1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,040 Suspense. 2 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:26,920 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's star, Mr. Van Johnson, 3 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:27,920 in Salvage. 4 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:37,800 A suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. 5 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,400 Happy Easter, Mr. Wilcox. 6 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,560 Thank you, my happy hackster. 7 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,440 Say, that motor sounds sweet as an Easter sonnet. 8 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,800 Ignition engineered auto light spark plugs, no doubt. 9 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:48,800 Yes, sir. 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,600 I just had it tuned up for the Easter parade. 11 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,840 Well, you know, auto light ignition engineers a complete line of spark plugs, including 12 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,680 regular, transport, aviation, marine, and the famous auto light resistor spark plug. 13 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,160 The spark plug that offers four big advantages to car owners everywhere. 14 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,520 Go on, Mr. Wilcox. 15 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,720 We're right in the middle of the Easter parade now. 16 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,400 Well, wide gap auto light resistor spark plugs give greater gas savings, faster starts in 17 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:16,360 cold weather, smoother performance, even double life under equal conditions compared to spark 18 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,880 plugs without the built-in resistor. 19 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,460 Every advantage a winner. 20 00:01:20,460 --> 00:01:25,660 And it's all because of the 10,000 ohm exclusive auto light resistor built right into every 21 00:01:25,660 --> 00:01:30,660 auto light resistor spark plug to make practical a wider initial gap setting. 22 00:01:30,660 --> 00:01:34,060 So friends, see your friendly auto light spark plug dealer tomorrow. 23 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:39,420 Have him replace worn out spark plugs with ignition engineered auto light spark plugs. 24 00:01:39,420 --> 00:01:43,260 Whether you choose the resistor type or the regular type, you'll be right because you're 25 00:01:43,260 --> 00:01:45,600 always right with auto light. 26 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:51,060 And now with salvage and the performance of Van Johnson, auto light hopes once again to 27 00:01:51,060 --> 00:01:57,000 keep you in suspense. 28 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,320 So it's gone up in smoke. 29 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,320 Oh, I'm not complaining. 30 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,240 Maybe $400,000 seems a little steep. 31 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:08,080 A week ago, I would have said 400 grand was a lot of money to light a cigarette with. 32 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,680 But it's funny the things you find out, the things that are really important when you're 33 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:12,680 about to die. 34 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:21,900 She came in without knocking and sat down on the edge of my rooming house bed. 35 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:25,860 And it was so quiet, you could hear the springs creak, both of them. 36 00:02:25,860 --> 00:02:30,100 I went unpacking my suitcase after a quick look for the changes marriage sometimes makes 37 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:31,100 in a woman. 38 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:32,960 I found none. 39 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,900 She was still as approachable as a park bench. 40 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:40,280 She sat there watching me and suddenly I realized that love can be as close to hate as the two 41 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,500 sides of a thin dime. 42 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:43,500 Going somewhere? 43 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:46,320 No, I just pack a suitcase to keep in training. 44 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,320 Someday I may have to step out in a hurry. 45 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,320 Miss me? 46 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:51,320 Beat it, I'm busy. 47 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,640 Just as I thought. 48 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,400 You still love me, Danny, deep down. 49 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,400 What did you come up here for, to excavate? 50 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,440 No, thought you might be interested in a job. 51 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,600 Any job you could offer me wouldn't pay enough. 52 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:04,600 It might. 53 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,360 And my income tax would be too high. 54 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,360 Beat it. 55 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,240 It's a job flying a plane. 56 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,680 Whose plane? 57 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,680 If you're interested, you can get the details tonight. 58 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,080 All I know is that there's good money in it and it's temporary. 59 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,080 What isn't? 60 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,120 Are you interested? 61 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,760 Where do I get the details? 62 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,040 How about Mike's on 59th Street for dinner? 63 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:25,040 Eight o'clock? 64 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,700 I'll think it over. 65 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:29,200 You always said you liked adventure better than money. 66 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:30,200 I never said that. 67 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,200 I like them both. 68 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,760 Well, you get them both if you get this job. 69 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,880 If I get it, who will I be working for? 70 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:37,880 My husband. 71 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:38,880 Who else? 72 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:49,680 Mr. and Mrs. Wendell H. Davis arrived at Mike's a little after nine. 73 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,040 He was the kind of a good-natured, back-slapping, handshaking guy that dogs rub up against 74 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,640 and children eat spinach from. 75 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,560 Sorry we kept you waiting, Connor. 76 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,560 Just couldn't help it. 77 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:00,920 You know, unexpected business. 78 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:01,920 Forget it. 79 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,240 You know what I think, Connor? 80 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,760 There are only two kinds of people in this world. 81 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:10,480 Those who are always waiting for something and those who keep them waiting. 82 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,080 How about something to eat? 83 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,080 It can wait. 84 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,080 What's the deal? 85 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,080 The deal? 86 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,720 Oh, of course, of course. 87 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,000 Gloria thinks you can handle a certain job, Connor. 88 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,200 If it's a flying job, I can handle it. 89 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,200 That's what I like to hear. 90 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,200 Confidence. 91 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:25,600 Nothing like confidence in yourself. 92 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,520 Where did you learn to fly? 93 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:28,520 The United States Navy. 94 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:29,520 Don't say. 95 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:30,520 That's wonderful. 96 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,720 I was in myself back in the First World War. 97 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:37,000 Got myself assigned to a trim and seaworthy a desk as you could find in Washington. 98 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,160 How long we in? 99 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:41,160 Four years. 100 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,160 Four years? 101 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,160 Don't say. 102 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,160 Can you navigate? 103 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:45,160 Sure. 104 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,440 The United States Navy likes to know where it's going. 105 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:48,440 All right. 106 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:49,440 The job's yours. 107 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,440 If you don't mind, Mr. Davis, I'd like to know what kind of a job it is. 108 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:57,440 You'll be working for the Intercontinent Salvage Corporation, an enterprise incorporated under 109 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,160 the laws of the state of New York. 110 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,200 Are you satisfied? 111 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,200 What are you going to salvage? 112 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:03,200 Gold. 113 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,440 That's nice work. 114 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:06,440 Is there money in it? 115 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:07,440 Is there money in it? 116 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,760 Say, this fellow's killing me, Gloria. 117 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,840 I wonder if that would quiet you a little. 118 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:15,840 We're in business, Connor, to salvage gold from the ocean bottom. 119 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,440 Tell me, do you know what a galleon is? 120 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,440 Sure. 121 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:20,440 Four quarts. 122 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:21,440 Hold it. 123 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,640 Now, this is a serious business matter, Connor. 124 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,480 If you aren't interested, just say so. 125 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,040 A galleon is an old Spanish sailing vessel. 126 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,040 What of it? 127 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,320 It's kind of a boat the Spaniards used to use to send gold back to Spain. 128 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,320 Now, here. 129 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:34,320 See this map here? 130 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,080 The circle takes in Cuba and the Bahamas. 131 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,200 Right in here, they went down by the dozens, gold and all. 132 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,200 Sometimes pirates sunk them, sometimes they hit a hurricane. 133 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,480 But the gold is still there. 134 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:45,480 Billions. 135 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:46,480 Billions. 136 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,240 Some of the places marked here actually show latitude and longitude. 137 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,240 If the stuff is located so exactly, why hasn't it been salvaged till now? 138 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,080 Oh, plenty of it's been salvaged already. 139 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:00,160 You don't hear about it because the government has a habit of taking such big cuts that most 140 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,080 salvage work is kept secret. 141 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,080 And some of it's a little harder to get at. 142 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:05,080 Why? 143 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:09,360 Just little things like hurricanes, sharks, poisoned corals, sometimes island savages. 144 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,560 But Intercontinent is going down after that gold on a big scale, legitimately. 145 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:14,560 I see. 146 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:15,920 You're making it a big business. 147 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:16,920 Exactly. 148 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,440 We're a stock corporation with almost a half a million dollars invested capital. 149 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,520 And where does my job come in exactly? 150 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,120 Now, Connor, do we have to discuss all the details right now? 151 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,120 Gloria's hungry. 152 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,120 You're so right. 153 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:29,120 I'm hungry too. 154 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,200 Let's relax and eat and forget business for a while, huh? 155 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,200 No, let's not. 156 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:35,560 All right. 157 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,360 Have it your way, Connor. 158 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,000 Briefly, there are three parts to it. 159 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,240 The first is to do as you're told. 160 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,360 The second is to keep your mouth shut. 161 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,400 And the third is to fly an airplane. 162 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,640 That's simple enough, huh? 163 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,520 How much does the third part pay? 164 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,320 It's not piecework, Connor. 165 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,000 The whole job pays 10,000. 166 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,600 So far, so good. 167 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,440 Your job is to scout the area ahead of the salvage vessel. 168 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,320 The only way to cover that much water is with an airplane. 169 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:09,200 Does that satisfy you? 170 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,880 There was something about Wendell H. Davis and Intercontinent Salvage Corporation I didn't 171 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:14,880 like. 172 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,600 And when I saw the tub charted by Intercontinent, I liked it even less. 173 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,560 She was built back in the 90s. 174 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,200 Her original boilers had long since been replaced with a pair of pocket-size oil burners. 175 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,520 There was nothing left of her bright work, and the varnish had peeled off topside. 176 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:37,640 She didn't look safe enough to sail in a fish pond. 177 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,280 The last thing to go aboard her was the plane, a war surplus job Davis bought from somebody 178 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,480 who had picked it up cheap from war assets. 179 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,760 It was fitted with pontoons and extra gas tanks, and I took her up to the Cape and back 180 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,040 in a trial spin with Wendell H. Davis accompanying me. 181 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,640 Think she's good enough to fly nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico? 182 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,440 The Gulf of Mexico? 183 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,280 You ought to brush up on your geography. 184 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:01,680 Just answer my question, Connor. 185 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:02,680 Don't worry about my geography. 186 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:03,680 My geography's fine. 187 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,840 Then your sense of direction's not so good. 188 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:06,840 We're not going that way. 189 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:07,840 Answer my question. 190 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,880 If you want to fly to the Gulf of Mexico, I guess she'll oblige. 191 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:20,080 We were going out on the 11 o'clock tide that night. 192 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,040 It was after 10. 193 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,680 Behind me on the after deck, I heard a soft step in the darkness. 194 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:25,680 It was Gloria. 195 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:30,320 Are you going to kiss me goodbye? 196 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,720 It seems we're always saying goodbye. 197 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,760 I'll miss you, darling. 198 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,080 Save it for your husband. 199 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,840 I was just thinking of saying goodbye to him myself. 200 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,080 What do you mean? 201 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,600 This job I don't like. 202 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,880 I don't think this tub can even get out to sea. 203 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:45,880 What are you worrying about? 204 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,080 There's a plane on board. 205 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:48,920 I still don't like it. 206 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,720 What don't you like about it, Danny? 207 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,160 Mostly, Wendell H. Davis. 208 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:56,280 I don't think he's the good natured back slapping guy he seems. 209 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,640 It's a long trip. 210 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,400 Something might happen to him. 211 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:01,400 An accident. 212 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:02,400 An accident? 213 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,400 You heard what he said. 214 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,560 Hurricanes, sharks, poison coral. 215 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:09,920 If you didn't want somebody to come back, it'd be easy. 216 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,360 You'd be sitting pretty if he didn't come back, wouldn't you? 217 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:14,800 We would, Danny. 218 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,800 Together. 219 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,720 Is that why you got me this job? 220 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,780 Because I love you and I know you still love me. 221 00:09:21,780 --> 00:09:23,960 We wouldn't ever have to say goodbye again. 222 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,840 This would be the last time. 223 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:34,880 I'll be waiting for you, darling. 224 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:35,880 She walked away. 225 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:40,000 There was a smile on her face like a cat that swallowed a bowl of cream. 226 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,720 I stood there. 227 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,560 Everything was a matter with this setup. 228 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:47,920 My smiling employer, whom I didn't trust, a tub of a ship to sail in, and a plane that 229 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,800 wouldn't have passed inspection in World War I. 230 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:53,520 And Gloria, whose real name was Trouble. 231 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,280 What sense was there to taking a job like that? 232 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,280 No sense. 233 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:10,120 Maybe that's why I took it. 234 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:14,800 Auto Light is bringing you Van Johnson in Salvage, tonight's production in radio's 235 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:24,520 outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 236 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:30,920 Get an Easter eggs, Mr. Wilcox? 237 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:31,920 Eggs? 238 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:32,920 Yes, sir. 239 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:33,920 Half a dozen assorted colors. 240 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:34,920 And what do you think was in them? 241 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:35,920 You're right. 242 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:36,920 You're right. 243 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,480 A set of wide-gap Auto Light resistor spark plugs. 244 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:44,240 The newest addition to the complete line of regular transport aviation, marine, resistor, 245 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,560 and model spark plugs. 246 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:47,640 Ignition engineered by Auto Light. 247 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:51,600 And man, you should have heard those proud beauties all firing in perfect order after 248 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,160 I had them installed in my car. 249 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,600 The Easter Bunny was sure good to you, Mr. Wilcox. 250 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,680 Sure was, because those wide-gap Auto Light resistor spark plugs give every car owner 251 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:04,800 greater gas savings, smoother performance, faster starts in cold weather, even double 252 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,840 life as compared to spark plugs without the built-in resistor. 253 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:14,260 And it's all because a 10,000 ohm exclusive Auto Light resistor is built right into every 254 00:11:14,260 --> 00:11:16,460 Auto Light resistor spark plug. 255 00:11:16,460 --> 00:11:21,740 This makes practical a wider initial gap setting, the advantages of which have long been recognized 256 00:11:21,740 --> 00:11:23,600 by automotive engineers. 257 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,320 So friends, see your friendly Auto Light spark plug dealer tomorrow. 258 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:32,400 Have him replace worn out spark plugs with ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs. 259 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,400 Whether you choose the resistor type or the regular type, you'll be right, because you're 260 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,140 always right with Auto Light. 261 00:11:39,140 --> 00:11:45,760 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, our star, Van Johnson, in Salvage. 262 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:52,040 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 263 00:11:52,040 --> 00:12:00,480 When the tub went out on the 11 o'clock tide that night, I was on it. 264 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,560 I kept thinking about Gloria and why she got me that job. 265 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,120 I kept wondering if the tub could stay afloat. 266 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:10,500 I kept wondering why Davis asked about flying the Gulf of Mexico. 267 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:12,640 And then I found something else to wonder about. 268 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:21,800 It took me a couple of days to realize that there was something funny about the crew. 269 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,920 There were six Chinese who slept below deck aft, and none of them could speak English. 270 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,680 The cook was a Korean and this conversation consisted of a wide grin. 271 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:32,040 The three deckhands were fresh from Portugal. 272 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:36,040 The mate was a sullen German and the captain was almost completely deaf. 273 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,400 Now, boozer besides. 274 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,760 It took me a couple of days, but suddenly I realized what it was. 275 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:47,280 There wasn't a man on that crew I could talk to. 276 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:48,920 See anything of Mr. Davis? 277 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:50,920 The big boss. 278 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,320 Nice, nice news. 279 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,640 Look, you don't have to talk my ear off. 280 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:55,640 Just answer yes or no. 281 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,880 Listen, you're the mate on this tub and we're off our course. 282 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:04,480 I tried to tell the captain, but he's so tanked up, we'll be in Galapagos before his head clears. 283 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:05,480 Hey! 284 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:06,480 Oh, nuts. 285 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:15,200 I beat it into the radio cabin. 286 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,720 The operator ought to be told we're off our course. 287 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,240 I opened the door and saw the operator at his table, earphones clamped on. 288 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,800 He looked around at me and I stopped dead. 289 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,800 The operator in the radio cabin was a skinny redheaded kid with a frightened look on his 290 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,260 baby face. 291 00:13:30,260 --> 00:13:34,600 The only one on the crew who could speak English was a badly frightened kid. 292 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,600 Hello. 293 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,600 My name's Connor. 294 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,120 I'm the pilot for that crate out there. 295 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,120 Mine's Scott. 296 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,120 Come on in. 297 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:46,680 If I can get in, this cubby hole must have been built to hold the captain's toothbrush. 298 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:49,800 What I wanted was to check the time from Arlington. 299 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,200 Sure, they'll be on in a few minutes. 300 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,560 You're not exactly an old sea dog, are you? 301 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:57,680 This is my first job. 302 00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:58,680 You look nervous. 303 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:02,440 Well, I want to make good, but I... 304 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:03,440 Anything wrong? 305 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,280 Do you know exactly where we are? 306 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:07,720 Somewhere along the coast of Florida. 307 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:08,720 Why? 308 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,920 What's the latitude and longitude of where we are now? 309 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:11,920 Well, let's see now. 310 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,560 The latitude is about 30 and the longitude is around 78. 311 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:16,880 That's right. 312 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:22,840 So why does Mr. Davis tell me to send a message that our latitude is 25 and longitude is 72? 313 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:23,920 What? 314 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,780 We are within 500 miles of there. 315 00:14:25,780 --> 00:14:28,000 Why does he want anyone to think we are? 316 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000 I wonder. 317 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,480 Did you see the diving equipment? 318 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:31,480 Yeah. 319 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:32,720 I once saw some divers work. 320 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,160 This stuff is no good. 321 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:35,800 That's what I thought myself. 322 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,200 I wouldn't wear it in a bathtub. 323 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,160 I hate to think of anyone going down in it. 324 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,160 Maybe nobody has to go down in it. 325 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:43,160 What? 326 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,240 Maybe nobody was ever supposed to go down in it. 327 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,240 What do you mean? 328 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:47,720 Maybe this whole trip is a fake. 329 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:48,920 A fake? 330 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:53,200 Maybe what Wendell H. Davis is doing is skipping with the money invested in Intercontinent Salvation 331 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,200 Corporation. 332 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,600 That would explain everything. 333 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,920 A broken down tub that's going nowhere. 334 00:14:57,920 --> 00:14:59,800 A crew that asks no questions. 335 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:04,360 A plane that's meant to fly Davis out of the country while this tub is reported 500 miles 336 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:05,360 from here. 337 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,040 Oh, I don't know what to do. 338 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,320 I'm not supposed to send false information when I know it's false. 339 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:12,840 You might get yourself in a lot of trouble, Scotty, if you don't. 340 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:13,840 You're right. 341 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,680 But I ought to do my duty. 342 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,000 Report our position accurately. 343 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,680 And that's what I'm going to do. 344 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:32,520 The dirty little rat. 345 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,240 Get the plane started, Connor. 346 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,040 He was just a scared kid. 347 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,480 Get the plane started. 348 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,320 Just a kid worrying about his first job. 349 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:40,880 You heard me, Connor. 350 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:48,400 Get the plane started. 351 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:49,400 I looked down. 352 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,640 There was blood oozing under my shoe. 353 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,440 I looked at the table at the dangling earphones. 354 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,400 Then I went out with Davis following me. 355 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,840 The gun trembling a little in his pudgy hand. 356 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,400 He got a black release like bank messengers carry out of his cabin. 357 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,100 On deck the crew got steam on one of the winches. 358 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:09,120 They freed the boom and Davis climbed into the plane beside me. 359 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:15,600 I turned on the ignition. 360 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:20,340 We bobbed on the water and taxied for a minute to find the wind and warm the motor. 361 00:16:20,340 --> 00:16:24,680 We gathered speed like a roller coaster, the waves slapping at the pontoons. 362 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:28,240 I climbed to about 3,000 feet and leveled off. 363 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:34,120 The gun was still pointing at me. 364 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,960 You can throw that gun away, Davis. 365 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:36,960 Keep flying. 366 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:37,960 Where to? 367 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,160 About 10 miles south of Tampa. 368 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,120 My wife's waiting to be picked up. 369 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,240 We rented a beach cottage there a couple of weeks ago. 370 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,880 Are you sure she's waiting? 371 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,280 That's the trouble with you, Connor. 372 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,560 You don't trust women because you don't understand them. 373 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,600 A woman has no sense of justice. 374 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,520 It's like children in madmen. 375 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,840 You can't hold them responsible for anything. 376 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:59,640 Maybe she's waiting, maybe not. 377 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:00,640 And after that? 378 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:01,920 Across the Gulf. 379 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:02,920 When do you pay me? 380 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:04,360 When we land in Mexico, safe. 381 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:07,880 Look, Davis, as long as we're both in this plane, anything that happens to me happens 382 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:08,880 to you too. 383 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:10,980 So we're not going to land anywhere until you throw that gun away. 384 00:17:10,980 --> 00:17:13,360 When we land in Mexico, you'll get your money. 385 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:14,360 What's the matter? 386 00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:15,360 Don't you trust me? 387 00:17:15,360 --> 00:17:16,760 How much is in that bag? 388 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,400 All the assets of Intercontinent and Salvage Corporation? 389 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:20,400 400 grand. 390 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,120 A lot of fish to toss to the sharks. 391 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:24,120 Sharks? 392 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:25,120 Down there. 393 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:29,120 Big enough to swallow a guy like you in one gulp. 394 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:32,600 Which goes into the drink, the gun or you? 395 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,520 The gun stays where it is. 396 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:36,520 Okay. 397 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:42,880 We climbed to 6,000 feet. 398 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,280 I looked at him, his hand was steady, the gun still pointing at me. 399 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:50,440 I cut the throttle and we drifted a moment, then lurched and nose straight down. 400 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:55,120 The wind screamed louder and louder past the wings. 401 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:58,120 I looked at Davis again, he was pale but his hand didn't move an inch. 402 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,120 At 1,000 feet it twitched. 403 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:02,120 At 500 I stopped breathing. 404 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:06,120 The plane was twisting out of control, the water coming at us like a tidal wave. 405 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,120 At 300 feet I threw open the throttle. 406 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:11,880 The plane clawed for altitude but the wind was hitting it like a pneumatic drill trying 407 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:12,880 to crack it wide open. 408 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,880 It was a miracle that I leveled off. 409 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:25,960 All right Davis, you win. 410 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,600 I could have told you. 411 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:28,600 I always do. 412 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,560 You don't know how close you came to being wrong. 413 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,040 I almost lost control. 414 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,040 We almost hit the water like a tub of cement. 415 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,040 Yeah. 416 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:40,960 For a minute there you looked kind of worried. 417 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,800 It's easy to make a mistake about someone like Wendell H. Davis. 418 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:49,040 He looked like a good natured back slapping guy until you got a close look at those gray 419 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,040 murderers eyes. 420 00:18:52,040 --> 00:19:01,680 On a dark beach with the dim lights of a car I brought the plane down on the water and 421 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,760 taxied as close as possible. 422 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,840 I climbed out with Davis behind me. 423 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,240 We waded in. 424 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,280 He was grinning as Gloria came toward us. 425 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,720 Ah, got a rented car? 426 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:13,720 Sure. 427 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,000 Got in Tampa like you said. 428 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,440 Well start it. 429 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,440 I don't like flying with Connor. 430 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,320 He almost spilled me in the drink. 431 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,560 He might try it again. 432 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,280 Is this where I collect like that frightened kid in the radio cabin? 433 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,280 What happened? 434 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,080 The lesser woman knows the smarter she is. 435 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,080 Start the car. 436 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,080 You won't get away. 437 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,360 When that tub is found you'll be wanted for murder. 438 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:34,360 Me? 439 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:35,360 Why? 440 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:36,360 I couldn't kill him. 441 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:38,640 I don't even exist and neither do you. 442 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:39,800 What do you mean? 443 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,760 The captain will swear this plane was upscouting ahead of the salvage vessel when it crashed 444 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,160 into the sea and both of us were lost. 445 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:47,160 You paid him? 446 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,040 Enough so he'll stick to his story. 447 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:50,200 We were over a bad stretch. 448 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:51,840 No chance of finding us. 449 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:56,120 Little things like hurricanes, sharks, poison, coral, even savages. 450 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:59,520 So you had your disappearance from that tub all planned. 451 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,200 You don't look happy, Connor. 452 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:03,200 That's too bad. 453 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:10,760 I like to see a man die happy. 454 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,120 I stood there paralyzed. 455 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:16,080 She tried to hold onto his arm after knocking it aside. 456 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,280 Blood was crawling down her face. 457 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,520 He wrenched his arm free and she sank down on the beach. 458 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,920 I don't know how I got to him but I heard the crushing sound as I hit him. 459 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,080 I could feel his nose spread under my fist like unbaked dough. 460 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,320 The gun dropped from his linked fingers but I didn't stop to look. 461 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:32,960 I threw myself at him. 462 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,880 His heels kicked up in my face and I slid back. 463 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:42,000 The look on his pudgy face was more astonishment than pain. 464 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,880 He sank to one knee and tried to get up and fell. 465 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,240 He lifted his head like a lizard in the sand but there were no more words before it dropped 466 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,240 again. 467 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,560 She was still firing the empty gun at him. 468 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,640 I took the gun gently from her hand. 469 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,440 I lifted her head, smoothed back her hair. 470 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,000 Is he dead? 471 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Dead enough. 472 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Just put your head back. 473 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Everything's blurred. 474 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,880 You'll be all right. 475 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:05,360 That shot just sampled your skin. 476 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,080 Just a superficial wound, that's all. 477 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:08,360 The guy killed him. 478 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:11,560 I thought when you got me that job you'd know that what payoff would be. 479 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,400 I was all wrong about you. 480 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,880 You risked your life for me. 481 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,400 My head's spinning. 482 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,200 You're gonna be all right. 483 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,120 Everything's gonna be all right now. 484 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:24,120 Once we get across the gulf, just as he said, he doesn't exist. 485 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:27,040 The plane fell into the sea while scouting ahead of the salvage vessel. 486 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,680 The captain will swear to it. 487 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,360 Your late husband bought us our freedom. 488 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:35,040 He paid for it himself. 489 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,040 Gloria. 490 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:37,040 Gloria! 491 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:42,280 She blacked out. 492 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,000 I thought of getting her a doctor right away, but that would be too risky. 493 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,440 It was just a superficial wound, mostly shock. 494 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,880 I tore off part of my shirt and wet it at the water's edge. 495 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,640 I washed the blood from her hair and face and bathed the wound. 496 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:59,320 I lifted her gently in my arms and carried her out to the plane and made her comfortable. 497 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:00,960 Then I went back for Davis. 498 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,000 I searched him, but he wasn't carrying anything. 499 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 No identification. 500 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,640 Just a claim ticket on an express office in Mexico City. 501 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:12,480 I took it and I got his body into the plane and climbed in after him with the black bag. 502 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:19,280 I turned on the ignition and the plane moved out into the gulf. 503 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,560 I got rid of everything in my own pockets. 504 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,200 Everything that could identify me, just to be safe. 505 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,960 All I kept was an old cigarette case with no initials. 506 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,840 A pocket compass and the express ticket. 507 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,240 Then I began prying open the lock in the black bag. 508 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:34,240 I felt good. 509 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:38,480 A strange feeling of being completely detached from the world down there, free of it. 510 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,040 To them, I didn't exist anymore. 511 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,240 Four hundred grand could make a world of its own. 512 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,000 A world for just Gloria and me. 513 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,920 A bright moon rode between broken patches of cloud as I got the lock open. 514 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,720 I stared in. 515 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:57,320 I heard myself breathing hard as if somebody else were grinning over my shoulder. 516 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:04,920 The bag was filled with strips of newspaper. 517 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,120 I don't know how long I stared straight ahead like a blind man. 518 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,480 I heard Gloria murmuring coming out of it. 519 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,400 I grabbed her arm. 520 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:13,400 The money. 521 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:14,400 It's not in that bag. 522 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:15,400 That black bag's a fake. 523 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,440 He told me just before he sailed what he really did with it. 524 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:20,440 Told you what? 525 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,840 Didn't tell me till just before he sailed. 526 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:24,840 Didn't trust anyone. 527 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:25,840 Not even me. 528 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,840 Afraid I might double cross him. 529 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:28,840 Told you what. 530 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:29,840 Where is it? 531 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,920 Must be carrying an express ticket. 532 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,440 An express ticket? 533 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,840 That's why I was waiting for him at the beach cottage. 534 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,840 What's the express ticket for? 535 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:39,840 Where are we, Danny? 536 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,840 Are you taking me to a doctor? 537 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:42,840 We'll get to a doctor. 538 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:43,840 Don't worry. 539 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:44,840 What's the express ticket for? 540 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,840 A trunk. 541 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,360 The Mexico City express office. 542 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,480 More money's in it. 543 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:52,480 The express ticket. 544 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:53,480 Then everything's okay. 545 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,520 That ticket's worth 400 grand and we've got it. 546 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:57,520 We've got it. 547 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,360 Well, where are we, Danny? 548 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:00,960 Don't worry about a thing, darling. 549 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,960 Once we get across the gulf, everything will be all right. 550 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:03,960 The gulf? 551 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:04,960 Now, don't worry. 552 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:06,520 I'll get you to a doctor as soon as we get across. 553 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,320 You blacked out, but it was only a shock, just a superficial wound. 554 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:10,320 Turn back. 555 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:11,320 I got you into the... 556 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:12,320 Turn back, Danny. 557 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,320 What's wrong? 558 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,320 We'll be across the gulf... 559 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:15,320 Did you hear me? 560 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:16,320 Turn back. 561 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:17,320 Now, look, darling. 562 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:18,320 Get a hold of yourself. 563 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,320 What's wrong with you? 564 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:20,600 I'm doing this because I love you. 565 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,400 Do you want to risk a murder charge? 566 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,400 You can't prove you killed him to save me. 567 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,400 You. 568 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,440 You think I cared what happened to you. 569 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,040 I did it because I hated him. 570 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,040 Because he killed... 571 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,040 Who? 572 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,040 You don't mean Scotty. 573 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,280 Turn back, please, for the love of... 574 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,280 What's that poor kid got to do with you? 575 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:38,280 Poor kid. 576 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,680 That baby face could fool anyone. 577 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:41,680 It always did. 578 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,880 We once had a dancing act together. 579 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,880 I got him a job on that tub. 580 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:46,880 Job? 581 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:47,880 We had it all planned. 582 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,520 How simple we thought. 583 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:54,120 All we had to do was switch black bags, and once you took my husband across the gulf... 584 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:55,120 Something's wrong. 585 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:57,520 That first night out, Scotty drained the extra gas tanks. 586 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:09,240 He left enough gas to take this plane about halfway out over the gulf heat. 587 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:25,480 The waves gnawed at the wrecked plane like rat's teeth. 588 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,640 By the third night, Gloria was completely out of her head. 589 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,760 It was horrible. 590 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,840 You were in pretty bad shape yourself when this freighter picked you up. 591 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,040 By the seventh day, I gave up all hope. 592 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:42,680 Until then, I figured I had a chance, maybe one chance in a thousand. 593 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,400 Chance worth 400 grand. 594 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,960 You made it. 595 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,920 If you kept quiet about that express ticket... 596 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,400 There is no express ticket. 597 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,640 I found a soaked cigarette in my case. 598 00:25:55,640 --> 00:26:01,200 It didn't take long to dry, so I had a cigarette. 599 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,760 But no match, till I remember the compass in my pocket. 600 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,000 Compass? 601 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,720 With a little magnifying glass on it. 602 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:13,340 You know how the sun's rays through a glass like that can set fire to the paper? 603 00:26:13,340 --> 00:26:15,200 And I had a piece of paper. 604 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:16,200 Just one piece. 605 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,800 That express ticket. 606 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,280 I didn't touch it. 607 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:25,320 Day after day, I clunkered that one chance in a thousand for seven days. 608 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,320 Seven? 609 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,680 Well, we picked you up on the seventh day. 610 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,160 You mean just before we... 611 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,880 Like I said, I'm not complaining. 612 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,320 That cigarette sure felt good. 613 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:42,920 Felt like a million dollars. 614 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:58,600 Suspense, presented by Auto Light. 615 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:04,000 Tonight's star, Van Johnson. 616 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,240 What a parade. 617 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:06,600 I'm sorry it's over. 618 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:07,600 Over? 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