WEBVTT 00:00:18.859 --> 00:00:26.539 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:31.460 to the sounds of suspense. To the fear you can 00:00:31.460 --> 00:00:35.780 hear. To the terrifying world of the imagination. 00:00:37.700 --> 00:00:40.679 I'm your guide for a journey up a mysterious 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:44.659 mountain. Dead Man's Mountain is what it's called. 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:50.000 Going is really no problem. It's coming down 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.840 that separates the living from the dead. Doctor, 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:59.420 a man simply cannot age 40 years in one night. 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.520 I wish I knew what to tell you, Mr. Johnson. 00:01:04.980 --> 00:01:10.239 I saw George last evening at dinner. He was 35. 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:16.420 This morning, he's close to 80. But how could 00:01:16.420 --> 00:01:20.439 that... He went where he had no business going. 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:25.040 Up Dead Man's Mountain. Is there some kind of 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:28.540 disease up there? Some germs? Some virus that 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:32.000 can age a man? None that is known to science. 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:36.260 Then how do you account for it? Probably the 00:01:36.260 --> 00:01:41.560 Indian legend is correct. Some evil spirit up 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:55.209 there hates to be disturbed. Our mystery drama 00:01:55.209 --> 00:01:58.989 Dead Man's Mountain was written especially for 00:01:58.989 --> 00:02:03.870 the mystery theater by Sam Dan and stars Alan 00:02:03.870 --> 00:02:20.389 Hewitt. I'll return shortly with act one. R .J. 00:02:20.650 --> 00:02:25.750 Johnson sits at his desk. Yes, the RJ Johnson. 00:02:26.810 --> 00:02:31.590 The mysterious, the remote RJ Johnson. I better 00:02:31.590 --> 00:02:36.629 explain that. His ways are mysterious, except 00:02:36.629 --> 00:02:42.229 when his plans include you. He is remote, except 00:02:42.229 --> 00:02:46.930 when he wants something from you. Then his presence 00:02:46.930 --> 00:02:51.669 can become an overwhelming reality. Some say 00:02:51.669 --> 00:02:55.629 R .J. is the richest man in the world. Some say 00:02:55.629 --> 00:02:58.090 he's the second, the third, the fourth richest. 00:02:58.650 --> 00:03:02.870 Does it matter? All we need to know is that on 00:03:02.870 --> 00:03:06.490 this particular morning, R .J. Johnson sits at 00:03:06.490 --> 00:03:11.370 his desk as usual and is formulating plans to 00:03:11.370 --> 00:03:17.610 buy or sell what? An industry? A government? 00:03:19.229 --> 00:03:22.770 Somebody's So? Parker, I want us to maintain 00:03:22.770 --> 00:03:24.990 our short position on consolidated industries. 00:03:25.729 --> 00:03:28.069 It's bleeding down steadily and we should help 00:03:28.069 --> 00:03:31.409 depress it a bit too. No, I'm not afraid of anything 00:03:31.409 --> 00:03:34.090 like that. They won't get a government contract. 00:03:34.310 --> 00:03:37.750 We can see to it. Pick up National Computer and 00:03:37.750 --> 00:03:40.590 Starlight Oil. I want our full concentration 00:03:40.590 --> 00:03:45.770 on those three. I'll call you back later. Yes, 00:03:45.830 --> 00:03:52.319 Mrs. Dollar. Mr. Johnson, George Morrissey is 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.900 here. And about time. I want hourly reports on 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:58.139 Consolidated, National, and Starlight. The seat 00:03:58.139 --> 00:04:00.719 with the parker can always reach me. Now, have 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:04.580 Morrissey come in. But sir, about Morrissey... 00:04:04.580 --> 00:04:08.039 Is there a problem? Well, I... You were saying? 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.780 Perhaps I should have said... Mrs. Starlight, 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.740 are you all right? Perhaps I should have said... 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:18.300 There's a man outside who claims to be George 00:04:18.300 --> 00:04:21.800 Morrissey. Mrs. Dollard, you know George Morrissey. 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:25.620 I thought I did. If there's any doubt, check 00:04:25.620 --> 00:04:29.920 security. I did. Then that settles it. He could 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.019 never hope to get past the lobby elevators if 00:04:32.019 --> 00:04:34.779 he weren't George Morrissey. Mr. Johnson, maybe 00:04:34.779 --> 00:04:38.839 what I'm trying to say is there's a man out there 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:42.720 and I don't want him to be George Morrissey. 00:04:43.980 --> 00:04:50.660 Have him come in here. Yes, sir. Mr. Johnson 00:04:50.660 --> 00:04:57.040 will see you now. Do you see what I mean, Mr. 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:01.040 Johnson? Mrs. Dollard, is this your idea of a 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:03.740 practical joke? Who is this? Please, please, 00:05:03.819 --> 00:05:09.079 RJ, don't yell at her. I can't stand noise. I... 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:15.529 George? Yes, George. You can't be George. Look 00:05:15.529 --> 00:05:20.670 at me, RJ. Look at me. I can't believe it. You 00:05:20.670 --> 00:05:24.670 don't want to believe it. What happened to you? 00:05:24.689 --> 00:05:31.069 Please, please let me sit down. He walked out 00:05:31.069 --> 00:05:34.649 of this office three weeks ago. Yes, yes, three 00:05:34.649 --> 00:05:39.990 weeks ago. He was a man of 35 and now... Now 00:05:39.990 --> 00:05:43.449 I know. I know. I look in the mirror. I could 00:05:43.449 --> 00:05:48.829 be 75. His hair is all white. He's wrinkled. 00:05:49.110 --> 00:05:52.769 Stupid. That's not the worst of it. I feel 75. 00:05:53.310 --> 00:05:56.430 I couldn't even walk without this cane. George, 00:05:56.670 --> 00:05:58.709 the first thing you have to do is tell me exactly 00:05:58.709 --> 00:06:02.009 what happened. I... I was at Manitou Mountain 00:06:02.009 --> 00:06:05.589 getting the development deal set, and RJ, listen, 00:06:05.990 --> 00:06:08.410 we'll have to forget it. Give it up. What are 00:06:08.410 --> 00:06:11.189 you saying? I'm saying forget it. Look at what 00:06:11.189 --> 00:06:14.569 happened to me. They said, all the locals, they 00:06:14.569 --> 00:06:17.829 said the mountain was haunted. Terrible things 00:06:17.829 --> 00:06:20.389 would happen to anyone who went up there. Talk 00:06:20.389 --> 00:06:24.930 sense. Can't you believe your eyes, R .J.? Look 00:06:24.930 --> 00:06:28.250 at what happened to me. George, start at the 00:06:28.250 --> 00:06:32.430 beginning. I couldn't get anyone to drive up 00:06:32.430 --> 00:06:37.029 the mountain road. So I hired a car and drove 00:06:37.029 --> 00:06:40.990 it myself. I drove it up the mountain and... 00:06:41.290 --> 00:06:46.810 Yes, and? That's all I remember, R .J. I must 00:06:46.810 --> 00:06:50.230 have passed out up there. But something did happen. 00:06:50.689 --> 00:06:55.110 It's like a nightmare. I can't bring it into 00:06:55.110 --> 00:07:00.269 focus. Just flashes of it. Terrible things. Be 00:07:00.269 --> 00:07:03.730 specific. What kind of terrible things? Shapes. 00:07:04.230 --> 00:07:08.589 Forms. Voices. Saying I was going to die. That 00:07:08.589 --> 00:07:11.529 my life was falling away. That it was... It was 00:07:11.529 --> 00:07:13.730 disappearing. What kind of shapes? What sort 00:07:13.730 --> 00:07:16.970 of forms? I... I don't know. What size were they? 00:07:17.029 --> 00:07:19.629 What color? I don't know. You say voices. What 00:07:19.629 --> 00:07:22.110 kind? High? Low? Archie, I don't know. Were they 00:07:22.110 --> 00:07:25.509 men? Voices? Women? I can't remember. I can't 00:07:25.509 --> 00:07:27.610 remember. Now pull yourself together. Pull myself 00:07:27.610 --> 00:07:31.649 together? Look at me. I'm an old man. I've been 00:07:31.649 --> 00:07:34.529 robbed of half my life. Now think. How long did 00:07:34.529 --> 00:07:39.750 you stay on the mountain? I... Somehow I have 00:07:39.750 --> 00:07:42.850 managed to get the car turned around. I drove 00:07:42.850 --> 00:07:44.990 back to town. I found a doctor. What's his name? 00:07:45.329 --> 00:07:50.110 I don't know. What did he say? I can't remember. 00:07:50.509 --> 00:07:53.509 R .J., I came here to warn you. The mountain. 00:07:54.170 --> 00:07:58.149 It's haunted. It's cursed. Give up the project. 00:07:58.269 --> 00:08:03.589 Mrs. Dollar, call Dr. Watterson. No. No. The 00:08:03.589 --> 00:08:07.279 doctor can't help me anymore. But I can help 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:20.319 you RJ. Give it up. Give up the project. Dr. 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:25.180 Watterson? Ah yes, yes. Keep him on fluids and 00:08:25.180 --> 00:08:27.600 whatever you do, see that he remains absolutely 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:34.480 calm. That was the resident. About George? No 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:36.779 change in his condition. Have you checked the 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:39.419 local doctor? The one who saw him first. Well, 00:08:39.419 --> 00:08:42.440 we called him. He reports he treated a man of 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:46.299 about 70 for exhaustion. That's all you could 00:08:46.299 --> 00:08:49.600 get out of him? That's all he had to say. And 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.600 what have you got to say, doctor? We find that 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:55.639 George Morrissey has the physical signs of a 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:57.899 man in his seventies. But you know very well 00:08:57.899 --> 00:09:00.220 he is not in his seventies. Chronologically, 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:05.809 no. Medically, yes. Is there a disease that could 00:09:05.809 --> 00:09:09.870 age a man so radically in so short a time? I 00:09:09.870 --> 00:09:14.029 would say a man could be ravaged by some psychic 00:09:14.029 --> 00:09:18.970 or physical attack, but Here we have no signs 00:09:18.970 --> 00:09:22.809 of trauma These tissues organs nervous system 00:09:22.809 --> 00:09:26.590 circulatory system They show the deterioration 00:09:26.590 --> 00:09:29.570 that could only be caused by aging. Let's cut 00:09:29.570 --> 00:09:33.559 through all this doctor. How did it happen? We 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.559 don't know. You don't know. Am I supposed to 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:41.139 buy this nonsense about a haunted mountain curses 00:09:41.139 --> 00:09:44.000 and all that? I don't have the answer, R .J. 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:47.100 Walterson, over the years I have contributed 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:50.259 millions for medical research. I bought this 00:09:50.259 --> 00:09:53.860 whole hospital for you. So, are you telling me 00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:56.179 that now when I need some answers I'm not going 00:09:56.179 --> 00:09:58.639 to get anything for my money? I'm telling you 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:04.850 that we have no answers at this time. Is it possible 00:10:04.850 --> 00:10:07.629 that George could be faking? Why should he want 00:10:07.629 --> 00:10:10.350 to fake? Answer my question. The answer's no. 00:10:11.309 --> 00:10:14.509 I want to see him. He's very weak. Is it important? 00:10:14.590 --> 00:10:19.850 I don't make unimportant requests. Well, just 00:10:19.850 --> 00:10:23.710 for a minute or two at most. And please, don't 00:10:23.710 --> 00:10:32.820 excite him. in the club championship and I was 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:37.320 named 13 Mall America. George. Girls, you should 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:40.299 see how the girls would fall all over me. George, 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:45.500 pay attention. Huh? Oh. Oh, it's you, R .J. Listen. 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.360 No, no, no, George. Don't try to sit up, but 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.460 I've got to talk to R .J. Listen, R .J. Are you 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:54.899 listening? I'm listening. Here's what happens 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:57.860 to you up there on the mountain. I remember, 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:01.909 you see. Now, I remember... R .J., don't excite 00:11:01.909 --> 00:11:04.450 me. I accept full responsibility. Up there, on 00:11:04.450 --> 00:11:09.169 that mountain, I was told you will lose that 00:11:09.169 --> 00:11:14.070 which you value most. Told? You say told? How? 00:11:14.450 --> 00:11:18.210 By whom? I don't know. How can we get anywhere 00:11:18.210 --> 00:11:21.610 if you keep saying you don't know? Think. R .J. 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.639 I order you from this room. He's going to die 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:26.879 soon, anyhow. We have to get that information. 00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:30.320 R .J., I will call security and have the guards 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:33.139 throw you out of here. No, no, doctor. No, leave 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:37.419 us alone. This is between R .J. and me. What 00:11:37.419 --> 00:11:41.080 were you told, George? I wasn't really told. 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:46.299 It was more like a kind of feeling, an idea that 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:50.820 seemed to seep into me. And I realized... The 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:56.279 most important thing, what mattered most to me, 00:11:57.179 --> 00:12:01.159 was my body. Talk sense. I'm talking sense, R 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:05.519 .J. And I began to lose my body. What do you 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:08.960 mean, lose your body? The way you really lose 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:15.940 it, to old age. Only, oh God, only I was losing 00:12:15.940 --> 00:12:21.259 it then and there, and all at once. Is that what 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:24.860 you think happened, Marcy? But look, look, I 00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:28.039 got away from there, you see. I got away just 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:32.820 before I would have died. But why? I should have 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:38.320 stayed. Look at me. What good am I now? Be calm 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:41.600 and practical, George. We have the greatest doctors 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:44.919 in the world here. We'll beat this thing. You 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:49.080 can still beat it, RJ. You. You can still beat 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:54.519 it. Just don't go near that mountain. Just give 00:12:54.519 --> 00:13:03.860 up the project. You wanted me, Mr. Johnson. Has 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:06.460 Parker called while I was out? Yes, sir. He reported 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:09.159 in. Consolidated stock is still falling. That's 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:12.059 good. National computer is rising. And Starlight 00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:14.100 Oil is doing well with the new government. Tell 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:17.519 them to increase our holdings. Try 10%. Now, 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:19.639 cancel the rest of today and all of tomorrow. 00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:22.399 Yes, sir. Call Chuck Daly. I want him here in 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:25.559 three quarters of an hour. Uh, sir. What is it? 00:13:25.779 --> 00:13:27.860 Well, Chuck's about to leave for Florida. His 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:30.259 daughter's getting married this afternoon. Tell 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:32.059 him he has to fly me up to the Manitou Mountain 00:13:32.059 --> 00:13:35.779 area. But Mr. Johnson... Now, what is it, Mrs. 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:38.320 Dollard? You can't go up to Manitou Mountain. 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:42.779 Why not? You saw what happened. What did happen? 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:46.639 You saw George Morrissey. About George Morris, 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:48.960 either he caught a disease. But medical science 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:51.100 doesn't know of such a disease. Medical science 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:54.759 is constantly being surprised. Obviously, someone 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:56.860 does not want me to develop the Manitou Mountain 00:13:56.860 --> 00:14:01.419 Resort complex. And perhaps they managed to buy 00:14:01.419 --> 00:14:04.000 George Morrissey. But I would bet my life on 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.799 George Morrissey. You must never bet your life 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.139 on anybody, Mrs. Dollard. The nearest town to 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:11.259 Manitou Mountain is Lafayette Center. Reserve 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:14.080 a room for me there at the motel. But he is George 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:16.820 Morrissey. Fingerprints, dental records? Reserve 00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:21.399 it under the name R .J. Smith. Mr. Johnson, are 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.919 you going up there alone? You know perfectly 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.200 well, Mrs. Dollar, that the way to get something 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:30.059 done is to do it yourself. But... Isn't it dangerous 00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:32.440 for you to go? Mrs. Dollard, I have complete 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:35.539 freedom of action because, as you know very well, 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:38.100 practically nobody on the outside has the faintest 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:48.100 idea of what I look like. How many days do you 00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:51.440 plan to spend with us, Mr. Smith? Well, that 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:55.149 all depends. On what? Do you suppose I could 00:14:55.149 --> 00:14:57.649 hire a car and driver? Oh, let's see. I have 00:14:57.649 --> 00:15:00.669 some cards here. Pick out any name. Tell them 00:15:00.669 --> 00:15:02.970 Doris Evans over at the motel recommended you. 00:15:03.230 --> 00:15:05.549 Do you mean I need a recommendation to hire a 00:15:05.549 --> 00:15:08.429 car? Well, it's deer season. Can't expect a man 00:15:08.429 --> 00:15:10.809 to concentrate on his business. I would think 00:15:10.809 --> 00:15:13.750 you can if you pay him and he recognizes his 00:15:13.750 --> 00:15:17.309 obligation. Well, I can see you're a very serious 00:15:17.309 --> 00:15:20.269 -minded person, Mr. Smith. What brings you up 00:15:20.269 --> 00:15:23.590 to our frivolous part of the world? I intend 00:15:23.590 --> 00:15:27.029 to do some sightseeing. Sightseeing? I hear you 00:15:27.029 --> 00:15:28.850 have some very beautiful country. Oh yes, we 00:15:28.850 --> 00:15:30.889 do have a lot of very beautiful country up here. 00:15:31.169 --> 00:15:35.029 Wild, unspoiled. And we aim to keep it that way 00:15:35.029 --> 00:15:37.110 too. Now tell me, is there a doctor in town? 00:15:37.690 --> 00:15:40.110 Oh, I hope nothing's wrong. Wouldn't want you 00:15:40.110 --> 00:15:42.330 to get sick on us while you're here. No, I should 00:15:42.330 --> 00:15:44.929 just be checked every now and then. Oh, well 00:15:44.929 --> 00:15:47.590 we do have Dr. Stirling's. Does he have office 00:15:47.590 --> 00:15:51.169 hours now? His office hours are when he's not 00:15:51.169 --> 00:15:54.340 hunting or fishing. But I think he'd give up 00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:59.100 a chance at a 12 -point buck for you. Why? Well, 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:01.360 he doesn't get an opportunity like this every 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:05.480 day. To do what? To treat the world -famous R 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:09.519 .J. Johnson. I see. How did you know I... Oh, 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.039 I'm sorry. Really, I shouldn't have given it 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:14.279 away. After all, if you want to call yourself 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:18.019 Mr. Smith, we should indulge that little conceit. 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:22.259 But how did you know? Mr. Johnson... The whole 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:26.379 town knows you're up here. Why, we've all been 00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:36.120 waiting for you. We've all been waiting. Waiting 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:40.419 for what reason? Had they also been waiting for 00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:45.100 George Morrissey? And George was only R .J. Johnson's 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:49.700 hired man. We'll be back shortly with Act Two. 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:04.700 One of the world's wealthiest men sits in the 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:08.200 tiny lobby of a small motel in an out -of -the 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:12.099 -way village somewhere in the Adirondacks. And 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:15.839 suddenly he feels that all of his money and power 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:20.140 somehow seem to be very far away at this anxious 00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:22.579 moment. You say the whole town's been waiting 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:26.119 for me, Mrs. Evans? Yes, we've been waiting. 00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:31.829 Why? Well, you... You own us now. I own you. 00:17:32.009 --> 00:17:35.309 In a manner of speaking. You own all the land 00:17:35.309 --> 00:17:38.009 that surrounds this village. I would think of 00:17:38.009 --> 00:17:41.349 myself as more of a neighbor. We don't think 00:17:41.349 --> 00:17:44.369 your plans for the area will make you a good 00:17:44.369 --> 00:17:47.009 neighbor. You had your chance to protest against 00:17:47.009 --> 00:17:49.910 the project at the hearing. And we did. And after 00:17:49.910 --> 00:17:52.150 the legislature weighed all the pros and cons, 00:17:52.289 --> 00:17:55.069 they acted in the interests of the entire state, 00:17:55.289 --> 00:17:58.700 not your narrow provincial prejudices. You really 00:17:58.700 --> 00:18:01.759 believe that, don't you? I certainly do. But 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:05.440 we know why certain votes went a certain way. 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:09.599 Do you? Suppose you tell me. We know there was 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:13.799 bribery and pressure. Really? None of this was 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.720 found by the special prosecutor's office. Well, 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:19.859 I must admit, though, I admire your courage. 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:22.599 My courage? To come up here, all alone, without 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:26.579 your... Just a minute, Mrs. Evans. Oh, they have 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:28.740 clean fingernails, excellent manners, college 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:32.160 degrees. But they help you to steal and cover 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.380 your tracks. In that sense, they're no better 00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:37.579 than common thugs. You really believe that, don't 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:41.180 you? And let me set you straight. I have never 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:43.799 done anything illegal. You can't be serious. 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:46.279 No court has ever found me guilty of any crime. 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:50.079 Congratulations. But here's what I am guilty 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:54.089 of. Success. And this has earned me the envy 00:18:54.089 --> 00:18:57.289 and the hatred of millions of people. But that's 00:18:57.289 --> 00:19:01.089 human nature. I understand that. What I don't 00:19:01.089 --> 00:19:03.250 understand is the attitude of the people in this 00:19:03.250 --> 00:19:07.170 town. I'm not taking anything from you. I'm going 00:19:07.170 --> 00:19:09.990 to make every one of you rich. Can't you believe 00:19:09.990 --> 00:19:13.049 it? Oh yes, we believe it. Do you have any idea 00:19:13.049 --> 00:19:15.690 how property values in this town will skyrocket 00:19:15.690 --> 00:19:18.190 when the development is here? Yes, indeed. Then 00:19:18.190 --> 00:19:21.869 why is everybody so unhappy? You know, you remind 00:19:21.869 --> 00:19:25.490 me of my husband. My late husband, that is. In 00:19:25.490 --> 00:19:29.029 what way? He was an unsuccessful version of you. 00:19:29.410 --> 00:19:32.190 He also worshipped money. But he didn't know 00:19:32.190 --> 00:19:34.470 how to make it. What happened to your husband? 00:19:35.309 --> 00:19:38.670 He went up to what your investment brochure calls 00:19:38.670 --> 00:19:42.549 Manitou Mountain. Dead Man's Mountain, we call 00:19:42.549 --> 00:19:46.430 it around here, and it... Well, it killed him. 00:19:47.109 --> 00:19:50.730 How could the mountain kill him? It's an old 00:19:50.730 --> 00:19:53.730 Indian legend. Unless your conscience is completely 00:19:53.730 --> 00:19:59.269 clear, that mountain will kill you. Well, it 00:19:59.269 --> 00:20:02.690 killed poor Sidney Evans, rest is so. Killed 00:20:02.690 --> 00:20:07.029 him? How? He was discovered at the foot of it. 00:20:08.569 --> 00:20:11.670 He was completely shriveled. There must be an 00:20:11.670 --> 00:20:13.690 explanation. Doc Stallings never found it. He 00:20:13.690 --> 00:20:17.859 just wrote it up as death due to... Causes unknown. 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:20.200 Stallings is, after all, only a country doctor. 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:24.859 That's right, he is. Tell me, how do your high 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:27.880 -powered city doctors explain Mr. Morrissey? 00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:30.480 Well, you know about Mr. Morrissey. The whole 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:34.240 town knows about Mr. Morrissey. Poor Mr. Morrissey. 00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:36.839 He went up there. Something he had no business 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:39.680 doing. I must correct that. He had every business 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:42.980 doing it. He was my agent inspecting my property 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:45.460 on orders from me. But the fact is, he went up 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:50.609 there. and the mountain got him. Have other people 00:20:50.609 --> 00:20:54.529 met with mysterious results after climbing that 00:20:54.529 --> 00:20:58.269 mountain? Oh, very few and far between. We may 00:20:58.269 --> 00:21:03.269 be just country folk up here, but we learn from 00:21:03.269 --> 00:21:16.819 experience. Are you Dr. Stallings? Well, look 00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:20.160 who's here. They said you'd be out fishing. Oh, 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:22.980 that's never a bad guess, but it takes two and 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:25.940 the trout won't play. I'd like to talk to you. 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:29.059 Sure. I'm willing to pay you for a consultation. 00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:33.099 Oh, I intend to charge you. Well? Well what? 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:36.480 Well, aren't you going to come up here out of 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:38.720 the water? Well, you see, I got my eye out for 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:41.519 a certain brown trout. So you just tell me your 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:44.559 symptoms and I'll decide whether I have to examine 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:48.309 you. An employee of mine. You treated him recently. 00:21:48.930 --> 00:21:52.690 George Morrissey. Oh, him. What happened to George 00:21:52.690 --> 00:21:56.710 Morrissey? Well, I met him at the motel. It was 00:21:56.710 --> 00:21:59.190 a Thursday night. I go there for dinner whenever 00:21:59.190 --> 00:22:01.829 Doris Evans serves pot roast. Hey, you're lucky. 00:22:02.170 --> 00:22:04.390 She's having it tonight. About Mr. Morrissey. 00:22:04.730 --> 00:22:07.930 Oh, he was a serious kind of fella. Not like 00:22:07.930 --> 00:22:12.309 you. Same no nonsense. Let's get right down to 00:22:12.309 --> 00:22:14.670 it attitude. I'm only interested in what happened 00:22:14.670 --> 00:22:17.769 tomorrow happened Well, he wanted to hire somebody 00:22:17.769 --> 00:22:20.650 to drive him up to Dead Man's Mountain and nobody 00:22:20.650 --> 00:22:23.750 would do it. That's right. Why? Well, you've 00:22:23.750 --> 00:22:27.829 been told why by now I'm sure I'm asking you 00:22:27.829 --> 00:22:32.509 why I'll tell you the same thing That's impossible. 00:22:33.130 --> 00:22:36.369 Why is it impossible? Oh, I see what you think 00:22:37.110 --> 00:22:39.549 It's all right for the simple -minded hicks up 00:22:39.549 --> 00:22:41.750 here to swallow that superstitious nonsense, 00:22:41.750 --> 00:22:45.609 but me, I'm a doctor. A product of a highly sophisticated 00:22:45.609 --> 00:22:47.950 specialized education. That's exactly what I'm 00:22:47.950 --> 00:22:50.509 thinking. Well think again, because I believe 00:22:50.509 --> 00:22:54.390 it too. There has to be a reasonable, logical, 00:22:54.730 --> 00:22:57.190 rational explanation for what happened to George 00:22:57.190 --> 00:23:00.319 Morrissey. Oh there is, there is. He offended 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:02.740 the spirit of the mountain. Oh, you consider 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:04.839 that reasonable, logical, rational? Would you 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:07.079 feel better if I said there's something up in 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:09.880 that mountain, a virus, a bacillus, a fungus, 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:12.900 which somehow causes immediate aging? It would 00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:18.279 be a more rational explanation. You mean more 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:21.119 acceptable. I want to know what you believe, 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:24.500 and I'll pay you for it. I believe the evidence. 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:30.670 If you go up there, you can die. Why? Because 00:23:30.670 --> 00:23:33.970 a great spirit lives up there and he values his 00:23:33.970 --> 00:23:37.289 privacy. That's impossible. I saw George Morrissey 00:23:37.289 --> 00:23:40.430 at dinner one night. A vigorous, athletic looking 00:23:40.430 --> 00:23:43.769 man in his 30s. I saw him again the following 00:23:43.769 --> 00:23:47.990 evening. A broken old man, half dead. And you 00:23:47.990 --> 00:23:51.349 explain it with this half -baked legend. Well, 00:23:51.430 --> 00:23:53.930 how do your city doctors with all their modern 00:23:53.930 --> 00:23:56.829 facilities explain it? Your Dr. Watterson, a 00:23:56.829 --> 00:24:01.430 world -famous diagnostician, he called me. He 00:24:01.430 --> 00:24:06.230 asked me. This thing has to be cleared up. Why? 00:24:07.130 --> 00:24:10.410 What's wrong with a nice quiet mystery? If word 00:24:10.410 --> 00:24:13.329 of this becomes general, it can destroy the entire 00:24:13.329 --> 00:24:16.880 project. Is that bad? Millions of people will 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:19.539 be deprived of an opportunity to enjoy helpful 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:22.240 recreation in a fresh country environment. Ah, 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:24.619 but it won't be fresh country, you see. You'll 00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:28.480 have super highways, and smoke, and noise, and 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:31.779 honky -tonk resorts. I'm convinced that you people 00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:35.539 are up to something. Well, you tell me what. 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:40.660 I don't know. But I assure you, I have the resources 00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:45.470 to find out. Well, if you ever do. Let me know. 00:24:51.269 --> 00:24:55.269 Well, did you find Doc Stallings? My secretary 00:24:55.269 --> 00:24:57.230 should have called me on the hour. Oh, she did. 00:24:57.930 --> 00:25:00.750 We serve dinner till 9 .30, but the best time 00:25:00.750 --> 00:25:03.089 to eat's around six. From then on, it's leftovers. 00:25:03.150 --> 00:25:05.410 I'll have a sandwich sent up to my room. Oh, 00:25:05.609 --> 00:25:08.970 you're joking. I don't tell jokes. You mean... 00:25:08.970 --> 00:25:12.329 All you want for dinner is a sandwich? Mrs. Evans, 00:25:12.450 --> 00:25:15.950 food is merely fuel. The body is just a machine, 00:25:15.990 --> 00:25:19.130 and so my tastes are very simple. Whom do rich 00:25:19.130 --> 00:25:21.490 men think they impress when they say they have 00:25:21.490 --> 00:25:25.730 simple tastes? Do you have a wife? I never married. 00:25:26.549 --> 00:25:29.450 Well, so far we've eliminated wine and women. 00:25:30.130 --> 00:25:33.029 I can see by looking at you that there isn't 00:25:33.029 --> 00:25:36.170 too much song. What do you do with all your money? 00:25:36.789 --> 00:25:40.799 I make it grow. Well, whatever you do, don't 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:43.339 go up that mountain. I don't think I need any 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:46.000 more advice from anyone around here. I would 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:48.380 like to place a call to New York. You go up, 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:52.559 up that mountain, and when you come down, you'll 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:54.740 be penniless. You have my secretary's number 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:57.460 there. Please put it through. Just remember, 00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:09.140 I told you. It's exactly five minutes past four, 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:11.920 Mrs. Dollard. I know that, sir. Why haven't you 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:14.920 heard from Parker? I'm expecting a call any moment. 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:17.460 Any moment was not his orders. I specifically 00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:19.960 directed him to report on the hour. Yes, sir. 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:22.759 Why is there a delay? I don't know. Well, find 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:25.980 out. Mr. Johnson, I'm only human. What did you 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:32.140 say, Mrs. Dollard? Mrs. Dollard? Operator? Operator! 00:26:40.109 --> 00:26:42.490 We'll see here, Mrs. Evans. Oh, Mr. Johnson, 00:26:42.650 --> 00:26:44.369 I was just trying to reach your room. I've been 00:26:44.369 --> 00:26:46.029 cut off in the middle of a crucial telephone 00:26:46.029 --> 00:26:48.430 call. Carlotta, the phone company operator. She 00:26:48.430 --> 00:26:50.210 just told me that we can't get through to New 00:26:50.210 --> 00:26:52.509 York for a bit. What are you saying? Well, you've 00:26:52.509 --> 00:26:54.750 seen those signs along the roads. Look out for 00:26:54.750 --> 00:26:58.029 falling rocks. Well, we just had a pretty good 00:26:58.029 --> 00:27:00.650 slide on Route 640. Well, I must talk to New 00:27:00.650 --> 00:27:03.470 York. A lot of wires are down, but Ev Bailey 00:27:03.470 --> 00:27:05.049 and his boys will have it fixed before long. 00:27:05.430 --> 00:27:09.140 Oh! Hi, Doc. Hello, Doris. And why does the celebrated 00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:12.119 R .J. Johnson look so agitated? Well, he can't 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:14.480 make a phone call. Oh, my, my, my. You know, 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:17.240 Mr. Johnson, as a physician, I have a prescription 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:19.519 that could keep you healthy and happy for years. 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:22.140 Doctor, I'm in no mood for your folksy philosophy. 00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:24.200 I have to make a phone call. Don't you want to 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.900 hear my prescription? How long will it take to 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:28.339 repair the lines? Long? Maybe an hour. An hour? 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:30.880 Maybe less. I would prescribe the following. 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:33.859 Chuck it all, Mr. Johnson. Give it up. Settle 00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:37.339 down here. and marry Doris. I'm not sure I'd 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:39.759 want to marry him, Doc. I am not out to marry 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:42.640 anybody. Oh, why not? What's going on in this 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:45.000 town? Are you people crazy? Where's the police 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:49.420 station? The police station? Well, we do have 00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:52.740 a sheriff. Send for him. What do you want the 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:55.299 sheriff for? There has to be some kind of plot. 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:58.440 Where can I find the sheriff? You don't have 00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:01.480 to find him. He's coming in the door right now. 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:06.490 Hi, Elwood. Even folks a gentleman here wants 00:28:06.490 --> 00:28:10.670 to see you Elwood. Yes, sir Sheriff I need your 00:28:10.670 --> 00:28:13.950 help That's what we're here for sir. My name 00:28:13.950 --> 00:28:17.509 is RJ Johnson pleased to meet you sheriff these 00:28:17.509 --> 00:28:21.750 people are trying to these people are trying 00:28:21.750 --> 00:28:29.130 to Yes, sir. These people are out to do me harm 00:28:29.130 --> 00:28:34.000 Which people among others these two? But Doc 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:36.000 Stalin here is the greatest guy you'd ever hope 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:39.680 to meet. Matter of fact, he takes care of me. 00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:44.960 And I personally vouch for Doris. She's my sister. 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:55.039 A very nice, tidy little town. And the natives 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:58.839 are so friendly and obliging. And so concerned 00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:03.460 with your well -being. But right now, R .J. Johnson 00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:07.640 feels overwhelmed by their solicitude, as if 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:12.220 he is being literally killed with kindness. We'll 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:27.319 return shortly with Act Three. Are the people 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:31.130 of Lafayette Center... the kindly, generous -hearted 00:29:31.130 --> 00:29:35.670 folks they seem to be? Or is this a place of 00:29:35.670 --> 00:29:40.789 evil, where death waits for strangers, especially 00:29:40.789 --> 00:29:46.190 a wealthy stranger like R .J. Johnson? How are 00:29:46.190 --> 00:29:48.569 these good people out to harm you, Mr. Johnson? 00:29:48.869 --> 00:29:51.809 I don't know, Sheriff, but something is going 00:29:51.809 --> 00:29:54.890 on, and I demand protection until I can get some 00:29:54.890 --> 00:29:57.819 of my own people up here. You've got to appreciate 00:29:57.819 --> 00:30:00.220 my position, Mr. Johnson. There's nothing I can 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:02.779 do unless you make a choice. Well, we're only 00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:04.980 trying to help him, Elwood. You see, I look at 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:07.359 this man's face and I hear the tension in his 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:10.539 voice, and I see his color, you know? So I say 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:13.039 to him, change your way of life. Settle down 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:15.640 up here. Is that harming him? Well, it doesn't 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:18.420 seem like it. I recommend a more regular routine. 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:21.339 And we both keep warning him, stay away from 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:24.890 Dead Man's Mountain. Mr. Johnson? You couldn't 00:30:24.890 --> 00:30:27.970 get better advice from your best friend well 00:30:27.970 --> 00:30:32.349 now I see how this works a little bit of psychological 00:30:32.349 --> 00:30:35.630 warfare Doc what's he talking about? I'll tell 00:30:35.630 --> 00:30:38.809 you what I'm talking about For reasons best known 00:30:38.809 --> 00:30:41.309 to yourselves you people are determined to keep 00:30:41.309 --> 00:30:45.049 strangers at a distance We only be too happy 00:30:45.049 --> 00:30:48.390 if more folks move up here, and so you invented 00:30:48.390 --> 00:30:51.630 this nonsense about a cursed and haunted mountain 00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:56.200 But why? You know why, Sheriff. Because to any 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:58.640 man of intelligence and courage, it presents 00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:01.920 a challenge. But before a man goes up there, 00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:04.960 you prepare him. Well, gentlemen, you can stay 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.859 and listen to all this. I've got to serve dinner. 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:10.000 By all means, Mrs. Evans. We can continue this 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:12.960 discussion at the table. Oh? I thought all you 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:16.579 wanted was a sandwich. Oh, no. Tonight, I'm having 00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:28.329 all the trimmings. Here you are, Mr. Johnson. 00:31:28.730 --> 00:31:31.690 Thank you. Hot rose, mashed potatoes, peas and 00:31:31.690 --> 00:31:34.490 carrots. Now that's a cure for whatever... Hold 00:31:34.490 --> 00:31:38.710 on. Dr. Stallings, change plates with me, please. 00:31:38.849 --> 00:31:42.490 Why? It's the same portion. Except I always give 00:31:42.490 --> 00:31:45.089 you a little bit less. Would you mind changing 00:31:45.089 --> 00:31:48.690 plates, doctor? No, not if you tell me why. Since 00:31:48.690 --> 00:31:51.630 I'm going up to the mountain, there could be 00:31:51.630 --> 00:31:54.700 something in this food. A drug path. Oh, I like 00:31:54.700 --> 00:32:00.160 that. Very well, Mr. Johnson. Here, have it your 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:05.740 way. You say you're going up the mountain? Yes. 00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:09.259 After all we told you? I'm going up that mountain 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:12.500 to prove that it's just an ordinary piece of 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:15.200 undeveloped country real estate. Can you stop 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:18.380 him? Why would everybody want to stop me? Well, 00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:20.519 look what it did to your Mr. Morrissey. Suppose 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:24.240 for the sake of argument. There is something 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:27.980 dangerous up there and it gets me Isn't that 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:31.799 to your interest? Without me there can't be a 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:34.220 development project. Well, we have a more basic 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:37.119 interest. We have obligations as human beings. 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:42.259 Well Now I will need a car. There's a road I 00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:45.200 assume. Oh, yes, sir. They jump to the top But 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:48.680 why go now at night because the word should get 00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:53.549 around R. J. Johnson drove up this this dead 00:32:53.549 --> 00:32:56.170 man's mountain, as you call it, in the dead of 00:32:56.170 --> 00:32:59.609 night and just as calmly drove down again. But 00:32:59.609 --> 00:33:01.630 Mr. Johnson, really? You have something to learn, 00:33:01.789 --> 00:33:05.269 Mrs. Evans. You think a man becomes rich through 00:33:05.269 --> 00:33:08.289 trickery, violence, and all manner of illegal, 00:33:08.470 --> 00:33:10.630 immoral, and unethical acts. I never said that. 00:33:10.710 --> 00:33:14.009 But you believe it. Tonight, you're going to 00:33:14.009 --> 00:33:18.210 discover how I became rich by daring to do what 00:33:18.210 --> 00:33:21.299 other people consider impossible. It's that simple. 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:24.339 I would still advise you to keep away from that 00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:26.240 mountain. Let's end the little game, Doctor. 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:28.740 I have humored all you people long enough. Well, 00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:31.500 very well. How do you account for George Morrissey? 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:35.259 Very simple. George Morrissey is not R .J. Johnson. 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:39.359 Does the spirit of the mountain, going along 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:42.680 with the legend, kill everyone whose conscience 00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:47.829 is not clear? Very well. I'm safe. My conscience 00:33:47.829 --> 00:33:50.170 is on blemish and what I still think you should 00:33:50.170 --> 00:33:52.329 stop him the sheriff has no right to interfere 00:33:52.329 --> 00:33:56.049 I'm merely inspecting my own property now. He's 00:33:56.049 --> 00:34:00.230 right cars a little exercise in morality here 00:34:00.230 --> 00:34:03.750 Who would care to accompany me? You look down 00:34:03.750 --> 00:34:08.389 on you are the pillars of virtue You mean there 00:34:08.389 --> 00:34:11.090 isn't a clear conscience among the three of you 00:34:12.389 --> 00:34:14.650 I'll drive you. Doris. Doris, what are you saying? 00:34:14.710 --> 00:34:17.090 He's challenged us. But Doris, you know you can't 00:34:17.090 --> 00:34:18.869 fight the mountain. Well, we can't let somebody 00:34:18.869 --> 00:34:20.730 else get killed up there either. But what can 00:34:20.730 --> 00:34:23.570 you do? Well, at the first sign of anything suspicious, 00:34:23.570 --> 00:34:28.550 I can turn the car around. Mr. Johnson, you've 00:34:28.550 --> 00:34:30.969 got yourself a driver, and I suggest we leave 00:34:30.969 --> 00:34:33.489 right now. The moon goes down early around here. 00:34:33.530 --> 00:34:35.769 Oh, first I have to call New York. But the lines 00:34:35.769 --> 00:34:38.369 are still down. How do you know? Carlotta will 00:34:38.369 --> 00:34:40.630 let us know when they're fixed. Maybe I'd better 00:34:40.630 --> 00:34:44.949 wait. Oh. Don't tell me you're starting to have 00:34:44.949 --> 00:34:47.510 second thoughts. I have some very important things 00:34:47.510 --> 00:34:50.130 to check out. We can drive to the top of the 00:34:50.130 --> 00:34:52.309 mountain and back again in an hour. How do you 00:34:52.309 --> 00:34:56.510 know? Have you done it before? No, just a guess. 00:34:57.570 --> 00:35:13.289 And I'm ready if you are. Well? What is it, Mrs. 00:35:13.530 --> 00:35:16.690 Evans? Well, we're here. We're at the foot of 00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:20.150 Dead Man's Mountain. And there, you see, on your 00:35:20.150 --> 00:35:24.670 right, is the dirt road that leads upward. How 00:35:24.670 --> 00:35:29.409 far? Oh, I don't know. Well, what are we waiting 00:35:29.409 --> 00:35:32.670 for? You won't change your mind, Mr. Johnson. 00:35:32.889 --> 00:35:35.750 No. I still don't understand why you have to 00:35:35.750 --> 00:35:38.650 do this. This is another reason why I'm a rich 00:35:38.650 --> 00:35:42.489 man. I buy stock, nobody else believes it. I 00:35:42.489 --> 00:35:45.730 finance schemes other people think are harebrained. 00:35:46.110 --> 00:35:50.070 I back men no one else will work with. And I 00:35:50.070 --> 00:35:53.730 climb mountains everyone else is scared by. I'm 00:35:53.730 --> 00:35:56.570 climbing this mountain too. Then you also deserve 00:35:56.570 --> 00:36:01.269 to be rich. Well do we go ahead or do we turn 00:36:01.269 --> 00:36:05.230 back? One must always go ahead Mrs. Evans. Then 00:36:05.230 --> 00:36:27.889 here goes. All right. I guess. You guess? How 00:36:27.889 --> 00:36:32.030 do you feel? I don't have to guess. I know. I 00:36:32.030 --> 00:36:35.969 feel great. It should be interesting. What? Let's 00:36:35.969 --> 00:36:38.469 assume all you people are right. This mountain 00:36:38.469 --> 00:36:41.489 is haunted by a great spirit who strikes down 00:36:41.489 --> 00:36:45.690 all who have guilt. Which one of us do you suppose 00:36:45.690 --> 00:36:48.030 he'll strike down? Well, I don't have a guilty 00:36:48.030 --> 00:36:51.039 conscience. I wonder about that. I heard the 00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:54.519 doctor say you had a weakness for men with problems. 00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:58.199 Your late husband, maybe he didn't have problems, 00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:02.320 maybe you had the problems. No, we all have problems. 00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:06.219 Stop for a moment. What's the matter? I think 00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:12.960 I heard somebody. I haven't heard a sound. Listen. 00:37:26.670 --> 00:37:29.969 He's looking after George Morrissey. I don't 00:37:29.969 --> 00:37:32.889 know you out here. Did you hear him? There's 00:37:32.889 --> 00:37:34.769 no one around but you and me. Now that I think 00:37:34.769 --> 00:37:37.170 of it, that's such a strange way for Watterson 00:37:37.170 --> 00:37:39.829 to talk to me. He would never have the guts to 00:37:39.829 --> 00:37:43.429 say that unless he knew something. Look, I think 00:37:43.429 --> 00:37:45.210 we'd better turn around. No, no, no. I think 00:37:45.210 --> 00:37:48.570 I'm learning something. Watterson, do you know 00:37:48.570 --> 00:37:51.590 that Watterson is Parker's son -in -law? Who's 00:37:51.590 --> 00:37:54.130 Parker? My administrative assistant. He executes 00:37:54.130 --> 00:37:57.250 all my orders. Suppose Consolidated Industries 00:37:57.250 --> 00:37:59.269 is not going down. Suppose it's starting to go 00:37:59.269 --> 00:38:02.329 up. Suppose Parker is still holding on. Oh, come 00:38:02.329 --> 00:38:05.550 on, Mr. Johnson. Just relax, huh? Now, if it's 00:38:05.550 --> 00:38:07.389 too much for you up here, let's turn back. Tell 00:38:07.389 --> 00:38:11.949 me, Mrs. Evans, how did you know I'd be here? 00:38:12.090 --> 00:38:15.969 Well, we just assumed. No one told you? Who would 00:38:15.969 --> 00:38:19.400 tell us? A pilot. My pilot. I didn't even know 00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:22.659 you had one. He may have been put out because 00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:24.820 I made him fly me here on his daughter's wedding 00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:29.019 day. Oh? Well, that really wasn't nice. I pay 00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:35.599 him enough, but he didn't. No! Listen. I don't 00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:40.400 hear anything. Shush, Dressen! There. I'm only 00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:46.420 human, Mr. Johnson. I'm only human. Why would 00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:49.760 she answer me like that? If she didn't know something. 00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:54.559 I don't hear a thing, Mr. Johnson. I'm only human. 00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:59.139 I'm only human. Let me tell you about her. She's 00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:03.119 quiet. She's almost mousy. But she's ambitious, 00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:07.739 I can tell. I've made her a rich woman. She's 00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:11.760 in on it. She's in on it, too. She and Parker 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:15.840 and Morrissey, they worked it out. And you're 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:18.559 in on it, too. Me? They wanted me out of the 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:23.360 way. And so all of you got together. You worked 00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:26.539 up this phony scheme. But we're going to turn 00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:30.639 back. Answer the phone. What phone? Answer it. 00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:58.119 Hello? Mrs. Dollard. Who are you talking to? 00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:03.179 My secretary. She hung up on me. How could she 00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:07.300 hang up? There's no phone. Consolidated is going 00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:11.659 up. But there's no stock market at night. Mr. 00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:17.519 Johnson, it's going crazy. National computer 00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:22.300 is going down. Have Parker sell at once. I can't 00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:32.010 find Parker. Mrs. Dollard. I don't know how much 00:40:32.010 --> 00:40:35.389 money I've lost so far. Oh, please, listen. You 00:40:35.389 --> 00:40:37.849 have nothing to be afraid of. It's just a legend. 00:40:38.070 --> 00:40:42.010 Who can be sure it's true? Oh, sure, we local 00:40:42.010 --> 00:40:45.409 people push it to scare away developers. I feel 00:40:45.409 --> 00:40:51.389 weak, as if I lost a lot of blood. Listen, you 00:40:51.389 --> 00:40:54.210 are R .J. Johnson. You're not to be taken in 00:40:54.210 --> 00:40:56.429 with this superstitious nonsense. Fight it off! 00:40:57.170 --> 00:41:03.170 I can't. I'm trying. But all my strength is going. 00:41:04.309 --> 00:41:08.650 My money. It's disappearing. Your money isn't 00:41:08.650 --> 00:41:13.989 your strength. It is, it is. I have nothing else. 00:41:14.849 --> 00:41:22.190 Please answer the phone for me. I can hardly 00:41:22.190 --> 00:41:27.170 lift the receiver. The rebel government just 00:41:27.170 --> 00:41:32.260 nationalized starbite oil. What is well, what 00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:38.340 did you say mrs. Dollard mrs. Dollard mr. Johnson, 00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:47.500 we're leaving What If it happened everything 00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:55.199 Everything I was afraid of happened Consolidated 00:41:55.199 --> 00:42:01.840 went up national went down and Nothing happened. 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:07.559 It's all your imagination. Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson. 00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:25.460 Come to me. Mr. Johnson. He's dead. How? Why? 00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:28.139 Doris, I don't know. There isn't a mark. sign 00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:30.960 on him. It's as if all the force and vital energy 00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:34.159 just left his body. Well, maybe it's all for 00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:39.519 the best. He was in trouble. Trouble? It was 00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:43.139 on the news. Some of his holdings went haywire 00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:47.699 for some reason. Three big companies. He's out 00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:54.159 millions. He may have died just in time. A mountain. 00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:59.969 A mountain. What what about the mountain it's 00:42:59.969 --> 00:43:06.269 true Every word we say about it It's true. Oh, 00:43:06.349 --> 00:43:10.010 come on sis. How can it be true? The mountain 00:43:10.010 --> 00:43:13.090 killed him. He took away his money. Doris. Are 00:43:13.090 --> 00:43:24.889 you all right? I Don't know yet. I wonder What 00:43:24.889 --> 00:43:33.599 did it due to me. Well, what did it do to Doris? 00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:38.460 Everybody loses what he values most up on Dead 00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:43.239 Man's Mountain, as the saying goes. Maybe Doris 00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:47.340 had fallen in love with RJ, and thus the mountain 00:43:47.340 --> 00:44:02.800 robbed her too. I'll be back shortly. haunted 00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:07.480 mountains. Did this one cause certain stocks 00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:11.960 to go up and down one day recently? It certainly 00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:15.000 seems no more far -fetched than some of the explanations 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:19.380 people have for the market. The cast in our exercise 00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:24.500 in The Extraordinary included Alan Hewitt, Reiner 00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:27.820 Rayburn, William Redfield, and Robert Dryden. 00:44:28.429 --> 00:44:30.969 The entire production was under the direction 00:44:30.969 --> 00:44:37.250 of Hyman Brown. Now, a preview of our next tale. 00:44:37.989 --> 00:44:41.449 The only way to learn how to swim is to jump 00:44:41.449 --> 00:44:44.530 in the water, right? I simply can't make you 00:44:44.530 --> 00:44:48.750 understand, can I? Well, maybe I can make you 00:44:48.750 --> 00:44:52.769 understand. Ah, forget it. You want to get that 00:44:52.769 --> 00:44:55.650 dinner ready? I'm hungry. Yes, yes, I'm going 00:44:55.650 --> 00:44:59.820 now. Look, why don't you change first? Change? 00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:03.420 Yeah, yeah. You're close. Get more comfortable. 00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:06.460 Yes, I think I'd like to do that, George. I won't 00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:15.000 be long. George! George, there's a dog on our 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:18.739 bed! A horrible big dog! Take it easy. That's 00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:37.960 my surprise. That's it. Tell him. This is E .G. 00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:40.760 Marshall inviting you to return to our mystery 00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:45.059 theater for another adventure in the macabre. 00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:50.119 Until next time, pleasant dreams.