1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,160 And now, Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present... 2 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,160 Suspense! 3 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:34,280 Tonight, Auto Light brings you Mr. Danny Kay in The Too Perfect Alibi, a suspense play 4 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:39,600 produced and directed by Anton M. 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39 00:02:58,540 --> 00:02:59,920 After all, he is our best friend. 40 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:01,640 Sure, honey, might as well. 41 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:02,640 Tell me what? 42 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:05,240 We're getting married, Monday Sam. 43 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:06,240 Married? 44 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,440 Hey, I'm the one who should look like he's going to face a firing squad, not you, Sam. 45 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,440 I'm sorry, kids. 46 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,760 It was just such a surprise, that's all. 47 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:16,760 How about it, Sam? 48 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:17,760 Will you be the best man? 49 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,400 Sure, of course I will. 50 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:20,400 Oh, good. 51 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,200 And congratulations, both of you. 52 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,600 Thank you, Sam, dear. 53 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:29,160 You know, you're the sweetest, kindest, nicest, best-hearted person I've ever known. 54 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,760 She means outside of me, of course. 55 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,680 Well, I do not, Jack Stewart. 56 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,960 If it weren't for you, you big lug, I might even be marrying Sam on Monday. 57 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,200 Hey, say, I just thought of something. 58 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,560 You like my place up here in Croton, don't you? 59 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,560 Like it. 60 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:43,560 We love it. 61 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,600 Well, then it's yours. 62 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,600 Wait a minute, Sam. 63 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:48,320 I'm giving it to you for your wedding present. 64 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:49,920 Oh, Sam. 65 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,360 You always pick up the check, don't you? 66 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:53,540 What do you mean, Jack? 67 00:03:53,540 --> 00:03:55,480 Everything you do makes me look cheap. 68 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,440 You give Catherine a job and pay her twice what I make. 69 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,240 You give us free theater parties, free dinners and free weekends in the country. 70 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:03,640 Now you want to give us a free house. 71 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,560 Now, look, Jack, you've got me all wrong. 72 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,560 I just want to give you kids a good start, that's all. 73 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,600 I want you two to be happy. 74 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,720 Just like in the fairy tales, eh? 75 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:18,680 The Prince and the Paupers and good old Sam as Prince Charming as always. 76 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,440 Well, no thanks. 77 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:26,020 That was when I got the idea, when he called me Prince Charming. 78 00:04:26,020 --> 00:04:30,120 That was when I remembered about the Prince, the Princess and the ogre. 79 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,760 And you know what happens to the ogre and all the fairy tales, don't you? 80 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,960 You remember that, don't you? 81 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:36,960 He dies. 82 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:44,960 And he dies because the Prince kills him. 83 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,600 Catherine left with Jack and I was miserable. 84 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:48,800 I paced the floor for hours. 85 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,680 All I could think of was that today was Saturday and on Monday noon she would marry him. 86 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,280 Two more days and she'd be lost to me forever. 87 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:55,640 I couldn't let it happen. 88 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:56,640 I wouldn't. 89 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,240 I had to get rid of him. 90 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,000 All I needed was a weapon to defend myself with after I killed him. 91 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 An alibi. 92 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,880 A strong, unshakable alibi. 93 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,880 A perfect alibi. 94 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,560 It took me all night and gallons of coffee to figure that one out, but I did it. 95 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,440 And the first thing Sunday morning I phoned Jack in New York. 96 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,400 I persuaded him not to hang up on me. 97 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,080 Well, what do you want? 98 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,360 Jack, ever hear of the Allegheny Sporting Goods? 99 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,240 Did I ever hear of J.P. Morgan? 100 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,360 Well, a friend of mine owns Allegheny. 101 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:25,360 So? 102 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:26,360 And he needs a sales manager. 103 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,800 I've arranged an appointment for you first thing tomorrow so you can get the job before 104 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:30,800 you get married. 105 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:31,800 What? 106 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,880 It pays 20,000 a year and you can buy your own wedding presents. 107 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:36,880 Are you serious? 108 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,360 Does he know I'm only a clerk? 109 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,440 Well, it's just a matter of selling yourself, Jack. 110 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,600 If you're free tonight, I'll be glad to give you a few pointers on the best way to approach 111 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:46,600 him. 112 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:51,960 Look, Jack, I'm going to a party in town tonight and if you can meet me around 10. 113 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,000 Here's the address, Jack. 114 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,000 365 East 56. 115 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 I'll wait for you near the corner. 116 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,560 Okay, thanks. 117 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,360 Just one thing, Sam. 118 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,360 Don't tell Catherine about this, will you? 119 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:10,560 You see, in case I get the job, I'd like her to feel I got it on my own. 120 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:11,560 You understand, don't you? 121 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:12,560 Sure. 122 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:13,560 Of course, Jack. 123 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:14,560 Oh, thanks, Sam. 124 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,040 See you tonight at 10. 125 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,400 My hands were shaking so hard I could barely reach up to wipe the perspiration from my 126 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,400 forehead. 127 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,880 I was scared stiff. 128 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:30,920 I was frightened because I had intended to ask him to keep it a secret from Catherine. 129 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,080 Instead he'd ask me. 130 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,600 Everything about my alibi was working out perfectly. 131 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:37,600 I drove to town. 132 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,400 I went to the State Street ticket office and bought a ticket for the Staten Island ferry. 133 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,080 Then I went uptown to my apartment. 134 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,000 I had lots of time so I decided to treat myself. 135 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:55,600 There was a nice, thick, juicy steak in the icebox and I fixed it just right and rare. 136 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:03,880 As I sat at the table enjoying the steak that cut like butter, I got an idea, a good idea, 137 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,540 just the thing. 138 00:07:06,540 --> 00:07:09,800 Eventually it was time to go to the party. 139 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:17,040 Boy, Sam Rogers, where you been keeping yourself all summer, you dog? 140 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,240 Morning is still on my mountain up in Croton. 141 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,240 Hi Sammy. 142 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,240 Hi. 143 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,200 I spoke to everyone I knew and a few people I didn't know. 144 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,760 I made certain that practically everybody saw or talked with me sometime during the evening. 145 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:30,760 Hello Sam. 146 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,760 Where are you rushing off to, Frank? 147 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:32,760 Hey, want to hear the nine o'clock news? 148 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:33,760 Oh, oh the news? 149 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:34,760 Do you mind if I join you? 150 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:35,760 Not at all. 151 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:36,760 Come along. 152 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:42,560 We listened to the news until 9.15. 153 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,160 Then I got involved in an argument over Soroyan's new play. 154 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:50,240 Of course he's mad, Sam, that's why he's so wonderful. 155 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,240 Before I knew it, it was time. 156 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,720 One minute to ten. 157 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:58,360 I slowly smiled my way toward the door and edged my way out of the noisy crowd without 158 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,800 anyone noticing. 159 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:04,640 I walked casually through the open door. 160 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,000 Once outside I quickly walked away from the house toward the corner. 161 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:15,760 I stepped under a tree where it was dark to wait for him. 162 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:21,560 Well, well, I was just in time. 163 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,160 A car turned the corner. 164 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,680 I stepped out the flag and froze. 165 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,320 It was a police squad car. 166 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,840 Hey, why don't you watch where you're going? 167 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,280 My face was drenched when I stepped back on the curb. 168 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:38,360 For the first time I realized how easy it would be to make a slip. 169 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,480 This time I made sure it was Jack's car before I stepped out. 170 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,480 Park here, Jack, under the tree. 171 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,480 Okay. 172 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,720 Sorry I'm late, Sam. 173 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,360 The ferries were jammed and on top of that I had an argument with Catherine. 174 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,080 Oh, what about? 175 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:56,600 All the usual, you know. 176 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,400 First she brought up your house again and then she was jealous about some girl I kidded 177 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,600 with on the beach this afternoon. 178 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,400 Didn't mean anything, but you know Catherine. 179 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,160 We practically had a slugging match in the restaurant. 180 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:08,560 She'll be over it by morning. 181 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:14,160 Which reminds me, Sam, I'm awfully sorry about the way I blew my top last night. 182 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,720 Oh, that's all right. 183 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,600 You're still gonna be my best man at the wedding, aren't you? 184 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:19,600 Oh, sure, Jack. 185 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:20,600 I'll be your best man. 186 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,200 Oh, that's wonderful. 187 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,120 Catherine was right, Sam. 188 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,160 You are the nicest, sweetest guy we've ever known. 189 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:28,960 Oh, forget it, Jack. 190 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,640 Now suppose we sit in the back seat of your car and talk about your new job. 191 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:34,640 Okay? 192 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:35,640 Get in. 193 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:36,640 Okay. 194 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:41,040 And do you know that was the last word he ever said? 195 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,040 Okay! 196 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:47,280 There he was lying in the back of his car sticking up out of the middle of his back 197 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:57,360 was my favorite steak knife. 198 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:03,440 For Suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Danny Kay in Radio's outstanding theater of 199 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,440 thrills, Suspense. 200 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:14,320 Say, Hap. 201 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:18,440 Let me read you a wonderful Christmas thank you note I got from my Aunt Susie in Maine. 202 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,680 Why, I didn't even know you had an Aunt Susie, Harlow. 203 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:22,440 Well, you just listen to this, pal. 204 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,440 Dear Barlow. 205 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:24,440 Huh? 206 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:25,840 She never could get my name straight. 207 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,440 Thank you so much for those wonderful Auto Light Resistor spark plugs you sent me for 208 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:30,440 Christmas. 209 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:31,440 Harlow, you didn't. 210 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:32,440 Listen now, Hap. 211 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,440 She says, Cousin Charlie, he's your third cousin, once removed on your mother's side, 212 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:39,920 you know, told me that Auto Light Resistor spark plugs are those popular new spark plugs 213 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,140 that have a built-in resistor. 214 00:10:42,140 --> 00:10:44,640 And he said they have an extra wide gargspap. 215 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:45,640 What? 216 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:51,200 She means spark gap, of course, that helps make your car run slick as a kitten on skis. 217 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,600 I see where you inherit your famous figures of speech, Harlow. 218 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,240 Ah, let's see. 219 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:00,840 So Cousin Charlie replaced my old narrow gap plugs with my new wide gap Auto Light Resistor 220 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,000 spark plugs, and right away I could see what makes people rave about them so much. 221 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:10,040 I declare my car idle, smooth as silk, runs better than a scared jackrabbit with a tail 222 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:11,040 wind. 223 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,640 And honestly, Barlow, I've been saving gas. 224 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,840 Wow, Susie's got me woozy. 225 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,080 So friends, when it comes to spark plugs, be smart, be choosy. 226 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,440 Take your cue from Susie and mosey on down to your nearest Auto Light dealer tomorrow 227 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:28,320 and get your car a brand new set of those wide gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs. 228 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,000 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 229 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,720 You said it, Harlow. 230 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:37,080 And let's get back to suspense. 231 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:45,200 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Mr. Danny Kaye as Sam in A Too 232 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:54,760 Perfect Alibi, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 233 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,200 After I stabbed him, I watched him slump to the floor of the car. 234 00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:59,800 And that's all there was to it. 235 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:00,800 The ogre was dead. 236 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,640 And now the prince and the princess could live happily ever after. 237 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,800 I pushed his feet into the car and slammed the door. 238 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,600 I locked the car with the keys I found in the condition and put them in my pocket. 239 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,400 Then I eased myself back into the house. 240 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,440 I picked up the thread of conversation just as if it had never been broken. 241 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,120 That's the name of the game, kid, gin. 242 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,400 You never should have held on to those two kings, Johnny boy. 243 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:23,400 Okay, son. 244 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,000 Suppose you stop gibbering and play this card shark yourself. 245 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,640 He's got those things hypnotized. 246 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,880 Well, just step to one side, John. 247 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:37,680 And I'll show you a few tricks an old yogi named Gunga Gin once taught me. 248 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:39,640 I played gin all evening with Frank Bostwick. 249 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:45,040 And though I never did like him very much, somehow I felt warm and friendly towards him 250 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:46,040 now. 251 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,040 Good night, darling. 252 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:51,200 Then around 12-ish the party broke out. 253 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,280 I waited till practically everybody else left. 254 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:58,080 Then I bid my host good night, got into Jack's car and drove off. 255 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,600 I got to the Staten Island Ferry, slept just before 12.30. 256 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,600 I was lucky. 257 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:03,600 The traffic was still heavy. 258 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:04,600 Nobody would notice me. 259 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:12,280 I took out the ticket I bought in the afternoon and drove aboard. 260 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:23,680 A moment later we started across the bay. 261 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:26,520 I could breathe again. 262 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,520 I checked off another point in my alibi. 263 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:32,240 If they ever faced me with a night shift ticket agent, he would have to swear he'd never 264 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,520 have seen me or sold me a ticket in his life. 265 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,720 It was so easy, I felt like laughing. 266 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,280 I turned and looked at him lying on the floor in the back. 267 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,800 He wasn't fighting me anymore. 268 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:50,920 My alibi had him beaten all the way down the line. 269 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,000 Suddenly two things happened to me at once. 270 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:58,080 I saw the knife, the knife sticking out of his back. 271 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,080 The ticket collector. 272 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,120 I'd forgotten about him too. 273 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,560 I couldn't afford to have anyone remember me on this boat. 274 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:05,320 I had to get rid of that knife. 275 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:06,860 I had to act fast. 276 00:14:06,860 --> 00:14:10,200 In spite of the sick feeling in my stomach, I leaned over the seat and yanked the knife 277 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,320 out of Jack's back. 278 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:18,120 His head jerked around and grinned up at me. 279 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,560 I looked around for a piece of paper to wrap the knife in. 280 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,960 There wasn't a scrap anywhere, anywhere. 281 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,400 I pulled out my wallet, grabbed two or three bills and covered the blood dripping blade 282 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,120 in the bills. 283 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:35,880 I got out of the car, jammed my tickets under the windshield wiper where he had to see it. 284 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:43,000 And I scrambled through a maze of bumpers and fenders till I reached the rail. 285 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,520 My heart sounded like a bass drum. 286 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:51,000 I leaned on the rail and looked into the black water. 287 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,120 Then I dropped the knife over the side. 288 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,400 Hey, I saw you do that. 289 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,400 What? 290 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:58,400 Did you... 291 00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:59,400 Don't you know it's against the law? 292 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:00,400 What is? 293 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:01,640 Dumping paper into the harbor. 294 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,120 You could get arrested for that, mister. 295 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,040 You better watch your step or something. 296 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,040 Thank you. 297 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,320 I kept my head turned away from him so he couldn't get a good look at me. 298 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,640 He'd never recognize me in a court of law. 299 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:15,640 No, sir. 300 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,960 Anyway, he'd forget all about me five minutes from now. 301 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,480 My alibi was still 100%. 302 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,480 I got back into the car. 303 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:38,560 When we landed, I drove a few blocks in. 304 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,080 I left the car in front of the house and walked back to the ferry. 305 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,760 By the time I got home an hour later, I'd lost all my fears. 306 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,480 I felt wonderful again. 307 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:55,320 I went right to bed and slept soundly for the first time in weeks. 308 00:15:55,320 --> 00:16:00,080 I slept so soundly, in fact, that they stood there ringing my bell for five solid minutes 309 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,960 before they woke me up. 310 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:08,720 I opened my door and saw two detectives standing there with an invitation to visit Inspector 311 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,880 Vanelli of the New York Homicide Bureau. 312 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:18,720 Then I remembered about last night. 313 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:23,000 Inspector Vanelli was a slender, swarthy man who looked more like a successful businessman 314 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,920 than a police officer. 315 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,360 Do you know Jack B. Stewart, Mr. Rogers? 316 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:28,360 Certainly. 317 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:29,360 Why? 318 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:30,880 He's been murdered. 319 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,680 His body was found at nine o'clock this morning in a parked car on Staten Island. 320 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:35,680 What? 321 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,000 I can't believe it. 322 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 This was his wedding day. 323 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,240 He and Catherine were going to be married. 324 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,120 Mr. Rogers, what was your relationship with Catherine Gilpin? 325 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:50,600 Inspector, I think I ought to tell you right off that I'm probably your best suspect. 326 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:51,920 You are? 327 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:52,960 Yes. 328 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,600 Catherine turned me down for Jack. 329 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,920 That probably gives me the best motive in the world for killing him, doesn't it? 330 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,480 Well, suppose you let me decide who had the best motive. 331 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:02,960 Okay, Mr. Rogers? 332 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:03,960 Okay. 333 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,840 All right, now the best place to begin is at the beginning. 334 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,640 He kept me there hour after hour while the police stenographers crammed their pads with 335 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:12,640 notes. 336 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,440 Finally, late in the afternoon, one of the detectives hurried in and whispered something 337 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,160 to him. 338 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,360 Inspector Vanelli's hard face broke into a rocky smile. 339 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:23,560 Okay, Mr. Rogers, you're clear. 340 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,920 But I don't mind telling you now, I was sure it was you. 341 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:27,920 Really, Inspector? 342 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,000 Why have you changed your mind? 343 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Well, we have 35 affidavits from responsible people swearing that you were at a party between 344 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,040 9.30 and 11.30 last night, and that's when Stuart was murdered. 345 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,040 That settles it. 346 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,040 You've got a perfect alibi. 347 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,800 I could hardly believe it. 348 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,440 It had been so easy. 349 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,120 Only yesterday the girl I loved was miles away from me, unattainable. 350 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,960 Today she was mine for the asking. 351 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:58,280 No more rivals, no more competition. 352 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,800 Gradually she would forget Jack and turn to me. 353 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,240 It would take time, I knew that. 354 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,040 But I had plenty of time. 355 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,240 I could wait. 356 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:13,040 Catherine phoned me the next morning, and suddenly I didn't have any time at all. 357 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:17,120 Sam, Sam, they've arrested me for Jack's murder. 358 00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:18,120 They've what? 359 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:19,120 They've arrested me. 360 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,120 But they can't. 361 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:21,600 It's just a stupid mistake, Catherine. 362 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:26,800 Look, I'll call my lawyer and we'll get you out of there right away. 363 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:32,440 But we couldn't. 364 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,040 In New York you can't bail out a person accused of murder. 365 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:37,960 What could they possibly have on her? 366 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,160 It was ridiculous. 367 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,800 But the thought of Catherine in prison was pure torture for me. 368 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:49,480 My attorney suggested I retain Simon Blade, a shrewdest criminal lawyer in the state. 369 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,680 Blade investigated every detail of Catherine's story. 370 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:58,280 Finally, after two of the longest weeks of my life, he called me in. 371 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:59,440 All right. 372 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,680 Now here's the district attorney's case, Mr. Rogers. 373 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:07,200 She and her boyfriend had an argument in a public place, a restaurant. 374 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,160 They argued about two things. 375 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:13,800 One, she wanted to take your country house for a wedding present, but he didn't. 376 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:18,600 Two, he made a little goo-goo eyes at some blonde on the beach and she burned up. 377 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,560 She tells him he's cheating on her. 378 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,320 So then he burns up. 379 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,680 He tells her go marry somebody else and walks out. 380 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,440 Yes, yes, but how do the police know all this? 381 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,360 They have witnesses, Mr. Rogers, witnesses. 382 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:34,240 Now she says that after the fight she went home alone and cried on her bed. 383 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:38,800 But the DA says she ran after the boy, rode out into the country with him and stuck a 384 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,000 knife in him for calling off the wedding. 385 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,760 Her words as good as his, isn't it? 386 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:47,960 Certainly, certainly, and she's prettier than the DA too, but well, I'm not finished. 387 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,520 It seems that the management of the restaurant bought two dozen new steak knives that week. 388 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:53,520 Steak knives? 389 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:54,520 Yes. 390 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,080 The girl and the boy had steak for dinner and the next morning one of the new knives 391 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,440 was missing. 392 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,120 The police took a sample knife down to the morgue and it makes a perfect fit with the 393 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,720 stab wounds in the cadaver's back. 394 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,360 Now all we have is her word that she didn't do it. 395 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,320 And there's only one person in the world who can prove that she's telling the truth. 396 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:12,320 Who? 397 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:20,840 A corpse with three holes in it. 398 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,680 On the day of the trial, I sat with Simon Blade and waited for them to bring Catherine 399 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:25,680 in. 400 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:30,280 And when she came in, she looked so young and so, so lost. 401 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:35,680 I had all I could do to keep myself from jumping to my feet and telling them the truth. 402 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:42,280 Then she saw me, her eyes lit up and she smiled and I smiled back. 403 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:50,000 And somehow I felt sure it would all come out right just as I had planned it. 404 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,860 Simon Blade was wonderful in that courtroom. 405 00:20:52,860 --> 00:20:57,080 One moment ringing sympathy from the jury for Catherine's pale face. 406 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,400 The next frankly exploiting her sex with a knowing eye. 407 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:07,280 And when he strutted before a terrified witness, his barbs always hit the bull's eye. 408 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:12,240 And how did you know, sir, that the knife was missing from your restaurant? 409 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:13,360 We counted. 410 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:16,160 We counted them and found one was missing. 411 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,000 You count your silver, huh? 412 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Yes, sir. 413 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,440 What's the matter, Deimos? 414 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:24,800 Don't you trust your customer? 415 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,440 Blade forced Deimos to admit that customers walked off with knives, forks and spoons every 416 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,920 day, that several persons had steak that night and that anyone might have taken that knife. 417 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,840 Everything was going along fine. 418 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,480 And then the district attorney exploded a surprise in our laps. 419 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,320 Do you recognize this handkerchief, Miss Gilpin? 420 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:42,320 Yes, sir. 421 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,320 It's mine. 422 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:44,480 It's yours. 423 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,360 And would you please tell the jury what made these stains on your handkerchief? 424 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:49,360 What? 425 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:50,360 Blood. 426 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,360 Blood? 427 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,400 They're blood stains, but you mustn't think... 428 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,400 Blood? 429 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:55,400 Whose blood? 430 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:56,400 Jack's. 431 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,400 It's Jack's blood, but I'm not guilty. 432 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:58,400 Order! 433 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,400 Order in the court! 434 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:05,440 If there are any more such disturbances, I shall order the courtroom cleared. 435 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,440 Proceed, counselor. 436 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,520 So Miss Gilpin, you admit this is the blood of Jack Stewart? 437 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:12,520 Yes. 438 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,720 He had a nosebleed. 439 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,200 He always had them when he was excited. 440 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,640 I loaned him a handkerchief... 441 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,960 A very convenient explanation. 442 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,960 Shall I tell you, Miss Gilpin, what I think the real explanation is? 443 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,760 I think you stabbed Jack Stewart, then in your jealous rage you struck again and again. 444 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,320 Then calmer, you noticed that your hands were covered with blood. 445 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:33,320 His blood! 446 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:34,320 No! 447 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:35,320 You wiped them on the handkerchief. 448 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:36,320 This handkerchief, Miss Gilpin... 449 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:37,320 No! 450 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:38,320 And went to dispose of the body. 451 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:39,320 No, no, no! 452 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:51,480 Oh, the DA was very convincing. 453 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,460 And the jury thought so too. 454 00:22:53,460 --> 00:22:59,040 Because when they came in after eleven hours, they found Catherine guilty of murder in the 455 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,040 first degree. 456 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,640 We appealed the case and lost. 457 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,440 I pulled every string I could to get a commutation from the governor. 458 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:10,440 It was hopeless. 459 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,080 I had to face it finally. 460 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:16,040 I had killed Jack so I could have Catherine, but I couldn't have her now and I didn't 461 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,600 want to go on without her. 462 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,040 I went to the DA and told him everything. 463 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,800 Mr. Rogers, are you trying to tell me that you killed Stewart to keep him from marrying 464 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:24,800 Miss Gilpin? 465 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:25,800 That's right. 466 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:26,800 That's right. 467 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,280 Since I can't have her, I might as well confess. 468 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,680 Will you arrange to have her released? 469 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:35,360 Look, Rogers, I know exactly what you're trying to do, but I've got no time for heroes. 470 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:40,160 I've got thirty-five sworn affidavits in my files which prove that you couldn't have killed 471 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,280 Stewart. 472 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:50,640 I've got my conviction and so far as I'm concerned, this case is closed. 473 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,560 You wouldn't believe me. 474 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,400 And Catherine's execution was only a week off. 475 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,900 I went to the newspapers with my story, but they wouldn't believe me either. 476 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:01,720 One of them did send a reporter with me to see the people who were at the party that 477 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:02,720 night. 478 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:07,040 Sam, it's wonderful what you're trying to do, but I can't lie about it and I won't. 479 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,400 That was the kind of answer I got everywhere I turned. 480 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,200 Then I tried to find the two policemen who passed as I left the house and the man who 481 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,720 had seen me throw the knife off the ferry, but it was useless. 482 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:20,840 I couldn't find one person who would believe me, not one. 483 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,240 The next day I made a last attempt to see Catherine. 484 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:26,240 They wouldn't let me. 485 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,000 But late that afternoon I received a note from her. 486 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:35,000 It was heartbreakingly full of all the things we planned and now would never do. 487 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,560 And what hurt me most was the part where she said... 488 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:44,960 I heard all about it, Sam, and I love you for it. 489 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:51,360 I love you for your foolhardy attempt to save my life at the expense of your own. 490 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:58,800 Jack once called you Prince Charming, but he never dreamed what a prince you really are. 491 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,160 Even she. 492 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,560 Prince Charming. 493 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,200 Even Catherine wouldn't believe me. 494 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,680 And that was harder to take than all the rest. 495 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,960 And you don't believe me either, do you, friend? 496 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,800 Well, Mr. Rogers, it's very hard to... 497 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:15,800 Shh. 498 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:16,800 Listen. 499 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:23,840 It's 12 o'clock all over again, isn't it, Joe? 500 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,080 Why don't you go home like a good fellow, Mr. Rogers? 501 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:28,560 I can't sleep, Joe. 502 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,640 I just can't sleep. 503 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,880 How can I sleep when nobody will believe me? 504 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:39,720 Joe, why do the innocents always suffer in this world? 505 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,920 Catherine was innocent. 506 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,240 Why did she have to suffer? 507 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,320 Oh, you got it all wrong, Mr. Rogers. 508 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:51,680 The innocents don't suffer, but the guilty, they're the ones. 509 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,240 Take you, for instance. 510 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:59,440 Supposing you really was guilty of Jack Stewart's murder and supposing she paid for your crime, 511 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,800 why, you'd have two lives on your conscience this very minute, Mr. Rogers. 512 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:08,640 And then you'd have been suffering for those two lives ever since the night she went to... 513 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,880 Yes, you're right, Joe. 514 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:11,880 You're right. 515 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,880 It is the guilty who suffer. 516 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,480 Say, Joe, how about that fella? 517 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:20,480 Him? 518 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:26,040 He's been coming in here these 10 years now telling the same story to anybody who listens. 519 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:27,040 10 years? 520 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,040 Sure. 521 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,800 Well, I suppose he's gone now, another bar most likely, to pick up a conversation with 522 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,040 somebody else like you and live through it all over again. 523 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,400 But about what he said, do you really think he killed him? 524 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:39,400 Mr. Rogers? 525 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,400 Him? 526 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,400 Not on your life. 527 00:26:43,400 --> 00:27:05,520 Why, he's a prince of a guy. 528 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,800 Thank you, Danny Kaye, for a splendid performance. 529 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:10,960 Mr. Kaye will return in just a moment. 530 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,120 Hello, your Aunt Susie must be mighty cold up in Maine this time of year. 531 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:16,120 Cold? 532 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:19,880 Why, up in Maine way, it's so cold they use icicles for and irons. 533 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:24,320 And do those wonderful Auto Light Resistor spark plugs feel the frigid finger of freezing 534 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:25,320 temperatures? 535 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:29,280 Not on your life, because Auto Light Resistor spark plugs consistently give you smooth, 536 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,080 dependable, on-the-spot performance. 537 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,960 And remember, friends, only Auto Light offers car and truck owners everywhere the sensational 538 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,080 advantages of resistor-type spark plugs. 539 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,600 So with millions of car owners switching to Auto Light, why don't you? 540 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,360 Because you're always right with Auto Light. 541 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,840 And remember, Auto Light means spark plugs. 542 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,240 Ignition-engineered resistor spark plugs. 543 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,680 Auto Light means batteries. 544 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,760 Stay full, batteries. 545 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,720 Auto Light means ignition system. 546 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:08,280 The lifeline of your car. 547 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,720 And now here again is Mr. Danny Kaye. 548 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:11,720 Thank you very much. 549 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,720 I feel a little better now, anyway. 550 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,320 It's been a great pleasure for me to be here on Suspense, ladies and gentlemen. 551 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,920 I'm especially grateful to Tony Leader for letting me play the kind of role which you 552 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,400 and I don't usually associate with me. 553 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,680 It was a lot of fun. 554 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,880 If you can call being a murderer fun. 555 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:36,360 Well, next week, radio's outstanding theater of thrills will bring you Dana Andrews and 556 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:39,040 a famous story by Cornell Woolrich. 557 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,440 If the dead could talk. 558 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:46,600 Another gripping study in Suspense. 559 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,960 Danny Kaye will shortly be seen in the Warner Brothers Technicolor production, Happy Times. 560 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,520 Tonight's Suspense play was written by Martin Stern with music composed by Lucien Moraweck 561 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,580 and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 562 00:28:56,580 --> 00:28:59,500 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Leader. 563 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:02,920 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Robert Montgomery, Fibber McGee 564 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,240 and Molly, Ronald Coleman, Jane Wyman and James Mason. 565 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:11,120 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 566 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:16,840 And next Thursday, same time, hear Dana Andrews in Cornell Woolrich's If the Dead Could Talk. 567 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,920 Remember, you're right with auto light. 568 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,760 So switch to auto light. 569 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,760 Good night. 570 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:43,120 This has been CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.