WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:12.000 --> 00:21.360 Tonight, the story of a fishing cruise and bait that was a life insurance policy. 00:21.360 --> 00:23.840 We call it Over the Bounding Main. 00:23.840 --> 00:29.100 So now, starring Mr. Tony Barrett, here is tonight's suspense play, Over the Bounding 00:29.100 --> 00:30.100 Main. 00:30.100 --> 00:31.100 Ouch! 00:31.100 --> 00:45.960 Oh, for heaven's sakes, Marty, when are you going to put a light in this garage? 00:45.960 --> 00:47.960 I'm sorry, honey, I forgot. 00:47.960 --> 00:49.640 Oh, you forgot. 00:49.640 --> 00:50.640 You forgot. 00:50.640 --> 00:53.480 Too bad you can't forget to wake up some morning. 00:53.480 --> 00:56.480 Now look, just because you had a couple too many drinks at the Warrens, you don't have 00:56.480 --> 00:57.480 to get nasty. 00:57.480 --> 00:58.480 I had too many. 00:58.480 --> 00:59.480 Are you kidding? 00:59.480 --> 01:00.480 I watched you. 01:00.480 --> 01:01.480 Don't think I didn't. 01:01.480 --> 01:03.760 Oh, come on, let's go in, huh? 01:03.760 --> 01:05.600 I've got to be downtown early. 01:05.600 --> 01:06.600 For what? 01:06.600 --> 01:10.280 So you can make enough to buy a house at Catalina like the Warrens? 01:10.280 --> 01:11.280 Get a new car? 01:11.280 --> 01:13.040 There's a little thing called money, but you wouldn't know. 01:13.040 --> 01:14.280 You've got to find the right job. 01:14.280 --> 01:16.080 Look, are we going over that again? 01:16.080 --> 01:17.560 Yes, we're going over that again. 01:17.560 --> 01:19.240 I'm ashamed when I go out. 01:19.240 --> 01:20.240 Did you see what she was wearing? 01:20.240 --> 01:21.880 Will you keep your voice down? 01:21.880 --> 01:22.880 The neighbors... 01:22.880 --> 01:24.960 You say that again and I'll kill you. 01:24.960 --> 01:26.360 You'll be sorry in the morning. 01:26.360 --> 01:28.400 I'll be sorry, all right. 01:28.400 --> 01:40.800 Very like every other morning, because you'll be here. 01:40.800 --> 01:44.000 I guess a lot of it was my fault. 01:44.000 --> 01:45.640 I wanted the right kind of a job. 01:45.640 --> 01:48.280 It was hard to find. 01:48.280 --> 01:52.880 Ever since Clare got rid of Lou Barris' her ex, we've been living pretty close and Clare 01:52.880 --> 01:54.740 just wasn't used to it. 01:54.740 --> 01:56.140 The Warrens made it worse. 01:56.140 --> 02:01.040 They were well-heeled and I was supposed to keep up with the Warrens. 02:01.040 --> 02:02.840 I knew I could never do it. 02:02.840 --> 02:05.480 Maybe Clare knew it too. 02:05.480 --> 02:08.360 Clare had got the invitation for us to go with the Warrens to Catalina. 02:08.360 --> 02:12.840 So now we were driving down 22nd Street and San Pedro to the landing. 02:12.840 --> 02:15.600 It was nearly three in the morning and very dark. 02:15.600 --> 02:24.600 There was a light fog drifting in the harbor. 02:24.600 --> 02:28.760 Don't forget to lock it. 02:28.760 --> 02:29.760 Sure, sure. 02:29.760 --> 02:32.120 Look out for the fishing rods, will you? 02:32.120 --> 02:33.760 You better give me the keys. 02:33.760 --> 02:34.760 You're so careless. 02:34.760 --> 02:35.960 I won't lose them. 02:35.960 --> 02:36.960 I know you. 02:36.960 --> 02:37.960 All that junk in your pockets. 02:37.960 --> 02:39.160 You'll lose them. 02:39.160 --> 02:40.160 Don't worry. 02:40.160 --> 02:41.160 I will. 02:41.160 --> 02:43.320 Why don't you let me hang on to them? 02:43.320 --> 02:44.920 We'll be in a nice mess if you want. 02:44.920 --> 02:46.400 All right, all right. 02:46.400 --> 02:49.000 Here, take them. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.920 Thank you, dear. 02:51.920 --> 02:54.000 I guess we were the first ones here. 02:54.000 --> 02:56.200 Don't see Bob's car. 02:56.200 --> 03:00.040 Oh, I forgot to tell you. 03:00.040 --> 03:02.560 We're meeting them at the isthmus. 03:02.560 --> 03:03.560 On the island? 03:03.560 --> 03:04.560 Yes. 03:04.560 --> 03:05.560 They've been there all week. 03:05.560 --> 03:07.240 You didn't say anything about it. 03:07.240 --> 03:08.240 I thought... 03:08.240 --> 03:10.280 Well, for Pete's sake, what difference does it make? 03:10.280 --> 03:12.040 You're worrying about chartering a boat to get us there. 03:12.040 --> 03:13.040 You can stop. 03:13.040 --> 03:14.040 It's all arranged. 03:14.040 --> 03:15.040 Bob's paying for it. 03:15.040 --> 03:16.040 They know you're broke. 03:16.040 --> 03:17.040 Sure, sure. 03:17.040 --> 03:18.040 You blabbed that to everyone. 03:18.040 --> 03:19.800 I was a great guy when I had it. 03:19.800 --> 03:22.320 Well, you lost it, so let's not talk, shall we? 03:22.320 --> 03:24.120 That's okay with me. 03:24.120 --> 03:27.720 That must be the boat down there. 03:27.720 --> 03:29.520 The Pelican, is that the name? 03:29.520 --> 03:30.520 I think so. 03:30.520 --> 03:31.520 Yes, that's it. 03:31.520 --> 03:32.520 Watch your step, huh? 03:32.520 --> 03:38.080 Why the devil you wear shoes like that on a fishing trip? 03:38.080 --> 03:41.080 Because they're all I have. 03:41.080 --> 03:42.080 Hello. 03:42.080 --> 03:43.080 Anyone aboard? 03:43.080 --> 03:44.080 One minute, senor. 03:44.080 --> 03:45.080 Senor Evans? 03:45.080 --> 03:46.080 Yeah, that's right. 03:46.080 --> 03:47.080 Come on board, sir. 03:47.080 --> 03:48.080 If I may help the lady. 03:48.080 --> 03:53.080 Thank you. 03:53.080 --> 03:58.800 You can sure tell this is a fishing boat. 03:58.800 --> 04:00.800 You were captain on this boat? 04:00.800 --> 04:01.800 No, sir. 04:01.800 --> 04:02.800 I'm Ignacio, deckhand. 04:02.800 --> 04:03.800 I help run the engine. 04:03.800 --> 04:04.800 Thought you looked a little young. 04:04.800 --> 04:05.800 Where is he? 04:05.800 --> 04:06.800 He went ashore for a minute, senor. 04:06.800 --> 04:07.800 Well, I'm ready any time he is. 04:07.800 --> 04:08.800 Here, sonny. 04:08.800 --> 04:09.800 Take my stuff below. 04:09.800 --> 04:10.800 Sí, senora. 04:10.800 --> 04:11.800 Right away. 04:11.800 --> 04:12.800 Smart-looking kid, huh? 04:12.800 --> 04:13.800 Oh, good. 04:13.800 --> 04:18.800 I'm sleepy. 04:18.800 --> 04:23.800 Now you wake up when we get going. 04:23.800 --> 04:24.800 Oh, boy. 04:24.800 --> 04:27.800 Oh, I smell that air. 04:27.800 --> 04:32.800 You know, honey, I think we're going to have fun. 04:32.800 --> 04:35.440 Well, there must be a bunk somewhere. 04:35.440 --> 04:36.440 I'm going below. 04:36.440 --> 04:37.440 Oh, come on. 04:37.440 --> 04:38.440 Stay with me. 04:38.440 --> 04:39.440 I'm sleepy. 04:39.440 --> 04:40.440 Okay, but you'll be sorry. 04:40.440 --> 04:43.280 I'm going to start trolling as soon as we clear the harbor. 04:43.280 --> 04:45.240 Oh, wake me up when we get there. 04:45.240 --> 04:48.000 Senora, there is a captain coming down the dock. 04:48.000 --> 04:49.000 Oh, oh, yeah. 04:49.000 --> 04:50.000 Yeah. 04:50.000 --> 04:51.000 Now we get started, huh? 04:51.000 --> 04:52.000 Yes. 04:52.000 --> 04:54.000 I read where the albacore running. 04:54.000 --> 04:55.360 Well, it may be, senora. 04:55.360 --> 04:58.160 I've only been working on the pelican for two days. 04:58.160 --> 04:59.160 Oh. 04:59.160 --> 05:00.160 All set? 05:00.160 --> 05:01.160 Yes, Capitán Morán. 05:01.160 --> 05:02.160 Let's go, then. 05:02.160 --> 05:03.160 I'm Mr. Evans. 05:03.160 --> 05:04.160 The wife is below taking a nap. 05:04.160 --> 05:05.160 Aye. 05:05.160 --> 05:06.160 Cast off. 05:06.160 --> 05:28.160 All clear. 05:28.160 --> 05:30.680 You think this fog will lift? 05:30.680 --> 05:31.960 Might. 05:31.960 --> 05:34.640 Any idea how far offshore we might hit albacore? 05:34.640 --> 05:36.640 No, turn it. 05:36.640 --> 05:37.640 Oh. 05:37.640 --> 05:40.920 Uh, how long do you figure for us to reach Catalina? 05:40.920 --> 05:42.920 Depends on the fog. 05:42.920 --> 05:43.920 Oh. 05:43.920 --> 05:46.920 Well, I guess I'll go and get my outfit rigged up. 05:46.920 --> 05:47.920 Yeah. 05:47.920 --> 05:48.920 Why don't you do that? 05:48.920 --> 06:02.160 You sure that feather's the best lure for him? 06:02.160 --> 06:05.080 Oh, I've got many albacore with me, senor. 06:05.080 --> 06:07.280 If they're hungry, they'll take it. 06:07.280 --> 06:10.400 But at this time of night, you'll probably only get shark. 06:10.400 --> 06:11.400 Well. 06:11.400 --> 06:12.400 Hey, hey, hey. 06:12.400 --> 06:13.400 Start the boat. 06:13.400 --> 06:14.400 Strike, senor. 06:14.400 --> 06:15.400 Let him take it. 06:15.400 --> 06:16.400 Give him line. 06:16.400 --> 06:17.400 Give it to him. 06:17.400 --> 06:18.400 He's got it. 06:18.400 --> 06:19.400 Count five, senor. 06:19.400 --> 06:20.400 Slow. 06:20.400 --> 06:21.400 Slow. 06:21.400 --> 06:22.400 Now, now, senor. 06:22.400 --> 06:23.400 Strike him. 06:23.400 --> 06:24.400 A big one, senor. 06:24.400 --> 06:25.400 Hey, hey, I'll say. 06:25.400 --> 06:26.400 Hey, hey, start the boat, will you? 06:26.400 --> 06:27.400 What's the matter with him? 06:27.400 --> 06:28.400 I'm going to lose my line. 06:28.400 --> 06:29.400 I can't haul up. 06:29.400 --> 06:30.400 Brace yourself against the rail, senor. 06:30.400 --> 06:33.400 Look, I'll tell that fool to start the boat, will you? 06:33.400 --> 06:34.400 Yes, captain. 06:34.400 --> 06:35.400 Strike. 06:35.400 --> 06:36.400 Senor, look out. 06:36.400 --> 06:37.400 The rail. 06:37.400 --> 06:38.400 Are you hurt, senor? 06:38.400 --> 06:39.400 No. 06:39.400 --> 06:40.400 Thanks. 06:40.400 --> 06:43.400 If you had to push me, I'd have gone over. 06:43.400 --> 06:48.400 I cannot understand the rail breaking. 06:48.400 --> 06:51.400 What the devil was Moran trying to do? 06:51.400 --> 06:52.400 We could have been killed. 06:52.400 --> 06:53.400 You tell him to stop. 06:53.400 --> 06:54.400 He speeds up. 06:54.400 --> 06:55.400 Perhaps he did not hear. 06:55.400 --> 07:00.400 I want a few words with that joker. 07:00.400 --> 07:01.400 Hey, you. 07:01.400 --> 07:02.400 You and I almost went under the drink. 07:02.400 --> 07:03.400 The rail with the stern broke. 07:03.400 --> 07:04.400 Oh, that's too bad. 07:04.400 --> 07:05.400 I'll have to get it fixed. 07:05.400 --> 07:06.400 Yeah. 07:06.400 --> 07:07.400 What the devil were you trying to do? 07:07.400 --> 07:08.400 The kid yelled for you to stop. 07:08.400 --> 07:09.400 Sorry. 07:09.400 --> 07:10.400 I thought he wanted me to put a bout. 07:10.400 --> 07:11.400 I thought you'd lost your tackle. 07:11.400 --> 07:12.400 I darned they lost my skin. 07:12.400 --> 07:13.400 Ignacio hadn't been so quick on his feet. 07:13.400 --> 07:14.400 Sorry. 07:14.400 --> 07:28.400 And that was all I got. 07:28.400 --> 07:31.400 He just turned back to the wheel. 07:31.400 --> 07:35.400 And then, then something stuck in my memory. 07:35.400 --> 07:38.400 I kept thinking I'd seen the guy before. 07:38.400 --> 07:42.400 Never talked to him, never met him, but somehow I knew his face. 07:42.400 --> 07:46.400 I looked him over, but I couldn't pin it down. 07:46.400 --> 07:49.400 I started back aft when all of a sudden Claire came out on deck. 07:49.400 --> 07:53.400 She rushed to the stern, looked over, then spun around and saw me. 07:53.400 --> 07:56.400 She had a strange look in her eyes. 07:56.400 --> 07:58.400 Her face was very white. 07:58.400 --> 08:00.400 Hey, what's the matter? 08:00.400 --> 08:01.400 You sick? 08:01.400 --> 08:02.400 No, I... 08:02.400 --> 08:03.400 Yes, I'm... 08:03.400 --> 08:05.400 I think I'm seasick. 08:05.400 --> 08:09.400 Ah, there is a bit of a swell. 08:09.400 --> 08:10.400 Look, stay on deck. 08:10.400 --> 08:11.400 You'll feel better. 08:11.400 --> 08:14.400 No, I'm going to lie down again. 08:14.400 --> 08:15.400 Okay. 08:15.400 --> 08:17.400 Gee, you look pretty bad. 08:17.400 --> 08:20.400 Come on, I'll help you down. 08:20.400 --> 08:22.400 I'm all right. 08:22.400 --> 08:23.400 Go on back up. 08:23.400 --> 08:24.400 Phew. 08:24.400 --> 08:26.400 Man, the wonder you feel lousy. 08:26.400 --> 08:28.400 The smell, oil and dead bait. 08:28.400 --> 08:29.400 Look, I'm not kidding. 08:29.400 --> 08:30.400 You'll feel better up there. 08:30.400 --> 08:32.400 Let me alone, will you? 08:32.400 --> 08:34.400 What's the matter with the engine? 08:34.400 --> 08:35.400 How should I know? 08:35.400 --> 08:37.400 Look, you take it easy. 08:37.400 --> 08:38.400 Yeah. 08:38.400 --> 08:41.400 I'll take it easy. 08:41.400 --> 08:42.400 What's wrong, Moran? 08:42.400 --> 08:43.400 Nothing serious. 08:43.400 --> 08:45.400 We'll be on our way in a few minutes. 08:45.400 --> 08:46.400 No. 08:46.400 --> 08:47.400 Looks... 08:47.400 --> 08:49.400 Looks like the fog's getting thicker. 08:49.400 --> 08:52.400 Don't you think you ought to sound the horn? 08:52.400 --> 08:53.400 Sound the blank. 08:53.400 --> 08:54.400 Oh, that swell. 08:54.400 --> 08:56.400 This tub's in great shape. 08:56.400 --> 08:57.400 It'll do. 08:57.400 --> 08:58.400 Where's the kid? 08:58.400 --> 08:59.400 Ignacio. 08:59.400 --> 09:01.400 Below, hunting down the trouble. 09:01.400 --> 09:04.400 Now, look, why don't you just relax? 09:04.400 --> 09:11.400 I'll go and help him. 09:11.400 --> 09:13.400 It was a fine way to relax. 09:13.400 --> 09:16.400 Drifting in the Catalina Channel with no motor, no fog horn, 09:16.400 --> 09:20.400 and you couldn't see more than 20 feet out. 09:20.400 --> 09:23.400 After a while, I folded up with my back to the bait tank. 09:23.400 --> 09:25.400 I dozed off. 09:25.400 --> 09:27.400 When I woke up, we were still drifting. 09:27.400 --> 09:30.400 The fog was even thicker. 09:30.400 --> 09:31.400 I started to look for Moran. 09:31.400 --> 09:34.400 He wasn't anywhere on deck. 09:34.400 --> 09:38.400 I felt that something was wrong, besides the motor. 09:38.400 --> 09:41.400 When I heard the voices, I knew it. 09:41.400 --> 09:43.400 Don't you go soft on me now. 09:43.400 --> 09:44.400 I've done my part of this. 09:44.400 --> 09:45.400 You're doing yours. 09:45.400 --> 09:46.400 I can't. 09:46.400 --> 09:47.400 I can't. 09:47.400 --> 09:48.400 You don't have any choice. 09:48.400 --> 09:51.400 I can't stall him with the bum motor gag much longer. 09:51.400 --> 09:52.400 Oh, please. 09:52.400 --> 09:53.400 I don't get it. 09:53.400 --> 09:56.400 Come strong with me with this big idea. 09:56.400 --> 09:58.400 Why get squeamish? 09:58.400 --> 10:01.400 He's worth a lot more dead than alive. 10:01.400 --> 10:03.400 20 grand, isn't it? 10:03.400 --> 10:04.400 I just can't do it. 10:04.400 --> 10:08.400 Listen, baby, there's a lot of dough invested in this guy. 10:08.400 --> 10:11.400 And it's going through on schedule. 10:11.400 --> 10:13.400 And there isn't any backing out. 10:13.400 --> 10:15.400 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 10:22.400 --> 10:24.400 You are listening to Over the Bounding Main, 10:24.400 --> 10:27.400 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding 10:27.400 --> 10:30.400 theater of thrills, Suspense. 10:30.400 --> 10:32.400 ["Suspense"] 10:38.400 --> 10:40.400 Driving hazards are many for the unwary motorist. 10:40.400 --> 10:42.400 Excessive speed means more blowouts. 10:42.400 --> 10:44.400 More blowouts mean more fatalities. 10:44.400 --> 10:47.400 And since more cars are on the roads than ever, 10:47.400 --> 10:49.400 there are more fatalities than ever, too. 10:49.400 --> 10:51.400 Drive to survive. 10:51.400 --> 10:53.400 And now we bring back to our Hollywood sound stage 10:53.400 --> 10:56.400 Mr. Tony Barrett, starring in tonight's production of 10:56.400 --> 10:59.400 Over the Bounding Main, a tale well calculated 10:59.400 --> 11:02.400 to keep you in suspense. 11:05.400 --> 11:07.400 I don't think I was scared. 11:07.400 --> 11:09.400 Not at first, that is. 11:09.400 --> 11:11.400 You can only take in so much and then 11:11.400 --> 11:14.400 something in your mind shuts it off. 11:14.400 --> 11:17.400 This fishing trip, it was Claire's idea. 11:17.400 --> 11:19.400 And the only thing she planned on hooking was a 11:19.400 --> 11:23.400 $20,000 policy in the life of Martin Evans. 11:23.400 --> 11:26.400 I moved away and toward the stern. 11:26.400 --> 11:28.400 I needed help now. 11:28.400 --> 11:30.400 Maybe there was somebody I could count on. 11:30.400 --> 11:32.400 The young deckhand, Ignacio. 11:32.400 --> 11:35.400 I found him all right, sprawl on his face in the bow, 11:35.400 --> 11:37.400 lying over the anchor. 11:37.400 --> 11:39.400 Kid, kid, come on. 11:39.400 --> 11:40.400 Ignacio, hey. 11:40.400 --> 11:42.400 Wake up, wake up. 11:45.400 --> 11:47.400 He smelled like a distillery. 11:47.400 --> 11:50.400 I shook him, slapped him as hard as I dared, 11:50.400 --> 11:52.400 but he went right on sleeping. 11:52.400 --> 11:56.400 Captain Moran had taken good care of the only friend I had. 11:56.400 --> 11:58.400 With the Mickeys poured in, 11:58.400 --> 12:00.400 he wouldn't be lucky if he ever woke up. 12:00.400 --> 12:02.400 And now I was good and scared. 12:02.400 --> 12:05.400 Moran would be coming up on deck. 12:06.400 --> 12:08.400 Then I remembered. 12:08.400 --> 12:12.400 The gaff, a hole with a razor sharp hook at the end. 12:12.400 --> 12:14.400 I moved to the stern quietly, 12:14.400 --> 12:17.400 feeling with my feet because I couldn't see now. 12:17.400 --> 12:20.400 And then I tripped over something, felt it to deck. 12:20.400 --> 12:22.400 Then it was the gaff I grabbed and got up. 12:22.400 --> 12:24.400 Evans! 12:24.400 --> 12:26.400 Evans! 12:26.400 --> 12:28.400 Hey, Evans. 12:28.400 --> 12:30.400 I know you're here. 12:31.400 --> 12:33.400 Evans. 12:35.400 --> 12:38.400 Evans, can you hear me? 12:38.400 --> 12:40.400 I heard him all right. 12:40.400 --> 12:42.400 I wondered how I was to die. 12:42.400 --> 12:45.400 I had a picture of knives, guns, axes, ropes. 12:45.400 --> 12:48.400 Suddenly something clicked into place, rope. 12:48.400 --> 12:51.400 There was a coil of heavy rope on the forward deck. 12:51.400 --> 12:54.400 A coil of heavy rope on the forward deck. 12:54.400 --> 12:56.400 All right, Evans. 12:56.400 --> 12:58.400 You can't get very far. 12:59.400 --> 13:01.400 Getting tired? 13:01.400 --> 13:03.400 Want to go around again? 13:04.400 --> 13:06.400 Keep away from me. 13:06.400 --> 13:10.400 After all, it's my fault if a new deckhand I hire gets crazy drunk and shoots up the ship. 13:10.400 --> 13:12.400 He'll tell. He'll tell. 13:12.400 --> 13:14.400 Mutiny. Murder. 13:14.400 --> 13:18.400 Ignacio won't even remember it. 13:18.400 --> 13:21.400 Isn't it funny what liquor will do to a kid? 13:22.400 --> 13:25.400 Penalty for mutiny is a rough one. 13:26.400 --> 13:28.400 Sorry he had to kill you. 13:28.400 --> 13:31.400 You won't get me. You won't get me! 13:35.400 --> 13:38.400 Lou. Lou. Is he... 13:38.400 --> 13:41.400 He decided to swim for it. 13:41.400 --> 13:44.400 Well, that saved a lot of trouble. 13:51.400 --> 13:53.400 I lay quietly on the deck. 13:53.400 --> 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. 14:00.400 --> 14:02.400 He couldn't see any better than I could. 14:02.400 --> 14:05.400 But as soon as it got light, there I'd be. 14:05.400 --> 14:07.400 Right out in the open without a prayer. 14:07.400 --> 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. 14:13.400 --> 14:17.400 Then I heard Claire and Moran coming out on deck. 14:18.400 --> 14:20.400 I guess that's the best way. 14:20.400 --> 14:22.400 Can't mess with you. Don't last it up. 14:22.400 --> 14:24.400 Those cops are smart. 14:24.400 --> 14:27.400 One little angle where our stories don't match it. 14:27.400 --> 14:29.400 Well, you just keep your head. 14:29.400 --> 14:31.400 Don't worry about me. 14:31.400 --> 14:33.400 This is important. 14:33.400 --> 14:34.400 Now, once more. 14:34.400 --> 14:35.400 Not again. 14:35.400 --> 14:37.400 Once more. 14:37.400 --> 14:39.400 Who heard the shot? 14:39.400 --> 14:40.400 I did. 14:40.400 --> 14:41.400 And? 14:41.400 --> 14:44.400 I rushed on deck to see Ignacio struggling with Marty. 14:44.400 --> 14:45.400 Ignacio had a gun. 14:45.400 --> 14:46.400 Ignacio had a gun. 14:46.400 --> 14:49.400 He and Marty fought and they hit the side. 14:49.400 --> 14:52.400 Marty went overboard. 14:52.400 --> 14:53.400 And our engine's dead. 14:53.400 --> 14:55.400 It just disappeared in the darkness. 14:55.400 --> 14:56.400 Right? 14:56.400 --> 14:58.400 Can't we start back? 14:58.400 --> 15:01.400 I gotta change some parts first, make it look like the engine really was out. 15:01.400 --> 15:05.400 You see, every little angle counts. 15:05.400 --> 15:06.400 Well, I wish it was over. 15:06.400 --> 15:08.400 And for Pete's sake, remember, my name is Moran. 15:08.400 --> 15:11.400 And you never saw me until you got on board the public engine. 15:11.400 --> 15:14.400 There's no way they can check. I don't even have the locket anymore. 15:14.400 --> 15:15.400 Good. 15:15.400 --> 15:16.400 I'm gonna fix the engine. 15:16.400 --> 15:18.400 As soon as it gets light, we'll head back to port. 15:21.400 --> 15:23.400 The locket? 15:23.400 --> 15:26.400 I'd forgotten all about Claire's locket, but when she mentioned it, 15:26.400 --> 15:29.400 the last chunk of the puzzle dropped into the slot. 15:29.400 --> 15:32.400 And I wondered why I hadn't thought of it before. 15:32.400 --> 15:35.400 The little locket, heart-shaped, with Claire's picture on one side 15:35.400 --> 15:39.400 and Lou Barris' on the other, the one she wanted to keep for sentiment's sake. 15:39.400 --> 15:43.400 Her first husband, Lou Barris, the guy I remembered from the picture, 15:43.400 --> 15:45.400 Captain Moran, that's who he was. 15:45.400 --> 15:47.400 It all figured. 15:47.400 --> 15:51.400 Lou scores a triple play, gets his wife back with 20 grand and a purse 15:51.400 --> 15:55.400 and pays off Martin Evans with a one-way trip to the bottom of the ocean. 15:55.400 --> 15:58.400 Then I thought of the dinghy. 15:58.400 --> 16:01.400 She was swinging from the stern about 25 feet off. 16:01.400 --> 16:04.400 It was a chance, a chance if I could get to it. 16:04.400 --> 16:06.400 I could hear Lou working on the engine. 16:06.400 --> 16:08.400 He'd done a good job when he made it quick. 16:08.400 --> 16:11.400 I only hoped it would take him a little longer to repair it. 16:11.400 --> 16:14.400 It got up, it started back. 16:14.400 --> 16:17.400 The water was almost oily and the boat laced up and down. 16:17.400 --> 16:20.400 Somehow in the dark I found the dinghy line. 16:20.400 --> 16:23.400 I was about to pull on it when I saw Claire come on deck. 16:23.400 --> 16:26.400 I didn't move as she came toward me. 16:28.400 --> 16:31.400 If you make a sound, I'll hook the scarf right through your throat. 16:31.400 --> 16:32.400 Marty! 16:32.400 --> 16:34.400 Yeah, I'll return from the dead and I haven't anything to lose. 16:34.400 --> 16:35.400 Pull on this rope. 16:35.400 --> 16:36.400 But I can't. 16:36.400 --> 16:37.400 Pull on it. 16:37.400 --> 16:39.400 You and me are getting on the dinghy. 16:39.400 --> 16:40.400 All right. 16:40.400 --> 16:43.400 You had it all figured out, didn't you? 16:43.400 --> 16:45.400 But you've got one thing. 16:45.400 --> 16:47.400 Lou has to marry you again and collect the dough. 16:47.400 --> 16:49.400 And if you're not alive... 16:49.400 --> 16:51.400 Marty, please. 16:51.400 --> 16:54.400 Please. I'm sorry. I am. 16:54.400 --> 16:56.400 Give me that rope. Don't you move. 16:56.400 --> 16:58.400 I've been wrong. I know it. 16:58.400 --> 16:59.400 Yeah, sure. 16:59.400 --> 17:01.400 I'm glad you're all right. 17:01.400 --> 17:03.400 I've been wrong about us. 17:03.400 --> 17:06.400 Don't worry. I won't kill you unless I have to. 17:06.400 --> 17:09.400 There might no insurance policy. 17:09.400 --> 17:11.400 Now, get over into the boat. 17:11.400 --> 17:13.400 I can't. 17:13.400 --> 17:15.400 Sure, sure. It's little. 17:15.400 --> 17:18.400 And the ocean's big, but we're going just the same. 17:18.400 --> 17:19.400 Claire! 17:19.400 --> 17:21.400 Not a sound. Get in. 17:23.400 --> 17:25.400 Claire! She's ready to go! 17:30.400 --> 17:32.400 Smooth and neat. 17:32.400 --> 17:36.400 As long as I had a gaff at Claire's neck, Lou couldn't do a thing. 17:36.400 --> 17:39.400 His one bullet would cost him, Claire, 20,000 bucks, 17:39.400 --> 17:41.400 and maybe his life. 17:41.400 --> 17:43.400 We drifted off a bit. 17:43.400 --> 17:47.400 I reached for the oars, but there weren't any. 17:47.400 --> 17:49.400 There weren't any oars. 17:50.400 --> 17:54.400 When I looked up, I saw Moran standing in the stern of the pelican. 17:54.400 --> 17:56.400 Evans! I can see you! 17:57.400 --> 17:59.400 There aren't any oars, are there? 17:59.400 --> 18:00.400 That's right. 18:00.400 --> 18:04.400 If you try to shoot me and Claire's a gunner, too, I got the gaff. 18:04.400 --> 18:07.400 Claire! I'm gonna put him out. Don't worry. 18:07.400 --> 18:09.400 Why don't you answer him, honey? 18:09.400 --> 18:11.400 Don't you understand? 18:12.400 --> 18:14.400 I'm sorry. 18:14.400 --> 18:16.400 I don't want you to die. 18:16.400 --> 18:18.400 I want to be with you. 18:18.400 --> 18:20.400 I was wrong. 18:20.400 --> 18:23.400 We'll bet you were wrong. We're gonna find out. 18:23.400 --> 18:25.400 We're gonna paddle. Paddle with our hands. 18:25.400 --> 18:27.400 If we can lose him in the fog, we'll be all right. 18:27.400 --> 18:29.400 Just remember this. 18:29.400 --> 18:31.400 If he finds me, it's too bad for you. 18:31.400 --> 18:34.400 Now paddle. Get over on the side. 18:34.400 --> 18:36.400 Look out! Look out! She's tipping! Look out! 18:39.400 --> 18:42.400 You lost it. The gaff. 18:42.400 --> 18:44.400 Yeah. 18:44.400 --> 18:46.400 Yeah, I lost it. 18:46.400 --> 18:48.400 It doesn't matter. 18:48.400 --> 18:50.400 Now maybe you'll believe me. 18:50.400 --> 18:52.400 I want to help you get away from him. 18:52.400 --> 18:55.400 Believe you? If he finds us, as soon as I see the boat, 18:55.400 --> 18:57.400 I'm gonna knock you out and throw you overboard. 18:57.400 --> 18:59.400 That's how I believe in a paddle. 19:01.400 --> 19:04.400 Claire! Claire! 19:05.400 --> 19:07.400 Evans, don't be a fool! 19:07.400 --> 19:09.400 You'll drift out to sea! 19:09.400 --> 19:11.400 Once the water jumps up, you haven't got a chance! 19:11.400 --> 19:13.400 Stop paddling. Be quiet. 19:13.400 --> 19:15.400 Listen to me. Please. 19:15.400 --> 19:17.400 I love you. 19:17.400 --> 19:19.400 I'm on your side. I won't let him hurt you. 19:19.400 --> 19:20.400 Shut up! 19:20.400 --> 19:22.400 Evans! 19:26.400 --> 19:28.400 Evans! 19:30.400 --> 19:32.400 A patch of fog dissolved for a second, 19:32.400 --> 19:34.400 and in the darkness I saw a darker shape. 19:34.400 --> 19:36.400 It was the Pelican. 19:36.400 --> 19:38.400 And I knew that Lou had seen us. 19:38.400 --> 19:39.400 I reached for Claire. 19:39.400 --> 19:41.400 That fellow's shoulder, then her neck. 19:41.400 --> 19:43.400 Claire, are you all right? 19:43.400 --> 19:45.400 Yes! He's lost the gas! 19:45.400 --> 19:47.400 She was telling him to shoot me. 19:47.400 --> 19:49.400 And suddenly it didn't matter anymore. 19:49.400 --> 19:51.400 The Pelican loomed over us, and Claire twisted away from me, 19:51.400 --> 19:53.400 and I didn't care. 19:53.400 --> 19:55.400 I was tired. 19:56.400 --> 19:58.400 Come on, Evans. Get up here. 19:58.400 --> 20:00.400 I want you found on deck. 20:00.400 --> 20:02.400 You first, Claire. Give me your hand. 20:07.400 --> 20:09.400 All right, Evans. Get out of there. 20:09.400 --> 20:11.400 Get it over with. 20:11.400 --> 20:13.400 I'm staying. 20:13.400 --> 20:15.400 Give me the gun, Lou. Let me do it. 20:15.400 --> 20:17.400 Are you kidding? No, give it to me. 20:17.400 --> 20:19.400 I hate him. No, baby, I'll do it. 20:19.400 --> 20:21.400 You better tie the dinghy on, then. 20:21.400 --> 20:23.400 I can't hold it. 20:23.400 --> 20:25.400 Yeah, yeah. Hold the gun. 20:27.400 --> 20:29.400 Now, look at that. 20:32.400 --> 20:34.400 Give me the rope, Marty. 20:34.400 --> 20:39.400 I don't want you to drift away now. 20:44.400 --> 20:46.400 I got out of the dinghy, stood on deck, 20:46.400 --> 20:49.400 looking down at what used to be Lou Barres. 20:49.400 --> 20:53.400 Claire handed me the gun and just stared at me. 20:53.400 --> 20:57.400 We didn't say anything for a long time. 21:01.400 --> 21:03.400 Fog is lifting. 21:03.400 --> 21:05.400 Yes. 21:05.400 --> 21:07.400 It's getting lighter. 21:07.400 --> 21:10.400 I guess the sun will be breaking through soon. 21:12.400 --> 21:15.400 Do you believe what I told you before? 21:16.400 --> 21:21.400 Yeah. Yeah, I believe you now. 21:22.400 --> 21:24.400 I'll try to make it up to you. 21:24.400 --> 21:26.400 Sure. 21:26.400 --> 21:29.400 Well, you'd better get going. 21:29.400 --> 21:32.400 We going back to San Pedro? 21:32.400 --> 21:34.400 Yeah. 21:34.400 --> 21:36.400 I guess I can figure out how this thing runs. 21:36.400 --> 21:40.400 Marty, what about me? 21:40.400 --> 21:43.400 Well, I got to tell the police. 21:43.400 --> 21:45.400 Oh. 21:45.400 --> 21:48.400 Maybe it won't be too tough. I don't know. 21:49.400 --> 21:52.400 It's all right. It's better. 21:54.400 --> 21:56.400 Marty? 21:56.400 --> 21:58.400 Yeah. 21:58.400 --> 22:00.400 Yeah. 22:00.400 --> 22:03.400 Do you still care? 22:03.400 --> 22:05.400 I mean... 22:05.400 --> 22:09.400 I was going to kill you back there and I didn't. 22:09.400 --> 22:28.400 You figure it out. 22:28.400 --> 22:30.400 Suspense. 22:30.400 --> 22:35.400 In which Mr. Tony Barrett starred in tonight's presentation of Over the Bounding Main. 22:35.400 --> 22:40.400 Next week, the story of 12 men and women and the fate of an accused murderer. 22:40.400 --> 22:43.400 We call it The Holdout. 22:43.400 --> 22:47.400 That's next week on Suspense. 23:00.400 --> 23:03.400 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. 23:03.400 --> 23:06.400 Tonight's script was written by Jimmy Barnett and Gloria Elmoy. 23:06.400 --> 23:10.400 The music was composed by René Garaguin and conducted by Lutte Bluskin. 23:10.400 --> 23:15.400 Featured in the cast were Charlotte Lawrence, Don Diamond, and Jack Crouchon. 23:15.400 --> 23:27.400 Join the FBI in peace and war Wednesday nights on the CBS Radio Network. 23:45.400 --> 23:47.400 See you next week.