1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,680 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. John Lund. 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:15,440 In tonight's presentation of Suspense. 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:23,960 Tonight, Auto Light presents a story from your morning newspaper, the dramatic expose 4 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:31,320 of narcotics peddling among teenagers, as reported in Melody in Dreams, our star Mr. 5 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:32,320 John Lund. 6 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:41,000 Well, Harlow, 1952 was a pretty good year. 7 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Pretty good? 8 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,280 Why, half they just don't come any better than complete electrical systems designed 9 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,720 and built by Auto Light for manufacturers of many leading makes of our finest cars, 10 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,400 trucks, and tractors. 11 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:57,040 All units, including the generators, starting motor, distributor, and coil, spark plugs, 12 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:01,240 and batteries are engineered to give the finest performance money can buy. 13 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,240 My car is Auto Light equipped, Harlow. 14 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:08,560 Millions are half because Auto Light electrical systems have been used as original equipment 15 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:13,960 ever since 1911 when Auto Light developed the first six-volt, two-unit electrical system 16 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:15,460 for the industry. 17 00:01:15,460 --> 00:01:20,680 That means Auto Light electrical systems have been starting, lighting, and providing electrical 18 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,200 energy for car owners for 41 years. 19 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:24,840 That is a record, Harlow. 20 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:25,840 Yes. 21 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:31,400 So friends insist on Auto Light original service parts for your Auto Light equipped car because 22 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:36,680 only Auto Light original service parts are related by Auto Light engineering design to 23 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,840 fit and work as a team with your car's electrical system. 24 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:46,080 You'll find it pays because from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto 25 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,080 Light. 26 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:54,200 And now, Auto Light presents transcribed Melody in Dreams, starring Mr. John Lund, a dramatic 27 00:01:54,200 --> 00:02:00,600 report based on fact, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 28 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,920 Hi, Lieutenant. 29 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,720 Where's Shank? 30 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:16,200 He's in the other office on the telephone. 31 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,600 Right, Mr. Graf? 32 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,920 Yes, sir. 33 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:20,920 I have the address. 34 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:23,560 We'll try to get out there as soon as we can. 35 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:24,560 Keep the girl there. 36 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,560 Yes, sir. 37 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:26,560 Oh, hi, Chris. 38 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,560 How was it, Luke? 39 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,560 Might be the lead. 40 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:29,560 Huh. 41 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:30,560 Bad chance. 42 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,600 There was a guy named Graf, Walter Graf. 43 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,280 He lives out on South Tyburn. 44 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:41,160 He found a cache of marijuana cigarettes hidden in an old coffee can in his daughter's bedroom. 45 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,160 How old is the girl? 46 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:43,160 All 16. 47 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,720 She nearly went hysterical when the old man confronted her with a can of the cigarette. 48 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:47,720 Yeah, they all do. 49 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,120 This kid's thrown convulsion. 50 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:50,120 Huh. 51 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,120 The old man must be a funny character. 52 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,120 Can you imagine? 53 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:58,040 Made a citizen's arrest of his own daughter. 54 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:07,480 For almost six months, the Narcotics Division had been trying to find the leak. 55 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,280 The hole through which an estimated $70,000 worth of drugs was being passed to high school 56 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:17,480 kids monthly in the forms of marijuana, opium, and heroin. 57 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,360 Regular stakeouts, raids, and arrests had been made. 58 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:25,240 The number of teenage addicts arrested was a staggering, frightening total. 59 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,980 Arrests made yielded the addicts, but they didn't yield the source of supply. 60 00:03:28,980 --> 00:03:32,680 In the meantime, public sentiment and high official pressure abetted by the newspaper 61 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:38,360 headlines was growing while police department investigation was groping. 62 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,200 Each and every possible lead obtained had to be followed up. 63 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,680 In the case of Walter Graff, who had made a citizen's arrest of his 16-year-old daughter 64 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,480 after discovering marijuana cigarettes hidden in a coffee can in her bedroom, another lead 65 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,480 was about to be followed up. 66 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,480 This is the address, Chris. 67 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:57,960 Yeah. 68 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,160 Nice old house. 69 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,160 Ring the bell. 70 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,160 Sure. 71 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,320 Well, they don't build them like this anymore. 72 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,320 Maybe they don't take the time. 73 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,560 Agnes goes for this kind of architect. 74 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:12,560 Yes? 75 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:13,560 Police. 76 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:14,560 Mr. Graff? 77 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:15,560 Oh, yes, yes. 78 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:16,560 Come in. 79 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:17,560 I'm Mr. Graff. 80 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:18,560 Thanks. 81 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:19,560 Here. 82 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,560 Let's go into the living room. 83 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,400 Please be seated. 84 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,400 You'll have to excuse the appearance of the house, gentlemen. 85 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:33,960 Ever since Mrs. Graff passed away, I haven't taken much interest in such things as cleanliness. 86 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:34,960 I know it's wrong. 87 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:35,960 We understand. 88 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:41,040 I presume you're here in response to my telephone call. 89 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,040 Yes, sir. 90 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,040 I'm Lieutenant Royals. 91 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,120 This is Detective Sergeant Schenck, narcotics detail. 92 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,120 Yes, yes. 93 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,720 I'm quite upset, as you can see. 94 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:52,720 The shock... 95 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,240 You're only one parent among many, Mr. Graff. 96 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,240 Oh, I know, I know. 97 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,920 I read the newspapers, too. 98 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:57,920 They're full of it. 99 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,120 Every day you read about the horrible... 100 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,200 When did you discover the coffee can with the cigarettes, Mr. Graff? 101 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:05,200 This morning. 102 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,000 You see, I didn't go to work today. 103 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,560 I wasn't feeling very good, so I stayed home. 104 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,120 It's the first time I've ever been absent. 105 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,240 Why did you wait until this evening to report the discovery? 106 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,600 Why did I wait until this evening? 107 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:20,600 Yeah. 108 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,440 Well, because I couldn't believe it. 109 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,080 I simply couldn't believe it. 110 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:25,640 Don't you understand? 111 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:26,640 Joan is my child. 112 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:32,040 How is a father supposed to believe such a terrible thing of his child? 113 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:33,400 We understand. 114 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,080 I had to give Joan a chance to deny it, Lieutenant. 115 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,920 I had to give her a chance to yell to her papa that she knew nothing about the coffee 116 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,520 can and its sinful contents. 117 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,480 Did she deny knowing about the can? 118 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:46,480 Deny it? 119 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,800 She didn't even try to defend herself. 120 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,960 She admitted the guilt. 121 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,360 But what hurt most of all was her... her arrogance. 122 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,200 What are you going to do about it, she said to me? 123 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:05,040 I did the only thing I thought was right to do. 124 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,480 I called the police. 125 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:08,840 I'm sorry, Mr. Graff. 126 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:11,320 Oh, don't be sorry, Lieutenant Riles. 127 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,080 It's a very funny story. 128 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,200 And the neighbors will thoroughly enjoy it. 129 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,800 Ring around the rosy old man Graff arrested his daughter. 130 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,520 She's a dope fiend, pocketful of posies. 131 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,840 What made you suspect the cigarettes contained marijuana, Mr. Graff? 132 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:25,840 Suspect? 133 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:26,840 How do I know? 134 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:28,960 Well, lots of things. 135 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,360 Jones moods, strange moods. 136 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,360 Moods which I can't describe to you because I don't know how. 137 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:37,360 Her friends. 138 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:38,360 Friends? 139 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,120 One in particular. 140 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:42,120 Mickey Malone. 141 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,520 No good, no good, Lieutenant. 142 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:45,520 I see. 143 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,320 Now, where is the can with the cigarettes, Mr. Graff? 144 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,320 One moment. 145 00:06:52,320 --> 00:07:02,040 Here, Lieutenant Boyle, here, the poison. 146 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:10,320 Take it, burn it, destroy it. 147 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:19,000 The time was 7.30 when Joan Graff was booked in at police headquarters on a charge of illegal 148 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,240 possession of narcotics. 149 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,920 The file sheet also listed the name of the arresting citizen, Walter Graff, the girl's 150 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,880 own father. 151 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:32,740 Joan was a plain featured girl, bleached blonde hair, fair skin, narrow hazel eyes and a slim 152 00:07:32,740 --> 00:07:35,040 slight frame. 153 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,120 After Detective Sergeant Schenck had finished typing the police report, we took the girl 154 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,680 back to interrogation for further questioning. 155 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,360 Go ahead, Joan. 156 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:45,360 Sit down. 157 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:46,360 Thank you. 158 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,800 Tell me, Joan, how old are you? 159 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:51,800 16. 160 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,960 Do you know why you're here? 161 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,280 Yes, my father arrested me. 162 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:57,480 That's why I'm here. 163 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,640 You've broken a law, Joan, a very serious law. 164 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,160 Does everyone get a sermon? 165 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,160 This is no sermon. 166 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,760 You've been charged with illegal possession of narcotics. 167 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,160 That's a very serious charge. 168 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,440 I know. 169 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,320 I also know I'm a minor. 170 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,240 Yes, you are, in which case you'll be turned over to the juvenile authorities. 171 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,520 What will they do to me? 172 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,040 They can do a lot. 173 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:24,560 They have the authority to take you out of school, away from your friends, give you the 174 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,160 treatment you need. 175 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,800 They can also send you to a detention home if necessary. 176 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,760 What kind of meals do they serve? 177 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,480 They don't serve cigarettes like these in detention homes. 178 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:36,880 Where'd you get them? 179 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:37,880 Nowhere. 180 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,000 If it didn't just happen out of thin air, where'd you get them? 181 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,600 I don't know where I got them. 182 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,400 Look, Joan, you've broken a law. 183 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,980 You've done something very wrong, but it's not entirely your fault. 184 00:08:48,980 --> 00:08:50,920 You're not the real enemy. 185 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,960 The real enemy is the person who sold you these cigarettes, and that's the enemy we 186 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:55,960 want. 187 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:56,960 Who was it? 188 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,440 Please, I don't remember where I got them. 189 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:01,920 Are you trying to shield somebody, Joan? 190 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:02,920 Is that it? 191 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,160 No, it's nobody. 192 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:05,160 I don't know. 193 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,080 All right, Joan, all right. 194 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,080 You don't have to tell us. 195 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,280 I'm not going to force you to do something you don't want to do. 196 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,800 That'd be wrong. 197 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,800 But there's something I want to explain to you. 198 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,640 And I want you to try to understand it. 199 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,360 It's about your father and what he did. 200 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:23,360 My father? 201 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,160 When he arrested you, he did the only thing he thought was right. 202 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,800 I'm his daughter, his own flesh and blood. 203 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,280 Yes, his own flesh and blood. 204 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:31,280 That's right, right. 205 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,360 And don't you realize what it must have done to him inside? 206 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,360 I don't want to talk about him. 207 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:38,360 Please. 208 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,640 I've got two children of my own, Joan, two small boys. 209 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:42,640 Please. 210 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,680 If they were older and either one of them had done something like this, I swear to you, 211 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:49,160 I'd do the same thing that your father did. 212 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,880 Okay, Lou, that's all for now. 213 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:53,880 Let's go. 214 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:54,880 Lieutenant. 215 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:55,880 Yes? 216 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,640 Lieutenant, I'll tell you. 217 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,120 I'll tell you where I got the cigarettes. 218 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,480 All right, tell me. 219 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,840 From Nikki. 220 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,240 Nikki Malone, my boyfriend from high school. 221 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,560 Do you know where Nikki gets them? 222 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:16,640 There's a coffee shop somewhere near our school. 223 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,600 That's how Nikki gets the cigarettes, I think. 224 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,600 Haven't you ever been to this coffee shop with Nikki? 225 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,000 No, I don't even know where it is. 226 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 I see. 227 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,080 Will I put out a call on the Malone kid? 228 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:28,680 No, I don't think that's necessary. 229 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:31,720 We'll go out to the house and talk to him. 230 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,720 Lieutenant. 231 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,000 Yes, Joan? 232 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,000 I understand. 233 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,600 Understand what? 234 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,040 My father, his herd inside. 235 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:52,800 I have that same herd. 236 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:57,560 Joan Graff volunteered the address of her high school boyfriend, Nikki Malone. 237 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:00,720 Detective Sergeant Schenck made arrangements for the girl to be turned over to the juvenile 238 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,520 authorities pending further investigation. 239 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,960 And then we went out to question Nikki Malone. 240 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,480 The address the girl had given us turned out to be located in a run-down section of the 241 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:11,480 city. 242 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,600 763 was a white single frame house badly in need of repairs. 243 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:21,760 The shades were drawn, but a dim light inside indicated someone was at home. 244 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,760 Want a knock? 245 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,760 Sure. 246 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,760 Yes? 247 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,080 Does Nikki Malone live here? 248 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,800 Who wants to know? 249 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:34,800 Police officers. 250 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,000 I'm Lieutenant Royals, Sergeant Schenck. 251 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Oh? 252 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 What's the boy done? 253 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,400 We'd like to ask him some questions. 254 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:43,400 He at home? 255 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,400 Yeah, yeah, yes. 256 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,680 He's getting ready to go out. 257 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:50,280 Come in, officers. 258 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,600 What is it you wanted Nicholas for? 259 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,400 We'd like to talk to him. 260 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:55,400 Sure. 261 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,600 How about a drink? 262 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:58,600 No, thanks. 263 00:11:58,600 --> 00:11:59,600 You? 264 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:00,600 No. 265 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:01,600 Mine? 266 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,200 You any relation to the boy? 267 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:06,200 Relation? 268 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,200 Sure. 269 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:08,200 I'm his Uncle Fred. 270 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:09,200 And Nikki? 271 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:10,200 Nikki? 272 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,200 Yeah? 273 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:12,200 What do you want? 274 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:13,200 What's the matter? 275 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,200 He's a policeman, Nikki. 276 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:15,200 They want to talk to you. 277 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,200 Right? 278 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,200 That's right. 279 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,200 Policeman? 280 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:19,200 What do you want to talk to me about? 281 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,200 It's about your sideline at high school. 282 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:21,200 Teach me. 283 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,200 What kind of a sideline you guys talking about? 284 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,200 Narcotics. 285 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,200 You guys must be crazy. 286 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,200 You know what we're talking about. 287 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,200 I do. 288 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,200 Nicholas, maybe you... 289 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:30,200 Listen to me. 290 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:31,200 You're not the only one talking about it. 291 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 292 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:33,200 You've got to be kidding me. 293 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 294 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 295 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:36,200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 296 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:41,200 You're talking about a person who's been in a coma. 297 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,200 Not a person in a coma. 298 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,200 I don't know who. 299 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,200 I don't know who. 300 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:47,200 I don't know who. 301 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,200 I don't know who. 302 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:49,200 I don't know who. 303 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,200 What's wrong with you? 304 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:51,200 I don't know who. 305 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,200 What's wrong with you? 306 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:53,200 You're crazy. 307 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,200 You're crazy. 308 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,200 You know what we're talking about. 309 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,200 I do. 310 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,200 Nicholas, maybe you... 311 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,200 Listen to these guys, Hank. 312 00:12:58,200 --> 00:12:59,200 Shake them down, Lou. 313 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:00,200 Hey, what is this? 314 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,200 Routine, Nikki. 315 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,200 Come on, empty your pockets. 316 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,200 What? 317 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:04,200 I said, empty your pockets. 318 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,200 Oh, for the love of... 319 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,200 Where's your room? 320 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,200 You saw me come out the door. 321 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,200 Want to take a look, Lou? 322 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,200 Yeah. 323 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:15,200 Don't you think you'd better tell me what this is all about, Lieutenant? 324 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,200 I am the boy's guardian. 325 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,200 We suspect your nephew of passing out marijuana cigarettes to students at his high school. 326 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,200 Marijuana cigarettes? 327 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,200 It must be some mistake, Lieutenant, not Nicholas. 328 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:27,200 Of course not me. 329 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,200 That isn't what your girlfriend Joan told us. 330 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,200 I get it now. 331 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,200 That kid gets caught with a weed and she tries to pass the buck to me. 332 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,200 Why, if I ever get my hands on her... 333 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,200 All right, Nicholas, that's enough. 334 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,200 Anything, Lou? 335 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,200 Clean as a whistle. 336 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,200 Okay, Nicky, where is it? 337 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,200 Where's what? 338 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:47,200 The cigarettes. 339 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,200 Look, I told you once, I'll tell you again. 340 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,200 I don't know what you're talking about. 341 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,200 I don't have no marijuana cigarettes. 342 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:54,200 You found me clean, didn't you? 343 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,200 Make me some trouble. 344 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,200 That isn't what your girlfriend Joan Graff told us. 345 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,200 I don't care what she told you. 346 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,200 You got no evidence to arrest me. 347 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,200 All right, Nicky, that's all for now. 348 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,200 Come on, Lou. 349 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,200 And we were right back where we started, 350 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,200 up against another frightened high school student 351 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,200 who refused to divulge the source of his supply of narcotics. 352 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,200 We didn't have any physical evidence on Nicky Malone, 353 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,200 but we did believe that the young girl had been telling the truth 354 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,200 and therefore decided to place him under surveillance. 355 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,200 He was our closest link to the source of the narcotics supply. 356 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,200 For four days, we followed his every move. 357 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,200 At 8.30 every morning, he left the house, 358 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,200 walked six blocks to his high school, 359 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,200 left school at 3.20 and walked two blocks to a coffee shop 360 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,200 where he had a chocolate milkshake, and then returned home. 361 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,200 He didn't leave the house at any time during the evenings. 362 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,200 On the fifth day, the boy went to the coffee shop, 363 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,200 had his regular milkshake, and then played the jukebox. 364 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:05,200 Once again, when he left the coffee shop, we followed him. 365 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,200 He's heading in the opposite direction, Chris. 366 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,200 Yeah, this may be it, Lou. 367 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,200 He may be going to pick up some stuff. 368 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,200 He's turning the corner on a Madison. 369 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,200 Here we go, Lou, hold your breath. Yeah. 370 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,200 Pretty bright kid, huh, Chris? 371 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,200 Yeah. If we're right about him, we've got nothing but trouble. 372 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,200 He's disappeared. 373 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:47,200 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. John Lund in Melody in Dreams, 374 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:56,200 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 375 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,200 Any New Year's resolutions, Harlow? 376 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,200 Ah, two mighty important ones to help car owners everywhere, Hap. 377 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,200 Oh, how, Harlow? 378 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,200 By reminding them that their car's electrical system works like a beaver 379 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,200 every second their engine runs, and it provides energy for starting, 380 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:21,200 sounding a horn, lights, heater, radio, electric windshield wiper, and cigarette lighter. 381 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,200 Auto Light makes complete electrical systems used as original equipment 382 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,200 on many leading makes of our finest cars, trucks, and tractors. 383 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,200 Right you are, Hap, and that's why my second resolution is to tell car owners 384 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,200 to treat the important electrical system of their car to a periodic checkup 385 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,200 for top performance at all times. 386 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,200 Good advice, Harlow. 387 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,200 Right, so friends, have your car's electrical system checked by experts. 388 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:48,200 Your nearest authorized Auto Light service station has specialized equipment 389 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,200 to service all makes of cars. 390 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,200 You can quickly locate him in the classified section of your phone book 391 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,200 under Automobile Electrical Service, or call Western Union by number 392 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,200 and ask for operator 25. 393 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,200 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 394 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:11,200 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, Mr. John Lund 395 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,200 in Elliot Lewis's production of Melody in Dreams, 396 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:21,200 a dramatic report well calculated to keep you in suspense. 397 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,200 Right out from under our noses. How's it possible? 398 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,200 Like I said, Chris, bright boy. 399 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,200 Must have known he was being followed. 400 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:34,200 Of course he did. 401 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,200 Lots of nerve. The law on his tail and he still does business. 402 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,200 Yeah. Well, he's got to go home sometime. 403 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,200 That's right, Lou. He's got to go home sometime. 404 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,200 And that's where he's going to find us. 405 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,200 We got back in the police car and drove over to the Malone house, 406 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,200 parked across the street and waited. 407 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,200 It was beginning to get dark. 408 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,200 The shades were still drawn. 409 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,200 I wondered if anybody ever bothered to raise them. 410 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,200 Time passes slowly when you're waiting. 411 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,200 Cigarette, Chris? 412 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,200 No, my mouth feels like an oven now. 413 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,200 Somebody's home. 414 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,200 Probably his polite uncle. Funny guy. 415 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,200 Wonder what he does for a living. 416 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,200 Oh, I saw a lot of music sheets laying around. 417 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,200 Probably in the business. 418 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,200 Hey. What? 419 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,200 Thought I saw something moving in the driveway. Shadow. 420 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:36,200 Might be the kid. Let's go. 421 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,200 It is somebody. 422 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,200 Get your flash ready. 423 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,200 Okay, hold it. Hey. 424 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,200 All right, kid. Stand still. Don't move. 425 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,200 What is this? Cops again? 426 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,200 Yeah, Nicky. Cops again. 427 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,200 I thought I shook you guys once. 428 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,200 Why did you shake us, Nicky? 429 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,200 Because... because I don't like being followed. 430 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,200 That's your story, son. Where have you been? 431 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,200 I haven't been anywhere. 432 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,200 Where did you go after you lost us? 433 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,200 I went for a walk in the park. 434 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,200 What did you do? Pick up the stuff? 435 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:05,200 What stuff? 436 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,200 All right, Lou. I'll hold the lights. Shake them. 437 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,200 No. What is this? A habit? I got some rights. 438 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,200 Come on. Come on. Easy, son. Easy. 439 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,200 Hey. 440 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,200 What's this, Nicky, in your coat pocket? 441 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,200 Nothing. It ain't nothing. Give me that. 442 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:24,200 Open it up, Lou. 443 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,200 Chris? 444 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,200 That's an awful lot of nothing, Nicky. 445 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,200 Six packs of marijuana cigarettes. 446 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,200 We booked the boy down at police headquarters 447 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,200 on a charge of illegal possession of narcotics. 448 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,200 And then we interrogated him. 449 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,200 Although he realized the seriousness of the charges, 450 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,200 he still refused to tell us where he'd obtained the cigarettes. 451 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,200 His guardian uncle was notified and came down to see the boy. 452 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,200 He seemed quite concerned. 453 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,200 We listened in on their conversation. 454 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:05,200 The uncle pleaded with the boy to tell us all he knew about the narcotics. 455 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,200 But uncle's pleas went unheard. 456 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:20,200 A few days later, I decided to bring Nicky Malone and Joan Graff together, face to face. 457 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,200 I didn't know what I hoped to learn. 458 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,200 Maybe nothing. 459 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,200 Maybe something in a moment of temper. 460 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:33,200 On the morning of December 21st, the young boy and girl were brought to my office. 461 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,200 Sit right over there, Nicky. 462 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,200 Thanks. 463 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,200 Well? 464 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,200 Wouldn't you like to say hello to Joan? 465 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,200 Hmm. 466 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,200 Hello, Nicky. 467 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,200 Know any more good stories, policeman? 468 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,200 Nicky, I'm so scared. 469 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,200 Scared of what? 470 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,200 This whole thing. It's so terrible. 471 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,200 She's right, Nicky. 472 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,200 Something like this can ruin your whole life. 473 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:58,200 Don't you realize that? 474 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,200 Well, stop with the sermon, will you? 475 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,200 Your uncle seems like a pretty nice guy, Nicky. 476 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,200 How did you turn out to be such a bad apple? 477 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,200 Is that part of your job, policeman? 478 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,200 Telling people what they are? 479 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,200 No. No, it's not, Nicky. 480 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,200 I'm sorry I said that. 481 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,200 Because basically, I think you're a good boy. 482 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,200 I think you're intelligent enough to know what's right and what's wrong. 483 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,200 And you know this is wrong. 484 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,200 I don't have to reason with you. 485 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:34,200 The thing that really puzzles me is why an intelligent young boy like you refuses to right this wrong. 486 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,200 You made a mistake. We all make mistakes. 487 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,200 Mistakes are forgivable, Nicky. 488 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,200 Nicky, the lieutenant is right. 489 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,200 Ah, what do you know anyway, loudmouth? 490 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,200 Couldn't keep your mouth shut, could you? You had to tell him. 491 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,200 I hurt my father, Nicky. I hurt him very much. 492 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,200 I had to tell the police all I knew. 493 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,200 Big blabbermouth. 494 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,200 Well, find yourself another boyfriend, sister. 495 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,200 Nicky! 496 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,200 See if he'll get you a stick. 497 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,200 Another stick, Nicky? 498 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,200 I mean... 499 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,200 Yeah, I know what you mean. 500 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Another stick of this. 501 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,200 Oh, why can't you leave me alone? 502 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,200 Give me a trial. Set me up. I don't care what you do. 503 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,200 Trial? Jail? 504 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:20,200 No, son. They're not the answer. Not really. 505 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,200 I'm trying to make you understand that you've got a long life ahead of you. 506 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,200 It'll be a shame to ruin it now. 507 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:39,200 Our last chance, then. Stake out the coffee shop. 508 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:44,200 For four days, Detective Shank and myself kept it under surveillance. 509 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:49,200 On the evening of December 29th, I walked into the coffee shop to relieve Detective Shank. 510 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,200 It was ten minutes to seven. 511 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,200 Hello? 512 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,200 Hi, Chris. 513 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,200 Don't look so sour. Go home and get some sleep. 514 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,200 You gonna sit it out? 515 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,200 Yeah, a couple hours, maybe. 516 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,200 I'll sit around with you for a while. 517 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:03,200 How about a cup of coffee? 518 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,200 Yeah, I'm up to here. No thanks. 519 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,200 Anything? 520 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,200 No, nothing. Just stares from the guy who owns this place. He keeps leering. 521 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:15,200 You want me to stick around and go play a record on the jukebox? Here's a dime. 522 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,200 The jukebox? 523 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,200 Yeah, play something. Let's make it festive around here. 524 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,200 The afternoon Nicky got away from us, he broke his pattern. 525 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:28,200 He did something different. Something he'd never done before. 526 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,200 He played the jukebox. 527 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,200 That's right. He played the jukebox. 528 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,200 Billy May. 529 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,200 Wish you were here. 530 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,200 Broken... 531 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,200 Oh. 532 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,200 Thanks. Now I'll stay with you for a while. 533 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,200 Might even have a cup of coffee. 534 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,200 I was right about Nicky's uncle being in the business. 535 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,200 What? 536 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,200 This is a good time to get some sleep. 537 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,200 He's been playing the tune. 538 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,200 What do you know? The guy's a celebrity. So that's what he does. 539 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,200 Hello. 540 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,200 The night we picked up the Malone kid, we thought he was coming home with his stuff, right? 541 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:14,200 Yeah. 542 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,200 We couldn't see. It was too dark. 543 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,200 But what if it was the other way around? 544 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,200 What if the kid was leaving instead of just arriving? 545 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,200 Yeah. Yeah. 546 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,200 We've come in here for four days straight. 547 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,200 That record wasn't on the jukebox. 548 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,200 The day that the kid disappeared, he played the machine. 549 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,200 Come on. Let's talk to the guy at the counter. 550 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,200 You the owner, mister? 551 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,200 Yeah. Yeah, I'm the owner. 552 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,200 Police officers. 553 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,200 Police? Oh, hey, now... 554 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,200 Don't get excited. Just want to ask you a few questions. 555 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,200 Well, sure. Sure, officers. Anything. 556 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,200 There's a new record on that machine by a Freddie Malone. 557 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,200 Oh, yeah. Him. I know him. Nice guy. 558 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:53,200 Nice guy? 559 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,200 Yeah. 560 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,200 Every week he comes in, slips me a ten. 561 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,200 Slips your ten? 562 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,200 Yeah. Put his record on the machine. 563 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,200 Says even if it does cost him dough, he wants to push it. 564 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,200 It's a nice tune, now. Melody in dreams. 565 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,200 Back at headquarters, we learned the whereabouts of Uncle Freddie Malone. 566 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,200 He was playing piano in a small nightclub on Halstead. 567 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,200 The place was crowded with people when we got there. 568 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,200 In a corner off to the right was a platform. 569 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,200 And on the platform, at the piano, sat Freddie Malone. 570 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,200 Think there'll be any trouble, Chris? 571 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,200 I doubt it, Lou. He's not the type. 572 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,200 Hello, Mr. Malone. 573 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,200 Hello, police officers. You have a request? 574 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,200 Yeah. Melody in dreams. 575 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,200 One of my favorites. 576 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,200 One of my favorites? That's no surprise. 577 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,200 It was wrong, huh? 578 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,200 Real wrong. 579 00:25:55,200 --> 00:26:00,200 A lot of poor, innocent kids, Mr. Malone. Real wrong. 580 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,200 Poor, innocent kids. 581 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,200 We still don't know how the record figured in. 582 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:08,200 That was how Nicky notified the other kids he was ready to pass the stuff. 583 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,200 And the night we caught him? 584 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:15,200 He was leaving the house. He was on his way out to make delivery. 585 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,200 Poor kid. 586 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,200 Try to protect me. 587 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,200 Someday I'll do something for him. 588 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,200 Maybe. Shall we go? 589 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,200 The manager won't like it if I don't stick around. 590 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,200 It's going to be a big night. 591 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,200 Can't stick around, huh? 592 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:45,200 Not tonight, Mr. Malone. Let's go. 593 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,200 Suspense. 594 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:14,200 Presented by Auto Light. Tonight's star, Mr. John Lund. 595 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,200 This is Harlow Wilcock speaking for Auto Light, 596 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,200 world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. 597 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,200 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 598 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,200 They are members of the Auto Light family, 599 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,200 as well as are the 98,000 Auto Light distributors and dealers in the United States 600 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,200 and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. 601 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:40,200 Our family also includes the nearly 30,000 men and women in 28 great Auto Light plants from coast to coast 602 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,200 and Auto Light plants in many foreign countries, 603 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:48,200 as well as the 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their savings in Auto Light. 604 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,200 Every Auto Light product is backed by constant research 605 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,200 and precision built to the highest standards of quality and performance. 606 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,200 So remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right. 607 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:05,200 With Auto Light. 608 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:11,200 In the next two weeks, we will attempt to solve one of the most famous of all literary puzzles 609 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,200 as we present Charles Dickens' unfinished novel, 610 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:19,200 The Mystery of Edwin Drude, our star, Mr. Herbert Marshall. 611 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,200 And it begins next week on... 612 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,200 Suspense. 613 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:30,200 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Morawick 614 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,200 and conducted by Lut Bluskin. 615 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,200 Portions of the program were transcribed. 616 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:38,200 Melody in Dreams was written for suspense by Richard George Peticcini. 617 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:43,200 In tonight's story, Anne Whitfield was heard as Joan and Sam Edwards as Nicky. 618 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:48,200 Featured in the cast were Shep Menken, Howard McNeer, Joseph Kearns and Junius Matthews. 619 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,200 This is Harlow and I'm the host of the show. 620 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,200 I'm Nick Neer, Joseph Kearns and Junius Matthews. 621 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,200 This is Harlow Wilcox again. 622 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,200 When we meet next week, it will also be next year. 623 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:07,200 And so, Auto Light and all of us here on Suspense sincerely wish each of you a very happy 1953. 624 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:08,200 Good night. 625 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:21,200 This has been Video Network.