1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,160 And now, transcribed for tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theatre of thrills, 2 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,800 Suspense. 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:22,320 Tonight, the story of a man who learns far too late that in horse racing or life, there 4 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,640 is always an equation of chance and mischance. 5 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:31,800 So now, starring High Aberback, here is tonight's Suspense play, The Sure Thing. 6 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,800 Hiya Phil. 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,800 What do you know, Lefty? 8 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,800 Go on in, Marty's here. 9 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:41,800 Yeah, I know. 10 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:42,800 Come in, Phil. 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:43,800 Hello Marty, how are you? 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:44,800 Not bad. 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:45,800 Lefty. 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:46,800 Yeah? 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:47,800 Go on over to Atkins Place. 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:48,800 Yeah? 17 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:57,440 He's ready to pay off. 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,480 Dough will be in cash, five grand. 19 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,480 Right. 20 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,200 And close the door when you go out. 21 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:03,200 Gotcha. 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,200 Now Phil, sit down. 23 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:06,760 I haven't got too much time, Marty. 24 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:08,480 I just came from my dough. 25 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,080 What's with you anyway? 26 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:11,080 Don't you have any fun? 27 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,400 I'll have my fun when it's time. 28 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,120 Right now I got money on my mind. 29 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,460 Yeah, you sure have. 30 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:19,880 You know you clipped us for eight grand yesterday. 31 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,520 Eight thousand forty-two dollars is the exact amount. 32 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,120 Like always, you're here right on the dot to collect. 33 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,000 How much time do you give your clients? 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,160 About as much time as you give us. 35 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,000 There it is. 36 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,800 Left up nice and neat. 37 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,580 Want to count it? 38 00:01:38,580 --> 00:01:40,440 This isn't your money, it's a syndicate's. 39 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:41,440 They don't shortchange. 40 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,080 You've got a lot of respect for the syndicator. 41 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,080 It's a good operation. 42 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,080 Drink? 43 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,080 No. 44 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:53,480 Phil, if you're interested, I've got a deal for you. 45 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:54,480 Yeah? 46 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,760 The syndicate wants to take you in. 47 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,640 They figure a bookie who's smart enough to keep making money from them should be on their 48 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:01,640 side. 49 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,200 Well, they could be right. 50 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Can you go for it? 51 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:08,200 No. 52 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,200 Why not? 53 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,960 Look, Marty, I've been making book independently for a long time. 54 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,240 I've got a good clientele and I make a few bucks. 55 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:15,240 I know. 56 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,520 Okay, so I'm not just another independent bookie. 57 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:19,920 I also know horses. 58 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:23,960 Sure, I go by morning line and I get the word on clothes to work out now and then, but basically 59 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,640 I know the horses. 60 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:26,640 You admit that? 61 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:27,640 Sure. 62 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:28,640 Why not? 63 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:31,640 So the syndicate has heard him because I know when to lay off a few bucks on him. 64 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:32,960 But you do it every day. 65 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,720 Yeah, yeah, it's just it. 66 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,720 I got him in a good position. 67 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,880 I'm not going to let them buy me off by letting me into the organization like they did you. 68 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,200 They won't like it. 69 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,640 Marty, when I get ready, I'm going to own a piece of the syndicate. 70 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:52,280 When I get ready, I'm going to buy my way in and it's going to be with their loot. 71 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,640 Then that's what you want me to tell them? 72 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:56,640 Just that. 73 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:57,640 Okay. 74 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:00,480 If you change your mind, let me know. 75 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,160 I won't change it. 76 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,160 See you tomorrow. 77 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:04,160 Same time. 78 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:05,160 What for? 79 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,840 I want to cover myself, so I'm going to lay off some more dough today. 80 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,480 Have my payoff in cash as usual. 81 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:10,480 Be seeing you. 82 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:25,400 You shouldn't have taken it, Phil. 83 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:26,400 Told you why I didn't. 84 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,600 But honey, with a syndicate, you'd have steady money. 85 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,880 Enough maybe to get a divorce. 86 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,960 Eileen, divorce is for people who can afford it. 87 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:33,960 I can't. 88 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,480 You've been saying that ever since we got started. 89 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,200 How much money do you want? 90 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,320 Have to buy my way out clean, no alimony, a big hunk of cash, and it's over. 91 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,000 How do you know Barbara will go for that? 92 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Barbara's no fool. 93 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,280 There's enough money in it, she'll go for it. 94 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,960 And until then? 95 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,040 Until then, we go on like we're doing. 96 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,040 Suppose I don't want to. 97 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,040 I can't force you to wait. 98 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,440 I'll wait, but I won't like it. 99 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,240 Maybe it won't be as long as you think. 100 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,240 How do you figure? 101 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,240 The syndicate won't quit with one offer. 102 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,000 They want me in and they'll keep on until they get me. 103 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 When is that? 104 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,880 When I can write my own ticket. 105 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,440 Phil, don't take chances. 106 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,080 Honey, people are more predictable than horses. 107 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,520 I know horses. 108 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:38,680 I'm sure not going to miss on people. 109 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:45,200 Hi Phil. 110 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,200 Marty ain't here right now. 111 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:47,200 Where is he? 112 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,360 I don't know, he left about two hours ago. 113 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:50,680 He told me to watch the phone. 114 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:51,680 When's he due back? 115 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,720 He said he'd be back in time to pay you off. 116 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,720 Well, I'll wait a while. 117 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,240 Hey Phil, do me a favor. 118 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,960 Watch the phone for me while I go for a sandwich, will you? 119 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:02,960 Well Marty might not like it. 120 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:03,960 Oh, he don't care. 121 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:04,960 You're his buddy. 122 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,960 Go on. 123 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,960 You can sit in his office. 124 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:09,960 Okay. 125 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,160 Oh, if you get thirsty, it's in that cabinet. 126 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:14,160 Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. 127 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,480 If you get any action while I'm gone, just mark them down. 128 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:17,480 Yeah, I'll do it. 129 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:18,480 Go on, you take it, Phil. 130 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,480 I'm leaving. 131 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:20,480 Well, no, wait a minute. 132 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:21,480 It might be Marty. 133 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:22,480 Well, take it anyway. 134 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:23,480 If it is, I'll wait here a minute. 135 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:24,480 Okay. 136 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:25,480 Hello? 137 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,760 There's a fix in the 8th today. 138 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,760 Somebody told me you're an honest bookie, so I'm calling. 139 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,760 You want to hear about it? 140 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,960 Hold the line a minute. 141 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:37,960 Go on, I'll have to... 142 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:38,960 It isn't anything important. 143 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:39,960 Okay, see you. 144 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:40,960 Yeah. 145 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,520 Now, what were you saying? 146 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,520 This is Marty, ain't it? 147 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,840 Yeah, where are you calling from? 148 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:51,880 Downstairs, in the lobby. 149 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,360 Okay, look, there's a flight of stairs to the left of the phone, but there was one flight 150 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,440 up turn right, first door. 151 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:07,200 Be there in 15 seconds? 152 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,320 Right. 153 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:15,920 Come in. 154 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:20,280 You, Marty? 155 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:24,720 What's in your mind? 156 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,000 Like I said on the phone, there's a fix going in the 8th. 157 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 What track? 158 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Right here in town. 159 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,520 Where'd you hear about it? 160 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,280 I'm a stable boy. 161 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:36,400 That don't mean a thing. 162 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,480 You overhear of a jock named Ferris? 163 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:39,480 Yeah. 164 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,680 He ain't doing so good since his fall at Hialeah. 165 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,680 So? 166 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,440 So the jocks in the 8th are going to see to it that Ferris wins today. 167 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:47,720 You heard this, huh? 168 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,320 With my own ears. 169 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:53,080 I was sleeping one of the empty stalls last night and I hear these two jocks making up 170 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,080 the deal. 171 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,840 Yeah, well, what are the jocks getting out of it? 172 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:57,840 Nothing. 173 00:06:57,840 --> 00:06:58,840 Nothing. 174 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:01,280 They're doing it just to make Ferris a couple of bucks. 175 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:04,720 They ain't even betting on the race themselves. 176 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,080 Who's Ferris on today? 177 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:07,080 Happy Wandra. 178 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,400 And he's in at 1.06 and at 8 to 1 on the morning line. 179 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,560 Well, how come you came to see me about this? 180 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:22,320 Well, I figure if I give a guy like you a tip, he'll maybe slip me a couple of C-notes, 181 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,320 you know. 182 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,240 And then bet them for me on the race. 183 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:27,240 Yeah. 184 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,160 Well, why didn't you just bet it and keep quiet? 185 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,900 Because I wanted some real dough on the race. 186 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:38,760 So I ask around for the number of a good, honest bookie and I get you. 187 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,440 Oh, yeah, yeah. 188 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:41,560 This is a legitimate fix. 189 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,920 If it wasn't, I wouldn't take my pay and win tickets. 190 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,920 I don't know. 191 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,960 Marty, I got a clincher for you. 192 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:52,960 What's that? 193 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,320 I know that the favorite's gonna be scratched an hour before the race. 194 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,320 You do? 195 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:58,320 Yeah. 196 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,360 Connors is gonna be too sick to ride him and they won't let anybody else ride him, so he'll 197 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:02,360 be scratched. 198 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,560 I'll tell you what. 199 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,120 If they scratch the favorite, I'll buy the rest of your story. 200 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,960 How will I know you're buying? 201 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,560 Five minutes before post time, I'll hand you $200 worth of win tickets. 202 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:14,560 Okay. 203 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,360 Okay, it's a deal, Marty. 204 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,440 Hey, see you at the track in front of the paddock. 205 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,440 I'll be there. 206 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:21,440 Don't worry. 207 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,440 I'll be there. 208 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:24,440 Hello. 209 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:25,440 Chuck? 210 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:26,440 Did you find out about... 211 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,440 He is, huh? 212 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:28,440 How sick? 213 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,440 Aren't they gonna get another rider? 214 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:32,440 Uh-huh. 215 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:33,440 Uh-huh. 216 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,440 You sure now? 217 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,440 Definitely scratched. 218 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:39,440 Right. 219 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,440 Thanks. 220 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:41,440 Bye. 221 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:52,440 Let's see. 222 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:57,440 Okay. 223 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:05,440 Curly, Phil Branham. 224 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,440 25G on Happy Wanderer in the 8th. 225 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,440 Yeah, the win. 226 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,440 Long distance. 227 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:20,440 I want to place a call to Chicago. 228 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,440 The number is Michigan 52694. 229 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:28,440 Yeah, yeah, I'll wait. 230 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:39,440 If you hadn't stopped to talk with that character, we might have been in trouble. 231 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:44,440 I had to give him some win tickets, 200 bucks worth. 232 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,440 200 bucks? 233 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,440 What for? 234 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:47,440 Some information I needed. 235 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:48,440 Who was it? 236 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:49,440 Stable Boy named Les. 237 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:50,440 Big deal. 238 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,440 So the only race we see is the last one. 239 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:54,440 Come on, Eileen. 240 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,440 This race I gotta see. 241 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:56,440 How did it go? 242 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:57,440 We'll never get through in time. 243 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:58,440 Well, at least I gotta see the finish. 244 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,440 Come on. 245 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:00,440 Excuse me, please. 246 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:01,440 I'm sorry. 247 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:02,440 Hang on to my hand, Eileen. 248 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,440 Will you? 249 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:04,440 Yeah. 250 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,440 Phil, Phil, I can't get through. 251 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:06,440 You have to. 252 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:07,440 I've gotta see the end of this race. 253 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:08,440 I'm sorry. 254 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:09,440 Why is the eighth race so important? 255 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:10,440 What? 256 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:11,440 Because I have a quarter of a million going on a sure thing. 257 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:12,440 That's why. 258 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:13,440 Excuse me. 259 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:14,440 Excuse me. 260 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:15,440 Come on, Eileen. 261 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,440 A quarter of a... 262 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:17,440 Phil, where'd you get that kind of money? 263 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:18,440 Never mind. 264 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:19,440 This is a sure thing. 265 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:20,440 Now the syndicate has to pay off and make me a partner. 266 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:21,440 Hold on, kid. 267 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:22,440 We're almost there. 268 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,440 Sorry, mister. 269 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:24,440 Eileen, come on. 270 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:25,440 Come on. 271 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:26,440 Oh, it's over. 272 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:27,440 It's over and I didn't see it. 273 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:28,440 Hey, who won? 274 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:29,440 Hey, mister, who won the race? 275 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:30,440 Who won? 276 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:31,440 Doc Stranger by a mile. 277 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:32,440 I didn't see it. 278 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:33,440 I didn't see it. 279 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:34,440 I didn't see it. 280 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:35,440 I didn't see it. 281 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,440 Who won? 282 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:39,440 Hey, mister, who won the race? 283 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:40,440 Who won? 284 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:41,440 Doc Stranger by a length and I had two bucks right on the nose. 285 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:42,440 Hey, Louie. 286 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:43,440 Louie, I had him. 287 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:44,440 I had him. 288 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:45,440 I lost, Eileen. 289 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,440 I lost. 290 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,440 What are you gonna do here? 291 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:50,440 I don't know. 292 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:51,440 I don't know. 293 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:52,440 Take a cab home. 294 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:53,440 I'm going to the office. 295 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:54,880 I got some calls to make. 296 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,120 Can't you drop me off? 297 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,120 I gotta think. 298 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:58,880 I don't want to be bothered right now. 299 00:10:58,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Go on, Eileen. 300 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:00,880 Beat it. 301 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:05,880 Hello, Charlie. 302 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,880 Phil Brannon. 303 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,640 I gotta talk to you. 304 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:13,640 I'm in a jam. 305 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,880 I need some dough and I need it fast. 306 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:17,880 Over 200,000. 307 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,640 You'll get it back? 308 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,040 What did he say? 309 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,880 Word gets around fast, doesn't it? 310 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,480 Well, look, Charlie, I just gotta have the dough. 311 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,080 Yeah, by tomorrow morning. 312 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:32,080 Please, Charlie. 313 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,080 Please. 314 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,080 Okay. 315 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:35,080 Okay. 316 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:39,080 It'll be my turn someday when it is out. 317 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:40,080 Charlie. 318 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:41,080 Charlie. 319 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:42,080 Come in. 320 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,080 Mr. Brannon? 321 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,080 Yeah. 322 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:45,080 Come on in. 323 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,080 Mr. Brannon, my name is Sternbilt. 324 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:49,080 Yeah? 325 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:56,140 I represent the 326 00:11:56,140 --> 00:12:00,320 big people who are interested. 327 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,320 Oh. 328 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:06,280 They tell me your place with their syndicate bets in excess of 200,000. 329 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:07,280 You lost. 330 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,280 You here to collect? 331 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,280 Oh, I didn't expect you to have it now. 332 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:15,280 My instructions are that the money must be paid by nine o'clock tomorrow morning. 333 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:16,280 Well, now, look, I... 334 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:21,280 And if it's not paid, you might end up awful dead. 335 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:45,280 You are listening to The Sure Thing, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater 336 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,280 of thrills, Suspense. 337 00:12:47,280 --> 00:13:02,280 Today in America, we worship where we please, when we please, and how we please. 338 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:07,080 Let us all thank God for this freedom of religion, each in his own way, each at his own temple 339 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,440 of worship. 340 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:13,440 Let us exercise freely, regularly, the freedom for which men fought and died, taking our 341 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,080 families to church or synagogue every week. 342 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:22,160 And now, we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Hi, Aberback, starring in tonight's production 343 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:31,640 of The Sure Thing, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 344 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:48,600 Come on, come on, come on. 345 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,600 Bill. 346 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,600 Let me in. 347 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:54,600 I gotta talk to you. 348 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:55,600 What about? 349 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:56,600 I'm in trouble. 350 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:57,600 I know. 351 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,120 Look, honey, I wanna stay in your place for about a week. 352 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,120 They'll never look for me here. 353 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:02,120 I gotta stay somewhere. 354 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,120 Until I find some money, I just gotta... 355 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,120 No, Phil. 356 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,120 No? 357 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:07,120 No, not here. 358 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,120 What are you talking about? 359 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,600 I said there's no room for you here. 360 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:13,600 What are you talking about? 361 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,680 Bill, the syndicate says you're on the list. 362 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:18,280 I lived a long time without you. 363 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,600 I can live a lot longer. 364 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,600 You can't stay. 365 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:22,600 But last night... 366 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,840 That was last night. 367 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,840 Last night, you had something to offer. 368 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,840 Now you got nothing. 369 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:30,340 Nothing. 370 00:14:30,340 --> 00:14:32,760 Last night you were Phil Bronin. 371 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,360 Tomorrow morning you're just another dead man. 372 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:37,800 I got no use for dead men. 373 00:14:37,800 --> 00:15:05,360 Phil, what do you want? 374 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:06,840 I gotta talk to you, Marty. 375 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:07,840 I'm pretty busy. 376 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,840 Party, you know. 377 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:09,840 Please, please, Marty. 378 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,840 Just a few minutes, huh? 379 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,840 Okay, come on in. 380 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:21,840 Come on into the den. 381 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,760 Okay. 382 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:26,760 Start talking, Phil. 383 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,760 Marty, I'm in a jam. 384 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:30,760 I know. 385 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:31,760 But I couldn't help it. 386 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:33,760 It was a wild chance. 387 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,200 No, it wasn't wild. 388 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:36,720 It was a shoe and I couldn't lose. 389 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:37,720 But you did. 390 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:38,720 Yes. 391 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,680 Now look, you gotta talk to the guys in the syndicate. 392 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:41,680 Give me time. 393 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:42,680 I need a little time. 394 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:43,680 I'll pay them off. 395 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,400 I'll be right back where I was if they just give me a little time, huh? 396 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,760 They know that. 397 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:49,760 They do? 398 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:50,760 Sure, kid. 399 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,440 But they don't want you back where you were. 400 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:55,440 What? 401 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,840 They want you out of their hair. 402 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,000 Marty, what are you talking about? 403 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,360 So they worked out the stable boy bit. 404 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:03,360 Bit? 405 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:04,360 The stable boy bit? 406 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,720 Who do you think sent Lester up to my office with a story about the hungry jockey? 407 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:09,720 You? 408 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:10,720 The syndicate. 409 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,920 Now, you won't bother them anymore. 410 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,920 You're going to be dead. 411 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,920 Though it wasn't my idea. 412 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:17,920 I only followed orders. 413 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,720 Well, if the syndicate did all that, why do they have to kill me? 414 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,560 Isn't it enough that they broke me? 415 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,280 It's a little more complex than that. 416 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:30,240 You see, the syndicate isn't going to pay off certain well-chosen bets. 417 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:35,080 On you is an excuse for being short of money, and those certain parties that aren't being 418 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,400 paid off are going to take it out on you. 419 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:43,320 You see, Phil, the syndicate wants you out of the way. 420 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,000 Now somebody else can do the dirty work for them. 421 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 You got to help me, Marty. 422 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,360 Help me get out of town. 423 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:50,360 I can't. 424 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:54,880 You're being tailed right now, and you will be until nine o'clock in the morning. 425 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,320 They know you haven't got the dough. 426 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:03,720 The syndicate will make plenty of trouble for whoever gives it to you. 427 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:08,880 You better go now. 428 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:09,880 One thing. 429 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:10,880 Yeah? 430 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,760 Is Lester really a stable boy? 431 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:14,760 No. 432 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,760 Matter of fact, he's a tout. 433 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:23,840 If you happen to be looking for him, you could find him at the morning workouts. 434 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:25,880 Name's Lester Callum. 435 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,880 Goodbye, Phil. 436 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:33,880 Who's there? 437 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:48,640 It's me, Phil. 438 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:49,640 What time is it? 439 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:50,640 Two. 440 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,680 What are you doing home? 441 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,720 I'm in trouble, Barbara. 442 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:56,720 I know. 443 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,800 What do you know? 444 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,560 All about how big shot Phil Brannon fell on his face trying to pull a fast one. 445 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,560 How'd you find out? 446 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:08,880 I've already had my visit from the boys who are going to make you dead tomorrow morning. 447 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,160 They told me to do right. 448 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,760 They'd make it a double ceremony. 449 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:13,760 What's right? 450 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,160 That you say goodbye now, walk out the door. 451 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,400 I'm making a hit all around today. 452 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:20,400 What do you expect? 453 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,400 I'm still your husband. 454 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,400 What do you want me to do? 455 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:23,400 Save your life so you can live it with Eileen? 456 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,520 You'd give more help to a stranger than you're offering me. 457 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,320 I wish you were a stranger. 458 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,280 Stranger couldn't hurt me the way you have. 459 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:35,520 I wouldn't hate a stranger the way I hate you. 460 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,000 That all you're going to say? 461 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Just about. 462 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Now get out. 463 00:18:40,000 --> 00:19:02,240 Lefty. 464 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:03,240 Who's that? 465 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:04,240 Me, Phil Brannon. 466 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:05,240 Try to move it. 467 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,240 I'll break your arm. 468 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:07,240 Where do you keep your gun? 469 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,240 I don't have... 470 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,240 You do? 471 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,760 Look, I haven't got time to fool around. 472 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:14,760 Where is it? 473 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,760 It's in the bedroom. 474 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:18,760 Left hand drawer. 475 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:19,760 The dresser. 476 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:20,760 Okay, let's go. 477 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:21,760 Come on. 478 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,760 You're taking a big chance, Phil. 479 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,040 The guys are tailing you. 480 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:26,040 No, not right now. 481 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:27,040 I lost him. 482 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,040 Here. 483 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:29,040 This is it here. 484 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:30,040 You're through, Phil. 485 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:31,320 They're going to get you. 486 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,680 I know, but I'm going to get somebody before they get me. 487 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:34,680 Lester? 488 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:35,680 Yeah, that's right. 489 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,480 I hear he hangs out at the track, right? 490 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:38,480 Yeah. 491 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,000 It'll be another hour before it's light. 492 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,400 I'm going to stay here till then. 493 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,400 Here? 494 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,560 I'm going to tie you up when I leave, Lefty. 495 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,840 I can't take any chances on your tipping, Lester. 496 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:46,840 Who, me? 497 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,880 I hate that guy. 498 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:50,400 I don't like what he did to you. 499 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,200 Now look, Phil, you've always been good to me. 500 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,000 I'm on your side, only... 501 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Only what? 502 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,480 Phil, look, Marty might not like you hiding out here. 503 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,160 The syndicate guys might do something to me. 504 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,560 Why don't you leave, huh? 505 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:04,800 You got the gun? 506 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:05,920 Come on, Phil. 507 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,320 Don't get me in a jam. 508 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,600 I'm your buddy, huh? 509 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:10,600 Sure. 510 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,600 Well, I'm going to treat you like a buddy. 511 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,960 I don't want to see you getting bad with a syndicate either. 512 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:15,960 Thanks, Phil. 513 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:16,960 I... 514 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:17,960 No. 515 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:18,960 No, Phil, no. 516 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:19,960 No, no, no. 517 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:20,960 Stay here if you want. 518 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:21,960 I don't care. 519 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:22,960 Only don't... 520 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:23,960 Don't, don't. 521 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:24,960 Please, Phil. 522 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:36,600 Don't. 523 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:41,240 Lester? 524 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:49,640 Yeah, what is it? 525 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,200 Don't turn around or I'll blow a hole in your back big enough to put my fist into. 526 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,200 Pramon? 527 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,200 Yeah. 528 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,480 Now, walk over toward the paddock. 529 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,480 Why? 530 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,040 Because I want to talk to you. 531 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,040 I got nothing to say. 532 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,040 I didn't think you would. 533 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,320 I don't want to talk to you, Brandon. 534 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,320 That's too bad because you're going to. 535 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,320 Okay. 536 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:15,360 Then let's go over to the paddock. 537 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:20,240 Okay. 538 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:24,400 If you want to die in the infield, I can take care of that too. 539 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:30,400 Hey, mister, don't cross the track. 540 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:31,400 Hey! 541 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,400 Hey, mister, get off the track! 542 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:35,400 Look out! 543 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,400 What'd you... 544 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:37,400 No! 545 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,400 No! 546 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:59,800 What'd you clock him at? 547 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:00,800 48.3. 548 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:01,800 Me too. 549 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:02,800 How about that? 550 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,800 Yeah. 551 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:04,800 Some coffee? 552 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:05,800 Yeah, sure. 553 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:10,400 See, you hear about the joker that got killed this morning? 554 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,000 Yeah, how about that? 555 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,040 Run across the track while the nags are working out. 556 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,400 They say he was a bookie. 557 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,400 Well, that figures. 558 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:37,440 Never did know a bookie knew anything about horses. 559 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:42,480 Suspense. 560 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,360 In which high over back starred as Phil. 561 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:50,040 Next week, the story of an actress who's still in her dressing room after the theater is 562 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,360 emptied spends the most terrifying moments of her life. 563 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:57,560 All as the result of a most innocent note to an admirer. 564 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,680 We call it blind date. 565 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:16,120 That's next week on Suspense. 566 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:21,600 Suspense is produced and transcribed by Norman MacDonald with music composed by Lucian Morawick 567 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,080 and conducted by Lut Bluskin. 568 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,560 The sure thing was specially written for Suspense by Ross Murray. 569 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,920 Featured in the cast were Clayton Post, Julie Bennett, Jerry Hausner, Peter Leeds, Charlotte 570 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:38,520 Lawrence, Lou Krugman, Jan Arvand, and William Euler. 571 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:57,640 Harry Como sings for you Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights on the CBS Radio Network.