1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,880 Now, Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present... 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:11,880 Suspense! 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:24,120 Tonight, Auto Light brings you Pat O'Brien in Dead Ernest, one of the most famous of 4 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:30,440 suspense plays, produced and directed by Antonim Leader. 5 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:38,200 Friends, officially, spring has sprung and you'll want a spring pep for your winter-weary 6 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,200 car. 7 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,780 That means when you replace old narrow gap spark plugs with wide gap Auto Light resistor 8 00:00:42,780 --> 00:00:47,080 spark plugs, your car will idle smoother, give you better performance on leaner gas 9 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,320 mixtures, save gas dollars. 10 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,520 Yes, you actually can tell the difference in your car. 11 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,360 Auto Light regular type spark plugs have long been standard factory equipment on many leading 12 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,920 makes of cars and trucks. 13 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,640 And now six, that's right, six of these leading makes of cars and trucks have switched to 14 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:07,720 Auto Light resistor type spark plugs for factory installation on their new 1949 models. 15 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:12,680 The new Auto Light resistor spark plugs are the spark plugs of today and the future. 16 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,400 Remember, you're right with Auto Light. 17 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:27,560 And now, Auto Light presents Pat O'Brien in a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 18 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:33,360 Accident report to Police Inspector Blandon from Lieutenant S. Healy. 19 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,880 Place 15th Street and 4th Avenue. 20 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,760 Time 2.45 p.m. March 11th. 21 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:40,760 Remarks. 22 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,800 Ernest Powers, age 34, was crossing the intersection as the signal light changed from green to 23 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:46,800 red. 24 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:52,120 A car driven by a Theodore Toby made a legal right turn from 15th Street into 4th Avenue. 25 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,120 Hey, he hit him! 26 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,120 There wasn't much. 27 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,800 Wow, look at those tile marks. 28 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,800 Hey, the guy's out cold. 29 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:02,800 He's bleeding. 30 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:03,800 All right, clear the way. 31 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:04,800 Come on, guys, come here. 32 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:05,800 Come on now. 33 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:06,800 We're through here. 34 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:07,800 All right, stand back. 35 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:08,800 Now, let's have a look. 36 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:09,800 Is he hurt bad? 37 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:10,800 I didn't see him. 38 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:11,800 Honest, I didn't. 39 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:12,800 I had the right of way. 40 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,800 Yeah, he's passed out. 41 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,800 One of you people call for an ambulance. 42 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,800 Yeah, yeah, you there. 43 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:18,800 Okay, move back, move back. 44 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:19,800 Look, look, he's bleeding. 45 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:20,800 He's bleeding. 46 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:21,800 Here, I'll prop up his head. 47 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:22,800 Yeah, here, use his jacket. 48 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:23,800 Here, I'll hold him. 49 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:24,800 Golly, he's limp. 50 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,800 He feels just like he's dead. 51 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:43,000 Yes, Ernest Powers felt like he was dead. 52 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Ernest Powers suffered from catalepsy, a strange disease. 53 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:51,760 He carried at all times a note in his inside jacket pocket stating that he was a cataleptic 54 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,640 and that in the event of a seeming death, his wife should immediately be notified or 55 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:58,680 his doctor in the event his wife is unavailable. 56 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,720 A letter also requested that no autopsy or embalming should be performed on his body 57 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:09,200 for 72 hours, although in his particular case, the duration of the attacks were usually four 58 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,000 hours or less. 59 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,760 Ernest Powers also wore a sterling silver bracelet with an inscription reading, do not 60 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,240 embalm me, I am not dead. 61 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,760 Catalepsy is a disease of the nerves and mind. 62 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,760 The physical conditions of the cataleptic when he is under a spell closely resemble 63 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:31,080 death in all aspects, including the primary stages of rigor mortis. 64 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,320 Officer Abbott was on the scene of the accident. 65 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,800 He administered aid to the injured man before making out his report. 66 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,200 There, that ought to stop the bleeding. 67 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,680 Looks like just a cut on his forehead when he hit the ground, nothing much. 68 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,800 Oh, what's your name? 69 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,480 Toby, Theodore Toby, here, here's my license. 70 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,640 Hey, hey, hey, hey you kids! 71 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:54,640 What did those kids do? 72 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:55,640 They picked up something off the street. 73 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:56,640 Huh? 74 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,640 Oh, oh, here it comes, I hope he's all right. 75 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,160 Oh, it doesn't look like he's breathing. 76 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,160 Oh my gosh, he ain't. 77 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,160 I told you to get back, come on now, he's back, all of you. 78 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:05,160 What's the matter? 79 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,160 Have you ever seen an accident? 80 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,160 Come on, get up. 81 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,160 Oh, I'm glad you're here, Doc, he's out cold. 82 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:15,160 Okay. 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,320 Huh, I'll say he's out cold. 84 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:19,320 Let's get him away. 85 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:20,320 He's dead. 86 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,120 Well, anyhow, it didn't happen in our wagon. 87 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,120 Okay, we'll take him away. 88 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,120 All right, keep him back, will you, officer? 89 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,120 Yeah, keep back, clear out, come on, the show's over. 90 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,120 That's the third one today. 91 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,120 Yeah, there. 92 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:32,120 Hey, uh. 93 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,120 Well, let's go. 94 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,120 Whose coat was that he was laying on? 95 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,120 Huh? 96 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:36,120 Did you pick it up? 97 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:37,120 No. 98 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:38,120 Hey, officer. 99 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,120 Yeah? 100 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,120 Where's the coat? 101 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:41,120 Huh? 102 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,120 Well, but, gosh, it's gone. 103 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,120 Okay, never mind. 104 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,120 Let's go, Payne. 105 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:58,120 Ernest Bowers had lost the identification of his condition. 106 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,120 The letter was in the inside pocket of his jacket. 107 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,120 The silver chain he wore on his left wrist had snapped and fallen onto the pavement. 108 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,120 Two youngsters picked up the chain. 109 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,120 Robert Monelli, age nine and one half. 110 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,120 Tommy Stoner, eight. 111 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,120 Let's go around the back to your father's shop, Bob. 112 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,120 Boy, true, there's a nice chain. 113 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:17,120 Hey, there's writing on it. 114 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,120 Maybe it's a guy's name. 115 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,120 Does he hurt bad? 116 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,120 Nah, just a little bump. 117 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,120 What's it say? 118 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,120 Just a second, we'll be out of the alley. 119 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,120 Yeah, Pop's gone home to eat. 120 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,120 What's it say? 121 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,120 Wait a second, will ya? 122 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:35,120 It says, do not imbomb, do not something me. 123 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,120 I am not dead. 124 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:37,120 It's screwy. 125 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,120 What'll we do with it? 126 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,120 Sell it, Dobie. 127 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,120 We can buy some baseballs and stuff. 128 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,120 Yeah, but when we try to sell it, they'll ask us where we got it. 129 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,120 What'll we tell them? 130 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,120 Nothin'. 131 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,120 Use your head. 132 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,120 You know what we'll do? 133 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,120 What? 134 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,120 We'll use Pop's Walgreens torch. 135 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,120 We'll melt it down. 136 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,120 Well, he told us not to use it. 137 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,120 Pop ain't here, is he? 138 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,120 No. 139 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,120 Well, come on. 140 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:03,120 There it is. 141 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,120 Yeah, here, put it on that brick. 142 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:06,120 Okay? 143 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:07,120 Yeah. 144 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,120 Be careful. 145 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,120 Hey, what are your kids doin'? 146 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,120 Oh, hello, Pop. 147 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,120 Nothin', Mr. Minnelli. 148 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:17,120 We ain't doin' nothin'. 149 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,120 Nothin', huh? 150 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,120 I thought I told you kids not to go near that torch. 151 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,120 We wanna melt this down. 152 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:24,120 Yeah, gimme that. 153 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,120 Now, what's this all about? 154 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,120 We found this chain, Papa, and we wanna melt it down and sell it. 155 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:31,120 Whose is it? 156 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:32,120 We don't know. 157 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,120 Do we, Tommy? 158 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,120 No. 159 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,120 No, we don't. 160 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,120 There's nothin' wrong, Pop. 161 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,120 We just found it. 162 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:39,120 See, it's ours. 163 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,120 Do not... 164 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,120 embalm me. 165 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:45,120 I am not dead. 166 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,120 What's that? 167 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,120 It's screwy. 168 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,120 Where did you find it? 169 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:49,120 In the street. 170 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,120 Honest, Papa, ask Tommy. 171 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:52,120 All right, go on, get outta here. 172 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,120 How about meltin' it down, Pop? 173 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,120 We can sell it and buy some baseballs. 174 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,120 All right, keep back. 175 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,120 They melted it and took it to a gold and silver dealer. 176 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,120 They sold the melted chain for a dollar thirty. 177 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,120 One dollar and thirty cents, but the coat... 178 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,120 the coat was the principal thing. 179 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,120 In the coat in the inside pocket was the letter. 180 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,120 The information about Ernest Bauer's condition was in that letter. 181 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,120 The instructions that could save his life. 182 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,120 The coat was picked up from the street by Honest Jerry Murdoch. 183 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,120 There's a big sign to the corner of 15th Street. 184 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,120 It says, Honest Jerry Murdoch, swap shop. 185 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,120 He brought the coat into his store, rummaged around in his shelves... 186 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,120 until he found some cleaning fluid... 187 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,120 and then started to clean the blood stain. 188 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,120 Looking for a sport jacket? 189 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,120 Just a moment. 190 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,120 Okay. 191 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:48,120 Conservative. 192 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,120 Will you come over here, please? 193 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,120 Yeah, something on that order. 194 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,120 Pick out what you want. 195 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,120 How much you want to spend? 196 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,120 About five bucks. 197 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,120 These cost more. 198 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:01,120 How much? 199 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,120 From eight to twelve. 200 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,120 They don't look so hot for eight bucks. 201 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,120 From eight to twelve. 202 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,120 Say, wait a minute, wait a minute. 203 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,120 I'm just putting a new one in stock over here by the counter. 204 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,120 Yeah, it looks all right. What size is it? 205 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,120 I don't know. Here, try it on. 206 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,120 Okay. 207 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:20,120 Yeah, feels all right. 208 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,120 Kind of stiff in front here, though. 209 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,120 That's because it's almost new. You'll break it in. 210 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,120 Feels like cardboard or something. 211 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,120 You want it? Five dollars. 212 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,120 Okay. 213 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,120 There might still be a couple of stains on it. 214 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:33,120 I ain't had time to take out. 215 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,120 Use some cleaner on it. It'll bring it to the tailors. 216 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,120 It'll be better than new. 217 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:46,120 Yeah. Here's the five. 218 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,120 Ernest Bowers was brought to the receiving room of the Vedder General Hospital. 219 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,120 And various routine tests were made. 220 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,120 The time, four ten. 221 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:58,120 If Bowers were going to awaken, it would probably be six forty-five. 222 00:08:58,120 --> 00:08:59,120 Dr. Weldon made out his report. 223 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,120 He wrote it down while he was standing near the telephone switchboard. 224 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:08,120 Yes? 225 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,120 This is the Vedder General Hospital. 226 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,120 Is there anybody by the name of Bowers at home? 227 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,120 Bowers? B-O-W-E-R-S? 228 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,120 No. Nobody home. 229 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,120 Is Mr. Bowers married? 230 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,120 I hope so. If he ain't, he's been living in sin. 231 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,120 Where can I reach her? There's been an accident. 232 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,120 I don't know. She's out. 233 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,120 Will you tell her to call the Vedder General Hospital? 234 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,120 Yeah. What happened? 235 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,120 Mr. Bowers is dead. 236 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,120 Can't reach her, huh? 237 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:38,120 No. 238 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,120 I'd like to do an autopsy. 239 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,120 Yeah. What'll I tell the wife when she calls? 240 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,120 If it's pretty soon, I'll talk to her. 241 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,120 We've still got those tests to go through. Then I'm off. 242 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:51,120 If it's more than an hour, he'll probably be on the way to the morgue. 243 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:56,120 At that moment, it was then four twenty-two in the afternoon. 244 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:02,120 At that moment, if anyone had been in receiving room B of Vedder General Hospital, 245 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,120 where the body of Ernest Bowers lay on the patient carriage, 246 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:10,120 they would have seen a fly crawl slowly across the face of the dead man, 247 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:14,120 and they would have seen his nose twitch. 248 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,120 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Pat O'Brien 249 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:22,120 in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 250 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,120 Tuesday was the first day of spring, and I got a-coded by Ed. 251 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,120 Well, Hap, you should get outdoors. You need a change. 252 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,120 The way you're dressed, you're not going to be able to get out of bed. 253 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,120 I'm not going to be able to get out of bed. 254 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,120 The way a car with old worn-out plugs needs Wide Gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs. 255 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,120 I know. 256 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,120 For your winter-weary car, replace old narrow-gap spark plugs 257 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,120 with Wide Gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs. 258 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,120 A car idle smoother gives better performance on leaner gas mixtures, 259 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,120 actually saves gas dollars. 260 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,120 And what's more, Wide Gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs 261 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,120 cut down spark plug interference with radio and television reception. 262 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,120 I've got to get rid of this cold. 263 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,120 We all get rid of winter ills and get rid of old narrow-gap spark plugs. 264 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,120 Everybody should install a set of Wide Gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs. 265 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,120 Everybody can cure somebody else's cold. 266 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,120 Ah, but only Auto Light offers smart car and truck owners everywhere 267 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,120 the sensational advantages of resistor-type spark plugs. 268 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:27,120 They're ignition engineered to meet the highest standards of automotive engineers. 269 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,120 Remember, folks, you're always right with Auto Light. 270 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:36,120 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 271 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:40,120 Pat O'Brien as Lieutenant Healy in Dead Ernest, 272 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,120 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 273 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,120 Accident report continued. 274 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:53,120 Henry Prince had within his power the opportunity to save the life of Ernest Bowers. 275 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,120 He had purchased the code in which was the letter that could save him. 276 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,120 When he left the second-hand store, he stopped to have a chat with some friends, 277 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,120 made some purchases at the grocery store and started home. 278 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,120 The time, a few minutes after five. 279 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,120 He lived about two blocks in the scene of the accident. 280 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,120 His wife was waiting for him. 281 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,120 Well, how do you like it for five bucks? 282 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,120 Yeah, yeah, it looks all right. 283 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:17,120 Now, what's that, a spot? 284 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:18,120 Where? 285 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,120 Yeah, take it off for a second. 286 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:21,120 I wonder what it is. 287 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,120 Oh, I said there was a couple of spots. 288 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,120 Cleaner will take them out. 289 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,120 You know, it looks like... 290 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,120 Hey, what's this in the pocket? 291 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,120 I don't know. 292 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,120 To whom it may concern, please open and read. 293 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,120 My foot must have felt stiff. 294 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,120 This note is carried on my person wherever I go. 295 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:43,120 It is to advise responsible parties that I am a cataleptic, 296 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:47,120 that if it appears as though I am dead, I am not. 297 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:48,120 What's that? 298 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:52,120 And that my body is not to be molested for a period of 72 hours, 299 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,120 neither by autopsy nor by embalming, 300 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,120 although the maximum periods of my attacks usually do not exceed four hours. 301 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,120 Please telephone my wife. 302 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,120 Mrs. Margaret Bowers at Fulton 7, 7837. 303 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:10,120 This is a boarding house, address 841 and a half, West 25th Street. 304 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:15,120 If she's not there, please try Axminster 43422. 305 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,120 This is the number of Dr. Benton. 306 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,120 It's of vital importance. It may mean my life. 307 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,120 Thank you, Ernest Bowers. 308 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,120 It's a funny one. 309 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,120 Where'd you get the coat, Henry? 310 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,120 Honest, Jerry Murdoch's. 311 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,120 Wonder what we can do. 312 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,120 Nothing. It's probably been forgotten already. 313 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,120 Somebody sold him the coat and forgot to take the letter out. 314 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,120 It doesn't sound like something a guy would forget. 315 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,120 The devil with it. 316 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,120 Might be important. 317 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,120 Look at that, Henry. Those spots, they look like blood. 318 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:43,120 Too dark. 319 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,120 That's the color blood turns. 320 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,120 I'm going to telephone that number. 321 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,120 Go ahead. I think you're wasting your time. 322 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,120 7, 8... 323 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,120 Hello? 324 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,120 I'd like to talk to Mrs. Bowers. 325 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,120 She ain't in. 326 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,120 How do you know? You didn't even call... 327 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,120 I know. She went out. 328 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,120 And you ain't the first to call her. 329 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,120 Who else wanted to get in touch with her? 330 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,120 Somebody. I don't know who. 331 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:11,120 Well, thank you. 332 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,120 You see, you're wasting your time. 333 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,120 I have the strangest feeling, Henry. 334 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,120 You must be a terrible position to be in, 335 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,120 to have everybody think you're dead when you ain't. 336 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:20,120 You're helpless about it. 337 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:26,120 Go ahead. I can see I'm not going to win this time either. 338 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,120 I'm busy. 339 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:30,120 How about some dinner? 340 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,120 It's cooking. I just can't get out of my head. 341 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:37,120 That guy, whoever he is, lying there and people thinking he's dead when he ain't. 342 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,120 Maybe doing things to him. What's him bombing? 343 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,120 They do that at the morgue. 344 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,120 It's preparing his body for burial. 345 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,120 I think they take all the blood out of his veins. 346 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,120 That would kill him if he wasn't already dead. 347 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,120 Couldn't kill him no deader. 348 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,120 Henry, I'm going to find out about that code. 349 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,120 Where's this place you bought it? 350 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,120 Now, wait a minute, Frances. I put in a good day's work. I'm tired. 351 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,120 I don't want to run around the city looking for something I don't even know about. 352 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,120 Well, then I'll go myself. 353 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,120 Well, how about me at home here while you go out? 354 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:00,120 I want to eat. I'm hungry. 355 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,120 Look, dinner won't be ready for another 15 minutes anyway. 356 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,120 Now, look, where's the place? 357 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,120 Oh, all right. I'll go with you. 358 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,120 Well, he ain't here. He locked up. 359 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,120 What's the sign say? Ten minutes? 360 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,120 Yeah, but those guys put up signs like that if they're going away for an hour. 361 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,120 Well, we'll wait a few minutes. 362 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,120 Oh, come on, Frances. 363 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,120 Look, you wait here. I'm going in the cigar store to telephone. 364 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,120 Once you make up your mind to something, nothing can change it. 365 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,120 Unless it's an invitation to a poker game. 366 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,120 Very, very funny. Look, you wait here. 367 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:37,120 I'll wait here. 368 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:47,120 Five, six, seven, eight. 369 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:53,120 Hello? 370 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,120 Is Mrs. Bowers in? 371 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,120 No. 372 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,120 Mr. Bowers? 373 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,120 No. He's dead. 374 00:15:58,120 --> 00:15:59,120 He is? 375 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,120 That's what they tell me. 376 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,120 Well, wait a minute. Oh, darn. 377 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:09,120 Seven, eight, seven, eight. 378 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:13,120 Hello? 379 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,120 Look, I just spoke to you. Will you please... 380 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,120 You're bothering me, lady. I got a meal set up on the table. 381 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,120 I can't be answering a million questions. 382 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,120 But all I want to know is when Mr. Bowers died. 383 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,120 How do I know? Ask Mrs. Bowers. She'll be home soon. 384 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,120 Thanks. 385 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:35,120 Eight, four, three, four. 386 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:41,120 Oh, darn. Who was that doctor's line busy? 387 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:45,120 Well? 388 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,120 No luck. Same as before. 389 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,120 Mr. Bowers is dead. I found that out. 390 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,120 See? I told you. 391 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,120 What about the letter, then? What if he ain't dead? 392 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,120 What if they only think he's dead? 393 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,120 What do you want to do? Wait here all night? 394 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,120 No, but we ought to wait a little while. 395 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,120 Maybe we can find out where he lives. 396 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,120 You going traipsing around the whole city? 397 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,120 I have to. 398 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,120 Well, without me, then? 399 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:04,120 Do as you please. 400 00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:05,120 I'll be home. I'm hungry. 401 00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:08,120 If you think more of a crazy letter than you do of feeding your husband, 402 00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:09,120 then that's all. 403 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:10,120 What do you mean, that's all? 404 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:11,120 Just what I said. That's all. 405 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:13,120 You know, the trouble with you is you don't have no imagination. 406 00:17:13,120 --> 00:17:15,120 No, I'm just a home-loving guy. That's all. 407 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:17,120 I don't go sticking my nose where it don't belong. 408 00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:19,120 Well, go on home, then. I'll find out about this. 409 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:25,120 Now, women. 410 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:29,120 A different turn of speech. Another question. 411 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:32,120 If the boarding house woman were more cooperative, 412 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:34,120 if she knew the facts of the case 413 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:37,120 or took an interest in the death of Ernest Bowers, 414 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:39,120 if, if, if... 415 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:43,120 At the hospital, meanwhile, events were pursuing their normal course. 416 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:45,120 Couldn't reach anybody, huh? 417 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:47,120 No, doctor. I tried just a few minutes ago. 418 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:50,120 That boarding house woman snapped my head off. 419 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:52,120 Well, we're finished with the test. 420 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,120 I sure wish we could do that autopsy. 421 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:56,120 Maybe later, after he's gone to the morgue. 422 00:17:56,120 --> 00:17:58,120 Want me to try again? 423 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,120 No. Get me the orderly room. 424 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:04,120 Okay. Use that one there. 425 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:05,120 Oh, Payne? 426 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:06,120 Yeah? 427 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:07,120 There's Dr. Weldon. 428 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,120 There's a delivery for you to go to the morgue. 429 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:10,120 Now? 430 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:10,120 Yeah. 431 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:12,120 I ain't have nothing to eat since I... 432 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,120 Yeah, since lunch. Go on now, Payne. 433 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:16,120 It's down in the receiving room. 434 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:18,120 The papers are down there, too. 435 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:20,120 Why can't it wait a few minutes? 436 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:22,120 It's gotta go now. They want to start embalming so they can go home. 437 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:24,120 How about sending one of the other boys? 438 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:26,120 I don't care, just as long as it gets there. 439 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:27,120 Okay. 440 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:29,120 Want me to keep trying to reach his home? 441 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,120 No, the rush is off. Anytime, though. 442 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:33,120 He's going to the morgue. 443 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:35,120 Tell you what, you can wait till his wife calls here. 444 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:37,120 She should be home pretty soon, I guess. 445 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:39,120 I'll be here all evening. I want to talk to her. 446 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:41,120 All right, doctor. 447 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:46,120 I'll be right across. 448 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:52,120 Oh, dear. 449 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:54,120 Oh, Mr. Murdock. 450 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:56,120 Oh, I'm glad you came back. 451 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:58,120 Come in. 452 00:18:58,120 --> 00:18:59,120 What can I do for you? 453 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:01,120 You sold my husband a jacket, a sport jacket this afternoon. 454 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:03,120 Did I? What kind? 455 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:05,120 Yeah, a light blue one. It had a few stains on it. 456 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,120 Sorry, can't take back anything once it's sold. 457 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:09,120 Oh, no, no, no. I don't want to give it back. 458 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,120 You don't even know which one you're talking about. 459 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:14,120 Look, it must have been a few hours ago. Blue with thin red boxes. 460 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,120 Oh, that one. What about it? 461 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:17,120 Where'd you get it? 462 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:18,120 What do you want to know for? 463 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:20,120 Because there was a letter in it. An important letter. 464 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,120 I don't know. How can I remember where I got it? 465 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:23,120 Long ago. Was it long ago? 466 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:25,120 I don't see where it's any of your business where I got it. 467 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:27,120 It may be important. I've been trying to reach the numbers. 468 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:30,120 The doctor's number's always busy, and his wife, she isn't even home yet. 469 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:32,120 I don't know what you're talking about. 470 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,120 Now, please, I'm busy. I got lots to do here. 471 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,120 But you got to tell me. Just look. Look, tell me one thing. 472 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:38,120 Did you have the jacket in there a long time? 473 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:39,120 Well... 474 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:40,120 Look, please, it's very important. 475 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:44,120 Well, no. No, I just got it in this afternoon. 476 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,120 Oh. Where'd you get it? 477 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,120 You said one question. You asked it, and I answered it. That's all. 478 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:49,120 There was blood on it. 479 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:51,120 That I can't help. Now, if you'll excuse me. 480 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:52,120 No, now, look, you must tell me. 481 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:53,120 I don't have to tell nobody nothing. 482 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:56,120 Look, I may be all wrong. I'm probably just crazy about this. 483 00:19:56,120 --> 00:20:00,120 Look, but if that man's alive and they didn't do anything to him, I'll never get over it. 484 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,120 I'll never be able to live with myself again. 485 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,120 Crazy, you said. It all sounds crazy to me. 486 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:07,120 Listen, there was a letter in the inside pocket of that jacket. 487 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:10,120 It said that Ernest Bowers was a cataleptic. 488 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:11,120 What's that? He goes into fits? 489 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,120 Oh, no, no, no. Cataleptic. 490 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:16,120 You know, somebody looks like he's dead at times, and he isn't. 491 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:19,120 He goes into a spell and looks as though he's dead. 492 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:23,120 Sometimes, you know, they take dead bodies to the morgue and they am-bomb them. 493 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,120 That means they take all the blood out of their veins. 494 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:27,120 Now, this fellow Bowers, he's a cataleptic. 495 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:31,120 I don't know whether he's dead or alive, or even if he's worrying about this letter, 496 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:33,120 but I just got to find out. 497 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:34,120 Well, I... 498 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:35,120 There was... 499 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:36,120 What? 500 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,120 There was an accident before. 501 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:38,120 Where? Who was in it? 502 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:41,120 I don't know. Believe me, lady, I didn't know anything about all this. 503 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:42,120 You... 504 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:45,120 You think that this guy who was taken away in an ambulance 505 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:47,120 could be one of them cataleptics? 506 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:49,120 That coat. Was it his? 507 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:51,120 Yeah, lady, yeah. But it was left there on the street. 508 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:52,120 They drove away and left it. 509 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:53,120 Who? 510 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:53,120 The ambulance. 511 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:54,120 What ambulance? 512 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,120 I don't know. It was on the corner. 513 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:57,120 The cop was there. He told somebody to call an ambulance. 514 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:58,120 He came and took away the man. 515 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,120 A cop? I saw a cop outside while I was waiting for you. 516 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:01,120 Is that the same cop? 517 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:03,120 Yeah. Yeah, look, lady, you got to protect me. 518 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:04,120 I ain't done anything wrong. 519 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:05,120 I didn't know anything like this would happen. 520 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:07,120 I would never take a coat if I... 521 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,120 Officer! Officer! 522 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:20,120 Ernest Bowers lay on a slab in the morgue. 523 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:22,120 If he were alive, 524 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:26,120 probabilities were that he would regain consciousness before 6.45. 525 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:30,120 And the two embalmers on duty at the time had decided to get a bite to eat. 526 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:33,120 When the phone rang, Anthony answered. 527 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:35,120 Well, we're going out to eat. 528 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:38,120 Yeah, I know another one just came in. We got it here. 529 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,120 Yeah, well, what's the rush? 530 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:44,120 No, no, we just want to get a cup of coffee and then we'll get on it. 531 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:48,120 Look, is it our fault if it comes in just when we want to have a co... 532 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:49,120 Right? 533 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,120 We can go home after? 534 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:53,120 Well, that puts a different complexion on it. Yeah. 535 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:55,120 Okay, yeah. 536 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:56,120 What time is it, Al? 537 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:57,120 6.30. 538 00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,120 The doc says if we embalm this one now, we can go home. 539 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:02,120 Well, let's start in then. I'm hungry. 540 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:03,120 Okay. 541 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:05,120 I'll start the motor. 542 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,120 Young guy, ain't he? 543 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:09,120 Yeah. 544 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:12,120 I was speaking to the wife about that yesterday. 545 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:14,120 Get the inject out, honey. Yeah. 546 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:18,120 And she was saying more and more people die, older and older. 547 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:20,120 Yeah. 548 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:22,120 It looks like we can open through the neck. 549 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:23,120 Yeah. 550 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,120 Give me a piece of that goose. 551 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:26,120 No. 552 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:29,120 I says to her she should be around this place at once. 553 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:32,120 I said, why? We get them all aged. 554 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:33,120 You want me to do it? 555 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,120 No, no, no. You get the injector ready. 556 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,120 Do it. 557 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:37,120 Hey, look at him. 558 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:38,120 Yeah. 559 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:40,120 You never think that such a little thing like his heart stop speeding 560 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:42,120 could make him dead and not alive. 561 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,120 Hold it steady, will you? 562 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:45,120 Yeah. 563 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:46,120 Ready? 564 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:48,120 Just a second. 565 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,120 Okay. 566 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:52,120 All right. 567 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:54,120 Here we go. 568 00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:58,120 What's the matter? 569 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:00,120 My glasses. 570 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:01,120 They're clouding up. 571 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:02,120 Well, take them off. 572 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:04,120 No, no, no. 573 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:06,120 I'll just clean them. 574 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:08,120 What did the wife say to that? 575 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,120 Huh? 576 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,120 Oh, oh, about all ages? 577 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:12,120 Yeah. 578 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:14,120 She didn't have nothing to say. 579 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:17,120 Only that most of the guys we deal with probably come to a violent end. 580 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:19,120 Yeah, well, there's something in there. 581 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:21,120 Okay. 582 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:23,120 Got them cleaned. 583 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:24,120 All right. 584 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:26,120 Here we go. 585 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,120 What's the matter? 586 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,120 They're steamed up again. 587 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:33,120 Every time I bend over near... 588 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:36,120 I wonder... 589 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:38,120 What? 590 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,120 It must be my imagination. 591 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:41,120 What? 592 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:47,120 I could have sworn this guy was breathing on my glasses. 593 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:49,120 Well, is he? 594 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:51,120 How could he? 595 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:53,120 Well, come on, let's go. 596 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:54,120 It's a quarter to seven already. 597 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:55,120 Yeah, yeah. 598 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:56,120 All right. 599 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,120 Yeah, I'll get the phone. 600 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,120 Well, let's get this started first. 601 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,120 Okay. 602 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,120 We'll just... 603 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:03,120 Out. 604 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:04,120 What? 605 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:05,120 I... 606 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,120 What? 607 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:07,120 What's the matter with you? 608 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:09,120 I thought I saw the guy's hand twitch. 609 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:10,120 Don't be stupid. 610 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:12,120 Well, it gave me a scare. 611 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:13,120 Well, let's wait a second. 612 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:14,120 I'll get the phone. 613 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:17,120 Well, it'll probably be another job, and we'll never get out of here. 614 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:18,120 Let it ring. 615 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:20,120 Yeah, but the docs said we could go home after if... 616 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:21,120 Oh, yeah, yeah. 617 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:22,120 I'll get the phone. 618 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:25,120 All right, come on, come on. 619 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:27,120 Let's get this thing over with. 620 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,120 Well... 621 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,120 Okay. 622 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:31,120 Give me the knife again. 623 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:32,120 I'll... 624 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:33,120 Tony? 625 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,120 Yeah? 626 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:35,120 Look. 627 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:36,120 Look here. 628 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:39,120 I'm bent over like this. 629 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:42,120 I ain't gonna move. 630 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:45,120 I'm gonna move. 631 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:48,120 I'm gonna move. 632 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:52,120 I'm gonna move over like this. 633 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:54,120 I ain't gonna move. 634 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:56,120 My glasses are full of steam again. 635 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:57,120 Holy... 636 00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:58,120 Is he... 637 00:24:58,120 --> 00:24:59,120 Is he alive? 638 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:00,120 Look at me. 639 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:01,120 I'm shaking all over. 640 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:02,120 Look at him, Al. 641 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:03,120 Look at his lips. 642 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:04,120 Listen. 643 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:05,120 I... 644 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:06,120 Shut off that motor! 645 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:31,120 I'm shaking all over. 646 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:46,400 Apparently, the life of Ernest Bowers was worth $1.30 for a silver bracelet to the boys 647 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:53,760 who ran away with it, and $5 for a bloodstained jacket to honest Jerry Murdock. 648 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,600 Their petty thefts brought a man to the brink of death. 649 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:02,360 Oh, there's just one more episode, which perhaps doesn't belong in an accident report, which 650 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:04,600 I'd like to include. 651 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:10,600 After regaining full consciousness, Ernest Bowers put in a telephone call from the morgue. 652 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:11,600 Hello? 653 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:12,600 Hello. 654 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:13,600 Mrs. Bollie, is Mrs. Bowers in? 655 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:14,600 I don't know. 656 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:15,600 I'll see. 657 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:16,600 Josie, see if Mrs. Bowers is home. 658 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:17,600 Who is it? 659 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:18,600 Well, this is Mrs. Bowers. 660 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:19,600 Mrs. Bowers? 661 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:20,600 Mrs. Bowers? 662 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:21,600 Mrs. Bowers? 663 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:22,600 Mrs. Bowers? 664 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:23,600 Mrs. Bowers? 665 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:24,600 Mrs. Bowers? 666 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:25,600 Mrs. Bowers? 667 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:26,600 What? 668 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:27,600 This is Mrs. Bowers. 669 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:28,600 Who? 670 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:29,600 Mr. Bowers? 671 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:30,600 They told me you was dead. 672 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:31,600 The hospital called and said... 673 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:32,600 I know, Mrs. Bollie, but they... they made a mistake. 674 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:33,600 Oh. 675 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:34,600 Well, here she is. 676 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:35,600 Hello, Ernest. 677 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,600 Where are you? 678 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:37,600 Well, darling, it's quite a long story. 679 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:38,600 You see... 680 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:39,600 Never mind. 681 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:40,600 You get right home here. 682 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:41,600 Dinner's getting ice cold. 683 00:26:41,600 --> 00:27:08,760 Thank you, Pat O'Brien, for a great suspense show. 684 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,760 Now here is Harlow Wilcox. 685 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,760 I still got my coat in my head, Harlow. 686 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,280 Well, Hap, why don't you swap it for something useful? 687 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,280 I'd like to. 688 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:22,600 The way folks are swapping winter chills for springtime thrills, replacing old narrow-gap 689 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,480 spark plugs with wide-gap auto-light resistor spark plugs. 690 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,280 Auto-light resistor spark plugs are made by auto-light men who make over 400 products 691 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:35,680 for cars, trucks, airplanes, and boats in 28 auto-light plants from coast to coast. 692 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:40,000 And auto-light also makes complete electrical systems for many makes of America's finest 693 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,000 cars. 694 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,080 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, coils, distributors. 695 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:49,800 All ignition engineered to fit together perfectly, work together perfectly because they're a 696 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,480 perfect team. 697 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,480 So folks, don't accept electrical parts that are supposed to be as good. 698 00:27:55,480 --> 00:28:00,080 Ask for and insist on auto-light, original factory parts, at your neighborhood service 699 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,080 station, car dealer, garage, or repair shop. 700 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:13,560 Remember, you're always right with auto-light. 701 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,240 Now here again is Mr. Pat O'Brien. 702 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:20,200 It's been a pleasure for me to join this fine cast in bringing you another suspense play. 703 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:25,440 I'm a suspense fan of longstanding and I'm just as anxious as I know you'll be to hear 704 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:31,840 next week's broadcast when Edward G. Robinson returns in a story called, You Can't Die Twice. 705 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:39,720 Another gripping study in suspense. 706 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,960 Pat O'Brien may currently be seen in the RKO picture, The Boy with Green Hair. 707 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:48,640 Tonight's suspense play was written by Celie Glester and Merwin Gerard with music composed 708 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,580 by Lucian Morawek and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 709 00:28:51,580 --> 00:28:55,300 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Lieder. 710 00:28:55,300 --> 00:29:02,720 Next Thursday same time, here Edward G. Robinson in You Can't Die Twice. 711 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:08,120 You can buy auto-light electrical parts, auto-light resistor spark plugs, auto-light staple batteries 712 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,240 at your neighborhood auto-light dealers. 713 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:11,240 Switch to auto-light. 714 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:12,240 Good night. 715 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,240 Here's great news. 716 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:18,180 Suspense on television may be seen in many parts of the country every Tuesday night. 717 00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:30,360 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.