WEBVTT 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:24.739 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to the sound 00:00:24.739 --> 00:00:30.100 of suspense. To the fear you can hear. For the 00:00:30.100 --> 00:00:33.079 next 52 minutes I shall be your guide on a journey 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:37.240 over a strange terrain. Some people find their 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:41.079 names printed in the most unusual places. Let 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:43.719 me tell you about a man who was convinced that 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:51.500 his was written on a bullet. Get the password. 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:57.899 It's me, Jerry. It's me. Don't shoot. Paul? Yes, 00:00:57.979 --> 00:01:03.020 Jerry. It's Paul. Paul? Paul, you're dead. How 00:01:03.020 --> 00:01:07.500 can you... Yes, Jerry. I'm dead. But I shouldn't 00:01:07.500 --> 00:01:21.939 be. I took your bullet. Our mystery drama, The 00:01:21.939 --> 00:01:25.099 Bullet, was written especially for the CBS radio 00:01:25.099 --> 00:01:30.140 mystery theater by Sam Dan and stars Larry Haynes. 00:01:30.659 --> 00:01:46.379 I shall be back shortly with Act One. It's a 00:01:46.379 --> 00:01:50.530 quiet little bar, paddy noonans. And Jerry Price 00:01:50.530 --> 00:01:52.989 stops there every evening on his way home from 00:01:52.989 --> 00:01:56.730 work. He's not looking for anything special in 00:01:56.730 --> 00:02:00.269 the way of atmosphere, adventure, companionship. 00:02:00.950 --> 00:02:04.090 And he has no intention of getting drunk. Just 00:02:04.090 --> 00:02:07.109 a couple of beers perhaps to bridge a busy day, 00:02:07.629 --> 00:02:10.930 to ease the fatigue, the strain on his nerves. 00:02:11.990 --> 00:02:14.650 In the comfortable half -light of Patty Noonan's, 00:02:14.750 --> 00:02:19.580 the world outside becomes vague, distant. especially 00:02:19.580 --> 00:02:23.960 when old man O 'Rourke is holding forth. And 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.860 he lay there, his head against the barricade, 00:02:28.780 --> 00:02:31.740 and the blood from him fallen soft upon the pavement. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.080 I looked in his face and I could see his death 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.919 was upon him. Tis a bitter thing, I said, to 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:45.879 die at seventeen, and for a moment his darkening 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:50.219 eyes held mine. And with his last strength, he 00:02:50.219 --> 00:02:55.680 said, "'Tis a sweet thing to die for Ireland." 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.939 Sweet indeed, Mr. O 'Rourke. Any calls for one 00:02:58.939 --> 00:03:02.460 on the house? Aye, thank you, Paddy Noonan. Ah, 00:03:02.460 --> 00:03:06.199 I see, Jerry Price. Excuse me. Good evening, 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.280 Jerry. Hi. I didn't notice you come in. Well, 00:03:09.539 --> 00:03:11.500 when old man O 'Rourke's in form, you don't see 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:13.860 anybody, Paddy. The old man there, he carries 00:03:13.860 --> 00:03:17.520 his war. I know I carry mine. Ever think of yours 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.219 Jerry? No, no never never don't the day I came 00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:24.280 home from Vietnam. I put away the uniform I also 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:25.960 put away everything that went with it the army 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:30.580 the war like a snake sheds his skin All the past 00:03:30.580 --> 00:03:32.860 is gone Patty. It's dead. So you forget it. You 00:03:32.860 --> 00:03:35.680 go on to other things Hey, what's everybody drinking? 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.300 This round's on me set him up Patty. Mr. Edward 00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:42.300 Clarke himself and what's the occasion? I got 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:44.699 a little announcement Guess what the old lady 00:03:44.699 --> 00:03:48.159 tells me this morning. Number 10 is on its way. 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:51.120 Oh, that event around must be on the house, Mr. 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.719 Clark. Just a quick one, Patty. Hey, I got the 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:55.400 truck outside. What are you hoping for this time, 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:58.039 Ed? Boy or girl? I'll see. What do I got now? 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:02.460 Four boys and five... No. No, no, I got five 00:04:02.460 --> 00:04:04.860 boys and four... Ah, who can keep them straight? 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:07.560 All I know is I'm always tripping over somebody. 00:04:09.689 --> 00:04:13.189 Ten kids in 12 years. You can't tell me it isn't 00:04:13.189 --> 00:04:15.169 exciting to hear there's gonna be a new baby. 00:04:15.250 --> 00:04:18.290 Oh, yeah Yeah, I know it's gonna be a kid little 00:04:18.290 --> 00:04:20.870 wet its pants and keep me up half the night That's 00:04:20.870 --> 00:04:23.610 another mouth. I got a feed. Yeah. Well guys, 00:04:23.649 --> 00:04:28.370 I got a ride. I'll see you tomorrow You know 00:04:28.370 --> 00:04:32.029 Betty it's funny People who don't want kids can't 00:04:32.029 --> 00:04:34.129 stand kids can't afford them can't raise them 00:04:34.129 --> 00:04:41.060 They can help getting kids whereas Well, I guess 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:43.240 there just isn't any justice in this world there 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.120 may be no justice Jerry, but there's always hope 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.180 How long have you been married? Hmm right after 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:52.120 I get out of the army It'll be nine years the 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:53.680 fella used to come in here and they were married 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:57.500 15 years before they had their first Am I really 00:04:57.500 --> 00:05:00.860 out of the army nine years? Tell me Patty. You're 00:05:00.860 --> 00:05:03.199 an old philosopher. Where does it go? Huh? Down 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:05.680 the hatch and try another. Yeah, don't mind if 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:12.779 I do. Oh Wait on the paying customer first where 00:05:12.779 --> 00:05:18.160 a fellow Standing at the end of the bar What 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:20.240 are you saying Jerry? There's nobody standing 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:24.459 at the end in the brown hat and a raincoat Now 00:05:24.459 --> 00:05:30.660 Jerry, what do you say? No? That's Paul tell 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:33.500 me what's the matter Jerry Jerry listen to me. 00:05:33.500 --> 00:05:38.930 There's no more He was just standing here. Where'd 00:05:38.930 --> 00:05:43.610 he go? Where is he? Jerry, where is who? Are 00:05:43.610 --> 00:05:47.050 you all right, Jerry? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I'm all 00:05:47.050 --> 00:05:53.490 right. But I saw him. Who? The guy I was in the 00:05:53.490 --> 00:05:58.129 army with. The two of you. Were you close? He 00:05:58.129 --> 00:06:01.250 was my buddy. Well, when was the last time you 00:06:01.250 --> 00:06:06.310 saw him in person? The night he was killed. Have 00:06:06.310 --> 00:06:10.120 you? Have you ever seen him again? Like you thought 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.740 you did just now? No. No, this is the first time. 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:16.579 Well, maybe you need a rest, Jerry. Patty, why 00:06:16.579 --> 00:06:19.019 now? Why tonight after all these years? Well, 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:21.459 you say you saw him last the night he died in 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:24.959 battle. Well, the sight of him dead must have 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.079 stayed with you always. But that's not how I 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:29.399 just saw him, Patty. He wasn't in uniform. He 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.139 was in civilian clothes. You might have pictured 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:34.899 him as he looked at a happier time. I never saw 00:06:34.899 --> 00:06:38.180 him in civilian clothes. We met in the army. 00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:43.120 And Patty, I didn't see him as he was then. We 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.860 were both kids, about 20. I saw him the way he'd 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:50.740 look today, about 30. His face was more mature. 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:55.399 Jerry, are you sure he's dead? He is dead, Patty. 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:12.300 I just saw him. I know I saw him. Jerry, it's 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:15.079 after midnight. Oh, I'm not finished, honey. 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:18.720 I have to clean up these reports, Marge. Honey, 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:21.620 a new rule has just been passed in this house. 00:07:22.100 --> 00:07:24.980 All paperwork shall be done in the daytime. Marge, 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:27.620 I have to call on customers. Be reasonable, huh? 00:07:27.819 --> 00:07:30.439 Am I the kind of wife who makes idle criticism? 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:33.980 No, indeed. Constructive suggestions, that's 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:37.060 my motto. Northeast distributors can solve all 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:39.779 your paperwork problems by hiring a girl. Honey, 00:07:39.860 --> 00:07:43.360 I'm lucky to have the job. No, Jerry. You're 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:47.120 not lucky. They're lucky. Well, everybody knows 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:49.839 you're a terrific salesman. Wait, you could get 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:52.600 another job tomorrow. More money, less headaches. 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.560 Honey, I couldn't walk out on Joe Keller. Why 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:57.439 not? Well, I'll never forget what that man did 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:00.470 for me. I came home from the army, a kid with 00:08:00.470 --> 00:08:02.670 no experience. I needed a job. He took a chance 00:08:02.670 --> 00:08:07.629 with me. Now he needs me. Well, I'm just worried 00:08:07.629 --> 00:08:11.009 about you, Jerry. You look so tired all the time. 00:08:11.029 --> 00:08:14.509 No, I'm in great shape. Will you go see Doc Steiner? 00:08:15.389 --> 00:08:19.250 I did, today. Oh, well, it's about time. You 00:08:19.250 --> 00:08:22.730 needed a checkup. Well, I didn't just go for 00:08:22.730 --> 00:08:26.829 the checkup, honey. I went for the other thing. 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:32.840 Jerry... Well, he said some people, men... Well, 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:35.580 they're okay in every way, but it just doesn't 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:39.460 work out for them. Jerry, it's all right. No, 00:08:39.460 --> 00:08:44.100 no, no, honey. It's all my fault. Honey... It's... 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:46.860 Well, it's just unlikely there can ever be any 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:51.799 kids. He said unlikely. What he meant was impossible. 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:55.990 We've got each other? Yeah. If only you didn't 00:08:55.990 --> 00:09:00.970 want a child so badly. Now we'll definitely think 00:09:00.970 --> 00:09:05.649 about adopting, okay? Yeah, okay. Sometimes that 00:09:05.649 --> 00:09:09.649 works out even better. Come on, honey, let me 00:09:09.649 --> 00:09:13.929 see you smile. Marge, Marge, Marge, I don't know 00:09:13.929 --> 00:09:17.809 what I'd do without you. Oh, that makes us even. 00:09:18.850 --> 00:09:22.600 I don't know what I'd do without you. Come on 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:24.740 get to bed. Yeah, I'll just have a cigarette 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:30.279 I mean watch it turn on the music to make sure 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:33.679 you don't try to sneak in some work. I know you 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:37.019 can't concentrate I'll just be a couple of minutes, 00:09:37.059 --> 00:09:51.559 honey Let's hear that password. Paul, is that 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:55.940 you? Jerry. Hey, climb down the hole, make yourself 00:09:55.940 --> 00:10:00.679 at home. Man, I'm so beat I can't even remember 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.539 the password. That's all right. I don't even 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:06.120 know what it is. Got a cigarette? What'd they 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:10.279 want back at the CP, Jerry? A patrol. You going? 00:10:10.539 --> 00:10:12.899 Yep. But you went out yesterday. Well, maybe 00:10:12.899 --> 00:10:15.179 I better write to my congressman, huh? I don't 00:10:15.179 --> 00:10:17.379 have any more cigarettes. Here, finish this one. 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.169 Paul. Paul I don't know if I can go out again. 00:10:21.549 --> 00:10:23.330 We're being relieved tomorrow. We were promised 00:10:23.330 --> 00:10:25.190 a rest I just don't know if I can go out again, 00:10:25.289 --> 00:10:28.610 but you ain't going out Jerry Didn't you hear? 00:10:29.350 --> 00:10:31.809 I'm gone. Oh, no, no, I'll say you and I made 00:10:31.809 --> 00:10:34.889 a trade Oh Paul, I can't let some other guy do 00:10:34.889 --> 00:10:39.730 I'm not some other guy I'm your buddy What's 00:10:39.730 --> 00:10:53.850 a matter Jerry? You never did it Can I have a 00:10:53.850 --> 00:10:58.490 drag on that butt, Jerry? Paul. Paul, you're 00:10:58.490 --> 00:11:03.370 alive. I'm alive, Jerry. I'm here with you. In 00:11:03.370 --> 00:11:06.070 your living room. No, you can't be here. I went 00:11:06.070 --> 00:11:08.029 out after it. I found your body. I carried it 00:11:08.029 --> 00:11:12.009 back. Maybe it wasn't you. It was me. But you 00:11:12.009 --> 00:11:15.950 were dead. You were killed. Yes, Jerry. I was 00:11:15.950 --> 00:11:19.629 killed. Jerry, will you turn that radio off and 00:11:19.629 --> 00:11:23.470 come to bed? Marge, he's here. Who's here? Can't 00:11:23.470 --> 00:11:27.970 you see him? Jerry, I don't see anyone Paul. 00:11:28.009 --> 00:11:31.730 Why can't she see you she will they all will 00:11:31.730 --> 00:11:37.429 when later I? Have to go now Jerry. No, no Paul 00:11:37.429 --> 00:11:43.009 Paul. Tell us you think I'm crazy Paul, but He's 00:11:43.009 --> 00:11:47.529 gone much he's gone Jerry Honey, what's going 00:11:47.529 --> 00:11:50.470 on here? He was here. He was right here. Now, 00:11:50.529 --> 00:11:52.009 you've got to believe that. I'm not drunk and 00:11:52.009 --> 00:11:54.470 I'm not crazy. I believe you. I believe you, 00:11:54.529 --> 00:11:58.889 Jerry. Now, here, just sit down. Don't do anything. 00:11:59.169 --> 00:12:19.539 Don't say anything. But can a doctor help what 00:12:19.539 --> 00:12:23.279 ails Jerry? In a moment we'll return to Jerry 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:29.440 and Marge and Paul when we listen to Act Two. 00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:45.580 And now, Act Two of the bullet. Let us trace 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:49.519 the path of the bullet. We have a worried Marge 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:53.639 a concerned dr. Steiner and a distracted Jerry 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:57.039 tell me about this man Paul you called in Jerry. 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.259 I said we were buddies doctor that tells it all 00:12:59.259 --> 00:13:02.460 Jerry, please don't be so hostile Dr. Steiner's 00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:05.960 only trying to help you were buddies You came 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:10.120 back alive, and he didn't yo There's an extensive 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:12.360 medical literature on the subject. Oh, I'm sure 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:15.740 there is I'm not being hostile Marge. I know 00:13:15.740 --> 00:13:19.529 I saw Of course you saw him. Well, finally. But 00:13:19.529 --> 00:13:21.809 that doesn't mean he was there. You see, Jerry, 00:13:22.789 --> 00:13:25.730 the death of a wartime comrade remains an eternal 00:13:25.730 --> 00:13:29.309 reproach. All who survive are sentenced forever 00:13:29.309 --> 00:13:31.769 to feelings of guilt. No, no, no. Doctor, the 00:13:31.769 --> 00:13:34.289 wars are fought by kids in foxholes. The literature 00:13:34.289 --> 00:13:36.269 is written by doctors and officers. That's hardly 00:13:36.269 --> 00:13:38.470 fair, Jerry. I'm the authority on war, Doctor, 00:13:38.490 --> 00:13:40.850 because I was a kid in a foxhole and I don't 00:13:40.850 --> 00:13:43.389 feel guilty about... about my buddy. You don't? 00:13:43.389 --> 00:13:49.200 No. Tell me why. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:54.539 Try me. All right. You see, there's a bullet, 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:59.299 and it's designed especially for you. And if 00:13:59.299 --> 00:14:01.299 it's your bullet, it'll find you no matter where 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:03.379 you are. You can't evade it, you can't avoid 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:05.700 it. It was meant for you. It was meant to be. 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:10.019 You and the bullet. Both of you were dust, originally. 00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:13.659 You were dust because the Bible says so. And 00:14:13.659 --> 00:14:15.840 the bullet was also just dust in the ground. 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:19.620 Well that bullet was mined and refined and cast 00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:22.019 into metal it was shaped into a slug and joined 00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:24.720 with a shell It was one of billions of bullets, 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:28.059 but it was yours all yours and at the right time 00:14:28.059 --> 00:14:30.759 At the right time there'd be a tremendous explosion 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.240 of gases in a narrow chamber And a bullet would 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:35.399 be torn loose from the shell case and spun around 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:37.460 the grooves of a gun barrel and hurled through 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:41.399 space This is the bullet you don't hear You don't 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.500 hear it, doctor. You don't hear it whine past 00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:45.860 your ear or ping or for rock or thwack against 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:49.240 a tree. That's because it's your very own bullet. 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.480 It's coming to meet you, or you're gonna meet 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:55.000 it. It's been arranged, you see? It's an appointment 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.139 that can never be broken. The dust that had become 00:14:58.139 --> 00:15:00.019 the bullet would encounter the dust that had 00:15:00.019 --> 00:15:03.580 become you. And after a while, after a while 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:07.019 both of you would become dust once again and 00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:12.330 return to the ground. Your original home. Jerry, 00:15:12.669 --> 00:15:14.929 I know you're overworked, you're overwrought, 00:15:15.049 --> 00:15:17.830 you're overtired. I keep telling him to slow 00:15:17.830 --> 00:15:20.570 down. Okay, okay, I know I'm under a strain. 00:15:21.090 --> 00:15:23.190 I know I'm working too hard, but what can I do? 00:15:23.669 --> 00:15:27.009 Jerry, try to understand. Right now you're having 00:15:27.009 --> 00:15:29.330 what is popularly known as a nervous breakdown. 00:15:30.429 --> 00:15:34.590 This alleged visitor from another world. I say 00:15:34.590 --> 00:15:38.309 he's an illusion. I say you have subconscious 00:15:38.309 --> 00:15:40.509 feelings about him which you're not aware of. 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:43.159 And I say they burst through because of heavy 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:44.940 pressure on your nervous system. Yeah, I knew 00:15:44.940 --> 00:15:48.879 you'd say that. Prove me wrong. How? Go away. 00:15:49.580 --> 00:16:03.679 Get out from under. Rest a while. Relax. Oh, 00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:07.100 honey, this looks like a good spot. You want 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:09.120 to stop here and try for some fish? Well, Morridge, 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:11.419 I think I'd like to go back and play nine holes 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:14.639 this afternoon. Great. I need more practice with 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:18.759 my irons. Honey, you know, you've been getting 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:20.399 a lot of sun. Maybe you'd better take it easy 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.000 for a few hours. And besides, you have an appointment 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:27.139 with... Oh, what's that name? Biscayne Appliances. 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:30.620 See, Jerry, I wasn't sleeping when you called 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:32.379 that number this morning. No, Morridge, I've 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:34.620 been good all month. I was just getting restless. 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:37.889 That's all. Look, they're a big chain down here. 00:16:37.929 --> 00:16:40.129 If I can open them up, I'll justify the trip. 00:16:40.710 --> 00:16:44.789 Justify? To whom? Why do you have to justify 00:16:44.789 --> 00:16:47.350 anything? Isn't your health important enough? 00:16:47.490 --> 00:16:50.629 Honey, Joe Keller was very nice about it. Joe 00:16:50.629 --> 00:16:56.230 Keller had no choice. Marge... Honey, Steiner 00:16:56.230 --> 00:17:00.149 was right. I was beat. I don't know how I managed 00:17:00.149 --> 00:17:03.659 to drag myself along. So, I did the right thing. 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:06.819 I chucked it all. Now I'm fit, see? I never felt 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:09.079 better in my life, and I'm raring to go. Great. 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:12.539 In a month or two, we may think about going back. 00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:15.440 I'm not used to being idle, honey. Neither am 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:21.200 I. But I am learning to love it. Oh, boy. Why 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.059 didn't I meet you when I was young? Young? Jerry, 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:27.920 you weren't even 21. No, I was already made when 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:31.410 we met. I had already become what I was going 00:17:31.410 --> 00:17:34.410 to be. You know, I've got a certain amount of 00:17:34.410 --> 00:17:37.609 ability. A tremendous amount, Jerry. But I'm 00:17:37.609 --> 00:17:41.890 not confident, honey. I doubt myself. I guess 00:17:41.890 --> 00:17:43.730 I didn't have very much encouragement when I 00:17:43.730 --> 00:17:46.410 was a kid. You know, my brother was a great athlete. 00:17:46.529 --> 00:17:50.210 My sister was a great beauty. I was kind of clumsy 00:17:50.210 --> 00:17:54.210 and funny -looking. Anyway, Frank and Alice were 00:17:54.210 --> 00:17:56.869 sent to college. When my turn came, the money 00:17:56.869 --> 00:17:59.720 had run out. Well, maybe they thought I wasn't 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:03.839 worth the effort That's why I enlisted when I 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:05.759 was 18. I had to get away from the house and 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:10.920 my father There was no place else to go You never 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:14.519 told me this honey. I decided if I ever had a 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:19.819 kid I'd never make jokes at his expense or tear 00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:24.039 him down in any way. I Know how these things 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:27.759 cut inside where it doesn't show I would do everything 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:32.640 to build him up and give him confidence. I will 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:35.960 never, never have any real confidence, Marge. 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:39.640 Oh, yes, you will. No, no, no, baby. You won't 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:43.400 get it from a pep talk. I think we can go back 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.839 home now, Marge. All right, on one condition. 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:51.980 You'll just have to slow down. I promise. And 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:54.200 honey, there's only one way you can really slow 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:57.359 down. That's to get a partnership from Joe Kelly. 00:18:57.819 --> 00:19:00.960 Don't you deserve it? Of course I do. Well, we're 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.480 going to adopt a child. Which means I'll quit 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:08.200 my job and you're not going to spend time on 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:11.559 the road. That kid will need both of us, won't 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:17.880 he? Yes. Yes, honey, he will. Then we need that 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:35.930 partnership, don't we? like a million bucks. 00:19:36.210 --> 00:19:38.609 That's two percent for cash, of course. Yeah, 00:19:38.609 --> 00:19:41.609 Joe. Hold it, hold it. Ramona, no calls. I'm 00:19:41.609 --> 00:19:46.190 in a meeting. I can't be disturbed. Well, anyhow, 00:19:46.349 --> 00:19:49.430 Joe, hello. I want you to take it easy for a 00:19:49.430 --> 00:19:51.309 while, you hear? Yeah, I'm ready for action, 00:19:51.470 --> 00:19:53.170 Joe. Oh, you think you're ready. Now listen, 00:19:53.490 --> 00:19:55.349 I know you had a lot of expenses. I want you 00:19:55.349 --> 00:19:57.990 to take this little check. It's only 500. I'm 00:19:57.990 --> 00:19:59.529 strapped for cash this week. I had to pop for 00:19:59.529 --> 00:20:02.549 a whole new computer center. But anyway, I decided 00:20:02.549 --> 00:20:05.130 to increase your bonus to five percent that'll 00:20:05.130 --> 00:20:07.490 amount of pretty sweet raise. Huh? No, Joe Don't 00:20:07.490 --> 00:20:09.730 don't thank me kid. You're entitled to it. We 00:20:09.730 --> 00:20:11.450 got to make sure you don't get sick again Joe 00:20:11.450 --> 00:20:14.349 I have to talk with you. Well sure kid. What 00:20:14.349 --> 00:20:17.609 about well, it's Personal and important. Well, 00:20:17.609 --> 00:20:27.990 let me buy you lunch Well Jerry What are we gonna 00:20:27.990 --> 00:20:29.990 talk about? I'm fresh out of polite conversation. 00:20:32.650 --> 00:20:37.549 Joe... Joe, I want a partnership. No, you don't, 00:20:37.730 --> 00:20:39.650 Jerry. But Joe... No, no, no. Don't interrupt. 00:20:41.309 --> 00:20:45.309 You don't want one. You'd like one. Two different 00:20:45.309 --> 00:20:48.670 things. I don't nitpick, Joe. You'd like a partnership. 00:20:49.569 --> 00:20:52.190 Which means it would be swell. Great if you had 00:20:52.190 --> 00:20:56.670 it. But want is something else. It means lack. 00:20:57.159 --> 00:21:00.759 It means need. I know you'd like to own a business, 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:05.660 but you're not cut out to be an owner. Why? Because 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:09.480 an owner is an officer. And in your heart, you'll 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.980 always be an enlisted man. Tell me, could you 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.779 ever fire a guy because you could get someone 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:17.640 else cheaper? If an old customer, a good friend, 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:19.559 was getting slow paying bills, could you cut 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:24.500 him off? Thousands of guys like you go bankrupt 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:31.980 every year. Get nice sweet big -hearted But you 00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:34.140 don't have the guts business need well, I'd like 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:36.839 to remind you of the value myself I know it to 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.660 the penny Jerry and you're well paid for well. 00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:42.160 I'm worth more now you are You got a sweet raise 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:46.200 this morning Joe Joe don't don't think I'm not 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.839 grateful You gave me my first break, but I think 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:52.900 I can do better elsewhere Where anywhere? Consolidated 00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.720 Freeman and singer should I go down the list? 00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:57.680 Oh, they'd love to have you Jerry What do they 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:01.359 pay? They handle the nationally advertised brands. 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:03.599 What did you be there glorified or to take it? 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:06.700 They don't need your full selling ability so 00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:09.960 they don't have to pay a full price for it Sure 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:12.839 with me you push out all the schlock. It's rough 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:17.140 But you get top dollar There's 20 outfits like 00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:19.079 mine. They grab you tomorrow, but where's improvement? 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:23.900 They won't pay you more At least here you got 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:27.490 nine years equity in a pension plan You and me 00:22:27.490 --> 00:22:31.650 are used to each other. Besides, I really like 00:22:31.650 --> 00:22:37.750 you. Sometimes I feel like a father to you, Jerry. 00:22:45.109 --> 00:22:48.960 It was a fiasco, Patty, a fiasco. And how do 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:51.599 I break it to Moritz? Oh, what's it all about, 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:53.779 Jerry? Well, at least I don't have to put up 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:55.599 with Ed Clark tonight. I think I'd punch him 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:57.819 right in the mouth. We'll be deprived of his 00:22:57.819 --> 00:23:00.400 wonderful company in the next two weeks. He's 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:03.480 tooling that trailer into the southwest. Hello, 00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:10.759 Jerry. Patty. Patty, is someone standing behind 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:15.839 me? No, Jerry. Paul, will you tell me why? I'll 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:20.470 tell you everything, Jerry. When? So... I think 00:23:20.470 --> 00:23:23.769 maybe tonight... Paul, why do you keep popping 00:23:23.769 --> 00:23:28.369 in like this? I don't know, buddy. I can't control 00:23:28.369 --> 00:23:33.829 that. Yeah, but Paul... Paul... Paul... Patty, 00:23:33.869 --> 00:23:36.789 don't you see anyone? No, Jerry. You didn't hear 00:23:36.789 --> 00:23:40.180 anyone talking to me either? No. Patty Patty, 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:43.059 do you think I'm crazy? Maybe you should see 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:45.819 a doctor. I saw a doctor. Well, how about one 00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:49.619 of them? Psychiatrist fellas, I never even told 00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:53.720 my wife. I did see a psychiatrist But after a 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:55.640 while I figured why pay him 50 bucks an hour 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:57.559 when I can come in here and talk to you for nothing 00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:00.019 Well, there must be more to them fellas than 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:03.680 that. Oh sure He said that the roots of my problem 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:08.980 go back to my unhappy childhood But Patty, I 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:12.259 have a brother, Frank, who feels terribly insecure. 00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:15.200 He goes to a psychiatrist, too. Why? He had a 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:18.019 happy childhood. Well, put it this way. If you 00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:21.480 see someone, and I don't, the floor can be in 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:27.940 me and not in you. Drink? No, no. I better go 00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:47.640 home and face the music. Let's go someplace and 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:52.180 talk. Where? Let's go to the parking lot and 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:56.519 sit in your car. It's cold. That won't bother 00:24:56.519 --> 00:25:01.019 you, will it? Not yet. Turn the heater on for 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:04.440 yourself. When will everyone else be able to 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:09.240 see you, Paul? In two weeks. That's great. No. 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:17.900 It ain't. Why not? Because... You'll be dead. 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:28.980 Because you'll be dead. Cold words from a warm 00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:33.039 friend. The chill inside the car becomes intense, 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:36.279 but Jerry knows there's no point in turning on 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:40.460 the heater. We'll rejoin these two friends when 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:57.690 I return shortly with Act 3. And now we return 00:25:57.690 --> 00:26:01.769 to the final act of the bullet and a reunion 00:26:01.769 --> 00:26:05.250 of two war buddies who haven't seen each other 00:26:05.250 --> 00:26:09.410 in almost nine years. Jerry Price, who is alive, 00:26:10.309 --> 00:26:15.809 and Paul Gardner, who is dead. The heater in 00:26:15.809 --> 00:26:18.369 this car doesn't do much good. You're shivering. 00:26:18.690 --> 00:26:21.829 Why am I gonna be dead, Paul? Remember the night 00:26:21.829 --> 00:26:24.079 I went out on the patrol? Yeah. I'll remember 00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:26.440 that night as long as I live. I completed my 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:30.740 job. I was headed back. And then I felt something 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:36.420 smash against my head. And I knew. I knew I just 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:40.180 met the bullet. You know, the bullet we used 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:42.039 to talk about? I bet you don't remember. No, 00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:45.140 I remember. I remember. I felt it slam into me. 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:50.180 And then... I didn't know anything anymore. When 00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.920 the guys told me, I went out to get you, Paul. 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:54.960 Yeah, I might have known you would. One minute, 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:59.500 I was moving through a rice paddy. And the next 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:03.519 minute, I'm sitting in an office. And I knew 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:06.319 a lot of time had gone by. Don't ask me how, 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:10.079 I knew, that's all. A man was talking to me. 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:14.400 What kind of man? You know, the type that's a 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:16.759 clerk in the government or a big corporation, 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.539 fussy, self -important. Everything's got to be 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:21.859 in the right place. He doesn't even look at me, 00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:26.079 he's got a piece of paper. He says, Paul Gardner, 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:31.480 you're going back. You should not have died that 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:34.960 night. The computation was for you to survive. 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:41.539 The plan was for you to marry a girl named Marjorie 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:46.099 Stone. I married Marjorie Stone? Yeah, I told 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:49.519 the guy. I want no part of it. And he gives me 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:51.759 a look, this clerk does. Like he couldn't care 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:55.480 less about me or you or anybody else. And he 00:27:55.480 --> 00:28:00.059 says, come with me. He leads me to a door. It 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:03.920 opens. And all I can hear is a hum and a clicking. 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:07.740 And all I can see is a computer. I mean, there's 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:09.779 no end to the thing. That's all you can see is 00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:14.180 computer. And he says, there it is, friend. City 00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:18.460 Hall. Go fight it. By this time I'm shaken. That 00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:20.599 machine scared the pants off me. You couldn't 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:22.880 see the top nor the bottom of it. There was no 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.619 end to it. Just the machine wherever the eye 00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:29.559 could see. Well, uh, then what happened? This 00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:34.200 clerk, he tells me there's a plan. A capital 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:40.859 P plan. It calls for me to come home. Not you. 00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:43.480 Yeah, well, maybe that's fair, Paul. You were 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:46.519 always the better man. No. You got more on the 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:49.460 ball. You never got a break, that's all. I had 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:51.759 the chance to go to school, become somebody. 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:54.319 I could have gone into the old man's business, 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.339 become the biggest hardware dealer in Atlanta. 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:00.339 You and me. We both run away to join the Army. 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:03.880 You because you had nothing. Me because I had 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:08.039 everything. But why are you coming back? Because 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:11.660 Marge and I are supposed to have a boy. A certain 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:15.640 kind of a boy. He'll grow up... I don't know, 00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:19.059 discover something, create something, or be somebody 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:22.079 the world needs, real bad. They wouldn't tell 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:26.019 me what. Anyhow, 40, 50 years from now, he has 00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:29.279 to be here. And of all the millions of men and 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:32.980 women, he could only be born to me and Marge. 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:40.720 Where... when am I leaving? I told you. In two 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:46.730 weeks. How? Nine o 'clock at night a trailer 00:29:46.730 --> 00:29:50.329 truck will go past patty noon and saloon just 00:29:50.329 --> 00:29:54.869 as You're crossing the street, but why does it 00:29:54.869 --> 00:29:59.650 have to be like that? because You don't know 00:29:59.650 --> 00:30:01.329 how careful these things are figured you could 00:30:01.329 --> 00:30:04.869 get killed a million ways, but the plan calls 00:30:04.869 --> 00:30:09.349 for a truck Driven by a guy named Ed Clark. I 00:30:09.349 --> 00:30:11.369 know it Clark. He doesn't have a good record 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:13.859 So it'll be easy to prove he's a careless driver. 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.720 He works for a big outfit, so Marge will have 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:18.819 a good settlement. But why? I still don't understand. 00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:21.740 She'll need the money. You see, I won't be a 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:25.460 good father. Not as good as you, for sure. Oh, 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:29.200 I'll love the kid. I'll love Marge, but I won't 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:33.259 be there a lot. You know me. I have to keep moving. 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:35.940 But if you know how important it is for the kid... 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:39.579 I won't know. Once I'm alive, I won't remember 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:42.359 any of this. And you say it's all figured out, 00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:45.759 maybe not. The human element. How can the machine 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:49.140 predict Marge would go for you, huh? With all 00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:52.819 due respect, Jerry. Did I ever have any trouble 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:55.539 landing any dame I had my sights on? With all 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:58.059 due respect, I can't see Marge falling for your 00:30:58.059 --> 00:31:01.960 line of chatter. She will, Jerry. I'll be there 00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:04.680 when she's having a bad time. She'll be all alone. 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:08.000 She'll need somebody. Things will take their 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:11.619 natural course. Sure, she'll see through my line, 00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:16.000 but after a while, she'll get to like it. I'm 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.599 different. You're quiet. I raise hell. You let 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:23.779 things eat at your insides, not me. I pop off. 00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:27.339 Maybe my way's no better in the long run. And 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:30.740 she's married to you, and she loves you. But 00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:35.660 deep in her heart, she loves my way better. She'll 00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:39.619 fall in love with me. Jerry, you have to believe 00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:44.680 I don't want to do this. But it was your bullet, 00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:56.599 not mine. Jerry? What are you thinking about? 00:31:57.700 --> 00:32:00.299 A guy downstate wants to cancel a carload of 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:04.039 refrigerators. So I'm figuring an approach. Didn't 00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:07.000 we agree no more work at home? Well, honey, this 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:10.099 is just thinking did you talk to Joe Keller about 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:13.960 the partnership? Yeah, and he said no Did you 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:19.460 give him notice? He gave me a raise Okay Marge, 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:21.599 why don't you mix us a drink honey aren't you 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:23.819 gonna say anything? Mm -hmm. Don't put in too 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.900 much ice March, please. You don't understand. 00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:29.779 I understand I Married a certain kind of man 00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:33.529 and you're stuck with him. No I'll stick by him, 00:32:33.930 --> 00:32:36.769 because I love him. Would you have wanted a guy 00:32:36.769 --> 00:32:38.910 who'd barge into Joe Keller's office and say, 00:32:39.230 --> 00:32:40.990 Joe, either give me half the joint or I'll open 00:32:40.990 --> 00:32:42.630 up across the street and run you out of business? 00:32:42.950 --> 00:32:44.710 Oh, come on, Sharon. Answer me, Marge. I have 00:32:44.710 --> 00:32:49.369 to know. Well, maybe I did. Why didn't you marry 00:32:49.369 --> 00:32:52.910 him? He never showed up. So you settled for me. 00:32:53.690 --> 00:32:57.119 That's what's known as falling in love. Come 00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:59.640 on, honey. Take me to the movie. No, no, I don't 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:01.579 want to take you to the movies Let's go downtown 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:03.900 and see a play, but that's a lot of money. Are 00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:07.180 you gonna worry about money? Look this weekend. 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:09.859 Would you like to fly out to say Snow Valley? 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:14.420 Yeah, how about Las Vegas? What's gotten into 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:16.740 you honey? We're gonna have two weeks of the 00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:21.039 most fantastic Why two weeks? Oh what what's 00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:29.970 so special? you me I just want to spend the rest 00:33:29.970 --> 00:33:41.750 of my life having a ball with you. Well, hello, 00:33:42.049 --> 00:33:44.950 stranger. Haven't seen you. Why, it must be weeks. 00:33:45.190 --> 00:33:47.309 Where have you been? Oh, giving Morge a good 00:33:47.309 --> 00:33:50.109 time. Well, I must say it's done wonders for 00:33:50.109 --> 00:33:54.779 you. You look so calm. Do I? Do you ever see 00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:59.559 the little guy who wasn't there? No, well, that's 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:03.559 good. Let's drink to it Jerry if I'm not being 00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:07.819 forward What did he want from you? You wouldn't 00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:11.860 believe it Patty. Do you believe it? Well, I 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:14.260 just dropped in to say hello Patty and goodbye 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:18.340 Jerry. Yeah Something's the matter with you. 00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:22.829 Well, I I understand Ed Clark is due back here 00:34:22.829 --> 00:34:24.869 tonight. I don't want to run into him. I just 00:34:24.869 --> 00:34:26.449 don't want to talk to him. Well, if that's how 00:34:26.449 --> 00:34:29.889 you feel, I'll bar him from the joint. Now, Jerry, 00:34:30.369 --> 00:34:32.750 something's wrong with you. No, no, no, nothing, 00:34:32.949 --> 00:34:35.030 Pat. Now, look, I'm an old soldier, Jerry. I 00:34:35.030 --> 00:34:37.329 can tell. No, it's really nothing. Really is 00:34:37.329 --> 00:34:41.030 it? No, Jerry, you've got a look on your face. 00:34:41.170 --> 00:34:43.269 What kind of look? I've seen it before in the 00:34:43.269 --> 00:34:46.650 war. I've seen it on men who go out on the impossible 00:34:46.650 --> 00:34:49.650 mission. The look of men who know they're not 00:34:49.650 --> 00:34:53.960 coming back. The resigned look. What are you 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:56.440 resigned to, Jerry? You have a vivid imagination. 00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:59.719 I have an imagination. Jerry, whatever it is, 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:02.699 don't be resigned to it. Fight it. You can't 00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:05.519 fight city life. I knew it. You're in a fight, 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:09.079 Jerry. Well, you can fight anybody. You're an 00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:11.699 ex -combat soldier, and you weren't afraid of 00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:14.039 anything. When you were out there, you faced 00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:17.619 up to death, hunger, despair. What happened to 00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:21.590 you, Jerry? Where did you lose it? Face up to 00:35:21.590 --> 00:35:25.650 it now Whoever he is spit in his eye Patty. I 00:35:25.650 --> 00:35:28.710 can't do anything Jerry I'm gonna throw you out 00:35:28.710 --> 00:35:31.630 of here for your own good now leave leave town 00:35:31.630 --> 00:35:34.369 Go far away for a while fight it Jerry fight 00:35:34.369 --> 00:35:37.349 it Patty Patty wherever I go listen told Patty 00:35:37.349 --> 00:35:40.449 just take off Don't you see there's a plan who 00:35:40.449 --> 00:35:43.110 cares put up a fight. Why are you so upset Patty, 00:35:43.309 --> 00:35:47.769 huh? I don't know but listen to me fight now 00:35:47.769 --> 00:36:18.110 I'll get out of here It's Jerry. I decided to 00:36:18.110 --> 00:36:20.409 fight it. Good boy, Jerry. You know, Patty, there's 00:36:20.409 --> 00:36:21.829 something about your place. I don't know how 00:36:21.829 --> 00:36:24.530 to say it, but I feel stronger, better, away 00:36:24.530 --> 00:36:26.409 from it. Well, I don't mind. So I'm gonna fight. 00:36:26.710 --> 00:36:28.909 What have I got to lose, huh? Why should I do 00:36:28.909 --> 00:36:31.530 what he tells me? Why should I believe him? I 00:36:31.530 --> 00:36:34.030 don't know what it is, but I agree. I'll see 00:36:34.030 --> 00:36:45.219 you around, Patty. Who you calling Jerry Marge 00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:51.760 I have to Jerry Don't do it this way There'll 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.320 be a hundred other people on that plane do it 00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:57.000 the way it has to be done Paul I have to fight 00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:00.019 you why because it isn't fair Was it fair for 00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:03.659 me to stop your bullet? Come on Jerry Ed Clark 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:05.900 will be tooling by patties in less than an hour 00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:23.090 I'll help you buddy Hello? Hello? What is it, 00:37:23.090 --> 00:37:26.050 Mr. Noonan? I called you and I hope it wasn't 00:37:26.050 --> 00:37:29.710 out of turn, Mrs. Price. It's about Jerry. What 00:37:29.710 --> 00:37:32.409 about Jerry? He's sitting back there in a booth. 00:37:32.670 --> 00:37:35.210 Now, wait. Don't go to him yet. He's in trouble. 00:37:35.710 --> 00:37:39.170 Why, it can't be. We've had such a glorious two 00:37:39.170 --> 00:37:42.239 weeks. He's in trouble. Well, what kind of trouble? 00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:45.920 I don't know. We have to help him somehow. Isn't 00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:50.440 that Buddy? I think so. Well, the time has come 00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:52.579 to lay that nonsense to rest once and for all, 00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:55.599 and I'm going to... That won't work. Agree with 00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:58.960 him. Show him anything he wants is okay with 00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:02.539 you. Don't fight him. All we can give him is 00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:09.519 love. Hi, honey. Hi. Buy me a drink. Oh, sure. 00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:13.400 You know, I never knew you had those little gold 00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:16.460 highlights in your hair. Oh, I'm using a different 00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:19.739 bottle this week. I love you. I love you, too. 00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:24.260 And I want you to be with me always. Come on, 00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:28.800 Jerry. Let's start. No, not yet. Are you talking 00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:31.840 to me? The plan calls for it. How do I know there 00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:36.860 is a plan? Ask anybody. Ask Marge. Jerry, what 00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:40.840 are you talking about? Marge. March do you believe 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:43.559 there's a plan that determines the actions of 00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:47.300 everybody in the whole world? No, you sure I'm 00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:51.380 sure how do you think things work out? every 00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:55.920 which way Come on Jerry. It's time. No. No, I 00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:59.639 won't go where won't you go then March as far 00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:03.039 as you're concerned There isn't any plan. Oh, 00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:06.840 well Well, I what do you think Jerry? No, that's 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:14.340 not important. What do you think well? You can 00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:17.219 yes that you started me thinking there has to 00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:21.780 be a plan Otherwise you and am I we just never 00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:24.900 would have met Remember that day. Yeah. Yeah, 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:27.500 you were taking cash at Ryman's drugstore. That's 00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:30.639 the only reason I walked in there Well, I'd already 00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:34.119 given notice. I was going to leave and Then you 00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:37.380 walked in and asked Doc if you could open a charge 00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:42.260 Then and there I decided to stay and where Where 00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:46.610 were you going? Oh, away. Pull up stakes. Why? 00:39:47.570 --> 00:39:50.469 Well, my folks were gone. My friends were married. 00:39:50.809 --> 00:39:53.510 The neighborhood had changed. The girl I went 00:39:53.510 --> 00:39:57.190 to school with had a father, a construction engineer. 00:39:57.769 --> 00:40:00.349 He'd been transferred. Well, she took a job in 00:40:00.349 --> 00:40:02.730 his new office and she wrote and said she found 00:40:02.730 --> 00:40:04.969 a nice crowd. They needed secretaries down there. 00:40:05.110 --> 00:40:09.389 She could fix it up. Well, why not? I was set 00:40:09.389 --> 00:40:14.769 to go. But it was not to be. You came wandering 00:40:14.769 --> 00:40:18.989 into Rymans. Obviously, there's a master plan 00:40:18.989 --> 00:40:23.530 that rules our lives. And where was this wonderful 00:40:23.530 --> 00:40:27.849 place you almost went to? Atlanta. Atlanta? Oh, 00:40:28.110 --> 00:40:30.829 what's so remarkable about that, Jerry? It was 00:40:30.829 --> 00:40:33.210 definite you were going. Well, sure. And only 00:40:33.210 --> 00:40:39.030 because I... Only because you met me. Only because 00:40:39.030 --> 00:40:42.800 I met you. Otherwise, I'd have gone to Atlanta 00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:46.280 and married a southern millionaire. But evidently 00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:49.159 something had been planned for me. Aren't you 00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:53.599 flattered? I met you. And it changed my whole 00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:57.940 life. Are you ready to go now, Jerry? George, 00:40:57.980 --> 00:41:01.280 will you come with me? Yes, Jerry. Where do you 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:04.280 want to go? I have to do something. I'll come 00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:06.420 with you. No, no, wait here, darling, please. 00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:13.480 It's time, buddy. Just like going out on a patrol 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:17.000 Jerry where are you going? That's all right Patty. 00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:19.079 It's all right. I didn't want this buddy. I know 00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:22.760 I know I Don't want you to take my bullet either 00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:26.119 Goodbye Jerry. Yeah, goodbye. Take care of her 00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:48.909 for me. You know I will Let me throw this coat 00:41:48.909 --> 00:41:53.269 over you. She's gonna fade. It's all right. I've 00:41:53.269 --> 00:41:55.489 got her. We'll bring her into that bar where 00:41:55.489 --> 00:41:57.969 it's more warm. Give her a little stimulant. 00:41:59.210 --> 00:42:02.469 It's all right. Everything will be all right. 00:42:03.909 --> 00:42:12.969 Everything will be... It'll be all right. So 00:42:12.969 --> 00:42:16.090 many people preface what they believe with, it 00:42:16.090 --> 00:42:19.989 is written. It is written in the stars. It is 00:42:19.989 --> 00:42:23.690 written on the wind. And for so many like Jerry, 00:42:24.409 --> 00:42:28.130 it is written on the bullet. I'll be back shortly. 00:42:40.630 --> 00:42:44.989 I remember an old soldier once told me he wasn't 00:42:44.989 --> 00:42:47.519 worried about the bullet. that had his name on 00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:51.599 it. What really bothered him was the bullet marked, 00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:57.219 To Whom It May Concern. Our concern is mystery, 00:42:57.739 --> 00:43:03.059 excitement, suspense, thrills and chills. Our 00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:07.340 cast included Larry Haynes, E. V. Juster, Martin 00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:11.579 Newman, Ralph Bell, Leon Janney, and Danny Ako. 00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:14.420 The entire production was under the direction 00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:19.389 of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:43:19.389 --> 00:43:22.210 you to return to our mystery theater for another 00:43:22.210 --> 00:43:27.150 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:43:27.150 --> 00:43:27.829 dreams.