WEBVTT 00:00:17.540 --> 00:00:25.640 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:32.109 to the sounds of suspense. Justice. the noblest 00:00:32.109 --> 00:00:37.090 creation and the highest ideal of man the foundation 00:00:37.090 --> 00:00:41.390 of all religion and the cornerstone of every 00:00:41.390 --> 00:00:46.350 law justice the birthright of every human being 00:00:46.350 --> 00:00:50.049 on the face of the earth justice were brought 00:00:50.049 --> 00:00:53.630 up to believe in it to expect it but what about 00:00:53.630 --> 00:00:57.890 those people who suddenly discover that for them 00:00:58.250 --> 00:01:01.990 There isn't any justice you just don't go around 00:01:01.990 --> 00:01:05.109 killing people Eddie But there are people who 00:01:05.109 --> 00:01:07.969 have to be killed the war is over. It's been 00:01:07.969 --> 00:01:12.450 over for a long time No, it isn't not for me 00:01:12.450 --> 00:01:14.310 Eddie. You're home now. Don't you understand? 00:01:14.769 --> 00:01:18.609 We can only have justice through the law. Okay 00:01:18.609 --> 00:01:22.730 Tell me Will the law give us justice? I just 00:01:22.730 --> 00:01:26.709 told you we have no evidence. Okay? No justice 00:01:26.709 --> 00:01:31.340 from the law So where and to whom do we go for 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:36.439 justice? Tell me Does that mean there isn't gonna 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:49.560 be any justice? Our mystery drama only the dead 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.700 remember was written especially for the mystery 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:56.540 theater by Sam Dam and stars Tony Roberts and 00:01:56.540 --> 00:02:00.650 Mandel Kramer It is sponsored in part by The 00:02:00.650 --> 00:02:03.230 Kellogg Company, makers of Kellogg's Special 00:02:03.230 --> 00:02:08.409 K Cereal, and New Sugar Free Diet 7 Up. I'll 00:02:08.409 --> 00:02:23.650 be back shortly with Act One. For a long time, 00:02:24.030 --> 00:02:26.770 ever since he came home from one of our wars, 00:02:27.129 --> 00:02:31.270 Eddie Benson has been looking for someone. Those 00:02:31.270 --> 00:02:33.710 vital years of his life that might have been 00:02:33.710 --> 00:02:37.530 invested in a career, devoted to a family, have 00:02:37.530 --> 00:02:41.490 instead been devoured by an all -consuming search 00:02:41.490 --> 00:02:44.909 as Eddie Benson roamed the length and breadth 00:02:44.909 --> 00:02:48.370 of America, supporting himself by his nimble 00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:52.349 and sensitive fingers, playing the piano, in 00:02:52.349 --> 00:02:55.810 grimy saloons, in sophisticated night spots. 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:01.139 but always looking, always listening, ever alert 00:03:01.139 --> 00:03:05.960 for a clue that could lead to his quarry. Well, 00:03:06.259 --> 00:03:09.560 now tonight, suddenly the manhunt will come to 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:12.900 an end in a cocktail lounge in a northwestern 00:03:12.900 --> 00:03:17.039 city just a few minutes before midnight. Odd, 00:03:17.740 --> 00:03:21.180 how a search so intense. could be climaxed by 00:03:21.180 --> 00:03:26.000 a discovery so casual. How so serious and deadly 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:36.240 a crusade can be capped with a laugh. That laugh. 00:03:37.419 --> 00:03:40.960 Eddie Benson hasn't heard that laugh in years. 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:46.900 That laugh. He would recognize it anywhere. It 00:03:46.900 --> 00:03:54.000 could only belong to one person. And now Eddie's 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.379 fingers slide softly and swiftly over the keyboard 00:03:57.379 --> 00:04:03.759 and find a melody. A pretty little melody that 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:08.680 has a special meaning for certain people. Especially 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:11.620 for that comfortable looking man at the corner 00:04:11.620 --> 00:04:18.990 table. The man with that latch. So I said to 00:04:18.990 --> 00:04:22.069 her, my dear, if I were to get married again, 00:04:22.350 --> 00:04:24.730 it would be the triumph of hope over experience. 00:04:26.850 --> 00:04:29.050 Yes, sir, Mr. Jackson. That's a good one, all 00:04:29.050 --> 00:04:34.370 right. Oh, what's the matter, Mr. Jackson? The 00:04:34.370 --> 00:04:37.629 matter? Are you okay? You got a funny look on 00:04:37.629 --> 00:04:41.050 your face all of a sudden. Really? You didn't 00:04:41.050 --> 00:04:44.050 get sick or something. Who's that? Who's that 00:04:44.050 --> 00:04:47.269 playing the piano tonight? Oh, some guy filling 00:04:47.269 --> 00:04:51.850 in for Woody, you know? Uh, no. For a minute, 00:04:52.009 --> 00:04:55.069 though, I, uh... Well, I thought he may have 00:04:55.069 --> 00:04:57.850 looked familiar. That's just my imagination. 00:04:59.029 --> 00:05:02.470 Uh, Millie? What is it, Mr. Jackson? Ask him, 00:05:03.410 --> 00:05:06.990 uh... Ask him if you'll, uh... You got a request, 00:05:07.029 --> 00:05:11.170 Mr. Jackson? Yeah, I have. Ask him to quit playing 00:05:11.170 --> 00:05:14.870 that song. You don't like it? It's kind of a 00:05:14.870 --> 00:05:16.910 catchy tune. Just give him this. Tell him to 00:05:16.910 --> 00:05:27.290 play something else. Eddie. You've got a request. 00:05:27.889 --> 00:05:31.230 Request in reverse. A customer says to take this 00:05:31.230 --> 00:05:33.649 ten bucks and quit playing with you. What's this 00:05:33.649 --> 00:05:38.990 character's name? Jackson. R .J. Jackson. I see. 00:05:39.829 --> 00:05:45.970 R .J. Jackson. Does he live around here? No. 00:05:46.050 --> 00:05:50.069 Up on the hill. All kinds of money. Figures. 00:05:50.329 --> 00:05:56.509 Huh? It's funny, Millie. How it ends. Where it 00:05:56.509 --> 00:05:59.670 ends. There were times I thought it would never 00:05:59.670 --> 00:06:04.910 end. All these years kind of took over, you know. 00:06:04.910 --> 00:06:07.610 It became a way of life. Look, I wish I knew 00:06:07.610 --> 00:06:10.290 what you were talking about. No, you don't, Millie. 00:06:11.389 --> 00:06:14.860 I think I'll split. You mean walk out? You can't 00:06:14.860 --> 00:06:16.600 just walk out on... How'd you like to make ten 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:21.399 bucks? Ah, all depends. You keep the ten spot 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:24.420 and... As soon as I'm out of here, you go up 00:06:24.420 --> 00:06:27.399 to a good old R .J. Jacksoncy and you say to 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.660 him... Mother Hennessy's chickens are coming 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:35.240 home to roost. You're kidding. Say it. You're 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:37.920 ten bucks ahead. Yeah, but you can't just quit 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:40.439 in the middle of playing. Remember the chickens, 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:46.350 Millie. See you around. Yeah. Yeah. Oh More I 00:06:46.350 --> 00:06:49.949 get to know musicians. Oh, yeah, how'd that go 00:06:49.949 --> 00:06:57.790 mother? See chickens To Jackson Mr. Jackson the 00:06:57.790 --> 00:06:59.930 piano player. He wanted me to tell you something. 00:07:00.750 --> 00:07:04.550 Yeah Venice, thanks. That's the easiest 10 bucks. 00:07:04.629 --> 00:07:08.009 He ever made what he wanted to tell you was yeah 00:07:08.009 --> 00:07:14.370 well Well, he said, uh... Mother Hennessy's chickens 00:07:14.370 --> 00:07:20.189 are coming home to roost. What's that? I'm sure 00:07:20.189 --> 00:07:22.250 it's what he said. Mother Hennessy's chickens 00:07:22.250 --> 00:07:27.110 are coming home... No! No! Mr. Jackson! Hey! 00:07:27.209 --> 00:07:29.930 Hey, somebody! Give me a hand, quick! He's fainted! 00:07:56.939 --> 00:07:59.579 Wilson you know what time it is it happens I 00:07:59.579 --> 00:08:58.830 got a message Ha ha ha, you mean you won't take 00:08:58.830 --> 00:09:01.169 it, girl? Darling, I'll take whatever we can 00:09:01.169 --> 00:09:03.549 get. I can't believe it, honey. After all this 00:09:03.549 --> 00:09:06.509 time, everything but everything is going our 00:09:06.509 --> 00:09:08.909 way. You know, Tom worked out the contract. Oh, 00:09:09.049 --> 00:09:11.509 Bill. Oh, I'm so happy. We're going to be rich, 00:09:11.570 --> 00:09:13.250 honey. We're going to own a business, and we're 00:09:13.250 --> 00:09:15.250 going to be parents. What were you saying about 00:09:15.250 --> 00:09:18.590 a phone call? Oh, well, a man just called. Very 00:09:18.590 --> 00:09:21.690 mysterious. He said to tell you that, let me 00:09:21.690 --> 00:09:25.389 see, Mother Hennessy's chickens are coming home 00:09:25.389 --> 00:09:29.379 to roost. He said what? That's what he said. 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:35.360 He hung up. Can it mean anything? Oh, no. No, 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:38.620 no. Nothing at all. Just forget it. What about 00:09:38.620 --> 00:09:45.000 dinner? Bill, dinner? Did the man say anything 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.799 else? Bill, you're so pale. Honey, believe me, 00:09:48.820 --> 00:09:51.399 this is really nothing that should concern you. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.779 The key is the name Hennessy. Uh... Where should 00:09:56.779 --> 00:09:59.559 we go to dinner? Don, you're trying to distract 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:04.159 me. Hennessy. We don't own any Hennessy. Look, 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:06.340 honey, I've just been going at a very fast pace. 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.100 Hennessy's chickens. Hennessy's chickens. That 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:12.059 combination is familiar. Darling, I'm really 00:10:12.059 --> 00:10:16.220 very hungry. I've got it. I've got it. Your old 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:18.320 army outfit is holding a reunion. What do you 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:21.200 know about my old army outfit? Oh, nothing. Nothing 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.669 at all except... You and Tom Wilson were there 00:10:24.669 --> 00:10:28.029 together you you were in Korea you were prisoners 00:10:28.029 --> 00:10:32.789 and You refused to talk about it Even to me. 00:10:32.789 --> 00:10:37.149 Why do you say we're having a reunion? Hennessy 00:10:37.149 --> 00:10:40.269 but Last year when we moved into this house, 00:10:40.269 --> 00:10:42.950 I I was putting a lot of your old stuff away 00:10:42.950 --> 00:10:45.490 There was an army picture of you and Tom Wilson. 00:10:45.649 --> 00:10:48.830 We must have been all of 18 and two other young 00:10:48.830 --> 00:10:54.980 soldiers in the middle An older man, a sergeant. 00:10:55.220 --> 00:10:58.500 And underneath it you had written, Mother Hennessy's 00:10:58.500 --> 00:11:02.639 chickens. It just clicked in my mind. That sergeant, 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.559 that older man. He was all of 26. So his name 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:08.559 was Hennessy, wasn't it? Yes. And he looked after 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:12.700 all of you like a mother hen. Yes. And now you're 00:11:12.700 --> 00:11:17.120 having a reunion. Oh, Bill. What a wonderful 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.200 person that Sergeant Hennessy. I want to meet 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:25.460 him. No, you can't. Why? He's dead. Oh What was 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:31.980 he killed in the war in the prison camp? That 00:11:31.980 --> 00:11:36.600 music piano Don't you hear it? It's coming from 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.799 the living room Someone's playing the piano. 00:11:40.820 --> 00:11:43.419 I Didn't hear anyone ring the bell. Let's go 00:11:43.419 --> 00:11:46.639 see no Someone's in the apartment. Let's stay 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:50.639 here. No, I want you to stay in the bedroom In 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:52.139 all the years we've been married, I never asked 00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:54.840 you to do anything just because I said so. But 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:58.279 I'm asking you now, please. All right, Bill. 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:08.460 Just for a while. Hello, Eddie. Front door was 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:10.620 open. I just walked in. Well, you're welcome, 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:16.779 Eddie. It's been a long time. A lifetime. Nice 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:22.379 layout. Yeah. I've done well. I'm sure you deserve 00:12:22.379 --> 00:12:25.139 it. I went to school on the GI Bill, became an 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:28.159 engineer. Yeah, we said you had the stuff, Billy. 00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:30.379 I'm gonna own a good -sized electronics company. 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.039 That's nice. My old buddy Tom. Tom Wilson. Remember 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:35.879 him? Who could ever forget Tom? He's drawing 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.279 up a contract and became a lawyer. What about 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.080 yourself, Eddie? Me? Yeah. A fellow with your 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:45.620 talent, a way you could write songs. Like this 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:48.759 one, for Hennessy. We all figured we'd hear you 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.000 doing Broadway musicals, coming up with top hits. 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:57.860 Well, I've been too busy. Doing what? Looking 00:12:57.860 --> 00:13:01.759 for somebody. Looking for an old friend of ours. 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.019 Bill? I had a phone call. The craziest phone 00:13:06.019 --> 00:13:10.659 call. Hello, Tommy. Eddie? Hey, Eddie Benson. 00:13:10.899 --> 00:13:13.659 It could only have been you. Where you been hiding? 00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:20.220 Tom? Billy? I got the greatest news in the world. 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:27.960 I found him. I finally found him. You finally 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:32.519 found who? The needle in the haystack on the 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:36.519 beach. It was such a long time. It was such a 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:39.940 long search. Teddy, who did you find? Who do 00:13:39.940 --> 00:13:51.049 you think? Myers. Myers? Jay Myers? He doesn't 00:13:51.049 --> 00:13:55.950 call himself Myers anymore, but it's still R 00:13:55.950 --> 00:14:01.950 .J., Robert Joseph, or as Tennessee said, our 00:14:01.950 --> 00:14:06.750 own little Bobby Joe. Well, that's incredible. 00:14:07.110 --> 00:14:10.429 Except he's not so little anymore. He's a very 00:14:10.429 --> 00:14:13.070 portly gentleman these days. You say you found 00:14:13.070 --> 00:14:15.809 him? I found him. What did you say to him, Eddie? 00:14:18.069 --> 00:14:24.190 Well, how could you just say nothing? Tom, you, 00:14:24.289 --> 00:14:26.730 Billy, and I, we've got nothing to say to Bobby 00:14:26.730 --> 00:14:30.190 Joe. I just made sure where we could find him, 00:14:30.190 --> 00:14:33.350 and I came here to pick up you two guys. Eddie, 00:14:34.090 --> 00:14:37.129 I have a .45. What do you guys want to use? Eddie, 00:14:37.210 --> 00:14:40.529 what are you saying? I'm saying if we leave now, 00:14:40.809 --> 00:14:42.750 we can fly to where he is in less than three 00:14:42.750 --> 00:14:55.019 hours and kill him before midnight. Into the 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:57.360 pleasant, well -ordered, comfortable world of 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:01.379 Bill Traynor and Tom Wilson, there suddenly intrudes 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:06.659 a strange, terrifying, and ugly word. It's not 00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:10.740 a word of this world. It's a word that belongs 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:14.399 to another world, a world of pain and horror, 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:17.500 a world that they thought was dead and gone. 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.980 We'll continue in that world when I return shortly 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:37.610 with Act Two. When they were 19 years old, Eddie 00:15:37.610 --> 00:15:41.450 Benson, Bill Traynor, and Tom Wilson suffered 00:15:41.450 --> 00:15:45.470 and starved and froze in a prison camp in North 00:15:45.470 --> 00:15:50.009 Korea. Now it's a lifetime later, and to Tom 00:15:50.009 --> 00:15:54.169 and Bill, Korea is barely a dream. But Eddie 00:15:54.169 --> 00:15:59.029 Benson is still stuck deep in the nightmare Still 00:15:59.029 --> 00:16:01.889 determined to carry out a deadly promise. They 00:16:01.889 --> 00:16:05.049 made to each other long ago. I thought you two 00:16:05.049 --> 00:16:10.450 guys to be glad to see me now Now we can keep 00:16:10.450 --> 00:16:17.269 our promise What promise? Tommy kidding, aren't 00:16:17.269 --> 00:16:19.529 you? Bill you remember the promise the three 00:16:19.529 --> 00:16:27.549 of us made? Yes. It was more than a promise. 00:16:27.690 --> 00:16:30.769 Eddie. It was an oath. Look, Eddie. No, you look, 00:16:31.309 --> 00:16:34.909 Tom. You look back at a mound of dirt in that 00:16:34.909 --> 00:16:39.509 prison camp in Korea. You look back and see three 00:16:39.509 --> 00:16:42.629 guys, we three guys, we're kneeling next to that 00:16:42.629 --> 00:16:45.970 mound of dirt because it's Hennessy's grave. 00:16:47.629 --> 00:16:51.629 Look back and hear us. Hear us swear never to 00:16:51.629 --> 00:16:56.580 rest. Never to stop. Never to know a moment's 00:16:56.580 --> 00:17:02.240 peace until we kill. Robert Joseph Myers. Eddie. 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:08.940 How could we just kill him? How? Simple. Blow 00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:11.500 his brains out. You live in another world whether 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:14.720 you realize it or not. Now you just don't go 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.359 around killing people. But there are people who 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:20.240 have to be killed, Tom. You're not in combat. 00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:23.970 The war is over. Not yet, Eddie. You're home. 00:17:24.769 --> 00:17:27.269 There's the law. Now, what do you tell the police? 00:17:28.009 --> 00:17:31.430 The truth. What's the truth? You know the truth 00:17:31.430 --> 00:17:35.730 as well as I do, Tom. Myers turned rat in career. 00:17:36.690 --> 00:17:40.230 He gave away our escape plan and he got Hennessey 00:17:40.230 --> 00:17:43.829 killed for it. But can you be sure it was Myers? 00:17:44.710 --> 00:17:48.029 We know it was Myers. We knew, didn't we? Bill? 00:17:48.329 --> 00:17:50.910 I guess we did. All right, tell me this. If we 00:17:50.910 --> 00:17:53.529 were so sure... Why didn't we denounce him six 00:17:53.529 --> 00:17:58.109 months later after we were freed? Why? You know 00:17:58.109 --> 00:18:00.730 why, Tom. You were the law student. You said 00:18:00.730 --> 00:18:04.589 don't denounce him. I said? You said. We had 00:18:04.589 --> 00:18:07.349 no hard evidence. A smart defense lawyer could 00:18:07.349 --> 00:18:09.309 get him acquitted at a court martial. That's 00:18:09.309 --> 00:18:12.250 what you said. All I said was I wished we had 00:18:12.250 --> 00:18:16.019 more evidence. You... You said we would have 00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:18.720 to get Myers by ourselves. That's what you said 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.240 We would find him kill him and announce it to 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:23.400 the whole world and that's what we swore we would 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:30.119 do Do you remember them? I? Remembered calm All 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:34.940 right, Eddie all right That was a long time ago. 00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:37.440 That doesn't mean it didn't happen No, but it 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.079 means it happened in another time in another 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:45.400 place under different rules In other words, you're 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.740 not willing to do it. I can't do it I'm an attorney 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:52.019 a member of the bar. I simply cannot be an accessory 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:58.319 to a felony Okay Bill what's your excuse? I'm 00:18:58.319 --> 00:19:01.720 not aware that I need an excuse I'm just I spent 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:05.299 my life looking for Bobby Joe so that justice 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:08.420 could be done Eddie. We can only have justice 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:12.869 through the law Okay Tell me then Will the law 00:19:12.869 --> 00:19:18.450 give us justice? We have no evidence. Okay No 00:19:18.450 --> 00:19:23.549 justice from the law then Tell me in that case 00:19:23.549 --> 00:19:30.509 where and to whom? Can we go for justice? Well 00:19:30.509 --> 00:19:34.009 Does your silence mean there isn't gonna be any 00:19:34.009 --> 00:19:38.670 justice Eddie Eddie what? Hennessy saved the 00:19:38.670 --> 00:19:40.730 lives of each of us more times than we can count 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:43.359 If it weren't for him, none of us would be around 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:46.059 today. He was betrayed. He was murdered because 00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:52.500 of... Robert Joseph Myers. Now, is that going 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:55.259 to be the end of it? Eddie, there are certain 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:59.380 realities... I know what you think, Tom. Bill, 00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:02.779 I want to hear you say something. I wish I knew 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:06.539 what to say. You've got nothing to lose, Eddie. 00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:11.039 Yeah. Yeah, that's what it comes down to doesn't 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:16.099 it? I'm just crazy Eddie the piano player you 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:22.140 guys Pillars of the community rich respectable 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:26.539 gutless Well, I'll do it alone Eddie there must 00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:28.519 be another way out of this don't tell me about 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:30.420 look I don't want him to go unpunished either, 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:38.589 but Eddie Eddie Eddie what's wrong Eddie? Hey, 00:20:38.589 --> 00:20:42.029 Eddie, get me a drink of water. Tom, hold on, 00:20:42.089 --> 00:20:51.430 or he's gonna pass out. Let him sleep. What's 00:20:51.430 --> 00:20:53.950 the matter with him, doctor? Well, I'd say this 00:20:53.950 --> 00:20:56.109 man's been living on his nerves for a long, long 00:20:56.109 --> 00:20:58.990 time. Well, what can we do for him? Let him sleep. 00:20:59.609 --> 00:21:03.029 For a week, if he can. And whatever you do, see 00:21:03.029 --> 00:21:05.349 that nothing excites him. I'm afraid that's going 00:21:05.349 --> 00:21:09.079 to be difficult. Why? Oh, it's a long story. 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:13.160 He needs rest, needs calm. Call me tomorrow. 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:22.700 Yes. Yes, doctor. Bill? Try to get some sleep, 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:28.019 Eddie. I feel so tired. I... I'll just rest a 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:34.299 while, okay? Sure. I never felt so tired, except... 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:40.599 when we were in... Remember? Yeah. Remember, 00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:44.519 Hennessey would keep us awake while we were in 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:50.599 guard. Sure. You were his favorite. Oh, he didn't 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:54.380 play favorites. He liked you more than the rest 00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:58.380 of us because you were the best soldier. Eddie 00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:01.880 tried to get some sleep. I don't care about Tom, 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:08.359 but you. Especially you. You. Have to help me 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:13.539 kill Myers Eddie you need your sleep Yeah I'll 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:17.000 sleep a little and then When I feel stronger, 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:23.579 we'll go get him you Have to help me bill after 00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:32.259 all the ones for you if it weren't for you If 00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:48.619 it went for me what Eddie Eddie Sergeant Hennessy, 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:51.680 get me out of here. Hennessy, help me. Please 00:22:51.680 --> 00:23:01.099 don't leave me alone. I'm sorry. I was having 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:04.940 a nightmare. Darling, you just can't keep torturing 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:09.579 yourself. Liz, what am I going to do? It'll be 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:13.279 all right. No, Liz, whatever I do, it won't be 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:15.859 all right. It won't. Oh, sure, you just can't. 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:21.220 Just can't what? I did not say anymore. Why did 00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:25.500 Eddie have to show up now? Darling, what are 00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:28.940 you going to do? I don't know. But I just can't 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:31.339 go and kill Myers. It would be throwing away 00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:36.440 my whole life. Yours as well. Liz, please help 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:50.890 me. I can't help you. No one can help you. It's 00:23:50.890 --> 00:23:54.089 all set. We have the closing tomorrow. You'll 00:23:54.089 --> 00:23:59.069 own a factory, Bill, my friend. Yeah. Is Eddie 00:23:59.069 --> 00:24:02.210 better? Yeah, yeah. He's sitting up now, getting 00:24:02.210 --> 00:24:05.009 an appetite. In a couple of days, the doctor 00:24:05.009 --> 00:24:07.869 says he can be out of bed. You know what we have 00:24:07.869 --> 00:24:10.730 to do, don't you? We have to get word to Myers 00:24:10.730 --> 00:24:13.569 somehow. I don't like this any more than you 00:24:13.569 --> 00:24:16.170 do, but we have to warn him to keep out of sight 00:24:16.170 --> 00:24:19.559 for a while. I suppose. Has he told you where 00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:22.319 Myers is living? No, he won't even tell me what 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:25.980 name Myers is using. Why? I don't think he trusts 00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:28.859 us, Tom. He thinks we betrayed him and Hennessy. 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:32.640 Bill... Look, Tom, what's the use? In a sense, 00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:35.480 we have betrayed Hennessy. We've even betrayed 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:39.819 ourselves. It's all... It's all part of what 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:43.420 you have to do to live. Now, we must find out 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:46.180 where Myers is. Eddie won't tell me. He might 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:50.859 tell me... I'll get it out of him somehow. We'll 00:24:50.859 --> 00:25:03.680 save him yet, in spite of himself. Oh, I'm freezing! 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:07.880 It's so cold! So cold! Bill! Darling, you're 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:10.039 having a bad dream! Wake up! Wake up! Can we 00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.720 go to the fire? Why won't you let us go to the 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:14.200 fire? Bill! A fire! Bill, please! Wake up! Why 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:18.800 can't I let us have a fire? Bill! Eddie! Yes. 00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:20.720 We gotta break out of here tomorrow night. Hennessy 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:22.500 said to tell you. We won't have a chance. We 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:24.859 better not. We'll die if we stay here, Tom. He's 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:27.039 right, Tom. You guys know where we have to meet. 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:30.619 Yeah, Tom and I. Did you call Myers? No. Why 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:34.019 not? Myers isn't going. Why not? Shut up, Bill. 00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:36.480 You can't tell him he's allowed. Hennessy says 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:38.940 Myers can't cut it. But he is one of us. We can't 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:41.079 leave him here. Hennessy says we can't take a 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:44.589 chance on him. No. No what? and us around to 00:25:44.589 --> 00:25:47.150 protect him, he'll die here. I'm gonna talk to 00:25:47.150 --> 00:25:50.529 Hennessy. I'll convince him. I'll convince... 00:25:50.529 --> 00:25:52.890 I'll convince Hennessy that we've got to take 00:25:52.890 --> 00:25:56.670 Myers. I'll convince him. Bill. Bill, wake up. 00:25:56.930 --> 00:26:00.769 Darling, you're dreaming again. What? Yeah. Bill, 00:26:02.049 --> 00:26:06.789 are you alright? Yeah. I'm alright. Only sometimes 00:26:06.789 --> 00:26:12.329 I... I don't know which is the dream. This or 00:26:12.329 --> 00:26:22.660 Korea. Hi, darling. Oh, hello, Bill. Tom's here. 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:25.319 Oh? Yeah, he's inside talking to Eddie. I have 00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:28.119 got something to say to Eddie, too. Look, I almost 00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:30.000 forgot you saw the doctor today. Is there anything? 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:32.839 Oh, everything's just fine. Liz, this should 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:36.000 be the happiest part of my life. I know, Bill. 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:42.019 I'll be right out. Well, how is everybody? I 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.799 want to thank you for everything, Bill. Oh, it's 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:45.900 nothing. I'm leaving tonight. Leaving? Where 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:49.359 to? There's a promise I have to keep. See if 00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:51.140 you can talk him out of it, Bill. He won't listen 00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:54.039 to me. He won't tell me anything either. I won't 00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:57.019 try to talk you out of anything, Eddie. I want 00:26:57.019 --> 00:27:01.240 to go with you. Bill! What for? To help me or 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:05.259 to... stop me? I don't know. I just feel that 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:09.619 I have to face Myers with you. And then... Well, 00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:12.470 right now I don't know. Fellas if this is the 00:27:12.470 --> 00:27:15.509 way the conversation is going I have to leave 00:27:15.509 --> 00:27:23.450 I can't be part of what happens Well Eddie Where 00:27:23.450 --> 00:27:25.670 are we going? I'll tell you when we get there. 00:27:25.910 --> 00:27:28.430 What's the matter? Don't you trust me? Are you 00:27:28.430 --> 00:27:30.329 gonna try to save him? I don't know what I'm 00:27:30.329 --> 00:27:32.970 going to do We're in this because you tried to 00:27:32.970 --> 00:27:35.289 save him the last time you remember. Yes, I remember 00:27:35.289 --> 00:27:40.130 When are we leaving? Tonight. All right, I'll 00:27:40.130 --> 00:27:44.339 go pack You don't need much. Just a toothbrush, 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:56.299 a razor, and a revolver. The decisions have been 00:27:56.299 --> 00:28:03.019 made. Or have they? Tom stays, Bill goes. But 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:06.299 what is it that Bill will do when he faces Myers? 00:28:07.030 --> 00:28:10.269 Right now, his emotions are those of a 19 -year 00:28:10.269 --> 00:28:13.829 -old. But how long can those emotions sustain 00:28:13.829 --> 00:28:18.269 a man who is close to 40? We'll know when I return 00:28:18.269 --> 00:28:33.890 shortly with Act 3. Many of us spend our lives 00:28:33.890 --> 00:28:37.779 searching for the truth. But what is the truth? 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:42.720 When are we closest to the basic essence of our 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:45.759 existence? Is it when we have the experience 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:49.859 and wisdom of age or the fire and idealism of 00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:56.599 youth? We keep asking What is the truth? The 00:28:56.599 --> 00:29:04.809 answer is each man must find his own truth Eddie's 00:29:04.809 --> 00:29:08.950 gone. Yes, I know. You know? Well, I went into 00:29:08.950 --> 00:29:10.670 his room to see if he was up to having dinner 00:29:10.670 --> 00:29:13.809 and he... He wasn't there. But I was supposed 00:29:13.809 --> 00:29:16.410 to go with him. I know that, too. How did you 00:29:16.410 --> 00:29:18.490 know? I didn't tell you. Darling, you didn't 00:29:18.490 --> 00:29:21.150 have to tell me. Well, then how? I have faith 00:29:21.150 --> 00:29:24.849 in you, Bill. I have faith that... that in the 00:29:24.849 --> 00:29:28.750 end you... you will do what's right. Looks as 00:29:28.750 --> 00:29:30.630 if I'm not going to do anything with Eddie gone. 00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:34.420 Do you really want to find him? But how? How 00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:39.000 could I even begin to look? I know where he went. 00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:42.099 You know? How do you know? Well, while he was 00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:45.339 sick, I sent his clothes to the cleaners, and 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:49.019 in his pocket there was an airline return ticket. 00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:53.059 A ticket to where? I won't tell you unless you 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:55.140 take me with you. You can't go in your condition. 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:58.319 Bill, we have to do this together. But it might 00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:00.519 be dangerous. You're wasting our time, Bill. 00:30:00.809 --> 00:30:02.869 We should be getting the next plane for Central 00:30:02.869 --> 00:30:11.950 City. Oh boy, I didn't realize how hungry I was. 00:30:12.349 --> 00:30:15.269 Well, we missed dinner last night. Now tell me 00:30:15.269 --> 00:30:17.750 something, how do we find Eddie in a city this 00:30:17.750 --> 00:30:22.309 size? Where's the waitress? Oh, Miss! Could you 00:30:22.309 --> 00:30:24.349 bring us the morning paper, please? How's the 00:30:24.349 --> 00:30:26.690 paper going to help us? The paper would carry 00:30:26.690 --> 00:30:29.349 ads for the night spots where he might have worked. 00:30:29.630 --> 00:30:32.809 Hey, it's right. If he found Myers, it would 00:30:32.809 --> 00:30:35.549 probably be in a bar or a club. Yes. Oh, thank 00:30:35.549 --> 00:30:38.730 you, Miss. All right, darling. You go through 00:30:38.730 --> 00:30:41.069 the ad, Sal. Just sit and finish this coffee, 00:30:41.190 --> 00:30:43.029 and then I'll start looking for Eddie. Well, 00:30:43.029 --> 00:30:45.589 I intend to go with you. Oh, no. No, you don't. 00:30:45.609 --> 00:30:48.170 It's miserable out. It's snowy. Now, you stay 00:30:48.170 --> 00:30:51.250 in the hotel. I can find him. Bill. Oh, Bill, 00:30:51.309 --> 00:30:54.809 we won't. We won't find Eddie. What do you mean? 00:30:56.549 --> 00:31:04.359 Look at what it says. Here in the paper Eddie's 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:11.759 instead Musician found shot to death Police puzzled 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:14.079 by mysterious murder body discovered in hotel 00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:17.880 room. No apparent motive Eddie did how can he 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:21.460 be only yesterday? Well do the police have anything 00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:25.500 to go up? No, it says here. No leads. No clues 00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:29.279 Liz, it had to happen last night. Someone was 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:32.460 waiting for him. It has to be Myers. Well, look, 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:35.160 we'd better tell the police. But Eddie said that's 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:38.259 not the name Myers is using. We don't know who 00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:42.539 he is. Liz! Bill! Tom! Tom, what are you doing 00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:44.779 here? I just got in. I checked the hotels and 00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:47.720 ran you down. Then you know. Yeah, I saw it in 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:50.200 the paper. That's why I flew out here. But Tom! 00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:55.240 What? How could you? Liz, what is it? Oh, nothing. 00:31:55.860 --> 00:32:00.140 Poor Eddie. You know what this means? We're both 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:04.000 in trouble now, you and I. Why? It's obvious 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:06.099 Myers knew Eddie was after him, so he killed 00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:10.400 him. Tom, we have no choice. We have got to find 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:14.279 Myers. While we don't know who he is, he knows 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:19.059 who we are. In this big city, who is Myers? He 00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.900 could kill us from ambush and get away with it. 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:24.539 Oh, Bill! Of course, there's one thing we could 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:33.539 do. Yes? Take the next plane out of here. That 00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.819 would be our way of telling Myers it's all over. 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:39.299 Is that what you want to do? I'm not saying it's 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:42.420 what I want to do. I'm listing our options. I 00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:45.440 think we have to find Myers, Tom. This time we 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:49.099 can turn him over to Justice. It's funny the 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:52.680 way it worked out. Eddie had to die so that Justice 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:55.460 could settle accounts with Myers. We have to 00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:58.319 find him first. All right, we'll try all the 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:01.589 music places. Liz? You stay here and stick close 00:33:01.589 --> 00:33:03.369 to the phones. If either of us gets the lead, 00:33:03.529 --> 00:33:35.400 we'll be in touch. Tom phoned in. Let's hope 00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:39.920 we get lucky. Something bothers me. It must be 00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:42.500 my imagination again. Why? What is it? I don't 00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:45.140 know, but it has something to do with Tom. What? 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:48.720 I can't put my finger on it. Just something that 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:51.359 doesn't sound right. What honey? What could be 00:33:51.359 --> 00:34:07.349 wrong about Tom? By that tune, would you ask 00:34:07.349 --> 00:34:09.710 the piano player where he learned it? He learned 00:34:09.710 --> 00:34:12.889 it from me. I hum it all the time. He says to 00:34:12.889 --> 00:34:16.309 me, hey, Millie, I like that. Now he plays it 00:34:16.309 --> 00:34:18.849 all the time. I knew the man who wrote it. Eddie. 00:34:18.889 --> 00:34:21.329 Oh, you knew Eddie? Sure, we were good friends. 00:34:22.489 --> 00:34:26.829 It's a shame what happened to him. He was, I 00:34:26.829 --> 00:34:29.250 don't know, somebody once told me a word. Mercurial. 00:34:29.550 --> 00:34:32.309 Yeah, yeah, he was a mercurial character. That 00:34:32.309 --> 00:34:37.780 he was. A guy like him. Oh, he got a lot of people 00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:42.679 sawing him. Well, at least he left a pretty tune 00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:45.920 to remember him by. I just can't get it out of 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:52.079 my head. Everybody loves it. Well, almost everybody. 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:56.059 I know one character who didn't. That's who? 00:34:56.360 --> 00:35:00.079 Ah, yeah. You know, it was Eddie's last night 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:04.619 on the job. He was playing the tune. And then 00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:07.719 this guy comes in here all the time. This guy 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:11.059 wanted to give him ten bucks just to quit playing 00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:14.380 it. You're kidding. No, no, it's a fact. Do you 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:18.420 know the guy? Oh, sure. He's a regular. Oh, he 00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:22.480 hasn't been in lately. Yeah, one thing I got 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:26.659 to say about old R .J. Jackson. He's got a tin 00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:47.630 ear. R .J. Jackson? Tell me more about him. His 00:35:47.630 --> 00:35:50.210 name is R .J. Jackson. He has a place out in 00:35:50.210 --> 00:35:51.750 the country up in the mountains. I'm going there 00:35:51.750 --> 00:35:53.989 now. As soon as Tom checks in with you, tell 00:35:53.989 --> 00:35:56.909 him to take Route 603 to Mountain Lane. Turn 00:35:56.909 --> 00:35:59.269 right and go up the hill as far as he can. That's 00:35:59.269 --> 00:36:02.130 the place. But Bill, there's so much snow! The 00:36:02.130 --> 00:36:04.710 road's clear up there. Bill, though I must tell 00:36:04.710 --> 00:36:07.570 you, I know what bothers me about Tom. I want 00:36:07.570 --> 00:36:11.309 to get started. Look, how did Tom know to come 00:36:11.309 --> 00:36:13.550 to Central City? We didn't tell him where we 00:36:13.550 --> 00:36:15.929 were going. He said he read about Eddie in the 00:36:15.929 --> 00:36:23.719 morning paper. talking about Tom now I'm sure 00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:43.679 he look honey I have got to be on my way Tom 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:47.440 glad you made it yeah I guess this is as far 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:50.489 as the car can take us It's that house on the 00:36:50.489 --> 00:36:53.869 top of the hill. Yeah, I Think we should have 00:36:53.869 --> 00:36:57.289 sent the police How once again we don't have 00:36:57.289 --> 00:37:00.170 the evidence and what are we going up there for 00:37:00.170 --> 00:37:03.090 to kill him ourselves? No, I think we can get 00:37:03.090 --> 00:37:05.289 a confession out of it. Oh sure now look he's 00:37:05.289 --> 00:37:07.210 human He's got a guilty conscience. He'll break 00:37:07.210 --> 00:37:14.030 down. He has to now come on Looks like Korea 00:37:14.030 --> 00:37:17.889 doesn't Miles and miles of nothing. You could 00:37:17.889 --> 00:37:20.869 just sink into the snow. It could just be the 00:37:20.869 --> 00:37:24.389 end of everything. That's far enough. Stay where 00:37:24.389 --> 00:37:26.409 you are. Look in the doorway. It's Myers. He's 00:37:26.409 --> 00:37:29.650 got a rifle. You're trespassing. Now get out 00:37:29.650 --> 00:37:32.050 of here, or I'll shoot. You wouldn't shoot us, 00:37:32.309 --> 00:37:35.929 Myers. My name isn't Myers. Now get out of here. 00:37:36.030 --> 00:37:38.150 We have to talk with you, R .J. We're coming 00:37:38.150 --> 00:37:41.130 up. I'm warning you. Come on, R .J. You can't 00:37:41.130 --> 00:37:53.539 get away with it. Look out! I don't think he 00:37:53.539 --> 00:38:21.300 wants to. I got him. I got him. Look. He's on 00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:29.280 the ground. Hurry up. Come on. RJ, don't kill 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:33.699 me. Don't shoot again. Get me a doctor. You'll 00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:36.340 get a doctor. But first we'll get a confession. 00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:39.440 Are you sold us out on the prison camp? Confess. 00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:43.260 No. No, I didn't tell let him alone. You'll confess 00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:45.579 later. Let's bring him inside. Oh, we'll confess 00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:49.260 now And when Eddie Benson found you you shot 00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:54.900 him. No, I didn't and who did I'm hurt bad Get 00:38:54.900 --> 00:39:00.579 me to a doctor Bill you were always a good guy 00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:05.019 Help me RJ. It was a long time ago The world's 00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:07.719 forgotten. I don't even think you could be brought 00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:10.510 to trial for it It's just among the three of 00:39:10.510 --> 00:39:15.489 us. Now, I want you to confess. I didn't do it. 00:39:15.889 --> 00:39:19.530 Honest. I didn't do it. You did because you didn't 00:39:19.530 --> 00:39:23.570 show up. You stayed behind. You told the guard. 00:39:23.769 --> 00:39:26.929 No. What did they give you? Did you have to kill 00:39:26.929 --> 00:39:30.389 Eddie too? I didn't kill anybody. As you did, 00:39:30.429 --> 00:39:33.309 we can get the waitress to testify. She'll tell 00:39:33.309 --> 00:39:35.510 how you saw Eddie in the lounge, how you passed 00:39:35.510 --> 00:39:38.670 out. Well, sure. I was scared. Because you guys 00:39:38.670 --> 00:39:41.630 always thought it was me. But it could have been 00:39:41.630 --> 00:39:47.429 anybody. You, Tom. What? Or you, Bill. Or even 00:39:47.429 --> 00:39:49.409 Eddie himself. Let's drag him down to my car 00:39:49.409 --> 00:39:52.429 and bring him in. Tom. Now, please. Haven't I 00:39:52.429 --> 00:39:56.210 suffered enough? No, it's not enough. Tom, how 00:39:56.210 --> 00:40:00.389 did you know about the waitress? Huh? How did 00:40:00.389 --> 00:40:05.369 you know about the waitress? You you told me 00:40:05.369 --> 00:40:07.849 no I didn't tell you anything about the waitress. 00:40:07.909 --> 00:40:10.610 I just left a message for you to meet me here 00:40:10.610 --> 00:40:13.409 Well, I I Well, you must have said something 00:40:13.409 --> 00:40:16.769 about it to Liz but I didn't but then how would 00:40:16.769 --> 00:40:22.670 I know how? Because Eddie told you Eddie why 00:40:22.670 --> 00:40:24.849 would any you said you could get it out of him 00:40:24.849 --> 00:40:27.809 Did you tell him that I would never help him 00:40:27.809 --> 00:40:30.539 but that you would? Is that how you got him to 00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:33.539 trust you? Oh, come on. Why would I want to kill 00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:36.219 Eddie? Because of that talk we had in my house. 00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:38.880 Maybe unconsciously, both Eddie and I started 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:43.760 to think. Why were we always convinced that R 00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:47.739 .J. was the informer? Because you were the first 00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:52.099 one to accuse him. And who said not to denounce 00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:56.800 him to the Army? You did, Tom. And who said let's 00:40:56.800 --> 00:41:01.639 hunt him down ourselves? You did. Why? Because 00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:04.159 you knew it would be impossible. You knew we 00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:06.219 would settle down in a civilian life and forget 00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:09.000 it. Well, you've got it wrong. But you didn't 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:11.179 figure on Eddie. You didn't figure one of us 00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:13.840 would spend his whole life. Oh, you know me. 00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:16.900 Everywhere you turn, it's you, Tom. You with 00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:21.820 all the shrewd answers. Why did you have to kill 00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:29.360 Eddie? because he was trying to talk just like 00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:34.679 you are and then and then he figured it out and 00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:38.780 he wanted to kill me so so i had to kill him 00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:41.420 it was self -defense i had to kill him it was 00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:44.059 like it used to be back in combat kill or be 00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:46.119 killed you were the informer no no i informed 00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:51.199 but i wasn't the informer i i just didn't do 00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:55.190 what hennessey ordered I didn't cover my tracks. 00:41:55.269 --> 00:41:57.329 That's why they found us. What did they tell 00:41:57.329 --> 00:42:00.150 you? Nothing. I wanted us to get caught. You 00:42:00.150 --> 00:42:04.469 wanted us? Why? Hennessey was wrong. The only 00:42:04.469 --> 00:42:08.550 time in his life he was wrong. We could never 00:42:08.550 --> 00:42:10.730 have made it, Bill. All of us would have died 00:42:10.730 --> 00:42:13.449 in the snow. I was trying to save our lives. 00:42:13.510 --> 00:42:16.889 I tried to explain it to Hennessey. I tried, 00:42:16.889 --> 00:42:21.190 but he wouldn't listen. He would only say in 00:42:21.190 --> 00:42:26.420 that way of his. Trust me kid. It'll be okay 00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:34.340 and I I Keep trying to explain to him Believe 00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:38.719 me. I try every night every night for the last 00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:44.820 20 years. I try to make him see it, but I Can't 00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:51.400 find him He's out there in the snow and I can't 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:54.380 find him Alright, Tom, we better go back to town. 00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:58.099 No, no, wait here. I'll find him. He can't have 00:42:58.099 --> 00:43:01.739 gone far. I'll find him. I'll explain why I did 00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:04.420 this. He'll forgive me. He'll understand why 00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:07.139 I did it. Stop him, Bill. Stop him. He'll get 00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:10.199 lost out there. Do you freeze to death? I can't 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:13.760 leave you, aren't you? I have to get you to a 00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:29.039 doctor. We'll come back for Tom. Tom Wilson later, 00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:33.780 much later, about the time of the spring thaw. 00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:38.659 The snow, the ice had preserved the final expression 00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:43.719 on his face. It was one of peace and calm, as 00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:47.300 if he had actually found Hennessey and Hennessey 00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:51.940 had forgiven him. Well, Hennessey would. He was 00:43:51.940 --> 00:44:10.219 that kind of man. I'll be back shortly. the man 00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:15.699 does. It's what we call the generation gap. And 00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:17.960 this is not the distance between parents and 00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:21.539 children. It is the unbridgeable abyss between 00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:26.179 what a man is today and what he wanted to be 00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:30.280 yesterday. But that's because you can only be 00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:34.579 young once. Something you can do more than once 00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:39.079 is listen. You can listen again and again. to 00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:42.980 our mystery theater tales. Our cast included 00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:46.800 Tony Roberts, Mandel Kramer, George Petrie, Bryna 00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:50.440 Rayburn, and Lon Clark. The entire production 00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:53.460 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:56.219 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:59.599 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:44:59.599 --> 00:46:19.059 Macau. Until next time, pleasant dreams. It's 00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:21.239 11 o 'clock at KOIN in Portland.