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Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Ronald Reagan in tonight's presentation of...

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And when he got there, the stranger was dead and the police were waiting.

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It's called Circumstantial Terror, our star, Mr. Ronald Reagan.

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And now Auto Light presents Circumstantial Terror, starring Mr. Ronald Reagan,

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hoping once again to keep you in suspense.

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I wasn't the only one who was mad at him.

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All the other guys felt just about like I did. About Curly Weber, that is.

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You see, if he hadn't let the pressure go too high, we'd have all been in good shape right now.

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As it was, the boiler blew up and wrecked the cleaning plant where I worked.

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The owner collected the insurance money and got out of the business, which left us with no jobs.

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After a few months of looking around for a job, I was in a pretty bad way.

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Then I connected.

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Only trouble was, it wouldn't start for three weeks.

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By now I was broke, irritable, and mad at the world.

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So I wasn't what you'd call a pleasant type fellow when I walked into this liquor store for a package of smokes about 11 o'clock one night.

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So, what else could I do, Eddie?

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There I went to the store and I found a

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salesman telling me I was going to have to take what he gives me or get nothing at all.

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What do you have to buy from him for?

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His outfit has the distributor tied up.

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25% of what I make, I make from his scotch.

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I'd like a pack of cigarettes.

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Hold your horses, mister. I got another customer.

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So, I check around town to see if maybe I can get the scotch somewhere else.

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How'd you make that?

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Go ahead, take a guess.

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Come on, Eddie.

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I'll take a look.

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What's the matter with you? Ain't you got no manners?

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Just give me a pack of cigarettes and stop shooting off your mouth.

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Me shooting off my mouth?

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Look, buster, I got a pretty good trade right now, so why don't you take your two-bit sale somewhere else?

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I don't even like the way you look.

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Listen, smart guy, I've taken a lot of lip from guys like you in the last few months.

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One more crack out of you and I'll smear you all over the joint. Do you hear?

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All right, Mr. O'Hare.

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I'll take a look.

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Sam don't mean no harm. That's just the way he talks.

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Then let him talk to somebody else like that.

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Why don't you give me cigarettes, Sam? We can talk some more after he leaves.

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Okay. What kind do you want, mister?

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I don't want any kind. I just want you to remember something.

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Next time you see me, you'd better cross over to the other side of the street.

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It'll be healthier for you. Remember that.

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I went back to my room and poured myself a drink.

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No doubt about it, I'd acted like a fool.

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That four months of being unemployed didn't exactly develop an even temper.

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It was a half hour before I realized I still hadn't got any cigarettes.

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And another 15 minutes before I could talk myself out of it.

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I was so worried about you, Sam.

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I was worried about you, too.

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I was worried about you, too.

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I was worried about you, too.

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I was worried about you, too.

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I was worried about you, too.

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And another 15 minutes before I could talk myself into going back to the liquor store

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to apologize for losing my temper.

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The street was dark and the only light on the whole block came from the glowing window of the liquor store.

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I still wasn't sure what I was going to say to Sam when I got there.

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But I knew I'd fix everything up all right.

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I'd gotten within about 100 feet of the store when I noticed a black,

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or what seemed to be black, coupe parked in front of the store.

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Just about the time I noticed it, I heard a shot.

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It seemed to come from the direction of the store.

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I stopped for a second.

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Then a guy rushed out of the store right in front of me,

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jumped into the car, and before I could do anything,

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it roared down the darkened street out of sight.

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I ran to the store and looked in.

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Nobody around.

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And I looked behind the counter.

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The guy I'd argued with, Sam, was on the deck.

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I could tell right away that it was a waste of time to check his pulse,

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but I did it anyway.

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He was dead all right.

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I went to the door to call the cops.

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Hey, what's going on?

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What'd they tell you, Irv?

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I saw who did it.

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He ran out the door as I was coming up the street.

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Come on.

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Grab him, Irv. He did it.

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That's the guy I was telling you about.

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Come on, buddy. Let go. I tell you, I didn't do it.

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I didn't do it. I saw the guy that did let go.

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Hold him, Irv.

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That's the guy Sam had to throw out of the store.

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He was casing the joint. That's what he was doing.

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Let go of me.

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Hold him good, Irv. I'm going for the cop.

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He ain't going nowhere.

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I was getting up to go after the police.

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These two guys rush in and hold me.

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I didn't do it, I tell you.

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He's lying, officer.

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We'll find out if he's lying when the guys from homicide get here.

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I don't even own a gun.

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That gun laying by Sam's body is Sam's gun.

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Looks to me like this guy shot him with his own gun.

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Don't shut your mouth.

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Easy does it.

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What happens when the guys from homicide get here?

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You want my honest opinion, mister?

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Yeah, sure.

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I didn't put the cuffs on you for laughs.

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I think you've had it, buddy.

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It's only an opinion, but from what I can see here,

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what I've gotten from these witnesses, you're nailed, buddy.

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You're real good.

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And I was.

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By the time it was presented to the grand jury,

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the state had a real good case prepared against me.

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The liquor store owner's gun only had his prints on it,

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which made it look as if I'd tried a phony hold-up

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and jumped him when he drew it.

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And there was money scattered all over the store,

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which made it look as if I'd been surprised

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before I had a chance to get away.

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That guy, Eddie, who had been in the store

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when I had my argument, wouldn't let me up.

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He pounded nails in my coffin every time he opened his mouth.

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If I'd had a job when all this happened,

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it would have had trouble giving me a motive.

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And being broke and unemployed made it look that much worse.

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As a result, I wasn't surprised when the grand jury

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came through with an indictment for first-degree murder.

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As far as I was concerned,

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it was a little over with the hanging.

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Now, how are you?

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You, uh, Frank Thompson?

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Right now, I wish I weren't, but I am.

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Who are you?

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I'm Ernest Gibbons.

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I've been assigned as public defender in your case.

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You're wasting your time.

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Why? Are you guilty?

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No, I'm not.

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Well, then I'm not wasting my time.

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Go ahead.

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Well, I think you got most of the facts straight in my mind.

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Now, I want you to tell me in your own words what happened.

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Did you read the transcript of the inquest?

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Yes, I did.

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That's all there is to it.

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Uh-huh.

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Well, look, Frank, I'm here to help you if I can.

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Now, don't make it tough for me.

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I think we can beat this if you help me.

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How?

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Well, first, let's forget that story about running in

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after the storekeeper was shot.

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Now, nobody believes that.

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Would you believe it if I tell it to you again?

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Should I?

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Yes, because it's the truth.

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Well, can you describe the man you saw running out?

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More or less.

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Well, what do you mean by more or less?

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Well, I got a pretty good look at his face.

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He had a mustache.

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I couldn't tell you how tall he was or how much he weighed.

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Seemed to me to be just medium all around.

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Well, you said at the inquest that he got in a car and he drove it.

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Now, can you describe the car?

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It's a black coupe.

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What year?

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I don't know.

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How about the make?

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Couldn't tell. It was too dark.

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The license number? All or any part of the license?

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None of it.

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All his lights were out.

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In other words, if you wanted to lie,

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this would be a pretty good way of blaming someone

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the police couldn't possibly track down, wouldn't it?

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I guess so.

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But I'm not lying.

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All right.

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Now, let's see.

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The state has set the trial for a week from today.

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In a hurry, aren't they?

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I guess they figure that they've got you sewed up.

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The papers have public opinion running pretty high against you.

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You know, the man left a wife and three little kids.

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That's tough. Real tough.

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It was a couple of days later that Ernie came to me

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and said they were selecting the jurors who'd hear the case.

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This was a part of the law I didn't know a thing about,

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so when he said I had a right to sit in on the selection,

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I went along, only to get out of the cell for a few hours.

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Well, to put it simply, it's more of an interview

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than anything else. It also gives us a chance to get jurors

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we think might be more easily swayed through our way of thinking.

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I'm to the point where I don't care much one way or another.

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I just wanted to get out of the cell for a little while.

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Maybe I'd be better off if I just played guilty

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and get it over with.

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Now you're talking foolish, boy.

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There's a lot that can happen in the next couple of weeks.

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Yeah, but it's all going to happen to me.

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Some of it might be good, you know.

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Don't hold your breath.

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Yeah, over here, Frank.

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Sit down, right there.

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Okay.

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I'm going to try to get as many women as I can on the jury.

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You're a pretty good-looking boy. It helps sometimes.

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What about the prosecution?

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Don't they have anything to say about it?

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Well, I doubt if they challenge more than once or twice.

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Now, they think they have such a strong case,

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it doesn't matter much to them who's on the jury.

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They're right, too, aren't they?

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That remains to be seen.

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Here they come.

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Yeah, right now I'd trade places with any given one of them.

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I don't think you'd get any takers.

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Oh, well, not as many women as I'd like to have seen.

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Ernie. Ernie.

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What's up, boy?

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The guy with the gray suit.

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Where?

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Over there, next to the dame with the fur coat.

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Oh, yeah? Well, what about him?

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Don't challenge him.

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What?

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Don't challenge him. That's the guy.

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What guy?

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That's the guy that killed the shopkeeper.

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That's the guy I saw running out of the store that night.

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Get him on the jury. Don't let him get away.

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I don't want to die for what he did.

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Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Ronald Reagan in Circumstantial Terror,

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tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.

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Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Ronald Reagan in Circumstantial Terror, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.

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And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Ronald Reagan in Elliot Lewis's production of Circumstantial Terror,

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a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.

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It was tough sitting through the selection of the jury, especially when I knew that the prosecution could, for no apparent reason, disqualify the man I'd pointed out to Ernie.

271
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If he was the man I'd seen run out of the liquor store the night of the shooting, then he had to be where we could keep tabs on him.

272
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Ernie sacrificed a couple of his limited number of preemptory challenges just to make sure the guy came up for selection.

273
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When he did, there was no objection on either side, and we had him.

274
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Later that afternoon, when Ernie came to my cell, we tried to figure out what we were going to do with him.

275
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Well, now that we've got him, what are we going to do with him?

276
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Well, it's your job to figure out, Ernie. You're the lawyer.

277
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We're no better off now than we were at the beginning. We haven't got a shrewd of evidence to substantiate your claim.

278
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I saw him. Isn't that enough?

279
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Well, you're on trial, not him.

280
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Well, supposing I get up in court and say he's the man, what would happen?

281
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You'd probably declare to mistrial and discharge the jury and go to work on another trial, but you'd stay in jail.

282
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Wouldn't they question him?

283
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Maybe. It was pretty obvious he'd say you were off your rock.

284
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Remember, Frank, you're the one who's accused. Defending yourself by accusing him just on your say-so is pretty flimsy.

285
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Who'd believe it, would you?

286
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Couldn't you do it? Couldn't you tell someone?

287
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Proof, Frank. Proof. What can I possibly do but quote you?

288
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What am I going to do?

289
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Just what we're doing. Go through with this trial.

290
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Then I'll appeal, no matter what the verdict is, and see if we can rope our friend into making a mistake.

291
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But he'll duck as soon as the trial's over, won't he?

292
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Probably, but at least he'll be around while the trial is on.

293
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Now, if you cause a mistrial, he'll be gone a lot faster.

294
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It isn't fair. I know he's the man.

295
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This is a court of law. The burden of proof is on the accuser.

296
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What real proof have they got against me?

297
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They don't have to catch a man in the act of murder to convict him of it. Circumstantial evidence can be strong enough, and in your case it seems to be.

298
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That's driving me nuts to think that this guy's going to help send me away for a murder he committed.

299
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Yeah, they haven't sent Stu yet, boy. Let's see what happens.

300
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And if it does happen?

301
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Maybe we'll have something I can use to ask for a new trial, if we get into trouble.

302
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Where's the trial going to be?

303
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Well, Judge Thurston will preside, I think. Let me see if that'll put it in the City Hall annex.

304
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Where's that?

305
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In the annex. That's a small building on the north side of the City Hall. That's next to the parking lot. Why?

306
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Just asking, that's all.

307
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Frank.

308
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Yeah?

309
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Don't try any grandstand plays. Any tangle with the jury might result in a mistrial, and I don't think that's a good idea.

310
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Okay. I won't mess with them.

311
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That's good. Well, I gotta get going.

312
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Going home?

313
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I guess so.

314
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Tell me something, Ernie.

315
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Sure. What do you want to know?

316
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What are my chances, Ernie? And don't kid me.

317
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I wouldn't kid you, Frank. I don't know right now, but I'd sure be lying if I said they were good.

318
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Thanks. That's what I wanted to know.

319
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That's what I liked about Ernie. When you asked for the truth, he gave it to you.

320
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After he left, I laid back in my cot and thought about the whole mess.

321
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Everything had happened so fast, I really hadn't had time to take stock of my position.

322
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Now I did, and what I came up with made me want to beat my brains out against the steel bars out of sheer frustration.

323
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It wasn't anybody's fault if you discounted the guy that actually did the killing.

324
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I didn't have any beef with the law or the people who were carrying out the law.

325
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It was just that they didn't know they were going to convict an innocent man.

326
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For hours, I guess I lay there thinking about ways to clear myself.

327
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Most of the ways were more daydreaming than anything else.

328
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I finally came up with the conclusion that anything I did was going to have to really go from the time I started it.

329
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There wouldn't be time for talk or reason.

330
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In the morning, I got dressed and ready for the first day of the trial.

331
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When I got to the courtroom, I was seated beside Ernie.

332
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Then came the time when papers were being shuffled and everyone was getting set for the opening arguments.

333
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Now then, you take it easy, Frank. We're going to fight real hard.

334
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You know what a backfire is?

335
00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:07,760
You mean like when a car...

336
00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,760
No, I mean like when you're caught in a bad brush fire without any water.

337
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I'm not with you, kid. What are you going for?

338
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You light another fire downwind, let it give you a big burn spot to stand in while the main fire goes fast.

339
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You explain it to me later, Frank. The judge will be here in a minute or two.

340
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I want to get my papers straightened here. He doesn't like to see an unprepared attorney.

341
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Listen to me, Ernie. I'm in the path of a real big fire right now.

342
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I know you are, boy. I know, but what...

343
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So I got to try a backfire. A guy can get killed in a backfire, but at least you got to take a chance.

344
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What are you trying to tell me now? Say it fast, because the judge...

345
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You'll hear from me. Stick with me, Ernie.

346
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I'm a pretty good guy, but I'm in real bad trouble. And I'm the only guy that can get me out of it.

347
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What are you going to do?

348
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This.

349
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Look out! He's making a break!

350
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Get out of my way!

351
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It was the only thing I could do. I couldn't sit by while 12 people tried to make up their minds whether I must die for a murder I didn't commit.

352
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As I went out the window, I folded my arms in front of my face to keep from being cut to ribbons with a broken glass.

353
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I lit feet first in the parking lot and started running. I didn't know where I was going. All I knew was I had to get away fast.

354
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By the time everyone got organized, I'd pretty well lost myself in the alleys of the city.

355
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I got to a place where they were putting up an office building and ducked into the sub-basement, crawled into a corner and stayed there.

356
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Somewhere around midnight, I slid out and started to the only guy in town I knew wouldn't turn me in as soon as he saw me, Ernie Gibbons.

357
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When I got there, his place had a light on in the kitchen, so I went around the back.

358
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Hi, Ernie. Let me in.

359
00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:12,760
Well, come on, Harry. What are you doing here? If they find out about this, I'll be disbarred.

360
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I won't stay long.

361
00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:20,760
Wait till I turn the light off. Now sit right there, Frank, and don't move around too much.

362
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Thanks.

363
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,760
Okay. Tell me why you did it.

364
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I told you this morning in court. This is my backfire. I couldn't just stand around while they made up their minds whether to kill me or let me rot in jail.

365
00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,760
I didn't do it. I'm going to get the guy that did.

366
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:37,760
Oh, then they'll really have you.

367
00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,760
Then they'll have me for something I did, not something I didn't do.

368
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:41,760
Well, why'd you come here?

369
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:42,760
I need an address.

370
00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,760
An address, you mean? The guy with the mustache?

371
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,760
Yeah. Got anything on him?

372
00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,760
He isn't around, Frank.

373
00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:48,760
How do you know?

374
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By the time I got through with the mess you left behind, it was pretty late in the day.

375
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:53,760
What are you talking about?

376
00:20:53,760 --> 00:21:00,760
Just this. We knew he'd duck out as soon as the trial was over. But during the trial, we might have been able to work something.

377
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,760
That's why I warned you about causing a mistrial.

378
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:09,760
Well, this afternoon I went over to the address he'd given. And he moved out a few hours after your break.

379
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:10,760
Any forwarding address?

380
00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:22,760
Oh, don't be so naive. The man is a murderer. I don't think he knows you saw him running out of the store, but he isn't taking any chances. He's lost, Frank. And you're in a bigger jam than before.

381
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What do I do now?

382
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:24,760
Oh, yes, you tell me.

383
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I won't give myself a...

384
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,760
Well, that's up to you. You're on your own now.

385
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,760
What's your position in this?

386
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,760
I should turn you in.

387
00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:32,760
But you won't.

388
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,760
Oh, you're a cinch. They have the book thrown at you when they get you.

389
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:36,760
I gotta think.

390
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:37,760
Yeah, sure.

391
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Bernie, do something for me, will you?

392
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,760
I might. What is it?

393
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,760
I'm a pretty hungry man. Could you rustle me up some food?

394
00:21:46,760 --> 00:22:00,760
Oh, sure, Frank. I'll fix you some food.

395
00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:01,760
Ernie.

396
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:02,760
Yes?

397
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,760
What about that witness that claims he saw me casing the place, that Eddie character?

398
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,760
Yeah, well, what about him?

399
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,760
He's the state's number one witness, isn't he?

400
00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:10,760
Well, I guess so.

401
00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,760
What's he got against me? Why is he trying so hard to get me?

402
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:18,760
Well, I think that for the first time in his life, he's somebody and he's going all out to prove it.

403
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:19,760
I'm gonna see him.

404
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,760
No, no, you're not. You're in enough trouble. Lay off him.

405
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:22,760
Give me his address, Ernie.

406
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:23,760
Well, you're out of your mind.

407
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:25,760
Give me his address. I want to talk to him.

408
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:26,760
Oh, but Frank...

409
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,760
I know you've got it. You've got the addresses of all the witnesses. Get it.

410
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,760
Okay. It's here in my briefcase.

411
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,760
Hey.

412
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:37,760
What?

413
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,760
Oh, that's funny. I... I never noticed this before.

414
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,760
Noticed what? What are you mumbling about?

415
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:46,760
The witness against you lives right over the liquor store where the guy was shot.

416
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:47,760
Ernie.

417
00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:48,760
Yeah?

418
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:53,760
Just a thought. But he's the fellow that accused me of casing the shop.

419
00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,760
Suppose it was the other way around.

420
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,760
Suppose he was the one who shot the guy.

421
00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:58,760
What?

422
00:22:58,760 --> 00:22:59,760
I think that's what he was doing.

423
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:00,760
Oh, I see.

424
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,760
He was casing the shop. Suppose it was the other way around.

425
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:06,760
Suppose he was casing it for our friend with a mustache.

426
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,760
Well, you'd have to prove a connection between the two men.

427
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,760
So how are you going to do that?

428
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,760
I don't know. I'll figure that out when I get there.

429
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:15,760
Oh, I can't let you do that, Frank.

430
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:16,760
Don't try to stop me.

431
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,760
Well, you could get picked up on the way there.

432
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:19,760
I'll be there in a few minutes.

433
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:20,760
It's three or four miles from here.

434
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,760
You're lending me your car.

435
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:23,760
I am?

436
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,760
Yeah. Give me the keys.

437
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,760
Okay. All right.

438
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:29,760
Here.

439
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:30,760
So long, Ernie.

440
00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:31,760
I wish I could stop you because...

441
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,760
Don't try it. I wouldn't want to hurt you.

442
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,760
Oh, well, thank you.

443
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:59,760
So long.

444
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:29,760
Who is it?

445
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,760
Whitey Wilson. Come on, open up.

446
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,760
I don't know, Ernie.

447
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:34,760
But you know me, Ernie.

448
00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:35,760
Thompson!

449
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,760
That's right. Frank Thompson. Fall guy.

450
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:38,760
What do you want from me?

451
00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,760
I want to know why you're so anxious to see me burn.

452
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,760
You tried to hold Sam up and kill him. That's why.

453
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:44,760
You know better than that.

454
00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,760
I do? What other reason would I have?

455
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,760
Hold it down to a roar, Eddie. I got to get some sleep.

456
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,760
Come on in, mister. You with the mustache.

457
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:56,760
Thompson.

458
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,760
Yeah, that's what Eddie said when he saw me.

459
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:00,760
All right, Eddie, what's this guy doing here?

460
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,760
He's my brother, but they don't mean it.

461
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,760
Cozy, huh? One guy in a witness box and one guy in a jury.

462
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:07,760
You really got it made.

463
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,760
Yeah. What are you going to do about it?

464
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:11,760
Make you tell the truth.

465
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,760
What are you talking about?

466
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:14,760
Why'd you kill him? Need the money?

467
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:15,760
Get out of here.

468
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,760
After you write me a confession.

469
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:18,760
So I can burn instead of you?

470
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:19,760
That's right.

471
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:20,760
You're wasting your time.

472
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,760
Am I?

473
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,760
Get the cops, Eddie. Now!

474
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:31,760
Get up, you. Am I wasting my time? Am I?

475
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,760
I don't write nothing.

476
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,760
You won't.

477
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,760
Okay.

478
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,760
Okay, now.

479
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,760
Start writing.

480
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,760
Here come the cops. You're dead.

481
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:52,760
No, mister, you are.

482
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,760
If the cops get here before you finish writing, I'll kill you.

483
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,760
If I'm going to fry for something you did, I'm going to be sure you go with me.

484
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,760
Now make up your mind. You want to die right now or take a chance with a jury?

485
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,760
Okay.

486
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,760
Give me a pen.

487
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,760
I hope you understand why I sent for the cops, Frank.

488
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:26,760
I didn't want you getting into more trouble.

489
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,760
Oh, sure, that's all right.

490
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,760
Well, how's it feel?

491
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:31,760
Mighty good.

492
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,760
It's a pretty town when you don't have to look at it from behind steel bars.

493
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,760
Yeah.

494
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:37,760
What are you going to do now?

495
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,760
It looks like I'll be able to make that job I told you about.

496
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,760
Only a few more days to wait.

497
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:42,760
Where are you going to be staying?

498
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:43,760
I don't know.

499
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:44,760
You got any money?

500
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:45,760
Enough.

501
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,760
You got any money?

502
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:48,760
No.

503
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:49,760
Then it's settled.

504
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,760
You'll stay with us until you get on your feet.

505
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:52,760
All right.

506
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:53,760
You heard me.

507
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:54,760
Okay.

508
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,760
Lend me a quarter.

509
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,760
Sure.

510
00:26:58,760 --> 00:26:59,760
What for?

511
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,760
I ought to buy a pack of cigarettes.

512
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:25,760
From a machine.

513
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,760
Suspense.

514
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,760
Presented by Auto Light.

515
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,760
Tonight's star, Mr. Ronald Reagan.

516
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,760
Congratulations on an excellent performance, Ronald.

517
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:35,760
Well, thanks, Harlow.

518
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,760
Say, what about this $100,000 Auto Light family charity drawing?

519
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:40,760
Am I eligible?

520
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,760
Well, if you're over 18, you are.

521
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:43,760
I'm eligible.

522
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,760
Well, all you do is visit any Auto Light family car dealer showroom,

523
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,760
print your name and address on a registration form,

524
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,760
and have the dealer sign it.

525
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,760
And if you're one of the 25 people selected,

526
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,760
you can name your favorite church, hospital,

527
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,760
or any other local or national recognized charity

528
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,760
to share in $100,000.

529
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,760
And all I do is fill out a form?

530
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:05,760
You mean there are no puzzles to solve or anything like that?

531
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:06,760
That's right, Ronald.

532
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,760
Nothing to solve, buy, or try.

533
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:10,760
And where do I register?

534
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,760
At any of the following showrooms.

535
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:19,760
DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, Kaiser, or Chrysler.

536
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,760
Sounds like a wonderful opportunity, Harlow.

537
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,760
Thank you, Ronald Reagan.

538
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:28,760
Friends, you can help your favorite recognized charity share in $100,000

539
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,760
just by signing your name and address.

540
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,760
So why not sign up tomorrow?

541
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:40,760
[♪jazz music playing on the radio and radio station in the background.

542
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,760
Next week, the story of a cross-country train trip

543
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,760
during which a police officer finds himself torn between his assignment

544
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,760
and his personal feelings for the girl in car 32.

545
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,760
Our star, Mr. Victor Matur.

546
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,760
That's next week on Suspense.

547
00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,760
[♪jazz music playing on the radio and radio station in the background.

548
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,760
Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis

549
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,760
with music composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Lud Bluskin.

550
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,760
Circumstantial Terror was written for Suspense by Ross Murray.

551
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,760
In tonight's story, Howard McNear was heard as Ernie.

552
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:20,760
Featured in the cast were Vic Pern, Clayton Post, Charles Calvert, Hal Gerard, and Kurt Martel.

553
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,760
Ronald Reagan is currently starred with Steve Forrest and Dewey Martin

554
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,760
in the MGM production Prisoner of War.

555
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,760
And remember next week, Mr. Victor Matur, in Thomas Walsh's story,

556
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,760
The Girl in Car 32.

557
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,760
This is the CBS Radio Network.

558
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:49,760
[♪jazz music playing on the radio and radio station in the background.

559
00:29:49,760 --> 00:30:15,960
disappointment