1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,200 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Ronald Coleman in tonight's presentation 2 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:11,200 of... 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,200 Suspense. 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:21,520 Tonight, Auto Light brings you the story of a mind reader who discovers his nightclub 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,480 act is not a fake, a vision of death. 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,560 Our star, Mr. Ronald Coleman. 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:33,960 Help, help. 8 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,640 What's the trouble, Oscar Otto? 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,640 It's my battery, Harlow. 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,120 Water, please. 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,440 Why, sure. 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,360 But why not avoid that battery distress, Oscar? 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,040 Get an Auto Light Stayful, the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:49,040 car use. 15 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,040 Is that a fact, Harlow? 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:54,240 A fact that millions of cars and owners have proved for themselves, Oscar. 17 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,080 And the Auto Light Stayful gives longer life, too. 18 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:01,720 Fiberglass retaining mats protect every positive plate to reduce shedding and flaking and give 19 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:06,960 the Auto Light Stayful longer life, as proved by tests conducted according to accepted life 20 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:07,960 cycle standards. 21 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:11,400 Where do I get this no-worry battery, Harlow? 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,880 From your nearest Auto Light battery dealer. 23 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,160 To quickly locate him, phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 24 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,400 I'll tell you the name of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer where you can get an 25 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:27,280 Auto Light Stayful, the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car 26 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:28,280 use. 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,560 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 28 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:39,520 And now, Auto Light presents A Vision of Death, starring Mr. Ronald Coleman, hoping once again 29 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:55,320 to keep you in suspense. 30 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,160 If I speak too rapidly for your stenographer, you'll tell me, won't you, Lieutenant? 31 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,720 No offense, but he impresses me as someone who has to sit on the floor to put on his 32 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:04,720 shoes. 33 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,400 And stop me if I seem to wander away from the point, won't you? 34 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,960 I mean to say, this is my first and, I hope, final appearance in a police precinct, and 35 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,480 I should hate to give a sloppy performance. 36 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:20,720 We were always known, Aurora and I, for the smoothness and gem-like precision of our act. 37 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,440 As far as this murder...rap, I suppose it's called, is concerned, an acquaintance with 38 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,280 our act is the essential rabbit. 39 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:30,280 Awfully good act. 40 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:35,360 Smart, informal, occasionally humorous and always mystifying. 41 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:41,360 Well, the act always began with music, never with the cliché fanfare of trumpets or roll 42 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:42,800 of drums. 43 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:48,760 I would saunter out to the center of the floor and say something like, good evening, you're 44 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,280 about to witness an exhibition of mental telepathy. 45 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,760 Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce Aurora, my wife. 46 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,640 Ah, they never fail to give her a hand. 47 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:01,120 Oh, but they applaud. 48 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,640 Why, the vision she presented as she came toward me. 49 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:10,360 There has never been anyone as lovely as Aurora, the most beautiful flesh in the profession. 50 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:16,760 Now, Aurora, would you care to tell the audience or shall I? 51 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:21,000 You tell them, Judd, while I tie the blindfold across my eyes. 52 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,480 Ladies and gentlemen, all mind-readers employ a gimmick. 53 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,080 A gimmick is a trick, a device. 54 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,560 For example, when the mind-reader threading his way through the audience says to the mind-reader 55 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,920 sitting blindfolded on the stage, a lady has given me a small object which I now hold in 56 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,560 my hand, what is it? 57 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,240 And the mind-reader sitting blindfolded replies, a silver coin. 58 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,800 The answer has not come through mind-reading, no. 59 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:50,040 It has come through the gimmick, a cue or signal communicated through the very question 60 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,040 itself. 61 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:52,040 But we don't do that. 62 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:53,580 We do not. 63 00:03:53,580 --> 00:03:58,240 You will notice, ladies and gentlemen, that I never speak to Aurora at all. 64 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,000 Now, are you ready, Rory? 65 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Ready, Judd. 66 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Here we go then. 67 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,360 Now, you, sir, you have something? 68 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:05,360 Good. 69 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:06,360 Concentrate upon it like a good chap. 70 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,360 And you, madam... 71 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,240 The gentleman holds a coin in his hand. 72 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,720 It's a Mexican peso bearing the date 1-8-9-2. 73 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:17,840 Oh, that's very clever of you, madam. 74 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:19,600 I'll be surprised if she gets this one. 75 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:20,600 Now, how about you? 76 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:32,240 She holds in her hand her other hand. 77 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:37,960 Yep, a sucker once born remains a sucker till death. 78 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,840 The audience never realized, never in all the years we worked, that although I was not 79 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:48,400 speaking to Aurora directly, my chatter nevertheless was loaded with signals and cues for her guidance. 80 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,960 By revealing the gimmick, we concealed the gimmick, and that, lieutenant, is the knee 81 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:54,920 plus ultra of gimmicks. 82 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:00,400 Yes, it was as crude as that, but it enabled us to work 50 weeks a year here and abroad 83 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,960 at an average of over a thousand a week. 84 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:08,680 Of course, I always gave some credit for our success to our agent, Harry Arnold, although 85 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,040 Rory was inclined to give him no credit at all. 86 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,200 Good knows, Judd, I've managed to book the act into the college inn in Chicago with a 87 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:16,200 four-week guarantee. 88 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,680 That's not bad, huh? 89 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:18,680 Not him. 90 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,120 He managed to book the act. 91 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,360 I suppose they never heard of us in Chicago. 92 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,040 I suppose we weren't held over there six weeks when we played the Saint-Souci in 1948. 93 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,880 Well, you think it's easy to get a four-week guarantee these days? 94 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:29,880 Money is short. 95 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:30,880 Money is tight. 96 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,080 I have never yet heard you say money is long, money is loose. 97 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,640 You have to sweat for your 10%, don't you? 98 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:37,640 Yes, you do. 99 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,280 In a pig's ear, you do. 100 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:41,480 Agents, they're all alike. 101 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:42,560 There's gratitude for you. 102 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,820 There's the milk of human memory. 103 00:05:44,820 --> 00:05:46,160 What were you when I first saw you? 104 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,940 Playing not this much, playing 10 a day on the canvas in Monash, Wisconsin, and paid 105 00:05:49,940 --> 00:05:50,940 off in bottle tops. 106 00:05:50,940 --> 00:05:52,940 I worked, I schemed, I sweated. 107 00:05:52,940 --> 00:05:54,880 Agents, all of them. 108 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,440 All they know is how to live off a dead whale, scum of the earth. 109 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:58,920 I'm not going to take that from you, you hear me? 110 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,920 You take it, baby, along with the 10%. 111 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,920 You'll take it, you'll chew it, you'll swallow it, and you'll keep it down. 112 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:04,920 How do you like that? 113 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:06,440 I'm warning you, kid, don't push me too far. 114 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:07,440 Don't push me. 115 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,640 Children, children, now on your way, Harry, and don't let it get you down. 116 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,960 I think a four-week guarantee is pretty good. 117 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:13,960 Thanks, Judd. 118 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,360 If it wasn't for you, I'd... 119 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:17,360 Why go into it? 120 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:28,520 I'm going for a walk. 121 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,120 But aside from these altercations between Rory and Harry, it was smooth sailing. 122 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:38,160 We wore the best, ate the best, drank the best, stayed at the finest hotels. 123 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,560 And every Saturday night after the performance, Harry would bring us our salary. 124 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,920 He'd bring it in cash, 1,000, 1,250, 1,500. 125 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,880 I've the old performer's distrust of checks. 126 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,600 Been given too many with the high latex content. 127 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,720 Anyway, life couldn't have been more classy. 128 00:06:54,720 --> 00:07:01,160 And then one evening, about five weeks ago, soon after we opened up the Grove here in 129 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,360 town, a frightening thing occurred. 130 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,200 We'd just begun the act, and I was out in the audience. 131 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,360 You'll notice, ladies and gentlemen, that I never speak to Aurora at all. 132 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,160 Now, are you ready, Rory? 133 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:15,160 Ready, Judd. 134 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:16,160 Here we go then. 135 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,160 Now, you, madam. 136 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,320 The lady holds in her hand a compact. 137 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,920 It is platinum. 138 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,040 It bears her initials, R-C. 139 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:31,640 You, sir, have you... 140 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:36,640 The gentleman is holding an engagement ring. 141 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,680 In it are three small diamonds. 142 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:40,680 I... 143 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,680 Miss, what would you... 144 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,680 The young lady... 145 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,720 The young lady is holding... 146 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,680 It's a small cameo brooch. 147 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,680 Rory. 148 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,680 Rory. 149 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,800 Maurice, music. 150 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:06,000 I picked Rory up from the floor and hurried to our dressing room. 151 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,960 Almost beside myself with anxiety. 152 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,680 I placed her on the couch, dampened a towel and put it on her forehead and began to chafe 153 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:12,680 her wrists. 154 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:13,680 Rory. 155 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:14,680 Rory, honey. 156 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:15,680 Rory. 157 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:16,680 Judd. 158 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:17,680 Judd. 159 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:18,680 I'm here, Rory. 160 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:19,680 Are you all right? 161 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:20,680 I guess so. 162 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:21,680 I don't know what happened. 163 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,880 Well, you fainted away. 164 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,880 Try to remember what happened. 165 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:27,880 I felt funny. 166 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:28,880 I don't remember. 167 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:29,880 Try, Rory. 168 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:30,880 Try. 169 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:31,880 Try to remember. 170 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:32,880 It's important. 171 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:33,880 I can't. 172 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,080 I can't. 173 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,080 Why is it important? 174 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:39,680 You don't know? 175 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:42,120 Rory, you don't know. 176 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:57,200 You were calling out the answers before I even had a chance to give you the cues. 177 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,720 Do you believe in telepathy, Lieutenant? 178 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,040 I don't mean the sort of thing Rory and I usually did. 179 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,800 I mean real telepathy. 180 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,360 I never did either until that night. 181 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,000 I don't mind telling you I was badly shaken. 182 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,800 I mean, after all, I knew we'd been using a gimmick and suddenly it began to happen without 183 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,800 the gimmick. 184 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:16,800 Scared us to death. 185 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:21,680 We didn't know what we were getting into, but we went on with the act. 186 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:25,960 And in my mind, I began to search about for the answer. 187 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,280 I found it, of course. 188 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,920 You'll find a gimmick in almost everything. 189 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,900 If you look hard enough, I've got it, Rory. 190 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:38,200 We work together so long that you know what I'm about to say before I say it. 191 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,360 From my inflection, my pauses, even my movements. 192 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:41,360 You see? 193 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:42,360 Oh, Judd, that has to be it. 194 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,920 Oh, this is marvelous. 195 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,740 When Harry gets back, I'll tell him about it. 196 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:48,320 And if I last till tomorrow, he can ask the management for more dough. 197 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:49,720 Soon as he gets back. 198 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:50,720 Next Thursday. 199 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:51,720 Tonight. 200 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,200 How much more should we ask for? 201 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,900 Tonight? 202 00:09:55,900 --> 00:09:56,900 What made you say tonight? 203 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:57,900 I don't know. 204 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:02,240 Well, you were there when he told me he'd be in Palm Springs till Thursday. 205 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,240 What made you say tonight? 206 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,240 I don't know. 207 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,080 What difference does it make? 208 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:07,080 Stop picking on me. 209 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,080 So I made a mistake, so what? 210 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,640 I don't see how you can make such a mistake, that's all. 211 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:12,640 Oh, Judd, leave me alone. 212 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,960 I've been worried half crazy about really being able to read your mind. 213 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,960 I've been under a strain. 214 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:19,720 So Harry's coming back Thursday and not tonight. 215 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,080 All right, are you satisfied? 216 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,560 He'll be here Thursday, not tonight. 217 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:25,600 Your justice stone, mister. 218 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:26,600 This dresser room, eh? 219 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:27,600 Yeah, what is it? 220 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:28,600 I've got a sign here. 221 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,600 Sign for it, will you, Rory? 222 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,600 There you are, kid. 223 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,600 Judd, I'm sorry I blew up in your face. 224 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,600 Judd, what's the matter? 225 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,920 It's from Harry. 226 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:56,400 He's coming in tonight. 227 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,640 And he did, too, Lieutenant. 228 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,080 Rory was so upset by it, she couldn't go on at all that evening. 229 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,520 She had no explanation for how she knew, none whatsoever. 230 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,160 I don't know, Judd, I just don't know. 231 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,200 My mind seemed to go blank. 232 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:13,320 I seemed to hear a voice whisper in my ear, Harry Arnold will be with you tonight. 233 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:14,320 That's all. 234 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,880 When we got back to our suite at the hotel, Harry was there waiting for us. 235 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:19,880 Oh, what happened? 236 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:20,880 Oh, what happened? 237 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,360 You both look like ghosts. 238 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,520 Harry, I'll tell you some other time. 239 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:25,520 Leave us alone, will you? 240 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:26,520 All right, I'm going. 241 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,520 I just came to wish you a happy birthday and to give you this. 242 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:30,520 Birthday? 243 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,520 Oh, thanks, Harry. 244 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,520 Thanks. 245 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:33,520 What is it? 246 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:34,520 Well, open it, why don't you? 247 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:40,880 It's a bathrobe, a red silk bathrobe with your initials. 248 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:41,880 That's right, it's a red... 249 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:42,880 How does she know? 250 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:43,880 How do you know? 251 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:44,880 Get out of here! 252 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:45,880 Get out of here! 253 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:50,320 Judd, make him get out of here! 254 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:51,480 I won't be talked to like that. 255 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:52,480 I don't care who she is. 256 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:53,480 I won't be talked to like that. 257 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:54,480 Harry, shut up. 258 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:55,760 For the sake of the police, shut up and go away. 259 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:56,760 Leave us alone. 260 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:57,760 Go, get out. 261 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:58,760 Get out! 262 00:11:58,760 --> 00:11:59,760 You too, Judd? 263 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,280 She's got you talking against me too? 264 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,280 All right, I'm going. 265 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,880 I'm going, but from here on, idiot, strictly business between us. 266 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,880 I wash my hands. 267 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:17,480 He kept his word, Lieutenant. 268 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,480 From that time on, he kept himself to himself. 269 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:25,720 And I was prepared to let it go at that, much as I liked Harry, until the night I was awakened 270 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,480 by Rory, moaning in her sleep. 271 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,280 No, no, please, no, don't. 272 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,320 Rory, Rory, wake up. 273 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,320 You're having a bad dream, Rory. 274 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,320 No, no. 275 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,320 Judd, Judd. 276 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,240 It's all right, I'm here, I'm here. 277 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:47,240 Oh, Judd. 278 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,360 What, Rory? 279 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,640 The voice. 280 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,200 Whispering again? 281 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,200 Yes. 282 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,760 Oh, Judd. 283 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:56,760 What? 284 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,280 He's going to kill me. 285 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:07,720 Harry Arnold is going to kill me. 286 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:23,360 And that, Lieutenant, was the beginning of the end of that. 287 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:29,280 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Ronald Coleman in A Vision of Death, tonight's presentation 288 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:38,080 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 289 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:46,240 Hey, Harlow, here's a riddle. 290 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:47,720 Shoot, Oscar Otto. 291 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,320 I got it, and I have it. 292 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:55,620 You've got an Auto Light's day full battery, and now you have a power-packed paragon that 293 00:13:55,620 --> 00:14:00,120 gives quick dependable starts and needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 294 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,000 You said a stay full, Harlow. 295 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,480 Just what every driver should say when he needs a battery, Oscar. 296 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:11,120 An Auto Light stay full with the fiberglass retaining mats protecting every positive plate 297 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:16,400 to reduce shedding and flaking, and give that brawny battery longer life as proved by tests 298 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,540 conducted according to accepted life cycle standards. 299 00:14:19,540 --> 00:14:24,280 So friends, choose the battery that states right on the case, needs water only three 300 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,000 times a year in normal car use. 301 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:31,080 To learn quickly where to get an Auto Light stay full battery, just phone Western Union 302 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,440 by number and ask for operator 25. 303 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:38,200 I'll tell you the location of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer, the expert on all 304 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:39,320 makes of batteries. 305 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:44,400 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 306 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:50,360 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage Mr. Ronald Coleman in Elliot Lewis's 307 00:14:50,360 --> 00:15:00,040 production of A Vision of Death, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 308 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:10,000 Rory, Rory, get a grip on yourself. 309 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 He's gonna kill me. 310 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Harry's gonna kill me. 311 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Harry, don't be ridiculous. 312 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Stop it now. 313 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 It was just a bad dream. 314 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,000 He's gonna kill me. 315 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Will you stop that? 316 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Will you stop saying that? 317 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Oh, Judd, hold me. 318 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,640 I'm frightened. 319 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:21,640 Harry's gonna kill me. 320 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,640 You've had a bad dream, I tell you. 321 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:25,640 He hates me. 322 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:26,640 He hates me. 323 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:37,440 Oh, Judd, he's gonna kill me. 324 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,720 I'm a rational man, Lieutenant. 325 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:44,340 I've always felt, for example, that when Hamlet says, there is stranger things in heaven 326 00:15:44,340 --> 00:15:48,560 and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio, Horatio, what a reply. 327 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,040 Well, that's a Sweeney. 328 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,800 I knew there was no such thing as mental telepathy. 329 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,120 I knew it as well as I know I'm sitting here talking to you. 330 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,200 Up here in my head, I knew it. 331 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,960 And yet, the next afternoon, I found myself entering a gun shop and purchasing a revolver 332 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,760 and a box of bullets, determined that before Harry Arnold could sew much as injure one 333 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,720 hair of Rory's head, I would kill him. 334 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,600 I should have gone directly to the police first. 335 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,280 You're using hindsight, Lieutenant. 336 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,000 I had all that out with Rory. 337 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,120 Please, Judd, please, go to the police. 338 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,120 Tell them about this. 339 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,120 Let them handle it. 340 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,120 Well, tell them what? 341 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,880 That by reading his mind, we've learned Harry intends to murder you? 342 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:27,880 They'll believe us. 343 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:28,880 They've got to believe us. 344 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,320 You're reasoning like a child. 345 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,520 They'll decide that it's either a publicity stunt or else it were both lunatics. 346 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,800 What if I tell them about the telegram and the birthday present? 347 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,320 Rory, we have no proof. 348 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,600 We have to do something. 349 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:39,600 What? 350 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:40,600 Tell me what. 351 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:41,600 You know he intends to kill you. 352 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,120 I know he intends to kill you. 353 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:44,120 But what can we do? 354 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,400 Do you know when he's going to do it or how he's going to do it? 355 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:49,400 No. 356 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,760 He hasn't decided yet. 357 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:57,000 Judd, isn't there anything we can do? 358 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,680 Nothing. 359 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:10,880 Except wait. 360 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,160 I reacted to the waiting as you might expect, Lieutenant. 361 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,720 Sleeplessness, loss of appetite, growing irritability. 362 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,520 I flared up at everyone. 363 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,680 Waiters, chambermaids, elevator boys, the manager of the club. 364 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,960 The manager of the club. 365 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,400 He finally said to me... 366 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,040 Stun what the devil's gotten into you. 367 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:29,040 I'd really like to know. 368 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,040 None of your business. 369 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:31,400 Well, look, I'm only trying to be nice. 370 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,160 Oh, shut up and leave me alone. 371 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,240 Sure, I'll let you alone. 372 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,520 I'd let you alone right now if your contract didn't have another week to run. 373 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,400 But after that, I'll let you strictly alone. 374 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,240 You'll never work this club again. 375 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:50,040 You maniac. 376 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,440 I began to drink quite heavily, quite noticeably. 377 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,600 I was going crazy just from the waiting. 378 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,360 And then the waiting came to an end. 379 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:01,000 It was around three in the morning. 380 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:07,280 I was sitting up in bed in the dark, smoking, when Rory opened her eyes and said... 381 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,640 Yes? 382 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:10,640 The voice. 383 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:11,640 Yes. 384 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:16,920 He... he's going to kill me here. 385 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,240 Right here in this room. 386 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,800 Rory. 387 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,440 Saturday. 388 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,440 The Saturday. 389 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:26,440 At midnight. 390 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:27,440 Oh, child. 391 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:28,440 Oh, Rory. 392 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:29,440 Rory, sweetheart. 393 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:30,440 He's gonna shoot me. 394 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:31,440 He has a gun. 395 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:32,440 He's gonna shoot me. 396 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:33,440 He... he's gonna... 397 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:38,320 He's gonna get you downstairs in the manager's office at the club. 398 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,480 And while you're there, he's gonna come up here. 399 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,480 No, no, no, Rory. 400 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:42,480 Rory, listen to me. 401 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:43,480 I want you to listen to me. 402 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,360 You're mistaken, do you understand? 403 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:48,120 You've been having another bad dream, and that's all there is to it. 404 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:50,560 No, Judd, I swear it. 405 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,000 He just thought of it. 406 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Just this minute. 407 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,240 He's standing at a bar. 408 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,840 Standing there all by himself, drinking. 409 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,720 And he's just this minute decided. 410 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:02,880 You're... 411 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:03,880 You're making it up. 412 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:04,880 Judd, no. 413 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:05,880 It's... 414 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:11,240 It's the bar over at the Tuscany Hotel. 415 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,240 I see it so clear. 416 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:13,240 Oh, you're wrong. 417 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:14,240 You're wrong. 418 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,240 I'll prove you're wrong. 419 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,240 Desk. 420 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:22,160 Get me the bar at the Tuscany, will you? 421 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:23,160 Over on Sunset. 422 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:24,160 One moment, please. 423 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,160 You'll see, Rory. 424 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,800 He's not there at all. 425 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:27,800 You'll see. 426 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:28,800 It's just a dream. 427 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,800 Just a bad dream. 428 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,120 Tuscany Cocktail Lounge. 429 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:34,120 Hello. 430 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,600 Is Harry Arnold there at the bar? 431 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:37,600 Harry Arnold? 432 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:38,600 No, I'm sorry. 433 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:39,600 He's not. 434 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:40,600 He's not? 435 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:41,600 You sure of that? 436 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:42,600 Sure, I'm sure. 437 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:43,600 He was here all evening, left about a minute ago. 438 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:44,600 I said good night to him myself. 439 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:45,600 Want me to have... 440 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,600 Look. 441 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,600 Look, Lieutenant, my hands. 442 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:48,600 It's just the memory of how I was. 443 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:49,600 I'm not sure if you're going to be able to see it. 444 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:50,600 I'm sure you are. 445 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:51,600 I'm sure you are. 446 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:52,600 I'm sure you are. 447 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:53,600 I'm sure you are. 448 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:54,600 I'm sure you are. 449 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:55,600 I'm sure you are. 450 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:56,600 I'm sure you are. 451 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:57,600 I'm sure you are. 452 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:58,600 I'm sure you are. 453 00:19:58,600 --> 00:19:59,600 I'm sure you are. 454 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:00,600 Is there anything strange going on in your head? 455 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,600 I was having a great time looking into. 456 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:02,600 I started thinking. 457 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:03,600 I'm wondering what life in pieces was. 458 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:04,600 I don't know, that's a little bit... 459 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:05,600 I'm good at life top a little bit. 460 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,240 Yeah, I'm doing things by the book. 461 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:08,240 I've got the range. 462 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:09,240 There are plans. 463 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:10,240 And young people. 464 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,240 A long day before it hits, I'd said, hey, I've got another relationship. 465 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,240 I've got a couple of days. 466 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,240 I've got a couple of days before it hits, I said, you've got to be going. 467 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:14,240 So he had a straight drift with Mr..... 468 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:15,240 Pardon me, it's Heppford's..... 469 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:16,240 He didn't just say, hey, I went to Wowwuk findings and had a head with it. 470 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,240 I got into my car. 471 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,880 The long drive has always relaxed me. 472 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,920 But when I got behind the wheel, 473 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,080 oh, I don't know what it was, possibly the fresh air, 474 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:28,120 but all at once I felt as though I couldn't keep my eyes 475 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:29,720 open for another moment. 476 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,520 Simply had to have some sleep. 477 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,400 So I crawled into the back seat, curled myself up 478 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,520 in one corner, pulled the rug over me 479 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,240 and went out like a light. 480 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:43,320 I was awakened around noon by the sound of voices. 481 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:44,640 Don't smile at me, you idiot. 482 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,720 He may see us, look businesslike. 483 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:47,720 Where is he? 484 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:48,520 I don't know. 485 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,760 Since he hasn't got the car, he must be out walking. 486 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,640 Did he fall for it last night? 487 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,960 Just like he fell for all the rest of it. 488 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,960 The red bathrobe, the stooges you planted in the audience. 489 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,480 He even phoned the bar just after you left. 490 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,520 Oh, I timed it beautifully. 491 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:04,920 Satin skin, satin skin. 492 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,040 I can hardly keep away from you. 493 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,320 After tomorrow night, we'll have all the time in the world 494 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,000 for each other, Harry. 495 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,360 You about the whole story, that it's 496 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:13,760 going to happen at midnight tomorrow, your place? 497 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,400 Every word. 498 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,360 Just do what you have to do now. 499 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,080 Remember to come to the dressing room 500 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,280 before the 8 o'clock show. 501 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,720 Tell them you've set up a meeting with Stamper, the manager, 502 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,760 and Stamper's office at 12. 503 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,040 I want them to shake hands and be friends again, I'll tell them. 504 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,440 Yes, and don't forget, when you come to our door at midnight, 505 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:32,760 keep talking to the elevator boy. 506 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,520 Don't let him go, whatever you do. 507 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,320 You want him to testify for self-defense. 508 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,440 Don't worry, I won't forget a thing. 509 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,240 You'll handle all the rest of it? 510 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:41,720 Just leave it to me. 511 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,320 I mean, about his gun, that's pretty important, you know. 512 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:46,640 Don't worry. 513 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:47,400 It'll misfire. 514 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,000 It would be difficult for me to tell you what I felt 515 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,280 as they walked away, Lieutenant. 516 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,200 One part of me felt the way a man ought to feel, I suppose, 517 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,840 when he learns that the woman he loves is not only unfaithful, 518 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,040 but plotting his death as well. 519 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:14,160 But another part of me felt only relief, relief at learning 520 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,080 there was a gimmick in this tool. 521 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,240 They'd been fairly clever for amateurs. 522 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,440 Harry had a good excuse for carrying a gun 523 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,440 to protect the cash he brought me each Saturday. 524 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,440 My own behavior in recent weeks would lend weight 525 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,360 to what he would probably offer in his defense, 526 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:31,760 that I must have been crazy, that for no reason at all 527 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,040 I'd opened the door, pointed a revolver at him, 528 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,200 and threatened his life that he had to shoot in self-defense. 529 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,600 The presence of the elevator boy, 530 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,680 that could mean only that Harry would shoot 531 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,760 just as soon as I opened the door. 532 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,120 I'd be found dead with a revolver in my hand 533 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:49,720 and a heartbroken agent at my side. 534 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:50,560 Tableau. 535 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,880 I found myself hoping, as I never hoped before, 536 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,320 that they'd come to their senses before Saturday, 537 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,080 that they'd realize what a vicious, inhuman thing 538 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,040 it was they were planning. 539 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,720 But just before the eight o'clock show that night, 540 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,320 there was a knock at the door of our dressing room. 541 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,160 Come in. 542 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,600 Judd, I've been talking to Stamford, the manager. 543 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,520 He's sorry there's bad blood between you 544 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:15,800 and wants to square it. 545 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,600 I told him you'd be in his office at 12 to talk things over. 546 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:19,440 All right with you? 547 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:20,280 Yeah. 548 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,280 We don't want it so we'll never work here again, do we? 549 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,200 I mean, there's no reason we should. 550 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:25,360 No reason at all. 551 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:26,880 Button my dress, Judd. 552 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,440 See you later, Judd. 553 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:29,400 Yeah, later. 554 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,400 We did the show and then went up to our suite. 555 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,520 I convinced Rory that I should meet Harry alone 556 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,320 and then I helped her pack a small overnight bag. 557 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:39,600 I loaded the revolver 558 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,200 and then there was nothing to do but wait. 559 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,600 The minutes passed. 560 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,600 Nine o'clock, 10, 10.30, and I waited. 561 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,440 Judd. 562 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,000 Yes? 563 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,600 It doesn't seem right to leave you here alone. 564 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:54,440 Harry might not want to. 565 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:55,280 No, no, no, no, no. 566 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:56,120 I'm sorry. 567 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:56,960 I'm sorry. 568 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:57,800 I'm sorry. 569 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,480 I'm sorry to leave you here alone. 570 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,320 Harry might... 571 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:01,480 No, no, you go. 572 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,600 Things might not turn out as I planned. 573 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,120 I might not be able to stop him. 574 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:09,760 If I fail to stop him, no, no, it's best that you go. 575 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,720 Just wait at the motel until you hear from me. 576 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,480 What time is it? 577 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,040 Almost 11. 578 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:17,880 Two minutes of 11. 579 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,640 I, I'm out of cigarettes. 580 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:23,680 Desk. 581 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,240 This is Mr. Stone in 1101. 582 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:27,880 I'll be in the carton of players, will you? 583 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,040 Right away, Mr. Stone. 584 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,480 I want you to go now, Rory. 585 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,760 Judd, let me call the police, please. 586 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:35,600 It would be useless. 587 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,720 We've gone into it and it would be useless. 588 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,240 Well then come with me. 589 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,840 He won't find anybody here. 590 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,320 Then he'd choose another place, another time. 591 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:44,680 Here's your valise. 592 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,000 You have your gun? 593 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,360 In my pocket. 594 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,920 You, you won't take any chances. 595 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,440 I don't know what I'd do if you were hurt. 596 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,400 I won't take any chances. 597 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,720 Let me help you on with your coat. 598 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,520 Judd, I love you so. 599 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,640 Yeah, I know. 600 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,360 And I love you, Rory. 601 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,920 I really do, you know. 602 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,400 You ready? 603 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:06,240 Yes. 604 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:07,240 11 o'clock. 605 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:13,720 He'll be here in an hour. 606 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,640 Yeah, yeah, go now, Rory. 607 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,080 Kiss me goodbye. 608 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:17,920 Judd. 609 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,320 Oh, the cigarettes. 610 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,440 Get them, will you, darling? 611 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,880 I'll find change. 612 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:30,720 Harry. 613 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:33,560 Rory. 614 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:36,480 Rory. 615 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:38,480 Rory! 616 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,320 Rory! 617 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:41,160 Rory! 618 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,080 I shall always remember the look on Harry's face, 619 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,760 Lieutenant, as she sank to the floor. 620 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,680 They'd concocted a bad dream between them 621 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,680 and it had come true. 622 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,440 I'll bet he still doesn't know how it happened. 623 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,520 If you pass his cell, you might tell him, 624 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,080 just whisper the word gimmick into his ear. 625 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,440 Yeah, that's what I said, gimmick. 626 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,480 I gimmicked the clock while Rory was dressing, 627 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,280 set it back a full hour. 628 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,440 It was 11 to her, but 12 to him. 629 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:46,640 I adore gimmicks, don't you? 630 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,680 Suspense, presented by Auto Light, 631 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,280 tonight's star, Mr. Ronald Coleman. 632 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,920 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light 633 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,080 and bringing back our distinguished star, Mr. Coleman. 634 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,080 Thank you, Harlow. 635 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,520 You know, it's been over two years 636 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,600 since I last played in Auto Light's theater of thrills, 637 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,440 but I've listened to Suspense 638 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,120 attain new dramatic heights this season, 639 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:10,640 with such exciting fare as Edwin Drood 640 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,120 and of course Othello. 641 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:15,080 Harlow, my congratulations to our producer director, 642 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,800 Elliot Lewis, and to Auto Light 643 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,560 for magnificent radio entertainment. 644 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:19,760 Thank you, Mr. Coleman. 645 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,760 And friends, you can always expect the finest from Auto Light, 646 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,920 the world's largest independent manufacturer 647 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,960 of automotive electrical equipment. 648 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,840 Every Auto Light product is backed by constant research 649 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,720 and precision built to the highest standards 650 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,560 of quality and performance. 651 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,160 No wonder Auto Light serves 652 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,520 the greatest names in the industry. 653 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,440 Yes, from bumper to tail light, 654 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:47,800 you're always right with Auto Light. 655 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,360 Next week, we recreate one of the great mysteries of the sea, 656 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:54,120 a ship found drifting in perfect condition, 657 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:56,280 but with no human aboard. 658 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,600 The mystery of the Marie Celeste, 659 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,360 our star, Mr. Van Hefflin. 660 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:06,640 That's next week on Suspense. 661 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,360 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, 662 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,240 with music composed by Lucian Morawick 663 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,200 and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 664 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,720 A vision of death was adapted for Suspense 665 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,640 by Walter Brown Newman from the original story by Jerry Hausner. 666 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,080 In tonight's story, Mary Jane Croft was heard as Aurora, 667 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,960 featured on the cast were Hi Aberback, Benny Rubin, 668 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,760 Julie Bennett, and Charles Calvert. 669 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,880 You can buy Auto Light staple batteries, 670 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,280 Auto Light resistor or standard type spark plugs, 671 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:35,800 and Auto Light electrical parts 672 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,760 at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers. 673 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,960 Switch to Auto Light. 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