WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:18.320 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:18.320 --> 00:23.900 Tonight the story of a man who tries to escape his past and is faced with no future. 00:23.900 --> 00:27.040 We call it, Nobody Ever Quits. 00:27.040 --> 00:34.040 So now, starring Tom McKee, here is tonight's Suspense play, Nobody Ever Quits. 00:57.040 --> 01:05.040 Come right up. 01:05.040 --> 01:11.040 Fill her up. 01:11.040 --> 01:16.040 Yes, sir. 01:16.040 --> 01:26.040 Now you better check the oil and water too. 01:26.040 --> 01:28.040 Hey, you got any hot coffee inside? 01:28.040 --> 01:30.040 Yeah, hot and black. 01:30.040 --> 01:32.040 Oh, that's for me. 01:32.040 --> 01:33.040 Must be close to zero. 01:33.040 --> 01:34.040 Not that bad. 01:34.040 --> 01:36.040 Down around 20. 01:36.040 --> 01:39.040 Drop tonight though, radio says we might get a blizzard. 01:39.040 --> 01:41.040 And they call this sunny California. 01:41.040 --> 01:44.040 Well, we're more than 5,000 feet here. 01:44.040 --> 01:46.040 6,500 at the top of the pass up the road a piece. 01:46.040 --> 01:49.040 Yeah, I know. I just came over it. 01:49.040 --> 01:50.040 Heading north? 01:50.040 --> 01:51.040 Yeah, Vegas. 01:51.040 --> 01:53.040 How far is it from here? 01:53.040 --> 01:58.040 Well, let's see, 260 from Victorville, Victorville is 32 from here. 01:58.040 --> 02:00.040 Is Mattie lost? 02:00.040 --> 02:02.040 What makes you think so? 02:02.040 --> 02:04.040 Well, Cajon Pass is a direct route. 02:04.040 --> 02:08.040 Not many cars come over the mountains in the winter. 02:08.040 --> 02:13.040 Say, ain't I seen you someplace before? 02:13.040 --> 02:16.040 No, not unless you've been through here before. 02:16.040 --> 02:20.040 No, never. I mean back east someplace. 02:20.040 --> 02:22.040 You come from back east? 02:22.040 --> 02:26.040 Never been. Come from up north. Wairika. 02:26.040 --> 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. 02:31.040 --> 02:35.040 Joey Perino. Funny. 02:35.040 --> 02:38.040 Yeah. Lookalikes. You're running on sometime. 02:38.040 --> 02:42.040 Yeah. You sure you were never back east? 02:42.040 --> 02:44.040 Yeah, sure. 02:44.040 --> 02:47.040 That's funny. Without that mustache I'd swear you... 02:47.040 --> 02:49.040 You'd be mistaken. 02:49.040 --> 02:51.040 Yeah, I guess so. 02:51.040 --> 02:54.040 Well, where do I find the coffee? 02:54.040 --> 02:57.040 Right inside, sir. Sally will take care of you. 02:57.040 --> 03:00.040 Oh, you'd better check the battery in the tires, too. 03:00.040 --> 03:02.040 Sure thing. 03:10.040 --> 03:12.040 Oh, I'll have a cup of black coffee, please. 03:12.040 --> 03:21.040 Yes, sir. 03:35.040 --> 03:36.040 Here you are. 03:36.040 --> 03:40.040 Oh, thanks. 03:40.040 --> 03:44.040 This coffee feels good. It sounds like you might be snowed in. 03:44.040 --> 03:46.040 Won't be the first time. 03:46.040 --> 03:48.040 That might be dangerous considering... 03:48.040 --> 03:53.040 Oh, no. I'm not expecting until April. We never get any snow that late. 03:53.040 --> 03:57.040 Not even when the weather's unusual, like they say out here? 03:57.040 --> 04:01.040 Well, it's never that unusual. You'd better get Walt to put your chains on. 04:01.040 --> 04:02.040 Oh, I haven't got any. 04:02.040 --> 04:08.040 Well, then watch your step going down the hill. Particularly move show curve. It's bad in the snow like this. 04:08.040 --> 04:11.040 Oh, thanks. I'll remember that. 04:11.040 --> 04:14.040 Is he your husband? 04:14.040 --> 04:15.040 Who? 04:15.040 --> 04:18.040 The fella gassing me up, this Walt. 04:18.040 --> 04:19.040 Yeah? 04:19.040 --> 04:21.040 You two all alone up here? 04:21.040 --> 04:25.040 Oh, there's my dad. He'd better get a move on or he won't get up that mountain tonight. 04:25.040 --> 04:26.040 Oh, where is he? 04:26.040 --> 04:31.040 Went down to Victorville this afternoon for supplies. Seems to me you're asking a lot of questions. 04:31.040 --> 04:37.040 Yeah, well, maybe I am. Sorry, just that traveling alone like I am, you get lonely. 04:37.040 --> 04:39.040 It's nice to talk to someone. 04:39.040 --> 04:43.040 Sure, I know it is. 04:43.040 --> 04:45.040 You, uh, you born around here? 04:45.040 --> 04:47.040 No, up north. 04:47.040 --> 04:48.040 Wairika? 04:48.040 --> 04:50.040 Yeah. How'd you guess? 04:50.040 --> 04:52.040 Well, your husband said that's where he comes from. 04:52.040 --> 04:54.040 He did? 04:54.040 --> 04:55.040 Yeah, doesn't he? 04:55.040 --> 04:57.040 He said he did, didn't he? 04:57.040 --> 05:00.040 Yeah. 05:00.040 --> 05:05.040 Say, um, you ever hear of a guy named Joey Parino? 05:05.040 --> 05:08.040 No. Why should I? 05:08.040 --> 05:10.040 Your, um, your husband looks like him. 05:10.040 --> 05:12.040 What if he does? 05:12.040 --> 05:14.040 Ha ha, nothing. You ever been east? 05:14.040 --> 05:19.040 Nope, never outside the state. You ask more questions than a cop. 05:19.040 --> 05:24.040 Don't worry, I ain't no cop. 05:24.040 --> 05:26.040 Well, it's all set to roll. 05:26.040 --> 05:27.040 Oh, I need any oil? 05:27.040 --> 05:28.040 No, full up. 05:28.040 --> 05:29.040 How much do I owe you? 05:29.040 --> 05:32.040 Let's see, 12 gallons, that'll be $3.95. 05:32.040 --> 05:33.040 How's that plus the coffee? 05:33.040 --> 05:36.040 Compliments to the management, the policy of the establishment. 05:36.040 --> 05:39.040 Free coffee during blizzards. All right, Sally? 05:39.040 --> 05:40.040 Yeah, sure. 05:40.040 --> 05:42.040 Here you are. I'll get you change. 05:42.040 --> 05:43.040 Don't bother. 05:43.040 --> 05:46.040 $3.95 for the gas and 10 cents for the coffee. 05:46.040 --> 05:49.040 I got a policy, too. I don't take handouts. 05:49.040 --> 05:50.040 But what was it? 05:50.040 --> 05:53.040 I don't want to be owing anybody anything, sister. 05:53.040 --> 05:56.040 Particularly rats. 05:56.040 --> 06:01.040 Be seeing you, Joey. 06:01.040 --> 06:04.040 Joey? What do you mean, Walt, calling you Joey? 06:04.040 --> 06:06.040 Ha, that guy's nuts. 06:06.040 --> 06:08.040 He asks an awful lot of questions. 06:08.040 --> 06:10.040 What kind of questions? 06:10.040 --> 06:12.040 About me, about you. 06:12.040 --> 06:15.040 You said you told him you came from Wyrika. Why'd you tell him that? 06:15.040 --> 06:18.040 Look, honey, the guy's nuts. 06:18.040 --> 06:20.040 I never told him I came from Wyrika. 06:20.040 --> 06:23.040 You never told me where you came from either, Walt. 06:23.040 --> 06:25.040 You just said you came from back east. 06:25.040 --> 06:27.040 What difference does it make? 06:27.040 --> 06:32.040 Didn't then when we first met. It doesn't now if you tell me it doesn't. 06:32.040 --> 06:35.040 All right. I tell you it doesn't. 06:35.040 --> 06:39.040 Okay. Forgive me for being foolish. 06:39.040 --> 06:43.040 That man had me scared the way he asked questions, the way he looked at you. 06:43.040 --> 06:46.040 He called you a rat. He called you Joey. 06:46.040 --> 06:47.040 Oh, he's nuts, honey. 06:47.040 --> 06:49.040 Come on. You better get to bed. 06:49.040 --> 06:51.040 It's gonna be a long, cold night. 06:51.040 --> 06:53.040 All right. You coming? 06:53.040 --> 06:54.040 Yeah, in a little while. 06:54.040 --> 06:57.040 Won't be much more business in this storm. 06:57.040 --> 06:58.040 You know something, Walt? 06:58.040 --> 07:00.040 Know what? 07:00.040 --> 07:02.040 I love you. 07:02.040 --> 07:05.040 I love you very much. 07:05.040 --> 07:07.040 Is that a fact? 07:21.040 --> 07:23.040 Las Vegas Inn. Good evening. 07:23.040 --> 07:27.040 This is Victorville, California. I have a person-to-person call from Mr. Pirelli. 07:27.040 --> 07:30.040 Hold the line, please. I'll try to locate Mr. Pirelli. 07:42.040 --> 07:43.040 Hello. 07:43.040 --> 07:44.040 Mr. Pirelli? 07:44.040 --> 07:45.040 Yeah? 07:45.040 --> 07:47.040 I have a long-distance call for you from Victorville, California. 07:47.040 --> 07:48.040 Who's calling? 07:48.040 --> 07:52.040 Just a moment, please. Who's calling Mr. Pirelli? 07:52.040 --> 07:54.040 Mr. Battaglia. 07:54.040 --> 07:55.040 Okay, operator. Put him on. 07:55.040 --> 07:57.040 Go ahead, sir. 07:57.040 --> 07:58.040 Hello, Pete? 07:58.040 --> 08:00.040 Yeah, Batt. What are you doing in Victorville? 08:00.040 --> 08:02.040 You're supposed to be here by dinner time. 08:02.040 --> 08:05.040 Yeah, I know, but I sort of got lost in the mountains. 08:05.040 --> 08:07.040 Yeah, figures. I know you get lost in Jersey City. 08:07.040 --> 08:10.040 Yeah. But where do you hear what I found? 08:10.040 --> 08:12.040 A gold mine, I suppose. 08:12.040 --> 08:14.040 No. Joey Perino. 08:14.040 --> 08:16.040 You're kidding. Where? 08:16.040 --> 08:18.040 In a gas station back in the hills. 08:18.040 --> 08:19.040 You sure it's Joey? 08:19.040 --> 08:21.040 Well, sure I'm sure. 08:21.040 --> 08:23.040 He's got a mustache and he's got a wife, 08:23.040 --> 08:25.040 and he calls himself Walt something or other, 08:25.040 --> 08:26.040 but it's Joey, all right. 08:26.040 --> 08:27.040 Did he recognize you? 08:27.040 --> 08:29.040 Sure he did, but he didn't let on. 08:29.040 --> 08:30.040 I thought I'd better tell you... 08:30.040 --> 08:32.040 Hey, wait a minute. 08:32.040 --> 08:34.040 If he recognized, he'll take it on a lamb. 08:34.040 --> 08:36.040 Oh, not a chance, Pete. 08:36.040 --> 08:38.040 He's up there all alone with his wife. 08:38.040 --> 08:40.040 She's in a family way, and it's blowing up a blizzard. 08:40.040 --> 08:42.040 He wouldn't risk getting her out in this kind of weather. 08:42.040 --> 08:43.040 Where are you? 08:43.040 --> 08:47.040 In a joint called, uh, White Spot. 08:47.040 --> 08:50.040 All right, now you sit tight. I'll be there in a couple hours. 08:50.040 --> 08:51.040 You can't do that. 08:51.040 --> 08:52.040 I'm gonna charter a plane. 08:52.040 --> 08:54.040 But, boss, I'll be glad to handle him for you. 08:54.040 --> 08:56.040 I'm sure you would, bet, 08:56.040 --> 08:59.040 but this one I want to take care of myself in my own way, 08:59.040 --> 09:01.040 if you get what I mean. 09:01.040 --> 09:03.040 I get what you mean. 09:03.040 --> 09:05.040 I'll wait for you here, huh? 09:05.040 --> 09:07.040 Uh, what's the name of this place where he's at? 09:07.040 --> 09:09.040 Walt's Summit Service. Why? 09:09.040 --> 09:11.040 I thought I might give him a ring before I leave. 09:11.040 --> 09:12.040 And tip him off? 09:12.040 --> 09:14.040 No, I'm gonna offer him another chance. 09:14.040 --> 09:16.040 Are you kidding? 09:16.040 --> 09:20.040 What do you think? 09:35.040 --> 09:37.040 Walt's Summit Service. Good evening. 09:37.040 --> 09:38.040 Hi, Joey. 09:38.040 --> 09:40.040 You must have the wrong number. 09:40.040 --> 09:41.040 This is Walt's Summit Service. 09:41.040 --> 09:43.040 No, no, no, Joey. I got the right number. 09:43.040 --> 09:45.040 This is Big Pete. Remember me? 09:45.040 --> 09:47.040 That just told me he was by your joint a little while ago. 09:47.040 --> 09:48.040 There's some mistake. 09:48.040 --> 09:50.040 I don't know what you're talking about. 09:50.040 --> 09:51.040 This is Walt's Summit Service. 09:51.040 --> 09:53.040 Okay, okay, Joey, if you want it that way, 09:53.040 --> 09:55.040 it's Walt's Summit Service and you're Walt. 09:55.040 --> 09:58.040 But back in Jersey City, you're still Joey Perino 09:58.040 --> 09:59.040 to all the boys. 09:59.040 --> 10:02.040 And, Joey, the boys miss you. 10:02.040 --> 10:03.040 All of them. 10:03.040 --> 10:05.040 But me in particular. 10:05.040 --> 10:07.040 I miss you so much, Joey. 10:07.040 --> 10:09.040 I feel I just gotta talk to you. 10:09.040 --> 10:11.040 I'm sorry. You have the wrong number. 10:11.040 --> 10:13.040 Walt? 10:13.040 --> 10:14.040 Yeah, honey? 10:14.040 --> 10:15.040 Who was there? 10:15.040 --> 10:18.040 Hey, you're supposed to be asleep. 10:18.040 --> 10:20.040 I was just dozing off and the phone woke me up. 10:20.040 --> 10:22.040 Who was it, Walt? 10:22.040 --> 10:24.040 Somebody had a wrong number. 10:24.040 --> 10:27.040 Well, it took you long enough to tell him. 10:27.040 --> 10:29.040 Guy was drunk or something. 10:29.040 --> 10:32.040 Look, you go back to sleep, honey. 10:32.040 --> 10:33.040 Aren't you coming? 10:33.040 --> 10:36.040 No, I don't feel very sleepy. 10:36.040 --> 10:38.040 I'll sit up a while and wait for your dad. 10:38.040 --> 10:40.040 Oh, I don't think he'll try to come up the mountain tonight 10:40.040 --> 10:41.040 in this storm and all. 10:41.040 --> 10:43.040 I'll sit up a while anyway. 10:43.040 --> 10:45.040 I'll keep the coffee hot in case he does. 10:45.040 --> 10:47.040 All right, honey. 10:47.040 --> 10:50.040 But don't make it too late. 10:50.040 --> 10:53.040 I'd get lonely in here without you. 10:53.040 --> 10:55.040 I know, darling. 10:55.040 --> 10:58.040 Look, you go to sleep now. 10:58.040 --> 11:01.040 You are listening to Nobody Ever Quits, 11:01.040 --> 11:06.040 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 11:06.040 --> 11:29.040 Suspense. 11:29.040 --> 11:32.040 Put spring cleaning on the list early this year. 11:32.040 --> 11:35.040 If you do, you're bound to put a crimp on the door. 11:35.040 --> 11:38.040 You're bound to put a crimp in those home fire statistics. 11:38.040 --> 11:40.040 Clean out all accumulated rubbish. 11:40.040 --> 11:43.040 When it's gone, it can't burn. 11:43.040 --> 11:46.040 Another thing, if you have frayed electrical wiring anywhere, 11:46.040 --> 11:48.040 have it replaced. 11:48.040 --> 11:50.040 Be firesighted about your home, 11:50.040 --> 11:53.040 and it'll always be there when you want it. 11:53.040 --> 11:55.040 Prevent home fires. 11:55.040 --> 11:58.040 It's cheaper and safer than putting them out. 11:58.040 --> 12:01.040 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, 12:01.040 --> 12:03.040 Tom McKee, 12:03.040 --> 12:07.040 starring in tonight's production of Nobody Ever Quits, 12:07.040 --> 12:12.040 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 12:23.040 --> 12:27.040 And small-graph warnings are flying from Point Conception to Point Doom. 12:27.040 --> 12:32.040 The Weather Bureau predicts that close on the heels of the present storm is another, 12:32.040 --> 12:35.040 developing off the coast of Northern California. 12:35.040 --> 12:39.040 This is an undisguised bus stop for the farmer in the San Joaquin County. 12:39.040 --> 12:41.040 The goer is in Orange County. 12:46.040 --> 12:47.040 Wild Summit Service. 12:47.040 --> 12:48.040 Hi, Joey. 12:48.040 --> 12:49.040 Wrong number. 12:49.040 --> 12:51.040 You should not have hanged up on me, Joey. 12:51.040 --> 12:52.040 Wrong number. 12:52.040 --> 12:54.040 You listen to me and you listen good. 12:54.040 --> 12:55.040 I want to talk to you and I'm gonna... 12:55.040 --> 12:56.040 You got the wrong number. 12:56.040 --> 12:59.040 Okay, Joey, okay. 12:59.040 --> 13:01.040 Now you listen. 13:01.040 --> 13:03.040 You know a joint in Victorville called the White Spot? 13:03.040 --> 13:05.040 Yeah, yeah, I know it. 13:05.040 --> 13:06.040 Good. 13:06.040 --> 13:07.040 I'm at the airport in Vegas. 13:07.040 --> 13:08.040 I'm taking off for here in five minutes. 13:08.040 --> 13:10.040 You take off in five minutes too, Joey. 13:10.040 --> 13:11.040 Look here. 13:11.040 --> 13:12.040 Don't hang up on me again, Joey. 13:12.040 --> 13:14.040 You listen to me. 13:14.040 --> 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. 13:18.040 --> 13:19.040 You meet me in the White Spot. 13:19.040 --> 13:20.040 Now that's an order. 13:20.040 --> 13:22.040 I don't take orders from you anymore. 13:22.040 --> 13:26.040 You take this one or I'll come up there and shove it down your throat. 13:26.040 --> 13:27.040 Listen. 13:27.040 --> 13:29.040 Highway Patrol car just put up outside. 13:29.040 --> 13:31.040 Are you kidding, Joey? 13:31.040 --> 13:34.040 You think you can scare me off with them two-bit of cups? 13:34.040 --> 13:35.040 I'm not trying to kid you, Pete. 13:35.040 --> 13:37.040 That's my boy, Joey. 13:37.040 --> 13:40.040 You finally acknowledge your old boys, huh? 13:40.040 --> 13:43.040 Now you ain't gonna squeal at them orange pickers, are you, Joey? 13:43.040 --> 13:44.040 I'm not a squealer, Pete. 13:44.040 --> 13:45.040 Ain't you? 13:45.040 --> 13:46.040 No. 13:46.040 --> 13:47.040 How do I know? 13:47.040 --> 13:49.040 I'm telling you. 13:49.040 --> 13:53.040 So how come you took a powder on me two years ago and how come you just blew? 13:53.040 --> 13:54.040 I just wanted out. 13:54.040 --> 13:56.040 Hey, Wal, you in there? 13:56.040 --> 13:57.040 Yeah, yeah, I'll be right there. 13:57.040 --> 13:59.040 Who you talking to? 13:59.040 --> 14:00.040 State cops, I told you. 14:00.040 --> 14:03.040 Are you gonna tell them why you walked out on old Pete? 14:03.040 --> 14:05.040 I don't tell nothing to nobody. 14:05.040 --> 14:06.040 I just want to be left alone. 14:06.040 --> 14:08.040 I wanted out, I got out. 14:08.040 --> 14:09.040 You ain't out, kid. 14:09.040 --> 14:11.040 Nobody ever quits. 14:11.040 --> 14:13.040 Look, leave me alone, will you, Pete? 14:13.040 --> 14:15.040 Sure, so I work for you, I draw for you. 14:15.040 --> 14:16.040 I don't know nothing. 14:16.040 --> 14:17.040 I ain't talking. 14:17.040 --> 14:19.040 Sure you ain't. 14:19.040 --> 14:20.040 I gotta go now. 14:20.040 --> 14:22.040 Just let me alone, Pete. 14:22.040 --> 14:24.040 For the love of heaven, let me alone. 14:24.040 --> 14:26.040 Wal, there's someone at the door. 14:26.040 --> 14:27.040 I know it, honey. 14:27.040 --> 14:28.040 Who you talking to now? 14:28.040 --> 14:30.040 My wife, she's awake. 14:30.040 --> 14:33.040 Will you get rid of the cops, Joey, and you send your wife back to bed, 14:33.040 --> 14:37.040 and you'll meet me in two hours at the white spot on Vecterville, you got it? 14:37.040 --> 14:41.040 You better be there, Joey, or I'm coming up the hill for you. 14:41.040 --> 14:42.040 I'm this person. 14:42.040 --> 14:43.040 Sorry I disturbed you, ma'am. 14:43.040 --> 14:46.040 Oh, that's all right, Sergeant Tooley. 14:46.040 --> 14:47.040 Wal was on the... 14:47.040 --> 14:49.040 Yes, Sergeant, some crackpot. 14:49.040 --> 14:51.040 Second time he's called tonight, got a wrong number, 14:51.040 --> 14:52.040 he can't get out of his drunken head. 14:52.040 --> 14:55.040 I just stopped by to see if your folks were all right. 14:55.040 --> 14:56.040 Oh, sure, sure. 14:56.040 --> 14:57.040 Snuggas a bug in a rug. 14:57.040 --> 14:59.040 Have a cup of coffee? 14:59.040 --> 15:01.040 Well, yes, thanks, Miss Parsons. 15:01.040 --> 15:03.040 I guess maybe a drop for that, too. 15:03.040 --> 15:07.040 I thought maybe you might have an ulterior motive. 15:07.040 --> 15:09.040 How's the weather outside? 15:09.040 --> 15:11.040 Taint-fit night for a man or motorcar. 15:11.040 --> 15:14.040 The pass is closed, and we won't be able to get plows through from the other side 15:14.040 --> 15:15.040 until the morning of 4 noon. 15:15.040 --> 15:18.040 Well, that's what you can expect in February. 15:18.040 --> 15:21.040 Yeah, all those jokes about unusual weather. 15:21.040 --> 15:23.040 A fellow lives his life in California like you and me, 15:23.040 --> 15:25.040 and we know how she goes, they won't... 15:25.040 --> 15:27.040 That's a fact. 15:27.040 --> 15:28.040 There you are, Sergeant. 15:28.040 --> 15:30.040 Sugar, cream, and hot, I hope. 15:30.040 --> 15:32.040 Wonderful, Mrs. Parsons. 15:36.040 --> 15:37.040 Just as advertised. 15:37.040 --> 15:38.040 Sally. 15:38.040 --> 15:39.040 Yes, darling? 15:39.040 --> 15:41.040 Like the Sergeant says, 15:41.040 --> 15:44.040 taint-fit night out for man or motorcar. 15:44.040 --> 15:45.040 Yes? 15:45.040 --> 15:48.040 I thought maybe we might put him up for the night. 15:48.040 --> 15:49.040 Of course. 15:49.040 --> 15:51.040 No, I wouldn't want to inconvenience you. 15:51.040 --> 15:52.040 Oh, but it wouldn't, would it? 15:52.040 --> 15:53.040 Not at all, Sergeant. 15:53.040 --> 15:54.040 No inconveniences at all. 15:54.040 --> 15:55.040 We sure like to have you stay. 15:55.040 --> 15:56.040 Well, that's right. 15:56.040 --> 15:58.040 Nice of you to believe me, but I've got to get down on the road. 15:58.040 --> 15:59.040 But it's after 10 now. 15:59.040 --> 16:00.040 You're off duty. 16:00.040 --> 16:03.040 Yeah, and my relief comes from the other side of the mountain, 16:03.040 --> 16:05.040 and he ain't going to be able to get through, 16:05.040 --> 16:07.040 so I guess I'm still on duty. 16:07.040 --> 16:08.040 Well, what is there to do now? 16:08.040 --> 16:10.040 You never can tell in a storm like this. 16:10.040 --> 16:12.040 Orders are to patrol the highway. 16:12.040 --> 16:14.040 But the highway's likely to be closed. 16:14.040 --> 16:16.040 Right, so I'll patrol it until it is. 16:16.040 --> 16:18.040 Thanks for the coffee, Miss Parsons. 16:18.040 --> 16:20.040 Sure you won't stay? 16:20.040 --> 16:22.040 Well, thanks, but I can't. 16:22.040 --> 16:23.040 Won't be any trouble, Sergeant. 16:23.040 --> 16:24.040 Thanks anyway. 16:26.040 --> 16:30.040 Oh, say, that car out front. 16:30.040 --> 16:31.040 What car? 16:31.040 --> 16:33.040 Well, a couple hours ago when I was going up the pass. 16:33.040 --> 16:36.040 That pink and gray job you were gassing up. 16:36.040 --> 16:37.040 What about it? 16:37.040 --> 16:39.040 You in any trouble? 16:39.040 --> 16:40.040 No. 16:40.040 --> 16:41.040 Hmm. 16:41.040 --> 16:42.040 I just wondered. 16:42.040 --> 16:43.040 Hope it got done all right. 16:43.040 --> 16:46.040 Cars like that weren't designed for this kind of country. 16:46.040 --> 16:48.040 No, I guess they weren't. 16:48.040 --> 16:50.040 Nor its driver. 16:50.040 --> 16:51.040 Huh? 16:51.040 --> 16:52.040 Screwball. 16:52.040 --> 16:53.040 Maybe a little loaded. 16:53.040 --> 16:54.040 I don't know. 16:54.040 --> 16:55.040 Hmm. 16:55.040 --> 16:56.040 Yeah. 16:56.040 --> 16:57.040 Well, good night, folks. 16:57.040 --> 16:58.040 Thanks again for the coffee. 16:58.040 --> 16:59.040 You're welcome. 17:00.040 --> 17:01.040 Good night, Sergeant. 17:04.040 --> 17:05.040 Well? 17:05.040 --> 17:06.040 Well? 17:06.040 --> 17:07.040 I'll get it. 17:07.040 --> 17:08.040 No, I'll get it. 17:10.040 --> 17:11.040 Walt Summit Service. 17:11.040 --> 17:12.040 You ain't left yet, Joey. 17:12.040 --> 17:13.040 Get going. 17:13.040 --> 17:15.040 You got the wrong number. 17:15.040 --> 17:16.040 Again? 17:16.040 --> 17:17.040 Again. 17:17.040 --> 17:18.040 What is it, darling? 17:18.040 --> 17:19.040 A screwball. 17:19.040 --> 17:20.040 What's he want? 17:20.040 --> 17:21.040 Who knows? 17:21.040 --> 17:22.040 He's drunk. 17:22.040 --> 17:23.040 Come on, let's go to bed. 17:23.040 --> 17:25.040 I'm not very sleepy now. 17:25.040 --> 17:27.040 I know what. 17:27.040 --> 17:28.040 We'll sit up and wait for Dad. 17:28.040 --> 17:29.040 He won't make it now. 17:29.040 --> 17:30.040 He might. 17:30.040 --> 17:31.040 Let's go to bed, I said. 17:31.040 --> 17:32.040 Didn't you hear me? 17:32.040 --> 17:35.040 I...I heard you. 17:35.040 --> 17:38.040 All right, we'll go to bed. 17:38.040 --> 17:39.040 Well, go then. 17:39.040 --> 17:41.040 I gotta lock up. 17:41.040 --> 17:43.040 All right, honey. 17:45.040 --> 17:46.040 Walt? 17:46.040 --> 17:47.040 Walt? 17:47.040 --> 17:48.040 What? 17:48.040 --> 17:49.040 What's the matter? 17:49.040 --> 17:50.040 Nothing. 17:50.040 --> 17:51.040 Nothing's the matter. 17:51.040 --> 17:52.040 I gotta lock up, that's all. 17:52.040 --> 17:53.040 Go on, go to bed. 17:53.040 --> 17:55.040 Stop asking a lot of stupid questions. 17:55.040 --> 18:07.040 That'll be 20 cents for three minutes. 18:07.040 --> 18:14.040 Yeah, Pete? 18:14.040 --> 18:26.040 Well, how'd you guess it'd be me, Joey? 18:26.040 --> 18:27.040 Let's cut the kitten. 18:27.040 --> 18:28.040 I'm not kidding, Joey. 18:28.040 --> 18:29.040 I'm disappointed. 18:29.040 --> 18:30.040 I'm real disappointed. 18:30.040 --> 18:33.040 I fly all the way down here from Vegas just to talk to you. 18:33.040 --> 18:34.040 What happens? 18:34.040 --> 18:36.040 You ain't got the courtesy to come down the hill to see a pal. 18:36.040 --> 18:38.040 How come you ain't here, Joey? 18:38.040 --> 18:39.040 I'm not coming, Pete. 18:39.040 --> 18:40.040 You're not? 18:40.040 --> 18:41.040 No. 18:41.040 --> 18:45.040 Well, then I guess I'll just have to come up there. 18:45.040 --> 18:46.040 Nobody's asking you. 18:46.040 --> 18:49.040 Joey, Joey, that's no way to talk. 18:49.040 --> 18:50.040 Lay off, will you, Pete? 18:50.040 --> 18:52.040 I ain't done nothing to you. 18:52.040 --> 18:53.040 You walked out on me, Joey. 18:53.040 --> 18:55.040 Nobody walks out on Big Pete. 18:55.040 --> 18:56.040 I'll see you in an hour. 18:56.040 --> 19:00.040 Oh, and Joey, don't try taking the powder. 19:00.040 --> 19:03.040 A fella at the bar just told me the pass is closed, 19:03.040 --> 19:05.040 and the only way out is down the hill, Joey. 19:05.040 --> 19:06.040 I know it, but it... 19:06.040 --> 19:11.040 Want to change your mind and come on down, Joey? 19:11.040 --> 19:13.040 Joe. 19:13.040 --> 19:15.040 Joey. 19:15.040 --> 19:16.040 Were you flashing, sir? 19:16.040 --> 19:18.040 Yeah, yeah, I was cut off up there. 19:18.040 --> 19:21.040 Just a moment, and I'll try to connect you. 19:24.040 --> 19:25.040 I'm sorry, sir. 19:25.040 --> 19:27.040 There seems to be trouble on that line. 19:27.040 --> 19:28.040 Probably the storm. 19:28.040 --> 19:36.040 Thanks. 19:36.040 --> 19:37.040 He ain't coming? 19:37.040 --> 19:39.040 Don't worry, it couldn't be better. 19:39.040 --> 19:40.040 Line just went out in the storm. 19:40.040 --> 19:42.040 And the pass is blocked. 19:42.040 --> 19:43.040 Oh, what a sweet setup. 19:43.040 --> 19:44.040 Yeah, ain't it? 19:44.040 --> 19:46.040 All right, come on, let's go. 19:46.040 --> 20:04.040 A pleasure. 20:04.040 --> 20:05.040 Is that you, honey? 20:05.040 --> 20:06.040 Yeah. 20:06.040 --> 20:07.040 Come to bed. 20:07.040 --> 20:08.040 I can't sleep. 20:08.040 --> 20:09.040 Why not? 20:09.040 --> 20:10.040 I'm worried. 20:10.040 --> 20:11.040 About what? 20:11.040 --> 20:12.040 Where are you going? 20:12.040 --> 20:17.040 What are you putting on your coat for? 20:17.040 --> 20:18.040 I gotta go down the hill. 20:18.040 --> 20:19.040 What's the matter, Walt? 20:19.040 --> 20:21.040 I'm worried about your dad, honey. 20:21.040 --> 20:23.040 I'm going to look for him. 20:23.040 --> 20:25.040 Now, you know he's probably staying down at the rances. 20:25.040 --> 20:26.040 If you're worried, telephone him. 20:26.040 --> 20:27.040 No, no, I tried lines out. 20:27.040 --> 20:29.040 I gotta go look for him. 20:29.040 --> 20:30.040 But, Walt, you can't leave me here alone. 20:30.040 --> 20:31.040 I gotta, honey, I gotta. 20:31.040 --> 20:32.040 But, Walt, I'm afraid. 20:32.040 --> 20:34.040 There's nothing to be scared of. 20:34.040 --> 20:36.040 You'll be safe here. 20:36.040 --> 20:37.040 Your gun. 20:37.040 --> 20:40.040 Why are you taking your gun? 20:40.040 --> 20:41.040 I feel better with a gun. 20:41.040 --> 20:42.040 Looking for Dad? 20:42.040 --> 20:44.040 Walt, you're keeping something from me. 20:44.040 --> 20:45.040 Who's been telephoning all night? 20:45.040 --> 20:48.040 Has it got something to do with that man who was here this evening? 20:48.040 --> 20:49.040 Tell me, Walt. 20:49.040 --> 20:50.040 You've gotta tell me. 20:50.040 --> 20:52.040 There's nothing to tell. 20:52.040 --> 20:54.040 Now, look, go back to sleep. 20:54.040 --> 20:55.040 No, I'm going with you. 20:55.040 --> 20:56.040 You can't go out in this storm. 20:56.040 --> 20:58.040 If you're going to look for Dad, I'm going with you. 20:58.040 --> 21:00.040 After all, he's my father. 21:00.040 --> 21:01.040 Get back in bed, honey. 21:01.040 --> 21:02.040 Please. 21:02.040 --> 21:03.040 If you promise you won't go out. 21:03.040 --> 21:04.040 I can't. 21:04.040 --> 21:05.040 I gotta go. 21:05.040 --> 21:07.040 I gotta go alone. 21:07.040 --> 21:08.040 Then it isn't, Dad. 21:08.040 --> 21:09.040 It's something else. 21:09.040 --> 21:11.040 Look, honey, don't... 21:11.040 --> 21:15.040 Hey, how come the place all lit up like a Christmas tree? 21:15.040 --> 21:17.040 Can't be that much business tonight. 21:17.040 --> 21:19.040 Oh, Dad, thank goodness you're here. 21:19.040 --> 21:22.040 This silly husband of mine was going out to look for you. 21:22.040 --> 21:25.040 He was afraid you'd skidded into the canyon or something. 21:25.040 --> 21:27.040 Oh, mountain man like me? 21:27.040 --> 21:29.040 Oh, fiddlesticks. 21:29.040 --> 21:31.040 Glad you're dressed, though, Walt. 21:31.040 --> 21:35.040 I promised Sergeant Tooei I'd send you down the road to give him a hand. 21:35.040 --> 21:36.040 Accident? 21:36.040 --> 21:40.040 Yep, went through the guardrail on Mule Shoe Curve. 21:40.040 --> 21:43.040 Dern Foo was driving without chains. 21:43.040 --> 21:47.040 One of these fancy new two-tone jobs. 21:47.040 --> 21:52.040 Dad, was it a pink and gray hardtop convertible? 21:52.040 --> 21:56.040 Well, Tooei didn't specify, but he recognized the driver. 21:56.040 --> 21:59.040 Big shot gangster from back east, he said. 21:59.040 --> 22:02.040 Didn't know the other fella. 22:02.040 --> 22:04.040 Were they hurt? 22:04.040 --> 22:05.040 Hurt? 22:05.040 --> 22:10.040 They're both as dead as last week's hamburgers. 22:13.040 --> 22:15.040 Okay, I'll get going. 22:17.040 --> 22:22.040 Honey, will you put the gun back in the drawer? 22:22.040 --> 22:24.040 I'll be back in a little while. 22:24.040 --> 22:25.040 All right, honey. 22:25.040 --> 22:26.040 Dad. 22:26.040 --> 22:27.040 Will. 22:27.040 --> 22:30.040 See she gets to bed, will you? 22:30.040 --> 22:32.040 She hasn't had much sleep tonight. 22:32.040 --> 22:37.040 Don't worry. 22:37.040 --> 22:39.040 I'll sleep now. 22:39.040 --> 22:41.040 Good. 22:41.040 --> 22:44.040 Hey, you know something? 22:44.040 --> 22:46.040 What? 22:46.040 --> 22:48.040 I love you. 22:48.040 --> 23:09.040 I love you very much. 23:09.040 --> 23:18.040 Suspense, in which Tom McKee starred in tonight's presentation of Nobody Ever Quits. 23:18.040 --> 23:23.040 Next week, the story of two young men and a frightening dare. 23:23.040 --> 23:26.040 We call it The Game. 23:26.040 --> 23:31.040 That's next week on Suspense. 23:31.040 --> 23:36.040 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. 23:36.040 --> 23:39.040 Script written by William N. Robeson. 23:39.040 --> 23:43.040 The music was composed by Lucian Morwick and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 23:43.040 --> 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. 23:52.040 --> 23:57.040 This is the CBS Radio Network. 23:57.040 --> 24:02.040 The New York Times.