1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,320 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,900 Tonight the story of a man who tries to escape his past and is faced with no future. 3 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:27,040 We call it, Nobody Ever Quits. 4 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:34,040 So now, starring Tom McKee, here is tonight's Suspense play, Nobody Ever Quits. 5 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:05,040 Come right up. 6 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:11,040 Fill her up. 7 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:16,040 Yes, sir. 8 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:26,040 Now you better check the oil and water too. 9 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,040 Hey, you got any hot coffee inside? 10 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,040 Yeah, hot and black. 11 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,040 Oh, that's for me. 12 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,040 Must be close to zero. 13 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,040 Not that bad. 14 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,040 Down around 20. 15 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,040 Drop tonight though, radio says we might get a blizzard. 16 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,040 And they call this sunny California. 17 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,040 Well, we're more than 5,000 feet here. 18 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,040 6,500 at the top of the pass up the road a piece. 19 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,040 Yeah, I know. I just came over it. 20 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:50,040 Heading north? 21 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,040 Yeah, Vegas. 22 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,040 How far is it from here? 23 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:58,040 Well, let's see, 260 from Victorville, Victorville is 32 from here. 24 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,040 Is Mattie lost? 25 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,040 What makes you think so? 26 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,040 Well, Cajon Pass is a direct route. 27 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,040 Not many cars come over the mountains in the winter. 28 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:13,040 Say, ain't I seen you someplace before? 29 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,040 No, not unless you've been through here before. 30 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,040 No, never. I mean back east someplace. 31 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,040 You come from back east? 32 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:26,040 Never been. Come from up north. Wairika. 33 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:31,040 That's funny. You take that mustache off and you'd be a ringer for a kid I once knew back in Jersey City. 34 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,040 Joey Perino. Funny. 35 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,040 Yeah. Lookalikes. You're running on sometime. 36 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:42,040 Yeah. You sure you were never back east? 37 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,040 Yeah, sure. 38 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,040 That's funny. Without that mustache I'd swear you... 39 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,040 You'd be mistaken. 40 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,040 Yeah, I guess so. 41 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,040 Well, where do I find the coffee? 42 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,040 Right inside, sir. Sally will take care of you. 43 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,040 Oh, you'd better check the battery in the tires, too. 44 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,040 Sure thing. 45 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,040 Oh, I'll have a cup of black coffee, please. 46 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:21,040 Yes, sir. 47 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:36,040 Here you are. 48 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:40,040 Oh, thanks. 49 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,040 This coffee feels good. It sounds like you might be snowed in. 50 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,040 Won't be the first time. 51 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,040 That might be dangerous considering... 52 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:53,040 Oh, no. I'm not expecting until April. We never get any snow that late. 53 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,040 Not even when the weather's unusual, like they say out here? 54 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,040 Well, it's never that unusual. You'd better get Walt to put your chains on. 55 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,040 Oh, I haven't got any. 56 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:08,040 Well, then watch your step going down the hill. Particularly move show curve. It's bad in the snow like this. 57 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,040 Oh, thanks. I'll remember that. 58 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,040 Is he your husband? 59 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:15,040 Who? 60 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,040 The fella gassing me up, this Walt. 61 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,040 Yeah? 62 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,040 You two all alone up here? 63 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,040 Oh, there's my dad. He'd better get a move on or he won't get up that mountain tonight. 64 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:26,040 Oh, where is he? 65 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:31,040 Went down to Victorville this afternoon for supplies. Seems to me you're asking a lot of questions. 66 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:37,040 Yeah, well, maybe I am. Sorry, just that traveling alone like I am, you get lonely. 67 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,040 It's nice to talk to someone. 68 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,040 Sure, I know it is. 69 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,040 You, uh, you born around here? 70 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,040 No, up north. 71 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:48,040 Wairika? 72 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,040 Yeah. How'd you guess? 73 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,040 Well, your husband said that's where he comes from. 74 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,040 He did? 75 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,040 Yeah, doesn't he? 76 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,040 He said he did, didn't he? 77 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,040 Yeah. 78 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:05,040 Say, um, you ever hear of a guy named Joey Parino? 79 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,040 No. Why should I? 80 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,040 Your, um, your husband looks like him. 81 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,040 What if he does? 82 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,040 Ha ha, nothing. You ever been east? 83 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:19,040 Nope, never outside the state. You ask more questions than a cop. 84 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:24,040 Don't worry, I ain't no cop. 85 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,040 Well, it's all set to roll. 86 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:27,040 Oh, I need any oil? 87 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,040 No, full up. 88 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,040 How much do I owe you? 89 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,040 Let's see, 12 gallons, that'll be $3.95. 90 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:33,040 How's that plus the coffee? 91 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,040 Compliments to the management, the policy of the establishment. 92 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,040 Free coffee during blizzards. All right, Sally? 93 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,040 Yeah, sure. 94 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,040 Here you are. I'll get you change. 95 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,040 Don't bother. 96 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,040 $3.95 for the gas and 10 cents for the coffee. 97 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,040 I got a policy, too. I don't take handouts. 98 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,040 But what was it? 99 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,040 I don't want to be owing anybody anything, sister. 100 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,040 Particularly rats. 101 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,040 Be seeing you, Joey. 102 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,040 Joey? What do you mean, Walt, calling you Joey? 103 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,040 Ha, that guy's nuts. 104 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,040 He asks an awful lot of questions. 105 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,040 What kind of questions? 106 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,040 About me, about you. 107 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,040 You said you told him you came from Wyrika. Why'd you tell him that? 108 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,040 Look, honey, the guy's nuts. 109 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,040 I never told him I came from Wyrika. 110 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,040 You never told me where you came from either, Walt. 111 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,040 You just said you came from back east. 112 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,040 What difference does it make? 113 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:32,040 Didn't then when we first met. It doesn't now if you tell me it doesn't. 114 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,040 All right. I tell you it doesn't. 115 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,040 Okay. Forgive me for being foolish. 116 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,040 That man had me scared the way he asked questions, the way he looked at you. 117 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,040 He called you a rat. He called you Joey. 118 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,040 Oh, he's nuts, honey. 119 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,040 Come on. You better get to bed. 120 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,040 It's gonna be a long, cold night. 121 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,040 All right. You coming? 122 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,040 Yeah, in a little while. 123 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,040 Won't be much more business in this storm. 124 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,040 You know something, Walt? 125 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,040 Know what? 126 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,040 I love you. 127 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,040 I love you very much. 128 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,040 Is that a fact? 129 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,040 Las Vegas Inn. Good evening. 130 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:27,040 This is Victorville, California. I have a person-to-person call from Mr. Pirelli. 131 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,040 Hold the line, please. I'll try to locate Mr. Pirelli. 132 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,040 Hello. 133 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,040 Mr. Pirelli? 134 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,040 Yeah? 135 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,040 I have a long-distance call for you from Victorville, California. 136 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,040 Who's calling? 137 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:52,040 Just a moment, please. Who's calling Mr. Pirelli? 138 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,040 Mr. Battaglia. 139 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,040 Okay, operator. Put him on. 140 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,040 Go ahead, sir. 141 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:58,040 Hello, Pete? 142 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,040 Yeah, Batt. What are you doing in Victorville? 143 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,040 You're supposed to be here by dinner time. 144 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,040 Yeah, I know, but I sort of got lost in the mountains. 145 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,040 Yeah, figures. I know you get lost in Jersey City. 146 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,040 Yeah. But where do you hear what I found? 147 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,040 A gold mine, I suppose. 148 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,040 No. Joey Perino. 149 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,040 You're kidding. Where? 150 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,040 In a gas station back in the hills. 151 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:19,040 You sure it's Joey? 152 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,040 Well, sure I'm sure. 153 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,040 He's got a mustache and he's got a wife, 154 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,040 and he calls himself Walt something or other, 155 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,040 but it's Joey, all right. 156 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,040 Did he recognize you? 157 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,040 Sure he did, but he didn't let on. 158 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,040 I thought I'd better tell you... 159 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,040 Hey, wait a minute. 160 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,040 If he recognized, he'll take it on a lamb. 161 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,040 Oh, not a chance, Pete. 162 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,040 He's up there all alone with his wife. 163 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,040 She's in a family way, and it's blowing up a blizzard. 164 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,040 He wouldn't risk getting her out in this kind of weather. 165 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:43,040 Where are you? 166 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:47,040 In a joint called, uh, White Spot. 167 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,040 All right, now you sit tight. I'll be there in a couple hours. 168 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,040 You can't do that. 169 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,040 I'm gonna charter a plane. 170 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,040 But, boss, I'll be glad to handle him for you. 171 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,040 I'm sure you would, bet, 172 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,040 but this one I want to take care of myself in my own way, 173 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,040 if you get what I mean. 174 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,040 I get what you mean. 175 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,040 I'll wait for you here, huh? 176 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,040 Uh, what's the name of this place where he's at? 177 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,040 Walt's Summit Service. Why? 178 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,040 I thought I might give him a ring before I leave. 179 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,040 And tip him off? 180 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,040 No, I'm gonna offer him another chance. 181 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,040 Are you kidding? 182 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,040 What do you think? 183 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,040 Walt's Summit Service. Good evening. 184 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,040 Hi, Joey. 185 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,040 You must have the wrong number. 186 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,040 This is Walt's Summit Service. 187 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,040 No, no, no, Joey. I got the right number. 188 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,040 This is Big Pete. Remember me? 189 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,040 That just told me he was by your joint a little while ago. 190 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,040 There's some mistake. 191 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,040 I don't know what you're talking about. 192 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:51,040 This is Walt's Summit Service. 193 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,040 Okay, okay, Joey, if you want it that way, 194 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,040 it's Walt's Summit Service and you're Walt. 195 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,040 But back in Jersey City, you're still Joey Perino 196 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:59,040 to all the boys. 197 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,040 And, Joey, the boys miss you. 198 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:03,040 All of them. 199 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,040 But me in particular. 200 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,040 I miss you so much, Joey. 201 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,040 I feel I just gotta talk to you. 202 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,040 I'm sorry. You have the wrong number. 203 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,040 Walt? 204 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,040 Yeah, honey? 205 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,040 Who was there? 206 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,040 Hey, you're supposed to be asleep. 207 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,040 I was just dozing off and the phone woke me up. 208 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,040 Who was it, Walt? 209 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,040 Somebody had a wrong number. 210 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,040 Well, it took you long enough to tell him. 211 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,040 Guy was drunk or something. 212 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,040 Look, you go back to sleep, honey. 213 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,040 Aren't you coming? 214 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,040 No, I don't feel very sleepy. 215 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,040 I'll sit up a while and wait for your dad. 216 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,040 Oh, I don't think he'll try to come up the mountain tonight 217 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,040 in this storm and all. 218 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,040 I'll sit up a while anyway. 219 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,040 I'll keep the coffee hot in case he does. 220 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,040 All right, honey. 221 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,040 But don't make it too late. 222 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,040 I'd get lonely in here without you. 223 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,040 I know, darling. 224 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,040 Look, you go to sleep now. 225 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,040 You are listening to Nobody Ever Quits, 226 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:06,040 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 227 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:29,040 Suspense. 228 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,040 Put spring cleaning on the list early this year. 229 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:35,040 If you do, you're bound to put a crimp on the door. 230 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,040 You're bound to put a crimp in those home fire statistics. 231 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,040 Clean out all accumulated rubbish. 232 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,040 When it's gone, it can't burn. 233 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,040 Another thing, if you have frayed electrical wiring anywhere, 234 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,040 have it replaced. 235 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,040 Be firesighted about your home, 236 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,040 and it'll always be there when you want it. 237 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,040 Prevent home fires. 238 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,040 It's cheaper and safer than putting them out. 239 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,040 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, 240 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,040 Tom McKee, 241 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:07,040 starring in tonight's production of Nobody Ever Quits, 242 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:12,040 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 243 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:27,040 And small-graph warnings are flying from Point Conception to Point Doom. 244 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:32,040 The Weather Bureau predicts that close on the heels of the present storm is another, 245 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,040 developing off the coast of Northern California. 246 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:39,040 This is an undisguised bus stop for the farmer in the San Joaquin County. 247 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,040 The goer is in Orange County. 248 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,040 Wild Summit Service. 249 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:48,040 Hi, Joey. 250 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,040 Wrong number. 251 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,040 You should not have hanged up on me, Joey. 252 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,040 Wrong number. 253 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,040 You listen to me and you listen good. 254 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,040 I want to talk to you and I'm gonna... 255 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,040 You got the wrong number. 256 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,040 Okay, Joey, okay. 257 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,040 Now you listen. 258 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,040 You know a joint in Victorville called the White Spot? 259 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,040 Yeah, yeah, I know it. 260 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:06,040 Good. 261 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,040 I'm at the airport in Vegas. 262 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,040 I'm taking off for here in five minutes. 263 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,040 You take off in five minutes too, Joey. 264 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,040 Look here. 265 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,040 Don't hang up on me again, Joey. 266 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,040 You listen to me. 267 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:18,040 I'll take you about the same time they get down off the mountain as it'll take me to fly to Victorville. 268 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,040 You meet me in the White Spot. 269 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:20,040 Now that's an order. 270 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,040 I don't take orders from you anymore. 271 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,040 You take this one or I'll come up there and shove it down your throat. 272 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:27,040 Listen. 273 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,040 Highway Patrol car just put up outside. 274 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,040 Are you kidding, Joey? 275 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,040 You think you can scare me off with them two-bit of cups? 276 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,040 I'm not trying to kid you, Pete. 277 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,040 That's my boy, Joey. 278 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,040 You finally acknowledge your old boys, huh? 279 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,040 Now you ain't gonna squeal at them orange pickers, are you, Joey? 280 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:44,040 I'm not a squealer, Pete. 281 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,040 Ain't you? 282 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,040 No. 283 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,040 How do I know? 284 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,040 I'm telling you. 285 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,040 So how come you took a powder on me two years ago and how come you just blew? 286 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,040 I just wanted out. 287 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,040 Hey, Wal, you in there? 288 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,040 Yeah, yeah, I'll be right there. 289 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,040 Who you talking to? 290 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,040 State cops, I told you. 291 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,040 Are you gonna tell them why you walked out on old Pete? 292 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,040 I don't tell nothing to nobody. 293 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,040 I just want to be left alone. 294 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,040 I wanted out, I got out. 295 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,040 You ain't out, kid. 296 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,040 Nobody ever quits. 297 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,040 Look, leave me alone, will you, Pete? 298 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,040 Sure, so I work for you, I draw for you. 299 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:16,040 I don't know nothing. 300 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,040 I ain't talking. 301 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,040 Sure you ain't. 302 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,040 I gotta go now. 303 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,040 Just let me alone, Pete. 304 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,040 For the love of heaven, let me alone. 305 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,040 Wal, there's someone at the door. 306 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,040 I know it, honey. 307 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,040 Who you talking to now? 308 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,040 My wife, she's awake. 309 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,040 Will you get rid of the cops, Joey, and you send your wife back to bed, 310 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:37,040 and you'll meet me in two hours at the white spot on Vecterville, you got it? 311 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,040 You better be there, Joey, or I'm coming up the hill for you. 312 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:42,040 I'm this person. 313 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,040 Sorry I disturbed you, ma'am. 314 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,040 Oh, that's all right, Sergeant Tooley. 315 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,040 Wal was on the... 316 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,040 Yes, Sergeant, some crackpot. 317 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,040 Second time he's called tonight, got a wrong number, 318 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,040 he can't get out of his drunken head. 319 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,040 I just stopped by to see if your folks were all right. 320 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,040 Oh, sure, sure. 321 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,040 Snuggas a bug in a rug. 322 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,040 Have a cup of coffee? 323 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,040 Well, yes, thanks, Miss Parsons. 324 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,040 I guess maybe a drop for that, too. 325 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:07,040 I thought maybe you might have an ulterior motive. 326 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,040 How's the weather outside? 327 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,040 Taint-fit night for a man or motorcar. 328 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,040 The pass is closed, and we won't be able to get plows through from the other side 329 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,040 until the morning of 4 noon. 330 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,040 Well, that's what you can expect in February. 331 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,040 Yeah, all those jokes about unusual weather. 332 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,040 A fellow lives his life in California like you and me, 333 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,040 and we know how she goes, they won't... 334 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,040 That's a fact. 335 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:28,040 There you are, Sergeant. 336 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,040 Sugar, cream, and hot, I hope. 337 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,040 Wonderful, Mrs. Parsons. 338 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,040 Just as advertised. 339 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,040 Sally. 340 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,040 Yes, darling? 341 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,040 Like the Sergeant says, 342 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,040 taint-fit night out for man or motorcar. 343 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:45,040 Yes? 344 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,040 I thought maybe we might put him up for the night. 345 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:49,040 Of course. 346 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,040 No, I wouldn't want to inconvenience you. 347 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,040 Oh, but it wouldn't, would it? 348 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:53,040 Not at all, Sergeant. 349 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,040 No inconveniences at all. 350 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:55,040 We sure like to have you stay. 351 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,040 Well, that's right. 352 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,040 Nice of you to believe me, but I've got to get down on the road. 353 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,040 But it's after 10 now. 354 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,040 You're off duty. 355 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,040 Yeah, and my relief comes from the other side of the mountain, 356 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,040 and he ain't going to be able to get through, 357 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,040 so I guess I'm still on duty. 358 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:08,040 Well, what is there to do now? 359 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,040 You never can tell in a storm like this. 360 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,040 Orders are to patrol the highway. 361 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,040 But the highway's likely to be closed. 362 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,040 Right, so I'll patrol it until it is. 363 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,040 Thanks for the coffee, Miss Parsons. 364 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,040 Sure you won't stay? 365 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,040 Well, thanks, but I can't. 366 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,040 Won't be any trouble, Sergeant. 367 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:24,040 Thanks anyway. 368 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,040 Oh, say, that car out front. 369 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:31,040 What car? 370 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,040 Well, a couple hours ago when I was going up the pass. 371 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,040 That pink and gray job you were gassing up. 372 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:37,040 What about it? 373 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,040 You in any trouble? 374 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,040 No. 375 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,040 Hmm. 376 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:42,040 I just wondered. 377 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,040 Hope it got done all right. 378 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,040 Cars like that weren't designed for this kind of country. 379 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,040 No, I guess they weren't. 380 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,040 Nor its driver. 381 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,040 Huh? 382 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,040 Screwball. 383 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,040 Maybe a little loaded. 384 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,040 I don't know. 385 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:55,040 Hmm. 386 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:56,040 Yeah. 387 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:57,040 Well, good night, folks. 388 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,040 Thanks again for the coffee. 389 00:16:58,040 --> 00:16:59,040 You're welcome. 390 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:01,040 Good night, Sergeant. 391 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,040 Well? 392 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:06,040 Well? 393 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,040 I'll get it. 394 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,040 No, I'll get it. 395 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,040 Walt Summit Service. 396 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:12,040 You ain't left yet, Joey. 397 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:13,040 Get going. 398 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,040 You got the wrong number. 399 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,040 Again? 400 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:17,040 Again. 401 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,040 What is it, darling? 402 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:19,040 A screwball. 403 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,040 What's he want? 404 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,040 Who knows? 405 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,040 He's drunk. 406 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:23,040 Come on, let's go to bed. 407 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,040 I'm not very sleepy now. 408 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,040 I know what. 409 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:28,040 We'll sit up and wait for Dad. 410 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:29,040 He won't make it now. 411 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,040 He might. 412 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:31,040 Let's go to bed, I said. 413 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:32,040 Didn't you hear me? 414 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,040 I...I heard you. 415 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,040 All right, we'll go to bed. 416 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,040 Well, go then. 417 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,040 I gotta lock up. 418 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,040 All right, honey. 419 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,040 Walt? 420 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,040 Walt? 421 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:48,040 What? 422 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,040 What's the matter? 423 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:50,040 Nothing. 424 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:51,040 Nothing's the matter. 425 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,040 I gotta lock up, that's all. 426 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:53,040 Go on, go to bed. 427 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,040 Stop asking a lot of stupid questions. 428 00:17:55,040 --> 00:18:07,040 That'll be 20 cents for three minutes. 429 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:14,040 Yeah, Pete? 430 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:26,040 Well, how'd you guess it'd be me, Joey? 431 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,040 Let's cut the kitten. 432 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,040 I'm not kidding, Joey. 433 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,040 I'm disappointed. 434 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,040 I'm real disappointed. 435 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,040 I fly all the way down here from Vegas just to talk to you. 436 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:34,040 What happens? 437 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,040 You ain't got the courtesy to come down the hill to see a pal. 438 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,040 How come you ain't here, Joey? 439 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:39,040 I'm not coming, Pete. 440 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,040 You're not? 441 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:41,040 No. 442 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:45,040 Well, then I guess I'll just have to come up there. 443 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:46,040 Nobody's asking you. 444 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,040 Joey, Joey, that's no way to talk. 445 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,040 Lay off, will you, Pete? 446 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,040 I ain't done nothing to you. 447 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,040 You walked out on me, Joey. 448 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,040 Nobody walks out on Big Pete. 449 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:56,040 I'll see you in an hour. 450 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:00,040 Oh, and Joey, don't try taking the powder. 451 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,040 A fella at the bar just told me the pass is closed, 452 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,040 and the only way out is down the hill, Joey. 453 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,040 I know it, but it... 454 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:11,040 Want to change your mind and come on down, Joey? 455 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,040 Joe. 456 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,040 Joey. 457 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,040 Were you flashing, sir? 458 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,040 Yeah, yeah, I was cut off up there. 459 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,040 Just a moment, and I'll try to connect you. 460 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,040 I'm sorry, sir. 461 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,040 There seems to be trouble on that line. 462 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,040 Probably the storm. 463 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:36,040 Thanks. 464 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,040 He ain't coming? 465 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,040 Don't worry, it couldn't be better. 466 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,040 Line just went out in the storm. 467 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,040 And the pass is blocked. 468 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:43,040 Oh, what a sweet setup. 469 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,040 Yeah, ain't it? 470 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,040 All right, come on, let's go. 471 00:19:46,040 --> 00:20:04,040 A pleasure. 472 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:05,040 Is that you, honey? 473 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:06,040 Yeah. 474 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,040 Come to bed. 475 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,040 I can't sleep. 476 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,040 Why not? 477 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,040 I'm worried. 478 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,040 About what? 479 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,040 Where are you going? 480 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:17,040 What are you putting on your coat for? 481 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,040 I gotta go down the hill. 482 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,040 What's the matter, Walt? 483 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,040 I'm worried about your dad, honey. 484 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,040 I'm going to look for him. 485 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,040 Now, you know he's probably staying down at the rances. 486 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:26,040 If you're worried, telephone him. 487 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,040 No, no, I tried lines out. 488 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,040 I gotta go look for him. 489 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,040 But, Walt, you can't leave me here alone. 490 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,040 I gotta, honey, I gotta. 491 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,040 But, Walt, I'm afraid. 492 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,040 There's nothing to be scared of. 493 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,040 You'll be safe here. 494 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,040 Your gun. 495 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,040 Why are you taking your gun? 496 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:41,040 I feel better with a gun. 497 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,040 Looking for Dad? 498 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,040 Walt, you're keeping something from me. 499 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,040 Who's been telephoning all night? 500 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,040 Has it got something to do with that man who was here this evening? 501 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:49,040 Tell me, Walt. 502 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,040 You've gotta tell me. 503 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,040 There's nothing to tell. 504 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,040 Now, look, go back to sleep. 505 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,040 No, I'm going with you. 506 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,040 You can't go out in this storm. 507 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,040 If you're going to look for Dad, I'm going with you. 508 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,040 After all, he's my father. 509 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,040 Get back in bed, honey. 510 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,040 Please. 511 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,040 If you promise you won't go out. 512 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,040 I can't. 513 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,040 I gotta go. 514 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,040 I gotta go alone. 515 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:08,040 Then it isn't, Dad. 516 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:09,040 It's something else. 517 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,040 Look, honey, don't... 518 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:15,040 Hey, how come the place all lit up like a Christmas tree? 519 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,040 Can't be that much business tonight. 520 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,040 Oh, Dad, thank goodness you're here. 521 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,040 This silly husband of mine was going out to look for you. 522 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,040 He was afraid you'd skidded into the canyon or something. 523 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,040 Oh, mountain man like me? 524 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,040 Oh, fiddlesticks. 525 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,040 Glad you're dressed, though, Walt. 526 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:35,040 I promised Sergeant Tooei I'd send you down the road to give him a hand. 527 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,040 Accident? 528 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,040 Yep, went through the guardrail on Mule Shoe Curve. 529 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,040 Dern Foo was driving without chains. 530 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:47,040 One of these fancy new two-tone jobs. 531 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:52,040 Dad, was it a pink and gray hardtop convertible? 532 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:56,040 Well, Tooei didn't specify, but he recognized the driver. 533 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,040 Big shot gangster from back east, he said. 534 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,040 Didn't know the other fella. 535 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,040 Were they hurt? 536 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,040 Hurt? 537 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:10,040 They're both as dead as last week's hamburgers. 538 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,040 Okay, I'll get going. 539 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:22,040 Honey, will you put the gun back in the drawer? 540 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,040 I'll be back in a little while. 541 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:25,040 All right, honey. 542 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:26,040 Dad. 543 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,040 Will. 544 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,040 See she gets to bed, will you? 545 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,040 She hasn't had much sleep tonight. 546 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:37,040 Don't worry. 547 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,040 I'll sleep now. 548 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,040 Good. 549 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,040 Hey, you know something? 550 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,040 What? 551 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,040 I love you. 552 00:22:48,040 --> 00:23:09,040 I love you very much. 553 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:18,040 Suspense, in which Tom McKee starred in tonight's presentation of Nobody Ever Quits. 554 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:23,040 Next week, the story of two young men and a frightening dare. 555 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,040 We call it The Game. 556 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:31,040 That's next week on Suspense. 557 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:36,040 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. 558 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,040 Script written by William N. Robeson. 559 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,040 The music was composed by Lucian Morwick and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 560 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:52,040 Featured in the cast were Peter Leeds, Joyce McCluskey, Jack Crouchon, Larry Thor, Vic Rodman, Irene Barton, John Marlowe and Bill Anders. 561 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:57,040 This is the CBS Radio Network. 562 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:02,040 The New York Times.