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01:57.520 --> 02:00.160 Oh, to the end of the line, Marty. 02:00.160 --> 02:04.240 Then we give him a transfer, a steel jacket transfer. 02:04.240 --> 02:07.200 Get the picture, Chick? 02:07.200 --> 02:09.200 Chick gets the picture. 02:09.200 --> 02:10.200 When, Max? 02:10.200 --> 02:11.640 When we get over the bridge. 02:11.640 --> 02:17.160 Yeah, we'll make Kevlaran a good cop, and then we'll dump him. 02:17.160 --> 02:19.600 Chick, I said enough's enough. 02:19.600 --> 02:21.680 Make it stick this time, will you, Max? 02:21.680 --> 02:24.600 You're awful sensitive for an ex-cop. 02:24.600 --> 02:25.600 You with us, Marty? 02:25.600 --> 02:26.600 What do you think? 02:26.600 --> 02:31.280 I think maybe you're remembering that before they bounced you off the force, you and Kevlaran 02:31.280 --> 02:34.320 once teamed together on the homicide squad. 02:34.320 --> 02:36.640 Once had long red curls, too. 02:36.640 --> 02:41.200 No, Max, what I'm remembering is the raw deal that Captain Brandt gave me. 02:41.200 --> 02:44.400 And the little murder rap Kevlaran's been just sweating to pin on me. 02:44.400 --> 02:46.200 Marty, tell you what. 02:46.200 --> 02:47.200 Yeah? 02:47.200 --> 02:51.080 You're all the time asking for a chance to climb up in the organization. 02:51.080 --> 02:53.080 I'm going to give it to you now. 02:53.080 --> 02:57.440 I'll let you combine business with pleasure as a personal favor. 02:57.440 --> 02:58.440 I'm listening. 02:58.440 --> 03:03.320 I'm going to let you put the quiet on Kevlaran all by yourself. 03:03.320 --> 03:04.320 How's that? 03:04.320 --> 03:07.040 I didn't hear you, Marty. 03:07.040 --> 03:16.640 I said, how's that? 03:16.640 --> 03:17.640 How's that, he says. 03:17.640 --> 03:18.640 How's that? 03:18.640 --> 03:21.020 I leave it to you, Captain Brandt. 03:21.020 --> 03:23.120 You dealt the cards for this hand. 03:23.120 --> 03:24.120 How is it? 03:24.120 --> 03:26.760 Me, Marty Connors, turning cop killer. 03:26.760 --> 03:28.680 Are you satisfied, Brandt? 03:28.680 --> 03:31.120 We're on the Queensboro Bridge now. 03:31.120 --> 03:33.520 Me and Kevvie. 03:33.520 --> 03:36.760 Remember your tough team of Connors and Kevlaran? 03:36.760 --> 03:39.560 Only this time he ain't my partner, Brandt. 03:39.560 --> 03:40.920 He's my gun meat. 03:40.920 --> 03:46.400 I guess I should have expected anything, anything at all once I started to roll on my own. 03:46.400 --> 03:48.880 No holes barred since the breakup. 03:48.880 --> 03:52.320 Just a lot of dirty infighting from the day Brandt put the skids under me in front of 03:52.320 --> 03:53.320 those newspaper vultures. 03:53.320 --> 03:54.320 Morning, Chief. 03:54.320 --> 03:55.320 Hi, Kev. 03:55.320 --> 03:56.320 Hi. 03:56.320 --> 04:01.640 What are those reporters doing outside? 04:01.640 --> 04:02.640 Hand me your shield, Connors. 04:02.640 --> 04:03.640 What? 04:03.640 --> 04:04.640 I said, hand me your shield. 04:04.640 --> 04:06.640 You're suspended on decision of the board. 04:06.640 --> 04:07.640 But... 04:07.640 --> 04:08.640 You heard me. 04:08.640 --> 04:09.640 You're going up on charges. 04:09.640 --> 04:10.640 But Brandt, give me a break. 04:10.640 --> 04:11.640 I'll give him a break, Captain. 04:11.640 --> 04:12.640 Break? 04:12.640 --> 04:14.640 Tell me, Connors, where were you last night? 04:14.640 --> 04:15.640 Well, I was... 04:15.640 --> 04:16.640 I had a date. 04:16.640 --> 04:17.640 At a bar, huh? 04:17.640 --> 04:19.520 With a dame you never saw before. 04:19.520 --> 04:21.040 Well, we had a few drinks and... 04:21.040 --> 04:22.320 And what happened after that? 04:22.320 --> 04:23.320 Well, I... 04:23.320 --> 04:24.320 You see... 04:24.320 --> 04:25.320 I'll tell you. 04:25.320 --> 04:28.560 You're the only one who doesn't seem to know because everybody else read it in this morning's 04:28.560 --> 04:29.560 paper. 04:29.560 --> 04:33.080 Strange dame got you dead drunk at a bar, rolled you for your gun when you passed out, 04:33.080 --> 04:37.720 tried to stick up, shot the joint to splinters and was collared still carrying your gun. 04:37.720 --> 04:41.080 Now you know, do you still expect a break? 04:41.080 --> 04:42.720 Sure I expect a break. 04:42.720 --> 04:44.600 In the first place, I was off duty at the time. 04:44.600 --> 04:46.960 And in the second place, I've been on the force 11 years. 04:46.960 --> 04:51.120 And in third place, if it was 111, Connors, I'd still bounce you and bounce you hard. 04:51.120 --> 04:54.960 You want to hand me that potty of yours or do I tear it off your chest? 04:54.960 --> 04:55.960 Here. 04:55.960 --> 05:05.360 Add it to your collection, Captain Brandt. 05:05.360 --> 05:07.920 I'm sorry about the verdict, Marty, but don't blame Brandt. 05:07.920 --> 05:08.920 Oh, sure. 05:08.920 --> 05:09.920 Don't blame Brandt. 05:09.920 --> 05:10.920 Blame me. 05:10.920 --> 05:13.360 I'm the first cop ever gets drunk, huh? 05:13.360 --> 05:14.360 Brandt don't drink. 05:14.360 --> 05:15.360 You don't, huh? 05:15.360 --> 05:16.360 Well, I... 05:16.360 --> 05:18.800 I mean, the liquor smells like, I suppose, it's a laugh. 05:18.800 --> 05:19.800 Oh, stop it, Marty. 05:19.800 --> 05:20.800 What are you going to do? 05:20.800 --> 05:21.800 Going out to Taiwan. 05:21.800 --> 05:24.800 What did you think I was going to do? 05:24.800 --> 05:25.800 What are you trying to prove? 05:25.800 --> 05:30.240 Oh, Marty, look, you didn't get jammed up because of a drink now and then it was a dame. 05:30.240 --> 05:31.440 With you, it's always a dame. 05:31.440 --> 05:32.440 You lose your head, Marty. 05:32.440 --> 05:33.440 You let him make a sucker out. 05:33.440 --> 05:34.440 Lay off, kid. 05:34.440 --> 05:35.440 It's the truth, Marty. 05:35.440 --> 05:36.440 I said lay off, lay off. 05:36.440 --> 05:37.440 Okay, then. 05:37.440 --> 05:38.440 Oh, Marty. 05:38.440 --> 05:39.440 Marty, let's not... 05:39.440 --> 05:40.440 I mean, you and me, we... 05:40.440 --> 05:41.440 How... 05:41.440 --> 05:42.440 How you fix for money? 05:42.440 --> 05:46.640 I got enough and pretty soon maybe I'll have a lot more. 05:46.640 --> 05:48.240 Big bundles of it. 05:48.240 --> 05:51.280 I've already got a call from Doc Williamson and Mack Shale. 05:51.280 --> 05:52.280 What? 05:52.280 --> 05:53.280 Nibble on that one, Kiv. 05:53.280 --> 05:54.280 Marty, are you crazy? 05:54.280 --> 05:55.280 Steer clear of them. 05:55.280 --> 05:56.280 Why? 05:56.280 --> 05:57.280 Show me why. 05:57.280 --> 05:58.280 You know as well as I do. 05:58.280 --> 06:01.280 If you don't, well, just ask any of the boys on the narcotics squad. 06:01.280 --> 06:03.280 Oh, Marty, stop shorter. 06:03.280 --> 06:05.280 I can see where your head had just as plain as... 06:05.280 --> 06:06.280 Listen to me, Marty. 06:06.280 --> 06:07.280 No, no, listen to me. 06:07.280 --> 06:08.280 I'm not going to do it. 06:08.280 --> 06:09.280 I'm not going to do it. 06:09.280 --> 06:10.280 I'm not going to do it. 06:10.280 --> 06:11.280 I'm not going to do it. 06:11.280 --> 06:12.640 Listen to me. 06:12.640 --> 06:16.320 You tangle with Williamson and Shale and no telling what can happen. 06:16.320 --> 06:19.200 One of us might one day have to go after you. 06:19.200 --> 06:20.440 It might be me. 06:20.440 --> 06:22.960 You ain't on narcotics. 06:22.960 --> 06:25.120 Narcotics and homicide don't mix, huh? 06:25.120 --> 06:26.640 Mercy me. 06:26.640 --> 06:28.620 It gives here Sunday school. 06:28.620 --> 06:29.800 After the deal I got... 06:29.800 --> 06:33.960 Look, if you'll only mark time for a while and not lose your head, the newspaper blast 06:33.960 --> 06:35.840 will die down and I'm sure the commissioner will give you... 06:35.840 --> 06:38.120 Nuts to the commissioner and nuts to Brent. 06:38.120 --> 06:39.320 This to him, look. 06:39.320 --> 06:40.320 All five fingers. 06:40.320 --> 06:41.320 And to you, Kivaland. 06:41.320 --> 06:43.680 And you stay away from me here. 06:43.680 --> 06:44.680 Stay away. 06:44.680 --> 06:45.680 I mean it. 06:45.680 --> 06:48.960 I'm going to go line up that job right now. 06:48.960 --> 06:56.280 So you're Marty Connors, huh? 06:56.280 --> 06:57.280 I can use you. 06:57.280 --> 06:58.600 I can be used? 06:58.600 --> 07:00.160 It pays a hundred and a half a week. 07:00.160 --> 07:01.560 I need a guard. 07:01.560 --> 07:03.520 You know the set of Max and me are in. 07:03.520 --> 07:07.160 We got a nice club, nice customers, a lot of them rich. 07:07.160 --> 07:08.840 It attracts cheap guns. 07:08.840 --> 07:12.640 And they figure maybe they can knock the place over and take all the dough around the gambling 07:12.640 --> 07:13.640 tables. 07:13.640 --> 07:17.880 Now, you have a reputation for being hard. 07:17.880 --> 07:21.060 That might stop the trouble even before it begins. 07:21.060 --> 07:24.440 That would be part of your job. 07:24.440 --> 07:25.520 The other part? 07:25.520 --> 07:29.220 I carry a lot of money and one or two other things. 07:29.220 --> 07:31.520 I want personal protection. 07:31.520 --> 07:32.520 Well? 07:32.520 --> 07:34.480 It's a contract. 07:34.480 --> 07:37.800 Is that all I do? 07:37.800 --> 07:40.640 When I get in on the big stuff? 07:40.640 --> 07:43.440 Not the gambling, the big stuff. 07:43.440 --> 07:45.480 I don't know what you're talking about. 07:45.480 --> 07:46.480 The dust, Doc. 07:46.480 --> 07:47.480 The dust. 07:47.480 --> 07:48.960 That's what pays off. 07:48.960 --> 07:51.440 I still don't know what you're talking about. 07:51.440 --> 07:57.200 But when I think you're worth more, I'll see that you get a chance to earn it. 07:57.200 --> 07:59.200 Until then, don't let your nose get dirty. 07:59.200 --> 08:00.200 You know what I mean? 08:00.200 --> 08:03.200 I'm a too hanky man. 08:03.200 --> 08:06.920 Hey, who's the long legged redhead at the piano? 08:06.920 --> 08:10.800 Do I get a chance to protect her too? 08:10.800 --> 08:13.280 I handle that myself. 08:13.280 --> 08:14.760 Leave it strictly alone. 08:14.760 --> 08:15.760 Understand? 08:15.760 --> 08:16.760 Sure, sure. 08:16.760 --> 08:17.760 I don't blame you. 08:17.760 --> 08:22.760 Not the least little bit. 08:22.760 --> 08:32.040 So I went to work as a stalker for Doc Williamson and Max Shale. 08:32.040 --> 08:35.760 I'd call for Doc every night at one, take him to the club and then walk around the tables 08:35.760 --> 08:36.760 and that was all. 08:36.760 --> 08:38.360 I was at the bottom of the heap for weeks. 08:38.360 --> 08:43.120 I wasn't making any headway in that direction, but I was in another. 08:43.120 --> 08:47.160 Rita, I learned her name was Rita. 08:47.160 --> 08:50.880 Sometimes she'd be there when I called for Doc, but I might have been collecting the laundry 08:50.880 --> 08:53.280 for all the attention she paid. 08:53.280 --> 08:57.720 Until one time I rang Doc's doorbell and she answered it. 08:57.720 --> 09:01.080 Hello, big fella. 09:01.080 --> 09:02.680 Tell Doc I'm here. 09:02.680 --> 09:03.680 He's not in. 09:03.680 --> 09:06.320 When will he be back? 09:06.320 --> 09:07.320 Not soon. 09:07.320 --> 09:08.320 Maybe. 09:08.320 --> 09:09.320 Won't I do? 09:09.320 --> 09:10.320 Didn't he leave word? 09:10.320 --> 09:15.320 He didn't leave anything except me. 09:15.320 --> 09:19.320 I'll wait for him in the lobby. 09:19.320 --> 09:21.000 What's the matter, Marty? 09:21.000 --> 09:22.000 Don't you like me? 09:22.000 --> 09:25.720 I like Doc's watching chain too, but I don't heist it. 09:25.720 --> 09:26.720 Why not? 09:26.720 --> 09:27.720 You're big enough. 09:27.720 --> 09:29.960 Maybe you take better care of it than he does. 09:29.960 --> 09:34.160 Maybe he treats it bad, leaves it around lonesome in a satin lined case. 09:34.160 --> 09:36.160 Don't you need a watch, Marty? 09:36.160 --> 09:37.920 You can't tell. 09:37.920 --> 09:46.200 Might come a day when I'll need the right time bad. 09:46.200 --> 09:48.800 I thought about that watch a lot the next few days. 09:48.800 --> 09:53.760 The next time I rang Doc's doorbell and she answered it and said... 09:53.760 --> 09:54.760 Hello, big fella. 09:54.760 --> 09:56.360 Tell Doc I'm here. 09:56.360 --> 09:57.360 He's not in. 09:57.360 --> 10:00.360 You lovely, lousy, long-legged redhead. 10:00.360 --> 10:01.360 Marty, Marty. 10:01.360 --> 10:02.360 Marty, Doc will be back in a minute. 10:02.360 --> 10:03.360 Where can we meet? 10:03.360 --> 10:04.360 I've got to go. 10:04.360 --> 10:06.360 My place? 10:06.360 --> 10:07.360 Tomorrow? 10:07.360 --> 10:08.360 Yeah, your place. 10:08.360 --> 10:09.360 Tomorrow. 10:09.360 --> 10:10.360 And the next day. 10:10.360 --> 10:11.360 And the next. 10:11.360 --> 10:12.360 Marty, I'm afraid of him. 10:12.360 --> 10:13.360 I'm afraid of him. 10:13.360 --> 10:14.360 Right, if Doc, he's just a yellow slob. 10:14.360 --> 10:15.360 I think he knows about you and me. 10:15.360 --> 10:16.360 We've been seeing each other the last few weeks. 10:16.360 --> 10:17.360 I'm scared. 10:17.360 --> 10:18.360 Marty, he beeps me. 10:18.360 --> 10:19.360 I'm scared. 10:19.360 --> 10:20.360 I'm scared. 10:20.360 --> 10:21.360 I'm scared. 10:21.360 --> 10:22.360 I'm scared. 10:22.360 --> 10:23.360 I'm scared. 10:23.360 --> 10:24.360 I'm scared. 10:24.360 --> 10:25.360 I'm scared. 10:25.360 --> 10:26.360 I'm scared. 10:26.360 --> 10:27.360 I'm scared. 10:27.360 --> 10:28.360 I'm scared. 10:28.360 --> 10:29.360 I'm scared. 10:29.360 --> 10:30.360 I'm scared. 10:30.360 --> 10:31.360 I'm scared. 10:31.360 --> 10:32.360 I'm scared. 10:32.360 --> 10:33.360 I'm scared. 10:33.360 --> 10:34.360 I'm scared. 10:34.360 --> 10:35.360 Marty, he beeps me. 10:35.360 --> 10:36.360 Once he threatened to kill me. 10:36.360 --> 10:42.040 Well, the next time he tries to flash this, you'll see how quick he'll fall here. 10:42.040 --> 10:43.040 Take it. 10:43.040 --> 10:44.040 It's only a little 25 automatic. 10:44.040 --> 10:45.040 Put it in your purse. 10:45.040 --> 10:46.040 No. 10:46.040 --> 10:47.040 Go on, take it. 10:47.040 --> 10:48.040 Do as I say. 10:48.040 --> 10:49.360 Hold it in reserve. 10:49.360 --> 10:52.360 He raises a finger till you draw fast and watch him retreat. 10:52.360 --> 10:55.360 You know, I feel better already. 10:55.360 --> 10:57.800 Sure, that's why they call you the old equalizer. 10:57.800 --> 11:00.600 Was it about me he threatened to kill you? 11:00.600 --> 11:01.600 No. 11:01.600 --> 11:02.600 Who? 11:02.600 --> 11:04.600 Oh, no, nothing like that. 11:04.600 --> 11:06.600 He once found me going through his bureau. 11:06.600 --> 11:07.600 What? 11:07.600 --> 11:08.600 What's the secret? 11:08.600 --> 11:09.600 He wears a girdle? 11:09.600 --> 11:10.600 All right, then don't tell me. 11:10.600 --> 11:11.600 Here, have another drink. 11:11.600 --> 11:19.600 Marty, you know what Doc and Max do for their really big money? 11:19.600 --> 11:21.480 Sure, they pedal dreams. 11:21.480 --> 11:22.480 That's no secret. 11:22.480 --> 11:23.480 Not really. 11:23.480 --> 11:24.480 Why? 11:24.480 --> 11:25.480 You know the set up? 11:25.480 --> 11:27.080 Yeah, I'm just an arm, a yard and a half a week arm. 11:27.080 --> 11:28.600 Well, I know the set up. 11:28.600 --> 11:32.200 I'm the only one who does aside from Doc and maybe Max. 11:32.200 --> 11:34.440 Oh, well, go on. 11:34.440 --> 11:35.440 Max does most of the work. 11:35.440 --> 11:38.320 He's distributing the stuff, but he gets a smaller cut than Doc does. 11:38.320 --> 11:39.320 You know why? 11:39.320 --> 11:41.320 Because before he can distribute the stuff... 11:41.320 --> 11:43.800 He's got to have it to distribute. 11:43.800 --> 11:45.040 Doc's the buyer. 11:45.040 --> 11:47.920 He has the contacts all over the world. 11:47.920 --> 11:50.400 And guess where he keeps what he knows? 11:50.400 --> 11:52.920 The address is cold shipping dates. 11:52.920 --> 11:54.220 How would I know? 11:54.220 --> 12:00.080 In a little green notebook in a shammy bag hung around his neck. 12:00.080 --> 12:03.080 That's why he hides you, Marty. 12:03.080 --> 12:04.080 Oh, Marty. 12:04.080 --> 12:08.080 Marty, do you know what it could mean to us if we had that notebook? 12:08.080 --> 12:09.080 Yeah. 12:09.080 --> 12:11.080 He wears it on him, huh? 12:11.080 --> 12:13.080 Around his neck. 12:13.080 --> 12:14.080 Rita, listen hard. 12:14.080 --> 12:18.160 This evening before I come to pick him up, snuggle up to him. 12:18.160 --> 12:20.280 See if he can feel that shammy bag. 12:20.280 --> 12:22.480 If he's wearing it, give me the nod when I call from at one. 12:22.480 --> 12:23.480 Do you follow me? 12:23.480 --> 12:25.960 Oh, yeah, Marty, I follow you. 12:25.960 --> 12:34.800 Maybe I'm even ahead of you. 12:34.800 --> 12:36.360 I went up there at one. 12:36.360 --> 12:38.120 I rang and rang, but no one answered. 12:38.120 --> 12:41.400 When I tried the knob, the door swung open. 12:41.400 --> 12:42.600 Rita wasn't there. 12:42.600 --> 12:45.040 But Doc was. 12:45.040 --> 12:47.280 He would never be deader. 12:47.280 --> 12:52.680 He was lying face down, what was left of the face, on the bedroom rug. 12:52.680 --> 12:54.720 The room still smelled of cordite. 12:54.720 --> 12:58.360 A 25 shell lay near his feet. 12:58.360 --> 13:00.640 His body was still warm. 13:00.640 --> 13:16.360 I know because I felt it when I reached for the shammy bag, which wasn't there. 13:16.360 --> 13:23.440 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you William Bendix in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 13:23.440 --> 13:25.040 Suspense. 13:25.040 --> 13:33.600 Okay, Harlow, give us a lowdown. 13:33.600 --> 13:37.120 Did you invite Mary and me to the studio just to hear you talk about Auto Light Resistor 13:37.120 --> 13:38.120 spark plugs? 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14:36.680 --> 14:37.680 I don't know. 14:37.680 --> 14:43.160 Well, anyhow, Hap, now that we've had our fun, let's get back to suspense. 14:43.160 --> 14:49.280 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, William Bendix as Marty Connors 14:49.280 --> 14:59.320 in Break Up, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 14:59.320 --> 15:03.040 I got out of Doc's apartment fast, left it just as I found it, him dead on the floor 15:03.040 --> 15:04.840 with a shell beside him. 15:04.840 --> 15:08.760 I had to find Rita, poor kid, she'd really be in a mess now. 15:08.760 --> 15:10.560 Everybody knew she was Doc's girl. 15:10.560 --> 15:13.000 I had to locate her in the shammie bag. 15:13.000 --> 15:15.040 I took a cab to her flat and let myself in. 15:15.040 --> 15:17.640 No, Rita. 15:17.640 --> 15:20.760 That meant I would have to go hunting, but not without a gun, not now. 15:20.760 --> 15:23.040 I went home to pick up my police positive. 15:23.040 --> 15:30.920 It was in my bureau drawer and snuggling next to it among the socks was Rita's little 25, 15:30.920 --> 15:34.640 with one chamber empty and a smell sharp as incense. 15:34.640 --> 15:38.280 So I was being suckered again. 15:38.280 --> 15:41.760 Give me. 15:41.760 --> 15:47.200 Give me your son of a gun. 15:47.200 --> 15:48.200 Come in. 15:48.200 --> 15:49.200 Come on in. 15:49.200 --> 15:50.480 Can I fix you a drink, Kiv? 15:50.480 --> 15:52.920 I ain't here as social, Marty. 15:52.920 --> 15:53.920 No? 15:53.920 --> 15:54.920 No. 15:54.920 --> 15:58.040 Remember I told you I might be sent after you one day? 15:58.040 --> 15:59.920 Well, I'm sent. 15:59.920 --> 16:02.160 What are you talking about, Kiv? 16:02.160 --> 16:04.920 The elevator boy found Doc dead a few minutes ago. 16:04.920 --> 16:05.920 So? 16:05.920 --> 16:08.840 So you're the only one he took down from that floor since 10 o'clock. 16:08.840 --> 16:11.840 Well, Kiv, you know what to expect from a sleepy elevator kid. 16:11.840 --> 16:13.840 Why ain't you with Doc tonight? 16:13.840 --> 16:15.840 Well, it's my night off. 16:15.840 --> 16:18.440 Kiv, you don't really think I've turned killer. 16:18.440 --> 16:19.440 Why not? 16:19.440 --> 16:25.600 Oh, by the way, I know about you and that redhead. 16:25.600 --> 16:27.360 Come on, let's go, Marty. 16:27.360 --> 16:28.720 Brandt wants to talk to you. 16:28.720 --> 16:29.720 Brandt, huh? 16:29.720 --> 16:31.140 I should jump at that. 16:31.140 --> 16:33.420 I don't hop bells for Brandt now, Kiv. 16:33.420 --> 16:34.420 You know that. 16:34.420 --> 16:36.080 As far as I'm concerned, you and Brandt both... 16:36.080 --> 16:37.080 Shut up, Marty. 16:37.080 --> 16:38.760 You don't make me. 16:38.760 --> 16:41.960 If Brandt wants to talk to me, he comes here with a warrant yet. 16:41.960 --> 16:44.400 Then I'll have to take you... 16:44.400 --> 16:46.680 If you want it, copper. 16:46.680 --> 16:47.680 You drawin' on me? 16:47.680 --> 16:48.680 Stay where you are, Kiv. 16:48.680 --> 16:49.680 You ain't bringin' me in. 16:49.680 --> 16:50.680 You big ape. 16:50.680 --> 16:53.120 You're trying to nerve yourself up to it. 16:53.120 --> 16:54.120 Oh, Marty. 16:54.120 --> 16:55.120 Back, Kiv. 16:55.120 --> 16:57.040 A guy would think you meant it. 16:57.040 --> 16:58.040 I do mean it. 16:58.040 --> 16:59.400 I swear I'll let you have... 16:59.400 --> 17:00.400 Not you, Marty. 17:00.400 --> 17:01.400 Not a next guy. 17:01.400 --> 17:15.600 I ought to keep your nose out of it for a while, Kiv. 17:15.600 --> 17:18.960 Sixth. 17:18.960 --> 17:22.440 Sixth floor, sir. 17:22.440 --> 17:23.440 Huh? 17:23.440 --> 17:24.440 Oh, okay. 17:24.440 --> 17:26.600 Mr. Shale's apartment is just around there. 17:26.600 --> 17:27.600 Thanks. 17:27.600 --> 17:31.600 Oh, no. 17:31.600 --> 17:36.480 No, no. 17:36.480 --> 17:37.480 Max, I... 17:37.480 --> 17:38.480 Marty. 17:38.480 --> 17:41.480 Oh, Marty, I've been so worried about you. 17:41.480 --> 17:43.640 I've been sittin' here darned by Inge's, Marty. 17:43.640 --> 17:44.640 I didn't know... 17:44.640 --> 17:47.320 A sweet frame you nailed together. 17:47.320 --> 17:48.320 A sweet one. 17:48.320 --> 17:49.320 Is that what you think? 17:49.320 --> 17:50.320 Marty, honey, it wasn't. 17:50.320 --> 17:51.320 I swear it. 17:51.320 --> 17:56.800 I swear by all it's holy to me. 17:56.800 --> 17:57.800 Such as what? 17:57.800 --> 17:58.800 A dollar bill, maybe? 17:58.800 --> 17:59.800 Marty, listen to me. 17:59.800 --> 18:02.000 When I got the docs, he was waitin' for me. 18:02.000 --> 18:03.000 He knew all about us. 18:03.000 --> 18:04.000 He began to hit me. 18:04.000 --> 18:05.000 I did what you said, Marty. 18:05.000 --> 18:06.000 I took out your gun. 18:06.000 --> 18:07.000 My finger must have slipped. 18:07.000 --> 18:08.000 Oh, yeah. 18:08.000 --> 18:09.000 It wasn't a frame, Marty. 18:09.000 --> 18:10.000 I love you. 18:10.000 --> 18:15.000 Lots of men would like me to say that to them, but I love you. 18:15.000 --> 18:17.000 All right, stop it, stop it, stop it. 18:17.000 --> 18:19.000 I didn't mean to hurt you. 18:19.000 --> 18:20.000 Shh. 18:20.000 --> 18:23.000 After I lost my head, I went to your place, but you weren't there. 18:23.000 --> 18:24.400 I put the gun in the drawer. 18:24.400 --> 18:27.400 I thought it would be safe, and I waited for you, but you didn't come. 18:27.400 --> 18:29.520 So I came here. 18:29.520 --> 18:30.520 I thought maybe Max would help me. 18:30.520 --> 18:31.520 It's all right, baby. 18:31.520 --> 18:32.520 It's gonna be all right. 18:32.520 --> 18:33.520 Now, shh, quiet. 18:33.520 --> 18:35.520 Let me have the chamois bag. 18:35.520 --> 18:37.600 Rita, the chamois bag. 18:37.600 --> 18:38.600 Let me have it. 18:38.600 --> 18:41.320 I haven't got it, Marty. 18:41.320 --> 18:42.320 I didn't even look for it. 18:42.320 --> 18:45.320 I couldn't have touched him. 18:45.320 --> 18:46.320 You're not lyin' to me now. 18:46.320 --> 18:47.320 No. 18:47.320 --> 18:48.320 It wasn't on him when I found him. 18:48.320 --> 18:49.320 He was clean. 18:49.320 --> 18:50.320 Rita, shh. 18:50.320 --> 18:51.320 Who would that be? 18:51.320 --> 18:52.320 Max, maybe? 18:52.320 --> 18:55.320 Max would have come right in. 18:55.320 --> 18:56.320 Who is it? 18:56.320 --> 18:57.320 Elevator, boy, sir. 18:57.320 --> 18:58.320 What do you want? 18:58.320 --> 19:01.320 The lady, Miss Carter, lost her gloves in the elevator. 19:01.320 --> 19:02.320 You were wearing gloves? 19:02.320 --> 19:03.320 I don't remember. 19:03.320 --> 19:06.320 All right, boy, give him the... 19:06.320 --> 19:07.320 Hold it, Marty. 19:07.320 --> 19:08.320 Nothing fancy now you're covered. 19:08.320 --> 19:09.320 Okay, son. 19:09.320 --> 19:10.320 Thanks. 19:10.320 --> 19:11.320 Get back to your elevator. 19:11.320 --> 19:12.320 Yes, sir. 19:12.320 --> 19:13.320 Back in, Marty. 19:13.320 --> 19:14.320 Go on, both of you. 19:14.320 --> 19:15.320 Get back in. 19:15.320 --> 19:18.320 Well, you've lost a lot of savvy since you left the squad, Marty. 19:18.320 --> 19:22.320 Takin' a cab here from the hack stand in front of your place. 19:22.320 --> 19:25.320 Marty Connors and Doc's baby together. 19:25.320 --> 19:27.320 Well, the D.A. won't have much of a job with this one. 19:27.320 --> 19:28.320 No, I don't know anything about it. 19:28.320 --> 19:29.320 Easy, baby, easy. 19:29.320 --> 19:30.320 He's got nothin' on you. 19:30.320 --> 19:31.320 A copper-gun rat, see. 19:31.320 --> 19:32.320 Who'd have figured it? 19:32.320 --> 19:33.320 Get away from that phone, Marty. 19:33.320 --> 19:36.320 Ah, those sucker kids. 19:36.320 --> 19:37.320 We're gettin' a lawyer. 19:37.320 --> 19:38.320 You got things to ask, wait for him. 19:38.320 --> 19:41.320 You move again without I say move and I'll plug ya. 19:41.320 --> 19:42.320 You wouldn't, kid. 19:42.320 --> 19:43.320 Try me. 19:43.320 --> 19:45.320 You're just a cheap hood. 19:45.320 --> 19:46.320 And I'm treatin' you like a dog. 19:46.320 --> 19:49.320 You're just a cheap hood, and I'm treatin' you like one. 19:49.320 --> 19:51.320 The palsy stuff is true. 19:51.320 --> 19:55.320 You'll see brand first you and the girl, and then you can call a lawyer. 19:55.320 --> 19:56.320 Let me at that phone. 19:56.320 --> 19:57.320 Drop it, copper. 19:57.320 --> 19:58.320 Huh? 19:58.320 --> 19:59.320 You're covered. 19:59.320 --> 20:00.320 Max. 20:00.320 --> 20:01.320 Oh, Max. 20:01.320 --> 20:02.320 Find him, chick. 20:02.320 --> 20:03.320 Make sure he's clean. 20:03.320 --> 20:04.320 Okay, Marty, relax. 20:04.320 --> 20:06.320 This'll get you nothin' but tears and moan, shale. 20:06.320 --> 20:09.320 Is he clean, chick? 20:09.320 --> 20:12.320 Okay, cold cock him. 20:12.320 --> 20:13.320 Oh! 20:13.320 --> 20:17.320 All right, now, what's it all about? 20:17.320 --> 20:19.320 When I call for Doc tonight... 20:19.320 --> 20:21.320 I'll get to you in a minute, Marty. 20:21.320 --> 20:22.320 Talk, Rita. 20:22.320 --> 20:23.320 Doc's dead. 20:23.320 --> 20:24.320 Good. 20:24.320 --> 20:25.320 Who did it? 20:25.320 --> 20:26.320 I did. 20:26.320 --> 20:28.320 He showed fight when I told him to hand over the notebook. 20:28.320 --> 20:29.320 Rita, you... 20:29.320 --> 20:30.320 Shut up. 20:30.320 --> 20:31.320 Go ahead. 20:31.320 --> 20:32.320 That's all. 20:32.320 --> 20:35.320 Except, uh, here's the notebook. 20:35.320 --> 20:38.320 Ah, nice goin', baby. 20:38.320 --> 20:39.320 Got it at last. 20:39.320 --> 20:43.320 Rita, you've been stringin' along with him? 20:43.320 --> 20:46.320 Sure she has, if it's any of your business, which it ain't. 20:46.320 --> 20:48.320 You lousy redhead. 20:48.320 --> 20:49.320 What's he so heated about? 20:49.320 --> 20:52.320 Well, I used his gun and planted it on him. 20:52.320 --> 20:55.320 You gave her your gun for the job? 20:55.320 --> 20:59.320 That guy's gettin' to be a habit with you. 20:59.320 --> 21:04.320 Frame spotting the frame and then torqued out of the spot by a lousy redhead. 21:04.320 --> 21:05.320 Forget it, Marty. 21:05.320 --> 21:06.320 The frame is out. 21:06.320 --> 21:09.320 I need an arm like you, now that Doc is donning me. 21:09.320 --> 21:12.320 All sorts of guys will get ideas about moving into the business. 21:12.320 --> 21:14.320 Look, here's the pitch. 21:14.320 --> 21:17.320 You gave Doc your gun last night. 21:17.320 --> 21:18.320 Because he asked for it. 21:18.320 --> 21:19.320 He was afraid of something. 21:19.320 --> 21:20.320 Didn't say what. 21:20.320 --> 21:21.320 That's your story. 21:21.320 --> 21:22.320 Stick to it. 21:22.320 --> 21:24.320 I'll set up an alibi for you for the rest of it. 21:24.320 --> 21:25.320 Leave it to me. 21:25.320 --> 21:26.320 Okay? 21:26.320 --> 21:27.320 Okay. 21:27.320 --> 21:30.320 You lousy redhead. 21:30.320 --> 21:32.320 What does this copper know? 21:32.320 --> 21:33.320 Too much. 21:33.320 --> 21:34.320 We dump him right now. 21:34.320 --> 21:35.320 You can't. 21:35.320 --> 21:38.320 I mean, he came in with the elevator boy. 21:38.320 --> 21:41.320 Chick, take care of it. 21:41.320 --> 21:46.320 Hey, baby, you're leaving town in a hurry before they grab you. 21:46.320 --> 21:47.320 Start packing. 21:47.320 --> 21:48.320 All right, Maxie. 21:48.320 --> 21:50.320 Now, give me a hand with the cop, Marty. 21:50.320 --> 21:52.320 We'll take him out the back way. 21:52.320 --> 21:56.320 I said, give me a hand, Marty. 21:56.320 --> 21:59.320 Going to play it smart or not? 21:59.320 --> 22:01.320 Yeah. 22:01.320 --> 22:02.320 Yeah, sure, Max. 22:02.320 --> 22:05.320 I'm going to play it smart. 22:05.320 --> 22:22.320 Well, I'm still waiting for your answer, Marty. 22:22.320 --> 22:25.320 I've been waiting all the way across the bridge. 22:25.320 --> 22:27.320 Cut hard to the left here. 22:27.320 --> 22:28.320 Now. 22:28.320 --> 22:29.320 Hey. 22:29.320 --> 22:32.320 When you cut hard, you cut hard, don't you? 22:32.320 --> 22:35.320 How's Kivalin, Chick? 22:35.320 --> 22:39.320 Nice and dark, ain't it, Marty? 22:39.320 --> 22:41.320 This will do. 22:41.320 --> 22:43.320 Pull up here. 22:43.320 --> 22:45.320 Cut the lights. 22:45.320 --> 22:47.320 I guess we're ready. 22:47.320 --> 22:52.320 Well, Marty, Chick will do it if you won't. 22:52.320 --> 22:53.320 Okay. 22:53.320 --> 22:55.320 Stay a small time hood. 22:55.320 --> 22:56.320 Chick, roll out the cop. 22:56.320 --> 22:57.320 Wait a minute, Max. 22:57.320 --> 22:58.320 Kivalin is... 22:58.320 --> 22:59.320 Close. 22:59.320 --> 23:00.320 You don't pull that stuff, Marty. 23:00.320 --> 23:01.320 It's too late. 23:01.320 --> 23:02.320 Not Kivalin, Max. 23:02.320 --> 23:03.320 Chick, roll him out. 23:03.320 --> 23:04.320 Max! 23:04.320 --> 23:05.320 Take your hand out of your pocket, chump. 23:05.320 --> 23:06.320 We're two guns to your one. 23:06.320 --> 23:07.320 You're with me now or else you go with Kivalin. 23:07.320 --> 23:08.320 Not Kivalin, Max! 23:08.320 --> 23:09.320 Chick, get him! 23:09.320 --> 23:26.320 Kiv, Kiv, are you all right? 23:26.320 --> 23:28.320 Okay, Marty, didn't touch me. 23:28.320 --> 23:29.320 You? 23:29.320 --> 23:30.320 I'm okay. 23:30.320 --> 23:31.320 Help me get Max's overcoat off. 23:31.320 --> 23:32.320 I'm cold. 23:32.320 --> 23:35.320 You don't need it no more anyway. 23:35.320 --> 23:36.320 Let's dump them both in the backseat. 23:36.320 --> 23:37.320 Okay. 23:37.320 --> 23:38.320 That does it. 23:38.320 --> 23:43.320 You want to take the wheel, Kiv? 23:43.320 --> 23:49.320 Yeah, sure, sure. 23:49.320 --> 23:52.320 Oh, this is almost like old times, Marty. 23:52.320 --> 23:54.320 You and me together. 23:54.320 --> 23:55.320 Yeah. 23:55.320 --> 23:58.320 But I'm still going to have to take you in to see Brandt. 23:58.320 --> 24:02.320 It's a good trick if you can swing it. 24:02.320 --> 24:03.320 Huh? 24:03.320 --> 24:09.320 I told you, if Brandt wants to see me, let him come. 24:09.320 --> 24:11.320 Marty. 24:11.320 --> 24:14.320 Marty! 24:14.320 --> 24:25.320 Brandt, how's he going to be, Doc? 24:25.320 --> 24:26.320 A matter of minutes. 24:26.320 --> 24:28.320 If Captain Brandt wants to talk to him at all, I'll... 24:28.320 --> 24:29.320 I've phoned him. 24:29.320 --> 24:30.320 He should be here now. 24:30.320 --> 24:31.320 Kiv. 24:31.320 --> 24:33.160 Right here, Marty, right here. 24:33.160 --> 24:35.320 You're going to be okay, shall I? 24:35.320 --> 24:37.320 Kiv, I heard the Doc. 24:37.320 --> 24:40.320 Where's the topcoat I was wearing? 24:40.320 --> 24:42.320 The one I took off Max. 24:42.320 --> 24:44.320 It's right here, Marty. 24:44.320 --> 24:45.320 Here it is. 24:45.320 --> 24:48.320 There's a little notebook in one of the pockets. 24:48.320 --> 24:51.320 Narcotics ought to see it right away. 24:51.320 --> 24:55.320 Yeah, that one. 24:55.320 --> 24:57.320 Holy cow. 24:57.320 --> 24:59.320 Marty, you know what this is? 24:59.320 --> 25:00.320 What's in it? 25:00.320 --> 25:04.320 Hello, Marty. 25:04.320 --> 25:09.320 You see, Kiv, I told you Brandt would have to come to me 25:09.320 --> 25:13.320 if he wanted to see... 25:13.320 --> 25:15.320 Marty. 25:15.320 --> 25:17.320 Marty! 25:17.320 --> 25:19.320 He can't hear you. 25:19.320 --> 25:21.320 He gave me this, Captain. 25:21.320 --> 25:23.320 Do you know what it is? 25:23.320 --> 25:25.320 It would have put him right back on the force. 25:25.320 --> 25:26.320 He was never off it. 25:26.320 --> 25:27.320 What? 25:27.320 --> 25:28.320 That's right. 25:28.320 --> 25:30.320 It was a plant right from the time he let the dames 25:30.320 --> 25:32.320 shoot up the saloon with his gun. 25:32.320 --> 25:33.320 You planted him with that gang? 25:33.320 --> 25:35.320 Don't look at me like that, Kiv. 25:35.320 --> 25:36.320 It was a good idea and it worked, 25:36.320 --> 25:38.320 and I ain't ashamed of having thought of it. 25:38.320 --> 25:40.320 It's the only way to get the goods in these dope runners. 25:40.320 --> 25:41.320 Yeah, but I... 25:41.320 --> 25:43.320 For Marty, well, he was a good cop. 25:43.320 --> 25:46.320 And after all, this is what he was paid for. 26:02.320 --> 26:05.320 Thank you, William Bendix, for a splendid performance. 26:05.320 --> 26:08.320 Mr. Bendix will return in just a moment. 26:08.320 --> 26:10.320 Well, I don't know, have you got any more birthday 26:10.320 --> 26:12.320 banter about auto light resistor spark plugs? 26:12.320 --> 26:14.320 No banter, Hap, just facts. 26:14.320 --> 26:16.320 For the fact is, those wide-gaff auto light resistor 26:16.320 --> 26:18.320 spark plugs are wonderful. They're sensational. 26:18.320 --> 26:20.320 They're ignition engineered. 26:20.320 --> 26:22.320 And there's a type for every make of car. 26:22.320 --> 26:25.320 Why, by Cornelius, everyone ought to switch to a set of 26:25.320 --> 26:27.320 auto light resistor spark plugs right away. 26:27.320 --> 26:31.320 And now, Hap, here's one more rousing spark plug rhyme. 26:31.320 --> 26:33.320 Let's read it together. 26:33.320 --> 26:37.320 Hap, you can tell the difference in your car 26:37.320 --> 26:40.320 with auto light resistor spark plugs, Thar. 26:40.320 --> 26:44.320 Well, Hap, you certainly ought to remember 26:44.320 --> 26:47.320 this auto light resistor spark plug birthday. 26:47.320 --> 26:50.320 And friends, here's something for everyone to remember. 26:50.320 --> 26:52.320 Auto light means spark plugs. 26:52.320 --> 26:54.320 Ignition engineered resistor spark plugs. 26:54.320 --> 26:56.320 Auto light means batteries. 26:56.320 --> 26:58.320 Stay full, batteries. 26:58.320 --> 27:00.320 Auto light means ignition system. 27:00.320 --> 27:03.320 The lifeline of your car. 27:09.320 --> 27:11.320 And now, here again is William Bendix. 27:11.320 --> 27:12.320 Thank you. 27:12.320 --> 27:14.320 It's always a pleasure to appear on Suspense. 27:14.320 --> 27:17.320 This is probably every actor's favorite program, 27:17.320 --> 27:18.320 and I know that... 27:18.320 --> 27:20.320 Help! Help! Let me out! 27:20.320 --> 27:22.320 Hey, there's someone in that closet. 27:22.320 --> 27:25.320 Well, Jack Benny, what are you doing in there? 27:25.320 --> 27:27.320 Oh, hello, Bill. 27:27.320 --> 27:30.320 I, uh, glad somebody let me out. 27:30.320 --> 27:32.320 I don't get it. What's the idea, Jack? 27:32.320 --> 27:35.320 Well, you see, Bill, I'm moving my program to CBS Sunday nights 27:35.320 --> 27:38.320 and I thought I'd drop in and look over the studio, take one out. 27:38.320 --> 27:40.320 And then all of a sudden all that shooting started 27:40.320 --> 27:42.320 and I hid in the closet. 27:42.320 --> 27:44.320 I'm sure glad you didn't stop any of those bullets, Jack. 27:44.320 --> 27:47.320 We all want to hear you next Sunday night on CBS. 27:47.320 --> 27:50.320 Your program has always been on my must list, along with Suspense. 27:50.320 --> 27:51.320 Well, thanks, Bill. 27:51.320 --> 27:53.320 By the way, what about next week's Suspense? 27:53.320 --> 27:56.320 Next week, radio's outstanding theater of thrills 27:56.320 --> 27:59.320 presents Gene Kelly and Ethel Barrymore in To Find Help, 27:59.320 --> 28:01.320 another gripping study in... 28:01.320 --> 28:03.320 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let me say it, will you? 28:03.320 --> 28:05.320 You know, that one word. Let me say it. 28:05.320 --> 28:07.320 Oh, sure, Jack. 28:07.320 --> 28:12.320 Next week, hear Gene Kelly and Ethel Barrymore in To Find Help, 28:12.320 --> 28:14.320 another gripping study in... 28:14.320 --> 28:17.320 Suspense! 28:17.320 --> 28:20.320 Who said I can't do grammar? 28:20.320 --> 28:24.320 William Bendix appears through the courtesy of his own radio show, 28:24.320 --> 28:26.320 The Life of Riley, sponsored by Prel, 28:26.320 --> 28:28.320 and will soon be seen in the Paramount picture, 28:28.320 --> 28:29.320 The Streets of Laredo. 28:29.320 --> 28:32.320 Wally Mayer was heard as Kivlehan. 28:32.320 --> 28:34.320 Tonight's Suspense play was adapted for radio 28:34.320 --> 28:36.320 by Joseph Ruscall and Walter Newman 28:36.320 --> 28:38.320 from the original story by Thomas Walsh. 28:38.320 --> 28:42.320 Music was composed by Lucien Morawek and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 28:42.320 --> 28:46.320 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. 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