WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.600 You are about to hear a story based on actual events. 00:03.600 --> 00:07.600 To protect the innocent, names and places have been changed. 00:07.600 --> 00:17.600 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers bring you the popular young motion picture star, 00:17.600 --> 00:21.800 Mr. Tony Curtis, in a story taken from life. 00:21.800 --> 00:30.600 Tonight's presentation of Suspense. 00:30.600 --> 00:35.600 Tonight, Auto Light presents the McKay College basketball scandal, 00:35.600 --> 00:40.800 a story taken from the headlines and concerning the bribes offered to college athletes, 00:40.800 --> 00:48.200 starring Mr. Tony Curtis. 00:48.200 --> 00:50.000 Hi, Harlow. 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Just call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 01:43.000 --> 01:47.000 She'll tell you without charge the name of your nearest Auto Light spark plug dealer. 01:47.000 --> 01:52.000 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 01:52.000 --> 01:59.000 And now with the McKay College basketball scandal and the performance of Mr. Tony Curtis, 01:59.000 --> 02:02.400 Auto Light hopes once again to keep you in... 02:02.400 --> 02:04.400 South Spence. 02:04.400 --> 02:16.000 And so, sport fans of America, 02:16.000 --> 02:18.200 while there's still a minute or two before game time, 02:18.200 --> 02:22.200 I'd like to tell you something about the man most of us are here to see in action tonight. 02:22.200 --> 02:27.400 And of course, I'm speaking of Fred Hudson, a great ball player when the chips are down. 02:27.400 --> 02:32.400 What a lie that's going to turn out to be. I know. I'm Fred Hudson. 02:32.400 --> 02:36.800 Twenty years old in his junior year as a McKay student, he's a six feet tall... 02:36.800 --> 02:38.000 That's a laugh. 02:38.000 --> 02:40.400 Hudson has been the recipient of many trophies and awards... 02:40.400 --> 02:44.400 You put them all together and you add it down and you can stand on the Main Street bus. 02:44.400 --> 02:46.400 Including seven Loving Cups and three All-State Trophies. 02:46.400 --> 02:49.400 Eight. Eight. My old man uses them for ashtrays. 02:49.400 --> 02:52.400 But there's the referee's whistle and the game is on. 02:52.400 --> 02:55.400 The center steps into the circle, the ball's tossed up the jump. 02:55.400 --> 02:59.400 And it's McKay's ball with Rudd University falling back into a zone defense. 02:59.400 --> 03:02.400 Ah-ha. They've got two men guarding Fred Hudson. 03:02.400 --> 03:04.400 And believe you me, they'll need him. 03:04.400 --> 03:06.400 Now McKay's working the ball in, passing sharp. 03:06.400 --> 03:10.400 French dribbles close to the deck, passes to Hudson and cuts fast down the court. 03:10.400 --> 03:14.400 Clear, wide open under the basket and Hudson loses the ball. 03:19.400 --> 03:21.400 That's right. Loses the ball. 03:21.400 --> 03:23.400 It's hard though playing this way. 03:23.400 --> 03:26.400 Why? I wish I knew the answer. 03:26.400 --> 03:31.400 But it's all knotted together with the school and the town and the people in it. 03:31.400 --> 03:35.400 You see, McKay is an ordinary college. 03:35.400 --> 03:38.400 It's like a school song. 03:38.400 --> 03:40.400 The last two lines. 03:40.400 --> 03:47.400 But the game that's at the top of all the students is the basketball brigade of old McKay. 03:47.400 --> 03:49.400 Get that, brigade. 03:49.400 --> 03:53.400 Anywhere else it's a team, but at McKay it's a big deal. 03:53.400 --> 03:55.400 Same way in town. 03:55.400 --> 03:58.400 Basketball isn't a game in my town. 03:58.400 --> 04:00.400 It's a way of life. 04:00.400 --> 04:04.400 The End 04:05.400 --> 04:07.400 But you promised, you promised. 04:07.400 --> 04:09.400 Sorry, I'll tell you I'm fresh out. 04:09.400 --> 04:11.400 But the magazine's just arrived. 04:11.400 --> 04:13.400 Two minutes after their ride I was fresh out. 04:13.400 --> 04:15.400 Look, you want a subscription? 04:15.400 --> 04:17.400 No, I want this week's copy. 04:17.400 --> 04:20.400 I can order you one. I'm ordering for 60, 70 people. 04:20.400 --> 04:22.400 Well, how about your copy? 04:22.400 --> 04:24.400 Well, I'll lend it to you. 04:24.400 --> 04:28.400 Oh, gee, fine. Boy, thanks, Bar. Thanks a lot. 04:28.400 --> 04:30.400 Fine, take good care of it. 04:36.400 --> 04:38.400 Yes, gentlemen? 04:38.400 --> 04:39.400 What's all the excitement? 04:39.400 --> 04:41.400 Nothing. May I help you? 04:41.400 --> 04:45.400 Yeah, you can help me. You can tell them what's all the excitement. 04:45.400 --> 04:50.400 Well, it's just there's a big spread in the magazine about a fellow who lives here, a basketball player. 04:50.400 --> 04:53.400 You hear that, Stanley? My, my. 04:53.400 --> 04:55.400 A fine boy named Fred Hudson. 04:55.400 --> 04:56.400 He fell his new in town. 04:56.400 --> 04:59.400 Fred Hudson, the all-American boy. 04:59.400 --> 05:02.400 He's all state. That means more than all-American around here. 05:02.400 --> 05:05.400 And me, I'd like to meet him. You, Stanley? 05:05.400 --> 05:07.400 No one I'd like to meet more. 05:07.400 --> 05:08.400 Where's he live, this Hudson? 05:08.400 --> 05:10.400 Elm Street, next to the corner on the right. 05:10.400 --> 05:13.400 Anything else you fellas want? Cup, coffee, bottle of pop? 05:13.400 --> 05:15.400 You got a two cents plane? 05:15.400 --> 05:17.400 Uh, what? 05:17.400 --> 05:19.400 Forget it, farmer. I haven't got time. 05:23.400 --> 05:25.400 The king has asked for a timeout. 05:25.400 --> 05:32.400 The score with the nine minutes remaining in the first half is Rough University 22, McKay College 12. 05:34.400 --> 05:36.400 What's bothering you, Fred? 05:36.400 --> 05:37.400 Nothing. 05:37.400 --> 05:38.400 What you doing? 05:38.400 --> 05:39.400 Nothing, nothing, I tell you. 05:39.400 --> 05:40.400 Okay, buddy. 05:40.400 --> 05:42.400 Look, look, I'm sorry, French. 05:43.400 --> 05:44.400 Let's go. There's the bell. 05:44.400 --> 05:47.400 I mean the whistle. You said bell. 05:47.400 --> 05:55.400 I must have been thinking of something else. 06:11.400 --> 06:12.400 Oh, Fred, what's the matter? 06:12.400 --> 06:13.400 Did you forget your key or something? 06:13.400 --> 06:15.400 Yeah, I'm sorry, Ma. 06:15.400 --> 06:17.400 You'd forget your head if it wasn't shaped like a basketball. 06:17.400 --> 06:19.400 I was way in the back of the house. 06:19.400 --> 06:21.400 We got anything to eat around here? 06:21.400 --> 06:22.400 It's too early for supper. 06:22.400 --> 06:24.400 Think this is a restaurant or something? 06:24.400 --> 06:25.400 Look, Ma, all I want is... 06:25.400 --> 06:26.400 There's some bologna in the icebox. 06:26.400 --> 06:29.400 You can make it yourself if you're not too much of a big shot. 06:29.400 --> 06:31.400 I got ironing to do. 06:31.400 --> 06:33.400 Don't I make my sandwiches every day? 06:33.400 --> 06:35.400 You eat like a horse every day. 06:37.400 --> 06:40.400 Freddy boy, you seen this? You read about yourself? 06:40.400 --> 06:41.400 Yeah, pop. 06:41.400 --> 06:43.400 You make me proud, boy. I tell you, I'm proud. 06:43.400 --> 06:45.400 Your father's always proud about something. 06:45.400 --> 06:48.400 Twenty-three years he's been too proud to work. 06:48.400 --> 06:51.400 Fred, will you tell your mother not to start that again? 06:51.400 --> 06:54.400 Will you ask your father where the next meal's coming from? 06:54.400 --> 06:55.400 Put it out, won't you? 06:55.400 --> 06:57.400 You give me indigestion, you two. 06:57.400 --> 06:59.400 I'd like to give you indigestion. 06:59.400 --> 07:01.400 And maybe you wouldn't play basketball. 07:01.400 --> 07:03.400 Maybe you'd get a job, bring some money into the house. 07:03.400 --> 07:06.400 She don't understand, Freddy. She don't appreciate. 07:06.400 --> 07:09.400 What's to appreciate? Your son is a basketball bum. 07:09.400 --> 07:11.400 My son's one in a million. He'll have his picker jobs. 07:11.400 --> 07:14.400 What kind of jobs? He don't know a trade. 07:14.400 --> 07:16.400 He never opens a book. Less than it's a basketball manual. 07:16.400 --> 07:19.400 You don't understand. Best paying jobs in America go to the athletes. 07:19.400 --> 07:23.400 Everybody wants them for publicity or what you call goodwill. 07:23.400 --> 07:24.400 I know. 07:24.400 --> 07:27.400 Sure you do. Being a big athlete yourself. 07:27.400 --> 07:29.400 Who ever wanted you? 07:30.400 --> 07:31.400 Fred's different. He's the biggest... 07:31.400 --> 07:33.400 Biggest basketball bum. Some on him. 07:33.400 --> 07:34.400 You got a tongue like that? 07:34.400 --> 07:37.400 Shut up, shut up. I'm sick of it. 07:37.400 --> 07:39.400 Every day the same thing for twenty years. 07:39.400 --> 07:40.400 Twenty-three years. 07:40.400 --> 07:43.400 Always a fight. Even when something good happens. 07:43.400 --> 07:45.400 What's so good about your picture in a magazine? 07:45.400 --> 07:46.400 You get paid for it? 07:46.400 --> 07:48.400 I'm getting out of here. 07:48.400 --> 07:51.400 Fred, there was two gentlemen here to see you and I... 07:53.400 --> 07:56.400 Now look what you did. He's gone. 07:56.400 --> 07:57.400 He'll be back for supper. 07:57.400 --> 08:01.400 Here, take this laundry over to the Caldwells and make sure you collect. 08:01.400 --> 08:04.400 I could kill you. 08:06.400 --> 08:08.400 You don't have the knife. 08:08.400 --> 08:11.400 And there goes the gun. 08:12.400 --> 08:16.400 At the end of the first half, Rudd leading thirty-three to twenty-five. 08:16.400 --> 08:20.400 K's squad looks tired. Very tired as the team walks off the court. 08:20.400 --> 08:21.400 Particularly Hudson. 08:21.400 --> 08:25.400 Never saw him perform like this before. Even the fans are against him. 08:25.400 --> 08:28.400 Well, that's the way it goes folks in the world of sports. 08:28.400 --> 08:38.400 A few days ago, Fred Hudson was king of the campus. 08:38.400 --> 08:39.400 Hiya Freddy. 08:39.400 --> 08:40.400 Hiya Freddy. How's it going? 08:40.400 --> 08:41.400 Fine, fine. 08:41.400 --> 08:44.400 Hudson. Oh, Hudson. 08:44.400 --> 08:47.400 Yeah. Oh, oh. Hello Dr. Kellogg. 08:47.400 --> 08:52.400 Hudson, I'd like you to drop in on me during office hours. I want to talk with you. 08:52.400 --> 08:56.400 Well, is it something bad? I mean, can you tell me what it's about? 08:56.400 --> 08:58.400 It's about your exam paper. 08:58.400 --> 09:00.400 Don't tell me I'm flunking history. 09:00.400 --> 09:03.400 On the contrary, it seems to be the only course you're not flunking. 09:03.400 --> 09:06.400 That's what my colleagues tell me. 09:06.400 --> 09:09.400 They tell me the same thing. I did okay on your exam? 09:09.400 --> 09:14.400 Well, you didn't stick to the facts, but that's all right. 09:14.400 --> 09:18.400 Too many minds are mortgaged to facts and facts themselves are comparative. 09:18.400 --> 09:20.400 Then what is it? I mean... 09:20.400 --> 09:22.400 Have you ever read Spengler Hudson? 09:22.400 --> 09:23.400 Who? 09:23.400 --> 09:27.400 Oswald Spengler. Wrote a book called The Decline of the West. 09:27.400 --> 09:29.400 Never heard of him. 09:29.400 --> 09:36.400 It's very interesting. You see, in your exam you expounded a theory about Western civilization that parallels Spengler's. 09:36.400 --> 09:40.400 You went off half cock, but it's still very interesting. 09:40.400 --> 09:42.400 I did that? 09:42.400 --> 09:48.400 It seems that along with all your physical splendor, you have a brain. 09:48.400 --> 09:50.400 Does that surprise you? 09:50.400 --> 09:54.400 Well, I... Frankly, it surprised me. 09:54.400 --> 09:59.400 But now that we've made the discovery, what do you intend to do about it? 09:59.400 --> 10:01.400 I don't know what you mean. 10:01.400 --> 10:08.400 I mean, Hudson, you might spend your time more profitably by majoring in history rather than basketball. 10:08.400 --> 10:10.400 What's wrong with basketball? 10:10.400 --> 10:14.400 Nothing as a sport, but as a career. It could be dangerous. 10:14.400 --> 10:16.400 Dangerous? How? 10:16.400 --> 10:18.400 Let's be honest, Hudson. 10:18.400 --> 10:27.400 Now, you might be one of those sad young men who reach such an acute, limited excellence at 20 that everything afterwards savers of anticlimax. 10:27.400 --> 10:30.400 Basketball isn't the most important thing in the world. 10:30.400 --> 10:32.400 What is? 10:32.400 --> 10:37.400 It isn't even a very significant occupation, although it may seem that to you right now. 10:37.400 --> 10:41.400 Look, I've got nothing else. It's the only thing I'm good at. 10:41.400 --> 10:43.400 How do you know? What else have you tried? 10:43.400 --> 10:45.400 You're getting me all fouled up. 10:45.400 --> 10:48.400 I'm trying to unfoul you, Fred. 10:48.400 --> 10:53.400 I've seen too many campus heroes who discover too late that there's more to life. 10:53.400 --> 10:55.400 Oh, this sounds so corny. 10:55.400 --> 10:59.400 Well, there's more to life than, well, muscular coordination. 10:59.400 --> 11:03.400 But basketball, it's like my anchor. Without it, I... 11:03.400 --> 11:05.400 It's an anchor of driftwood. 11:05.400 --> 11:14.400 In five years, 25 years, you'll still be drifting, still be seeking a little wistfully for the excitement of some irrecoverable basketball game. 11:14.400 --> 11:16.400 You think I should give it up? 11:16.400 --> 11:22.400 Why, no, no, of course not. Play basketball, Fred. Get all you can out of it. 11:22.400 --> 11:24.400 But don't make it your life's work. 11:24.400 --> 11:29.400 Why make it sound so bad? I feel like whatever I do is wrong. 11:29.400 --> 11:32.400 Well, maybe I'm too blunt, Fred. 11:32.400 --> 11:36.400 Or maybe I resent athletes and I'm taking it out on you. 11:36.400 --> 11:38.400 Why should you do that? 11:38.400 --> 11:43.400 Maybe because I've always had spindly legs and a scrawny neck and no chest at all. 11:43.400 --> 11:48.400 Well, either way, Fred, don't take it too hard. 11:48.400 --> 11:54.400 I'm just a tired old windbag in a cow college, or should I say a cow hide college. 11:54.400 --> 11:57.400 Isn't that what basketball's made of? 11:57.400 --> 12:03.400 Well, if you're interested in Spengler, I have a copy in my office. 12:03.400 --> 12:06.400 Well, not now, sir. I've got to go see my girl. 12:06.400 --> 12:08.400 Anytime, Fred. 12:08.400 --> 12:13.400 It's funny. You know, she thinks sort of like you do about basketball. 12:13.400 --> 12:16.400 She thinks I've got no ambition. 12:16.400 --> 12:20.400 Well, Fred, I hope you haven't taken our talk too seriously. 12:20.400 --> 12:22.400 Oh, it's all right, sir. 12:22.400 --> 12:27.400 Anyway, my girl, she's got enough ambition for the both of us. 12:27.400 --> 12:32.400 Listen to me! The way you've been playing is a reflection on me as coach. 12:32.400 --> 12:34.400 So get the lad out, Hudson. You've got to hustle. 12:34.400 --> 12:37.400 You're feeding the ball like slow motion. You... 12:37.400 --> 12:41.400 Fred! How do you like that he's not even listening? 12:41.400 --> 12:43.400 Fred! 12:43.400 --> 12:45.400 Fred. 12:45.400 --> 12:47.400 Yeah? 12:47.400 --> 12:51.400 Fred, you happen to realize you've been pacing for an hour, up and down, over and over again. 12:51.400 --> 12:53.400 Really, it's a bore. 12:53.400 --> 12:57.400 I'm thinking, Jeannie. Anyway, you've been wrapped up in that magazine. 12:57.400 --> 13:00.400 The magazine's all about you, as if you didn't know. 13:00.400 --> 13:04.400 Hey, you read where it says, Handsome Hulk Shouldered Fred Hudson? 13:04.400 --> 13:06.400 Get that. Handsome. 13:06.400 --> 13:11.400 Well, I haven't exactly read it. I've sort of been scanning the ads. 13:11.400 --> 13:13.400 You and your advertisements. 13:13.400 --> 13:17.400 Advertisements, sweetie. Advertisements is so...unchic. 13:17.400 --> 13:20.400 I guess that's just one of the things that's wrong with me. 13:20.400 --> 13:23.400 Oh, don't be so serious. It was perfect. 13:23.400 --> 13:25.400 What is wrong with me, Jeannie? 13:25.400 --> 13:28.400 Please, Fred, don't start that. 13:28.400 --> 13:32.400 I mean it. Look, let's take those guys and the advert...advertisements. 13:32.400 --> 13:34.400 Now, what have they got I haven't? 13:34.400 --> 13:37.400 Well, for one thing, they wear neckties. 13:37.400 --> 13:39.400 Oh, now there's something really important. 13:39.400 --> 13:44.400 Why must you be so morbid? Come on over here and relax. 13:44.400 --> 13:45.400 Jeannie. 13:45.400 --> 13:48.400 Not that way. Now, cut it out, Fred. 13:48.400 --> 13:52.400 That's better. Just sit quietly and look at the pictures. 13:52.400 --> 13:53.400 Jeannie. 13:53.400 --> 13:56.400 Look at that car. Isn't it dreamy? 13:56.400 --> 13:57.400 Yeah, but... 13:57.400 --> 13:59.400 Hey, you know Charlie Mason? 13:59.400 --> 14:00.400 That phony? 14:00.400 --> 14:03.400 He's not. You see his new car? 14:03.400 --> 14:04.400 Yeah, how could you miss it? 14:04.400 --> 14:06.400 Just like this one. Only convertible. 14:06.400 --> 14:10.400 Listen, Jeannie. Look, instead of a movie tonight, couldn't we just talk? 14:10.400 --> 14:11.400 Look, there's something... 14:11.400 --> 14:14.400 Well, Fred, as a matter of fact... 14:14.400 --> 14:15.400 You got a date? 14:15.400 --> 14:17.400 Yes, as a matter of fact... 14:17.400 --> 14:18.400 Charlie Mason. 14:18.400 --> 14:21.400 He asked me ages ago. I was going to tell you. 14:21.400 --> 14:22.400 That's all right, Jeannie. 14:22.400 --> 14:24.400 Well, you don't have to be so big about it. 14:24.400 --> 14:27.400 Look, I'm fed up, Jeannie. I'll see you. 14:27.400 --> 14:29.400 Well, after all, Fred, you don't own me. 14:29.400 --> 14:32.400 That's why I'm fed up, kid. I don't own anything. 14:32.400 --> 14:34.400 No neckties, no convertible. 14:34.400 --> 14:35.400 Fred, you... 14:35.400 --> 14:36.400 I'll be seeing you, kid. 14:36.400 --> 14:37.400 Fred! 14:44.400 --> 14:46.400 I don't know anything. 14:51.400 --> 14:54.400 Fred. Hello, Fred. 14:54.400 --> 14:58.400 Eh, don't rush off, Freddy. We've been waiting a long time. 14:58.400 --> 14:59.400 For me? 14:59.400 --> 15:01.400 Sure. Who else? 15:01.400 --> 15:02.400 You guys. 15:02.400 --> 15:04.400 You can call us a couple of your fans. 15:04.400 --> 15:07.400 I call you a couple of wise guys. 15:07.400 --> 15:09.400 Awful tough, ain't he? 15:09.400 --> 15:12.400 A big man on a little campus. 15:12.400 --> 15:15.400 From the magazine piece, I thought maybe he was a regular Joe. 15:15.400 --> 15:16.400 What do you want? 15:16.400 --> 15:19.400 Oh, how about your autograph? 15:19.400 --> 15:21.400 You guys make funny jokes. 15:21.400 --> 15:24.400 Or maybe you'd like my autograph. 15:24.400 --> 15:27.400 I bet that's it. You want his autograph, Freddy? 15:27.400 --> 15:29.400 I bet he would, on a fat check. 15:29.400 --> 15:30.400 You want that, Freddy? 15:30.400 --> 15:31.400 What are you talking about? 15:31.400 --> 15:33.400 See, he's interested. I knew it. 15:33.400 --> 15:35.400 Then talk or get out of the way. 15:35.400 --> 15:38.400 How'd you like to make $2,000? 15:38.400 --> 15:39.400 $2,000? 15:39.400 --> 15:42.400 Two G's, Freddy. All yours. 15:42.400 --> 15:43.400 How? 15:43.400 --> 15:45.400 Well, we figure you work pretty hard at basketball. 15:45.400 --> 15:49.400 We figure you ought to get paid for all that work. 15:49.400 --> 15:52.400 Particularly if you don't work too hard. 15:52.400 --> 15:54.400 I don't get it. 15:54.400 --> 15:57.400 We want you to work for us, Freddy, this Friday night. 15:57.400 --> 15:59.400 I got a basketball game. 15:59.400 --> 16:02.400 Yeah. We want you to dump the game. 16:02.400 --> 16:04.400 For $2,000? 16:04.400 --> 16:05.400 What do you say? 16:05.400 --> 16:08.400 I don't know. $2,000. 16:08.400 --> 16:09.400 Hang up your mind. 16:09.400 --> 16:10.400 I gotta think. 16:10.400 --> 16:12.400 There's no time. 16:12.400 --> 16:14.400 You want to be an amateur all your life? 16:14.400 --> 16:16.400 It's four days to Friday. 16:16.400 --> 16:19.400 You got till midnight. Four hours. 16:19.400 --> 16:21.400 Well, I'll let you know. 16:21.400 --> 16:23.400 All right. We're at the Drake Hotel. 16:23.400 --> 16:24.400 Yeah. 16:24.400 --> 16:25.400 Oh, just one thing. 16:25.400 --> 16:28.400 Keep an open mind and a shut mouth. 16:28.400 --> 16:29.400 Get the picture? 16:29.400 --> 16:30.400 Yeah. 16:30.400 --> 16:34.400 Because we wouldn't want to hurt a nice, clean-cut boy like you. 16:45.400 --> 16:48.400 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Tony Curtis 16:48.400 --> 16:51.400 in the McKay College basketball scandal. 16:51.400 --> 16:58.400 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 17:06.400 --> 17:08.400 Say, Harlow, getting back to fishing, 17:08.400 --> 17:13.400 you know, the only fishing you do is for compliments on auto light spark plugs. 17:13.400 --> 17:16.400 Well, sure, half, because when you replace worn-out spark plugs 17:16.400 --> 17:19.400 with ignition-engineered auto light spark plugs, 17:19.400 --> 17:22.400 you get smoother performance, gas savings, and quick starts. 17:22.400 --> 17:23.400 What do you mean, Harlow? 17:23.400 --> 17:26.400 Why, half, with those mighty mites under the hood, 17:26.400 --> 17:28.400 your car will take off like a scared salmon 17:28.400 --> 17:31.400 and speed along smooth as a sailfish. 17:31.400 --> 17:33.400 Tell the folks why, Isaac Walton. 17:33.400 --> 17:36.400 Because, friends, auto light spark plugs are designed 17:36.400 --> 17:40.400 by the same auto light engineers who designed the coil, distributor, 17:40.400 --> 17:43.400 and all the other important parts of the complete ignition system 17:43.400 --> 17:47.400 used as original factory equipment on many leading makes of cars. 17:47.400 --> 17:51.400 That's why ignition-engineered auto light spark plugs are world famous 17:51.400 --> 17:53.400 for outstanding quality and performance. 17:53.400 --> 17:55.400 Lead me to them, Harlow. 17:55.400 --> 17:58.400 So, friends, see your auto light spark plug dealer soon. 17:58.400 --> 18:01.400 Have him replace worn-out spark plugs with resistor type 18:01.400 --> 18:05.400 or standard type ignition-engineered auto light spark plugs. 18:05.400 --> 18:08.400 And remember, from bumper to tail light, 18:08.400 --> 18:11.400 you're always right with auto light. 18:11.400 --> 18:15.400 And now, auto light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 18:15.400 --> 18:18.400 Mr. Tony Curtis in Elliot Lewis's production of 18:18.400 --> 18:22.400 The McKay College Basketball Scandal. 18:22.400 --> 18:26.400 A dramatic report well calculated to keep you in... 18:26.400 --> 18:28.400 suspense. 18:28.400 --> 18:45.400 What'll I do? What'll I do? 18:45.400 --> 18:48.400 You cut till midnight. 18:48.400 --> 18:50.400 He's a basketball bum. He's won an Amelia. 18:50.400 --> 18:52.400 Get a job. Dump the game. 18:52.400 --> 18:54.400 Bring some money into the house. 18:54.400 --> 18:56.400 Best paying jobs in America go to the athletes. 18:56.400 --> 18:58.400 Neckties, convertibles, dreamy. 18:58.400 --> 19:01.400 Two G's. Dump the game. 19:01.400 --> 19:03.400 It seems you have a brain. Dump the game. 19:03.400 --> 19:06.400 You make me proud, boy, proud. Dump the game. 19:06.400 --> 19:25.400 Get all you can out of it. Dump the game. 19:25.400 --> 19:39.400 Operator, give me the number of the Drake Hotel. 19:39.400 --> 19:41.400 On the rebounds, miss the ball now and then. 19:41.400 --> 19:43.400 You got that? Yeah. 19:43.400 --> 19:45.400 Throw hook shots over the basket. 19:45.400 --> 19:47.400 When you get rebounds, don't pass so quick. 19:47.400 --> 19:49.400 This way, you might flub two points. 19:49.400 --> 19:52.400 Yeah, don't try too hard to block the other guy's shot. 19:52.400 --> 19:54.400 Don't cover too close. 19:54.400 --> 19:56.400 All right, all right. 19:56.400 --> 19:58.400 When do you want to see me again? 19:58.400 --> 19:59.400 We don't. 19:59.400 --> 20:00.400 Well, how about the dough? 20:00.400 --> 20:02.400 Here it is. 20:02.400 --> 20:04.400 We'll take it. 20:04.400 --> 20:07.400 But suppose something goes wrong? 20:07.400 --> 20:10.400 Look, Hudson, you got to stop acting like a hick. 20:10.400 --> 20:14.400 There'll be more than a million bucks spent on this ball game from New York to L.A. 20:14.400 --> 20:19.400 If something, anything goes wrong, we're going to kill you. 20:19.400 --> 20:21.400 Get the picture? 20:21.400 --> 20:23.400 I just wonder if you guys get it. 20:23.400 --> 20:25.400 What do you mean by that? 20:25.400 --> 20:28.400 I mean, well, you guys think we're a bunch of hicks. 20:28.400 --> 20:29.400 What do you think? 20:29.400 --> 20:30.400 Could be. 20:30.400 --> 20:32.400 But we know basketball. 20:32.400 --> 20:34.400 Even grammar school kids, they know the game. 20:34.400 --> 20:35.400 So what? 20:35.400 --> 20:37.400 So I hope we get away with it. 20:37.400 --> 20:39.400 It's your problem, Freddy. 20:39.400 --> 20:43.400 Just remember, don't try anything. 20:43.400 --> 20:47.400 Don't stink up the joint or you'll be dead. 20:47.400 --> 20:52.400 Well, they seem to have Hudson pretty well bottled up. 20:52.400 --> 20:55.400 He sunk one free throw in a field goal all evening. 20:55.400 --> 20:57.400 And time's beginning to run out. 20:57.400 --> 21:03.400 Just 11 minutes to go and the score, Rudd 51, McKay 46. 21:11.400 --> 21:12.400 Take it, Mom. 21:12.400 --> 21:14.400 Go on, use it for the house. 21:14.400 --> 21:15.400 $25? 21:15.400 --> 21:17.400 Where'd you get it? 21:17.400 --> 21:19.400 I won it poppin' a basketball pool. 21:19.400 --> 21:20.400 What luck. 21:20.400 --> 21:21.400 Skill, that's what it is. 21:21.400 --> 21:23.400 That boy knows basketball. 21:23.400 --> 21:24.400 You feel good, Freddy? 21:24.400 --> 21:25.400 You gonna play Good Friday Night? 21:25.400 --> 21:27.400 Yeah, I feel okay. 21:27.400 --> 21:30.400 Freddy, don't you want some of this? 21:30.400 --> 21:32.400 Well, I already took a few bucks. 21:32.400 --> 21:34.400 I bought some neckties. 21:34.400 --> 21:36.400 Well, why don't you wear them? 21:36.400 --> 21:38.400 I don't like them. 21:38.400 --> 21:39.400 They're uncomfortable. 21:39.400 --> 21:42.400 Uncomfortable? A necktie? 21:42.400 --> 21:44.400 Please, Ma, please, cut it out. 21:44.400 --> 21:47.400 All right, Freddy, all right. 21:59.400 --> 22:01.400 Hello, Jeannie. 22:01.400 --> 22:03.400 Well, where have you been? 22:03.400 --> 22:06.400 Around. Here's some flowers for you. 22:06.400 --> 22:09.400 Oh, they're dreamy. 22:09.400 --> 22:11.400 I've missed you, Freddy. 22:11.400 --> 22:14.400 I thought you were still thrashing around with Charlie Mason. 22:14.400 --> 22:16.400 Oh, I gave him the brush, that phony. 22:16.400 --> 22:17.400 And what'd I tell you? 22:17.400 --> 22:19.400 You know where he gets all his money? 22:19.400 --> 22:21.400 He steals it from his father. 22:21.400 --> 22:22.400 Steals it? 22:22.400 --> 22:23.400 Yeah, he told me. 22:23.400 --> 22:25.400 But it's detestable. 22:25.400 --> 22:26.400 Come on in. 22:26.400 --> 22:28.400 Jeannie, I gotta be going. 22:28.400 --> 22:30.400 But you just got here. 22:30.400 --> 22:32.400 I know. 22:32.400 --> 22:41.400 Bye, Jeannie. 22:51.400 --> 22:52.400 Dr. Kellogg? 22:52.400 --> 22:54.400 Oh, hello, Fred. Come in. 22:54.400 --> 22:55.400 Thank you. 22:55.400 --> 22:59.400 Dr. Kellogg, what was that poem you were talking about yesterday? 22:59.400 --> 23:02.400 The one Lincoln kept on his desk? 23:02.400 --> 23:03.400 It's an old one. 23:03.400 --> 23:05.400 I mean, how does it go again? 23:05.400 --> 23:07.400 It goes, 23:07.400 --> 23:10.400 Do what thy manhood bids thee do, 23:10.400 --> 23:13.400 From none but self expect applause. 23:13.400 --> 23:16.400 He noblest lives and noblest dies, 23:16.400 --> 23:19.400 Who makes and keeps his self-made laws. 23:19.400 --> 23:21.400 Is that what you mean? 23:21.400 --> 23:34.400 Yeah, that's what I mean. 23:34.400 --> 23:38.400 Thirty-three seconds left to play, and Rudd leading 60 to 59. 23:38.400 --> 23:40.400 It's McKay's time out. 23:40.400 --> 23:43.400 Believe you me, this has been a ball game. 23:43.400 --> 23:46.400 Although half the fans here are disappointed they came to see Hudson, 23:46.400 --> 23:48.400 and all night they've been riding him. 23:48.400 --> 23:51.400 Fred seems to be off his feet, he's playing ragged ball. 23:51.400 --> 23:53.400 And there's the whistle. 23:53.400 --> 23:55.400 Stern brings the ball into play, passes to French. 23:55.400 --> 24:01.400 Twenty seconds, French makes to Hudson. 24:01.400 --> 24:02.400 Fred, wake up. 24:02.400 --> 24:03.400 You dreaming? 24:03.400 --> 24:06.400 It's detestable, detestable, detestable. 24:06.400 --> 24:07.400 I'm proud of you, boy. 24:07.400 --> 24:10.400 Do what thy manhood bids thee do. 24:10.400 --> 24:14.400 Don't stay up and join, or you'll be dead. 24:14.400 --> 24:15.400 Now you're moving, Freddy. 24:15.400 --> 24:20.400 He passes to Hudson in mid-floor, Freddy shoots, the ball's in the high arc, 24:20.400 --> 24:23.400 and it's in, it's in. 24:23.400 --> 24:26.400 And the game is over. 24:26.400 --> 24:29.400 Hudson pulled that one out of the fire, believe you me. 24:29.400 --> 24:45.400 Great ball player, Freddy, when the chips are down. 24:45.400 --> 24:46.400 This is their room, Fred. 24:46.400 --> 24:47.400 I'm going in with you. 24:47.400 --> 24:49.400 No, no, no, this is a personal... 24:49.400 --> 24:50.400 But... 24:50.400 --> 24:52.400 I think they ruined my life. 24:52.400 --> 24:54.400 I'm going to ruin theirs. 24:54.400 --> 25:03.400 Fred, I'm going to get the hotel cop. 25:03.400 --> 25:06.400 Well, the all-American boy. 25:06.400 --> 25:08.400 This saves us the trouble of coming after you. 25:08.400 --> 25:09.400 Here's your money. 25:09.400 --> 25:13.400 I bought a couple of ties, I gave my mother $25. 25:13.400 --> 25:16.400 And I'm going to kill you both with my bare hands. 25:16.400 --> 25:17.400 Stay away from that gun. 25:17.400 --> 25:23.400 I'll kill you. 25:23.400 --> 25:24.400 I'll kill you. 25:24.400 --> 25:25.400 I'll kill you. 25:25.400 --> 25:26.400 I'll kill you. 25:26.400 --> 25:27.400 Fred, quit it, will you? 25:27.400 --> 25:28.400 Cut it out, Fred. 25:28.400 --> 25:31.400 You want to murder them? 25:31.400 --> 25:35.400 Okay, okay. 25:35.400 --> 25:52.400 Well, the bus will be here any minute. 25:52.400 --> 25:53.400 Dress warm, Freddy. 25:53.400 --> 25:54.400 Get enough to eat. 25:54.400 --> 25:55.400 I will, Mom. 25:55.400 --> 25:57.400 I'll send you some money as soon as I get a job. 25:57.400 --> 25:58.400 Oh, Fred. 25:58.400 --> 25:59.400 Yes, Dr. Kellogg? 25:59.400 --> 26:00.400 I'd like you to have this book. 26:00.400 --> 26:01.400 It's Spengler. 26:01.400 --> 26:02.400 I want you to know I did all I could. 26:02.400 --> 26:03.400 I know. 26:03.400 --> 26:04.400 They had expelled me. 26:04.400 --> 26:05.400 Where are you going, Fred? 26:05.400 --> 26:06.400 As far as $27 will take me. 26:06.400 --> 26:07.400 Eight loving cups and a varsity sweater. 26:07.400 --> 26:08.400 Hocked, $27. 26:08.400 --> 26:09.400 I'll wait for you, Freddy. 26:09.400 --> 26:10.400 Honest, I will. 26:10.400 --> 26:11.400 I'll wait for you, Freddy. 26:11.400 --> 26:12.400 Honest, I will. 26:12.400 --> 26:13.400 I'll wait for you, Freddy. 26:13.400 --> 26:14.400 Honest, I will. 26:14.400 --> 26:15.400 I'll wait for you, Freddy. 26:15.400 --> 26:16.400 Honest, I will. 26:16.400 --> 26:17.400 I'll wait for you, Freddy. 26:17.400 --> 26:22.400 Honest, I will. 26:22.400 --> 26:25.400 Well, I'll be seeing you in the advertisements. 26:25.400 --> 26:26.400 Advertisements, darling. 26:26.400 --> 26:27.400 I looked it up. 26:27.400 --> 26:32.400 One's as good as the other. 26:32.400 --> 26:33.400 Fred. 26:33.400 --> 26:36.400 You're a good boy, Freddy. 26:36.400 --> 26:37.400 Yeah, Pop. 26:37.400 --> 26:38.400 I'm one in a million. 26:38.400 --> 27:05.400 Suspense. 27:05.400 --> 27:09.400 Attempted by Auto Light, tonight's star, Mr. Tony Curtis. 27:09.400 --> 27:14.400 And here he is again, stepping out of his role as the All American basketball player, 27:14.400 --> 27:17.400 Universal International's handsome young star, Tony Curtis. 27:17.400 --> 27:18.400 Thank you, Harlow. 27:18.400 --> 27:21.400 And thanks to Auto Light for this opportunity to appear on suspense. 27:21.400 --> 27:22.400 Tony, the pleasure was ours. 27:22.400 --> 27:25.400 You played a splendid game of basketball. 27:25.400 --> 27:26.400 I was nothing, coach. 27:26.400 --> 27:27.400 Just had a good support. 27:27.400 --> 27:29.400 It was teamwork, Tony. 27:29.400 --> 27:32.400 Now, take that famous Auto Light team. 27:32.400 --> 27:33.400 I know, Harlow. 27:33.400 --> 27:37.400 The Auto Light spark plugs, the Auto Light staple battery, designed to work as a team 27:37.400 --> 27:41.400 by the same Auto Light engineers who design complete ignition systems. 27:41.400 --> 27:42.400 I know, Harlow. 27:42.400 --> 27:47.400 In 28 plants, Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, tractors, planes, and boats. 27:47.400 --> 27:48.400 I know, Harlow. 27:48.400 --> 27:49.400 It's a great team. 27:49.400 --> 27:50.400 Right you are, Tony. 27:50.400 --> 28:01.400 In fact, you're always right with Auto Light. 28:01.400 --> 28:07.400 Next week on Suspense, our star will be Miss Jean Crane in another story based on actual 28:07.400 --> 28:13.400 events concerning a wife who discovers she is married to the murderer among us, a dramatic 28:13.400 --> 28:16.400 report we call the Case Study of a Murderer. 28:16.400 --> 28:22.400 In weeks to come, we shall also present Mr. Herbert Marshall, Mr. Cornell Wild, and Mr. 28:22.400 --> 28:29.400 Ray Milan, all on Suspense. 28:29.400 --> 28:34.400 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morrowick 28:34.400 --> 28:36.400 and conducted by Ludd Gluskin. 28:36.400 --> 28:41.400 The McKay College basketball scandal was written for Suspense by Millard Kaufman. 28:41.400 --> 28:47.400 Featured in tonight's cast were Joseph Kearns as Dr. Kellogg, Martha Wentworth as Mrs. Hudson, 28:47.400 --> 28:51.400 Lou Merrill as Mr. Hudson, Barbara Eyler as Jean. 28:51.400 --> 28:57.400 Also heard were Jack Moyles, Bill Foreman, Jack Crouchon, Gil Stratton, Jr., and Leo 28:57.400 --> 28:58.400 Cleary. 28:58.400 --> 29:02.400 Tony Curtis can now be seen in The Prince Who Was a Thief, an international Universal 29:02.400 --> 29:05.400 Technicolor production costarring Piper Laurie. 29:05.400 --> 29:13.400 For the location of your nearest authorized auto light service station or your nearest 29:13.400 --> 29:19.400 auto light spark plug or battery dealer, phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 29:19.400 --> 29:20.400 25. 29:20.400 --> 29:22.400 Switch to auto light. 29:22.400 --> 29:23.400 Good night. 29:23.400 --> 29:36.400 This is the CBS Radio Network.