 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:05,280 I can see where your head had just as plain as... 145 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:06,280 Listen to me, Marty. 146 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:07,280 No, no, listen to me. 147 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:08,280 I'm not going to do it. 148 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:09,280 I'm not going to do it. 149 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:10,280 I'm not going to do it. 150 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:11,280 I'm not going to do it. 151 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:12,640 Listen to me. 152 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,320 You tangle with Williamson and Shale and no telling what can happen. 153 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,200 One of us might one day have to go after you. 154 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:20,440 It might be me. 155 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,960 You ain't on narcotics. 156 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,120 Narcotics and homicide don't mix, huh? 157 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:26,640 Mercy me. 158 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,620 It gives here Sunday school. 159 00:06:28,620 --> 00:06:29,800 After the deal I got... 160 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,960 Look, if you'll only mark time for a while and not lose your head, the newspaper blast 161 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,840 will die down and I'm sure the commissioner will give you... 162 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:38,120 Nuts to the commissioner and nuts to Brent. 163 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:39,320 This to him, look. 164 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:40,320 All five fingers. 165 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:41,320 And to you, Kivaland. 166 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,680 And you stay away from me here. 167 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:44,680 Stay away. 168 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:45,680 I mean it. 169 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,960 I'm going to go line up that job right now. 170 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:56,280 So you're Marty Connors, huh? 171 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:57,280 I can use you. 172 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:58,600 I can be used? 173 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,160 It pays a hundred and a half a week. 174 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,560 I need a guard. 175 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,520 You know the set of Max and me are in. 176 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,160 We got a nice club, nice customers, a lot of them rich. 177 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,840 It attracts cheap guns. 178 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:12,640 And they figure maybe they can knock the place over and take all the dough around the gambling 179 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:13,640 tables. 180 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,880 Now, you have a reputation for being hard. 181 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,060 That might stop the trouble even before it begins. 182 00:07:21,060 --> 00:07:24,440 That would be part of your job. 183 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:25,520 The other part? 184 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,220 I carry a lot of money and one or two other things. 185 00:07:29,220 --> 00:07:31,520 I want personal protection. 186 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:32,520 Well? 187 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,480 It's a contract. 188 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,800 Is that all I do? 189 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,640 When I get in on the big stuff? 190 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,440 Not the gambling, the big stuff. 191 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,480 I don't know what you're talking about. 192 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:46,480 The dust, Doc. 193 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:47,480 The dust. 194 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:48,960 That's what pays off. 195 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,440 I still don't know what you're talking about. 196 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:57,200 But when I think you're worth more, I'll see that you get a chance to earn it. 197 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,200 Until then, don't let your nose get dirty. 198 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,200 You know what I mean? 199 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,200 I'm a too hanky man. 200 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,920 Hey, who's the long legged redhead at the piano? 201 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,800 Do I get a chance to protect her too? 202 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,280 I handle that myself. 203 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,760 Leave it strictly alone. 204 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:15,760 Understand? 205 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:16,760 Sure, sure. 206 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:17,760 I don't blame you. 207 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,760 Not the least little bit. 208 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:32,040 So I went to work as a stalker for Doc Williamson and Max Shale. 209 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,760 I'd call for Doc every night at one, take him to the club and then walk around the tables 210 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:36,760 and that was all. 211 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,360 I was at the bottom of the heap for weeks. 212 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:43,120 I wasn't making any headway in that direction, but I was in another. 213 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,160 Rita, I learned her name was Rita. 214 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,880 Sometimes she'd be there when I called for Doc, but I might have been collecting the laundry 215 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,280 for all the attention she paid. 216 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,720 Until one time I rang Doc's doorbell and she answered it. 217 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,080 Hello, big fella. 218 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,680 Tell Doc I'm here. 219 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:03,680 He's not in. 220 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:06,320 When will he be back? 221 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:07,320 Not soon. 222 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,320 Maybe. 223 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:09,320 Won't I do? 224 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:10,320 Didn't he leave word? 225 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:15,320 He didn't leave anything except me. 226 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,320 I'll wait for him in the lobby. 227 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,000 What's the matter, Marty? 228 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Don't you like me? 229 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,720 I like Doc's watching chain too, but I don't heist it. 230 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:26,720 Why not? 231 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:27,720 You're big enough. 232 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,960 Maybe you take better care of it than he does. 233 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:34,160 Maybe he treats it bad, leaves it around lonesome in a satin lined case. 234 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,160 Don't you need a watch, Marty? 235 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:37,920 You can't tell. 236 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:46,200 Might come a day when I'll need the right time bad. 237 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,800 I thought about that watch a lot the next few days. 238 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:53,760 The next time I rang Doc's doorbell and she answered it and said... 239 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:54,760 Hello, big fella. 240 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,360 Tell Doc I'm here. 241 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:57,360 He's not in. 242 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,360 You lovely, lousy, long-legged redhead. 243 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:01,360 Marty, Marty. 244 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:02,360 Marty, Doc will be back in a minute. 245 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:03,360 Where can we meet? 246 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:04,360 I've got to go. 247 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,360 My place? 248 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:07,360 Tomorrow? 249 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:08,360 Yeah, your place. 250 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:09,360 Tomorrow. 251 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:10,360 And the next day. 252 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:11,360 And the next. 253 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:12,360 Marty, I'm afraid of him. 254 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:13,360 I'm afraid of him. 255 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:14,360 Right, if Doc, he's just a yellow slob. 256 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:15,360 I think he knows about you and me. 257 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:16,360 We've been seeing each other the last few weeks. 258 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,360 I'm scared. 259 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:18,360 Marty, he beeps me. 260 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:19,360 I'm scared. 261 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:20,360 I'm scared. 262 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,360 I'm scared. 263 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,360 I'm scared. 264 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,360 I'm scared. 265 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,360 I'm scared. 266 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:25,360 I'm scared. 267 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:26,360 I'm scared. 268 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:27,360 I'm scared. 269 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:28,360 I'm scared. 270 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:29,360 I'm scared. 271 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:30,360 I'm scared. 272 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:31,360 I'm scared. 273 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:32,360 I'm scared. 274 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:33,360 I'm scared. 275 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:34,360 I'm scared. 276 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:35,360 Marty, he beeps me. 277 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:36,360 Once he threatened to kill me. 278 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:42,040 Well, the next time he tries to flash this, you'll see how quick he'll fall here. 279 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,040 Take it. 280 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,040 It's only a little 25 automatic. 281 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,040 Put it in your purse. 282 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,040 No. 283 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,040 Go on, take it. 284 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:48,040 Do as I say. 285 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,360 Hold it in reserve. 286 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,360 He raises a finger till you draw fast and watch him retreat. 287 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,360 You know, I feel better already. 288 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,800 Sure, that's why they call you the old equalizer. 289 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,600 Was it about me he threatened to kill you? 290 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:01,600 No. 291 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:02,600 Who? 292 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,600 Oh, no, nothing like that. 293 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,600 He once found me going through his bureau. 294 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:07,600 What? 295 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,600 What's the secret? 296 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:09,600 He wears a girdle? 297 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:10,600 All right, then don't tell me. 298 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:11,600 Here, have another drink. 299 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:19,600 Marty, you know what Doc and Max do for their really big money? 300 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,480 Sure, they pedal dreams. 301 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,480 That's no secret. 302 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:23,480 Not really. 303 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:24,480 Why? 304 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:25,480 You know the set up? 305 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,080 Yeah, I'm just an arm, a yard and a half a week arm. 306 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,600 Well, I know the set up. 307 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,200 I'm the only one who does aside from Doc and maybe Max. 308 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,440 Oh, well, go on. 309 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:35,440 Max does most of the work. 310 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,320 He's distributing the stuff, but he gets a smaller cut than Doc does. 311 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:39,320 You know why? 312 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,320 Because before he can distribute the stuff... 313 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,800 He's got to have it to distribute. 314 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,040 Doc's the buyer. 315 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,920 He has the contacts all over the world. 316 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,400 And guess where he keeps what he knows? 317 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,920 The address is cold shipping dates. 318 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,220 How would I know? 319 00:11:54,220 --> 00:12:00,080 In a little green notebook in a shammy bag hung around his neck. 320 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,080 That's why he hides you, Marty. 321 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,080 Oh, Marty. 322 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,080 Marty, do you know what it could mean to us if we had that notebook? 323 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:09,080 Yeah. 324 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,080 He wears it on him, huh? 325 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,080 Around his neck. 326 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,080 Rita, listen hard. 327 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,160 This evening before I come to pick him up, snuggle up to him. 328 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,280 See if he can feel that shammy bag. 329 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,480 If he's wearing it, give me the nod when I call from at one. 330 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:23,480 Do you follow me? 331 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,960 Oh, yeah, Marty, I follow you. 332 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:34,800 Maybe I'm even ahead of you. 333 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,360 I went up there at one. 334 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,120 I rang and rang, but no one answered. 335 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,400 When I tried the knob, the door swung open. 336 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:42,600 Rita wasn't there. 337 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,040 But Doc was. 338 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,280 He would never be deader. 339 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:52,680 He was lying face down, what was left of the face, on the bedroom rug. 340 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:54,720 The room still smelled of cordite. 341 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,360 A 25 shell lay near his feet. 342 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,640 His body was still warm. 343 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:16,360 I know because I felt it when I reached for the shammy bag, which wasn't there. 344 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:23,440 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you William Bendix in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 345 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,040 Suspense. 346 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:33,600 Okay, Harlow, give us a lowdown. 347 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,120 Did you invite Mary and me to the studio just to hear you talk about Auto Light Resistor 348 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,120 spark plugs? 349 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,120 Talk about them? 350 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,160 Why, by conniving Cornelius, we're going to celebrate them. 351 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,040 Because, Hap, you have the honor of being present at the first birthday party of those 352 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,720 super sensational Auto Light Resistor spark plugs. 353 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,720 Gee, Harlow, have you got a birthday cake? 354 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:51,720 Have I got a cake? 355 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,840 Well, I've got a cake studded with Auto Light Resistor spark plugs instead of candles. 356 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,840 Hey, pull the card off that nearest plug, Hap, and read what it says. 357 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,280 Let's see. 358 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:07,240 It says, replace your narrow gap plugs with me, if smoother idling you would see. 359 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:11,800 If you want more miles to cost less money, cuddle up and be my honey. 360 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,520 Assigned ALRSP. 361 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:15,520 Guess who? 362 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,840 ALRSP, Auto Light Resistor spark plugs, of course. 363 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,400 Try another one, Hap. 364 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:27,840 Many happy returns of the day, Auto Light Resistor spark plugs say, PS, to cut down 365 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:33,080 interference on your radio and television, see that your car we is in. 366 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,080 That's a rhyme. 367 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,680 Well, now you wouldn't accuse me, would you, Hap? 368 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:37,680 I don't know. 369 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:43,160 Well, anyhow, Hap, now that we've had our fun, let's get back to suspense. 370 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:49,280 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, William Bendix as Marty Connors 371 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:59,320 in Break Up, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 372 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,040 I got out of Doc's apartment fast, left it just as I found it, him dead on the floor 373 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,840 with a shell beside him. 374 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,760 I had to find Rita, poor kid, she'd really be in a mess now. 375 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:10,560 Everybody knew she was Doc's girl. 376 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,000 I had to locate her in the shammie bag. 377 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,040 I took a cab to her flat and let myself in. 378 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,640 No, Rita. 379 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,760 That meant I would have to go hunting, but not without a gun, not now. 380 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,040 I went home to pick up my police positive. 381 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:30,920 It was in my bureau drawer and snuggling next to it among the socks was Rita's little 25, 382 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,640 with one chamber empty and a smell sharp as incense. 383 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,280 So I was being suckered again. 384 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,760 Give me. 385 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:47,200 Give me your son of a gun. 386 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,200 Come in. 387 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,200 Come on in. 388 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,480 Can I fix you a drink, Kiv? 389 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,920 I ain't here as social, Marty. 390 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:53,920 No? 391 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:54,920 No. 392 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,040 Remember I told you I might be sent after you one day? 393 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,920 Well, I'm sent. 394 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,160 What are you talking about, Kiv? 395 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,920 The elevator boy found Doc dead a few minutes ago. 396 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:05,920 So? 397 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,840 So you're the only one he took down from that floor since 10 o'clock. 398 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,840 Well, Kiv, you know what to expect from a sleepy elevator kid. 399 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,840 Why ain't you with Doc tonight? 400 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,840 Well, it's my night off. 401 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,440 Kiv, you don't really think I've turned killer. 402 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:19,440 Why not? 403 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:25,600 Oh, by the way, I know about you and that redhead. 404 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,360 Come on, let's go, Marty. 405 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:28,720 Brandt wants to talk to you. 406 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:29,720 Brandt, huh? 407 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,140 I should jump at that. 408 00:16:31,140 --> 00:16:33,420 I don't hop bells for Brandt now, Kiv. 409 00:16:33,420 --> 00:16:34,420 You know that. 410 00:16:34,420 --> 00:16:36,080 As far as I'm concerned, you and Brandt both... 411 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,080 Shut up, Marty. 412 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,760 You don't make me. 413 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,960 If Brandt wants to talk to me, he comes here with a warrant yet. 414 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,400 Then I'll have to take you... 415 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,680 If you want it, copper. 416 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:47,680 You drawin' on me? 417 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:48,680 Stay where you are, Kiv. 418 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:49,680 You ain't bringin' me in. 419 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:50,680 You big ape. 420 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,120 You're trying to nerve yourself up to it. 421 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,120 Oh, Marty. 422 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,120 Back, Kiv. 423 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,040 A guy would think you meant it. 424 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,040 I do mean it. 425 00:16:58,040 --> 00:16:59,400 I swear I'll let you have... 426 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:00,400 Not you, Marty. 427 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:01,400 Not a next guy. 428 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:15,600 I ought to keep your nose out of it for a while, Kiv. 429 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,960 Sixth. 430 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,440 Sixth floor, sir. 431 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:23,440 Huh? 432 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:24,440 Oh, okay. 433 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,600 Mr. Shale's apartment is just around there. 434 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:27,600 Thanks. 435 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:31,600 Oh, no. 436 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:36,480 No, no. 437 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,480 Max, I... 438 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:38,480 Marty. 439 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,480 Oh, Marty, I've been so worried about you. 440 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,640 I've been sittin' here darned by Inge's, Marty. 441 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:44,640 I didn't know... 442 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,320 A sweet frame you nailed together. 443 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,320 A sweet one. 444 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:49,320 Is that what you think? 445 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,320 Marty, honey, it wasn't. 446 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,320 I swear it. 447 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:56,800 I swear by all it's holy to me. 448 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:57,800 Such as what? 449 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:58,800 A dollar bill, maybe? 450 00:17:58,800 --> 00:17:59,800 Marty, listen to me. 451 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,000 When I got the docs, he was waitin' for me. 452 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,000 He knew all about us. 453 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,000 He began to hit me. 454 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 I did what you said, Marty. 455 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,000 I took out your gun. 456 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,000 My finger must have slipped. 457 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Oh, yeah. 458 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 It wasn't a frame, Marty. 459 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,000 I love you. 460 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Lots of men would like me to say that to them, but I love you. 461 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 All right, stop it, stop it, stop it. 462 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 I didn't mean to hurt you. 463 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Shh. 464 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 After I lost my head, I went to your place, but you weren't there. 465 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,400 I put the gun in the drawer. 466 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,400 I thought it would be safe, and I waited for you, but you didn't come. 467 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,520 So I came here. 468 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,520 I thought maybe Max would help me. 469 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:31,520 It's all right, baby. 470 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:32,520 It's gonna be all right. 471 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:33,520 Now, shh, quiet. 472 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,520 Let me have the chamois bag. 473 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,600 Rita, the chamois bag. 474 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:38,600 Let me have it. 475 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,320 I haven't got it, Marty. 476 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,320 I didn't even look for it. 477 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,320 I couldn't have touched him. 478 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:46,320 You're not lyin' to me now. 479 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,320 No. 480 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:48,320 It wasn't on him when I found him. 481 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,320 He was clean. 482 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:50,320 Rita, shh. 483 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:51,320 Who would that be? 484 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:52,320 Max, maybe? 485 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,320 Max would have come right in. 486 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:56,320 Who is it? 487 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:57,320 Elevator, boy, sir. 488 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,320 What do you want? 489 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,320 The lady, Miss Carter, lost her gloves in the elevator. 490 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:02,320 You were wearing gloves? 491 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:03,320 I don't remember. 492 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,320 All right, boy, give him the... 493 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:07,320 Hold it, Marty. 494 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,320 Nothing fancy now you're covered. 495 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:09,320 Okay, son. 496 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:10,320 Thanks. 497 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:11,320 Get back to your elevator. 498 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:12,320 Yes, sir. 499 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:13,320 Back in, Marty. 500 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,320 Go on, both of you. 501 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,320 Get back in. 502 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,320 Well, you've lost a lot of savvy since you left the squad, Marty. 503 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:22,320 Takin' a cab here from the hack stand in front of your place. 504 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,320 Marty Connors and Doc's baby together. 505 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,320 Well, the D.A. won't have much of a job with this one. 506 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:28,320 No, I don't know anything about it. 507 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,320 Easy, baby, easy. 508 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:30,320 He's got nothin' on you. 509 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:31,320 A copper-gun rat, see. 510 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,320 Who'd have figured it? 511 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:33,320 Get away from that phone, Marty. 512 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,320 Ah, those sucker kids. 513 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,320 We're gettin' a lawyer. 514 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:38,320 You got things to ask, wait for him. 515 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,320 You move again without I say move and I'll plug ya. 516 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:42,320 You wouldn't, kid. 517 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,320 Try me. 518 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,320 You're just a cheap hood. 519 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,320 And I'm treatin' you like a dog. 520 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,320 You're just a cheap hood, and I'm treatin' you like one. 521 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,320 The palsy stuff is true. 522 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:55,320 You'll see brand first you and the girl, and then you can call a lawyer. 523 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,320 Let me at that phone. 524 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:57,320 Drop it, copper. 525 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:58,320 Huh? 526 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,320 You're covered. 527 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,320 Max. 528 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:01,320 Oh, Max. 529 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:02,320 Find him, chick. 530 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,320 Make sure he's clean. 531 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:04,320 Okay, Marty, relax. 532 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,320 This'll get you nothin' but tears and moan, shale. 533 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,320 Is he clean, chick? 534 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,320 Okay, cold cock him. 535 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:13,320 Oh! 536 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:17,320 All right, now, what's it all about? 537 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,320 When I call for Doc tonight... 538 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,320 I'll get to you in a minute, Marty. 539 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:22,320 Talk, Rita. 540 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:23,320 Doc's dead. 541 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:24,320 Good. 542 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:25,320 Who did it? 543 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:26,320 I did. 544 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,320 He showed fight when I told him to hand over the notebook. 545 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:29,320 Rita, you... 546 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:30,320 Shut up. 547 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:31,320 Go ahead. 548 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:32,320 That's all. 549 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,320 Except, uh, here's the notebook. 550 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,320 Ah, nice goin', baby. 551 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:39,320 Got it at last. 552 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,320 Rita, you've been stringin' along with him? 553 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,320 Sure she has, if it's any of your business, which it ain't. 554 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,320 You lousy redhead. 555 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:49,320 What's he so heated about? 556 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,320 Well, I used his gun and planted it on him. 557 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,320 You gave her your gun for the job? 558 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:59,320 That guy's gettin' to be a habit with you. 559 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:04,320 Frame spotting the frame and then torqued out of the spot by a lousy redhead. 560 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,320 Forget it, Marty. 561 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,320 The frame is out. 562 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,320 I need an arm like you, now that Doc is donning me. 563 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,320 All sorts of guys will get ideas about moving into the business. 564 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,320 Look, here's the pitch. 565 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,320 You gave Doc your gun last night. 566 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:18,320 Because he asked for it. 567 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,320 He was afraid of something. 568 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:20,320 Didn't say what. 569 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:21,320 That's your story. 570 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,320 Stick to it. 571 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,320 I'll set up an alibi for you for the rest of it. 572 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:25,320 Leave it to me. 573 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:26,320 Okay? 574 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:27,320 Okay. 575 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,320 You lousy redhead. 576 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,320 What does this copper know? 577 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:33,320 Too much. 578 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,320 We dump him right now. 579 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:35,320 You can't. 580 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,320 I mean, he came in with the elevator boy. 581 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,320 Chick, take care of it. 582 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:46,320 Hey, baby, you're leaving town in a hurry before they grab you. 583 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:47,320 Start packing. 584 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:48,320 All right, Maxie. 585 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,320 Now, give me a hand with the cop, Marty. 586 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,320 We'll take him out the back way. 587 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,320 I said, give me a hand, Marty. 588 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,320 Going to play it smart or not? 589 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,320 Yeah. 590 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,320 Yeah, sure, Max. 591 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,320 I'm going to play it smart. 592 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:22,320 Well, I'm still waiting for your answer, Marty. 593 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,320 I've been waiting all the way across the bridge. 594 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,320 Cut hard to the left here. 595 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:28,320 Now. 596 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:29,320 Hey. 597 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,320 When you cut hard, you cut hard, don't you? 598 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,320 How's Kivalin, Chick? 599 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:39,320 Nice and dark, ain't it, Marty? 600 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,320 This will do. 601 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,320 Pull up here. 602 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,320 Cut the lights. 603 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,320 I guess we're ready. 604 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:52,320 Well, Marty, Chick will do it if you won't. 605 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:53,320 Okay. 606 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,320 Stay a small time hood. 607 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,320 Chick, roll out the cop. 608 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:57,320 Wait a minute, Max. 609 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:58,320 Kivalin is... 610 00:22:58,320 --> 00:22:59,320 Close. 611 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:00,320 You don't pull that stuff, Marty. 612 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:01,320 It's too late. 613 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:02,320 Not Kivalin, Max. 614 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:03,320 Chick, roll him out. 615 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:04,320 Max! 616 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:05,320 Take your hand out of your pocket, chump. 617 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:06,320 We're two guns to your one. 618 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:07,320 You're with me now or else you go with Kivalin. 619 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,320 Not Kivalin, Max! 620 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,320 Chick, get him! 621 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:26,320 Kiv, Kiv, are you all right? 622 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,320 Okay, Marty, didn't touch me. 623 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:29,320 You? 624 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:30,320 I'm okay. 625 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:31,320 Help me get Max's overcoat off. 626 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:32,320 I'm cold. 627 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,320 You don't need it no more anyway. 628 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:36,320 Let's dump them both in the backseat. 629 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:37,320 Okay. 630 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:38,320 That does it. 631 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:43,320 You want to take the wheel, Kiv? 632 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:49,320 Yeah, sure, sure. 633 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,320 Oh, this is almost like old times, Marty. 634 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,320 You and me together. 635 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:55,320 Yeah. 636 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,320 But I'm still going to have to take you in to see Brandt. 637 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,320 It's a good trick if you can swing it. 638 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:03,320 Huh? 639 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:09,320 I told you, if Brandt wants to see me, let him come. 640 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,320 Marty. 641 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,320 Marty! 642 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:25,320 Brandt, how's he going to be, Doc? 643 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:26,320 A matter of minutes. 644 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,320 If Captain Brandt wants to talk to him at all, I'll... 645 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:29,320 I've phoned him. 646 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:30,320 He should be here now. 647 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:31,320 Kiv. 648 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,160 Right here, Marty, right here. 649 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,320 You're going to be okay, shall I? 650 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,320 Kiv, I heard the Doc. 651 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,320 Where's the topcoat I was wearing? 652 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,320 The one I took off Max. 653 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,320 It's right here, Marty. 654 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:45,320 Here it is. 655 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,320 There's a little notebook in one of the pockets. 656 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,320 Narcotics ought to see it right away. 657 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,320 Yeah, that one. 658 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,320 Holy cow. 659 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,320 Marty, you know what this is? 660 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:00,320 What's in it? 661 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,320 Hello, Marty. 662 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:09,320 You see, Kiv, I told you Brandt would have to come to me 663 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,320 if he wanted to see... 664 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,320 Marty. 665 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,320 Marty! 666 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,320 He can't hear you. 667 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,320 He gave me this, Captain. 668 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,320 Do you know what it is? 669 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,320 It would have put him right back on the force. 670 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,320 He was never off it. 671 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:27,320 What? 672 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,320 That's right. 673 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,320 It was a plant right from the time he let the dames 674 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,320 shoot up the saloon with his gun. 675 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:33,320 You planted him with that gang? 676 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,320 Don't look at me like that, Kiv. 677 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:36,320 It was a good idea and it worked, 678 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,320 and I ain't ashamed of having thought of it. 679 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,320 It's the only way to get the goods in these dope runners. 680 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:41,320 Yeah, but I... 681 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,320 For Marty, well, he was a good cop. 682 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,320 And after all, this is what he was paid for. 683 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,320 Thank you, William Bendix, for a splendid performance. 684 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,320 Mr. Bendix will return in just a moment. 685 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,320 Well, I don't know, have you got any more birthday 686 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,320 banter about auto light resistor spark plugs? 687 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,320 No banter, Hap, just facts. 688 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,320 For the fact is, those wide-gaff auto light resistor 689 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,320 spark plugs are wonderful. They're sensational. 690 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,320 They're ignition engineered. 691 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,320 And there's a type for every make of car. 692 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,320 Why, by Cornelius, everyone ought to switch to a set of 693 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,320 auto light resistor spark plugs right away. 694 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,320 And now, Hap, here's one more rousing spark plug rhyme. 695 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,320 Let's read it together. 696 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,320 Hap, you can tell the difference in your car 697 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,320 with auto light resistor spark plugs, Thar. 698 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,320 Well, Hap, you certainly ought to remember 699 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,320 this auto light resistor spark plug birthday. 700 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,320 And friends, here's something for everyone to remember. 701 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,320 Auto light means spark plugs. 702 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,320 Ignition engineered resistor spark plugs. 703 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,320 Auto light means batteries. 704 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,320 Stay full, batteries. 705 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,320 Auto light means ignition system. 706 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,320 The lifeline of your car. 707 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,320 And now, here again is William Bendix. 708 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:12,320 Thank you. 709 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,320 It's always a pleasure to appear on Suspense. 710 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,320 This is probably every actor's favorite program, 711 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:18,320 and I know that... 712 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,320 Help! Help! Let me out! 713 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,320 Hey, there's someone in that closet. 714 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,320 Well, Jack Benny, what are you doing in there? 715 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,320 Oh, hello, Bill. 716 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,320 I, uh, glad somebody let me out. 717 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,320 I don't get it. What's the idea, Jack? 718 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,320 Well, you see, Bill, I'm moving my program to CBS Sunday nights 719 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,320 and I thought I'd drop in and look over the studio, take one out. 720 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,320 And then all of a sudden all that shooting started 721 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,320 and I hid in the closet. 722 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,320 I'm sure glad you didn't stop any of those bullets, Jack. 723 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,320 We all want to hear you next Sunday night on CBS. 724 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,320 Your program has always been on my must list, along with Suspense. 725 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:51,320 Well, thanks, Bill. 726 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,320 By the way, what about next week's Suspense? 727 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,320 Next week, radio's outstanding theater of thrills 728 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,320 presents Gene Kelly and Ethel Barrymore in To Find Help, 729 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,320 another gripping study in... 730 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,320 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let me say it, will you? 731 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,320 You know, that one word. Let me say it. 732 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,320 Oh, sure, Jack. 733 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:12,320 Next week, hear Gene Kelly and Ethel Barrymore in To Find Help, 734 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,320 another gripping study in... 735 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,320 Suspense! 736 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,320 Who said I can't do grammar? 737 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,320 William Bendix appears through the courtesy of his own radio show, 738 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,320 The Life of Riley, sponsored by Prel, 739 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,320 and will soon be seen in the Paramount picture, 740 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:29,320 The Streets of Laredo. 741 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,320 Wally Mayer was heard as Kivlehan. 742 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,320 Tonight's Suspense play was adapted for radio 743 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,320 by Joseph Ruscall and Walter Newman 744 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,320 from the original story by Thomas Walsh. 745 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:42,320 Music was composed by Lucien Morawek and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 746 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:46,320 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Lieder. 747 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,320 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars 748 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,320 as Danny Kay, Robert Montgomery, Dana Andrews, and many others. 749 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,320 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to 750 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,320 Suspense! Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills. 751 00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,320 And next Thursday, same time, 752 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:03,320 hear Gene Kelly and Ethel Barrymore in To Find Help. 753 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:08,320 This is the Auto Light Suspense show. 754 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,320 Take advantage of high prices for steel scrap. 755 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,320 Turn in yours to your local scrap dealer. 756 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:17,320 Good night. Happy New Year from Auto Light. 757 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:22,320 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.