WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:14.000 --> 00:22.160 Tonight, the story of Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley and starring Mr. Tracy Harris 00:22.160 --> 00:39.800 and Mr. Herb Butterfield. 00:39.800 --> 00:40.800 James. 00:40.800 --> 00:41.800 Hi Victor. 00:41.800 --> 00:47.800 Here, just in time to give me a hand. 00:47.800 --> 00:49.200 These Indian summers. 00:49.200 --> 00:51.440 Hot, too sticky. 00:51.440 --> 00:53.040 James I'd like to talk to you. 00:53.040 --> 00:54.680 Well, of course. 00:54.680 --> 00:55.680 Anything wrong? 00:55.680 --> 00:56.680 Yes. 00:56.680 --> 00:57.680 Oh. 00:57.680 --> 00:58.920 Well then, let's go in the house. 00:58.920 --> 00:59.920 I'll get you a beer. 00:59.920 --> 01:00.920 We can talk. 01:00.920 --> 01:01.920 Not in the house. 01:01.920 --> 01:02.920 Do you mind if we just walk? 01:02.920 --> 01:03.920 Oh, of course not. 01:03.920 --> 01:04.920 Hmm. 01:04.920 --> 01:13.440 Might get some rain. 01:13.440 --> 01:15.560 When's Elizabeth coming home? 01:15.560 --> 01:21.320 Tomorrow or Tuesday, I think. 01:21.320 --> 01:22.320 James I... 01:22.320 --> 01:25.520 Oh, look now, we're friends. 01:25.520 --> 01:26.640 You know you can speak to me. 01:26.640 --> 01:27.640 What's the matter? 01:27.640 --> 01:30.560 Did one of your patients die or made a mistake perhaps? 01:30.560 --> 01:31.560 No, no. 01:31.560 --> 01:32.560 Nothing like that. 01:32.560 --> 01:33.560 Perhaps it's worse. 01:33.560 --> 01:34.560 I'm not sure. 01:34.560 --> 01:38.320 Has it anything to do with Elizabeth going away? 01:38.320 --> 01:40.320 In a way, yes. 01:40.320 --> 01:41.320 Oh. 01:41.320 --> 01:43.800 Eh, my favorite place. 01:43.800 --> 01:47.200 You know Victor, I think up most of my sermons here. 01:47.200 --> 01:50.880 Listen, I've been doing an experiment. 01:50.880 --> 01:51.880 It's very complicated. 01:51.880 --> 01:53.560 I'm almost finished. 01:53.560 --> 01:54.560 That's wonderful. 01:54.560 --> 01:55.560 I think I'm a little afraid of it. 01:55.560 --> 01:57.640 I don't know. 01:57.640 --> 01:58.960 I've tried to think it out myself. 01:58.960 --> 02:00.440 I can't find the answer. 02:00.440 --> 02:02.480 Go on. 02:02.480 --> 02:05.640 You've got to promise that you'll never breathe a word of what I'm about to tell you. 02:05.640 --> 02:06.640 You have my word. 02:06.640 --> 02:07.640 You swear? 02:07.640 --> 02:11.800 Why, don't you usually break my word? 02:11.800 --> 02:12.800 I'm sorry. 02:12.800 --> 02:18.720 Oh, look, I've made something. 02:18.720 --> 02:19.720 It's tremendous. 02:19.720 --> 02:23.960 It's impossible, but I think I've done it. 02:23.960 --> 02:26.240 And it goes against everything you believe, James. 02:26.240 --> 02:27.240 What? 02:27.240 --> 02:28.240 What have you done? 02:28.240 --> 02:30.240 I've put it together. 02:30.240 --> 02:32.840 Heart, brain, nerves, muscle, everything. 02:32.840 --> 02:36.120 I've done it. 02:36.120 --> 02:37.120 Do you understand? 02:37.120 --> 02:40.520 A complete body. 02:40.520 --> 02:43.000 And you're upset because of that? 02:43.000 --> 02:46.000 You think you've done something wrong? 02:46.000 --> 02:49.040 Last night I made it move. 02:49.040 --> 02:54.240 I'm not certain, but I think I can give it life. 02:54.240 --> 02:56.920 Don't you see why I'm afraid, James? 02:56.920 --> 03:11.560 I've created a man. 03:11.560 --> 03:14.000 You don't have to see this thing if you don't want to, James. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 Where is it? 03:15.000 --> 03:16.000 In my lab. 03:16.000 --> 03:21.440 I'm the only one who has a key. 03:21.440 --> 03:23.040 Nobody else ever goes in there. 03:23.040 --> 03:27.680 I don't say I believe what you've told me, but how do you know you can make it live? 03:27.680 --> 03:31.200 I mean, is it anything more than galvanic action? 03:31.200 --> 03:34.200 You'll see. 03:34.200 --> 03:43.320 Go ahead. 03:43.320 --> 03:44.320 Why lock it? 03:44.320 --> 03:46.360 I always do. 03:46.360 --> 03:47.360 No windows. 03:47.360 --> 03:51.400 That's better that way. 03:51.400 --> 03:54.040 Now before I show you, I want to explain. 03:54.040 --> 03:57.080 Here, this is what started it. 03:57.080 --> 03:59.000 Was mostly an accident. 03:59.000 --> 04:00.600 One of the kids brought me his dog. 04:00.600 --> 04:03.000 It had been run over, killed. 04:03.000 --> 04:05.920 He wouldn't believe it was dead and he expected me to bring it back. 04:05.920 --> 04:10.280 So I gave it a shot in the heart, then another with this stuff, a compound I fooled with 04:10.280 --> 04:11.280 for a long time. 04:11.280 --> 04:12.280 Yeah? 04:12.280 --> 04:14.020 Well, the dog came back to life just for a moment. 04:14.020 --> 04:15.640 How do you know the dog was dead? 04:15.640 --> 04:16.920 It was. 04:16.920 --> 04:18.320 It had been for two hours. 04:18.320 --> 04:20.480 Now all this happened three years ago. 04:20.480 --> 04:24.120 You've been experimenting on things ever since? 04:24.120 --> 04:25.120 Yes, that's right. 04:25.120 --> 04:26.120 It's wrong. 04:26.120 --> 04:27.120 I don't know. 04:27.120 --> 04:28.120 It's wrong. 04:28.120 --> 04:29.120 What are you going to do? 04:29.120 --> 04:32.160 Try to bring it to life? 04:32.160 --> 04:33.480 I've got to try. 04:33.480 --> 04:36.360 If you've known that all the time, why did you come to me? 04:36.360 --> 04:38.280 Why are you unsure about it? 04:38.280 --> 04:39.280 I wanted to tell you. 04:39.280 --> 04:41.320 I had to tell someone. 04:41.320 --> 04:42.320 You're my friend. 04:42.320 --> 04:43.320 I'm a minister. 04:43.320 --> 04:44.680 I can't judge and believe in the word of God. 04:44.680 --> 04:45.860 What about science? 04:45.860 --> 04:48.280 One doesn't believe in science. 04:48.280 --> 04:51.040 One accepts it as a power given to man by his creator. 04:51.040 --> 04:52.520 I'm not arguing, James. 04:52.520 --> 04:58.280 I'm only saying that if this thing can live, haven't I accomplished a tremendous work for 04:58.280 --> 04:59.280 science? 04:59.280 --> 05:00.440 I... 05:00.440 --> 05:02.440 I don't know. 05:02.440 --> 05:06.160 Do you want to see it? 05:06.160 --> 05:07.160 No. 05:07.160 --> 05:10.280 No, I don't. 05:10.280 --> 05:11.280 But I must. 05:11.280 --> 05:14.600 Oh, it's not terrible to look at. 05:14.600 --> 05:17.300 I've done a pretty good job on it. 05:17.300 --> 05:18.680 It isn't quite finished. 05:18.680 --> 05:21.680 The face, mostly. 05:21.680 --> 05:23.680 Well? 05:23.680 --> 05:25.680 No. 05:25.680 --> 05:28.680 No, Victor. 05:28.680 --> 05:30.680 Bury it. 05:30.680 --> 05:32.600 Let it be at peace. 05:32.600 --> 05:34.080 Don't do it, even if you can. 05:34.080 --> 05:36.440 And I can't imagine it possible. 05:36.440 --> 05:37.440 Don't. 05:37.440 --> 05:38.440 Don't try. 05:38.440 --> 05:39.440 Do you realize what it would mean? 05:39.440 --> 05:40.440 I don't want to. 05:40.440 --> 05:41.440 Put it to rest, man. 05:41.440 --> 05:42.440 Forget it. 05:42.440 --> 05:43.440 That's just it. 05:43.440 --> 05:44.440 I can't. 05:44.440 --> 05:46.840 Not until I find out one way or the other. 05:46.840 --> 05:49.400 What are you going to do? 05:49.400 --> 05:50.960 Show you what happened last night. 05:50.960 --> 05:52.080 I don't want to see. 05:52.080 --> 05:53.320 I don't care. 05:53.320 --> 05:54.320 I know better. 05:54.320 --> 05:55.320 Listen to me, Victor. 05:55.320 --> 05:56.320 This mustn't go on. 05:56.320 --> 05:57.320 You can stop it. 05:57.320 --> 05:58.320 Not yet. 05:58.320 --> 05:59.320 Not until I find out. 05:59.320 --> 06:01.040 Does Elizabeth know what you're doing? 06:01.040 --> 06:02.040 No. 06:02.040 --> 06:03.040 Why did you send her away? 06:03.040 --> 06:05.160 I didn't want her here when I made the last test. 06:05.160 --> 06:06.160 Because you're ashamed? 06:06.160 --> 06:07.160 You know it's wrong. 06:07.160 --> 06:08.160 You know what she'd think. 06:08.160 --> 06:09.160 Oh, I'm not ashamed. 06:09.160 --> 06:14.280 I think I'm a little frightened. 06:14.280 --> 06:16.840 This is bigger than anything since the world began. 06:16.840 --> 06:19.920 Perhaps that's why I wanted you here. 06:19.920 --> 06:24.000 If it moves, if you prove your point to me, will you stop then? 06:24.000 --> 06:25.000 Will you destroy it? 06:25.000 --> 06:27.400 The formulas, whatever papers you have, destroy all of it. 06:27.400 --> 06:29.180 Will you? 06:29.180 --> 06:30.180 I don't know. 06:30.180 --> 06:35.720 Hand me that hypodermic there, will you? 06:35.720 --> 06:37.720 No. 06:37.720 --> 06:50.080 If I say I believe you, Victor... 06:50.080 --> 06:51.520 You don't have to be afraid of it. 06:51.520 --> 06:52.800 It couldn't hurt you, you know. 06:52.800 --> 06:56.560 There's only enough of this stuff to stimulate a very small portion of its brain. 06:56.560 --> 06:58.440 I'm not afraid of it. 06:58.440 --> 07:01.280 I'm afraid for us all. 07:01.280 --> 07:02.920 I've never preached to you, Victor, but... 07:02.920 --> 07:05.640 It moved its left foot last night, then the right. 07:05.640 --> 07:08.080 I'm going to try the arm now, will you? 07:08.080 --> 07:13.000 Move the light over here, will you, please? 07:13.000 --> 07:14.000 Thanks. 07:14.000 --> 07:15.000 Now, watch carefully. 07:15.000 --> 07:21.000 It only takes a few seconds. 07:21.000 --> 07:24.000 Now. 07:24.000 --> 07:27.000 Look. 07:27.000 --> 07:30.000 Look. 07:30.000 --> 07:34.000 It's hand. 07:34.000 --> 07:35.000 I know. 07:35.000 --> 07:37.520 That's the way it was yesterday. 07:37.520 --> 07:48.520 The movement only lasts for a moment, though. 07:48.520 --> 07:50.840 That's all. 07:50.840 --> 07:53.000 I don't know what to say. 07:53.000 --> 07:57.160 I don't even think I understand what I've seen, except that it's terrible. 07:57.160 --> 07:58.160 Why? 07:58.160 --> 07:59.160 Because you don't understand? 07:59.160 --> 08:00.160 I'm afraid, if you like. 08:00.160 --> 08:03.160 Afraid for you, for what you've done, that thing lying there. 08:03.160 --> 08:04.160 You've got no right. 08:04.160 --> 08:05.480 I won't allow... 08:05.480 --> 08:06.600 What's that? 08:06.600 --> 08:07.600 What's what? 08:07.600 --> 08:08.600 Listen. 08:08.600 --> 08:10.600 Where's my stethoscope? 08:10.600 --> 08:12.560 It's impossible. 08:12.560 --> 08:18.020 It wasn't enough. 08:18.020 --> 08:22.240 It's breathing. 08:22.240 --> 08:30.000 Victor, what have you done? 08:30.000 --> 08:47.520 You are listening to Frankenstein, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater 08:47.520 --> 08:59.680 of thrills, Suspense. 08:59.680 --> 09:02.320 American's will heed history's lessons. 09:02.320 --> 09:06.360 Throughout history, surprise has had a leading role in military disasters. 09:06.360 --> 09:11.600 Today, an enemy capable of surprise air attack could leave chaos in his wake. 09:11.600 --> 09:15.940 That's why you should be in the civilian ground observer corps, volunteering a few hours a 09:15.940 --> 09:18.000 week to guard our skies. 09:18.000 --> 09:23.920 Be a ground observer, contact your local civilian defense office and join immediately. 09:23.920 --> 09:29.240 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage Mr. Stacey Harris and Mr. Herb Butterfield, 09:29.240 --> 09:50.680 starring in tonight's production of Frankenstein, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 09:50.680 --> 09:53.200 It didn't have enough, it couldn't have. 09:53.200 --> 09:55.920 Ten cc's. 09:55.920 --> 09:56.920 Ten yesterday. 09:56.920 --> 10:02.240 Unless the drugs accumulated, maybe that's it. 10:02.240 --> 10:03.240 Has it moved again? 10:03.240 --> 10:04.240 No. 10:04.240 --> 10:05.240 And his eyes are open. 10:05.240 --> 10:06.440 What are you going to do? 10:06.440 --> 10:07.440 Now? 10:07.440 --> 10:08.440 Listen to its heart again. 10:08.440 --> 10:09.440 It's got to be destroyed. 10:09.440 --> 10:10.440 We've got to put an end to it. 10:10.440 --> 10:11.440 Will you be quiet? 10:11.440 --> 10:12.440 It's inhuman. 10:12.440 --> 10:13.440 Don't you see what you're doing? 10:13.440 --> 10:14.440 You can't give it a soul. 10:14.440 --> 10:15.440 You can't. 10:15.440 --> 10:16.440 How do you know? 10:16.440 --> 10:17.600 How do you know what I can give it? 10:17.600 --> 10:20.320 I've given it life, haven't I? 10:20.320 --> 10:24.200 It sees, breathes, moves. 10:24.200 --> 10:27.200 Perhaps it hears. 10:27.200 --> 10:34.200 Yes, I wonder, does it hear? 10:34.200 --> 10:36.200 Hey! 10:36.200 --> 10:40.200 Look, did you see that? 10:40.200 --> 10:42.720 It blinked, the head jerked. 10:42.720 --> 10:45.040 James it hears, it's aware of sound. 10:45.040 --> 10:47.560 Does it feel pain? 10:47.560 --> 10:48.560 Don't! 10:48.560 --> 10:49.560 Don't! 10:49.560 --> 10:50.560 It's not an animal. 10:50.560 --> 10:52.880 You formed it like a man, give it the dignity of one. 10:52.880 --> 10:53.880 I won't let you do that to it. 10:53.880 --> 10:54.880 I've gone this far. 10:54.880 --> 10:59.840 Put down the scalpel. 10:59.840 --> 11:01.120 What are you going to prove by that? 11:01.120 --> 11:02.640 I think you must be mad. 11:02.640 --> 11:07.520 I didn't interfere with your work. 11:07.520 --> 11:11.200 There's something at the door. 11:11.200 --> 11:15.080 Yes, I know. 11:15.080 --> 11:22.120 Better strap it down on the table. 11:22.120 --> 11:24.720 James, you won't forget your promise, will you? 11:24.720 --> 11:26.200 I'm sorry I gave you my word. 11:26.200 --> 11:28.120 I'm sorry you ever told me about this. 11:28.120 --> 11:30.280 I feel I'm as guilty as you are now. 11:30.280 --> 11:45.480 Darling, what ever took you so long? 11:45.480 --> 11:47.920 Hello, James. 11:47.920 --> 11:50.600 Hello, Elizabeth. 11:50.600 --> 11:53.440 I tried to call you from the station, dear, but the line's out of order. 11:53.440 --> 11:54.440 Oh, I'm sorry. 11:54.440 --> 11:56.440 Did you have a nice time? 11:56.440 --> 11:57.440 Lovely. 11:57.440 --> 11:58.440 Everybody sends their love. 11:58.440 --> 11:59.440 That's good. 11:59.440 --> 12:03.840 What a fine pair of sober sides you are. 12:03.840 --> 12:04.840 What did you do, darling? 12:04.840 --> 12:05.840 Bake one of my good dishes? 12:05.840 --> 12:08.840 I knew I shouldn't have left you alone. 12:08.840 --> 12:11.640 Well, why are we all standing in the hall for? 12:11.640 --> 12:12.640 Come on, let's go. 12:12.640 --> 12:13.640 Elizabeth, I must be going. 12:13.640 --> 12:14.640 Well, it's raining very hard. 12:14.640 --> 12:15.640 I'll be all right. 12:15.640 --> 12:16.640 Well, then you'll have to take an umbrella. 12:16.640 --> 12:17.640 There's one in the kitchen. 12:17.640 --> 12:18.640 Are you going to tell her? 12:18.640 --> 12:21.920 No. 12:21.920 --> 12:24.520 You won't unstrap it from the table, will you? 12:24.520 --> 12:25.520 Not yet. 12:25.520 --> 12:26.520 I'll try to come back later. 12:26.520 --> 12:29.040 I want to think. 12:29.040 --> 12:30.040 About what? 12:30.040 --> 12:33.360 You've changed since you came to see me this afternoon. 12:33.360 --> 12:36.200 You don't really care what I think now, do you? 12:36.200 --> 12:38.600 I suppose not. 12:38.600 --> 12:40.320 Thanks anyway, James. 12:40.320 --> 12:42.480 Are you going to let it live? 12:42.480 --> 12:46.440 Well, that's funny, coming from you. 12:46.440 --> 12:47.800 Have I the right to kill it? 12:47.800 --> 12:49.080 I'll tell you this, Victor. 12:49.080 --> 12:54.080 You're doing something you have no right to do, something that you don't even understand. 12:54.080 --> 12:55.960 The creation of man isn't your job. 12:55.960 --> 12:57.160 It isn't mine. 12:57.160 --> 13:00.640 I know your bright scientific mind's laughing at me. 13:00.640 --> 13:02.320 Here's the umbrella, James. 13:02.320 --> 13:03.800 But I wish you'd wait until the storm blows up. 13:03.800 --> 13:06.000 I really must get back. 13:06.000 --> 13:07.000 Thank you, Elizabeth. 13:07.000 --> 13:08.000 I'll return it tomorrow. 13:08.000 --> 13:09.000 Goodbye. 13:09.000 --> 13:15.880 Well, what's the matter with him? 13:15.880 --> 13:18.320 Have you been arguing religion again, Victor? 13:18.320 --> 13:19.320 Oh, no. 13:19.320 --> 13:20.320 No, dear. 13:20.320 --> 13:21.320 No. 13:21.320 --> 13:23.200 Look, I'm doing a little work in the lab. 13:23.200 --> 13:25.080 It's rather important, do you mind? 13:25.080 --> 13:26.440 What is going on, dear? 13:26.440 --> 13:27.440 There's something... 13:27.440 --> 13:28.440 No, dear. 13:28.440 --> 13:29.440 Nothing at all. 13:29.440 --> 13:30.440 There isn't. 13:30.440 --> 13:31.440 I know there is. 13:31.440 --> 13:32.440 What's the matter? 13:32.440 --> 13:33.440 I've told you, nothing. 13:33.440 --> 13:36.440 I've got to get back to work now. 13:36.440 --> 14:05.640 I'm going to be late. 14:05.640 --> 14:06.640 It broke the straps. 14:06.640 --> 14:10.840 It got up off the table. 14:10.840 --> 14:13.520 It broke the straps. 14:13.520 --> 14:18.760 It's just standing there looking at me. 14:18.760 --> 14:19.760 What do I do? 14:19.760 --> 14:20.760 Talk to it? 14:20.760 --> 14:21.760 What do I say? 14:21.760 --> 14:22.760 I cannot understand. 14:22.760 --> 14:23.760 I've done it. 14:23.760 --> 14:24.760 I've done it. 14:24.760 --> 14:25.760 It's almost perfect. 14:25.760 --> 14:26.760 Muscle control. 14:26.760 --> 14:27.760 Coordination. 14:27.760 --> 14:28.760 I've done it. 14:28.760 --> 14:29.760 I've done it. 14:29.760 --> 14:30.760 I've done it. 14:30.760 --> 14:31.760 I've done it. 14:31.760 --> 14:32.760 I've done it. 14:32.760 --> 14:33.760 I've done it. 14:33.760 --> 14:34.760 I've done it. 14:34.760 --> 14:35.760 I've done it. 14:35.760 --> 14:36.760 Coordination. 14:36.760 --> 14:45.360 I wish I'd finished the face, though, but to break those straps, it must be terribly 14:45.360 --> 14:47.040 strong, and that's odd. 14:47.040 --> 14:51.800 It's not over average size. 14:51.800 --> 14:59.560 And now what? 14:59.560 --> 15:02.800 Can you understand what I say? 15:02.800 --> 15:07.880 Do you feel any pain? 15:07.880 --> 15:13.640 Are you hungry? 15:13.640 --> 15:17.620 I'm a man, like you. 15:17.620 --> 15:21.040 You are a man. 15:21.040 --> 15:28.280 Do you understand? 15:28.280 --> 15:29.640 This is a mirror. 15:29.640 --> 15:32.040 You can see yourself in it. 15:32.040 --> 15:33.520 Look. 15:33.520 --> 15:38.240 It's all right. 15:38.240 --> 15:39.240 It's all right. 15:39.240 --> 15:40.240 It's angry. 15:40.240 --> 15:45.240 But it doesn't show anger in its face. 15:45.240 --> 15:46.680 There's emotion there, though. 15:46.680 --> 15:48.160 It sees ugliness and it's afraid. 15:48.160 --> 15:49.160 I'll do it. 15:49.160 --> 15:52.080 I'll have to get it back on the table, put it to sleep. 15:52.080 --> 15:53.080 That's the best way. 15:53.080 --> 15:56.080 Then use a stronger strap or a chain. 15:56.080 --> 16:00.600 Its eyes, just staring. 16:00.600 --> 16:05.360 It seems watery. 16:05.360 --> 16:11.800 What a marvel it is, though. 16:11.800 --> 16:15.360 I want you to come over here and sit down. 16:15.360 --> 16:19.120 Do you hear me? 16:19.120 --> 16:24.440 Come here and sit down. 16:24.440 --> 16:26.440 Come here. 16:26.440 --> 16:30.520 No, don't touch that. 16:30.520 --> 16:35.320 No, no, stop it. 16:35.320 --> 16:40.320 Stop it. 16:40.320 --> 16:47.320 Put that down. 16:47.320 --> 16:54.320 No, no, no. 16:54.320 --> 17:01.320 Victor, Victor, darling. 17:01.320 --> 17:12.400 Elizabeth, how did you get in here? 17:12.400 --> 17:13.960 I heard some noise and came down. 17:13.960 --> 17:15.280 The lab door was open. 17:15.280 --> 17:16.280 I locked it. 17:16.280 --> 17:17.280 The lock was broken. 17:17.280 --> 17:18.280 What's the matter? 17:18.280 --> 17:19.280 What's happened? 17:19.280 --> 17:20.280 Did you see anyone? 17:20.280 --> 17:21.280 No. 17:21.280 --> 17:22.280 Did someone break in? 17:22.280 --> 17:23.280 Elizabeth, don't ask me that. 17:23.280 --> 17:25.160 Elizabeth, don't ask me any questions. 17:25.160 --> 17:26.160 Just do what I ask. 17:26.160 --> 17:27.160 Go get your coat. 17:27.160 --> 17:28.480 I'm taking you over to James' house. 17:28.480 --> 17:29.480 I want you to stay there. 17:29.480 --> 17:30.480 Why? 17:30.480 --> 17:31.480 Why, what is it, Victor? 17:31.480 --> 17:32.840 I can't tell you about it now. 17:32.840 --> 17:34.000 You may have to stay there all night. 17:34.000 --> 17:43.800 Now hurry, please. 17:43.800 --> 17:44.800 We've got to call the police. 17:44.800 --> 17:45.800 No, no, James. 17:45.800 --> 17:46.800 They'll shoot it. 17:46.800 --> 17:47.920 I don't want that. 17:47.920 --> 17:49.320 It's just frightened, that's all. 17:49.320 --> 17:50.320 You're being a fool, Victor. 17:50.320 --> 17:54.560 Do you realize what it means, that thing roaming about the country? 17:54.560 --> 17:55.760 What about the children? 17:55.760 --> 17:56.760 Everybody in the village? 17:56.760 --> 17:57.760 I'm going to get the police. 17:57.760 --> 17:58.760 No, no. 17:58.760 --> 18:00.380 James, please, listen. 18:00.380 --> 18:02.000 Give me a chance to find it first. 18:02.000 --> 18:03.000 Then what? 18:03.000 --> 18:05.200 You do a few more experiments? 18:05.200 --> 18:06.960 Give it speech, perhaps, and it happens again. 18:06.960 --> 18:07.960 It's mine. 18:07.960 --> 18:08.960 I made it. 18:08.960 --> 18:09.960 I'm not thinking of that now. 18:09.960 --> 18:10.960 It's the village and your wife. 18:10.960 --> 18:12.680 We don't even know where it is. 18:12.680 --> 18:16.320 If it wants to kill, how do you know where it will stop? 18:16.320 --> 18:17.320 All right. 18:17.320 --> 18:18.840 All right, then. 18:18.840 --> 18:20.600 Just give me an hour. 18:20.600 --> 18:23.040 Please, James, let me try to find it before we call the police. 18:23.040 --> 18:27.080 If I do, I'll take it back. 18:27.080 --> 18:30.680 I'll destroy it myself. 18:30.680 --> 18:32.360 You give me your word? 18:32.360 --> 18:34.280 Yes, yes. 18:34.280 --> 18:35.960 All right. 18:35.960 --> 18:37.880 I'll go with you. 18:37.880 --> 18:38.880 Thanks, James. 18:38.880 --> 18:40.560 I'll get my rifle. 18:40.560 --> 18:42.560 Do you have a gun? 18:42.560 --> 18:45.440 Yes, but I'm not going to use it unless... 18:45.440 --> 18:47.880 Yes, unless. 18:47.880 --> 18:48.880 That's why I'll take mine. 18:48.880 --> 18:49.880 I shan't be a moment. 18:49.880 --> 18:50.880 It's getting dark. 18:50.880 --> 19:06.600 Where do you think it might have gone? 19:06.600 --> 19:08.360 It's hard to tell. 19:08.360 --> 19:10.760 If it's afraid of thunder, it might be hiding in a barn. 19:10.760 --> 19:11.760 That's where I'm heading now. 19:11.760 --> 19:13.920 The old Hamilton place? 19:13.920 --> 19:14.920 That's right. 19:14.920 --> 19:15.920 How are you going to capture it? 19:15.920 --> 19:17.360 Have you thought of that? 19:17.360 --> 19:18.840 I brought along a hypodermic. 19:18.840 --> 19:23.600 You are not afraid anymore, are you? 19:23.600 --> 19:24.600 No. 19:24.600 --> 19:26.880 It's strange because I am. 19:26.880 --> 19:30.960 Not of what it might do to me, but because of the fact that I've seen it. 19:30.960 --> 19:31.960 I know it exists. 19:31.960 --> 19:32.960 No, listen. 19:32.960 --> 19:33.960 There. 19:33.960 --> 19:36.960 The dog might have seen it. 19:36.960 --> 19:47.480 Sounds as though it's coming from around the Hamilton place. 19:47.480 --> 19:49.560 If it is in there, there's no way out the back. 19:49.560 --> 19:51.560 It was boarded up, wasn't it? 19:51.560 --> 19:57.080 Yes, but it broke out of your lab. 19:57.080 --> 19:58.080 Then I'll go in. 19:58.080 --> 19:59.320 Wait out here, will you? 19:59.320 --> 20:00.760 I'm coming with you. 20:00.760 --> 20:01.840 No, no. 20:01.840 --> 20:07.240 If it tries to escape, if it does do something to me, shoot it as it comes out. 20:07.240 --> 20:08.880 Don't take the chance. 20:08.880 --> 20:10.400 It won't let you get near it. 20:10.400 --> 20:20.560 I'm going to try. 20:20.560 --> 20:22.560 I lied. 20:22.560 --> 20:25.320 I am afraid. 20:25.320 --> 20:31.160 It's somewhere in here, hiding, waiting for me. 20:31.160 --> 20:32.160 I am afraid. 20:32.160 --> 20:33.640 I should have destroyed it. 20:33.640 --> 20:34.640 James was right. 20:34.640 --> 20:40.240 Oh, what's the matter with this flashlight? 20:40.240 --> 20:43.240 That's better. 20:43.240 --> 20:47.560 What was that? 20:47.560 --> 20:50.400 There. 20:50.400 --> 20:51.400 There in the corner. 20:51.400 --> 20:52.400 There it is. 20:52.400 --> 21:11.600 I won't hurt you. 21:11.600 --> 21:14.200 It's all right. 21:14.200 --> 21:16.360 I understand. 21:16.360 --> 21:19.120 I won't hurt you. 21:19.120 --> 21:20.120 Don't be frightened. 21:20.120 --> 21:24.280 It's going to be all right. 21:24.280 --> 21:26.280 Victor! 21:26.280 --> 21:28.280 Victor! 21:28.280 --> 21:30.280 Victor! 21:30.280 --> 21:35.280 You shoot it? 21:35.280 --> 21:48.320 I might have hit it. 21:48.320 --> 21:49.320 I don't know. 21:49.320 --> 21:50.320 Yes. 21:50.320 --> 21:51.320 Are you? 21:51.320 --> 21:52.320 Victor. 21:52.320 --> 22:03.760 He never recovered consciousness again. 22:03.760 --> 22:08.320 Outside, I looked for the thing I'd shot at, but there was no sign of it. 22:08.320 --> 22:12.880 I returned to the lab and burned every paper, destroyed every single evidence of Victor 22:12.880 --> 22:16.640 Frankenstein's terrible experiment. 22:16.640 --> 22:22.080 But the result of that experiment has never been found, nor have I been able yet to convince 22:22.080 --> 22:50.400 the authorities that such a thing ever existed. 22:50.400 --> 23:01.480 Next week, the story of terror in the streets. 23:01.480 --> 23:04.840 We call it, The Whole Town Sleeping. 23:04.840 --> 23:28.000 It's next week on Suspense. 23:28.000 --> 23:30.560 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. 23:30.560 --> 23:32.720 Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley. 23:32.720 --> 23:36.400 The music was composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 23:36.400 --> 23:47.880 Featured in the cast were Vivi Janis and Barney Phillips. 23:47.880 --> 24:12.880 Join the FBI in peace and war Wednesday nights on the CBS Radio Network. 24:12.880 --> 24:16.460 The Burk cleaver was used to do arrests after he saw the 24:42.880 --> 24:44.940 you