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Suspense - "Death Has a Shadow" (Old Time Radio, 1949) · Suspense | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Attorney Harvey Warren stays late in his eighth-floor office, reluctant
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: to return to the home left empty by his wife's death.
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: Then a telephone call from a man named Bolster sets
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: a deadline. He is coming to Warren's office before 10 o'clock.
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: As the clock advances and the elevator indicator begins its climb,
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: Warren tries to reach Lieutenant Joe Scarponi of Homicide. On
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: May 5th, 1949, CBS presented Suspense, Episode 5, Death Has
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: a Shadow, with Bob.
• 0:34
  Speaker 2: Hope as Warren.
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: Alongside William Conrad and Elliot Lewis, Joe Pagano wrote the
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: script and Anton M.
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  Speaker 3: Leder directed.
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: We now take you back to the original broadcast.
• 0:55
  Speaker 2: Now, Autolite and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present Suspense.
• 1:02
  Speaker 4: Tonight, Autolite brings you Bob Hope in Death as a Shadow,
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  Speaker 4: a suspense play produced and directed by Anton M.
• 1:17
  Speaker 5: Leder.
• 1:23
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• 1:27
  Speaker 2: on an Autolite stay-full battery. Why, the extra water in
• 1:30
  Speaker 2: an Autolite stay-full battery makes those April showers look like
• 1:33
  Speaker 2: a drought in the Gobi Desert. Why, an Autolite stay-full
• 1:36
  Speaker 2: battery needs water only three times a year in normal
• 1:39
  Speaker 2: car use.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, sir.
• 1:41
  Speaker 2: An Autolite stay-full battery needs water only three times a
• 1:44
  Speaker 2: year in normal car use. And in addition, an Autolite
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: stay-full battery has extra plates for extra power, protected by
• 1:52
  Speaker 2: fiberglass insulation for stronger life and longer life. Why, in
• 1:56
  Speaker 2: recent tests conducted according to the Society of Automotive Engineers
• 1:59
  Speaker 2: life cycle standards, Autolite stay-full batteries gave 70% longer average
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: life than batteries without all these features. So remember, you're
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  Speaker 2: right with Autolite.
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  Speaker 4: And now, Autolite presents Bob Hope in a tale well
• 2:18
  Speaker 4: calculated to keep you in suspense.
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  Speaker 3: Don't ever answer a telephone just because you've got nothing
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  Speaker 3: else to do. Just because you're curious. I was sitting
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  Speaker 3: in my big red leather swivel chair. My feet on
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  Speaker 3: the largest mahogany desk money could buy. A bottle of
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  Speaker 3: the best scotch balanced between my special custom-built shoes. Everything
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  Speaker 3: the best. That's the way I like to operate. The
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  Speaker 3: gold lettering across my office window spelling out Harvey Warren,
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  Speaker 3: Counselor at Law. I liked it that way. It had dignity. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I had everything. I had a house that rambled for
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  Speaker 3: 14 rooms. I built that house for Lily.
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  Speaker 6: Lily.
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  Speaker 3: She was beautiful. From the top of her auburn hair
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  Speaker 3: to the tip of her pretty little toes. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: had it all. I had everything. Till the day my
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  Speaker 3: Lily was murdered. That's why I couldn't stand being home anymore.
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  Speaker 3: I could smell her cologne in every room, the touch
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  Speaker 3: of it on every chair. That's why I was at
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  Speaker 3: the office that night, with nobody but the bottle to
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  Speaker 3: keep me company. And that was the call I should
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  Speaker 3: have never answered. But at night, eight stories up in
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  Speaker 3: an empty office building, that ringing sounded urgent. Like it
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  Speaker 3: was the most important thing in my lonely little world.
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  Speaker 7: Hello?
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  Speaker 3: Warren? Who's this? Oh.
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  Speaker 5: You know who this is.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Bolster.
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  Speaker 8: No name, stupid. What are you doing at your office
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  Speaker 8: this time of night?
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  Speaker 3: What do you want?
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  Speaker 5: Have you got it?
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  Speaker 3: Well, sure I've got it. It's all ready for mailing.
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  Speaker 3: I'll drop it off when I leave.
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  Speaker 8: Don't bother. I'm going to pick it up tonight.
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  Speaker 3: But I told you I'd mail it.
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  Speaker 8: I changed my mind. I'm coming over. I'll be there
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  Speaker 8: at 10 o'clock.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I can't make it tonight. I'm leaving. I'm just
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  Speaker 3: going out.
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  Speaker 8: You'll make it, all right.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, but why all of a sudden?
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  Speaker 8: Tonight, War. Warren, don't try anything.
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  Speaker 3: What are you talking about? Why should I try anything?
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  Speaker 3: What could I try?
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  Speaker 8: You could be cute enough to figure out something. You're
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  Speaker 8: that kind of a guy. So, don't try anything.
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  Speaker 3: Something must have gone wrong. All I was supposed to
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  Speaker 3: do was mail him his money. What got into him?
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  Speaker 3: Why would he want to come to my office now,
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  Speaker 3: at night, when the building was empty? Couldn't be just
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  Speaker 3: the money. He was coming for something else. Something else.
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  Speaker 3: But what?
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  Speaker 5: Police Department, Jonathan.
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  Speaker 3: Get me Homicide.
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  Speaker 5: Now, hold on.
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  Speaker 8: It was Homicide, extension 458.
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  Speaker 5: Hello?
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  Speaker 3: Homicide?
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  Speaker 5: This is Homicide.
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  Speaker 3: Is Joe there? Lieutenant Joe Scarponi?
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  Speaker 5: Who's calling?
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  Speaker 3: Harvey Warren.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, hello, Mr. Warren. Hope you've been feeling better.
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  Speaker 3: Well, thanks, Mike. I don't have much time. Would you
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  Speaker 3: get me Joe?
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  Speaker 8: Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Warren?
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  Speaker 3: Where is he?
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  Speaker 5: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I've got to get to him.
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  Speaker 5: Something wrong?
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  Speaker 3: You've got to locate him, Mike.
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  Speaker 5: Well, I've got a whole police department, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Warren.
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  Speaker 5: Just say the word.
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  Speaker 8: What's wrong?
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  Speaker 3: Only Joe. He's the only one that can help me.
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  Speaker 5: Well, he may be calling him.
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  Speaker 3: Then tell him to call me at my office, will you?
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  Speaker 3: Don't make any mistake, Mike. I'm at my office.
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  Speaker 9: I couldn't get it out of my mind.
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  Speaker 3: What had made Bolster switch like that? What had gone wrong?
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  Speaker 3: He must have figured it out and was coming over
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  Speaker 3: for just one thing. To kill me.
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  Speaker 5: Lyon Apartments.
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  Speaker 3: Lieutenant Joe Scarponi, please.
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  Speaker 5: One moment. He doesn't answer.
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  Speaker 3: Well, where can I reach him? He must have left
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  Speaker 3: some kind of a message.
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  Speaker 5: I'm sorry, sir. He hasn't been in all evening.
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  Speaker 3: Well, tell him to call Harvey Warren.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, Mr. Warren.
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  Speaker 3: At my office, understand?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: He's got my number. Don't make any mistakes. It's my office.
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  Speaker 3: He's got to reach me before 10 o'clock. That's tonight, understand?
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  Speaker 5: I'll tell him, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Warren.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Madge. I've got to try Madge. He's got to be
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  Speaker 3: in Madge's place. I should have thought of it before. Busy.
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  Speaker 3: That must be Joe. He's got to be there. That's
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  Speaker 3: Joe trying to get me. I've got to wait. I
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  Speaker 3: have to give him a chance to get through. Why
• 6:48
  Speaker 3: doesn't it ring? Why doesn't he call? Can't wait. Six, nine, four.
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  Speaker 7: Hello?
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  Speaker 8: Madge, baby?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, hello, Warren.
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  Speaker 7: What's this sudden devotion?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Madge, let me talk to Joe, and don't tell
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  Speaker 3: me he's not there.
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  Speaker 7: Of course he's not here, Warren. What's the matter with you?
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  Speaker 3: Madge, I gotta find him.
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  Speaker 7: Well, I am expecting him.
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  Speaker 10: When?
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  Speaker 1: Soon.
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  Speaker 3: Don't give me double talk, Madge.
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  Speaker 10: When?
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  Speaker 7: We've got a date.
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  Speaker 8: Ten o'clock.
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  Speaker 3: Ten o'clock. That's too late, Madge.
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  Speaker 7: What's the matter, Warren?
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  Speaker 3: Where can I reach him? Where can I find Joe? Well,
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  Speaker 3: did He's not there.
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  Speaker 7: We'll call homicide.
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  Speaker 3: He's nowhere, Madge.
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  Speaker 7: What's wrong, Warren?
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  Speaker 3: There's no time to explain. Help me find him, please.
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  Speaker 7: I'll do what I can.
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  Speaker 3: At my office. Don't forget it. My office. Before ten.
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  Speaker 3: I kept on calling. Everywhere. Every bar he'd ever had
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  Speaker 3: a drink. His favorite restaurants. Even the Turkish bath where
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  Speaker 3: he played handball and got his rub down. Joe was nowhere.
• 7:49
  Speaker 3: I looked at my watch. It said 9.31. The clock
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  Speaker 3: on the wall showed 9.35. Now I wasn't even sure
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  Speaker 3: of the time. I couldn't afford to be wrong about
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  Speaker 3: the time.
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  Speaker 7: At the tone, the time will be 9.35 and 10 seconds.
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  Speaker 3: The clock on the wall was right. There wasn't much time.
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  Speaker 3: Even if I get a hold of Joe, it'd be
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  Speaker 3: too late. My mind was starting to play tricks. Starting
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  Speaker 3: to tie my insides up in a hundred little knots.
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  Speaker 3: Suppose Bolster got here early. Suppose he got here before
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  Speaker 3: ten and no Joe. I got up in a panic.
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  Speaker 3: My shirt was soaked wet to my back. I could run, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I could get away while it was still time. But
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  Speaker 3: then Bolster would really know something was wrong. Maybe he
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  Speaker 3: wasn't going to kill me. Maybe he was just coming
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  Speaker 3: for his money. I had to get rid of the hysteria.
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  Speaker 3: Had to get a hold of myself. No use playing
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  Speaker 3: guessing games. I opened the door.
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  Speaker 3: I was going to leave. I wasn't going to be
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  Speaker 3: a sitting duck for a guy like Bolster. At that
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  Speaker 3: time of night, just one elevator was in use. It
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  Speaker 3: was directly opposite my office door. The indicator over the
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  Speaker 3: door flashed numbers when the car was running. I went
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  Speaker 3: to press the button to signal for the night man.
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  Speaker 3: Before I could press it, the car started up. Somebody
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  Speaker 3: was coming up. I wanted to run. I didn't know where.
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  Speaker 3: I was on the top floor. My eyes went to
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  Speaker 3: the ceiling. Down the end of the hallway, there was
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  Speaker 3: a spiral ladder that led into a trap up through
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  Speaker 3: the ceiling. Must have been the opening of the roof.
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  Speaker 3: I started to run for it. I stopped.
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  Speaker 5: Silly.
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  Speaker 3: Went all the time. There was a stairway going down.
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  Speaker 3: I ran for the exit sign and ducked into the stairway.
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  Speaker 3: Down one flight and I smashed right into it. A
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  Speaker 3: steel gate spread like an accordion across the bottom landing.
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  Speaker 3: The gate they always fasten in place at nine o'clock. Trapped.
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  Speaker 3: I was trapped. And then... I just stood there. Everything quiet.
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  Speaker 3: What happened at the elevator? Then I heard the door open. Downstairs,
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  Speaker 3: right below. It didn't come up to the eighth. It
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  Speaker 3: was the night man letting off the cleaning woman. I
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  Speaker 3: walked back up the steps. The light on the indicators
• 10:00
  Speaker 3: the fifth floor. Then the indicator started flashing again. It
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  Speaker 3: was going down. Now was my time to signal the
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  Speaker 3: night man while he was still in the car. Before
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  Speaker 3: I had a chance, the telephone began to ring. It
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  Speaker 3: was coming from my office. Keep ringing, Joe. I'm coming.
• 10:15
  Speaker 3: Just don't stop ringing. Hello?
• 10:18
  Speaker 2: Hello, Joe?
• 10:18
  Speaker 5: Hello?
• 10:21
  Speaker 3: That's right. Are you calling... Who?
• 10:26
  Speaker 7: Oh.
• 10:27
  Speaker 3: Right number, girly. Wrong party. I looked at the clock.
• 10:31
  Speaker 3: It was no use. Too late. Even if he did call,
• 10:34
  Speaker 3: I started to go. I saw the bottle on the table.
• 10:38
  Speaker 3: I had to take another drink. I felt a little better.
• 10:46
  Speaker 3: Now I had to get out.
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  Speaker 5: Hello?
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  Speaker 2: Hello?
• 10:50
  Speaker 3: Look, girly, there's no Sammy at this number.
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  Speaker 7: I know, but you sounded kind of lonely. I'm lonely, too.
• 10:56
  Speaker 3: Forget it, will you? Don't tie up my phone, understand?
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  Speaker 7: Sure, I know. You waiting for a call, too?
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  Speaker 3: Get off my number. I don't want this phone tied up.
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  Speaker 7: Sure, sure, I understand. But just in case, wine should
• 11:06
  Speaker 7: take my.
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  Speaker 3: I started to go and wasn't going to stop, not
• 11:09
  Speaker 3: for anything. Then I realized it might be too late.
• 11:13
  Speaker 3: Suppose he was on his way up. Suppose he was
• 11:15
  Speaker 3: watching the entrance. Why did that girl call back? What
• 11:19
  Speaker 3: did she want? Then I knew it was a trick.
• 11:22
  Speaker 3: A typical hoodlum trick. Bolster was using that girl to
• 11:25
  Speaker 3: check up on me. Playing it cat and mouse. His
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  Speaker 3: way of holding me to the phone. Making sure while
• 11:31
  Speaker 3: he was on his way up. A trick. Twenty minutes
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  Speaker 3: to ten. The clock kept staring at me. The minute
• 11:38
  Speaker 3: hand beating its way around the circle. Twenty minutes to ten.
• 11:43
  Speaker 3: That girl again checking up on me. Who did Bolster
• 11:46
  Speaker 3: think he was kidding? He knew I had to answer
• 11:51
  Speaker 3: that phone.
• 11:52
  Speaker 5: Hello. Warren?
• 11:54
  Speaker 3: Joe, you don't know how I've been trying to get
• 11:56
  Speaker 3: you all night.
• 11:56
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I know.
• 11:57
  Speaker 8: Your line's been busy.
• 11:58
  Speaker 3: Oh, come right over, Joe.
• 11:59
  Speaker 8: What's the matter?
• 12:00
  Speaker 3: There's no time to talk. Just get here.
• 12:02
  Speaker 8: Oh, well, I got a date, Warren. It's on my
• 12:04
  Speaker 8: only night off. You know how mad she is.
• 12:06
  Speaker 3: Joe, this is a matter of life and death.
• 12:08
  Speaker 8: Whose life?
• 12:09
  Speaker 3: My life.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, well, I'll be right there.
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  Speaker 3: Before 10, Joe. It's got to be before 10.
• 12:31
  Speaker 4: For suspense, Autolite is bringing you Bob Hope in radio's
• 12:35
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• 12:49
  Speaker 3: Say, what happened to your face?
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: Lose an argument with a revolving door? No, Hap, I
• 12:55
  Speaker 2: was at a big community picnic. Oh, sat in the
• 12:57
  Speaker 2: sun too long, huh? No, I sat at the speaker's table.
• 13:00
  Speaker 2: In fact, that's how... Well, it was like this. There
• 13:03
  Speaker 2: was an audience, so I jumped up and said... An
• 13:05
  Speaker 2: autolite stay-full battery needs water only three times a year
• 13:08
  Speaker 2: in normal car use.
• 13:09
  Speaker 3: Why, as a matter of fact, I did.
• 13:11
  Speaker 2: I said that dandy, dynamic, dependable autolite stay-full battery has
• 13:15
  Speaker 2: a camel hanging on the ropes back in a corner
• 13:18
  Speaker 2: when it comes to capacity... Yes, sir. An Autolite stay-full
• 13:21
  Speaker 2: battery needs water only three times a year in normal
• 13:24
  Speaker 2: car use.
• 13:24
  Speaker 3: But how do you phase?
• 13:25
  Speaker 2: I told him an Autolite stay-full battery has extra plates
• 13:28
  Speaker 2: protected by fiberglass insulation for longer life and stronger life.
• 13:32
  Speaker 3: You said this during the picnic supper? Not only that.
• 13:35
  Speaker 2: I told him in addition how in recent tests conducted
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: according to the Society of Automotive Engineers Life Cycle Standards...
• 13:42
  Speaker 2: Autolite stay-full batteries gave 70%, yes, 70% longer average life
• 13:48
  Speaker 2: than batteries without all these features. And when I got through,
• 13:51
  Speaker 2: do you know, Hap, they crowned me with a garland
• 13:54
  Speaker 2: of leaves. Yeah, but that doesn't explain a bunch of things. Oh,
• 13:56
  Speaker 2: I forgot to mention the leaves were poison ivy.
• 13:59
  Speaker 8: Oh, and I forgot to mention ear suspense.
• 14:04
  Speaker 4: And now, Autolite brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Bob
• 14:09
  Speaker 4: Hope as Warren in.
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  Speaker 3: Death has a shadow. A tale well calculated to keep
• 14:16
  Speaker 3: you in suspense. My eyes were drawn to the clock again.
• 14:26
  Speaker 3: I watched the minute hand cutting down the time. If
• 14:29
  Speaker 3: Joe came with a squad car, he'd be here in
• 14:31
  Speaker 3: a matter of minutes. But it was his night off.
• 14:34
  Speaker 3: Maybe he wouldn't be able to get a cab. I
• 14:39
  Speaker 3: took another drink just for luck. I opened the door
• 14:43
  Speaker 3: and listened for the elevator. Didn't take long. I went
• 14:46
  Speaker 3: into the hallway. The light on the indicator was flashing. Two, three, four.
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: Maybe it wasn't Joe. Maybe it was Bolster. How was
• 14:56
  Speaker 3: I to know? I ducked into the stairway landing, watching. Joe!
• 15:07
  Speaker 10: Joe!
• 15:10
  Speaker 3: Warren, are you nuts? Oh, I've never been so glad
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: to see you to see anybody.
• 15:13
  Speaker 10: You know better than that, coming up from behind a guy. Say,
• 15:17
  Speaker 10: you look terrible.
• 15:18
  Speaker 3: What's wrong?
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: Well?
• 15:24
  Speaker 3: Don't close the door, Joe. Why? When he comes, we
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: can hear the elevator.
• 15:30
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: Now, what's it all about? He's due here at 10 o'clock.
• 15:35
  Speaker 3: He's a killer.
• 15:36
  Speaker 8: Who is a killer?
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: I have to start from the beginning. You don't have
• 15:39
  Speaker 3: much time. But you won't understand unless I explain. Okay,
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: but don't start dramatizing. It's a quarter to ten. Well,
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: we have to start with the day Lily was murdered.
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: Remember I called you? And when you came, you found
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: me sitting in the bedroom looking at her, her head
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: hanging almost to the floor, the rest of her doubled
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: up in the bed, her auburn hair gently suspended like
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: someone spun fine silk around where the bullet went through
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: that lovely head. She was so beautiful. I was sitting
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: there looking at her, and the sounds tumbling around my
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: head The photographers, the newspapermen, flashbulbs, all like a bad dream. Look,
• 16:21
  Speaker 3: can't you take the hair away from her face? I'll
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: cut your head off if you touch that, buddy. Let's
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: see the gun. Show him the gun, Mike. It's a gun.
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: What's there to see?
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: Well, we understand it's Warren's gun.
• 16:30
  Speaker 10: You understand nothing until it's official.
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: The coroner said it happened this morning, about four hours ago.
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: Now, how about that, Lieutenant Scarponi? Then quote him.
• 16:37
  Speaker 5: Don't ask me.
• 16:38
  Speaker 7: Mike.
• 16:39
  Speaker 10: Yeah?
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: They had enough. Get him out of here. Oh, wait
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: a minute. Not so fast. I want one more shot
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: of Warren. Put that drink back in your.
• 16:44
  Speaker 5: Hand, Mr.
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: Warren, please. Now, look, fella, don't overdo it. This is
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: no private affair, Lieutenant Scarponi. Why don't you lay off? Well,
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: put the drink back in his hand. Take it the
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: way it is and get out. We'd like to do
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: it the way it happened.
• 16:55
  Speaker 6: He had a drink in his hand.
• 16:56
  Speaker 10: It wouldn't look so good, Lieutenant, if the paper said
• 16:58
  Speaker 10: you were covering up for a lifelong friend.
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: Mike, get him out of here.
• 17:02
  Speaker 5: Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: Well, this is some mess, Warren.
• 17:12
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: How did it happen? Oh, I loved her, Joe. You
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: know how I loved her? More than anything in the world.
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: Now look at her.
• 17:22
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: You know we've been fighting. Last night was the worst
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: that ever happened. So I ran out of the house.
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: What time? Well, right after dinner. I went down to
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: the Silver Grill and had a couple. You can check
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: on that.
• 17:35
  Speaker 7: Uh-huh.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: Then they built more and had a few more. And
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: I remember calling a cab on Seventh and Hill.
• 17:42
  Speaker 5: And then.
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: So help me, Joe. That's all I remember. What do
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: you mean, that's all you remember? Well, that's all. I
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: drew a blank. We've known each other all our lives, Joe.
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: Did you ever know me to black out?
• 17:53
  Speaker 10: That's not like you, Warren.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: But that's what happened. I don't remember anything. Until when?
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: Until I woke up and called you. And where did
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: you wake up? Right here in the bedroom.
• 18:03
  Speaker 8: In bed?
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: No, in this chair. Just like I am now. I
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: saw Lily... Just like she is now. Blood on the floor.
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: I know she's done for, my beautiful Lily. Then I
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: get up to get a bottle. And I sit down
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: again in this chair. I take one good long drink.
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: I reach for the phone on the night table. I
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: call you. I've been sitting here since. With a bottle.
• 18:31
  Speaker 7: Mm-hmm.
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: And the gun, is it yours, Warren? You know that
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: gun is mine. It was on the floor. It's the
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: gun that killed her. Joe, do you think I did it? Well,
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: I don't have to tell you how it looks. I
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: know how it looks. What I want to know is,
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: do you think I did it? I'll have to book you, Warren. Oh,
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: I couldn't have killed her, Joe. You know I couldn't.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: I loved her too much. I couldn't have killed her, Joe.
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: Before we get to.
• 18:55
  Speaker 10: Trial, Warren, for your own good, you'd better start remembering.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: Seems like a long time ago, Joe. I just couldn't
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: remember what I'd been doing there in the bedroom after
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: Lily was murdered. Couldn't even remember how I got there.
• 19:14
  Speaker 10: Two minutes ago, you were scared to death. You were
• 19:16
  Speaker 10: trying to reach me every place in town.
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm here. You remember that day in the courtroom?
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: What's that got to do with the killer who's on
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: his way up here? Quite a bit, Joe. That's what
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: I'm coming to. But before he comes, you've got to
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: know the whole story. I know the whole story. Not quite.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Think back to that day in court, Joe. You remember
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: how bad it looked for me? All the newspapers were
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: sure I was done for. Because I couldn't remember where
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: I was when she was killed. And I knew I
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: was somewhere else when it happened. But all the evidence
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: piled against me. Everybody's sure I was a dead duck.
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: You imagine court at my side and the prosecuting attorney
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: pressing the jury for the full penalty.
• 19:55
  Speaker 11: And the only defense offered by the accused is that
• 20:00
  Speaker 11: he doesn't remember. He pleads not guilty, claiming temporary insanity.
• 20:10
  Speaker 11: Forgetfulness as so conveniently happening to the accused cannot be
• 20:17
  Speaker 11: construed as insanity. The state must therefore ask that the
• 20:22
  Speaker 11: full penalty according to the law.
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: Matt.
• 20:26
  Speaker 10: Get me some water.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: What a poor man.
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: He just couldn't take it.
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: This court will keep order.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Order!
• 20:35
  Speaker 10: You all right now, Warren?
• 20:36
  Speaker 8: You feel better?
• 20:37
  Speaker 7: Joe.
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: I didn't do it. Yeah, sure, sure. Joe, I remember now.
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: I remember. I didn't do it. I was out of
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: town when it happened. I was out of town. I
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: was out of town when Lily was murdered, Joe. And
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: we proved it, remember? And I was acquitted. Like a
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: bad dream, wasn't it?
• 21:01
  Speaker 10: Look, for the last time, Warren, is this what you
• 21:03
  Speaker 10: call me up to your office for? What's this got
• 21:05
  Speaker 10: to do with somebody coming over here to kill you?
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, like a bad dream.
• 21:09
  Speaker 10: Okay, Warren, I've got a date with Madge. Oh, no, Joe,
• 21:12
  Speaker 10: you've got a date with the killer. Then who is
• 21:13
  Speaker 10: the killer?
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: I'll never forget that day they acquitted me. I walked
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: out of court a free man. I know you weren't guilty.
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: Your alibi proved you weren't guilty. I know all that. Yes, Joe,
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: but you don't know. I was guilty. What did you say?
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: I was guilty. You're losing your mind, Warren. You're nuts.
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: If I'm nuts, what does that make you? Makes sense, Warren.
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: Lily thought I was nuts, too. Smart little woman. Thinking
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: she could make a sucker out of me. She was
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: going to leave me. Take half of all I had.
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: That's what she thought.
• 21:43
  Speaker 10: How did you kill Lily that morning when you were
• 21:45
  Speaker 10: in Glendale? I know you were in Glendale because your
• 21:48
  Speaker 10: alibi proved it.
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: It was Lily who gave me the idea how to
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: do it. You know how beautiful she was? Every Thursday,
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: the maid's day off, she stayed in bed, slept the
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: clock around, taking care of her looks. I began figuring. Lily,
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: all day alone. Lily in bed. All I had to
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: do was hire somebody to kill her while I was
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: out of town. Then the guy coming up here... That's right,
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: is the killer. A three-time loser and very tough. I
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: gave my gun to do it with him. That's all
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: there was to it. He's the man you want, Joe.
• 22:14
  Speaker 3: He's on his way up here to kill me. Instead
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: of doing that, you'll arrest him and clear your books
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: on the Lily case.
• 22:19
  Speaker 5: So.
• 22:20
  Speaker 10: This is why it was so important for me to
• 22:22
  Speaker 10: get here, huh?
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: You have to admit it was neat, getting myself pinched,
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: faking the blackout, stacking the evidence against myself and forcing
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: you to bring me to trial. I never had a
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: blackout in my life, but it got me off. Great law,
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: that double jeopardy. Puts you on the spot, though, doesn't it, Joe?
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: You know I'm guilty, but there's nothing you can do
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: about it. The law says I can't be tried twice
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: for the same crime. You see, Joe, I happen to
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: be one of those lawyers who knows his law.
• 22:48
  Speaker 5: Yeah. Yeah.
• 22:49
  Speaker 10: You've always been at the head of the class. Never
• 22:52
  Speaker 10: worked too hard to get there. Just by looking over
• 22:55
  Speaker 10: the next guy's shoulder and using him was the smart way.
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Kitty, very neat. I knew you'd be a good
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: sport about it.
• 23:03
  Speaker 10: Maybe I'm just another dumb cop to you. Well, I
• 23:07
  Speaker 10: don't like anybody making a sucker out of me. Especially
• 23:10
  Speaker 10: a guy who's supposed to be my good friend.
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: Where are you going?
• 23:13
  Speaker 10: You got a date with this killer who's due here
• 23:15
  Speaker 10: any minute. Well, I got a date with my girl.
• 23:17
  Speaker 10: Good night, Warren. We're both gonna keep our dates. Joe,
• 23:20
  Speaker 10: what are you trying to do?
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: You're a cop. You've got to pick him up. He's
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: a killer, Joe. I can pick him up after 10 o'clock,
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: can't I? Oh, you can't leave me, Joe. You can't
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: leave me here alone. I don't like your company. Oh,
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: he's gonna kill me, Joe. He's gonna kill you.
• 23:33
  Speaker 10: Now, why should he do that to a guy who
• 23:35
  Speaker 10: pays so well for what he buys?
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm the only one who knows he fired that gun.
• 23:40
  Speaker 5: Are you gentlemen all through for the night? Yeah, I'm
• 23:43
  Speaker 5: all through.
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: He's gonna stay. I'm going down.
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: Well, step in. Stay where you are, Warren.
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: You can't leave me.
• 23:48
  Speaker 5: Let go of my arm.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: Joe.
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: Close the door, mister. I said close the door. Joe,
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: he's gonna kill me. Joe.
• 23:56
  Speaker 8: Hello, Warren.
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: What? Bolster. It was Bolster standing there and leering at me. Joe,
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: he's here. Joe.
• 24:07
  Speaker 5: Shut up.
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: Don't do that again. What? Where did you come from?
• 24:12
  Speaker 6: Well, you don't think I'd ever use a front door,
• 24:14
  Speaker 6: do you? They build these places with fire escapes, you know. Now,
• 24:21
  Speaker 6: into your office.
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: I started walking. I had to do something. Him right behind.
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: Then I made a break for it. Into the office.
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: Then I saw the butt of his gun smash through
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: the window. And then Bolster's hand reached through and unlocked
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: the door. Oh, you're pretty cute. Boaster, you're not going
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: to do anything. You want your money. Don't you want
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: your money?
• 24:53
  Speaker 6: Oh, yeah, yeah.
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: The money comes first. Well, it's in one of these drawers.
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: You know, you told me to do it with your gun.
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: I don't remember which drawer.
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: I couldn't figure it out why a guy should want
• 25:05
  Speaker 6: me to plant his gun.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: That's strange. I was sure. Warren, where's the money? I'm
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: trying to find it.
• 25:13
  Speaker 8: Don't stall.
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: It was a white envelope.
• 25:15
  Speaker 6: You know, I didn't figure until you went to trial
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: and they acquitted you.
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: That's when I began to worry. So many white envelopes.
• 25:21
  Speaker 6: But I still wasn't sure until tonight when I got here,
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: when I see what you've been up to.
• 25:28
  Speaker 8: Find that dough.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: I'm trying.
• 25:31
  Speaker 6: I misplaced it. And then, then it hit me. You
• 25:34
  Speaker 6: was free and I was liable. No more tricks.
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: It should be. Find that dough.
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: Here. Here it is.
• 25:42
  Speaker 6: On a desk.
• 25:43
  Speaker 5: Lay it down. Now turn around.
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: Don't you want to see if it's all here?
• 25:51
  Speaker 5: Turn around.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: Like a dumb six-year-old kid, I turned around. It was
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: the funniest sensation. Hearing the shot. Feeling the panic. But
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: nothing happened. I turned around. Bolster's eyes started to roll.
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: His mouth opened like he had something to say. And
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: then he dropped.
• 26:18
  Speaker 8: No, it didn't happen to you, Warren.
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: Joe.
• 26:21
  Speaker 10: The elevator opposite your door and the broken window, you
• 26:24
  Speaker 10: can thank them both.
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: You're a very funny guy, Joe. That's some game you played.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: Is he dead? He's dead. Hey, what are these for?
• 26:35
  Speaker 3: I'm holding you for murder. Murder? How can you be
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: so dumb? I was acquitted, remember? You can't try me again.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: I'm talking about this murder. Are you crazy? I didn't
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: shoot Bolster. I didn't even have a gun.
• 26:47
  Speaker 10: I thought you were one lawyer who happened to know
• 26:49
  Speaker 10: all about the law. But didn't you know that it
• 26:52
  Speaker 10: makes no difference who shot him? The two of you
• 26:55
  Speaker 10: were committing a felony. And the law says all accessories
• 26:58
  Speaker 10: to a felony are equally responsible for all acts resulting
• 27:01
  Speaker 10: from the felony.
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: Unquote. But Joe, including homicide, Warren, including homicide. I don't
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: know all about the law like you, Mr. Harvey Warren.
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: I only know just enough to get by. Let's go. Joe,
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: wait a minute. Joe, I think I'm going to faint.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: I'm going to black out, Joe.
• 27:27
  Speaker 6: Wait.
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: You see, I don't remember a thing, Joe. So help me, Joe.
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: I don't remember.
• 27:51
  Speaker 4: Thank you, Bob Hope, for a splendid performance.
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: And thanks for the memory. Suspensefully you sat while I
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: have been at bat.
• 27:59
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• 28:02
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• 28:16
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• 28:18
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• 29:07
  Speaker 4: Now here again is Bob Hope.
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: My thanks to Tony Leader for letting me be a
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: villain for a change. And now, as a graduate of suspense,
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: I'll be more interested than ever to hear radio's outstanding
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  Speaker 3: theater of thrills next week when that lovely Academy Award winner,
• 29:20
  Speaker 3: Claire Trevor, returns to play in a story called The
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  Speaker 3: Light Switch, another gripping study in suspense.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: Bob Hope will soon be seen in the paramount picture,
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: Sorrowful Jones. Tonight's suspense play was written by Joe Pagano
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: with music composed by Lucian Morawieck and conducted by Lud Gluskin.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: The entire production was under the direction of Anton M.
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  Speaker 6: Leder.
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  Speaker 2: In the coming weeks, suspense will present such stars as
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: James Stewart, Joan Crawford, Frederick March, and many others. So
• 29:47
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• 29:49
  Speaker 2: radio's outstanding, theater of thrills. And next Thursday, same time here,
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: Claire Trevor in The Light Switch.
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• 30:29
  Speaker 1: We leave you with the May 5th, 1949 edition of Suspense,
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: Death Has a Shadow. Good night, and thank you for
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: joining us.