1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:21,360 Tonight, the story of a fishing cruise and bait that was a life insurance policy. 3 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,840 We call it Over the Bounding Main. 4 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:29,100 So now, starring Mr. Tony Barrett, here is tonight's suspense play, Over the Bounding 5 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:30,100 Main. 6 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:31,100 Ouch! 7 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:45,960 Oh, for heaven's sakes, Marty, when are you going to put a light in this garage? 8 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,960 I'm sorry, honey, I forgot. 9 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,640 Oh, you forgot. 10 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,640 You forgot. 11 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,480 Too bad you can't forget to wake up some morning. 12 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:56,480 Now look, just because you had a couple too many drinks at the Warrens, you don't have 13 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:57,480 to get nasty. 14 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:58,480 I had too many. 15 00:00:58,480 --> 00:00:59,480 Are you kidding? 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,480 I watched you. 17 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:01,480 Don't think I didn't. 18 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,760 Oh, come on, let's go in, huh? 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,600 I've got to be downtown early. 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:06,600 For what? 21 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,280 So you can make enough to buy a house at Catalina like the Warrens? 22 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:11,280 Get a new car? 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,040 There's a little thing called money, but you wouldn't know. 24 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,280 You've got to find the right job. 25 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,080 Look, are we going over that again? 26 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,560 Yes, we're going over that again. 27 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,240 I'm ashamed when I go out. 28 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:20,240 Did you see what she was wearing? 29 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:21,880 Will you keep your voice down? 30 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:22,880 The neighbors... 31 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,960 You say that again and I'll kill you. 32 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,360 You'll be sorry in the morning. 33 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,400 I'll be sorry, all right. 34 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:40,800 Very like every other morning, because you'll be here. 35 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,000 I guess a lot of it was my fault. 36 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,640 I wanted the right kind of a job. 37 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,280 It was hard to find. 38 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,880 Ever since Clare got rid of Lou Barris' her ex, we've been living pretty close and Clare 39 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,740 just wasn't used to it. 40 00:01:54,740 --> 00:01:56,140 The Warrens made it worse. 41 00:01:56,140 --> 00:02:01,040 They were well-heeled and I was supposed to keep up with the Warrens. 42 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,840 I knew I could never do it. 43 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,480 Maybe Clare knew it too. 44 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,360 Clare had got the invitation for us to go with the Warrens to Catalina. 45 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,840 So now we were driving down 22nd Street and San Pedro to the landing. 46 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,600 It was nearly three in the morning and very dark. 47 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:24,600 There was a light fog drifting in the harbor. 48 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,760 Don't forget to lock it. 49 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:29,760 Sure, sure. 50 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,120 Look out for the fishing rods, will you? 51 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,760 You better give me the keys. 52 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:34,760 You're so careless. 53 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:35,960 I won't lose them. 54 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:36,960 I know you. 55 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:37,960 All that junk in your pockets. 56 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,160 You'll lose them. 57 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,160 Don't worry. 58 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:41,160 I will. 59 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,320 Why don't you let me hang on to them? 60 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,920 We'll be in a nice mess if you want. 61 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:46,400 All right, all right. 62 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,000 Here, take them. 63 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,920 Thank you, dear. 64 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:54,000 I guess we were the first ones here. 65 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,200 Don't see Bob's car. 66 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:00,040 Oh, I forgot to tell you. 67 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,560 We're meeting them at the isthmus. 68 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:03,560 On the island? 69 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:04,560 Yes. 70 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,560 They've been there all week. 71 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,240 You didn't say anything about it. 72 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:08,240 I thought... 73 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,280 Well, for Pete's sake, what difference does it make? 74 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,040 You're worrying about chartering a boat to get us there. 75 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:13,040 You can stop. 76 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,040 It's all arranged. 77 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,040 Bob's paying for it. 78 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,040 They know you're broke. 79 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,040 Sure, sure. 80 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,040 You blabbed that to everyone. 81 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,800 I was a great guy when I had it. 82 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,320 Well, you lost it, so let's not talk, shall we? 83 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,120 That's okay with me. 84 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,720 That must be the boat down there. 85 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,520 The Pelican, is that the name? 86 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:30,520 I think so. 87 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:31,520 Yes, that's it. 88 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:32,520 Watch your step, huh? 89 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:38,080 Why the devil you wear shoes like that on a fishing trip? 90 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,080 Because they're all I have. 91 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,080 Hello. 92 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:43,080 Anyone aboard? 93 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,080 One minute, senor. 94 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:45,080 Senor Evans? 95 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,080 Yeah, that's right. 96 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,080 Come on board, sir. 97 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,080 If I may help the lady. 98 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,080 Thank you. 99 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:58,800 You can sure tell this is a fishing boat. 100 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,800 You were captain on this boat? 101 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:01,800 No, sir. 102 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:02,800 I'm Ignacio, deckhand. 103 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:03,800 I help run the engine. 104 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:04,800 Thought you looked a little young. 105 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:05,800 Where is he? 106 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:06,800 He went ashore for a minute, senor. 107 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:07,800 Well, I'm ready any time he is. 108 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:08,800 Here, sonny. 109 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:09,800 Take my stuff below. 110 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:10,800 Sí, senora. 111 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:11,800 Right away. 112 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:12,800 Smart-looking kid, huh? 113 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:13,800 Oh, good. 114 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,800 I'm sleepy. 115 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:23,800 Now you wake up when we get going. 116 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:24,800 Oh, boy. 117 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,800 Oh, I smell that air. 118 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:32,800 You know, honey, I think we're going to have fun. 119 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,440 Well, there must be a bunk somewhere. 120 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:36,440 I'm going below. 121 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:37,440 Oh, come on. 122 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,440 Stay with me. 123 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,440 I'm sleepy. 124 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:40,440 Okay, but you'll be sorry. 125 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,280 I'm going to start trolling as soon as we clear the harbor. 126 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,240 Oh, wake me up when we get there. 127 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,000 Senora, there is a captain coming down the dock. 128 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Oh, oh, yeah. 129 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Yeah. 130 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Now we get started, huh? 131 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Yes. 132 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 I read where the albacore running. 133 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,360 Well, it may be, senora. 134 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,160 I've only been working on the pelican for two days. 135 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,160 Oh. 136 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,160 All set? 137 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,160 Yes, Capitán Morán. 138 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,160 Let's go, then. 139 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,160 I'm Mr. Evans. 140 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,160 The wife is below taking a nap. 141 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,160 Aye. 142 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:06,160 Cast off. 143 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:28,160 All clear. 144 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,680 You think this fog will lift? 145 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:31,960 Might. 146 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,640 Any idea how far offshore we might hit albacore? 147 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,640 No, turn it. 148 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:37,640 Oh. 149 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,920 Uh, how long do you figure for us to reach Catalina? 150 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:42,920 Depends on the fog. 151 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:43,920 Oh. 152 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,920 Well, I guess I'll go and get my outfit rigged up. 153 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:47,920 Yeah. 154 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:48,920 Why don't you do that? 155 00:05:48,920 --> 00:06:02,160 You sure that feather's the best lure for him? 156 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,080 Oh, I've got many albacore with me, senor. 157 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,280 If they're hungry, they'll take it. 158 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:10,400 But at this time of night, you'll probably only get shark. 159 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:11,400 Well. 160 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,400 Hey, hey, hey. 161 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:13,400 Start the boat. 162 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:14,400 Strike, senor. 163 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:15,400 Let him take it. 164 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:16,400 Give him line. 165 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,400 Give it to him. 166 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:18,400 He's got it. 167 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,400 Count five, senor. 168 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,400 Slow. 169 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:21,400 Slow. 170 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,400 Now, now, senor. 171 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,400 Strike him. 172 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:24,400 A big one, senor. 173 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:25,400 Hey, hey, I'll say. 174 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,400 Hey, hey, start the boat, will you? 175 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:27,400 What's the matter with him? 176 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,400 I'm going to lose my line. 177 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:29,400 I can't haul up. 178 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:30,400 Brace yourself against the rail, senor. 179 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,400 Look, I'll tell that fool to start the boat, will you? 180 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:34,400 Yes, captain. 181 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:35,400 Strike. 182 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:36,400 Senor, look out. 183 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:37,400 The rail. 184 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:38,400 Are you hurt, senor? 185 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:39,400 No. 186 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,400 Thanks. 187 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,400 If you had to push me, I'd have gone over. 188 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:48,400 I cannot understand the rail breaking. 189 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,400 What the devil was Moran trying to do? 190 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,400 We could have been killed. 191 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:53,400 You tell him to stop. 192 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:54,400 He speeds up. 193 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:55,400 Perhaps he did not hear. 194 00:06:55,400 --> 00:07:00,400 I want a few words with that joker. 195 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,400 Hey, you. 196 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:02,400 You and I almost went under the drink. 197 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,400 The rail with the stern broke. 198 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:04,400 Oh, that's too bad. 199 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:05,400 I'll have to get it fixed. 200 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:06,400 Yeah. 201 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:07,400 What the devil were you trying to do? 202 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:08,400 The kid yelled for you to stop. 203 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,400 Sorry. 204 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:10,400 I thought he wanted me to put a bout. 205 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:11,400 I thought you'd lost your tackle. 206 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,400 I darned they lost my skin. 207 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,400 Ignacio hadn't been so quick on his feet. 208 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,400 Sorry. 209 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:28,400 And that was all I got. 210 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,400 He just turned back to the wheel. 211 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:35,400 And then, then something stuck in my memory. 212 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,400 I kept thinking I'd seen the guy before. 213 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,400 Never talked to him, never met him, but somehow I knew his face. 214 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,400 I looked him over, but I couldn't pin it down. 215 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,400 I started back aft when all of a sudden Claire came out on deck. 216 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:53,400 She rushed to the stern, looked over, then spun around and saw me. 217 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,400 She had a strange look in her eyes. 218 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,400 Her face was very white. 219 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,400 Hey, what's the matter? 220 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,400 You sick? 221 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:02,400 No, I... 222 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:03,400 Yes, I'm... 223 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,400 I think I'm seasick. 224 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,400 Ah, there is a bit of a swell. 225 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:10,400 Look, stay on deck. 226 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:11,400 You'll feel better. 227 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,400 No, I'm going to lie down again. 228 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:15,400 Okay. 229 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,400 Gee, you look pretty bad. 230 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,400 Come on, I'll help you down. 231 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,400 I'm all right. 232 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,400 Go on back up. 233 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:24,400 Phew. 234 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,400 Man, the wonder you feel lousy. 235 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,400 The smell, oil and dead bait. 236 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:29,400 Look, I'm not kidding. 237 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:30,400 You'll feel better up there. 238 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,400 Let me alone, will you? 239 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,400 What's the matter with the engine? 240 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:35,400 How should I know? 241 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,400 Look, you take it easy. 242 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,400 Yeah. 243 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,400 I'll take it easy. 244 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,400 What's wrong, Moran? 245 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,400 Nothing serious. 246 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,400 We'll be on our way in a few minutes. 247 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,400 No. 248 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:47,400 Looks... 249 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,400 Looks like the fog's getting thicker. 250 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,400 Don't you think you ought to sound the horn? 251 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:53,400 Sound the blank. 252 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,400 Oh, that swell. 253 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,400 This tub's in great shape. 254 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:57,400 It'll do. 255 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,400 Where's the kid? 256 00:08:58,400 --> 00:08:59,400 Ignacio. 257 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,400 Below, hunting down the trouble. 258 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,400 Now, look, why don't you just relax? 259 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:11,400 I'll go and help him. 260 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,400 It was a fine way to relax. 261 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,400 Drifting in the Catalina Channel with no motor, no fog horn, 262 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,400 and you couldn't see more than 20 feet out. 263 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,400 After a while, I folded up with my back to the bait tank. 264 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,400 I dozed off. 265 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,400 When I woke up, we were still drifting. 266 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,400 The fog was even thicker. 267 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:31,400 I started to look for Moran. 268 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,400 He wasn't anywhere on deck. 269 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,400 I felt that something was wrong, besides the motor. 270 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,400 When I heard the voices, I knew it. 271 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,400 Don't you go soft on me now. 272 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:44,400 I've done my part of this. 273 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,400 You're doing yours. 274 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:46,400 I can't. 275 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:47,400 I can't. 276 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:48,400 You don't have any choice. 277 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,400 I can't stall him with the bum motor gag much longer. 278 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,400 Oh, please. 279 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,400 I don't get it. 280 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,400 Come strong with me with this big idea. 281 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,400 Why get squeamish? 282 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,400 He's worth a lot more dead than alive. 283 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,400 20 grand, isn't it? 284 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:04,400 I just can't do it. 285 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,400 Listen, baby, there's a lot of dough invested in this guy. 286 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,400 And it's going through on schedule. 287 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,400 And there isn't any backing out. 288 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,400 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 289 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,400 You are listening to Over the Bounding Main, 290 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,400 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding 291 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,400 theater of thrills, Suspense. 292 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,400 ["Suspense"] 293 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,400 Driving hazards are many for the unwary motorist. 294 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,400 Excessive speed means more blowouts. 295 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,400 More blowouts mean more fatalities. 296 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,400 And since more cars are on the roads than ever, 297 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,400 there are more fatalities than ever, too. 298 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,400 Drive to survive. 299 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,400 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage 300 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,400 Mr. Tony Barrett, starring in tonight's production of 301 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,400 Over the Bounding Main, a tale well calculated 302 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,400 to keep you in suspense. 303 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,400 I don't think I was scared. 304 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,400 Not at first, that is. 305 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,400 You can only take in so much and then 306 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,400 something in your mind shuts it off. 307 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,400 This fishing trip, it was Claire's idea. 308 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,400 And the only thing she planned on hooking was a 309 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,400 $20,000 policy in the life of Martin Evans. 310 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,400 I moved away and toward the stern. 311 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,400 I needed help now. 312 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,400 Maybe there was somebody I could count on. 313 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,400 The young deckhand, Ignacio. 314 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,400 I found him all right, sprawl on his face in the bow, 315 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,400 lying over the anchor. 316 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,400 Kid, kid, come on. 317 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,400 Ignacio, hey. 318 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,400 Wake up, wake up. 319 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,400 He smelled like a distillery. 320 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,400 I shook him, slapped him as hard as I dared, 321 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,400 but he went right on sleeping. 322 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,400 Captain Moran had taken good care of the only friend I had. 323 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,400 With the Mickeys poured in, 324 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,400 he wouldn't be lucky if he ever woke up. 325 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,400 And now I was good and scared. 326 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,400 Moran would be coming up on deck. 327 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,400 Then I remembered. 328 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,400 The gaff, a hole with a razor sharp hook at the end. 329 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,400 I moved to the stern quietly, 330 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,400 feeling with my feet because I couldn't see now. 331 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,400 And then I tripped over something, felt it to deck. 332 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,400 Then it was the gaff I grabbed and got up. 333 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,400 Evans! 334 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,400 Evans! 335 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,400 Hey, Evans. 336 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,400 I know you're here. 337 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,400 Evans. 338 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,400 Evans, can you hear me? 339 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,400 I heard him all right. 340 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,400 I wondered how I was to die. 341 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,400 I had a picture of knives, guns, axes, ropes. 342 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,400 Suddenly something clicked into place, rope. 343 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,400 There was a coil of heavy rope on the forward deck. 344 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,400 A coil of heavy rope on the forward deck. 345 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,400 All right, Evans. 346 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,400 You can't get very far. 347 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,400 Getting tired? 348 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,400 Want to go around again? 349 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,400 Keep away from me. 350 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,400 After all, it's my fault if a new deckhand I hire gets crazy drunk and shoots up the ship. 351 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,400 He'll tell. He'll tell. 352 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,400 Mutiny. Murder. 353 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,400 Ignacio won't even remember it. 354 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,400 Isn't it funny what liquor will do to a kid? 355 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,400 Penalty for mutiny is a rough one. 356 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,400 Sorry he had to kill you. 357 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,400 You won't get me. You won't get me! 358 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,400 Lou. Lou. Is he... 359 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,400 He decided to swim for it. 360 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,400 Well, that saved a lot of trouble. 361 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,400 I lay quietly on the deck. 362 00:13:53,400 --> 00:14:00,400 If Moran should notice the missing coil or rope, it wouldn't take him long to figure out exactly what made that splash in the water. 363 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,400 He couldn't see any better than I could. 364 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,400 But as soon as it got light, there I'd be. 365 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,400 Right out in the open without a prayer. 366 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:13,400 The only thing I'd gain was a few hours at the moat, so I huddled against the rail and I hung onto that fishing gaff waiting. 367 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,400 Then I heard Claire and Moran coming out on deck. 368 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,400 I guess that's the best way. 369 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,400 Can't mess with you. Don't last it up. 370 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,400 Those cops are smart. 371 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,400 One little angle where our stories don't match it. 372 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,400 Well, you just keep your head. 373 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,400 Don't worry about me. 374 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,400 This is important. 375 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:34,400 Now, once more. 376 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:35,400 Not again. 377 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,400 Once more. 378 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,400 Who heard the shot? 379 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:40,400 I did. 380 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,400 And? 381 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,400 I rushed on deck to see Ignacio struggling with Marty. 382 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:45,400 Ignacio had a gun. 383 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:46,400 Ignacio had a gun. 384 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,400 He and Marty fought and they hit the side. 385 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,400 Marty went overboard. 386 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,400 And our engine's dead. 387 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,400 It just disappeared in the darkness. 388 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:56,400 Right? 389 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,400 Can't we start back? 390 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,400 I gotta change some parts first, make it look like the engine really was out. 391 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,400 You see, every little angle counts. 392 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:06,400 Well, I wish it was over. 393 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,400 And for Pete's sake, remember, my name is Moran. 394 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,400 And you never saw me until you got on board the public engine. 395 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,400 There's no way they can check. I don't even have the locket anymore. 396 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,400 Good. 397 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:16,400 I'm gonna fix the engine. 398 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,400 As soon as it gets light, we'll head back to port. 399 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,400 The locket? 400 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,400 I'd forgotten all about Claire's locket, but when she mentioned it, 401 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,400 the last chunk of the puzzle dropped into the slot. 402 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,400 And I wondered why I hadn't thought of it before. 403 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,400 The little locket, heart-shaped, with Claire's picture on one side 404 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,400 and Lou Barris' on the other, the one she wanted to keep for sentiment's sake. 405 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,400 Her first husband, Lou Barris, the guy I remembered from the picture, 406 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,400 Captain Moran, that's who he was. 407 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,400 It all figured. 408 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,400 Lou scores a triple play, gets his wife back with 20 grand and a purse 409 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,400 and pays off Martin Evans with a one-way trip to the bottom of the ocean. 410 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,400 Then I thought of the dinghy. 411 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,400 She was swinging from the stern about 25 feet off. 412 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,400 It was a chance, a chance if I could get to it. 413 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,400 I could hear Lou working on the engine. 414 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,400 He'd done a good job when he made it quick. 415 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,400 I only hoped it would take him a little longer to repair it. 416 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,400 It got up, it started back. 417 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,400 The water was almost oily and the boat laced up and down. 418 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,400 Somehow in the dark I found the dinghy line. 419 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,400 I was about to pull on it when I saw Claire come on deck. 420 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,400 I didn't move as she came toward me. 421 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,400 If you make a sound, I'll hook the scarf right through your throat. 422 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:32,400 Marty! 423 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,400 Yeah, I'll return from the dead and I haven't anything to lose. 424 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:35,400 Pull on this rope. 425 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:36,400 But I can't. 426 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,400 Pull on it. 427 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,400 You and me are getting on the dinghy. 428 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,400 All right. 429 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,400 You had it all figured out, didn't you? 430 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,400 But you've got one thing. 431 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,400 Lou has to marry you again and collect the dough. 432 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,400 And if you're not alive... 433 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,400 Marty, please. 434 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,400 Please. I'm sorry. I am. 435 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,400 Give me that rope. Don't you move. 436 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,400 I've been wrong. I know it. 437 00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,400 Yeah, sure. 438 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,400 I'm glad you're all right. 439 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,400 I've been wrong about us. 440 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,400 Don't worry. I won't kill you unless I have to. 441 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,400 There might no insurance policy. 442 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,400 Now, get over into the boat. 443 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,400 I can't. 444 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,400 Sure, sure. It's little. 445 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,400 And the ocean's big, but we're going just the same. 446 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:19,400 Claire! 447 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,400 Not a sound. Get in. 448 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,400 Claire! She's ready to go! 449 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,400 Smooth and neat. 450 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,400 As long as I had a gaff at Claire's neck, Lou couldn't do a thing. 451 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,400 His one bullet would cost him, Claire, 20,000 bucks, 452 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,400 and maybe his life. 453 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,400 We drifted off a bit. 454 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:47,400 I reached for the oars, but there weren't any. 455 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,400 There weren't any oars. 456 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,400 When I looked up, I saw Moran standing in the stern of the pelican. 457 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,400 Evans! I can see you! 458 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,400 There aren't any oars, are there? 459 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:00,400 That's right. 460 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,400 If you try to shoot me and Claire's a gunner, too, I got the gaff. 461 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,400 Claire! I'm gonna put him out. Don't worry. 462 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,400 Why don't you answer him, honey? 463 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,400 Don't you understand? 464 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,400 I'm sorry. 465 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,400 I don't want you to die. 466 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,400 I want to be with you. 467 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,400 I was wrong. 468 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,400 We'll bet you were wrong. We're gonna find out. 469 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,400 We're gonna paddle. Paddle with our hands. 470 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,400 If we can lose him in the fog, we'll be all right. 471 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,400 Just remember this. 472 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,400 If he finds me, it's too bad for you. 473 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,400 Now paddle. Get over on the side. 474 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,400 Look out! Look out! She's tipping! Look out! 475 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,400 You lost it. The gaff. 476 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,400 Yeah. 477 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,400 Yeah, I lost it. 478 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,400 It doesn't matter. 479 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,400 Now maybe you'll believe me. 480 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,400 I want to help you get away from him. 481 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,400 Believe you? If he finds us, as soon as I see the boat, 482 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,400 I'm gonna knock you out and throw you overboard. 483 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,400 That's how I believe in a paddle. 484 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,400 Claire! Claire! 485 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,400 Evans, don't be a fool! 486 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,400 You'll drift out to sea! 487 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,400 Once the water jumps up, you haven't got a chance! 488 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,400 Stop paddling. Be quiet. 489 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,400 Listen to me. Please. 490 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,400 I love you. 491 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,400 I'm on your side. I won't let him hurt you. 492 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,400 Shut up! 493 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,400 Evans! 494 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,400 Evans! 495 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,400 A patch of fog dissolved for a second, 496 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,400 and in the darkness I saw a darker shape. 497 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,400 It was the Pelican. 498 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,400 And I knew that Lou had seen us. 499 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,400 I reached for Claire. 500 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,400 That fellow's shoulder, then her neck. 501 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,400 Claire, are you all right? 502 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,400 Yes! He's lost the gas! 503 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,400 She was telling him to shoot me. 504 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,400 And suddenly it didn't matter anymore. 505 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,400 The Pelican loomed over us, and Claire twisted away from me, 506 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,400 and I didn't care. 507 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,400 I was tired. 508 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,400 Come on, Evans. Get up here. 509 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,400 I want you found on deck. 510 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,400 You first, Claire. Give me your hand. 511 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,400 All right, Evans. Get out of there. 512 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,400 Get it over with. 513 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,400 I'm staying. 514 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,400 Give me the gun, Lou. Let me do it. 515 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,400 Are you kidding? No, give it to me. 516 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,400 I hate him. No, baby, I'll do it. 517 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,400 You better tie the dinghy on, then. 518 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,400 I can't hold it. 519 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,400 Yeah, yeah. Hold the gun. 520 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,400 Now, look at that. 521 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,400 Give me the rope, Marty. 522 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:39,400 I don't want you to drift away now. 523 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,400 I got out of the dinghy, stood on deck, 524 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,400 looking down at what used to be Lou Barres. 525 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:53,400 Claire handed me the gun and just stared at me. 526 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,400 We didn't say anything for a long time. 527 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,400 Fog is lifting. 528 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,400 Yes. 529 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,400 It's getting lighter. 530 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,400 I guess the sun will be breaking through soon. 531 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,400 Do you believe what I told you before? 532 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:21,400 Yeah. Yeah, I believe you now. 533 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,400 I'll try to make it up to you. 534 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,400 Sure. 535 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,400 Well, you'd better get going. 536 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,400 We going back to San Pedro? 537 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,400 Yeah. 538 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,400 I guess I can figure out how this thing runs. 539 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,400 Marty, what about me? 540 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,400 Well, I got to tell the police. 541 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,400 Oh. 542 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,400 Maybe it won't be too tough. I don't know. 543 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,400 It's all right. It's better. 544 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,400 Marty? 545 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,400 Yeah. 546 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,400 Yeah. 547 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,400 Do you still care? 548 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,400 I mean... 549 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,400 I was going to kill you back there and I didn't. 550 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:28,400 You figure it out. 551 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,400 Suspense. 552 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:35,400 In which Mr. Tony Barrett starred in tonight's presentation of Over the Bounding Main. 553 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:40,400 Next week, the story of 12 men and women and the fate of an accused murderer. 554 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,400 We call it The Holdout. 555 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,400 That's next week on Suspense. 556 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,400 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. 557 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,400 Tonight's script was written by Jimmy Barnett and Gloria Elmoy. 558 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:10,400 The music was composed by René Garaguin and conducted by Lutte Bluskin. 559 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:15,400 Featured in the cast were Charlotte Lawrence, Don Diamond, and Jack Crouchon. 560 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:27,400 Join the FBI in peace and war Wednesday nights on the CBS Radio Network. 561 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,400 See you next week.