WEBVTT 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:23.780 The CBS radio mystery theater presents Come in 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:31.320 Welcome I'm EG Marshall Have you ever known terror? 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:34.079 Have you ever come up against something that 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:37.840 so threatened you, so horrified you, that it 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:41.079 stopped your heart for a moment? If you never 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:45.060 have, count yourself lucky. But don't count on 00:00:45.060 --> 00:00:48.899 your luck too much. After all, who's to say that 00:00:48.899 --> 00:00:52.799 terror may never touch you? Consider Helen and 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:55.600 Jim Crane. They never thought it would ever touch 00:00:55.600 --> 00:01:06.790 them. Jim, there's blood all over. And the axe. 00:01:07.709 --> 00:01:10.049 Did you see the axe? Come on, let's get out of 00:01:10.049 --> 00:01:13.170 here. Blizzard, we can't... We can't stay here 00:01:13.170 --> 00:01:15.650 either. There must have been a terrible fight 00:01:15.650 --> 00:01:17.349 in that kitchen and I'm not waiting for the winner 00:01:17.349 --> 00:01:22.329 to come back. You don't suppose... What? The 00:01:22.329 --> 00:01:24.670 murderer. The murderer the police are looking 00:01:24.670 --> 00:01:27.730 for. The man who slaughtered the Grant family. 00:01:28.269 --> 00:01:30.849 He said he was holed up somewhere on the mountain. 00:01:32.790 --> 00:01:37.290 This cabin, maybe. You don't think... All I think 00:01:37.290 --> 00:01:49.010 is that we'd better get out of here. Our mystery 00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:52.650 drama, Blizzard of Terror, was written especially 00:01:52.650 --> 00:01:56.049 for the mystery theatre by George Lother and 00:01:56.049 --> 00:01:59.540 stars Lois Smith. It is sponsored in part by 00:01:59.540 --> 00:02:02.420 Anheuser -Busch Incorporated, Brewer's of Budweiser. 00:02:03.739 --> 00:02:22.080 I'll be back shortly with Act One. Dare you join 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:26.240 me now in a blizzard of terror? Not so fast! 00:02:26.349 --> 00:02:31.090 Not so quick to answer yes. Are your nerves in 00:02:31.090 --> 00:02:34.189 shape for what lies ahead? Have you promised 00:02:34.189 --> 00:02:37.330 yourself a good night's sleep? A promise you 00:02:37.330 --> 00:02:41.949 want to keep? In simple brief, are you who now 00:02:41.949 --> 00:02:45.810 listen to my voice, ready to cope with terror? 00:02:47.210 --> 00:02:50.849 Very well. You made the choice, not I. Come along 00:02:50.849 --> 00:02:59.520 then. Well, come on. That China will form no 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.039 coalition with Russia in the foreseeable future. 00:03:02.539 --> 00:03:05.719 That's the world news. Now I have a special bulletin 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:11.939 from the big Indian sheriff's office. to stay 00:03:11.939 --> 00:03:15.460 off the roads on Thunder Mountain. Not only because 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:18.020 of the blizzards, but also because the man sought 00:03:18.020 --> 00:03:20.780 for the brutal murder of the Grant family is 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:23.060 believed to be hiding out somewhere on the mountain. 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:27.139 Jim, please shut it off! With a kitchen carving 00:03:27.139 --> 00:03:31.620 knife, the Grant family... Thank you, Mr. Crane. 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:33.719 You're welcome, Mrs. Crane. We don't need to 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:36.099 be told again and again that we're in a blizzard 00:03:36.099 --> 00:03:39.080 on Thunder Mountain. We know we are, thanks to 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:42.960 you. I'm sorry. It's OK, skip it. Maybe it is 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:50.879 my fault. Tim! Oh, that was a close one. You 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:52.800 know, I can't see the road. All I can see is 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.659 snow. What's that? What's what? There, just ahead, 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:01.199 back under the trees. A cabin? So? We better 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:03.939 stop. Oh no, no way. Yeah. We're just managing 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:06.039 to make it up this grade now. If we stop, we'll 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:08.120 never get started again. If we keep going, we're 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.159 sure to get stuck. Those snowdrifts out there 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:12.280 are getting worse. Yeah, I know. We'd be safer 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:14.139 in that camp. We could freeze to death. Yeah, 00:04:14.139 --> 00:04:20.459 please. For once. Listen to reason. Okay, okay. 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:26.259 You win. You always do. What you just said. But 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:29.160 not here! The cabin's over there. If we drive 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:31.079 in there, we will get stuck. You really are going 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:33.259 to have to get new glasses. Can't you see the 00:04:33.259 --> 00:04:38.620 road? Oh, oh yeah. Tire tracks. Snowed over, 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:44.519 but tracks. Those tire tracks, they mean somebody's 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:49.779 there. Yes! Look, look! Smoke's coming out of 00:04:49.779 --> 00:04:52.639 the chimney. Ah, now. Are you glad we turned 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:56.879 in? I'm swooning with delight. You're angry because 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.540 I was right. When are you wrong? When are you 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:02.439 ever wrong? Oh, you are something. You are. You 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:08.459 are really something. Why do we quarrel like 00:05:08.459 --> 00:05:10.060 this, flying at each other every time? Well, 00:05:10.060 --> 00:05:13.680 maybe if you weren't so darned independent. Forget 00:05:13.680 --> 00:06:01.500 it. Forget it. Okay, come on. fireplace here 00:06:01.500 --> 00:06:04.600 look there's a pipe in this ashtray the tray 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:08.360 is full of pipe ashes oh here's a coffee cup 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:14.860 half full there's a book open on the table young 00:06:14.860 --> 00:06:17.439 psychology of the unconscious whoever owns this 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:29.360 place must be a brain hello to go nosing around 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:34.199 bedroom nobody in it must be the kitchen behind 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:40.480 that door Helen yeah let's just sit down and 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:42.319 just wait for whoever owns this place to come 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:46.420 back huh I just want got no right Helen now the 00:06:46.420 --> 00:06:48.100 owner of this place must be the kind of person 00:06:48.100 --> 00:06:50.139 who wouldn't like people nosing around oh now 00:06:50.139 --> 00:06:53.500 I'm telling me just look at it this isn't just 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:56.910 a cabin it's a it's a kind of lodge Here, that 00:06:56.910 --> 00:07:00.889 wall lined with books. There, a hi -fi. Stacks 00:07:00.889 --> 00:07:03.310 of records, all classical. And those paintings 00:07:03.310 --> 00:07:05.949 on the walls. Helen, please. I want a cup of 00:07:05.949 --> 00:07:09.850 coffee, and if this door leads to the kitchen... 00:07:09.850 --> 00:07:12.290 She just won't listen. Just won't ever listen. 00:07:14.569 --> 00:07:17.290 Well, what are you standing there for? Now that 00:07:17.290 --> 00:07:21.410 you've opened the door, go on in. Oh, good Lord. 00:07:22.149 --> 00:07:27.459 What is it? Oh, Jim. Oh Jim. Helen, what is it? 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:31.579 The kitchen, Helen. The kitchen. Here, Helen, 00:07:31.579 --> 00:07:34.360 here, here. You better sit down. You look like 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:37.860 you're going to faint. Now, you just sit there. 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:49.459 I'll have a look. Oh, no. Oh, Helen, come on 00:07:49.459 --> 00:07:52.319 now. We better get out of here. My God, oh Jim. 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:57.889 Blood, blood. Over and the axe. Did you see the 00:07:57.889 --> 00:08:02.089 act? Yes the first thing I saw come on We can't 00:08:02.089 --> 00:08:04.649 we can't stay here There must have been some 00:08:04.649 --> 00:08:06.110 hell of a fight in that kitchen, and I'm not 00:08:06.110 --> 00:08:08.870 waiting for the winner to come back. Oh You don't 00:08:08.870 --> 00:08:13.990 suppose What? the murderer That the murderer 00:08:13.990 --> 00:08:16.009 they're looking for that man who slaughtered 00:08:16.009 --> 00:08:18.769 the Grant family They said he was holed up somewhere 00:08:18.769 --> 00:08:21.110 on the mountain. I don't know and we're not gonna 00:08:21.110 --> 00:08:22.990 hang around to find out now. Come on Let's get 00:08:22.990 --> 00:08:34.419 out of I'm Jim Crane. This is my wife, Helen. 00:08:35.299 --> 00:08:37.679 We got caught in a blizzard and we saw your cabin 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:43.379 and we just came in. We were over at Big Mountain 00:08:43.379 --> 00:08:47.179 for a skiing weekend and we started back too 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:50.159 late, thanks to my husband. Yeah, I guess it 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.399 was my fault. You see, I don't ski. My wife does, 00:08:52.419 --> 00:08:56.120 but I don't. Well, I got into this poker game 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.480 and I was winning and I couldn't quit. Ahead 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:01.940 you know how it is. You don't have to make any 00:09:01.940 --> 00:09:05.899 excuses to me friend Maybe to her but not to 00:09:05.899 --> 00:09:08.960 me. Well, I was I was just explaining like ice 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:14.320 in here Better get that fire going again You 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:17.799 didn't bother on our account. I'm not well what 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:20.860 I meant was we were just leaving not in that 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:24.179 blizzard You're not mrs. Crane. It's miss Morgan 00:09:24.179 --> 00:09:27.019 if you don't mind. I thought you said she's your 00:09:27.019 --> 00:09:30.730 wife Well, she, uh... She keeps her maiden name. 00:09:30.950 --> 00:09:35.629 You kidding? No, uh... You marry a doll and give 00:09:35.629 --> 00:09:38.889 her your name and she won't use it? What's the 00:09:38.889 --> 00:09:42.330 matter, Mrs... Excuse me. Ms. Morgan, you said, 00:09:42.690 --> 00:09:45.049 eh? What's the matter? Your husband's name isn't 00:09:45.049 --> 00:09:47.590 good enough for you? It isn't that. Then what 00:09:47.590 --> 00:09:51.330 is it? I prefer to keep my own name. That's all 00:09:51.330 --> 00:09:53.250 a lot of women do these days. Yeah, they call 00:09:53.250 --> 00:09:56.870 it women's lib. Women's what? Lib. For liberation. 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:59.120 You know, they keep their names, their independence, 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:04.720 their jobs, everything. Everything, eh? That's 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:08.100 too bad. You were my wife, dawg. You wouldn't 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:14.000 keep your name or your job or anything. And what 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:16.759 do you do besides letting her get away with all 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:19.879 this? Uh, engineer. I'm an engineer. You drive 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.200 a train? Oh, no, no, no, no. Not that kind of 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:25.080 engineer. Hydraulic engineer. Water power. Oh. 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:30.519 Cigarette? No, thanks. I don't smoke. You? I 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.740 don't smoke either. And I thought you... Huh? 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:40.440 Nothing. You thought I what? Well, I, uh... I 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:44.200 noticed the pipe in the ashtray, so... Oh. Oh, 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:48.519 well, uh... Yes, yes, I, uh... I do smoke a pipe 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:54.600 now and then. Cigarettes, too. You, uh... You 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:59.940 haven't told us your name. Jake Jake what Jake's 00:10:59.940 --> 00:11:08.000 enough? We need more wood. I'll get it We can't 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:11.299 well we've got to he doesn't own this place He 00:11:11.299 --> 00:11:13.460 doesn't live here and from the looks of him. 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.700 Oh good lord. What a bruiser He could be the 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:18.759 murderer the sheriff's looking for the blood 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:20.820 on his clothes. It's all over his body Helen, 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:22.980 we can't be sure it's blood. What else could 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:24.960 it be? And what about the cigarettes? There's 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:27.220 not one cigarette in that ashtray. There's nothing 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:29.259 but pipe ashes. Yeah, that's true. All right. 00:11:29.299 --> 00:11:32.220 And he's stupid, totally uninformed. He couldn't 00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:34.159 be the man who reads these books, listens to 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:36.220 that music he never heard of women's lib. He 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:39.679 thought you drove a train. Helen. Helen, we can't 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.299 leave. We could die out there. We can die in 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:46.399 here. And I have a feeling we will if we don't 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:54.590 get... I'll hold this for a while. Enough wood 00:11:54.590 --> 00:11:56.809 in the shed to keep us warm through the night. 00:11:57.149 --> 00:11:59.509 To go with a little lady like this to keep you 00:11:59.509 --> 00:12:03.049 warm. You wouldn't have to worry too much, would 00:12:03.049 --> 00:12:07.250 you? Well, don't look so upset, Jimmy boy, would 00:12:07.250 --> 00:12:14.029 you? I wouldn't. But then I'd see to that. Not 00:12:14.029 --> 00:12:18.769 a bad idea, come to think of it. How about a 00:12:18.769 --> 00:12:22.240 drink, sweetie, or a... Don't you do that either. 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:27.399 I could use a drink, yes. You, Jim? Oh, thanks, 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:34.259 yes. What do you do, Jake? Right now, nothing. 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:36.980 Well, I mean when you do something. Let's see, 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:41.360 we got scotch, bourbon, vodka. What does it be? 00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:48.759 Helen? Scotch. Huh? I said scotch. No, please. 00:12:49.339 --> 00:12:53.980 Excuse me, please. Jimmy boy? The same, please. 00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:58.120 One thing you gotta say for men, they got better 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.840 manners than women. Well, come on, come on, pull 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:06.820 up to the fire here. Let's all get cozy. That 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:11.419 okay with you, Helen? It'll certainly be warmer 00:13:11.419 --> 00:13:15.919 by the fire. That isn't what I said. I know what 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:22.240 you said. What'd I say? Here you are. Thank you. 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:28.879 Showing better manners. Good. Thanks. That's 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:33.879 better. Easy chair, warm fire, drink. That's 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:39.340 much better. Nice place you've got here. Sorry. 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:43.899 You must do a lot of reading, all those books. 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:47.860 At least some, yes. I see you like classical 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:52.769 music too. hmm who your favorite composers I 00:13:52.769 --> 00:13:59.669 mean oh Beethoven maybe yes yes I like Beethoven 00:13:59.669 --> 00:14:03.769 oh me too I'm especially fond of his 10th Symphony 00:14:03.769 --> 00:14:09.970 oh yes yes I I'd go for that too well I don't 00:14:09.970 --> 00:14:12.070 know about you too but I'm getting hungry to 00:14:12.070 --> 00:14:14.230 use some supper how about it yeah I could eat 00:14:14.230 --> 00:14:20.519 you sweetie I suppose. Yes, yes. Good. But first, 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:22.860 we'll have to clean up the kitchen. It's a real 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:26.460 bloody mess out there, and I mean bloody. What 00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:28.960 do you mean you mean bloody? Just said there's 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:34.419 blood all over. All over me, too. See? Oh. Yes, 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:39.399 yes. How, uh... What happened? I didn't want 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.539 to kill him. I had to. I surprised him out there 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:47.590 in the kitchen, and he came for me. There was 00:14:47.590 --> 00:14:50.509 an axe and it was the handiest thing in there. 00:14:50.509 --> 00:14:56.990 It was that. I sank it into a skull, deep. I 00:14:56.990 --> 00:15:03.429 couldn't help thinking of the Grant family. The... 00:15:03.429 --> 00:15:07.409 Grant? Yes, you haven't heard about that. Whole 00:15:07.409 --> 00:15:12.830 family down in the valley, slaughtered. Blot 00:15:12.830 --> 00:15:19.539 over. I got there in the kitchen. We better get 00:15:19.539 --> 00:15:25.639 to it you mean me a lot to clean up I can't do 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:34.279 it by myself Jim will help you know you I'd rather 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:36.460 not I didn't ask you whether you'd rather or 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:40.139 wouldn't I'm telling you I'll give you two minutes 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:42.500 to get out in this kitchen with me and get to 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:49.190 work There is no Beethoven 10th. Oh, Jim, what 00:15:49.190 --> 00:15:52.830 have we got ourselves into? Helen, get a shoe 00:15:52.830 --> 00:15:55.769 room. Go on now. You better go on out into that 00:15:55.769 --> 00:15:59.690 kitchen. I'm scared. I just can't be in that 00:15:59.690 --> 00:16:03.289 kitchen. Not alone with him. You saw the way 00:16:03.289 --> 00:16:06.529 he looks at me, the things he says. Don't worry. 00:16:07.129 --> 00:16:12.470 I'll protect you. You? Well, how about a dull 00:16:12.470 --> 00:16:25.909 face? Are you coming? Yes. Yes. I'm coming. Helen 00:16:25.909 --> 00:16:30.389 and Jim feel the first stirrings of terror. But 00:16:30.389 --> 00:16:34.649 worse, much worse, lies ahead for them. I'll 00:16:34.649 --> 00:16:51.269 be back shortly with Act Two. Suppose now that 00:16:51.269 --> 00:16:56.009 you, not Jim and Helen Crane, but you had sought 00:16:56.009 --> 00:16:58.909 shelter from the blizzard in that forsaken mountain 00:16:58.909 --> 00:17:02.990 cabin. You had met this strange and quite obviously 00:17:02.990 --> 00:17:06.930 murderous man who calls himself Jake. Suppose 00:17:06.930 --> 00:17:11.470 you, not Helen, are helping him against your 00:17:11.470 --> 00:17:14.450 will to clean up the shambles in the kitchen. 00:17:15.349 --> 00:17:28.920 The bloody shambles. That's it, I guess. The 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:30.779 axe needs to be washed. There's blood all over 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:38.440 it. Well, go on, wash it. I can't touch it. And 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.079 not as liberated. Wasn't that the word, as you 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:45.299 thought? I don't see what that's got to do with 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:47.799 it. I kind of got the impression you felt you 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:51.059 could do anything a man could do. All right, 00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:56.339 I'll wash the axe. You start making supper. Well, 00:17:56.339 --> 00:18:00.359 what are you standing there for? Get busy. I 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.660 don't know where anything is. Lots of canned 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:04.519 stuff in that closet, and there's a can over 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:08.480 on the wall. Thinking of how to use it? I'll 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:14.500 try. Spunky, aren't you? Spunky. You know there 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:16.779 was a killer in this kitchen this afternoon, 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:20.500 and I was the one who used this axe. You know 00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:22.539 that, but you've got the nerve to stand up to 00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:30.180 me. Maybe too much nerve His beans and spaghetti 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:34.339 stew and that's about it what you want you decide 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:39.480 I Figured you're good at deciding things And 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:42.759 that's what's wrong between you and your hubby. 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.500 How do you know there's something wrong? No sweat 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:48.160 five minutes with the two of you and anybody 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.819 could see you're too pushy and him he's He's 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:55.960 too much the other way Yep, like I said, you're 00:18:55.960 --> 00:19:00.200 too spunky Somebody ought to take a little of 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:03.920 it out of you Get your hands off me. Oh, come 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:08.660 on now. Let me go. Oh, stop it What's going on? 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:12.420 Oh What's going on? Well, you might say I was 00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:15.559 Starting to do what you should do. Jimmy boy. 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.640 Well, don't try that again You do and you won't 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:21.160 do any more than you're doing right now. Oh, 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:24.140 no. Oh, no Oh, Jim. Jim, please. It's all right 00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:27.480 now. No harm done. I'm not hurt or anything. 00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:30.839 What's the big deal, Jimmy boy? Little kiss between 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:34.519 friends. What's she get psyched up about? Come 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:37.319 on, chum. That you and me have a friendly drink 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:39.640 while Ellen gets supper ready. No, I don't want 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:45.480 to. Come on. You know how to use that can opener, 00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:54.279 sweetie? I'll manage. That's my girl. Yeah, Scotch, 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:59.240 right? Yeah. Oh, I see you tried to use a phone. 00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:04.220 Don't look so surprised. You put it back the 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:07.220 wrong way around. The phone's dead. I could have 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:09.940 told you that. The wires are down, I guess. No. 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:18.000 I cut the wires. You cut? I see. You had a drink, 00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:22.069 Jimmy boy. Cheers. Oh, and by the way, in case 00:20:22.069 --> 00:20:24.589 you've got any other ideas about getting help, 00:20:25.369 --> 00:20:27.769 those guns over the fireplace aren't loaded. 00:20:28.630 --> 00:20:31.049 And neither is that revolver on your mantle. 00:20:33.630 --> 00:20:37.309 Jake. Yeah? I'll, uh... I'll make a deal with 00:20:37.309 --> 00:20:40.430 you. What gives you the idea that you're in any 00:20:40.430 --> 00:20:43.690 position to make a deal? I'm not, I'm not, but... 00:20:43.690 --> 00:20:45.410 you've got aces back to back, I know that, but 00:20:45.410 --> 00:20:48.509 I'm still in the game, Jake. You're a good poker 00:20:48.509 --> 00:20:52.299 player. You're bluffing, but I'd never be able 00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:54.000 to tell it in your face. Are you gonna listen 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:58.799 all ears? Let us go Helen and me let us go and 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:02.700 We won't say a thing not a thing to anybody about 00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:07.440 what? What you know I don't know look I don't 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.099 want to spell it out. You've got no choice I 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:17.400 Hold aces back -to -back like you said All right 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:21.730 We My wife and I, we have a pretty good idea 00:21:21.730 --> 00:21:23.869 who you are. You know that, or I wouldn't be 00:21:23.869 --> 00:21:28.470 telling you. So, uh, what you're thinking, once 00:21:28.470 --> 00:21:30.430 these two leave here, they'll contact the sheriff 00:21:30.430 --> 00:21:33.470 and give them a lead on me. Well, all I want 00:21:33.470 --> 00:21:36.690 to say is just give us a break, and we won't. 00:21:36.690 --> 00:21:41.009 We won't say a word to anybody. Thanks. I appreciate 00:21:41.009 --> 00:21:46.440 that. And in return, you'll just let us go. Who's 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:48.579 holding it? Well, you know what? I mean we can't 00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:51.279 go now not with that blizzard out there. I mean 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:54.119 Tomorrow or the next day whenever the plow comes 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:57.880 through and clears the road up. I Mean I want 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:01.980 you to let us live what for? Answer me that Jimmy 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:06.779 boy What for well, that's a crazy question. Yeah, 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:13.160 let me tell you something Tell me You in love 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:18.099 with your wife You can't answer that, huh? She 00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:21.859 in love with you. Can't answer that either, huh? 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:25.119 Can you? How long you been married? You can answer 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:29.759 that. Three years. What happened, Jimmy? What 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:32.400 happened between the times three years ago you 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:34.779 two couldn't wait to get married? How bad are 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:39.220 now when you can't wait to get divorced? You 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:41.500 are thinking about divorce, aren't you? Well, 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:44.619 we are. We don't get along, that's for sure, 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:49.200 but... But what? You're at each other's throats 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:52.420 day in and day out, right? Nothing but fights, 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:56.220 arguments, frustrations on both sides. From the 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:58.339 minute you get up till you go to bed, right? 00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:04.839 Am I right? Yeah, you're right. And you wanna 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:08.500 live? For what? Well, you keep hoping things 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:11.720 will change. They won't. Unless you make them 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:17.009 change. Very few ever do. They keep hoping right 00:23:17.009 --> 00:23:23.450 into their grave, hoping. Like the Grants. Why, 00:23:23.670 --> 00:23:28.710 uh... Why did you kill the Grants? They killed 00:23:28.710 --> 00:23:31.950 themselves. They were dead long before they were 00:23:31.950 --> 00:23:38.329 put out of their misery. Like you and her. I'll 00:23:38.329 --> 00:23:43.069 make a deal with you, Jimmy. I'm listening. You 00:23:43.069 --> 00:23:46.529 give me a good reason why you should go on living 00:23:46.529 --> 00:23:52.329 That's the deal we want to know you just don't 00:23:52.329 --> 00:24:05.150 want to die Now I wasn't a bad meal sweetie, 00:24:05.150 --> 00:24:10.490 you're real talented with a can opener Thank 00:24:10.490 --> 00:24:18.680 you Storms getting worse Yeah, we're really snowed 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:23.339 in now drifts above the windowsills Better build 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:26.500 this fire up and then I guess we'll get the sack 00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:32.940 And where do you want to sleep, sweetie? Come 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:35.299 on now you shouldn't have any trouble making 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:39.839 up your mind. Oh, I haven't I'll sleep with my 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:43.589 husband as usual As usual? What kind of a crack 00:24:43.589 --> 00:24:46.630 is that? Now, now, cool it, Jimmy Boy. I won't 00:24:46.630 --> 00:24:48.609 have my wife insulted. I don't care how big you 00:24:48.609 --> 00:24:50.670 are, Jake, or how tough or cold blooded. I won't 00:24:50.670 --> 00:24:52.349 have you insult... Oh, Jim, now stop it. This 00:24:52.349 --> 00:24:54.849 is no time for gallantry. You're no match for 00:24:54.849 --> 00:24:56.769 him. He'd kill you. Besides, you took me the 00:24:56.769 --> 00:25:01.009 wrong way. All I meant was... Well, come on now, 00:25:01.009 --> 00:25:04.829 be honest. How long has it been since you two 00:25:04.829 --> 00:25:07.549 did sleep together as husband and wife? That's 00:25:07.549 --> 00:25:11.170 no business of yours. Long time, huh? Well, the 00:25:11.170 --> 00:25:13.609 minute I laid eyes on you, the way you acted 00:25:13.609 --> 00:25:15.869 toward each other, looked at each other, the 00:25:15.869 --> 00:25:19.289 way you talked, anybody could see you hated each 00:25:19.289 --> 00:25:22.410 other. We don't hate each other. You love each 00:25:22.410 --> 00:25:26.869 other? You see, that's what I mean. You too. 00:25:27.410 --> 00:25:30.309 You don't hate, you don't love. You don't nothing. 00:25:31.670 --> 00:25:37.369 And you ask me, that's a nutty way to live. So 00:25:37.369 --> 00:25:41.769 how about it, sweetie? How about what? There's 00:25:41.769 --> 00:25:44.349 a nice big double bed in that bedroom, and it's 00:25:44.349 --> 00:25:48.549 gonna be a cold night. And me, I sure appreciate 00:25:48.549 --> 00:25:52.490 it. I warn you, Jake. Oh, Jim! I'll sleep out 00:25:52.490 --> 00:25:57.309 here on the couch. Come here, sweetie. But, oh... 00:25:57.309 --> 00:26:00.250 Let old Jake see if he can change your mind. 00:26:00.250 --> 00:26:02.589 Oh, God, hey, hey, now! Get your hands off her! 00:26:03.650 --> 00:26:19.299 Oh, you dirty... I guess I will hold you for 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:24.400 a while, Jimmy boy. Now you, dog. Oh, no. You 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:26.579 can kill me if you want to. You could torture 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:31.859 me for hours, but I would never, never... Never. 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:40.940 Suit yourself. Now I think about it What would 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:48.119 I want with you? Oh When Jimmy boy comes to tell 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:51.240 him not to get any ideas in the night about escaping 00:26:51.240 --> 00:27:00.259 or overpowering me He hasn't a chance Jim Jim 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:06.859 I'll be okay. He sure packs a mean wallop standing 00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:10.859 up to him. Some things a man will take and some 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:13.819 things he won't. A man handling his wife is one 00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:17.059 of them. Jim, can we get out? Do you think? Would 00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:21.400 there be any way? No, no. We're slowed in. Even 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:23.160 if we could get to the car, we wouldn't be able 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:25.859 to drive at a foot in those drifts. What about 00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:27.880 telephoning for help? No, the phone's dead. He 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:31.019 cut the wires. Oh. But don't you worry. Don't 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:32.960 you worry, Helen. There's one thing he overlooked. 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:38.380 What? That revolver on the mantelpiece. This. 00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:42.900 It's loaded? Not yet, but it's gonna be. He made 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:44.660 a big point about those guns over the mantel 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:47.079 and this revolver having no bullets in them. 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:49.740 I knew that without being told. Those guns were 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:51.400 the first thing I went for when you two were 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:53.279 in the kitchen. But if they're unloaded... Well, 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.380 I nosed around. I couldn't find any ammunition 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:58.640 for the guns on the wall, but... I found these 00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:00.980 in that drawer. Do they fit? Looks as if they 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:07.339 ought to. We'll soon find out. What do we do 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:11.079 now? We'll wait till morning. But we're safe 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:18.259 now, Helen. Safe. Thanks to you, darling. You 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:20.359 know, you haven't called me that in I don't know 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:26.900 when. Oh, I... Jim, there's something I forgot 00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:30.099 to mention. I kind of figure you must have found 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:32.980 the bullets for that revolver in the desk drawer. 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:37.849 You did, didn't you? What of it? Don't bother 00:28:37.849 --> 00:28:40.109 loading that gun. It doesn't work. The trigger's 00:28:40.109 --> 00:28:51.829 broken. Nice. Helpless once again, Jim and Helen 00:28:51.829 --> 00:28:55.690 can only stare at each other as fear touches 00:28:55.690 --> 00:29:00.009 them with icy fingers. I'll be back shortly with 00:29:00.009 --> 00:29:16.000 act three. Terrorers' icy fingers grip Helen 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.579 and Jim Crane as they face all but certain death 00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:23.079 at the hands of Jake. Curious, though, isn't 00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:28.339 it? Even strange that their fear, shared in common, 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:32.059 brings them closer to each other than ever before 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:35.720 in the three years of their marriage. Strange. 00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:44.220 Curious. Jim? Oh. I didn't know you were awake. 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:48.519 I've hardly slept. I'm sorry. I've done the best 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:50.180 I could with this fire through the night to keep 00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:53.319 the room warm. I know. I know. I watched you 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:58.119 get up out of that chair again and again. Thank 00:29:58.119 --> 00:30:03.839 you, Jim. What? You did it mostly for me. For 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:08.900 my comfort. Thank you. Nonsense. I need a little 00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:13.190 warmth, too, if you know. You don't... get much 00:30:13.190 --> 00:30:18.410 do you from me could be I don't rate much I think 00:30:18.410 --> 00:30:23.470 you do why do you withhold it I only just found 00:30:23.470 --> 00:30:28.269 out found out it wasn't the cold that kept me 00:30:28.269 --> 00:30:33.390 awake through the night it was thinking about 00:30:33.390 --> 00:30:37.049 Jake and us. Well, we'll manage our way out of 00:30:37.049 --> 00:30:38.809 this. I don't know how, but we will. I wasn't 00:30:38.809 --> 00:30:41.170 thinking about that. I was thinking about something 00:30:41.170 --> 00:30:46.450 he said last night. He said, we don't hate each 00:30:46.450 --> 00:30:51.569 other, we don't love, we don't nothing. And then 00:30:51.569 --> 00:30:53.710 he said, you ask me, that's a nutty way to live. 00:30:55.710 --> 00:30:59.769 Well, it is, isn't it? If what he said was true 00:30:59.769 --> 00:31:05.519 about us, but it isn't. It is. Not for me. I 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:10.779 did a lot of thinking too. I, uh... I love you, 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:15.259 Helen. I always have. It's just that... Yes? 00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:18.059 I don't know. It seems I can't reach you anymore. 00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:21.720 Something happened to us a long way, and I can't 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:27.920 figure out what it is. I think I can. Tell me. 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:34.720 I don't know. I think maybe it's just the times 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:40.359 we live in. I mean, well, take women's lib. I 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:42.119 don't see anything wrong with women's lib. The 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:45.460 fact is, I'm all for it if it doesn't go too 00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:50.720 far. It did with me, I think. Oh, I don't know. 00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:57.200 I do. I wanted to be... I still want to be my 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:01.579 own person, myself, me. the last thing I wanted 00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:07.579 was to be dependent on anyone and I guess especially 00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:16.099 on you but last night oh Jim I was scared and 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:20.000 when you fought for me when you well you just 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:24.720 went for him like a raging animal Jim and you 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:29.059 did it for me I know you wouldn't have done it 00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:32.019 for yourself or maybe for anyone, but you did 00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:38.759 it for me. Oh, Jim, I needed you. I really did 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:44.700 need you. Well, maybe the truth is... The simple 00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:47.759 truth is that we need each other. I don't mean 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:51.000 just you and me, but everybody. I mean, we're 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:53.559 all in the same boat, aren't we? Same world. 00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:57.200 We are dependent on each other, so... Why do 00:32:57.200 --> 00:33:01.680 we fight it? I'm not fighting it anymore. I made 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:06.500 up my mind of that during the night. Jim. Hmm? 00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:12.740 I love you. You are a wonderful husband, only 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:16.079 I just never gave you the chance to be. Oh, Ellie, 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:19.480 sweetheart. Oh, I do love you. Oh, Jim, I do. 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:24.500 Oh, I do. Oh, dearest. Well, well, well, look 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:28.130 what's going on here. When did you two scrappers 00:33:28.130 --> 00:33:32.829 become lovebirds? Never mind, never mind. That 00:33:32.829 --> 00:33:36.089 fire needs building up. Get some wood, Jim. It's 00:33:36.089 --> 00:33:43.809 stuck back in the shed. Okay. So, you think you've 00:33:43.809 --> 00:33:46.029 fallen in love with your husband all over again, 00:33:46.309 --> 00:33:50.369 eh? You were listening. You overheard. For the 00:33:50.369 --> 00:33:53.410 last myself's sake. I don't see anything funny 00:33:53.410 --> 00:33:56.849 about it. You wouldn't. You believe it. So is 00:33:56.849 --> 00:34:00.109 he. In fact, there's the two of you in the same 00:34:00.109 --> 00:34:03.509 boat. And no, you better row together or else. 00:34:04.589 --> 00:34:07.849 Or else what? You'll find out, sweetie. What 00:34:07.849 --> 00:34:10.550 will you take to let us go? Kind of putting the 00:34:10.550 --> 00:34:14.090 cot before the horse, aren't you? Go where? The 00:34:14.090 --> 00:34:16.130 blizzard has stopped. But those drifts out there 00:34:16.130 --> 00:34:18.409 must be six, eight feet high. They must plow 00:34:18.409 --> 00:34:20.690 that road. They have to keep it open. A plow 00:34:20.690 --> 00:34:22.989 is sure to come through, if not today, tomorrow. 00:34:23.090 --> 00:34:28.210 Could be. Well, then. Well, then what? Don't 00:34:28.210 --> 00:34:34.550 kill us. Let us go. Why should I? I'll give you 00:34:34.550 --> 00:34:39.710 anything you want. I'll do anything you want. 00:34:40.469 --> 00:34:43.809 How do you know what I want? What makes you so 00:34:43.809 --> 00:34:47.829 sure you can supply it? You've made that plain 00:34:47.829 --> 00:34:54.750 enough. Jake, I beg you, let us live, at least. 00:34:55.250 --> 00:35:00.570 Let Jim live. And I'll do anything, anything. 00:35:01.989 --> 00:35:05.929 Oh, Jim! What happened? Oh, I was bringing an 00:35:05.929 --> 00:35:08.809 armful of wood and I stepped on a log. Oh, I 00:35:08.809 --> 00:35:10.750 twisted my ankle. Here, let me give you a hand. 00:35:11.269 --> 00:35:14.469 Just lean on me. Take it easy. Jim, Jim, dear. 00:35:14.670 --> 00:35:17.969 Easy now, easy. There, sit right there. Let me 00:35:17.969 --> 00:35:20.289 get that shoe off. Let him get it off himself. 00:35:20.309 --> 00:35:23.030 He's no cripple. You get out in the kitchen and 00:35:23.030 --> 00:35:31.920 scare up some breakfast. You heard me. See if 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:36.619 you can stand on it. Stand? Try it. I can't. 00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:49.019 I'm helpless. Yeah. Real helpless. Hey, you make 00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:54.940 a good cup of coffee, though. Thank you. I'll 00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:56.800 get another cold compress for your ankle, Jim. 00:35:56.920 --> 00:36:00.789 He's all right. I said... I said he's okay. Let 00:36:00.789 --> 00:36:05.090 him worry about his ankle. You and me have some 00:36:05.090 --> 00:36:10.989 unfinished business. What is this? Helen, what 00:36:10.989 --> 00:36:15.650 is this? It's the only way. What only way? What 00:36:15.650 --> 00:36:19.849 are you talking about? Jim, I made a deal with 00:36:19.849 --> 00:36:26.130 him. A deal? I said I'd do anything if he'd let 00:36:26.130 --> 00:36:28.710 us go. Are you out of your mind? He's going to 00:36:28.710 --> 00:36:31.559 kill us. Now you know that. You're crazy. He'll 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:33.239 get what he wants and then he'll kill us. No. 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:40.420 Yes. No, because I'm going to kill him with this 00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:44.480 kitchen knife. All I want is to get close enough 00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:47.400 to him. No, no, you can't do that. It isn't in 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:49.679 you to do that. It's got to be. There isn't any 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:55.320 other way. What's keeping you? I'm coming. Leave 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:59.309 the knife, doll. These petitions are all... Finn 00:36:59.309 --> 00:37:04.230 you ought to know that by now put the knife down 00:37:04.230 --> 00:37:09.610 I said stay where you are Helen she made a deal 00:37:09.610 --> 00:37:12.690 and she's gone through with it over my dead body 00:37:12.690 --> 00:37:15.769 no you fool over your live body over my life 00:37:15.769 --> 00:37:19.809 said he'd spare you spare me he said us she lied 00:37:19.809 --> 00:37:25.570 she made the bargain to save you Helen Helen 00:37:25.570 --> 00:37:28.869 you you would love you I love you, Jim. I told 00:37:28.869 --> 00:37:31.489 you that. I love you. And I love you, Helen, 00:37:31.610 --> 00:37:33.469 a lot too much to let you go through with anything 00:37:33.469 --> 00:37:36.869 like this. But you figure you can do about it, 00:37:37.070 --> 00:37:39.710 huh? You can't even stand, not on that bad ankle 00:37:39.710 --> 00:37:46.690 you can. Oh, yes, I can. Jim, my boy, not you. 00:37:48.250 --> 00:37:55.170 No, no. No, no. I can't. I can't go through with 00:37:55.170 --> 00:37:57.460 it. Oh, yes, you can. Leave? Leave her alone, 00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:00.300 leave her alone! Oh, please, I can't. Stop it, 00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:09.420 you hear me? Stop it! Jim! You... How did you...? 00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:13.599 I don't know. I don't know, Helen. I somehow 00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.820 grabbed the poker and made it across the floor 00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:18.300 and hit him with it. I don't know how I did it. 00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:21.659 Oh, I've got to sit down and get off this. Oh, 00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:24.840 here, here. Oh, lean on me. All right, now. Easy, 00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:30.690 easy. Look at him, how unsafe he's breathing. 00:38:32.110 --> 00:38:38.750 I... I may have killed him. He's breathing. His 00:38:38.750 --> 00:38:42.090 head bleeding. Where you hit him. I'll get something 00:38:42.090 --> 00:38:43.889 to tie him up with. See if there's some rope 00:38:43.889 --> 00:38:50.389 around. And snap it up. He's coming to us. It's 00:38:50.389 --> 00:39:03.059 the phone! He said he cut the wire. He's the 00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:07.360 sheriff in Big Indian. Who? Professor Moran? 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:15.340 No, there is a man here. I'm afraid he's hurt. 00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:24.159 Me? My name's Helen Crane. My husband and I got 00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:26.340 caught in last night's blizzard and we managed 00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:30.769 to get to this cabin and we found, well... There 00:39:30.769 --> 00:39:34.210 was blood all over the kitchen. Helen, look out. 00:39:34.590 --> 00:39:38.349 Jake, it's all right. All right. The poker. Helen, 00:39:38.409 --> 00:39:40.550 the poker. Hit him again. No. No, you've got 00:39:40.550 --> 00:39:43.369 it all wrong. All wrong. Helen, hit him. Give 00:39:43.369 --> 00:39:49.449 me that phone. Hello. Hello, Ed. Yes, it's Jake. 00:39:50.210 --> 00:39:54.050 No, it's okay. Everything's okay. No. No, no. 00:39:54.070 --> 00:39:56.789 I'm not worried at all. I knew you'd check as 00:39:56.789 --> 00:40:00.920 soon as they got the service back on. Right. 00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:07.780 Oh, oh man Bobcat Yeah, Bobcat Surprised him 00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:11.340 in the kitchen Killed him the wood axe handiest 00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:16.000 thing Yeah, I guess so prowling for food sure. 00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:24.519 Oh Well a nice young couple No, no, I'm I'm very 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:30.909 much alive I'll explain when I see you The plow 00:40:30.909 --> 00:40:37.250 when good No, no, no, we're okay, honey would 00:40:37.250 --> 00:40:46.989 plenty of food Thanks Ed so long You Professor 00:40:46.989 --> 00:40:51.590 Moran. Yes. Why I Don't get it. We thought you 00:40:51.590 --> 00:40:54.210 were the killer. They're looking for yes. I know 00:40:54.210 --> 00:40:59.889 Why didn't you tell us who you were? What why 00:40:59.889 --> 00:41:02.170 didn't you explain about the blood in the kitchen 00:41:02.170 --> 00:41:04.210 more important? Why did you act the way you did 00:41:04.210 --> 00:41:09.590 you? Acted the part of the killer yes Why did 00:41:09.590 --> 00:41:14.130 I act part? Well you were guinea pigs. I'm afraid 00:41:14.130 --> 00:41:16.969 Guinea pigs yes, I'm head of the Department of 00:41:16.969 --> 00:41:21.409 Psychology at City University I Sized you two 00:41:21.409 --> 00:41:24.150 up the minute. I saw you your marriage was headed 00:41:24.150 --> 00:41:26.349 for the rocks and like most couples you didn't 00:41:26.349 --> 00:41:32.760 know it Like any other young marriage in this 00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:35.260 day and age, you'd lost contact with each other. 00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:39.179 We're going separate ways. Well, I set out to 00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:42.280 bring you back together, and as I said before, 00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:45.159 people in the same boat have to pull together. 00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:49.800 All I did was put you both in the same boat by 00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:53.219 making you face a common danger. A danger that 00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:58.159 never existed. Well, I'm hanged. You carried 00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:02.139 things pretty far. Professor Moran? Too far, 00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:06.619 my dear, much too far. You'll find aspirin in 00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:08.800 the medicine cabinet. Bring me a couple, would 00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:18.920 you? On second thought, bring the bottle. And 00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:24.139 so terror turns to surprise and relief. Pretty 00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:26.739 shrewd fellow, Professor Moran, wouldn't you 00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:30.429 say? I mean... Realizing that Jim and Helen were 00:42:30.429 --> 00:42:33.929 headed for divorce, that took keen insight into 00:42:33.929 --> 00:42:38.590 human nature. But then, he was after all, a trained 00:42:38.590 --> 00:42:41.849 psychologist. I'll be back in just a moment. 00:42:53.869 --> 00:42:58.070 Marriage is two people in the same boat. A cliché, 00:42:58.070 --> 00:43:01.610 of course. But the very core of every cliché 00:43:01.610 --> 00:43:05.949 is truth. All is not gold at glitters, a stitch 00:43:05.949 --> 00:43:10.269 in time saves nine, and so on. I couldn't help 00:43:10.269 --> 00:43:13.670 thinking that all humanity is in the same boat. 00:43:14.409 --> 00:43:17.329 And what an infinitely better and happier world 00:43:17.329 --> 00:43:21.050 it would be if we all learned to pull together. 00:43:22.389 --> 00:43:25.829 Our cast included Lois Smith, Larry Haynes, and 00:43:25.829 --> 00:43:28.809 Leon Janney. The entire production was under 00:43:28.809 --> 00:43:33.230 the direction of Hyman Brown. And now, a preview 00:43:33.230 --> 00:43:38.230 of our next tale. I don't want your wife on board. 00:43:39.630 --> 00:43:42.849 This voyage has begun. The course is set and 00:43:42.849 --> 00:43:46.070 it will not be changed. May I remind you, Captain, 00:43:46.110 --> 00:43:49.869 that this is my ship. Now this is my ship, Mr. 00:43:50.130 --> 00:43:55.369 Ames. My ship. From port to port. Your ship in 00:43:55.369 --> 00:44:00.010 the harbor. Mine on the sea. My ship. Here I 00:44:00.010 --> 00:44:03.309 give the orders. Here I expect to be obeyed. 00:44:03.329 --> 00:44:05.369 In the name of all that's reasonable, man, in 00:44:05.369 --> 00:44:07.469 view of our business, can't you see this is no 00:44:07.469 --> 00:44:09.969 place for a woman? There's only one place for 00:44:09.969 --> 00:44:13.289 Annabella. My wife remains at my side. But on 00:44:13.289 --> 00:44:17.429 a slave ship. By my side, do you hear? By my 00:44:17.429 --> 00:44:22.090 side. Now, we'll hear no more of this. For by 00:44:22.090 --> 00:44:25.349 the living God, owner or not, I'll clap you an 00:44:25.349 --> 00:44:28.039 iron. Radio Mystery Theater was sponsored in 00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:31.000 part by the Kellogg Company, makers of Kellogg's 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:34.340 Special K cereal. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:37.360 you to return to our Mystery Theater for another 00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:44.099 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:45.199 dreams.