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of Suspense.
Tonight, Auto Light presents the story of a man who tried to learn a lesson the hard
way. He bet his life on the turn of a card. It's called The Card Game. Our star, Mr. Richard
Widmark.
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again to keep you in suspense.
That five dollars?
Yeah, that five dollars.
Me with a little pair of ducks.
Too much for you, eh?
Too much.
What do you say?
I'm mistaken. I thought.
Half to you, Reagan.
And five more.
Bening into my pair of eights, Reagan.
Well, your funeral.
I'll see you, Reagan.
I'll raise you another five.
Call you.
That's three, Reagan.
Three eights.
Yeah, beats me, Larry.
Another day, another dollar.
Let's see what happens.
Excuse me, gentlemen.
You all right, bud?
You want his hand?
Yeah, I'm in.
All right, Reagan.
Huh?
Just a minute.
Yeah, that was kind of tough on you, betting into my three eights with a lousy pair of
queens.
It was a good pair of queens, just not good enough.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, that's the way the game goes, eh?
I know how the game goes, Larry.
Don't look so sad for me.
I'll win it back.
Sure you will.
You weren't thinking of quitting for the night, were you?
Well, as a matter of fact, I was, yeah.
I thought you wanted to play poker.
I did, but I'm broke.
That's enough.
Yeah, you're a real two-bit player, aren't you?
Walk in here with sixty, seventy dollars and figure you'll take us.
You ain't ever going to take no, one, Reagan.
You're just a cheap little two-bit chiseling player.
Yeah, well, let me tell you something.
I'm going to get lucky some night, then I'm going to clean up on a game.
Sure, sure, sure.
Now you go home and dream about a kid.
But what's going to happen to you is just what happens to all cheap boys.
You're not a big time gambler.
You're just a two-bit chiseler.
And don't come back here for a game anymore.
We don't like the way you play.
I knew a man in Bayonne once.
He started out flipping dimes in the morning and he was playing poker.
He'd play dimes in the morning and by midnight he'd been in one crap game and one card game
and he had seventy-five thousand dollars.
But me, it hasn't happened yet.
But someday it will.
But the baby's due in a couple of weeks, Jenny.
You shouldn't be working.
I called your office this morning.
They told me you quit two days ago.
Six jobs in six months, chick.
I didn't want to worry you, Jenny.
I guess I'm just not cut out to be a real estate salesman.
But you don't have to go to work, honey.
Yes, I do.
I have a very special reason.
We haven't got any money.
I'll pay the rent, Jenny.
How?
Well, I can't lose forever.
Chick.
Look, Jenny, if I can just get a stake, I mean a good stake, and get in the right game, I...
Well, I know our luck will change.
You've got to change, chick.
I thought I could change you once.
I even thought you were changing when you told me you'd take a real job and all.
But it's no use.
You're a gambler.
You always will be.
Always waiting for change of luck.
There's just no cure for you.
Oh, honey, we've had better days, lots better days.
Don't say things like that.
Don't you see, no matter what you win or lose, it won't make any difference?
You'll always be wanting a bigger stake, a better game?
Look, I knew a man from Bay Old once who...
I know, I know, I know.
He'd bet $75,000 in one day.
What do you suppose that $75,000 meant to him?
When he had it, it was just another stake.
Well, let's not argue about it, Jenny.
Come on.
I don't want to argue anymore, chick.
I know it's hopeless.
So hopeless that I'm going to divorce you.
Jenny.
No.
Don't put your arms around me, please.
Honey, I just couldn't make it without you.
You'll have to, chick.
I mean it.
But Jenny, what do you think I...
I have to leave pretty soon.
When I come back, I hope you'll have your things packed and moved out of here.
Look, suppose I got another job.
Would that help?
Would it cure you?
Sure, sure it would.
If it's a good job where I could make some money.
Honestly?
Sure.
Or would you take the first paycheck and go out and get into a poker game like you did last night?
Oh, that's just it.
If I can get enough money to get into the right kind of a game, I can make things all right, darling.
You wouldn't have to work or worry about anything.
Chick, I can't do that.
That's why I'm asking you to leave.
But you've gone along with me all this time.
Yes.
Hoping all this time.
But now things are different.
We're going to have a baby, chick.
Don't you understand?
We can't go on this way.
You've got to get a job and keep it and stop gambling.
I'll get us a house, Jen, and some money.
And, well, I've got to have a change of luck.
Change of luck.
Oh, Chick.
Jenny.
I'm right.
All I need is a little luck and I can make it all in one night instead of working 40 years.
Tonight I can make it before Jen leaves me.
I know I can.
If I can just get in the right game.
If I can just figure a way of getting into the right game.
Always like to make clothes for you, Mr. Regan.
No trouble at all with the fitting.
Yeah.
To have some nice wistards and some imported flannels if you'd like to order some today.
Oh, I'm afraid I don't have the time today, but I'll get in as soon as I can.
How much do I owe you for the suit?
That's gone up a little since you were in, Mr. Regan, 300 and tax.
All right.
Just send me the bill.
Sure.
Did you still drive that fancy sports car you bought in Europe?
Oh, yes.
Once you get used to one of those things, you don't want to drive anything else.
So how much does set you back?
$12,000.
Wow.
Well, the prices you charge for a suit, it shouldn't be too much of a joke.
I have overhead, Mr. Regan.
Terrible overhead.
My tailors come pretty high.
$200 a week for a master tailor.
All right.
Well, I'd like to borrow your car, won't you?
Hmm?
Now, how long have I been getting clothes from you?
Off and on, 10 years, I guess.
Well, then don't look at me as though we just met this afternoon.
I'd like to borrow the car for the night.
A favor.
Of course, Mr. Regan.
Here, it's out front.
Thanks.
Thanks a lot.
You're thinking of buying a car just like it, and you want to try it out.
That's it, isn't it?
Well, let's let it stand that way.
When will you be back?
Tomorrow morning, OK?
Anytime's fine.
Wait a minute, Mr. Regan.
Yeah?
I've got to tell you what's on my mind.
What's that?
Well, first, I'll tell you that you'd be surprised the four flushes I've got on my books who couldn't pay $30 for a suit, let alone $300.
I'm remembering that you've always paid me cash.
But I haven't seen you in a year, and today you came in and asked me to send you a bill.
I'm not worried about that.
Well, you're worried about something.
Like I said, it's been a year, and I've heard that things haven't gone so well with you lately, and I'm wondering if a suit and car have something to do with it.
Mr. Regan, you wouldn't do anything foolish, would you?
Walshy, I'll tell you something.
Now, you know that there are some people who are impressed by expensive clothes and fancy cars and all that stuff, and sometimes it's a good idea to impress them.
Now, tell me, does that sound foolish?
The first step.
The next was to sit down and figure how do you get into a big game with no dough?
That one I couldn't figure.
I had an idea, but I had to find out if it would work or not.
I knew one thing.
If you want to win big, you have to take chances.
And I took one when I walked into the bar.
Mr. Regan.
Hello, Harry.
Well, like old times.
Well, let me, Mr. Regan.
Well, let's try your scotch.
Sure.
Haven't seen you around for a long time, Mr. Regan.
I've been out of town, Harry.
Vegas?
Yeah, Vegas.
Where's your suntan?
I stayed indoors.
I guess you did.
Water, soda, what?
Just like that, that's fine.
That's smart.
Only way to take it.
Sandals doing all right here, huh?
In every department.
Out front, behind the front.
You gonna play a little tonight, huh?
No, I don't think so, Harry.
Just stopped by for a drink.
What?
You know about the big game Sato has every night?
Real big.
Yeah, I've heard something about it.
Sure.
Who you trying to kid?
What?
You never in all your life ever came into a joint like this just for a drink.
You're a gambler, Mr. Regan, and there's no cure for it.
Well, hello, Harry.
Oh, good evening, Mr. Sato.
Chick Regan, isn't it?
That's right.
The doorman pointed you out.
He raved about your car.
Pretty nice thing to get around in.
I like it, Jim.
Hey, now I remember.
You do?
Yeah.
You was pit boss for me in one of my places.
You used to call me Mr. Sato.
Did I?
Yeah.
Well, let's say I've changed, Jim.
Okay, let's say that.
Bio-work?
No, no, no, no, thanks.
So fill us up again, will you, Harry?
Sure.
Anything wrong?
Yeah, just wandering about you.
Well, why don't you wander somewhere else?
Real cocky these days, huh, kiddo?
That's all right.
I like that.
It means you got dough.
Say, Chick, the crowd's playing back in there behind those curtains,
but upstairs I have something else going, something special.
Here you are.
Thank you.
We could use another player.
How would you like to come to my office and try it out?
Try out what?
What are you talking about?
A good game for some real partner.
No limit.
Are you inviting me?
I'm inviting you.
Sorry, I just dropped by for a drink.
Well, have it and then come on up.
No, I didn't bring any money.
Thanks, just the same.
Well, your IOU is all right with me, kiddo.
I know you're good for it.
How do you know that?
Well, you've been in the business a long time.
You know what happens to a guy who can't pay his way.
When do you begin?
Right away.
Let's go.
Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Richard Widmark in The Card Game,
tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.
And now, in connection with the Auto Light Family Charity Drawing,
here's another actual interview as recorded in Greenwich, Connecticut.
How do you do, sir, and may I have your name?
Michael Spizzano.
I understand that you just signed up for the Auto Light Family Charity Drawing.
Is that right?
That's right, sir, I have.
And why did you sign up?
Well, our local schools need an addition, and if my name is picked, I'll designate them.
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Thank you.
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And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Richard Wittenmark in Elliot Lewis's presentation of The Card Game,
a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.
It's simple. All you need is the right night, the right game, and the right cards.
Then you sit down and you remember everything you ever learned in every little two-bit game you've ever played, and you do it all just right.
When you're finished, you're on your feet once and for all. You've got a pile, and then you give it up.
And that's the way to be cured.
But you don't know that's why I came here tonight, do you, Sago? You don't know anything.
All right, spread that deck out there. Let's see who deals.
Come on, come on. I'll introduce you to the boys.
Fine, sure.
Boys, hey, this is Chick Reagon.
Oh, hi.
Bill Archer, Chick.
Hello, Bill.
Hi, Lou Humble.
Lou, hi.
Well, make yourself comfortable, Chick.
Thank you.
That's nice to have some fresh blood in the game.
Yeah, take a card.
Hmm?
Oh, sure. Queen.
Three.
Ten.
Well, what do you know? Ace.
You deal.
Oh, here you are, Chick.
That's $10,000 worth of chips.
Is it too steep?
No, no, no, fine.
All right. Hand me up.
Well, good luck, everybody.
That's how I got here. That's how I got into this.
That's why now I look into different faces from the games I'm used to.
These guys aren't kidding.
They're cold about it. Hard.
But if my luck changes, I'll be in business.
I'll have everything we ever wanted in all our lives.
I'll take it to her, I'll show her, and I'll say,
Jenny, Jenny, here it is. I won't gamble anymore.
I'll beat them all, Jenny.
All I need is one hand.
Just that one hand to get me going.
A thousand.
Thousand? Okay for me.
Thousand. Thousand more.
Kind of frisky tonight, aren't you?
You're going to stay in?
I'm in.
You're thousand, and a thousand more.
Here we go again. Six. Queen.
Ace.
Pull it for you, Chick.
Yeah.
I get a king. Ace bet.
Let me check my whole card.
Five hundred.
I'll see another.
I will too.
You can fight it out yourselves. Everybody else out?
Okay, here we go.
Ten with the queen.
Another ace with the ace.
I thought that.
I don't like that guy's run.
Well, what do you know? A king with my king.
Bet the aces?
Thousand.
Here are vases of the pair of kings showing.
I gave up a long time ago.
Jim?
With a pair of kings, I have to see one more card.
Ten for you.
Jack for me.
You still bet?
Ten thousand.
You really mean it.
Ten, huh?
Ten.
Take it.
I'm winning.
It's beginning to happen just the way I hoped it would happen.
There's nothing that can stop me now.
I'll beat them all right off their feet,
because the cards are coming to me, coming to me.
And they can't do anything about it.
In?
You in?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I'm in.
Me too.
Your call.
Pretty aces, pretty jacks.
Two pair, huh?
Yeah.
It's too lucky for me.
I might alone.
What do you say, Chick?
I've got three queens, Jim.
Let's see them.
Three parts in a row, Chick.
You got the whammy on me or something, huh?
Just luck.
Take your money.
Sure.
Hey.
Hey!
Bring us a new deck.
This Reagan's getting too lucky.
That's right, Sando.
Get good and sore.
Fumble around the rest of the night if you want to.
It's okay with me, because the sore you get, the better off I'll be.
And the better it'll be for my wife and my kid.
So keep getting sore.
I like it, Mr. Sando.
I like it.
Good beat.
What time you got?
Five-thirty.
What do you say?
Shall we call it a night?
I'm all for it.
How about one more round?
Chick here's been awfully lucky.
I'd like another crack at him.
Okay, Chick?
Or do you want to cash in?
I'll play one more.
I kind of thought you'd rather walk out.
You thought wrong.
I'm winning.
That's right, kiddo.
You're winning.
Not me.
I've dropped thirteen.
I've had it for tonight.
Me too.
You hear that?
They don't want to play anymore.
Well, in that case, I guess...
How you like to double that pot?
Sure.
Sure, I'll drop in tomorrow.
Right now.
How much you got there?
Forty-two thousand.
I'll cut you.
High card, take all.
I love Jim.
Why don't you shut up?
There you are, Chick.
All or nothing.
High card.
You don't have to do anything.
Let him make up his own mind.
You know, I had an idea.
He came in here tonight to see how far he could go.
I don't know exactly what he had in mind,
but he's been a two-bit player.
I still think he is.
And I might be wrong, but I want to find out.
Are you a two-bit player, Reagan?
Put your chips out, Jim.
Okay.
Pick a card.
You first.
Two.
Eight.
Beat it.
Three.
Well, that's tough.
That's tough.
You play all night and you build up a nice hall,
and it all goes on one card.
That's tough, Chick.
But better luck next time.
You ain't a two-bit player.
No hard fees.
No.
I'm not even a one-bit player, Jim.
Huh?
My IOU is no good.
Well...
But that car of yours...
It isn't my car.
I haven't got a dime, Santa.
I've been playing with your money all night.
And you was going to walk out of here with it?
Huh?
Yeah.
You hear that?
I heard.
Yeah.
Sorry, Chick.
You knew what you were doing.
Harry, get the door.
I don't want to remember what they did to me.
But I'm going to as much as I can.
I woke up in the morning.
I was lying in a ditch next to a highway outside of town.
No one had given me a lift because of the way I looked.
But somehow I got home.
And Jenny was gone.
And that's really what finished it for me.
They'd taken her to the hospital while I was with Santa.
And Jenny had had our baby.
Jenny...
Jenny, darling.
Chick, what happened to you?
I'm all right, honey.
What about you?
I told you.
I told you I'm fine.
And our baby boy is fine, but your face...
Who did this to you?
Who were they?
Some people I tried to steal from, Jenny.
What?
I got in that one game I've always been talking about.
I had it.
I had it all for us, enough for a house, enough for the kid.
You were right, honey.
It was just another stake so I could try for something bigger.
I lost it all, Jenny.
And I lost it while you were here having the baby.
Chick...
Well, I learned my lesson.
This time I'm cured.
No more gambling.
Chick, are you sure?
I'm sure, darling.
Will you take me back?
Yes, darling.
Then I won, didn't I?
Yes, darling.
You won.
Suspense.
Presented by Auto Light. Tonight's star, Mr. Richard Widmark.
This is Harlow Wilcox reminding you that there's only a few days left
to sign up for the Auto Light family charity drawing.
Only a few days left to name your favorite local or national recognized charity
to receive thousands of dollars in cash.
To enter the drawing is as simple as this.
Listen to an interview recorded in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
This gentleman just signed for the drawing here at Murphy Brothers.
May I have your name, sir?
John Grenette.
When you entered, just what did you have to do?
All I did was sign my name and the address.
Did you have to buy anything or try anything?
Not a thing. Just fill out a form.
Well, thank you very much and the best of luck.
You're welcome.
So don't wait any longer to sign up in the Auto Light family charity drawing.
You may be one of 25 persons selected and you may have the great satisfaction
of designating your favorite charity to receive a big share in $100,000.
Visit any or all of these car dealers.
DeSoto, Hudson, Plymouth, Studebaker, Dodge, Willis, Nash, Packard, Kaiser, or Chrysler.
Do it tomorrow, sure.
Music
Next week, the true story of a man who alone was responsible
for most of the methods of police detection in use today.
It's called the Bertillon Method.
Our star, Mr. Charles Boyer.
That's next week on Suspense.
Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis
with music composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Lud Bluskin.
The card game was written for Suspense by E. Jack Newman.
In tonight's story, Kathy Lewis was heard as Jenny.
Featured in the cast were Jay Novello, Hi Aberback,
Clayton Post, Eddie Fields, Lou Krugman, and Joe Granby.
Richard Widmark may currently be seen in the 20th Century Fox production,
Hell and High Water, in Cinemascope and Technicolor.
And remember next week, Mr. Charles Boyer in the Bertillon Method.
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