1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,440 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:24,040 Tonight the story of man who makes his escape from the most dreaded prison in the world. 3 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,080 We call it, the man with the steel teeth. 4 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:32,920 So now, starring John Dana, here is tonight's Suspense play, the man with the steel teeth. 5 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,760 It began on the evening of April 29th. 6 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,960 I was seated in my box at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow, listening to a particularly fine 7 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:09,160 performance of Boris Gudanov, when I felt a slap on my shoulder. 8 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,920 What do you want? 9 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:13,920 What? 10 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:23,280 Now look here, what's this all about? 11 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,800 You are under arrest. 12 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,480 What are you talking about? 13 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:29,480 Um. 14 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:35,000 There were two other men with him, big men. 15 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,700 In a moment I found myself escorted down the corridor, down the grand staircase, and out 16 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:45,080 into the dark street to a black limousine waiting in front. 17 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,800 No one said a word as we sped through the streets, the men on either side of me staring 18 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,420 straight ahead. 19 00:01:52,420 --> 00:01:58,000 Then we rounded a corner, and in a second I knew our destination, Lubyanka Prison, home 20 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,280 of a thousand ugly secrets and the dread MVD. 21 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:08,640 We swung down a long ramp and came to a stop at a huge, unguarded bronze door. 22 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:13,200 Inside I was taken through another door and steered down a long corridor. 23 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:28,560 It was the cell block. 24 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:50,520 And I was a prisoner of the Soviet secret police. 25 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:51,520 Arthur Luttrell. 26 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,520 Ah, ha ha ha. 27 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:53,520 Hey, Mr. Luttrell, or Knives. 28 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:54,520 Please come in. 29 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,680 Sit down. 30 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,560 They're reviewing the moment. 31 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:03,560 My breakfast, huh? 32 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:04,560 All right. 33 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,560 Ready to order. 34 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:06,560 Comrade Revisor. 35 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:07,560 Could you just reload to some more? 36 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:08,560 Oh, thank you, thank you, Comrade Revisor. 37 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,560 I'm having breakfast now. 38 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:10,560 I ate a lot. 39 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:11,560 Now just a minute. 40 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:12,560 Look, I've been here two days without a word of statement. 41 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:13,560 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 42 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,560 I'm sorry. 43 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:15,560 I'm sorry. 44 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:16,560 I'm sorry. 45 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:17,560 I'm sorry. 46 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:18,560 I'm sorry. 47 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:19,560 I'm sorry. 48 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:20,560 I'm sorry. 49 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:21,560 I'm sorry. 50 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:22,560 I'm sorry. 51 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:23,560 I'm sorry. 52 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,560 I'm sorry. 53 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:25,560 I'm sorry. 54 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:26,560 I'm sorry. 55 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:27,560 I fried 3 more bites without a word as to why I've been arrested. 56 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:28,560 I want an explanation. 57 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,360 I'm an accredited correspondent. 58 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,760 My papers are in order. 59 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:34,760 You know that. 60 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,120 Now what about him? 61 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:38,600 Mommy, come on. 62 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:39,600 Maybe? 63 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,740 I give up. 64 00:03:40,740 --> 00:03:43,580 They had no intention of dealing with me until they were good and ready. 65 00:03:43,580 --> 00:03:45,840 I could see that. 66 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,980 I watched the man behind the desk, Inspector Gou Barrvin of the MVD. 67 00:03:49,980 --> 00:03:53,980 a small round little man in a badly fitted gray suit. 68 00:03:53,980 --> 00:03:57,980 Gold-rimmed spectacles magnified his brown eyes. 69 00:03:57,980 --> 00:04:03,980 And when he smiled, his full lips uncovered the most fantastic set of stainless steel teeth I ever laid eyes on, 70 00:04:03,980 --> 00:04:06,980 full uppers and full lowers. 71 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:09,980 Then the morning feast was over. 72 00:04:12,980 --> 00:04:17,980 My dear Luttrell, how pleasant to see you again. 73 00:04:17,980 --> 00:04:20,980 Again? We've never met. You know it. 74 00:04:20,980 --> 00:04:23,980 I see we shall get on very well. 75 00:04:24,980 --> 00:04:26,980 Why am I here? 76 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:31,980 A legitimate question. You are here to confess. 77 00:04:31,980 --> 00:04:33,980 Confess to what? 78 00:04:33,980 --> 00:04:35,980 Shall I read it to you? 79 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:38,980 You... you have written my confession? 80 00:04:38,980 --> 00:04:42,980 No, no, no, my friend. These are the charges, only the charges. 81 00:04:42,980 --> 00:04:46,980 The confession is up to you. With my help, of course. 82 00:04:46,980 --> 00:04:48,980 You are interested? 83 00:04:48,980 --> 00:04:50,980 Go on. 84 00:04:53,980 --> 00:04:57,980 From the Office of Mexico, let me inspect the history of Moscow. 85 00:04:57,980 --> 00:04:59,980 No, this does not concern you. 86 00:04:59,980 --> 00:05:04,980 Attested to by the following officers of the People's States, it does not concern you. 87 00:05:04,980 --> 00:05:06,980 Ah, subject! 88 00:05:06,980 --> 00:05:10,980 Concerning the activities of Juan Arthur Henderson Luttrell, 89 00:05:10,980 --> 00:05:16,980 correspondent of the WNA, citizen of the United States of America, resident of Moscow, 90 00:05:16,980 --> 00:05:19,980 three years here after being accused. 91 00:05:19,980 --> 00:05:26,980 One. That, on the morning of August 21, 1952, the accused was observed by witnesses 92 00:05:26,980 --> 00:05:30,980 in an exchange of objects with Eiza Regine Engineer, 93 00:05:30,980 --> 00:05:33,980 former member of the Ukrainian People's Agriculture Cooperative, 94 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:36,980 while standing near the North Entrance to the Workers' Palace. 95 00:05:36,980 --> 00:05:42,980 A little man droned on, an unrealing paragraph after paragraph of nonsense. 96 00:05:42,980 --> 00:05:47,980 Names of people I'd met as a reporter at official functions, on the street, or anywhere. 97 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:51,980 Names of people now dead or awaiting execution. 98 00:05:51,980 --> 00:05:56,980 It wasn't until this thought came that it dawned on me what my crime might be. 99 00:05:56,980 --> 00:06:00,980 And in the last paragraph, Golovian confirmed it. 100 00:06:00,980 --> 00:06:07,980 The execution of that sentence. That Arthur Henderson Luttrell is accused of the crime of espionage 101 00:06:07,980 --> 00:06:09,980 and the encouragement of sabotage. 102 00:06:09,980 --> 00:06:15,980 That, by the use of personal influence, he contributed to the deviation of 12 individuals 103 00:06:15,980 --> 00:06:19,980 since convicted, sentenced, and in four separate instances executed 104 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:22,980 for crimes of treason against the state. 105 00:06:24,980 --> 00:06:26,980 Well? 106 00:06:26,980 --> 00:06:28,980 Very clever. 107 00:06:28,980 --> 00:06:32,980 Very clever, my dear friend. Merely a recitation of facts. 108 00:06:32,980 --> 00:06:35,980 Do you or do you not confess? 109 00:06:35,980 --> 00:06:39,980 To a trumped-up deal like this? No. Not on your life. 110 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:43,980 On your life, Mr. Luttrell. 111 00:06:43,980 --> 00:06:46,980 Tovari, prega živo. 112 00:06:50,980 --> 00:06:53,980 You have been asked the question, my dear boy. 113 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:57,980 Do you or do you not confess? 114 00:06:57,980 --> 00:06:59,980 Go to the devil. 115 00:06:59,980 --> 00:07:01,980 Istioraz. 116 00:07:04,980 --> 00:07:06,980 Confess. 117 00:07:06,980 --> 00:07:08,980 No. 118 00:07:09,980 --> 00:07:11,980 Confess. 119 00:07:12,980 --> 00:07:14,980 Confess. 120 00:07:14,980 --> 00:07:16,980 Confess. 121 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:30,980 Then they tried psychological persuasion. 122 00:07:30,980 --> 00:07:35,980 The method to wear me down to the point of exhaustion when I... 123 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:39,980 when I would gladly sign anything in exchange for a night's sleep. 124 00:07:39,980 --> 00:07:43,980 You will confess. You will read from this paper. 125 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:45,980 Then you will sleep. 126 00:07:45,980 --> 00:07:47,980 No. 127 00:07:47,980 --> 00:07:50,980 You will read the following. The charges brought against me are true. 128 00:07:50,980 --> 00:07:53,980 I am guilty of sabotage. 129 00:07:53,980 --> 00:07:56,980 Read it, Mr. Luttrell. Read it. 130 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:01,980 I... 131 00:08:01,980 --> 00:08:06,980 I am guilty of sabotage 132 00:08:06,980 --> 00:08:10,980 and the use of personal influence. 133 00:08:10,980 --> 00:08:13,980 Go on, go on. Then you will sleep. 134 00:08:13,980 --> 00:08:16,980 And the use of... No. 135 00:08:16,980 --> 00:08:19,980 No, it's not true. 136 00:08:19,980 --> 00:08:21,980 It's not true. I... 137 00:08:30,980 --> 00:08:34,980 And I awoke to find myself back in my cell. 138 00:08:34,980 --> 00:08:36,980 Then I... 139 00:08:36,980 --> 00:08:38,980 I noticed something was strange. 140 00:08:38,980 --> 00:08:43,980 Something different about my cell, a natural stillness. 141 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:46,980 It took an effort to focus on the moment, 142 00:08:46,980 --> 00:08:48,980 and I saw what it was. 143 00:08:50,980 --> 00:08:52,980 My cell door was open. 144 00:08:52,980 --> 00:08:54,980 Just a crack. 145 00:08:54,980 --> 00:08:56,980 But it was open. 146 00:08:56,980 --> 00:09:01,980 It had always been closed and double locked each time I was returned from questioning, but... 147 00:09:01,980 --> 00:09:04,980 Now it was open. 148 00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:09,980 Reason told me it was another way of torturing me. It was a trap. 149 00:09:09,980 --> 00:09:11,980 But I had to try. 150 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:16,980 Cautiously I stepped out into the broad corridor and I moved past the line of cells. 151 00:09:16,980 --> 00:09:20,980 If I could reach the bronze doors. 152 00:09:20,980 --> 00:09:24,980 The bronze doors. Outside. Escape. 153 00:09:24,980 --> 00:09:30,980 And then I was standing before the open door of the office. 154 00:09:30,980 --> 00:09:32,980 It was empty. 155 00:09:32,980 --> 00:09:34,980 No gullivine. 156 00:09:34,980 --> 00:09:36,980 Nobody. 157 00:09:36,980 --> 00:09:39,980 In the corner behind the desk stood a coat rack. 158 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:41,980 On it hung an overcoat and a black hat. 159 00:09:41,980 --> 00:09:44,980 I took them and I put them on. 160 00:09:44,980 --> 00:09:47,980 Walked out to the bronze doors. 161 00:09:49,980 --> 00:09:51,980 I was outside. 162 00:09:51,980 --> 00:09:55,980 Except for a black limousine that stood across the parking area. 163 00:09:55,980 --> 00:09:58,980 The place was deserted. Nobody. 164 00:09:58,980 --> 00:10:00,980 My first thought was the embassy. 165 00:10:00,980 --> 00:10:02,980 If I could get to the embassy, I'm safe. 166 00:10:02,980 --> 00:10:04,980 I looked again at the limousine. 167 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:06,980 An official car of the NVD. 168 00:10:06,980 --> 00:10:10,980 Trying to be as casual as possible, I went over and looked in. 169 00:10:10,980 --> 00:10:13,980 The ignition keys were there. 170 00:10:13,980 --> 00:10:15,980 I got in quickly. 171 00:10:15,980 --> 00:10:21,980 And stepped on the starter. 172 00:10:23,980 --> 00:10:26,980 I drove carefully. 173 00:10:26,980 --> 00:10:29,980 Alive to the fact that the city had a thousand eyes. 174 00:10:29,980 --> 00:10:33,980 It was early morning. Few cars were on the streets. 175 00:10:33,980 --> 00:10:36,980 And suddenly the welcome site of the embassy came into view. 176 00:10:36,980 --> 00:10:39,980 It loomed large and took shape as I approached. 177 00:10:39,980 --> 00:10:42,980 There was a car parked in front of the main embassy entrance. 178 00:10:42,980 --> 00:10:45,980 I pulled up behind it. 179 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,980 I was about to set the handbrake. 180 00:10:50,980 --> 00:10:55,980 When I saw something that turned my blood to water. 181 00:10:55,980 --> 00:10:57,980 Not 40 feet from me. 182 00:10:57,980 --> 00:11:00,980 Leaning against the stone post of the entrance gate. 183 00:11:00,980 --> 00:11:03,980 There was a man in an overcoat. 184 00:11:03,980 --> 00:11:05,980 He was absorbed with a small hand mirror. 185 00:11:05,980 --> 00:11:07,980 In which he was examining his teeth. 186 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:10,980 Probing here and there with his forefinger. 187 00:11:10,980 --> 00:11:13,980 It was Inspector Gullivin. 188 00:11:24,980 --> 00:11:27,980 You are listening to The Man with the Steel Teeth. 189 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:41,980 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 190 00:11:43,980 --> 00:11:47,980 Tonight's performance of Suspense is the final broadcast at this time. 191 00:11:47,980 --> 00:11:51,980 Beginning next Tuesday night, be sure to listen for Suspense at a new hour. 192 00:11:51,980 --> 00:11:55,980 With new mysteries well calculated to keep you in suspense. 193 00:11:55,980 --> 00:11:59,980 Remember, beginning next week on most of these same stations, 194 00:11:59,980 --> 00:12:03,980 radio's outstanding theater of thrills comes to you Tuesday evenings. 195 00:12:03,980 --> 00:12:08,980 Suspense, Tuesday nights at the Star's Address from now on. 196 00:12:08,980 --> 00:12:12,980 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, John Danaer. 197 00:12:12,980 --> 00:12:17,980 Starring in tonight's production of The Man with the Steel Teeth. 198 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:22,980 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 199 00:12:22,980 --> 00:12:26,980 Back out into the street. 200 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:30,980 In the rear view mirror I saw Gullivin go to his car and start after me. 201 00:12:30,980 --> 00:12:32,980 I was in a panic. 202 00:12:32,980 --> 00:12:36,980 At the corner I turned left and headed toward Red Square. 203 00:12:36,980 --> 00:12:39,980 Then began a dodging game that took us through the west section of Moscow 204 00:12:39,980 --> 00:12:41,980 and into the industrial suburbs. 205 00:12:41,980 --> 00:12:44,980 Time after time I was sure I had lost Gullivin, 206 00:12:44,980 --> 00:12:48,980 but he would seemingly materialize out of nowhere and fasten himself to me. 207 00:12:48,980 --> 00:12:52,980 And it went on and on and on until we neared a bridge. 208 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:54,980 The right! 209 00:12:56,980 --> 00:12:58,980 And picked up speed. 210 00:12:58,980 --> 00:13:03,980 And in a while found myself in open country with Gullivin nowhere in sight. 211 00:13:03,980 --> 00:13:05,980 I had lost him. 212 00:13:05,980 --> 00:13:08,980 Or he had lost me. What difference does it make? 213 00:13:08,980 --> 00:13:10,980 I had no chance of ever getting back to the embassy now. 214 00:13:10,980 --> 00:13:15,980 The MVD would be there waiting for me with a color guard, so I just drove on. 215 00:13:15,980 --> 00:13:20,980 On the strength of an MVD identity card I found in the pocket of my overcoat. 216 00:13:20,980 --> 00:13:25,980 I obtained gasoline at a small town and I continued on westward. 217 00:13:29,980 --> 00:13:34,980 I drove steadily the rest of that night and all the next day. 218 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:38,980 And late the following night I reached the outskirts of Warsaw 219 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:42,980 and the time had come to abandon the MVD car. 220 00:13:42,980 --> 00:13:47,980 It had served its purpose, but by now the entire secret police undoubtedly was alerted to watch for me, 221 00:13:47,980 --> 00:13:52,980 so I left it at the side of the road and started walking. 222 00:13:52,980 --> 00:13:59,980 In half an hour I was at my destination, at the apartment of an old friend. 223 00:13:59,980 --> 00:14:13,980 I was on the ragged edge. I needed rest. 224 00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:17,980 What is it? 225 00:14:17,980 --> 00:14:20,980 Hello, Maria. 226 00:14:20,980 --> 00:14:22,980 Chicago! 227 00:14:22,980 --> 00:14:23,980 May I come in? 228 00:14:23,980 --> 00:14:26,980 Oh, Chicago, you're a ghost. Yes, yes, come in, come in. 229 00:14:26,980 --> 00:14:29,980 I'm very tired. 230 00:14:29,980 --> 00:14:31,980 Sit down here, my darling. 231 00:14:31,980 --> 00:14:33,980 Right here. 232 00:14:33,980 --> 00:14:35,980 Oh, it feels good. 233 00:14:35,980 --> 00:14:37,980 I will make some tea for you. 234 00:14:37,980 --> 00:14:41,980 Oh, such a surprise to see you, my Chicago. What has happened? 235 00:14:41,980 --> 00:14:43,980 You're really not in Moscow? 236 00:14:43,980 --> 00:14:46,980 Of course you're not in Moscow. You're here. 237 00:14:46,980 --> 00:14:51,980 Why, why are you here, Chicago? 238 00:14:51,980 --> 00:14:55,980 Chicago. 239 00:14:55,980 --> 00:14:58,980 Chicago. 240 00:14:58,980 --> 00:15:02,980 Already you're sleeping. That is good. 241 00:15:02,980 --> 00:15:13,980 You sleep, my darling. 242 00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:15,980 Good morning. 243 00:15:15,980 --> 00:15:19,980 Oh, Chicago, finally you wake up. 244 00:15:19,980 --> 00:15:24,980 But it is not morning. It is two o'clock in the afternoon. 245 00:15:24,980 --> 00:15:29,980 How do you feel now? You sleep good? 246 00:15:29,980 --> 00:15:31,980 It's heaven. 247 00:15:31,980 --> 00:15:35,980 You're going to stay awake now? I'll give you a cup of coffee. 248 00:15:35,980 --> 00:15:36,980 You're an angel. 249 00:15:36,980 --> 00:15:39,980 Oh, never mind, Gaines, we're talking here. 250 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:42,980 Thanks. 251 00:15:42,980 --> 00:15:46,980 Oh, first cup of coffee I've had in two months. 252 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:50,980 Now you must tell me, Chicago, what has happened. 253 00:15:50,980 --> 00:15:53,980 Where do you come from? Where do you go? 254 00:15:53,980 --> 00:15:54,980 It's old cotton-eyed Joe. 255 00:15:54,980 --> 00:15:55,980 Old which? 256 00:15:55,980 --> 00:15:57,980 Your question is where do you come from, where do you go? 257 00:15:57,980 --> 00:16:01,980 Like old cotton-eyed Joe. It's an American folk song. Never mind. 258 00:16:01,980 --> 00:16:04,980 Sit down, Maria, and I'll tell you. 259 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:06,980 I have missed you, Chicago. 260 00:16:06,980 --> 00:16:11,980 And when you came in last night, I was very happy. 261 00:16:11,980 --> 00:16:14,980 You're still as beautiful as ever, Maria. 262 00:16:14,980 --> 00:16:17,980 Oh, but I am wrong to talk this way to you. 263 00:16:17,980 --> 00:16:23,980 Everything was finished two years ago and so it must remain. 264 00:16:23,980 --> 00:16:25,980 I still think we were fools. 265 00:16:25,980 --> 00:16:29,980 Forget, forget. Now, you're in a lot of trouble, huh? 266 00:16:29,980 --> 00:16:32,980 Yeah, a lot. 267 00:16:32,980 --> 00:16:34,980 You talk in your sleep. 268 00:16:34,980 --> 00:16:36,980 Oh, what did I say? 269 00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:41,980 Oh, I could not understand everything, but you keep on killing a man. 270 00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:42,980 Golovin. 271 00:16:42,980 --> 00:16:45,980 Golovin, yeah, that is the name. 272 00:16:45,980 --> 00:16:48,980 You must hate him to kill him so much. 273 00:16:48,980 --> 00:16:50,980 Well, he gave me a lot of trouble. 274 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:54,980 Oh? What does he look like? 275 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:59,980 Oh, he's a small man, he's quite small. 276 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:03,980 Maybe a little fat? 277 00:17:03,980 --> 00:17:07,980 Oh, yeah. 278 00:17:07,980 --> 00:17:11,980 Does he wear glasses? 279 00:17:11,980 --> 00:17:14,980 I really talked in my sleep, didn't I? 280 00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:22,980 No, no, but there is such a man outside in the street who looks like that. 281 00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:27,980 Wait, wait, I go look. 282 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,980 He's still there. 283 00:17:29,980 --> 00:17:34,980 Come look, but be careful. Don't let him see you. 284 00:17:34,980 --> 00:17:37,980 Across the street, you see? 285 00:17:37,980 --> 00:17:42,980 Oh, he has been there all day. He was there this morning. 286 00:17:42,980 --> 00:17:44,980 He's an inspector for the MVD. 287 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:47,980 MVD? 288 00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:48,980 I've got to get to Berlin. 289 00:17:48,980 --> 00:17:50,980 Yes, you must leave Warsaw. 290 00:17:50,980 --> 00:17:51,980 Maria, can you help me? 291 00:17:51,980 --> 00:17:53,980 I think so. I know someone. 292 00:17:53,980 --> 00:17:54,980 Can he be trusted? 293 00:17:54,980 --> 00:17:56,980 Yes, you know my brother, Bronislav. 294 00:17:56,980 --> 00:17:57,980 But he's with the communists. 295 00:17:57,980 --> 00:18:11,980 Oh, I shall let you decide that when you meet him. 296 00:18:11,980 --> 00:18:15,980 And remember to use the pistol only as a last resort. 297 00:18:15,980 --> 00:18:20,980 So, go over your cards again and we shall see if you know them. 298 00:18:20,980 --> 00:18:22,980 A personal identification card. 299 00:18:22,980 --> 00:18:24,980 Duck. 300 00:18:24,980 --> 00:18:25,980 Gasoline ration card. 301 00:18:25,980 --> 00:18:27,980 Duck. 302 00:18:27,980 --> 00:18:28,980 ID badge where I work. 303 00:18:28,980 --> 00:18:30,980 Inspector for State Fisheries. 304 00:18:30,980 --> 00:18:31,980 State Fisheries. 305 00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:35,980 Travel permit and a work record. 306 00:18:35,980 --> 00:18:38,980 Good, good. Now we go. 307 00:18:38,980 --> 00:18:42,980 Maria, I don't know how to... 308 00:18:42,980 --> 00:18:45,980 Not a word from you. 309 00:18:45,980 --> 00:18:48,980 You saved my life, Maria. I'll never forget. 310 00:18:48,980 --> 00:18:52,980 So, give me a kiss now. 311 00:18:52,980 --> 00:18:55,980 Come, come, come now. Let us go. 312 00:18:55,980 --> 00:19:00,980 Goodbye, my beautiful Chicago. 313 00:19:00,980 --> 00:19:12,980 Goodbye. 314 00:19:12,980 --> 00:19:17,980 Bronislav led me down the stairs and out the back door to the alley where his car was parked. 315 00:19:17,980 --> 00:19:25,980 There was no sign of Golovin. A relief to be sure, but still a surprise since both of us have expected to see him. 316 00:19:25,980 --> 00:19:32,980 My brother had done a first-class job arranging my escape from Warsaw to Berlin. It was a cruise, clear sailing all the way. 317 00:19:32,980 --> 00:19:36,980 It was a lovely summer night when we arrived in Berlin. 318 00:19:36,980 --> 00:19:39,980 We drove as near to the line dividing the sectors as we could. 319 00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:49,980 I got out. There was a handshake between us and Bronislav was gone. 320 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:58,980 We started walking to the end of the street, the end of Soviet influence. Ten yards away I rounded a corner and... 321 00:19:58,980 --> 00:20:01,980 Good evening, Luttrell. 322 00:20:01,980 --> 00:20:10,980 Golovin. The little man blocked my path so I couldn't get by. His hands were thrust deep in his pockets, a frightening smile on his face. 323 00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:17,980 So now it is the end of the road for us, no, Luttrell? For a while I thought this moment would never come to pass. 324 00:20:17,980 --> 00:20:19,980 But now it is all over. 325 00:20:19,980 --> 00:20:27,980 As he spoke he withdrew a small pistol from his pocket, balanced it casually in his hand and continued talking. This was the end for me. 326 00:20:27,980 --> 00:20:30,980 Do think, Luttrell, I allowed you to escape, so... 327 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:34,980 So that you could shoot me at the end of the road. Quite the saddest, aren't you? 328 00:20:34,980 --> 00:20:36,980 I allowed it so that I could make my own way here. 329 00:20:36,980 --> 00:20:38,980 Look, don't play games, Golovin. 330 00:20:38,980 --> 00:20:43,980 Games? No games. This entire thing was planned for my escape. 331 00:20:43,980 --> 00:20:44,980 Your escape? 332 00:20:44,980 --> 00:20:50,980 Mine. By following you I could give the impression that I was only doing my duty by pursuing an escaped prisoner. 333 00:20:50,980 --> 00:20:56,980 A prisoner who, by chance, you understand, led me to here. You still do not believe me, do you? 334 00:20:56,980 --> 00:20:58,980 I just don't get it, Nutsol. 335 00:20:58,980 --> 00:21:06,980 Luttrell, in my country it is bad life. Soon my colleagues would have seen the things I could no longer hide and then would come the purge. 336 00:21:06,980 --> 00:21:12,980 The purge of me. I had to leave before that could happen. So, now... 337 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:15,980 I find it kind of hard to swallow, I'll tell you that. 338 00:21:15,980 --> 00:21:23,980 Here. Take my gun. Take it. Now you believe? 339 00:21:23,980 --> 00:21:27,980 So come, my dear boy. We cannot stand here. Let us go across the road. 340 00:21:27,980 --> 00:21:33,980 You see, I need you to vouch for my story when I am questioned. 341 00:21:33,980 --> 00:21:35,980 One thing, Golovin. 342 00:21:35,980 --> 00:21:37,980 Yes? 343 00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:41,980 What would you have done if you had found that your colleagues were closing in on you? 344 00:21:41,980 --> 00:21:51,980 I would have seized you immediately and taken you back to Lubyanka. You were never exactly what you would call safe, Mr. Luttrell. You were my insurance. 345 00:21:51,980 --> 00:21:58,980 Yeah. 346 00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:00,980 This is the American sector? 347 00:22:00,980 --> 00:22:03,980 It is. My territory now. 348 00:22:03,980 --> 00:22:06,980 Then we must seek the military police and I give myself up. 349 00:22:06,980 --> 00:22:10,980 Yeah. Yeah, I guess they would like to have a talk with you. 350 00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:12,980 So now, my dear boy. 351 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:15,980 Wait, wait. Wait a minute, Golovin. 352 00:22:15,980 --> 00:22:24,980 Wait? 353 00:22:24,980 --> 00:22:28,980 Why did you do that? 354 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:38,980 Lot of reasons. You figure them out. 355 00:22:38,980 --> 00:22:45,980 My knuckles hurt. They were bleeding. Golovin sat on the pavement looking stupid. 356 00:22:45,980 --> 00:22:58,980 I turned to go and, as I did, he took his hand from his mouth. His full lips hung slack, revealing his steel teeth bent grotesquely out of shape. 357 00:22:58,980 --> 00:23:13,980 I shuddered and went to find the military police. 358 00:23:13,980 --> 00:23:21,980 Suspense, in which Mr. John Dana starred in his own story, The Man with the Steel Teeth. 359 00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:45,980 Next Tuesday, the story of three women and their vigil of death. We call it Waiting. That's next week on Suspense. 360 00:23:45,980 --> 00:23:53,980 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. The music was composed by Leith Stevens and Lucian Morawick and conducted by Ludd Glaskin. 361 00:23:53,980 --> 00:24:03,980 Featured in the cast were Maria Palmer, Edgar Barrier, Jack Crouchon, and Robert Boone. 362 00:24:03,980 --> 00:24:29,980 Crime Photographer clicks against criminals Fridays on the CBS Radio Network.