WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:16.000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:16.000 --> 00:24.040 Tonight, the story of a woman, a most attractive woman, who learns to her discomfort that even 00:24.040 --> 00:26.960 the smallest of arguments could lead to her death. 00:26.960 --> 00:32.040 So now with Virginia Gregg as Mrs. Russell and Vic Perrin as Henry, here is tonight's 00:32.040 --> 00:36.960 Suspense play, Goodnight Mrs. Russell. 00:36.960 --> 00:43.920 There's no escaping now. 00:43.920 --> 00:48.960 He hasn't said a word for ten minutes. 00:48.960 --> 00:53.920 I know he's turning over in his mind how he's going to kill me. 00:53.920 --> 00:55.920 It's almost dawn now. 00:55.920 --> 01:01.960 In a little while, the milkman and the paper boys will be making their rounds. 01:01.960 --> 01:10.960 I'll be dead. 01:10.960 --> 01:13.960 The cafe was just half a block away from where I worked. 01:13.960 --> 01:18.960 It was a small, pleasant little place, spotlessly clean with a large plate glass window on the 01:18.960 --> 01:19.960 sidewalk. 01:19.960 --> 01:23.920 There was always a beautiful looking roast turkey and a juicy baked ham in the window 01:23.920 --> 01:29.160 and you could watch Henry carve off succulent pieces of meat and arrange them into neat sandwiches 01:29.160 --> 01:32.320 with an olive and a dab of potato salad on the plate. 01:32.320 --> 01:36.080 Every noon, all of us who worked in the Hillmar building would go there for lunch. 01:36.080 --> 01:41.280 We crowded in on the high stools and jabbered as women do while Henry patiently served us 01:41.280 --> 01:43.520 and put up with our female chatter. 01:43.520 --> 01:45.320 He was always the only one there. 01:45.320 --> 01:46.320 How are you today, ma'am? 01:46.320 --> 01:48.160 Oh, I'm fine, thank you, Henry. 01:48.160 --> 01:54.400 I think I'll have some of your nice baked ham and, and... 01:54.400 --> 01:57.400 Yes, ma'am, coming up. 01:57.400 --> 02:00.600 He was always especially nice to me. 02:00.600 --> 02:04.920 I suppose that was because I'm, well, a little older than the others. 02:04.920 --> 02:07.560 The other girls were all quite young and very cute. 02:07.560 --> 02:11.160 Henry always seemed uncomfortable a little with them. 02:11.160 --> 02:13.160 Yes, ma'am, coffee? 02:13.160 --> 02:16.720 Yes, please, and I believe I'll have some of your cheering pie. 02:16.720 --> 02:18.280 You're an excellent cook, Henry. 02:18.280 --> 02:19.280 Thank you, ma'am. 02:19.280 --> 02:22.280 I'm glad you think so. 02:22.280 --> 02:26.280 Twenty, fifteen, thirty... 02:26.280 --> 02:34.760 Perhaps I should have realized then, at a moment like that, he'd been in the middle of adding 02:34.760 --> 02:39.280 up my check when he stopped and stood very still and looked out of the corner of his 02:39.280 --> 02:43.680 eye with his head cocked on one side as though he were listening to something. 02:43.680 --> 02:47.800 His expression was a little horrified. 02:47.800 --> 02:52.480 I thought maybe he'd heard a sound that meant something to him, you know, like the refrigerator 02:52.480 --> 02:54.040 out of order or something. 02:54.040 --> 02:59.720 Then all of a sudden he shook his head and brushed away whatever it was he had heard. 02:59.720 --> 03:03.760 Twenty and fifteen, thirty-five and forty-five. 03:03.760 --> 03:05.760 You should try one of my dinners sometime, ma'am. 03:05.760 --> 03:07.760 Henry, how about some service? 03:07.760 --> 03:10.760 We only have a few minutes, Henry. 03:10.760 --> 03:12.800 Excuse me, ma'am. 03:12.800 --> 03:14.920 That was Henry. 03:14.920 --> 03:17.920 Oh, one other thing. 03:17.920 --> 03:20.920 Funny, but Henry never laughed. 03:20.920 --> 03:30.920 Perhaps I should have realized about him because of that, but I didn't. 03:30.920 --> 03:36.320 He was so nice and clean and polite, I rather liked him. 03:36.320 --> 03:40.520 As a rule, I make my own dinner in the apartment, but one night I had to work quite late at 03:40.520 --> 03:44.120 the office and I decided to stop by Henry's and get a bite before catching the street 03:44.120 --> 03:45.120 car home. 03:45.120 --> 03:52.120 Ever since my husband died, I've felt just a little uneasy on the streets alone at night. 03:52.120 --> 03:55.600 I was glad to see the bright light in Henry's little cafe down the block. 03:55.600 --> 03:59.760 Henry was alone inside and I could see him fussing around cleaning up the place. 03:59.760 --> 04:02.760 He didn't hear me approaching. 04:02.760 --> 04:04.760 Oh, you. 04:04.760 --> 04:07.880 You frightened me, ma'am. 04:07.880 --> 04:08.880 I didn't hear you coming. 04:08.880 --> 04:11.760 I just thought I'd try one of your dinners tonight, Henry. 04:11.760 --> 04:12.760 You mentioned it the other day. 04:12.760 --> 04:13.760 Yes, I know. 04:13.760 --> 04:16.760 Sit down, won't you, ma'am? 04:16.760 --> 04:18.760 You weren't closing or anything? 04:18.760 --> 04:20.040 No, no, not at all. 04:20.040 --> 04:21.040 What would you like? 04:21.040 --> 04:25.680 Oh, I'll try your number four dinner. 04:25.680 --> 04:26.680 Number four, yes, ma'am. 04:26.680 --> 04:31.680 He seemed rather frightened about something or suspicious. 04:31.680 --> 04:33.680 Yes, that was it. 04:33.680 --> 04:36.840 He seemed suspicious about something, I thought. 04:36.840 --> 04:40.560 I wanted to help him somehow, but I didn't want to butt in. 04:40.560 --> 04:43.840 This is the first time you've ever been by here at night, ma'am. 04:43.840 --> 04:44.840 Yes. 04:44.840 --> 04:45.840 I had to work late tonight, Henry. 04:45.840 --> 04:48.040 Didn't want to go home without dinner, you know. 04:48.040 --> 04:49.040 I see. 04:49.040 --> 04:51.040 Is something wrong, Henry? 04:51.040 --> 04:56.080 No, no, I'll get the rest of your dinner. 04:56.080 --> 05:00.800 Mm, delicious soup. 05:00.800 --> 05:03.120 Thank you, ma'am. 05:03.120 --> 05:04.760 You don't often work late, do you? 05:04.760 --> 05:05.760 No, I don't. 05:05.760 --> 05:09.720 This is the first time, in fact, my boss asked me to stay late to touch some lettuce. 05:09.720 --> 05:10.720 I know. 05:10.720 --> 05:11.720 You work in the Hillmar Building. 05:11.720 --> 05:12.720 Yes, I do. 05:12.720 --> 05:13.720 How do you... 05:13.720 --> 05:14.720 I know lots of things, ma'am. 05:14.720 --> 05:27.720 This is a good dinner, Henry. 05:27.720 --> 05:32.920 I, uh, I guess I'm not as hungry as I thought I was. 05:32.920 --> 05:35.680 I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave some of it. 05:35.680 --> 05:36.960 I thought you liked my cooking. 05:36.960 --> 05:38.440 You said so just the other day. 05:38.440 --> 05:39.440 Oh, I do. 05:39.440 --> 05:40.880 I think you're a grand cook, Henry. 05:40.880 --> 05:43.080 It's just that I'm not hungry tonight. 05:43.080 --> 05:44.440 I waited too long to eat, I guess. 05:44.440 --> 05:46.240 You don't have to make excuses, ma'am. 05:46.240 --> 05:48.240 If you didn't like it, just say so. 05:48.240 --> 05:49.240 No, I mean it. 05:49.240 --> 05:51.240 Your food is wonderful, Henry. 05:51.240 --> 05:53.800 If it weren't, I wouldn't have come here. 05:53.800 --> 05:54.800 Wouldn't you? 05:54.800 --> 05:55.800 No. 05:55.800 --> 05:59.640 Now, could I have my check, please, Henry? 05:59.640 --> 06:00.640 Ninety-five cents, ma'am. 06:00.640 --> 06:01.640 All right. 06:01.640 --> 06:02.640 There you are, Henry. 06:02.640 --> 06:03.640 You may keep the change. 06:03.640 --> 06:05.840 I'd rather not, ma'am. 06:05.840 --> 06:06.840 Yes. 06:06.840 --> 06:07.840 Very well. 06:07.840 --> 06:08.840 Good night, Henry. 06:08.840 --> 06:09.840 Ma'am? 06:09.840 --> 06:10.840 Yes? 06:10.840 --> 06:15.840 Next time you come, I'll have something you like. 06:15.840 --> 06:18.840 But I did like... 06:18.840 --> 06:21.840 Oh, good night, Henry. 06:21.840 --> 06:24.840 Good night, Mrs. Russell. 06:24.840 --> 06:31.840 It was good food, but I felt rather ill at ease in there for some reason. 06:31.840 --> 06:34.840 That's why I couldn't eat. 06:34.840 --> 06:38.840 I decided not to go back there alone. 06:38.840 --> 06:44.560 It was rather hard to talk to Henry, and I didn't go back alone. 06:44.560 --> 06:47.760 That is, not for three weeks. 06:47.760 --> 06:55.680 I should never have gone back. 06:55.680 --> 06:59.680 We all continued to have our lunch there, and Henry was the same quiet, polite young 06:59.680 --> 07:00.680 man. 07:00.680 --> 07:05.400 Gradually, I came to feel that that odd business in the cafe that night had just been all my 07:05.400 --> 07:06.400 imagination. 07:06.400 --> 07:10.880 Then came tonight. 07:10.880 --> 07:19.080 I had to work late and again, and for the last time, I went to Henry. 07:19.080 --> 07:25.920 Hello, Henry. 07:25.920 --> 07:28.320 You've decided to try me again, I see. 07:28.320 --> 07:30.880 Why, Henry, I've been eating here every day. 07:30.880 --> 07:31.880 Not at night. 07:31.880 --> 07:32.880 What's the difference? 07:32.880 --> 07:34.320 In the daytime, you're always with your friends. 07:34.320 --> 07:36.520 I like to eat with my friends. 07:36.520 --> 07:38.920 Now let's have no more of this silly talk, Henry. 07:38.920 --> 07:40.960 How about one of your wonderful dinners? 07:40.960 --> 07:42.920 I promise to eat all of it tonight. 07:42.920 --> 07:44.960 All right, ma'am. 07:44.960 --> 07:45.960 Which one? 07:45.960 --> 07:47.720 I'll try the number four again, please. 07:47.720 --> 07:50.440 I think that way I can convince you I really like it. 07:50.440 --> 07:51.440 Why? 07:51.440 --> 07:52.440 Why? 07:52.440 --> 07:56.440 Oh, because I think four is lucky, don't you? 07:56.440 --> 07:59.320 All right, ma'am, it's all ready. 07:59.320 --> 08:02.160 You don't have many customers at night, do you, Henry? 08:02.160 --> 08:03.160 No, ma'am, not many. 08:03.160 --> 08:04.160 I'm surprised you stay open. 08:04.160 --> 08:05.160 Are you? 08:05.160 --> 08:06.160 There you are. 08:06.160 --> 08:07.160 I hope you... 08:07.160 --> 08:08.160 I hope... 08:08.160 --> 08:09.160 Oh, what is it, Henry? 08:09.160 --> 08:10.160 You seem to be listening for something. 08:10.160 --> 08:11.160 Is there a... 08:11.160 --> 08:12.160 Are you enjoying your dinner? 08:12.160 --> 08:13.160 Henry, I hate to sound like I'm prying. 08:13.160 --> 08:14.160 I know it isn't my business at all, but I think something's wrong. 08:14.160 --> 08:15.160 I'm sorry. 08:15.160 --> 08:16.160 I'm sorry. 08:16.160 --> 08:17.160 I'm sorry. 08:17.160 --> 08:18.160 I'm sorry. 08:18.160 --> 08:19.160 I'm sorry. 08:19.160 --> 08:20.160 I'm sorry. 08:20.160 --> 08:21.160 I'm sorry. 08:21.160 --> 08:22.160 I'm sorry. 08:22.160 --> 08:23.160 I'm sorry. 08:23.160 --> 08:24.160 I'm sorry. 08:24.160 --> 08:25.160 I'm sorry. 08:25.160 --> 08:26.160 I'm sorry. 08:26.160 --> 08:27.620 I think something's bothering you. 08:27.620 --> 08:28.620 Do you? 08:28.620 --> 08:29.620 Yes, there... 08:29.620 --> 08:33.380 There isn't any way I can help, is there? 08:33.380 --> 08:36.380 Nothing's bothering me, ma'am. 08:36.380 --> 08:38.020 Yes. 08:38.020 --> 08:43.460 You know, I had a son like you. 08:43.460 --> 08:44.460 Did you? 08:44.460 --> 08:47.100 He was in the army, killed in the war. 08:47.100 --> 08:48.760 He was very much like you. 08:48.760 --> 08:49.760 I see. 08:49.760 --> 08:51.740 That left me all alone in the world. 08:51.740 --> 08:54.020 My husband Leonard died four years before. 08:54.020 --> 08:56.020 He was a wonderful man. 08:56.020 --> 08:58.020 Everyone admired him. 08:58.020 --> 09:00.020 The contractor, you know. 09:00.020 --> 09:09.020 I began to notice that as I talked away about my family and everything, he became very quiet. 09:09.020 --> 09:16.020 He sat down on the cooler back of the counter and just watched me, his face absolutely blank. 09:16.020 --> 09:19.020 I couldn't tell what he was thinking. 09:19.020 --> 09:22.020 I was getting uneasy again. 09:22.020 --> 09:26.020 I just about decided to make up an excuse to pay my bill and leave. 09:26.020 --> 09:28.020 It was getting quite late. 09:28.020 --> 09:36.020 When my head began to feel heavy, and I began to feel sick, strange. 09:36.020 --> 09:38.020 Mrs. Russell? 09:38.020 --> 09:41.020 Henry, I feel ill. 09:41.020 --> 09:45.020 Henry, I'm... I'm awfully dizzy. 09:45.020 --> 09:48.020 I don't think I can... 09:48.020 --> 09:50.020 Henry? 09:50.020 --> 09:51.020 Can't you hear me? 09:51.020 --> 09:55.020 I believe I'm going... going to faint. 09:55.020 --> 09:59.020 Perhaps you'd better help. 09:59.020 --> 10:02.020 Did you do something? 10:02.020 --> 10:22.020 Good night, Mrs. Russell. 10:22.020 --> 10:25.020 You are listening to Good Night Mrs. Russell. 10:25.020 --> 10:39.020 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of frills, Suspense. 10:39.020 --> 10:47.020 A one-man crime wave comes to an abrupt end when the FBI swings into action in an exciting tale tomorrow night on CBS radio. 10:47.020 --> 10:51.020 The G-men break up the gentleman friend racket in brisk, efficient style. 10:51.020 --> 10:57.020 Listen to your FBI in Peace and War tomorrow night on most of these same stations. 10:57.020 --> 11:06.020 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Virginia Gregg and Vic Perrin in tonight's production of Good Night Mrs. Russell. 11:06.020 --> 11:19.020 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 11:19.020 --> 11:22.020 I don't know how long I was unconscious. 11:22.020 --> 11:25.020 It seemed just for a moment. 11:25.020 --> 11:29.020 A moment crowded with horrible nightmares and dreadful sounds. 11:29.020 --> 11:32.020 I remembered hearing a woman screaming. 11:32.020 --> 11:34.020 Screaming and crying horribly. 11:34.020 --> 11:36.020 It was ghastly. 11:36.020 --> 11:39.020 I must have been unconscious several hours. 11:39.020 --> 11:43.020 And when I opened my eyes, it was dark. 11:43.020 --> 11:45.020 Pitch dark. 11:45.020 --> 11:47.020 A clock was ticking somewhere. 11:47.020 --> 11:52.020 And I realized that the screaming woman had been me. 11:52.020 --> 11:58.020 Is anyone here? 11:58.020 --> 12:01.020 Where else? 12:01.020 --> 12:04.020 I'm tied up. 12:04.020 --> 12:07.020 Who's there? 12:07.020 --> 12:09.020 Jim? 12:09.020 --> 12:11.020 Can anyone hear me? 12:11.020 --> 12:13.020 Help. 12:13.020 --> 12:15.020 Help! 12:15.020 --> 12:18.020 Help! 12:18.020 --> 12:21.020 Where am I? 12:21.020 --> 12:28.020 You're in my room Mrs. Russell. 12:28.020 --> 12:30.020 It was Henry. 12:30.020 --> 12:32.020 Where was he? 12:32.020 --> 12:34.020 The room was black as night. 12:34.020 --> 12:36.020 I could see nothing. 12:36.020 --> 12:38.020 What was I doing here? 12:38.020 --> 12:39.020 Why was I tied up? 12:39.020 --> 12:41.020 How did I get here? 12:41.020 --> 12:44.020 I remembered nothing after, after feeling 12:44.020 --> 12:47.020 dizzy and... 12:47.020 --> 12:50.020 So that was it. 12:50.020 --> 12:53.020 You put something in my food, didn't you Henry? 12:53.020 --> 12:55.020 Yes I did Mrs. Russell. 12:55.020 --> 12:57.020 I didn't want to kill you at the cafe you see. 12:57.020 --> 12:59.020 Kill me? 12:59.020 --> 13:01.020 Yes Mrs. Russell, dead. 13:01.020 --> 13:04.020 Why Henry? Why? 13:04.020 --> 13:05.020 Because you're my enemy. 13:05.020 --> 13:06.020 You and all the others. 13:06.020 --> 13:08.020 You're enemy? 13:08.020 --> 13:10.020 I like you Henry. I've always liked you. 13:10.020 --> 13:11.020 Don't lie Mrs. Russell. 13:11.020 --> 13:13.020 You thought I didn't know, didn't you? 13:13.020 --> 13:15.020 I thought I didn't know what you were up to. 13:15.020 --> 13:16.020 What I was up to? 13:16.020 --> 13:19.020 Planning to kill me. Night after night I've heard you, all of you. 13:19.020 --> 13:21.020 Outside my window, whispering. 13:21.020 --> 13:24.020 Whispering and talking about how you were going to kill me. 13:24.020 --> 13:28.020 Didn't you know I could hear you? 13:28.020 --> 13:30.020 You're insane! 13:30.020 --> 13:34.020 Oh no, I'm smart Mrs. Russell and you know it. 13:34.020 --> 13:38.020 That's why all of you planned to kill me, to get rid of me. 13:38.020 --> 13:41.020 Just lucky I found out you were one of them. 13:41.020 --> 13:44.020 You'll be the first to die Mrs. Russell and you're going to die slowly. 13:44.020 --> 13:47.020 In the dark. 13:47.020 --> 13:51.020 How do you like that Mrs. Russell? 13:51.020 --> 13:57.020 Be quiet Mrs. Russell or I'll have to beat you up before I kill you. 13:57.020 --> 14:00.020 I tried to make myself think. 14:00.020 --> 14:05.020 I remembered you're supposed to humor people that are like Henry. 14:05.020 --> 14:07.020 I tried to control myself. 14:07.020 --> 14:12.020 No one can hear you, no one even knows you're here. 14:12.020 --> 14:15.020 They're not going to untie you either. 14:15.020 --> 14:18.020 Not until you're dead. 14:18.020 --> 14:22.020 Henry, I'm just, I'm only... 14:22.020 --> 14:27.020 You'll lie here in the dark and listen to the alarm clock for half an hour. 14:27.020 --> 14:29.020 Just half an hour Mrs. Russell. 14:29.020 --> 14:31.020 And then I'll kill you. 14:31.020 --> 14:35.020 You see I want you to suffer, like you've made me suffer. 14:35.020 --> 14:40.020 Henry, I'm just an ordinary woman. 14:40.020 --> 14:44.020 Just, how can you think these things about me? 14:44.020 --> 14:48.020 Oh come now Mrs. Russell, I'm smart enough to see through those remarks you made. 14:48.020 --> 14:49.020 Remarks? 14:49.020 --> 14:54.020 Always talking about what a good cook I was, as if you felt I wasn't a man. 14:54.020 --> 14:55.020 I know what you're thinking. 14:55.020 --> 14:58.020 Henry, I didn't mean anything of the sort. 14:58.020 --> 14:59.020 I really meant... 14:59.020 --> 15:03.020 Men rubbing it in about your precious son in the army, rubbing it in and torturing... 15:03.020 --> 15:06.020 Henry, all those things, they were your imagination. 15:06.020 --> 15:08.020 I didn't mean them that way at all. 15:08.020 --> 15:10.020 You're like all the rest. 15:10.020 --> 15:14.020 I'm too smart for you and you know it, so you want to kill me. 15:14.020 --> 15:18.020 I'm a dangerous enemy Mrs. Russell. 15:18.020 --> 15:24.020 How long have I got to live, Henry? 15:24.020 --> 15:26.020 Half hour, I don't know. 15:26.020 --> 15:33.020 The alarm will ring, then I'll kill you. 15:33.020 --> 15:35.020 I was resigned to it then. 15:35.020 --> 15:38.020 It seemed so hopeless. 15:38.020 --> 15:44.020 But then I thought, if I could just get him to turn on the light, I might see a way out. 15:44.020 --> 15:48.020 It was a forlorn hope, but I tried it. 15:48.020 --> 15:51.020 Henry? 15:51.020 --> 15:54.020 Henry? 15:54.020 --> 15:58.020 How do you know you set the clock right? 15:58.020 --> 15:59.020 Henry? 15:59.020 --> 16:00.020 I heard you. 16:00.020 --> 16:01.020 You didn't answer, I thought... 16:01.020 --> 16:04.020 You thought you could get me to turn on the light. 16:04.020 --> 16:08.020 Sorry Mrs. Russell. 16:08.020 --> 16:15.020 Henry, you're torturing yourself more than you are me, Henry. 16:15.020 --> 16:17.020 Do you know that? 16:17.020 --> 16:18.020 What do you mean? 16:18.020 --> 16:22.020 You don't know when the alarm's going to ring either. 16:22.020 --> 16:27.020 You must be sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to hear it. 16:27.020 --> 16:30.020 Aren't you? 16:30.020 --> 16:36.020 You see, when it rings, I know that I'll have to die. 16:36.020 --> 16:41.020 But you know that you'll have to commit a terrible crime. 16:41.020 --> 16:42.020 Murder, Henry. 16:42.020 --> 16:43.020 Shut up. 16:43.020 --> 16:44.020 It is true then, isn't it? 16:44.020 --> 16:45.020 You're... 16:45.020 --> 16:47.020 You can't trick me into turning on the light. 16:47.020 --> 16:49.020 I'm too smart for that. 16:49.020 --> 17:10.020 You're going to suffer in the dark, as I have. 17:10.020 --> 17:16.020 I decided to turn on the light, Mrs. Russell. 17:16.020 --> 17:21.020 At first I was blinded, after having been in the dark so long. 17:21.020 --> 17:23.020 Then I saw his hands. 17:23.020 --> 17:26.020 They were long and slim and brown. 17:26.020 --> 17:29.020 Blue veins stood out on the backs of them. 17:29.020 --> 17:31.020 I looked up at him. 17:31.020 --> 17:34.020 He was just staring at me. 17:34.020 --> 17:40.020 Then he picked up the alarm clock and looked at it. 17:40.020 --> 17:42.020 Ten minutes to three, Mrs. Russell. 17:42.020 --> 17:45.020 You have ten minutes to live. 17:45.020 --> 17:47.020 Can you wait? 17:47.020 --> 17:50.020 It was a tiny, neat living room. 17:50.020 --> 17:51.020 I was on a couch. 17:51.020 --> 17:53.020 The shades were down. 17:53.020 --> 17:55.020 There was no phone. 17:55.020 --> 17:59.020 The front door might be unlocked. 17:59.020 --> 18:01.020 It might be. 18:01.020 --> 18:05.020 I can wait, Henry. 18:05.020 --> 18:07.020 Eight minutes now. 18:07.020 --> 18:10.020 The hands were racing each other around the face of the clock. 18:10.020 --> 18:13.020 But if I could just get untied now, 18:13.020 --> 18:15.020 there'd be a chance. 18:15.020 --> 18:17.020 I'd have to be careful. 18:17.020 --> 18:18.020 But quick, quick. 18:18.020 --> 18:21.020 Five minutes, Mrs. Russell. 18:21.020 --> 18:27.020 Henry, what are those things trapped to that board over there on the wall? 18:27.020 --> 18:28.020 Oh, that's my collection. 18:28.020 --> 18:29.020 A collection? 18:29.020 --> 18:30.020 Match folders. 18:30.020 --> 18:32.020 Oh, do you collect match folders? 18:32.020 --> 18:34.020 Oh, yes. 18:34.020 --> 18:36.020 I'll show them to you. 18:36.020 --> 18:40.020 I held my breath as he took them down off the wall. 18:40.020 --> 18:43.020 The clock would only stand still for five minutes. 18:43.020 --> 18:44.020 Yes. 18:44.020 --> 18:46.020 See? 18:46.020 --> 18:48.020 I have folders from all the famous night spots here. 18:48.020 --> 18:52.020 Searo's and the store club in 21. 18:52.020 --> 18:55.020 Bet you didn't think I'd been to all those places, did you? 18:55.020 --> 18:56.020 Oh, I know. 18:56.020 --> 18:57.020 Have you, Henry? 18:57.020 --> 18:58.020 Sure. 18:58.020 --> 18:59.020 Lots of times. 18:59.020 --> 19:00.020 People would never believe me. 19:00.020 --> 19:01.020 That's why I have these. 19:01.020 --> 19:04.020 They're lovely, Henry. 19:04.020 --> 19:06.020 Yes. 19:06.020 --> 19:11.020 Henry, my arms and legs are numb from being tied up like this. 19:11.020 --> 19:12.020 Could you? 19:12.020 --> 19:15.020 No. 19:15.020 --> 19:17.020 I want you not to get tricky, Mrs. Russell. 19:17.020 --> 19:23.020 I just wanted you to loosen my hands so I could look at your collection. 19:23.020 --> 19:31.020 Well, just your hands. 19:31.020 --> 19:34.020 He'd forgotten about everything but his collection for the moment. 19:34.020 --> 19:38.020 But that alarm would go off any second and that would remind him. 19:38.020 --> 19:45.020 As he untied my hands, my eyes fell on a large jade bookend beside the couch. 19:45.020 --> 19:47.020 There. 19:47.020 --> 19:49.020 Now be careful, Mrs. Russell. 19:49.020 --> 19:52.020 You just wanted to see my collection, remember? 19:52.020 --> 19:53.020 Yes, Henry. 19:53.020 --> 19:55.020 Show it to me. 19:55.020 --> 19:57.020 Now, see this one? 19:57.020 --> 19:59.020 It's from the Coconut Grove. 19:59.020 --> 20:01.020 Yes, Henry. 20:01.020 --> 20:04.020 I let my hands deal along the couch toward the bookend. 20:04.020 --> 20:05.020 Isn't this beautiful? 20:05.020 --> 20:06.020 Yes, it is, Henry. 20:06.020 --> 20:07.020 You're not paying attention. 20:07.020 --> 20:08.020 Oh, yes, I am. 20:08.020 --> 20:09.020 Look. 20:09.020 --> 20:11.020 I had it in my hands now. 20:11.020 --> 20:13.020 Good. 20:13.020 --> 20:22.020 Oh! 20:22.020 --> 20:24.020 I don't even remember doing it. 20:24.020 --> 20:29.020 But somehow I'd gotten the bindings off my feet and I was outside in the night. 20:29.020 --> 20:31.020 He'd been telling the truth. 20:31.020 --> 20:33.020 His house was the only one on that block. 20:33.020 --> 20:35.020 I ran as hard as I could. 20:35.020 --> 20:38.020 I didn't even think about direction, just ran. 20:38.020 --> 20:41.020 I knew he'd come too in a minute and I had to get out of sight. 20:41.020 --> 20:46.020 I'm not used to such exercise and my heart was pounding so hard it ached. 20:46.020 --> 20:51.020 In the middle of the next block, I stopped for a moment and leaned against a tree to breathe. 20:51.020 --> 20:58.020 Then I looked back and I saw him. 20:58.020 --> 21:00.020 I could see him beneath the streetlamps. 21:00.020 --> 21:03.020 He stopped, not knowing which way I'd gone. 21:03.020 --> 21:04.020 He was wild. 21:04.020 --> 21:06.020 His mouth was hanging open loosely. 21:06.020 --> 21:09.020 I shrank back further in the shadows and prayed he'd go the other way. 21:09.020 --> 21:10.020 He didn't. 21:10.020 --> 21:17.020 He started walking rapidly again in my direction. 21:17.020 --> 21:20.020 There was a house on this block, a big rambling place. 21:20.020 --> 21:25.020 It was after 3 a.m. and the people would be asleep but I knew I could run no farther. 21:25.020 --> 21:27.020 Help! 21:27.020 --> 21:30.020 Let me in, please! 21:30.020 --> 21:34.020 Oh, please, open the door! Open the... 21:34.020 --> 21:39.020 Then I saw the note pinned to the door. 21:39.020 --> 21:44.020 It said, no milk for 10 days. 21:44.020 --> 22:00.020 I could hear Henry's footsteps down the street and I knew he must have heard me. 22:00.020 --> 22:03.020 My heart felt as though it would burst. 22:03.020 --> 22:06.020 The street was deserted. 22:06.020 --> 22:08.020 And then I heard a car approaching. 22:08.020 --> 22:10.020 It was a block away. 22:10.020 --> 22:12.020 I ran up in the street and waved my arms. 22:12.020 --> 22:15.020 Help! Oh, help me! 22:15.020 --> 22:19.020 Stop, please! Oh, please, stop! 22:19.020 --> 22:22.020 Stop! 22:22.020 --> 22:24.020 Stop! 22:24.020 --> 22:27.020 Stop! 22:27.020 --> 22:29.020 Hello, Mrs. Russell. 22:29.020 --> 22:30.020 Henry! 22:30.020 --> 22:32.020 Come on, Mrs. Russell. 22:32.020 --> 22:34.020 Come on! 22:34.020 --> 22:49.020 We're going home again, Mrs. Russell. 22:49.020 --> 22:52.020 There's no escaping now. 22:52.020 --> 22:56.020 He hasn't said a word for 10 minutes. 22:56.020 --> 23:01.020 I know he's turning over in his mind how he's going to kill me. 23:01.020 --> 23:05.020 It's almost dawn now. 23:05.020 --> 23:11.020 In a little while, the milkman and the paper boys will be making their rounds. 23:11.020 --> 23:19.020 I'll be dead. 23:19.020 --> 23:21.020 You shouldn't have tried to get away, Mrs. Russell. 23:21.020 --> 23:23.020 You made me very angry. 23:23.020 --> 23:24.020 I know. 23:24.020 --> 23:27.020 You shouldn't have hit me either. 23:27.020 --> 23:29.020 You were even smarter than I thought, Mrs. Russell. 23:29.020 --> 23:31.020 You almost made it. 23:31.020 --> 23:34.020 But you weren't smart enough, were you? 23:34.020 --> 23:38.020 If you're going to kill me, Henry, please do it. 23:38.020 --> 23:40.020 Haven't you tortured me enough? 23:40.020 --> 23:42.020 You see? 23:42.020 --> 23:45.020 It just didn't do you any good to be my enemy, did it? 23:45.020 --> 23:47.020 I don't like to kill you, but I have to. 23:47.020 --> 23:52.020 It's the only way I can protect myself. 23:52.020 --> 23:56.020 Don't you see you're not well, Henry? 23:56.020 --> 23:58.020 Please try to listen to me. 23:58.020 --> 24:00.020 I have to kill all the others, too. 24:00.020 --> 24:02.020 If I don't, they'll kill me. 24:02.020 --> 24:03.020 The others? 24:03.020 --> 24:05.020 Don't pretend you don't know. 24:05.020 --> 24:07.020 I've heard them whispering about me. 24:07.020 --> 24:08.020 You must have heard them, too. The voices. 24:08.020 --> 24:09.020 The voices? 24:09.020 --> 24:11.020 All the time, just like I told you. 24:11.020 --> 24:14.020 When I'm at work, even here at home, I hear them plotting. 24:14.020 --> 24:16.020 They don't know. I know. 24:16.020 --> 24:17.020 Henry, there's no one. 24:17.020 --> 24:19.020 It's all an illusion, don't you see? 24:19.020 --> 24:25.020 Just like you are, they're afraid of me because they know I can outsmart them. 24:25.020 --> 24:28.020 I'm too clever for them, and they know it. 24:28.020 --> 24:30.020 That's why they want to kill me. 24:30.020 --> 24:32.020 That's why you want to kill me, isn't it, Mrs. Russell? 24:32.020 --> 24:35.020 I don't want to kill you, Henry. If only there were someone... 24:35.020 --> 24:37.020 I've rather gotten to like you, Mrs. Russell. 24:37.020 --> 24:40.020 If you weren't dangerous to me, I might let you live. 24:40.020 --> 24:42.020 I'm not dangerous to you, Henry. 24:42.020 --> 24:44.020 Oh, yes, you are. 24:47.020 --> 24:50.020 I've decided to strangle you. 24:50.020 --> 24:54.020 If you close your eyes, it will happen very quickly. 24:54.020 --> 24:56.020 You'll hardly know it. 24:59.020 --> 25:01.020 Are you ready, Mrs. Russell? 25:01.020 --> 25:03.020 Now, please, don't struggle. 25:03.020 --> 25:05.020 It'll be much easier for both of us. 25:07.020 --> 25:09.020 Aren't you going to close your eyes? 25:09.020 --> 25:11.020 No. 25:17.020 --> 25:18.020 What's that? 25:18.020 --> 25:19.020 What? 25:19.020 --> 25:21.020 Listen, you can hear them. Don't you hear them? The voices. 25:21.020 --> 25:23.020 The voices? The voices? 25:23.020 --> 25:25.020 Don't you hear them? 25:25.020 --> 25:27.020 Yes. I hear them, Henry. 25:27.020 --> 25:29.020 See? Now you believe me, don't you? 25:29.020 --> 25:31.020 You hear what they're saying. 25:31.020 --> 25:34.020 Yes. Yes. It's just as you said, Henry. 25:34.020 --> 25:36.020 They must be right near. Yes, right near. 25:36.020 --> 25:38.020 There are a lot of them. There are too many. 25:38.020 --> 25:40.020 You'd better hide, Henry. Yes, yes, but where? 25:40.020 --> 25:42.020 They sound louder all the time. 25:42.020 --> 25:44.020 They're getting closer. Have you a closet? 25:44.020 --> 25:46.020 Yes, that's it, the closet. Over here. 25:46.020 --> 25:48.020 Shall I help you, Henry? 25:48.020 --> 25:51.020 Yes, yes, but be quick. This closet. I'll hide in here. 25:51.020 --> 25:54.020 All right, Henry. I'll protect you. 25:54.020 --> 25:57.020 There. A good place to hide. 25:57.020 --> 25:59.020 What if they find me here? 25:59.020 --> 26:02.020 I'll... lock the door, Henry. 26:02.020 --> 26:04.020 No, I don't like that. 26:04.020 --> 26:06.020 They're getting closer, Henry. 26:06.020 --> 26:08.020 You'll unlock the door when they're gone? 26:08.020 --> 26:10.020 Yes, Henry. 26:10.020 --> 26:19.020 Lock the door, Mrs. Russell. 26:19.020 --> 26:26.020 You'll be safe now, Henry. 26:26.020 --> 26:30.020 Suspense, in which Virginia Gregg and Vic Perrin 26:30.020 --> 26:32.020 starred in Ben S. Hunter's story, 26:32.020 --> 26:36.020 Good Night, Mrs. Russell. 26:36.020 --> 26:40.020 No crime is foolproof enough, no hideaway secret enough, 26:40.020 --> 26:43.020 when both Captain Cannelli and the 21st Precinct get on the job. 26:43.020 --> 26:45.020 Listen to Marlene's story. 26:45.020 --> 27:05.020 Good Night, Mrs. Russell. 27:05.020 --> 27:07.020 Next week, the story of a supermarket 27:07.020 --> 27:10.020 and a young man who finds that after closing time, 27:10.020 --> 27:12.020 once the Daily Bus List filled, 27:12.020 --> 27:16.020 this very ordinary store becomes a place of danger 27:16.020 --> 27:18.020 and terror absolute. 27:18.020 --> 27:20.020 That's next week on... 27:20.020 --> 27:23.020 Suspense. 27:35.020 --> 27:38.020 Suspense is produced and directed by Norman MacDonald, 27:38.020 --> 27:42.020 the music composed by Lucian Morawieckin, conducted by Lud Blaskin. 27:42.020 --> 27:46.020 Good Night, Mrs. Russell was written for suspense by Ben S. Hunter 27:46.020 --> 27:49.020 and starred Virginia Gregg as Mrs. Russell 27:49.020 --> 27:51.020 and Vic Perrin as Henry. 27:51.020 --> 27:55.020 Others appearing in tonight's cast were Jill Jarman and Eleanor Tannen. 27:55.020 --> 27:59.020 And remember next week, James Poe's suspense story, 27:59.020 --> 28:08.020 Never Steal a Butcher's Wife. 28:08.020 --> 28:10.020 Stay tuned now for Johnny Dollar, 28:10.020 --> 28:15.020 which follows immediately over most of these same stations. 28:15.020 --> 28:29.020 This is the CBS Radio Network.