WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:21.040 Suspense. 00:21.040 --> 00:26.920 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's star, Mr. Van Johnson, 00:26.920 --> 00:27.920 in Salvage. 00:27.920 --> 00:37.800 A suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. 00:37.800 --> 00:39.400 Happy Easter, Mr. Wilcox. 00:39.400 --> 00:41.560 Thank you, my happy hackster. 00:41.560 --> 00:45.440 Say, that motor sounds sweet as an Easter sonnet. 00:45.440 --> 00:47.800 Ignition engineered auto light spark plugs, no doubt. 00:47.800 --> 00:48.800 Yes, sir. 00:48.800 --> 00:50.600 I just had it tuned up for the Easter parade. 00:50.600 --> 00:54.840 Well, you know, auto light ignition engineers a complete line of spark plugs, including 00:54.840 --> 00:59.680 regular, transport, aviation, marine, and the famous auto light resistor spark plug. 00:59.680 --> 01:03.160 The spark plug that offers four big advantages to car owners everywhere. 01:03.160 --> 01:04.520 Go on, Mr. Wilcox. 01:04.520 --> 01:06.720 We're right in the middle of the Easter parade now. 01:06.720 --> 01:11.400 Well, wide gap auto light resistor spark plugs give greater gas savings, faster starts in 01:11.400 --> 01:16.360 cold weather, smoother performance, even double life under equal conditions compared to spark 01:16.360 --> 01:18.880 plugs without the built-in resistor. 01:18.880 --> 01:20.460 Every advantage a winner. 01:20.460 --> 01:25.660 And it's all because of the 10,000 ohm exclusive auto light resistor built right into every 01:25.660 --> 01:30.660 auto light resistor spark plug to make practical a wider initial gap setting. 01:30.660 --> 01:34.060 So friends, see your friendly auto light spark plug dealer tomorrow. 01:34.060 --> 01:39.420 Have him replace worn out spark plugs with ignition engineered auto light spark plugs. 01:39.420 --> 01:43.260 Whether you choose the resistor type or the regular type, you'll be right because you're 01:43.260 --> 01:45.600 always right with auto light. 01:45.600 --> 01:51.060 And now with salvage and the performance of Van Johnson, auto light hopes once again to 01:51.060 --> 01:57.000 keep you in suspense. 01:57.000 --> 01:58.320 So it's gone up in smoke. 01:58.320 --> 02:00.320 Oh, I'm not complaining. 02:00.320 --> 02:03.240 Maybe $400,000 seems a little steep. 02:03.240 --> 02:08.080 A week ago, I would have said 400 grand was a lot of money to light a cigarette with. 02:08.080 --> 02:11.680 But it's funny the things you find out, the things that are really important when you're 02:11.680 --> 02:12.680 about to die. 02:12.680 --> 02:21.900 She came in without knocking and sat down on the edge of my rooming house bed. 02:21.900 --> 02:25.860 And it was so quiet, you could hear the springs creak, both of them. 02:25.860 --> 02:30.100 I went unpacking my suitcase after a quick look for the changes marriage sometimes makes 02:30.100 --> 02:31.100 in a woman. 02:31.100 --> 02:32.960 I found none. 02:32.960 --> 02:35.900 She was still as approachable as a park bench. 02:35.900 --> 02:40.280 She sat there watching me and suddenly I realized that love can be as close to hate as the two 02:40.280 --> 02:42.500 sides of a thin dime. 02:42.500 --> 02:43.500 Going somewhere? 02:43.500 --> 02:46.320 No, I just pack a suitcase to keep in training. 02:46.320 --> 02:49.320 Someday I may have to step out in a hurry. 02:49.320 --> 02:50.320 Miss me? 02:50.320 --> 02:51.320 Beat it, I'm busy. 02:51.320 --> 02:53.640 Just as I thought. 02:53.640 --> 02:56.400 You still love me, Danny, deep down. 02:56.400 --> 02:58.400 What did you come up here for, to excavate? 02:58.400 --> 03:01.440 No, thought you might be interested in a job. 03:01.440 --> 03:03.600 Any job you could offer me wouldn't pay enough. 03:03.600 --> 03:04.600 It might. 03:04.600 --> 03:06.360 And my income tax would be too high. 03:06.360 --> 03:07.360 Beat it. 03:07.360 --> 03:09.240 It's a job flying a plane. 03:09.240 --> 03:10.680 Whose plane? 03:10.680 --> 03:13.680 If you're interested, you can get the details tonight. 03:13.680 --> 03:17.080 All I know is that there's good money in it and it's temporary. 03:17.080 --> 03:18.080 What isn't? 03:18.080 --> 03:20.120 Are you interested? 03:20.120 --> 03:21.760 Where do I get the details? 03:21.760 --> 03:24.040 How about Mike's on 59th Street for dinner? 03:24.040 --> 03:25.040 Eight o'clock? 03:25.040 --> 03:26.700 I'll think it over. 03:26.700 --> 03:29.200 You always said you liked adventure better than money. 03:29.200 --> 03:30.200 I never said that. 03:30.200 --> 03:31.200 I like them both. 03:31.200 --> 03:33.760 Well, you get them both if you get this job. 03:33.760 --> 03:36.880 If I get it, who will I be working for? 03:36.880 --> 03:37.880 My husband. 03:37.880 --> 03:38.880 Who else? 03:38.880 --> 03:49.680 Mr. and Mrs. Wendell H. Davis arrived at Mike's a little after nine. 03:49.680 --> 03:54.040 He was the kind of a good-natured, back-slapping, handshaking guy that dogs rub up against 03:54.040 --> 03:55.640 and children eat spinach from. 03:55.640 --> 03:58.560 Sorry we kept you waiting, Connor. 03:58.560 --> 03:59.560 Just couldn't help it. 03:59.560 --> 04:00.920 You know, unexpected business. 04:00.920 --> 04:01.920 Forget it. 04:01.920 --> 04:03.240 You know what I think, Connor? 04:03.240 --> 04:05.760 There are only two kinds of people in this world. 04:05.760 --> 04:10.480 Those who are always waiting for something and those who keep them waiting. 04:10.480 --> 04:12.080 How about something to eat? 04:12.080 --> 04:13.080 It can wait. 04:13.080 --> 04:14.080 What's the deal? 04:14.080 --> 04:15.080 The deal? 04:15.080 --> 04:16.720 Oh, of course, of course. 04:16.720 --> 04:20.000 Gloria thinks you can handle a certain job, Connor. 04:20.000 --> 04:22.200 If it's a flying job, I can handle it. 04:22.200 --> 04:23.200 That's what I like to hear. 04:23.200 --> 04:24.200 Confidence. 04:24.200 --> 04:25.600 Nothing like confidence in yourself. 04:25.600 --> 04:27.520 Where did you learn to fly? 04:27.520 --> 04:28.520 The United States Navy. 04:28.520 --> 04:29.520 Don't say. 04:29.520 --> 04:30.520 That's wonderful. 04:30.520 --> 04:32.720 I was in myself back in the First World War. 04:32.720 --> 04:37.000 Got myself assigned to a trim and seaworthy a desk as you could find in Washington. 04:37.000 --> 04:40.160 How long we in? 04:40.160 --> 04:41.160 Four years. 04:41.160 --> 04:42.160 Four years? 04:42.160 --> 04:43.160 Don't say. 04:43.160 --> 04:44.160 Can you navigate? 04:44.160 --> 04:45.160 Sure. 04:45.160 --> 04:47.440 The United States Navy likes to know where it's going. 04:47.440 --> 04:48.440 All right. 04:48.440 --> 04:49.440 The job's yours. 04:49.440 --> 04:52.440 If you don't mind, Mr. Davis, I'd like to know what kind of a job it is. 04:52.440 --> 04:57.440 You'll be working for the Intercontinent Salvage Corporation, an enterprise incorporated under 04:57.440 --> 04:59.160 the laws of the state of New York. 04:59.160 --> 05:01.200 Are you satisfied? 05:01.200 --> 05:02.200 What are you going to salvage? 05:02.200 --> 05:03.200 Gold. 05:03.200 --> 05:05.440 That's nice work. 05:05.440 --> 05:06.440 Is there money in it? 05:06.440 --> 05:07.440 Is there money in it? 05:07.440 --> 05:09.760 Say, this fellow's killing me, Gloria. 05:09.760 --> 05:12.840 I wonder if that would quiet you a little. 05:12.840 --> 05:15.840 We're in business, Connor, to salvage gold from the ocean bottom. 05:15.840 --> 05:18.440 Tell me, do you know what a galleon is? 05:18.440 --> 05:19.440 Sure. 05:19.440 --> 05:20.440 Four quarts. 05:20.440 --> 05:21.440 Hold it. 05:21.440 --> 05:23.640 Now, this is a serious business matter, Connor. 05:23.640 --> 05:25.480 If you aren't interested, just say so. 05:25.480 --> 05:28.040 A galleon is an old Spanish sailing vessel. 05:28.040 --> 05:29.040 What of it? 05:29.040 --> 05:32.320 It's kind of a boat the Spaniards used to use to send gold back to Spain. 05:32.320 --> 05:33.320 Now, here. 05:33.320 --> 05:34.320 See this map here? 05:34.320 --> 05:37.080 The circle takes in Cuba and the Bahamas. 05:37.080 --> 05:40.200 Right in here, they went down by the dozens, gold and all. 05:40.200 --> 05:42.200 Sometimes pirates sunk them, sometimes they hit a hurricane. 05:42.200 --> 05:44.480 But the gold is still there. 05:44.480 --> 05:45.480 Billions. 05:45.480 --> 05:46.480 Billions. 05:46.480 --> 05:50.240 Some of the places marked here actually show latitude and longitude. 05:50.240 --> 05:54.240 If the stuff is located so exactly, why hasn't it been salvaged till now? 05:54.240 --> 05:56.080 Oh, plenty of it's been salvaged already. 05:56.080 --> 06:00.160 You don't hear about it because the government has a habit of taking such big cuts that most 06:00.160 --> 06:02.080 salvage work is kept secret. 06:02.080 --> 06:04.080 And some of it's a little harder to get at. 06:04.080 --> 06:05.080 Why? 06:05.080 --> 06:09.360 Just little things like hurricanes, sharks, poisoned corals, sometimes island savages. 06:09.360 --> 06:13.560 But Intercontinent is going down after that gold on a big scale, legitimately. 06:13.560 --> 06:14.560 I see. 06:14.560 --> 06:15.920 You're making it a big business. 06:15.920 --> 06:16.920 Exactly. 06:16.920 --> 06:20.440 We're a stock corporation with almost a half a million dollars invested capital. 06:20.440 --> 06:22.520 And where does my job come in exactly? 06:22.520 --> 06:26.120 Now, Connor, do we have to discuss all the details right now? 06:26.120 --> 06:27.120 Gloria's hungry. 06:27.120 --> 06:28.120 You're so right. 06:28.120 --> 06:29.120 I'm hungry too. 06:29.120 --> 06:32.200 Let's relax and eat and forget business for a while, huh? 06:32.200 --> 06:34.200 No, let's not. 06:34.200 --> 06:35.560 All right. 06:35.560 --> 06:37.360 Have it your way, Connor. 06:37.360 --> 06:40.000 Briefly, there are three parts to it. 06:40.000 --> 06:42.240 The first is to do as you're told. 06:42.240 --> 06:44.360 The second is to keep your mouth shut. 06:44.360 --> 06:46.400 And the third is to fly an airplane. 06:46.400 --> 06:47.640 That's simple enough, huh? 06:47.640 --> 06:49.520 How much does the third part pay? 06:49.520 --> 06:51.320 It's not piecework, Connor. 06:51.320 --> 06:54.000 The whole job pays 10,000. 06:54.000 --> 06:55.600 So far, so good. 06:55.600 --> 06:58.440 Your job is to scout the area ahead of the salvage vessel. 06:58.440 --> 07:01.320 The only way to cover that much water is with an airplane. 07:01.320 --> 07:09.200 Does that satisfy you? 07:09.200 --> 07:13.880 There was something about Wendell H. Davis and Intercontinent Salvage Corporation I didn't 07:13.880 --> 07:14.880 like. 07:14.880 --> 07:18.600 And when I saw the tub charted by Intercontinent, I liked it even less. 07:18.600 --> 07:20.560 She was built back in the 90s. 07:20.560 --> 07:25.200 Her original boilers had long since been replaced with a pair of pocket-size oil burners. 07:25.200 --> 07:29.520 There was nothing left of her bright work, and the varnish had peeled off topside. 07:29.520 --> 07:37.640 She didn't look safe enough to sail in a fish pond. 07:37.640 --> 07:42.280 The last thing to go aboard her was the plane, a war surplus job Davis bought from somebody 07:42.280 --> 07:44.480 who had picked it up cheap from war assets. 07:44.480 --> 07:48.760 It was fitted with pontoons and extra gas tanks, and I took her up to the Cape and back 07:48.760 --> 07:52.040 in a trial spin with Wendell H. Davis accompanying me. 07:52.040 --> 07:56.640 Think she's good enough to fly nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico? 07:56.640 --> 07:58.440 The Gulf of Mexico? 07:58.440 --> 08:00.280 You ought to brush up on your geography. 08:00.280 --> 08:01.680 Just answer my question, Connor. 08:01.680 --> 08:02.680 Don't worry about my geography. 08:02.680 --> 08:03.680 My geography's fine. 08:03.680 --> 08:05.840 Then your sense of direction's not so good. 08:05.840 --> 08:06.840 We're not going that way. 08:06.840 --> 08:07.840 Answer my question. 08:07.840 --> 08:12.880 If you want to fly to the Gulf of Mexico, I guess she'll oblige. 08:12.880 --> 08:20.080 We were going out on the 11 o'clock tide that night. 08:20.080 --> 08:22.040 It was after 10. 08:22.040 --> 08:24.680 Behind me on the after deck, I heard a soft step in the darkness. 08:24.680 --> 08:25.680 It was Gloria. 08:25.680 --> 08:30.320 Are you going to kiss me goodbye? 08:30.320 --> 08:32.720 It seems we're always saying goodbye. 08:32.720 --> 08:35.760 I'll miss you, darling. 08:35.760 --> 08:37.080 Save it for your husband. 08:37.080 --> 08:39.840 I was just thinking of saying goodbye to him myself. 08:39.840 --> 08:41.080 What do you mean? 08:41.080 --> 08:42.600 This job I don't like. 08:42.600 --> 08:44.880 I don't think this tub can even get out to sea. 08:44.880 --> 08:45.880 What are you worrying about? 08:45.880 --> 08:47.080 There's a plane on board. 08:47.080 --> 08:48.920 I still don't like it. 08:48.920 --> 08:50.720 What don't you like about it, Danny? 08:50.720 --> 08:52.160 Mostly, Wendell H. Davis. 08:52.160 --> 08:56.280 I don't think he's the good natured back slapping guy he seems. 08:56.280 --> 08:58.640 It's a long trip. 08:58.640 --> 09:00.400 Something might happen to him. 09:00.400 --> 09:01.400 An accident. 09:01.400 --> 09:02.400 An accident? 09:02.400 --> 09:03.400 You heard what he said. 09:03.400 --> 09:05.560 Hurricanes, sharks, poison coral. 09:05.560 --> 09:09.920 If you didn't want somebody to come back, it'd be easy. 09:09.920 --> 09:13.360 You'd be sitting pretty if he didn't come back, wouldn't you? 09:13.360 --> 09:14.800 We would, Danny. 09:14.800 --> 09:15.800 Together. 09:15.800 --> 09:18.720 Is that why you got me this job? 09:18.720 --> 09:21.780 Because I love you and I know you still love me. 09:21.780 --> 09:23.960 We wouldn't ever have to say goodbye again. 09:23.960 --> 09:26.840 This would be the last time. 09:26.840 --> 09:34.880 I'll be waiting for you, darling. 09:34.880 --> 09:35.880 She walked away. 09:35.880 --> 09:40.000 There was a smile on her face like a cat that swallowed a bowl of cream. 09:40.000 --> 09:41.720 I stood there. 09:41.720 --> 09:43.560 Everything was a matter with this setup. 09:43.560 --> 09:47.920 My smiling employer, whom I didn't trust, a tub of a ship to sail in, and a plane that 09:47.920 --> 09:50.800 wouldn't have passed inspection in World War I. 09:50.800 --> 09:53.520 And Gloria, whose real name was Trouble. 09:53.520 --> 09:56.280 What sense was there to taking a job like that? 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12:48.920 --> 12:50.920 The big boss. 12:50.920 --> 12:52.320 Nice, nice news. 12:52.320 --> 12:54.640 Look, you don't have to talk my ear off. 12:54.640 --> 12:55.640 Just answer yes or no. 12:55.640 --> 12:59.880 Listen, you're the mate on this tub and we're off our course. 12:59.880 --> 13:04.480 I tried to tell the captain, but he's so tanked up, we'll be in Galapagos before his head clears. 13:04.480 --> 13:05.480 Hey! 13:05.480 --> 13:06.480 Oh, nuts. 13:06.480 --> 13:15.200 I beat it into the radio cabin. 13:15.200 --> 13:17.720 The operator ought to be told we're off our course. 13:17.720 --> 13:22.240 I opened the door and saw the operator at his table, earphones clamped on. 13:22.240 --> 13:24.800 He looked around at me and I stopped dead. 13:24.800 --> 13:28.800 The operator in the radio cabin was a skinny redheaded kid with a frightened look on his 13:28.800 --> 13:30.260 baby face. 13:30.260 --> 13:34.600 The only one on the crew who could speak English was a badly frightened kid. 13:34.600 --> 13:35.600 Hello. 13:35.600 --> 13:36.600 My name's Connor. 13:36.600 --> 13:40.120 I'm the pilot for that crate out there. 13:40.120 --> 13:41.120 Mine's Scott. 13:41.120 --> 13:42.120 Come on in. 13:42.120 --> 13:46.680 If I can get in, this cubby hole must have been built to hold the captain's toothbrush. 13:46.680 --> 13:49.800 What I wanted was to check the time from Arlington. 13:49.800 --> 13:52.200 Sure, they'll be on in a few minutes. 13:52.200 --> 13:55.560 You're not exactly an old sea dog, are you? 13:55.560 --> 13:57.680 This is my first job. 13:57.680 --> 13:58.680 You look nervous. 13:58.680 --> 14:02.440 Well, I want to make good, but I... 14:02.440 --> 14:03.440 Anything wrong? 14:03.440 --> 14:06.280 Do you know exactly where we are? 14:06.280 --> 14:07.720 Somewhere along the coast of Florida. 14:07.720 --> 14:08.720 Why? 14:08.720 --> 14:10.920 What's the latitude and longitude of where we are now? 14:10.920 --> 14:11.920 Well, let's see now. 14:11.920 --> 14:15.560 The latitude is about 30 and the longitude is around 78. 14:15.560 --> 14:16.880 That's right. 14:16.880 --> 14:22.840 So why does Mr. Davis tell me to send a message that our latitude is 25 and longitude is 72? 14:22.840 --> 14:23.920 What? 14:23.920 --> 14:25.780 We are within 500 miles of there. 14:25.780 --> 14:28.000 Why does he want anyone to think we are? 14:28.000 --> 14:29.000 I wonder. 14:29.000 --> 14:30.480 Did you see the diving equipment? 14:30.480 --> 14:31.480 Yeah. 14:31.480 --> 14:32.720 I once saw some divers work. 14:32.720 --> 14:34.160 This stuff is no good. 14:34.160 --> 14:35.800 That's what I thought myself. 14:35.800 --> 14:37.200 I wouldn't wear it in a bathtub. 14:37.200 --> 14:40.160 I hate to think of anyone going down in it. 14:40.160 --> 14:42.160 Maybe nobody has to go down in it. 14:42.160 --> 14:43.160 What? 14:43.160 --> 14:45.240 Maybe nobody was ever supposed to go down in it. 14:45.240 --> 14:46.240 What do you mean? 14:46.240 --> 14:47.720 Maybe this whole trip is a fake. 14:47.720 --> 14:48.920 A fake? 14:48.920 --> 14:53.200 Maybe what Wendell H. Davis is doing is skipping with the money invested in Intercontinent Salvation 14:53.200 --> 14:54.200 Corporation. 14:54.200 --> 14:55.600 That would explain everything. 14:55.600 --> 14:57.920 A broken down tub that's going nowhere. 14:57.920 --> 14:59.800 A crew that asks no questions. 14:59.800 --> 15:04.360 A plane that's meant to fly Davis out of the country while this tub is reported 500 miles 15:04.360 --> 15:05.360 from here. 15:05.360 --> 15:07.040 Oh, I don't know what to do. 15:07.040 --> 15:10.320 I'm not supposed to send false information when I know it's false. 15:10.320 --> 15:12.840 You might get yourself in a lot of trouble, Scotty, if you don't. 15:12.840 --> 15:13.840 You're right. 15:13.840 --> 15:15.680 But I ought to do my duty. 15:15.680 --> 15:17.000 Report our position accurately. 15:17.000 --> 15:20.680 And that's what I'm going to do. 15:20.680 --> 15:32.520 The dirty little rat. 15:32.520 --> 15:34.240 Get the plane started, Connor. 15:34.240 --> 15:36.040 He was just a scared kid. 15:36.040 --> 15:37.480 Get the plane started. 15:37.480 --> 15:39.320 Just a kid worrying about his first job. 15:39.320 --> 15:40.880 You heard me, Connor. 15:40.880 --> 15:48.400 Get the plane started. 15:48.400 --> 15:49.400 I looked down. 15:49.400 --> 15:51.640 There was blood oozing under my shoe. 15:51.640 --> 15:54.440 I looked at the table at the dangling earphones. 15:54.440 --> 15:56.400 Then I went out with Davis following me. 15:56.400 --> 15:59.840 The gun trembling a little in his pudgy hand. 15:59.840 --> 16:03.400 He got a black release like bank messengers carry out of his cabin. 16:03.400 --> 16:06.100 On deck the crew got steam on one of the winches. 16:06.100 --> 16:09.120 They freed the boom and Davis climbed into the plane beside me. 16:09.120 --> 16:15.600 I turned on the ignition. 16:15.600 --> 16:20.340 We bobbed on the water and taxied for a minute to find the wind and warm the motor. 16:20.340 --> 16:24.680 We gathered speed like a roller coaster, the waves slapping at the pontoons. 16:24.680 --> 16:28.240 I climbed to about 3,000 feet and leveled off. 16:28.240 --> 16:34.120 The gun was still pointing at me. 16:34.120 --> 16:35.960 You can throw that gun away, Davis. 16:35.960 --> 16:36.960 Keep flying. 16:36.960 --> 16:37.960 Where to? 16:37.960 --> 16:40.160 About 10 miles south of Tampa. 16:40.160 --> 16:42.120 My wife's waiting to be picked up. 16:42.120 --> 16:44.240 We rented a beach cottage there a couple of weeks ago. 16:44.240 --> 16:45.880 Are you sure she's waiting? 16:45.880 --> 16:48.280 That's the trouble with you, Connor. 16:48.280 --> 16:50.560 You don't trust women because you don't understand them. 16:50.560 --> 16:52.600 A woman has no sense of justice. 16:52.600 --> 16:54.520 It's like children in madmen. 16:54.520 --> 16:57.840 You can't hold them responsible for anything. 16:57.840 --> 16:59.640 Maybe she's waiting, maybe not. 16:59.640 --> 17:00.640 And after that? 17:00.640 --> 17:01.920 Across the Gulf. 17:01.920 --> 17:02.920 When do you pay me? 17:02.920 --> 17:04.360 When we land in Mexico, safe. 17:04.360 --> 17:07.880 Look, Davis, as long as we're both in this plane, anything that happens to me happens 17:07.880 --> 17:08.880 to you too. 17:08.880 --> 17:10.980 So we're not going to land anywhere until you throw that gun away. 17:10.980 --> 17:13.360 When we land in Mexico, you'll get your money. 17:13.360 --> 17:14.360 What's the matter? 17:14.360 --> 17:15.360 Don't you trust me? 17:15.360 --> 17:16.760 How much is in that bag? 17:16.760 --> 17:19.400 All the assets of Intercontinent and Salvage Corporation? 17:19.400 --> 17:20.400 400 grand. 17:20.400 --> 17:23.120 A lot of fish to toss to the sharks. 17:23.120 --> 17:24.120 Sharks? 17:24.120 --> 17:25.120 Down there. 17:25.120 --> 17:29.120 Big enough to swallow a guy like you in one gulp. 17:29.120 --> 17:32.600 Which goes into the drink, the gun or you? 17:32.600 --> 17:35.520 The gun stays where it is. 17:35.520 --> 17:36.520 Okay. 17:36.520 --> 17:42.880 We climbed to 6,000 feet. 17:42.880 --> 17:46.280 I looked at him, his hand was steady, the gun still pointing at me. 17:46.280 --> 17:50.440 I cut the throttle and we drifted a moment, then lurched and nose straight down. 17:50.440 --> 17:55.120 The wind screamed louder and louder past the wings. 17:55.120 --> 17:58.120 I looked at Davis again, he was pale but his hand didn't move an inch. 17:58.120 --> 18:00.120 At 1,000 feet it twitched. 18:00.120 --> 18:02.120 At 500 I stopped breathing. 18:02.120 --> 18:06.120 The plane was twisting out of control, the water coming at us like a tidal wave. 18:06.120 --> 18:08.120 At 300 feet I threw open the throttle. 18:08.120 --> 18:11.880 The plane clawed for altitude but the wind was hitting it like a pneumatic drill trying 18:11.880 --> 18:12.880 to crack it wide open. 18:12.880 --> 18:15.880 It was a miracle that I leveled off. 18:15.880 --> 18:25.960 All right Davis, you win. 18:25.960 --> 18:27.600 I could have told you. 18:27.600 --> 18:28.600 I always do. 18:28.600 --> 18:30.560 You don't know how close you came to being wrong. 18:30.560 --> 18:32.040 I almost lost control. 18:32.040 --> 18:34.040 We almost hit the water like a tub of cement. 18:34.040 --> 18:35.040 Yeah. 18:35.040 --> 18:40.960 For a minute there you looked kind of worried. 18:40.960 --> 18:44.800 It's easy to make a mistake about someone like Wendell H. Davis. 18:44.800 --> 18:49.040 He looked like a good natured back slapping guy until you got a close look at those gray 18:49.040 --> 18:52.040 murderers eyes. 18:52.040 --> 19:01.680 On a dark beach with the dim lights of a car I brought the plane down on the water and 19:01.680 --> 19:03.760 taxied as close as possible. 19:03.760 --> 19:05.840 I climbed out with Davis behind me. 19:05.840 --> 19:07.240 We waded in. 19:07.240 --> 19:10.280 He was grinning as Gloria came toward us. 19:10.280 --> 19:12.720 Ah, got a rented car? 19:12.720 --> 19:13.720 Sure. 19:13.720 --> 19:15.000 Got in Tampa like you said. 19:15.000 --> 19:16.440 Well start it. 19:16.440 --> 19:18.440 I don't like flying with Connor. 19:18.440 --> 19:20.320 He almost spilled me in the drink. 19:20.320 --> 19:21.560 He might try it again. 19:21.560 --> 19:25.280 Is this where I collect like that frightened kid in the radio cabin? 19:25.280 --> 19:26.280 What happened? 19:26.280 --> 19:29.080 The lesser woman knows the smarter she is. 19:29.080 --> 19:30.080 Start the car. 19:30.080 --> 19:31.080 You won't get away. 19:31.080 --> 19:33.360 When that tub is found you'll be wanted for murder. 19:33.360 --> 19:34.360 Me? 19:34.360 --> 19:35.360 Why? 19:35.360 --> 19:36.360 I couldn't kill him. 19:36.360 --> 19:38.640 I don't even exist and neither do you. 19:38.640 --> 19:39.800 What do you mean? 19:39.800 --> 19:43.760 The captain will swear this plane was upscouting ahead of the salvage vessel when it crashed 19:43.760 --> 19:46.160 into the sea and both of us were lost. 19:46.160 --> 19:47.160 You paid him? 19:47.160 --> 19:49.040 Enough so he'll stick to his story. 19:49.040 --> 19:50.200 We were over a bad stretch. 19:50.200 --> 19:51.840 No chance of finding us. 19:51.840 --> 19:56.120 Little things like hurricanes, sharks, poison, coral, even savages. 19:56.120 --> 19:59.520 So you had your disappearance from that tub all planned. 19:59.520 --> 20:02.200 You don't look happy, Connor. 20:02.200 --> 20:03.200 That's too bad. 20:03.200 --> 20:10.760 I like to see a man die happy. 20:10.760 --> 20:13.120 I stood there paralyzed. 20:13.120 --> 20:16.080 She tried to hold onto his arm after knocking it aside. 20:16.080 --> 20:18.280 Blood was crawling down her face. 20:18.280 --> 20:20.520 He wrenched his arm free and she sank down on the beach. 20:20.520 --> 20:24.920 I don't know how I got to him but I heard the crushing sound as I hit him. 20:24.920 --> 20:28.080 I could feel his nose spread under my fist like unbaked dough. 20:28.080 --> 20:31.320 The gun dropped from his linked fingers but I didn't stop to look. 20:31.320 --> 20:32.960 I threw myself at him. 20:32.960 --> 20:36.880 His heels kicked up in my face and I slid back. 20:36.880 --> 20:42.000 The look on his pudgy face was more astonishment than pain. 20:42.000 --> 20:44.880 He sank to one knee and tried to get up and fell. 20:44.880 --> 20:48.240 He lifted his head like a lizard in the sand but there were no more words before it dropped 20:48.240 --> 20:49.240 again. 20:49.240 --> 20:51.560 She was still firing the empty gun at him. 20:51.560 --> 20:53.640 I took the gun gently from her hand. 20:53.640 --> 20:56.440 I lifted her head, smoothed back her hair. 20:56.440 --> 20:59.000 Is he dead? 20:59.000 --> 21:00.000 Dead enough. 21:00.000 --> 21:01.000 Just put your head back. 21:01.000 --> 21:02.000 Everything's blurred. 21:02.000 --> 21:03.880 You'll be all right. 21:03.880 --> 21:05.360 That shot just sampled your skin. 21:05.360 --> 21:07.080 Just a superficial wound, that's all. 21:07.080 --> 21:08.360 The guy killed him. 21:08.360 --> 21:11.560 I thought when you got me that job you'd know that what payoff would be. 21:11.560 --> 21:13.400 I was all wrong about you. 21:13.400 --> 21:14.880 You risked your life for me. 21:14.880 --> 21:16.400 My head's spinning. 21:16.400 --> 21:18.200 You're gonna be all right. 21:18.200 --> 21:21.120 Everything's gonna be all right now. 21:21.120 --> 21:24.120 Once we get across the gulf, just as he said, he doesn't exist. 21:24.120 --> 21:27.040 The plane fell into the sea while scouting ahead of the salvage vessel. 21:27.040 --> 21:28.680 The captain will swear to it. 21:28.680 --> 21:30.360 Your late husband bought us our freedom. 21:30.360 --> 21:35.040 He paid for it himself. 21:35.040 --> 21:36.040 Gloria. 21:36.040 --> 21:37.040 Gloria! 21:37.040 --> 21:42.280 She blacked out. 21:42.280 --> 21:45.000 I thought of getting her a doctor right away, but that would be too risky. 21:45.000 --> 21:47.440 It was just a superficial wound, mostly shock. 21:47.440 --> 21:50.880 I tore off part of my shirt and wet it at the water's edge. 21:50.880 --> 21:54.640 I washed the blood from her hair and face and bathed the wound. 21:54.640 --> 21:59.320 I lifted her gently in my arms and carried her out to the plane and made her comfortable. 21:59.320 --> 22:00.960 Then I went back for Davis. 22:00.960 --> 22:03.000 I searched him, but he wasn't carrying anything. 22:03.000 --> 22:04.000 No identification. 22:04.000 --> 22:07.640 Just a claim ticket on an express office in Mexico City. 22:07.640 --> 22:12.480 I took it and I got his body into the plane and climbed in after him with the black bag. 22:12.480 --> 22:19.280 I turned on the ignition and the plane moved out into the gulf. 22:19.280 --> 22:21.560 I got rid of everything in my own pockets. 22:21.560 --> 22:24.200 Everything that could identify me, just to be safe. 22:24.200 --> 22:26.960 All I kept was an old cigarette case with no initials. 22:26.960 --> 22:30.840 A pocket compass and the express ticket. 22:30.840 --> 22:33.240 Then I began prying open the lock in the black bag. 22:33.240 --> 22:34.240 I felt good. 22:34.240 --> 22:38.480 A strange feeling of being completely detached from the world down there, free of it. 22:38.480 --> 22:41.040 To them, I didn't exist anymore. 22:41.040 --> 22:43.240 Four hundred grand could make a world of its own. 22:43.240 --> 22:46.000 A world for just Gloria and me. 22:46.000 --> 22:50.920 A bright moon rode between broken patches of cloud as I got the lock open. 22:50.920 --> 22:52.720 I stared in. 22:52.720 --> 22:57.320 I heard myself breathing hard as if somebody else were grinning over my shoulder. 22:57.320 --> 23:04.920 The bag was filled with strips of newspaper. 23:04.920 --> 23:08.120 I don't know how long I stared straight ahead like a blind man. 23:08.120 --> 23:10.480 I heard Gloria murmuring coming out of it. 23:10.480 --> 23:12.400 I grabbed her arm. 23:12.400 --> 23:13.400 The money. 23:13.400 --> 23:14.400 It's not in that bag. 23:14.400 --> 23:15.400 That black bag's a fake. 23:15.400 --> 23:19.440 He told me just before he sailed what he really did with it. 23:19.440 --> 23:20.440 Told you what? 23:20.440 --> 23:23.840 Didn't tell me till just before he sailed. 23:23.840 --> 23:24.840 Didn't trust anyone. 23:24.840 --> 23:25.840 Not even me. 23:25.840 --> 23:27.840 Afraid I might double cross him. 23:27.840 --> 23:28.840 Told you what. 23:28.840 --> 23:29.840 Where is it? 23:29.840 --> 23:31.920 Must be carrying an express ticket. 23:31.920 --> 23:33.440 An express ticket? 23:33.440 --> 23:36.840 That's why I was waiting for him at the beach cottage. 23:36.840 --> 23:38.840 What's the express ticket for? 23:38.840 --> 23:39.840 Where are we, Danny? 23:39.840 --> 23:41.840 Are you taking me to a doctor? 23:41.840 --> 23:42.840 We'll get to a doctor. 23:42.840 --> 23:43.840 Don't worry. 23:43.840 --> 23:44.840 What's the express ticket for? 23:44.840 --> 23:45.840 A trunk. 23:45.840 --> 23:48.360 The Mexico City express office. 23:48.360 --> 23:51.480 More money's in it. 23:51.480 --> 23:52.480 The express ticket. 23:52.480 --> 23:53.480 Then everything's okay. 23:53.480 --> 23:56.520 That ticket's worth 400 grand and we've got it. 23:56.520 --> 23:57.520 We've got it. 23:57.520 --> 23:59.360 Well, where are we, Danny? 23:59.360 --> 24:00.960 Don't worry about a thing, darling. 24:00.960 --> 24:02.960 Once we get across the gulf, everything will be all right. 24:02.960 --> 24:03.960 The gulf? 24:03.960 --> 24:04.960 Now, don't worry. 24:04.960 --> 24:06.520 I'll get you to a doctor as soon as we get across. 24:06.520 --> 24:09.320 You blacked out, but it was only a shock, just a superficial wound. 24:09.320 --> 24:10.320 Turn back. 24:10.320 --> 24:11.320 I got you into the... 24:11.320 --> 24:12.320 Turn back, Danny. 24:12.320 --> 24:13.320 What's wrong? 24:13.320 --> 24:14.320 We'll be across the gulf... 24:14.320 --> 24:15.320 Did you hear me? 24:15.320 --> 24:16.320 Turn back. 24:16.320 --> 24:17.320 Now, look, darling. 24:17.320 --> 24:18.320 Get a hold of yourself. 24:18.320 --> 24:19.320 What's wrong with you? 24:19.320 --> 24:20.600 I'm doing this because I love you. 24:20.600 --> 24:22.400 Do you want to risk a murder charge? 24:22.400 --> 24:24.400 You can't prove you killed him to save me. 24:24.400 --> 24:25.400 You. 24:25.400 --> 24:27.440 You think I cared what happened to you. 24:27.440 --> 24:29.040 I did it because I hated him. 24:29.040 --> 24:30.040 Because he killed... 24:30.040 --> 24:31.040 Who? 24:31.040 --> 24:32.040 You don't mean Scotty. 24:32.040 --> 24:35.280 Turn back, please, for the love of... 24:35.280 --> 24:37.280 What's that poor kid got to do with you? 24:37.280 --> 24:38.280 Poor kid. 24:38.280 --> 24:40.680 That baby face could fool anyone. 24:40.680 --> 24:41.680 It always did. 24:41.680 --> 24:43.880 We once had a dancing act together. 24:43.880 --> 24:45.880 I got him a job on that tub. 24:45.880 --> 24:46.880 Job? 24:46.880 --> 24:47.880 We had it all planned. 24:47.880 --> 24:49.520 How simple we thought. 24:49.520 --> 24:54.120 All we had to do was switch black bags, and once you took my husband across the gulf... 24:54.120 --> 24:55.120 Something's wrong. 24:55.120 --> 24:57.520 That first night out, Scotty drained the extra gas tanks. 24:57.520 --> 25:09.240 He left enough gas to take this plane about halfway out over the gulf heat. 25:09.240 --> 25:25.480 The waves gnawed at the wrecked plane like rat's teeth. 25:25.480 --> 25:28.640 By the third night, Gloria was completely out of her head. 25:28.640 --> 25:30.760 It was horrible. 25:30.760 --> 25:34.840 You were in pretty bad shape yourself when this freighter picked you up. 25:34.840 --> 25:37.040 By the seventh day, I gave up all hope. 25:37.040 --> 25:42.680 Until then, I figured I had a chance, maybe one chance in a thousand. 25:42.680 --> 25:45.400 Chance worth 400 grand. 25:45.400 --> 25:47.960 You made it. 25:47.960 --> 25:50.920 If you kept quiet about that express ticket... 25:50.920 --> 25:52.400 There is no express ticket. 25:52.400 --> 25:55.640 I found a soaked cigarette in my case. 25:55.640 --> 26:01.200 It didn't take long to dry, so I had a cigarette. 26:01.200 --> 26:04.760 But no match, till I remember the compass in my pocket. 26:04.760 --> 26:06.000 Compass? 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