WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.440 Now, Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present... 00:14.440 --> 00:15.440 Suspense! 00:15.440 --> 00:29.720 Tonight, Auto Light brings you Van Heflin in Cornel Woolrich's famous Three O'Clock, 00:29.720 --> 00:36.520 a suspense play produced and directed by Anton M. 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01:40.960 --> 01:44.480 You're a good husband to her and yet she's too time in you with another man, isn't she? 01:44.480 --> 01:46.960 And you made up your mind weeks ago to kill her, didn't you? 01:46.960 --> 01:48.800 When out the last second, what are you waiting for? 01:48.800 --> 01:51.360 You've got everything down here you need to do the job. 01:51.360 --> 01:56.080 Box near the wall filled with explosive tube copper wires already capped. 01:56.080 --> 01:59.080 This alarm clock, what's holding you back? 01:59.080 --> 02:01.040 Memories of your honeymoon? 02:01.040 --> 02:04.640 She's too time in you with another man, weigh that in your hand. 02:04.640 --> 02:06.720 All right then, get to work. 02:06.720 --> 02:07.720 First set the alarm. 02:07.720 --> 02:10.360 And she gets back from shopping around 2.30. 02:10.360 --> 02:12.760 You better set it for three o'clock. 02:12.760 --> 02:13.760 Good. 02:13.760 --> 02:16.960 Now then wind it up. 02:16.960 --> 02:22.680 Now then put the cap end of the wires into the little holes you drilled in the box. 02:22.680 --> 02:24.680 Oh no, no, no, wait. 02:24.680 --> 02:27.080 That explosive's kind of tricky, temperamental. 02:27.080 --> 02:29.400 Don't touch that box any more than you have to. 02:29.400 --> 02:32.400 First attach the wire to the alarm clock. 02:32.400 --> 02:36.400 I wonder why more people haven't thought of this. 02:36.400 --> 02:39.880 Probably wouldn't know how to go about it if they did. 02:39.880 --> 02:40.880 There. 02:40.880 --> 02:42.880 Now the cap end of the wires into the box. 02:42.880 --> 02:43.880 Careful now, careful. 02:43.880 --> 02:44.880 There it is. 02:44.880 --> 02:45.880 Check it over. 02:45.880 --> 02:48.560 Check it over now, you don't want any slip ups. 02:48.560 --> 02:51.600 At three o'clock the alarm goes off, it sets up a spark. 02:51.600 --> 02:57.800 The spark runs along the wires to the detonators in the box and that's all there is to it. 02:57.800 --> 03:01.160 Don't just stand here, get back downtown to the shop. 03:01.160 --> 03:07.040 What are you doing in my house? 03:07.040 --> 03:08.760 Hey Duke, somebody is home. 03:08.760 --> 03:11.760 That'll hold him a couple of seconds. 03:11.760 --> 03:12.760 Suddenly we're standing here. 03:12.760 --> 03:14.920 Must have been down the cellar all the time we was here. 03:14.920 --> 03:16.880 You sit your case this place for three days. 03:16.880 --> 03:19.080 Get me something to tie him up and let's go. 03:19.080 --> 03:20.880 No, no, no, no, don't tie me up, don't. 03:20.880 --> 03:21.880 Slug him again. 03:21.880 --> 03:22.880 Again. 03:22.880 --> 03:23.880 Okay. 03:23.880 --> 03:24.880 You had the cellar down there? 03:24.880 --> 03:25.880 Yeah. 03:25.880 --> 03:26.880 See if there's any rope around. 03:26.880 --> 03:29.880 Coil a rope on his shelf down there, I'll get it. 03:29.880 --> 03:32.680 No, no, we'll carry him down, tie him up there. 03:32.680 --> 03:34.680 No, don't tie me up, this house is. 03:34.680 --> 03:35.680 Shut up you. 03:35.680 --> 03:36.680 See if you have some handkerchief. 03:36.680 --> 03:37.680 Roll it up in a ball. 03:37.680 --> 03:38.680 Listen to me, this house is. 03:38.680 --> 03:39.680 Alright, shove in this mouth, shove it in. 03:39.680 --> 03:44.680 Take off his belt and buckle it between his teeth too. 03:44.680 --> 03:45.680 Fast. 03:45.680 --> 03:46.680 Okay. 03:46.680 --> 03:50.320 What's he putting up such a fight about? 03:50.320 --> 03:51.880 This place is a lemon, nothing in it. 03:51.880 --> 03:52.880 Take his legs. 03:52.880 --> 03:53.880 Okay. 03:53.880 --> 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 03:59.900 --> 04:01.920 car in my tail too quick. 04:01.920 --> 04:04.920 Okay, it's up to me. 04:04.920 --> 04:08.560 Now give me that rope, I'll hold him. 04:08.560 --> 04:09.960 What's he putting up such a fight about? 04:09.960 --> 04:12.520 Look mister, we ain't gonna hurt you. 04:12.520 --> 04:13.520 Just leave you here in the cellar. 04:13.520 --> 04:17.160 He still ain't convinced, I can't figure him. 04:17.160 --> 04:18.720 Okay, that does it. 04:18.720 --> 04:21.400 Alright, I'm tying to this pipe. 04:21.400 --> 04:26.440 Otherwise somebody's liable to come home right after we leave and hear him thrashing around. 04:26.440 --> 04:28.200 These houses are like matchboxes. 04:28.200 --> 04:30.640 I wonder what he's trying to say. 04:30.640 --> 04:34.120 Don't leave me tied up down here. 04:34.120 --> 04:35.920 I won't call the cops, I swear it. 04:35.920 --> 04:37.840 This place is gonna blow up, don't you understand? 04:37.840 --> 04:39.720 Explode, this house is gonna explode. 04:39.720 --> 04:42.080 Who cares what he's trying to say, let's go. 04:42.080 --> 04:44.880 We'll pull another job tonight. 04:44.880 --> 04:46.280 This time I'll do the picking. 04:46.280 --> 04:49.600 Well it looked like a good setup, standing way off like it is. 04:49.600 --> 04:52.000 Hey mister, will you relax? 04:52.000 --> 04:54.800 You'll never get out of them nuts. 04:54.800 --> 04:57.000 What's he so bug-eyed about? 04:57.000 --> 04:58.000 What is it mister? 04:58.000 --> 05:01.880 There's a alarm clock over here? 05:01.880 --> 05:04.480 What do you care what time it is, you ain't going anyplace. 05:04.480 --> 05:06.680 Hey, should we take the clock Duke? 05:06.680 --> 05:09.360 Nah, couldn't raise a buffalo nickel on it. 05:09.360 --> 05:12.000 Ordered it soon, let's go, we got work to do. 05:12.000 --> 05:16.280 Wait, come back, don't leave me here. 05:16.280 --> 05:18.720 This house explodes at three o'clock, listen to me. 05:18.720 --> 05:25.520 It blows up in an hour and a quarter, come back, come back, come back, come. 05:25.520 --> 05:33.400 All set, let's take a back way. 05:33.400 --> 05:34.400 Gone, they're gone. 05:34.400 --> 05:38.920 The only people in the world who know where I am. 05:38.920 --> 05:54.920 I've got to get out. 05:54.920 --> 06:01.240 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Van Heflin in Radio's outstanding theatre of 06:01.240 --> 06:10.920 thrills, Suspend. 06:10.920 --> 06:12.360 Can you help me with my income tax? 06:12.360 --> 06:13.960 Why I'm just the guy. 06:13.960 --> 06:19.680 Here just fill in form W1066, IOU, RSVP, your telephone number and ALRSP. 06:19.680 --> 06:25.400 ALRSP, Auto Light Resistor Spark, look, why they ought to jail you for this after all. 06:25.400 --> 06:28.280 Hey, do you and your income tax reports want to look good? 06:28.280 --> 06:29.280 Well. 06:29.280 --> 06:33.760 Save half my boy, save gas for instance, replace your old narrow gap spark plugs with wide 06:33.760 --> 06:36.160 gap Auto Light Resistor Spark plugs. 06:36.160 --> 06:39.920 They make your car idle smoother, give you better performance on leaner gas mixtures, 06:39.920 --> 06:41.720 actually save gas dollars. 06:41.720 --> 06:44.880 Harlow, with me all tied up in taxes and internal revenue, you're... 06:44.880 --> 06:50.220 For internal revenue for your engine, switch to wide gap Auto Light Resistor Spark plugs. 06:50.220 --> 06:53.600 They're ignition engineered by Auto Light to meet the highest standards of automotive 06:53.600 --> 06:57.240 engineers to give you smoother idling, more mileage for your dollar. 06:57.240 --> 06:58.240 I'm worried. 06:58.240 --> 07:02.400 Well, you don't have to worry, Hap, why with wide gap Auto Light Resistor Spark plugs, 07:02.400 --> 07:06.480 you even cut down spark plug interference with radio and television reception. 07:06.480 --> 07:12.720 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 07:12.720 --> 07:22.000 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Van Heflin as Paul in Three O'Clock, 07:22.000 --> 07:29.160 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 07:29.160 --> 07:31.640 I can't get out. 07:31.640 --> 07:34.640 Nobody knows I'm here. 07:34.640 --> 07:39.160 Fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine. 07:39.160 --> 07:40.960 Twelve minutes to two. 07:40.960 --> 07:45.240 It goes so fast, that second hand goes so fast. 07:45.240 --> 07:48.320 Five, six, seven. 07:48.320 --> 07:51.360 Less than seventy-two minutes. 07:51.360 --> 07:52.360 Help me. 07:52.360 --> 07:53.760 Somebody help me. 07:53.760 --> 07:54.760 Help me. 07:54.760 --> 07:55.760 Help me. 07:55.760 --> 08:05.280 Eleven minutes to two. 08:05.280 --> 08:07.900 Only seventy-one minutes. 08:07.900 --> 08:09.520 Not even that now. 08:09.520 --> 08:13.520 Three, four, five, six. 08:13.520 --> 08:16.840 Francie, Francie, come home and get me out of this. 08:16.840 --> 08:17.840 I love you. 08:17.840 --> 08:20.300 I can't help being jealous, can I? 08:20.300 --> 08:21.920 I'm sorry I tried to kill you. 08:21.920 --> 08:23.920 It's because I love you so much. 08:23.920 --> 08:24.920 I'm jealous. 08:24.920 --> 08:25.920 But you deserve it. 08:25.920 --> 08:26.920 You deserved it. 08:26.920 --> 08:27.920 I've what you've done to me. 08:27.920 --> 08:31.920 Can't you imagine how I felt that day last month when I came home? 08:31.920 --> 08:35.120 That, that you, Paul? 08:35.120 --> 08:38.680 Paul, you're home so early. 08:38.680 --> 08:39.680 Are you sick? 08:39.680 --> 08:40.680 Another one of your headaches? 08:40.680 --> 08:42.160 Oh, I feel fine, honest. 08:42.160 --> 08:43.800 Why, why are you home so early? 08:43.800 --> 08:44.800 Well, I don't know. 08:44.800 --> 08:48.480 I just got lonely for you and I said to myself, well, you're the boss, old boy. 08:48.480 --> 08:49.680 It's your watch repair shop. 08:49.680 --> 08:52.120 Now, if you want to close ahead of time, who's to say no? 08:52.120 --> 08:54.760 Come on, hold still a second. 08:54.760 --> 08:56.040 Your lipstick is smeary. 08:56.040 --> 08:57.040 It is? 08:57.040 --> 08:59.040 Well, I was lying down. 08:59.040 --> 09:00.040 I guess I... 09:00.040 --> 09:01.040 Well, it's all right. 09:01.040 --> 09:02.040 Now, come on, pucker up. 09:02.040 --> 09:04.040 Well, you're smeared again. 09:04.040 --> 09:05.040 I'll fix it. 09:05.040 --> 09:08.720 As long as you're home early, why don't you rest a while? 09:08.720 --> 09:10.520 The morning paper's still in the den. 09:10.520 --> 09:11.520 I guess so. 09:11.520 --> 09:15.840 Well, I had a heavy lunch, pot roast and potatoes and apple pie. 09:15.840 --> 09:16.840 What'd you do today, honey? 09:16.840 --> 09:17.840 Oh, all the usual. 09:17.840 --> 09:18.840 Cleaned the house. 09:18.840 --> 09:19.840 Went marketing. 09:19.840 --> 09:20.840 Wish we could afford a car. 09:20.840 --> 09:21.840 I mean, isolated the way we are. 09:21.840 --> 09:22.840 Walked in eights... 09:22.840 --> 09:30.760 I sat down on the couch and there it was in the ashtray on the end table. 09:30.760 --> 09:36.080 A cigar butt, still moist on one end, still warm on the other. 09:36.080 --> 09:38.080 Any visitors today? 09:38.080 --> 09:39.080 What'd you say? 09:39.080 --> 09:41.560 I said, any visitors today? 09:41.560 --> 09:42.560 No. 09:42.560 --> 09:43.560 None. 09:43.560 --> 09:46.560 Not even a peddler. 09:46.560 --> 09:49.200 You're a liar, Fancy. 09:49.200 --> 09:51.200 You lied to me that time. 09:51.200 --> 09:52.200 Time. 09:52.200 --> 09:53.200 Forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five. 09:53.200 --> 09:54.200 No clock has ever gone this fast. 09:54.200 --> 10:03.280 Of all the thousands I've looked at and sat right in my shop, not one has ever gone so 10:03.280 --> 10:04.280 fast. 10:04.280 --> 10:09.680 It's quarter hours go around like minutes and it's minutes like seconds. 10:09.680 --> 10:11.160 Three minutes to two. 10:11.160 --> 10:12.160 That's cheating me. 10:12.160 --> 10:13.440 It's not keeping the right time. 10:13.440 --> 10:15.840 That second hand's whirling like a pinwheel. 10:15.840 --> 10:18.040 Make it stop somebody. 10:18.040 --> 10:20.560 When the clock says three, the house explodes. 10:20.560 --> 10:21.560 Make it... 10:21.560 --> 10:22.560 Oh, somebody's at the door. 10:22.560 --> 10:23.560 Come in, please. 10:23.560 --> 10:28.560 Please, please come in and find me and let me out of here. 10:28.560 --> 10:29.560 Please, please, please. 10:29.560 --> 10:30.560 Gas company. 10:30.560 --> 10:31.560 Gas company. 10:31.560 --> 10:36.040 The one calling all the day's routine from the earliest morning to the latest night that 10:36.040 --> 10:38.800 can possibly bring anyone down here to the cellar. 10:38.800 --> 10:41.800 Anybody home in there? 10:41.800 --> 10:42.800 Gas company? 10:42.800 --> 10:43.800 Anybody home? 10:43.800 --> 10:46.800 I am. 10:46.800 --> 10:47.800 I am. 10:47.800 --> 10:48.800 I'm down here. 10:48.800 --> 10:50.200 Don't wait for somebody to answer the door. 10:50.200 --> 10:51.200 It's not locked. 10:51.200 --> 10:52.200 Come in, come in. 10:52.200 --> 10:53.200 Please, please. 10:53.200 --> 10:54.200 He's gone. 10:54.200 --> 10:55.200 He's gone. 10:55.200 --> 10:56.200 No, no, no, no, no. 10:56.200 --> 10:57.200 He's coming around to the back. 10:57.200 --> 10:58.200 Why don't we what? 10:58.200 --> 10:59.200 I said why don't we go in and read the meter anyway? 10:59.200 --> 11:00.200 Even if nobody's home. 11:00.200 --> 11:01.200 Yes, yes. 11:01.200 --> 11:02.200 Company policy. 11:02.200 --> 11:03.200 We never go in to read the meter unless somebody's home. 11:03.200 --> 11:04.200 Until we find somebody. 11:04.200 --> 11:17.200 But I am home. 11:17.200 --> 11:18.200 I am. 11:18.200 --> 11:19.200 I'm right down here. 11:19.200 --> 11:20.200 I can see your legs through the window. 11:20.200 --> 11:23.200 All you have to do is to bend down and look in and you'll see me. 11:23.200 --> 11:26.200 No, no, no, no. 11:26.200 --> 11:27.200 Don't go away. 11:27.200 --> 11:28.200 Stay. 11:28.200 --> 11:30.200 I'll kill you if you go so help me. 11:30.200 --> 11:31.200 I'll kill you. 11:31.200 --> 11:32.200 No, no, no, no. 11:32.200 --> 11:33.200 No, I didn't mean that. 11:33.200 --> 11:34.200 No, no, no, no. 11:34.200 --> 11:35.200 I'm not going to kill you. 11:35.200 --> 11:36.200 Please stay. 11:36.200 --> 11:37.200 Look at the timer. 11:37.200 --> 11:38.200 One minute past two. 11:38.200 --> 11:39.200 Fifty nine minutes left. 11:39.200 --> 11:40.200 Not even an hour. 11:40.200 --> 11:41.200 Fifty nine minutes less. 11:41.200 --> 11:42.200 Eight. 11:42.200 --> 11:43.200 Nine. 11:43.200 --> 11:44.200 Ten. 11:44.200 --> 11:45.200 Eleven. 11:45.200 --> 11:46.200 How long? 11:46.200 --> 11:52.200 Fifty nine minutes seems when you're waiting for someone. 11:52.200 --> 12:02.120 Like the night I waited for Francia to come home from a movie and she was like, oh, I 12:02.120 --> 12:03.660 And she was late. 12:03.780 --> 12:07.080 The night Francie was late coming home from a movie. 12:07.200 --> 12:09.960 Yes, in a pig's eye she was at a movie. 12:10.080 --> 12:12.460 She was with her boyfriend. 12:12.580 --> 12:14.840 Well, sure, I was worried. What did you think? 12:14.960 --> 12:17.420 You said you'd be home before 11, and here it is almost midnight. 12:17.540 --> 12:19.580 I was about to call the hospitals and the police. 12:19.720 --> 12:21.720 Oh, Paul, I'm sorry. Really, I am. 12:21.840 --> 12:25.220 All those short subjects, and then the bus was late. 12:25.340 --> 12:26.760 I'm sorry you were worried. 12:26.880 --> 12:29.100 Forget about it. How was the movie? 12:29.220 --> 12:31.180 It was all right. Nice western. 12:31.180 --> 12:33.680 Oh, a western? I thought you were going to see Three Musketeers. 12:33.800 --> 12:36.800 Well, I was, but I changed my mind. 12:36.940 --> 12:38.680 I saw Red River instead. 12:38.800 --> 12:41.980 Well, I didn't know that was playing in the neighborhood. 12:42.100 --> 12:44.680 I went downtown. I thought as long as I'm out of the house... 12:44.820 --> 12:46.480 I might as well do a little shopping. 12:46.600 --> 12:48.640 Were the stores open tonight? 12:48.780 --> 12:50.140 No. 12:50.280 --> 12:52.820 Did I say shopping? I meant window shopping. 12:52.940 --> 12:54.560 Oh. 12:54.700 --> 12:56.240 What was the movie about? 12:56.360 --> 12:58.120 You know, a western. 12:58.240 --> 13:00.540 A lot of shooting and riding. 13:00.540 --> 13:02.540 How was Gary Cooper's performance? 13:02.660 --> 13:04.420 Oh, good. I've always liked him. 13:04.540 --> 13:06.460 No, I didn't mean Cooper. Cooper's not in. 13:06.580 --> 13:08.800 I meant John Wayne. 13:08.920 --> 13:12.540 Oh, was that John Wayne? 13:12.680 --> 13:15.500 You know, they all look alike to me. 13:15.640 --> 13:17.640 Those big hats. 13:19.520 --> 13:23.020 That was the night that she signed her own death warrant. 13:23.140 --> 13:25.060 Little things put the official seal on it, 13:25.180 --> 13:26.940 like the cigar butt in the living room, 13:27.060 --> 13:29.600 like the gasoline drippings on the street in front of our house, 13:29.600 --> 13:31.560 and we don't even own a car. 13:31.680 --> 13:33.140 And it wasn't a delivery truck either, 13:33.260 --> 13:36.020 because the drippings showed that it stood there a long time, 13:36.140 --> 13:40.560 an hour or more, and like the time last week when... 13:40.680 --> 13:43.280 The time. 13:43.400 --> 13:45.900 12 minutes after 2? No. 13:46.020 --> 13:48.360 Oh, no, that can't be. It was just 2 o'clock. 13:48.480 --> 13:50.660 It can't be that late already. 13:50.780 --> 13:52.780 12 minutes past 2. 13:52.900 --> 13:56.540 Only 48 minutes and... 13:56.540 --> 14:02.800 Less than 48 minutes. It's 47, 56, 55, 54. 14:02.920 --> 14:05.300 Look at that second handle. 14:05.420 --> 14:09.220 Francie, Francie, Francie, Francie! 14:09.340 --> 14:12.060 She's in the kitchen. She's putting down her parcels. 14:12.180 --> 14:15.180 How can I make her hear me? There must be some way. 14:18.020 --> 14:21.140 And now she's at the hall closet, and you must be hanging up her coat. 14:21.260 --> 14:23.600 Oh, Francie, thank you so much for coming home early. 14:23.720 --> 14:25.780 I love you so, and I need you. 14:25.780 --> 14:27.740 How could I have thought of hurting you? 14:27.860 --> 14:30.740 I must have been crazy, but I'm not now. 14:30.860 --> 14:32.320 Back to the kitchen. 14:32.440 --> 14:35.120 Why doesn't she come down here to look for something? 14:35.240 --> 14:37.460 She might stay up there all afternoon, lie down. 14:37.580 --> 14:39.120 She might wash her hair. 14:39.240 --> 14:42.040 She might stay up there till it's time to get supper ready. 14:42.160 --> 14:46.340 What she does is no supper, no Francie, no me. 14:46.460 --> 14:49.760 Francie, Francie, come down here. 14:49.880 --> 14:52.920 I know that you can't hear me, but come down here, please. 14:52.920 --> 14:55.920 Please come down here. 14:58.420 --> 15:00.540 Hello? Yes, Dave. 15:00.660 --> 15:02.260 I just got in this minute. 15:02.380 --> 15:03.720 Oh, Dave, I'm all upset. 15:03.840 --> 15:06.680 I have $11 table money in the kitchen, and it's gone. 15:06.800 --> 15:08.640 The wristwatch called me, and it's gone too. 15:08.760 --> 15:09.760 We must have been robbed. 15:09.880 --> 15:11.180 She knows we've been robbed. 15:11.300 --> 15:13.300 I should get to police now, and they'll search the whole place, 15:13.420 --> 15:14.680 and they'll look down here. 15:14.800 --> 15:16.560 I'll look again, but I know it's gone. 15:16.680 --> 15:17.680 We'll have a fit. 15:17.800 --> 15:19.600 No, no, no, I won't. I won't, honest. 15:19.720 --> 15:21.440 No, I haven't reported it yet. 15:21.440 --> 15:22.860 You have to be so careful. 15:22.980 --> 15:24.100 You're not kidding. 15:24.220 --> 15:27.560 I called Paul at the shop while I was out, and there was no answer. 15:27.680 --> 15:29.100 I hope nothing's wrong. 15:29.220 --> 15:32.100 Can't you guess there's something wrong if I'm not in the shop? 15:32.220 --> 15:34.020 Maybe you'd better come up. 15:34.140 --> 15:35.940 Okay, good-bye. 15:36.060 --> 15:37.360 Yeah, yeah, that's good. 15:37.480 --> 15:38.900 Sure, come on. 15:39.020 --> 15:42.160 If I go, both of you go with me. 15:42.280 --> 15:44.020 What time is it? 15:44.140 --> 15:47.740 Oh, no, no, it can't be 19 past 2. 15:47.860 --> 15:50.480 Only 41 minutes left. 15:50.480 --> 15:54.440 33, 34, 35, 36. 15:54.560 --> 15:56.520 Tick-tock, tick-tock. 15:56.640 --> 15:58.020 Oh, there I go, there I go. 15:58.140 --> 16:00.100 Stop it, stop it, and think. 16:00.220 --> 16:01.360 Think fast. 16:01.480 --> 16:03.360 Think like you did last week when you came home, 16:03.480 --> 16:05.480 and she threw her arms around you and hugged you, 16:05.600 --> 16:07.600 and, where, that little liar. 16:07.720 --> 16:08.900 Hi, Paulie. 16:09.020 --> 16:10.020 Hello. 16:10.140 --> 16:11.140 No kiss? 16:11.260 --> 16:13.020 No, sure, why not? 16:13.140 --> 16:14.560 Oh, what's the matter? 16:14.680 --> 16:15.680 Hard day? 16:15.800 --> 16:18.360 So hard you can't even force a smile? 16:18.360 --> 16:21.360 I'll make you smile, I'll make you laugh. 16:21.480 --> 16:23.360 Kissy, kissy, coo. 16:23.480 --> 16:25.480 Come on, smile, smile. 16:25.600 --> 16:26.940 Cut it out. 16:27.060 --> 16:28.360 Stop tickling. 16:28.480 --> 16:30.020 Wait, wait, cut it out. 16:30.140 --> 16:31.360 What's this in your pocket? 16:31.480 --> 16:32.480 Frenzy, don't. 16:32.600 --> 16:33.600 A present for me? 16:33.720 --> 16:34.720 I said don't. 16:34.860 --> 16:37.520 All right, you don't have to grab. 16:37.640 --> 16:38.640 What is it? 16:38.760 --> 16:41.360 Well, it's fertilizer, that's what it is. 16:41.480 --> 16:42.480 Fertilizer? 16:42.600 --> 16:43.600 Yeah, a sample package. 16:43.720 --> 16:46.020 I figured maybe we'd start a little garden in the back, 16:46.140 --> 16:47.140 a few flowers maybe. 16:47.140 --> 16:49.780 Oh, well, that's a nice idea. 16:49.900 --> 16:51.060 That's just what I'll do. 16:51.200 --> 16:52.740 Yeah, well, I'll keep it down in the cellar. 16:52.860 --> 16:54.400 The fellow gave it to me, said that it should be kept 16:54.520 --> 16:55.900 in a cool, dry place. 16:56.020 --> 16:57.980 I'll buy the seed just as soon as you make up your mind 16:58.100 --> 17:00.480 what you want. 17:00.600 --> 17:02.280 Fertilizer. 17:02.400 --> 17:05.020 She never even suspected that it was an explosive. 17:05.140 --> 17:07.320 I brought other things home last week, too. 17:07.440 --> 17:08.940 Every day, something else. 17:09.060 --> 17:12.100 Some more sample packages of fertilizer, 17:12.240 --> 17:13.900 which I carefully packed into a soapbox 17:14.020 --> 17:15.400 that I had in the cellar. 17:15.400 --> 17:18.320 And copper wire and dry cell batteries. 17:18.440 --> 17:19.860 And this clock. 17:19.980 --> 17:21.700 And she never suspected a thing. 17:21.820 --> 17:23.440 She was so flustered trying to cover up the fact 17:23.580 --> 17:25.280 that she had a caller that I could have brought in 17:25.400 --> 17:26.820 a grandfather's clock under my arm, 17:26.940 --> 17:29.700 she probably wouldn't even have noticed it. 17:29.820 --> 17:33.160 Oh, but, Francie, that doesn't matter now. 17:33.280 --> 17:35.320 If you just come on downstairs. 17:35.440 --> 17:39.360 He's here. 17:39.480 --> 17:42.360 Her boyfriend's here. 17:42.480 --> 17:44.620 Hello, Dave. 17:44.620 --> 17:47.040 Well, did it turn up yet? 17:47.160 --> 17:50.160 No, I haven't heard anything from Paul, either. 17:50.280 --> 17:52.080 The police will think I did it, I suppose. 17:52.200 --> 17:53.740 Well, don't say things like that. 17:53.860 --> 17:54.780 Come on into the kitchen. 17:54.900 --> 17:56.700 Coffee's ready. 17:56.820 --> 17:57.660 What do they get? 17:57.780 --> 17:58.740 Dude, just sit there. 17:58.860 --> 18:02.280 Don't they know that it's 28 minutes to 3? 18:02.400 --> 18:03.400 Only minutes left now. 18:03.540 --> 18:06.000 Minutes, not even a full half hour anymore. 18:06.120 --> 18:09.700 Don't you think we ought to tell Paul about us? 18:09.820 --> 18:11.040 I don't know. 18:11.160 --> 18:12.160 How will he take it? 18:12.160 --> 18:16.000 If Paul isn't now reminded, we can't keep on like this. 18:16.120 --> 18:17.380 It's better to go to him ourselves 18:17.500 --> 18:20.080 and tell him about you than wait till he finds out. 18:20.200 --> 18:22.000 He's allowed to think something else entirely. 18:22.120 --> 18:23.240 What's she talking about? 18:23.380 --> 18:25.120 I know he didn't believe me that night 18:25.240 --> 18:26.840 when I helped you find the ferny straw 18:26.960 --> 18:29.120 and told him I'd been to a movie. 18:29.240 --> 18:32.500 I'm so nervous and upset all the time. 18:32.620 --> 18:36.620 I feel as guilty as if I were one of those disloyal wives 18:36.740 --> 18:37.960 or something. 18:38.080 --> 18:40.120 Didn't you ever tell him about me at all? 18:40.120 --> 18:43.040 I told him you'd been in one or two little scrapes, 18:43.160 --> 18:45.040 but I let him think I'd lost track of you 18:45.160 --> 18:47.000 and I didn't know where you were anymore. 18:47.120 --> 18:48.120 Well, that was her brother. 18:48.240 --> 18:49.620 She said that about. 18:49.740 --> 18:52.120 I'm coming things up for you all right. 18:52.240 --> 18:54.920 An escaped convict for a brother. 18:55.040 --> 18:56.040 Oh, Francie. 18:56.160 --> 18:57.120 Francie, I didn't know. 18:57.240 --> 18:58.660 Why didn't you tell me it was your brother? 18:58.780 --> 18:59.960 Why didn't you tell me? 19:00.080 --> 19:01.880 Let's go downtown and talk it over with Paul. 19:02.000 --> 19:02.620 No. 19:02.740 --> 19:03.500 No, no, stay here. 19:03.620 --> 19:04.740 Don't go downtown. 19:04.880 --> 19:05.500 Stay here. 19:05.620 --> 19:06.880 You shouldn't be seen with me. 19:07.000 --> 19:08.920 You could get into trouble yourself. 19:08.920 --> 19:10.880 Tell a phone call to come here and stay. 19:11.000 --> 19:12.880 Yes, yes, yes, stay here with me. 19:13.000 --> 19:13.800 Please stay. 19:13.920 --> 19:15.800 I'm not afraid. 19:15.920 --> 19:16.920 What can I do? 19:17.040 --> 19:17.800 What can I do? 19:17.920 --> 19:19.300 This pipe, this pipe leads upstairs. 19:19.420 --> 19:20.300 Hit it with something. 19:20.420 --> 19:21.000 With what, though? 19:21.120 --> 19:21.800 What? 19:21.920 --> 19:22.800 My head. 19:25.920 --> 19:26.800 What was that? 19:26.920 --> 19:27.800 What? 19:27.920 --> 19:28.800 I didn't hear anything. 19:28.920 --> 19:30.300 I thought I heard a noise in the cellar. 19:30.420 --> 19:30.920 Yes, you did. 19:31.040 --> 19:31.800 You did. 19:31.920 --> 19:32.420 It's me. 19:32.540 --> 19:33.300 It's me. 19:33.420 --> 19:34.300 Want me to take a look? 19:34.420 --> 19:36.300 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 19:36.420 --> 19:37.300 No. 19:37.300 --> 19:39.180 I guess I was wrong. 19:39.300 --> 19:41.180 Let's go, Dave. 19:41.300 --> 19:42.180 Francie! 19:42.300 --> 19:44.180 Francie! 19:44.300 --> 19:46.180 Come down here and look. 19:46.300 --> 19:48.180 22 minutes left. 19:48.300 --> 19:49.180 Francie! 19:49.300 --> 19:50.180 Francie! 19:59.300 --> 20:01.180 Mama. 20:01.300 --> 20:05.180 Mama, mama, mama. 20:05.180 --> 20:08.060 It's gained another minute. 20:08.180 --> 20:09.060 Help me, mama. 20:09.180 --> 20:12.060 Help me, mama. 20:12.180 --> 20:13.060 Help me, mama. 20:13.180 --> 20:14.060 Help me. 20:14.180 --> 20:16.060 Did you hear what you're doing, Bobby? 20:16.180 --> 20:17.060 What? 20:17.180 --> 20:20.060 Oh, that's a kid bouncing his ball against the house. 20:20.180 --> 20:21.060 Yes, it's a little kid. 20:21.180 --> 20:23.060 Bobby, come away from that cellar. 20:23.180 --> 20:24.060 Oh, no, no, no. 20:24.180 --> 20:25.060 Let him stay. 20:25.180 --> 20:26.060 Stay there, Bobby. 20:26.180 --> 20:27.060 Don't move. 20:27.180 --> 20:28.060 Did you hear what I said, Bobby? 20:28.180 --> 20:31.060 Bobby, just turn your head this way and you'll see me. 20:31.180 --> 20:32.060 A little more, Bobby. 20:32.180 --> 20:33.060 That's it. 20:33.060 --> 20:34.940 He's looking right at me, but he doesn't see me. 20:35.060 --> 20:37.940 Don't you see me turning my head from side to side, back 20:38.060 --> 20:40.940 and forth, back and forth, back? 20:41.060 --> 20:41.940 He sees me. 20:42.060 --> 20:43.940 Bobby, what are you doing there? 20:44.060 --> 20:44.940 Mommy, look. 20:45.060 --> 20:46.940 Does he understand what he sees? 20:47.060 --> 20:50.940 Oh, if he were only just a few years older, a child of seven 20:51.060 --> 20:51.940 or eight could understand that. 20:52.060 --> 20:53.940 Bobby, are you coming? 20:54.060 --> 20:54.940 I'm waiting. 20:55.060 --> 20:55.940 Stay where you are, Bobby. 20:56.060 --> 20:56.940 Make her come to you. 20:57.060 --> 20:57.940 Did you hear what I said? 20:58.060 --> 20:59.940 When I call you, I want you to come to me. 21:00.060 --> 21:00.940 Mommy, look. 21:01.060 --> 21:01.940 Funny man. 21:01.940 --> 21:04.820 Why, Mommy can't peek into strange people's houses. 21:04.940 --> 21:05.820 Come on, dear. 21:05.940 --> 21:06.820 Funny man, tied up. 21:06.940 --> 21:07.820 Yes, yes. 21:07.940 --> 21:10.820 Well, say goodbye to the funny man tied up. 21:10.940 --> 21:13.820 Bye-bye, funny man tied up. 21:13.940 --> 21:16.820 Bye-bye, funny man tied up. 21:25.940 --> 21:26.820 Let it blow up. 21:26.940 --> 21:28.820 What do I care? 21:28.940 --> 21:30.820 No, no, no. 21:30.820 --> 21:33.700 How much time is left? 21:33.820 --> 21:34.700 10 minutes? 21:34.820 --> 21:38.700 Well, someone could come down here now or even six minutes 21:38.820 --> 21:42.700 from now or seven, and I could still escape. 21:42.820 --> 21:47.700 42, 43, 44. 21:47.820 --> 21:53.700 The clock's beginning to look like people like Mama. 21:53.820 --> 21:56.700 Oh, my head hurts. 21:56.700 --> 22:00.580 Mama, I'm sorry for what I've done. 22:00.700 --> 22:01.580 Paul's sorry. 22:01.700 --> 22:04.580 He won't do it again, honest. 22:04.700 --> 22:07.580 Just let him go this time and not punish him. 22:07.700 --> 22:08.580 He's learned his lesson. 22:08.700 --> 22:10.580 He'll never do it again. 22:10.700 --> 22:11.580 Poor Paul. 22:11.700 --> 22:13.580 Poor Paul. 22:13.700 --> 22:16.580 Oh, that must be Francie. 22:16.700 --> 22:19.580 Must have found the shop closed, trying to find out 22:19.700 --> 22:21.580 if I came back here while she was gone. 22:21.700 --> 22:23.580 When no one answers, will that tell her 22:23.700 --> 22:25.580 that something's wrong? 22:25.580 --> 22:28.460 Why does she think I'm stretched out down here in the cellar 22:28.580 --> 22:29.460 if I don't answer the phone? 22:35.580 --> 22:37.460 Bye-bye, Francie. 22:37.580 --> 22:39.460 Bye-bye. 22:39.580 --> 22:41.460 Bye-bye. 22:41.580 --> 22:42.460 Tick-tock. 22:42.580 --> 22:43.460 Bye-bye. 22:43.580 --> 22:45.460 Tick-tock. 22:45.580 --> 22:48.460 Seven minutes to three. 22:48.580 --> 22:51.460 In seven minutes, the alarm goes off. 22:51.580 --> 22:53.460 Seven minutes to three. 22:53.460 --> 22:57.340 The alarm rings for me. 22:57.460 --> 22:59.340 That's a poem, Francie. 22:59.460 --> 23:01.340 It's a funny poem. 23:01.460 --> 23:03.340 Seven. 23:03.460 --> 23:05.340 Please let time stand still. 23:05.460 --> 23:08.340 Seven. 23:08.460 --> 23:10.340 Not six. 23:10.460 --> 23:11.340 What a precious number. 23:11.460 --> 23:12.340 Six. 23:12.460 --> 23:15.340 So round, so comfortable. 23:15.460 --> 23:17.340 Let it be six forever. 23:17.460 --> 23:21.340 Not five or four, but six for all eternity. 23:21.340 --> 23:27.220 Let time stand still at six. 23:27.340 --> 23:28.220 That's five. 23:28.340 --> 23:29.220 Five. 23:29.340 --> 23:30.220 Five. 23:30.340 --> 23:31.220 Five. 23:31.340 --> 23:32.220 Five. 23:32.340 --> 23:33.220 Five. 23:33.340 --> 23:34.220 Five. 23:34.340 --> 23:35.220 Five. 23:35.340 --> 23:36.220 Five. 23:36.340 --> 23:37.220 Five. 23:37.340 --> 23:38.220 Five. 23:38.340 --> 23:41.220 Four. 23:41.340 --> 23:43.220 Four. 23:43.340 --> 23:45.220 Bye-bye, five. 23:45.340 --> 23:49.220 Polly says bye-bye, five. 23:49.220 --> 23:51.100 Good morning, Polly dear. 23:51.220 --> 23:52.100 Good morning. 23:52.220 --> 23:54.100 Wake up, sleepyhead. 23:54.220 --> 23:55.100 Wake up. 23:55.220 --> 23:56.100 Do you know what time it is? 23:56.220 --> 23:58.100 No. 23:58.220 --> 23:59.100 What time is it? 23:59.220 --> 24:01.100 Take your head out from under the pillow 24:01.220 --> 24:03.100 and see for yourself. 24:03.220 --> 24:05.100 All right. 24:05.220 --> 24:10.100 It's exactly one minute to three. 24:10.220 --> 24:13.100 One minute to three. 24:13.220 --> 24:16.100 I was dreaming. 24:16.220 --> 24:18.100 One minute to three, not even a minute. 24:18.100 --> 24:19.980 Barely 50 seconds. 24:20.100 --> 24:21.980 50 seconds to go. 24:22.100 --> 24:24.980 50 seconds to live. 24:25.100 --> 24:25.980 Help me, Mama. 24:26.100 --> 24:26.980 Help me. 24:27.100 --> 24:29.980 Francie, Polly needs help. 24:30.100 --> 24:32.980 He dies in 40 seconds. 24:33.100 --> 24:37.980 39, 38, 37. 24:38.100 --> 24:39.980 He's not a bad little boy. 24:40.100 --> 24:43.980 He always means well, so help him. 24:44.100 --> 24:46.980 Help, little boy. 24:46.980 --> 24:48.860 Mama, Mama, where are you? 24:48.980 --> 24:50.860 Quick, I haven't got much time. 24:50.980 --> 24:53.860 I have 40 seconds. 24:53.860 --> 25:16.740 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 25:23.860 --> 25:26.740 Take it easy, Ma'am. 25:26.860 --> 25:27.740 The doc's working on him. 25:27.860 --> 25:30.740 In the meantime, just a couple more questions. 25:30.860 --> 25:31.740 All right. 25:31.860 --> 25:32.740 I'll write off. 25:32.860 --> 25:34.740 You see, when you came in, he was all tied up 25:34.860 --> 25:36.740 and this alarm clock here was ringing. 25:36.860 --> 25:37.740 Yes. 25:37.860 --> 25:38.740 I see. 25:38.860 --> 25:39.740 Nancy. 25:39.860 --> 25:40.740 Yeah, Doc. 25:40.860 --> 25:41.740 Dead. 25:41.860 --> 25:42.740 It was heart failure. 25:42.860 --> 25:43.740 Paul. 25:43.860 --> 25:44.740 I'm sorry, ma'am. 25:44.860 --> 25:45.740 Now, look, just one minute. 25:45.860 --> 25:46.740 I'm sorry. 25:46.860 --> 25:47.740 I'm sorry. 25:47.860 --> 25:48.740 I'm sorry. 25:48.860 --> 25:49.740 I'm sorry. 25:49.860 --> 25:50.740 I'm sorry. 25:50.860 --> 25:51.740 I'm sorry. 25:51.860 --> 25:52.740 I'm sorry. 25:52.740 --> 25:53.620 Now, look, just one more thing. 25:53.740 --> 25:56.620 In this box, there was some wires going to it from the clock 25:56.740 --> 25:57.620 and I pulled them out. 25:57.740 --> 25:58.620 You know what was in it. 25:58.740 --> 25:59.620 This box? 25:59.740 --> 26:00.620 Yeah. 26:00.740 --> 26:01.620 Nothing. 26:01.740 --> 26:03.620 It used to have some fertilizer in it, 26:03.740 --> 26:06.620 but I took it out this morning and used it. 26:06.740 --> 26:10.620 I've been trying to raise flowers in the back of the house. 26:10.740 --> 26:11.620 Paul. 26:11.620 --> 26:30.500 Paul loved flowers. 26:30.620 --> 26:34.500 Thank you, Van Heflin, for a splendid performance. 26:34.620 --> 26:35.500 Hello. 26:35.620 --> 26:37.500 About my income tax report. 26:37.620 --> 26:38.500 Oh, forget it. 26:38.620 --> 26:39.500 Happen, be happy. 26:39.500 --> 26:42.380 Ask for those mighty marvels, those gas and money savers, 26:42.500 --> 26:45.380 those ignition engineered auto light resistor spark plugs. 26:45.500 --> 26:48.380 They're made by the auto light men who make over 400 products 26:48.500 --> 26:52.380 for cars, trucks, airplanes, and boats in 28 auto light plants 26:52.500 --> 26:53.380 from coast to coast. 26:53.500 --> 26:56.380 Auto light also makes complete electrical systems 26:56.500 --> 26:58.380 for many makes of America's finest cars. 26:58.500 --> 27:01.380 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, 27:01.500 --> 27:02.380 coils, distributors. 27:02.500 --> 27:05.380 All ignition engineered to fit together perfectly, 27:05.500 --> 27:08.380 work together perfectly because they're a perfect team. 27:08.380 --> 27:10.260 So folks, don't accept electrical parts 27:10.380 --> 27:12.260 that are supposed to be as good. 27:12.380 --> 27:15.260 Ask for and insist on auto light original factory parts 27:15.380 --> 27:18.260 at your neighborhood service station, car dealer, garage, 27:18.380 --> 27:19.260 or repair shop. 27:19.380 --> 27:21.260 Remember, from bumper to tail light, 27:21.380 --> 27:24.260 you're always right with auto light. 27:32.380 --> 27:34.260 And now here again is Van Heflin. 27:34.380 --> 27:36.260 First, I'd like to say that it's always great fun 27:36.380 --> 27:37.260 and a lot of work. 27:37.260 --> 27:40.140 And second, come on out here, Tony. 27:40.260 --> 27:41.140 That's right, come on out. 27:41.260 --> 27:44.140 Ladies and gentlemen, Radio Mirror magazine 27:44.260 --> 27:46.140 has asked me to call Tony Leeder, 27:46.260 --> 27:48.140 the producer director of Suspense, 27:48.260 --> 27:50.140 down out of his glass cage up there 27:50.260 --> 27:52.140 for a very special reason. 27:52.260 --> 27:53.140 What's it all about, Van? 27:53.260 --> 27:55.140 Tony, I'd like you to meet Ms. Ann Daggett, 27:55.260 --> 27:58.140 Western editor of Radio Mirror magazine. 27:58.260 --> 27:59.140 How do you do? 27:59.260 --> 28:01.140 How do you do, Mr. Leeder? 28:01.260 --> 28:03.140 As a Suspense fan of long standing, 28:03.260 --> 28:06.140 I'm very happy to have the privilege of presenting 28:06.140 --> 28:08.020 to you this scroll. 28:08.140 --> 28:10.020 It is in recognition of the fact that Suspense 28:10.140 --> 28:14.020 has been chosen Radio's outstanding mystery show 28:14.140 --> 28:16.020 by Radio Mirror magazine, 28:16.140 --> 28:18.020 which will be on the newsstands tomorrow. 28:18.140 --> 28:20.020 Well, that's wonderful. 28:20.140 --> 28:23.020 And on behalf of our writers and our actors 28:23.140 --> 28:26.020 and musicians, and Lud Gleskin in particular, 28:26.140 --> 28:28.020 and technicians without whom Suspense 28:28.140 --> 28:30.020 couldn't even begin to suspend you, 28:30.140 --> 28:32.020 I want to say thank you very much. 28:32.140 --> 28:34.020 My congratulations too, Tony. 28:34.020 --> 28:35.900 And I'll be tuned in next week to hear Gregory Peck 28:36.020 --> 28:37.900 in Murder Through the Looking Glass, 28:38.020 --> 28:39.900 another gripping study in... 28:40.020 --> 28:41.900 Suspense. 28:44.020 --> 28:44.900 Van Heflin appeared by arrangement 28:45.020 --> 28:45.900 with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 28:46.020 --> 28:46.900 producers of the Technicolor picture, 28:47.020 --> 28:48.900 Little Women, starring June Allison, 28:49.020 --> 28:50.900 Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, 28:51.020 --> 28:51.900 and Elizabeth Taylor. 28:52.020 --> 28:53.900 Tonight, Suspense play was written by Cornel Woolrich 28:54.020 --> 28:55.900 and adapted by Walter Newman. 28:56.020 --> 28:57.900 Music was composed by Lucien Moraweck 28:58.020 --> 28:59.900 and conducted by Lud Gleskin. 29:00.020 --> 29:00.900 The entire production was under the direction 29:01.020 --> 29:02.900 of Anton M. Morsky, 29:02.900 --> 29:03.780 and the production of the production 29:03.900 --> 29:05.780 of Anton M. Lieder. 29:05.900 --> 29:07.780 Remember, next Thursday, hear Gregory Peck 29:07.900 --> 29:09.780 in Murder Through the Looking Glass. 29:09.900 --> 29:15.780 You can buy auto light electrical parts, 29:15.900 --> 29:17.780 auto light resistor spark plugs, 29:17.900 --> 29:19.780 auto light staple batteries 29:19.900 --> 29:21.780 at your neighborhood auto light dealer. 29:21.900 --> 29:23.780 Switch to auto light. Good night. 29:23.900 --> 29:24.780 Here's great news. 29:24.900 --> 29:26.780 Suspense on television may be seen 29:26.900 --> 29:27.780 in many parts of the country 29:27.900 --> 29:28.780 every Tuesday night. 29:28.780 --> 29:32.660 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.