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04:59.920 --> 05:01.720 That's what the sign says. 05:01.720 --> 05:03.160 Who are you? 05:03.160 --> 05:04.680 I'm Mrs. John Winston. 05:04.680 --> 05:07.960 I'm in a hurry, so I'll make it clear exactly what I want. 05:07.960 --> 05:09.920 There's a banker named John Winston. 05:09.920 --> 05:10.920 Your husband? 05:10.920 --> 05:11.920 Yes. 05:11.920 --> 05:14.600 Now, Mr. Webb, I'm certain there is nothing wrong, you understand? 05:14.600 --> 05:16.600 I just want to check, that's all. 05:16.600 --> 05:21.560 I want you to watch John for a few days, then we'll just forget the whole thing. 05:21.560 --> 05:23.320 Better start at the beginning. 05:23.320 --> 05:24.320 I don't think that's important. 05:24.320 --> 05:25.320 It is to me. 05:25.320 --> 05:26.320 I call it background. 05:26.320 --> 05:31.080 Mr. Webb, I came here to tell you what to do, not to be questioned. 05:31.080 --> 05:35.280 Perhaps I should point out that I could certainly have afforded a more, shall we say, prosperous 05:35.280 --> 05:36.280 agent. 05:36.280 --> 05:37.280 Yeah. 05:37.280 --> 05:38.800 Let's say prosperous. 05:38.800 --> 05:41.960 I've been married a long time, and John has never given me any reason to believe that there 05:41.960 --> 05:44.960 was anything or anyone else, you understand? 05:44.960 --> 05:45.960 You mean until lately? 05:45.960 --> 05:46.960 I mean never. 05:46.960 --> 05:49.240 In other words, out of a clear sky, I begin to suspect something. 05:49.240 --> 05:53.320 I'm here to hire a private detective, not to listen to your insinuations. 05:53.320 --> 05:56.640 If you don't want or need the job, there are others. 05:56.640 --> 05:59.600 Sure, I need the job. 05:59.600 --> 06:01.680 We both know that. 06:01.680 --> 06:04.680 Don't we, Mrs. Winston? 06:04.680 --> 06:05.680 Hello. 06:05.680 --> 06:06.680 Hello, Mrs. Winston. 06:06.680 --> 06:07.680 Can you talk? 06:07.680 --> 06:08.680 I mean, are you alone? 06:08.680 --> 06:09.680 Yes. 06:09.680 --> 06:10.680 Who is this? 06:10.680 --> 06:11.680 This is Webb, Skid Webb. 06:11.680 --> 06:12.680 Remember last week? 06:12.680 --> 06:13.680 Who? 06:13.680 --> 06:14.680 Skid Webb, the private investigator you hired. 06:14.680 --> 06:15.680 Oh, yes. 06:15.680 --> 06:16.680 I'd like to talk to you about something. 06:16.680 --> 06:17.680 I'm sorry. 06:17.680 --> 06:18.680 I'm sorry. 06:18.680 --> 06:19.680 I'm sorry. 06:19.680 --> 06:20.680 I'm sorry. 06:20.680 --> 06:21.680 I'm sorry. 06:21.680 --> 06:22.680 I'm sorry. 06:22.680 --> 06:23.680 I'm sorry. 06:23.680 --> 06:24.680 I'm sorry. 06:24.680 --> 06:25.680 I'm sorry. 06:25.680 --> 06:26.680 I'm sorry. 06:26.680 --> 06:27.680 I'm sorry. 06:27.680 --> 06:28.680 I'm sorry. 06:28.680 --> 06:29.680 Oh, yes. 06:29.680 --> 06:31.680 I'd almost forgotten about that. 06:31.680 --> 06:34.200 I'm afraid I was acting quite foolishly that day. 06:34.200 --> 06:37.640 I had some sort of a silly argument with John about his working so late. 06:37.640 --> 06:38.640 You understand? 06:38.640 --> 06:41.280 What I call about, Mrs. Winston, is that I've been tearing John Boy all week. 06:41.280 --> 06:43.600 I think maybe you might have something after all. 06:43.600 --> 06:46.040 You don't mean that. 06:46.040 --> 06:47.040 You lie. 06:47.040 --> 06:48.040 No, Mrs. Winston. 06:48.040 --> 06:49.040 I really mean it. 06:49.040 --> 06:50.040 You lie. 06:50.040 --> 06:51.040 Do you hear me? 06:51.040 --> 06:52.040 You lie. 06:52.040 --> 06:53.040 You're a liar. 06:53.040 --> 06:54.040 Oh. 06:54.040 --> 06:55.040 Oh, my God. 06:55.040 --> 06:56.040 Oh, my God. 06:56.040 --> 06:57.040 Oh, my God. 06:57.040 --> 06:58.040 Oh, my God. 06:58.040 --> 07:00.080 Oh, my God. 07:00.080 --> 07:01.080 Eight. 07:01.080 --> 07:02.080 Hello? 07:02.080 --> 07:03.080 Hello. 07:03.080 --> 07:06.080 Hello, is this Mr. Webb? 07:06.080 --> 07:09.720 Well, well, Mrs. Winston. 07:09.720 --> 07:11.200 I didn't expect that hear from you again. 07:11.200 --> 07:12.420 Mr. Webb, tell me. 07:12.420 --> 07:13.420 Where was he? 07:13.420 --> 07:14.420 What was her name? 07:14.420 --> 07:15.420 Do you know that? 07:15.420 --> 07:16.420 Take it easy. 07:16.420 --> 07:17.420 Look. 07:17.420 --> 07:18.420 First, you come into the office and give me no information. 07:18.420 --> 07:19.980 Then when I dig something up for you, you throw a tantrum. 07:19.980 --> 07:20.980 What's with that? 07:20.980 --> 07:21.980 All right. 07:21.980 --> 07:22.980 I'm sorry. 07:22.980 --> 07:23.980 I'll try to be more sensible. 07:23.980 --> 07:24.980 Now, tell me. 07:24.980 --> 07:25.980 Well, it's going to take a little time before I can make a definite report. 07:25.980 --> 07:26.980 A little time. 07:26.980 --> 07:28.820 a little time and a lot more work. 07:28.820 --> 07:30.820 But I hired you to do a simple... 07:30.820 --> 07:32.820 Well, want your dough back? 07:32.820 --> 07:36.020 No. No, I'd like you to find out anything you can. 07:36.020 --> 07:39.540 Okay. I'd play it my way just for a short time. 07:39.540 --> 07:41.700 As soon as I can, I'll give you some definite information. 07:41.700 --> 07:45.620 All right. But I want you to tell me everything as it goes along, Mr. Webb. 07:46.340 --> 07:50.020 Okay. And why not just call me Skip? 07:50.020 --> 07:52.100 I'd rather leave it at Mr. Webb, if you don't mind. 07:52.100 --> 08:00.100 No, I don't mind. 08:00.100 --> 08:02.420 No, I never want to call you Skip. 08:03.300 --> 08:06.980 I... my head... throbbing... splitting... 08:10.900 --> 08:13.460 I was on the floor... gas... 08:15.060 --> 08:18.020 730... 730, it would be all over. 08:18.660 --> 08:20.020 The gas, I could smell it. 08:20.020 --> 08:24.900 Horrible. No, it wasn't gas. 08:24.900 --> 08:27.060 It was wisteria. 08:27.060 --> 08:31.300 Yes, the odor of wisteria, as it was in the park that day. 08:31.300 --> 08:36.580 I was standing on the edge of a walk near a bed of white tulips in the wisteria. 08:36.580 --> 08:38.820 I love wisteria. 08:38.820 --> 08:42.340 Have you been waiting long, Mrs. Winston? 08:42.340 --> 08:42.580 No. 08:42.580 --> 08:44.740 Now, come on, let's go over that bench. 08:44.740 --> 08:45.940 What do you have? 08:45.940 --> 08:51.780 Well, John Boy seems to have pretty well settled down on one gal. 08:51.780 --> 08:55.780 Another woman? I don't believe you, Mr. Webb. 08:55.780 --> 08:58.820 Girls, perhaps, but not another woman. 08:58.820 --> 09:01.460 Okay. Well, you can't tell yet, anyway. 09:01.460 --> 09:02.660 You're making the whole thing up. 09:02.660 --> 09:03.220 Then forget it. 09:03.220 --> 09:04.500 It's your type, that guy. 09:04.500 --> 09:07.780 I said forget it. Look, Mrs. Winston, I don't take that from anyone. 09:08.180 --> 09:11.300 You think just because you came down to the bench, I'm not going to let you? 09:11.300 --> 09:14.820 Look, Mrs. Winston, I don't take that from anyone. You think just because you came down 09:14.820 --> 09:16.660 Main Street and you were hiring a two-bit snoop? 09:16.660 --> 09:17.780 Just a minute, Mr. Webb. 09:17.780 --> 09:18.500 I'm not through yet. 09:19.060 --> 09:21.220 Just because I don't have a plushie suite on the west side, 09:21.220 --> 09:22.820 you think that's the biggest case I've ever had? 09:22.820 --> 09:24.900 Sure, I've got a cheap office and a rundown joint. 09:24.900 --> 09:26.900 Sure, I've had better times. Let me tell you about that. 09:26.900 --> 09:30.100 I'm not interested in your past, and I thoroughly resent your insolence. 09:30.100 --> 09:32.980 Ever hear of Juanita Cole, Mrs. Winston? No? 09:32.980 --> 09:35.940 Well, I guess you wouldn't have. Juanita had an insurance deal. 09:35.940 --> 09:39.060 Filled the room with gas and hooked up a cigarette lighter to an alarm clock, 09:39.060 --> 09:42.180 so that at a certain time, the lighter would spark and blow the whole joint up. 09:42.740 --> 09:44.820 Would have worked too, except the clock stopped. 09:46.020 --> 09:48.580 Yeah, it was a clever stunt. You know who broke the case? 09:49.380 --> 09:52.500 I did. Yeah, me, the two-bit snoop you wanted to hire. 09:52.500 --> 09:54.180 And I can name other cases just as big. 09:54.180 --> 09:56.580 Mr. Webb, I don't see what all of this has to do with me, 09:56.580 --> 09:57.860 but if you're quite through now, I... 09:57.860 --> 09:59.940 Oh, you don't, huh? Well, I'll tell you. 09:59.940 --> 10:02.260 I'm sick of this high and mighty routine you've been giving me. 10:02.820 --> 10:04.980 I've got you pegged, Mrs. Winston. 10:04.980 --> 10:07.220 I know what's going on inside that head of yours. 10:07.220 --> 10:10.580 You told me you were 32. In your case, that means maybe 40. 10:10.580 --> 10:12.180 That's not true. You know, you're slipping. 10:12.180 --> 10:13.540 You can't face it. What do you mean? 10:13.540 --> 10:14.900 Your husband, he's lost interest. No. 10:14.900 --> 10:17.700 You've been put on a shelf. He's found somebody else. You can't take it. 10:17.700 --> 10:19.140 Shut up! Shut up! 10:20.820 --> 10:24.260 Okay. I guess that covers it. 10:25.140 --> 10:27.860 And don't bother firing me. I quit. 10:27.860 --> 10:29.940 What? Get yourself another boy. 10:29.940 --> 10:32.580 No. No, no, no. No, you can't quit. 10:32.580 --> 10:34.900 I already have. But I'm depending on you. 10:34.900 --> 10:37.460 You can't leave me now. I've got to find out. 10:37.460 --> 10:40.020 Please. Please, I need you. I need somebody. 10:40.660 --> 10:42.580 That's no lie. You've got to help me. 10:44.180 --> 10:47.940 Well, maybe. That depends on you. 10:47.940 --> 10:50.420 On me? Maybe if you were to climb down 10:50.420 --> 10:53.460 off that high horse, I... Oh, I will. I will. Anything. 10:53.460 --> 10:59.380 Okay. Okay. All I know so far is that instead of being at a board meeting, 10:59.380 --> 11:01.220 like he told you last Wednesday night, remember? 11:01.220 --> 11:04.420 Where was he? Had dinner at the Gourmet private room. 11:04.420 --> 11:08.980 After that, I lost him. What... what did she look like? 11:08.980 --> 11:12.420 Typical. On about 25. Theatrical looking. 11:12.420 --> 11:14.340 Pretty well put together. Oh, stop it! 11:14.340 --> 11:18.820 Why don't you ask me? What else? 11:19.380 --> 11:23.140 She met him for lunch on Friday. I think she may be in a show downtown. 11:23.140 --> 11:24.980 That's all I know now, but I'll keep checking. 11:24.980 --> 11:26.820 Yes. Yes. Yes. Keep checking. 11:26.820 --> 11:30.100 But you've got to promise not to get all hot and bothered until we're ready to move. 11:30.100 --> 11:34.660 I promise, Mr. Webb, I'll be as cold as ice. 11:46.580 --> 11:50.100 Mrs. Winston, Skid Webb. This is it. Oh. 11:50.100 --> 11:52.740 John Boy's girlfriend is a dame named Terry Williams, 11:52.740 --> 11:56.980 an ex-chorister from the Latin club. Ex, since she nailed on to John Boy, that is. 11:56.980 --> 11:59.140 Go ahead. She's living at a hotel downtown. 11:59.140 --> 12:03.220 Now, look, you can do one or two things. Either rush right down there, tip them off, 12:03.220 --> 12:06.660 now clam up, or play it clever and wait for the kill. 12:06.660 --> 12:08.740 I'll be clever. Okay. 12:09.700 --> 12:13.060 It's a pretty good joint, sort of upper-middle, the Bren Carlton. 12:13.060 --> 12:15.060 Thank you, Skid. Shouldn't be long now. 12:15.060 --> 12:29.460 I'll let you know when at a crucial time, you know what I mean. Then we'll... 12:37.940 --> 12:41.300 Hotel Bren Carlton. Oh, yes. Bren Carlton. Oh. 12:41.300 --> 12:43.140 Do you have a Terry Williams there? 12:43.140 --> 12:47.940 Uh, Terry Williams? Yes. Yes, apartment 504. I'll ring her. 12:47.940 --> 12:48.580 Never mind. 12:51.060 --> 12:55.060 After I hung up, all the strength seemed to drain out of me. I 12:55.780 --> 13:00.020 leaned heavily against the nightstand and the lamp fell to the floor. 13:01.060 --> 13:04.980 For one instant, after the globe had broken, the light glowed on. 13:05.860 --> 13:10.900 That's how life was. There was always a final spark after the brightness was gone. 13:10.900 --> 13:18.740 John. Now I knew what I was going to do about John and me. No long, drawn-out divorce. 13:19.860 --> 13:28.740 I was going to kill him. I'd be clever enough even for Skidweb, but John would die. 13:28.740 --> 13:49.140 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Claire Trevor in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 13:49.140 --> 13:55.540 Hmm. 13:58.180 --> 14:00.100 Say, Harlow, it's the ninth inning. 14:00.100 --> 14:04.180 50,000 people have. I can't resist it. I'll tell them. 14:04.180 --> 14:05.060 Tell them what, Harlow? 14:05.060 --> 14:10.580 Here goes. Take out those old narrow gap spark plugs. Go to bat with a set of wide gap Auto 14:10.580 --> 14:15.700 Light resistor spark plugs. They make your engine idle smoother, give better performance on leaner 14:15.700 --> 14:22.020 gas mixtures, actually save gas. 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We got to switch from baseball to suspense. 14:54.660 --> 15:01.460 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, Claire Trevor as Mrs. Winston in 15:01.460 --> 15:10.580 the light switch, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 15:14.580 --> 15:21.940 I could hear the steady hiss of gas, the gas filling the room. The trap I'd set for my husband, 15:21.940 --> 15:26.260 John and his girlfriend wasn't working out the way I'd planned. 15:26.260 --> 15:34.260 I had to get out of the room. My plan was falling to pieces. My life falling to pieces. 15:34.260 --> 15:39.780 Like a person drowning. I was remembering. 15:47.300 --> 15:47.800 You? 15:47.800 --> 15:48.740 What were you expecting? 15:48.740 --> 15:52.580 I told you not to come here. John hired a private nurse to be with me all the time. 15:52.580 --> 15:54.180 Is that why I didn't get my husband? 15:54.180 --> 15:59.700 Of course not. Come inside and be quiet. I'm all right, Mr. Webb. I've been trying to contact you 15:59.700 --> 16:00.200 anyway. 16:00.200 --> 16:06.500 To pay me? My expenses have been running up, you know. I figure maybe a couple hundred would be... 16:06.500 --> 16:08.500 Oh, forget that. Do you want to make some good money? 16:08.500 --> 16:09.700 You kidding? 16:09.700 --> 16:12.820 Skit, I'm very clever now. Very clever. 16:12.820 --> 16:13.460 Switch? 16:13.460 --> 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 16:18.820 --> 16:24.340 trust you. And I don't now. Why? I've given you the straight all along. When the time is right, 16:24.340 --> 16:26.340 we'll be able to put John Boy right where he belongs. 16:26.340 --> 16:31.460 Fine, but all I have gotten from you is hearsay. Certainly you gave me the name Terry Williams and 16:31.460 --> 16:31.960 I checked myself. 16:31.960 --> 16:32.460 You didn't? 16:32.460 --> 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. 16:39.460 --> 16:43.140 Oh. Well, uh, what do you want? 16:43.140 --> 16:45.140 I want to see them myself. 16:45.140 --> 16:45.640 Huh? 16:45.640 --> 16:54.380 Well, now look, this is just about impossible. They're very cagey. The only reason I can tag 16:54.380 --> 16:58.060 them is because I know my business. That is unless you want to take the chance of tipping the whole 16:58.060 --> 16:58.560 thing off. 16:58.560 --> 17:01.100 No, I just want to see them at the Bren Carlton. 17:01.100 --> 17:02.940 Well, I haven't caught them there myself yet. 17:03.820 --> 17:07.420 All right, Skit. Until then, you are off the payroll. 17:10.220 --> 17:13.420 Well, it may not be as easy as all that. 17:13.420 --> 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. 17:20.420 --> 17:23.060 500. And from then on, I won't question you. 17:23.060 --> 17:27.380 I don't know. It may take a week, maybe a month. I don't have much to go on. 17:27.380 --> 17:30.500 Please understand. I have to know myself. 17:30.500 --> 17:32.660 How about last week's dough? Can you get it now? 17:32.660 --> 17:33.160 Yes. 17:33.160 --> 17:37.940 Huh. I'll do my best. You go get what you owe me. 17:37.940 --> 17:44.940 You wait here in the hall. 17:54.220 --> 17:54.720 Hello. 17:54.720 --> 17:58.720 Skit, you told me you were going to call this morning. I've been sitting by the phone all day. 17:58.720 --> 18:02.340 Well, I didn't have anything to report this morning, but I do now. I was just going to call you. 18:02.340 --> 18:03.220 Tell me quickly. 18:03.220 --> 18:05.940 You called me yesterday and said that John Boy was going away for a weekend. 18:05.940 --> 18:06.440 Yes. 18:06.440 --> 18:12.440 Well, get the 500 bucks ready. I was able to tap a phone conversation. Pretty tricky job, too. 18:12.440 --> 18:12.940 Go ahead. 18:12.940 --> 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? 18:19.940 --> 18:20.440 Yes. 18:20.440 --> 18:23.940 Okay. You wait in your car across the street. I'll join you there. 18:23.940 --> 18:24.440 All right. 18:24.440 --> 18:26.940 Now listen, don't lose your head and mess up the whole deal. 18:26.940 --> 18:27.440 No, I won't. 18:27.440 --> 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. 18:31.940 --> 18:37.940 If they do, you can watch them go in. But wait for me. Be clever, Mrs. Winston. Clever. 18:41.940 --> 18:45.940 Yes, get clever. You'll never know how clever. 18:49.940 --> 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. 18:57.940 --> 19:04.940 Apartment 504. Terry Williams' apartment. That's clever, Mr. Webb. 19:04.940 --> 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. 19:11.940 --> 19:15.940 And now, now you'll see how clever I am at 730 when they... 19:15.940 --> 19:24.940 730. I've got to get out. The door. The door. I've got to get to that door. 19:24.940 --> 19:29.940 Are you kidding, Eva? Of course she's drunk. 19:29.940 --> 19:31.940 I tell you, she ain't, Harry. 19:31.940 --> 19:33.940 Oh, look at her eyes. She's loaded. 19:33.940 --> 19:35.940 The lights. Don't turn on the lights. 19:35.940 --> 19:37.940 They're already on, honey. 19:37.940 --> 19:39.940 Where am I? How did I get here? 19:39.940 --> 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... 19:45.940 --> 19:48.940 The hall? I got into the hall. What room is this? 19:48.940 --> 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... 19:53.940 --> 20:00.940 Harry. Harry and Eva, honey. You remember Harry and Eva Vaudeville played all the big time, Palace Chicago Detroit, you remember? 20:00.940 --> 20:01.940 No, she don't, Harry. 20:01.940 --> 20:02.940 Well, why don't she? 20:02.940 --> 20:04.940 Please, I mean, what's the number of this room? 20:04.940 --> 20:05.940 505. 20:05.940 --> 20:08.940 Oh, then 504 is next door. 20:08.940 --> 20:13.940 Yeah, that's real smart. Yeah, 504 is next door. Then comes 503, 502, 50... 20:13.940 --> 20:15.940 Please help me up. I've got to... 20:15.940 --> 20:19.940 That's where you come from? 504? Terry having a party or something? 20:19.940 --> 20:21.940 No, no. That isn't where I came from. 20:21.940 --> 20:24.940 Oh, fine girl, Terry. She was overdue, you know. 20:24.940 --> 20:27.940 Hey, hey, if Terry's having a party, maybe we ought to drop in. 20:27.940 --> 20:28.940 Oh, no. 20:28.940 --> 20:33.940 Why not? We haven't seen much of her since she started running around with her new boyfriend. Come on! 20:33.940 --> 20:37.940 No, I mean, there's no party there and I didn't come from there. 20:37.940 --> 20:39.940 Then how do you know there's no party there? 20:39.940 --> 20:43.940 Please help me up. I've got to get out of here right now. 20:43.940 --> 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... 20:49.940 --> 20:51.940 Four minutes? What time is it? 20:51.940 --> 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. 20:56.940 --> 20:58.940 Oh, please tell me what time it is. 20:58.940 --> 21:00.940 Oh, about 7.30. 21:00.940 --> 21:02.940 No, I mean the exact time. 21:02.940 --> 21:05.940 See, you're pretty particular, honey. Okay. 21:05.940 --> 21:09.940 It's exactly 7.26. Not good enough for you? 21:09.940 --> 21:12.940 Four minutes. I've got to leave. 21:12.940 --> 21:15.940 You've got to help me out of here right now. Do you understand? Right now. 21:15.940 --> 21:17.940 Help me up, I tell you. 21:17.940 --> 21:21.940 Well, okay, honey. Okay. Don't get so upset. Here. 21:21.940 --> 21:23.940 Oh, thank you. 21:23.940 --> 21:25.940 Well, here you are, girls. Here's your drink. 21:25.940 --> 21:26.940 No, thanks. I don't care. 21:26.940 --> 21:28.940 Come on, sit down and drink it. Do you do it? 21:28.940 --> 21:29.940 No, please. 21:29.940 --> 21:30.940 I said sit down. 21:30.940 --> 21:32.940 Oh, why'd you want to push her, Harry? 21:32.940 --> 21:34.940 Well, what's with this babe anyway? 21:34.940 --> 21:37.940 I don't know, but she don't look so hot to me. Maybe we ought to send for a doctor. 21:37.940 --> 21:39.940 I don't need a doctor. 21:39.940 --> 21:43.940 Hey, wait a minute. I just figured out what's wrong with you. 21:43.940 --> 21:46.940 What? You're unhappy. That's what's wrong. 21:46.940 --> 21:50.940 And that's something I can't stand to see anybody unhappy. 21:50.940 --> 21:52.940 Well, we've got just the thing for that, Eva and me. 21:52.940 --> 21:54.940 We'll give you a little routine. 21:54.940 --> 21:56.940 Yes, sir. It'll snap you right out of it in no time. 21:56.940 --> 21:57.940 Come on, Eva. 21:57.940 --> 22:00.940 Oh, I'm just wild about Harry. 22:00.940 --> 22:01.940 Come on, Eva. Come on. 22:01.940 --> 22:04.940 Oh, I'm just wild about Harry. 22:04.940 --> 22:07.940 And Harry's wild about me. 22:07.940 --> 22:08.940 Now watch this stuff, honey. 22:08.940 --> 22:10.940 Those heavenly pieces. 22:10.940 --> 22:13.940 Stop it! Stop it! 22:13.940 --> 22:16.940 Well, how about that? How about that? 22:16.940 --> 22:18.940 We're giving her class and all she can say is stop that now. 22:18.940 --> 22:19.940 Look here, sister. 22:19.940 --> 22:21.940 Oh, let her alone, Harry. Can't you see she don't feel s... 22:21.940 --> 22:24.940 Here, honey. You let me help you. 22:24.940 --> 22:25.940 There. 22:25.940 --> 22:29.940 Now, the door. Maybe. Maybe what you need is a drink. 22:29.940 --> 22:31.940 Well, what do you think I offered her a couple of minutes ago? 22:31.940 --> 22:34.940 That ain't what she needs. She's loaded already. What she needs is air. 22:34.940 --> 22:37.940 Air. That's right. Air. What I need is some air. 22:37.940 --> 22:39.940 Let's go out and get some air. 22:39.940 --> 22:41.940 Well, what's wrong with just opening the window? 22:41.940 --> 22:43.940 Oh. 22:43.940 --> 22:46.940 Ha-ha! Hey, Eva. Look. 22:46.940 --> 22:50.940 Terry and that new boyfriend getting out of a cab. 22:50.940 --> 22:51.940 Now we can have a party. 22:51.940 --> 22:54.940 I don't want a party. I want to get out right now. 22:54.940 --> 22:56.940 Can't you understand? Get me out of here. 22:56.940 --> 22:58.940 Harry, maybe we better get her out of here. 22:58.940 --> 22:59.940 I'm kind of worried about her. 22:59.940 --> 23:01.940 Yes, we must get out. 23:01.940 --> 23:03.940 We got to help her downstairs, Harry. 23:03.940 --> 23:06.940 Oh, how come we always get tangled up with freaks like this? 23:06.940 --> 23:07.940 Please help me. 23:07.940 --> 23:08.940 Come on, Harry. Come on. 23:08.940 --> 23:14.940 Oh. 23:14.940 --> 23:16.940 And finally we were out in the hall, 23:16.940 --> 23:18.940 and Harry started to ring for the elevator. 23:18.940 --> 23:21.940 Only John would be coming up on the elevator. 23:21.940 --> 23:23.940 I insisted we take the stairs. 23:23.940 --> 23:25.940 Told them elevators made me dizzy. 23:25.940 --> 23:28.940 I knew they thought I was crazy, but I didn't care what they thought. 23:28.940 --> 23:32.940 Just as we reached the lobby, I caught sight of John's gray coat 23:32.940 --> 23:36.940 disappearing into the elevator, and she was right behind him. 23:36.940 --> 23:39.940 Even Harry tried to drag me with them to the bar down the street, 23:39.940 --> 23:42.940 but I refused, and they went on without me. 23:42.940 --> 23:44.940 I waited in the lobby. 23:44.940 --> 23:48.940 The indicator over the elevator door stopped at the fifth floor. 23:48.940 --> 23:52.940 They were just getting out of the elevator, 23:52.940 --> 23:56.940 and now they must be walking down the hall. 23:56.940 --> 24:00.940 I could almost see John fitting the key. 24:00.940 --> 24:09.940 I walked quietly out of the hotel lobby to my car down the street. 24:09.940 --> 24:12.940 I felt better now. 24:12.940 --> 24:37.940 As I let myself in the front door, I knew I'd done everything right. 24:37.940 --> 24:41.940 I'd been clever, and now there was only one thing to remember. 24:41.940 --> 24:46.940 I must act shocked when they call me to tell me John is dead. 24:46.940 --> 24:48.940 John! 24:48.940 --> 24:49.940 Hello, dear. 24:49.940 --> 24:50.940 John! 24:50.940 --> 24:52.940 Yes, I came back for my coat. 24:52.940 --> 24:55.940 Incidentally, where is it? The gray one. 24:55.940 --> 24:58.940 I was positive it was in the hall closet, but I can't find it. 24:58.940 --> 25:00.940 Who could have taken it? 25:00.940 --> 25:02.940 Did someone borrow it? 25:02.940 --> 25:05.940 Darling, what's the matter? 25:05.940 --> 25:07.940 I thought you... 25:07.940 --> 25:09.940 Where have you been, dear? 25:09.940 --> 25:11.940 Oh, you shouldn't worry me like this. 25:11.940 --> 25:14.940 You didn't have your coat? 25:14.940 --> 25:15.940 But I just told you. 25:15.940 --> 25:20.940 I started on my trip and discovered I left it behind, so I came back for it. 25:20.940 --> 25:24.940 Please, dear, you mustn't get so upset about trifles. 25:24.940 --> 25:29.940 You're not well, and here you go running around when you're not supposed to leave the house. 25:29.940 --> 25:32.940 Really, I've tried to be considerate with you, but I... 25:32.940 --> 25:35.940 You have been considerate, John. 25:35.940 --> 25:38.940 Very considerate. 25:38.940 --> 25:41.940 You've been a perfect husband. 25:46.940 --> 25:49.940 The police will be here any minute. 25:49.940 --> 25:52.940 When I called, they said they'd be right over. 25:52.940 --> 25:55.940 It's strange how it all worked out. 25:55.940 --> 26:02.940 He intended to make a lot of money off me, but I never had a chance to give him the 500. 26:02.940 --> 26:08.940 He thought he was so clever, but all he made was expenses. 26:09.940 --> 26:11.940 And I... 26:11.940 --> 26:15.940 I thought I was being clever, too. 26:16.940 --> 26:19.940 I killed two people. 26:19.940 --> 26:23.940 Terry Williams and her boyfriend. 26:23.940 --> 26:32.940 Skit web. 26:37.940 --> 26:40.940 Thank you, Claire Trevor, for a splendid performance. 26:40.940 --> 26:41.940 Oh, Miss Trevor. 26:41.940 --> 26:42.940 Yes, Mr. Wilcox. 26:42.940 --> 26:44.940 Remember what you said at rehearsal? 26:44.940 --> 26:48.940 You mean that some women don't know a spark plug from a hill of beans? 26:48.940 --> 26:49.940 That's right. 26:49.940 --> 26:52.940 Well, just in case you're one of those women, I went out to my car and got a spark plug. 26:52.940 --> 26:53.940 Oh. 26:53.940 --> 26:55.940 Now, you see how you can tell the difference? 26:55.940 --> 26:57.940 Oh, why, of course. 26:57.940 --> 27:01.940 On this spark plug you handed me, it plainly says, auto light resistor. 27:01.940 --> 27:04.940 And I doubt whether a hill of beans is marked at all. 27:04.940 --> 27:05.940 I doubt it, too. 27:05.940 --> 27:10.940 And besides, a hill of beans is not made by Auto Light, which makes more than 400 products 27:10.940 --> 27:15.940 for cars, trucks, airplanes, and boats in 28 auto light plants from coast to coast. 27:15.940 --> 27:18.940 Yes, sir, and Auto Light also makes complete electrical systems 27:18.940 --> 27:20.940 for many makes of America's finest cars. 27:20.940 --> 27:24.940 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, coils, distributors. 27:24.940 --> 27:29.940 All engineered to fit together perfectly, work together perfectly, because they're a perfect team. 27:29.940 --> 27:33.940 So, folks, don't accept electrical parts that are supposed to be as good. 27:33.940 --> 27:36.940 Ask for and insist on Auto Light original factory parts 27:36.940 --> 27:40.940 at your neighborhood service station, car dealer, garage, or repair shop. 27:40.940 --> 27:43.940 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 27:43.940 --> 27:53.940 And now here again is Miss Claire Trevor. 27:53.940 --> 27:58.940 It's been a pleasure to appear here tonight with this great cast of suspense actors and actresses. 27:58.940 --> 28:01.940 And I'm expecting almost as much pleasure from listening next week 28:01.940 --> 28:07.940 when radio's outstanding theater of thrills brings you Jimmy Stewart in Revenge, 28:07.940 --> 28:10.940 another gripping study in... 28:10.940 --> 28:16.940 Suspense! 28:16.940 --> 28:19.940 Claire Trevor will soon be seen co-starring with Fred McMurray 28:19.940 --> 28:22.940 in Borderline Productions forthcoming picture, Borderline. 28:22.940 --> 28:25.940 Tonight's suspense play was written by Richard Vodra 28:25.940 --> 28:29.940 with music composed by Lucian Morrowak and conducted by Leith Stevens. 28:29.940 --> 28:33.940 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Lieder. 28:33.940 --> 28:37.940 In the coming weeks, suspense will present such stars as Frederick March, Joan Crawford, 28:37.940 --> 28:40.940 Agnes Moorhead, John Lund, and many others. 28:40.940 --> 28:43.940 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense! 28:43.940 --> 28:46.940 Radio's Outstanding! Theater of Thrills. 28:46.940 --> 28:53.940 And next Thursday same time here, James Stewart in Revenge. 28:53.940 --> 28:56.940 You can buy Auto Light resistor spark plugs, Auto Light staple batteries, 28:56.940 --> 29:00.940 Auto Light electrical parts at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers. 29:00.940 --> 29:02.940 Switch to Auto Light. Good night. 29:02.940 --> 29:07.940 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.