WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.000 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Suspense. 00:12.000 --> 00:21.160 Tonight, Auto Light brings you Christmas for Carol, a suspense play starring Mr. Dennis 00:21.160 --> 00:22.160 Day. 00:22.160 --> 00:23.160 Hey, Hap. 00:23.160 --> 00:24.160 Hello, Shandy. 00:24.160 --> 00:30.360 Well, it's Wilcox. 00:30.360 --> 00:34.760 Now, what are you doing in that costume, Harlow? 00:34.760 --> 00:36.320 Going to a Christmas party, Hap. 00:36.320 --> 00:37.880 Oh, what's in the sack? 00:37.880 --> 00:39.960 Why, a load of Merry motoring. 00:39.960 --> 00:42.800 In this box, I've got smoother performance, you see? 00:42.800 --> 00:45.560 Ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs. 00:45.560 --> 00:50.320 Sure, and when you replace worn out spark plugs with these new Bantam beauties, your car will 00:50.320 --> 00:53.840 perform smoother than Santa skidding down a slippery chimney. 00:53.840 --> 00:55.800 And what's in this box, Harlow? 00:55.800 --> 00:56.800 Fast starts, Hap. 00:56.800 --> 01:00.080 Well, these are ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs, too. 01:00.080 --> 01:01.080 You bet. 01:01.080 --> 01:05.480 They're unmatched for quick starts because they're designed by the same Auto Light engineers 01:05.480 --> 01:09.500 who designed the coil distributor and all the other important parts of the complete 01:09.500 --> 01:13.640 ignition system for many leading makes of our finest cars. 01:13.640 --> 01:17.520 That's why ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs work as a team with your car's 01:17.520 --> 01:18.880 ignition system. 01:18.880 --> 01:22.720 And that's why they're world famous for quality and dependability. 01:22.720 --> 01:26.480 And I suppose you're giving gas savings in the third box, eh, Harlow? 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02:13.440 --> 02:14.440 Come on, let's get out of here. 02:14.440 --> 02:16.040 I said we wait for the old couple to get back. 02:16.040 --> 02:17.040 What for? 02:17.040 --> 02:18.040 Why take chances now? 02:18.040 --> 02:19.040 We got some money. 02:19.040 --> 02:20.640 How do we know it's all of it? 02:20.640 --> 02:22.560 Maybe they split it and put it in two places. 02:22.560 --> 02:25.160 We'll wait here and watch for them when they come in. 02:25.160 --> 02:26.280 They'll tip it. 02:26.280 --> 02:27.280 It was 8,000. 02:27.280 --> 02:28.280 That's what he withdrew. 02:28.280 --> 02:29.280 You asked for this, kid. 02:29.280 --> 02:31.200 Now do as you're told. 02:31.200 --> 02:38.000 We wait. 02:38.000 --> 02:39.760 I couldn't help being scared. 02:39.760 --> 02:42.280 This was my first job, my first and last. 02:42.280 --> 02:43.800 I just wanted that money. 02:43.800 --> 02:46.840 I wanted it fast and short and I wanted to run away from it and forget it. 02:46.840 --> 02:48.200 A one shot. 02:48.200 --> 02:50.000 That's why I got hold of Rocky Perea. 02:50.000 --> 02:51.000 Lucky. 02:51.000 --> 02:52.760 I had to be lucky just this once. 02:52.760 --> 02:54.640 For Carol, not for me. 02:54.640 --> 02:55.640 It was for Carol. 02:55.640 --> 02:57.160 Nothing else I cared about, see? 02:57.160 --> 03:10.440 It didn't seem possible now that three days ago I hadn't known Rocky, hadn't needed him. 03:10.440 --> 03:11.440 What is it, doctor? 03:11.440 --> 03:12.440 How about the baby? 03:12.440 --> 03:14.400 Your wife must remain in bed. 03:14.400 --> 03:15.400 Serious? 03:15.400 --> 03:18.840 No, not serious, but she's got to stay flat on her back. 03:18.840 --> 03:19.840 A nurse. 03:19.840 --> 03:21.320 You should have a nurse with her all the time. 03:21.320 --> 03:23.480 Oh, but it's two months away, doctor. 03:23.480 --> 03:27.440 It's just a question of keeping her relaxed and quiet, not letting her do any work around 03:27.440 --> 03:30.080 the house, lift things or even walk. 03:30.080 --> 03:31.080 Okay. 03:31.080 --> 03:32.080 Okay, doctor. 03:32.080 --> 03:33.080 And she'll be all right? 03:33.080 --> 03:35.040 There's one other thing. 03:35.040 --> 03:37.680 She was quite worried when I told her about the nurse. 03:37.680 --> 03:40.680 I got the feeling she's well afraid to have the baby. 03:40.680 --> 03:41.680 Afraid? 03:41.680 --> 03:42.680 Not for herself. 03:42.680 --> 03:47.640 I can't put my finger on it, but it's having a detrimental effect on her condition. 03:47.640 --> 03:49.640 I know what it is, doctor. 03:49.640 --> 03:50.640 Money. 03:50.640 --> 03:52.640 Oh, I see. 03:52.640 --> 03:57.080 Well, it might not be easy finding a nurse only four days till Christmas. 03:57.080 --> 03:58.080 I'll get one, doctor. 03:58.080 --> 03:59.080 Thanks. 03:59.080 --> 04:00.080 I'll call you this evening. 04:00.080 --> 04:01.080 Yeah. 04:01.080 --> 04:02.080 Thanks again, doctor. 04:02.080 --> 04:03.080 Paul? 04:03.080 --> 04:05.080 Sweetheart, it'll be all right. 04:05.080 --> 04:10.640 I'm going to get the nurse to take care of you. 04:10.640 --> 04:12.920 I'll be able to get up and around in a day or two. 04:12.920 --> 04:13.920 Not if you want that, son. 04:13.920 --> 04:16.920 The doc said everything will be all right if you take it easy, and you're going to take 04:16.920 --> 04:17.920 it easy. 04:17.920 --> 04:18.920 But a nurse? 04:18.920 --> 04:19.920 Look, I've got to get back to the bank. 04:19.920 --> 04:21.480 I'm only on my lunch hour, sweetheart. 04:21.480 --> 04:24.440 I'll make a few calls from there, and tonight we'll pick out the nurse. 04:24.440 --> 04:27.040 How much do they charge? 04:27.040 --> 04:28.040 What's the difference? 04:28.040 --> 04:29.040 How much, Paul? 04:29.040 --> 04:31.040 It's a lot of money, I know. 04:31.040 --> 04:32.200 50, 60 a week. 04:32.200 --> 04:33.200 We'll make out all right. 04:33.200 --> 04:34.640 Now there's nothing to worry about. 04:34.640 --> 04:35.640 Oh, Paul. 04:35.640 --> 04:38.200 This was going to be a happy Christmas. 04:38.200 --> 04:39.200 Now... 04:39.200 --> 04:40.200 Yeah. 04:40.200 --> 04:41.200 We'll make out all right. 04:41.200 --> 04:42.200 It's a happy Christmas in this dump. 04:42.200 --> 04:43.200 It's funny, Paul. 04:43.200 --> 04:45.720 $50 a week for a nurse. 04:45.720 --> 04:48.640 For another two months, it's funny. 04:48.640 --> 04:50.840 You make $48.50 at the bank. 04:50.840 --> 04:57.160 You'll have to pay the nurse more money than you earn. 04:57.160 --> 05:01.040 Yeah. 05:01.040 --> 05:02.040 More money than I earn. 05:02.040 --> 05:04.560 You know how it is being a bank teller? 05:04.560 --> 05:08.360 Feeling, seeing, handling money, taking in money, paying it out. 05:08.360 --> 05:11.760 When I went back to work, I was seeing it for the first time with something more than 05:11.760 --> 05:14.440 a detached feeling, thinking, I need this money. 05:14.440 --> 05:15.440 I need this money. 05:15.440 --> 05:16.440 I need this money. 05:16.440 --> 05:20.960 How I need this money for Carol and the baby. 05:20.960 --> 05:25.400 It was almost 3 o'clock when Eddie the bookie came in. 05:25.400 --> 05:26.400 Hi, Paul. 05:26.400 --> 05:27.400 Ha ha. 05:27.400 --> 05:28.400 Good day yesterday. 05:28.400 --> 05:29.400 And big action in a few days. 05:29.400 --> 05:30.400 Santa Nita opens. 05:30.400 --> 05:31.400 Yeah. 05:31.400 --> 05:32.400 People like to throw their money away. 05:32.400 --> 05:33.400 They throw it. 05:33.400 --> 05:34.400 I catch it. 05:34.400 --> 05:35.400 Eddie, could I see you later? 05:35.400 --> 05:36.400 You ready to make a deal? 05:36.400 --> 05:37.400 I want to talk to you. 05:37.400 --> 05:38.400 What time you through? 05:38.400 --> 05:39.400 Five o'clock. 05:39.400 --> 05:48.160 Meet you outside at five o'clock. 05:48.160 --> 05:49.960 Eddie Garth, bookie. 05:49.960 --> 05:51.880 He quit school in the seventh grade. 05:51.880 --> 05:53.860 I held out and went through college. 05:53.860 --> 05:56.040 And all these years he's tried to get me to go in with him. 05:56.040 --> 05:57.960 To run his office, do the book work. 05:57.960 --> 05:59.960 He was waiting for me when I finished work. 05:59.960 --> 06:02.200 We went to a coffee shop and sat down. 06:02.200 --> 06:07.000 And all around us, the loudspeakers reminding me what a happy Christmas it was. 06:07.000 --> 06:10.560 How's Carol, Paul? 06:10.560 --> 06:11.560 Not so good, Eddie. 06:11.560 --> 06:13.720 That's what I want to talk to you about. 06:13.720 --> 06:15.200 No more loans, Paul. 06:15.200 --> 06:16.200 You need money? 06:16.200 --> 06:17.200 Come with me. 06:17.200 --> 06:18.200 Don't you ever give up. 06:18.200 --> 06:19.800 What's so good at the bank? 06:19.800 --> 06:21.880 25 bucks for a Christmas bonus? 06:21.880 --> 06:22.880 Look, Eddie. 06:22.880 --> 06:24.440 Come in with me now. 06:24.440 --> 06:25.760 With Santa Nita opening. 06:25.760 --> 06:27.600 I can work the outside, get new accounts. 06:27.600 --> 06:28.600 Eddie. 06:28.600 --> 06:30.080 And I'll give you 10% of those accounts, Paul. 06:30.080 --> 06:31.600 But I won't lend you the money. 06:31.600 --> 06:33.600 I'd be a sucker to lend it to you. 06:33.600 --> 06:36.280 I'll give it to you if you come in, but I won't lend you anymore. 06:36.280 --> 06:37.280 Okay, Eddie. 06:37.280 --> 06:38.280 Forget it. 06:38.280 --> 06:40.280 I'll get it some other way. 06:40.280 --> 06:41.560 I don't get it. 06:41.560 --> 06:42.560 What's wrong with my deal? 06:42.560 --> 06:45.120 Look, Eddie, how many times have you been routed by the vice squad? 06:45.120 --> 06:46.120 Plenty. 06:46.120 --> 06:48.640 And every time, they book you and they fingerprint you and take your picture. 06:48.640 --> 06:49.640 So what? 06:49.640 --> 06:50.760 They never have anything on me. 06:50.760 --> 06:51.800 It's on your record, Eddie. 06:51.800 --> 06:52.800 As long as you live. 06:52.800 --> 06:54.560 Sure, I need money. 06:54.560 --> 06:57.560 Maybe I'm getting close to the time when I'm not too choosy about the way I get it. 06:57.560 --> 06:59.240 But it won't be your way. 06:59.240 --> 07:00.240 What? 07:00.240 --> 07:01.240 What are you talking about? 07:01.240 --> 07:03.680 If I ever break the law, it's going to be with the right guy and it's going to be the 07:03.680 --> 07:04.680 right job. 07:04.680 --> 07:05.680 You're dreaming, Paul. 07:05.680 --> 07:08.080 You'll still be in that cage 10 years from now. 07:08.080 --> 07:09.240 I'd hit and run. 07:09.240 --> 07:11.920 One job with enough out of it to make it worthwhile. 07:11.920 --> 07:12.920 That's the way to be, Eddie. 07:12.920 --> 07:13.920 A one shot. 07:13.920 --> 07:16.120 There is no such thing, Paul. 07:16.120 --> 07:18.240 You do something like that, you're stuck in it. 07:18.240 --> 07:20.880 And you're worse off than if you came with me. 07:20.880 --> 07:25.880 Think about it, Paul. 07:25.880 --> 07:34.320 Go home then and fix dinner for Carol all the time, thinking of the money and Carol 07:34.320 --> 07:35.840 and the baby and debts. 07:35.840 --> 07:39.280 The worry eating at me and thinking about what I'd said to Eddie. 07:39.280 --> 07:42.360 Then the next morning, old man Forbes made a withdrawal. 07:42.360 --> 07:43.920 The first he'd ever made. 07:43.920 --> 07:44.920 Hi, son. 07:44.920 --> 07:45.920 What? 07:45.920 --> 07:46.920 Oh, hello, Mr. Forbes. 07:46.920 --> 07:47.920 I'm going to miss you, son. 07:47.920 --> 07:48.920 Seems like we're good friends after all these years. 07:48.920 --> 07:49.920 Miss me? 07:49.920 --> 07:50.920 Take a look at the slip. 07:50.920 --> 07:51.920 That's a lot of money. 07:51.920 --> 07:52.920 12 years hard work. 07:52.920 --> 07:53.920 That's what that money means. 07:53.920 --> 07:54.920 But you're taking it all out? 07:54.920 --> 07:55.920 Yeah. 07:55.920 --> 07:56.920 And I quit the job. 07:56.920 --> 07:57.920 I'm going to get a job. 07:57.920 --> 07:58.920 I'm going to get a job. 07:58.920 --> 07:59.920 I'm going to get a job. 07:59.920 --> 08:00.920 I'm going to get a job. 08:00.920 --> 08:01.920 I'm going to get a job. 08:01.920 --> 08:02.920 I'm going to get a job. 08:02.920 --> 08:04.280 You're going to get a job? 08:04.280 --> 08:05.280 Yeah, and I quit my job today. 08:05.280 --> 08:06.280 Quit your job? 08:06.280 --> 08:09.400 Ada and me, we've been waiting a long time for this Christmas. 08:09.400 --> 08:10.400 We're moving out of the city. 08:10.400 --> 08:11.400 Oh? 08:11.400 --> 08:13.320 And we've had our eye on a little farm. 08:13.320 --> 08:14.320 Now we can buy it. 08:14.320 --> 08:16.040 Even got the papers drawn up. 08:16.040 --> 08:17.600 Then you're leaving right away? 08:17.600 --> 08:18.780 About a week. 08:18.780 --> 08:20.080 But Ada don't know yet. 08:20.080 --> 08:21.080 I'm going to surprise her. 08:21.080 --> 08:22.240 Kind of a Christmas present. 08:22.240 --> 08:24.560 But it's not safe to keep so much cash on you. 08:24.560 --> 08:25.560 Especially... 08:25.560 --> 08:26.560 I've got a perfect place to hide. 08:26.560 --> 08:28.120 It's unknown and things look there. 08:28.120 --> 08:32.240 Besides, I figure I've worked too hard and too long to lose it now. 08:32.240 --> 08:33.240 Oh, no, son. 08:33.240 --> 08:34.240 It wouldn't happen. 08:34.240 --> 08:42.800 It wouldn't seem right, son. 08:42.800 --> 08:44.200 It stayed with me and it grew. 08:44.200 --> 08:47.320 Like a wheel spinning, gaining momentum. 08:47.320 --> 08:49.000 This could be the right job. 08:49.000 --> 08:51.840 Eight thousand dollars, enough for that single shot. 08:51.840 --> 08:53.280 It stayed with me. 08:53.280 --> 08:54.280 All the time growing. 08:54.280 --> 08:55.280 Growing. 08:55.280 --> 09:01.560 Yeah, lunch is on me, Paul. 09:01.560 --> 09:02.560 If you change your mind. 09:02.560 --> 09:06.080 No, I called you Eddie because I need your help. 09:06.080 --> 09:07.080 What kind of help? 09:07.080 --> 09:08.960 Well, you can arrange for me to talk to someone. 09:08.960 --> 09:09.960 Maybe. 09:09.960 --> 09:10.960 Who is it? 09:10.960 --> 09:11.960 Rocky Perea. 09:11.960 --> 09:12.960 Rocky Perea? 09:12.960 --> 09:15.400 Are you kidding? 09:15.400 --> 09:17.000 You picked yourself the right guy, all right. 09:17.000 --> 09:19.360 The cops don't even know what he looks like. 09:19.360 --> 09:20.880 They never mugged him or printed him. 09:20.880 --> 09:21.880 Yes, Eddie, that's right. 09:21.880 --> 09:23.600 You're crazy, I tell you. 09:23.600 --> 09:26.120 A million people want to talk to Rocky Perea. 09:26.120 --> 09:27.120 Including the cops. 09:27.120 --> 09:29.880 No, no, Paul, I can't touch it. 09:29.880 --> 09:32.080 You can, Eddie, if you want to do bad enough. 09:32.080 --> 09:33.080 Please, Eddie. 09:33.080 --> 09:39.120 All right, let's see what I can do. 09:39.120 --> 09:40.120 Maybe I do know someone. 09:40.120 --> 09:42.760 And Eddie, it's got to be soon. 09:42.760 --> 09:44.800 You know you'll be taking a chance. 09:44.800 --> 09:45.800 It better be good. 09:45.800 --> 09:46.800 It is, Eddie. 09:46.800 --> 09:56.840 Good enough to take the chance for. 09:56.840 --> 09:57.840 That was two days ago. 09:57.840 --> 09:59.960 And this morning, Eddie came through. 09:59.960 --> 10:04.120 A certain friend, Rocky's only outside contact, told him to keep an eye on a house on Hoover 10:04.120 --> 10:05.120 Street. 10:05.120 --> 10:06.440 Eddie gave me all the dope. 10:06.440 --> 10:08.960 What Rocky looked like, how he'd act, what to expect. 10:08.960 --> 10:13.560 And early this evening, I told Carol I was going out for a while, that I'd borrow the 10:13.560 --> 10:17.480 money from Eddie, and we wouldn't have to worry about paying it back for a while. 10:17.480 --> 10:18.480 That's what I told her. 10:18.480 --> 10:20.240 But that wasn't the answer. 10:20.240 --> 10:24.720 The answer was at the house on Hoover with Rocky Perea. 10:24.720 --> 10:31.920 I waited there, hidden in the dark corner behind the incinerator. 10:31.920 --> 10:34.000 I kept thinking, making excuses. 10:34.000 --> 10:35.920 It wasn't up to me anymore. 10:35.920 --> 10:37.520 It wasn't any other choice. 10:37.520 --> 10:38.920 I needed money desperately. 10:38.920 --> 10:40.960 I needed help to get the money. 10:40.960 --> 10:42.840 I waited more than an hour. 10:42.840 --> 10:45.400 And then I heard footsteps come up the alley. 10:45.400 --> 10:49.120 He stopped before the open patch of light, just like Eddie told me. 10:49.120 --> 10:53.160 He was careful, very careful, making sure no one was staking him. 10:53.160 --> 10:55.320 I took a deep breath and hitched my weight forward. 10:55.320 --> 10:58.080 He was going to cut across the open for the back door. 10:58.080 --> 11:02.640 I remember thinking, now, do it for Carol, for the rotten, miserable Christmas. 11:02.640 --> 11:04.640 Do it now. 11:04.640 --> 11:05.640 Rocky! 11:05.640 --> 11:06.640 No! 11:06.640 --> 11:11.440 He froze for a split second. 11:11.440 --> 11:14.400 And almost faster than I could see, he ducked into a shadow and spun around. 11:14.400 --> 11:16.640 Streetlight didn't touch him. 11:16.640 --> 11:19.320 He glinted on something metallic in his hand. 11:19.320 --> 11:35.880 And even from where I was standing, I could see he had a gun pointed at me. 11:35.880 --> 11:39.760 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Dennis Day in Christmas for Carol. 11:39.760 --> 11:53.880 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 11:53.880 --> 11:57.160 Say, Hap, are you going to the in-laws for Christmas? 11:57.160 --> 11:58.160 Yes, Harlow. 11:58.160 --> 11:59.160 Ah, it's rough. 11:59.160 --> 12:00.160 No, they're okay. 12:00.160 --> 12:04.480 Oh, I mean rough trip, unless you've replaced worn out spark plugs with ignition engineered 12:04.480 --> 12:05.920 auto light spark plugs. 12:05.920 --> 12:08.640 They give your car sensationally smooth performance. 12:08.640 --> 12:10.000 I've heard of them, Harlow. 12:10.000 --> 12:14.000 Well, then you must know that they're designed by the same auto light engineers who design 12:14.000 --> 12:18.920 complete ignition systems used as original factory equipment on many leading makes of 12:18.920 --> 12:20.840 our finest cars. 12:20.840 --> 12:24.640 That's why ignition engineered auto light spark plugs work perfectly with your car's 12:24.640 --> 12:26.200 complete ignition system. 12:26.200 --> 12:28.040 The folks really treat us right. 12:28.040 --> 12:31.040 You mean the auto light spark plug dealers, eh, Hap? 12:31.040 --> 12:35.800 Well, they'll replace worn out spark plugs with ignition engineered auto light spark plugs 12:35.800 --> 12:41.760 for smoother performance, quick starts, gas savings. 12:41.760 --> 12:44.720 After we visit them, we always find... 12:44.720 --> 12:45.720 Find what, Hap? 12:45.720 --> 12:49.320 That you're always right with auto light, Harlow. 12:49.320 --> 12:55.360 And now auto light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Mr. Dennis Day in Elliot Lewis's 12:55.360 --> 13:01.800 production of Christmas for Carol, a tale well calculated to keep you in Suspense. 13:01.800 --> 13:06.240 Rocky, don't shoot. 13:06.240 --> 13:19.960 It was a good thing I'd said it. 13:19.960 --> 13:21.760 His gun was aiming front and center. 13:21.760 --> 13:26.720 He crouched there looking at me, his eyes flat and hard, and then his voice deep and 13:26.720 --> 13:27.720 tight and deadly. 13:27.720 --> 13:28.720 Who are you? 13:28.720 --> 13:29.720 I'm not a cop, Rocky. 13:29.720 --> 13:30.720 Come closer. 13:30.720 --> 13:33.720 I can see you better. 13:33.720 --> 13:34.720 Sure, Rocky. 13:34.720 --> 13:36.920 I just want to talk to you. 13:36.920 --> 13:37.920 You call me Rocky. 13:37.920 --> 13:39.720 You been talking to anyone? 13:39.720 --> 13:40.720 I've been watching you. 13:40.720 --> 13:41.720 I know you're Rocky Pereira. 13:41.720 --> 13:42.720 You've been watching me? 13:42.720 --> 13:43.720 What for? 13:43.720 --> 13:45.720 You're wanted, Rocky, and you need money. 13:45.720 --> 13:46.720 Who are you? 13:46.720 --> 13:48.200 Where'd you come from? 13:48.200 --> 13:49.200 That doesn't matter, Rocky. 13:49.200 --> 13:50.200 This is a business deal. 13:50.200 --> 13:52.200 I figured it out very carefully. 13:52.200 --> 13:53.200 You need money? 13:53.200 --> 13:54.200 Well, so do I. 13:54.200 --> 13:55.200 And I got a way to get it. 13:55.200 --> 13:56.200 Just like that, eh? 13:56.200 --> 13:57.200 And Rocky, I'm not staying. 13:57.200 --> 13:58.200 This is a one-shot deal. 13:58.200 --> 13:59.200 A one-shot? 13:59.200 --> 14:01.520 There's no such thing. 14:01.520 --> 14:02.640 That's the way it's gotta be. 14:02.640 --> 14:04.400 We do this job together and we're through. 14:04.400 --> 14:05.400 We never see each other again. 14:05.400 --> 14:09.000 I sure ain't gonna go looking for you, but you won't quit. 14:09.000 --> 14:10.680 Not if it comes off easy. 14:10.680 --> 14:12.560 I'll quit, Rocky. 14:12.560 --> 14:13.560 What's in this for me? 14:13.560 --> 14:14.560 Half. 14:14.560 --> 14:15.560 Four thousand dollars. 14:15.560 --> 14:21.160 Well, kids, you ain't dumb by any means taking me out like this. 14:21.160 --> 14:23.000 Almost smart enough to be a cop. 14:23.000 --> 14:24.000 You got guts, too. 14:24.000 --> 14:26.360 Tell me, you got a family? 14:26.360 --> 14:27.600 There's no one to stop me. 14:27.600 --> 14:29.040 I have a job that doesn't pay enough. 14:29.040 --> 14:30.040 This'll raise my salary. 14:30.040 --> 14:32.920 You want this one haul, then it's back to your job. 14:32.920 --> 14:33.920 Yeah. 14:33.920 --> 14:34.920 Is it a deal? 14:34.920 --> 14:35.920 What's the job? 14:35.920 --> 14:36.920 I have a car. 14:36.920 --> 14:37.920 I'll tell you on the way. 14:37.920 --> 14:38.920 If you go for it, okay. 14:38.920 --> 14:40.920 If not, we forget the whole thing. 14:40.920 --> 14:41.920 Okay, kid. 14:41.920 --> 14:42.920 Now listen to it. 14:42.920 --> 14:43.920 Let's go driving. 14:43.920 --> 14:51.680 I told him what I'd planned and why I needed him. 14:51.680 --> 14:53.200 He agreed to come with me. 14:53.200 --> 14:54.920 We drove to the Forbes' house. 14:54.920 --> 14:57.320 It was a small and old house. 14:57.320 --> 14:58.320 Just big enough for the two of them. 14:58.320 --> 15:02.240 I drove down to the corner and parked, and we started back. 15:02.240 --> 15:06.200 Lucky there's no one on this street. 15:06.200 --> 15:07.600 Let's go up the alley. 15:07.600 --> 15:08.600 Yeah, Rocky. 15:08.600 --> 15:09.600 There's the back door. 15:09.600 --> 15:10.600 Look, no lights. 15:10.600 --> 15:11.600 They're not home. 15:11.600 --> 15:12.600 That makes it a cinch. 15:12.600 --> 15:13.600 Okay, go on, second. 15:13.600 --> 15:14.600 It's your baby. 15:14.600 --> 15:17.600 Rocky, I'll have to break a window. 15:17.600 --> 15:18.600 Yeah. 15:18.600 --> 15:21.160 You want me to hold your hand? 15:21.160 --> 15:22.600 I'll wrap my jacket around my fist. 15:22.600 --> 15:23.960 That'll keep the noise down. 15:23.960 --> 15:25.880 I'll let you write me a book. 15:25.880 --> 15:26.880 Okay, okay. 15:26.880 --> 15:27.880 I'm going. 15:27.880 --> 15:28.880 I'm going. 15:28.880 --> 15:29.880 I'm going. 15:29.880 --> 15:30.880 I was lucky. 15:30.880 --> 15:38.040 The side of the house was hidden from the street by a big tree, and there was light 15:38.040 --> 15:40.000 to see with from the Christmas tree in the living room. 15:40.000 --> 15:43.680 I wrapped the jacket around my knuckles, and one of the short sharp jabs broke through 15:43.680 --> 15:44.680 the window. 15:44.680 --> 15:46.680 It sounded like a canon. 15:46.680 --> 15:50.560 The street being so quiet before, I was scared it would rouse the whole neighborhood. 15:50.560 --> 15:52.240 But like I said, I was lucky. 15:52.240 --> 15:54.920 I scrambled up the sill and dropped into the living room. 15:54.920 --> 15:56.280 I was pretty clumsy. 15:56.280 --> 15:59.780 I pulled out drawers, looked behind pictures, hundered cushions. 15:59.780 --> 16:02.280 I went in the kitchen and poked around the cabinets. 16:02.280 --> 16:05.280 I looked in the cookie jar and I found a rolled up wad of bills. 16:12.280 --> 16:14.280 It was money, all right, but only forty dollars. 16:14.280 --> 16:16.280 The old lady's secret treasure. 16:16.280 --> 16:18.280 I put it back and went into the living room again. 16:18.280 --> 16:22.280 Looking around, nervous, I stumbled on the Christmas tree and knocked it over. 16:22.280 --> 16:25.280 And then I remembered what the old man had said. 16:25.280 --> 16:27.280 A Christmas present for his wife. 16:27.280 --> 16:29.280 And I knew it was somewhere on that tree. 16:29.280 --> 16:34.280 There were Christmas stockings and favors and little red boots in and around the tinsel and the lighted bulbs. 16:34.280 --> 16:38.280 And I found the eight thousand dollars hidden deep in one of the stockings. 16:40.280 --> 16:41.280 Got it, Rocky. 16:41.280 --> 16:42.280 Let me see it. 16:42.280 --> 16:44.280 It's there, Rocky. It's all there. 16:44.280 --> 16:48.280 Yeah? Eight grand. I guess I'll hold it. 16:48.280 --> 16:49.280 Come on, let's go. 16:49.280 --> 16:51.280 Take it easy. You're gonna stick around for a while. 16:51.280 --> 16:53.280 Stick around? What for? 16:53.280 --> 16:55.280 I got some money. How do we know it's all of it? 16:55.280 --> 16:58.280 Maybe they split it and put it in two places. 16:58.280 --> 17:01.280 We'll wait here and watch when they come in. Tell us about it. 17:01.280 --> 17:03.280 It was eight thousand. That's what he withdrew. 17:03.280 --> 17:06.280 You asked for this, kid. Now do as you're told. We'll wait. 17:10.280 --> 17:14.280 I couldn't help being scared. My first job. My first and last. 17:14.280 --> 17:17.280 A one-shot. I wanted to get away fast, run and put it behind me. 17:17.280 --> 17:23.280 But Rocky just stood there, like he didn't have a worry in the world. 17:23.280 --> 17:29.280 Listen, kid. They're ringing for us. They're wishing us a Merry Christmas. 17:29.280 --> 17:34.280 Wait. There they are. They're unlocking the door. 17:35.280 --> 17:38.280 You know, Harvey, the Christmas services were so beautiful. 17:38.280 --> 17:40.280 Sure were. This year in particular. 17:40.280 --> 17:44.280 Harvey, look. The tree. Someone's been in here. A burglar. 17:44.280 --> 17:45.280 Burglar? 17:45.280 --> 17:48.280 My cookie jar. I've got my house money hidden there. 17:54.280 --> 17:57.280 The old lady ran to the kitchen, but Forbes knew where to look. 17:57.280 --> 18:01.280 And he knew it was gone. Rocky was grinning, his face lit up like floodlights. 18:02.280 --> 18:04.280 Let's go, Rocky. We've seen enough. 18:04.280 --> 18:05.280 No, no. Hold on a minute. 18:05.280 --> 18:08.280 It's all here, Harvey. I wonder what he was after. 18:08.280 --> 18:11.280 Ada, it's gone. All the money. 18:11.280 --> 18:12.280 All what money? 18:12.280 --> 18:15.280 Eight thousand dollars. I took it all out of the bank. 18:15.280 --> 18:19.280 Ada, I quit my job. It was going to be a surprise. 18:19.280 --> 18:20.280 No. 18:20.280 --> 18:23.280 Every penny we had in the world. 18:23.280 --> 18:27.280 Oh, Harvey. All that money. 18:27.280 --> 18:29.280 No, no, no. It'll be all right, Ada. 18:29.280 --> 18:33.280 Twelve years you've worked so we could have something. 18:33.280 --> 18:36.280 I can keep on working, Ada. I'll do it all over again. 18:36.280 --> 18:42.280 You can't work anymore, the doctor. Oh, what's a person to believe? 18:42.280 --> 18:47.280 You work so hard and we do without things for twelve long years. 18:47.280 --> 18:49.280 And for what? 18:49.280 --> 18:54.280 In one minute some good-for-nothing hoodlum takes it all away from us. 18:54.280 --> 18:58.280 I looked at Rocky standing there next to me, his face split by that grin. 18:58.280 --> 19:01.280 It was funny to him. Something to laugh about, to gloat over. 19:01.280 --> 19:05.280 That's why he stayed. Suddenly I knew I couldn't go through with it. 19:05.280 --> 19:09.280 Me, the guy who needed the money so bad, the guy with the bright one-shot idea. 19:09.280 --> 19:12.280 Quite a show, eh, kid? Come on, let's go. 19:12.280 --> 19:16.280 He moved off a few steps, but I just stood there, knowing what I was going to do. 19:16.280 --> 19:18.280 I was going to do what I was going to do. 19:18.280 --> 19:20.280 I was going to do what I was going to do. 19:20.280 --> 19:24.280 No, no, Rocky, we're not going. I said we're not going and neither is the money. 19:24.280 --> 19:27.280 What's that? Don't, Rocky, I've got a gun too. 19:27.280 --> 19:30.280 What's got into you? I'm going to give that money back, Rocky. 19:30.280 --> 19:33.280 I can't stomach this. Give it back? You're crazy. 19:33.280 --> 19:37.280 No, Rocky, I just didn't see deep enough. Old people like this. 19:37.280 --> 19:39.280 This was your idea, I'm responsible for it. 19:39.280 --> 19:41.280 I know, Rocky, but I can make it right. 19:41.280 --> 19:43.280 So what? 19:43.280 --> 19:46.280 I'm going to give it back. I'm going to give it back. 19:46.280 --> 19:50.280 That's the idea, I'm responsible for it. I know, Rocky, but I can make it right. 19:50.280 --> 19:53.280 Suppose I don't give you the money. 19:53.280 --> 19:55.280 Then I'll kill you, Rocky. 19:55.280 --> 19:59.280 Okay, kid. You got the gun. 20:04.280 --> 20:07.280 He gave me the money, all the hate showing in his eyes. 20:07.280 --> 20:11.280 I turned and started for the house. I gave him my back for a target. 20:11.280 --> 20:14.280 But he didn't use it. I knocked on the door. 20:14.280 --> 20:19.280 Who? Paul, from the bank. 20:19.280 --> 20:22.280 I just had a fight with a guy, Mr. Forbes. I saw him jump from your window. 20:22.280 --> 20:24.280 I chased after him. 20:24.280 --> 20:26.280 Our window? You saw him? 20:26.280 --> 20:29.280 Yes, ma'am. I was walking past. I kind of figured he'd just finished robbing you. 20:29.280 --> 20:31.280 Did you catch him? 20:31.280 --> 20:34.280 I couldn't hold on to him. He broke away, but not before I got this. 20:34.280 --> 20:37.280 Why, Harvey, the money. 20:37.280 --> 20:38.280 Yes. 20:38.280 --> 20:40.280 Paul, bless you. 20:40.280 --> 20:42.280 Forget it. I'm only sorry I couldn't hold him. 20:42.280 --> 20:46.280 You say you fought with this burglar? 20:46.280 --> 20:48.280 Yes. He broke away before... 20:48.280 --> 20:51.280 We want to thank you, Paul. 20:51.280 --> 20:53.280 Forget it. I'll be going now. 20:53.280 --> 20:55.280 Wait, Paul. We want to give you a reward. 20:55.280 --> 20:59.280 No, I don't want a reward. I'll have to be going. 21:06.280 --> 21:09.280 I stopped there on the porch for a minute, afraid to go back to Rocky. 21:09.280 --> 21:11.280 Suddenly, terribly afraid of what he'd do to me. 21:11.280 --> 21:14.280 The old couple was still talking, loud, like old people do. 21:14.280 --> 21:17.280 Yes, it all happened so fast. 21:17.280 --> 21:22.280 I always wonder about that boy. What made him bring the money back? 21:22.280 --> 21:25.280 He's honest, Ada. I know him from the bank. 21:25.280 --> 21:28.280 Oh, Piddlesticks, Harvey. He didn't fight with anyone. 21:28.280 --> 21:29.280 What do you mean, Ada? 21:29.280 --> 21:32.280 His clothes, by the whole story he told us. 21:32.280 --> 21:35.280 Your young friend took the money in the first place. 21:35.280 --> 21:36.280 I... 21:36.280 --> 21:38.280 Ada, I think you're right. 21:38.280 --> 21:40.280 Of course I'm right. 21:40.280 --> 21:44.280 Now, what on earth made him change his mind like that? 21:44.280 --> 21:48.280 It's Christmas, Ada. Merry Christmas. 21:56.280 --> 21:59.280 She'd known. The old lady had known all along. 21:59.280 --> 22:04.280 And it didn't make any difference what she'd offered, even offered to give me a reward. 22:04.280 --> 22:08.280 Suddenly, I felt something strange, like being clean inside. 22:08.280 --> 22:11.280 Like being able to see something that wasn't there before. 22:11.280 --> 22:14.280 And the tightness, the fear eased a little. 22:16.280 --> 22:19.280 All right, let's go, kid. The car. 22:19.280 --> 22:20.280 Rocky... 22:20.280 --> 22:25.280 You did what you wanted. You just forgot that half of that money was mine. 22:25.280 --> 22:27.280 Now, move. 22:27.280 --> 22:33.280 Get it moving. 22:36.280 --> 22:40.280 What was it you said? You need me, Rocky. You're high. 22:40.280 --> 22:42.280 Rocky, I... I made a mistake. 22:42.280 --> 22:45.280 I want to team up with you, Rocky. You need money. 22:45.280 --> 22:46.280 I got a way. 22:46.280 --> 22:47.280 I was wrong. 22:47.280 --> 22:50.280 Maybe the next job, you won't get soft in the head. 22:50.280 --> 22:52.280 There's not gonna be a next one, Rocky. I'm through. 22:52.280 --> 22:56.280 Through? You think I spent Christmas Eve with you because I like you? 22:56.280 --> 22:58.280 I'm out four grand, kid. 22:58.280 --> 23:01.280 I'm sorry, Rocky, but there's not gonna be a next time. 23:01.280 --> 23:03.280 You think so, huh? 23:03.280 --> 23:05.280 Stop the car. 23:05.280 --> 23:07.280 All right. 23:07.280 --> 23:09.280 But I'll never see it different, Rocky. 23:09.280 --> 23:13.280 I found out tonight, if it's not these old people, then it's someone else taking it just as hard. 23:13.280 --> 23:17.280 Are you sure? You sure it's not Christmas doing this? 23:17.280 --> 23:19.280 I'm sure. It's not for me, Rocky. 23:19.280 --> 23:22.280 You know, I'm kinda glad it turned out this way. 23:22.280 --> 23:23.280 Your what? 23:23.280 --> 23:25.280 Your throw-wetting. 23:25.280 --> 23:27.280 Going back to your job. 23:27.280 --> 23:29.280 Yeah, Rocky, sure. 23:29.280 --> 23:31.280 Good. And I figured it right. 23:31.280 --> 23:32.280 What? 23:32.280 --> 23:34.280 I didn't think you'd go through with it. 23:34.280 --> 23:36.280 Say, wait a minute. 23:36.280 --> 23:37.280 Yeah? 23:37.280 --> 23:39.280 You're not Rocky Perea. 23:39.280 --> 23:41.280 I said you were a smart kid. 23:41.280 --> 23:44.280 But the way you acted, I thought you were a smart kid. 23:44.280 --> 23:46.280 I'm not a smart kid. 23:46.280 --> 23:49.280 I said you were a smart kid. 23:49.280 --> 23:52.280 But the way you acted, so careful, sneaking in the alley and... 23:52.280 --> 23:54.280 Say, who are you? 23:54.280 --> 23:56.280 Weissman's the name. 23:56.280 --> 23:58.280 Police Lieutenant Richard Weissman, Gangster Squad. 23:58.280 --> 24:01.280 You're a cop? But where's Rocky? 24:01.280 --> 24:03.280 We picked him up this afternoon, kid. 24:03.280 --> 24:07.280 He had a couple of guys working with him, and I thought maybe you were one of them. 24:07.280 --> 24:09.280 Now I know different. 24:09.280 --> 24:11.280 Cop. 24:11.280 --> 24:14.280 I don't expect I'll run into you again, kid. 24:14.280 --> 24:16.280 But take care of yourself. 24:16.280 --> 24:19.280 And, uh, Merry Christmas. 24:27.280 --> 24:29.280 Lucky. All the breaks. 24:29.280 --> 24:31.280 But I was no better off than this morning. 24:31.280 --> 24:33.280 There was still money, two months paying the nurse. 24:33.280 --> 24:36.280 There was still the worry for Carol. 24:36.280 --> 24:39.280 Oh, Mr. Shane, we've been expecting you. 24:39.280 --> 24:40.280 Congratulations. 24:40.280 --> 24:42.280 Doctor, what's the matter? Why? 24:42.280 --> 24:45.280 Nothing's wrong. Quite the contrary. Your wife just had a baby. 24:45.280 --> 24:47.280 Baby? Carol? 24:47.280 --> 24:50.280 She's perfectly all right. So is your daughter. 24:50.280 --> 24:53.280 Carol. Oh, Carol, darling. Are you all right? 24:53.280 --> 24:55.280 Hello, sweetheart. I'm fine. 24:55.280 --> 24:57.280 Carol, is... is... 24:57.280 --> 24:59.280 We won't have to borrow the money now, Paul. 24:59.280 --> 25:01.280 It's turned out for the best after all. 25:01.280 --> 25:02.280 Oh, darling. 25:02.280 --> 25:04.280 And it always will, my dear. 25:04.280 --> 25:07.280 We have so much. 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