WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:16.000 Now, Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present... 00:16.000 --> 00:18.000 Suspense! 00:18.000 --> 00:29.240 Tonight, Auto Light brings you Bob Hope in Death as a Shadow. 00:29.240 --> 00:37.800 A suspense play produced and directed by Anton M. 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It had dignity. 02:14.600 --> 02:19.480 Yeah, I had everything. I had a house that rambled for 14 rooms. 02:19.480 --> 02:24.480 I built that house for Lily. Lily, she was beautiful. 02:24.480 --> 02:28.320 From the top of her auburn hair to the tip of her pretty little toes. 02:28.320 --> 02:31.400 Yeah, I had it all. I had everything. 02:31.400 --> 02:37.680 Till the day my Lily was murdered. 02:37.680 --> 02:39.840 That's why I couldn't stand being home anymore. 02:39.840 --> 02:43.800 I could smell her cologne in every room, a touch of it on every chair. 02:43.800 --> 02:50.800 That's why I was at the office that night with nobody but the bottle to keep me company. 02:50.800 --> 02:53.560 And that was the call I should have never answered. 02:53.560 --> 02:59.160 But at night, eight stories up in an empty office building, that ringing sounded urgent. 02:59.160 --> 03:02.640 Like it was the most important thing in my lonely little world. 03:02.640 --> 03:03.400 Hello? 03:03.400 --> 03:04.280 Warren. 03:04.280 --> 03:05.760 Who's this? 03:05.760 --> 03:06.560 Oh. 03:06.560 --> 03:07.800 You know who this is. 03:07.800 --> 03:08.680 Yes, Bolster. 03:08.680 --> 03:11.160 No name, stupid. 03:11.160 --> 03:13.320 What are you doing at your office this time of night? 03:13.320 --> 03:14.400 What do you want? 03:14.400 --> 03:15.400 Have you got it? 03:15.400 --> 03:19.120 Sure I've got it. It's all ready for mailing. I'll drop it off when I leave. 03:19.120 --> 03:21.920 Don't bother. I'm gonna pick it up tonight. 03:21.920 --> 03:22.920 But I told you I'd mail it. 03:22.920 --> 03:27.280 I changed my mind. I'm coming over. I'll be there 10 o'clock. 03:27.280 --> 03:29.480 I can't make it tonight. I'm leaving. I'm just going out. 03:29.480 --> 03:31.240 You'll make it all right. 03:31.240 --> 03:32.400 Yeah, but why all of a sudden? 03:32.400 --> 03:34.960 Tonight, Warren. 10 o'clock. 03:34.960 --> 03:38.600 And Warren, don't try anything. 03:38.600 --> 03:42.920 What are you talking about? Why should I try anything? What could I try? 03:42.920 --> 03:48.520 You could be cute enough to figure out something. You're that kind of a guy. 03:48.520 --> 03:52.040 So don't try anything. 03:52.040 --> 03:55.240 Something must have gone wrong. 03:55.240 --> 03:57.560 All I was supposed to do was mail him his money. 03:57.560 --> 03:58.560 What got into him? 03:58.560 --> 04:00.760 Why would he want to come to my office now? 04:00.760 --> 04:03.880 At night, when the building was empty. 04:03.880 --> 04:05.680 Couldn't be just the money. 04:05.680 --> 04:07.880 He was coming for something else. 04:07.880 --> 04:09.320 Something else. 04:09.320 --> 04:10.320 But what? 04:16.400 --> 04:17.720 Police Department, Johnnisey. 04:17.720 --> 04:18.840 Get me homicide. 04:18.840 --> 04:23.760 Now hold on. He wants homicide extension 458. 04:23.760 --> 04:24.440 Hello? 04:24.440 --> 04:25.440 Homicide? 04:25.440 --> 04:26.440 This is homicide. 04:26.440 --> 04:28.320 Is Joe there? Lieutenant Joe Scarponi? 04:28.320 --> 04:28.960 Who's calling? 04:28.960 --> 04:29.800 Harvey Warren. 04:29.800 --> 04:32.680 Oh, hello, Mr. Warren. Hope you've been feeling better. 04:32.680 --> 04:35.080 Oh, thanks, Mike. I don't have much time. Would you get me Joe? 04:35.080 --> 04:36.320 Well, he ain't here, Mr. Warren. 04:36.320 --> 04:37.320 Where is he? 04:37.320 --> 04:38.320 I don't know. 04:38.320 --> 04:39.440 I've got to get to him. 04:39.440 --> 04:40.440 Something wrong? 04:40.440 --> 04:41.800 You've got to locate him, Mike. 04:41.800 --> 04:46.320 Well, I've got a whole police department, Mr. Warren. Just say the word. What's wrong? 04:46.320 --> 04:48.280 Only Joe. He's the only one that can help me. 04:48.280 --> 04:50.080 Well, he may be calling in. 04:50.080 --> 04:51.920 Then tell him to call me at my office, will you? 04:51.920 --> 04:54.600 Don't make any mistake, Mike. I'm at my office. 05:02.800 --> 05:04.720 I couldn't get it out of my mind. 05:04.720 --> 05:06.800 What had made Bolster switch like that? 05:06.800 --> 05:08.520 What had gone wrong? 05:08.520 --> 05:11.880 Must have figured it out and was coming over for just one thing. 05:11.880 --> 05:13.440 To kill me. 05:13.440 --> 05:14.440 Lion Apartments. 05:14.440 --> 05:15.920 Lieutenant Joe Scarponi, please. 05:15.920 --> 05:25.360 One moment. 05:25.360 --> 05:26.360 He doesn't answer. 05:26.360 --> 05:28.920 Well, where can I reach him? He must have left some kind of a message. 05:28.920 --> 05:31.200 I'm sorry, sir. He hasn't been in all evening. 05:31.200 --> 05:32.520 Well, tell him to call Harvey Warren. 05:32.520 --> 05:33.520 Yes, Mr. Warren. 05:33.520 --> 05:34.520 At my office, understand? 05:34.520 --> 05:35.960 Does he have your number, sir? 05:35.960 --> 05:38.040 He's got my number. Don't make any mistakes. At my office. 05:38.040 --> 05:41.200 He's got to reach me before 10 o'clock. That's tonight, understand? 05:41.200 --> 05:45.600 I'll tell him, Mr. Warren. Thank you. 05:45.600 --> 05:48.240 Madge. I've got to try Madge. 05:48.240 --> 05:53.440 He's got to be in Madge's place. I should have thought of it before. 05:53.440 --> 05:56.160 Busy. That must be Joe. He's got to be there. 05:56.160 --> 05:59.000 That's Joe trying to get me. I've got to wait. 05:59.000 --> 06:03.480 Have to give him a chance to get through. 06:03.480 --> 06:07.960 Why doesn't it ring? Why doesn't he call? 06:07.960 --> 06:09.720 Can't wait. 06:09.720 --> 06:15.720 Six, nine, four. 06:15.720 --> 06:16.720 Hello? 06:16.720 --> 06:17.720 Madge, baby? 06:17.720 --> 06:19.960 Oh, hello, Warren. What's this sudden devotion? 06:19.960 --> 06:22.320 Oh, Madge, let me talk to Joe and don't tell me he's not there. 06:22.320 --> 06:25.320 Of course he's not here, Warren. What's the matter with you? 06:25.320 --> 06:26.320 Madge, I've got to find him. 06:26.320 --> 06:28.040 Well, I am expecting him. 06:28.040 --> 06:29.040 When? 06:29.040 --> 06:30.040 Soon. 06:30.040 --> 06:31.040 Don't give me double talk, Madge. When? 06:31.040 --> 06:32.040 We've got a date. 10 o'clock. 06:32.040 --> 06:34.040 10 o'clock. That's too late, Madge. 06:34.040 --> 06:35.040 What's the matter, Warren? 06:35.040 --> 06:37.240 Where can I reach him? Where can I find Joe? 06:37.240 --> 06:38.560 Did you try his hotel? 06:38.560 --> 06:39.560 He's not there. 06:39.560 --> 06:40.560 He's called Homicide. 06:40.560 --> 06:41.560 He's nowhere, Madge. 06:41.560 --> 06:42.560 What's wrong, Warren? 06:42.560 --> 06:44.560 There's no time to explain. Help me find him, please. 06:44.560 --> 06:46.200 I'll do what I can. 06:46.200 --> 06:51.560 At my office. Don't forget it. My office. B410. 06:51.560 --> 06:58.800 I kept on calling. Everywhere. Every bar he'd ever had a drink. 06:58.800 --> 07:02.160 His favorite restaurants. Even the Turkish bath where he played handball and got his 07:02.160 --> 07:06.800 rub down. Joe was nowhere. I looked at my watch. It said 931. 07:06.800 --> 07:12.560 The clock on the wall showed 935. Now I wasn't even sure of the time. 07:12.560 --> 07:14.400 I couldn't afford to be wrong about the time. 07:14.400 --> 07:24.520 At the tone, the time will be 935 and 10 seconds. 07:24.520 --> 07:27.400 The clock on the wall was right. There wasn't much time. 07:27.400 --> 07:29.560 Even if I get a hold of Joe, it'd be too late. 07:29.560 --> 07:31.480 My mind was starting to play tricks. 07:31.480 --> 07:34.360 Starting to tie my insides up in a hundred little knots. 07:34.360 --> 07:37.920 Because Bolster got here early. Suppose he got here before 10 and no Joe. 07:37.920 --> 07:40.800 I got up in a panic. My shirt was soaked wet to my back. 07:40.800 --> 07:44.400 I could run. Yeah. I could get away while there was still time. 07:44.400 --> 07:47.040 But then Bolster would really know something was wrong. 07:47.040 --> 07:51.600 Maybe he wasn't going to kill me. Maybe he was just coming for his money. 07:51.600 --> 07:55.200 I had to get rid of the hysteria. Had to get a hold of myself. 07:55.200 --> 07:59.440 No use playing guessing games. I opened the door. 07:59.440 --> 08:03.440 I was going to leave. I wasn't going to be a sitting duck for a guy like Bolster. 08:03.440 --> 08:06.360 At that time of night, just one elevator was in use. 08:06.360 --> 08:08.640 It was directly opposite my office door. 08:08.640 --> 08:11.880 The indicator over the door flashed numbers when the car was running. 08:11.880 --> 08:14.480 I went to press the button to signal for the night man. 08:14.480 --> 08:18.160 Before I could press it, the car started up. 08:18.160 --> 08:21.080 Somebody was coming up. I wanted to run. 08:21.080 --> 08:23.040 I didn't know where. I was on the top floor. 08:23.040 --> 08:24.600 My eyes went to the ceiling. 08:24.600 --> 08:27.120 Down the end of the hallway, there was a spiral ladder that led into a trap. 08:27.120 --> 08:29.680 Up through the ceiling. It must have been the opening of the roof. 08:29.680 --> 08:33.000 I started to run for it. I stopped. Silly. 08:33.000 --> 08:35.400 When all the time there was a stairway going down. 08:35.400 --> 08:37.680 I ran for the exit sign and ducked into the stairway. 08:37.680 --> 08:40.120 Down one flight and I smacked right into it. 08:40.120 --> 08:43.880 A steel gate spread like an accordion across the bottom landing. 08:43.880 --> 08:46.760 The gate they always fasten in place at nine o'clock. 08:46.760 --> 08:49.680 Trapped. I was trapped. 08:49.680 --> 08:52.440 And then I just stood there. 08:52.440 --> 08:56.400 Everything quiet. What happened at the elevator? 08:56.400 --> 08:58.600 Then I heard the door open. 08:58.600 --> 09:01.360 Downstairs, right below. 09:01.360 --> 09:03.080 It didn't come up to the eighth. 09:03.080 --> 09:06.040 It was the night man letting off the cleaning woman. 09:06.040 --> 09:09.040 I walked back up the steps. 09:09.040 --> 09:13.000 The light on the indicator showed the fifth floor. 09:13.000 --> 09:16.040 Then the indicator started flashing again. 09:16.040 --> 09:17.640 It was going down. 09:17.640 --> 09:19.640 Now was my time to signal the night man. 09:19.640 --> 09:21.040 While he was still in the car. 09:21.040 --> 09:23.680 Before I had a chance, the telephone began to ring. 09:23.680 --> 09:25.480 It was coming from my office. 09:25.480 --> 09:28.800 Keep ringing, Joe. I'm coming. Just don't stop ringing. 09:28.800 --> 09:30.800 Hello. Hello, Joe. 09:30.800 --> 09:33.160 Oh, ain't this Gladstone 2707? 09:33.160 --> 09:34.400 That's right. Are you calling for... 09:34.400 --> 09:35.400 Well, give me Sammy. 09:35.400 --> 09:36.400 Who? 09:36.400 --> 09:37.800 I want to talk to Sammy. 09:37.800 --> 09:41.000 Oh, right number, girlie. Wrong party. 09:41.000 --> 09:44.400 I looked at the clock. It was no use. Too late. 09:44.400 --> 09:48.000 Even if he did call, I started to go. 09:48.000 --> 09:50.000 I saw the bottle on the table. 09:50.000 --> 09:52.000 I had to take another drink. 09:52.000 --> 09:56.000 I felt a little better. Now I have to get out. 09:56.000 --> 09:57.000 Hello. 09:57.000 --> 09:59.000 Hello. It's me again. 09:59.000 --> 10:01.000 Look, girlie, there's no Sammy at this number. 10:01.000 --> 10:04.000 I know, but you sounded kind of lonely. 10:04.000 --> 10:05.000 I'm lonely too. 10:05.000 --> 10:07.000 Forget it, will you? Don't tie up my phone, understand? 10:07.000 --> 10:10.000 Sure, I know. You waiting for a call too? 10:10.000 --> 10:12.000 Get off my number. I don't want this phone tied up. 10:12.000 --> 10:16.000 Sure, sure. I understand. But just in case, wine should take my... 10:16.000 --> 10:18.000 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 10:18.000 --> 10:19.000 I'm sorry. 10:19.000 --> 10:22.000 I understand. But just in case, wine should take my... 10:22.000 --> 10:25.000 I started to go and wasn't going to stop, not for anything. 10:25.000 --> 10:28.000 Then I realized it might be too late. 10:28.000 --> 10:30.000 Suppose he was on his way up. 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 Suppose he was watching the entrance. 10:32.000 --> 10:35.000 Why did that girl call back? What did she want? 10:35.000 --> 10:39.000 Then I knew it was a trick. A typical hoodlum trick. 10:39.000 --> 10:41.000 Bolster was using that girl to check up on me. 10:41.000 --> 10:43.000 Playing at cat and mouse. 10:43.000 --> 10:45.000 His way of holding me to the phone. 10:45.000 --> 10:47.000 Making sure while he was on his way up. 10:47.000 --> 10:49.000 A trick. 10:49.000 --> 10:51.000 Twenty minutes to ten. 10:51.000 --> 10:53.000 The clock kept staring at me. 10:53.000 --> 10:55.000 The minute hand beating its way around the circle. 10:55.000 --> 10:57.000 Twenty minutes to ten. 10:57.000 --> 11:00.000 That girl again checking up on me. 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 Who did Bolster think he was kidding? 11:04.000 --> 11:07.000 He knew I had to answer that phone. 11:07.000 --> 11:08.000 Hello. 11:08.000 --> 11:09.000 Warren? 11:09.000 --> 11:11.000 Joe, you don't know how I've been trying to get you all night. 11:11.000 --> 11:13.000 Yeah, I know. Your line's been busy. 11:13.000 --> 11:14.000 Oh, come right over, Joe. 11:14.000 --> 11:15.000 What's the matter? 11:15.000 --> 11:17.000 There's no time to talk. Just get here. 11:17.000 --> 11:19.000 Oh, well, I got a date, Warren. It's on my only night off. 11:19.000 --> 11:21.000 You know how mad she is. 11:21.000 --> 11:23.000 Joe, this is a matter of life and death. 11:23.000 --> 11:24.000 Whose life? 11:24.000 --> 11:25.000 My life. 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 Oh, well, I'll be right there. 11:27.000 --> 11:46.000 Before ten, Joe. It's gotta be before ten. 11:46.000 --> 11:49.000 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Bob Hope 11:49.000 --> 12:02.000 in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 12:02.000 --> 12:04.000 Oh, dear, Harlow. 12:04.000 --> 12:07.000 Say, what happened to your face? 12:07.000 --> 12:09.000 Lose an argument with a revolving door? 12:09.000 --> 12:11.000 No, Hap. I was at a big community picnic. 12:11.000 --> 12:13.000 Oh, sat in the sun too long, huh? 12:13.000 --> 12:15.000 No, I sat at the speaker's table. 12:15.000 --> 12:16.000 In fact, that's how... 12:16.000 --> 12:17.000 Well, it was like this. 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 There was an audience, so I jumped up and said... 12:19.000 --> 12:21.000 An Auto Light Stay Full Battery needs water 12:21.000 --> 12:24.000 only three times a year in normal car use. 12:24.000 --> 12:25.000 As a matter of fact, I did. 12:25.000 --> 12:29.000 I said that dandy, dynamic, dependable Auto Light Stay Full Battery 12:29.000 --> 12:32.000 has a camel hanging on the ropes back in a corner 12:32.000 --> 12:34.000 when it comes to capacity. 12:34.000 --> 12:37.000 Yes, sir, an Auto Light Stay Full Battery needs water 12:37.000 --> 12:39.000 only three times a year in normal car use. 12:39.000 --> 12:40.000 But Harlow, your face... 12:40.000 --> 12:43.000 I told him an Auto Light Stay Full Battery has extra plates 12:43.000 --> 12:45.000 protected by fiberglass insulation 12:45.000 --> 12:47.000 for longer life and stronger life. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.000 You said this during the picnic supper? 12:49.000 --> 12:52.000 Not only that, I told him in addition how in recent tests 12:52.000 --> 12:55.000 conducted according to the Society of Automotive Engineers 12:55.000 --> 13:00.000 life cycle standards, Auto Light Stay Full Batteries gave 70%, 13:00.000 --> 13:03.000 yes, 70% longer average life than batteries 13:03.000 --> 13:05.000 without all these features. 13:05.000 --> 13:07.000 And when I got through, do you know, Hap, 13:07.000 --> 13:09.000 they crowned me with a garland of leaves. 13:09.000 --> 13:11.000 But that doesn't explain about your face. 13:11.000 --> 13:14.000 Oh, I forgot to mention the leaves were poison ivy. 13:14.000 --> 13:18.000 Oh, and I forgot to mention, here's suspense. 13:19.000 --> 13:23.000 And now Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage 13:23.000 --> 13:29.000 Bob Hope as Warren in Death Has a Shadow, 13:29.000 --> 13:34.000 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 13:39.000 --> 13:41.000 My eyes were drawn to the clock again. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 I watched the minute hand cutting down the time. 13:43.000 --> 13:45.000 If Joe came with a squad car, 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 he'd be here in a matter of minutes. 13:47.000 --> 13:49.000 But it was his night off. 13:49.000 --> 13:51.000 Maybe he wouldn't be able to get a cab. 13:53.000 --> 13:56.000 I took another drink just for luck. 13:57.000 --> 13:59.000 I opened the door and listened for the elevator. 13:59.000 --> 14:01.000 Didn't take long. 14:01.000 --> 14:03.000 I went into the hallway. 14:03.000 --> 14:05.000 The light on the indicator was flashing. 14:05.000 --> 14:07.000 Two, three, four. 14:07.000 --> 14:09.000 Maybe it wasn't Joe. 14:09.000 --> 14:11.000 Maybe it was Boaster. 14:11.000 --> 14:14.000 I don't know. I ducked into the stairway landing. 14:14.000 --> 14:16.000 Watching. 14:22.000 --> 14:24.000 Joe! 14:24.000 --> 14:26.000 Warren, are you nuts? 14:26.000 --> 14:28.000 I've never been so glad to see you. 14:28.000 --> 14:31.000 You know better than that, coming up from behind a guy. 14:31.000 --> 14:33.000 Say, you look terrible. 14:33.000 --> 14:35.000 What's wrong? 14:36.000 --> 14:38.000 Well? 14:38.000 --> 14:40.000 Don't close the door, Joe. 14:40.000 --> 14:42.000 Why? 14:42.000 --> 14:44.000 When he comes, we can hear the elevator. 14:44.000 --> 14:46.000 Okay. 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 Now, what's it all about? 14:48.000 --> 14:50.000 He's due here at 10 o'clock. 14:50.000 --> 14:52.000 He's a killer. 14:52.000 --> 14:54.000 Who is a killer? 14:54.000 --> 14:56.000 I have to start from the beginning. 14:56.000 --> 14:58.000 You don't have much time. 14:58.000 --> 15:00.000 But you won't understand unless I explain. 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 Okay, but don't start dramatizing. 15:02.000 --> 15:04.000 It's a quarter to 10. 15:04.000 --> 15:06.000 We have to start with the day Lily was murdered. 15:06.000 --> 15:08.000 She was in the bedroom looking at her. 15:08.000 --> 15:10.000 Her head hanging almost to the floor. 15:10.000 --> 15:12.000 The rest of her doubled up in the bed. 15:12.000 --> 15:15.000 Her auburn hair gently suspended like someone spun fine silk around... 15:15.000 --> 15:18.000 where the bullet went through that lovely head. 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 She was so beautiful. 15:20.000 --> 15:22.000 I was sitting there looking at her. 15:22.000 --> 15:24.000 And the sounds tumbling around my head. 15:24.000 --> 15:27.000 The photographers, the newspaper men, flash bulbs. 15:27.000 --> 15:29.000 All like a bad dream. 15:29.000 --> 15:31.000 Look, can't you take the hair away from her face? 15:31.000 --> 15:33.000 I'll cut your head off if you touch that body. 15:33.000 --> 15:35.000 Let's see the gun. 15:35.000 --> 15:37.000 Show him the gun, Mike. 15:37.000 --> 15:39.000 It's a gun. What's there to see? 15:39.000 --> 15:41.000 We understand it's Warren's gun. 15:41.000 --> 15:43.000 You understand nothing until it's official. 15:43.000 --> 15:45.000 The coroner said it happened this morning about four hours ago. 15:45.000 --> 15:47.000 Now, how about that, Lieutenant Scarpauli? 15:47.000 --> 15:49.000 Then quote him. Don't ask me. 15:49.000 --> 15:51.000 Mike. Yeah? 15:51.000 --> 15:53.000 They had enough. Get him out of here. 15:53.000 --> 15:55.000 Oh, wait a minute. Not so fast. 15:55.000 --> 15:57.000 I want one more shot of Warren. 15:57.000 --> 15:59.000 Put that drink back in your hand, Mr. Warren, please. 15:59.000 --> 16:01.000 Now, look, fella, don't overdo it. 16:01.000 --> 16:03.000 This is no private affair, Lieutenant Scarpauli. 16:03.000 --> 16:05.000 Why don't you lay off? 16:05.000 --> 16:07.000 Well, put the drink back in his hand. 16:07.000 --> 16:09.000 Take it the way he is and get out. 16:09.000 --> 16:11.000 We'd like to do it the way it happened. He had a drink in his hand. 16:11.000 --> 16:13.000 It wouldn't look so good, Lieutenant, 16:13.000 --> 16:15.000 if the paper said you were covering up for a lifelong friend. 16:15.000 --> 16:17.000 Mike, get him out of here. 16:17.000 --> 16:19.000 Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. 16:19.000 --> 16:23.000 Well, this is some mess, Warren. 16:23.000 --> 16:25.000 Yeah. 16:25.000 --> 16:27.000 How did it happen? 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 Oh, I loved her, Joe. 16:29.000 --> 16:31.000 You know how I loved her. 16:31.000 --> 16:33.000 More than anything in the world. 16:33.000 --> 16:35.000 Now, look at her. 16:35.000 --> 16:37.000 Yeah. 16:37.000 --> 16:39.000 You know we've been fighting. 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 Last night was the worst that ever happened. 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 So I ran out of the house. 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 What time? 16:45.000 --> 16:47.000 Well, right after dinner. 16:47.000 --> 16:49.000 I went down to the silver grill and had a couple. 16:49.000 --> 16:51.000 You can check on that. 16:51.000 --> 16:53.000 Then they built more and had a few more. 16:53.000 --> 16:55.000 Then I remember 16:55.000 --> 16:57.000 calling a cab on Seventh and Hill. 16:57.000 --> 16:59.000 And then... So help me, Joe. 16:59.000 --> 17:01.000 That's all I remember. 17:01.000 --> 17:03.000 What do you mean, that's all you remember? 17:03.000 --> 17:05.000 Well, that's all. I drew a blank. 17:05.000 --> 17:07.000 We've known each other all our lives, Joe. 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 Did you ever know me to black out? 17:09.000 --> 17:11.000 That's not like you, Warren. 17:11.000 --> 17:13.000 But that's what happened. I don't remember anything. 17:13.000 --> 17:15.000 Until when? 17:15.000 --> 17:17.000 Until you. 17:17.000 --> 17:19.000 Where did you wake up? 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 Right here, in the bedroom. 17:21.000 --> 17:23.000 In bed? 17:23.000 --> 17:25.000 No, in this chair, just like I am now. 17:25.000 --> 17:27.000 I saw Lily, just like she is now. 17:27.000 --> 17:29.000 Blood on the floor. 17:29.000 --> 17:31.000 I know she's done for, my beautiful Lily. 17:31.000 --> 17:33.000 Then I get up to get a bottle. 17:33.000 --> 17:35.000 And I sit down again in this chair. 17:35.000 --> 17:37.000 I take one good, long drink. 17:37.000 --> 17:39.000 I reach for the phone on the night table. 17:39.000 --> 17:41.000 I call you. 17:41.000 --> 17:43.000 I've been sitting here since. 17:43.000 --> 17:45.000 With a bottle. 17:45.000 --> 17:47.000 Mm-hmm. 17:47.000 --> 17:49.000 And, uh, the gun. 17:49.000 --> 17:51.000 Is it yours, Warren? 17:51.000 --> 17:53.000 You know that gun is mine. 17:53.000 --> 17:55.000 It was on the floor. It's the gun that killed her. 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 Joe, do you think I did it? 17:57.000 --> 17:59.000 Well, I don't have to tell you how it looks. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 I know how it looks. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 What I want to know is, do you think I did it? 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 I'll have to book you, Warren. 18:05.000 --> 18:07.000 Oh, I couldn't have killed her, Joe. 18:07.000 --> 18:09.000 You know I couldn't. I loved her too much. 18:09.000 --> 18:11.000 I couldn't have killed her, Joe. 18:11.000 --> 18:13.000 If you were going to do it, Warren, for your own good, 18:13.000 --> 18:15.000 you'd better start remembering. 18:23.000 --> 18:25.000 Seems like a long time ago, Joe. 18:25.000 --> 18:27.000 I just couldn't remember what I'd been doing there in the bedroom 18:27.000 --> 18:29.000 after Lily was murdered. 18:29.000 --> 18:31.000 Couldn't even remember how I got there. 18:31.000 --> 18:33.000 Two minutes ago, you were scared to death. 18:33.000 --> 18:35.000 You were trying to reach me every place in town. 18:35.000 --> 18:37.000 Well, I'm here. 18:37.000 --> 18:39.000 Do you remember that day in the courtroom? 18:39.000 --> 18:41.000 That's what I'm coming to. But before he comes, 18:41.000 --> 18:43.000 you've got to know the whole story. 18:43.000 --> 18:45.000 I know the whole story. Not quite. 18:45.000 --> 18:47.000 Think back to that day in court, Joe. 18:47.000 --> 18:49.000 You remember how bad it looked for me? 18:49.000 --> 18:51.000 All the newspapers were sure I was done for 18:51.000 --> 18:53.000 because I couldn't remember where I was when she was killed. 18:53.000 --> 18:55.000 And I knew I was somewhere else when it happened. 18:55.000 --> 18:57.000 But all the evidence piled against me. 18:57.000 --> 18:59.000 Everybody's sure I was a dead duck. 18:59.000 --> 19:01.000 You imagine court at my side 19:01.000 --> 19:09.000 as a prosecuting attorney pressing the jury for the full penalty. 19:11.000 --> 19:15.000 And the only defense offered by the accused 19:15.000 --> 19:19.000 is that he doesn't remember. 19:19.000 --> 19:25.000 He pleads not guilty claiming temporary insanity. 19:25.000 --> 19:31.000 Forgetfulness, as so conveniently happening to the accused, 19:31.000 --> 19:35.000 cannot be construed as insanity. 19:35.000 --> 19:40.000 The state must therefore ask that the full penalty, according to the law... 19:40.000 --> 19:42.000 Match. 19:42.000 --> 19:44.000 Get me some water. 19:44.000 --> 19:46.000 Hey, pass it out. 19:46.000 --> 19:48.000 What a poor man. He just couldn't take it. 19:48.000 --> 19:50.000 This court will keep order. 19:50.000 --> 19:52.000 You all right now, Warren? 19:52.000 --> 19:54.000 You feel better? 19:54.000 --> 19:56.000 I...I didn't do it. 19:56.000 --> 19:58.000 Yeah, sure, sure. 19:58.000 --> 20:00.000 Joe, I remember now. 20:00.000 --> 20:02.000 I remember. I didn't do it. 20:02.000 --> 20:04.000 I was out of town when it happened. I was out of town. 20:10.000 --> 20:12.000 I was out of town when Lily was murdered, Joe. 20:12.000 --> 20:14.000 And we proved it, remember? 20:14.000 --> 20:16.000 And I was acquitted. 20:16.000 --> 20:18.000 Like a bad dream, wasn't it? 20:18.000 --> 20:20.000 Look, for the last time, Warren, is this what you call me up to your office for? 20:20.000 --> 20:22.000 What's this got to do with somebody coming over here to kill you? 20:22.000 --> 20:24.000 Yeah, like a bad dream. 20:24.000 --> 20:26.000 Okay, Warren, I've got a date with Madge. 20:26.000 --> 20:28.000 Oh, no, Joe, you've got a date with the killer. 20:28.000 --> 20:30.000 Then who is the killer? 20:30.000 --> 20:32.000 I'll never forget that day they acquitted me. 20:32.000 --> 20:34.000 I walked out of court a free man. 20:34.000 --> 20:36.000 I know you weren't guilty. Your alibi proved you weren't guilty. 20:36.000 --> 20:38.000 I know all that. 20:38.000 --> 20:40.000 Yes, Joe, but you don't know I was guilty. 20:40.000 --> 20:42.000 What? 20:42.000 --> 20:44.000 What did you say? 20:44.000 --> 20:46.000 I was guilty. 20:46.000 --> 20:48.000 Oh, you're losing your mind, Warren. You're nuts. 20:48.000 --> 20:50.000 If I'm nuts, what does that make you? 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 Lily thought I was nuts, too. Smart little woman. 20:52.000 --> 20:54.000 Thinking she could make a sucker out of me. 20:54.000 --> 20:56.000 She was gonna leave me. Take half of all I had. 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 That's what she thought. 20:58.000 --> 21:00.000 How did you kill Lily that morning when you were in Glendale? 21:00.000 --> 21:02.000 I know you were in Glendale because your alibi proved it. 21:02.000 --> 21:04.000 It was Lily who gave me the idea how to do it. 21:04.000 --> 21:06.000 You know how beautiful she was? 21:06.000 --> 21:08.000 Every Thursday, the maid's day off, she stayed in bed, 21:08.000 --> 21:10.000 slept the clock around, taking care of her looks. 21:10.000 --> 21:12.000 I began figuring. 21:12.000 --> 21:14.000 Lily all day alone. Lily in bed. 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 All I had to do was hire somebody to kill her while I was out of town. 21:16.000 --> 21:18.000 Then the killer was the killer. 21:18.000 --> 21:20.000 Then the killer was the killer. 21:20.000 --> 21:22.000 Then the guy coming up here... 21:22.000 --> 21:24.000 That's right, is the killer. A three-time loser and very tough. 21:24.000 --> 21:26.000 I gave him my gun to do it with, and that's all there was to it. 21:26.000 --> 21:28.000 He's the man you want, Joe. 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 He's on his way up here to kill me. 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 Instead of doing that, you'll arrest him and clear your books on the Lily case. 21:32.000 --> 21:34.000 Instead of doing that, you'll arrest him and clear your books on the Lily case. 21:34.000 --> 21:36.000 So, this is why it was so important for me to get here, huh? 21:36.000 --> 21:38.000 So, this is why it was so important for me to get here, huh? 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 You have to admit it was neat, getting myself pinched, 21:40.000 --> 21:42.000 faking the blackout, stacking the evidence against myself, 21:42.000 --> 21:44.000 and forcing you to bring me to trial. 21:44.000 --> 21:46.000 I never had a blackout in my life, but it got me off. 21:46.000 --> 21:48.000 I never had a blackout in my life, but it got me off. 21:48.000 --> 21:50.000 Great law, that double jeopardy. 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 Puts you on the spot, though, doesn't it, Joe? 21:52.000 --> 21:54.000 You know I'm guilty, but there's nothing you can do about it. 21:54.000 --> 21:56.000 You know I'm guilty, but there's nothing you can do about it. 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 The law says I can't be tried twice for the same crime. 21:58.000 --> 22:00.000 You see, Joe, I happen to be one of those lawyers who knows his law. 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 You see, Joe, I happen to be one of those lawyers who knows his law. 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 Yeah. 22:04.000 --> 22:06.000 You've always been at the head of the class. 22:06.000 --> 22:08.000 Never worked too hard to get there. 22:08.000 --> 22:10.000 Never worked too hard to get there. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 Just by looking over the next guy's shoulder and using him was the smart way. 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 Just by looking over the next guy's shoulder and using him was the smart way. 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 Yeah, Kitty, very neat. 22:16.000 --> 22:18.000 I knew you'd be a good sport about it. 22:18.000 --> 22:20.000 Maybe I'm just another dumb cop to you. 22:20.000 --> 22:22.000 Maybe I'm just another dumb cop to you. 22:22.000 --> 22:24.000 Well, I don't like anybody making a sucker out of me. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 Especially a guy who's supposed to be my good friend. 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 Especially a guy who's supposed to be my good friend. 22:28.000 --> 22:30.000 Where you going? 22:30.000 --> 22:32.000 You got a date with this killer who's due here any minute. 22:32.000 --> 22:34.000 Well, I got a date with my girl. 22:34.000 --> 22:36.000 Good night, Warren. We're both gonna keep our dates. 22:36.000 --> 22:38.000 Joe, what are you trying to do? You're a cop. 22:38.000 --> 22:40.000 You've gotta pick him up. He's a killer, Joe. 22:40.000 --> 22:42.000 I can pick him up after 10 o'clock, can't I? 22:42.000 --> 22:44.000 Hey, Joe, you can't leave me here alone. 22:44.000 --> 22:46.000 I don't like your company. 22:46.000 --> 22:48.000 Oh, he's gonna kill me, Joe. He's gonna kill you. 22:48.000 --> 22:50.000 Now, why should he do that to a guy who pays so well for what he buys? 22:50.000 --> 22:52.000 Now, why should he do that to a guy who pays so well for what he buys? 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 Well, I'm the only one who knows he fired that gun. 22:54.000 --> 22:56.000 Are you gentlemen all through for the night? 22:56.000 --> 22:58.000 Yeah, I'm all through. 22:58.000 --> 23:00.000 He's gonna stay. I'm going down. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 Well, step in. 23:02.000 --> 23:04.000 Stay where you are, Warren. You can't leave me. 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 Let go of my arm. Joe! 23:06.000 --> 23:08.000 Close the door, mister. I said close the door. 23:08.000 --> 23:10.000 Joe, he's gonna kill me. 23:10.000 --> 23:12.000 Hello. Hello, Warren. 23:14.000 --> 23:16.000 What? 23:16.000 --> 23:18.000 Bolster. 23:18.000 --> 23:20.000 It was Bolster standing there and leering at me. 23:20.000 --> 23:22.000 Joe, he's here! Joe! 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 Shut up. 23:24.000 --> 23:26.000 Don't do that again. 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 Where did you come from? 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 Well, you don't think I'd ever use a front door, do you? 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 They built these place with fire escapes, you know. 23:32.000 --> 23:34.000 They built these place with fire escapes, you know. 23:34.000 --> 23:36.000 Now, uh, 23:36.000 --> 23:38.000 into your office. 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 I started walking. I had to do something. 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 Him right behind. 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 Then I made a break for it. Into the office. 23:44.000 --> 23:46.000 Then I saw the butt of his gun 23:46.000 --> 23:48.000 smashed through the window. 23:48.000 --> 23:50.000 And then 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 Bolster's hand reached through and 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 unlocked the door. 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 Oh, you're pretty cute. 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 Bolster, you're not gonna do anything. 24:04.000 --> 24:06.000 You want your money. 24:06.000 --> 24:08.000 Don't you want your money? 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 Oh, yeah, yeah. 24:10.000 --> 24:12.000 The money comes first. 24:12.000 --> 24:14.000 Well, it's in one of these drawers. 24:14.000 --> 24:16.000 You know, you told me to do it with your gun. 24:16.000 --> 24:18.000 I don't remember which drawer. 24:18.000 --> 24:20.000 I couldn't figure it out why a guy should want me to plant his gun. 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 That's strange. I was sure. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 Warren, 24:24.000 --> 24:26.000 where's the money? 24:26.000 --> 24:28.000 I'm trying to find it. 24:28.000 --> 24:30.000 Don't stall. 24:30.000 --> 24:32.000 It was a white envelope. 24:32.000 --> 24:34.000 You know, I didn't figure until you went to trial and they acquitted you. 24:34.000 --> 24:36.000 And then I began to worry. 24:36.000 --> 24:38.000 So many white envelopes. 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 But I still wasn't sure until tonight when I got here. 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 When I see what you've been up to. 24:42.000 --> 24:44.000 Find that dough. 24:44.000 --> 24:46.000 I'm trying. I misplaced it. 24:46.000 --> 24:48.000 And then it hit me. 24:48.000 --> 24:50.000 You was free and I was liable. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 No more tricks. 24:54.000 --> 24:56.000 Find that dough. 24:56.000 --> 24:58.000 Here. Here it is. 24:58.000 --> 25:00.000 On a desk. Lay it down. 25:00.000 --> 25:02.000 Eh. 25:02.000 --> 25:04.000 Now turn around. 25:04.000 --> 25:06.000 Don't you want to see if it's all here? 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 Turn around. 25:08.000 --> 25:10.000 Like a dumb six year old kid, I turned around. 25:12.000 --> 25:14.000 Oh! 25:14.000 --> 25:16.000 It was the funniest sensation. 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 Hearing the shot. 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 Feeling the panic. 25:20.000 --> 25:22.000 But nothing happened. 25:22.000 --> 25:24.000 I turned around. Bolster's eyes started to roll. 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 His mouth opened like he had something to say. 25:26.000 --> 25:30.000 And then he dropped. 25:32.000 --> 25:34.000 No. 25:34.000 --> 25:36.000 It didn't happen to you, Warren. 25:36.000 --> 25:38.000 Joe. 25:38.000 --> 25:40.000 The elevator opposite your door and the broken window. 25:40.000 --> 25:42.000 You can thank them both. 25:42.000 --> 25:44.000 You're a very funny guy, Joe. 25:44.000 --> 25:46.000 At some game you played. 25:46.000 --> 25:48.000 Is he dead? 25:48.000 --> 25:50.000 He's dead. 25:50.000 --> 25:52.000 Hey, what are these for? 25:52.000 --> 25:54.000 I'm holding you for murder. 25:54.000 --> 25:56.000 I was acquitted, remember? 25:56.000 --> 25:58.000 You can't try me again. 25:58.000 --> 26:00.000 I'm talking about this murder. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 Are you crazy? I didn't shoot Bolster. 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 I didn't even have a gun. 26:04.000 --> 26:06.000 I thought you were one lawyer who happened to know all about the law. 26:06.000 --> 26:08.000 Or didn't you know that it makes no difference who shot him? 26:08.000 --> 26:10.000 The two of you were committing a felony. 26:10.000 --> 26:16.000 And the law says all accessories to a felony are equally responsible for all acts resulting from the felony. 26:16.000 --> 26:18.000 Unquote. 26:18.000 --> 26:20.000 But Joe. 26:20.000 --> 26:22.000 Including homicide, Warren. Including homicide. 26:22.000 --> 26:28.000 I don't know all about the law like you, Mr. Harvey Warren. 26:28.000 --> 26:32.000 I only know just enough to get by. 26:32.000 --> 26:34.000 Let's go. 26:34.000 --> 26:36.000 Joe. Wait a minute. 26:36.000 --> 26:38.000 Joe. 26:38.000 --> 26:40.000 I think I'm gonna faint. 26:40.000 --> 26:42.000 I'm gonna black out, Joe. 26:42.000 --> 26:44.000 Wait. 26:44.000 --> 26:46.000 You see, I don't remember a thing, Joe. 26:46.000 --> 26:48.000 So help me, Joe. 26:48.000 --> 26:52.000 I don't remember. 27:06.000 --> 27:08.000 Thank you, Bob Hope, for a splendid performance. 27:08.000 --> 27:10.000 And thanks for the memory. 27:10.000 --> 27:14.000 Suspensefully you sat while I have been at bat. 27:14.000 --> 27:17.000 And now it's time to talk about our product and that's that. 27:17.000 --> 27:19.000 Skinny Wilcox, you sing too. 27:19.000 --> 27:21.000 Well, I swan. 27:21.000 --> 27:23.000 I know you do, Bob. Every Tuesday night for Swan Soap. 27:23.000 --> 27:25.000 On Thursdays I auto-light. 27:25.000 --> 27:27.000 I've run into a comic. 27:27.000 --> 27:31.000 Wilcox, you know, I was in Toledo recently and was given an auto-light, stay-full battery. 27:31.000 --> 27:33.000 Now I see why you've got a right to sing. 27:33.000 --> 27:36.000 Bob, I'm always singing the praises of auto-light, stay-full batteries. 27:36.000 --> 27:44.000 And for that matter, any of the more than 400 products for cars, trucks, airplanes and boats that are made in 28 auto-light plants from coast to coast. 27:44.000 --> 27:49.000 Yes, sir, and auto-light also makes complete electrical systems for many makes of America's finest cars. 27:49.000 --> 27:54.000 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, coils, distributors. 27:54.000 --> 28:00.000 All engineered to fit together perfectly, work together perfectly, because they're a perfect team. 28:00.000 --> 28:04.000 So folks, don't accept electrical parts that are supposed to be as good. 28:04.000 --> 28:12.000 Ask for and insist on auto-light, original factory parts, at your neighborhood service station, car dealer, garage or repair shop. 28:12.000 --> 28:15.000 Remember, you're always right with auto-light. 28:22.000 --> 28:24.000 Now here again is Bob Hope. 28:24.000 --> 28:27.000 My thanks to Tony Leader for letting me be a villain for a change. 28:27.000 --> 28:33.000 And now as a graduate of suspense, I'll be more interested than ever to hear radio's outstanding theater of thrills next week. 28:33.000 --> 28:39.000 When that lovely Academy Award winner, Claire Trevor, returns to play in a story called The Light Switch. 28:39.000 --> 28:43.000 Another gripping study in suspense. 28:45.000 --> 28:48.000 Bob Hope will soon be seen in the Paramount picture, Sorrowful Jones. 28:48.000 --> 28:54.000 Tonight's suspense play was written by Joe Pagano with music composed by Lucian Morawakened, conducted by Lud Bluskin. 28:54.000 --> 28:57.000 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. 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