WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.000 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Suspense. 00:14.000 --> 00:23.000 Tonight, Auto Light brings you the story of a man who would live as long as he kept talking. 00:23.000 --> 00:33.000 I'll tell you why I shouldn't die, starring Mr. Richard Widmark. 00:33.000 --> 00:36.000 Hi, Hap. Spring fever? 00:36.000 --> 00:40.000 Yeah, Harlow. 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I got time. 01:53.000 --> 01:56.000 Charlie, it's good to see you, Charlie. How about a drink? 01:56.000 --> 01:59.000 Is that the best you can do? You with a big mouth offer me a drink? 01:59.000 --> 02:04.000 Haven't you got a pitch to hand out? How you're pure as the driven snow and everybody else is wrong? 02:04.000 --> 02:09.000 Oh, come on, sell me a big order, Nat, because I got time, plenty of time. 02:09.000 --> 02:13.000 I got to wait till the cops get here, don't I, to make everything perfect for you. 02:13.000 --> 02:15.000 We got lots of time, Nat. 02:15.000 --> 02:16.000 Now, listen, Charlie. 02:16.000 --> 02:20.000 Oh, that's no routine. Please, Nat, give me the routine. Make me mad, real mad. 02:20.000 --> 02:22.000 Charlie, you're a friend of mine. For friends, I haven't got a routine. 02:22.000 --> 02:28.000 You always got a routine, Nat. You're a pitch man. Pitch. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 All right, Charlie, you've come in here to kill me. 02:31.000 --> 02:36.000 You got a gun, you stand there, the gun's pointing at my head. Everything's just dandy. You're going to kill me. 02:36.000 --> 02:41.000 And why? Because you claim I broke up you and your girl. I ruined your life. 02:41.000 --> 02:47.000 And before you die, you're going to kill me. But you're not sure. You're not sure you got all the facts. 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 You're not sure you didn't get everything twisted up. 02:49.000 --> 02:56.000 The fact that you're not shooting ought to be proof that you're willing to listen to a little logic and a little reason, and that's exactly what I'm going to give you. 02:56.000 --> 03:02.000 Now, Charlie, I want you to go back a few weeks. Back to that night when you and Eileen were in your dressing room. 03:11.000 --> 03:16.000 Sorry to bust in here, kids, but there's a little thing I'd like to take up with Eileen. You don't mind, do you, Charlie? 03:16.000 --> 03:21.000 No, I don't mind. I'll be in the wings, Eileen. 03:21.000 --> 03:25.000 Eileen, I just got a couple of tickets to the roulette on fifth. Swell a bunch of new acts. 03:25.000 --> 03:26.000 Not tonight, Nat. 03:26.000 --> 03:32.000 Look, their act leaves in a few nights. You're going to be working. Now, if you don't go tonight, you'll miss it and show business is your racket. 03:32.000 --> 03:35.000 You ought to be up on all the new things that come around. 03:35.000 --> 03:38.000 But I promised Charlie we'd maybe go to a movie. 03:38.000 --> 03:45.000 Baby, I'm not going to woo you tonight. I'm not out to escort you, man and dame. I'm merely posing a professional problem. 03:45.000 --> 03:49.000 Do you or do you not want to catch the greatest new act that ever was put on a stage? 03:49.000 --> 03:50.000 Sorry, Nat. 03:50.000 --> 03:56.000 Okay, that's the final word. But you know how you wanted to see Elmira Shoe and the Four Laughs. 03:56.000 --> 03:57.000 Are they playing? 03:57.000 --> 04:00.000 Last night, Saturday. 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 All right, Nat. I guess it wouldn't hurt this one night. 04:03.000 --> 04:04.000 Atta girl. 04:04.000 --> 04:05.000 I'll be ready at 7.30. 04:05.000 --> 04:07.000 6.30. We'll snag a meal. 04:07.000 --> 04:08.000 6.30 then. 04:08.000 --> 04:24.000 Well, see you tonight, honey. Now, it's true. I took her out. Just a second now, Charlie. Put that gun down for a second. 04:24.000 --> 04:32.000 Finish. There, that's it. You see, it was a purely professional evening as far as intention is concerned. 04:32.000 --> 04:37.000 However, that does not alter the fact that something happens between a man and a woman. 04:37.000 --> 04:41.000 I'd be a fool to tell you I didn't feel a great deal of affection for that evening. I did. 04:41.000 --> 04:49.000 But it is also true, my friend, that it takes two to make a romance. Eileen came along very nicely. 04:49.000 --> 04:57.000 Now, let me ask you something, Charlie. Would you want a girl as your wife who was as susceptible to romantic pressure as Eileen was? 04:57.000 --> 05:02.000 Can you honestly and truthfully and with any sincerity say yes to that question? 05:02.000 --> 05:06.000 The answer's obvious. Of course not. 05:06.000 --> 05:12.000 To continue. After the show, I took her up to her place. We had a drink, she turned down the lights, she turned down the radio. 05:12.000 --> 05:26.000 She did, mind you. I just sat there. And she came over, sat down next to me. 05:26.000 --> 05:31.000 I feel guilty, Nat. Guilty as sin. Why did you lie to me about that act being at the roulette? 05:31.000 --> 05:34.000 What's the difference? You had a good time. Why feel guilty? 05:34.000 --> 05:37.000 Well, you know, Charlie, all alone. 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 You love him? 05:39.000 --> 05:45.000 I think so. I'm almost sure. I just want a little time, that's all. 05:45.000 --> 05:47.000 Eileen, you're kidding yourself. 05:47.000 --> 05:48.000 How do you mean? 05:48.000 --> 05:54.000 You don't love him. You never could love him. He hasn't got any class. He used to be a fighter. 05:54.000 --> 05:58.000 He's got a crease in his schnoz. You're miles above him. 05:58.000 --> 06:02.000 He's gentle, he's sweet, he's kind. 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 Look, you're talking about a man or a house dog? 06:04.000 --> 06:12.000 More than that. I never met anybody like Charlie. He worships me, he'll do anything for me. 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 I mean it, Nat, he actually worships me. 06:14.000 --> 06:15.000 Unhealthy. 06:15.000 --> 06:17.000 I don't know. 06:17.000 --> 06:22.000 Look, would you indulge me for a moment, strictly for demonstration? 06:22.000 --> 06:24.000 Depends what? 06:24.000 --> 06:33.000 I'm gonna put my arms around you. Like this. Okay, so far so good. 06:33.000 --> 06:40.000 Now, if you're the kind of girl I think you are, this is the first time you've had another man's arms around you for a year. 06:40.000 --> 06:45.000 Ever since you've been going with Charlie. Don't say anything, don't want to hear a thing. 06:45.000 --> 06:46.000 What now? 06:46.000 --> 06:49.000 Kiss me. 06:49.000 --> 06:51.000 Nat, you're the greatest pitchman on the island. 06:51.000 --> 06:57.000 I beg your pardon, this is strictly demonstration. Kiss me. 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 Fine. 06:59.000 --> 07:04.000 Now, I've been frank with you, I want you to be frank with me. 07:04.000 --> 07:13.000 Was that A, better? B, worse? C, similar to Charlie? Don't answer right away. 07:13.000 --> 07:16.000 It was better. 07:16.000 --> 07:19.000 Or Matt. 07:19.000 --> 07:24.000 Eileen, you don't want Charlie. No. You want me. Yes. You want me more than anything else in the world. Yes. 07:24.000 --> 07:37.000 Eileen, I'm nuts about you. Oh, kiss me. 07:37.000 --> 07:43.000 Now, Charlie, would you consider me a well adjusted individual if I went into that apartment and failed to make love to Eileen? 07:43.000 --> 07:46.000 Would you believe me if I told you I tipped my hat, said good night at the door? 07:46.000 --> 07:52.000 Certainly not. Now, I could lie to you, Charlie. I could hand you every story in the book. 07:52.000 --> 07:56.000 And what would it get me? A bullet through my head, right? Right. 07:56.000 --> 07:59.000 Therefore, you're going to get the truth. 07:59.000 --> 08:04.000 After that evening, after we decided we were going to get married, we went to you and informed you as to our plans. 08:04.000 --> 08:08.000 Now, could anything have been more on the level, Charlie? Ask yourself that. 08:08.000 --> 08:17.000 And then I sent her out. You remember our conversation at that time. 08:17.000 --> 08:22.000 I'm going to break your neck. Hold it. Hold it, Charlie. Now, you listen to me. 08:22.000 --> 08:26.000 Eileen and I are in love. We've been in love for a long time. We're going to get married. 08:26.000 --> 08:30.000 You work your spiel on her. You and your fast talk. I'm going to shove that fast talk right down your throat. 08:30.000 --> 08:36.000 Charlie. Charlie. Charlie. Charlie. Sit down. Have a drink. Calm down. 08:36.000 --> 08:41.000 Now, you want to suffer? Living your life with somebody who could never love you? 08:41.000 --> 08:46.000 She told me she loved me. She told me she told you she didn't know herself. 08:46.000 --> 08:52.000 She was trying to let you down easy, Charlie. Now, it's tough. It's very difficult to accept the news. 08:52.000 --> 09:00.000 I know I've had it myself time after time. But Charlie, a little pain now is a thousand times better than a lot of pain later. Agreed? 09:00.000 --> 09:05.000 What are you trying to do? I'm trying to tell you, Charlie, that you almost made a big mistake. 09:05.000 --> 09:13.000 That girl is not for you. She never was for you. Eileen is a showgirl. Why, if I told you... 09:13.000 --> 09:23.000 Listen to me, Charlie. I happen to be the same kind of no-good type that she is. I am. That's why we go well together. 09:23.000 --> 09:31.000 I'm nothing but a Coney Island pitchman. That's all I am. A nothing. A nobody. But you've got something, Charlie. Something called heart. 09:31.000 --> 09:36.000 No, Charlie. You're way too good for our kind. 09:36.000 --> 09:43.000 I can't understand it. I can't understand it. I had it all figured out. You mixed me all up. 09:43.000 --> 09:46.000 That is a true all those things you said about her. 09:46.000 --> 09:52.000 Every single word. Charlie, we're too old to lie to each other. We've been friends too long. 09:52.000 --> 09:54.000 I never knew. I never knew. 09:54.000 --> 10:02.000 Now, don't worry, Charlie. The right one will come along. I'll be there to give my blessings. All the luck in the world, Charlie. 10:02.000 --> 10:07.000 You're a great guy. Much better than we'll ever be. 10:07.000 --> 10:11.000 Thanks, Nat. You're all right. 10:11.000 --> 10:22.000 We went to Reno to get married, as you know. Now, I could tell you she ran away with somebody else. 10:22.000 --> 10:26.000 I could tell you she decided not to go through with it, but nothing of the sort was the case. 10:26.000 --> 10:32.000 I left her in Reno. And why? Because I suddenly realized I wasn't really in love with her. 10:32.000 --> 10:36.000 You see, the night before, I happened to meet this girl at the bar of the Dorwick in Reno. 10:36.000 --> 10:41.000 This other girl was your type, Charlie. And all the time I was with her, I said to myself, 10:41.000 --> 10:47.000 You ought to bring this girl back for Charlie. This is the girl for him. 10:56.000 --> 11:02.000 Nine thirty. Thanks. Another drink? No, I'd better get going. At nine thirty? 11:02.000 --> 11:08.000 I'm supposed to meet somebody. You just got your papers today, right? 11:08.000 --> 11:16.000 Yeah. I'm a free woman, as of tonight. Then who you're running to meet? Another entangling alliance? 11:16.000 --> 11:22.000 What's the point? Out of the frying pan, into the fire? This is just friendship. 11:22.000 --> 11:28.000 That's how it begins. But you'll be worse than the other one. What about you? 11:28.000 --> 11:36.000 Me? You don't have to worry about me. Because of that girl you're with? My sister. 11:36.000 --> 11:42.000 Oh, sure. That's right. I really have to get going. Yeah, sure, sure. I understand. 11:42.000 --> 11:50.000 Go make a fool of yourself again. Are you busy tomorrow night? What did you have in mind? 11:50.000 --> 11:58.000 Nothing spectacular. Just me. Six thirty, a ride, dinner, see Nevada. It's a date. 12:07.000 --> 12:11.000 So he traveled around. Sure, I knew she had money. I'm no fool, Charlie. 12:11.000 --> 12:15.000 But you can't buy affection for money. That's one thing you learn in life. 12:15.000 --> 12:21.000 She'd have to have more than money as far as I was concerned. And I was as honest as anybody could be with Eileen. 12:21.000 --> 12:28.000 I sent her home to you. To you, Charlie. The fact that she didn't go back to you had nothing whatever to do with what I told her. 12:28.000 --> 12:36.000 So believe me, Charlie, when I got back to New York, I was the most surprised man in the world when you came up to my place and gave me that piece of information. 12:36.000 --> 12:45.000 Nat, you got to help me, Nat. You look terrible. No, look, Nat, I didn't know what I was doing. 12:45.000 --> 12:51.000 I saw her. I was like a madman. What happened? I heard she was coming to town. So I waited for her and I followed her home and I did it. 12:51.000 --> 13:07.000 Did what? I killed her, Nat. I took my gun and I killed Eileen. 13:07.000 --> 13:20.000 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Richard Widmark in Tell You Why I Shouldn't Die. Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 13:20.000 --> 13:28.000 Suspense. 13:30.000 --> 13:34.000 Say, Harlow, what rhymes with June besides moon? 13:34.000 --> 13:41.000 Ah, soon, Hap. 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I'd never have done it if you hadn't made me do it. 15:43.000 --> 15:46.000 Now that's no way to talk, Charlie. 15:46.000 --> 15:51.000 Nat, you've always been my friend. You were the one who told me about her in the first place. 15:51.000 --> 15:54.000 You've always been the best friend I had, Nat. You've got to help me. 15:54.000 --> 15:56.000 Charlie, you're not going to like what I'm going to tell you to do. 15:56.000 --> 15:59.000 I can't give myself up. They'd kill me. They'd try me for murder. 15:59.000 --> 16:00.000 Charlie, there's no other choice. 16:00.000 --> 16:06.000 There is. A friend of mine owns a boat. Now, the same friend of mine, he told me that you were going with a girl in Reno who had some money. 16:06.000 --> 16:08.000 You got some money, Nat. Give me 500. 16:08.000 --> 16:13.000 Look, I don't know where you're getting your information, Charlie, but I went out with this girl strictly because I liked her. 16:13.000 --> 16:17.000 Money had nothing to do with it. She never gave me one single solitary cent. 16:17.000 --> 16:21.000 And besides, do you think I'd allow you to become a fugitive? 16:21.000 --> 16:26.000 Do you think my conscience would ever let me alone knowing that I sent you out into a life of hiding? 16:26.000 --> 16:30.000 Don't give me a pitch, Nat. All I want is 500. You got a nice apartment. You got a silk dressing gown. 16:30.000 --> 16:32.000 Now, don't tell me you ain't got $500. 16:32.000 --> 16:39.000 All right, Charlie. Just to show you, I've got nothing but a soft heart. This will put you on... 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 What ship did you say? 16:41.000 --> 16:42.000 The Marianne, Fredrica. 16:42.000 --> 16:49.000 Yeah, yeah, that's right. All right, this will get you on. 500, Charlie. You don't deserve it, you know that. 16:49.000 --> 16:53.000 Thanks, Nat. I'm sorry I talked that way. 16:53.000 --> 16:55.000 Now get out. 16:55.000 --> 16:59.000 You bet, Nat. I'll never forget this. 17:08.000 --> 17:13.000 Hello, Operator. Would you please be so kind as to get me the police department? 17:13.000 --> 17:17.000 Wait, Charlie. Please give a guy the right of explanation. 17:17.000 --> 17:20.000 Now, now let's look over the facts. 17:20.000 --> 17:24.000 Number one, you killed her. I didn't kill her. The man next door didn't kill her. 17:24.000 --> 17:28.000 My grandfather didn't kill her. You killed her. So that makes you a murderer. 17:28.000 --> 17:31.000 I admit very frankly that I did call the police. And why? 17:31.000 --> 17:34.000 Because I knew that if you ran away, they'd get you, Charlie. 17:34.000 --> 17:37.000 You'd be already convicted. You wouldn't have a chance. 17:37.000 --> 17:40.000 So you see what I did, Charlie? I did call the police. 17:40.000 --> 17:43.000 I knew that if you ran away, they'd get you. 17:43.000 --> 17:47.000 I took my life in my hands just to give you a chance at your trial. 17:47.000 --> 17:51.000 Taking the chance you'd think I was a double-crosser. 17:51.000 --> 17:56.000 Oh, Charlie, when they sent for me down at the station after you'd been picked up... 17:56.000 --> 18:00.000 when I saw you sitting there, those lights on you... 18:00.000 --> 18:04.000 your shirt open and the sweat in your hair disheveled... 18:04.000 --> 18:07.000 when I saw that, Charlie, I cried. 18:07.000 --> 18:10.000 You didn't see that, did you? Well, I did, Charlie. 18:10.000 --> 18:12.000 Tears were running down my face. 18:12.000 --> 18:15.000 And ordinarily, I'm not known as a sentimental man. 18:23.000 --> 18:26.000 Recognize him? Yes. 18:26.000 --> 18:29.000 Charlie, it's me. Matt. 18:29.000 --> 18:34.000 You turned me in. What'd you turn me in for? 18:34.000 --> 18:37.000 Charlie, Charlie. Does he have an attorney? 18:37.000 --> 18:41.000 You'll have to ask him. Lieutenant, could I talk to you alone? 18:41.000 --> 18:44.000 Sure. Come on out here. 18:49.000 --> 18:52.000 Lieutenant, I've got a young lady waiting for me, so I've got to rush. 18:52.000 --> 18:55.000 That is, if you don't need me anymore. Just a few questions. 18:55.000 --> 18:59.000 Sure thing. But before you begin, could I make a small statement? 18:59.000 --> 19:02.000 It may be repeated in court. That's just what I want. 19:02.000 --> 19:04.000 I went with Eileen for a long time. 19:04.000 --> 19:06.000 Took her to Reno. We were going to get married. 19:06.000 --> 19:10.000 And she came back here when we decided not to go through with it. 19:10.000 --> 19:13.000 I was going with this other girl, Barbara. We're in love. 19:13.000 --> 19:15.000 I had nothing whatever to do with the crime. 19:15.000 --> 19:18.000 All right. What was Charlie to Eileen? 19:18.000 --> 19:21.000 He was in love with her. He came to my apartment tonight, told me he'd killed her. 19:21.000 --> 19:24.000 He asked me for money to get aboard a boat. 19:24.000 --> 19:27.000 I gave it to him to save my own life. I saw he was desperate. 19:27.000 --> 19:30.000 Then I called you. That be all? 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 That be all for Charlie. 19:39.000 --> 19:43.000 You see, I told him the absolute truth. I'm that kind of a guy, Charlie. 19:43.000 --> 19:46.000 Now, if you want to kill a man for telling the truth, that's perfectly all right with me. 19:46.000 --> 19:50.000 But before you pull any triggers, try to remember my testimony in court. 19:50.000 --> 20:00.000 That was the truth, too. You remember, Charlie, I tried my best for... 20:03.000 --> 20:10.000 And now, Mr. Driscoll, will you tell the court what your relationship was with Miss Eileen Bishop? 20:10.000 --> 20:13.000 I certainly will be more than happy to. It was love. 20:13.000 --> 20:16.000 I loved her. She loved me. It was that simple. 20:16.000 --> 20:19.000 But things like that break up. 20:19.000 --> 20:22.000 You made love to her when she was engaged to the defendant? 20:22.000 --> 20:24.000 She made love to me. 20:24.000 --> 20:27.000 But you acceded to her advances. 20:27.000 --> 20:31.000 Mr. Bjornsson, Eileen was a very lovely girl. 20:31.000 --> 20:37.000 But if for one moment I had even one inkling that she loved Charlie, the defendant, 20:37.000 --> 20:42.000 never for a moment would I have considered forcing myself into such a relationship. 20:42.000 --> 20:45.000 Mr. Driscoll, you're a salesman, aren't you? 20:45.000 --> 20:47.000 A pitchman. I sell gadgets at Coney Island. 20:47.000 --> 20:49.000 You're a pretty fast talker, aren't you? 20:49.000 --> 20:52.000 I applied my profession since I was a boy. My father was a pitchman. 20:52.000 --> 20:54.000 Did you ever sell the defendant anything? 20:54.000 --> 20:57.000 No, sir. I don't sell merchandise to friends. 20:57.000 --> 21:03.000 On the contrary, Mr. Driscoll, you sold the defendant the biggest bill of goods of your life. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 That will be all. 21:05.000 --> 21:08.000 When they sentenced you to life imprisonment, I smiled. 21:08.000 --> 21:10.000 Yes, Charlie, I was happy. 21:10.000 --> 21:15.000 I was happy because I felt maybe I had something to do with the leniency of the court. 21:15.000 --> 21:18.000 Maybe because the jury thought I'd prodded you into a murder, 21:18.000 --> 21:21.000 which of course was totally untrue, as you know. 21:21.000 --> 21:25.000 Maybe by being a villain I'd made things a little better for you. 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 And then I thought, well, I'll do it. 21:27.000 --> 21:29.000 I thought I'd made you a little better. 21:29.000 --> 21:31.000 I thought I'd made you a little better. 21:31.000 --> 21:35.000 Maybe by being a villain I'd made things a little better for you. 21:35.000 --> 21:37.000 And then what do you do? 21:37.000 --> 21:41.000 Instead of making things easy for yourself, instead of being thankful for your good luck, 21:41.000 --> 21:44.000 you negotiate a break and boom, you're out of jail. 21:44.000 --> 21:48.000 Charlie, when I heard about that jailbreak, my heart hit the bottom of my stomach. 21:48.000 --> 21:50.000 I can't tell you how I felt. 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 I thought you'd gone crazy. 21:52.000 --> 21:54.000 Well, you had. 21:54.000 --> 21:56.000 What are you going to do, Nat? 21:56.000 --> 21:58.000 I got to get out of town, Barbara. 21:58.000 --> 22:00.000 He'll be after me first thing. 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 He knows he'll never get away with it. 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 He wants only one thing, to get me. 22:04.000 --> 22:06.000 I can call for reservations. 22:06.000 --> 22:08.000 We can leave on the next plane. 22:08.000 --> 22:10.000 Yeah, yeah, that's the best thing to do. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 Get out of here till I get him again. 22:12.000 --> 22:15.000 I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you, Nat. 22:15.000 --> 22:17.000 Ah, you're wonderful, honey. 22:17.000 --> 22:19.000 You get packed. I'll phone for the tickets. 22:19.000 --> 22:21.000 No, no, I got a better plan. 22:21.000 --> 22:24.000 Car, we'll be free to go places. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 Whatever you say, Nat. 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 Please, let's hurry. 22:34.000 --> 22:37.000 I was hoping so hard for you, Charlie. 22:37.000 --> 22:38.000 You'll never know. 22:38.000 --> 22:41.000 Because killing me would guarantee your death, Charlie. 22:41.000 --> 22:43.000 And I felt bad enough about the whole thing, 22:43.000 --> 22:46.000 let alone have my death be the cause of yours. 22:46.000 --> 22:48.000 What is revenge? 22:48.000 --> 22:51.000 A moment and then the suffering begins. 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 So Barbara and I left for the South. 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 We got as far as South Carolina near Charleston 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 when Barbara told me the news. 23:02.000 --> 23:04.000 I just heard it on the radio, Nat. 23:04.000 --> 23:05.000 They got him. 23:05.000 --> 23:06.000 They did? 23:06.000 --> 23:07.000 In New York City. 23:07.000 --> 23:08.000 Just picked him up. 23:08.000 --> 23:09.000 Darling, we're safe. 23:09.000 --> 23:12.000 Yeah, but, boy, that's a big relief. 23:12.000 --> 23:14.000 I was really scared there for a while. 23:14.000 --> 23:15.000 Yeah, I was. 23:15.000 --> 23:18.000 It's all over now, honey. 23:18.000 --> 23:19.000 We can go back home. 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 That's right, it's all over. 23:21.000 --> 23:23.000 Come on, let's get out of this hole. 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 Feels good to be back, huh? 23:39.000 --> 23:40.000 Feels wonderful. 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 Come here. 23:42.000 --> 23:45.000 Oh, baby, what would I do without you? 23:49.000 --> 23:50.000 Let it ring. 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 Might be important. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 No more. 23:55.000 --> 23:56.000 Yeah? 23:56.000 --> 23:57.000 Nat? 23:57.000 --> 23:59.000 Oh, yes, yes, Lieutenant. 23:59.000 --> 24:01.000 Well, I got a promotion. 24:01.000 --> 24:03.000 The last time it was Sergeant. 24:03.000 --> 24:06.000 Is the same one that was there last time there this time? 24:06.000 --> 24:09.000 Well, I'm glad you're here, Lieutenant. 24:09.000 --> 24:12.000 That's just it, baby. 24:12.000 --> 24:14.000 I was just wondering if you were still in town. 24:14.000 --> 24:17.000 No, no, I'm back now that everything's all right again. 24:17.000 --> 24:21.000 I don't know what you mean, baby doll, honey, sweetheart. 24:21.000 --> 24:25.000 If I was really the Lieutenant, I'd tell you that Charlie is still on the loose 24:25.000 --> 24:27.000 and liable to show up at your place any minute. 24:27.000 --> 24:28.000 What? 24:28.000 --> 24:29.000 That's right. 24:29.000 --> 24:32.000 Better pack up or they'll be packing you up. 24:32.000 --> 24:34.000 Bye, sweetheart. 24:34.000 --> 24:37.000 So long, Lieutenant, and thanks for the information. 24:37.000 --> 24:39.000 All right. 24:39.000 --> 24:40.000 You're hurting me. 24:40.000 --> 24:41.000 What's a big idea? 24:41.000 --> 24:42.000 He's loose. 24:42.000 --> 24:43.000 He's still loose. 24:43.000 --> 24:44.000 What's a big idea? 24:44.000 --> 24:45.000 Then go! 24:45.000 --> 24:46.000 Stay away from me. 24:46.000 --> 24:48.000 You want to get me killed, don't you? 24:48.000 --> 24:49.000 Sure he's loose. 24:49.000 --> 24:52.000 He's loose and he's going to get you, Nat, right here. 24:52.000 --> 24:56.000 That's a sweet trick, getting me back to town, back to the apartment. 24:56.000 --> 24:59.000 How many other lieutenants have you talked to lately? 24:59.000 --> 25:00.000 That was Lieutenant Day. 25:00.000 --> 25:01.000 Stop it, stop it! 25:01.000 --> 25:03.000 I could hear her voice cracking all the way over here. 25:03.000 --> 25:06.000 For once, you're not going to talk yourself out of anything. 25:06.000 --> 25:08.000 Nat, Charlie's going to be here soon. 25:08.000 --> 25:09.000 I'm going to call the police. 25:09.000 --> 25:10.000 Too late, Nat. 25:10.000 --> 25:11.000 You left town. 25:11.000 --> 25:13.000 The police didn't have anything to protect you or gone. 25:13.000 --> 25:15.000 This place was empty, remember? 25:15.000 --> 25:16.000 What? 25:16.000 --> 25:17.000 Go on, Nat, talk! 25:17.000 --> 25:19.000 Talk loud and fast! 25:19.000 --> 25:20.000 You're going to need every word. 25:20.000 --> 25:21.000 I'm getting out of here. 25:21.000 --> 25:23.000 You're going to wait here till he comes. 25:23.000 --> 25:24.000 Get out of my way! 25:24.000 --> 25:25.000 Nat! 25:25.000 --> 25:27.000 I never knew I could hate anybody as much as I hate you. 25:27.000 --> 25:29.000 Smooth, fast talk. 25:29.000 --> 25:30.000 Shut up! 25:30.000 --> 25:31.000 You broke me, Nat. 25:31.000 --> 25:34.000 Like you broke Eileen, like you broke Charlie, like you broke everybody you ever met. 25:34.000 --> 25:35.000 Get out of my way! 25:35.000 --> 25:36.000 He's coming up the stairs. 25:36.000 --> 25:37.000 Hear him, Nat? 25:37.000 --> 25:38.000 Out of my way! 25:38.000 --> 25:40.000 Talk, talk, talk yourself out the back way. 25:40.000 --> 25:42.000 Go on, Nat, talk! 25:42.000 --> 25:43.000 Charlie! 25:43.000 --> 25:45.000 Get out, lady, get out of here. 25:48.000 --> 25:51.000 You didn't get out of town like I expected, Nat. 25:51.000 --> 25:54.000 You just sat up here waiting. 25:55.000 --> 25:56.000 All right? 25:57.000 --> 25:59.000 Make you a pitch. 25:59.000 --> 26:04.000 I got time. 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 So there are your reasons, Charlie. 26:12.000 --> 26:14.000 You see, I've told you the truth. 26:14.000 --> 26:15.000 The best is my ability. 26:15.000 --> 26:18.000 So you see, that's the case I present to you for your inspection. 26:18.000 --> 26:21.000 Listen, listen, they're outside. 26:21.000 --> 26:23.000 The police, they're here. 26:23.000 --> 26:26.000 Okay, shoot me and get the chair. 26:26.000 --> 26:28.000 Or else here's my offer, Charlie. 26:28.000 --> 26:30.000 Come with me and I'll help you get away. 26:30.000 --> 26:34.000 I've never stopped being your friend, Charlie, despite how you might have felt about me. 26:34.000 --> 26:36.000 I've got some money, too. 26:36.000 --> 26:37.000 Not much, but some. 26:37.000 --> 26:40.000 And I'm sure, Charlie, with my connections we could get you out of the country. 26:40.000 --> 26:42.000 I've never lost faith in you, Charlie. 26:42.000 --> 26:47.000 And even now, during your present difficulties, I still haven't lost faith. 26:47.000 --> 26:49.000 That's friendship, Charlie. 26:49.000 --> 26:50.000 That's what I offer you. 26:50.000 --> 26:53.000 Not to save my life, but to save yours. 26:53.000 --> 26:56.000 Because, Charlie, you can shoot me down dead. 26:56.000 --> 26:58.000 Right now, blow my head off. 26:58.000 --> 27:01.000 But I'll die loving you, Charlie. 27:01.000 --> 27:04.000 Loving you with my dying breath. 27:06.000 --> 27:08.000 You through, pitchman? 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