1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,560 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Richard Widmark in tonight's presentation 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,000 of Suspense. 3 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:23,400 Tonight, as suspense begins its eleventh year on the air, Auto Light presents the dramatic 4 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:29,800 recreation of an exciting historical event, A Message to Garcia, our star, Mr. Richard 5 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:30,800 Widmark. 6 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:37,800 Hello Harlow, how was your vacation? 7 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,000 Ah, swell, Hap, and I never had to fill my battery once. 8 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,920 You must have an Auto Light stay full, Harlow. 9 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,840 You know it, Hap, the famous battery that needs water only three times a year in normal 10 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:48,840 car use. 11 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,280 And how are you feeling, Harlow? 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,600 As alive and alert as an Auto Light stay full, the battery that's full of pep and ready to 13 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,040 work in a wink. 14 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,520 Fiberglass retaining mats protect every positive place to reduce shedding and flaking, and 15 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,760 give the Auto Light stay full longer life, as proved by tests conducted according to 16 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,560 accepted life cycle standards. 17 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,320 And where did you vacation, Harlow? 18 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:12,600 Why at my Auto Light battery dealers, of course. 19 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,320 He's an expert on servicing all makes of batteries. 20 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:19,600 To quickly locate him, call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 21 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,960 I'll gladly tell you the name of your nearest Auto Light battery dealer, where you can get 22 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:28,800 an Auto Light stay full, the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal 23 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:29,800 car use. 24 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,800 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 25 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:40,440 And now, Auto Light presents Transcribed, a message to Garcia, starring Mr. Richard 26 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:53,960 Woodmark, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 27 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,400 In 1898 on Havana Way, the battleship Maine in the harbor did lay. 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,320 One February night there was a terrible boom. 29 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,080 Two hundred sixty sailor boys met their doom. 30 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,720 His family heard, said, we are not to blame. 31 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,800 The Americans cried, remember the Maine. 32 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,480 The insults flew very thick and fast. 33 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,120 Till obviously the peace couldn't last. 34 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,960 On the island of Jamaica were some brave Cuban men. 35 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,240 So Lieutenant Andrew Rowan was sent to see them. 36 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:44,800 Oh, Rowan, over this way. 37 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,760 I was just beginning to wonder if you'd gotten lost. 38 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:47,760 Hello, Mr. Carter. 39 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:48,760 Hello. 40 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:49,760 Thank you. 41 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:50,760 I'd like a drink before dinner. 42 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,200 Best rum in Jamaica. 43 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,200 Thanks. 44 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,960 Well, this looks like quite a place. 45 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,520 American consul's job to see that tourists are introduced to interesting places and to 46 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,120 point out interesting people. 47 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,440 This is a sort of diplomatic hangout. 48 00:03:02,440 --> 00:02:49,760 Well, that's the German consul over there and the Spanish 49 00:02:53,760 --> 00:03:06,520 Spanish's affair at that table. 50 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:07,520 I see. 51 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,280 The only other person you should know is the man sitting by himself near the window. 52 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,240 He's Cuban, an exiled patriot. 53 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,240 His name is Dr. Jose Rubio. 54 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,560 Now, pick up your menu. 55 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:44,360 I've got a good look. 56 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,360 He's the one. 57 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,360 I'm not positive, but everything I've found out points to Rubio. 58 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:47,360 It'll take more time to make sure. 59 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,360 How much more time? 60 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:56,160 I'm sure he'll be here by the time you walk past us. 61 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:57,160 I guess he liked his dinner. 62 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,160 He looked quite satisfied. 63 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,160 Maybe he's had good news. 64 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,160 He's usually a poker face. 65 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:15,160 Anyway, I hope he gets hot for him. 66 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,160 Jamaica was the edge of it. 67 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,960 My desk in the War Department back in Washington seemed a million miles away. 68 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,960 It had taken two days to sift through the Cubans in Jamaica and come up with Dr. Rubio. 69 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,960 When it got dark, I left my tourist hotel and I went to Perch Street. 70 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,960 I hadn't had time to feel scared. 71 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:46,960 I knew my orders weren't simple, but it began to catch up to me now. 72 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,960 Yes? 73 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:55,960 Dr. Jose Rubio? 74 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:57,640 Yes? 75 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,640 My name is Rowan, sir. 76 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,640 American? 77 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,240 Yes, sir. 78 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,960 May I speak to you privately? 79 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,240 Won't you come in? 80 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,000 I hope you will pardon this clutter of papers about the room. 81 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,080 My work habits are not the tiniest. 82 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:16,080 You're alone? 83 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,040 Can we be over her? 84 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:19,040 Over her? 85 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,040 No. 86 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,040 Good. 87 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,040 These are my credentials. 88 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:27,040 Andrew Rowan, Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 89 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,040 I've been sent here to contact you. 90 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,760 I have information that you work for the freedom of Cuba, that you maintain certain relations 91 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:40,560 with the Cuban guerrilla forces fighting the Spanish, General Garcia's forces. 92 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,600 Lieutenant Rowan, I am a doctor of philosophy. 93 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,720 Jamaica is a British possession. 94 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,440 The British frown on such activities. 95 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,560 Yes, I understand, sir, but this is urgent. 96 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:57,040 Is there a way a man could be sent to Cuba, to General Garcia? 97 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:02,760 If such a thing were possible, why would it be so urgent? 98 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,040 Well, I'll say it plainly, doctor. 99 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,420 We've got to know the strength of the Spanish. 100 00:06:08,420 --> 00:06:13,640 What supplies General Garcia needs, and if you cooperate with an American army of invasion. 101 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:14,640 Invasion? 102 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,640 Yes, sir. 103 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,280 The declaration of war between the United States and Spain is very close. 104 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:20,280 When? 105 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:21,980 A week, 10 days. 106 00:06:21,980 --> 00:06:32,240 The information General Garcia has will govern the whole strategy of our army and navy. 107 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:36,960 You should have come a long time ago, Lieutenant, when the cause of Cuban independence first 108 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:37,960 needed help. 109 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,640 Maybe so, sir, but I don't make policy. 110 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,560 I will tell you truthfully, I do not know of what assistance I can be. 111 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,200 The Spanish have certainly become very strong. 112 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,480 They used this new force to press General Garcia to remember him. 113 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,640 Well, if you could get me to him, sir, I'm sure that- 114 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,640 I want to get you to him, Lieutenant. 115 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,080 I have received no word from Cuba in six weeks. 116 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,560 I am not sure where General Garcia is. 117 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,760 I'm not sure even that my communications are still secret. 118 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,880 Is there any proof that they're not? 119 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,160 No, unless silence is proof. 120 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:19,000 I want to help you, Lieutenant, but you must know the risk to me, to you, to General Garcia. 121 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,080 I'm ordered to get to the General, sir. 122 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:28,000 If you're the only way- 123 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,680 You like to fish, Lieutenant? 124 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,680 How's that, sir? 125 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:32,680 Fish. 126 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,920 Out to sea and in boat. 127 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:39,640 I have a friend who knows all the best fishing places between here and Cuba. 128 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,880 Oh, yes, sir. 129 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,280 I like to fish. 130 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:45,280 When can you be ready? 131 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:46,280 I'm ready now, sir. 132 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:47,280 How about tonight? 133 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:59,880 It takes 36 hours for a fishing boat to cross to Cuba. 134 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:03,560 I burned my identification papers and we left the house. 135 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:04,560 The night was warm. 136 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,880 There was a moon and the streets were empty. 137 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,200 We walked toward the waterfront and Dr. Rubio told me all he could. 138 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,200 The place you will land is called Gran Rincon. 139 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,320 Just into the jungle is a house. 140 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,600 I make difficulties in my own mind, but since I have no word- 141 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,720 The Spanish know this place? 142 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,480 That is the reasonable assumption, I'm afraid. 143 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,240 Back in Washington, they told me it wouldn't be easy. 144 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,040 Six weeks ago, it would have been a simple matter. 145 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,840 The insurrectors held this part of the coast. 146 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:33,560 Garcia would have been easy to reach. 147 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:34,560 Where are the lines now? 148 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:38,360 The hills, the jungle, the east, is all I can tell you. 149 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,240 At Gran Rincon. 150 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:41,400 The people there will know- 151 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,080 Yes, there is word from the Canary Islands. 152 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,160 But one thing you can be sure of, where the guns are firing, 153 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,000 that is where you will find Alisto Garcia. 154 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Where the guns are firing? 155 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000 We go this way now, across the plaza. 156 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Right. 157 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:05,000 The third fishing boat, that is my friend. 158 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Even if you couldn't see it, you could smell it. 159 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,000 I'm here. 160 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Where? 161 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 In the woods. 162 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Can you send as long as there is wood? 163 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 That man? 164 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 To Gran Rincon. 165 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Rincon? 166 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 I will take him then. 167 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 What? 168 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 I sure will. 169 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 It is urgent. 170 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,000 It must be done. 171 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,000 I will go. 172 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 I'll go. 173 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,000 I'll go. 174 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,000 I'll go. 175 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 I'll go. 176 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,000 I'll go. 177 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000 I'll go. 178 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,000 I'll go. 179 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,000 I'll go. 180 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,000 I'll go. 181 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,000 I'll go. 182 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,000 I'll go. 183 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000 I'll go. 184 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,000 I'll go. 185 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 I'll go. 186 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,000 I'll go. 187 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 I'll go. 188 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,000 I'll go. 189 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,000 I'll go. 190 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 I'll go. 191 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 It must be done. 192 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 He is American. 193 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:48,760 This country sent them to Garcia for landmark. 194 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:49,180 Americano, come aboard. 195 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:49,720 Nice. 196 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,340 Good bye, Lieutenant. 197 00:09:51,340 --> 00:09:52,360 And success. 198 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:56,640 This is my first trip to Cuba, doctor. 199 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,360 I'll have beginner's luck. 200 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,680 First trip to Cuba, doctor. 201 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:05,000 I'll have beginner's luck. 202 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:12,000 The Vassio hoisted the big single sail. 203 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,080 It caught the wind easily, 204 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,360 an ordinary fisherman in an ordinary sea. 205 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,040 But I remembered what Cotton said. 206 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,640 Everyone knows Jamaica's been jumping off this. 207 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:27,880 And there was a moon. 208 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:32,360 The dark dropped behind us and Rubio's white suit faded into the dark. 209 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,200 I felt the boat take the main swell of the ocean. 210 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,280 And then something caught my eye. 211 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:40,440 There's not much of comfort on this boat. 212 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,560 What do you look at? 213 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,480 That light at the edge of town, the way it blinks. 214 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:45,280 Huh? 215 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,080 Huh. 216 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,840 The shimmer of the air. 217 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:49,800 I watched it. 218 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:55,880 Maybe it was my eye that the blink seemed more than just a shimmering and damp night air. 219 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,720 Then it went out. 220 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:59,720 And somewhere behind us. 221 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,720 The Vassio, you hear it? 222 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,720 I steam alone. 223 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,720 Supply boat for one of the plantations. 224 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,720 You sleep. 225 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:11,720 I will sail. 226 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,720 I stretched out on a pile of fish nets and I listened. 227 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,720 The stow disappeared in the night. 228 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:27,720 And we were alone on an empty sea. 229 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,720 The morning of the second day Cuba began to grow on the horizon. 230 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,720 By late afternoon we were close in shore sailing eastward. 231 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,720 I watched the jungle. 232 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,720 It looked cool and comfortable. 233 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,720 There was no sign of war. 234 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:42,720 Americano. 235 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,720 What is it, Savasio? 236 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:45,720 Watch this sail. 237 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,720 I come about now. 238 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,720 You're in Cuba, Americano. 239 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,720 Thanks, Savasio. 240 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:00,720 Ah, it feels good. 241 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,720 There is a cloud that leads into the jungle. 242 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:03,720 I see it. 243 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:04,720 Then I leave you quickly. 244 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:05,720 Spanish patrol boats hiding in the coast. 245 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:06,720 Thanks. 246 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,720 It is all for one, Americano. 247 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:09,720 Cuba libre. 248 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:16,720 Our eyes held for a moment and I pushed the boat away from the dock. 249 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,720 She caught the wind and curved out. 250 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:24,720 And then I felt the nakedness of standing there and I started toward the jungle. 251 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,720 My imagination was very good. 252 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,720 And I was sure that a thousand eyes were watching me. 253 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,720 I looked for some movement, something, somewhere ahead. 254 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,720 And then I reached the cool, balded overhang of the first trees. 255 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,720 There was a house. 256 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,720 I walked toward it. 257 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,720 Hello. 258 00:12:50,720 --> 00:13:03,720 Hello. 259 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:05,720 Anybody here? 260 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:10,720 Hello. 261 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:11,720 Is anybody here? 262 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:12,720 Put up your hands. 263 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:13,720 What? 264 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,720 Put up your hands. 265 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,720 Look, I'm not armed. 266 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:18,720 You don't need that gun. 267 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,720 For three years I carry a gun. 268 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,720 I will decide if I need it. 269 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,720 I was told the people at this house would help me. 270 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:25,720 Help you how? 271 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,720 Who told you this? 272 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,720 Dr. Jose Rubio. 273 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:30,720 Come in. 274 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,720 Who is it, duration? 275 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,720 He says Rubio sent him. 276 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,720 Rubio? 277 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,720 I watched you come from the boat. 278 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,720 You were playing close but you walked like a soldier. 279 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,720 How do I know you come from Rubio? 280 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,720 If you let me put my hands down, maybe I could prove it. 281 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:53,720 Do it slowly, soldier. 282 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,720 Here, look. 283 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,720 These coins. 284 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,720 This one's British, Jamaica. 285 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:00,720 And this one's American. 286 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,720 You see, United States of America. 287 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,720 And on this side, liberty. 288 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,720 You are American, no? 289 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:08,720 Yes. 290 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,720 Why does Rubio send you? 291 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,720 To see your general, Calixto Garcia. 292 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,720 Garcia? 293 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,720 Garcia was driven from this part of the country six weeks ago. 294 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,720 Can you take me to him? 295 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:21,720 Thank you. 296 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:22,720 Yes. 297 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,720 There are many Spanish between here and Garcia. 298 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,720 Now, look, believe this or not, 299 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,720 the United States will land an army to help Garcia if you can get me to him. 300 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,720 You know nothing of this kind of war. 301 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,720 Well, I'm here to learn, to help you. 302 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,720 But I can't help unless I get to Garcia as quickly as possible. 303 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,720 We wouldn't need horses. 304 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,720 No, don't let me in. 305 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:43,720 This man needs the help. 306 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:44,720 Cuba needs the help. 307 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:45,720 Good, good. 308 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:46,720 Where do we get horses? 309 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,720 The Spanish of the morgue. 310 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:49,720 We take from the Spanish. 311 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:50,720 I go with you. 312 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:51,720 You? 313 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,720 I do not stay here alone. 314 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:54,720 Well, yes, but I can't... 315 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,720 Well, what I mean is that we... 316 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,720 Because I am a woman? 317 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:09,720 You know nothing of this kind of war. 318 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,720 The sun was almost down when we left in the jungle 319 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,720 and filled with shadows. 320 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,720 I walked between them, 321 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,720 Domingo in front, Teresa behind. 322 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,720 Domingo carried a machete. 323 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,720 He hacked into the jungle in front of us expertly. 324 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,720 If we were going in any definite direction, I couldn't tell. 325 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:31,720 Americano, do you have a name? 326 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,720 My name is Rowan. 327 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:38,720 And like Garcia, you are the general of this army of yours? 328 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,720 No, no, the general sent me. 329 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:41,720 I'm a lieutenant. 330 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:42,720 Ha, teniente. 331 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,720 I was a capitán. 332 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:48,720 Well, where do we find these horses? 333 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,720 The jungle ends soon. 334 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:51,720 There is a body. 335 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,720 The Spanish have removed our cavalrymen. 336 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:55,720 Wait. 337 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,720 Look, this guy behind us. 338 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:58,720 Fire. 339 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,720 They're burning the house. 340 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:01,720 Who is it? 341 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:02,720 Spanish. 342 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,720 You are not so secret, Americano. 343 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:19,720 They know you are here. 344 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:24,720 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Richard Widmark in A Message to Garcia, 345 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:39,720 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 346 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,720 Well, Harlow, I guess everybody needs a vacation. 347 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,720 Not the Auto Light's day full battery half. 348 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:50,720 That energetic instigator gives quick dependable starts day in and day out in heat and cold, 349 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,720 and needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 350 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,720 The Auto Light's day full leaves a long life and a happy one, eh, Harlow? 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368 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,720 Stop the arrest. 369 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:21,720 Teresa? 370 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:22,720 I'm all right. 371 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:38,720 We tried here before. They won't find us. 372 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:48,720 They think they're shooting at us out there. 373 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:49,720 Rowan? 374 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:50,720 Yeah? 375 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,720 I'm sure you are not the general of your army. 376 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,720 You seem to be very important to them. 377 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,720 I don't understand. How could they have found out about this? 378 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,720 How about you? 379 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,720 The Spanish are more clever than you think. 380 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,720 Yes. 381 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,720 I'm very sorry about the house. 382 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:17,720 In this war, a burning house is nothing. 383 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,720 We waited there as the sun set. 384 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,720 It was the first contact with Spanish war. 385 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,720 They knew I was in Cuba. They were looking for me, and they were strong. 386 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,720 What safety there was would be in the night. 387 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,720 Finally, the shadows combined into a velvet black cream. 388 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,720 Dominguin listened to the sounds in the jungle and said it was safe to go. 389 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,720 We left the jungle in another mile and came out of the valley. 390 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,720 Then we walked along a dirt road until Dominguin stopped. 391 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,720 There was the smell of horses in the damp night air. 392 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,720 I know that. It's just through those trees. 393 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,720 Teresa, wait for us here. 394 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:55,720 Give me the gun, Teresa. 395 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:56,720 No, no gun. 396 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:02,720 Row me a few cards. If it is necessary, I use them as shit. 397 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:03,720 She'll be all right. 398 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:10,720 Teresa? She can take care of herself. 399 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,720 Four horses. Saddled and ready to go. 400 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,720 The license is from the King of Spain. 401 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,720 You take yours. I will lead the races. 402 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,720 Oh, oh, oh, oh. 403 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:22,720 Dominguin. 404 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:23,720 What? 405 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:38,720 A soldier. 406 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:49,720 Here, let me drag him out of the way. 407 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:51,720 Why do you wait? Get the horses. 408 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,720 I, I... Yes. 409 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,720 You learn about the war? 410 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,720 Yes, I learn. 411 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:09,720 Easy, easy. 412 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:14,720 We rode for three nights through burned cane fields, jungle, and the tall Cuban grass. 413 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,720 Garcia had done a lot of retreating in six weeks. 414 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:24,720 Then on the fourth morning, just before daybreak, Dr. Rubio's words came back to me. 415 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,720 The guns are firing. That's where you'll find Calixto Garcia. 416 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:30,720 I cannot see where they are shooting. 417 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,720 Just so long as it isn't in this direction. 418 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,720 Go in there where I am. We are escorted to the... No more jungle to hide us. 419 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,720 Is Garcia there in the town? 420 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:38,720 I think so, yes. 421 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:45,720 Then we've got to go. 422 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,720 We bent low and raced for the town. 423 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,720 And as soon as we rode into the open, the Spaniards saw us. 424 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,720 Little puffs of dirt kicked up all around us. 425 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,720 I felt as if the town would never get close. 426 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,720 And then finally... 427 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,720 We made it. Welcome to Vallamo. 428 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,720 You, you people. 429 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:06,720 Hello. 430 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,720 You crazy? You never should have made it across that field. 431 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,720 We didn't have much choice. I want to see General Garcia. 432 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,720 You want to fight, I will give you gone. 433 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,720 This man is Americano. He's seen by his enemies to see ours. 434 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,720 Americano? 435 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,720 All right, Americano. 436 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:38,720 Come with me. 437 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,720 Repair the situation while we wait for Mendulce. 438 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,720 Send your men to the front position. 439 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,720 Promise I want to report on the ammunition. 440 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,720 Please tell me I should make time for you. You are American, you want to see me? 441 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:51,720 Yes, sir. 442 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,720 Lieutenant Rowan, United States Infantry. 443 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,720 You have aroused the whole Spanish army. Did you have to bring them with you? 444 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,720 My orders were to get to you, sir. 445 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,720 I'm instructed to tell you that the United States is prepared to enter the war against Spain. 446 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,720 The War Department requests your knowledge of the Spanish army, 447 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,720 and wishes to know if you will cooperate with our forces. 448 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,720 The destruction of your battleship, is that it? 449 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,720 That, sir, and the Spanish treatment of your people. 450 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,720 When will this war be declared? 451 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,720 It might be already declared. 452 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,720 When I left Washington, they told me the Spanish would declare on us, 453 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,720 or we on them, in a week to ten days. 454 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,720 And that is why the Spanish drive me so hard. 455 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,720 To destroy the insurrectos quickly so you will have no base. 456 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,720 I will need supplies before your army gets here. 457 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,720 Guns, ammunition, food. I need them quickly. 458 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,720 They'll be sent to you, sir. 459 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,720 The guns, lieutenant. What kind will you send? 460 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,720 Our standard guns, sir. 461 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,720 Then I will show you something. 462 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,720 Can they compare with this? 463 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,720 Mousy. 464 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,720 It's German, and it fires a clip, five shots by working the bolt. 465 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,720 A man does not have to reload by hand. 466 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,720 And our guns fire single shots. 467 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,720 Each man who has one is made into two. 468 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,720 The Spanish are armed with Mausers. 469 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,720 But we don't have anything like it. 470 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,720 Then send me your automatic guns, the Colt, the Gatling, and make many more. 471 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,720 Tell your generals they come to no simple war. 472 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,720 Yes, sir. I see. 473 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,720 May I take this with me? 474 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,720 Take it, and get to your generals quickly. 475 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:31,720 General Sanchez, I want you to escort Lieutenant Rowan as quickly as possible to the north. 476 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,720 See that he leaves the shores of Cuba safely. 477 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,720 Yes, general. 478 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:50,720 I trust you are the forefront of your army, lieutenant, for Cuba libre. 479 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:55,720 General Sanchez took me to food, and again there was the waiting for the night. 480 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,720 I watched the Mauser in action, and the Spanish knew how to use it. 481 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,720 It was no simple war. 482 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,720 As the shadows began to lengthen, the fighting died down. 483 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,720 Sanchez picked three men, and we started north. 484 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,720 There was luck, and we reached the ocean in two days. 485 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,720 The boat is not much, but at least it does not leak. 486 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,720 Thanks, Sanchez. 487 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,720 With a good wind, you should make the British island of Inawa tomorrow. 488 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,720 We will be waiting for your army. 489 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:36,720 It will be here, Cuba libre. 490 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,720 The winds were fair as he sailed all night. 491 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,720 This he was friendly to the Cuban flight. 492 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:47,720 He reached Inawa safe and sound, and for soon on another boat homeward bound. 493 00:25:47,720 --> 00:26:09,720 The general also told what he had to say, and it all brought the victory of Cuba libre. 494 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,720 Suspense presented by Auto Light. 495 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,720 Tonight's star, Richard Woodmark, will return in just a moment. 496 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:22,720 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, the world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. 497 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:30,720 In 28 plants from coast to coast, Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, tractors, planes, boats, and industry. 498 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:38,720 These products include batteries, such as the famous Auto Light Stay Full, ignition engineered Auto Light Spark plugs, both standard and resistor types, 499 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:49,720 Auto Light starting motors, generators, coils, distributors, voltage regulators, wire and battery cable, and Auto Light original service parts for all Auto Light electrical systems. 500 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,720 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 501 00:26:53,720 --> 00:27:05,720 So from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 502 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:11,720 And now I'd like to present Richard Woodmark and our producer director, Elliot Lewis. 503 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:12,720 Thank you, Harlow. 504 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:22,720 Dick, I'm happy to inform you that for the second consecutive year, you've been voted Auto Light's Golden Mic Award for the best male performance of the year on Suspense. 505 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,720 Congratulations, and here, this is for you. 506 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,720 Thanks very much, Elliot. That's a very handsome trophy. 507 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:38,720 And now, if I may, I'd like to tell your audience that next week, the First Lady of Suspense, Agnes Moorhead, will star in a very special show called The Empty Chair. 508 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:43,720 It salutes the American Automobile Association and its wonderful traffic safety program. 509 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:55,720 I highly recommend that all of you listen next week to Suspense. 510 00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:02,720 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by René Garagank and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 511 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,720 Portions of this program were transcribed. 512 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:15,720 A message to Garcia was adapted for Suspense by Richard Chandley, featured in tonight's cast were Anthony Barrett, Joseph Kearns, Lillian Byatt, Jack Crouchon, Ted DeCourcier, and Edgar Barrier. 513 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,720 Our singer was Ernest Newton. 514 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:24,720 Richard Woodmark appeared through the courtesy of 20th Century Fox, producers of the Technicolor production The Robe in Cinemascope. 515 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,720 No special glasses needed. 516 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:31,720 World premiere in New York, September 16th in Los Angeles on the 24th. 517 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:37,720 And remember next week, Miss Agnes Moorhead in The Empty Chair. 518 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:54,720 This is the CBS Radio Network.