1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,440 Now, Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present... 2 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:15,440 Suspense! 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:29,720 Tonight, Auto Light brings you Van Heflin in Cornel Woolrich's famous Three O'Clock, 4 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:36,520 a suspense play produced and directed by Anton M. Lieder. 5 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,120 Friends, get in step. 6 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,600 Give your car a rep for pep. 7 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,900 Replace those narrow gap spark plugs with wide gap Auto Light resistor spark plugs. 8 00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:50,080 Your car will idle smoother, smooth as silk and satin. 9 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,800 Give you tip top power and performance on leaner gas mixtures. 10 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,400 Actually save gas dollars. 11 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,200 That's right, actually save gas dollars. 12 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,360 Auto Light regular type spark plugs have long been standard factory equipment on many leading 13 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,120 makes of cars and trucks. 14 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,320 And now six, that's right, six of these leading makers of cars and trucks have switched to 15 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:14,640 Auto Light resistor type spark plugs for factory installation on their new 1949 models. 16 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:20,080 The new Auto Light resistor spark plugs are the spark plugs of today and the future. 17 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,040 Remember, you're right with Auto Light. 18 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:36,120 And now Auto Light presents Van Heflin in a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 19 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,840 Francie signed her own death warrant. 20 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,960 She signed her own death warrant, didn't she? 21 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:44,480 You're a good husband to her and yet she's too time in you with another man, isn't she? 22 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,960 And you made up your mind weeks ago to kill her, didn't you? 23 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:48,800 When out the last second, what are you waiting for? 24 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,360 You've got everything down here you need to do the job. 25 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:56,080 Box near the wall filled with explosive tube copper wires already capped. 26 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,080 This alarm clock, what's holding you back? 27 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,040 Memories of your honeymoon? 28 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,640 She's too time in you with another man, weigh that in your hand. 29 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,720 All right then, get to work. 30 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:07,720 First set the alarm. 31 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,360 And she gets back from shopping around 2.30. 32 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,760 You better set it for three o'clock. 33 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:13,760 Good. 34 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,960 Now then wind it up. 35 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:22,680 Now then put the cap end of the wires into the little holes you drilled in the box. 36 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,680 Oh no, no, no, wait. 37 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,080 That explosive's kind of tricky, temperamental. 38 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,400 Don't touch that box any more than you have to. 39 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,400 First attach the wire to the alarm clock. 40 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,400 I wonder why more people haven't thought of this. 41 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,880 Probably wouldn't know how to go about it if they did. 42 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:40,880 There. 43 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,880 Now the cap end of the wires into the box. 44 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:43,880 Careful now, careful. 45 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:44,880 There it is. 46 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:45,880 Check it over. 47 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,560 Check it over now, you don't want any slip ups. 48 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,600 At three o'clock the alarm goes off, it sets up a spark. 49 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:57,800 The spark runs along the wires to the detonators in the box and that's all there is to it. 50 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,160 Don't just stand here, get back downtown to the shop. 51 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:07,040 What are you doing in my house? 52 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,760 Hey Duke, somebody is home. 53 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,760 That'll hold him a couple of seconds. 54 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:12,760 Suddenly we're standing here. 55 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,920 Must have been down the cellar all the time we was here. 56 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:16,880 You sit your case this place for three days. 57 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,080 Get me something to tie him up and let's go. 58 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,880 No, no, no, no, don't tie me up, don't. 59 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:21,880 Slug him again. 60 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:22,880 Again. 61 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:23,880 Okay. 62 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:24,880 You had the cellar down there? 63 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:25,880 Yeah. 64 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:26,880 See if there's any rope around. 65 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,880 Coil a rope on his shelf down there, I'll get it. 66 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,680 No, no, we'll carry him down, tie him up there. 67 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,680 No, don't tie me up, this house is. 68 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:35,680 Shut up you. 69 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:36,680 See if you have some handkerchief. 70 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:37,680 Roll it up in a ball. 71 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:38,680 Listen to me, this house is. 72 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,680 Alright, shove in this mouth, shove it in. 73 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,680 Take off his belt and buckle it between his teeth too. 74 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:45,680 Fast. 75 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:46,680 Okay. 76 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,320 What's he putting up such a fight about? 77 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:51,880 This place is a lemon, nothing in it. 78 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:52,880 Take his legs. 79 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:53,880 Okay. 80 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:59,900 I did my last stretch just on a count of leaving a guy in the open where he could put a squad 81 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:01,920 car in my tail too quick. 82 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,920 Okay, it's up to me. 83 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,560 Now give me that rope, I'll hold him. 84 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:09,960 What's he putting up such a fight about? 85 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,520 Look mister, we ain't gonna hurt you. 86 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:13,520 Just leave you here in the cellar. 87 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,160 He still ain't convinced, I can't figure him. 88 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:18,720 Okay, that does it. 89 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,400 Alright, I'm tying to this pipe. 90 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:26,440 Otherwise somebody's liable to come home right after we leave and hear him thrashing around. 91 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,200 These houses are like matchboxes. 92 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,640 I wonder what he's trying to say. 93 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,120 Don't leave me tied up down here. 94 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,920 I won't call the cops, I swear it. 95 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,840 This place is gonna blow up, don't you understand? 96 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:39,720 Explode, this house is gonna explode. 97 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,080 Who cares what he's trying to say, let's go. 98 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,880 We'll pull another job tonight. 99 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,280 This time I'll do the picking. 100 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:49,600 Well it looked like a good setup, standing way off like it is. 101 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,000 Hey mister, will you relax? 102 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,800 You'll never get out of them nuts. 103 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,000 What's he so bug-eyed about? 104 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 What is it mister? 105 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,880 There's a alarm clock over here? 106 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,480 What do you care what time it is, you ain't going anyplace. 107 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,680 Hey, should we take the clock Duke? 108 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,360 Nah, couldn't raise a buffalo nickel on it. 109 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,000 Ordered it soon, let's go, we got work to do. 110 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,280 Wait, come back, don't leave me here. 111 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:18,720 This house explodes at three o'clock, listen to me. 112 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:25,520 It blows up in an hour and a quarter, come back, come back, come back, come. 113 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:33,400 All set, let's take a back way. 114 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,400 Gone, they're gone. 115 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,920 The only people in the world who know where I am. 116 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:54,920 I've got to get out. 117 00:05:54,920 --> 00:06:01,240 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Van Heflin in Radio's outstanding theatre of 118 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:10,920 thrills, Suspend. 119 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,360 Can you help me with my income tax? 120 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:13,960 Why I'm just the guy. 121 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:19,680 Here just fill in form W1066, IOU, RSVP, your telephone number and ALRSP. 122 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:25,400 ALRSP, Auto Light Resistor Spark, look, why they ought to jail you for this after all. 123 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,280 Hey, do you and your income tax reports want to look good? 124 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,280 Well. 125 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:33,760 Save half my boy, save gas for instance, replace your old narrow gap spark plugs with wide 126 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,160 gap Auto Light Resistor Spark plugs. 127 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,920 They make your car idle smoother, give you better performance on leaner gas mixtures, 128 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,720 actually save gas dollars. 129 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,880 Harlow, with me all tied up in taxes and internal revenue, you're... 130 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:50,220 For internal revenue for your engine, switch to wide gap Auto Light Resistor Spark plugs. 131 00:06:50,220 --> 00:06:53,600 They're ignition engineered by Auto Light to meet the highest standards of automotive 132 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,240 engineers to give you smoother idling, more mileage for your dollar. 133 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:58,240 I'm worried. 134 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:02,400 Well, you don't have to worry, Hap, why with wide gap Auto Light Resistor Spark plugs, 135 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,480 you even cut down spark plug interference with radio and television reception. 136 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:12,720 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 137 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:22,000 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Van Heflin as Paul in Three O'Clock, 138 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:29,160 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 139 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,640 I can't get out. 140 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,640 Nobody knows I'm here. 141 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:39,160 Fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine. 142 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:40,960 Twelve minutes to two. 143 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:45,240 It goes so fast, that second hand goes so fast. 144 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,320 Five, six, seven. 145 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,360 Less than seventy-two minutes. 146 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:52,360 Help me. 147 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:53,760 Somebody help me. 148 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:54,760 Help me. 149 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:55,760 Help me. 150 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:05,280 Eleven minutes to two. 151 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,900 Only seventy-one minutes. 152 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:09,520 Not even that now. 153 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,520 Three, four, five, six. 154 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,840 Francie, Francie, come home and get me out of this. 155 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:17,840 I love you. 156 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,300 I can't help being jealous, can I? 157 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:21,920 I'm sorry I tried to kill you. 158 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:23,920 It's because I love you so much. 159 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:24,920 I'm jealous. 160 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:25,920 But you deserve it. 161 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:26,920 You deserved it. 162 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:27,920 I've what you've done to me. 163 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,920 Can't you imagine how I felt that day last month when I came home? 164 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,120 That, that you, Paul? 165 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,680 Paul, you're home so early. 166 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:39,680 Are you sick? 167 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:40,680 Another one of your headaches? 168 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:42,160 Oh, I feel fine, honest. 169 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:43,800 Why, why are you home so early? 170 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:44,800 Well, I don't know. 171 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,480 I just got lonely for you and I said to myself, well, you're the boss, old boy. 172 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:49,680 It's your watch repair shop. 173 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:52,120 Now, if you want to close ahead of time, who's to say no? 174 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,760 Come on, hold still a second. 175 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,040 Your lipstick is smeary. 176 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,040 It is? 177 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,040 Well, I was lying down. 178 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,040 I guess I... 179 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,040 Well, it's all right. 180 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,040 Now, come on, pucker up. 181 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,040 Well, you're smeared again. 182 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,040 I'll fix it. 183 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,720 As long as you're home early, why don't you rest a while? 184 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,520 The morning paper's still in the den. 185 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:11,520 I guess so. 186 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,840 Well, I had a heavy lunch, pot roast and potatoes and apple pie. 187 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:16,840 What'd you do today, honey? 188 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:17,840 Oh, all the usual. 189 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:18,840 Cleaned the house. 190 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:19,840 Went marketing. 191 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:20,840 Wish we could afford a car. 192 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:21,840 I mean, isolated the way we are. 193 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:22,840 Walked in eights... 194 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:30,760 I sat down on the couch and there it was in the ashtray on the end table. 195 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:36,080 A cigar butt, still moist on one end, still warm on the other. 196 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,080 Any visitors today? 197 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,080 What'd you say? 198 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,560 I said, any visitors today? 199 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:42,560 No. 200 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:43,560 None. 201 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:46,560 Not even a peddler. 202 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:49,200 You're a liar, Fancy. 203 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,200 You lied to me that time. 204 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:52,200 Time. 205 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:53,200 Forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five. 206 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:54,200 No clock has ever gone this fast. 207 00:09:54,200 --> 00:10:03,280 Of all the thousands I've looked at and sat right in my shop, not one has ever gone so 208 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:04,280 fast. 209 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:09,680 It's quarter hours go around like minutes and it's minutes like seconds. 210 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:11,160 Three minutes to two. 211 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:12,160 That's cheating me. 212 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,440 It's not keeping the right time. 213 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,840 That second hand's whirling like a pinwheel. 214 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,040 Make it stop somebody. 215 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,560 When the clock says three, the house explodes. 216 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:21,560 Make it... 217 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:22,560 Oh, somebody's at the door. 218 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:23,560 Come in, please. 219 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:28,560 Please, please come in and find me and let me out of here. 220 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:29,560 Please, please, please. 221 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:30,560 Gas company. 222 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:31,560 Gas company. 223 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:36,040 The one calling all the day's routine from the earliest morning to the latest night that 224 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,800 can possibly bring anyone down here to the cellar. 225 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,800 Anybody home in there? 226 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:42,800 Gas company? 227 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:43,800 Anybody home? 228 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,800 I am. 229 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:47,800 I am. 230 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:48,800 I'm down here. 231 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,200 Don't wait for somebody to answer the door. 232 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:51,200 It's not locked. 233 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:52,200 Come in, come in. 234 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,200 Please, please. 235 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,200 He's gone. 236 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,200 He's gone. 237 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,200 No, no, no, no, no. 238 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:57,200 He's coming around to the back. 239 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,200 Why don't we what? 240 00:10:58,200 --> 00:10:59,200 I said why don't we go in and read the meter anyway? 241 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:00,200 Even if nobody's home. 242 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,200 Yes, yes. 243 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:02,200 Company policy. 244 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:03,200 We never go in to read the meter unless somebody's home. 245 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,200 Until we find somebody. 246 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:17,200 But I am home. 247 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:18,200 I am. 248 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,200 I'm right down here. 249 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,200 I can see your legs through the window. 250 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,200 All you have to do is to bend down and look in and you'll see me. 251 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,200 No, no, no, no. 252 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,200 Don't go away. 253 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,200 Stay. 254 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,200 I'll kill you if you go so help me. 255 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:31,200 I'll kill you. 256 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:32,200 No, no, no, no. 257 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:33,200 No, I didn't mean that. 258 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:34,200 No, no, no, no. 259 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,200 I'm not going to kill you. 260 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:36,200 Please stay. 261 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:37,200 Look at the timer. 262 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:38,200 One minute past two. 263 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,200 Fifty nine minutes left. 264 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:40,200 Not even an hour. 265 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,200 Fifty nine minutes less. 266 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,200 Eight. 267 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,200 Nine. 268 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:44,200 Ten. 269 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,200 Eleven. 270 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:46,200 How long? 271 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:52,200 Fifty nine minutes seems when you're waiting for someone. 272 00:11:52,200 --> 00:12:02,120 Like the night I waited for Francia to come home from a movie and she was like, oh, I 273 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:03,660 And she was late. 274 00:12:03,780 --> 00:12:07,080 The night Francie was late coming home from a movie. 275 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,960 Yes, in a pig's eye she was at a movie. 276 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,460 She was with her boyfriend. 277 00:12:12,580 --> 00:12:14,840 Well, sure, I was worried. What did you think? 278 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,420 You said you'd be home before 11, and here it is almost midnight. 279 00:12:17,540 --> 00:12:19,580 I was about to call the hospitals and the police. 280 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,720 Oh, Paul, I'm sorry. Really, I am. 281 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,220 All those short subjects, and then the bus was late. 282 00:12:25,340 --> 00:12:26,760 I'm sorry you were worried. 283 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,100 Forget about it. How was the movie? 284 00:12:29,220 --> 00:12:31,180 It was all right. Nice western. 285 00:12:31,180 --> 00:12:33,680 Oh, a western? I thought you were going to see Three Musketeers. 286 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,800 Well, I was, but I changed my mind. 287 00:12:36,940 --> 00:12:38,680 I saw Red River instead. 288 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,980 Well, I didn't know that was playing in the neighborhood. 289 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:44,680 I went downtown. I thought as long as I'm out of the house... 290 00:12:44,820 --> 00:12:46,480 I might as well do a little shopping. 291 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,640 Were the stores open tonight? 292 00:12:48,780 --> 00:12:50,140 No. 293 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,820 Did I say shopping? I meant window shopping. 294 00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:54,560 Oh. 295 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:56,240 What was the movie about? 296 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,120 You know, a western. 297 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,540 A lot of shooting and riding. 298 00:13:00,540 --> 00:13:02,540 How was Gary Cooper's performance? 299 00:13:02,660 --> 00:13:04,420 Oh, good. I've always liked him. 300 00:13:04,540 --> 00:13:06,460 No, I didn't mean Cooper. Cooper's not in. 301 00:13:06,580 --> 00:13:08,800 I meant John Wayne. 302 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,540 Oh, was that John Wayne? 303 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,500 You know, they all look alike to me. 304 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,640 Those big hats. 305 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,020 That was the night that she signed her own death warrant. 306 00:13:23,140 --> 00:13:25,060 Little things put the official seal on it, 307 00:13:25,180 --> 00:13:26,940 like the cigar butt in the living room, 308 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:29,600 like the gasoline drippings on the street in front of our house, 309 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,560 and we don't even own a car. 310 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:33,140 And it wasn't a delivery truck either, 311 00:13:33,260 --> 00:13:36,020 because the drippings showed that it stood there a long time, 312 00:13:36,140 --> 00:13:40,560 an hour or more, and like the time last week when... 313 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:43,280 The time. 314 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,900 12 minutes after 2? No. 315 00:13:46,020 --> 00:13:48,360 Oh, no, that can't be. It was just 2 o'clock. 316 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,660 It can't be that late already. 317 00:13:50,780 --> 00:13:52,780 12 minutes past 2. 318 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:56,540 Only 48 minutes and... 319 00:13:56,540 --> 00:14:02,800 Less than 48 minutes. It's 47, 56, 55, 54. 320 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,300 Look at that second handle. 321 00:14:05,420 --> 00:14:09,220 Francie, Francie, Francie, Francie! 322 00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:12,060 She's in the kitchen. She's putting down her parcels. 323 00:14:12,180 --> 00:14:15,180 How can I make her hear me? There must be some way. 324 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:21,140 And now she's at the hall closet, and you must be hanging up her coat. 325 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:23,600 Oh, Francie, thank you so much for coming home early. 326 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,780 I love you so, and I need you. 327 00:14:25,780 --> 00:14:27,740 How could I have thought of hurting you? 328 00:14:27,860 --> 00:14:30,740 I must have been crazy, but I'm not now. 329 00:14:30,860 --> 00:14:32,320 Back to the kitchen. 330 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,120 Why doesn't she come down here to look for something? 331 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,460 She might stay up there all afternoon, lie down. 332 00:14:37,580 --> 00:14:39,120 She might wash her hair. 333 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,040 She might stay up there till it's time to get supper ready. 334 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:46,340 What she does is no supper, no Francie, no me. 335 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:49,760 Francie, Francie, come down here. 336 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,920 I know that you can't hear me, but come down here, please. 337 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,920 Please come down here. 338 00:14:58,420 --> 00:15:00,540 Hello? Yes, Dave. 339 00:15:00,660 --> 00:15:02,260 I just got in this minute. 340 00:15:02,380 --> 00:15:03,720 Oh, Dave, I'm all upset. 341 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,680 I have $11 table money in the kitchen, and it's gone. 342 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,640 The wristwatch called me, and it's gone too. 343 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:09,760 We must have been robbed. 344 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,180 She knows we've been robbed. 345 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:13,300 I should get to police now, and they'll search the whole place, 346 00:15:13,420 --> 00:15:14,680 and they'll look down here. 347 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,560 I'll look again, but I know it's gone. 348 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:17,680 We'll have a fit. 349 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,600 No, no, no, I won't. I won't, honest. 350 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,440 No, I haven't reported it yet. 351 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:22,860 You have to be so careful. 352 00:15:22,980 --> 00:15:24,100 You're not kidding. 353 00:15:24,220 --> 00:15:27,560 I called Paul at the shop while I was out, and there was no answer. 354 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:29,100 I hope nothing's wrong. 355 00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:32,100 Can't you guess there's something wrong if I'm not in the shop? 356 00:15:32,220 --> 00:15:34,020 Maybe you'd better come up. 357 00:15:34,140 --> 00:15:35,940 Okay, good-bye. 358 00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:37,360 Yeah, yeah, that's good. 359 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:38,900 Sure, come on. 360 00:15:39,020 --> 00:15:42,160 If I go, both of you go with me. 361 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,020 What time is it? 362 00:15:44,140 --> 00:15:47,740 Oh, no, no, it can't be 19 past 2. 363 00:15:47,860 --> 00:15:50,480 Only 41 minutes left. 364 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,440 33, 34, 35, 36. 365 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,520 Tick-tock, tick-tock. 366 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,020 Oh, there I go, there I go. 367 00:15:58,140 --> 00:16:00,100 Stop it, stop it, and think. 368 00:16:00,220 --> 00:16:01,360 Think fast. 369 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,360 Think like you did last week when you came home, 370 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,480 and she threw her arms around you and hugged you, 371 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,600 and, where, that little liar. 372 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:08,900 Hi, Paulie. 373 00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:10,020 Hello. 374 00:16:10,140 --> 00:16:11,140 No kiss? 375 00:16:11,260 --> 00:16:13,020 No, sure, why not? 376 00:16:13,140 --> 00:16:14,560 Oh, what's the matter? 377 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,680 Hard day? 378 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,360 So hard you can't even force a smile? 379 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,360 I'll make you smile, I'll make you laugh. 380 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,360 Kissy, kissy, coo. 381 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,480 Come on, smile, smile. 382 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:26,940 Cut it out. 383 00:16:27,060 --> 00:16:28,360 Stop tickling. 384 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,020 Wait, wait, cut it out. 385 00:16:30,140 --> 00:16:31,360 What's this in your pocket? 386 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:32,480 Frenzy, don't. 387 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:33,600 A present for me? 388 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:34,720 I said don't. 389 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:37,520 All right, you don't have to grab. 390 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:38,640 What is it? 391 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,360 Well, it's fertilizer, that's what it is. 392 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:42,480 Fertilizer? 393 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:43,600 Yeah, a sample package. 394 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,020 I figured maybe we'd start a little garden in the back, 395 00:16:46,140 --> 00:16:47,140 a few flowers maybe. 396 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:49,780 Oh, well, that's a nice idea. 397 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:51,060 That's just what I'll do. 398 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,740 Yeah, well, I'll keep it down in the cellar. 399 00:16:52,860 --> 00:16:54,400 The fellow gave it to me, said that it should be kept 400 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:55,900 in a cool, dry place. 401 00:16:56,020 --> 00:16:57,980 I'll buy the seed just as soon as you make up your mind 402 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,480 what you want. 403 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,280 Fertilizer. 404 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,020 She never even suspected that it was an explosive. 405 00:17:05,140 --> 00:17:07,320 I brought other things home last week, too. 406 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:08,940 Every day, something else. 407 00:17:09,060 --> 00:17:12,100 Some more sample packages of fertilizer, 408 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,900 which I carefully packed into a soapbox 409 00:17:14,020 --> 00:17:15,400 that I had in the cellar. 410 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,320 And copper wire and dry cell batteries. 411 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:19,860 And this clock. 412 00:17:19,980 --> 00:17:21,700 And she never suspected a thing. 413 00:17:21,820 --> 00:17:23,440 She was so flustered trying to cover up the fact 414 00:17:23,580 --> 00:17:25,280 that she had a caller that I could have brought in 415 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:26,820 a grandfather's clock under my arm, 416 00:17:26,940 --> 00:17:29,700 she probably wouldn't even have noticed it. 417 00:17:29,820 --> 00:17:33,160 Oh, but, Francie, that doesn't matter now. 418 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,320 If you just come on downstairs. 419 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,360 He's here. 420 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,360 Her boyfriend's here. 421 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,620 Hello, Dave. 422 00:17:44,620 --> 00:17:47,040 Well, did it turn up yet? 423 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,160 No, I haven't heard anything from Paul, either. 424 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,080 The police will think I did it, I suppose. 425 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:53,740 Well, don't say things like that. 426 00:17:53,860 --> 00:17:54,780 Come on into the kitchen. 427 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:56,700 Coffee's ready. 428 00:17:56,820 --> 00:17:57,660 What do they get? 429 00:17:57,780 --> 00:17:58,740 Dude, just sit there. 430 00:17:58,860 --> 00:18:02,280 Don't they know that it's 28 minutes to 3? 431 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:03,400 Only minutes left now. 432 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:06,000 Minutes, not even a full half hour anymore. 433 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:09,700 Don't you think we ought to tell Paul about us? 434 00:18:09,820 --> 00:18:11,040 I don't know. 435 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:12,160 How will he take it? 436 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,000 If Paul isn't now reminded, we can't keep on like this. 437 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:17,380 It's better to go to him ourselves 438 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:20,080 and tell him about you than wait till he finds out. 439 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,000 He's allowed to think something else entirely. 440 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:23,240 What's she talking about? 441 00:18:23,380 --> 00:18:25,120 I know he didn't believe me that night 442 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:26,840 when I helped you find the ferny straw 443 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,120 and told him I'd been to a movie. 444 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,500 I'm so nervous and upset all the time. 445 00:18:32,620 --> 00:18:36,620 I feel as guilty as if I were one of those disloyal wives 446 00:18:36,740 --> 00:18:37,960 or something. 447 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,120 Didn't you ever tell him about me at all? 448 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:43,040 I told him you'd been in one or two little scrapes, 449 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,040 but I let him think I'd lost track of you 450 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,000 and I didn't know where you were anymore. 451 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:48,120 Well, that was her brother. 452 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:49,620 She said that about. 453 00:18:49,740 --> 00:18:52,120 I'm coming things up for you all right. 454 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,920 An escaped convict for a brother. 455 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:56,040 Oh, Francie. 456 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:57,120 Francie, I didn't know. 457 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,660 Why didn't you tell me it was your brother? 458 00:18:58,780 --> 00:18:59,960 Why didn't you tell me? 459 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:01,880 Let's go downtown and talk it over with Paul. 460 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:02,620 No. 461 00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:03,500 No, no, stay here. 462 00:19:03,620 --> 00:19:04,740 Don't go downtown. 463 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:05,500 Stay here. 464 00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:06,880 You shouldn't be seen with me. 465 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,920 You could get into trouble yourself. 466 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,880 Tell a phone call to come here and stay. 467 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,880 Yes, yes, yes, stay here with me. 468 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:13,800 Please stay. 469 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,800 I'm not afraid. 470 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:16,920 What can I do? 471 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:17,800 What can I do? 472 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,300 This pipe, this pipe leads upstairs. 473 00:19:19,420 --> 00:19:20,300 Hit it with something. 474 00:19:20,420 --> 00:19:21,000 With what, though? 475 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:21,800 What? 476 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,800 My head. 477 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:26,800 What was that? 478 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:27,800 What? 479 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:28,800 I didn't hear anything. 480 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,300 I thought I heard a noise in the cellar. 481 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:30,920 Yes, you did. 482 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:31,800 You did. 483 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:32,420 It's me. 484 00:19:32,540 --> 00:19:33,300 It's me. 485 00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:34,300 Want me to take a look? 486 00:19:34,420 --> 00:19:36,300 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 487 00:19:36,420 --> 00:19:37,300 No. 488 00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:39,180 I guess I was wrong. 489 00:19:39,300 --> 00:19:41,180 Let's go, Dave. 490 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:42,180 Francie! 491 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:44,180 Francie! 492 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:46,180 Come down here and look. 493 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:48,180 22 minutes left. 494 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:49,180 Francie! 495 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:50,180 Francie! 496 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:01,180 Mama. 497 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:05,180 Mama, mama, mama. 498 00:20:05,180 --> 00:20:08,060 It's gained another minute. 499 00:20:08,180 --> 00:20:09,060 Help me, mama. 500 00:20:09,180 --> 00:20:12,060 Help me, mama. 501 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:13,060 Help me, mama. 502 00:20:13,180 --> 00:20:14,060 Help me. 503 00:20:14,180 --> 00:20:16,060 Did you hear what you're doing, Bobby? 504 00:20:16,180 --> 00:20:17,060 What? 505 00:20:17,180 --> 00:20:20,060 Oh, that's a kid bouncing his ball against the house. 506 00:20:20,180 --> 00:20:21,060 Yes, it's a little kid. 507 00:20:21,180 --> 00:20:23,060 Bobby, come away from that cellar. 508 00:20:23,180 --> 00:20:24,060 Oh, no, no, no. 509 00:20:24,180 --> 00:20:25,060 Let him stay. 510 00:20:25,180 --> 00:20:26,060 Stay there, Bobby. 511 00:20:26,180 --> 00:20:27,060 Don't move. 512 00:20:27,180 --> 00:20:28,060 Did you hear what I said, Bobby? 513 00:20:28,180 --> 00:20:31,060 Bobby, just turn your head this way and you'll see me. 514 00:20:31,180 --> 00:20:32,060 A little more, Bobby. 515 00:20:32,180 --> 00:20:33,060 That's it. 516 00:20:33,060 --> 00:20:34,940 He's looking right at me, but he doesn't see me. 517 00:20:35,060 --> 00:20:37,940 Don't you see me turning my head from side to side, back 518 00:20:38,060 --> 00:20:40,940 and forth, back and forth, back? 519 00:20:41,060 --> 00:20:41,940 He sees me. 520 00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:43,940 Bobby, what are you doing there? 521 00:20:44,060 --> 00:20:44,940 Mommy, look. 522 00:20:45,060 --> 00:20:46,940 Does he understand what he sees? 523 00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:50,940 Oh, if he were only just a few years older, a child of seven 524 00:20:51,060 --> 00:20:51,940 or eight could understand that. 525 00:20:52,060 --> 00:20:53,940 Bobby, are you coming? 526 00:20:54,060 --> 00:20:54,940 I'm waiting. 527 00:20:55,060 --> 00:20:55,940 Stay where you are, Bobby. 528 00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:56,940 Make her come to you. 529 00:20:57,060 --> 00:20:57,940 Did you hear what I said? 530 00:20:58,060 --> 00:20:59,940 When I call you, I want you to come to me. 531 00:21:00,060 --> 00:21:00,940 Mommy, look. 532 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:01,940 Funny man. 533 00:21:01,940 --> 00:21:04,820 Why, Mommy can't peek into strange people's houses. 534 00:21:04,940 --> 00:21:05,820 Come on, dear. 535 00:21:05,940 --> 00:21:06,820 Funny man, tied up. 536 00:21:06,940 --> 00:21:07,820 Yes, yes. 537 00:21:07,940 --> 00:21:10,820 Well, say goodbye to the funny man tied up. 538 00:21:10,940 --> 00:21:13,820 Bye-bye, funny man tied up. 539 00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:16,820 Bye-bye, funny man tied up. 540 00:21:25,940 --> 00:21:26,820 Let it blow up. 541 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:28,820 What do I care? 542 00:21:28,940 --> 00:21:30,820 No, no, no. 543 00:21:30,820 --> 00:21:33,700 How much time is left? 544 00:21:33,820 --> 00:21:34,700 10 minutes? 545 00:21:34,820 --> 00:21:38,700 Well, someone could come down here now or even six minutes 546 00:21:38,820 --> 00:21:42,700 from now or seven, and I could still escape. 547 00:21:42,820 --> 00:21:47,700 42, 43, 44. 548 00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:53,700 The clock's beginning to look like people like Mama. 549 00:21:53,820 --> 00:21:56,700 Oh, my head hurts. 550 00:21:56,700 --> 00:22:00,580 Mama, I'm sorry for what I've done. 551 00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:01,580 Paul's sorry. 552 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:04,580 He won't do it again, honest. 553 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:07,580 Just let him go this time and not punish him. 554 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:08,580 He's learned his lesson. 555 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:10,580 He'll never do it again. 556 00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:11,580 Poor Paul. 557 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:13,580 Poor Paul. 558 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:16,580 Oh, that must be Francie. 559 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:19,580 Must have found the shop closed, trying to find out 560 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:21,580 if I came back here while she was gone. 561 00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:23,580 When no one answers, will that tell her 562 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:25,580 that something's wrong? 563 00:22:25,580 --> 00:22:28,460 Why does she think I'm stretched out down here in the cellar 564 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:29,460 if I don't answer the phone? 565 00:22:35,580 --> 00:22:37,460 Bye-bye, Francie. 566 00:22:37,580 --> 00:22:39,460 Bye-bye. 567 00:22:39,580 --> 00:22:41,460 Bye-bye. 568 00:22:41,580 --> 00:22:42,460 Tick-tock. 569 00:22:42,580 --> 00:22:43,460 Bye-bye. 570 00:22:43,580 --> 00:22:45,460 Tick-tock. 571 00:22:45,580 --> 00:22:48,460 Seven minutes to three. 572 00:22:48,580 --> 00:22:51,460 In seven minutes, the alarm goes off. 573 00:22:51,580 --> 00:22:53,460 Seven minutes to three. 574 00:22:53,460 --> 00:22:57,340 The alarm rings for me. 575 00:22:57,460 --> 00:22:59,340 That's a poem, Francie. 576 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:01,340 It's a funny poem. 577 00:23:01,460 --> 00:23:03,340 Seven. 578 00:23:03,460 --> 00:23:05,340 Please let time stand still. 579 00:23:05,460 --> 00:23:08,340 Seven. 580 00:23:08,460 --> 00:23:10,340 Not six. 581 00:23:10,460 --> 00:23:11,340 What a precious number. 582 00:23:11,460 --> 00:23:12,340 Six. 583 00:23:12,460 --> 00:23:15,340 So round, so comfortable. 584 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:17,340 Let it be six forever. 585 00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:21,340 Not five or four, but six for all eternity. 586 00:23:21,340 --> 00:23:27,220 Let time stand still at six. 587 00:23:27,340 --> 00:23:28,220 That's five. 588 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:29,220 Five. 589 00:23:29,340 --> 00:23:30,220 Five. 590 00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:31,220 Five. 591 00:23:31,340 --> 00:23:32,220 Five. 592 00:23:32,340 --> 00:23:33,220 Five. 593 00:23:33,340 --> 00:23:34,220 Five. 594 00:23:34,340 --> 00:23:35,220 Five. 595 00:23:35,340 --> 00:23:36,220 Five. 596 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:37,220 Five. 597 00:23:37,340 --> 00:23:38,220 Five. 598 00:23:38,340 --> 00:23:41,220 Four. 599 00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:43,220 Four. 600 00:23:43,340 --> 00:23:45,220 Bye-bye, five. 601 00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:49,220 Polly says bye-bye, five. 602 00:23:49,220 --> 00:23:51,100 Good morning, Polly dear. 603 00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:52,100 Good morning. 604 00:23:52,220 --> 00:23:54,100 Wake up, sleepyhead. 605 00:23:54,220 --> 00:23:55,100 Wake up. 606 00:23:55,220 --> 00:23:56,100 Do you know what time it is? 607 00:23:56,220 --> 00:23:58,100 No. 608 00:23:58,220 --> 00:23:59,100 What time is it? 609 00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:01,100 Take your head out from under the pillow 610 00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:03,100 and see for yourself. 611 00:24:03,220 --> 00:24:05,100 All right. 612 00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:10,100 It's exactly one minute to three. 613 00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:13,100 One minute to three. 614 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:16,100 I was dreaming. 615 00:24:16,220 --> 00:24:18,100 One minute to three, not even a minute. 616 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:19,980 Barely 50 seconds. 617 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:21,980 50 seconds to go. 618 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:24,980 50 seconds to live. 619 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:25,980 Help me, Mama. 620 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:26,980 Help me. 621 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:29,980 Francie, Polly needs help. 622 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:32,980 He dies in 40 seconds. 623 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:37,980 39, 38, 37. 624 00:24:38,100 --> 00:24:39,980 He's not a bad little boy. 625 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:43,980 He always means well, so help him. 626 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:46,980 Help, little boy. 627 00:24:46,980 --> 00:24:48,860 Mama, Mama, where are you? 628 00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:50,860 Quick, I haven't got much time. 629 00:24:50,980 --> 00:24:53,860 I have 40 seconds. 630 00:24:53,860 --> 00:25:16,740 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 631 00:25:23,860 --> 00:25:26,740 Take it easy, Ma'am. 632 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:27,740 The doc's working on him. 633 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:30,740 In the meantime, just a couple more questions. 634 00:25:30,860 --> 00:25:31,740 All right. 635 00:25:31,860 --> 00:25:32,740 I'll write off. 636 00:25:32,860 --> 00:25:34,740 You see, when you came in, he was all tied up 637 00:25:34,860 --> 00:25:36,740 and this alarm clock here was ringing. 638 00:25:36,860 --> 00:25:37,740 Yes. 639 00:25:37,860 --> 00:25:38,740 I see. 640 00:25:38,860 --> 00:25:39,740 Nancy. 641 00:25:39,860 --> 00:25:40,740 Yeah, Doc. 642 00:25:40,860 --> 00:25:41,740 Dead. 643 00:25:41,860 --> 00:25:42,740 It was heart failure. 644 00:25:42,860 --> 00:25:43,740 Paul. 645 00:25:43,860 --> 00:25:44,740 I'm sorry, ma'am. 646 00:25:44,860 --> 00:25:45,740 Now, look, just one minute. 647 00:25:45,860 --> 00:25:46,740 I'm sorry. 648 00:25:46,860 --> 00:25:47,740 I'm sorry. 649 00:25:47,860 --> 00:25:48,740 I'm sorry. 650 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:49,740 I'm sorry. 651 00:25:49,860 --> 00:25:50,740 I'm sorry. 652 00:25:50,860 --> 00:25:51,740 I'm sorry. 653 00:25:51,860 --> 00:25:52,740 I'm sorry. 654 00:25:52,740 --> 00:25:53,620 Now, look, just one more thing. 655 00:25:53,740 --> 00:25:56,620 In this box, there was some wires going to it from the clock 656 00:25:56,740 --> 00:25:57,620 and I pulled them out. 657 00:25:57,740 --> 00:25:58,620 You know what was in it. 658 00:25:58,740 --> 00:25:59,620 This box? 659 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:00,620 Yeah. 660 00:26:00,740 --> 00:26:01,620 Nothing. 661 00:26:01,740 --> 00:26:03,620 It used to have some fertilizer in it, 662 00:26:03,740 --> 00:26:06,620 but I took it out this morning and used it. 663 00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:10,620 I've been trying to raise flowers in the back of the house. 664 00:26:10,740 --> 00:26:11,620 Paul. 665 00:26:11,620 --> 00:26:30,500 Paul loved flowers. 666 00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:34,500 Thank you, Van Heflin, for a splendid performance. 667 00:26:34,620 --> 00:26:35,500 Hello. 668 00:26:35,620 --> 00:26:37,500 About my income tax report. 669 00:26:37,620 --> 00:26:38,500 Oh, forget it. 670 00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:39,500 Happen, be happy. 671 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,380 Ask for those mighty marvels, those gas and money savers, 672 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:45,380 those ignition engineered auto light resistor spark plugs. 673 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,380 They're made by the auto light men who make over 400 products 674 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:52,380 for cars, trucks, airplanes, and boats in 28 auto light plants 675 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:53,380 from coast to coast. 676 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:56,380 Auto light also makes complete electrical systems 677 00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,380 for many makes of America's finest cars. 678 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:01,380 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, 679 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:02,380 coils, distributors. 680 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:05,380 All ignition engineered to fit together perfectly, 681 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:08,380 work together perfectly because they're a perfect team. 682 00:27:08,380 --> 00:27:10,260 So folks, don't accept electrical parts 683 00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:12,260 that are supposed to be as good. 684 00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:15,260 Ask for and insist on auto light original factory parts 685 00:27:15,380 --> 00:27:18,260 at your neighborhood service station, car dealer, garage, 686 00:27:18,380 --> 00:27:19,260 or repair shop. 687 00:27:19,380 --> 00:27:21,260 Remember, from bumper to tail light, 688 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:24,260 you're always right with auto light. 689 00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:34,260 And now here again is Van Heflin. 690 00:27:34,380 --> 00:27:36,260 First, I'd like to say that it's always great fun 691 00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:37,260 and a lot of work. 692 00:27:37,260 --> 00:27:40,140 And second, come on out here, Tony. 693 00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:41,140 That's right, come on out. 694 00:27:41,260 --> 00:27:44,140 Ladies and gentlemen, Radio Mirror magazine 695 00:27:44,260 --> 00:27:46,140 has asked me to call Tony Leeder, 696 00:27:46,260 --> 00:27:48,140 the producer director of Suspense, 697 00:27:48,260 --> 00:27:50,140 down out of his glass cage up there 698 00:27:50,260 --> 00:27:52,140 for a very special reason. 699 00:27:52,260 --> 00:27:53,140 What's it all about, Van? 700 00:27:53,260 --> 00:27:55,140 Tony, I'd like you to meet Ms. Ann Daggett, 701 00:27:55,260 --> 00:27:58,140 Western editor of Radio Mirror magazine. 702 00:27:58,260 --> 00:27:59,140 How do you do? 703 00:27:59,260 --> 00:28:01,140 How do you do, Mr. Leeder? 704 00:28:01,260 --> 00:28:03,140 As a Suspense fan of long standing, 705 00:28:03,260 --> 00:28:06,140 I'm very happy to have the privilege of presenting 706 00:28:06,140 --> 00:28:08,020 to you this scroll. 707 00:28:08,140 --> 00:28:10,020 It is in recognition of the fact that Suspense 708 00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:14,020 has been chosen Radio's outstanding mystery show 709 00:28:14,140 --> 00:28:16,020 by Radio Mirror magazine, 710 00:28:16,140 --> 00:28:18,020 which will be on the newsstands tomorrow. 711 00:28:18,140 --> 00:28:20,020 Well, that's wonderful. 712 00:28:20,140 --> 00:28:23,020 And on behalf of our writers and our actors 713 00:28:23,140 --> 00:28:26,020 and musicians, and Lud Gleskin in particular, 714 00:28:26,140 --> 00:28:28,020 and technicians without whom Suspense 715 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,020 couldn't even begin to suspend you, 716 00:28:30,140 --> 00:28:32,020 I want to say thank you very much. 717 00:28:32,140 --> 00:28:34,020 My congratulations too, Tony. 718 00:28:34,020 --> 00:28:35,900 And I'll be tuned in next week to hear Gregory Peck 719 00:28:36,020 --> 00:28:37,900 in Murder Through the Looking Glass, 720 00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:39,900 another gripping study in... 721 00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:41,900 Suspense. 722 00:28:44,020 --> 00:28:44,900 Van Heflin appeared by arrangement 723 00:28:45,020 --> 00:28:45,900 with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 724 00:28:46,020 --> 00:28:46,900 producers of the Technicolor picture, 725 00:28:47,020 --> 00:28:48,900 Little Women, starring June Allison, 726 00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:50,900 Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, 727 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:51,900 and Elizabeth Taylor. 728 00:28:52,020 --> 00:28:53,900 Tonight, Suspense play was written by Cornel Woolrich 729 00:28:54,020 --> 00:28:55,900 and adapted by Walter Newman. 730 00:28:56,020 --> 00:28:57,900 Music was composed by Lucien Moraweck 731 00:28:58,020 --> 00:28:59,900 and conducted by Lud Gleskin. 732 00:29:00,020 --> 00:29:00,900 The entire production was under the direction 733 00:29:01,020 --> 00:29:02,900 of Anton M. Morsky, 734 00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:03,780 and the production of the production 735 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:05,780 of Anton M. Lieder. 736 00:29:05,900 --> 00:29:07,780 Remember, next Thursday, hear Gregory Peck 737 00:29:07,900 --> 00:29:09,780 in Murder Through the Looking Glass. 738 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:15,780 You can buy auto light electrical parts, 739 00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:17,780 auto light resistor spark plugs, 740 00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:19,780 auto light staple batteries 741 00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:21,780 at your neighborhood auto light dealer. 742 00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:23,780 Switch to auto light. Good night. 743 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:24,780 Here's great news. 744 00:29:24,900 --> 00:29:26,780 Suspense on television may be seen 745 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:27,780 in many parts of the country 746 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:28,780 every Tuesday night. 747 00:29:28,780 --> 00:29:32,660 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.