1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:22,160 Tonight, the story of Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley and starring Mr. Tracy Harris 3 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:39,800 and Mr. Herb Butterfield. 4 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:40,800 James. 5 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:41,800 Hi Victor. 6 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:47,800 Here, just in time to give me a hand. 7 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,200 These Indian summers. 8 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,440 Hot, too sticky. 9 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,040 James I'd like to talk to you. 10 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,680 Well, of course. 11 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:55,680 Anything wrong? 12 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:56,680 Yes. 13 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:57,680 Oh. 14 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:58,920 Well then, let's go in the house. 15 00:00:58,920 --> 00:00:59,920 I'll get you a beer. 16 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:00,920 We can talk. 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:01,920 Not in the house. 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:02,920 Do you mind if we just walk? 19 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:03,920 Oh, of course not. 20 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:04,920 Hmm. 21 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:13,440 Might get some rain. 22 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,560 When's Elizabeth coming home? 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:21,320 Tomorrow or Tuesday, I think. 24 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:22,320 James I... 25 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:25,520 Oh, look now, we're friends. 26 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:26,640 You know you can speak to me. 27 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:27,640 What's the matter? 28 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,560 Did one of your patients die or made a mistake perhaps? 29 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:31,560 No, no. 30 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:32,560 Nothing like that. 31 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:33,560 Perhaps it's worse. 32 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:34,560 I'm not sure. 33 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,320 Has it anything to do with Elizabeth going away? 34 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:40,320 In a way, yes. 35 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:41,320 Oh. 36 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:43,800 Eh, my favorite place. 37 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,200 You know Victor, I think up most of my sermons here. 38 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,880 Listen, I've been doing an experiment. 39 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:51,880 It's very complicated. 40 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,560 I'm almost finished. 41 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:54,560 That's wonderful. 42 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:55,560 I think I'm a little afraid of it. 43 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,640 I don't know. 44 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:58,960 I've tried to think it out myself. 45 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,440 I can't find the answer. 46 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,480 Go on. 47 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,640 You've got to promise that you'll never breathe a word of what I'm about to tell you. 48 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:06,640 You have my word. 49 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:07,640 You swear? 50 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,800 Why, don't you usually break my word? 51 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:12,800 I'm sorry. 52 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:18,720 Oh, look, I've made something. 53 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:19,720 It's tremendous. 54 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,960 It's impossible, but I think I've done it. 55 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,240 And it goes against everything you believe, James. 56 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:27,240 What? 57 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,240 What have you done? 58 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,240 I've put it together. 59 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,840 Heart, brain, nerves, muscle, everything. 60 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,120 I've done it. 61 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,120 Do you understand? 62 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,520 A complete body. 63 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,000 And you're upset because of that? 64 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 You think you've done something wrong? 65 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,040 Last night I made it move. 66 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:54,240 I'm not certain, but I think I can give it life. 67 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,920 Don't you see why I'm afraid, James? 68 00:02:56,920 --> 00:03:11,560 I've created a man. 69 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,000 You don't have to see this thing if you don't want to, James. 70 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Where is it? 71 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 In my lab. 72 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:21,440 I'm the only one who has a key. 73 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,040 Nobody else ever goes in there. 74 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,680 I don't say I believe what you've told me, but how do you know you can make it live? 75 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,200 I mean, is it anything more than galvanic action? 76 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,200 You'll see. 77 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:43,320 Go ahead. 78 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:44,320 Why lock it? 79 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,360 I always do. 80 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:47,360 No windows. 81 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,400 That's better that way. 82 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,040 Now before I show you, I want to explain. 83 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,080 Here, this is what started it. 84 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,000 Was mostly an accident. 85 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,600 One of the kids brought me his dog. 86 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,000 It had been run over, killed. 87 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,920 He wouldn't believe it was dead and he expected me to bring it back. 88 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:10,280 So I gave it a shot in the heart, then another with this stuff, a compound I fooled with 89 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:11,280 for a long time. 90 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,280 Yeah? 91 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,020 Well, the dog came back to life just for a moment. 92 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:15,640 How do you know the dog was dead? 93 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:16,920 It was. 94 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,320 It had been for two hours. 95 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,480 Now all this happened three years ago. 96 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,120 You've been experimenting on things ever since? 97 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,120 Yes, that's right. 98 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:26,120 It's wrong. 99 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:27,120 I don't know. 100 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:28,120 It's wrong. 101 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,120 What are you going to do? 102 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,160 Try to bring it to life? 103 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:33,480 I've got to try. 104 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,360 If you've known that all the time, why did you come to me? 105 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,280 Why are you unsure about it? 106 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:39,280 I wanted to tell you. 107 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:41,320 I had to tell someone. 108 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,320 You're my friend. 109 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:43,320 I'm a minister. 110 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:44,680 I can't judge and believe in the word of God. 111 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:45,860 What about science? 112 00:04:45,860 --> 00:04:48,280 One doesn't believe in science. 113 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,040 One accepts it as a power given to man by his creator. 114 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,520 I'm not arguing, James. 115 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:58,280 I'm only saying that if this thing can live, haven't I accomplished a tremendous work for 116 00:04:58,280 --> 00:04:59,280 science? 117 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:00,440 I... 118 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,440 I don't know. 119 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,160 Do you want to see it? 120 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:07,160 No. 121 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,280 No, I don't. 122 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:11,280 But I must. 123 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:14,600 Oh, it's not terrible to look at. 124 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,300 I've done a pretty good job on it. 125 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:18,680 It isn't quite finished. 126 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,680 The face, mostly. 127 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,680 Well? 128 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,680 No. 129 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,680 No, Victor. 130 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,680 Bury it. 131 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,600 Let it be at peace. 132 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,080 Don't do it, even if you can. 133 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,440 And I can't imagine it possible. 134 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:37,440 Don't. 135 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:38,440 Don't try. 136 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:39,440 Do you realize what it would mean? 137 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,440 I don't want to. 138 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,440 Put it to rest, man. 139 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:42,440 Forget it. 140 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:43,440 That's just it. 141 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:44,440 I can't. 142 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,840 Not until I find out one way or the other. 143 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:49,400 What are you going to do? 144 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,960 Show you what happened last night. 145 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,080 I don't want to see. 146 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,320 I don't care. 147 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:54,320 I know better. 148 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,320 Listen to me, Victor. 149 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:56,320 This mustn't go on. 150 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:57,320 You can stop it. 151 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:58,320 Not yet. 152 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,320 Not until I find out. 153 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,040 Does Elizabeth know what you're doing? 154 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,040 No. 155 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:03,040 Why did you send her away? 156 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,160 I didn't want her here when I made the last test. 157 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,160 Because you're ashamed? 158 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:07,160 You know it's wrong. 159 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,160 You know what she'd think. 160 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,160 Oh, I'm not ashamed. 161 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,280 I think I'm a little frightened. 162 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:16,840 This is bigger than anything since the world began. 163 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:19,920 Perhaps that's why I wanted you here. 164 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,000 If it moves, if you prove your point to me, will you stop then? 165 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Will you destroy it? 166 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,400 The formulas, whatever papers you have, destroy all of it. 167 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,180 Will you? 168 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:30,180 I don't know. 169 00:06:30,180 --> 00:06:35,720 Hand me that hypodermic there, will you? 170 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,720 No. 171 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:50,080 If I say I believe you, Victor... 172 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:51,520 You don't have to be afraid of it. 173 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:52,800 It couldn't hurt you, you know. 174 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,560 There's only enough of this stuff to stimulate a very small portion of its brain. 175 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,440 I'm not afraid of it. 176 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,280 I'm afraid for us all. 177 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:02,920 I've never preached to you, Victor, but... 178 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,640 It moved its left foot last night, then the right. 179 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,080 I'm going to try the arm now, will you? 180 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:13,000 Move the light over here, will you, please? 181 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Thanks. 182 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Now, watch carefully. 183 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:21,000 It only takes a few seconds. 184 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Now. 185 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Look. 186 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Look. 187 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,000 It's hand. 188 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 I know. 189 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,520 That's the way it was yesterday. 190 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:48,520 The movement only lasts for a moment, though. 191 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,840 That's all. 192 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,000 I don't know what to say. 193 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,160 I don't even think I understand what I've seen, except that it's terrible. 194 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,160 Why? 195 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,160 Because you don't understand? 196 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:00,160 I'm afraid, if you like. 197 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,160 Afraid for you, for what you've done, that thing lying there. 198 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,160 You've got no right. 199 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,480 I won't allow... 200 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:06,600 What's that? 201 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:07,600 What's what? 202 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:08,600 Listen. 203 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,600 Where's my stethoscope? 204 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,560 It's impossible. 205 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:18,020 It wasn't enough. 206 00:08:18,020 --> 00:08:22,240 It's breathing. 207 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:30,000 Victor, what have you done? 208 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:47,520 You are listening to Frankenstein, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater 209 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:59,680 of thrills, Suspense. 210 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:02,320 American's will heed history's lessons. 211 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:06,360 Throughout history, surprise has had a leading role in military disasters. 212 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:11,600 Today, an enemy capable of surprise air attack could leave chaos in his wake. 213 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:15,940 That's why you should be in the civilian ground observer corps, volunteering a few hours a 214 00:09:15,940 --> 00:09:18,000 week to guard our skies. 215 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,920 Be a ground observer, contact your local civilian defense office and join immediately. 216 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:29,240 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage Mr. Stacey Harris and Mr. Herb Butterfield, 217 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:50,680 starring in tonight's production of Frankenstein, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 218 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:53,200 It didn't have enough, it couldn't have. 219 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,920 Ten cc's. 220 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:56,920 Ten yesterday. 221 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:02,240 Unless the drugs accumulated, maybe that's it. 222 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Has it moved again? 223 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,240 No. 224 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:05,240 And his eyes are open. 225 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:06,440 What are you going to do? 226 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:07,440 Now? 227 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:08,440 Listen to its heart again. 228 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:09,440 It's got to be destroyed. 229 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:10,440 We've got to put an end to it. 230 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:11,440 Will you be quiet? 231 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:12,440 It's inhuman. 232 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:13,440 Don't you see what you're doing? 233 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:14,440 You can't give it a soul. 234 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:15,440 You can't. 235 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,440 How do you know? 236 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:17,600 How do you know what I can give it? 237 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,320 I've given it life, haven't I? 238 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,200 It sees, breathes, moves. 239 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,200 Perhaps it hears. 240 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:34,200 Yes, I wonder, does it hear? 241 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,200 Hey! 242 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,200 Look, did you see that? 243 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,720 It blinked, the head jerked. 244 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,040 James it hears, it's aware of sound. 245 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,560 Does it feel pain? 246 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:48,560 Don't! 247 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:49,560 Don't! 248 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:50,560 It's not an animal. 249 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:52,880 You formed it like a man, give it the dignity of one. 250 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:53,880 I won't let you do that to it. 251 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:54,880 I've gone this far. 252 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:59,840 Put down the scalpel. 253 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:01,120 What are you going to prove by that? 254 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:02,640 I think you must be mad. 255 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:07,520 I didn't interfere with your work. 256 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,200 There's something at the door. 257 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,080 Yes, I know. 258 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:22,120 Better strap it down on the table. 259 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,720 James, you won't forget your promise, will you? 260 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,200 I'm sorry I gave you my word. 261 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,120 I'm sorry you ever told me about this. 262 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,280 I feel I'm as guilty as you are now. 263 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:45,480 Darling, what ever took you so long? 264 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,920 Hello, James. 265 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,600 Hello, Elizabeth. 266 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,440 I tried to call you from the station, dear, but the line's out of order. 267 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:54,440 Oh, I'm sorry. 268 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,440 Did you have a nice time? 269 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:57,440 Lovely. 270 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:58,440 Everybody sends their love. 271 00:11:58,440 --> 00:11:59,440 That's good. 272 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,840 What a fine pair of sober sides you are. 273 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:04,840 What did you do, darling? 274 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:05,840 Bake one of my good dishes? 275 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,840 I knew I shouldn't have left you alone. 276 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,640 Well, why are we all standing in the hall for? 277 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:12,640 Come on, let's go. 278 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:13,640 Elizabeth, I must be going. 279 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:14,640 Well, it's raining very hard. 280 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:15,640 I'll be all right. 281 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:16,640 Well, then you'll have to take an umbrella. 282 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:17,640 There's one in the kitchen. 283 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:18,640 Are you going to tell her? 284 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,920 No. 285 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,520 You won't unstrap it from the table, will you? 286 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:25,520 Not yet. 287 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:26,520 I'll try to come back later. 288 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,040 I want to think. 289 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:30,040 About what? 290 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,360 You've changed since you came to see me this afternoon. 291 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,200 You don't really care what I think now, do you? 292 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,600 I suppose not. 293 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,320 Thanks anyway, James. 294 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,480 Are you going to let it live? 295 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,440 Well, that's funny, coming from you. 296 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:47,800 Have I the right to kill it? 297 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,080 I'll tell you this, Victor. 298 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:54,080 You're doing something you have no right to do, something that you don't even understand. 299 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,960 The creation of man isn't your job. 300 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:57,160 It isn't mine. 301 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,640 I know your bright scientific mind's laughing at me. 302 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,320 Here's the umbrella, James. 303 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:03,800 But I wish you'd wait until the storm blows up. 304 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,000 I really must get back. 305 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Thank you, Elizabeth. 306 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 I'll return it tomorrow. 307 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Goodbye. 308 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:15,880 Well, what's the matter with him? 309 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,320 Have you been arguing religion again, Victor? 310 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:19,320 Oh, no. 311 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,320 No, dear. 312 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:21,320 No. 313 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,200 Look, I'm doing a little work in the lab. 314 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,080 It's rather important, do you mind? 315 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,440 What is going on, dear? 316 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:27,440 There's something... 317 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,440 No, dear. 318 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,440 Nothing at all. 319 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:30,440 There isn't. 320 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:31,440 I know there is. 321 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:32,440 What's the matter? 322 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:33,440 I've told you, nothing. 323 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,440 I've got to get back to work now. 324 00:13:36,440 --> 00:14:05,640 I'm going to be late. 325 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:06,640 It broke the straps. 326 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,840 It got up off the table. 327 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,520 It broke the straps. 328 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:18,760 It's just standing there looking at me. 329 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:19,760 What do I do? 330 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:20,760 Talk to it? 331 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:21,760 What do I say? 332 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:22,760 I cannot understand. 333 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:23,760 I've done it. 334 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:24,760 I've done it. 335 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:25,760 It's almost perfect. 336 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:26,760 Muscle control. 337 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:27,760 Coordination. 338 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:28,760 I've done it. 339 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:29,760 I've done it. 340 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:30,760 I've done it. 341 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:31,760 I've done it. 342 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:32,760 I've done it. 343 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:33,760 I've done it. 344 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:34,760 I've done it. 345 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:35,760 I've done it. 346 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:36,760 Coordination. 347 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:45,360 I wish I'd finished the face, though, but to break those straps, it must be terribly 348 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,040 strong, and that's odd. 349 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:51,800 It's not over average size. 350 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:59,560 And now what? 351 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,800 Can you understand what I say? 352 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:07,880 Do you feel any pain? 353 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:13,640 Are you hungry? 354 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,620 I'm a man, like you. 355 00:15:17,620 --> 00:15:21,040 You are a man. 356 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:28,280 Do you understand? 357 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,640 This is a mirror. 358 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,040 You can see yourself in it. 359 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,520 Look. 360 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:38,240 It's all right. 361 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,240 It's all right. 362 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:40,240 It's angry. 363 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:45,240 But it doesn't show anger in its face. 364 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:46,680 There's emotion there, though. 365 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,160 It sees ugliness and it's afraid. 366 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:49,160 I'll do it. 367 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,080 I'll have to get it back on the table, put it to sleep. 368 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,080 That's the best way. 369 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,080 Then use a stronger strap or a chain. 370 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:00,600 Its eyes, just staring. 371 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,360 It seems watery. 372 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:11,800 What a marvel it is, though. 373 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,360 I want you to come over here and sit down. 374 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,120 Do you hear me? 375 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:24,440 Come here and sit down. 376 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,440 Come here. 377 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,520 No, don't touch that. 378 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:35,320 No, no, stop it. 379 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:40,320 Stop it. 380 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:47,320 Put that down. 381 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:54,320 No, no, no. 382 00:16:54,320 --> 00:17:01,320 Victor, Victor, darling. 383 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:12,400 Elizabeth, how did you get in here? 384 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:13,960 I heard some noise and came down. 385 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:15,280 The lab door was open. 386 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:16,280 I locked it. 387 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:17,280 The lock was broken. 388 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,280 What's the matter? 389 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:19,280 What's happened? 390 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,280 Did you see anyone? 391 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:21,280 No. 392 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:22,280 Did someone break in? 393 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:23,280 Elizabeth, don't ask me that. 394 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,160 Elizabeth, don't ask me any questions. 395 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,160 Just do what I ask. 396 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:27,160 Go get your coat. 397 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,480 I'm taking you over to James' house. 398 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:29,480 I want you to stay there. 399 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:30,480 Why? 400 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:31,480 Why, what is it, Victor? 401 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:32,840 I can't tell you about it now. 402 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,000 You may have to stay there all night. 403 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:43,800 Now hurry, please. 404 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:44,800 We've got to call the police. 405 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:45,800 No, no, James. 406 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:46,800 They'll shoot it. 407 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:47,920 I don't want that. 408 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,320 It's just frightened, that's all. 409 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,320 You're being a fool, Victor. 410 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,560 Do you realize what it means, that thing roaming about the country? 411 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:55,760 What about the children? 412 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:56,760 Everybody in the village? 413 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:57,760 I'm going to get the police. 414 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:58,760 No, no. 415 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,380 James, please, listen. 416 00:18:00,380 --> 00:18:02,000 Give me a chance to find it first. 417 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Then what? 418 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,200 You do a few more experiments? 419 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:06,960 Give it speech, perhaps, and it happens again. 420 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:07,960 It's mine. 421 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:08,960 I made it. 422 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:09,960 I'm not thinking of that now. 423 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:10,960 It's the village and your wife. 424 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,680 We don't even know where it is. 425 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,320 If it wants to kill, how do you know where it will stop? 426 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:17,320 All right. 427 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:18,840 All right, then. 428 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:20,600 Just give me an hour. 429 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,040 Please, James, let me try to find it before we call the police. 430 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:27,080 If I do, I'll take it back. 431 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,680 I'll destroy it myself. 432 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,360 You give me your word? 433 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:34,280 Yes, yes. 434 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,960 All right. 435 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,880 I'll go with you. 436 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:38,880 Thanks, James. 437 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,560 I'll get my rifle. 438 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,560 Do you have a gun? 439 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,440 Yes, but I'm not going to use it unless... 440 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,880 Yes, unless. 441 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:48,880 That's why I'll take mine. 442 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:49,880 I shan't be a moment. 443 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:50,880 It's getting dark. 444 00:18:50,880 --> 00:19:06,600 Where do you think it might have gone? 445 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,360 It's hard to tell. 446 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:10,760 If it's afraid of thunder, it might be hiding in a barn. 447 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:11,760 That's where I'm heading now. 448 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,920 The old Hamilton place? 449 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:14,920 That's right. 450 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:15,920 How are you going to capture it? 451 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:17,360 Have you thought of that? 452 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,840 I brought along a hypodermic. 453 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:23,600 You are not afraid anymore, are you? 454 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:24,600 No. 455 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,880 It's strange because I am. 456 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,960 Not of what it might do to me, but because of the fact that I've seen it. 457 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:31,960 I know it exists. 458 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:32,960 No, listen. 459 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:33,960 There. 460 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,960 The dog might have seen it. 461 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:47,480 Sounds as though it's coming from around the Hamilton place. 462 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,560 If it is in there, there's no way out the back. 463 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,560 It was boarded up, wasn't it? 464 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:57,080 Yes, but it broke out of your lab. 465 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,080 Then I'll go in. 466 00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:59,320 Wait out here, will you? 467 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,760 I'm coming with you. 468 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:01,840 No, no. 469 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:07,240 If it tries to escape, if it does do something to me, shoot it as it comes out. 470 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:08,880 Don't take the chance. 471 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,400 It won't let you get near it. 472 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:20,560 I'm going to try. 473 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,560 I lied. 474 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,320 I am afraid. 475 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:31,160 It's somewhere in here, hiding, waiting for me. 476 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:32,160 I am afraid. 477 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,640 I should have destroyed it. 478 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:34,640 James was right. 479 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:40,240 Oh, what's the matter with this flashlight? 480 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,240 That's better. 481 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:47,560 What was that? 482 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,400 There. 483 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:51,400 There in the corner. 484 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:52,400 There it is. 485 00:20:52,400 --> 00:21:11,600 I won't hurt you. 486 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,200 It's all right. 487 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,360 I understand. 488 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:19,120 I won't hurt you. 489 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:20,120 Don't be frightened. 490 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:24,280 It's going to be all right. 491 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,280 Victor! 492 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,280 Victor! 493 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,280 Victor! 494 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:35,280 You shoot it? 495 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:48,320 I might have hit it. 496 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,320 I don't know. 497 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:50,320 Yes. 498 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:51,320 Are you? 499 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:52,320 Victor. 500 00:21:52,320 --> 00:22:03,760 He never recovered consciousness again. 501 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:08,320 Outside, I looked for the thing I'd shot at, but there was no sign of it. 502 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,880 I returned to the lab and burned every paper, destroyed every single evidence of Victor 503 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,640 Frankenstein's terrible experiment. 504 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:22,080 But the result of that experiment has never been found, nor have I been able yet to convince 505 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:50,400 the authorities that such a thing ever existed. 506 00:22:50,400 --> 00:23:01,480 Next week, the story of terror in the streets. 507 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,840 We call it, The Whole Town Sleeping. 508 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:28,000 It's next week on Suspense. 509 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,560 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. 510 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,720 Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley. 511 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,400 The music was composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 512 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:47,880 Featured in the cast were Vivi Janis and Barney Phillips. 513 00:23:47,880 --> 00:24:12,880 Join the FBI in peace and war Wednesday nights on the CBS Radio Network. 514 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,460 The Burk cleaver was used to do arrests after he saw the 515 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,940 you