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66 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,720 That's what the sign says. 67 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,160 Who are you? 68 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,680 I'm Mrs. John Winston. 69 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,960 I'm in a hurry, so I'll make it clear exactly what I want. 70 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:09,920 There's a banker named John Winston. 71 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:10,920 Your husband? 72 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:11,920 Yes. 73 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,600 Now, Mr. Webb, I'm certain there is nothing wrong, you understand? 74 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,600 I just want to check, that's all. 75 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,560 I want you to watch John for a few days, then we'll just forget the whole thing. 76 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,320 Better start at the beginning. 77 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:24,320 I don't think that's important. 78 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:25,320 It is to me. 79 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:26,320 I call it background. 80 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:31,080 Mr. Webb, I came here to tell you what to do, not to be questioned. 81 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,280 Perhaps I should point out that I could certainly have afforded a more, shall we say, prosperous 82 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:36,280 agent. 83 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:37,280 Yeah. 84 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:38,800 Let's say prosperous. 85 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,960 I've been married a long time, and John has never given me any reason to believe that there 86 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,960 was anything or anyone else, you understand? 87 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:45,960 You mean until lately? 88 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:46,960 I mean never. 89 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,240 In other words, out of a clear sky, I begin to suspect something. 90 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,320 I'm here to hire a private detective, not to listen to your insinuations. 91 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,640 If you don't want or need the job, there are others. 92 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,600 Sure, I need the job. 93 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,680 We both know that. 94 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,680 Don't we, Mrs. Winston? 95 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:05,680 Hello. 96 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:06,680 Hello, Mrs. Winston. 97 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:07,680 Can you talk? 98 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:08,680 I mean, are you alone? 99 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:09,680 Yes. 100 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:10,680 Who is this? 101 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:11,680 This is Webb, Skid Webb. 102 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:12,680 Remember last week? 103 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:13,680 Who? 104 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:14,680 Skid Webb, the private investigator you hired. 105 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:15,680 Oh, yes. 106 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:16,680 I'd like to talk to you about something. 107 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:17,680 I'm sorry. 108 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:18,680 I'm sorry. 109 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:19,680 I'm sorry. 110 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:20,680 I'm sorry. 111 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:21,680 I'm sorry. 112 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:22,680 I'm sorry. 113 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:23,680 I'm sorry. 114 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:24,680 I'm sorry. 115 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,680 I'm sorry. 116 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,680 I'm sorry. 117 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,680 I'm sorry. 118 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,680 I'm sorry. 119 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:29,680 Oh, yes. 120 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,680 I'd almost forgotten about that. 121 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,200 I'm afraid I was acting quite foolishly that day. 122 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,640 I had some sort of a silly argument with John about his working so late. 123 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:38,640 You understand? 124 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,280 What I call about, Mrs. Winston, is that I've been tearing John Boy all week. 125 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:43,600 I think maybe you might have something after all. 126 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,040 You don't mean that. 127 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,040 You lie. 128 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,040 No, Mrs. Winston. 129 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,040 I really mean it. 130 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,040 You lie. 131 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:51,040 Do you hear me? 132 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,040 You lie. 133 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,040 You're a liar. 134 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,040 Oh. 135 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,040 Oh, my God. 136 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,040 Oh, my God. 137 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,040 Oh, my God. 138 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,040 Oh, my God. 139 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,080 Oh, my God. 140 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,080 Eight. 141 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:02,080 Hello? 142 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:03,080 Hello. 143 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,080 Hello, is this Mr. Webb? 144 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,720 Well, well, Mrs. Winston. 145 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,200 I didn't expect that hear from you again. 146 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,420 Mr. Webb, tell me. 147 00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:13,420 Where was he? 148 00:07:13,420 --> 00:07:14,420 What was her name? 149 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:15,420 Do you know that? 150 00:07:15,420 --> 00:07:16,420 Take it easy. 151 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:17,420 Look. 152 00:07:17,420 --> 00:07:18,420 First, you come into the office and give me no information. 153 00:07:18,420 --> 00:07:19,980 Then when I dig something up for you, you throw a tantrum. 154 00:07:19,980 --> 00:07:20,980 What's with that? 155 00:07:20,980 --> 00:07:21,980 All right. 156 00:07:21,980 --> 00:07:22,980 I'm sorry. 157 00:07:22,980 --> 00:07:23,980 I'll try to be more sensible. 158 00:07:23,980 --> 00:07:24,980 Now, tell me. 159 00:07:24,980 --> 00:07:25,980 Well, it's going to take a little time before I can make a definite report. 160 00:07:25,980 --> 00:07:26,980 A little time. 161 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:28,820 a little time and a lot more work. 162 00:07:28,820 --> 00:07:30,820 But I hired you to do a simple... 163 00:07:30,820 --> 00:07:32,820 Well, want your dough back? 164 00:07:32,820 --> 00:07:36,020 No. No, I'd like you to find out anything you can. 165 00:07:36,020 --> 00:07:39,540 Okay. I'd play it my way just for a short time. 166 00:07:39,540 --> 00:07:41,700 As soon as I can, I'll give you some definite information. 167 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:45,620 All right. But I want you to tell me everything as it goes along, Mr. Webb. 168 00:07:46,340 --> 00:07:50,020 Okay. And why not just call me Skip? 169 00:07:50,020 --> 00:07:52,100 I'd rather leave it at Mr. Webb, if you don't mind. 170 00:07:52,100 --> 00:08:00,100 No, I don't mind. 171 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:02,420 No, I never want to call you Skip. 172 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:06,980 I... my head... throbbing... splitting... 173 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:13,460 I was on the floor... gas... 174 00:08:15,060 --> 00:08:18,020 730... 730, it would be all over. 175 00:08:18,660 --> 00:08:20,020 The gas, I could smell it. 176 00:08:20,020 --> 00:08:24,900 Horrible. No, it wasn't gas. 177 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:27,060 It was wisteria. 178 00:08:27,060 --> 00:08:31,300 Yes, the odor of wisteria, as it was in the park that day. 179 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:36,580 I was standing on the edge of a walk near a bed of white tulips in the wisteria. 180 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:38,820 I love wisteria. 181 00:08:38,820 --> 00:08:42,340 Have you been waiting long, Mrs. Winston? 182 00:08:42,340 --> 00:08:42,580 No. 183 00:08:42,580 --> 00:08:44,740 Now, come on, let's go over that bench. 184 00:08:44,740 --> 00:08:45,940 What do you have? 185 00:08:45,940 --> 00:08:51,780 Well, John Boy seems to have pretty well settled down on one gal. 186 00:08:51,780 --> 00:08:55,780 Another woman? I don't believe you, Mr. Webb. 187 00:08:55,780 --> 00:08:58,820 Girls, perhaps, but not another woman. 188 00:08:58,820 --> 00:09:01,460 Okay. Well, you can't tell yet, anyway. 189 00:09:01,460 --> 00:09:02,660 You're making the whole thing up. 190 00:09:02,660 --> 00:09:03,220 Then forget it. 191 00:09:03,220 --> 00:09:04,500 It's your type, that guy. 192 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:07,780 I said forget it. Look, Mrs. Winston, I don't take that from anyone. 193 00:09:08,180 --> 00:09:11,300 You think just because you came down to the bench, I'm not going to let you? 194 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:14,820 Look, Mrs. Winston, I don't take that from anyone. You think just because you came down 195 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:16,660 Main Street and you were hiring a two-bit snoop? 196 00:09:16,660 --> 00:09:17,780 Just a minute, Mr. Webb. 197 00:09:17,780 --> 00:09:18,500 I'm not through yet. 198 00:09:19,060 --> 00:09:21,220 Just because I don't have a plushie suite on the west side, 199 00:09:21,220 --> 00:09:22,820 you think that's the biggest case I've ever had? 200 00:09:22,820 --> 00:09:24,900 Sure, I've got a cheap office and a rundown joint. 201 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:26,900 Sure, I've had better times. Let me tell you about that. 202 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:30,100 I'm not interested in your past, and I thoroughly resent your insolence. 203 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:32,980 Ever hear of Juanita Cole, Mrs. Winston? No? 204 00:09:32,980 --> 00:09:35,940 Well, I guess you wouldn't have. Juanita had an insurance deal. 205 00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:39,060 Filled the room with gas and hooked up a cigarette lighter to an alarm clock, 206 00:09:39,060 --> 00:09:42,180 so that at a certain time, the lighter would spark and blow the whole joint up. 207 00:09:42,740 --> 00:09:44,820 Would have worked too, except the clock stopped. 208 00:09:46,020 --> 00:09:48,580 Yeah, it was a clever stunt. You know who broke the case? 209 00:09:49,380 --> 00:09:52,500 I did. Yeah, me, the two-bit snoop you wanted to hire. 210 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:54,180 And I can name other cases just as big. 211 00:09:54,180 --> 00:09:56,580 Mr. Webb, I don't see what all of this has to do with me, 212 00:09:56,580 --> 00:09:57,860 but if you're quite through now, I... 213 00:09:57,860 --> 00:09:59,940 Oh, you don't, huh? Well, I'll tell you. 214 00:09:59,940 --> 00:10:02,260 I'm sick of this high and mighty routine you've been giving me. 215 00:10:02,820 --> 00:10:04,980 I've got you pegged, Mrs. Winston. 216 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:07,220 I know what's going on inside that head of yours. 217 00:10:07,220 --> 00:10:10,580 You told me you were 32. In your case, that means maybe 40. 218 00:10:10,580 --> 00:10:12,180 That's not true. You know, you're slipping. 219 00:10:12,180 --> 00:10:13,540 You can't face it. What do you mean? 220 00:10:13,540 --> 00:10:14,900 Your husband, he's lost interest. No. 221 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:17,700 You've been put on a shelf. He's found somebody else. You can't take it. 222 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:19,140 Shut up! Shut up! 223 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:24,260 Okay. I guess that covers it. 224 00:10:25,140 --> 00:10:27,860 And don't bother firing me. I quit. 225 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:29,940 What? Get yourself another boy. 226 00:10:29,940 --> 00:10:32,580 No. No, no, no. No, you can't quit. 227 00:10:32,580 --> 00:10:34,900 I already have. But I'm depending on you. 228 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:37,460 You can't leave me now. I've got to find out. 229 00:10:37,460 --> 00:10:40,020 Please. Please, I need you. I need somebody. 230 00:10:40,660 --> 00:10:42,580 That's no lie. You've got to help me. 231 00:10:44,180 --> 00:10:47,940 Well, maybe. That depends on you. 232 00:10:47,940 --> 00:10:50,420 On me? Maybe if you were to climb down 233 00:10:50,420 --> 00:10:53,460 off that high horse, I... Oh, I will. I will. Anything. 234 00:10:53,460 --> 00:10:59,380 Okay. Okay. All I know so far is that instead of being at a board meeting, 235 00:10:59,380 --> 00:11:01,220 like he told you last Wednesday night, remember? 236 00:11:01,220 --> 00:11:04,420 Where was he? Had dinner at the Gourmet private room. 237 00:11:04,420 --> 00:11:08,980 After that, I lost him. What... what did she look like? 238 00:11:08,980 --> 00:11:12,420 Typical. On about 25. Theatrical looking. 239 00:11:12,420 --> 00:11:14,340 Pretty well put together. Oh, stop it! 240 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:18,820 Why don't you ask me? What else? 241 00:11:19,380 --> 00:11:23,140 She met him for lunch on Friday. I think she may be in a show downtown. 242 00:11:23,140 --> 00:11:24,980 That's all I know now, but I'll keep checking. 243 00:11:24,980 --> 00:11:26,820 Yes. Yes. Yes. Keep checking. 244 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:30,100 But you've got to promise not to get all hot and bothered until we're ready to move. 245 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:34,660 I promise, Mr. Webb, I'll be as cold as ice. 246 00:11:46,580 --> 00:11:50,100 Mrs. Winston, Skid Webb. This is it. Oh. 247 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:52,740 John Boy's girlfriend is a dame named Terry Williams, 248 00:11:52,740 --> 00:11:56,980 an ex-chorister from the Latin club. Ex, since she nailed on to John Boy, that is. 249 00:11:56,980 --> 00:11:59,140 Go ahead. She's living at a hotel downtown. 250 00:11:59,140 --> 00:12:03,220 Now, look, you can do one or two things. Either rush right down there, tip them off, 251 00:12:03,220 --> 00:12:06,660 now clam up, or play it clever and wait for the kill. 252 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:08,740 I'll be clever. Okay. 253 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:13,060 It's a pretty good joint, sort of upper-middle, the Bren Carlton. 254 00:12:13,060 --> 00:12:15,060 Thank you, Skid. Shouldn't be long now. 255 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:29,460 I'll let you know when at a crucial time, you know what I mean. Then we'll... 256 00:12:37,940 --> 00:12:41,300 Hotel Bren Carlton. Oh, yes. Bren Carlton. Oh. 257 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:43,140 Do you have a Terry Williams there? 258 00:12:43,140 --> 00:12:47,940 Uh, Terry Williams? Yes. Yes, apartment 504. I'll ring her. 259 00:12:47,940 --> 00:12:48,580 Never mind. 260 00:12:51,060 --> 00:12:55,060 After I hung up, all the strength seemed to drain out of me. I 261 00:12:55,780 --> 00:13:00,020 leaned heavily against the nightstand and the lamp fell to the floor. 262 00:13:01,060 --> 00:13:04,980 For one instant, after the globe had broken, the light glowed on. 263 00:13:05,860 --> 00:13:10,900 That's how life was. There was always a final spark after the brightness was gone. 264 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:18,740 John. Now I knew what I was going to do about John and me. No long, drawn-out divorce. 265 00:13:19,860 --> 00:13:28,740 I was going to kill him. I'd be clever enough even for Skidweb, but John would die. 266 00:13:28,740 --> 00:13:49,140 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Claire Trevor in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 267 00:13:49,140 --> 00:13:55,540 Hmm. 268 00:13:58,180 --> 00:14:00,100 Say, Harlow, it's the ninth inning. 269 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:04,180 50,000 people have. I can't resist it. I'll tell them. 270 00:14:04,180 --> 00:14:05,060 Tell them what, Harlow? 271 00:14:05,060 --> 00:14:10,580 Here goes. Take out those old narrow gap spark plugs. Go to bat with a set of wide gap Auto 272 00:14:10,580 --> 00:14:15,700 Light resistor spark plugs. They make your engine idle smoother, give better performance on leaner 273 00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:22,020 gas mixtures, actually save gas. By that newly developed 10,000 ohm Auto Light resistor found 274 00:14:22,020 --> 00:14:27,620 in no other automotive type spark plug increases electrode life 200% and more. 275 00:14:27,620 --> 00:14:29,220 Harlow, the slugger is up. 276 00:14:29,220 --> 00:14:35,780 It's a four-bagger half and so are sensational wide gap Auto Light resistor spark plugs. 277 00:14:35,780 --> 00:14:40,740 What's more, that exclusive Auto Light resistor cuts down on radio and television interference, 278 00:14:40,740 --> 00:14:46,820 too. So see your Auto Light dealer and get a set of those remarkable, irresistible, sensational, 279 00:14:46,820 --> 00:14:50,180 new wide gap Auto Light resistor spark plugs today. 280 00:14:50,180 --> 00:14:53,780 Come on now, Harlow. We got to switch from baseball to suspense. 281 00:14:54,660 --> 00:15:01,460 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, Claire Trevor as Mrs. Winston in 282 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:10,580 the light switch, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 283 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:21,940 I could hear the steady hiss of gas, the gas filling the room. The trap I'd set for my husband, 284 00:15:21,940 --> 00:15:26,260 John and his girlfriend wasn't working out the way I'd planned. 285 00:15:26,260 --> 00:15:34,260 I had to get out of the room. My plan was falling to pieces. My life falling to pieces. 286 00:15:34,260 --> 00:15:39,780 Like a person drowning. I was remembering. 287 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:47,800 You? 288 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:48,740 What were you expecting? 289 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:52,580 I told you not to come here. John hired a private nurse to be with me all the time. 290 00:15:52,580 --> 00:15:54,180 Is that why I didn't get my husband? 291 00:15:54,180 --> 00:15:59,700 Of course not. Come inside and be quiet. I'm all right, Mr. Webb. I've been trying to contact you 292 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:00,200 anyway. 293 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:06,500 To pay me? My expenses have been running up, you know. I figure maybe a couple hundred would be... 294 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:08,500 Oh, forget that. Do you want to make some good money? 295 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:09,700 You kidding? 296 00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:12,820 Skit, I'm very clever now. Very clever. 297 00:16:12,820 --> 00:16:13,460 Switch? 298 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:18,820 I'll play it any way you like. You say where and when and I'll stay quiet. But first I've got to 299 00:16:18,820 --> 00:16:24,340 trust you. And I don't now. Why? I've given you the straight all along. When the time is right, 300 00:16:24,340 --> 00:16:26,340 we'll be able to put John Boy right where he belongs. 301 00:16:26,340 --> 00:16:31,460 Fine, but all I have gotten from you is hearsay. Certainly you gave me the name Terry Williams and 302 00:16:31,460 --> 00:16:31,960 I checked myself. 303 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:32,460 You didn't? 304 00:16:32,460 --> 00:16:39,460 I didn't do anything. Just found out she lived in 504. But still she could be any girl. I've got to know. 305 00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:43,140 Oh. Well, uh, what do you want? 306 00:16:43,140 --> 00:16:45,140 I want to see them myself. 307 00:16:45,140 --> 00:16:45,640 Huh? 308 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:54,380 Well, now look, this is just about impossible. They're very cagey. The only reason I can tag 309 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:58,060 them is because I know my business. That is unless you want to take the chance of tipping the whole 310 00:16:58,060 --> 00:16:58,560 thing off. 311 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,100 No, I just want to see them at the Bren Carlton. 312 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:02,940 Well, I haven't caught them there myself yet. 313 00:17:03,820 --> 00:17:07,420 All right, Skit. Until then, you are off the payroll. 314 00:17:10,220 --> 00:17:13,420 Well, it may not be as easy as all that. 315 00:17:13,420 --> 00:17:20,420 How much if I can? I'm not a mind reader, you know. I can't tell what they're going to do before they do it. 316 00:17:20,420 --> 00:17:23,060 500. And from then on, I won't question you. 317 00:17:23,060 --> 00:17:27,380 I don't know. It may take a week, maybe a month. I don't have much to go on. 318 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:30,500 Please understand. I have to know myself. 319 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:32,660 How about last week's dough? Can you get it now? 320 00:17:32,660 --> 00:17:33,160 Yes. 321 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,940 Huh. I'll do my best. You go get what you owe me. 322 00:17:37,940 --> 00:17:44,940 You wait here in the hall. 323 00:17:54,220 --> 00:17:54,720 Hello. 324 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,720 Skit, you told me you were going to call this morning. I've been sitting by the phone all day. 325 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,340 Well, I didn't have anything to report this morning, but I do now. I was just going to call you. 326 00:18:02,340 --> 00:18:03,220 Tell me quickly. 327 00:18:03,220 --> 00:18:05,940 You called me yesterday and said that John Boy was going away for a weekend. 328 00:18:05,940 --> 00:18:06,440 Yes. 329 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:12,440 Well, get the 500 bucks ready. I was able to tap a phone conversation. Pretty tricky job, too. 330 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:12,940 Go ahead. 331 00:18:12,940 --> 00:18:19,940 He's picking Terry Williams up in a taxi tonight at 715. They'll arrive at her apartment around 730 for dinner. Got that? 332 00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:20,440 Yes. 333 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,940 Okay. You wait in your car across the street. I'll join you there. 334 00:18:23,940 --> 00:18:24,440 All right. 335 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,940 Now listen, don't lose your head and mess up the whole deal. 336 00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:27,440 No, I won't. 337 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:31,940 I may be a little late. I've got to tell them this afternoon to make sure everything runs right. So they may beat me there. 338 00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:37,940 If they do, you can watch them go in. But wait for me. Be clever, Mrs. Winston. Clever. 339 00:18:41,940 --> 00:18:45,940 Yes, get clever. You'll never know how clever. 340 00:18:49,940 --> 00:18:57,940 I managed to get away from my nurse, came here, got the key from one of the pigeonholes when the desk clerk wasn't looking, and let myself in. 341 00:18:57,940 --> 00:19:04,940 Apartment 504. Terry Williams' apartment. That's clever, Mr. Webb. 342 00:19:04,940 --> 00:19:11,940 Then I locked the windows, turned on the gas, and cracked a light bulb so it would spark when the lights were switched on. 343 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:15,940 And now, now you'll see how clever I am at 730 when they... 344 00:19:15,940 --> 00:19:24,940 730. I've got to get out. The door. The door. I've got to get to that door. 345 00:19:24,940 --> 00:19:29,940 Are you kidding, Eva? Of course she's drunk. 346 00:19:29,940 --> 00:19:31,940 I tell you, she ain't, Harry. 347 00:19:31,940 --> 00:19:33,940 Oh, look at her eyes. She's loaded. 348 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:35,940 The lights. Don't turn on the lights. 349 00:19:35,940 --> 00:19:37,940 They're already on, honey. 350 00:19:37,940 --> 00:19:39,940 Where am I? How did I get here? 351 00:19:39,940 --> 00:19:45,940 You got me there, baby. Eva and I just got off the elevator and there you were, stagging up and down the hall like a... 352 00:19:45,940 --> 00:19:48,940 The hall? I got into the hall. What room is this? 353 00:19:48,940 --> 00:19:53,940 Why, it's our room, honey. You fold it right in front of our door. I'm Eva and this here is... 354 00:19:53,940 --> 00:20:00,940 Harry. Harry and Eva, honey. You remember Harry and Eva Vaudeville played all the big time, Palace Chicago Detroit, you remember? 355 00:20:00,940 --> 00:20:01,940 No, she don't, Harry. 356 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:02,940 Well, why don't she? 357 00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:04,940 Please, I mean, what's the number of this room? 358 00:20:04,940 --> 00:20:05,940 505. 359 00:20:05,940 --> 00:20:08,940 Oh, then 504 is next door. 360 00:20:08,940 --> 00:20:13,940 Yeah, that's real smart. Yeah, 504 is next door. Then comes 503, 502, 50... 361 00:20:13,940 --> 00:20:15,940 Please help me up. I've got to... 362 00:20:15,940 --> 00:20:19,940 That's where you come from? 504? Terry having a party or something? 363 00:20:19,940 --> 00:20:21,940 No, no. That isn't where I came from. 364 00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:24,940 Oh, fine girl, Terry. She was overdue, you know. 365 00:20:24,940 --> 00:20:27,940 Hey, hey, if Terry's having a party, maybe we ought to drop in. 366 00:20:27,940 --> 00:20:28,940 Oh, no. 367 00:20:28,940 --> 00:20:33,940 Why not? We haven't seen much of her since she started running around with her new boyfriend. Come on! 368 00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:37,940 No, I mean, there's no party there and I didn't come from there. 369 00:20:37,940 --> 00:20:39,940 Then how do you know there's no party there? 370 00:20:39,940 --> 00:20:43,940 Please help me up. I've got to get out of here right now. 371 00:20:43,940 --> 00:20:49,940 I don't know, honey. You don't look so good to me. Why don't you just lie down a few minutes and then maybe it's... 372 00:20:49,940 --> 00:20:51,940 Four minutes? What time is it? 373 00:20:51,940 --> 00:20:56,940 It's time for a drink. That's what time it is. Now you wait just right here and I'll get it. 374 00:20:56,940 --> 00:20:58,940 Oh, please tell me what time it is. 375 00:20:58,940 --> 00:21:00,940 Oh, about 7.30. 376 00:21:00,940 --> 00:21:02,940 No, I mean the exact time. 377 00:21:02,940 --> 00:21:05,940 See, you're pretty particular, honey. Okay. 378 00:21:05,940 --> 00:21:09,940 It's exactly 7.26. Not good enough for you? 379 00:21:09,940 --> 00:21:12,940 Four minutes. I've got to leave. 380 00:21:12,940 --> 00:21:15,940 You've got to help me out of here right now. Do you understand? Right now. 381 00:21:15,940 --> 00:21:17,940 Help me up, I tell you. 382 00:21:17,940 --> 00:21:21,940 Well, okay, honey. Okay. Don't get so upset. Here. 383 00:21:21,940 --> 00:21:23,940 Oh, thank you. 384 00:21:23,940 --> 00:21:25,940 Well, here you are, girls. Here's your drink. 385 00:21:25,940 --> 00:21:26,940 No, thanks. I don't care. 386 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:28,940 Come on, sit down and drink it. Do you do it? 387 00:21:28,940 --> 00:21:29,940 No, please. 388 00:21:29,940 --> 00:21:30,940 I said sit down. 389 00:21:30,940 --> 00:21:32,940 Oh, why'd you want to push her, Harry? 390 00:21:32,940 --> 00:21:34,940 Well, what's with this babe anyway? 391 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:37,940 I don't know, but she don't look so hot to me. Maybe we ought to send for a doctor. 392 00:21:37,940 --> 00:21:39,940 I don't need a doctor. 393 00:21:39,940 --> 00:21:43,940 Hey, wait a minute. I just figured out what's wrong with you. 394 00:21:43,940 --> 00:21:46,940 What? You're unhappy. That's what's wrong. 395 00:21:46,940 --> 00:21:50,940 And that's something I can't stand to see anybody unhappy. 396 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:52,940 Well, we've got just the thing for that, Eva and me. 397 00:21:52,940 --> 00:21:54,940 We'll give you a little routine. 398 00:21:54,940 --> 00:21:56,940 Yes, sir. It'll snap you right out of it in no time. 399 00:21:56,940 --> 00:21:57,940 Come on, Eva. 400 00:21:57,940 --> 00:22:00,940 Oh, I'm just wild about Harry. 401 00:22:00,940 --> 00:22:01,940 Come on, Eva. Come on. 402 00:22:01,940 --> 00:22:04,940 Oh, I'm just wild about Harry. 403 00:22:04,940 --> 00:22:07,940 And Harry's wild about me. 404 00:22:07,940 --> 00:22:08,940 Now watch this stuff, honey. 405 00:22:08,940 --> 00:22:10,940 Those heavenly pieces. 406 00:22:10,940 --> 00:22:13,940 Stop it! Stop it! 407 00:22:13,940 --> 00:22:16,940 Well, how about that? How about that? 408 00:22:16,940 --> 00:22:18,940 We're giving her class and all she can say is stop that now. 409 00:22:18,940 --> 00:22:19,940 Look here, sister. 410 00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:21,940 Oh, let her alone, Harry. Can't you see she don't feel s... 411 00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:24,940 Here, honey. You let me help you. 412 00:22:24,940 --> 00:22:25,940 There. 413 00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:29,940 Now, the door. Maybe. Maybe what you need is a drink. 414 00:22:29,940 --> 00:22:31,940 Well, what do you think I offered her a couple of minutes ago? 415 00:22:31,940 --> 00:22:34,940 That ain't what she needs. She's loaded already. What she needs is air. 416 00:22:34,940 --> 00:22:37,940 Air. That's right. Air. What I need is some air. 417 00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:39,940 Let's go out and get some air. 418 00:22:39,940 --> 00:22:41,940 Well, what's wrong with just opening the window? 419 00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:43,940 Oh. 420 00:22:43,940 --> 00:22:46,940 Ha-ha! Hey, Eva. Look. 421 00:22:46,940 --> 00:22:50,940 Terry and that new boyfriend getting out of a cab. 422 00:22:50,940 --> 00:22:51,940 Now we can have a party. 423 00:22:51,940 --> 00:22:54,940 I don't want a party. I want to get out right now. 424 00:22:54,940 --> 00:22:56,940 Can't you understand? Get me out of here. 425 00:22:56,940 --> 00:22:58,940 Harry, maybe we better get her out of here. 426 00:22:58,940 --> 00:22:59,940 I'm kind of worried about her. 427 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:01,940 Yes, we must get out. 428 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:03,940 We got to help her downstairs, Harry. 429 00:23:03,940 --> 00:23:06,940 Oh, how come we always get tangled up with freaks like this? 430 00:23:06,940 --> 00:23:07,940 Please help me. 431 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:08,940 Come on, Harry. Come on. 432 00:23:08,940 --> 00:23:14,940 Oh. 433 00:23:14,940 --> 00:23:16,940 And finally we were out in the hall, 434 00:23:16,940 --> 00:23:18,940 and Harry started to ring for the elevator. 435 00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:21,940 Only John would be coming up on the elevator. 436 00:23:21,940 --> 00:23:23,940 I insisted we take the stairs. 437 00:23:23,940 --> 00:23:25,940 Told them elevators made me dizzy. 438 00:23:25,940 --> 00:23:28,940 I knew they thought I was crazy, but I didn't care what they thought. 439 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:32,940 Just as we reached the lobby, I caught sight of John's gray coat 440 00:23:32,940 --> 00:23:36,940 disappearing into the elevator, and she was right behind him. 441 00:23:36,940 --> 00:23:39,940 Even Harry tried to drag me with them to the bar down the street, 442 00:23:39,940 --> 00:23:42,940 but I refused, and they went on without me. 443 00:23:42,940 --> 00:23:44,940 I waited in the lobby. 444 00:23:44,940 --> 00:23:48,940 The indicator over the elevator door stopped at the fifth floor. 445 00:23:48,940 --> 00:23:52,940 They were just getting out of the elevator, 446 00:23:52,940 --> 00:23:56,940 and now they must be walking down the hall. 447 00:23:56,940 --> 00:24:00,940 I could almost see John fitting the key. 448 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:09,940 I walked quietly out of the hotel lobby to my car down the street. 449 00:24:09,940 --> 00:24:12,940 I felt better now. 450 00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:37,940 As I let myself in the front door, I knew I'd done everything right. 451 00:24:37,940 --> 00:24:41,940 I'd been clever, and now there was only one thing to remember. 452 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:46,940 I must act shocked when they call me to tell me John is dead. 453 00:24:46,940 --> 00:24:48,940 John! 454 00:24:48,940 --> 00:24:49,940 Hello, dear. 455 00:24:49,940 --> 00:24:50,940 John! 456 00:24:50,940 --> 00:24:52,940 Yes, I came back for my coat. 457 00:24:52,940 --> 00:24:55,940 Incidentally, where is it? The gray one. 458 00:24:55,940 --> 00:24:58,940 I was positive it was in the hall closet, but I can't find it. 459 00:24:58,940 --> 00:25:00,940 Who could have taken it? 460 00:25:00,940 --> 00:25:02,940 Did someone borrow it? 461 00:25:02,940 --> 00:25:05,940 Darling, what's the matter? 462 00:25:05,940 --> 00:25:07,940 I thought you... 463 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:09,940 Where have you been, dear? 464 00:25:09,940 --> 00:25:11,940 Oh, you shouldn't worry me like this. 465 00:25:11,940 --> 00:25:14,940 You didn't have your coat? 466 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:15,940 But I just told you. 467 00:25:15,940 --> 00:25:20,940 I started on my trip and discovered I left it behind, so I came back for it. 468 00:25:20,940 --> 00:25:24,940 Please, dear, you mustn't get so upset about trifles. 469 00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:29,940 You're not well, and here you go running around when you're not supposed to leave the house. 470 00:25:29,940 --> 00:25:32,940 Really, I've tried to be considerate with you, but I... 471 00:25:32,940 --> 00:25:35,940 You have been considerate, John. 472 00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:38,940 Very considerate. 473 00:25:38,940 --> 00:25:41,940 You've been a perfect husband. 474 00:25:46,940 --> 00:25:49,940 The police will be here any minute. 475 00:25:49,940 --> 00:25:52,940 When I called, they said they'd be right over. 476 00:25:52,940 --> 00:25:55,940 It's strange how it all worked out. 477 00:25:55,940 --> 00:26:02,940 He intended to make a lot of money off me, but I never had a chance to give him the 500. 478 00:26:02,940 --> 00:26:08,940 He thought he was so clever, but all he made was expenses. 479 00:26:09,940 --> 00:26:11,940 And I... 480 00:26:11,940 --> 00:26:15,940 I thought I was being clever, too. 481 00:26:16,940 --> 00:26:19,940 I killed two people. 482 00:26:19,940 --> 00:26:23,940 Terry Williams and her boyfriend. 483 00:26:23,940 --> 00:26:32,940 Skit web. 484 00:26:37,940 --> 00:26:40,940 Thank you, Claire Trevor, for a splendid performance. 485 00:26:40,940 --> 00:26:41,940 Oh, Miss Trevor. 486 00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:42,940 Yes, Mr. Wilcox. 487 00:26:42,940 --> 00:26:44,940 Remember what you said at rehearsal? 488 00:26:44,940 --> 00:26:48,940 You mean that some women don't know a spark plug from a hill of beans? 489 00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:49,940 That's right. 490 00:26:49,940 --> 00:26:52,940 Well, just in case you're one of those women, I went out to my car and got a spark plug. 491 00:26:52,940 --> 00:26:53,940 Oh. 492 00:26:53,940 --> 00:26:55,940 Now, you see how you can tell the difference? 493 00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:57,940 Oh, why, of course. 494 00:26:57,940 --> 00:27:01,940 On this spark plug you handed me, it plainly says, auto light resistor. 495 00:27:01,940 --> 00:27:04,940 And I doubt whether a hill of beans is marked at all. 496 00:27:04,940 --> 00:27:05,940 I doubt it, too. 497 00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:10,940 And besides, a hill of beans is not made by Auto Light, which makes more than 400 products 498 00:27:10,940 --> 00:27:15,940 for cars, trucks, airplanes, and boats in 28 auto light plants from coast to coast. 499 00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:18,940 Yes, sir, and Auto Light also makes complete electrical systems 500 00:27:18,940 --> 00:27:20,940 for many makes of America's finest cars. 501 00:27:20,940 --> 00:27:24,940 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, coils, distributors. 502 00:27:24,940 --> 00:27:29,940 All engineered to fit together perfectly, work together perfectly, because they're a perfect team. 503 00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:33,940 So, folks, don't accept electrical parts that are supposed to be as good. 504 00:27:33,940 --> 00:27:36,940 Ask for and insist on Auto Light original factory parts 505 00:27:36,940 --> 00:27:40,940 at your neighborhood service station, car dealer, garage, or repair shop. 506 00:27:40,940 --> 00:27:43,940 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 507 00:27:43,940 --> 00:27:53,940 And now here again is Miss Claire Trevor. 508 00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:58,940 It's been a pleasure to appear here tonight with this great cast of suspense actors and actresses. 509 00:27:58,940 --> 00:28:01,940 And I'm expecting almost as much pleasure from listening next week 510 00:28:01,940 --> 00:28:07,940 when radio's outstanding theater of thrills brings you Jimmy Stewart in Revenge, 511 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:10,940 another gripping study in... 512 00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:16,940 Suspense! 513 00:28:16,940 --> 00:28:19,940 Claire Trevor will soon be seen co-starring with Fred McMurray 514 00:28:19,940 --> 00:28:22,940 in Borderline Productions forthcoming picture, Borderline. 515 00:28:22,940 --> 00:28:25,940 Tonight's suspense play was written by Richard Vodra 516 00:28:25,940 --> 00:28:29,940 with music composed by Lucian Morrowak and conducted by Leith Stevens. 517 00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:33,940 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Lieder. 518 00:28:33,940 --> 00:28:37,940 In the coming weeks, suspense will present such stars as Frederick March, Joan Crawford, 519 00:28:37,940 --> 00:28:40,940 Agnes Moorhead, John Lund, and many others. 520 00:28:40,940 --> 00:28:43,940 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense! 521 00:28:43,940 --> 00:28:46,940 Radio's Outstanding! Theater of Thrills. 522 00:28:46,940 --> 00:28:53,940 And next Thursday same time here, James Stewart in Revenge. 523 00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:56,940 You can buy Auto Light resistor spark plugs, Auto Light staple batteries, 524 00:28:56,940 --> 00:29:00,940 Auto Light electrical parts at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers. 525 00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:02,940 Switch to Auto Light. Good night. 526 00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:07,940 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.