WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:08.000 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Suspense. 00:08.000 --> 00:15.920 Tonight, Auto Light brings you the One Millionth Joe, a suspense play produced and edited by 00:15.920 --> 00:24.040 William Spear and starring Mr. Jack Carson. 00:24.040 --> 00:28.900 I'm Al Jusant from A to Z in public relations is how I bill myself. 00:28.900 --> 00:31.840 And there was this stunt which I dreamed up for the Bureau of Better Business Promotion 00:31.840 --> 00:34.600 to pay off the Fourth of July weekend. 00:34.600 --> 00:39.320 But I hadn't counted on the fireworks, which in this case was a big 45 jammed in the middle 00:39.320 --> 00:40.320 of my back. 00:40.320 --> 00:49.920 Yes, in a moment, Mr. Jack Carson and a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 00:49.920 --> 00:54.160 Say Wilcox, if the bases are loaded with two men out, who's the boy you'd like to see up 00:54.160 --> 00:55.160 there at bat? 00:55.160 --> 00:57.360 Why, the spark plug of the team, of course. 00:57.360 --> 01:00.800 The lad who's right there with that sure fire never miss power. 01:00.800 --> 01:04.560 Say, that reminds me of ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs. 01:04.560 --> 01:07.880 You see, Auto Light spark plugs are a vital part of the team too. 01:07.880 --> 01:09.880 Well, how do you mean part of what team? 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02:39.360 --> 02:40.800 You got your oranges, Mr. Wilder? 02:40.800 --> 02:44.400 Yeah, I still think a three piece band looks poultry sent. 02:44.400 --> 02:46.320 Poultry, schmaltry, Mr. Wilder. 02:46.320 --> 02:48.200 What we care about is newspaper coverage. 02:48.200 --> 02:51.520 Now, now, stand back when they start coming through the gate. 02:51.520 --> 02:57.960 All door, gate five, passengers from the Bobcat Line, flight 16 from Houston. 02:57.960 --> 02:59.320 Well, another plane. 02:59.320 --> 03:01.640 Is this a horse race or is this a horse race? 03:01.640 --> 03:03.200 Boy, oh boy. 03:03.200 --> 03:05.360 I declare I'm all over Goosebumps. 03:05.360 --> 03:08.760 Is that the plane you chartered, Al Jusant, for all his relatives you're ringing in? 03:08.760 --> 03:09.760 Oh, lay off. 03:09.760 --> 03:10.760 This deal's on the level. 03:10.760 --> 03:11.760 Oh, you kids. 03:11.760 --> 03:14.280 He takes his cut coming and going. 03:14.280 --> 03:15.280 Lay off. 03:15.280 --> 03:16.920 Hey, here they come, so stand back. 03:16.920 --> 03:19.280 You count, Wilder, and me and Mr. Allen will nab him. 03:19.280 --> 03:23.040 Now, the last number was 999,990. 03:23.040 --> 03:26.960 A ten to go, okay? 03:26.960 --> 03:31.880 991, 992, 993. 03:31.880 --> 03:42.480 Well, if I have to say so myself, I'm a pretty smooth operator. 03:42.480 --> 03:47.240 At this moment, I had one client, the Bureau of BBP, and the stud I dreamed up for them 03:47.240 --> 03:48.520 was a honey. 03:48.520 --> 03:49.520 This was the setup. 03:49.520 --> 03:54.760 Nab the one millionth Joe through the airport, be he male, female, or what have you, and 03:54.760 --> 03:57.840 give this lucky character a 24-hour whirl in the house. 03:57.840 --> 04:00.600 Pictures, prizes, tickets to this and that. 04:00.600 --> 04:03.880 And all the businesses had chipped in and it was a good fat kitty. 04:03.880 --> 04:07.800 And it worked out to be near the 4th of July, which was a great tie-in. 04:07.800 --> 04:12.160 So now, a herd of passengers was stampeding through gate five from two planes. 04:12.160 --> 04:15.440 The big Chicago plane and the little one from Houston. 04:15.440 --> 04:18.680 And all unbeknownst to them, lightning was about to strike. 04:18.680 --> 04:21.280 Hey, ain't this exciting, fellas, huh? 04:21.280 --> 04:22.280 Well, ain't it? 04:22.280 --> 04:23.280 Hey, it's going to be that good. 04:23.280 --> 04:24.280 That guy in the gray hat's moving up there. 04:24.280 --> 04:25.280 Hey, stand back, will you? 04:25.280 --> 04:26.280 Hey, hey, you, watch it, mister. 04:26.280 --> 04:27.280 Oh, my chin, you stupid ape. 04:27.280 --> 04:28.280 Watch where you're going. 04:28.280 --> 04:29.280 Well, go on, go on, if you're in such a hurry. 04:29.280 --> 04:30.280 Hey, the guy wins. 04:30.280 --> 04:31.280 He knocked the gal out of the running. 04:31.280 --> 04:32.280 One million! 04:32.280 --> 04:33.280 That's him! 04:33.280 --> 04:42.280 One moment, sir, I want to... 04:42.280 --> 04:47.280 What do you want? 04:47.280 --> 04:48.280 Who are you? 04:48.280 --> 04:49.280 Look over here, mister. 04:49.280 --> 04:50.280 Over here, look this way. 04:50.280 --> 04:51.280 What is this anyway? 04:51.280 --> 04:52.280 I'm having a sick... 04:52.280 --> 04:53.280 Oh, please, let go. 04:53.280 --> 04:54.280 You've made a mistake. 04:54.280 --> 04:55.280 Let go. 04:55.280 --> 04:58.760 No, no, look, they can't get pictures when you jump around like that. 04:58.760 --> 05:00.120 I don't want my picture taken. 05:00.120 --> 05:01.120 Let go. 05:01.120 --> 05:02.120 How's this, Crowley? 05:02.120 --> 05:03.120 Mister? 05:03.120 --> 05:04.120 I'm going to tell you something. 05:04.120 --> 05:06.680 Unbeknownst to you, you are the one millionth passenger to walk through these gates. 05:06.680 --> 05:07.920 Let me go, or I'll... 05:07.920 --> 05:12.480 As guest of the Bureau of V.B.P., from now on until the fourth of July, your hotel is 05:12.480 --> 05:13.480 paid for. 05:13.480 --> 05:18.520 Oh, you will visit the Lion Farm, and mister, hold still. 05:18.520 --> 05:19.520 Pick on someone else. 05:19.520 --> 05:20.520 I don't want anything. 05:20.520 --> 05:25.080 You will lunch with a motion picture star, eat at a world-famous restaurant, be the recipient 05:25.080 --> 05:26.600 of many free gifts, gratis. 05:26.600 --> 05:33.080 A mixed sling cape, two dozen sports shirts, 2,000 cans of dog food, a free airplane for 05:33.080 --> 05:35.360 you to pass anywhere in the whole wide world. 05:35.360 --> 05:36.360 What? 05:36.360 --> 05:39.920 Ah-ha, something strikes your fancy. 05:39.920 --> 05:42.320 An airplane pass to, say, Brazil? 05:42.320 --> 05:43.800 Sure, sure, you name it. 05:43.800 --> 05:44.800 Yes, sir. 05:44.800 --> 05:47.200 Even to the romantic land of your dreams, south of the board. 05:47.200 --> 05:49.760 Now, sir, what is your name? 05:49.760 --> 05:50.760 I'm A.D. Thompson. 05:50.760 --> 05:52.360 And where are you from, mister Thompson? 05:52.360 --> 05:53.360 Missouri. 05:53.360 --> 05:54.360 Business man? 05:54.360 --> 05:55.360 Missouri. 05:55.360 --> 05:56.360 Yes, rugs, retired. 05:56.360 --> 05:59.520 Did you and Plane to hear from Chicago or from Houston, mister Thompson? 05:59.520 --> 06:00.520 Houston. 06:00.520 --> 06:03.800 Pick up one of these oranges, mister Thompson, and tuck the crate under your arm. 06:03.800 --> 06:04.800 Oh. 06:04.800 --> 06:05.800 And smile. 06:05.800 --> 06:06.800 Smile. 06:06.800 --> 06:07.800 That's it. 06:07.800 --> 06:08.800 Snap a tiny. 06:08.800 --> 06:09.800 Got it. 06:09.800 --> 06:13.400 On behalf of the Great Valley Citrus Company, it gives me pride and pleasure. 06:13.400 --> 06:15.520 Two percent. 06:15.520 --> 06:18.680 So how was I to know that the trouble was giving me the leer? 06:18.680 --> 06:20.760 He looked sure fire. 06:20.760 --> 06:25.000 Mr. A.D. Thompson, middle-aged, middle-sized, middle-ugly. 06:25.000 --> 06:30.600 Mr. John Q. Public himself. 06:30.600 --> 06:34.840 Well in the meantime, that blonde, the one mister Thompson rammed out of line on the 06:34.840 --> 06:38.320 other side of the gate, she'd been standing by listening. 06:38.320 --> 06:43.760 She was a tall, rangy, good-looking blonde, and well, all of a sudden she moved in on 06:43.760 --> 06:44.760 me. 06:44.760 --> 06:45.760 You're running this powwow buster? 06:45.760 --> 06:48.400 By rights, all those prizes belong to me. 06:48.400 --> 06:50.720 Oh, now, honey, play fair. 06:50.720 --> 06:54.280 Mister Thompson here sideswiped me or I would have come through the gate ahead of him. 06:54.280 --> 06:56.720 Technically, miss, Mr. Thompson came through first. 06:56.720 --> 06:59.720 Look, my shin hurts and I don't like being shoved around. 06:59.720 --> 07:02.520 Win or lose, I can make trouble, buster. 07:02.520 --> 07:05.120 I can sue you cross-eyed and you know it. 07:05.120 --> 07:07.280 Uh, that, that you can. 07:07.280 --> 07:08.920 That, that she can, Mr. Wilder. 07:08.920 --> 07:11.280 By saying that the Bureau gets sued, you'll be... 07:11.280 --> 07:16.520 Well, miss, now, the Bureau wants to be perfectly fair and square with you, only I don't see 07:16.520 --> 07:17.520 how... 07:17.520 --> 07:21.000 Hey, in most contests where there's a tie, they have to give duplicate prizes, Mr. Wilder. 07:21.000 --> 07:22.000 Yeah, thanks a lot. 07:22.000 --> 07:23.000 Hey, yes, that's right. 07:23.000 --> 07:24.360 We'll give duplicate prizes. 07:24.360 --> 07:25.760 Well, that's more like it. 07:25.760 --> 07:30.640 Okay, okay, music, boys. 07:30.640 --> 07:33.960 Ladies and gentlemen of the press, we have a Miss one-in-a-million also. 07:33.960 --> 07:38.800 Tell the boys your name, honey, where you're from and what you think of sunny California. 07:38.800 --> 07:40.520 Well, I'm Vera Valerie. 07:40.520 --> 07:42.640 I've lived all over, just flew in from Chicago. 07:42.640 --> 07:44.760 Been singing in a place out there. 07:44.760 --> 07:45.760 A canary, boy. 07:45.760 --> 07:48.760 Oh, and I think California's just wonderful. 07:48.760 --> 07:51.760 Give us a big smile, Miss Valerie. 07:51.760 --> 07:52.760 Thank you. 07:52.760 --> 07:53.760 There's a girl. 07:53.760 --> 08:05.200 Where's the guy with the grapefruit? 08:05.200 --> 08:09.000 So the doll was declared in, which was okay by me. 08:09.000 --> 08:14.520 In fact, every time she said hello, it was plain old nuclear fishing with me. 08:14.520 --> 08:17.360 But that's not strictly a part of this story. 08:17.360 --> 08:22.580 Well, anyhow, from the airport, I carted Thompson and Vera Valerie to the hotel diplomat where 08:22.580 --> 08:25.920 I live myself on a do-build. 08:25.920 --> 08:30.320 There was considerable yammer about that extra free room gratis for Vera, but finally the 08:30.320 --> 08:32.160 manager coughed up another single. 08:32.160 --> 08:37.200 Now, there were some hours to kill before we could go out to the lion farm, so I took 08:37.200 --> 08:42.120 a cold shower, made a few calls, and then went on my way to the whispering Palmer. 08:42.120 --> 08:44.360 Well, high time, Buster. 08:44.360 --> 08:45.360 I'm three up on you. 08:45.360 --> 08:47.080 Well, I got problems now. 08:47.080 --> 08:50.000 Henry, Henry, bring me a parson's pitfall. 08:50.000 --> 08:52.560 Hey, how they treating you, honey? 08:52.560 --> 08:54.600 What's the number of your room? 08:54.600 --> 08:56.840 Um, four something, 412, 420. 08:56.840 --> 08:59.080 Well, I know it's the fourth floor. 08:59.080 --> 09:01.720 Ah, well, that I'll check. 09:01.720 --> 09:07.720 Yeah, I got headaches with this stunt, but you're worth it, doll. 09:07.720 --> 09:09.440 Oh, I'll bet. 09:09.440 --> 09:12.080 When I barged into the act, you wanted to wring my neck. 09:12.080 --> 09:13.080 No, no, no. 09:13.080 --> 09:17.080 I was only figuring how I could swing the whole show for you without Thompson. 09:17.080 --> 09:18.080 Oh, sweet. 09:18.080 --> 09:21.400 Well, since Wilder's promised double prizes. 09:21.400 --> 09:26.320 Yeah, but I got to deliver on Big Mouth's promises, and the fur joint says one mink 09:26.320 --> 09:27.320 cape, period. 09:27.320 --> 09:28.320 Oh. 09:28.320 --> 09:33.360 Also, France World told me they aren't serving double passes to Brazil this season. 09:33.360 --> 09:36.440 But Thompson doesn't look like the mink coat type to me. 09:36.440 --> 09:37.440 We can give him the... 09:37.440 --> 09:41.040 Oh, but doll, it was a trip that you wanted. 09:41.040 --> 09:42.040 Oh, forget it. 09:42.040 --> 09:45.240 Only, why is Thompson so anxious to get the pass? 09:45.240 --> 09:46.240 I don't know. 09:46.240 --> 09:48.240 Look, Buster, I bought the newspapers. 09:48.240 --> 09:49.640 Did you read this? 09:49.640 --> 09:51.720 Texas police hunt ruthless killer. 09:51.720 --> 09:53.920 Yeah, I noticed the headline. 09:53.920 --> 09:55.920 Read the story. 09:55.920 --> 09:56.920 What? 09:56.920 --> 10:02.880 Sheriff's office, Pikesville, Texas reported discovery of two murdered men, highway 26, 10:02.880 --> 10:05.520 12 miles northeast of town. 10:05.520 --> 10:10.840 Dead men members of gang who held up Arcana Oil Company's offices in Pikesville. 10:10.840 --> 10:12.520 I don't get the drift. 10:12.520 --> 10:15.760 Pikesville's near Houston, isn't it? 10:15.760 --> 10:17.760 Sort of. 10:17.760 --> 10:18.760 Yeah. 10:18.760 --> 10:23.760 Police believe they were double crossed by a third member of gang who shot them, making 10:23.760 --> 10:26.400 off with entire loot from robbery. 10:26.400 --> 10:28.800 Notice how Thompson hung onto that briefcase. 10:28.800 --> 10:32.760 Nearly $100,000 in large denomination bills. 10:32.760 --> 10:33.760 Wow. 10:33.760 --> 10:37.240 The serial numbers and so and so and so and so and so. 10:37.240 --> 10:38.800 No description of killer available. 10:38.800 --> 10:39.800 Interesting. 10:39.800 --> 10:40.800 You've got something. 10:40.800 --> 10:44.520 He wouldn't want to spend any of those bills here, but in Brazil. 10:44.520 --> 10:45.520 Do we tip off the cops? 10:45.520 --> 10:46.520 100 grand. 10:46.520 --> 10:47.520 Huh? 10:47.520 --> 10:49.320 Yeah, no, no, not yet. 10:49.320 --> 10:50.320 Let me handle this, doll. 10:50.320 --> 10:52.880 I'll stall them on that pass to Brazil till we know for sure. 10:52.880 --> 10:56.360 You wouldn't make a deal with them, would you, bastard? 10:56.360 --> 10:57.360 Me? 10:57.360 --> 10:58.360 Well, that wouldn't be ethical. 10:58.360 --> 11:00.160 But we got to have proof, honey. 11:00.160 --> 11:03.840 Now, admit it, we got to have proof. 11:03.840 --> 11:06.800 Which was the truth, but not quite the whole truth. 11:06.800 --> 11:07.800 That I now admit. 11:07.800 --> 11:12.040 You see, the thought of that 100 Gs had set me into a spin, and I wanted time to figure 11:12.040 --> 11:15.600 out how I could cut in on those sweet, crisp deneros. 11:15.600 --> 11:18.880 If I could prove that Thompson was my man. 11:18.880 --> 11:23.520 Well, that afternoon, Thompson kind of played right into my hands. 11:23.520 --> 11:26.040 We were out to the lion farm. 11:26.040 --> 11:30.560 The boys were snapping pictures of Vera cuddling the king of beasts when Thompson, clutching 11:30.560 --> 11:33.360 that briefcase, pulled me off the one side. 11:33.360 --> 11:37.560 No more pictures of me, Zant, and keep the ones they took at the airport out of the papers. 11:37.560 --> 11:38.560 Keep them? 11:38.560 --> 11:39.560 Say, that wouldn't be ethical. 11:39.560 --> 11:40.560 What do you mean? 11:40.560 --> 11:45.240 Well, no paper's going to print two pictures on this stunt, and no offense, Thompson, but 11:45.240 --> 11:48.280 whose puss would you choose if he was a desk man? 11:48.280 --> 11:51.240 Yours or Vera's? 11:51.240 --> 11:52.720 Which held him for the nuts. 11:52.720 --> 11:58.000 And I had one more angle on Mr. T. That he was afraid somebody somewhere would know him 11:58.000 --> 11:59.000 from his picture. 11:59.000 --> 12:05.880 Well, that evening, we were in for Mike Romanoff's and Ciro's and Slapsy Max's. 12:05.880 --> 12:14.640 For such a world, I always dress up like a dog's dinner, so I went up to my room to change. 12:14.640 --> 12:15.640 Come in, Zant. 12:15.640 --> 12:16.640 Close the door. 12:16.640 --> 12:21.360 Well, Thompson, what are you doing here? 12:21.360 --> 12:22.360 Waiting for me? 12:22.360 --> 12:26.200 Hey, you're not going to Romanoff's dressed like... 12:26.200 --> 12:27.800 I'm not going out this evening. 12:27.800 --> 12:28.800 Yeah? 12:28.800 --> 12:29.800 Okay. 12:29.800 --> 12:31.640 There's no skin off me if you buy your own dinner. 12:31.640 --> 12:34.000 How soon do I get that ticket? 12:34.000 --> 12:35.000 Ticket, chum? 12:35.000 --> 12:36.000 To Brazil. 12:36.000 --> 12:37.000 How soon can I leave? 12:37.000 --> 12:40.400 Well, I guess there are flights every day to Mexico, and from there to Brazil... 12:40.400 --> 12:41.840 Get my ticket for tomorrow night. 12:41.840 --> 12:45.520 Well, now, that's one of the prizes that you and Vera got the toss for. 12:45.520 --> 12:46.520 You see, I don't see how... 12:46.520 --> 12:47.520 Get that ticket tomorrow. 12:47.520 --> 12:48.520 Give her the mink cake. 12:48.520 --> 12:49.520 Give her anything, everything. 12:49.520 --> 12:50.880 But I want that airplane pass. 12:50.880 --> 12:53.640 Oh, it's clear you want it, but Vera... 12:53.640 --> 12:56.080 I want it, and I'm going to have it. 12:56.080 --> 12:57.080 Ah? 12:57.080 --> 13:00.280 Would you have a little deal in mind? 13:00.280 --> 13:01.280 Deal? 13:01.280 --> 13:04.080 Or words to that effect? 13:04.080 --> 13:06.880 Maybe or maybe not. 13:06.880 --> 13:10.920 Get the ticket, and we'll talk. 13:10.920 --> 13:14.280 But deal or not, Zant, there's nothing I won't do to get that pass. 13:14.280 --> 13:15.280 Do you understand? 13:15.280 --> 13:16.280 Nothing! 13:16.280 --> 13:17.280 I understand. 13:17.280 --> 13:18.280 Nothing. 13:18.280 --> 13:32.440 Auto Light is bringing you Jack Carson in the One Millionth Joe, tonight's production 13:32.440 --> 13:43.080 in radio's outstanding theater thrills, Suspense. 13:43.080 --> 13:47.040 Hey Harlow, did you ever notice that if one ball player goes into a slump, the whole team 13:47.040 --> 13:48.040 seems to bog down? 13:48.040 --> 13:49.560 Well, that's natural, Hap. 13:49.560 --> 13:54.060 Each man is a vital part of the team, just as spark plugs are a vital part of the team 13:54.060 --> 13:56.960 that makes up the ignition system of your car. 13:56.960 --> 14:01.840 And auto light spark plugs are ignition engineered by the same auto light engineers who design 14:01.840 --> 14:06.920 complete ignition systems, used as original factory equipment on many makes of America's 14:06.920 --> 14:07.920 finest cars. 14:07.920 --> 14:10.080 They have team spirit, eh, Wilcock? 14:10.080 --> 14:11.080 Right, Hap. 14:11.080 --> 14:15.620 Auto light spark plugs are built to function as a perfect team with the coil distributor 14:15.620 --> 14:18.000 and all the other parts of the ignition system. 14:18.000 --> 14:23.800 Why, ignition engineered auto light spark plugs are world famous for their quality and dependability. 14:23.800 --> 14:27.360 On Excel for quick starting, smooth performance, and gas mileage. 14:27.360 --> 14:28.580 Right you are, Hap. 14:28.580 --> 14:31.700 So stop in at your friendly auto light dealers tomorrow. 14:31.700 --> 14:36.520 They have worn out spark plugs replaced with ignition engineered auto light spark plugs. 14:36.520 --> 14:40.760 Whether you choose the resistor type or the standard type, you're always right with auto 14:40.760 --> 14:41.760 light. 14:41.760 --> 14:47.280 And now auto light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage our star, Jack Carson, in the 14:47.280 --> 14:48.280 one millionth Joe. 14:48.280 --> 14:55.160 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 14:55.160 --> 15:00.520 So I showed beer in the town that night, along with some reporters, and without the preculent 15:00.520 --> 15:06.120 Mr. T. As I told Thompson, it was no skin off me if he bought his own dinner. 15:06.120 --> 15:11.440 Anyway I was, I was real glad that beer and I could finish that evening alone. 15:11.440 --> 15:15.200 It was a last night spot scheduled and therefore on the cut. 15:15.200 --> 15:19.280 The place was jumping and the newsboys was having a high old time. 15:19.280 --> 15:21.720 Carson, Carson another round of drinks here. 15:21.720 --> 15:23.720 That's the way to talk, Auntie Boy. 15:23.720 --> 15:24.720 How about champagne? 15:24.720 --> 15:27.720 Yeah, you know what the bureau looks cheap, Auntie Boy. 15:27.720 --> 15:29.720 What about my dance with Miss Valerie? 15:29.720 --> 15:31.560 Well I'm willing and waiting. 15:31.560 --> 15:33.440 Now wait, wait up boys. 15:33.440 --> 15:35.440 While you're still sober and able to listen. 15:35.440 --> 15:36.440 Space, space, space. 15:36.440 --> 15:40.000 I got an announcement to make. 15:40.000 --> 15:44.560 You ought to all be at the airport tomorrow night for Transworld's part in this stunt. 15:44.560 --> 15:45.560 The free pass. 15:45.560 --> 15:46.560 Where to, Algy? 15:46.560 --> 15:47.560 Who's going? 15:47.560 --> 15:48.560 The free pass it is. 15:48.560 --> 15:51.340 But I want you boys to have a little suspense. 15:51.340 --> 15:54.400 Just be at the airport from 10 p.m. on. 15:54.400 --> 15:57.560 One or another of our two winners will be taking off for parts unknown. 15:57.560 --> 16:01.880 But who or where to, you gotta be there to see. 16:01.880 --> 16:03.520 Hey Buster, you didn't tell me yet. 16:03.520 --> 16:05.560 Well come on, let's you and me bunny hunt. 16:05.560 --> 16:08.800 Now drink up you mugs and don't be bashful about asking for more of the same. 16:08.800 --> 16:09.800 But Buster, you haven't told me. 16:09.800 --> 16:10.800 Come on, Pira. 16:10.800 --> 16:11.800 Oh Buster, tell me. 16:11.800 --> 16:12.800 Now come on, darling. 16:12.800 --> 16:13.800 Just snuggle up and dance. 16:13.800 --> 16:14.800 Smooth. 16:14.800 --> 16:26.800 I saw you and Thompson huddling at the Lion Farm. 16:26.800 --> 16:29.520 Yeah, well he was telling me that he's camera shy. 16:29.520 --> 16:30.920 Oh he is, isn't he? 16:30.920 --> 16:33.640 But later in my room Thompson showed his teeth. 16:33.640 --> 16:35.560 Said I should hand over that pass to Brazil or else. 16:35.560 --> 16:37.160 Oh look, we gotta tip off the cops. 16:37.160 --> 16:38.880 Oh sure honey, as soon as we got proof. 16:38.880 --> 16:39.880 Proof? 16:39.880 --> 16:40.880 Yeah. 16:40.880 --> 16:43.720 This bony blows in from Houston clutching a briefcase to his breast nearly blows his 16:43.720 --> 16:47.280 top when you pick him out of the crowd until you mention an airplane pass. 16:47.280 --> 16:48.280 It's not enough. 16:48.280 --> 16:49.280 Not enough. 16:49.280 --> 16:52.600 Look, if I call in the cops and Thompson turns out to be only a gink with a screw loose, 16:52.600 --> 16:53.600 I'm in trouble. 16:53.600 --> 16:54.600 Capital T trouble. 16:54.600 --> 16:56.920 You gotta see my side. 16:56.920 --> 16:58.520 Then what are you doing to get more proof? 16:58.520 --> 17:00.800 Ah, that's for you coming, beauty. 17:00.800 --> 17:04.600 You think you could get Thompson to flash some of that dough if he has it? 17:04.600 --> 17:05.600 Come again? 17:05.600 --> 17:08.080 Well, figure out some way to make him show his money. 17:08.080 --> 17:12.000 See if it comes out of the briefcase and if it's in big denomination bills. 17:12.000 --> 17:14.120 Oh yeah, maybe. 17:14.120 --> 17:16.440 Well, tackle him first thing in the morning. 17:16.440 --> 17:18.040 First thing in the morning, I'll get the ticket. 17:18.040 --> 17:21.240 Then the first chance we get, we compare notes. 17:21.240 --> 17:23.340 And if what I find out adds up. 17:23.340 --> 17:25.720 Then you be packed and ready to leave tomorrow night. 17:25.720 --> 17:26.720 To Brazil? 17:26.720 --> 17:27.720 Maybe I want to go later. 17:27.720 --> 17:29.720 And maybe I want to go to Honolulu. 17:29.720 --> 17:30.720 Maybe. 17:30.720 --> 17:34.760 After the spouting I just did to the reporters, somebody's gotta be in that plane or, bluey, 17:34.760 --> 17:37.280 my stunt. 17:37.280 --> 17:41.160 Which so far as this story goes, wound it up for that night. 17:41.160 --> 17:43.800 A down girl. 17:43.800 --> 17:46.240 Was she ever the deluxe type? 17:46.240 --> 17:50.400 I freely admit, she rocked me. 17:50.400 --> 17:54.960 Yeah, well, come morning I was up with the birds at thereabouts. 17:54.960 --> 17:59.160 I checked and found out that Vera had last sued Mr. Thompson for breakfast. 17:59.160 --> 18:00.800 So far so good. 18:00.800 --> 18:03.400 So I hustled myself down to Transworld and got the ticket. 18:03.400 --> 18:05.880 A long green strip of confetti. 18:05.880 --> 18:07.760 Real and returned. 18:07.760 --> 18:10.720 Then the big day commenced and Thompson came along. 18:10.720 --> 18:12.560 No doubt to keep an eye on me. 18:12.560 --> 18:17.220 So me and Vera weren't able to huddle until some hours later on a sound stage out of colossus 18:17.220 --> 18:18.220 pictures. 18:18.220 --> 18:22.640 When they've got this shot lined up I'll introduce you folks to Vincent. 18:22.640 --> 18:23.640 He's the director. 18:23.640 --> 18:25.840 I'm producing this. 18:25.840 --> 18:27.920 Mr. Thompson, did you say you were in rugs? 18:27.920 --> 18:28.920 Yes, retired. 18:28.920 --> 18:31.400 The rug we use in this set might interest you. 18:31.400 --> 18:33.520 That's a good idea, Arthur. 18:33.520 --> 18:35.240 Give the rug a once over, Mr. T. 18:35.240 --> 18:36.240 This way, Mr. Thompson. 18:36.240 --> 18:37.840 You see in a picture the producer... 18:37.840 --> 18:40.080 Buster, I got him to show me his money. 18:40.080 --> 18:41.080 Yeah? 18:41.080 --> 18:42.080 Out of the briefcase? 18:42.080 --> 18:43.080 Yeah. 18:43.080 --> 18:44.080 He took the briefcase along to breakfast. 18:44.080 --> 18:45.080 How'd you work it? 18:45.080 --> 18:47.160 Well, I ordered everything I could see on the menu. 18:47.160 --> 18:48.160 Yeah, yeah. 18:48.160 --> 18:50.600 When we brought our check it was almost 16 bucks. 18:50.600 --> 18:51.600 Oh, ho, ho. 18:51.600 --> 18:54.280 Well, I fished around and my person said, how perfectly awful. 18:54.280 --> 18:57.080 I've only got a dollar seventy-five to my name. 18:57.080 --> 18:59.800 You will have to pay the check, Mr. T., and let me pay you back. 18:59.800 --> 19:00.800 Oh, ho, ho, ho. 19:00.800 --> 19:03.920 Well, the waiter was standing off giving us a cold eye. 19:03.920 --> 19:09.120 So Thompson unzips his briefcase a couple of inches and fishes out a five hundred dollar 19:09.120 --> 19:10.120 bill. 19:10.120 --> 19:11.120 Five six? 19:11.120 --> 19:12.120 I could have died. 19:12.120 --> 19:15.920 I stared till I was bug-eyed trying to read the serial number. 19:15.920 --> 19:18.360 Buster, you're gonna be proud of me. 19:18.360 --> 19:20.360 The number was C1240653. 19:20.360 --> 19:21.360 What? 19:21.360 --> 19:24.040 You remembered the whole number? 19:24.040 --> 19:25.040 Yeah. 19:25.040 --> 19:26.040 I got a mind for numbers. 19:26.040 --> 19:27.840 Never forget a phone number or an address. 19:27.840 --> 19:30.200 What are you looking at? 19:30.200 --> 19:32.000 This is the list of serial numbers. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 Say that number again, doll. 19:34.000 --> 19:35.000 C1240653. 19:35.000 --> 19:36.000 That's it. 19:36.000 --> 19:39.720 One of the bills from the Pikesville holdup. 19:39.720 --> 19:42.560 But if the hotel got it they may check. 19:42.560 --> 19:43.560 No, they don't have it. 19:43.560 --> 19:47.360 All of a sudden Thompson grabbed the bill back and said we don't have to pay for breakfast. 19:47.360 --> 19:48.360 That's part of the prize. 19:48.360 --> 19:49.360 We're rolling. 19:49.360 --> 19:50.360 Quiet. 19:50.360 --> 19:51.360 Quiet, please. 19:51.360 --> 19:54.000 So Mr. T thinks he can play her up with me, eh? 19:54.000 --> 19:55.000 One hundred grand. 19:55.000 --> 19:56.480 So now will you call the cops? 19:56.480 --> 19:57.880 Not so fast, honey. 19:57.880 --> 19:58.880 You said you'd let me handle this. 19:58.880 --> 19:59.880 Quiet. 19:59.880 --> 20:00.880 We're rolling. 20:00.880 --> 20:05.440 Elsie, shut up before I have you thrown out. 20:05.440 --> 20:10.600 Which is how they sometimes treat us flacks in Hollywood and us the backbone of the industry. 20:10.600 --> 20:13.080 Yeah, well, that's pictures. 20:13.080 --> 20:16.840 But I let it ride this time since it got me out of a tight squeeze with Vera. 20:16.840 --> 20:19.560 You see, this is how I had it figured. 20:19.560 --> 20:21.720 I'd put it up to Thompson what I knew. 20:21.720 --> 20:25.480 Then if he didn't cut me in for a healthy slice of a hundred G's, there was always the 20:25.480 --> 20:29.240 cops from whom there was undoubtedly a big reward. 20:29.240 --> 20:33.440 That way I could play for the big money and still hedge my bet. 20:33.440 --> 20:35.000 But I put it this way to Vera. 20:35.000 --> 20:38.840 I said, look, look, cream girl, you'll be ready to leave. 20:38.840 --> 20:39.840 That's all. 20:39.840 --> 20:42.240 Oh, what time does the plane take off, did you say? 20:42.240 --> 20:43.240 1140. 20:43.240 --> 20:46.000 We ought to leave here by 11. 20:46.000 --> 20:47.720 And what happens to Thompson, Buster? 20:47.720 --> 20:52.120 Well, I'll get everything set for a quiet pinch just after we leave. 20:52.120 --> 20:56.000 It'll louse up the stunt doll if it gets out that the Bureau picked a hood for this world. 20:56.000 --> 20:58.640 I got to protect my client, you understand? 20:58.640 --> 21:00.640 Oh, sure, Buster. 21:00.640 --> 21:05.920 I understand. 21:05.920 --> 21:10.240 So Vera was set up to take Mr. Thompson's place if it was no deal with him. 21:10.240 --> 21:16.360 If it was a deal, then Thompson would fly off to Brazil, leaving me unexpectedly wealthy. 21:16.360 --> 21:22.520 I was sure Vera was a sensible type doll, not adverse to knowing a Joe who was in the 21:22.520 --> 21:23.520 chips. 21:23.520 --> 21:27.640 Well, along about 930, I went knocking at Thompson's door. 21:27.640 --> 21:29.640 Come in. 21:29.640 --> 21:33.200 Well, sir, another day of California sunshine. 21:33.200 --> 21:34.200 Oh, you got it. 21:34.200 --> 21:37.920 You, uh, you said we'd have another talk. 21:37.920 --> 21:38.920 Talk's cheap. 21:38.920 --> 21:40.360 All right, I'll level with you. 21:40.360 --> 21:42.280 I know your name isn't Thompson. 21:42.280 --> 21:44.420 I know why you didn't like being picked for this stunt. 21:44.420 --> 21:48.520 I know what's in that briefcase, and I know why you want to fly the coupe. 21:48.520 --> 21:49.760 Huh? 21:49.760 --> 21:51.880 You spoke yesterday about a deal. 21:51.880 --> 21:52.880 Yeah. 21:52.880 --> 21:53.880 How much? 21:53.880 --> 21:54.880 Fifty. 21:54.880 --> 21:55.880 Fifty dollars? 21:55.880 --> 21:56.880 Don't play footsie with me, Thompson. 21:56.880 --> 21:57.880 Fifty grand. 21:57.880 --> 21:58.880 Fifty thousand dollars. 21:58.880 --> 21:59.880 Fifty thousand dollars? 21:59.880 --> 22:02.360 With hot money like that, I'll have to trade off at a discount. 22:02.360 --> 22:06.080 But you'll be in Brazil getting your money's worth dollar for dollar. 22:06.080 --> 22:08.480 Just take your briefcase, Mr. T, and unzip. 22:08.480 --> 22:10.360 Just what do you think I have in this briefcase? 22:10.360 --> 22:11.360 I don't think. 22:11.360 --> 22:12.360 I know. 22:12.360 --> 22:13.920 Look, I'll tell you who I am and why. 22:13.920 --> 22:14.920 All about it. 22:14.920 --> 22:15.920 Time's a-wasting, Mr. Thompson. 22:15.920 --> 22:17.200 In ten minutes, I'll call the cops. 22:17.200 --> 22:18.200 My name's Kirkwood. 22:18.200 --> 22:20.560 I came on the Chicago plane, not the one from Houston. 22:20.560 --> 22:22.400 Ah, Vera was on the Chicago plane. 22:22.400 --> 22:23.400 She never saw you. 22:23.400 --> 22:25.840 I came to Los Angeles to kill myself, Mr. Zant. 22:25.840 --> 22:29.120 To kill myself in such a way that I could never be identified. 22:29.120 --> 22:30.120 I'm going blind. 22:30.120 --> 22:32.480 I'll be totally blind six months from now. 22:32.480 --> 22:33.760 Oh, come now. 22:33.760 --> 22:34.760 Really. 22:34.760 --> 22:35.760 What are you giving me, Thompson? 22:35.760 --> 22:36.760 Five years. 22:36.760 --> 22:39.560 Five years I went to ice specialists, New York, Philadelphia, Canada, spent every cent 22:39.560 --> 22:41.040 I had trying to find a cure. 22:41.040 --> 22:43.480 Look, I got no time to brandish words with you. 22:43.480 --> 22:46.800 Then I heard of this one doctor, a Viennese refugee, lives in Rio. 22:46.800 --> 22:49.480 He's cured cases like mine, but my money was gone. 22:49.480 --> 22:50.840 Look, I'm gonna fall. 22:50.840 --> 22:52.960 Oh, why don't you believe me? 22:52.960 --> 22:54.920 I have a daughter, Mr. Zant. 22:54.920 --> 22:56.760 All I can leave her is my insurance. 22:56.760 --> 23:03.080 I thought if I disappeared, if it could never be proved, I killed myself. 23:03.080 --> 23:05.800 That's why I didn't want to be recognized. 23:05.800 --> 23:08.960 That's why I grabbed for this wonderful chance this free trip to Brazil. 23:08.960 --> 23:11.360 And the briefcase, Mr. T, what's in the briefcase? 23:11.360 --> 23:12.360 Dynamite. 23:12.360 --> 23:13.360 What? 23:13.360 --> 23:14.360 Dynamite? 23:14.360 --> 23:15.360 I bet it's dynamite. 23:15.360 --> 23:16.360 You're some joker, Thompson. 23:16.360 --> 23:18.400 Were you gonna kill yourself with dynamite? 23:18.400 --> 23:21.560 So I couldn't be identified, yes. 23:21.560 --> 23:24.720 Let me see the dynamite, Mr. T, the crisp green dynamite. 23:24.720 --> 23:26.320 Don't touch that briefcase, Zant. 23:26.320 --> 23:27.320 Buster. 23:27.320 --> 23:30.160 Hey, Buster, I've been turning the place inside out to find you. 23:30.160 --> 23:31.560 Vera, leave us be. 23:31.560 --> 23:34.440 But I just remembered it's daylight saving time here on the coast. 23:34.440 --> 23:36.440 My plane leaves an hour earlier. 23:36.440 --> 23:44.600 Buster, watch out! 23:44.600 --> 23:48.760 When I came to, there was Roman candles going off in my head and Vera was tied to a chair 23:48.760 --> 23:51.200 with a towel stuffed in her mouth. 23:51.200 --> 23:54.840 The airplane think it was going out of my wallet, of course, but I saw by my watch there 23:54.840 --> 23:55.840 was still time. 23:55.840 --> 23:59.640 Ten minutes later, we was in my car, Vera and halfway to the airport. 23:59.640 --> 24:03.360 I took a shortcut up through the hills and kept the gas pedal flat on the floor. 24:03.360 --> 24:05.600 It was a while before Vera said anything. 24:05.600 --> 24:09.240 Buster, this will really blow up your stunt if you have Thompson pinched at the airport. 24:09.240 --> 24:11.080 No two-bit hood's gonna push me around. 24:11.080 --> 24:14.880 Well, let's see if we can figure some way to get me on the plane quiet. 24:14.880 --> 24:17.800 Then after I've left, I'll... 24:17.800 --> 24:18.800 You nailed Thompson. 24:18.800 --> 24:19.800 Forget it. 24:19.800 --> 24:20.800 Forget the stunt, doll. 24:20.800 --> 24:21.800 Now I'm out for blood. 24:21.800 --> 24:22.800 What time does that plane leave? 24:22.800 --> 24:23.800 I forgot. 24:23.800 --> 24:25.520 1140 daylight saving, 1040 standard. 24:25.520 --> 24:26.520 That Thompson. 24:26.520 --> 24:29.960 He claimed he came in on the other plane, not the one from Houston. 24:29.960 --> 24:30.960 No kidding. 24:30.960 --> 24:32.040 I said right off. 24:32.040 --> 24:34.480 You wouldn't know if he was on the same plane as you. 24:34.480 --> 24:35.480 That's right, Buster. 24:35.480 --> 24:38.200 And then when I ask about the briefcase, he says it's dynamite. 24:38.200 --> 24:41.120 After you saw that $500 bill with a serial number. 24:41.120 --> 24:42.120 That's right, Buster. 24:42.120 --> 24:44.800 Thompson didn't know the combination he was up against. 24:44.800 --> 24:46.640 Me and a sharp doll like you. 24:46.640 --> 24:47.960 That's right, Buster. 24:47.960 --> 24:49.900 You spotting that headline right off. 24:49.900 --> 24:52.760 And remembering that serial number 100%, that's... 24:52.760 --> 24:56.800 Yeah, it's funny, though. 24:56.800 --> 24:57.800 What's funny? 24:57.800 --> 25:01.640 Well, that you couldn't remember your room number or the time the plane leaves. 25:01.640 --> 25:04.280 If you got the memory you say you have... 25:04.280 --> 25:05.280 That's right, Buster. 25:05.280 --> 25:08.280 Hey, it's you. 25:08.280 --> 25:09.280 It isn't Thompson. 25:09.280 --> 25:11.120 You're the Texas hoodlum. 25:11.120 --> 25:12.840 This gun's loaded, Buster. 25:12.840 --> 25:14.560 Turn off at the next side road. 25:14.560 --> 25:16.340 You came on the Houston plane. 25:16.340 --> 25:17.600 You played me for a sucker. 25:17.600 --> 25:19.360 I played you for what you are. 25:19.360 --> 25:20.360 Step on it. 25:20.360 --> 25:22.560 Every last lead I got on Thompson, I got from you. 25:22.560 --> 25:24.640 If I ever trust another doll... 25:24.640 --> 25:26.840 You won't live to worry about it, Buster. 25:26.840 --> 25:27.840 Turn. 25:27.840 --> 25:28.840 Turn right here. 25:28.840 --> 25:36.840 Well, I'm kind of ticklish, so with Vera's gun nudging my ribs, I turn. 25:36.840 --> 25:38.880 It's an old car, pre-war. 25:38.880 --> 25:41.160 It sounded like it was splitting at the seams. 25:41.160 --> 25:44.640 She jabbed my ribs again and I pushed the gas down and gave her everything she'd taken 25:44.640 --> 25:45.640 and... 25:45.640 --> 25:48.160 End of the road doll, it's the cops. 25:48.160 --> 25:52.920 I don't see any cops. 25:52.920 --> 25:54.640 But you see, I got the gun doll. 25:54.640 --> 25:56.480 You see that, don't you? 25:56.480 --> 25:57.760 Old Josephine here. 25:57.760 --> 25:58.880 She has a lovely habit. 25:58.880 --> 26:01.400 You give her too much gas, she resents it. 26:01.400 --> 26:02.400 She backfires. 26:02.400 --> 26:03.880 Bang, bang, bang. 26:03.880 --> 26:07.200 Which is tough on a doll's nerves if she's as jumpy as you are. 26:07.200 --> 26:08.920 Buster, look. 26:08.920 --> 26:10.720 You couldn't make a deal, could you? 26:10.720 --> 26:12.200 Say, 50 grand? 26:12.200 --> 26:19.320 Say, that wouldn't be ethical. 26:19.320 --> 26:23.040 Which was the truth, but not quite the whole truth. 26:23.040 --> 26:27.400 It was worth kissing 50 grand goodbye to turn Vera in after she conned me the way I did 26:27.400 --> 26:34.800 because one thing I can't stand, being taken over the hurdles by a doll. 26:34.800 --> 26:37.200 So that wound up the stunt. 26:37.200 --> 26:38.200 Thompson? 26:38.200 --> 26:40.760 Oh, he took off, okay. 26:40.760 --> 26:43.640 And the doctor in Rio handled his case. 26:43.640 --> 26:46.800 His eyes are 100% now without cheaters. 26:46.800 --> 26:48.120 Me? 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