WEBVTT 00:00:15.779 --> 00:00:24.300 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. If only 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:28.539 I had to do it all over again is a constant cry 00:00:28.539 --> 00:00:31.640 from the human heart. And the implication is, 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:34.880 of course, that if some magical power could grant 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:38.219 the plea, how much better things would be handled. 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:42.759 Or, at the very least, how differently. But is 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:46.159 that a valid concept? Does it follow inevitably 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:48.880 that people could or would handle things better 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:59.479 a second time around? Brain injury, boys. Handle 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:05.359 with care. That's it. Nice and easy. Keeping 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:10.180 flat on the cart. How is he, Doc? Still breathing, 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:13.260 Sergeant. Touch and go. You want to stay with 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:17.500 it as we take him in? What's he saying? Search 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:19.879 me. Could hold up a minute so I can hear what 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:21.140 he's trying to tell me. Not a second, Sergeant. 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:24.000 Anything this guy has to tell you will be after 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.099 he's operated on, not before. If then. Sounds 00:01:28.099 --> 00:01:31.219 like he's talking with someone. Ask him for something. 00:01:31.739 --> 00:01:35.879 Yesterday. Something about yesterday. This baby 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:46.060 ought to be worrying about his tomorrow. Our 00:01:46.060 --> 00:01:48.980 mystery drama, The Man Who Asked for Yesterday, 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:51.819 was written especially for the Mystery Theater 00:01:51.819 --> 00:01:56.060 by Ian Martin and stars Mandel Kramer. It is 00:01:56.060 --> 00:01:58.760 sponsored in part by Anheuser -Busch Incorporated. 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:02.180 Brewer's a Budweiser. I'll be back shortly with 00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:17.080 Act One. The almost always misquoted quote by 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.740 an obscure poet is the theme of tonight's Spine 00:02:20.740 --> 00:02:25.419 Tingler. Backward, turn backward, oh time in 00:02:25.419 --> 00:02:28.939 thy flight. If you haven't spotted the misquote, 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:33.159 I'll clear it up for you later. Concentrate first 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:35.979 on the fascinating problem of a man with fatal 00:02:35.979 --> 00:02:39.719 brain injury who still finds time to talk to 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:44.300 himself. Are you taking him straight to surgery? 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:47.259 No, not yet. Pre -op first. And an operating 00:02:47.259 --> 00:02:50.460 team has to be assembled. Can I hang around on 00:02:50.460 --> 00:02:52.340 the chance while he's talking to himself I can 00:02:52.340 --> 00:02:54.539 get a lead and treat my guest? With that bullet 00:02:54.539 --> 00:02:57.180 in his brain, I doubt if even subconsciously 00:02:57.180 --> 00:03:00.280 he can track anymore. But he's still trying to 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:05.180 say something. To who? Us? Themself? Like daddy 00:03:05.180 --> 00:03:11.240 in the sky? I don't know. He may be louder. Oh, 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:14.680 if you could only... He sure ain't clearer. I'd 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:16.819 give a lot to know if he's really making any 00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:23.319 sense or what he's trying to say. I never had 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:29.900 a chance. I should have had a chance. Somebody 00:03:29.900 --> 00:03:34.879 should have given me a chance. What kind of chance, 00:03:35.300 --> 00:03:46.449 Smolt? Huh? Who? What? The cards were all stacked 00:03:46.449 --> 00:03:51.469 against me. I mean, how was I to know? The cards 00:03:51.469 --> 00:03:58.270 were stacked. So? Don't you see, if I'd even 00:03:58.270 --> 00:04:01.469 suspected for a moment, if I thought that my 00:04:01.469 --> 00:04:07.030 own wife... Now, what's the use? Don't give up 00:04:07.030 --> 00:04:09.810 yet, smart. Look, mister, I don't know who you 00:04:09.810 --> 00:04:15.189 are, and it's like I'm wasting my breath. But 00:04:15.189 --> 00:04:19.810 I can tell you something. If I could have yesterday 00:04:19.810 --> 00:04:27.189 to live over... Suppose you could. What would 00:04:27.189 --> 00:04:30.829 you change? You'd have to know what happened 00:04:30.829 --> 00:04:36.050 to me first. Suppose you could convince me that 00:04:36.050 --> 00:04:40.250 yesterday should be lived over. Would you be 00:04:40.250 --> 00:04:42.910 willing for me to give you that opportunity? 00:04:44.269 --> 00:04:48.829 If it were only possible. Well, tell me why you'd 00:04:48.829 --> 00:04:54.029 like to ask the yesterday over again. What have 00:04:54.029 --> 00:04:58.029 I got to lose? That's quite a leading question. 00:04:58.610 --> 00:05:01.329 One you'll have to answer for yourself. Do you 00:05:01.329 --> 00:05:09.089 want to tell me about yesterday? It started like 00:05:09.089 --> 00:05:12.829 any other day. The tight pull behind my eyes. 00:05:13.850 --> 00:05:17.350 The furry tongue, the shivery feeling of insecurity. 00:05:18.889 --> 00:05:21.370 Not just because my legs and my hands were shaky, 00:05:21.430 --> 00:05:24.149 but because my mind was sticky and not quite 00:05:24.149 --> 00:05:27.550 track, and because I had that sick, sick feeling 00:05:27.550 --> 00:05:30.990 that I'd fatal cherry again, that I was less 00:05:30.990 --> 00:05:36.790 than a wife should expect. Oh, not the cutting 00:05:36.790 --> 00:05:41.110 out loud more. You're alarmed to wake you up. 00:05:41.110 --> 00:05:46.660 Turn it off. Oh, oh. Sure, honey. Do you have 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:49.420 a bad night, baby? How would you expect? With 00:05:49.420 --> 00:05:53.620 you turning and twisting and moaning. I didn't 00:05:53.620 --> 00:05:55.199 sleep. I'm sorry, honey. It's just that I'm going 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:57.560 crazy. I don't know what I'm going to do. I thought 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:59.819 you said your horse had to come in today. It 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:03.100 has. It has. 15 straight days. The favorite has 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:04.680 run out of the money. The Lord of Averages has 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:09.500 got to catch up. So, today you'll win. And everything's 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:13.339 fine again. There's only one hitch. What? To 00:06:13.339 --> 00:06:15.579 put down a bet, you gotta have the scratch. I 00:06:15.579 --> 00:06:18.759 haven't got any. So, you'll borrow some? Yeah, 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:21.879 where? With Uncle Joe. He wouldn't give you some? 00:06:22.139 --> 00:06:24.439 Oh, come on, Sherry. You know my partner wouldn't 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:26.459 lend his mother a dime without good security, 00:06:26.500 --> 00:06:29.019 and I'm not even real family. Well, he always 00:06:29.019 --> 00:06:31.180 says you're like a son to him. Yeah, it's because 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:33.199 he let me buy a piece of the business so he could 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:35.240 have a diamond -cutter salary and work me ten 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:38.699 hours a day for free. I don't know why you let 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:41.040 him get away with it. Look. That's the callot 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:43.560 on the stick, sweetheart. He dangles it in front 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:46.860 of my nose every day. Like a son you are to me, 00:06:47.060 --> 00:06:50.000 Mort. Someday this is gonna be all yours. I wish 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.759 he'd die already. Ah, don't get your hopes up. 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:56.980 He's as tough as an old chew. Ah, I gotta get 00:06:56.980 --> 00:07:01.279 going. No, wait a minute, Mort. What? About the 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:05.639 bet. If you don't want to ask Uncle Joe, why 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:07.699 don't you borrow from the bank? Sherry, you know 00:07:07.699 --> 00:07:09.990 I've got no credit. Well, you've got the piece 00:07:09.990 --> 00:07:12.550 of the business. I've used that as collateral. 00:07:13.250 --> 00:07:16.970 Your insurance? That's tied up, too. Then you're 00:07:16.970 --> 00:07:19.350 really flat, huh? I'm up to my ears in Hockham 00:07:19.350 --> 00:07:22.769 with nothing. The only thing I've got left that's 00:07:22.769 --> 00:07:25.009 worth a cent is my body, and I wish to God I 00:07:25.009 --> 00:07:26.790 had the guts to fall out a window so at least 00:07:26.790 --> 00:07:30.230 you'd be able to... Oh, Hush. Hush, honey. Don't 00:07:30.230 --> 00:07:34.470 you dare talk like that. We'll work it out. You'll 00:07:34.470 --> 00:07:40.759 see. Oh. I don't deserve you, honey. Now, let's 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:45.100 not go into that. Look, why don't you take your 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:47.939 shower and shave, and you and me will get our 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:51.019 heads together over breakfast and see what we 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:53.060 can figure out. Oh, that's a good idea, honey. 00:07:53.100 --> 00:07:55.819 I won't be long. Take your time. You know, you're 00:07:55.819 --> 00:07:59.560 the best wife a man ever had. Just you keep thinking 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.920 that way. Gary? Whatever it is, it'll wait till 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:12.120 breakfast. Now get in the shower. I thought he'd 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:39.490 never move. Where we want him. Did he leave already? 00:08:39.970 --> 00:08:43.269 No, he's in the shower. But he finally admitted 00:08:43.269 --> 00:08:48.230 it this morning. He hit bottom. So do we go ahead? 00:08:49.009 --> 00:08:52.809 You know the deal, sugar. You can count on me. 00:08:53.090 --> 00:09:01.970 Then we move. More coffee, Mark? No, no, no. 00:09:03.450 --> 00:09:07.440 I wish we had more time to think. If only you'd 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:09.080 been here last night, at least I could have slept 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:12.759 on it. Oh, I'm sorry I was so late. But you know 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:14.879 Marge. I don't know why you spend so much time 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:17.820 with her. Oh, she's a good friend. And with you 00:09:17.820 --> 00:09:19.919 working the hours, you do, I... I know, I know. 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:23.779 I guess I shouldn't complain. Never mind. Anyway, 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:27.080 it's like I told you. Marge is a wonder with 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.720 the Ouija board. And how she could have read 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:32.559 my mind, and all about worrying over you, I... 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:34.419 She actually said that I was going to make a 00:09:34.419 --> 00:09:38.210 killing today? Her very words. I just gotta hit 00:09:38.210 --> 00:09:40.330 a winner. Never mind Ouija boards. It's plain 00:09:40.330 --> 00:09:43.870 mathematics. So? Go ahead. Make the bet. Without 00:09:43.870 --> 00:09:46.970 cash? Well now, surely that old bookie of yours 00:09:46.970 --> 00:09:49.830 will take your check. You've been a good customer. 00:09:50.769 --> 00:09:54.269 And then you can pay him when you win. And suppose 00:09:54.269 --> 00:09:58.629 I lose? More will you think positive for once. 00:09:59.210 --> 00:10:01.389 This is gonna work out just right for us. I know 00:10:01.389 --> 00:10:06.509 it. All right. All right. I'm going to take a 00:10:06.509 --> 00:10:09.029 chance, honey. I mean, what could they do if 00:10:09.029 --> 00:10:12.110 I lose? You can't get blood out of a stone. Oh, 00:10:12.110 --> 00:10:14.750 that's the way. Now, you just keep thinking positive. 00:10:16.889 --> 00:10:21.409 Yeah? Oh, Herb. Herb, it's Mort Herman. Hi, Mort. 00:10:21.950 --> 00:10:23.590 What's your action? Look, I want to get a bet 00:10:23.590 --> 00:10:25.889 down on the fourth of Jasper Gardens today. You 00:10:25.889 --> 00:10:28.509 got it. One horse, how much? A favorite. Final 00:10:28.509 --> 00:10:42.539 chance. A thousand on my nose. The banks are 00:10:42.539 --> 00:10:44.279 closed, huh? Yeah, yeah, I know. I mean, I don't 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.360 have that much on me in cash, you know. I tell 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.960 you what, you drop me off your personal check 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:51.340 on the way down and you got your bit. With a 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:53.320 real good customer like you, what am I gonna 00:10:53.320 --> 00:11:02.799 lose, huh? Sherry, baby, I'd like to die laughing. 00:11:03.179 --> 00:11:04.940 You should have seen him writing out this bum 00:11:04.940 --> 00:11:07.639 check. His hand was shaking so bad, I thought 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:11.080 he'd never be able to sign. But you got it. And 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.740 he is, huh? Oh, not so fast. He is playing a 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:16.740 favorite. You know, that horse could win. Well, 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:19.919 you and me are going to go with better odds. 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:22.779 What do you mean? Pass me that slip of paper 00:11:22.779 --> 00:11:27.480 with that number on it, huh? This? Well, that's 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:29.539 Mort's direct phone line at the store. Yeah, 00:11:29.539 --> 00:11:31.820 I asked him how I could reach him this afternoon 00:11:31.820 --> 00:11:34.379 after at the race in case my phone should be 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:37.019 tied up. Now look, don't make a sound. Don't 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:39.559 make a sound while I sell a real bill of goods. 00:11:45.520 --> 00:11:48.480 Hi, this is Herb. Now listen, I got your bet 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.840 down, and then I started to get cold feet about 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:54.080 that check. Look, if you want to cancel out... 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:56.399 I said, listen, now don't interrupt me. That 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:58.960 bet's up the line by now. I can cancel out, but 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:02.360 I can do you a favor. I work playing with rough 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:05.000 boys, Mort, and like I said, you've been a good 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:08.120 customer. I don't want to see you hurt. Hurt 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:11.720 bad. The favorite can't lose. The favorite... 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:17.720 fixes in. The winner is Tidy Lady. She'll go 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:21.080 up at a hundred to one. Now I'm going to stick 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:23.960 my neck out for you. Give me another check at 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:26.820 anything up to twenty five hundred and I'll see 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:30.320 you get down on Tidy Lady. A hundred to one. 00:12:31.460 --> 00:12:35.039 A sure thing. A lead pipe cinch. You can't lose. 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:41.340 I'll be right over her. And that so's that up 00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:46.559 Sherry baby. There isn't any chance that tidy 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.919 lady could win. She'll be lucky to get out of 00:12:50.919 --> 00:13:00.639 the gate. Sherry? Sherry, where are you? In the 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:02.820 living room, Ward. Sherry, the most awful thing 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:07.919 has happened. The horse I better... Herb? What 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:11.320 are you... How did you get here? Herb's been 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:13.419 trying to reach you at the office, darling. Oh, 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:16.600 well I... I... I... I'll just leave you two alone. 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:22.759 Too bad it was the wrong horse, Amort. Heard 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:25.820 what happened. You told me Tidy Lady couldn't 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:29.080 lose. Yeah, yeah, sorry about that. Even a bookie 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:32.919 gets bum information. Well, let's get our business 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.860 settled. I got a thousand bucks for you on final 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:40.159 chance. She went off at even money. So that means 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:43.149 you owe... $1 ,500 on the other bet. And you 00:13:43.149 --> 00:13:45.730 said Tidy Lady couldn't lose. That's the fillies 00:13:45.730 --> 00:13:49.730 for you. Can't trust them. And I can't trust 00:13:49.730 --> 00:13:53.230 you, Mort. Can I? Now look, Herb. You know and 00:13:53.230 --> 00:13:55.889 I know these checks ain't worth the paper they're 00:13:55.889 --> 00:13:58.649 written on. If I drop them, they bounce out of 00:13:58.649 --> 00:14:01.269 sight. Now what are you gonna do to make them 00:14:01.269 --> 00:14:03.110 good? Now Herb, give me a chance, will ya? Give 00:14:03.110 --> 00:14:05.730 me a break. Oh, yeah, sure I might, Mort, but 00:14:05.730 --> 00:14:10.019 the men upstairs, not a chance. I'm only an errand 00:14:10.019 --> 00:14:14.059 boy. These are hard cases more You better pay 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:20.259 all how can I? Well, there is one way Let me 00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:33.820 show you the only out you got Go on I must be 00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:35.820 crazy. I can't do this. You know what happens 00:14:35.820 --> 00:14:40.360 if you don't Let's go. I can't rob my own partner. 00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:43.519 I'm not gonna open that safe. Oh, yes, you are 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:46.860 Does this get it through your head I'm not wasting 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:50.399 any more time, but put the gun away Oh, no, you 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:53.879 open that safe or I'll save the big boys hit 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:58.879 band some trouble. All right Just just enough 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.419 to pay off what I own now, I'll handle the payoff 00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:10.580 you open up That's it. Then I'll start scooping 00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:13.799 them up. Look, all of them. Leave the jewelry, 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:16.779 but take all of those loose dimes. You said only 00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:18.720 enough to pay... Yeah, yeah, yeah. I had to conduit 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:21.220 opening that safe, but don't worry. I'm not greedy. 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:24.360 You wait till you hear my real proposition. Let 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:31.799 me get back to your apartment. There's nothing 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:35.000 else we can do, Mort. I'm really being very generous. 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:39.019 $50 ,000 in diamonds in the seats I booked for 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:42.879 you to South America. Well, it's time to go if 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:44.740 you're gonna make that plane. How can you be 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:47.240 sure I won't refuse? For the same reason I know 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:50.360 you won't be back. One thing I'm not paying off 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.720 are your gambling debts. That'll keep you away 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:58.240 from home. Well, Mrs. Herman, are you all packed 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:01.220 as I request him? Yes. I'll drive you to the 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:04.399 airport just to make sure you get off all right. 00:16:13.610 --> 00:16:15.909 What did we come off the highway for? We're almost 00:16:15.909 --> 00:16:18.070 out of gas. Well, the airport's just across the 00:16:18.070 --> 00:16:19.909 bridge. You could have made it. A turn left here. 00:16:20.250 --> 00:16:21.889 Right here, under the bridge. There's no gas 00:16:21.889 --> 00:16:24.110 station down here. This road goes right to the 00:16:24.110 --> 00:16:26.549 river. There's a dead end. You are so right, 00:16:26.730 --> 00:16:30.750 Mort. Particularly for you. What do you mean? 00:16:31.529 --> 00:16:34.389 End of the line. But I'm going to Southampton. 00:16:35.389 --> 00:16:38.950 You said they were too thick? Yeah. For Sherry. 00:16:39.629 --> 00:16:42.750 And me. What? Didn't you ever think it was funny? 00:16:42.950 --> 00:16:45.710 My dear friend Marge never came to visit us. 00:16:46.389 --> 00:16:49.789 You mean it was always Herb and you? Sure. It 00:16:49.789 --> 00:16:51.929 takes someone as stupid as you not to guess. 00:16:53.309 --> 00:16:55.169 Where's your car, Herb? It's on the other side 00:16:55.169 --> 00:16:57.769 of the wharf, honey. Brett, don't go yet. I'll 00:16:57.769 --> 00:16:59.629 need you to help me get this car rolling into 00:16:59.629 --> 00:17:02.470 the river. Oh, I don't want to be here. No. You're 00:17:02.470 --> 00:17:03.870 not going to kill me, Herb. You're not going 00:17:03.870 --> 00:17:06.009 to kill me. Soon as that plane is making enough 00:17:06.009 --> 00:17:08.950 racket to kill the sounder. Herb, no! Now! Herb! 00:17:19.049 --> 00:17:21.950 jerk my head away frantically at the last moment, 00:17:22.769 --> 00:17:25.029 where I could feel the bullets smash into my 00:17:25.029 --> 00:17:27.910 skull and then burst in a fountain of searing 00:17:27.910 --> 00:17:40.089 sparks. But did Mort Herman really die? If so, 00:17:40.769 --> 00:17:43.390 how could he be able to ask his mysterious partner 00:17:43.390 --> 00:17:47.910 in conversation to borrow back yesterday? Well... 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:51.319 We'll find that out when we return shortly with 00:17:51.319 --> 00:18:06.420 Act Two. Can a man on the threshold of death 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:11.079 hesitate and draw back? Is there for any of us 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:15.039 the hope of a second chance? And if we were granted 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:18.400 this chance? If we were allowed to retrace our 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.779 steps, could we change the course of events and 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:26.980 find another ending? We're about to return to 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:32.859 the story of a man who asked for yesterday. Am 00:18:32.859 --> 00:18:38.319 I dead? Not quite. You're in a hospital with 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:43.539 a bullet in your brain. As the saying goes, as 00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:46.640 good as dead. And Sherry and Herb got away with 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:52.059 it. Oh, it isn't fair. If I only had it to do 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:57.940 all over again. Suppose you had. Could you do 00:18:57.940 --> 00:19:02.380 better? Of course. Of course, if I knew what 00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:06.880 I know now. Naturally. That would have to be 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.420 a precondition if you're asking for yesterday 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:13.220 to live over again. You mean there's a chance 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:20.700 that I can? If you deserve it. Oh, please. Please, 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:30.420 give me the chance. Can you? Oh, yes. Well, why 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:36.720 not? I'm a bit of a gambler myself. Let's see 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:53.579 how you can remake yesterday. Isn't that odd? 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:59.819 Oh, sure, honey. Wow. You had a bad night, honey. 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:03.119 What did you expect? Were you churning and twisting 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:06.220 and groaning and moaning? I didn't sleep. Sorry, 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:08.059 honey. It's just that I'm going crazy. I don't 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:13.400 know what I'm gonna do. But that was yesterday. 00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:16.920 Now I know what I'm going to do. Or at least 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:19.519 what I'm not going to do. I was aware of Sherry's 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:21.400 voice saying all the things as we had said them. 00:20:21.529 --> 00:20:24.069 But I was thinking to myself how I hated her, 00:20:24.150 --> 00:20:26.609 knowing the truth. Her pretense of love, the 00:20:26.609 --> 00:20:29.329 story about her friend Marge. But now that I 00:20:29.329 --> 00:20:30.950 knew I was the one marked for the kill, things 00:20:30.950 --> 00:20:33.670 were going to be different. But not till I was 00:20:33.670 --> 00:20:39.309 ready. Till then it had to stay the same. Yeah? 00:20:39.670 --> 00:20:42.970 A herb. It's Mort Herman. Hi, Mort. What's your 00:20:42.970 --> 00:20:44.789 action? Look, I want to get a bet down on the 00:20:44.789 --> 00:20:47.430 fourth at Jasper Gardens today. You got it. What 00:20:47.430 --> 00:20:49.589 horse? How much? The favorite. Final chance. 00:20:49.789 --> 00:21:03.230 A thousand on the nose. I'll try me in cash. 00:21:03.650 --> 00:21:06.309 I tell you what, drop me off here personally. 00:21:06.569 --> 00:21:08.789 It was hard to sound scared the way I had before, 00:21:08.789 --> 00:21:11.329 knowing that slimy rat was two -timing me with 00:21:11.329 --> 00:21:13.430 Sherry. But I had to play it out so he wouldn't 00:21:13.430 --> 00:21:15.990 know this time. Know that he was gonna be the 00:21:15.990 --> 00:21:19.150 one that got hooked. By the second call, I was 00:21:19.150 --> 00:21:22.710 ready to make the first of my chances. And I'll 00:21:22.710 --> 00:21:25.930 see you get down on Tidy Lady. A hundred to one? 00:21:26.930 --> 00:21:32.289 A sure thing? Trust you, Herb. You wouldn't steer 00:21:32.289 --> 00:21:34.789 me wrong. You know it, kid. Look, all right, 00:21:34.809 --> 00:21:36.990 how about give me a real break now? Spring me 00:21:36.990 --> 00:21:43.170 for a big one. Ten G. Now, uh, wait a minute. 00:21:43.230 --> 00:21:45.970 You know I'm good for it, don't you? Look, I 00:21:45.970 --> 00:21:47.990 got a safe full of diamonds. Would cover that 00:21:47.990 --> 00:21:51.289 ten ways from nowhere. I bet that big might shake 00:21:51.289 --> 00:21:53.210 me off. Herb, come on. You can lay it off fifty 00:21:53.210 --> 00:22:11.079 different places. Okay. and now going out between 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:14.400 Herb and my no good cheating wife. Did he go 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:18.140 for it? Yeah, yeah. Herb, is something wrong? 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:24.059 No, I just got a little mad is all. Why? I thought 00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:27.200 I had my pigeon pegged. Small potatoes better 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:29.180 like Mort wouldn't dare look beyond a two and 00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:32.880 a half grand bet. He had a nerve to hold me up 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:36.250 for ten thou. So what's the difference? Doesn't 00:22:36.250 --> 00:22:38.250 that give you even more of a lever to talk him 00:22:38.250 --> 00:22:40.549 into opening up the safe? Yeah, but that'll run 00:22:40.549 --> 00:22:42.509 me quite a few grand more to pay off the boys 00:22:42.509 --> 00:22:45.589 upstairs. Ah, it's a drop in the bucket, Herb. 00:22:45.809 --> 00:22:48.109 There's easy a million bucks in that safe. So 00:22:48.109 --> 00:22:50.430 what do you care? Man, I just got a little nervous, 00:22:50.670 --> 00:22:53.190 hon. That fool should walk it going through with 00:22:53.190 --> 00:22:56.029 a big caper. Would like to be holding those bum 00:22:56.029 --> 00:22:59.490 checks I couldn't cover. I don't want to land 00:22:59.490 --> 00:23:01.990 up in the river with concrete boots. Ah, don't 00:23:01.990 --> 00:23:04.710 even talk like that, Herb. He'll cave in like 00:23:04.710 --> 00:23:07.170 plaster of Paris once he gets the notion he might 00:23:07.170 --> 00:23:10.190 be hurt. I promise you. You made the plane reservation. 00:23:10.410 --> 00:23:12.910 Ah, I went even better than that. The tickets 00:23:12.910 --> 00:23:15.730 are sitting right at home. Did you bring me his 00:23:15.730 --> 00:23:18.630 gun? I didn't want to carry it around. It's in 00:23:18.630 --> 00:23:20.609 the drawer at home. You're not going to chicken 00:23:20.609 --> 00:23:23.910 out on going all the way. Ah, don't you worry. 00:23:23.930 --> 00:23:28.039 Because after the heist, he's got to go. He'll 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.900 be the one the police figure for it. They'll 00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:33.259 be looking for him and we don't want him found 00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:38.660 There's no outside chance this tidy lady could 00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:47.160 win She'll be lucky to get out of the gate What 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:49.519 they didn't know is that from here on in the 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:54.440 odds were changed I was calling the shots And 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:57.529 don't worry uncle Joe I'm on the store Yeah, 00:23:57.650 --> 00:23:59.430 yeah, yeah. I'll set the brake alarm when I leave. 00:23:59.589 --> 00:24:03.690 Don't worry. Everything's under control. Yes, 00:24:03.869 --> 00:24:05.789 sir. Uncle, your little boy Morty has everything 00:24:05.789 --> 00:24:10.990 under complete control. If I didn't know about 00:24:10.990 --> 00:24:13.430 that unnumbered bank account you got in Switzerland 00:24:13.430 --> 00:24:15.630 or all the blue chip stocks, I'd hate to do this 00:24:15.630 --> 00:24:22.910 to you, Uncle Joe. 22 right. 8 to the left. 31 00:24:22.910 --> 00:24:34.630 right. 4... nephew maybe you could have trusted 00:24:34.630 --> 00:24:38.170 but I made up one you got only yourself to blame. 00:24:40.849 --> 00:24:43.470 I cleaned the safe out of everything in diamonds 00:24:43.470 --> 00:24:47.289 just like Herbie would have made me do. They 00:24:47.289 --> 00:24:51.369 went into my pockets. It's surprising how little 00:24:51.369 --> 00:24:54.049 space nearly a million dollars in diamonds takes 00:24:54.049 --> 00:24:57.829 up. Then I went to deliver my check to Herb. 00:24:58.450 --> 00:25:01.390 I'm stretching quite a point for you more. I 00:25:01.390 --> 00:25:03.529 know that herb, but I'll be good for the check 00:25:03.529 --> 00:25:05.970 Don't give it a thought you and me. We're gonna 00:25:05.970 --> 00:25:09.269 be rich men after that 430 finish and no kickbacks 00:25:09.269 --> 00:25:12.470 We're riding on all the suckers money is it you 00:25:12.470 --> 00:25:14.809 want a drink to it? No, no, no, no, I'll pass 00:25:14.809 --> 00:25:17.490 sir. I'm I'm kind of pooped I've been under a 00:25:17.490 --> 00:25:20.890 lot of strain lately So I think I'll I'll just 00:25:20.890 --> 00:25:23.369 go on home and take a little map until post time. 00:25:23.549 --> 00:25:27.079 Hey, you're not going back to the store No, I 00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:29.799 think I'll just watch on TV while I jockey boots 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:32.960 our fortune home. Well, maybe I come up and join 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:38.920 you. We could celebrate together. Why not? Not 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:41.240 in a million years, Herbie. Not ever. You're 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:43.819 not seeing me again. When I heard you laying 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:46.680 off those bets that you had to guarantee personally, 00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:51.859 my score with you was all settled. Who's that? 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:58.539 Me. Mort. Why aren't you glad to see me? Well, 00:25:58.539 --> 00:26:02.640 of course, sweetie. What are you doing with the 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:05.839 gun? Just checking to see if it's loaded. Why? 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:07.680 Well, you know I always do that when I'm carrying 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:11.519 diamonds. Diamonds? You're carrying some now? 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:17.119 Yep. What for? I'm going on a trip. When? Right 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:21.619 now. But I thought... You thought what? Well, 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:26.509 I thought... Well, didn't you have a... Been 00:26:26.509 --> 00:26:28.309 on a horse or something. That's right, I do. 00:26:28.390 --> 00:26:31.809 Two of them, to be exact. On the same race. Well, 00:26:31.809 --> 00:26:36.329 I don't understand. Yeah. This was all set now. 00:26:38.109 --> 00:26:43.049 I think you do, Sherry. What? Understand. What, 00:26:43.190 --> 00:26:46.890 honey? You're... You're so strange. What are 00:26:46.890 --> 00:26:48.829 you trying to say to me? I'm not trying, honey. 00:26:48.829 --> 00:26:51.730 I'm gonna lay it right on the line for you. How 00:26:51.730 --> 00:26:55.250 long have you and her been closing me out? What? 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:57.759 Knock it off, Sherry. I can do without the injured 00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:01.380 innocents. I know the whole scheme, so you better 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:03.819 come clean. I don't know what you're talking 00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:07.039 about. You got tired of me, Sherry. Maybe you 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:09.259 only married me in the beginning because diamonds 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:12.059 were very big in your eyes. But I blew it all 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:14.900 because I ran to the ponies. And they cleaned 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:18.859 out what little I had. And then you met my bookie. 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:23.119 You want to know something? I never really took 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:27.059 a close look at him until today. He's quite a 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:30.019 hunk of man. If you'd have told me, maybe I couldn't 00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:31.619 have blamed you for going for him instead of 00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:33.539 her. No, no, look, Mort, before you do something 00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:35.920 crazy, just... No, not crazy, baby. No more. 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:39.619 Don't... Don't point that at me. Don't you think 00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:43.119 I have the right? Why? Because you know my horse 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:46.019 is going to lose. And then I'm set up to open 00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:48.569 the safe, Sheriff. Then when it's opened... Your 00:27:48.569 --> 00:27:50.789 lover is going to clean it all out pointing this 00:27:50.789 --> 00:27:52.750 gun at me and then you're going to drive me out 00:27:52.750 --> 00:27:55.150 to the airport and shoot me and put me in my 00:27:55.150 --> 00:27:56.829 car and sink it in the river while you and Herb 00:27:56.829 --> 00:27:58.710 take off for South America together. Isn't that 00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:03.509 the plan? How could you not? What are you talking 00:28:03.509 --> 00:28:10.029 about? You, me, and Herb. And the future. I ought 00:28:10.029 --> 00:28:12.250 to put a bullet in your head right now. No, Martin. 00:28:12.690 --> 00:28:16.269 No. No, listen to me. I'm Sherry. You're Sherry. 00:28:16.490 --> 00:28:19.259 Your wife. Someone who'd do anything for you 00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:23.319 to me. No, no, no more please Give me a chance 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:25.740 Whatever is in your mind. We can work this out. 00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:30.500 Can't we somehow? Oh my god more can't we somehow? 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:44.500 So the worm has turned with a vengeance the biter 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:48.309 is bit And the man who asked for yesterday seems 00:28:48.309 --> 00:28:52.769 in full control and in command of history with 00:28:52.769 --> 00:28:56.470 the power to change the shadow that coming events 00:28:56.470 --> 00:29:00.549 cast their shadow before. We'll see just how 00:29:00.549 --> 00:29:15.799 when I return shortly with Act 3. A woman has 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:19.680 begged for forgiveness. A woman we already know 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:24.400 deserves none. And what about her husband? A 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:28.240 man with a miraculous second chance. Has he the 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:33.039 humanity to be forgiving? Can he change the already 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:37.240 preordained course of fate? In the first playing 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.660 out of this particular chain of events, who was 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:45.569 the ultimate victim? And who escaped? The answers 00:29:45.569 --> 00:29:48.630 are waiting. Please, Mort, give me a chance. 00:29:48.809 --> 00:29:50.809 I think we can work it out, Sherry, with your 00:29:50.809 --> 00:29:52.470 cooperation. Well, just tell me how. It'll be 00:29:52.470 --> 00:29:55.369 just the way you and Herb planned it. Except 00:29:55.369 --> 00:29:57.569 that I'll be using the other ticket that you've 00:29:57.569 --> 00:29:59.990 already reserved for South America. What do we 00:29:59.990 --> 00:30:02.410 use for money? Just what you and Herb would have 00:30:02.410 --> 00:30:06.849 used. I already have the diamonds. We can leave 00:30:06.849 --> 00:30:09.529 immediately. Yeah, but the horse race... That 00:30:09.529 --> 00:30:13.700 doesn't matter anymore. Doesn't matter? Don't 00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:17.259 get so guilty, Sherry. I'm aware that you know 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:21.140 about that. I'm also aware that the bet means 00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:23.779 nothing to me. That the horse isn't going to 00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:26.799 win. How can you know all these things? Let's 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:28.880 just write it off to the strange fact that I 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:33.039 have suddenly acquired second sight. Now you're 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:35.200 scaring me even more. Maybe that's the object. 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:38.700 Come on, let's pack and go. But Mort, if you're 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:42.059 going to lose the... How is it going to be paid? 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:45.579 Oh, that's the beauty part. That's going to be 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:49.099 your ex -boyfriend's problem, Herbie. But he 00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:51.539 hasn't got... Your money? Well, like he threatened 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:55.200 me, then. He can pay for it in blood. Now, do 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:57.299 you want to hang around and do the same? You 00:30:57.299 --> 00:31:00.339 couldn't leave me. I know too much. That's how 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:03.299 it goes, sweetie. That's why I offer to come 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:06.019 along, isn't exactly take it or leave it. Let 00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.940 me put it another way. I've already reserved 00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:10.900 an earlier flight. And I'm leaving on it with 00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:16.140 or without you. Now it's now or never. Make up 00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:29.359 your mind. Mort? What? It still isn't too late. 00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:33.980 Too late for what? To go back. Start all over. 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:37.839 How? Well, the race hasn't been run. Make a doctor 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:40.819 herb. Maybe get him to call off the bets? Forget 00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:42.940 it, Sherry. The bets are down, all of them. It's 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:46.220 too late to call anything back. What are you 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:50.640 slowing down for? We need some gas. We must have 00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:53.000 enough to get us to the airport, or right at 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:56.779 the bridge. Oh, I wish you could know how familiar 00:31:56.779 --> 00:32:00.539 this conversation sounds. Why are you turning 00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:03.720 off? We have an appointment right below the bridge 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:09.259 here. You're scaring me again. More... What is 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:12.519 it about you that... Maybe I've become the agent 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:16.900 of fate. The what? It's finally catching up to 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:22.059 you, Sherry. I don't know what... Don't turn 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:25.680 left here. This is a dead end. It ends at the 00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:28.680 river. I found that out once. Well, Morty... 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:34.710 I think you're crazy! Oh no, sweetie, I can't 00:32:34.710 --> 00:32:37.730 do that. A coffin is a coffin no matter who the 00:32:37.730 --> 00:32:39.750 corpse turns out to be. What do you mean? You 00:32:39.750 --> 00:32:42.490 and her plan for it to be me. I've just revised 00:32:42.490 --> 00:32:45.309 the plan. I'm the only one that really deserves 00:32:45.309 --> 00:32:51.529 to be shot at you. Goodbye, Sherry. Welcome to 00:32:51.529 --> 00:32:58.029 my grave. I forgot I should have waited for a 00:32:58.029 --> 00:33:00.309 plane going over to drown out the shot that killed 00:33:00.309 --> 00:33:04.089 Sherry. But it didn't really matter. No one heard 00:33:04.089 --> 00:33:07.710 it but the two of us. It wasn't much of a climb 00:33:07.710 --> 00:33:09.470 back to the highway and I had plenty of time 00:33:09.470 --> 00:33:12.650 to walk to the airport. I had no baggage except 00:33:12.650 --> 00:33:15.670 a million dollars worth of diamonds. And for 00:33:15.670 --> 00:33:18.130 the first time in as long as I could remember 00:33:18.130 --> 00:33:25.190 I was free. Ladies and gentlemen, your attention 00:33:25.190 --> 00:33:29.150 please. An unexpected total inversion due to 00:33:29.150 --> 00:33:31.940 extreme weather conditions. Aggravated by a heavy 00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:35.359 smog, this caused a temporary shutdown in all 00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:38.579 air traffic. Arriving planes are being shunted 00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:41.579 to alternate landing fields and there will be 00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:46.539 no repeat, no takeoffs on all scheduled airlines 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:54.759 until further notice. The stunning announcement 00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:57.319 caused me my first twinge of terror. I had to 00:33:57.319 --> 00:34:01.769 get away. breath I took hold of myself I mustn't 00:34:01.769 --> 00:34:04.990 give way to panic I was safe till at least Monday 00:34:04.990 --> 00:34:07.369 as far as the diamonds were concerned their loss 00:34:07.369 --> 00:34:10.269 wouldn't be discovered until then but I had to 00:34:10.269 --> 00:34:12.730 get out of town before the race was run and lost 00:34:12.730 --> 00:34:16.349 I knew Herbie would be looking for me I could 00:34:16.349 --> 00:34:18.170 head for the nearest airport that was cleared 00:34:18.170 --> 00:34:20.630 and take a plane from there the answer was just 00:34:20.630 --> 00:34:26.289 across the terminal building Oh, miss, excuse 00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:28.329 me, miss. Oh, I'll be with you in just a minute, 00:34:28.329 --> 00:34:29.949 sir. I've been waiting for almost half an hour. 00:34:29.989 --> 00:34:34.230 Be back in a moment. Some panic, huh? You think 00:34:34.230 --> 00:34:36.070 there was a war around or something, huh? They've 00:34:36.070 --> 00:34:38.050 canceled all the flights. Yeah, I just heard. 00:34:38.989 --> 00:34:41.849 I come in here to use the plane. Now I see where 00:34:41.849 --> 00:34:43.809 maybe I'm going to make a heavy buck today. Why, 00:34:43.869 --> 00:34:46.150 what do you mean? What do you say, mister? I'm 00:34:46.150 --> 00:34:47.829 on a high guy. Oh, excuse me, just a minute. 00:34:48.070 --> 00:34:50.070 Miss? Is this the car you want to rent, sir? 00:34:50.130 --> 00:34:53.090 I'm sorry, but there isn't a thing. You wanna 00:34:53.090 --> 00:34:55.429 go back to the city, friend? Like I was saying, 00:34:55.429 --> 00:34:58.449 I got a hack outside. Oh, brother, you're a lifesaver. 00:34:58.769 --> 00:35:02.150 Yeah, well, you're here to deal. Fifty smackers. 00:35:02.730 --> 00:35:05.010 I'll tell you what. You take me to the nearest 00:35:05.010 --> 00:35:07.090 airport where planes are flying, and I'll pay 00:35:07.090 --> 00:35:10.610 all expenses and a hundred -buck bonus. No sale, 00:35:10.670 --> 00:35:13.590 friend. I'm a family man. I don't show up for 00:35:13.590 --> 00:35:16.869 dinner to wipe a glob of me. Besides, save your 00:35:16.869 --> 00:35:20.469 dough. For a five -oh, I take you to the railroad 00:35:20.469 --> 00:35:24.139 station. You get a train out. A train? Yeah, 00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:36.579 sure. Come on. What's the matter, driver? You 00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:40.800 got me. Some traffic jam. Looks like firetruck's 00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:42.320 up there at the station. Well, there's a cop 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.699 over there. See if you can get his attention. 00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:47.539 We got it all ready for me. He's on his way already. 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:50.719 You headed for the railroad station, buddy? Yeah, 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:53.599 officer. I got a passenger car. You got nobody 00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:55.679 going nowhere. There's a fire in the tunnel. 00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:58.099 There won't be a train out of here for several 00:35:58.099 --> 00:36:00.079 hours. Turn over to the next corner. Now, wait 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:01.739 a minute, Sergeant. You don't understand. I've 00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:04.639 got to leave. Do yourself a favor. With the airport 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:07.320 shut down, there's fire in the tunnel. What you 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:10.099 should be worrying is find yourself a room for 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:12.219 the night. Well, the bus station. I can get a 00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:15.789 bus. That's where the laugh is on them. I mean, 00:36:16.030 --> 00:36:17.789 the business they could be doing tonight, and 00:36:17.789 --> 00:36:19.869 their drivers had to pick this weekend to go 00:36:19.869 --> 00:36:22.710 on a strike. Okay, Hackie. You're holding up 00:36:22.710 --> 00:36:27.809 traffic. Move on. What am I gonna do? I don't 00:36:27.809 --> 00:36:31.250 know, mister. Well, tell you one thing. You've 00:36:31.250 --> 00:36:35.070 about used up your fifty. Make up your mind wherever 00:36:35.070 --> 00:36:38.550 I drop you. You'd better be close. Just, just 00:36:38.550 --> 00:36:47.829 let me think a minute. It was a nightmare. The 00:36:47.829 --> 00:36:51.869 bad dream to end all bad dreams. You know the 00:36:51.869 --> 00:36:56.269 kind, where you have to escape, but you can only 00:36:56.269 --> 00:37:00.449 move in slow motion. Your feet are buried in 00:37:00.449 --> 00:37:05.849 mud like glue. You're caught. You're trapped. 00:37:07.250 --> 00:37:09.929 You're helpless. You know there's no way out. 00:37:11.329 --> 00:37:15.159 Okay, Mike. This is it. End of the line. I don't 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:19.760 think you know quite that. Hey, watch it, will 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:23.760 be. Let's not throw any fits in that thing. I 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:25.460 already got enough trouble out of you. Ah, you 00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:28.340 don't get the joke. I ain't interested. I want 00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:31.460 you out. You know where you're stuck? Right in 00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:34.039 front of my own house. So ain't that a lucky 00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:36.800 coincidence? I brought you home. So out. This 00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:39.059 is the last place in the world I want to be. 00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:42.539 I can't get out of here. Hello, Mort. I've been 00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:45.750 waiting for you. Herb. Look, let me give you 00:37:45.750 --> 00:37:48.829 a hand out. You look a bit shaky. And don't make 00:37:48.829 --> 00:37:52.170 any sudden moves. Oh, uh, you got your fair hacky? 00:37:52.250 --> 00:37:55.329 I got it, mister. Take care of your friend there. 00:37:55.630 --> 00:38:01.389 He's kind of in a bad way. All right, let's keep 00:38:01.389 --> 00:38:04.769 our hands nice and open where I can see them. 00:38:05.269 --> 00:38:08.349 And then we'll go inside and we'll have a little 00:38:08.349 --> 00:38:20.199 chat. You came back to pay off your debt to me, 00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:23.139 and you left Sherry waiting for you at the airport, 00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:26.099 right? That's right, Herb. And you want to pay 00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:28.300 me off in dying? Well, like I told you this morning, 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:32.039 I don't have the cash on hand. Yeah, I'll get 00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:38.239 that. Yeah? Oh, yeah, this is Mr. Herman. Oh, 00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:42.679 they are? Oh, that's fine. Yeah. Yeah, I'll be 00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:45.380 there to pick them up. Right away. Yeah, thank 00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:48.309 you for calling. What was that? The airport. 00:38:48.750 --> 00:38:51.269 Ceiling is lifted. They're flying again. They 00:38:51.269 --> 00:38:53.349 wanted to confirm your reservations. You're on 00:38:53.349 --> 00:38:55.670 the next flight out. Well, how am I going to 00:38:55.670 --> 00:38:59.869 get there? I got my car outside. Our business 00:38:59.869 --> 00:39:02.309 is all finished. I'll drive you out to the airport. 00:39:03.369 --> 00:39:07.190 Come on, Moran. We don't want to keep Mrs. Herman 00:39:07.190 --> 00:39:17.519 waiting. You're going out of your way like this. 00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:20.800 I don't mention it as a matter of fact. It just 00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:25.420 fits in with my plans What are you doing? Don't 00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:28.199 turn off here. You and I have a little final 00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:31.179 business to complete. No, no, no, no, not under 00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:33.840 the bridge Oh, you know this little spot. Is 00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:35.820 that where you gave it to Sherry? What are you 00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:38.380 talking about? Come on jerk when I took that 00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:40.300 gun from you I could smell it had been fired 00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:42.880 recently when I couldn't reach Sherry as we planned 00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:45.300 earlier this afternoon I had to figure maybe 00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:48.639 you'd caught on about us. That's why I was waiting 00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:52.539 for you when you got home. What did you do with 00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:54.360 her, Mort? I don't know what you're talking about. 00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:59.719 Sure you do. Now get out. Now give me your coat. 00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:04.699 Her, please. Please. Coat. Jacket. Pants. I want 00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:06.840 all the diamonds. Her, please. Did you give her 00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:09.460 any chance? What did you do? Shove her back in 00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:12.159 your car and roll it in? Look, she had no right. 00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:15.360 Okay, okay. You forget it. You just drop those 00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:18.239 clothes and walk to the edge of the pier. I wish 00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:21.920 I had a car to bury you in. But I'll take my 00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:27.480 chances on the tide. Move! It didn't make any 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:31.280 difference. It all turned out the same, didn't 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:33.320 it, Herb? I don't know what you're talking about. 00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:39.019 But by me, it comes out even. Goodbye, Mort. 00:40:58.860 --> 00:41:02.219 Herb gets away with everything, and I killed 00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:05.860 Cherry. At least you could still have been alive. 00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:10.780 Well, don't worry about that. Think back to the 00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:15.000 first of your yesterdays. Remember the second 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:21.000 time Herb sent Cherry with you into the river, 00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:25.780 locked in the car. Well, then how did I when 00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:29.000 you were in the backseat? The door wasn't closed 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:33.840 completely. The water pressure opened, you surfaced, 00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:38.460 and drifted on the tide to the bank, where a 00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:41.219 police sergeant found you and brought you here. 00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:47.619 Where? To the hospital? They're operating on 00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:53.699 you right now? Then I live? Do you think you 00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:57.460 should? I could prove it to you. If you'd just 00:41:57.460 --> 00:42:01.719 let me have yesterday again. Oh, no. No, I'm 00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:07.960 quite satisfied now. About what? That you belong 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:13.360 to me. Now I pick up my part of the bargain. 00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:21.519 Your part? Tomorrow. I'll take care of all your 00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:37.210 tomorrows. You can go on home, catch some shut 00:42:37.210 --> 00:42:40.969 -eye. You kidding? I just got a new headache. 00:42:41.849 --> 00:42:43.889 Know that cut -off by the bridge to the airport? 00:42:44.030 --> 00:42:46.989 The one that goes down to the docks? Yeah. Guy 00:42:46.989 --> 00:42:49.369 coming up from there got creamed by a trailer 00:42:49.369 --> 00:42:52.050 truck. Killed him. Busted his car to nothing. 00:42:52.590 --> 00:42:56.489 Now, get this. Scattered diamonds all over the 00:42:56.489 --> 00:42:59.309 road. I mean, about hundreds. Stolen? That's 00:42:59.309 --> 00:43:04.300 my job to find out. Well... Sorry about your 00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:08.119 patient. Funny thing, I saw that little guy earlier 00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.880 today by the railroad station. Frantic to get 00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:13.860 out of town with all the communication jam -ups 00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:17.719 we had today. Wonder what he was trying to run 00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:29.820 from. I guess we'll never know. But we do, even 00:43:29.820 --> 00:43:33.480 if the sergeant never learns. And we also know 00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:37.280 it caught up with him. He was a weak little man, 00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:40.320 and a scared little man, and a stupid little 00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:44.960 man. None of which is any excuse. Mort Herman 00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:49.079 got exactly what he deserved. I'll be back shortly. 00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:04.599 In the beginning, if you remember, I mentioned 00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:09.699 an often misquoted line. Backward, turn backward, 00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:13.579 O time, in thy flight. It was written by a lady 00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:16.980 named Elizabeth Akers Allen. And the misquote 00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:23.079 is one word. Not thy, it's your flight. But the 00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:26.320 preposition is of minor interest. It's the adverb 00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:31.820 that really matters. Backward. to turn time backward. 00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:38.260 One of man's dreams since time began. An idle 00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:41.860 dream as we know now because even if we could, 00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:48.340 in the end it turns out just the same. Our cast 00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:52.519 included Mandel Kramer, Paul Hecht, Evie Juster, 00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:56.420 Ralph Bell and Gil Mack. The entire production 00:44:56.420 --> 00:45:00.679 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. And now, 00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:04.400 a preview of our next tale. You have to believe 00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:07.480 me that Leo won't give me a divorce. Don't you 00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:10.699 see how easy it would be to take his place? Fine, 00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:14.380 fine, but what happens to him? Well, that's the 00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:16.039 problem, isn't it? Yeah, that's the problem. 00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:22.179 I thought maybe you could think a way out. Yeah, 00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:25.199 I can, but I don't like it. Try it on me. No, 00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:27.679 I think you've already tried it on, and you like 00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:31.590 it. Maybe. Not maybe, positively. That's what 00:45:31.590 --> 00:45:33.409 you wanted to lay on me when you said you wanted 00:45:33.409 --> 00:45:39.110 to talk. You're not only sexy, but you're smart. 00:45:39.190 --> 00:45:41.869 Yeah, you bet. Smart enough to stay away from 00:45:41.869 --> 00:45:44.250 murder. Well, who said anything about murder? 00:45:44.289 --> 00:45:47.869 I did, my lovely. I did. I said murder. This 00:45:47.869 --> 00:45:50.949 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:45:50.949 --> 00:45:53.929 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:45:53.929 --> 00:46:00.250 macabre. Until next time, pleasant. Dreams...