WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.220 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Broderick Crawford in tonight's presentation 00:10.220 --> 00:13.920 of Suspense. 00:13.920 --> 00:21.600 Tonight, Auto Light presents the story of a man whose welcome home party promised little 00:21.600 --> 00:25.480 gaiety and many tears and surely his death. 00:25.480 --> 00:27.640 It's called Parole to Panic. 00:27.640 --> 00:34.600 Our star, Mr. Broderick Crawford. 00:34.600 --> 00:39.640 This is Harlow Wilcox reminding you that there's no time like right now to enter the giant 00:39.640 --> 00:42.400 Auto Light family charity drawing. 00:42.400 --> 00:47.620 One hundred thousand dollars in cash is waiting to be distributed to the recognized local 00:47.620 --> 00:53.280 or national charities chosen by the 25 persons selected in this great event. 00:53.280 --> 00:55.600 You may be one of those persons. 00:55.600 --> 00:59.040 To enter is as simple as printing your name and address. 00:59.040 --> 01:02.040 Listen to this on the spot interview with a woman in Connecticut. 01:02.040 --> 01:03.640 Hello, I'm Bob Emmerich. 01:03.640 --> 01:04.640 What's your name? 01:04.640 --> 01:05.640 Mrs. Allen Gulliver. 01:05.640 --> 01:09.560 I understand that you signed up for this drawing here at this Auto Light family car dealer, 01:09.560 --> 01:10.560 Salvatore Brothers. 01:10.560 --> 01:11.560 Is that right? 01:11.560 --> 01:12.560 That's right. 01:12.560 --> 01:13.560 Did you find it difficult? 01:13.560 --> 01:14.560 Absolutely not. 01:14.560 --> 01:17.440 I signed my name and address on a registration form and that was it. 01:17.440 --> 01:18.960 Was there any obligation of any sort? 01:18.960 --> 01:19.960 None whatsoever. 01:19.960 --> 01:20.960 I see. 01:20.960 --> 01:22.480 Well, thank you very, very much, Ms. Gulliver. 01:22.480 --> 01:23.880 Thank you. 01:23.880 --> 01:28.440 So friends, visit any or all of these Auto Light family car showrooms. 01:28.440 --> 01:35.200 DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, Kaiser or Chrysler. 01:35.200 --> 01:36.200 Sign up tomorrow. 01:36.200 --> 01:43.180 And now, Auto Light presents transcribed Mr. Broderick Crawford in Parole to Panic, hoping 01:43.180 --> 01:54.760 once again to keep you in suspense. 01:54.760 --> 02:08.840 Well, Paul, there it is. 02:08.840 --> 02:09.840 The outside. 02:09.840 --> 02:10.840 Yeah. 02:10.840 --> 02:11.840 Pretty good, huh? 02:11.840 --> 02:12.840 Not bad. 02:12.840 --> 02:13.840 Not bad at all. 02:13.840 --> 02:14.840 Enjoy it. 02:14.840 --> 02:15.840 Hmm? 02:15.840 --> 02:18.120 What I mean is, don't come back here. 02:18.120 --> 02:20.000 It's a pretty good life out there. 02:20.000 --> 02:21.000 I won't be back. 02:21.000 --> 02:23.080 Two years is enough for me. 02:23.080 --> 02:24.080 Taking the train to town? 02:24.080 --> 02:25.600 No, I don't think so. 02:25.600 --> 02:28.640 My wife's supposed to pick me up if she can borrow a car. 02:28.640 --> 02:30.120 Well, good luck. 02:30.120 --> 02:32.520 It's not going to be easy for you. 02:32.520 --> 02:33.840 Yeah, I know. 02:33.840 --> 02:38.040 If there's anything I can do, if you need someone to talk to, advice, you know. 02:38.040 --> 02:39.040 Yeah, sure. 02:39.040 --> 02:40.040 Thanks, Warden. 02:40.040 --> 02:42.040 Thanks for seeing me to the door. 02:42.040 --> 02:43.040 I like you, Paul. 02:43.040 --> 02:44.040 Don't let me down. 02:44.040 --> 02:45.040 I won't. 02:45.040 --> 02:46.040 Goodbye. 02:46.040 --> 02:47.040 Goodbye, sir. 02:47.040 --> 02:48.040 Paul! 02:48.040 --> 02:49.040 Paul! 02:49.040 --> 02:50.040 Over here, Paul! 02:50.040 --> 02:51.040 Jenny! 02:51.040 --> 02:52.040 Oh, Paul. 02:52.040 --> 02:53.040 Paul. 02:53.040 --> 02:54.040 Oh, darling. 02:54.040 --> 02:55.040 Did I get you? 02:55.040 --> 02:56.040 Oh, yes. 02:56.040 --> 02:57.040 Oh, my. 02:57.040 --> 02:58.040 Oh, my. 02:58.040 --> 02:59.040 Oh, my. 02:59.040 --> 03:00.040 Oh, my. 03:00.040 --> 03:01.040 Oh, my. 03:01.040 --> 03:02.040 Oh, my. 03:02.040 --> 03:03.040 Oh, my. 03:03.040 --> 03:04.040 Oh, my. 03:04.040 --> 03:05.040 Oh, my. 03:05.040 --> 03:06.040 Oh, my. 03:06.040 --> 03:07.040 Oh, my. 03:07.040 --> 03:08.040 Oh, my. 03:08.040 --> 03:09.040 Oh, my. 03:09.040 --> 03:10.040 Oh, my. 03:10.040 --> 03:11.040 Oh, my. 03:11.040 --> 03:12.040 Oh, my. 03:12.040 --> 03:14.040 Did I keep you waiting long? 03:14.040 --> 03:16.040 No, only a couple of seconds. 03:16.040 --> 03:18.040 I was so afraid to drive fast. 03:18.040 --> 03:20.040 This is our car, you know. 03:20.040 --> 03:21.040 Our car? 03:21.040 --> 03:22.040 I bought it yesterday. 03:22.040 --> 03:23.040 It's for you. 03:23.040 --> 03:24.040 Oh. 03:24.040 --> 03:27.040 Sort of a coming-out present, huh? 03:27.040 --> 03:29.040 Don't joke, Paul. 03:29.040 --> 03:31.040 Don't ever joke about being in prison. 03:31.040 --> 03:33.040 Well, what do you want me to do, cry? 03:33.040 --> 03:34.040 No. 03:34.040 --> 03:37.040 Because that's what I know you're doing when you joke about it. 03:37.040 --> 03:39.040 Come on, let's hit in the car. 03:39.040 --> 03:42.540 I still feel kind of funny about all this space to move around in. 03:42.540 --> 03:46.540 All right. Slide in on this side. You drive. 03:46.540 --> 03:48.540 Okay. 03:51.540 --> 03:53.040 Where'd you get the money to buy a car? 03:53.040 --> 03:56.540 I only had to make the down payment on it. We'll manage the rest. 03:56.540 --> 03:58.540 I'll manage the rest. 03:58.540 --> 03:59.540 What? 03:59.540 --> 04:04.540 Oh, I don't know if this is the time to talk about it, but I'm gonna have to find a job. 04:04.540 --> 04:06.540 Can't have you taking care of me, you know. 04:06.540 --> 04:08.540 Oh, that's all taken care of. 04:08.540 --> 04:09.540 It is? 04:09.540 --> 04:14.540 Yes. I told my boss what you knew about fixing radios and what you'd done while you were in the army, 04:14.540 --> 04:16.540 and he arranged a job for you at the plant. 04:16.540 --> 04:19.540 Did you tell him where I'd been for the past two years? 04:19.540 --> 04:21.540 Yes, Paul. 04:21.540 --> 04:23.540 Oh. 04:23.540 --> 04:27.540 I... I don't know how I ever got mixed up with that gang, Jenny. 04:27.540 --> 04:29.540 Let's not talk about it. 04:29.540 --> 04:32.540 It's too bad the district attorney didn't get them all while he was at it. 04:32.540 --> 04:38.540 Oh, over, dear. Let's forget it. There are other things to think about now. 04:38.540 --> 04:39.540 Jenny. 04:39.540 --> 04:41.540 Yes? 04:41.540 --> 04:46.540 I love you, Jenny. I love you very much. 04:46.540 --> 04:49.540 I'm so glad, dear. 04:49.540 --> 04:51.540 Shall we go home now? 04:51.540 --> 05:10.540 Yes, let's. 05:10.540 --> 05:12.540 You tired? 05:12.540 --> 05:14.540 No, no. I feel great. 05:14.540 --> 05:17.540 Do you realize you've driven all the way from... 05:17.540 --> 05:19.540 from that place in only two hours? 05:19.540 --> 05:23.540 It's not me, Jenny. It's the equipment. You've got a real good deal here. 05:23.540 --> 05:25.540 Mr. Miller found it for me. 05:25.540 --> 05:27.540 Does he still have the same store? 05:27.540 --> 05:28.540 Yes. Why? 05:28.540 --> 05:30.540 Well, I've got to see him right now. 05:30.540 --> 05:32.540 After you report to the parole officer. 05:32.540 --> 05:34.540 No, no. He said I had to report to him before I went home, 05:34.540 --> 05:36.540 but he didn't say anything about seeing Mr. Miller. 05:36.540 --> 05:37.540 But, Paul... 05:37.540 --> 05:39.540 Oh, now, don't worry. It'll only take a minute or two. 05:39.540 --> 05:43.540 Well, all right, but only a minute or two. You promise? 05:43.540 --> 06:07.540 Yeah, I promise. 06:07.540 --> 06:11.540 Yes, Mrs. Gordon. I'll have the boy pick it up this afternoon. 06:11.540 --> 06:15.540 Yes, he'll deliver you a fresh dozen eggs. Good... 06:15.540 --> 06:17.540 Yes. Good... 06:17.540 --> 06:21.540 Yes. Goodbye, Mrs. Gordon. 06:21.540 --> 06:23.540 And, uh, what can I... 06:23.540 --> 06:25.540 Paul! Jenny! 06:25.540 --> 06:26.540 How are you, Mr. Miller? 06:26.540 --> 06:29.540 Well, Paul, it's good to see you. 06:29.540 --> 06:31.540 Well, you look fine. 06:31.540 --> 06:33.540 I feel fine, too. 06:33.540 --> 06:35.540 I just dropped by to thank you for taking care of Jenny while I was gone. 06:35.540 --> 06:36.540 You know, the groceries and... 06:36.540 --> 06:38.540 Oh, not another word, Paul. 06:38.540 --> 06:41.540 You and Jenny are like my own. 06:41.540 --> 06:44.540 Besides, as soon as Jenny got a job, she paid me back. 06:44.540 --> 06:46.540 Well, anyway, thanks. 06:46.540 --> 06:49.540 Now, let me... let me look at you. 06:49.540 --> 06:53.540 You're a good boy, Paul. 06:53.540 --> 06:55.540 Everything will be happy again. 06:55.540 --> 06:57.540 Yeah, sure it will. 06:57.540 --> 06:59.540 Tell Roger I was here, and I'll see him later, will you? 06:59.540 --> 07:00.540 Tell him yourself. 07:00.540 --> 07:01.540 What? 07:01.540 --> 07:03.540 He's here, in the back room. 07:03.540 --> 07:04.540 Roger! 07:04.540 --> 07:06.540 Never mind, never mind. I'll go back there. 07:06.540 --> 07:07.540 All right. 07:07.540 --> 07:08.540 I won't be long, darling. 07:08.540 --> 07:09.540 Good. 07:12.540 --> 07:13.540 Hi, Roger. 07:13.540 --> 07:14.540 Oh. 07:14.540 --> 07:17.540 Paul! Come in, come on in. 07:17.540 --> 07:18.540 Well, it's good to see you, Paul. 07:18.540 --> 07:19.540 Yeah, it's good to be here, too. 07:19.540 --> 07:20.540 When did you get back? 07:20.540 --> 07:22.540 I just drove into town. 07:22.540 --> 07:24.540 I'm sorry I couldn't do better for you at the trial. 07:24.540 --> 07:25.540 Oh, you did fine. 07:25.540 --> 07:27.540 I don't know what would have happened to me if you hadn't defended me. 07:27.540 --> 07:31.540 Look, as soon as I get some money and a job, I'll pay you. 07:31.540 --> 07:33.540 Oh, relax. No hurry. 07:33.540 --> 07:35.540 Uh, Paul? 07:35.540 --> 07:36.540 Yeah? 07:36.540 --> 07:38.540 Uh, you talk to anyone since you got back? 07:38.540 --> 07:39.540 I mean, outside of Pond Me. 07:39.540 --> 07:42.540 Oh, no, I just told you. I just drove into town. Why? 07:42.540 --> 07:45.540 Well, you know, the D.A. didn't get the whole gang when they lowered the boom. 07:45.540 --> 07:47.540 Yeah, sure. I know that. 07:47.540 --> 07:51.540 Well, there's a rumor going around that they're waiting for you when you get out. 07:51.540 --> 07:53.540 Why? What have I done? 07:53.540 --> 07:55.540 They say you turned state's evidence. 07:55.540 --> 07:58.540 But I didn't. I only told them the truth about what I know. 07:58.540 --> 08:00.540 I know that, but they don't. 08:00.540 --> 08:02.540 All right, then. I'll tell them. 08:02.540 --> 08:04.540 You're not going to have a chance to do it. 08:04.540 --> 08:06.540 Why not? 08:06.540 --> 08:10.540 Uh, I understand this is only what I've heard through the grapevine. 08:10.540 --> 08:13.540 But I hear they're going to shoot first and then ask questions. 08:13.540 --> 08:15.540 Well, then what am I going to do? 08:15.540 --> 08:16.540 I don't know. 08:16.540 --> 08:19.540 Maybe I can get somebody to take a message for me. 08:19.540 --> 08:20.540 Paul. 08:20.540 --> 08:21.540 What? 08:21.540 --> 08:24.540 Paul, they won't believe anything you say. 08:24.540 --> 08:25.540 Why not? 08:25.540 --> 08:28.540 Because they don't want to believe you. They're looking for a pigeon. 08:28.540 --> 08:31.540 Oh, and I'm it, huh? 08:31.540 --> 08:33.540 You're it. 08:33.540 --> 08:38.540 You think I ought to leave town? 08:38.540 --> 08:41.540 Why don't you go to the police? They put you under protective custody. 08:41.540 --> 08:42.540 What am I going to tell them? 08:42.540 --> 08:44.540 Just what I told you that I heard them. 08:44.540 --> 08:45.540 No, no, no, Roger. 08:45.540 --> 08:48.540 If the police followed every crackpot rumor they heard, they'd run themselves ragged. 08:48.540 --> 08:49.540 But this isn't a crackpot rumor. 08:49.540 --> 08:50.540 They don't know that. 08:50.540 --> 08:51.540 No, but we know... 08:51.540 --> 08:52.540 Look, I'm going to get out of town. 08:52.540 --> 08:55.540 Jenny's got enough money to keep us going for a while. 08:55.540 --> 08:58.540 Well, keep in touch. If you need anything, just let me know. 08:58.540 --> 09:00.540 Yeah, sure, I will. And thanks. 09:00.540 --> 09:02.540 Sorry, I can't help more. 09:02.540 --> 09:05.540 Well, there's nothing more you can do, Roger. 09:05.540 --> 09:06.540 So long. 09:06.540 --> 09:07.540 Bye. 09:15.540 --> 09:17.540 Where are we going? 09:17.540 --> 09:19.540 Home, to pack. 09:19.540 --> 09:20.540 What for? 09:20.540 --> 09:22.540 We're leaving town. 09:22.540 --> 09:24.540 Why? Why are we leaving town? 09:24.540 --> 09:25.540 They're after me. 09:25.540 --> 09:27.540 Why? Who's after you? 09:27.540 --> 09:28.540 The rest of the gang. 09:28.540 --> 09:30.540 What did you do? 09:30.540 --> 09:32.540 I told the truth in court. 09:32.540 --> 09:35.540 They call it ratting, singing, squealing. Just take your choice. 09:35.540 --> 09:37.540 Oh, who told you all this? 09:37.540 --> 09:39.540 Roger Miller. 09:39.540 --> 09:41.540 But what about your job? 09:41.540 --> 09:42.540 I can't keep it if I'm dead. 09:42.540 --> 09:44.540 Oh, there must be something we can do. 09:44.540 --> 09:46.540 Yeah, there is, and we're doing it. 09:46.540 --> 09:48.540 We're getting out. 09:48.540 --> 09:51.540 Look, Paul, are you sure about all this? 09:51.540 --> 09:53.540 I'm not going to wait for a bullet to make me certain. 09:53.540 --> 09:57.540 Well, all right, if you think it's best. 09:57.540 --> 09:59.540 I can't take the chance that I could be wrong. 09:59.540 --> 10:01.540 This happened so quickly that I got to get out of town, 10:01.540 --> 10:03.540 even if it's just so I can think clearly. 10:03.540 --> 10:04.540 Do they know you're back in town? 10:04.540 --> 10:06.540 No, I don't think so. 10:06.540 --> 10:08.540 That's why we'd better hurry. 10:08.540 --> 10:10.540 Where out of town are we going? 10:10.540 --> 10:11.540 I don't know. 10:11.540 --> 10:14.540 All I know is I'd better get out if I want to stay alive. 10:24.540 --> 10:26.540 I've got to get the overnight bag filled here. 10:26.540 --> 10:28.540 Let me see. This is it, I guess. 10:28.540 --> 10:29.540 What else do you need? 10:29.540 --> 10:31.540 Well, I'm all set here. How about your clothes? 10:31.540 --> 10:32.540 Oh, I don't know if they still fit, 10:32.540 --> 10:34.540 but I packed what suits look to be in shape. 10:34.540 --> 10:35.540 You ready? 10:35.540 --> 10:37.540 Yes. 10:37.540 --> 10:39.540 Oh, are you sure, Paul? 10:39.540 --> 10:41.540 Are you sure Roger was right? 10:41.540 --> 10:42.540 He could be wrong. 10:42.540 --> 10:44.540 Yeah, sure, he could be, but... 10:54.540 --> 10:55.540 Hello? 10:55.540 --> 10:57.540 Hello, Paul. 10:57.540 --> 10:59.540 Who is this? 10:59.540 --> 11:01.540 You're going to die today, Paul. 11:05.540 --> 11:07.540 Who... who was it? 11:08.540 --> 11:10.540 They know, Jenny. 11:10.540 --> 11:12.540 They know I'm back in town. 11:12.540 --> 11:15.540 I'll be right back. 11:18.540 --> 11:19.540 Mr. Miller. 11:19.540 --> 11:20.540 Paul, what is it? You look so... 11:20.540 --> 11:21.540 Where's Roger? 11:21.540 --> 11:23.540 He went to court. He has a case today. Why? 11:23.540 --> 11:25.540 Doesn't make any difference. Look, Mr. Miller, 11:25.540 --> 11:26.540 do you have a gun? 11:26.540 --> 11:29.540 A gun? Yes, I have a gun, but I... 11:29.540 --> 11:31.540 All right, give it to me. 11:31.540 --> 11:32.540 I'll take it. 11:32.540 --> 11:33.540 I'll take it. 11:33.540 --> 11:34.540 I'll take it. 11:34.540 --> 11:35.540 I'll take it. 11:35.540 --> 11:36.540 I'll take it. 11:36.540 --> 11:37.540 I'll take it. 11:37.540 --> 11:38.540 I'll take it. 11:38.540 --> 11:39.540 I'll take it. 11:39.540 --> 11:40.540 I'll take it. 11:40.540 --> 11:41.540 I'll take it. 11:41.540 --> 11:42.540 All right, give it to me. 11:42.540 --> 11:43.540 What? 11:43.540 --> 11:45.540 I need a gun, Mr. Miller. Please let me have it. 11:45.540 --> 11:47.540 You don't know what you're doing, Paul. 11:47.540 --> 11:48.540 A gun. 11:48.540 --> 11:49.540 I'm sorry, but I can't... 11:49.540 --> 11:51.540 Mr. Miller, please, it's my life. I gotta have a gun. 11:51.540 --> 11:52.540 But why? 11:52.540 --> 11:54.540 I haven't got time to explain now. 11:54.540 --> 11:56.540 Ask Roger when he gets back. He'll tell you all about it. 11:56.540 --> 11:58.540 I have a permit. He'll want to know where you... 11:58.540 --> 11:59.540 It'll be all right. 11:59.540 --> 12:01.540 Just give me the gun. Please, I gotta hurry. 12:01.540 --> 12:02.540 You say Roger will tell him? 12:02.540 --> 12:05.540 Yeah, yeah, yeah, he'll tell you. Please, Mr. Miller, hurry. 12:05.540 --> 12:10.540 All right. 12:13.540 --> 12:16.540 Here, Paul, I'm doing the wrong thing. 12:16.540 --> 12:19.540 But if Roger says it, be careful, Paul. 12:19.540 --> 12:22.540 Yeah, yeah, I will. 12:22.540 --> 12:25.540 Why did you have to stop there? 12:25.540 --> 12:26.540 I had to get something. 12:26.540 --> 12:27.540 What? 12:27.540 --> 12:28.540 A gun. 12:28.540 --> 12:31.540 Oh, Paul, you're on parole. If they catch you with a gun... 12:31.540 --> 12:32.540 They won't catch me. 12:32.540 --> 12:34.540 As soon as we're out of town, I'm gonna ditch it. 12:34.540 --> 12:38.540 Oh, Paul, isn't there a chance Roger might have been wrong? 12:38.540 --> 12:39.540 Maybe they've forgotten about you. 12:39.540 --> 12:41.540 No, not with that telephone. 12:41.540 --> 12:43.540 I'm not gonna forget. 12:43.540 --> 12:45.540 I'm not gonna forget. 12:45.540 --> 12:47.540 I'm not gonna forget. 12:47.540 --> 12:49.540 I'm not gonna forget. 12:49.540 --> 12:52.540 Maybe they've forgotten about you. 12:52.540 --> 12:55.540 No, not with that telephone call I got just before. 12:59.540 --> 13:00.540 Jenny. 13:00.540 --> 13:01.540 Yes, Paul? 13:01.540 --> 13:02.540 We're being followed. 13:02.540 --> 13:03.540 How do you know? 13:03.540 --> 13:06.540 I know. Watch when we go around the corner. 13:06.540 --> 13:09.540 Watch that blu-sad-air at about a half a block and back. 13:14.540 --> 13:15.540 See them? 13:15.540 --> 13:17.540 No, I... 13:17.540 --> 13:18.540 There they are. 13:18.540 --> 13:20.540 All right, now watch the next corner. 13:25.540 --> 13:26.540 Well, Jenny? 13:26.540 --> 13:30.540 Yes. They're following us, Paul. 13:30.540 --> 13:53.540 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Broderick Crawford with Paula Winslow in Parole to Panic, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 14:01.540 --> 14:13.540 Now, we'd like you to hear a recording of another on-the-spot interview in connection with the Auto Light family charity drawing, this time with a policeman in Bronxville, New York. 14:13.540 --> 14:15.540 And what is your name, officer? 14:15.540 --> 14:18.540 Patrolman James Morris at the Bronxville Police Department. 14:18.540 --> 14:22.540 I understand that you signed up for the Auto Light family charity drawing, is that right? 14:22.540 --> 14:23.540 That's right. 14:23.540 --> 14:26.540 Uh-huh. And should your name be selected, how would you care to designate the money? 14:26.540 --> 14:31.540 I was split three ways, Cancer Fund, Heart Fund, and Bronxville PBA. 14:31.540 --> 14:33.540 Very fine, and may I wish you good luck. 14:33.540 --> 14:34.540 Thank you very much. 14:35.540 --> 14:38.540 Why don't you help your favorite local or national charity, too? 14:38.540 --> 14:43.540 It won't cost you a cent, and you have an opportunity to be among the 25 persons selected. 14:43.540 --> 14:47.540 Remember, there's nothing to try or buy, nothing to write or solve. 14:47.540 --> 14:53.540 All you do is visit any Auto Light family car dealer showroom and fill out a registration form. 14:53.540 --> 14:56.540 So why not visit any one or all of these car dealers? 14:56.540 --> 15:02.540 DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, Kaiser, or Chrysler. 15:02.540 --> 15:05.540 There's not much time left, so sign up tomorrow. 15:08.540 --> 15:14.540 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Mr. Broderick Crawford with Paula Winslow. 15:14.540 --> 15:21.540 In Elliot Lewis's presentation of Parole to Panic, a tale well calculated to keep you in... 15:21.540 --> 15:23.540 suspense. 15:32.540 --> 15:33.540 Hello, Jenny. 15:33.540 --> 15:34.540 They're still following us. 15:34.540 --> 15:36.540 What are they doing? Torturing me? 15:37.540 --> 15:39.540 If they follow us this closely, they can catch us any time they want to. 15:39.540 --> 15:41.540 Oh, go to the police, Paul. Don't be afraid. 15:41.540 --> 15:43.540 I'm not afraid of the police. It's... 15:43.540 --> 15:45.540 It's watching the back of us that I'm afraid of. 15:45.540 --> 15:47.540 Well, then let the police take care of them. 15:47.540 --> 15:49.540 Don't you see? I'm not afraid of them. 15:49.540 --> 15:54.540 Don't you see? If I go to the station and stop the car, they'll blast me before I get to the front door. 15:54.540 --> 15:57.540 That's why they're following us so closely. 15:57.540 --> 15:59.540 But they... they have to be crazy. 15:59.540 --> 16:01.540 Yeah, they are crazy. 16:01.540 --> 16:04.540 But if I stop, I'll be dead and they'll still be crazy. 16:04.540 --> 16:06.540 No. No, we gotta lose them. 16:06.540 --> 16:08.540 Then we'll figure out something. 16:08.540 --> 16:10.540 What's going on? 16:19.540 --> 16:20.540 Do you see them? 16:20.540 --> 16:22.540 Uh, no. 16:22.540 --> 16:25.540 Good. I... I think we lost them this time. 16:25.540 --> 16:27.540 What do we do now? 16:27.540 --> 16:30.540 Well, we're almost out of gas. We'd... we'd better stop. 16:30.540 --> 16:32.540 Well, all right. But, uh... 16:32.540 --> 16:33.540 But what? 16:33.540 --> 16:35.540 Oh, call the police. Tell them what's happened. 16:35.540 --> 16:37.540 I intend to, Jenny. 16:37.540 --> 16:39.540 This is pretty open country. I... 16:39.540 --> 16:41.540 I guess we better stop at the first station we see. 16:41.540 --> 16:45.540 I'll... I'll telephone while I... while I fill in the tank. 16:45.540 --> 16:49.540 Well, I... I'm starting to feel a little better. 16:49.540 --> 16:51.540 Yeah, so am I. 16:51.540 --> 16:53.540 Oh, Paul, there's the station. 16:53.540 --> 16:55.540 Yeah, I see it. 17:00.540 --> 17:02.540 What'll it be? 17:02.540 --> 17:03.540 Fill her up, will you? 17:03.540 --> 17:07.540 Yes, sir. 17:09.540 --> 17:11.540 Say, you got changed for a quarter? 17:11.540 --> 17:13.540 Yeah, I think so. 17:14.540 --> 17:16.540 Here. Help yourself. 17:16.540 --> 17:18.540 Okay. 17:18.540 --> 17:21.540 Ten, twenty, twenty-five. 17:21.540 --> 17:22.540 Here's your quarter. 17:22.540 --> 17:23.540 Just drop it. 17:23.540 --> 17:25.540 Right. 17:26.540 --> 17:28.540 Say, where's the phone? 17:28.540 --> 17:29.540 Back to the station. 17:29.540 --> 17:33.540 Thanks a lot. 17:49.540 --> 17:52.540 Operator. Operator, I want the police. 17:52.540 --> 17:54.540 Yes, my name is... 17:54.540 --> 17:56.540 Paul! Paul, they just drove past. 17:56.540 --> 17:57.540 I think they saw the car. 17:57.540 --> 17:58.540 What? 17:58.540 --> 17:59.540 They're driving down the road. 17:59.540 --> 18:01.540 Come on! 18:02.540 --> 18:04.540 It's fourteen already, mister. 18:04.540 --> 18:05.540 I don't think she'll take much more. 18:05.540 --> 18:09.540 Hey, Jenny! Jenny, they're turning around. 18:11.540 --> 18:13.540 Hey, mister, you didn't wait for it. 18:13.540 --> 18:16.540 Hey! Hey! Hey, what are you trying to pull? 18:16.540 --> 18:18.540 Hey! Hey! 18:18.540 --> 18:19.540 How'd they find us? How? 18:19.540 --> 18:20.540 I don't know. I don't know. 18:20.540 --> 18:23.540 Oh, Jenny. Jenny. 18:23.540 --> 18:24.540 Jenny, listen to me. 18:24.540 --> 18:25.540 What is it? 18:25.540 --> 18:27.540 This car isn't fast enough to stay away from them. 18:27.540 --> 18:28.540 Well, then what'll we do? 18:28.540 --> 18:30.540 I'm gonna turn in the first side road we come to, 18:30.540 --> 18:31.540 and then you'll get them out. 18:31.540 --> 18:33.540 No. No, I won't do it. 18:33.540 --> 18:35.540 You got to. You got to. I can't. 18:35.540 --> 18:37.540 I'm not getting out of the car. 18:37.540 --> 18:38.540 Jenny, they'll kill you too. 18:38.540 --> 18:40.540 I don't care. I've been away from you long enough. 18:40.540 --> 18:42.540 All right, then we'll keep going. 18:42.540 --> 18:44.540 Do you know where we are? 18:44.540 --> 18:47.540 Yeah. Yeah, there's no way we can get back to town from here. 18:47.540 --> 18:48.540 It'll be dark soon. 18:48.540 --> 18:49.540 I know that. 18:49.540 --> 18:50.540 Maybe we can get away then. 18:50.540 --> 18:51.540 They'll catch up to us before dark. 18:51.540 --> 18:53.540 They can catch us any time they want to. 18:53.540 --> 18:56.540 Paul. Paul, do you know where we are? 18:56.540 --> 18:57.540 I told you before, Jenny. 18:57.540 --> 18:59.540 No, no. I mean, do you remember the cabin 18:59.540 --> 19:01.540 where we spent a weekend the first winter we were married? 19:01.540 --> 19:02.540 Yeah, why? 19:02.540 --> 19:05.540 Well, it was on a road that turned off this one, wasn't it? 19:05.540 --> 19:07.540 Yeah, I think so. I'm not sure. 19:07.540 --> 19:09.540 We got that cabin for one of the boys. Do you remember? 19:09.540 --> 19:12.540 Yes, but it's better than sitting in the car and waiting for them. 19:12.540 --> 19:14.540 Okay, let's go. 19:14.540 --> 19:16.540 Do you remember what a side road was? 19:16.540 --> 19:19.540 Well, it... pretty soon now I... 19:19.540 --> 19:21.540 just... just past a bridge, I think. 19:21.540 --> 19:22.540 Oh, Jenny, I hope you're right. 19:22.540 --> 19:26.540 Oh, I do too, Paul. I do too. 19:26.540 --> 19:28.540 I do too. 19:51.540 --> 19:52.540 It's locked. 19:52.540 --> 19:54.540 I don't have a key. 19:54.540 --> 19:56.540 I'll kick it in. 19:56.540 --> 19:58.540 Hurry, Paul. I hear them. 19:58.540 --> 20:00.540 Yeah, so do I. Step back, Jenny. 20:05.540 --> 20:07.540 All right, stay away from the windows. 20:07.540 --> 20:09.540 There's enough light yet for them to shoot. 20:09.540 --> 20:11.540 Let's push this table against the door. Come on. 20:11.540 --> 20:13.540 Okay. 20:15.540 --> 20:17.540 Here they are. 20:18.540 --> 20:21.540 Okay, Jenny, you stand over there. 20:21.540 --> 20:24.540 As soon as they come up the steps, I'm going to start shooting. 20:29.540 --> 20:31.540 Maybe... maybe they're afraid. 20:31.540 --> 20:35.540 No, they couldn't be. Because they know I am. 20:35.540 --> 20:37.540 What are they waiting for? 20:37.540 --> 20:40.540 I don't know. They haven't even gotten out of the car yet. 20:40.540 --> 20:42.540 Do they know you have a gun? 20:42.540 --> 20:46.540 No, I... I don't know. I... I don't think so. 20:48.540 --> 20:50.540 I wish they'd do something. 20:50.540 --> 20:52.540 Paul. 20:52.540 --> 20:54.540 What? Wait. 20:55.540 --> 20:57.540 Wait a minute. They're on their way. 21:01.540 --> 21:02.540 Paul. 21:02.540 --> 21:03.540 What? 21:03.540 --> 21:05.540 There's a telephone in the cabin. 21:05.540 --> 21:06.540 Where? 21:06.540 --> 21:09.540 I think it's... it's in that cabinet on your left. 21:09.540 --> 21:11.540 Okay. 21:11.540 --> 21:14.540 Here it is. 21:16.540 --> 21:18.540 Hello? 21:18.540 --> 21:20.540 Hello? 21:20.540 --> 21:22.540 Hello, operator? 21:24.540 --> 21:26.540 It's disconnected. 21:29.540 --> 21:31.540 Did you say it was disconnected? 21:31.540 --> 21:33.540 Either that or they just cut the wire. 21:35.540 --> 21:37.540 Yeah, that's what happened. 21:37.540 --> 21:39.540 They're going to shoot us. 21:39.540 --> 21:41.540 Yeah, that's what happened. 21:41.540 --> 21:43.540 One of them just cut the wires. 21:47.540 --> 21:49.540 Where are they going? 21:49.540 --> 21:50.540 I don't know. 21:50.540 --> 21:53.540 Maybe... maybe they changed their minds, huh? 21:53.540 --> 21:54.540 I doubt it. 21:54.540 --> 21:56.540 Well, then why would they drive away? 21:56.540 --> 21:57.540 They didn't go far. 21:57.540 --> 21:59.540 But why did they go at all? 21:59.540 --> 22:01.540 They're not sure whether I got a gun or not. 22:01.540 --> 22:05.540 If I have one, they know they're asking for it if they rush to cabin. 22:05.540 --> 22:07.540 How long can we stay here? 22:07.540 --> 22:11.540 Jenny... Jenny, we're leaving now. 22:11.540 --> 22:13.540 But you said they're just down the road. 22:13.540 --> 22:14.540 We're going to leave on foot. 22:14.540 --> 22:15.540 What? 22:15.540 --> 22:19.540 Tell me, can you walk much in those shoes you got on? 22:19.540 --> 22:21.540 But guess that the heels are pretty low. 22:21.540 --> 22:22.540 Why? 22:22.540 --> 22:23.540 All right. 22:23.540 --> 22:25.540 We'll head into the woods, go east as far as we can. 22:25.540 --> 22:26.540 We'll sleep out in the open tonight. 22:26.540 --> 22:29.540 Then we'll head for the first house we see when daylight hits. 22:29.540 --> 22:30.540 All right, Paul. 22:30.540 --> 22:32.540 I'm going to go out first. 22:32.540 --> 22:35.540 You follow me in a couple of seconds. 22:35.540 --> 22:37.540 Yes. 22:37.540 --> 22:39.540 Help me with this table in front of the door. 22:39.540 --> 22:41.540 I don't want to slide it. 22:41.540 --> 22:42.540 All right. 22:54.540 --> 22:56.540 It looks clear. 22:56.540 --> 22:58.540 A few seconds, Jenny, remember that. 22:58.540 --> 23:00.540 Then follow me. 23:00.540 --> 23:05.540 I will. 23:09.540 --> 23:10.540 Oh! 23:10.540 --> 23:11.540 Oh! 23:11.540 --> 23:12.540 Oh! 23:12.540 --> 23:13.540 Oh! 23:13.540 --> 23:14.540 Oh! 23:14.540 --> 23:15.540 Oh! 23:15.540 --> 23:16.540 Oh! 23:16.540 --> 23:17.540 Oh! 23:17.540 --> 23:18.540 Oh! 23:18.540 --> 23:19.540 Oh! 23:19.540 --> 23:20.540 They suck at me, Jenny. 23:20.540 --> 23:21.540 They had a guy planted out there. 23:21.540 --> 23:22.540 Oh! 23:22.540 --> 23:23.540 You're bleeding, Paul. 23:23.540 --> 23:24.540 Yeah, I'm hurt. 23:24.540 --> 23:25.540 I'm hurt bad. 23:25.540 --> 23:27.540 We got to try to stop the bleeding. 23:27.540 --> 23:28.540 Try all you want. 23:28.540 --> 23:30.540 Oh, I don't think you can do it. 23:30.540 --> 23:32.540 We've got to try. 23:35.540 --> 23:37.540 They're back to pick up the body. 23:37.540 --> 23:40.540 They're sure going to be disappointed, aren't they? 23:40.540 --> 23:44.540 Oh, Paul, I'm frightened. 23:44.540 --> 23:46.540 I don't know what to do. 23:46.540 --> 23:48.540 I don't know how to help you. 23:48.540 --> 23:50.540 Just stay close to me, Jenny. 23:50.540 --> 23:52.540 Stay close. 23:52.540 --> 23:58.540 I'll think of something. 24:04.540 --> 24:05.540 Paul. 24:05.540 --> 24:07.540 Yeah, Jenny. 24:07.540 --> 24:09.540 Is it...are you... 24:09.540 --> 24:10.540 Yeah. 24:10.540 --> 24:13.540 Yeah, I'm still bleeding. 24:13.540 --> 24:16.540 Let...let me talk to them. 24:16.540 --> 24:18.540 They'll listen to me. 24:18.540 --> 24:19.540 I'm a woman. 24:19.540 --> 24:20.540 You've got to get a doctor. 24:20.540 --> 24:22.540 No, no, Jenny. 24:22.540 --> 24:24.540 That's what they want, don't you understand? 24:24.540 --> 24:27.540 They...they want me to die, and I'm...I'm going to... 24:27.540 --> 24:28.540 Don't say that, Paul. 24:28.540 --> 24:29.540 Don't say that. 24:29.540 --> 24:30.540 It's true, Jenny. 24:30.540 --> 24:31.540 It's true, but... 24:31.540 --> 24:34.540 Well, I'm not going to die alone. 24:34.540 --> 24:36.540 What are you going to do? 24:36.540 --> 24:38.540 They haven't gotten out of the car since they came back. 24:38.540 --> 24:40.540 That means they're all together. 24:40.540 --> 24:43.540 But I've still got four slugs left in the gun. 24:43.540 --> 24:48.540 I'm going to use them. 24:48.540 --> 24:50.540 Get back, Jenny. 24:50.540 --> 24:54.540 I've got to break this window. 24:57.540 --> 25:03.540 You out there, why don't you come in and get me? 25:03.540 --> 25:05.540 All right. 25:05.540 --> 25:29.540 I'll come out and get you. 25:29.540 --> 25:30.540 Easy, Paul. 25:30.540 --> 25:31.540 Take it easy. 25:31.540 --> 25:33.540 You're going to be fine. 25:33.540 --> 25:34.540 Who are you? 25:34.540 --> 25:36.540 Police. 25:36.540 --> 25:37.540 Jenny. 25:37.540 --> 25:39.540 Where's Jenny? 25:39.540 --> 25:41.540 Here I am, darling. 25:41.540 --> 25:44.540 When...when did they get here? 25:44.540 --> 25:46.540 Just after you came out shooting. 25:46.540 --> 25:48.540 How did you find me? 25:48.540 --> 25:52.540 Roger Miller called us after you got the gun from his father. 25:52.540 --> 25:54.540 But how did you know where to look? 25:54.540 --> 25:57.540 You left the receiver off the hook in the service station. 25:57.540 --> 26:01.540 There we checked all the side roads looking for a big gasoline stain 26:01.540 --> 26:04.540 where you might have turned off the main road. 26:04.540 --> 26:05.540 Gasoline? 26:05.540 --> 26:08.540 The attendant was still pumping gas into your car when you drove away. 26:08.540 --> 26:11.540 He never got the chance to replace the cap on your tank. 26:11.540 --> 26:13.540 Oh. 26:13.540 --> 26:16.540 We'll pick it up some other time. 26:16.540 --> 26:18.540 Won't we, Jenny? 26:18.540 --> 26:20.540 Yes, Paul. 26:20.540 --> 26:42.540 We'll pick it up some other time. 26:42.540 --> 26:44.540 Suspense. 26:44.540 --> 26:49.540 Presented by Auto Light. 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