Latest / Lux Radio Theatre / Lux Radio Theatre - High Wall - 110749

Transcript

Lux Radio Theatre - High Wall - 110749 · Lux Radio Theatre

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Lever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Flakes, bring you
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: the Lux Radio Theater, starring Van Heflin and Janet Leigh
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: in High Wall. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr.
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: William Keeley.
• 0:22
  Speaker 3: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen.
• 0:25
  Speaker 4: Millions of Americans stay up long past bedtime to explore
• 0:30
  Speaker 4: the fascinating world of Whodunit. Because the mystery story is
• 0:35
  Speaker 4: a standby of modern entertainment. It intrigues presidents and producers
• 0:40
  Speaker 4: and plain people alike. And tonight, we present a classic
• 0:45
  Speaker 4: in the field. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hit, High Wall. Starting in
• 0:50
  Speaker 4: this drama of suspense and romance, you'll hear an old
• 0:54
  Speaker 4: favorite of yours, Van Heflin, along with a bright new
• 0:58
  Speaker 4: star making her first appearance here tonight, Miss Janet Leigh.
• 1:03
  Speaker 4: But however much you enjoy suspense in a mystery play,
• 1:06
  Speaker 4: it's something you don't want in your own home, and
• 1:10
  Speaker 4: that's where Lux Flakes come in. In caring for fine materials,
• 1:14
  Speaker 4: there's no suspense when you trust the job to Lux Flakes.
• 1:19
  Speaker 4: Our stars are on stage, and the curtain rises for
• 1:22
  Speaker 4: the first act of High Wall, starring Van Heflin as
• 1:26
  Speaker 4: Steve Kennett and Janet Leigh as Dr.
• 1:29
  Speaker 3: Ann Laurison.
• 1:41
  Speaker 4: Police headquarters in a large city, the Central Homicide Bureau.
• 1:46
  Speaker 2: Won't you sit down, Mr. Whitcomb? Well, we were lucky
• 1:49
  Speaker 2: to find you tonight. My name's Wallace, assistant district attorney. Well,
• 1:52
  Speaker 2: I would have been here sooner, Mr. Wallace, but they
• 1:55
  Speaker 2: asked me to identify the body.
• 1:57
  Speaker 5: Mrs.
• 1:57
  Speaker 2: Kennett was my secretary. Your manager of the Brattle Press,
• 2:00
  Speaker 2: is that correct? Yes, a publishing house. Religious and educational textbooks.
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: This is shocking, Mr.
• 2:06
  Speaker 6: Wallace.
• 2:07
  Speaker 2: What happened? Well, she was strangled sometime late this afternoon. Well,
• 2:10
  Speaker 2: if I can be of any help, any information. Have
• 2:13
  Speaker 2: you any? Well, I don't really know. Perhaps it has
• 2:16
  Speaker 2: no bearing, but Mrs. Kennett's husband returned home today after
• 2:19
  Speaker 2: an absence of two years. You know him? No, I
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: never met him. I was out of my office most
• 2:24
  Speaker 2: of the day. When I returned, they told me he'd
• 2:26
  Speaker 2: been there.
• 2:27
  Speaker 3: Mr.
• 2:27
  Speaker 2: Kennett. He was looking for his wife. Very agitated, they said. Well,
• 2:32
  Speaker 2: wasn't she there? No, she wasn't. I sent Mrs. Kennett
• 2:35
  Speaker 2: to my home to pick up some manuscripts. Did they
• 2:37
  Speaker 2: tell that to Kennett? Why, yes, of course. Did Mrs.
• 2:41
  Speaker 2: Kennett return to the office? No, but under the circumstances,
• 2:44
  Speaker 2: we thought nothing of it. We all assumed she went
• 2:46
  Speaker 2: straight home with her husband. Perhaps if you can find Mr.
• 2:49
  Speaker 5: Kennett.
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: Oh, we've found him, all right. They've got him in
• 2:52
  Speaker 2: the next room. Let's see what he's told them. All right, Kennett,
• 2:57
  Speaker 2: we'll go over it once again.
• 2:58
  Speaker 7: The two of you were in your wife's car and
• 3:00
  Speaker 7: you deliberately drove it off the bridge, isn't that right?
• 3:03
  Speaker 2: Oh, come in, Wallace.
• 3:04
  Speaker 5: Mr.
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: Whitcomb, Inspector.
• 3:05
  Speaker 7: We'll be through in a minute.
• 3:06
  Speaker 8: Well, Kennett?
• 3:07
  Speaker 5: But I told you what happened.
• 3:09
  Speaker 7: After you strangled her, you wanted it to look like
• 3:10
  Speaker 7: an accident, a broken neck and an auto crash.
• 3:13
  Speaker 5: But you knew you could walk away from that kind
• 3:14
  Speaker 5: of an accident, didn't you? I told you that I
• 3:16
  Speaker 5: killed her in the park, and then I tried to
• 3:18
  Speaker 5: kill myself.
• 3:19
  Speaker 2: That's good enough for me, Inspector. It isn't often they
• 3:21
  Speaker 2: come this easy.
• 3:22
  Speaker 8: Dr.
• 3:22
  Speaker 7: Adams here wants us to stall a while.
• 3:24
  Speaker 9: That's right, Wallace. I've examined him.
• 3:26
  Speaker 8: Drunk?
• 3:27
  Speaker 9: No, but he's been through some recent head surgery.
• 3:29
  Speaker 2: What's that got to do with it?
• 3:30
  Speaker 9: Well, as police surgeon, I can't pass him. Then I
• 3:33
  Speaker 9: have to look him over at psychiatric.
• 3:34
  Speaker 2: But he's confessed.
• 3:35
  Speaker 9: I'm sorry, but he's got to go to psycho first.
• 3:37
  Speaker 2: Well, let's get it over with. Come on, Kenneth.
• 3:40
  Speaker 5: Let's go.
• 3:40
  Speaker 2: A tragedy, Mr.
• 3:42
  Speaker 5: Wallace.
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: A young man like that. You can never tell, Mr. Whitcomb.
• 3:45
  Speaker 2: He had a fine war record, too. So his wife
• 3:47
  Speaker 2: told him. A few hours ago, he committed murder. If
• 3:50
  Speaker 2: there's anything else I can do... Well, we'll probably need
• 3:52
  Speaker 2: you when he comes to trial. I'll let you know, Mr.
• 3:55
  Speaker 10: Whitcomb.
• 4:03
  Speaker 11: So I've called the staff together because I have some
• 4:05
  Speaker 11: rather interesting x-rays to show you. I believe you have
• 4:08
  Speaker 11: the report from the admitting desk, Dr.
• 4:10
  Speaker 12: Laurison?
• 4:11
  Speaker 8: Yes, Dr. Dunlap. The patient's name is Stephen Kennett, age 34.
• 4:15
  Speaker 8: Admitted Monday for observation, confessed to murder of wife and
• 4:18
  Speaker 8: attempted suicide. Exhibited violence at time of admission, now confined
• 4:22
  Speaker 8: in Ward C isolation.
• 4:24
  Speaker 3: Any apparent cause for this violence?
• 4:26
  Speaker 6: Dr.
• 4:26
  Speaker 2: Powlett?
• 4:27
  Speaker 13: The clerk at the desk was making a routine inventory
• 4:29
  Speaker 13: of the patient's possessions. There was a snapshot of a child,
• 4:32
  Speaker 13: a little boy. Kennett wanted to keep the picture.
• 4:36
  Speaker 3: And since then?
• 4:37
  Speaker 13: No violence, but the patient's remained sullen and uncooperative. But
• 4:41
  Speaker 13: I believe you've spent more time with him than I have, sir.
• 4:44
  Speaker 3: Now, if you'll turn out the light, we'll have a
• 4:46
  Speaker 3: look at these x-rays.
• 4:48
  Speaker 5: Here we are.
• 4:49
  Speaker 11: Now, you will see here a subdural hematoma of the
• 4:52
  Speaker 11: left frontal lobe. This blood clot is causing pressure on
• 4:55
  Speaker 11: the brain. As you know, such pressure can produce both
• 4:58
  Speaker 11: physical and emotional changes, and true to form, the patient
• 5:02
  Speaker 11: has shown irritability, local pain, and lapses of memory.
• 5:06
  Speaker 3: Lights, please.
• 5:07
  Speaker 11: You've checked his physical condition again, Dr.
• 5:09
  Speaker 10: Power?
• 5:10
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Heart, blood pressure, respiration normal.
• 5:13
  Speaker 3: Then there seems no need to delay.
• 5:15
  Speaker 5: Dr.
• 5:15
  Speaker 3: Laurison, you'll prepare Mr. Kennett for surgery.
• 5:18
  Speaker 8: Yes, doctor.
• 5:28
  Speaker 2: Morning, doctor. Nice quiet morning so far.
• 5:31
  Speaker 8: Hello, Delaney. Where's the new patient, Stephen Kennett?
• 5:34
  Speaker 2: Right here in 11.
• 5:34
  Speaker 5: Better watch him. He's real antisocial.
• 5:37
  Speaker 8: Open up for me, will you, Delaney?
• 5:38
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 5:42
  Speaker 8: Good morning, Mr. Kennett. I'm Dr. Lawrenson. You can wait outside, Delaney.
• 5:45
  Speaker 2: But I think I.
• 5:46
  Speaker 8: Wait outside, please. You're going to be one of my patients, Mr. Kennett.
• 5:51
  Speaker 5: Get out.
• 5:52
  Speaker 8: Would you care to tell me anything? What about those headaches?
• 5:55
  Speaker 5: I said get out.
• 5:57
  Speaker 3: Mr.
• 5:57
  Speaker 8: Kennett, we're very fortunate to have a neurosurgeon like Dr.
• 6:00
  Speaker 5: Dunlap.
• 6:01
  Speaker 8: And he feels certain he can remove the cause of
• 6:03
  Speaker 8: your headaches.
• 6:03
  Speaker 5: He does, huh?
• 6:04
  Speaker 8: Yes, he does. Now, if you'll just sign here, giving
• 6:06
  Speaker 8: us your consent, we can.
• 6:07
  Speaker 5: Surgery?
• 6:08
  Speaker 8: Oh, no.
• 6:09
  Speaker 5: No, I let him do that before. Now, get out
• 6:12
  Speaker 5: of here and cut up some other guinea pig.
• 6:14
  Speaker 8: Very well, Mr.
• 6:15
  Speaker 3: Kennett.
• 6:16
  Speaker 8: The orderly's name is Delaney. If you have any pain,
• 6:18
  Speaker 8: he'll call me. Lock up, Delaney. That's all.
• 6:29
  Speaker 3: And that's it, Mr.
• 6:29
  Speaker 5: Wallace.
• 6:30
  Speaker 3: Kennett's refused the operation.
• 6:32
  Speaker 2: Of course he's refused. Sit the law out, stall for time,
• 6:36
  Speaker 2: and come to court and get an acquittal on a
• 6:37
  Speaker 2: plea of temporary insanity.
• 6:38
  Speaker 8: The court sent him here for observation, and we'd like
• 6:41
  Speaker 8: to continue along those lines.
• 6:42
  Speaker 2: I don't want Kennett psychoanalyzed. I just want him cleared
• 6:45
  Speaker 2: for trial. He's sane. I'm talking about legal sanity. Did
• 6:49
  Speaker 2: he know the difference between right and wrong when he
• 6:51
  Speaker 2: murdered his wife?
• 6:51
  Speaker 8: Did he, Mr.
• 6:52
  Speaker 14: Wallace?
• 6:52
  Speaker 2: Why, of course he did. Examine his background. He was
• 6:55
  Speaker 2: a bomber pilot. He married during the war. Head injury
• 6:57
  Speaker 2: in combat. Operation performed in Army Hospital, yes, and successfully, too.
• 7:02
  Speaker 2: Want to see that report again?
• 7:04
  Speaker 8: What about after the war?
• 7:05
  Speaker 2: He was restless, had to keep moving. He went to
• 7:07
  Speaker 2: Burma flying freight. Left his old mother and his wife
• 7:10
  Speaker 2: and his child here. Mrs. Kennett got a secretarial job.
• 7:14
  Speaker 2: I suppose she had to.
• 7:15
  Speaker 3: What point are you making?
• 7:16
  Speaker 2: Just this. A month ago in Burma, he was in
• 7:18
  Speaker 2: a slight crack-up. Oh, here. Here's a cable from the
• 7:21
  Speaker 2: doctor who examined him.
• 7:23
  Speaker 8: Advise Kennett second operation imperative. Warned him possibility of violent headaches,
• 7:27
  Speaker 8: fainting spells, and loss of memory. Well, that's exactly what Dr.
• 7:31
  Speaker 8: Dunlap says.
• 7:31
  Speaker 3: You see, Mr.
• 7:32
  Speaker 11: Wallace, that accident following the initial surgery resulted in a
• 7:35
  Speaker 11: blood clot that's pressing on the brain.
• 7:37
  Speaker 2: Sure, that's his defense. He was planning to use this
• 7:40
  Speaker 2: doctor's diagnosis as a license to murder his wife.
• 7:43
  Speaker 11: I'm sorry, but we can't certify as to his sanity
• 7:45
  Speaker 11: until we observe him after he's had his second operation.
• 7:48
  Speaker 8: And he refuses it.
• 7:49
  Speaker 2: His mother's consent is all you need. She's not very
• 7:51
  Speaker 2: well at the moment, but you shouldn't have any trouble
• 7:53
  Speaker 2: with her.
• 7:53
  Speaker 11: We prefer having his consent. But if you insist, we'll
• 7:56
  Speaker 11: see her today. Can you take care of that, Dr.
• 7:58
  Speaker 3: Larson?
• 7:59
  Speaker 8: Yes, I think so.
• 8:00
  Speaker 2: He'll pull through the operation, won't he?
• 8:01
  Speaker 3: No reason why he shouldn't.
• 8:02
  Speaker 15: Good.
• 8:03
  Speaker 2: I'd hate to lose him.
• 8:16
  Speaker 8: Feeling better, Mr.
• 8:17
  Speaker 3: Kennett?
• 8:17
  Speaker 5: Today was visiting day, Dr. Larson.
• 8:20
  Speaker 8: Yes.
• 8:21
  Speaker 5: Why didn't I see my visitor? And don't tell me
• 8:23
  Speaker 5: that my mother wasn't here.
• 8:25
  Speaker 8: You're entitled to see visitors, and your mother was not here.
• 8:27
  Speaker 5: Thanks, that's all I wanted to know.
• 8:29
  Speaker 8: That pleases you, doesn't it? You've been hoping your mother
• 8:33
  Speaker 8: would take your son away, where no one would know him,
• 8:35
  Speaker 8: where no one could tell him about you.
• 8:38
  Speaker 5: Your time's valuable, Doctor. Don't waste it. You can't talk
• 8:41
  Speaker 5: me into that operation.
• 8:42
  Speaker 8: I was hoping you'd changed your mind.
• 8:44
  Speaker 5: No trial, no operation. I'll be here permanently, right?
• 8:47
  Speaker 6: It's possible.
• 8:49
  Speaker 5: All right, then how about getting me out of this
• 8:51
  Speaker 5: chicken coop? I rate the ward, don't I? Some pretty
• 8:54
  Speaker 5: nice people in the ward. All in all, it's not
• 8:57
  Speaker 5: a bad setup. Room and board, lots of company, radio, library,
• 9:01
  Speaker 5: and all for free.
• 9:03
  Speaker 3: Mr.
• 9:03
  Speaker 8: Kennett, I'm sorry that I have to tell you this,
• 9:06
  Speaker 8: but your mother died this morning.
• 9:11
  Speaker 5: What are you trying to do to me?
• 9:13
  Speaker 15: Dr.
• 9:13
  Speaker 8: Powd and I went to your house. We found her
• 9:15
  Speaker 8: on the floor. You know she'd been ill, chronic heart condition. Well,
• 9:19
  Speaker 8: apparently recent events were too much for her. Hope it's not.
• 9:23
  Speaker 8: But don't let that alter your decision to stay here, Mr. Kennett.
• 9:25
  Speaker 8: Your son will be taken care of in the county orphanage.
• 9:27
  Speaker 5: Where is he now? What are they doing to him?
• 9:29
  Speaker 8: He's all right. I know now why you object to surgery.
• 9:33
  Speaker 8: You don't want to go to trial, do you? You
• 9:36
  Speaker 8: know there's a chance of acquittal on the grounds of
• 9:37
  Speaker 8: temporary insanity, but you don't want to risk it. Oh,
• 9:40
  Speaker 8: you'd rather spend your life here than face your child again.
• 9:42
  Speaker 8: You want to escape from reality, and you can. But
• 9:45
  Speaker 8: do you know what happens to a child when he
• 9:46
  Speaker 8: suddenly loses his entire family? Do you know what life
• 9:49
  Speaker 8: is like for an orphan in a public institution? Oh, Oh, yes,
• 9:52
  Speaker 8: you'll escape reality, Mr. Kennett, but your son will not.
• 9:54
  Speaker 5: I don't have to listen to this. You can't make
• 9:55
  Speaker 5: me listen.
• 9:56
  Speaker 8: You've heard all I have to say. Lock up Delaney. Really, Anne,
• 10:07
  Speaker 8: there are times when I simply don't understand you bringing
• 10:10
  Speaker 8: a child here, a strange child.
• 10:12
  Speaker 2: You don't even know.
• 10:13
  Speaker 8: But I told you, Aunt Martha, I... Well, I just
• 10:16
  Speaker 8: can't see a child in that state of shock Put
• 10:18
  Speaker 8: in a public institution. You will be put in a
• 10:20
  Speaker 8: public institution yourself for kidnapping. No, no, it's quite legal.
• 10:25
  Speaker 8: They gave me temporary custody. Now, how is he? Is
• 10:29
  Speaker 8: he asleep? I don't think so. He didn't touch a
• 10:31
  Speaker 8: bite of supper.
• 10:33
  Speaker 5: Oh.
• 10:34
  Speaker 8: Well, let me bring it back to him, and I'll
• 10:37
  Speaker 8: see what I can do.
• 10:40
  Speaker 9: I like the room.
• 10:43
  Speaker 5: I don't want to go downstairs.
• 10:46
  Speaker 8: Well, then you stay right here. Just as long as
• 10:48
  Speaker 8: you like, dear. Well, I see you still have your kitty.
• 10:53
  Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am.
• 10:54
  Speaker 8: Oh, I brought back your supper, Richard, just in case
• 10:57
  Speaker 8: you get hungry a little later on. And if you
• 11:00
  Speaker 8: want anything, you'll call me, won't you? Do you know
• 11:02
  Speaker 8: my name?
• 11:03
  Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am. It's Ann. That's right.
• 11:07
  Speaker 8: Grandma said Daddy was coming home. I waited for him,
• 11:12
  Speaker 8: but he never came. Well, your daddy wants you to
• 11:16
  Speaker 8: stay with me for a little while. You know, I'll
• 11:19
  Speaker 8: bet that kitty's hungry, too. Suppose you feed her.
• 11:21
  Speaker 3: Here.
• 11:22
  Speaker 8: Here, I'll pour a little of your milk in the saucer.
• 11:24
  Speaker 8: I'll be back a little later, dear, when it's time
• 11:26
  Speaker 8: to go to bed.
• 11:27
  Speaker 2: Yes, ma'am.
• 11:28
  Speaker 8: Thank you. I'll get it, Aunt Martha. Hello?
• 11:37
  Speaker 5: This is Dr.
• 11:38
  Speaker 3: Dunlap, Anne. Well, congratulations.
• 11:41
  Speaker 8: Oh, for what?
• 11:43
  Speaker 11: Well, I don't know what tricks you used, but they
• 11:45
  Speaker 11: certainly worked. Kenneth's going through with the operation. He actually
• 11:50
  Speaker 11: asked for surgery.
• 11:51
  Speaker 8: Oh, that's fine, Doctor. I'm really pleased. Thank you for
• 11:54
  Speaker 8: calling me.
• 12:01
  Speaker 5: You don't seem to understand, Mr. Kenneth.
• 12:03
  Speaker 10: I'm your lawyer. I've been appointed by the court to
• 12:05
  Speaker 10: defend you. Why, ever since you had that operation, I've
• 12:07
  Speaker 10: been working day and night on this case. For five weeks,
• 12:10
  Speaker 10: I've been.
• 12:10
  Speaker 5: That's very nice, Mr.
• 12:11
  Speaker 2: Hacker, but.
• 12:12
  Speaker 5: You're moving a little too fast for me. For one thing,
• 12:15
  Speaker 5: I'm still a patient in this hospital. Well, I can't
• 12:17
  Speaker 5: keep you here.
• 12:17
  Speaker 2: The operation was a success.
• 12:19
  Speaker 8: We have no intention of keeping Mr. Kennett here any
• 12:21
  Speaker 8: longer than we have to.
• 12:22
  Speaker 5: Meanwhile, there's something that I want you to do for me.
• 12:25
  Speaker 5: My son's in an orphan asylum. I want you to
• 12:28
  Speaker 5: arrange his release. That's the first thing. You don't really
• 12:30
  Speaker 5: mean that.
• 12:31
  Speaker 2: Why not?
• 12:31
  Speaker 10: Man alive, you're knocking the props out from our whole defense.
• 12:35
  Speaker 10: I'm counting on your son. On the day the case
• 12:37
  Speaker 10: goes to the jury, I'll bring that child into the courtroom.
• 12:40
  Speaker 10: in the gray clothes of the orphan asylum, his face pale, why,
• 12:44
  Speaker 10: that frail, pathetic little creature is the backbone of our case.
• 12:48
  Speaker 5: Mr. Hackle, they've given me back my clothes, my belt,
• 12:51
  Speaker 5: and my tie. I don't want to go back into isolation.
• 12:56
  Speaker 5: That's the only reason I'm not going to break your neck.
• 12:59
  Speaker 10: Well, obviously you're not prepared to discuss your defense at all. Dr.
• 13:04
  Speaker 2: Laurison, you may phone me when he's a little more rash.
• 13:06
  Speaker 8: I'll be glad to, Mr. Hackle.
• 13:09
  Speaker 5: 8,000 decent lawyers in the state, and they have to
• 13:10
  Speaker 5: pick him. Tell me something. How much longer before I
• 13:14
  Speaker 5: am sent to the county jail?
• 13:15
  Speaker 8: Well, there's still several tests we want to make. Why?
• 13:18
  Speaker 5: Once I'm out of here, I can hire the kind
• 13:20
  Speaker 5: of a lawyer I need to get my boy out
• 13:21
  Speaker 5: of that orphanage and into a good school. Mr.
• 13:24
  Speaker 8: Kennett, Richard's not in an institution. He's living with a
• 13:28
  Speaker 8: private family.
• 13:30
  Speaker 5: But how did that happen?
• 13:33
  Speaker 8: Well, we decided he needed personal care. He's staying with
• 13:36
  Speaker 8: a Mrs. Martha Ferguson. She was delighted to have a
• 13:39
  Speaker 8: youngster in the house, and he's doing fine.
• 13:41
  Speaker 5: I don't know how to thank you.
• 13:44
  Speaker 8: Well, now before you can get out of here, I'm
• 13:47
  Speaker 8: going to have to prepare a full report about you.
• 13:49
  Speaker 8: So shall we go to my office and start making
• 13:51
  Speaker 8: those tests?
• 13:51
  Speaker 5: He's doing fine, you said. He's doing fine.
• 13:56
  Speaker 12: He's doing fine.
• 14:05
  Speaker 3: I'm a little puzzled, Ann. First, you say you've made
• 14:08
  Speaker 3: all the routine tests, and now you tell us you
• 14:11
  Speaker 3: can't make an official report.
• 14:13
  Speaker 8: I can't, Dr. Dunlap. I'm convinced that Kennett is still
• 14:15
  Speaker 8: concealing something.
• 14:16
  Speaker 11: The district attorney's been on my neck for days. We
• 14:18
  Speaker 11: can't keep Kennett if he doesn't belong here.
• 14:21
  Speaker 13: Ann, what makes you say he's concealing something?
• 14:24
  Speaker 8: Many things, Dr. Powitt, but I can't tell you if
• 14:26
  Speaker 8: it's deliberate or not.
• 14:27
  Speaker 13: The police will say it is deliberate, that Kennett planned
• 14:30
  Speaker 13: to murder his wife and plead temporary insanity.
• 14:32
  Speaker 3: Where's Kennett now?
• 14:33
  Speaker 8: He's out in the hall, I think. I hoped you'd
• 14:36
  Speaker 8: see him.
• 14:36
  Speaker 3: Bring him in, Ann. Let's see what we can find out.
• 14:40
  Speaker 5: Sure, I'll try to answer anything you doctors want to
• 14:43
  Speaker 5: ask me.
• 14:43
  Speaker 11: Well, prior to your operation, Mr. Kennett, you suffered lapses
• 14:47
  Speaker 11: of memory. You haven't filled in those.
• 14:50
  Speaker 3: Gaps yet, or have you?
• 14:51
  Speaker 5: I don't know whether I have or not.
• 14:53
  Speaker 9: You can't remember or you don't want to remember?
• 14:55
  Speaker 5: Look, Dr. Power, thanks to you people, I've regained my health.
• 14:59
  Speaker 5: There's only one thing more that you can do for me.
• 15:01
  Speaker 5: Turn me over to the police for trial.
• 15:03
  Speaker 3: What about narcosynthesis, Dr. Larson?
• 15:06
  Speaker 8: He refused to let me try it, Doctor.
• 15:07
  Speaker 5: That's right, I refused.
• 15:08
  Speaker 9: You refused the operation, too, but now you're glad you
• 15:10
  Speaker 9: changed your mind.
• 15:11
  Speaker 5: This is something entirely different.
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: No. No, I don't think it is.
• 15:15
  Speaker 11: Narcosynthesis is merely a mild injection of sodium pentothal to
• 15:18
  Speaker 11: stimulate your memory. It might be very helpful in filling
• 15:21
  Speaker 11: in those lapses.
• 15:22
  Speaker 5: Helpful? To whom? No, I'm sorry. This is the way
• 15:26
  Speaker 5: I prefer it. That's my legal right, isn't it?
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: Why are you so intent upon an immediate trial?
• 15:30
  Speaker 5: Because, guilty or not, I'll be out of here. I'll
• 15:32
  Speaker 5: be able to handle my finances and provide for my
• 15:34
  Speaker 5: son's future. That's the only important thing.
• 15:38
  Speaker 8: You love your son a great deal, don't you?
• 15:39
  Speaker 5: Is that so unusual? Well, if you'll excuse me now,
• 15:44
  Speaker 5: I'd like to go back to my room.
• 15:46
  Speaker 8: There's still some tests I'd like to make.
• 15:47
  Speaker 5: Anything you want, except that narcosynthesis business.
• 15:50
  Speaker 8: Very well, Mr.
• 15:51
  Speaker 9: Gannett.
• 15:52
  Speaker 5: The End I still don't know why you can't set
• 16:01
  Speaker 5: a time. Am I getting out of this hospital or not?
• 16:04
  Speaker 8: Yes, I think so. It'll be another three or four days.
• 16:07
  Speaker 5: Three or four days? For what? Ever since the operation,
• 16:09
  Speaker 5: there's been no question about me, mentally or physically.
• 16:12
  Speaker 8: Except the lapses of memory.
• 16:13
  Speaker 5: Nobody expects me to remember things that happened when I
• 16:15
  Speaker 5: was out of my mind. No mind, no memory.
• 16:17
  Speaker 8: Then that'll be your line of defense.
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: Why not? Memory of things that happened before the operation
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: could be quite a liability.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: Uh-huh, I see.
• 16:26
  Speaker 8: Sit down, Mr.
• 16:26
  Speaker 6: Kennett.
• 16:27
  Speaker 8: This machine here will make a record of your muscular
• 16:29
  Speaker 8: control and neuromuscular coordination. Any objections?
• 16:32
  Speaker 5: None at all.
• 16:33
  Speaker 8: Take hold of these grips, one in each hand. You
• 16:35
  Speaker 8: try to keep your pressure the same. Now, grip and relax,
• 16:37
  Speaker 8: grip and relax. Here, first your left hand.
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: That's it.
• 16:41
  Speaker 8: Grip and relax. Grip and relax.
• 16:46
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 16:47
  Speaker 8: Grip and... Well?
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: Nothing.
• 16:52
  Speaker 8: No, no, what's the matter? Why are you staring at
• 16:54
  Speaker 8: your hands? I... killed my wife with my hands but
• 16:58
  Speaker 8: you've told us that several times now why would it
• 17:01
  Speaker 8: suddenly disturb you so much could.
• 17:02
  Speaker 5: It happen in a single second could what happen could
• 17:06
  Speaker 5: you strangle someone in just one second why no no
• 17:11
  Speaker 5: you couldn't i didn't do it dr laura i know
• 17:16
  Speaker 5: now i didn't.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Do it.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: In a moment, our stars will return with Act Two
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: of High Wall.
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: Now, here's our producer, Mr. William Keeley.
• 17:37
  Speaker 4: Act Two of High Wall, starring Van Heflin as Steve
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: Kennett and Janet Leigh as Dr.
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: Ann Larrison.
• 17:52
  Speaker 4: Some weeks ago, Helen Kennett was murdered.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: At the time, Mrs. Kennett was a secretary employed by Mr.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: Willard Whitcomb. Now in his apartment house, Mr.
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: Whitcomb pauses in the lobby to greet.
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: The elevator operator.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: Well, so it's you, Mr.
• 18:09
  Speaker 12: Croner.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Glad to see you back at work.
• 18:11
  Speaker 9: Arthritis, Mr.
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: Whitcomb.
• 18:13
  Speaker 6: Been in bed for weeks. Say, that was your secretary
• 18:16
  Speaker 6: got herself murdered by her husband, wasn't it?
• 18:18
  Speaker 12: Yes.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: A terrible thing, Mr.
• 18:20
  Speaker 8: Croner.
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: I read all about it in the newspapers and how
• 18:23
  Speaker 6: you told the police she worked for you and what
• 18:26
  Speaker 6: a fine woman she was.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: Can we go in the elevator, please?
• 18:29
  Speaker 6: Oh, sure, I'll take you up. About my arthritis, Mr. Whitcomb,
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: doctor says I need to go to Florida. Give you
• 18:38
  Speaker 6: plenty of sunshine, he says. Oh, but that takes money,
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: lots of money. Do you think I ought to go
• 18:44
  Speaker 6: to the police, Mr.
• 18:45
  Speaker 12: Whitcomb?
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: Police?
• 18:47
  Speaker 6: Oh, I'm a man who knows things, Mr.
• 18:50
  Speaker 5: Whitcomb.
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: Not only what it says in the papers, but what
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: it don't say. That's why I thought you ought to know.
• 18:56
  Speaker 5: What the doctor said.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: Croner, the penalty for blackmail in this state is very severe.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: And this is my floor.
• 19:05
  Speaker 6: Sorry in such a rush, Mr.
• 19:06
  Speaker 5: Whitcomb.
• 19:08
  Speaker 6: But I'll be around whenever you'd like to talk to me.
• 19:17
  Speaker 5: That's what I said, Mr.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Kennett.
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: You got a visitor. See that little guy in the corner?
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: I don't know him, Delaney. Want me to chase him?
• 19:23
  Speaker 8: No.
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: No.
• 19:25
  Speaker 5: Let me see what he wants.
• 19:30
  Speaker 6: You don't know me, Mr. Kennett, but my name's Croner.
• 19:33
  Speaker 6: I'm the elevator man at 106 Maple Street.
• 19:36
  Speaker 5: What do you want, Mr. Croner?
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: Oh, I don't want nothing but justice. I followed your
• 19:40
  Speaker 6: whole case in the papers. And you know, they never
• 19:43
  Speaker 6: mention anything about the three of you being in that apartment.
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: You're interested, huh?
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: I might be.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: What have you got?
• 19:52
  Speaker 9: Well, I've got coarse money, Mr.
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: Kennett.
• 19:54
  Speaker 5: I'm not allowed to handle my money right now, but
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: I'll be out of here soon. I'm being transferred to
• 19:59
  Speaker 5: the county jail. That's okay with me.
• 20:00
  Speaker 9: I'm in no hurry.
• 20:01
  Speaker 5: Can't you tell me what it's all about?
• 20:03
  Speaker 6: If I tell you now, I won't have it anymore.
• 20:06
  Speaker 6: See you in the county jail, Mr.
• 20:07
  Speaker 9: Kennett.
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: Delaney.
• 20:11
  Speaker 9: Well, that was short and sweet.
• 20:12
  Speaker 5: Delaney, I've got to see Dr.
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: Laurison.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: It's a day off, remember?
• 20:15
  Speaker 5: Well, tomorrow, then, just as soon as she gets here. Okay.
• 20:19
  Speaker 12: Okay.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: Oh, good evening, Mr. Croner.
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: Hello, Mr. Whitcomb.
• 20:29
  Speaker 6: Sorry you can't use the elevator.
• 20:31
  Speaker 9: You'll have to walk down.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: Well, what's wrong with the elevator?
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: The floor indicator got broken. I'm trying to fix it.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Isn't that dangerous? Working on a stepladder in front of
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: an open shaft?
• 20:42
  Speaker 9: Yes, yes, maybe it is.
• 20:45
  Speaker 6: I think I'll come down. Besides, maybe you want to
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: talk to me.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: I've been thinking about your arthritis, Mr. Croner, and I'd
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: like to make you a loan of $ 500.
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: Oh, we can't cure anything for a few hundred dollars, Mr.
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: Whitcomb. Oh, I was hoping we could.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: You know where I was today?
• 21:07
  Speaker 6: I called on a fellow in the county nut house.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: Going to go to trial soon, I think.
• 21:12
  Speaker 6: Wants me to testify for him what a generous fellow
• 21:16
  Speaker 6: he is.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: Suppose I sent you to Florida for the entire winter.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: That wouldn't prevent your arthritis from coming back next year.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: And the year after that. Or would it?
• 21:28
  Speaker 5: That's hard to say, Mr. Whitcomb.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: Be ashamed to see you suffer, Croner.
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: Year after year.
• 21:36
  Speaker 12: So that's.
• 21:47
  Speaker 8: Why you were so anxious to see me, Mr. Kennett.
• 21:48
  Speaker 5: That's right, Doctor. That injection, that narcosynthesis, I'm ready now
• 21:52
  Speaker 5: any time you are.
• 21:53
  Speaker 8: What made you change your mind?
• 21:54
  Speaker 5: Well, I told you that I didn't kill her. Well,
• 21:56
  Speaker 5: now I'm still more certain that I didn't. And maybe
• 21:59
  Speaker 5: with this narcosynthesis, I'll recall things to prove it. Tell me,
• 22:03
  Speaker 5: how far under will you put me?
• 22:04
  Speaker 8: Oh, not far. You'll be able to remember everything that
• 22:07
  Speaker 8: you say. Just sit down and I'll get everything ready.
• 22:13
  Speaker 5: I'll start at the beginning. I remember getting off the plane,
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: going home, seeing my mother. But the important thing is
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: 106 Maple Street. I want to know everything that happened there.
• 22:24
  Speaker 5: That's where I'm really hazy.
• 22:26
  Speaker 8: The injection's ready. Flex your hand, please.
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: Okay?
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: Okay. Okay.
• 22:30
  Speaker 8: What's 106 Maple Street? I never heard you mention that before.
• 22:32
  Speaker 12: That's right.
• 22:33
  Speaker 5: Question me about that. Start there.
• 22:34
  Speaker 8: Oh, no, no. Not so fast. Now try to relax, Stephen.
• 22:38
  Speaker 8: Just lie back and relax. Steve, can you hear me?
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 22:52
  Speaker 8: We're going back, Steve. You're home now. Home from Burma. Oh,
• 22:57
  Speaker 8: and your mother, she's so happy to see.
• 22:58
  Speaker 16: You again, Steve.
• 23:01
  Speaker 9: Oh, Steve.
• 23:02
  Speaker 16: Oh, I just can't believe that you're really here.
• 23:05
  Speaker 5: Now, where's the rest of my family, Mom? Where's Helen
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: and Dickie?
• 23:09
  Speaker 16: Why, Dickie's in school, dear.
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: School? Oh, I keep thinking he's still only four years old.
• 23:14
  Speaker 5: And Helen, she's out shopping, I suppose.
• 23:16
  Speaker 16: No, she's at the office.
• 23:17
  Speaker 9: What office?
• 23:18
  Speaker 16: Why, Helen's been working more than a year now.
• 23:20
  Speaker 8: Working?
• 23:21
  Speaker 12: But why?
• 23:22
  Speaker 16: Oh, Steve, we wrote you all about it, don't you remember?
• 23:25
  Speaker 6: No.
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: No, I don't. This head of mine, it acts up
• 23:30
  Speaker 5: every now and then.
• 23:31
  Speaker 16: You didn't go through with that operation, did you?
• 23:34
  Speaker 5: No, no, I wanted to get home. I'll have it
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: done here.
• 23:36
  Speaker 16: You're through with flying, aren't you, Steve?
• 23:39
  Speaker 5: That's right, Mom. Grounded.
• 23:40
  Speaker 16: Oh, I'm so glad. Professor Burns told me they're holding
• 23:44
  Speaker 16: that research fellowship open for you at the university.
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: Yes, he wrote me. Well, I won't stand for any
• 23:48
  Speaker 5: more of Helen's objections.
• 23:50
  Speaker 16: Oh, Steve, she's young, pretty. Naturally, money seems important to her.
• 23:55
  Speaker 5: Other things are important, too. She got the car?
• 23:57
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 23:58
  Speaker 5: Well, I'll take the bus into town and ride back
• 24:00
  Speaker 5: with her.
• 24:00
  Speaker 16: She won't be through till five, dear.
• 24:02
  Speaker 5: She'll be through when I get there.
• 24:08
  Speaker 8: Don't stop, Steve. Keep going. You went to Helen's office.
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: Helen wasn't there. She was out on an errand. 106
• 24:19
  Speaker 5: Maple Street.
• 24:20
  Speaker 8: Was this another office?
• 24:22
  Speaker 5: An apartment house. A man took me up in the elevator.
• 24:27
  Speaker 5: He never shut up about his arthritis. I went to
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: the door of the apartment.
• 24:38
  Speaker 8: Forget your key, dear.
• 24:39
  Speaker 16: The door's unlocked.
• 24:44
  Speaker 12: Steve!
• 24:47
  Speaker 8: Why, darling, if I'd known you were coming, I would
• 24:51
  Speaker 8: have been there to meet you.
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: Stop it, Helen.
• 24:54
  Speaker 16: Oh, no, Steve, you're wrong.
• 24:55
  Speaker 5: This place. What are you doing here?
• 24:56
  Speaker 8: You've got to let me explain, Steve. What you're thinking
• 24:59
  Speaker 8: is all wrong.
• 24:59
  Speaker 12: Is it?
• 25:01
  Speaker 16: Steve, don't look at me like that.
• 25:03
  Speaker 8: Listen to me. You're not well, Steve. You're sick.
• 25:06
  Speaker 16: Let me take you home.
• 25:07
  Speaker 5: You're meeting someone here, aren't you? Aren't you?
• 25:10
  Speaker 8: I said I can explain. Steve, think of Richard.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Richard?
• 25:14
  Speaker 8: Think of your son. I'm his mother.
• 25:15
  Speaker 12: I'm his....
• 25:24
  Speaker 5: I can remember putting my hands around her throat. And
• 25:29
  Speaker 5: that's all. That's all I remember.
• 25:31
  Speaker 8: Until when, Steve?
• 25:32
  Speaker 5: I don't know. I fainted or something. When I came to,
• 25:37
  Speaker 5: I was lying on the floor. Helen was slumped in
• 25:41
  Speaker 5: the corner. She was dead and There were things all
• 25:45
  Speaker 5: over the floor. Cigarettes, a chair knocked over, a lamp,
• 25:50
  Speaker 5: Helen's purse. Things that I'd seen when I came into
• 25:53
  Speaker 5: the apartment. Only something else I'd seen was missing.
• 25:58
  Speaker 8: Do you know what it was?
• 25:59
  Speaker 5: I don't know. I can't remember. Something else was missing.
• 26:03
  Speaker 8: Well, that's enough for now, Steve. Don't worry. The first
• 26:05
  Speaker 8: treatment is often inconclusive.
• 26:07
  Speaker 5: I've got to find out. The apartment's the only answer.
• 26:10
  Speaker 8: We can get a court order and have the police
• 26:12
  Speaker 8: take you there... Steve, about Helen. What did you do?
• 26:15
  Speaker 8: Do you remember?
• 26:16
  Speaker 5: Yes. I carried her down the fire escape and put
• 26:19
  Speaker 5: her in the car. On account of my mother and
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: the boy, I couldn't have her found in his apartment.
• 26:28
  Speaker 5: And then I drove the car off the bridge, trying
• 26:31
  Speaker 5: to kill myself.
• 26:32
  Speaker 8: Oh, Steve, don't elude yourself. I was right. There is
• 26:36
  Speaker 8: something missing. And I think I know now what it is.
• 26:40
  Speaker 8: What's missing is your willingness to admit to yourself the
• 26:42
  Speaker 8: real reason for killing her. You had no proof she'd
• 26:44
  Speaker 8: been unfaithful. It goes much deeper than that. It was
• 26:47
  Speaker 8: a wartime romance, wasn't it?
• 26:49
  Speaker 5: Yes. We met and got married. A week later, I
• 26:53
  Speaker 5: was in Europe.
• 26:54
  Speaker 8: And after the war, the only job you wanted paid
• 26:56
  Speaker 8: very little, and Helen said it wasn't enough. Am I right?
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: Well.
• 26:59
  Speaker 8: So you went back to flying, and you hated it. Oh,
• 27:01
  Speaker 8: admit it, Steve. Those years in Burma alone, you were
• 27:04
  Speaker 8: building up a deep resentment against her.
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: Steve.
• 27:09
  Speaker 8: Steve, do you hear me?
• 27:10
  Speaker 5: I can't keep awake. I'm going to sleep.
• 27:16
  Speaker 8: Oh, that's good. The best thing for you. Now, try
• 27:19
  Speaker 8: not to think about anything.
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: Oh, orderly.
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: Yes, doctor.
• 27:25
  Speaker 8: There's a patient resting in my office, and I'm going
• 27:27
  Speaker 8: home now. Would you please take him to Ward C
• 27:29
  Speaker 8: about 8 o'clock?
• 27:30
  Speaker 12: 8 o'clock.
• 27:31
  Speaker 5: Yes, doctor.
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 27:38
  Speaker 5: Keep going, Doctor. 106 Maple Street.
• 27:41
  Speaker 8: I was very clever to pretend you were asleep.
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: I got out through your office window.
• 27:45
  Speaker 8: That window was locked.
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: I know, but you left the key in the pocket
• 27:48
  Speaker 5: of your smock. Here it is. It's easy finding your car.
• 27:51
  Speaker 5: Your space in the parking lot has your name on it.
• 27:53
  Speaker 8: Well, you've thought of everything, haven't you? Everything except what
• 27:56
  Speaker 8: this is going to do to you, risking everything for nothing.
• 27:59
  Speaker 12: For nothing?
• 28:00
  Speaker 5: Even if I'm acquitted, I can't face my son again.
• 28:02
  Speaker 5: What do you tell a kid of six? Forget it, Richard.
• 28:05
  Speaker 5: When I killed your mother, I was temporarily insane.
• 28:07
  Speaker 8: Oh, let me turn around. You can hide in the
• 28:08
  Speaker 8: back of the car again and no one will ever
• 28:10
  Speaker 8: know that you got out.
• 28:11
  Speaker 5: No, I've got to prove that I didn't kill her.
• 28:13
  Speaker 5: It's the only way that I'll be able to face
• 28:14
  Speaker 5: him again. It's worth taking any chance for. So, doctor,
• 28:19
  Speaker 5: don't get any ideas and don't make me jumpy. No
• 28:22
  Speaker 5: one's going to stand in my way now.
• 28:24
  Speaker 12: No one.
• 28:29
  Speaker 8: Just because his phone didn't answer doesn't mean he isn't
• 28:31
  Speaker 8: home now or that he won't come home.
• 28:33
  Speaker 12: Keep quiet.
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: We're going up the fire escape.
• 28:35
  Speaker 8: Oh, this is a big mistake, Steve.
• 28:37
  Speaker 5: Please don't... Start climbing, Doctor. I'll be right in back
• 28:41
  Speaker 5: of you just in case you slip.
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: This is it.
• 28:49
  Speaker 5: We've come as a partner. The murderer returns to the
• 28:53
  Speaker 5: scene of his crime.
• 28:54
  Speaker 8: Oh, Steve, this is absurd.
• 28:56
  Speaker 5: Stand where you are now. All right. Let's pretend that
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: you're Helen. I open the front door there. You came
• 29:05
  Speaker 5: from the hall. You started to back away. Guilt written
• 29:08
  Speaker 5: all over you. You wanted a chance to explain, to
• 29:11
  Speaker 5: take me home. Think of Richard. Think of your son.
• 29:14
  Speaker 5: You're his mother. I put my hands around your throat.
• 29:19
  Speaker 8: Steve, Steve, you're hurting me.
• 29:21
  Speaker 5: But you're alive. You're not hurt. I blacked out. When
• 29:26
  Speaker 5: I came to, I was there on the floor. Cigarettes
• 29:29
  Speaker 5: on the floor, like this. Chair. The end table. Lamp overturned.
• 29:36
  Speaker 5: And Helen... Helen was there in the... corner now how
• 29:40
  Speaker 5: did she get over there wait a minute wait a
• 29:43
  Speaker 5: minute I remember now I remember what was missing what
• 29:45
  Speaker 5: is it is an overnight bag Helen's it was there
• 29:48
  Speaker 5: next to that bookcase maybe it's still there maybe it's
• 29:50
  Speaker 5: maybe it's in the closet.
• 29:51
  Speaker 8: We have to get out of here we'll get.
• 29:53
  Speaker 5: Out no no it's not here This will do, this valise.
• 29:57
  Speaker 8: But that's Whitcomb's valise.
• 29:58
  Speaker 5: Have you got your lipstick in your purse? Give it
• 30:00
  Speaker 5: to me.
• 30:01
  Speaker 12: Lipstick?
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: Yes, but.
• 30:01
  Speaker 5: Yes, I'm writing two initials on this valise, just as
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: they were on the other one. H for Helen, K
• 30:06
  Speaker 5: for Kenneth. Let him find it here by the bookcase.
• 30:09
  Speaker 8: Steve, let's go, please.
• 30:10
  Speaker 5: You don't believe me. But I couldn't, I couldn't possibly
• 30:14
  Speaker 5: have killed her. My fingers had scarcely closed around her
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: throat when I blacked out. It was a perfect setup
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: for Whitcomb.
• 30:22
  Speaker 8: We'd put everything in order, just the way we found it.
• 30:24
  Speaker 5: No, don't touch anything. Okay. Okay, you can drive me
• 30:29
  Speaker 5: back to the hospital now.
• 30:42
  Speaker 8: How are you going to get back in the hospital?
• 30:44
  Speaker 5: Somewhere I got out, your window. The orderly will find
• 30:47
  Speaker 5: me right where you said he would. And you.
• 30:49
  Speaker 9: I.
• 30:52
  Speaker 8: I don't know.
• 30:53
  Speaker 5: You'll report me. Well, I can't stop you.
• 30:56
  Speaker 8: The guards will be making the rounds any minute now.
• 30:58
  Speaker 5: Anne, Anne, look. I came back with you, didn't I?
• 31:02
  Speaker 5: I could have run away. Nobody will know that I've
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: been gone if you don't turn me in. But if
• 31:06
  Speaker 5: you do, I'll be put back in isolation. There's no release,
• 31:10
  Speaker 5: no trial. I'll never be able to do anything for Richard.
• 31:15
  Speaker 8: You'd better go in, Steve. Hurry.
• 31:21
  Speaker 5: Hello?
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: Anne, this is Dr. Dunlap.
• 31:25
  Speaker 8: Oh, yes, Dr.
• 31:25
  Speaker 5: Dunlap.
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: I have a message here that you called me at
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: 8 o'clock. Something about Kenneth.
• 31:30
  Speaker 12: Oh, yes.
• 31:31
  Speaker 8: Yes, I did call you, Dr. Dunlap. I.
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: But I.
• 31:36
  Speaker 8: I realize now I shouldn't have disturbed you.
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: Well, what about Kenneth? Anything wrong, Ann?
• 31:41
  Speaker 8: No, no, doctor. Nothing at all, really. I'm sorry that
• 31:44
  Speaker 8: I bothered you.
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: You've been working too hard. Try and get a good
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: night's rest.
• 31:49
  Speaker 8: I'll try, doctor. Thank you.
• 31:50
  Speaker 12: Thank you.
• 31:55
  Speaker 5: Sorry to interrupt your reading, Mr. Kennett, but you've got
• 31:59
  Speaker 5: a visitor downstairs. Yes, I know. You know? Mr. Willard Whitcomb.
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: Hey, what goes on here?
• 32:06
  Speaker 5: It's a good guess, huh?
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: Well, do you want to see him or not? He's
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: in now with Dr. Dunlap.
• 32:10
  Speaker 5: Oh, you bet I want to see him. Thanks, Delaney.
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: I should have come here long ago, Dr.
• 32:16
  Speaker 5: Dunlap.
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: You see, Kennett's wife was my secretary. A splendid girl, doctor,
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: and a devoted wife.
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: It's very nice of you to take this interest in him, Mr.
• 32:24
  Speaker 5: Whitcomb.
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: Well, he'll be released for trial this week.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's fine. Then my offer will be coming along
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: at the right time.
• 32:30
  Speaker 11: I'm sure it'll be appreciated. Well, Kenneth's waiting for you.
• 32:35
  Speaker 11: I'll have an orderly take you to.
• 32:36
  Speaker 9: The visiting room.
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: You don't know me, Mr. Kenneth. I'm Willard Whitcomb.
• 32:44
  Speaker 4: Yes?
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: You've been expecting me.
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: Have I?
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: Oh, I must apologize for not visiting you sooner. You've
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: been in here quite a while now, uh, In and out?
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: In and out.
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: Kenneth, I've been discussing your case with a very fine
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: criminal lawyer. I was just telling Dr. Dunlap about him. Well, anyway,
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: this friend of mine is positive he can get you
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: an acquittal. Well, naturally, his fee is rather high, but
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: I'll assume all costs.
• 33:09
  Speaker 5: Why should you?
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: Well, I feel that your wife would... Well, that is,
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: I'm sure she'd want me to do all I can. Now,
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: when would you like to see this attorney?
• 33:17
  Speaker 5: Don't bother, Mr. Whitcomb.
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: You want to be acquitted, don't you?
• 33:20
  Speaker 5: I will be. And don't let that friend of yours
• 33:23
  Speaker 5: get away... You may need a fine criminal lawyer yourself.
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: I know what you're thinking, Kenneth, and whom you're depending on.
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: The man who came to see you, Croner, the elevator man.
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: Haven't you heard? He can't testify for you. Poor man,
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: he fell down an elevator shaft. The police said he
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: died instantly as a result of the accident.
• 33:41
  Speaker 5: Just a minute, Whitcomb.
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: Now be sensible, Kenneth. My offer is your only way out.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: Better accept it now. I'm leaving tomorrow for some of
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: the southern sunshine Croner priced so highly. And remember, Any
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: accusations you make against me will be ridiculed. The ravings
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: of a lunatic. Croner's gone, Kenneth. There's no possible way
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: you can prove I killed your wife.
• 34:03
  Speaker 5: You did it.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: Of course I did. You admit that.
• 34:06
  Speaker 5: I'll kill you if it's the last thing I.
• 34:07
  Speaker 12: Don't let him get away! He killed my wife!
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: So this is the man you people are ready to
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: release for trial, a homicidal maniac.
• 34:14
  Speaker 9: Don't worry, mister, he won't be going anywhere now.
• 34:15
  Speaker 12: Listen to me, please! He killed my wife!
• 34:17
  Speaker 5: Don't let him get away!
• 34:19
  Speaker 12: Stop him!
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: Good afternoon. This is Airline Reservations. This is Willard Whitcomb.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: You have a reservation in my name for Mexico City tonight.
• 34:33
  Speaker 12: Yes, Mr.
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: Whitcomb. Well, I thought surely I'd have to make the trip,
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: but now I find it won't be necessary for me
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: to go after all. Cancel my reservation, please.
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: We pause now for station identification. This is CBS, the
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: Columbia Broadcasting System.
• 35:05
  Speaker 4: Act III of High Wall will continue in a moment.
• 35:08
  Speaker 4: We're fortunate to have as our guest tonight Miss Sheila Graham,
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: famous Hollywood columnist and radio commentator, whose knowledge of the
• 35:17
  Speaker 4: public's taste in pictures makes her a valuable crystal ball.
• 35:22
  Speaker 4: What did you think of the press preview of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: production Battleground, Sheila?
• 35:27
  Speaker 17: Distinguished is the word, Bill. You know, those of us
• 35:30
  Speaker 17: who've seen this film are impressed with Dory Sherry's great
• 35:33
  Speaker 17: production of the Second World War.
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: A simple, unadorned story of a handful of wonderful guys
• 35:39
  Speaker 4: caught in a vital battle of Bastogne.
• 35:41
  Speaker 17: And the cast is so true to life. Van Johnson,
• 35:44
  Speaker 17: for instance. He plays a carefree fellow with a weakness
• 35:48
  Speaker 17: for girls and gags. And John Hodiak, he's a cynical
• 35:51
  Speaker 17: small-town reporter.
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: Ricardo Montbalvin, a lonely kid. And George Murphy, as Pop,
• 35:57
  Speaker 4: whose discharge came too late.
• 35:59
  Speaker 17: And so many other stars. I understand MGM has great
• 36:02
  Speaker 17: plans for the world premiere in New York on Thursday.
• 36:05
  Speaker 17: I wish I could be there.
• 36:06
  Speaker 4: You know, Battleground is a picture we certainly would enjoy
• 36:09
  Speaker 4: seeing again, Sheila. It's a vivid reminder of what our
• 36:12
  Speaker 4: victory meant.
• 36:13
  Speaker 17: Well, I think we all appreciate more than ever the
• 36:16
  Speaker 17: little luxuries we miss during the war years, like nylon
• 36:19
  Speaker 17: stockings and luxe flakes to take care of them.
• 36:22
  Speaker 8: You know, Mr.
• 36:23
  Speaker 17: Kennedy, many of my friends among the screen stars say
• 36:26
  Speaker 17: luxe flakes are even better since the war.
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: They are indeed.
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: These tiny diamonds of luxe are so sheer they burst
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: into suds the minute water touches them. Rich suds that
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: freshen nylons almost before you can say luxe flakes. And
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: they take such excellent care of stockings Even sheer nylons
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: last twice as long.
• 36:45
  Speaker 12: Really?
• 36:46
  Speaker 17: You can prove that?
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: Can and did by a series of scientific strain tests.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: Stockings washed with a strong soap or rubbed with cake
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: soap went into runs much sooner than those washed with
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: Luxe Flakes. In fact, the Luxe stockings lasted twice as long.
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: You can see why over 90% of the makers of
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: stockings recommend Luxe Flakes. Thank you for coming tonight, Sheila Graham.
• 37:12
  Speaker 9: Now.
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: Here's our producer, Mr.
• 37:13
  Speaker 3: William Keeley.
• 37:14
  Speaker 4: The curtain rises on the third act of High Wall,
• 37:17
  Speaker 4: starring Van Heflin as Stephen Kennett and Janet Leigh as Dr.
• 37:22
  Speaker 5: Ann Laurison.
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: It's a few hours later.
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: Ann Laurison has just come on duty in the hospital
• 37:36
  Speaker 4: and is met with the news that Stephen Kennett is
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: once again in solitary confinement.
• 37:42
  Speaker 8: Steve, what happened? Why did he put you here?
• 37:44
  Speaker 5: I've got to get out. You've got to get me
• 37:46
  Speaker 5: out of here.
• 37:46
  Speaker 8: Now tell me calmly, what happened?
• 37:48
  Speaker 5: Why don't you come in here?
• 37:48
  Speaker 8: They said you tried to kill someone.
• 37:50
  Speaker 5: Are you afraid to come in here?
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: Oh, no.
• 37:52
  Speaker 8: No, of course not. Now, who was here this morning?
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: Whitcomb.
• 37:57
  Speaker 5: I knew he'd come. He had to find out how
• 37:59
  Speaker 5: much I knew. I thought I had him, but he
• 38:02
  Speaker 5: got me instead. You remember that elevator man in his apartment?
• 38:05
  Speaker 8: Yes.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: Well, he's dead.
• 38:06
  Speaker 5: Whitcomb killed him.
• 38:06
  Speaker 8: How do you know that?
• 38:07
  Speaker 5: He told me, and then he told me that he
• 38:08
  Speaker 5: killed Helen. Boasted about it right to my face. Like
• 38:11
  Speaker 5: a fool, I grabbed him. That's exactly what Whitcomb wanted
• 38:13
  Speaker 5: me to do.
• 38:14
  Speaker 8: We'll tell the police, Steve.
• 38:15
  Speaker 5: The police? Haven't you heard? I've already told the district attorney.
• 38:19
  Speaker 5: I'm committed here for good. Anything I say from now
• 38:21
  Speaker 5: on will be the ravings of a maniac. Ann, Ann,
• 38:24
  Speaker 5: you've got to help me get out of here.
• 38:26
  Speaker 8: Oh, of course I will.
• 38:27
  Speaker 5: No, but tonight. Whitcomb's leaving town, he told me. If
• 38:29
  Speaker 5: I can catch him in his apartment, I can make
• 38:31
  Speaker 5: him talk.
• 38:32
  Speaker 8: I want you to get well, Steve. There isn't anything
• 38:34
  Speaker 8: in the world I wouldn't do for that. Trust me.
• 38:36
  Speaker 5: You think I belong in this room, don't you?
• 38:38
  Speaker 6: Ann.
• 38:39
  Speaker 5: I've got things to do in this world, good things.
• 38:42
  Speaker 5: A boy to take care of, a profession, work. You
• 38:44
  Speaker 5: know that. If I don't make Whitcomb talk, I've got nothing. Ann,
• 38:50
  Speaker 5: I'm going out of here. Give me that key.
• 38:53
  Speaker 12: Steve.
• 38:53
  Speaker 5: Now, look, I don't want to hurt you.
• 38:55
  Speaker 12: Give it to me. No, I won't. I can't do it.
• 38:56
  Speaker 8: I'm sorry, but I've got to have it. You'll lose
• 38:58
  Speaker 8: every chance you've ever had.
• 38:59
  Speaker 12: You can't get away, Steve. You can't do it.
• 39:06
  Speaker 3: We don't know too much, Ann.
• 39:08
  Speaker 11: After Kenneth locked you in his cell, he stole an
• 39:10
  Speaker 11: orderly's clothes and got out through the kitchen. Then he
• 39:13
  Speaker 11: took your car and was past the guard at the
• 39:14
  Speaker 11: gate before the alarm was sounded.
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: But we'll have him back before morning.
• 39:19
  Speaker 8: You're sure of that, Dr.
• 39:20
  Speaker 9: Dunlap?
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: The police are closing in on him right now. They're
• 39:22
  Speaker 3: describing him as a homicidal maniac.
• 39:24
  Speaker 8: This is all Whitcomb's doing. When he came here this morning,
• 39:27
  Speaker 8: he taunted Kenneth. He thought that he could make.
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: That's what Kenneth told you?
• 39:30
  Speaker 8: Do you know that it isn't true?
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: Do you know that it is?
• 39:32
  Speaker 8: I know one thing, that we've got to stop this manhunt.
• 39:35
  Speaker 8: He'll resist the police and they'll shoot him down.
• 39:38
  Speaker 11: I've suspected for some time that your interest in Kenneth
• 39:41
  Speaker 11: isn't completely clinical.
• 39:43
  Speaker 3: Now, look, Ann. Kenneth escaped. There's nothing we can do
• 39:46
  Speaker 3: about it.
• 39:46
  Speaker 8: He did it to get at the truth. He did
• 39:47
  Speaker 8: it to clear himself.
• 39:48
  Speaker 3: He'll go after Whitcomb. Well, you'll find the police are
• 39:52
  Speaker 3: waiting for him.
• 39:53
  Speaker 8: I'm off duty, doctor. Do you have any objections if
• 39:55
  Speaker 8: I leave?
• 39:56
  Speaker 12: No.
• 39:57
  Speaker 3: No, but it's raining and your car's gone.
• 39:59
  Speaker 12: I'll call a cab.
• 40:00
  Speaker 3: I'll phone you at home, Ann, if I hear anything.
• 40:02
  Speaker 8: Thank you.
• 40:14
  Speaker 5: This neighborhood sure dripping with cops, miss. You just want
• 40:18
  Speaker 5: me to keep cruising?
• 40:19
  Speaker 8: Yes, yes, please, just keep cruising.
• 40:21
  Speaker 5: Hey, what's going on? How come all the cops?
• 40:24
  Speaker 8: Oh, you'll read about it in the morning papers.
• 40:26
  Speaker 5: Oh, so that's what you are, a newspaper lady.
• 40:29
  Speaker 8: Will you go to the corner and then turn down
• 40:30
  Speaker 8: Maple Street again? Oh, no, no, no, wait. Pull over
• 40:33
  Speaker 8: and stop.
• 40:34
  Speaker 6: Here?
• 40:34
  Speaker 8: Yes, stop here, right here by the church.
• 40:37
  Speaker 5: That'll be $ 3.
• 40:38
  Speaker 8: Oh, here, take it.
• 40:39
  Speaker 5: Good night, lady.
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: Steve.
• 40:47
  Speaker 8: Steve, it's me, Ann.
• 40:48
  Speaker 5: Walk down the alley.
• 40:49
  Speaker 8: Oh, Steve, I'm so glad I found you. I've been
• 40:51
  Speaker 8: cruising up and down those streets for an hour.
• 40:52
  Speaker 5: Stop playing policeman, Doctor. I'm not going back.
• 40:56
  Speaker 8: Steve, I want to help you. That's why I'm here.
• 40:57
  Speaker 5: Don't be a fool. Your whole life will be ruined
• 40:59
  Speaker 5: if they find you with me.
• 41:00
  Speaker 8: I'm trying to tell you that it doesn't matter. Steve,
• 41:04
  Speaker 8: if Whitcomb isn't guilty, if he doesn't confess, then there's nothing.
• 41:07
  Speaker 8: Nothing for either one of us.
• 41:09
  Speaker 5: Well, we can't stay here.
• 41:11
  Speaker 8: There's nowhere to go. Police are all over the neighborhood.
• 41:15
  Speaker 5: There's a cafe a few blocks away. It's in the
• 41:17
  Speaker 5: opposite direction. Come on, let's start walking.
• 41:27
  Speaker 8: Those clothes you're wearing, where did you get them, Steve?
• 41:30
  Speaker 5: Gas station near Eastbury. The attendant got suspicious when I
• 41:33
  Speaker 5: stopped for gas. I took his clothes in his car.
• 41:36
  Speaker 3: Steve, you.
• 41:37
  Speaker 5: No, no, I didn't touch him. I locked him in
• 41:39
  Speaker 5: the washroom and kept going. Ann, I'm wasting time here.
• 41:43
  Speaker 8: Look, be sensible, Steve. There's no possible way you can
• 41:47
  Speaker 8: reach Whitcomb tonight. Why don't you come to my house?
• 41:50
  Speaker 8: We can talk things over there and you can see Richard.
• 41:55
  Speaker 5: Richard?
• 41:56
  Speaker 12: Uh-huh.
• 41:57
  Speaker 8: I've had him ever since that first day.
• 41:58
  Speaker 5: But you told me of Mrs.
• 41:59
  Speaker 3: Ferguson.
• 42:00
  Speaker 8: I know, I know. She's my aunt.
• 42:01
  Speaker 5: He's been with you all this time?
• 42:03
  Speaker 12: Yes.
• 42:04
  Speaker 8: He likes it there, Steve. Oh, he's a wonderful little boy.
• 42:07
  Speaker 12: Tom!
• 42:08
  Speaker 14: Hey, Tom Conover, my pal Tom.
• 42:11
  Speaker 12: What do you know?
• 42:14
  Speaker 14: Wait, don't you remember me?
• 42:15
  Speaker 5: I'm sorry, chum. I'm afraid you're mistaken.
• 42:17
  Speaker 14: You're not Tom Canova from Cincinnati?
• 42:20
  Speaker 5: Look, do you mind?
• 42:21
  Speaker 3: Oh, deeply sorry, sir.
• 42:22
  Speaker 12: Sorry, madam.
• 42:23
  Speaker 5: Hey, waiter, bring us a drink. Now, just a minute.
• 42:26
  Speaker 14: Oh, permit me, madam. My name is Pinky. Might I
• 42:29
  Speaker 14: inquire as to yours?
• 42:30
  Speaker 12: Uh, Betty.
• 42:32
  Speaker 5: Look, will you please stop annoying us? We're busy here.
• 42:34
  Speaker 12: Oh, well, simmer down, pal.
• 42:35
  Speaker 5: Simmer down.
• 42:36
  Speaker 14: I'm just trying to pour a little milk to the
• 42:39
  Speaker 14: human kindness, that's all.
• 42:40
  Speaker 5: Ann, I want you to go back to the hospital.
• 42:44
  Speaker 5: I'm going to have another try at Maple Street.
• 42:46
  Speaker 8: Oh, it's suicide, Steve. The police have you down as
• 42:48
  Speaker 8: a homicidal maniac. And all this talk about your son.
• 42:51
  Speaker 8: You've got to live for him, if for no other reason.
• 42:55
  Speaker 5: If you thought it was so hopeless, why did you
• 42:57
  Speaker 5: bring that stuff along with you?
• 42:59
  Speaker 8: What do you mean, what stuff?
• 42:59
  Speaker 5: When you opened your purse before, that little box. A
• 43:02
  Speaker 5: hypodermic needle, isn't it? Sodium pentothal?
• 43:05
  Speaker 8: Well, I thought if you ever did find Wickham, it
• 43:08
  Speaker 8: might help us to get at the truth.
• 43:10
  Speaker 5: Well, then let's start finding him. I tell you, we can't... Oh,
• 43:13
  Speaker 5: wait a minute.
• 43:13
  Speaker 8: What is it?
• 43:14
  Speaker 5: That drunk just now, I've got an idea. Uh, you, Pinky.
• 43:18
  Speaker 12: You insulted me. That's what you did.
• 43:20
  Speaker 14: You insulted me.
• 43:21
  Speaker 5: But I want to apologize.
• 43:23
  Speaker 12: You want to.
• 43:24
  Speaker 14: Oh, well, that's more like it, Jack.
• 43:26
  Speaker 5: How did you know my name's Jack?
• 43:28
  Speaker 14: Well, as soon as it is.
• 43:30
  Speaker 5: That's right, and you've already met my wife. Look, how'd
• 43:33
  Speaker 5: you like to hop in a cab and take a
• 43:35
  Speaker 5: little ride? I'll explain the whole thing about why I
• 43:37
  Speaker 5: look like Tom Connell.
• 43:38
  Speaker 8: Well, fine, fine.
• 43:40
  Speaker 14: If this lovely little lady goes with us.
• 43:42
  Speaker 5: Well, the lady's busy, has to look after the baby.
• 43:45
  Speaker 5: You and I will pay a visit to a very
• 43:48
  Speaker 5: interesting fellow.
• 43:49
  Speaker 8: Oh, no, you don't. You're not going anyplace without me.
• 43:52
  Speaker 5: I shall say not. Well, let's not argue about it here.
• 43:55
  Speaker 5: Come on, we'll find a taxi.
• 44:01
  Speaker 8: I still think we should stop at Ann's house, Jack.
• 44:04
  Speaker 14: Yeah, Ann's house.
• 44:05
  Speaker 12: A foursome.
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: We could have a real nice party.
• 44:07
  Speaker 5: I got a better idea, Pinky. Why don't you drop
• 44:09
  Speaker 5: me off and you and Betty step out for some dancing?
• 44:12
  Speaker 5: I'll take care of the baby alone.
• 44:14
  Speaker 14: Oh, what a wonderful friend. What a wonderful friend.
• 44:17
  Speaker 8: Oh, no, no. No matter what Jack says, I'm going
• 44:20
  Speaker 8: with him. I don't think he'll be able to take
• 44:22
  Speaker 8: care of the baby by himself.
• 44:23
  Speaker 14: Oh, just when I get all set for a big evening,
• 44:26
  Speaker 14: you got to take care of the baby.
• 44:28
  Speaker 8: Oh, he's a real problem child, Pinky.
• 44:30
  Speaker 5: Hey, driver. Yes, sir? Uh, turn around. Take us to
• 44:33
  Speaker 5: 106 Maple Street. Watch it, Lieutenant. There's a car coming
• 44:45
  Speaker 5: down the street.
• 44:46
  Speaker 2: It's okay, Sergeant.
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: It's a cab.
• 44:48
  Speaker 6: Huh?
• 44:49
  Speaker 5: Oh, yeah. Looks like it's stopping here, though.
• 44:52
  Speaker 13: A lot of people live in here.
• 44:53
  Speaker 5: It's a big apartment house.
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: Two men and a dame. Keep your eyes on them.
• 45:01
  Speaker 5: Sorry we couldn't make a night of it, Pinky. How
• 45:03
  Speaker 5: about a rain check, huh?
• 45:04
  Speaker 2: Oh, I wish you wouldn't go home.
• 45:05
  Speaker 12: Please, I beg you.
• 45:06
  Speaker 14: Look, how about another little drink, Pinky? Just a little
• 45:10
  Speaker 14: bitsy-witsy one, huh?
• 45:11
  Speaker 8: You know what, Pinky? I think you're drunk.
• 45:14
  Speaker 14: She thinks I'm drunk. Hey, officer, come on down here
• 45:18
  Speaker 14: and arrest me.
• 45:19
  Speaker 5: She says I'm drunk.
• 45:20
  Speaker 3: People better get moving.
• 45:21
  Speaker 6: We're trying to keep this street clear.
• 45:23
  Speaker 5: You heard him, Pinky. How about dinner Tuesday night? At
• 45:26
  Speaker 5: my house. Fine, fine. How much, driver?
• 45:28
  Speaker 12: Oh, no, no, no.
• 45:29
  Speaker 3: Driver, his money's no good.
• 45:31
  Speaker 14: Besides, I want to ride some more.
• 45:33
  Speaker 5: Thanks, Pinky. See you later.
• 45:34
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 45:35
  Speaker 12: Kiss the baby for me, Betty. Don't forget now.
• 45:38
  Speaker 5: Don't you worry, pal.
• 45:39
  Speaker 16: I won't forget.
• 45:45
  Speaker 5: Keep walking in, straight through the lobby.
• 45:47
  Speaker 8: Then what?
• 45:48
  Speaker 5: The stairs.
• 45:49
  Speaker 8: Good evening, officer.
• 45:50
  Speaker 11: Just a minute.
• 45:51
  Speaker 3: Yes?
• 45:51
  Speaker 5: You live here?
• 45:52
  Speaker 8: Well, you don't think we're playing games, do you? What
• 45:54
  Speaker 8: are you policemen doing here anyway?
• 45:56
  Speaker 9: Never mind what we're doing here. Just get in your
• 45:58
  Speaker 9: apartment and lock the door.
• 46:00
  Speaker 2: Well, of all the nerve.
• 46:02
  Speaker 5: So far, so good. Thanks.
• 46:07
  Speaker 12: Who is it?
• 46:08
  Speaker 9: Alleron and Schaefer again, Mr.
• 46:10
  Speaker 2: Whitcomb. Oh, uh, just a minute.
• 46:15
  Speaker 9: Okay to use your phone again?
• 46:17
  Speaker 2: Why, certainly. Anything new?
• 46:19
  Speaker 5: Not a thing, Mr.
• 46:19
  Speaker 2: Whitcomb.
• 46:23
  Speaker 9: Hello, this is Captain Halloran.
• 46:25
  Speaker 2: Give me the roof. Who's this?
• 46:29
  Speaker 9: Oh, okay, Sam.
• 46:30
  Speaker 2: This is Halloran.
• 46:31
  Speaker 9: He's been touring the block all quiet. Anything else for me?
• 46:35
  Speaker 12: Hmm?
• 46:36
  Speaker 8: When?
• 46:38
  Speaker 12: Oh, okay.
• 46:39
  Speaker 2: We'll be around.
• 46:40
  Speaker 9: Call you back in an hour. Well, you can relax, Mr.
• 46:43
  Speaker 2: Whitcomb. They caught him? Just about.
• 46:46
  Speaker 9: Picked himself up an outfit of clothes and a car
• 46:48
  Speaker 9: near Eastbury. Headed for the state line. State cops will
• 46:50
  Speaker 9: have him by morning.
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: Come on, Chief.
• 46:52
  Speaker 5: Oh, uh.
• 46:53
  Speaker 2: There's no hurry, gentlemen. Time for a drink, haven't you?
• 46:56
  Speaker 9: I don't think we'd better, Mr.
• 46:57
  Speaker 8: Whitcomb.
• 46:57
  Speaker 2: Oh, but you're not leaving.
• 46:59
  Speaker 6: Don't worry.
• 46:59
  Speaker 2: We'll be in the building. Well, you know, to tell
• 47:01
  Speaker 2: you the truth, I feel very sorry for Kenneth. Poor,
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: demented fellow. Seems to have nothing to look forward to
• 47:06
  Speaker 2: except a lifetime in a padded cell. He'd be better
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: off dead.
• 47:10
  Speaker 9: He'll probably wind up that way.
• 47:11
  Speaker 2: Well, here's the elevator.
• 47:13
  Speaker 9: We'll check with you from time to time, Mr.
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: Whitcomb. Yes, but... Yes, thank you.
• 47:28
  Speaker 5: Don't raise your voice, Whitcomb. And move away from that door. Ann,
• 47:33
  Speaker 5: stay where you are in there.
• 47:34
  Speaker 2: The police, they'll be back.
• 47:35
  Speaker 5: Sure, I'll call them when I want them. It was
• 47:38
  Speaker 5: a nice break you gave me, leaving your door open
• 47:40
  Speaker 5: when you walked to the elevator.
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: They've ordered us to shoot. You'd better give yourself up.
• 47:43
  Speaker 5: I'll kill you before anyone gets here. The law says
• 47:46
  Speaker 5: that I'm insane. I'm not responsible. You fix that.
• 47:49
  Speaker 2: Now, wait, Kennett, wait. I can hide you here. I've
• 47:51
  Speaker 2: got money. You can get out of the country. Plenty
• 47:53
  Speaker 2: of money. Now, just let me open this door and I'll...
• 48:03
  Speaker 2: All right, Ann.
• 48:04
  Speaker 3: Come here.
• 48:05
  Speaker 8: What happened?
• 48:06
  Speaker 5: He had a gun in the drawer. I don't think
• 48:07
  Speaker 5: he wants to fight anymore. Or do you, Mr.
• 48:10
  Speaker 12: Whitcomb?
• 48:12
  Speaker 5: You ready, Ann?
• 48:13
  Speaker 8: I'm all set. Can you hear me, Mr.
• 48:15
  Speaker 5: Whitcomb?
• 48:16
  Speaker 8: I'm going to give you an injection of sodium pentothal.
• 48:18
  Speaker 8: You can't resist. You're going to tell the truth. Can
• 48:21
  Speaker 8: you hear me, Mr. Whitcomb? You're going back to the
• 48:25
  Speaker 8: last time you saw Helen Kennett. You're going to remember
• 48:28
  Speaker 8: everything that happened, and you're going to tell us, Mr.
• 48:30
  Speaker 15: Whitcomb.
• 48:31
  Speaker 8: You're going to answer all our questions. Truthfully.
• 48:33
  Speaker 5: Well, I guess this is it.
• 48:37
  Speaker 12: Yes, Mr.
• 48:38
  Speaker 16: Whitcomb?
• 48:39
  Speaker 5: Tell a couple of those policemen there in the lobby
• 48:41
  Speaker 5: to come right up.
• 48:42
  Speaker 8: Anything wrong up there?
• 48:47
  Speaker 5: Keep talking, Mr.
• 48:52
  Speaker 8: Whitcomb. These men want to hear about it, too.
• 48:55
  Speaker 5: She told me that.
• 48:56
  Speaker 2: That her husband had found her here. He was over
• 48:59
  Speaker 2: there on the floor, unconscious. She said he fainted.
• 49:02
  Speaker 8: He kept coming toward me, Willard. He grabbed my throat
• 49:04
  Speaker 8: and then... Then, well, I don't know what, he fainted
• 49:06
  Speaker 8: or something.
• 49:07
  Speaker 2: Stop being hysterical, Helen.
• 49:08
  Speaker 8: But we've got to think of something now before he
• 49:09
  Speaker 8: comes to. We can't afford a scandal.
• 49:11
  Speaker 2: It's quite a surprise, Helen, his coming home. It's a shame.
• 49:15
  Speaker 8: Oh, I'll divorce him, Willard. You don't have to worry
• 49:17
  Speaker 8: about anything. And after a little while, we can.
• 49:21
  Speaker 8: Where are you going?
• 49:22
  Speaker 2: I'm going to take a long walk. And when I return,
• 49:25
  Speaker 2: I shall expect to find you and your husband out
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: of here.
• 49:29
  Speaker 16: What does that mean?
• 49:30
  Speaker 2: I'm terribly sorry, my dear, but after all, he is
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: home now, isn't he? Oh, no, you don't.
• 49:36
  Speaker 8: You're not running out on me.
• 49:38
  Speaker 2: I'm afraid there's very little you can do about it.
• 49:39
  Speaker 8: I'll show you what I can do. I'll smear your
• 49:41
  Speaker 8: name in every newspaper in town.
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: I'll... No.
• 49:49
  Speaker 8: No, I don't mean that, darling.
• 49:51
  Speaker 2: Just what do you mean, Helen?
• 49:52
  Speaker 8: Oh, please, darling, don't you see? I'll need you. I'll
• 49:54
  Speaker 8: be left with nothing. He's out of his mind. How
• 49:57
  Speaker 8: do I know he won't finish what he started, trying
• 49:59
  Speaker 8: to kill me? What happened then, Mr. Whitcomb? Who killed Helen?
• 50:04
  Speaker 12: I did it.
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: Only way out. She'd have ruined my life.
• 50:08
  Speaker 5: But now you're safe, aren't you? You've just killed Helen,
• 50:10
  Speaker 5: so now you're safe. Yes.
• 50:12
  Speaker 2: They'll blame Kenneth. They'll have to. I'll leave them here.
• 50:16
  Speaker 2: Both of them. Go back to the office.
• 50:18
  Speaker 5: What about the bag? Helen's overnight bag. You can't leave
• 50:21
  Speaker 5: it here. I'll take it with me.
• 50:23
  Speaker 2: Go out that way. Make sure no one sees me. I.
• 50:28
  Speaker 5: I don't want to talk.
• 50:29
  Speaker 2: I don't want to talk anymore.
• 50:31
  Speaker 8: Maybe you won't have to. I think the policemen here
• 50:34
  Speaker 8: are satisfied.
• 50:35
  Speaker 9: Yes, I think we are. How long before he.
• 50:37
  Speaker 2: Snaps out of this?
• 50:38
  Speaker 8: Oh, just a few minutes. That is, if I stop
• 50:39
  Speaker 8: questioning him.
• 50:40
  Speaker 9: We're all going down to the DA's office.
• 50:42
  Speaker 2: Get this on the record.
• 50:43
  Speaker 7: It's against the law to use drugs on prisoners, even
• 50:45
  Speaker 7: a confessed killer like Whitcomb. But you'll tell us the
• 50:48
  Speaker 7: whole story again when we get downtown.
• 50:50
  Speaker 2: Won't you, bub?
• 50:50
  Speaker 12: What?
• 50:52
  Speaker 3: What happened?
• 50:54
  Speaker 2: What are you talking about?
• 50:55
  Speaker 6: Come on.
• 50:55
  Speaker 2: Let's go. Ready, Kennett?
• 50:57
  Speaker 9: Now, you too, doctor.
• 50:58
  Speaker 5: We'll need your testimony. It's been quite a night, Ann.
• 51:10
  Speaker 8: Well, I finally got you home, didn't I?
• 51:12
  Speaker 5: So this is where Richard's lived all this time?
• 51:15
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 51:17
  Speaker 5: Where's his room?
• 51:18
  Speaker 8: Right at the head of the stairs. Darling, you know
• 51:22
  Speaker 8: he hasn't seen you since he was four years old,
• 51:24
  Speaker 8: and he needs to sleep. I don't think that I.
• 51:26
  Speaker 5: Yeah, sure, I'll take it easy.
• 51:28
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 51:32
  Speaker 5: Ann, please come with me.
• 51:36
  Speaker 8: Oh, Steve.
• 51:50
  Speaker 1: Our stars will return in just a moment for their
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: curtain calls.
• 51:59
  Speaker 15: If you have trouble, trouble, trouble with washing dishes, change
• 52:03
  Speaker 15: to Luxe Flakes. And they will bubble, bubble, bubble your
• 52:07
  Speaker 15: troubles away. Make rich suds that work faster. Keep hands
• 52:12
  Speaker 15: much smoother, softer. Let LUX bubble your troubles away.
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: Yes, you can get rid of red, rough dishpan hands
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: simply by changing from strong soaps to Luxe Flakes for dishes.
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: Luxe flakes are actually kinder to hands. Hundreds of tests
• 52:32
  Speaker 1: prove it. Try these gentle suds for your dishes. See
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: for yourself how soon your hands are soft, smooth, lovely again.
• 52:40
  Speaker 1: Luxe flakes are thrifty, too, because they go further. Ounce
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: for ounce, luxe flakes wash up to twice as many
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: dishes as any of ten other leading soaps tested.
• 52:51
  Speaker 8: Here's Mr.
• 52:52
  Speaker 2: Keeley with our stars.
• 52:53
  Speaker 4: The lights are up and our stars come downstage again.
• 52:56
  Speaker 4: Here they are, Van Heflin and Janet Leigh.
• 53:07
  Speaker 3: Well, I think that applause says it all.
• 53:10
  Speaker 5: Thank you, Bill. You know, I'm beginning to feel as
• 53:13
  Speaker 5: though I lived in the Lux Radio Theater.
• 53:16
  Speaker 3: That's fine, Van. There's no one we'd rather have with
• 53:19
  Speaker 3: us often. And I hope you'll be another starboarder, too, Janet.
• 53:22
  Speaker 8: Well, so do I, Mr.
• 53:23
  Speaker 3: Keeley.
• 53:23
  Speaker 5: It's your first appearance here, isn't it, Janet?
• 53:25
  Speaker 8: Yes, it is, Van. But with a veteran luxe theater
• 53:28
  Speaker 8: man like yourself around, I knew there was nothing to
• 53:30
  Speaker 8: worry about.
• 53:32
  Speaker 3: You've just come back from the East, haven't you, Janet?
• 53:34
  Speaker 8: That's right. I went to Pittsburgh for the world premiere
• 53:36
  Speaker 8: of the new Metro-Golden-Mayer picture, That Foresight Woman.
• 53:38
  Speaker 5: With the other stars all in Europe, you represented the
• 53:41
  Speaker 5: cast then, huh?
• 53:42
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 53:42
  Speaker 8: Greer Garson, Errol Flynn, and Walter Pigeon all happened to
• 53:45
  Speaker 8: be abroad.
• 53:45
  Speaker 4: I know the people in Pittsburgh were happy to have
• 53:48
  Speaker 4: such a charming representative.
• 53:49
  Speaker 8: Why, thank you. I want you to know that you
• 53:52
  Speaker 8: had a representative on the trip, too, Mr.
• 53:53
  Speaker 3: Keeley.
• 53:54
  Speaker 8: I never travel without a box of Luxe Flakes tucked
• 53:56
  Speaker 8: in my bag.
• 53:56
  Speaker 5: Well, that's proving you're a very smart girl, Janet. Now, Bill,
• 53:59
  Speaker 5: won't you tell us about next week's play?
• 54:02
  Speaker 4: It's a hit musical, then, with two of Hollywood's top
• 54:05
  Speaker 4: musical stars. The play is the 20th century Fox success,
• 54:10
  Speaker 4: Mother Wore Tights. And the stars are the same ones
• 54:13
  Speaker 4: you saw in the picture... Betty Grable and Dan Daly.
• 54:18
  Speaker 4: The play has a wonderful love story and a lot
• 54:21
  Speaker 4: of grand songs for.
• 54:22
  Speaker 3: Betty and Dan.
• 54:23
  Speaker 5: Well, the audiences will love that, Bill. Good night.
• 54:26
  Speaker 8: Good night.
• 54:26
  Speaker 3: Good night and thank you both.
• 54:33
  Speaker 4: Lever Brothers Company, the makers of Lux Flakes, join me
• 54:37
  Speaker 4: in inviting you to be with us again next Monday
• 54:39
  Speaker 4: evening when the Lux Radio Theater presents Betty Grable and
• 54:43
  Speaker 4: Dan Daly in Mother Wore Tights.
• 54:47
  Speaker 3: This is William.
• 54:47
  Speaker 4: Keeley saying good night to you from Hollywood.
• 54:51
  Speaker 12: Thank you.
• 55:01
  Speaker 1: Dan Heflin and Janet Leigh appeared by arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
• 55:05
  Speaker 1: producers of The Red Danube, starring Walter Pidgeon and Ethel Barrymore.
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: Heard in tonight's cast were Donald Randolph as Whitcomb, Raymond
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: Largay as Dr. Dunlap, and Gerald Moore, Herbert Ellis, Leo Cleary,
• 55:18
  Speaker 1: Joan Banks, Bill Johnstone, Jane Novello, Shepard Menken, Cliff Clark,
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: Gwen Delano, Bob Griffin, Ruth Parrott, Lou Krugman, Alan Reed Jr.,
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: and Eddie Marr. Our play was adapted by S.H. Barnett
• 55:34
  Speaker 1: and our music was directed by Louis Silvers. This is
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: your announcer, John Milton Kennedy, reminding you to join us
• 55:40
  Speaker 1: again next Monday night to hear Mother Wore Tights, starring
• 55:44
  Speaker 1: Betty Grable.
• 55:44
  Speaker 2: And Dan Daly.
• 55:55
  Speaker 1: Be sure to listen next Monday night the deluxe radio
• 55:58
  Speaker 1: theater presentation of Mother Wore Tights, starring Betty Grable and
• 56:02
  Speaker 1: Dan Daly.