1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of frills, Suspense. 2 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:28,640 Tonight, we bring you a story of a ghost town and a practical joke that wasn't. 3 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,680 We call it Hollywood Hostages. 4 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:37,400 So now, starring Eve McVeigh and Tom Brown, here is tonight's Suspense play, Hollywood 5 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:38,400 Hostages. 6 00:00:38,400 --> 00:01:00,560 Oh, that sun's really strong. 7 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,840 Yeah, murder. 8 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,680 No director in Hollywood except the boy genius would have sent us out here. 9 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,920 There must be a ghost town closer to Hollywood. 10 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:13,360 There is. 11 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,440 Beverly Hills after midnight. 12 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:17,440 I don't get it. 13 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:18,440 Get what? 14 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,080 Why he has to come to the middle of the desert to shoot this stuff. 15 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,440 I can design sets that look a lot more like desert than this. 16 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,240 Oh, realism, my dear. 17 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,280 Well, Murphy does make good pictures. 18 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,040 The peasants know the difference of pictures of pictures. 19 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,480 I'd settle right now for the picture of a drink. 20 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,480 Well, look out at the sand. 21 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:38,480 For what? 22 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,360 Maybe you'll see a mirage with a drive in. 23 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,760 How come everything on this road is closed? 24 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,080 Same reason Potterville closed. 25 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,440 Ghost town used to be a tourist trap and the new freeway bypassed it. 26 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,480 No tourists, no trap, just this lousy road. 27 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,480 I wonder how Murphy found out about this place. 28 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:00,480 From another zombie. 29 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,680 What's your knock on Murphy? 30 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,560 I hate practical jokers. 31 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,320 Is your first crack in a Murphy picture? 32 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:14,720 You got a million laughs coming if you live through. 33 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:15,960 He can't be that bad. 34 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,040 Oh, you don't know how far that guy goes. 35 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,960 I know him good. 36 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,160 Too good. 37 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,840 You know what he did the day I got married? 38 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,320 He had his lawyer file suit for divorce in my name. 39 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,360 That's not very funny. 40 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,480 Then last year I go to Florida to find an alligator farm. 41 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,560 Murphy calls a pal who puts my picture in every post office. 42 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:39,560 Post office? 43 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,360 Sure, saying I'm wanted by the cops in Detroit. 44 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,800 Oh yeah, hilarious when I got picked up too. 45 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,840 The cops down there wired Detroit. 46 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,720 Detroit wired they were sending a detective to bring me back. 47 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,680 I was in Cannes a week before Murphy had them let me out. 48 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:01,320 I told that boy, Jeannie, this morning though, one more of his jokes this trip and he gets 49 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,360 himself a new location scout. 50 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,320 I don't need him. 51 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,720 I can always go back to being an unemployed comic. 52 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:09,720 Tommy? 53 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:10,720 Yeah. 54 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,240 Is that the ghost town out there? 55 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,240 Yeah, it could be. 56 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,720 A lot of hills are 180 miles from Hollywood. 57 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,760 The speedometer says 170. 58 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,000 Oh, dandy. 59 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:32,360 Ten more miles and we'll be no place. 60 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:41,400 Hurts bad, Tix. 61 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:46,120 Just hang on, partner. 62 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:51,520 We get inside, you can lay down. 63 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,520 Look at them cobwebs. 64 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:58,000 Ain't nobody open that door for a spell. 65 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:07,360 In we go, partner. 66 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,320 Ain't no furniture, Fred. 67 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:14,680 Just you lay down here on the floor. 68 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:19,520 I know, Fred, them bullets hurt real bad. 69 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,280 Doc, I need a doc. 70 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:27,160 Fred, you're seen for yourself. 71 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,320 Ain't no doctor here. 72 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,360 Ain't a living soul in this town except us. 73 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,520 But, Tix, I'll die. 74 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:43,800 Yeah, I guess you will, but too bad, but no sense me waiting. 75 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,280 You can't just walk out. 76 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:51,200 Staying and dying with you ain't gonna be much help, is it? 77 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:52,200 Except to the others. 78 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:58,360 I don't guess they'd be bust up splitting the bank money two ways instead of four. 79 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,240 Must have already got to my place. 80 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,600 I can't keep waiting. 81 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,680 No, Tix, don't leave me. 82 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,800 Well, there ain't much else I can do, Fred. 83 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,800 You just got a real bad piece of luck. 84 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:17,600 If that cop don't nick our gas tank, we'd have been at the cabin. 85 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:18,600 So long, Fred. 86 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:19,600 Tix, no, please. 87 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:20,600 Grab your gun. 88 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:26,920 I knew you wouldn't walk out. 89 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,360 Grab your gun and drag yourself to this window. 90 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:29,360 A car's coming. 91 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:30,360 Cops? 92 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,360 It's too far to tell. 93 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:32,360 There must be. 94 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,920 This road don't go nowhere else. 95 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,800 How'd they know we were here? 96 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,240 That cop who shot the gas tank. 97 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,240 Maybe I didn't get him. 98 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,240 I don't see no car. 99 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,000 It's hidden now by one of them dunes. 100 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 There. 101 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Yeah. 102 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,160 Now, be ready. 103 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:49,600 They are cops. 104 00:05:49,600 --> 00:06:07,240 We both better be shooting. 105 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,800 Welcome to Powderville. 106 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,440 Well, at least you've got no trouble parking. 107 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:18,280 Got your camera? 108 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:21,280 Mm-hmm. 109 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:31,800 Creepy looking, John, huh? 110 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,800 Yeah. 111 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:39,280 Now, hold it, Tommy. 112 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:41,920 I want to get a shot of this board sidewalk. 113 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:42,920 Oh, yeah. 114 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,600 You can't hardly get them, no more. 115 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,080 Step back a little. 116 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,720 You like those Polaroid cameras? 117 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:53,720 Great. 118 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,160 You get your picture in a minute. 119 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,800 If it comes up wrong, you shoot another one. 120 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:03,360 Now, we pull the film through till it clicks. 121 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,960 And the picture develops by itself. 122 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:06,560 Well, come on. 123 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,440 Let's case the joint while that shot's cooking, huh? 124 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,760 Better get a shot of that Wells Fargo office. 125 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:15,760 Okay. 126 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:16,760 Sure. 127 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,360 Leave Wells Fargo out of the West and you can't get a seal of approval. 128 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:20,360 Tommy. 129 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:21,360 Listen. 130 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:22,360 You hear anything? 131 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:23,360 Sure. 132 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,360 Boards in the sidewalk. 133 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,360 They squeak like three dollar shoes. 134 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:26,360 No. 135 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:27,360 No, a voice. 136 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:33,800 Oh, yeah, sure. 137 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,840 Well, that's from inside that place, the hotel. 138 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:39,440 It's Conrad Hilton buying the joint. 139 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,240 No, I heard a man's voice. 140 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,120 That sun's stronger than it looks. 141 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,120 I mean it. 142 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,120 Sure, sure. 143 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,920 Okay, you did hear a man's voice. 144 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:47,920 Now, come on. 145 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:55,920 Let's make with the snapshots and curl up with a good bartender, huh? 146 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:07,320 Hey, how many are you gonna take? 147 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,560 I'm just about finished. 148 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,320 Get one of that blacksmith shop. 149 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:12,320 Not yet. 150 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,320 Let's go around the corner first so I can get... 151 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,680 Hey, kid. 152 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,680 Drop the other shoe. 153 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,800 Tommy, that car. 154 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,400 Those holes in the windshield. 155 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:26,400 Air conditioning. 156 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,960 They're bullet holes. 157 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,040 I now pronounce you J Edgar Hoover. 158 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,040 What is the... 159 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,040 That car's a prop. 160 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,960 It wouldn't be a kosher ghost town without a bullet riddled car. 161 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:37,960 Oh. 162 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:38,960 You're jumpy. 163 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,680 Too much fresh air will do that. 164 00:08:41,680 --> 00:08:44,720 Well, I'll get this shot at the hotel. 165 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:45,720 Another one at the hotel? 166 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:46,720 I need this angle. 167 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:47,720 Well, go ahead. 168 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:48,720 I'll go look around. 169 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:49,720 Hang on a minute. 170 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:50,720 Oh! 171 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:58,840 Grace. 172 00:08:58,840 --> 00:08:59,840 What is it? 173 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:00,840 A man. 174 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:01,840 A what? 175 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:02,840 I saw a man. 176 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:03,840 Oh, come on. 177 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:04,840 No, honest. 178 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:05,840 I got him. 179 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:06,840 You what? 180 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:07,840 In the picture. 181 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:08,840 What did he pose as? 182 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,360 He stuck his head out of the door just as I was taking the picture. 183 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:14,360 Yeah? 184 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,360 Well, then what happened? 185 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,360 I looked up. 186 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:17,360 And he was gone? 187 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:18,360 Yes. 188 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:19,360 Oh, honey. 189 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:20,960 The way you dramatize, you... 190 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:21,960 There he is! 191 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:22,960 Hey! 192 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:23,960 He's running to our car. 193 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:24,960 Oh, and I left the keys in it. 194 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:25,960 Come on. 195 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:26,960 Hey! 196 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:27,960 Hey, you! 197 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:28,960 Oh, he's gone. 198 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:29,960 That dirty little. 199 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:30,960 No good. 200 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:31,960 Can't I... 201 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:32,960 Do you know him? 202 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:33,960 No, not that guy in the car. 203 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:34,960 But don't you get it? 204 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:35,960 He was planted. 205 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:36,960 Planted? 206 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,960 Yeah, to grab our car and strand us in the middle of the desert. 207 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:49,760 Oh, I can hear that Murphy laughing now. 208 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:50,760 Murphy? 209 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:51,760 Snatch! 210 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:52,760 This isn't funny. 211 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:53,760 Oh, it is to him. 212 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:54,760 I've got no fault. 213 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:55,760 No water, no food, and it's 23 miles to the nearest main highway. 214 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:56,760 Oh, I'm sorry. 215 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:57,760 I'm sorry. 216 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:58,760 I'm sorry. 217 00:09:58,760 --> 00:09:59,760 I'm sorry. 218 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:00,760 I'm sorry. 219 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:01,760 I'm sorry. 220 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:02,760 I'm sorry. 221 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:03,760 I'm sorry. 222 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:04,760 I'm sorry. 223 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:05,760 I'm sorry. 224 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:06,760 I'm sorry. 225 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:07,760 I'm sorry. 226 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:08,760 I'm sorry. 227 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:09,760 I'm sorry. 228 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:10,760 No. 229 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:11,760 I'm sorry. 230 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:12,760 She's talking about. 231 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:13,760 Tommy. 232 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:14,760 Yeah. 233 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,640 You got another cigarette? 234 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:17,880 Yeah. 235 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,320 Oh, can I have one? 236 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,040 Well, as soon as Murf sends the car back, they're in the glove compartment. 237 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,640 Thanks, Loeb's. 238 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,380 Oh, I told you. 239 00:10:28,380 --> 00:10:31,020 Murphy's a million laughs. 240 00:10:31,020 --> 00:10:33,980 Those clouds are coming this way. 241 00:10:33,980 --> 00:10:36,640 That's all we need now. 242 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,720 Rain. 243 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,960 How long do you think we'll be here? 244 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,760 Till Murphy stops laughing. 245 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,360 It's almost four o'clock now. 246 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:49,400 Oh, Tommy, I felt a drop of rain. 247 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:50,640 Yeah, me too. 248 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,740 Oh, if he... 249 00:10:52,740 --> 00:10:53,440 Come on. 250 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:54,480 Where? 251 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,480 Every roof is full of holes. 252 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:57,940 Well, a hotel's two stories. 253 00:10:57,940 --> 00:10:59,680 Maybe the water's not coming all the way down. 254 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:03,120 That's where Murphy's friend came from. 255 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:09,820 Come on, let's run. 256 00:11:09,820 --> 00:11:10,560 Careful on the steps. 257 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:12,960 Oh, I'm soaked. 258 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:13,960 Yeah, and if you get pneumonia, 259 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,960 Murphy laughs all the time you're in the hospital. 260 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,360 It's a tie-up with Blue Cross. 261 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,360 Oh, let's go inside. 262 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:20,860 Go ahead. 263 00:11:20,860 --> 00:11:29,500 Thanks, Anne. 264 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:31,520 Cheery little spot. 265 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,420 Charles Adams does the decoration. 266 00:11:33,420 --> 00:11:36,480 Well, at least it's dry in here and... 267 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,020 Now what? 268 00:11:38,020 --> 00:11:39,860 By the window. 269 00:11:39,860 --> 00:11:41,460 On the floor. 270 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:43,720 A man. 271 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:45,360 There... 272 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,260 There's blood on his shirt. 273 00:11:48,260 --> 00:11:49,000 He's alive. 274 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,260 Match. 275 00:11:50,260 --> 00:11:51,900 Don't you get it? 276 00:11:51,900 --> 00:11:54,000 It ain't blood, it's ketchup. 277 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,880 He's another Murphy stooge from Central Casting. 278 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:58,740 You sure? 279 00:11:58,740 --> 00:12:00,040 Look, kid, I'm a veteran. 280 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,980 I've taken six pictures with Murphy. 281 00:12:02,980 --> 00:12:03,940 Now come on. 282 00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:06,720 Come on, back to the porch. 283 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,960 All right, all right, keep groaning, kid. 284 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:32,380 It's an Academy Award. 285 00:12:32,380 --> 00:12:34,280 Tommy, I'm cold. 286 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:35,780 Let's go inside. 287 00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:38,380 Listen to that bum play Russian comedy. 288 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:40,760 He's got to do something. 289 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,660 Like to play a checker polo? 290 00:12:42,660 --> 00:12:44,160 How about walking to the highway? 291 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:45,900 Oh, not in that water. 292 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:48,300 Not giving Murphy that satisfaction. 293 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:50,740 His conscience has to bother him sometimes. 294 00:12:50,740 --> 00:12:54,200 He's got a cast iron heart. 295 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,540 Tommy. 296 00:12:55,540 --> 00:12:57,080 What? 297 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,240 A car. 298 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,920 That is a car, isn't it? 299 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:02,940 Mm-hmm. 300 00:13:02,940 --> 00:13:06,020 If it was on the main highway, we couldn't see it, could we? 301 00:13:06,020 --> 00:13:07,320 No. 302 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,280 Well, I said it here, all right. 303 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,280 Oh, he finally took pity. 304 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:12,280 Hooray. 305 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,220 He's human. 306 00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:17,100 Actually, now that it's over, it wasn't a bad joke. 307 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:19,120 Oh, he may not be through yet. 308 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:23,160 What else can he do once we get the car back? 309 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,060 Wait till he opens the door on this side. 310 00:13:25,060 --> 00:13:30,700 I'd hate to wait this long and then drown on the sidewalk. 311 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:35,340 Well, I hope you call Murphy and he got a real big laugh. 312 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:37,540 No, no, no, you don't have to come up here for us. 313 00:13:37,540 --> 00:13:38,540 Just open the car door. 314 00:13:38,540 --> 00:13:39,540 He's got a gun. 315 00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:43,180 Oh, brother, that Murphy keeps that joke going longer than he... 316 00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:44,180 Get back. 317 00:13:44,180 --> 00:13:46,620 Look, the joke is over. 318 00:13:46,620 --> 00:13:47,620 Let's go. 319 00:13:47,620 --> 00:13:48,980 You ain't a girl in no place. 320 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:49,980 Oh, yes, we are. 321 00:13:49,980 --> 00:13:50,980 Now, I've had enough of this... 322 00:13:50,980 --> 00:13:54,020 I ain't never shot a lady yet. 323 00:13:54,020 --> 00:13:57,460 But ma'am, there's always a first time. 324 00:13:57,460 --> 00:14:15,000 Now both of you, get back inside. 325 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:20,780 You are listening to Hollywood Hostages, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater 326 00:14:20,780 --> 00:14:32,960 of thrills, Suspense. 327 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:38,540 In the long run, the security of a free country rests in the hands of its civilian soldiers. 328 00:14:38,540 --> 00:14:43,860 Professionals have their indispensable place, but the efficiency, strength, readiness, and 329 00:14:43,860 --> 00:14:47,800 the morale of our reserve components are vital. 330 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,360 These are the words of President Eisenhower. 331 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:55,100 This week, the nation is concentrating on National Defense Week as a tribute to our 332 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,520 highly trained civilian reservists. 333 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:03,980 More than a thousand chapters of reserve officers' clubs around the country are observing National 334 00:15:03,980 --> 00:15:08,000 Defense Week with parades, meetings, and dinners. 335 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:14,140 The rest of us join them in saluting the fine job the reservists do every week of every 336 00:15:14,140 --> 00:15:17,060 year. 337 00:15:17,060 --> 00:15:23,220 And now, we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Tom Brown and Eve McVeigh, starring in tonight's 338 00:15:23,220 --> 00:15:39,700 production, Hollywood Hostages, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 339 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:52,420 Mr. 340 00:15:52,420 --> 00:15:54,100 Yeah, ma'am? 341 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:55,100 You bring any food? 342 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:57,540 I'm sorry, ma'am. 343 00:15:57,540 --> 00:16:00,540 They all want to play Gary Cooper. 344 00:16:00,540 --> 00:16:02,140 How long do we have to stay here? 345 00:16:02,140 --> 00:16:03,700 You can't rightly say. 346 00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:05,860 Look, we've got some place to go. 347 00:16:05,860 --> 00:16:06,860 Me too. 348 00:16:06,860 --> 00:16:11,020 It's mighty important for me to get through that roadblock by the freeway, but... 349 00:16:11,020 --> 00:16:12,460 Why do you care about the roadblock? 350 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:14,580 Whole flock of cops up there. 351 00:16:14,580 --> 00:16:15,580 So? 352 00:16:15,580 --> 00:16:17,220 They're looking for four of us. 353 00:16:17,220 --> 00:16:20,700 Felt at the bank this morning over in Desert City. 354 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:21,700 You? 355 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:24,140 Fred there by the window. 356 00:16:24,140 --> 00:16:25,140 He's one. 357 00:16:25,140 --> 00:16:26,140 I'm another. 358 00:16:26,140 --> 00:16:27,140 All right. 359 00:16:27,140 --> 00:16:29,420 I'll give you the straight line. 360 00:16:29,420 --> 00:16:30,980 Who are the other two? 361 00:16:30,980 --> 00:16:31,980 Groucho and Harple? 362 00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:32,980 No, sir. 363 00:16:32,980 --> 00:16:33,980 Sit down. 364 00:16:33,980 --> 00:16:37,780 Tommy, this might not be a joke. 365 00:16:37,780 --> 00:16:39,660 Okay, you want to stay and chat? 366 00:16:39,660 --> 00:16:40,660 Go ahead. 367 00:16:40,660 --> 00:16:41,660 I'm leaving. 368 00:16:41,660 --> 00:16:42,660 Tommy! 369 00:16:42,660 --> 00:16:48,100 Now, look, pal, I know Murphy can keep a gag running longer than Oklahoma, but... 370 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:52,100 I missed you that time because I wanted to. 371 00:16:52,100 --> 00:16:53,100 Next time might be different. 372 00:16:53,100 --> 00:16:55,940 Can't you even tell us one thing? 373 00:16:55,940 --> 00:16:56,940 What's that, ma'am? 374 00:16:56,940 --> 00:16:57,940 Look, I've got a date tonight. 375 00:16:57,940 --> 00:16:59,740 How long did Murphy hire you for? 376 00:16:59,740 --> 00:17:00,740 Murphy? 377 00:17:00,740 --> 00:17:05,540 Well, honey, he can't let on until the Marines rescue us in the nick of time. 378 00:17:05,540 --> 00:17:07,260 And then that bum on the floor gets up and we... 379 00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:09,380 You had an ought to be talking like that about Fred. 380 00:17:09,380 --> 00:17:11,380 He was a nice fella. 381 00:17:11,380 --> 00:17:14,860 If I was you, I'd cut out them wisecracks. 382 00:17:14,860 --> 00:17:17,900 Oh, you should have caught me when I played the palace. 383 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:22,100 I used to make a thousand people at a time wish I'd cut out them wisecracks. 384 00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:24,260 Oh, come on, pal. 385 00:17:24,260 --> 00:17:26,900 You got your laugh, so let's blow the joint, huh? 386 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:27,900 We ain't leaving. 387 00:17:27,900 --> 00:17:28,900 Why not? 388 00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:33,580 Well, I told you, ma'am, there's a roadblock. 389 00:17:33,580 --> 00:17:34,580 Okay. 390 00:17:34,580 --> 00:17:39,220 Well, as long as Murphy don't take us on a salary, I don't care how long we stay. 391 00:17:39,220 --> 00:17:40,220 But I'm hungry. 392 00:17:40,220 --> 00:17:42,060 Oh, he won't stop us. 393 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:43,060 That bad here. 394 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:46,420 Hey, I got me an idea. 395 00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:48,140 Maybe we don't have to stay here. 396 00:17:48,140 --> 00:17:50,700 Oh, no, you're cooking. 397 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:55,060 Them cops, they ain't looking for you. 398 00:17:55,060 --> 00:17:59,100 If you was to sit in front, mean back. 399 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:04,020 Yeah, that's real smart of me. 400 00:18:04,020 --> 00:18:05,020 Come on. 401 00:18:05,020 --> 00:18:06,020 Say, pal. 402 00:18:06,020 --> 00:18:07,020 Yeah? 403 00:18:07,020 --> 00:18:11,860 How about itty bitty buddy on the floor? 404 00:18:11,860 --> 00:18:13,620 How's he getting back? 405 00:18:13,620 --> 00:18:14,620 My camel? 406 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:16,020 Wish we could take Fred. 407 00:18:16,020 --> 00:18:18,020 Well, there's plenty of room in the back. 408 00:18:18,020 --> 00:18:19,020 Fred! 409 00:18:19,020 --> 00:18:24,220 Well, that's nice of you, ma'am, but we better be going without him. 410 00:18:24,220 --> 00:18:28,140 Wait here with him, Grace. 411 00:18:28,140 --> 00:18:36,300 I'll open the car door. 412 00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:47,780 Come on. 413 00:18:47,780 --> 00:18:50,540 I'm getting under the blanket back here. 414 00:18:50,540 --> 00:18:53,340 Do we have to keep playing? 415 00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:57,940 Just you and him don't say nothing wrong when we get to that there road. 416 00:18:57,940 --> 00:18:59,300 Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. 417 00:18:59,300 --> 00:19:02,740 Because you'll have that there shooting eye and a point at my head. 418 00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:03,740 That's right. 419 00:19:03,740 --> 00:19:06,620 Yeah, I know that whole bit. 420 00:19:06,620 --> 00:19:11,340 Mr. I don't rightly know why, but I like you. 421 00:19:11,340 --> 00:19:14,380 I guess maybe it's because you don't scare easy. 422 00:19:14,380 --> 00:19:17,500 Oh, I've been working for Murphy too long. 423 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:18,660 But no more. 424 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:19,660 I've had enough. 425 00:19:19,660 --> 00:19:33,580 A minute we hit Hollywood, I'm through. 426 00:19:33,580 --> 00:19:35,940 That roadblock is right up ahead of me. 427 00:19:35,940 --> 00:19:37,580 I reckon so, partner. 428 00:19:37,580 --> 00:19:41,100 Mr. I told you once, I don't like folks making fun of me. 429 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:42,100 Tommy, please. 430 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,780 Now I'm getting under this here blanket again. 431 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:45,780 Sweet dreams. 432 00:19:45,780 --> 00:19:46,780 You better slow down. 433 00:19:46,780 --> 00:19:48,780 Now, don't you start giving me orders. 434 00:19:48,780 --> 00:19:50,540 Shouldn't we get in that line? 435 00:19:50,540 --> 00:19:51,540 Huh? 436 00:19:51,540 --> 00:19:52,540 Oh, I guess so. 437 00:19:52,540 --> 00:19:55,540 What a night. 438 00:19:55,540 --> 00:19:58,220 Murphy's probably having a party at Forest Lawn. 439 00:19:58,220 --> 00:19:59,500 There's a police car. 440 00:19:59,500 --> 00:20:01,940 Well, how do you think they blocked the road with meatballs? 441 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:03,380 Remember what I said. 442 00:20:03,380 --> 00:20:05,740 Oh, I'll never forget that. 443 00:20:05,740 --> 00:20:07,180 Four score and seven years. 444 00:20:07,180 --> 00:20:10,180 The police are not leaving his flashlight. 445 00:20:10,180 --> 00:20:11,180 Huh? 446 00:20:11,180 --> 00:20:12,180 Okay. 447 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:21,780 Oh, fine. 448 00:20:21,780 --> 00:20:24,380 Now that window's stuck. 449 00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:27,780 Good evening. 450 00:20:27,780 --> 00:20:28,780 No comment. 451 00:20:28,780 --> 00:20:30,380 We're looking for two men. 452 00:20:30,380 --> 00:20:34,300 One about five feet seven inches tall, black hair around 30 years of age. 453 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:35,300 He might be wounded. 454 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:40,580 The other man's about six feet one inch tall, about 35 years old, blonde hair, and he was 455 00:20:40,580 --> 00:20:42,540 wearing blue jeans and cowboy boots. 456 00:20:42,540 --> 00:20:44,140 Yes, officer. 457 00:20:44,140 --> 00:20:46,340 We haven't seen them. 458 00:20:46,340 --> 00:20:47,340 Okay. 459 00:20:47,340 --> 00:20:48,340 Thank you. 460 00:20:48,340 --> 00:20:49,340 Tommy. 461 00:20:49,340 --> 00:20:50,340 Lady. 462 00:20:50,340 --> 00:20:51,340 You almost just got killed. 463 00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:52,340 Tommy, what's wrong with you? 464 00:20:52,340 --> 00:20:53,340 Why didn't you tell the officers? 465 00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:57,700 And let Murphy tell everybody at the Derby he scared me so much I copped a plea. 466 00:20:57,700 --> 00:20:58,700 No, ma'am. 467 00:20:58,700 --> 00:20:59,700 But the policeman, he described this one. 468 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:00,700 And the man on the floor back in Powderville. 469 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:01,700 Sure, I told you how far Murphy goes. 470 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:02,700 He's even got the cops in on this one. 471 00:21:02,700 --> 00:21:03,700 He's got a gun. 472 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:04,700 He's got a gun. 473 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:05,700 He's got a gun. 474 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:06,700 He's got a gun. 475 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:07,700 He's got a gun. 476 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:08,700 He's got a gun. 477 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:09,700 He's got a gun. 478 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:13,660 And he's got a cop in on this one. 479 00:21:13,660 --> 00:21:25,460 At least it stopped raining. 480 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:28,060 Bully, that makes my whole day. 481 00:21:28,060 --> 00:21:29,740 Slow up, mister. 482 00:21:29,740 --> 00:21:31,020 What for? 483 00:21:31,020 --> 00:21:32,900 Turn off this here road just over the hill. 484 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:35,080 But that's not the way back to Hollywood. 485 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,980 We ain't a going back to Hollywood, ma'am. 486 00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:39,620 Where are we a going? 487 00:21:39,620 --> 00:21:42,540 Them other two fellas, they got the money. 488 00:21:42,540 --> 00:21:45,340 They threw it in their car when we run out of the bank. 489 00:21:45,340 --> 00:21:47,540 Tommy, it's true. 490 00:21:47,540 --> 00:21:49,580 Look, look, suppose I believe you. 491 00:21:49,580 --> 00:21:50,980 Now, now mind you, I'm not saying... 492 00:21:50,980 --> 00:21:52,620 Don't rightly seem to matter. 493 00:21:52,620 --> 00:21:54,860 What happens after we get to the cabin? 494 00:21:54,860 --> 00:21:58,020 We cross that bridge when we come to it, ma'am. 495 00:21:58,020 --> 00:21:59,980 Here, mister, turn off here. 496 00:21:59,980 --> 00:22:01,780 Okay. 497 00:22:04,860 --> 00:22:06,420 That's fine. 498 00:22:06,420 --> 00:22:09,860 Now, just keep a driving up into them hills. 499 00:22:22,140 --> 00:22:24,060 There's the place. 500 00:22:24,060 --> 00:22:25,540 Pretty little, Harville. 501 00:22:25,540 --> 00:22:26,820 Drive around to the side. 502 00:22:26,820 --> 00:22:30,180 Oh, you only use the front way in formal clothes, huh? 503 00:22:31,820 --> 00:22:33,580 Turn off the motor. 504 00:22:33,580 --> 00:22:35,220 Now, give me the keys. 505 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:36,860 Oh, now come on, pal. 506 00:22:36,860 --> 00:22:38,260 How far do you want an idiot to... 507 00:22:38,260 --> 00:22:39,260 Give me the keys. 508 00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:40,820 Tommy, please. 509 00:22:40,820 --> 00:22:42,020 Here. 510 00:22:42,020 --> 00:22:43,620 Thank you, ma'am. 511 00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:45,020 Now what happens? 512 00:22:45,020 --> 00:22:47,420 I'm going in the side here. 513 00:22:47,420 --> 00:22:49,380 You two go knock on the front door. 514 00:22:49,380 --> 00:22:50,380 Why? 515 00:22:50,380 --> 00:22:52,340 I'd just like to be sure my friends 516 00:22:52,340 --> 00:22:55,180 ain't planning no surprise for me. 517 00:22:55,180 --> 00:22:56,180 You mean... 518 00:22:56,180 --> 00:22:58,220 Just do like I say. 519 00:22:58,220 --> 00:23:12,620 Open the door. 520 00:23:12,620 --> 00:23:15,180 Now go knock on the front door. 521 00:23:15,180 --> 00:23:17,180 Look, why should we? 522 00:23:17,180 --> 00:23:20,980 Okay, I've seen more guns today than Gene Autry. 523 00:23:20,980 --> 00:23:23,980 Come on, Grace. 524 00:23:23,980 --> 00:23:24,980 Tommy. 525 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:25,980 Huh? 526 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:26,980 Can we run for it? 527 00:23:26,980 --> 00:23:27,980 Where? 528 00:23:27,980 --> 00:23:28,980 Any place. 529 00:23:28,980 --> 00:23:31,980 Oh, too dark, too far to the highway. 530 00:23:31,980 --> 00:23:32,980 Tommy! 531 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:35,420 Oh, now I'm sure this is a Murphy gag. 532 00:23:35,420 --> 00:23:36,420 Are you crazy? 533 00:23:36,420 --> 00:23:37,420 Somebody inside's been shot. 534 00:23:37,420 --> 00:23:40,980 Honey, in a minute, that door will open and old Tex will say, 535 00:23:40,980 --> 00:23:42,980 I guess you folks can come in now. 536 00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:44,980 But those were gunshots. 537 00:23:44,980 --> 00:23:48,980 Sure, and inside we'll see two more guys playing dead. 538 00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:49,980 It's him. 539 00:23:49,980 --> 00:23:50,980 Pitch. 540 00:23:50,980 --> 00:24:00,980 Yes, you folks can come in now. 541 00:24:00,980 --> 00:24:16,980 Hark the evening coyotes. 542 00:24:16,980 --> 00:24:17,980 Tommy. 543 00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:18,980 What? 544 00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:19,980 How can you? 545 00:24:19,980 --> 00:24:20,980 Oh, stiff upper, old girl. 546 00:24:20,980 --> 00:24:21,980 Tommy, I'm scared. 547 00:24:21,980 --> 00:24:24,980 What's he doing in that room? 548 00:24:24,980 --> 00:24:26,980 Probably calling Murphy and giving him a blow by blow. 549 00:24:26,980 --> 00:24:32,980 But those two men on the floor and the money, that was real money. 550 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:34,980 Murphy always goes for good props. 551 00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:36,980 Now, honey, use your head. 552 00:24:36,980 --> 00:24:38,980 Look, if those two guys were going to double cross them, 553 00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:40,980 would they wait here until they got back? 554 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,980 No, they'd just walk out with the loot. 555 00:24:42,980 --> 00:24:45,980 Maybe it's like he said, they needed some place to hide, 556 00:24:45,980 --> 00:24:47,980 but they didn't need him to take a share. 557 00:24:47,980 --> 00:24:50,980 I can tell a Murphy story when I hear one. 558 00:24:50,980 --> 00:24:55,980 Oh, I'll get the gas chamber for killing Murphy, but it'll be worth it. 559 00:24:55,980 --> 00:24:57,980 Okay. 560 00:24:57,980 --> 00:25:00,980 Come on. 561 00:25:00,980 --> 00:25:01,980 You too, ma'am. 562 00:25:01,980 --> 00:25:03,980 We're really going home? 563 00:25:03,980 --> 00:25:05,980 Just part way. 564 00:25:05,980 --> 00:25:06,980 As far as the cliff. 565 00:25:06,980 --> 00:25:08,980 Oh, oh, that does it. 566 00:25:08,980 --> 00:25:11,980 If Murphy thinks he's thrown in a hokey bit like pushing a car off the cliff... 567 00:25:11,980 --> 00:25:12,980 Shut up. 568 00:25:12,980 --> 00:25:13,980 I'm not... 569 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:15,980 Tommy, he isn't fallen. 570 00:25:15,980 --> 00:25:16,980 You're right, lady. 571 00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:19,980 Now, both of you turn and walk out that door. 572 00:25:19,980 --> 00:25:21,980 When we get to the car, we'll... 573 00:25:21,980 --> 00:25:22,980 Don't move! 574 00:25:22,980 --> 00:25:23,980 Don't move! 575 00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:25,980 I'll take that gun. 576 00:25:25,980 --> 00:25:27,980 This time, Parker, we got stronger cuffs. 577 00:25:27,980 --> 00:25:31,980 All right, hold them out. 578 00:25:31,980 --> 00:25:33,980 One of you own this camera? 579 00:25:33,980 --> 00:25:34,980 Me? 580 00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:36,980 Where did you find it, officer? 581 00:25:36,980 --> 00:25:38,980 One of our men found it in the hotel at the old ghost town. 582 00:25:38,980 --> 00:25:40,980 Looked inside, saw the last picture you took. 583 00:25:40,980 --> 00:25:42,980 The last picture? 584 00:25:42,980 --> 00:25:44,980 Oh, the one where he stuck his head out of the door. 585 00:25:44,980 --> 00:25:46,980 That's right. We've recognized him. 586 00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:49,980 Got a tip on his cabin and made it here as quick as we could. 587 00:25:49,980 --> 00:25:51,980 Did I tell you? 588 00:25:51,980 --> 00:25:52,980 Tell me what? 589 00:25:52,980 --> 00:25:55,980 In the nick of time, in popped the Marines. 590 00:25:55,980 --> 00:25:58,980 Mister, I got a head-up to you. 591 00:25:58,980 --> 00:26:00,980 You took this pretty calm. 592 00:26:00,980 --> 00:26:04,980 Okay. Okay, now let's cut the clowning, huh? 593 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:07,980 But didn't you know? He's text Parker, wanted for three murders... 594 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:10,980 and from the looks of it, he's two more over there. 595 00:26:10,980 --> 00:26:12,980 Those guys dead? 596 00:26:12,980 --> 00:26:14,980 Who are you kidding? 597 00:26:14,980 --> 00:26:16,980 I'm not kidding, buddy. 598 00:26:16,980 --> 00:26:17,980 Okay. 599 00:26:17,980 --> 00:26:19,980 Oh, okay, so the gang's finished now, huh? 600 00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:20,980 All right. 601 00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:23,980 Okay, boys. Okay, boys, wake up. Wake up. 602 00:26:23,980 --> 00:26:24,980 Time for wakey. 603 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:26,980 Don't call us. We'll call you. 604 00:26:26,980 --> 00:26:27,980 Tommy, don't. 605 00:26:27,980 --> 00:26:29,980 Come on. 606 00:26:34,980 --> 00:26:36,980 Hey. 607 00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:39,980 Hey, that's not ketchup. 608 00:26:39,980 --> 00:26:41,980 They are dead. 609 00:26:41,980 --> 00:26:44,980 Tommy. 610 00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:48,980 Okay, lady, we'll go as soon as we can bring him too. 611 00:27:01,980 --> 00:27:03,980 Suspense. 612 00:27:03,980 --> 00:27:09,980 In which Eve McVeigh and Tom Brown start in tonight's presentation of Hollywood hostages. 613 00:27:09,980 --> 00:27:15,980 Next week, we bring you the true story of five polar explorers and their race against death. 614 00:27:15,980 --> 00:27:18,980 We call it the Diary of Captain Scott. 615 00:27:18,980 --> 00:27:20,980 That's next week on... 616 00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:22,980 Suspense. 617 00:27:22,980 --> 00:27:27,980 Suspense. 618 00:27:35,980 --> 00:27:38,980 Suspense is produced and directed in Hollywood by Anthony Ellis. 619 00:27:38,980 --> 00:27:40,980 Tonight's script was written by Jerry Lewis. 620 00:27:40,980 --> 00:27:44,980 The music was composed by Lucian Morrowek and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 621 00:27:44,980 --> 00:27:48,980 Featured in the cast were Don Diamond, Frank Gerstel, and John Larch. 622 00:27:48,980 --> 00:27:56,980 A hot money racket proves to be a shortcut to the cooler once the FBI and Peace and War goes into action tomorrow night. 623 00:27:56,980 --> 00:28:06,980 Harassed by personal debt, the cashier at the $50 window at a large racetrack falls for a big-time racketeer scheme for passing stolen money through the betting window. 624 00:28:06,980 --> 00:28:12,980 But before he can solve his personal financial problems, the FBI and Peace and War gets on his trail. 625 00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:18,980 And not long after that, another welcome mat appears right outside the gate to the penitentiary. 626 00:28:18,980 --> 00:28:25,980 For a thrill-a-minute drama, don't miss the FBI and Peace and War at this same time tomorrow night. 627 00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:31,980 Stay tuned for five minutes of CBS News to be followed on most of these stations by The Jack Carson Show. 628 00:28:31,980 --> 00:28:43,980 The Radio Workshop presents the new and unusual Friday nights on the CBS Radio Network.