WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:19.000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of frills, Suspense. 00:19.000 --> 00:28.640 Tonight, we bring you a story of a ghost town and a practical joke that wasn't. 00:28.640 --> 00:30.680 We call it Hollywood Hostages. 00:30.680 --> 00:37.400 So now, starring Eve McVeigh and Tom Brown, here is tonight's Suspense play, Hollywood 00:37.400 --> 00:38.400 Hostages. 00:38.400 --> 01:00.560 Oh, that sun's really strong. 01:00.560 --> 01:04.840 Yeah, murder. 01:04.840 --> 01:08.680 No director in Hollywood except the boy genius would have sent us out here. 01:08.680 --> 01:11.920 There must be a ghost town closer to Hollywood. 01:11.920 --> 01:13.360 There is. 01:13.360 --> 01:16.440 Beverly Hills after midnight. 01:16.440 --> 01:17.440 I don't get it. 01:17.440 --> 01:18.440 Get what? 01:18.440 --> 01:22.080 Why he has to come to the middle of the desert to shoot this stuff. 01:22.080 --> 01:25.440 I can design sets that look a lot more like desert than this. 01:25.440 --> 01:27.240 Oh, realism, my dear. 01:27.240 --> 01:30.280 Well, Murphy does make good pictures. 01:30.280 --> 01:33.040 The peasants know the difference of pictures of pictures. 01:33.040 --> 01:35.480 I'd settle right now for the picture of a drink. 01:35.480 --> 01:37.480 Well, look out at the sand. 01:37.480 --> 01:38.480 For what? 01:38.480 --> 01:40.360 Maybe you'll see a mirage with a drive in. 01:40.360 --> 01:44.760 How come everything on this road is closed? 01:44.760 --> 01:47.080 Same reason Potterville closed. 01:47.080 --> 01:51.440 Ghost town used to be a tourist trap and the new freeway bypassed it. 01:51.440 --> 01:55.480 No tourists, no trap, just this lousy road. 01:55.480 --> 01:59.480 I wonder how Murphy found out about this place. 01:59.480 --> 02:00.480 From another zombie. 02:00.480 --> 02:02.680 What's your knock on Murphy? 02:02.680 --> 02:05.560 I hate practical jokers. 02:05.560 --> 02:09.320 Is your first crack in a Murphy picture? 02:09.320 --> 02:14.720 You got a million laughs coming if you live through. 02:14.720 --> 02:15.960 He can't be that bad. 02:15.960 --> 02:19.040 Oh, you don't know how far that guy goes. 02:19.040 --> 02:20.960 I know him good. 02:20.960 --> 02:23.160 Too good. 02:23.160 --> 02:25.840 You know what he did the day I got married? 02:25.840 --> 02:29.320 He had his lawyer file suit for divorce in my name. 02:29.320 --> 02:31.360 That's not very funny. 02:31.360 --> 02:35.480 Then last year I go to Florida to find an alligator farm. 02:35.480 --> 02:38.560 Murphy calls a pal who puts my picture in every post office. 02:38.560 --> 02:39.560 Post office? 02:39.560 --> 02:42.360 Sure, saying I'm wanted by the cops in Detroit. 02:42.360 --> 02:46.800 Oh yeah, hilarious when I got picked up too. 02:46.800 --> 02:48.840 The cops down there wired Detroit. 02:48.840 --> 02:51.720 Detroit wired they were sending a detective to bring me back. 02:51.720 --> 02:55.680 I was in Cannes a week before Murphy had them let me out. 02:55.680 --> 03:01.320 I told that boy, Jeannie, this morning though, one more of his jokes this trip and he gets 03:01.320 --> 03:03.360 himself a new location scout. 03:03.360 --> 03:05.320 I don't need him. 03:05.320 --> 03:08.720 I can always go back to being an unemployed comic. 03:08.720 --> 03:09.720 Tommy? 03:09.720 --> 03:10.720 Yeah. 03:10.720 --> 03:13.240 Is that the ghost town out there? 03:13.240 --> 03:15.240 Yeah, it could be. 03:15.240 --> 03:17.720 A lot of hills are 180 miles from Hollywood. 03:17.720 --> 03:19.760 The speedometer says 170. 03:19.760 --> 03:21.000 Oh, dandy. 03:21.000 --> 03:32.360 Ten more miles and we'll be no place. 03:32.360 --> 03:41.400 Hurts bad, Tix. 03:41.400 --> 03:46.120 Just hang on, partner. 03:46.120 --> 03:51.520 We get inside, you can lay down. 03:51.520 --> 03:52.520 Look at them cobwebs. 03:52.520 --> 03:58.000 Ain't nobody open that door for a spell. 03:58.000 --> 04:07.360 In we go, partner. 04:07.360 --> 04:09.320 Ain't no furniture, Fred. 04:09.320 --> 04:14.680 Just you lay down here on the floor. 04:14.680 --> 04:19.520 I know, Fred, them bullets hurt real bad. 04:19.520 --> 04:23.280 Doc, I need a doc. 04:23.280 --> 04:27.160 Fred, you're seen for yourself. 04:27.160 --> 04:29.320 Ain't no doctor here. 04:29.320 --> 04:32.360 Ain't a living soul in this town except us. 04:32.360 --> 04:35.520 But, Tix, I'll die. 04:35.520 --> 04:43.800 Yeah, I guess you will, but too bad, but no sense me waiting. 04:43.800 --> 04:47.280 You can't just walk out. 04:47.280 --> 04:51.200 Staying and dying with you ain't gonna be much help, is it? 04:51.200 --> 04:52.200 Except to the others. 04:52.200 --> 04:58.360 I don't guess they'd be bust up splitting the bank money two ways instead of four. 04:58.360 --> 05:00.240 Must have already got to my place. 05:00.240 --> 05:02.600 I can't keep waiting. 05:02.600 --> 05:04.680 No, Tix, don't leave me. 05:04.680 --> 05:07.800 Well, there ain't much else I can do, Fred. 05:07.800 --> 05:11.800 You just got a real bad piece of luck. 05:11.800 --> 05:17.600 If that cop don't nick our gas tank, we'd have been at the cabin. 05:17.600 --> 05:18.600 So long, Fred. 05:18.600 --> 05:19.600 Tix, no, please. 05:19.600 --> 05:20.600 Grab your gun. 05:20.600 --> 05:26.920 I knew you wouldn't walk out. 05:26.920 --> 05:28.360 Grab your gun and drag yourself to this window. 05:28.360 --> 05:29.360 A car's coming. 05:29.360 --> 05:30.360 Cops? 05:30.360 --> 05:31.360 It's too far to tell. 05:31.360 --> 05:32.360 There must be. 05:32.360 --> 05:34.920 This road don't go nowhere else. 05:34.920 --> 05:36.800 How'd they know we were here? 05:36.800 --> 05:38.240 That cop who shot the gas tank. 05:38.240 --> 05:39.240 Maybe I didn't get him. 05:39.240 --> 05:41.240 I don't see no car. 05:41.240 --> 05:44.000 It's hidden now by one of them dunes. 05:44.000 --> 05:45.000 There. 05:45.000 --> 05:46.000 Yeah. 05:46.000 --> 05:48.160 Now, be ready. 05:48.160 --> 05:49.600 They are cops. 05:49.600 --> 06:07.240 We both better be shooting. 06:07.240 --> 06:08.800 Welcome to Powderville. 06:08.800 --> 06:12.440 Well, at least you've got no trouble parking. 06:12.440 --> 06:18.280 Got your camera? 06:18.280 --> 06:21.280 Mm-hmm. 06:21.280 --> 06:31.800 Creepy looking, John, huh? 06:31.800 --> 06:33.800 Yeah. 06:33.800 --> 06:39.280 Now, hold it, Tommy. 06:39.280 --> 06:41.920 I want to get a shot of this board sidewalk. 06:41.920 --> 06:42.920 Oh, yeah. 06:42.920 --> 06:45.600 You can't hardly get them, no more. 06:45.600 --> 06:50.080 Step back a little. 06:50.080 --> 06:52.720 You like those Polaroid cameras? 06:52.720 --> 06:53.720 Great. 06:53.720 --> 06:55.160 You get your picture in a minute. 06:55.160 --> 06:57.800 If it comes up wrong, you shoot another one. 06:57.800 --> 07:03.360 Now, we pull the film through till it clicks. 07:03.360 --> 07:04.960 And the picture develops by itself. 07:04.960 --> 07:06.560 Well, come on. 07:06.560 --> 07:10.440 Let's case the joint while that shot's cooking, huh? 07:10.440 --> 07:14.760 Better get a shot of that Wells Fargo office. 07:14.760 --> 07:15.760 Okay. 07:15.760 --> 07:16.760 Sure. 07:16.760 --> 07:19.360 Leave Wells Fargo out of the West and you can't get a seal of approval. 07:19.360 --> 07:20.360 Tommy. 07:20.360 --> 07:21.360 Listen. 07:21.360 --> 07:22.360 You hear anything? 07:22.360 --> 07:23.360 Sure. 07:23.360 --> 07:24.360 Boards in the sidewalk. 07:24.360 --> 07:25.360 They squeak like three dollar shoes. 07:25.360 --> 07:26.360 No. 07:26.360 --> 07:27.360 No, a voice. 07:27.360 --> 07:33.800 Oh, yeah, sure. 07:33.800 --> 07:37.840 Well, that's from inside that place, the hotel. 07:37.840 --> 07:39.440 It's Conrad Hilton buying the joint. 07:39.440 --> 07:41.240 No, I heard a man's voice. 07:41.240 --> 07:43.120 That sun's stronger than it looks. 07:43.120 --> 07:44.120 I mean it. 07:44.120 --> 07:45.120 Sure, sure. 07:45.120 --> 07:46.920 Okay, you did hear a man's voice. 07:46.920 --> 07:47.920 Now, come on. 07:47.920 --> 07:55.920 Let's make with the snapshots and curl up with a good bartender, huh? 07:55.920 --> 08:07.320 Hey, how many are you gonna take? 08:07.320 --> 08:09.560 I'm just about finished. 08:09.560 --> 08:11.320 Get one of that blacksmith shop. 08:11.320 --> 08:12.320 Not yet. 08:12.320 --> 08:15.320 Let's go around the corner first so I can get... 08:15.320 --> 08:17.680 Hey, kid. 08:17.680 --> 08:19.680 Drop the other shoe. 08:19.680 --> 08:21.800 Tommy, that car. 08:21.800 --> 08:25.400 Those holes in the windshield. 08:25.400 --> 08:26.400 Air conditioning. 08:26.400 --> 08:28.960 They're bullet holes. 08:28.960 --> 08:31.040 I now pronounce you J Edgar Hoover. 08:31.040 --> 08:32.040 What is the... 08:32.040 --> 08:33.040 That car's a prop. 08:33.040 --> 08:36.960 It wouldn't be a kosher ghost town without a bullet riddled car. 08:36.960 --> 08:37.960 Oh. 08:37.960 --> 08:38.960 You're jumpy. 08:38.960 --> 08:41.680 Too much fresh air will do that. 08:41.680 --> 08:44.720 Well, I'll get this shot at the hotel. 08:44.720 --> 08:45.720 Another one at the hotel? 08:45.720 --> 08:46.720 I need this angle. 08:46.720 --> 08:47.720 Well, go ahead. 08:47.720 --> 08:48.720 I'll go look around. 08:48.720 --> 08:49.720 Hang on a minute. 08:49.720 --> 08:50.720 Oh! 08:50.720 --> 08:58.840 Grace. 08:58.840 --> 08:59.840 What is it? 08:59.840 --> 09:00.840 A man. 09:00.840 --> 09:01.840 A what? 09:01.840 --> 09:02.840 I saw a man. 09:02.840 --> 09:03.840 Oh, come on. 09:03.840 --> 09:04.840 No, honest. 09:04.840 --> 09:05.840 I got him. 09:05.840 --> 09:06.840 You what? 09:06.840 --> 09:07.840 In the picture. 09:07.840 --> 09:08.840 What did he pose as? 09:08.840 --> 09:13.360 He stuck his head out of the door just as I was taking the picture. 09:13.360 --> 09:14.360 Yeah? 09:14.360 --> 09:15.360 Well, then what happened? 09:15.360 --> 09:16.360 I looked up. 09:16.360 --> 09:17.360 And he was gone? 09:17.360 --> 09:18.360 Yes. 09:18.360 --> 09:19.360 Oh, honey. 09:19.360 --> 09:20.960 The way you dramatize, you... 09:20.960 --> 09:21.960 There he is! 09:21.960 --> 09:22.960 Hey! 09:22.960 --> 09:23.960 He's running to our car. 09:23.960 --> 09:24.960 Oh, and I left the keys in it. 09:24.960 --> 09:25.960 Come on. 09:25.960 --> 09:26.960 Hey! 09:26.960 --> 09:27.960 Hey, you! 09:27.960 --> 09:28.960 Oh, he's gone. 09:28.960 --> 09:29.960 That dirty little. 09:29.960 --> 09:30.960 No good. 09:30.960 --> 09:31.960 Can't I... 09:31.960 --> 09:32.960 Do you know him? 09:32.960 --> 09:33.960 No, not that guy in the car. 09:33.960 --> 09:34.960 But don't you get it? 09:34.960 --> 09:35.960 He was planted. 09:35.960 --> 09:36.960 Planted? 09:36.960 --> 09:39.960 Yeah, to grab our car and strand us in the middle of the desert. 09:39.960 --> 09:49.760 Oh, I can hear that Murphy laughing now. 09:49.760 --> 09:50.760 Murphy? 09:50.760 --> 09:51.760 Snatch! 09:51.760 --> 09:52.760 This isn't funny. 09:52.760 --> 09:53.760 Oh, it is to him. 09:53.760 --> 09:54.760 I've got no fault. 09:54.760 --> 09:55.760 No water, no food, and it's 23 miles to the nearest main highway. 09:55.760 --> 09:56.760 Oh, I'm sorry. 09:56.760 --> 09:57.760 I'm sorry. 09:57.760 --> 09:58.760 I'm sorry. 09:58.760 --> 09:59.760 I'm sorry. 09:59.760 --> 10:00.760 I'm sorry. 10:00.760 --> 10:01.760 I'm sorry. 10:01.760 --> 10:02.760 I'm sorry. 10:02.760 --> 10:03.760 I'm sorry. 10:03.760 --> 10:04.760 I'm sorry. 10:04.760 --> 10:05.760 I'm sorry. 10:05.760 --> 10:06.760 I'm sorry. 10:06.760 --> 10:07.760 I'm sorry. 10:07.760 --> 10:08.760 I'm sorry. 10:08.760 --> 10:09.760 I'm sorry. 10:09.760 --> 10:10.760 No. 10:10.760 --> 10:11.760 I'm sorry. 10:11.760 --> 10:12.760 She's talking about. 10:12.760 --> 10:13.760 Tommy. 10:13.760 --> 10:14.760 Yeah. 10:14.760 --> 10:16.640 You got another cigarette? 10:16.640 --> 10:17.880 Yeah. 10:17.880 --> 10:21.320 Oh, can I have one? 10:21.320 --> 10:25.040 Well, as soon as Murf sends the car back, they're in the glove compartment. 10:25.040 --> 10:26.640 Thanks, Loeb's. 10:26.640 --> 10:28.380 Oh, I told you. 10:28.380 --> 10:31.020 Murphy's a million laughs. 10:31.020 --> 10:33.980 Those clouds are coming this way. 10:33.980 --> 10:36.640 That's all we need now. 10:36.640 --> 10:38.720 Rain. 10:38.720 --> 10:40.960 How long do you think we'll be here? 10:40.960 --> 10:42.760 Till Murphy stops laughing. 10:42.760 --> 10:45.360 It's almost four o'clock now. 10:45.360 --> 10:49.400 Oh, Tommy, I felt a drop of rain. 10:49.400 --> 10:50.640 Yeah, me too. 10:50.640 --> 10:52.740 Oh, if he... 10:52.740 --> 10:53.440 Come on. 10:53.440 --> 10:54.480 Where? 10:54.480 --> 10:56.480 Every roof is full of holes. 10:56.480 --> 10:57.940 Well, a hotel's two stories. 10:57.940 --> 10:59.680 Maybe the water's not coming all the way down. 10:59.680 --> 11:03.120 That's where Murphy's friend came from. 11:03.120 --> 11:09.820 Come on, let's run. 11:09.820 --> 11:10.560 Careful on the steps. 11:10.560 --> 11:12.960 Oh, I'm soaked. 11:12.960 --> 11:13.960 Yeah, and if you get pneumonia, 11:13.960 --> 11:15.960 Murphy laughs all the time you're in the hospital. 11:15.960 --> 11:17.360 It's a tie-up with Blue Cross. 11:17.360 --> 11:20.360 Oh, let's go inside. 11:20.360 --> 11:20.860 Go ahead. 11:20.860 --> 11:29.500 Thanks, Anne. 11:29.500 --> 11:31.520 Cheery little spot. 11:31.520 --> 11:33.420 Charles Adams does the decoration. 11:33.420 --> 11:36.480 Well, at least it's dry in here and... 11:36.480 --> 11:38.020 Now what? 11:38.020 --> 11:39.860 By the window. 11:39.860 --> 11:41.460 On the floor. 11:41.460 --> 11:43.720 A man. 11:43.720 --> 11:45.360 There... 11:45.360 --> 11:48.260 There's blood on his shirt. 11:48.260 --> 11:49.000 He's alive. 11:49.000 --> 11:50.260 Match. 11:50.260 --> 11:51.900 Don't you get it? 11:51.900 --> 11:54.000 It ain't blood, it's ketchup. 11:54.000 --> 11:57.880 He's another Murphy stooge from Central Casting. 11:57.880 --> 11:58.740 You sure? 11:58.740 --> 12:00.040 Look, kid, I'm a veteran. 12:00.040 --> 12:02.980 I've taken six pictures with Murphy. 12:02.980 --> 12:03.940 Now come on. 12:03.940 --> 12:06.720 Come on, back to the porch. 12:06.720 --> 12:08.960 All right, all right, keep groaning, kid. 12:08.960 --> 12:32.380 It's an Academy Award. 12:32.380 --> 12:34.280 Tommy, I'm cold. 12:34.280 --> 12:35.780 Let's go inside. 12:35.780 --> 12:38.380 Listen to that bum play Russian comedy. 12:38.380 --> 12:40.760 He's got to do something. 12:40.760 --> 12:42.660 Like to play a checker polo? 12:42.660 --> 12:44.160 How about walking to the highway? 12:44.160 --> 12:45.900 Oh, not in that water. 12:45.900 --> 12:48.300 Not giving Murphy that satisfaction. 12:48.300 --> 12:50.740 His conscience has to bother him sometimes. 12:50.740 --> 12:54.200 He's got a cast iron heart. 12:54.200 --> 12:55.540 Tommy. 12:55.540 --> 12:57.080 What? 12:57.080 --> 12:59.240 A car. 12:59.240 --> 13:01.920 That is a car, isn't it? 13:01.920 --> 13:02.940 Mm-hmm. 13:02.940 --> 13:06.020 If it was on the main highway, we couldn't see it, could we? 13:06.020 --> 13:07.320 No. 13:07.320 --> 13:09.280 Well, I said it here, all right. 13:09.280 --> 13:11.280 Oh, he finally took pity. 13:11.280 --> 13:12.280 Hooray. 13:12.280 --> 13:14.220 He's human. 13:14.220 --> 13:17.100 Actually, now that it's over, it wasn't a bad joke. 13:17.100 --> 13:19.120 Oh, he may not be through yet. 13:19.120 --> 13:23.160 What else can he do once we get the car back? 13:23.160 --> 13:25.060 Wait till he opens the door on this side. 13:25.060 --> 13:30.700 I'd hate to wait this long and then drown on the sidewalk. 13:30.700 --> 13:35.340 Well, I hope you call Murphy and he got a real big laugh. 13:35.340 --> 13:37.540 No, no, no, you don't have to come up here for us. 13:37.540 --> 13:38.540 Just open the car door. 13:38.540 --> 13:39.540 He's got a gun. 13:39.540 --> 13:43.180 Oh, brother, that Murphy keeps that joke going longer than he... 13:43.180 --> 13:44.180 Get back. 13:44.180 --> 13:46.620 Look, the joke is over. 13:46.620 --> 13:47.620 Let's go. 13:47.620 --> 13:48.980 You ain't a girl in no place. 13:48.980 --> 13:49.980 Oh, yes, we are. 13:49.980 --> 13:50.980 Now, I've had enough of this... 13:50.980 --> 13:54.020 I ain't never shot a lady yet. 13:54.020 --> 13:57.460 But ma'am, there's always a first time. 13:57.460 --> 14:15.000 Now both of you, get back inside. 14:15.000 --> 14:20.780 You are listening to Hollywood Hostages, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater 14:20.780 --> 14:32.960 of thrills, Suspense. 14:32.960 --> 14:38.540 In the long run, the security of a free country rests in the hands of its civilian soldiers. 14:38.540 --> 14:43.860 Professionals have their indispensable place, but the efficiency, strength, readiness, and 14:43.860 --> 14:47.800 the morale of our reserve components are vital. 14:47.800 --> 14:50.360 These are the words of President Eisenhower. 14:50.360 --> 14:55.100 This week, the nation is concentrating on National Defense Week as a tribute to our 14:55.100 --> 14:58.520 highly trained civilian reservists. 14:58.520 --> 15:03.980 More than a thousand chapters of reserve officers' clubs around the country are observing National 15:03.980 --> 15:08.000 Defense Week with parades, meetings, and dinners. 15:08.000 --> 15:14.140 The rest of us join them in saluting the fine job the reservists do every week of every 15:14.140 --> 15:17.060 year. 15:17.060 --> 15:23.220 And now, we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Tom Brown and Eve McVeigh, starring in tonight's 15:23.220 --> 15:39.700 production, Hollywood Hostages, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 15:39.700 --> 15:52.420 Mr. 15:52.420 --> 15:54.100 Yeah, ma'am? 15:54.100 --> 15:55.100 You bring any food? 15:55.100 --> 15:57.540 I'm sorry, ma'am. 15:57.540 --> 16:00.540 They all want to play Gary Cooper. 16:00.540 --> 16:02.140 How long do we have to stay here? 16:02.140 --> 16:03.700 You can't rightly say. 16:03.700 --> 16:05.860 Look, we've got some place to go. 16:05.860 --> 16:06.860 Me too. 16:06.860 --> 16:11.020 It's mighty important for me to get through that roadblock by the freeway, but... 16:11.020 --> 16:12.460 Why do you care about the roadblock? 16:12.460 --> 16:14.580 Whole flock of cops up there. 16:14.580 --> 16:15.580 So? 16:15.580 --> 16:17.220 They're looking for four of us. 16:17.220 --> 16:20.700 Felt at the bank this morning over in Desert City. 16:20.700 --> 16:21.700 You? 16:21.700 --> 16:24.140 Fred there by the window. 16:24.140 --> 16:25.140 He's one. 16:25.140 --> 16:26.140 I'm another. 16:26.140 --> 16:27.140 All right. 16:27.140 --> 16:29.420 I'll give you the straight line. 16:29.420 --> 16:30.980 Who are the other two? 16:30.980 --> 16:31.980 Groucho and Harple? 16:31.980 --> 16:32.980 No, sir. 16:32.980 --> 16:33.980 Sit down. 16:33.980 --> 16:37.780 Tommy, this might not be a joke. 16:37.780 --> 16:39.660 Okay, you want to stay and chat? 16:39.660 --> 16:40.660 Go ahead. 16:40.660 --> 16:41.660 I'm leaving. 16:41.660 --> 16:42.660 Tommy! 16:42.660 --> 16:48.100 Now, look, pal, I know Murphy can keep a gag running longer than Oklahoma, but... 16:48.100 --> 16:52.100 I missed you that time because I wanted to. 16:52.100 --> 16:53.100 Next time might be different. 16:53.100 --> 16:55.940 Can't you even tell us one thing? 16:55.940 --> 16:56.940 What's that, ma'am? 16:56.940 --> 16:57.940 Look, I've got a date tonight. 16:57.940 --> 16:59.740 How long did Murphy hire you for? 16:59.740 --> 17:00.740 Murphy? 17:00.740 --> 17:05.540 Well, honey, he can't let on until the Marines rescue us in the nick of time. 17:05.540 --> 17:07.260 And then that bum on the floor gets up and we... 17:07.260 --> 17:09.380 You had an ought to be talking like that about Fred. 17:09.380 --> 17:11.380 He was a nice fella. 17:11.380 --> 17:14.860 If I was you, I'd cut out them wisecracks. 17:14.860 --> 17:17.900 Oh, you should have caught me when I played the palace. 17:17.900 --> 17:22.100 I used to make a thousand people at a time wish I'd cut out them wisecracks. 17:22.100 --> 17:24.260 Oh, come on, pal. 17:24.260 --> 17:26.900 You got your laugh, so let's blow the joint, huh? 17:26.900 --> 17:27.900 We ain't leaving. 17:27.900 --> 17:28.900 Why not? 17:28.900 --> 17:33.580 Well, I told you, ma'am, there's a roadblock. 17:33.580 --> 17:34.580 Okay. 17:34.580 --> 17:39.220 Well, as long as Murphy don't take us on a salary, I don't care how long we stay. 17:39.220 --> 17:40.220 But I'm hungry. 17:40.220 --> 17:42.060 Oh, he won't stop us. 17:42.060 --> 17:43.060 That bad here. 17:43.060 --> 17:46.420 Hey, I got me an idea. 17:46.420 --> 17:48.140 Maybe we don't have to stay here. 17:48.140 --> 17:50.700 Oh, no, you're cooking. 17:50.700 --> 17:55.060 Them cops, they ain't looking for you. 17:55.060 --> 17:59.100 If you was to sit in front, mean back. 17:59.100 --> 18:04.020 Yeah, that's real smart of me. 18:04.020 --> 18:05.020 Come on. 18:05.020 --> 18:06.020 Say, pal. 18:06.020 --> 18:07.020 Yeah? 18:07.020 --> 18:11.860 How about itty bitty buddy on the floor? 18:11.860 --> 18:13.620 How's he getting back? 18:13.620 --> 18:14.620 My camel? 18:14.620 --> 18:16.020 Wish we could take Fred. 18:16.020 --> 18:18.020 Well, there's plenty of room in the back. 18:18.020 --> 18:19.020 Fred! 18:19.020 --> 18:24.220 Well, that's nice of you, ma'am, but we better be going without him. 18:24.220 --> 18:28.140 Wait here with him, Grace. 18:28.140 --> 18:36.300 I'll open the car door. 18:36.300 --> 18:47.780 Come on. 18:47.780 --> 18:50.540 I'm getting under the blanket back here. 18:50.540 --> 18:53.340 Do we have to keep playing? 18:53.340 --> 18:57.940 Just you and him don't say nothing wrong when we get to that there road. 18:57.940 --> 18:59.300 Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. 18:59.300 --> 19:02.740 Because you'll have that there shooting eye and a point at my head. 19:02.740 --> 19:03.740 That's right. 19:03.740 --> 19:06.620 Yeah, I know that whole bit. 19:06.620 --> 19:11.340 Mr. I don't rightly know why, but I like you. 19:11.340 --> 19:14.380 I guess maybe it's because you don't scare easy. 19:14.380 --> 19:17.500 Oh, I've been working for Murphy too long. 19:17.500 --> 19:18.660 But no more. 19:18.660 --> 19:19.660 I've had enough. 19:19.660 --> 19:33.580 A minute we hit Hollywood, I'm through. 19:33.580 --> 19:35.940 That roadblock is right up ahead of me. 19:35.940 --> 19:37.580 I reckon so, partner. 19:37.580 --> 19:41.100 Mr. I told you once, I don't like folks making fun of me. 19:41.100 --> 19:42.100 Tommy, please. 19:42.100 --> 19:44.780 Now I'm getting under this here blanket again. 19:44.780 --> 19:45.780 Sweet dreams. 19:45.780 --> 19:46.780 You better slow down. 19:46.780 --> 19:48.780 Now, don't you start giving me orders. 19:48.780 --> 19:50.540 Shouldn't we get in that line? 19:50.540 --> 19:51.540 Huh? 19:51.540 --> 19:52.540 Oh, I guess so. 19:52.540 --> 19:55.540 What a night. 19:55.540 --> 19:58.220 Murphy's probably having a party at Forest Lawn. 19:58.220 --> 19:59.500 There's a police car. 19:59.500 --> 20:01.940 Well, how do you think they blocked the road with meatballs? 20:01.940 --> 20:03.380 Remember what I said. 20:03.380 --> 20:05.740 Oh, I'll never forget that. 20:05.740 --> 20:07.180 Four score and seven years. 20:07.180 --> 20:10.180 The police are not leaving his flashlight. 20:10.180 --> 20:11.180 Huh? 20:11.180 --> 20:12.180 Okay. 20:12.180 --> 20:21.780 Oh, fine. 20:21.780 --> 20:24.380 Now that window's stuck. 20:24.380 --> 20:27.780 Good evening. 20:27.780 --> 20:28.780 No comment. 20:28.780 --> 20:30.380 We're looking for two men. 20:30.380 --> 20:34.300 One about five feet seven inches tall, black hair around 30 years of age. 20:34.300 --> 20:35.300 He might be wounded. 20:35.300 --> 20:40.580 The other man's about six feet one inch tall, about 35 years old, blonde hair, and he was 20:40.580 --> 20:42.540 wearing blue jeans and cowboy boots. 20:42.540 --> 20:44.140 Yes, officer. 20:44.140 --> 20:46.340 We haven't seen them. 20:46.340 --> 20:47.340 Okay. 20:47.340 --> 20:48.340 Thank you. 20:48.340 --> 20:49.340 Tommy. 20:49.340 --> 20:50.340 Lady. 20:50.340 --> 20:51.340 You almost just got killed. 20:51.340 --> 20:52.340 Tommy, what's wrong with you? 20:52.340 --> 20:53.340 Why didn't you tell the officers? 20:53.340 --> 20:57.700 And let Murphy tell everybody at the Derby he scared me so much I copped a plea. 20:57.700 --> 20:58.700 No, ma'am. 20:58.700 --> 20:59.700 But the policeman, he described this one. 20:59.700 --> 21:00.700 And the man on the floor back in Powderville. 21:00.700 --> 21:01.700 Sure, I told you how far Murphy goes. 21:01.700 --> 21:02.700 He's even got the cops in on this one. 21:02.700 --> 21:03.700 He's got a gun. 21:03.700 --> 21:04.700 He's got a gun. 21:04.700 --> 21:05.700 He's got a gun. 21:05.700 --> 21:06.700 He's got a gun. 21:06.700 --> 21:07.700 He's got a gun. 21:07.700 --> 21:08.700 He's got a gun. 21:08.700 --> 21:09.700 He's got a gun. 21:09.700 --> 21:13.660 And he's got a cop in on this one. 21:13.660 --> 21:25.460 At least it stopped raining. 21:25.460 --> 21:28.060 Bully, that makes my whole day. 21:28.060 --> 21:29.740 Slow up, mister. 21:29.740 --> 21:31.020 What for? 21:31.020 --> 21:32.900 Turn off this here road just over the hill. 21:32.900 --> 21:35.080 But that's not the way back to Hollywood. 21:35.080 --> 21:37.980 We ain't a going back to Hollywood, ma'am. 21:37.980 --> 21:39.620 Where are we a going? 21:39.620 --> 21:42.540 Them other two fellas, they got the money. 21:42.540 --> 21:45.340 They threw it in their car when we run out of the bank. 21:45.340 --> 21:47.540 Tommy, it's true. 21:47.540 --> 21:49.580 Look, look, suppose I believe you. 21:49.580 --> 21:50.980 Now, now mind you, I'm not saying... 21:50.980 --> 21:52.620 Don't rightly seem to matter. 21:52.620 --> 21:54.860 What happens after we get to the cabin? 21:54.860 --> 21:58.020 We cross that bridge when we come to it, ma'am. 21:58.020 --> 21:59.980 Here, mister, turn off here. 21:59.980 --> 22:01.780 Okay. 22:04.860 --> 22:06.420 That's fine. 22:06.420 --> 22:09.860 Now, just keep a driving up into them hills. 22:22.140 --> 22:24.060 There's the place. 22:24.060 --> 22:25.540 Pretty little, Harville. 22:25.540 --> 22:26.820 Drive around to the side. 22:26.820 --> 22:30.180 Oh, you only use the front way in formal clothes, huh? 22:31.820 --> 22:33.580 Turn off the motor. 22:33.580 --> 22:35.220 Now, give me the keys. 22:35.220 --> 22:36.860 Oh, now come on, pal. 22:36.860 --> 22:38.260 How far do you want an idiot to... 22:38.260 --> 22:39.260 Give me the keys. 22:39.260 --> 22:40.820 Tommy, please. 22:40.820 --> 22:42.020 Here. 22:42.020 --> 22:43.620 Thank you, ma'am. 22:43.620 --> 22:45.020 Now what happens? 22:45.020 --> 22:47.420 I'm going in the side here. 22:47.420 --> 22:49.380 You two go knock on the front door. 22:49.380 --> 22:50.380 Why? 22:50.380 --> 22:52.340 I'd just like to be sure my friends 22:52.340 --> 22:55.180 ain't planning no surprise for me. 22:55.180 --> 22:56.180 You mean... 22:56.180 --> 22:58.220 Just do like I say. 22:58.220 --> 23:12.620 Open the door. 23:12.620 --> 23:15.180 Now go knock on the front door. 23:15.180 --> 23:17.180 Look, why should we? 23:17.180 --> 23:20.980 Okay, I've seen more guns today than Gene Autry. 23:20.980 --> 23:23.980 Come on, Grace. 23:23.980 --> 23:24.980 Tommy. 23:24.980 --> 23:25.980 Huh? 23:25.980 --> 23:26.980 Can we run for it? 23:26.980 --> 23:27.980 Where? 23:27.980 --> 23:28.980 Any place. 23:28.980 --> 23:31.980 Oh, too dark, too far to the highway. 23:31.980 --> 23:32.980 Tommy! 23:32.980 --> 23:35.420 Oh, now I'm sure this is a Murphy gag. 23:35.420 --> 23:36.420 Are you crazy? 23:36.420 --> 23:37.420 Somebody inside's been shot. 23:37.420 --> 23:40.980 Honey, in a minute, that door will open and old Tex will say, 23:40.980 --> 23:42.980 I guess you folks can come in now. 23:42.980 --> 23:44.980 But those were gunshots. 23:44.980 --> 23:48.980 Sure, and inside we'll see two more guys playing dead. 23:48.980 --> 23:49.980 It's him. 23:49.980 --> 23:50.980 Pitch. 23:50.980 --> 24:00.980 Yes, you folks can come in now. 24:00.980 --> 24:16.980 Hark the evening coyotes. 24:16.980 --> 24:17.980 Tommy. 24:17.980 --> 24:18.980 What? 24:18.980 --> 24:19.980 How can you? 24:19.980 --> 24:20.980 Oh, stiff upper, old girl. 24:20.980 --> 24:21.980 Tommy, I'm scared. 24:21.980 --> 24:24.980 What's he doing in that room? 24:24.980 --> 24:26.980 Probably calling Murphy and giving him a blow by blow. 24:26.980 --> 24:32.980 But those two men on the floor and the money, that was real money. 24:32.980 --> 24:34.980 Murphy always goes for good props. 24:34.980 --> 24:36.980 Now, honey, use your head. 24:36.980 --> 24:38.980 Look, if those two guys were going to double cross them, 24:38.980 --> 24:40.980 would they wait here until they got back? 24:40.980 --> 24:42.980 No, they'd just walk out with the loot. 24:42.980 --> 24:45.980 Maybe it's like he said, they needed some place to hide, 24:45.980 --> 24:47.980 but they didn't need him to take a share. 24:47.980 --> 24:50.980 I can tell a Murphy story when I hear one. 24:50.980 --> 24:55.980 Oh, I'll get the gas chamber for killing Murphy, but it'll be worth it. 24:55.980 --> 24:57.980 Okay. 24:57.980 --> 25:00.980 Come on. 25:00.980 --> 25:01.980 You too, ma'am. 25:01.980 --> 25:03.980 We're really going home? 25:03.980 --> 25:05.980 Just part way. 25:05.980 --> 25:06.980 As far as the cliff. 25:06.980 --> 25:08.980 Oh, oh, that does it. 25:08.980 --> 25:11.980 If Murphy thinks he's thrown in a hokey bit like pushing a car off the cliff... 25:11.980 --> 25:12.980 Shut up. 25:12.980 --> 25:13.980 I'm not... 25:13.980 --> 25:15.980 Tommy, he isn't fallen. 25:15.980 --> 25:16.980 You're right, lady. 25:16.980 --> 25:19.980 Now, both of you turn and walk out that door. 25:19.980 --> 25:21.980 When we get to the car, we'll... 25:21.980 --> 25:22.980 Don't move! 25:22.980 --> 25:23.980 Don't move! 25:23.980 --> 25:25.980 I'll take that gun. 25:25.980 --> 25:27.980 This time, Parker, we got stronger cuffs. 25:27.980 --> 25:31.980 All right, hold them out. 25:31.980 --> 25:33.980 One of you own this camera? 25:33.980 --> 25:34.980 Me? 25:34.980 --> 25:36.980 Where did you find it, officer? 25:36.980 --> 25:38.980 One of our men found it in the hotel at the old ghost town. 25:38.980 --> 25:40.980 Looked inside, saw the last picture you took. 25:40.980 --> 25:42.980 The last picture? 25:42.980 --> 25:44.980 Oh, the one where he stuck his head out of the door. 25:44.980 --> 25:46.980 That's right. We've recognized him. 25:46.980 --> 25:49.980 Got a tip on his cabin and made it here as quick as we could. 25:49.980 --> 25:51.980 Did I tell you? 25:51.980 --> 25:52.980 Tell me what? 25:52.980 --> 25:55.980 In the nick of time, in popped the Marines. 25:55.980 --> 25:58.980 Mister, I got a head-up to you. 25:58.980 --> 26:00.980 You took this pretty calm. 26:00.980 --> 26:04.980 Okay. Okay, now let's cut the clowning, huh? 26:04.980 --> 26:07.980 But didn't you know? He's text Parker, wanted for three murders... 26:07.980 --> 26:10.980 and from the looks of it, he's two more over there. 26:10.980 --> 26:12.980 Those guys dead? 26:12.980 --> 26:14.980 Who are you kidding? 26:14.980 --> 26:16.980 I'm not kidding, buddy. 26:16.980 --> 26:17.980 Okay. 26:17.980 --> 26:19.980 Oh, okay, so the gang's finished now, huh? 26:19.980 --> 26:20.980 All right. 26:20.980 --> 26:23.980 Okay, boys. Okay, boys, wake up. Wake up. 26:23.980 --> 26:24.980 Time for wakey. 26:24.980 --> 26:26.980 Don't call us. We'll call you. 26:26.980 --> 26:27.980 Tommy, don't. 26:27.980 --> 26:29.980 Come on. 26:34.980 --> 26:36.980 Hey. 26:36.980 --> 26:39.980 Hey, that's not ketchup. 26:39.980 --> 26:41.980 They are dead. 26:41.980 --> 26:44.980 Tommy. 26:44.980 --> 26:48.980 Okay, lady, we'll go as soon as we can bring him too. 27:01.980 --> 27:03.980 Suspense. 27:03.980 --> 27:09.980 In which Eve McVeigh and Tom Brown start in tonight's presentation of Hollywood hostages. 27:09.980 --> 27:15.980 Next week, we bring you the true story of five polar explorers and their race against death. 27:15.980 --> 27:18.980 We call it the Diary of Captain Scott. 27:18.980 --> 27:20.980 That's next week on... 27:20.980 --> 27:22.980 Suspense. 27:22.980 --> 27:27.980 Suspense. 27:35.980 --> 27:38.980 Suspense is produced and directed in Hollywood by Anthony Ellis. 27:38.980 --> 27:40.980 Tonight's script was written by Jerry Lewis. 27:40.980 --> 27:44.980 The music was composed by Lucian Morrowek and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 27:44.980 --> 27:48.980 Featured in the cast were Don Diamond, Frank Gerstel, and John Larch. 27:48.980 --> 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. 27:56.980 --> 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. 28:06.980 --> 28:12.980 But before he can solve his personal financial problems, the FBI and Peace and War gets on his trail. 28:12.980 --> 28:18.980 And not long after that, another welcome mat appears right outside the gate to the penitentiary. 28:18.980 --> 28:25.980 For a thrill-a-minute drama, don't miss the FBI and Peace and War at this same time tomorrow night. 28:25.980 --> 28:31.980 Stay tuned for five minutes of CBS News to be followed on most of these stations by The Jack Carson Show. 28:31.980 --> 28:43.980 The Radio Workshop presents the new and unusual Friday nights on the CBS Radio Network.