1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,320 Suspense! 2 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:24,840 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Miss Rosalind Russell in consideration. 3 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:33,880 A suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. 4 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,280 A Hollywood and Vine driver. 5 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:37,280 And can you make it snappy? 6 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:38,280 I'm late. 7 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:39,280 Can I make it snappy? 8 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:40,560 I got Auto Light spark plugs. 9 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:41,560 What's snappier? 10 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:42,880 Auto Light spark plugs, which type? 11 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:44,280 Regular or resistor? 12 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,560 Why resistor, my hurried huckster. 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:48,240 Only Auto Light resistor spark plugs. 14 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:49,920 Hold on, my haloed hackster. 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:50,920 Let me say it. 16 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,640 Only Auto Light resistor spark plugs can give you smoother performance on leaner gas 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,480 mixtures, greater gas savings, and double life under equal service conditions. 18 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,480 You're right there, all right. 19 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:01,480 Of course I'm right. 20 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:06,040 And it's all because every Auto Light resistor spark plug has an exclusive built-in 10,000 21 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:11,580 ohm resistor that permits a wider gap setting and makes all these advantages possible. 22 00:01:11,580 --> 00:01:16,360 So friends, next time you have your car serviced, ask your dealer to install a set of Auto Light 23 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:17,360 spark plugs. 24 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,240 Remember, whether you choose Auto Light regular spark plugs or wide gap Auto Light resistor 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,920 spark plugs, you're always right with Auto Light. 26 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:31,280 And now, with consideration and the performance of Rosalind Russell, Auto Light hopes once 27 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:39,880 again to keep you in suspense. 28 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,840 Well Gloom, don't I rate a good morning? 29 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:43,840 I'm sorry. 30 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:44,840 Good morning, darling. 31 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,920 You know, the Masons have asked us to cocktails tomorrow. 32 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:48,920 I told them I didn't know. 33 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:49,920 I checked with you. 34 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:54,480 Oh, oh, by the way, I'm completely out of aspirin again. 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,320 Would you mind picking me up a bottle on the way? 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,640 Charles, you're not reading the paper, are you? 37 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,120 No, Ellen, I'm not. 38 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,120 Oh, what's the matter? 39 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,120 Everything's the matter, darling. 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,120 Everything. 41 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,120 What is it? 42 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:09,120 What have I? 43 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,240 Oh, come dear, nothing could be as bad as the look on your face. 44 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:12,240 I'm afraid it's worse. 45 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,240 Oh dear, what on earth can... 46 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,240 What a bad trouble, honey. 47 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,280 Charles, what do you mean? 48 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,040 Business has been pretty bad since the war and our contracts ran out and so you wouldn't 49 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,080 have to go without, I took out a mortgage. 50 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:25,080 Mortgage? 51 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,200 On everything, house, car, even your jewelry. 52 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:33,080 I figured on business getting better, but the note came due so I paid it off out of 53 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,080 company funds. 54 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,880 Oh, don't look at me like that. 55 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,100 Tom and I had a Navy contract coming up that would cover it and I wouldn't have to dip 56 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:41,100 into our savings. 57 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:45,040 With the Navy canceled and now next week the auditors are coming in to examine the books 58 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,040 and I have to cover them. 59 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,280 Oh, why didn't you tell me? 60 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,720 I figure roughly we should have between 15 and 18 thousand in the safety deposit box. 61 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,520 I want you to go down this morning, take out 10 thousand, put it into a cashier's check 62 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,680 and bring it to my office before three this afternoon. 63 00:02:58,680 --> 00:02:59,680 Charles, I... 64 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:05,080 I know, all I can say now is that I'm sorry, but well, just do it, will you please? 65 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,780 Charles, I've got to tell you something. 66 00:03:09,780 --> 00:03:12,480 I can't bring the money down to you this afternoon. 67 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,480 Honey, you have to. 68 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:19,480 Because there isn't any. 69 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:20,480 What did you say, Ellen? 70 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,800 Well, you know how I love to go to the races. 71 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,360 You took me by first one, remember, Charles? 72 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,720 We went with Zell and Tom and well, you always used to say that if you lose, so what? 73 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,880 You'd spend it on a nightclub and you'd hate the floor show, remember? 74 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:31,880 Go ahead. 75 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:32,880 Well, I don't know how it happened. 76 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,560 I started betting here at home on the phone and got in deep and began doubling up. 77 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,400 Ellen, I'll go to prison if I don't have that money. 78 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,300 Oh, I had to catch us one winner. 79 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:41,300 Just one and I've been even. 80 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:43,080 Just one, Charles, but it wouldn't come in. 81 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,080 Believe me, you couldn't do that to me. 82 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,600 Charles. 83 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,240 In one month, I'd gone through twenty two thousand dollars, including some money I borrowed 84 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,240 from the bank. 85 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,240 Charles. 86 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,240 Charles. 87 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:56,240 I didn't mean to. 88 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,240 Oh, Charles, don't hate me. 89 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:58,240 Charles. 90 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:59,240 That night, he didn't come home till very late. 91 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:18,760 Very late and when he did, he he was different. 92 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,360 He wasn't angry with me. 93 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,360 It's all right, darling. 94 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,360 Don't you worry. 95 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:23,720 What are we going to do? 96 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:24,720 Won't be so bad. 97 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,720 Oh, you can't go to jail. 98 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:27,720 Of course not. 99 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,160 Have you, have you worked out something? 100 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,160 Everything. 101 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,840 Oh, I'm sick. 102 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:33,840 I'm so sorry. 103 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:35,520 What are you going to do? 104 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:36,520 No worrying now. 105 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,480 Oh, but I do worry and I should. 106 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,120 Darling, don't work yourself up. 107 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,360 I've already made arrangements and everything's going to be taken care of. 108 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,640 Now take your aspirin and go to bed. 109 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,280 Aspirin? 110 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:50,880 Even in the midst of all this, you didn't forget. 111 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,440 No, Ellen. 112 00:04:52,440 --> 00:05:02,440 I'm never going to forget anything that will make you rest easier. 113 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,440 From then on, he began to work a great deal at night. 114 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:10,000 Worked for hours alone in his little laboratory that he had built out there in the garage. 115 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,000 I could feel a tension mounting inside me. 116 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,800 Building and building and building till my nerves became so taut that I couldn't sleep. 117 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,200 The least sound awakened me. 118 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:24,400 One night in particular, I thought I heard the muffled whine of a dog in our backyard. 119 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,320 We had a high wire fence completely enclosing our grounds. 120 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,360 It would be impossible for any animal to get in. 121 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,320 I raised up on one elbow, listened intently. 122 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:38,320 There it was again. 123 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,320 I got up and went to the window. 124 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,320 Saw nothing. 125 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,240 There was no reason to arouse Charles. 126 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,120 He'd worked late out there again. 127 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,800 I slipped on a robe and went down the stairs. 128 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,200 I opened the back door. 129 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,200 Then again. 130 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,200 This time it was distinct. 131 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,760 There was no doubt. 132 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,560 It was coming from the laboratory. 133 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:06,720 I walked across the yard to the garage and waited. 134 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,200 There were no more sounds. 135 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:15,200 As I reached for the latch, I noticed that my hands were wet. 136 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,520 And then I stopped. 137 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:27,680 There was a new lock on the laboratory door. 138 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,360 In the practical light of the next day, I convinced myself that I had a very bad dream 139 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,520 and that I'd better watch my nerves. 140 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,440 That evening, Charles brought home a dinner guest, Bill Dover, an old friend of the family 141 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,680 and our insurance agent. 142 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,760 After dinner, Bill leaned back and did a cigar. 143 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,400 Well, how about it? 144 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:46,400 What Bill? 145 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,400 The insurance, darling. 146 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,200 He's talking about increasing our policies. 147 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,120 Oh, well, I don't know. 148 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:52,120 Maybe sometime. 149 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:53,120 You've come a long way. 150 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,360 Your standard of living is higher. 151 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,160 If something should happen to either of you... 152 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,800 Maybe things seem more prosperous than they are. 153 00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,800 Right now I don't think we can even... 154 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:00,800 Let him talk, Ellen. 155 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:01,800 But you... 156 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,560 You see, we have a new family plan. 157 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,240 Talking to Chuck about it this afternoon. 158 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,080 Where both of your policies could be increased to 30,000 apiece. 159 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:09,520 In other words, tripled. 160 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,200 While your premiums would only be twice what you're paying now. 161 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,000 We can't afford anything like that right now. 162 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Don't you agree, dear? 163 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,640 If there's anything we can afford, it's this. 164 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:18,960 We've discussed it before. 165 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:19,960 Write up the papers, Bill. 166 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:25,560 Oh, well, as the fellow says, I just happen to have them here in my briefcase. 167 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:26,560 This is very wise. 168 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:27,560 But now, please wait a minute. 169 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,320 No, I don't mean it as a salesman. 170 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,440 Insurance is always a wise investment. 171 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:32,440 Security. 172 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,440 It isn't pleasant, but should something happen to either of you, the other would receive 173 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,040 $30,000. 174 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,840 That's security. 175 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:46,400 I watched with a sort of numb helplessness as Bill filled out the papers. 176 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,360 Charles signed his name and handed them to me. 177 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,480 He looked at me. 178 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,600 And then he lowered his eyes. 179 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,000 I looked down at the application form that he put into my hand. 180 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,920 It was a mass of fine print, all those clauses. 181 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,280 But one word jumped up at me. 182 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:07,880 One word that stood out as if it were printed in bold type in big letters. 183 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,600 The word was... 184 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:10,600 Murder. 185 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:18,360 I found myself reading, suicide by the insured within two years, following date policy is 186 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,720 in effect, voids all claims. 187 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,560 Murder of insured by beneficiary or any party connected in a fraudulent manner with beneficiary 188 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,880 in said murder, voids all claims. 189 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,600 Any fraudulent act. 190 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,040 $30,000. 191 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:39,760 Well, Ellen, sign it. 192 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:40,760 Yes. 193 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:51,120 Yes, of course. 194 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,720 That night Charles did something I'd never known him to do before. 195 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,600 He got drunk. 196 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,200 Bill left finally about midnight and I got Charles upstairs somehow. 197 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,960 I helped him out of his clothes and he stumbled into bed and fell into a troubled sleep. 198 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,720 I reached down and picked up a letter that had fallen out of his pocket. 199 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:15,520 The letterhead said the city health department, office of the veterinary surgeon. 200 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:22,460 Dear Mr. Forrester, the autopsy you requested to be performed on your dog revealed no trace 201 00:09:22,460 --> 00:09:25,700 of poison any place in his system. 202 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:28,200 Blood and all organs seem normal. 203 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:34,160 Therefore, it is the belief of this office that your dog died of natural causes, probably 204 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:40,400 a hidden heart ailment, and that there are no grounds from this examination to be suspicious 205 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,400 of your neighbor. 206 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,440 Sincerely yours, Dr. Lois Morial, Examiner. 207 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:53,560 I stood there over my sleeping husband. 208 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:56,760 All these terrible words that I'd heard and seen tonight. 209 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,760 Fraud, beneficiary, autopsy, murder. 210 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:06,480 And two other words that Charles was mumbling in his sleep. 211 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,480 Thirty thousand. 212 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:08,480 Thirty thousand dollars. 213 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:09,480 Thirty thousand. 214 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:10,480 Thirty thousand dollars. 215 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:25,920 Autolight is bringing you Rosalind Russell in consideration. 216 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,480 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 217 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:44,360 Say, driver, how is it you know so much about wide gap autolight resistor spark plugs? 218 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,760 I used to have a set of worn out spark plugs and this old buggy jumped and jumped like 219 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:49,760 a bucking bronco. 220 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,560 Then I heard a guy named Wilcox on the radio. 221 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:57,180 Did he say that autolight resistor spark plugs let your engine idle smoother than silk, run 222 00:10:57,180 --> 00:11:00,240 better on leaner gas mixtures and actually save gas? 223 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:01,240 Yeah, and he... 224 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,600 And did he say that with autolight resistor spark plugs your engine starts like a whirlwind 225 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,320 and gets off to a galloping start in cold weather? 226 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,520 Yeah, he said that... 227 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:14,280 That autolight resistor spark plugs have doubled the life of ordinary spark plugs under equal 228 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:15,280 conditions? 229 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:16,280 Yeah. 230 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:21,000 Everyone with old worn out spark plugs should tell his dealer to install a set of autolight 231 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,720 spark plugs right away. 232 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:28,160 Either autolight regular spark plugs or wide gap autolight resistor spark plugs because 233 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,080 you're always right with autolight. 234 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:36,920 And now autolight brings back to our Hollywood soundstage our star Rosalind Russell with 235 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:48,480 John McIntyre in consideration a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 236 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,280 The next morning I woke with a frightful sense of lurking danger. 237 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:53,280 Charles was up and gone. 238 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,400 There was a note that said, sorry darling. 239 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,320 As I got out of bed I stepped on something cold. 240 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,040 It was a key to a padlock. 241 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,760 The key to the new laboratory. 242 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:06,760 I went out there. 243 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:12,800 I stood in the tiny room, a maze of odd shaped bottles, test tubes and boxes. 244 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:17,320 I was about to leave when my hand brushed against the side of an old steamer trunk. 245 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,960 It was ice cold and damp. 246 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,480 It was locked and I couldn't force it open. 247 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,560 So I called a locksmith and he came over. 248 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,760 I'm going to have it open in a minute. 249 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:29,760 Please hurry. 250 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,600 You just slipped this little rod in like this. 251 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:32,800 A little turn and... 252 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:33,800 Don't open it. 253 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:34,920 I thought you wanted me... 254 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,640 No no, just open the lock. 255 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,640 Don't lift the lid. 256 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:38,640 Well I can't very well... 257 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,640 Don't lift the lid! 258 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:41,640 There. 259 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:46,240 Hey, you always keep dead guinea pigs in trunks? 260 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,120 Oh, no. 261 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:49,920 It was just part of an experiment. 262 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:50,920 What killed him? 263 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,400 There ain't a mark on him. 264 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,760 Well, the experiment. 265 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:56,760 Give me my money. 266 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,760 Yes, yes of course. 267 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,440 Thanks. 268 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,240 After the locksmith left, I forced myself to look through the trunk. 269 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:08,700 Nothing else in it. 270 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:11,360 Nothing but a few pieces of wrapping paper. 271 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,320 Wrapping paper with the words, frozen carbonic company. 272 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,880 Dry ice printed on it. 273 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:19,880 Dry ice. 274 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,120 A guinea pig. 275 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,760 A dog. 276 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,960 I got in the car and went to our doctor's office. 277 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,440 Doctor Hanson might tell me. 278 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,000 Here you are, Ellen. 279 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,120 Now sit down here. 280 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:33,120 Thank you. 281 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,120 Now, what's our trouble, Ellen? 282 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,680 Jay, maybe I'm being silly. 283 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:39,440 Nothing silly if it worries you. 284 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,860 Well, Charles has been puttering around his laboratory. 285 00:13:42,860 --> 00:13:44,440 You know how he does. 286 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:49,680 And he's been doing some experimenting with... with dry ice. 287 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:52,360 And I... I've heard some things about it. 288 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:53,360 What kind of things? 289 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,440 Well, that it... that it was dangerous. 290 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,880 Say if left in a closed room, it might even kill a person. 291 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,560 Oh, now listen. 292 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:06,040 Of all the chemicals he plays around with, dry ice is the least of your work. 293 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,040 Would it kill a person? 294 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:08,040 Oh, Ray. 295 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,040 Well, would it? 296 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,160 Well, I... I suppose it would. 297 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,840 It evaporates into carbon dioxide gas, would actually cause suffocation. 298 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:15,840 Heart would go. 299 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,880 There wouldn't be any trace of poison in the system. 300 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:19,880 It would seem like natural causes. 301 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:20,880 Huh? 302 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:21,880 What's that? 303 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,760 And then... and if it evaporated, there wouldn't be anything left, like water. 304 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:25,760 No way to know. 305 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:26,760 Nothing to trace. 306 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:27,760 What are you driving at? 307 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:29,640 Oh, I don't know. 308 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:30,920 I'm upset. 309 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,280 I guess you're right. 310 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:33,280 I am being silly. 311 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,560 Now, look, Ellen. 312 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,400 Charles is really a brilliant man. 313 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,680 He knows exactly what everything he experiments with can do. 314 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,680 Yes, of course. 315 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:41,680 Of course. 316 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:42,680 Huh. 317 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,280 You didn't sleep well again last night, did you? 318 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,280 No, no, I... 319 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,480 I'll take two of those sleeping tablets and get to bed early. 320 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:49,480 Sleeping tablets? 321 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:50,480 The ones I gave Charles for you. 322 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:51,480 Oh, yes. 323 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:52,480 Yes, of course. 324 00:14:52,480 --> 00:15:05,640 That night, I sat in the upstairs den, read until my eyes burned without having the least 325 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,000 idea what was written in the book. 326 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 An hour passed by. 327 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Two. 328 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Three. 329 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:16,280 There were no more sounds coming from the bedroom. 330 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,720 Charles was asleep. 331 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:19,480 I wanted to sleep myself. 332 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:24,720 Desperately, I had to sleep, but I wouldn't go into that room with him. 333 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:29,000 I remember hearing the clock in the living room strike three. 334 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,920 The night breeze shake loose a shutter downstairs. 335 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:42,120 The distant cry of a tomcat, and then unmistakably, I sensed a chill coming over the room surrounding 336 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:43,120 me. 337 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,720 A pale light was filtering through the Venetian lines. 338 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,480 Morning was near. 339 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,720 The room was like ice. 340 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:53,720 Ice! 341 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,720 Charles, don't! 342 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:55,720 Oh, Ellen, you fell asleep. 343 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:56,720 I just brought a blanket for you. 344 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:57,720 I thought maybe you were cold. 345 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:58,720 No, I... 346 00:15:58,720 --> 00:15:59,720 You've been dreaming. 347 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:00,720 Now, there. 348 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:01,720 I don't want a blanket. 349 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,720 All right. 350 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:03,720 Here, take these. 351 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:04,720 Take what? 352 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:05,720 The bed sheets. 353 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:06,720 The bed sheets. 354 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:07,720 The bed sheets. 355 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:08,720 The bed sheets. 356 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:09,720 The bed sheets. 357 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:10,720 The bed sheets. 358 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:11,720 The bed sheets. 359 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:12,720 The bed sheets. 360 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:13,720 The bed sheets. 361 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:14,720 The bed sheets. 362 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:15,720 The bed sheets. 363 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:16,720 The bed sheets. 364 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:17,720 Take what? 365 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:18,720 A couple of your aspirin. 366 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:19,720 Here. 367 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:20,720 No. 368 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:21,720 No! 369 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:22,720 No, I don't want them! 370 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:23,720 I don't want them! 371 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:37,920 I apologize an hour later for getting so upset. 372 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,480 I even made coffee for him before he left for work. 373 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,800 I was weary now, you see. 374 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,320 It was far better not to let him know that I'd found out. 375 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,800 Then I'd have the advantage on him. 376 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,800 And he wasn't able to deny it and change his tactics. 377 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,800 So now I held the advantage and I... 378 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:55,800 Hello, darling. 379 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:56,800 Surprise. 380 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:57,800 Oh, Charles. 381 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:58,800 You're home early. 382 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,800 Well, don't look so disappointed. 383 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:01,800 Expecting the iceman? 384 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:02,800 Look. 385 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:03,800 What is it? 386 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:04,800 Open it up. 387 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:05,800 An orchid. 388 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:06,800 It's beautiful. 389 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,800 Not half as beautiful as my lovely wife. 390 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,800 And that ain't all. 391 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:13,800 More? 392 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:14,800 Lots. 393 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,800 Tonight, my darling, we're going out. 394 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,800 Dinner at the plaza, the show at the Green Hat, the gypsy violinist at Little Asia, and 395 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:22,800 champagne. 396 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:23,800 Nothing but champagne. 397 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:24,800 All the champagne we can drink. 398 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,240 We're going to pack into this night everything you ever wanted and ever loved. 399 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,800 All the places we used to go. 400 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:30,800 Tonight's yours. 401 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:31,800 Why, Charles? 402 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:32,800 Why? 403 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,800 Who does it have to be a why? 404 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:36,800 Usually. 405 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:37,800 Not for this husband. 406 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:38,800 Well, I mean, I don't think... 407 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:39,800 You deserve it. 408 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,800 That's enough. 409 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,800 Now, upstairs and into your best. 410 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,800 Tonight's the night. 411 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:51,800 We started on the merry ground. 412 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:56,800 But all that I could think of was, tonight is the night. 413 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,800 We went to all those places. 414 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,800 Charles laughed a lot. 415 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,800 But there was something horrible in the back of his eyes. 416 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,800 They didn't laugh. 417 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,800 It was very late when we got home. 418 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,800 There was one of those notices on the door you get when a telegram has been delivered, 419 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,800 and no one was home to receive it. 420 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,800 He called Western Union, listened while they read it to him. 421 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:20,800 And then he put his coat back on, came over and put his arms around me. 422 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,800 Ellen, there's a new contract that came in this afternoon. 423 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:24,800 I've got to go down to the office. 424 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,800 But it's nearly three in the morning. 425 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:27,800 I'll call you when I get there. 426 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,800 Well, if you have to. 427 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:34,800 It's a rush deal, and I've got to figure out a formula so the boys can work on it in the morning. 428 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,800 So go to bed, dogs. 429 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:48,800 Operator. 430 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:49,800 Western Union, please. 431 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,800 Just a moment. 432 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:56,800 Western Union. 433 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,800 This is Mrs. Charles Forrester, 1552 Carlton Manoway. 434 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,800 You sent a wire that was just read over the phone. 435 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,800 My husband wanted me to get the exact wording. 436 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,800 Would you read it again, please? 437 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,800 One moment, please. 438 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:11,800 Here it is. 439 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:12,800 Go ahead. 440 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,800 Charles, tried reaching you by phone. 441 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,800 Auditors still working on books. 442 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,800 Call office immediately. 443 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,800 Signed, Tom. 444 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,800 Thank you. 445 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:30,800 The auditors were still working on the books. 446 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,800 Charles' boss was trying to contact him. 447 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,800 Well, Charles wasn't worried. 448 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,800 He'd have the missing money and a little extra besides. 449 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,800 The difference between $30,000 and... 450 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:42,800 Hello? 451 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:43,800 Hello, darling. 452 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,800 How do you feel? 453 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:46,800 All right. 454 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,800 I called to tell you that I wouldn't be home until very late tonight. 455 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:55,800 Maybe not even until tomorrow. 456 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,800 Something came up at the office and I'll have to drive out of town. 457 00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,800 Oh? 458 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,800 Now, I want you to go to bed. 459 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:03,800 I will. 460 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,800 You haven't had a good night's sleep in a week and I'm worried about you. 461 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,800 Take a couple of aspirin and hit the hay. 462 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,800 Why don't you sleep in the upstairs den and I won't wake you if I should have to. 463 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:12,800 All right. 464 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,800 Promise? 465 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:15,800 Promise. 466 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,800 Bye, darling. 467 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:23,800 Goodbye. 468 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:28,800 Tonight's the night. 469 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,800 Yes, of course, he wouldn't be home when it happened. 470 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,800 He'd be out of town. 471 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,800 But then what? 472 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,800 Where would it come from? 473 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,800 Oh, my head was aching so that I could hardly see. 474 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,800 I took three aspirin and sat down to wait for him. 475 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,800 Hello? 476 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,800 Is Charles Forrester there? 477 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,800 Well, who's calling him? 478 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,800 Well, I'm terribly sorry to bother you at this hour, but I'm not sure that this is the Forrester I want. 479 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,800 This is the frozen carbonic company. 480 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:04,800 You wouldn't know whether your Mr. Forrester ordered some dry ice for tonight. 481 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,800 Well, why? 482 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,800 Well, the plant's shutting down for the night and this fellow made such a fuss about it, 483 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,800 said it was so important that I wanted to make sure he found it. 484 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,800 He said for us to leave it on the back ramp, but he hasn't picked it up yet. 485 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,800 I guess he'll find it all right. 486 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,800 You will. You must have the wrong Forrester. 487 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,800 Oh, I'm sorry to bother you. 488 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,800 The upstairs den. 489 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,800 That's why he wanted me to sleep there. 490 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:32,800 A small room where dry ice could do it suffocating faster, more surely, more believably. 491 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,800 And realizing it, I wasn't that excited. 492 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,800 My heart wasn't beating fast anymore. 493 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,800 In fact, I felt quite cool. 494 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,800 Drowsy. 495 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,800 Drowsy. 496 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,800 I shook my head. 497 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,800 Oh, it still ached, the aspirin. Why hadn't it stopped my headache? 498 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,800 I'd have to take two more. 499 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,800 I started to the medicine cabinet. 500 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,800 Oh! 501 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,800 I...I couldn't walk straight. 502 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,800 I opened the cabinet and got out the bottle of aspirin. 503 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,800 I'd already taken five. 504 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,800 Why didn't they? 505 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,800 No! No! 506 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,800 They weren't aspirin at all. 507 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,800 They were sleeping tablets. 508 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,800 He tricked me. 509 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:19,800 I'd been drugged. 510 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,800 I had to run. Stop him. 511 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,800 I was helpless. He won. 512 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,800 I got to keep awake. Got to... 513 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,800 Got to... 514 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:30,800 Yes? 515 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:31,800 Hello. Er, Ellen? 516 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:32,800 Yes, who is this? 517 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,800 This is Tom. Where's Charles? 518 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:35,800 Well, isn't he there? 519 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:36,800 He said he was going to the office. 520 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,800 No, I've been trying to get him all night. 521 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:39,800 He even sent a wire. 522 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:40,800 Oh, no. 523 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,800 Now, Ellen, things aren't as bad as all that. 524 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,800 Look, I've known you for 20 years. 525 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,800 Think I haven't made mistakes shown wrong. 526 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,800 I knew he took that money months ago, 527 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,800 and I figured it must have been for a pretty good reason. 528 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,800 All I wanted was for Charles to tell me about it. 529 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,800 I've already made up for it out of my own pocket, 530 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,800 and, well, you can chuck and pay me back whenever you can. 531 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,800 He's much more valuable to me than a few dollars. 532 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,800 Well, do you hear me, Ellen? 533 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,800 Yes. 534 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,800 Yes, Tom, I hear you. 535 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,800 He doesn't know that, does he? 536 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,800 It's all right. It's all all right. 537 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,800 That's why I wanted him to come down. 538 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,800 All he had to do was ask me. 539 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,800 Well, after all, that's what friends are for, and... 540 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,800 Oh, cut this stuff. I've got this stuff. 541 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:24,800 Now, you go to sleep, Ellen. 542 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,800 We'll get it all straightened out in the morning. 543 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,800 Give Zella a ring one of these days. 544 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,800 She's home a lot. Maybe you two could... 545 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,800 Sleep, yes. Thank you. 546 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,800 Thank you. It's all right. 547 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,800 I've got to tell him. I've got... 548 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,800 Information. 549 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,800 What... what is the number of the frozen carbonic company, please? 550 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,800 Just a moment. 551 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,800 It is in your directory. 552 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,800 The number is L4-4892. 553 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,800 Thank you. 554 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,800 L... 555 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,800 4... 556 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,800 5... 557 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,800 2... 558 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,800 2... 559 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:08,800 4... 560 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,800 Frozen Carbonic Company. 561 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,800 Hello. 562 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,800 This... this is Mrs. Forrester. 563 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,800 Yes? 564 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,800 My husband is coming down to pick up some dry ice from you. 565 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,800 I want you to tell him... 566 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,800 that I called and said everything was all right. 567 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,800 And... understand. 568 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,800 Well, lady, your husband picked up the dry ice about 20 minutes ago. 569 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,800 Hello? Hello, Mrs. Forrester? 570 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,800 I... 571 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,800 I hear you. 572 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,800 If he comes back, I'll... 573 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,800 Zell... 574 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,800 Come on, Zell. 575 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,800 Zell... 576 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:50,800 I'll be home soon. 577 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,800 Zell... 578 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,800 Hello? 579 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:56,800 Zell... 580 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,800 This is Ellen. 581 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,800 Is Tom home? 582 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,800 Oh, he's still at the office, she says. 583 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,800 No matter. I... 584 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,800 I want you to talk to me. 585 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,800 Ellen, do you know what time it is? 586 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,800 No matter what happens, keep talking. 587 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,800 Don't let me go to sleep. 588 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,800 Is it a game? 589 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:18,800 Say, are you all right? 590 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,800 Please, just talk. 591 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,800 Tell me what you've been doing. 592 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,800 Tell me everything you did today. 593 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,800 Who did today? 594 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,800 Oh, I had a terribly fascinating day. 595 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,800 I got up at eight and made Tom's breakfast. 596 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,800 I got Lola off to school, and at 10.30 I dusted and vacuumed the living room. 597 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,800 Then at 12, I... 598 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,800 How are we doing? 599 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,800 Ellen? 600 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,800 Oh, Ellen. 601 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,800 Ellen! 602 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,800 Ellen! Ellen! Wake up, Ellen! 603 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,800 Charles! 604 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,800 No, no, no, it's Tom, Ellen. 605 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:55,800 What? 606 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:56,800 Tom, Chuck's boss. 607 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,800 Zell, what are you doing here? 608 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,800 Well, you fell asleep while I was talking to you. 609 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,800 I tried to call you back then when Tom got home. 610 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:03,800 I told him about it. 611 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:04,800 Oh, that can wait, Zell. 612 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:05,800 Listen, I have to talk fast. 613 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,800 Are you awake now, Ellen? 614 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:08,800 Yes, yes, go ahead. 615 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:09,800 Well, look, Charles is downstairs. 616 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:10,800 I brought him home. 617 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,800 He doesn't know anything about the house. 618 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,800 He's not going to tell me anything. 619 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,800 Charles is downstairs. I brought him home. 620 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,800 He doesn't know anything about our conversation last night. 621 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,800 And he doesn't want you to know that he wasn't at the office. 622 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:22,800 Have you got it? 623 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:23,800 Where was he? 624 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,800 Well, the police picked him up in his car. 625 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,800 I went down to the station and got him. 626 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,800 He was so groggy they thought he was drunk. 627 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,800 Crazy guy had taken a couple of sleeping pills, 628 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,800 put her off to the side of the road and gone to sleep. 629 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,800 They noticed his car because the windows were frosted up. 630 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:37,800 Frosted up? 631 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,800 Yes, yes, all frosted on the outside. 632 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,800 The cops couldn't understand... 633 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,800 Come in, Charles. 634 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:44,800 Come on, let's go, Zelle. 635 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,800 Yes, sure. 636 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,800 Hello, darling. 637 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,800 Thirty thousand dollars. 638 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,800 You wanted me to have the money. 639 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,800 And you were going to die for the... 640 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,800 Yes, darling, I... 641 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,800 It just seemed the only way to make things right. 642 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,800 They could never be right without you. 643 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,800 Oh, Ellen, I love you. 644 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,800 I know, darling. 645 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,800 I know. 646 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,800 Suspense presented by Auto Light. 647 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,800 Tonight's star, Rosalind Russell, 648 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,800 with John McIntyre as Charles. 649 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,800 Here we are, Hollywood and Vine. 650 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,800 Say, I just figured out something. 651 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,800 You're Harlow Wilcox. 652 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,800 Right, my friend, and next time I see you, 653 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,800 I'll tell you about Auto Light Bullseye Sealed Beam Headlights, 654 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,800 the new safe headlight that's guaranteed to function 655 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,800 even when the lens is cracked or broken. 656 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,800 Got them, Mr. Wilcox, got them. 657 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,800 Well, they're unbeatable, just like Auto Light spark plugs, 658 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,800 and they're only one of more than 400 products 659 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,800 made by Auto Light for cars, trucks, planes and boats. 660 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:01,800 These include complete electrical systems 661 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,800 used as original equipment on many makes of America's finest cars. 662 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,800 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, coils, distributors, 663 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,800 starting motors, and Bullseye Sealed Beam Headlights. 664 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,800 All engineered to fit together perfectly, 665 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,800 work together perfectly, because they're a perfect team. 666 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,800 So don't accept electrical parts supposed to be as good. 667 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,800 Ask for and insist on Auto Light, 668 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,800 original factory parts at your neighborhood service station, 669 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,800 car dealer, garage, or repair shop. 670 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,800 Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. 671 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,800 Next Thursday for Suspense, Kirk Douglas will be our star. 672 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,800 The play is called Never Steal a Butcher's Wife. 673 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,800 And it is, as we say... 674 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,800 A tale well calculated to keep you in... 675 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,800 Suspense! 676 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,800 Tonight's Suspense play was produced and edited by William Spear 677 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,800 and directed by Norman MacDonald. 678 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,800 Music for Suspense is composed by Lucian Moorowek 679 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,800 and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 680 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,800 Consideration is an original play for radio by Richard Vodra. 681 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,800 Rosalind Russell will soon be seen in the Columbia Pictures comedy, 682 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,800 A Woman of Distinction. 683 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,800 You can buy Auto Light regular or resistor spark plugs, 684 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,800 Auto Light staple batteries, Auto Light electrical parts 685 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,800 at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers. 686 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,800 Switch to Auto Light. Good night. 687 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:31,800 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.