WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.320 Suspense. 00:04.320 --> 00:24.320 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Ms. Lucille Ball and Mr. Desi Arnaz in The 00:24.320 --> 00:29.120 Red-Headed Woman, a suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. 00:29.120 --> 00:36.000 Well, Hap, are you over your cold? 00:36.000 --> 00:38.640 Oh no, Harlow, I still feel run down. 00:38.640 --> 00:43.440 Hey, watch your words. We're on for Auto Light's stay full batteries, remember? And Auto Light 00:43.440 --> 00:48.640 has done everything to keep these brawny bundles of endless energy from running down. Why, Auto 00:48.640 --> 00:53.360 Light's stay full batteries have extra water reserve above the plates to foil failure from 00:53.360 --> 00:58.800 lack of liquid. Need water only three times a year in normal car use. They've even got fiberglass 00:58.800 --> 01:04.880 retaining mats at every positive plate for longer battery life. Why, in recent tests based on SAE 01:04.880 --> 01:09.840 life cycle standards, Auto Light stay full batteries gave 70 percent longer average life 01:09.840 --> 01:15.200 than batteries without stay full features. So friends, see your Auto Light battery dealer 01:15.200 --> 01:20.480 and get an Auto Light stay full battery for your car. You're always right with Auto Light. 01:21.680 --> 01:27.120 And now with The Red-Headed Woman and with the performance of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, 01:27.120 --> 01:30.960 Auto Light hopes once again to keep you in suspense. 01:39.680 --> 01:46.960 Jensen Corporation. Hello? Hello, Linda? Yes, oh hello Frank. Look darling, I thought I told 01:46.960 --> 01:50.640 you not to come. I know, I shouldn't call you at the office. I'm sorry Red-Head, but 01:51.200 --> 01:56.720 I had to talk to you. You see, I... Darling, you sound so grim. Is there anything wrong? 01:56.720 --> 02:03.600 I... Oh, this is going to be tough Linda, but you see I... Well, it's kind of hard to explain, but... 02:04.160 --> 02:08.720 Well go on dear, you can tell me anything, you know that. Oh, you're sure swell Linda. 02:09.280 --> 02:15.920 That's why it's so hard to tell you. I... Frank, you haven't committed a murder or anything, have you? 02:15.920 --> 02:23.040 No, no, of course not. Well, what is it then? Linda, please, I tried to tell you last night. I 02:23.040 --> 02:30.240 know it's hard to justify, but... But what? Frank, you've met someone else, is that it? 02:31.280 --> 02:39.280 Yes, Linda, I'm sorry. Oh, it's quite all right. Is she blonde or brunette? Oh honestly, honey, 02:39.280 --> 02:46.080 I... Linda, I couldn't help it. It was one of these things. It just happens. Sometimes things do. 02:46.080 --> 02:53.440 Well, you don't have to explain, Frank. I'll send your ring back this afternoon. I hope it fits her. Good luck. 02:58.880 --> 03:04.640 Tears came, and then I tried to laugh it off, and then I felt myself getting good and mad. 03:04.640 --> 03:10.400 What a fool I'd been. For two years, my every thought, my every move had been patterned toward 03:10.400 --> 03:16.320 Frank's wishes and welfare. Other girls, the selfish type, were holding their men. It was... 03:17.200 --> 03:22.720 Well, I made up my mind that the future would be different. From that minute on, I'd think of myself 03:22.720 --> 03:28.560 first, last, and always. Suddenly, I wanted to get away, do things, have beautiful clothes, money, 03:29.280 --> 03:34.320 especially money. I suppose it's a kind of independence any woman wants to grab for in 03:34.320 --> 03:41.600 a moment like that, when she's found out you can't depend on a man. Oh, good morning, Linda. Oh, 03:41.600 --> 03:49.200 good morning, Mr. Jensen. Yeah. Feeling all right? Of course. Why shouldn't I? Well, I don't know. 03:49.200 --> 03:56.240 You just seemed a little despondent. No, I'm fine. Good, good, good. Oh, will you put this away for me? 03:56.240 --> 04:00.960 What? Payroll money? Well, it's only the fifth, isn't it? I'm going to Florida for a couple of 04:00.960 --> 04:06.080 weeks, Linda. Oh. I drew the payroll money today because I'm leaving tomorrow. That sounds wonderful. 04:06.080 --> 04:12.400 Yes, doesn't it? I've been thinking about it for years. See, why don't you take a few days off 04:12.400 --> 04:18.720 while I'm gone, Linda? What? Why don't you, Linda? It's a good idea. Certainly, I won't be needing you. 04:18.720 --> 04:24.720 Well, I could come in on the 14th and handle the payroll. Oh, you needn't bother. I can get Walter's. 04:24.720 --> 04:28.800 Well, he's pretty busy, Mr. Jensen. I'll come back and handle it. I'll just be in the country 04:28.800 --> 04:38.400 somewhere close by. Thank you, Mr. Jensen. Looking back, I suppose I thought of stealing 04:38.400 --> 04:44.640 the payroll right then. I must have. For a few minutes after Mr. Jensen left, I visualized how 04:44.640 --> 04:51.120 easy it would be. Only he and I had the combination to the safe. He'd be far away in Florida for two 04:51.120 --> 04:56.400 whole weeks. I could leave the next day. I could have at least 10 days before anyone could find out 04:56.400 --> 05:02.960 anything was wrong. I thought about Frank and that brush-off he'd given me. How easily I might forget 05:02.960 --> 05:08.720 him in new surroundings. Well, when I closed the office that evening, I took the envelope with 05:08.720 --> 05:18.080 $21,000 in bills and stuffed it into my handbag. Then, I don't know why, I took the gun Mr. Jensen 05:18.080 --> 05:31.120 always kept in the safe. Next morning, I left Kansas City and began driving west. By the next 05:31.120 --> 05:36.880 afternoon, I was well into Texas on the inland route. I knew vaguely that I had to get across 05:36.880 --> 05:43.440 the border, but the actual fact that I was a criminal hadn't quite percolated yet. A few miles 05:43.440 --> 05:48.800 out of Big Spring, the weather changed and dark gray clouds replaced the blue skies. Then, I came 05:48.800 --> 05:54.320 to a roadblock and I had to detour. It was a winding makeshift road of dirt that stretched on 05:54.320 --> 05:59.120 and on for miles. I hated going so slow, but there wasn't anything I could do about it, so 05:59.120 --> 06:03.440 I switched on the radio and tried to feel comfortable and forget what I had done. 06:05.280 --> 06:09.200 Then, a few drops of rain splashed against the windshield and I hoped that I'd make the main 06:09.200 --> 06:15.360 highway before it really let loose. It was then that I heard the announcement. This afternoon, 06:15.360 --> 06:19.920 in one of the most daring daylight holdups in Texas history, the seventh bank of Abilene was 06:19.920 --> 06:26.160 robbed of $40,000. As far as is known, only two persons participated. A tall, dark complexion 06:26.160 --> 06:31.680 young man wearing a light gray suit and hat and an attractive red-haired woman dressed in a green 06:31.680 --> 06:36.720 suit. In affecting their successful getaway, one of them shot and critically wounded an elderly 06:36.720 --> 06:42.400 bank guard, a veteran of World War I. The couple left in a green panel truck and are believed 06:42.400 --> 06:46.160 headed in the general direction of El Paso. More news after our next music. 06:47.840 --> 06:54.160 Well, these were worse criminals than I was by far and they made a getaway. I shut off the radio. 06:54.880 --> 06:59.440 To my right, black letters loomed suddenly against the yellow background of a sign. 06:59.440 --> 07:05.120 Midland, Odessa, Pecos. I slowed down to 30 rounding a series of blind curves. 07:05.120 --> 07:08.240 Coming around the last one, I saw a man standing in the middle of the road. 07:08.240 --> 07:14.240 I jammed down my brakes to keep from hitting him. He started walking toward me. 07:14.240 --> 07:18.000 I'm very sorry to bother you this way, but my car is out of gas and I was wondering, 07:18.000 --> 07:20.640 could you perhaps let me siphon a little from your tank? 07:20.640 --> 07:22.240 Well, sorry, but I'm low myself. 07:22.240 --> 07:24.960 Oh, please don't be like that. I've been waiting here for hours. 07:24.960 --> 07:27.040 You're the first car I've seen. I would just take a little. 07:27.040 --> 07:28.400 Well, I can't. Honestly, I... 07:28.400 --> 07:32.880 All right, all right. Then perhaps you would be so kind as to give me a little lift to the next gas 07:32.880 --> 07:38.560 station. Oh, come on now. Don't you believe in the good neighbor policy? 07:38.560 --> 07:41.520 Well, all right. Get in. 07:41.520 --> 07:47.120 Thanks. Thanks a lot. We'll find a gas station right down here someplace. 07:47.120 --> 07:48.640 I wouldn't even take you out of your way. 07:48.640 --> 07:51.200 Oh, that's all right. I'm going in the general direction of... 07:52.400 --> 07:52.900 Of... 07:53.680 --> 07:54.480 El Paso? 07:55.360 --> 07:56.160 El Paso. 07:56.160 --> 08:00.960 It all came together suddenly. The radio announcement and this man who was just sitting 08:00.960 --> 08:06.000 down beside me. He fitted perfectly. Dark complexion, light gray suit. 08:06.640 --> 08:11.760 I glance at the car parked by the side of the road. Yes, it was a green panel truck. 08:12.480 --> 08:13.760 Well, senorita? 08:13.760 --> 08:18.080 Look, I'm terribly sorry, but I don't think I can take you after all. You see, I... 08:18.080 --> 08:22.080 Oh, now please. I have been marooned here for two hours. It's very important. 08:22.080 --> 08:26.400 That I get to Pecos in the next two hours. Oh, and where are you going after that? 08:26.400 --> 08:31.600 Me? I'm going to travel all over. After Pecos, I'm going to be there down to Juarez. 08:31.600 --> 08:34.000 That's across the border. From there, we're going... 08:34.000 --> 08:38.080 Yeah, that's what I thought. Look, I would like to pay you for helping me. 08:39.200 --> 08:43.200 He drew a sheaf with new bills from his pocket and dropped a fresh 20 into my lap. 08:44.000 --> 08:48.640 I opened my handbag and my fingers closed around Mr. Jensen's gun. He looked at me and said, 08:48.640 --> 08:52.320 Hey, what? I said, I've changed my mind. 08:52.320 --> 08:58.320 Okay, okay. That's the way you feel. I don't argue with a girl who's got a gun. 08:58.320 --> 09:03.200 I didn't even wait for him to close the door. I let out the clutch, stepped on the gas and got away fast. 09:08.000 --> 09:12.000 When I finally reached the highway, I speeded up still more. I'd had a bad scare. 09:12.720 --> 09:15.440 I wanted to talk to someone about anything and forget that man. 09:15.440 --> 09:23.440 Maybe that was why I was so relieved when I came to the little town of Pecos and saw the carnival a short distance ahead and why I stopped to look at it. 09:23.440 --> 09:31.440 Even from the car, the bright lights and the people and the carousel, gaily painted horses going round and round made me feel less lonely. 09:31.440 --> 09:37.440 I wanted to get out and mingle with the people and drink some pink lemonade and buy a red-candied apple. 09:37.440 --> 09:19.840 Go in one of the midway tents and see Tortoro the sword swallower and Lopez the 09:19.840 --> 09:23.360 Ventriloquist. but instead I ate a hot dog in the car and bought a really nice flat. 09:23.360 --> 09:27.360 a short distance ahead and why I stopped to look at it. 09:27.360 --> 09:30.560 Even from the car, the bright lights and the people and the carousel, 09:30.560 --> 09:35.200 gaily painted horses going round and round made me feel less lonely. 09:35.200 --> 09:38.480 I wanted to get out and mingle with the people and drink some pink lemonade and 09:38.480 --> 09:42.800 buy a red candied apple, go in one of the midway tents and see 09:42.800 --> 09:47.040 Tortoro the sword swallower and Lopez the ventriloquist. 09:47.040 --> 09:51.120 But instead I ate a hot dog in the car and bought a silver ashtray from a little 09:51.120 --> 09:56.640 Indian girl. Then a sudden burst of thunder reminded me of the approaching storm. 09:56.640 --> 10:01.440 I started the car and left the carnival behind me. 10:04.000 --> 10:09.360 Soon afterwards it began to rain. Then a cloud burst hit. 10:12.560 --> 10:18.480 15 minutes later I spotted an autocorps. As I came to a stop a gray mustached man 10:18.480 --> 10:21.600 in a rubber hat and raincoat came out to meet me. 10:21.600 --> 10:24.000 Hello, how far to El Paso please? 10:24.000 --> 10:26.000 Not planning to go there tonight are you? 10:26.000 --> 10:26.500 Well I... 10:26.500 --> 10:31.120 Oh you never make it. A lot of bad spots in the road. I know because in rainy nights I always 10:31.120 --> 10:34.320 pick up a lot of money pulling stalled cars out of the mud. 10:34.320 --> 10:38.320 Well maybe I'd better spend the night here then if you have a vacancy. 10:38.320 --> 10:42.880 I've got more vacancies than anything else. I'll fix you up with the best cabin on the place. 10:42.880 --> 10:46.320 Used to living in it myself. Come on I'll show you it's number three. 10:46.320 --> 10:48.880 Oh it sounds fine. Do you mind if I use your phone first? 10:48.880 --> 10:51.360 No go ahead, go ahead. There's a booth over there right next to the office. 10:51.360 --> 10:51.860 Thank you. 10:52.560 --> 10:57.120 I'll open the cabin door and leave the key on the treasure. You can put the car in the shed there. 10:59.520 --> 11:02.880 I was going to phone the El Paso police and tell them where I'd last seen the man 11:02.880 --> 11:07.760 answering the description of the Abilene bank robber. I dialed and waited for her to answer. 11:13.440 --> 11:14.160 Operator? 11:14.160 --> 11:17.200 And then I remembered something. There should have been a woman too. 11:17.760 --> 11:20.320 A woman with red hair but the man had been alone. 11:20.320 --> 11:20.820 Operator? 11:21.440 --> 11:24.400 After all there was more than one green truck in the world. 11:25.040 --> 11:26.400 More than one dark young man. 11:26.400 --> 11:27.280 Operator? 11:27.280 --> 11:32.800 Besides I thought with a shock. I'm in no position to risk there maybe tracing the call 11:32.800 --> 11:39.040 and finding out my name and investigating me. I hung up the receiver. I went out and 11:39.040 --> 11:44.080 wheedled a cup of coffee and a donut out of my host and then I went up to my cabin and went to bed. 11:49.680 --> 11:54.560 I woke up about 10 o'clock. A car had driven up and stopped right outside my window. 11:54.560 --> 11:59.200 The headlights were shining in. When I got up to pull down the shade I saw the car. 12:00.000 --> 12:05.520 It was the green panel truck I'd seen on the road and this time a woman was in the front seat. 12:05.520 --> 12:08.320 Then the proprietor and the other man came out of the cabin next to mine. 12:08.320 --> 12:10.560 All right. I lowered my shade and then listened. 12:10.560 --> 12:13.840 Away to the storm is over and then I'll go on to El Paso. 12:13.840 --> 12:15.760 Is it all right if I leave my truck out here? 12:15.760 --> 12:18.240 Sure. There's a guy rushing back. Do you want to use it? 12:18.240 --> 12:20.880 No thanks. I'll just park it here near to the door. 12:23.120 --> 12:27.360 I heard him enter his cabin. I locked my door and sat down on the bed. 12:28.560 --> 12:33.120 It was very quiet next door. Finally I guess I must have dozed off. 12:33.120 --> 12:40.320 But then all of a sudden I was awake again. Voices, a man's and a woman's were coming from the cabin next door. 12:41.200 --> 12:44.160 I got up, opened my window very quietly and listened. 12:44.160 --> 12:48.640 It's not my fault. It's mine Jose. I don't think you had better forget that. 12:48.640 --> 12:50.880 If you do you will be sorry. Very sorry. 12:50.880 --> 12:53.680 You are wrong Carmencita. It will not be me who is sorry. 12:53.680 --> 12:54.720 What do you mean? 12:54.720 --> 12:57.120 It shouldn't be difficult for you to figure that out. 12:57.120 --> 13:01.200 You mean? Oh my that is so funny. 13:01.200 --> 13:07.040 You couldn't get along without me. No. Not even for one week. Not one week. 13:09.040 --> 13:11.520 I would not laugh if I were you Carmen. 13:14.000 --> 13:19.520 Wait Jose. Don't do it. You're just trying to be funny. No. You must. 13:19.520 --> 13:22.560 Don't do it. Jose no. Please don't. 13:25.040 --> 13:29.040 After that everything was quiet. I was stunned. Frozen. 13:29.040 --> 13:33.040 Then I heard his door open. I hurried to my window and carefully raised the shade a few inches. 13:33.040 --> 13:37.040 It was quite dark and at first I could only hear his footsteps. 13:37.040 --> 13:41.040 And then I saw him. He snapped on a flashlight. Looked around with it. 13:41.040 --> 13:45.040 He was carrying a roll of blankets and he put it down carefully in the wet grass. 13:45.040 --> 13:49.040 Then he opened the rear door of the green panel truck. 13:49.040 --> 13:51.040 There was a long oblong box on the floor. 13:51.040 --> 13:55.040 He stooped over and lifted what I thought was the roll of blankets. 13:55.040 --> 13:57.040 But I was wrong. 13:57.040 --> 14:03.040 From one end a head was visible. A woman's head. With red hair. 14:03.040 --> 14:07.040 I must have thrown up my hands and hit the window shade. It clattered to the top. 14:07.040 --> 14:10.040 In the tense silence of the night it sounded like a machine gun. 14:10.040 --> 14:15.040 The man outside spun around. He trained his flashlight on me. 14:15.040 --> 14:17.040 He took a long look. 14:17.040 --> 14:22.040 Then he turned around and dropped his gruesome bundle into the oblong box. 14:22.040 --> 14:24.040 I turned away. I couldn't look anymore. 14:24.040 --> 14:28.040 Finally I heard him walk toward his cabin. Go inside and shut the door. 14:28.040 --> 14:34.040 Then I took a chance. I threw on my raincoat and shoes and hurried to the proprietor's office. 14:34.040 --> 14:38.040 I knocked on his door and called to him. There was no answer. 14:38.040 --> 14:42.040 So I wrote a quick note and slipped it under his door and hurried back to my cabin. 14:42.040 --> 14:46.040 I closed my door and was just fumbling with the key when the lights went on. 14:46.040 --> 14:50.040 No use to lock it now, senorita. And don't make a noise. 14:50.040 --> 14:56.040 He was sitting in a chair smiling, casually pointing a gun at me. 14:56.040 --> 14:59.040 My gun that I'd foolishly left on the dresser. 14:59.040 --> 15:04.040 You were not so very smart, were you, sweetheart? This gun, it looks nice. 15:04.040 --> 15:09.040 I think you handle it good, too. I almost found out this afternoon on the road, didn't I? 15:09.040 --> 15:14.040 Now look, I wasn't going to use it, honestly, but, well, you know, you read a lot in the papers 15:14.040 --> 15:17.040 about the trouble people get into picking up strangers and I... 15:17.040 --> 15:23.040 Yes, yes, sure, sure. You're always careful. Stay out of trouble. Mind your own business. 15:23.040 --> 15:25.040 That is very good to remember, senorita. 15:25.040 --> 15:28.040 Well, that's all I was doing. Well, what do you want with me? 15:28.040 --> 15:32.040 It's just too bad you looked out on me just now. I wouldn't have known you were here. 15:32.040 --> 15:37.040 I didn't mean to spy on you. I was awake and when I heard a noise outside, I looked out. 15:37.040 --> 15:39.040 That's all. That was natural, wasn't it? 15:39.040 --> 15:42.040 Maybe, but it didn't turn out so good for you, did it? 15:42.040 --> 15:45.040 Come on now. We're getting out of here and you are coming with me. 15:45.040 --> 15:47.040 But where are we going? 15:47.040 --> 15:52.040 Just places, senorita. Just places. Come on now. 15:52.040 --> 15:55.040 But what do you want with me? You don't want me. 15:55.040 --> 16:01.040 Don't want you? Why, I'm crazy for you. I've been looking for you. 16:01.040 --> 16:20.040 I've been looking for somebody just like you. 16:20.040 --> 16:25.040 Auto Light is bringing you Miss Lucille Ball and Mr. Desi Arnaz in The Red-Headed Woman. 16:25.040 --> 16:37.040 Tonight's production in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 16:37.040 --> 16:38.040 Feeling better, Hap? 16:38.040 --> 16:42.040 No, Harlow, I think I'll take the vacation my doctor advised. 16:42.040 --> 16:43.040 Decided where you'll go? 16:43.040 --> 16:44.040 Not yet. 16:44.040 --> 16:47.040 Well, how about the Atlantic Ocean or the Great Lakes or the Mississippi River? 16:47.040 --> 16:48.040 Say, that's a lot of water. 16:48.040 --> 16:57.040 Right, it'll remind you of Auto Light's stay full batteries, that they have longer and larger liquid reserve above the plates as compared to ordinary batteries. 16:57.040 --> 17:00.040 Need water only three times a year in normal car use. 17:00.040 --> 17:05.040 Or hey, better still, Hap, visit the zoo, see the camels. Tell them Wilcox sent you. 17:05.040 --> 17:13.040 What? And get tossed out on my ear for suggesting that Auto Light's stay full batteries can go without water longer than camels can? 17:13.040 --> 17:19.040 Well, tell them about those fiberglass retaining mats protecting every positive plate for longer battery life. 17:19.040 --> 17:30.040 Tell them that in recent tests based on SAE life cycle standards, Auto Light's stay full batteries gave 70% longer average life than batteries without stay full features. 17:30.040 --> 17:38.040 Well, wherever you go, Hap, take along an Auto Light's stay full battery. You're always right with Auto Light. 17:38.040 --> 17:47.040 And now Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, our stars, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in The Red-Headed Woman. 17:47.040 --> 17:55.040 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 17:55.040 --> 18:00.040 It was quite a moment. Jose motioned with a gun for me to pick up my suitcase. 18:00.040 --> 18:02.040 And right then the door opened and the proprietor came in. 18:02.040 --> 18:04.040 I got your note, Miss. 18:04.040 --> 18:07.040 Well, what's all this? What's the gun for, mister? 18:07.040 --> 18:12.040 Oh, what, uh, um, belongs to the lady. She was just showing it to me. 18:12.040 --> 18:19.040 Oh, yeah? Well, yes. Yes, that's right. I'll take it back now. 18:19.040 --> 18:24.040 Miss, men bothering you, miss, is that why you left the note? 18:24.040 --> 18:29.040 I remembered my position again. I thought of the 21,000 in my handbag. 18:29.040 --> 18:33.040 I wanted this murderer locked up, but I didn't want to risk too much investigation. 18:33.040 --> 18:35.040 I wasn't bothering her. 18:35.040 --> 18:38.040 No, no, I just thought I heard someone at the window. 18:38.040 --> 18:43.040 And when I couldn't find you, I went next door and this gentleman was kind enough to... 18:43.040 --> 18:47.040 Yes, I owe you an apology, mister, but I don't know when I saw you with a gun. 18:47.040 --> 18:50.040 It's okay, it's okay. Forget it. Forget it, amigo. 18:50.040 --> 18:54.040 Sure. Well, good night. 18:54.040 --> 18:56.040 All right, you. You stand over there. 18:56.040 --> 19:02.040 Well, I guess you must be crazy for me, eh? To lie for me like you did? 19:02.040 --> 19:07.040 No, I'm just fond of myself. Things have kind of changed, haven't they, Jose? 19:07.040 --> 19:09.040 Oh, you know my name, too. 19:09.040 --> 19:11.040 I know all about you. 19:11.040 --> 19:15.040 Really? Yes, I guess things have changed. 19:15.040 --> 19:18.040 All right, now. That was a good idea you had before about leaving here. 19:18.040 --> 19:20.040 Come on, pick up my suitcase. 19:20.040 --> 19:22.040 Yes, ma'am. Where are we going? 19:22.040 --> 19:29.040 Like you said, places, Jose. Just places. Now walk quietly. My car's right outside. 19:29.040 --> 19:32.040 Anything you say, senorita. 19:37.040 --> 19:41.040 He drove while I held the gun. After we'd gone about five miles, we came to a side road. 19:41.040 --> 19:43.040 I told him to turn. 19:43.040 --> 19:46.040 It's a pretty deserted neighborhood, no? Yes. 19:46.040 --> 19:48.040 Please tell me, where are we going? 19:48.040 --> 19:50.040 Oh, you're not going very far. 19:50.040 --> 19:53.040 You know, I wish you didn't make me leave my truck back there. 19:53.040 --> 19:56.040 Oh, you're worried about what's in that pile of blankets, huh? 19:56.040 --> 20:01.040 Yes, that's right. Somebody might find her. Senorita, please. 20:01.040 --> 20:02.040 Not a chance. 20:02.040 --> 20:06.040 Oh, look, now, why don't we talk this thing over? I think maybe we could. 20:06.040 --> 20:08.040 Uh-uh, uh-uh. I'm not buying a thing. 20:08.040 --> 20:11.040 Well, I certainly hope you know what you're doing. 20:13.040 --> 20:16.040 Uh-oh. I'm sorry, but we're stuck in the mud. 20:16.040 --> 20:20.040 Oh, well, that's a very fancy trick, but it won't work. 20:20.040 --> 20:21.040 You don't believe me? No. 20:21.040 --> 20:23.040 Well, then get out and see for yourself. 20:23.040 --> 20:26.040 And have you drive off and leave me? Oh, no, thanks. 20:26.040 --> 20:28.040 Come on, start the car. 20:28.040 --> 20:31.040 But I'm telling you the truth, we're stuck in this ditch. 20:31.040 --> 20:33.040 You better start the car, mister. 20:33.040 --> 20:35.040 Okay, okay, anything you say. 20:44.040 --> 20:46.040 You see? Try it again. 20:46.040 --> 20:53.040 All right, but it only got us in deeper. 20:55.040 --> 20:57.040 Well, what do we do next? 20:59.040 --> 21:01.040 You run in the show. You tell me. 21:01.040 --> 21:04.040 Okay, I'll tell you. Get out of the car. 21:06.040 --> 21:07.040 What do I do now? 21:07.040 --> 21:10.040 Pick up some broken branches and put them under the wheels. 21:10.040 --> 21:12.040 Like I said, you are running the show. 21:12.040 --> 21:14.040 No, no, never mind. It's too dark. I can't see you. 21:14.040 --> 21:16.040 Get back in the car here. 21:16.040 --> 21:17.040 Well, you give up too easy. 21:17.040 --> 21:19.040 Why don't you think of using a flashlight? 21:19.040 --> 21:21.040 I don't have one. 21:21.040 --> 21:25.040 Well, maybe if you ask me real nice, I will let you use mine. 21:25.040 --> 21:27.040 Where is it? 21:27.040 --> 21:29.040 It's here, in my coat pocket. 21:29.040 --> 21:33.040 All right, senorita, drop the gun. Quickly. 21:34.040 --> 21:36.040 It was over in a second. 21:36.040 --> 21:39.040 Before I knew it, he'd reached in his pocket and jumped behind me. 21:39.040 --> 21:42.040 I'd forgotten the most important thing of all. 21:42.040 --> 21:43.040 I hadn't searched him. 21:43.040 --> 21:45.040 I could feel the gun against my back. 21:46.040 --> 21:49.040 Now you're going to get into the car. Hurry. 21:49.040 --> 21:51.040 Yes, sir. 21:53.040 --> 21:55.040 Now you will drive for a while, no? 21:55.040 --> 21:57.040 But I thought we were stuck. 21:57.040 --> 21:59.040 That is exactly what I wanted you to think. 21:59.040 --> 22:02.040 Good, huh? Start the car. 22:09.040 --> 22:11.040 You know, senorita, 22:11.040 --> 22:13.040 you should have searched me before we started. 22:13.040 --> 22:15.040 Yes, I've already figured that out. 22:15.040 --> 22:17.040 But this whole thing is kind of new to me. 22:17.040 --> 22:19.040 Oh, come on, let's quit the kidding. 22:19.040 --> 22:21.040 You know, I think you would have been very surprised 22:21.040 --> 22:24.040 if you would have searched me. You know why? 22:24.040 --> 22:26.040 Nothing would surprise me. 22:26.040 --> 22:27.040 Oh, I think so. 22:27.040 --> 22:29.040 Because you wouldn't have found any gun. 22:29.040 --> 22:31.040 Only this. 22:31.040 --> 22:33.040 A flashlight. 22:34.040 --> 22:37.040 It feels very much like a gun against your back, doesn't it? 22:37.040 --> 22:39.040 Especially when you're very frightened. 22:39.040 --> 22:42.040 Look, let me go. I swear I'll never bother you again. 22:42.040 --> 22:44.040 You won't bother me. Not where you're going. 22:44.040 --> 22:46.040 You won't bother anyone. 22:46.040 --> 22:48.040 Drive a little faster, please. 22:50.040 --> 22:52.040 I drove for several miles without saying a word. 22:52.040 --> 22:54.040 Then I took a chance. 22:54.040 --> 22:57.040 I speeded up to 60, then jammed the brake to the floor. 22:57.040 --> 23:00.040 No! No! 23:00.040 --> 23:02.040 Jose's head banged against the windshield. 23:02.040 --> 23:05.040 He dropped the gun. I grabbed it almost before it hit the floorboard. 23:05.040 --> 23:08.040 Now, out again, Mr. Finnegan. 23:08.040 --> 23:10.040 We're going to change seats. 23:10.040 --> 23:13.040 Oh, my head. That was very smart, baby. Very smart. 23:13.040 --> 23:16.040 Almost as good as your flashlight gun trick. 23:16.040 --> 23:19.040 That's better. Your trick wins. 23:19.040 --> 23:21.040 Oh, well. What goes now? 23:21.040 --> 23:24.040 We're heading straight into El Paso Police Department. 23:24.040 --> 23:27.040 But, but, but, baby, you can't do that. 23:27.040 --> 23:29.040 Why can't I? 23:29.040 --> 23:31.040 Because it's too foolish. 23:31.040 --> 23:33.040 And the senorita is not a fool. 23:33.040 --> 23:35.040 No, the senorita isn't. 23:35.040 --> 23:38.040 We're going to be driving straight to El Paso and the police. 23:38.040 --> 23:40.040 Yes, ma'am. Whatever you say. 23:40.040 --> 23:43.040 I certainly hope you know what you're doing. 23:43.040 --> 23:46.040 The senorita has learned a lot in the last few hours. 23:46.040 --> 23:48.040 Drive carefully. 23:50.040 --> 23:53.040 He shrugged his shoulders and settled back behind the wheel. 23:53.040 --> 23:57.040 I decided I'd been needlessly concerned about the police. 23:57.040 --> 24:01.040 After all, no one knew I had the $21,000 in my handbag. 24:01.040 --> 24:03.040 No one even knew it was missing. 24:03.040 --> 24:05.040 When I handed the police the man they were looking for, 24:05.040 --> 24:07.040 they wouldn't bother about me. 24:07.040 --> 24:10.040 They would accept my statement that I was just a secretary 24:10.040 --> 24:12.040 on my way to Mexico for a vacation. 24:14.040 --> 24:16.040 As we entered the outskirts of El Paso, 24:16.040 --> 24:19.040 I switched on the radio and settled back to enjoy it. 24:19.040 --> 24:23.040 And now our Texas roundup of the latest Texas news. 24:23.040 --> 24:26.040 Texans who expect quick and speedy action 24:26.040 --> 24:28.040 when it comes to lawbreakers in our state 24:28.040 --> 24:30.040 won't be disappointed when they hear the outcome 24:30.040 --> 24:34.040 of the bank holdup and killing of a guard in Abilene two days ago. 24:34.040 --> 24:35.040 What? What's that? 24:35.040 --> 24:36.040 Be quiet. Be quiet. Listen. 24:36.040 --> 24:39.040 Two culprits, Manuel Melani, a non-Texan, 24:39.040 --> 24:42.040 and Betty Murphy, a red-haired Californian, 24:42.040 --> 24:44.040 were apprehended today in Big Spring, 24:44.040 --> 24:47.040 only 61 hours after their spectacular holdup 24:47.040 --> 24:49.040 of the 7th Bank of Abilene, 24:49.040 --> 24:51.040 both freely confessed to the crime, 24:51.040 --> 24:53.040 the bravery of our Texas... 24:53.040 --> 24:54.040 Hey, wait a minute. 24:54.040 --> 24:56.040 You wait a minute. Stop the car. 24:57.040 --> 24:59.040 Now, I don't believe it. 24:59.040 --> 25:00.040 Neither do I. 25:00.040 --> 25:03.040 You don't? All right, then. Who was it you killed? 25:03.040 --> 25:05.040 Me? I didn't kill anybody. 25:05.040 --> 25:08.040 Oh, stop it. It was your accomplice. 25:08.040 --> 25:10.040 I heard the argument, and then you killed her, and then you... 25:10.040 --> 25:12.040 Oh, you're crazy. 25:12.040 --> 25:13.040 What do you mean, I'm crazy? 25:13.040 --> 25:15.040 Right this minute, there's a red-haired woman dead 25:15.040 --> 25:16.040 in the back of your truck. 25:16.040 --> 25:18.040 What the... Oh. 25:23.040 --> 25:25.040 Oh, boy, that's a good one. 25:25.040 --> 25:26.040 You know you're right. 25:26.040 --> 25:29.040 You did hear an argument, and you did see me 25:29.040 --> 25:31.040 put a red-haired woman in the trunk. 25:31.040 --> 25:32.040 She was dead. 25:32.040 --> 25:34.040 Yes, that's right. 25:34.040 --> 25:36.040 She has been dead all her life. 25:36.040 --> 25:37.040 She's... 25:37.040 --> 25:40.040 The argument, as you say, you heard, 25:40.040 --> 25:42.040 went something like this. 25:43.040 --> 25:46.040 Half of the money, it is mine, Jose. 25:46.040 --> 25:48.040 I don't think you had better forget that. 25:48.040 --> 25:51.040 If you do, you will be sorry, very sorry. 25:51.040 --> 25:53.040 You are wrong, Carmencita. 25:53.040 --> 25:55.040 I will not be me that is sorry. 25:55.040 --> 25:57.040 You couldn't get by without me. 25:57.040 --> 25:59.040 No, not even for one week. 25:59.040 --> 26:01.040 Not one week! 26:01.040 --> 26:03.040 For heaven's sake. 26:03.040 --> 26:05.040 A ventriloquist. 26:05.040 --> 26:07.040 What do you mean, a ventriloquist? 26:07.040 --> 26:10.040 I am the best, Jose Lopez, the great. 26:10.040 --> 26:12.040 Oh, what a relief. 26:12.040 --> 26:14.040 Your relief? 26:14.040 --> 26:15.040 What about me? 26:15.040 --> 26:18.040 I thought the whole time, here I am, traveling with a criminal. 26:18.040 --> 26:20.040 Me? How could you think that I was a... 26:20.040 --> 26:21.040 Why not? 26:21.040 --> 26:23.040 You got the red hair, you're wearing the green suit, 26:23.040 --> 26:25.040 just like the description. 26:30.040 --> 26:34.040 Listen, there's only one other thing that is confusing me. 26:34.040 --> 26:35.040 What's that? 26:35.040 --> 26:38.040 How come you carry such a big bankroll? 26:38.040 --> 26:41.040 All these thousands of dollars in your purse. 26:41.040 --> 26:42.040 Well, I... 26:42.040 --> 26:43.040 Yes? 26:43.040 --> 26:45.040 Well, you... 26:45.040 --> 26:47.040 Oh, what's the use? 26:47.040 --> 26:53.040 I might as well tell you the whole story. 26:56.040 --> 26:59.040 And you know, I found myself doing it, 26:59.040 --> 27:03.040 and Jose explained to me how silly I'd been to ever try such a thing. 27:03.040 --> 27:07.040 And then it struck us that it was still only the 13th of the month. 27:07.040 --> 27:10.040 So we drove back to Kansas City together. 27:10.040 --> 27:12.040 I put the money back and the payroll went off, 27:12.040 --> 27:14.040 just like it always does. 27:14.040 --> 27:18.040 And oh, that Jose, he's so cute and so wonderful. 27:18.040 --> 27:21.040 Hey, baby, come on, hurry up with that dinner, will you? 27:21.040 --> 27:22.040 Yes, Jose, dear. 27:22.040 --> 27:24.040 Hey, what are we going to eat tonight, baby? 27:24.040 --> 27:26.040 And it better be something good, you know. 27:26.040 --> 27:28.040 A husband can testify against his wife. 27:28.040 --> 27:31.040 Same as usual, amigo baby. 27:31.040 --> 27:34.040 Enchiladas with tacos and hot sauce. 27:34.040 --> 27:35.040 Yum, yum, yum. 27:35.040 --> 27:44.040 Yum, yum, yum. 27:44.040 --> 27:46.040 Suspense presented by Auto Light. 27:46.040 --> 27:49.040 Tonight's stars, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. 27:49.040 --> 27:52.040 Lucille, I heard your radio show last Friday night. 27:52.040 --> 27:53.040 Like it? 27:53.040 --> 27:54.040 Sure, swell show. 27:54.040 --> 27:55.040 Mind if I go in? 27:55.040 --> 27:56.040 Of course not, Desi. 27:56.040 --> 28:01.040 I warn you, Desi, Harlow will try to sell you an Auto Light stay full battery. 28:01.040 --> 28:03.040 Oh, me, I'm sold already. 28:03.040 --> 28:05.040 That's just what I was going to tell Harlow. 28:05.040 --> 28:06.040 His product is terrific. 28:06.040 --> 28:08.040 Why, thanks, Desi and Lucille. 28:08.040 --> 28:11.040 Auto Light stay full batteries are, as Desi says, terrific. 28:11.040 --> 28:14.040 They need water only three times a year in normal car use. 28:14.040 --> 28:18.040 Yes, sir, their extra liquid load above the plates as compared to ordinary batteries 28:18.040 --> 28:21.040 helps leak a leading cause of battery failure. 28:21.040 --> 28:25.040 Auto Light stay full batteries are just one of more than 400 products Auto Light makes 28:25.040 --> 28:29.040 for cars, trucks, planes, and boats in 28 plants coast to coast. 28:29.040 --> 28:32.040 These include complete electrical systems used as original equipment 28:32.040 --> 28:35.040 on many makes of America's finest cars and trucks. 28:35.040 --> 28:38.040 Batteries, spark plugs, coils, distributors, starting motors, 28:38.040 --> 28:42.040 bullseye sealed beam headlight units, all engineered to fit together perfectly, 28:42.040 --> 28:45.040 work together perfectly because they're a perfect team. 28:45.040 --> 28:48.040 So folks, don't accept electrical parts supposed to be as good. 28:48.040 --> 28:53.040 Ask for and insist on Auto Light original factory parts at your neighborhood service station, 28:53.040 --> 28:55.040 car dealer, garage, or repair shop. 28:55.040 --> 28:58.040 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 28:58.040 --> 29:03.040 Music 29:03.040 --> 29:06.040 Next Thursday for Suspense, Birdlandcaster will be our star. 29:06.040 --> 29:09.040 The play is called The Long Wait, and it is, as we say, 29:09.040 --> 29:14.040 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 29:14.040 --> 29:17.040 Tonight's Suspense play was produced and edited by William Spear 29:17.040 --> 29:19.040 and directed by Norman MacDonald. 29:19.040 --> 29:23.040 Music for Suspense is composed by Lucian Morrowak and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 29:23.040 --> 29:27.040 The Red-Headed Woman is an original play by Nancy J. 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