WEBVTT 00:00:17.469 --> 00:00:25.890 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Fear, it 00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:30.129 may be said, is a malignancy which, once the 00:00:30.129 --> 00:00:33.509 seed is sown in the human soul, spreads like 00:00:33.509 --> 00:00:37.149 a voracious and all -consuming fungus throughout 00:00:37.149 --> 00:00:42.149 the psyche, smothering it at last in death. No 00:00:42.149 --> 00:00:44.549 one knew this better than the justly celebrated 00:00:44.549 --> 00:00:48.960 author Robert Louis Stevenson No one has ever 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.859 expressed it more vividly more frighteningly 00:00:52.859 --> 00:00:57.799 than he in his story the Suicide Club the next 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:06.920 card to Iris the ace of hearts Oh Next card to 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:12.340 mr. Malthus a Spade mr. Malthus, but only the 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:18.430 jack of spades This card to Mr. Victor Harris. 00:01:19.909 --> 00:01:23.010 Why, it's another spade, Mr. Harris. The ace 00:01:23.010 --> 00:01:28.370 of spades. Tonight, you are the lucky one, Mr. 00:01:28.549 --> 00:01:43.409 Harris. Tonight, you die. Our mystery drama, 00:01:43.629 --> 00:01:47.450 The Suicide Club was especially adapted from 00:01:47.450 --> 00:01:50.569 the Robert Louis Stevenson classic for the Mystery 00:01:50.569 --> 00:01:55.230 Theatre by George Lother and stars Barry Nelson. 00:02:07.250 --> 00:02:12.400 Compulsion. What is it? What is it within most 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.919 of us, perhaps all of us, that compels us to 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:19.879 do this or that? What drives the alcoholic to 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:23.280 take that first drink he knows will lead to drunkenness, 00:02:23.699 --> 00:02:28.259 and almost certainly eventual death? What spurs 00:02:28.259 --> 00:02:31.520 a compulsive gambler to bet again and again, 00:02:32.060 --> 00:02:34.960 aware always that in the end it can only bring 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.460 him to ruin? That was a question Victor Harris 00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:41.259 often asked himself, but could never answer, 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:45.539 until a certain fatal night when he met a man 00:02:45.539 --> 00:02:50.460 who called himself John Smith. Well, your health, 00:02:50.580 --> 00:02:55.139 Mr. Harris. Yours, Mr. Smith, I think you said. 00:02:57.060 --> 00:03:00.319 As good a name as any other. Then why did you 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.530 invite me for this drink, Mr. Smith? It isn't 00:03:03.530 --> 00:03:05.770 customary, you know. More often than not, the 00:03:05.770 --> 00:03:08.710 strangers one meets at poker games remain strangers. 00:03:09.490 --> 00:03:14.169 Why? You interest me, Mr. Harris. In fact, you 00:03:14.169 --> 00:03:19.310 intrigue me. Oh. The last hand we played, everyone 00:03:19.310 --> 00:03:21.530 else had dropped out, leaving just you and me. 00:03:22.370 --> 00:03:25.110 I admired the way you played. I admired your 00:03:25.110 --> 00:03:27.770 nerve. More than anything else, I admired your 00:03:27.770 --> 00:03:31.699 coolness, your indifference when you lost. Thirty 00:03:31.699 --> 00:03:35.080 -seven thousand dollars, Mr. Harris. Thirty -seven 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.879 thousand dollars. Your admiration is misplaced. 00:03:37.900 --> 00:03:41.379 Cool, indifferent, why not? Thirty -seven thousand 00:03:41.379 --> 00:03:43.879 dollars is nothing to me. I'm a millionaire, 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:48.240 Mr. Smith. Oh, are you? Several times over. Well, 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:50.599 then, losing that much would mean little to you, 00:03:50.659 --> 00:03:53.680 if anything at all. Where's the thrill in winning 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:59.259 or losing? There isn't any. Not for me. Not anymore. 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:03.759 Then what... point is they're in play none none 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.039 whatever gambling of any kind bore me but I go 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:11.620 on because well mr. Smith I am what is called 00:04:11.620 --> 00:04:14.759 a compulsive gambler I see what would you say 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:16.699 if I were to tell you that I can change your 00:04:16.699 --> 00:04:18.839 boredom into a thrill the like of which you have 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:23.779 never experienced before there's a price tag 00:04:23.779 --> 00:04:28.100 of course what is the nature of this thrill that 00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:31.079 you're talking about I'm talking about what might 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:36.300 be called the supreme gamble, Mr. Harris. The 00:04:36.300 --> 00:04:43.500 supreme gamble? Yes. That sounds like a matter 00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:49.220 of life and death. It does, doesn't it? Is it? 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:53.120 You're a gambler, Mr. Harris, and a compulsive 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:56.040 gambler at that. I think you'll be willing to 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:58.360 gamble an hour or two of your time to find out. 00:04:59.280 --> 00:05:02.860 Here's my card I'll be expecting you at this 00:05:02.860 --> 00:05:08.500 address tomorrow night 730 sharp Suppose I don't 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:12.540 show Why then you'll never know what the supreme 00:05:12.540 --> 00:05:28.740 gamble is and you'll go on being bored My name's 00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:32.040 Harris. Victor Harris. I believe Mr. Smith is 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:37.259 expecting me. Yes, he is. Come in. This way, 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:44.420 Mr. Harris. Mr. Victor Harris, sir. Thank you, 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:48.980 Lucas. Good to see you again, Mr. Harris. We'll 00:05:48.980 --> 00:05:53.620 join you in a few moments, Lucas. This, Mr. Harris, 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:57.480 is the game room. In this room, every night... 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:01.139 Saturday and Sunday accepted. The supreme gamble 00:06:01.139 --> 00:06:04.560 takes place. But what is the supreme gamble? 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:10.019 First, tell me what you see. By a room. Large 00:06:10.019 --> 00:06:12.819 room, tastefully and expensively decorated in 00:06:12.819 --> 00:06:16.980 18th century style. And that large round table 00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:20.899 covered with a green cloth looks like a card 00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:25.779 table. That's what it is. And the people... In 00:06:25.779 --> 00:06:28.500 evening dress, men in black tie, women gown, 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:32.579 all drinking champagne. Their faces. Look at 00:06:32.579 --> 00:06:38.220 their faces. Look closely. Well, what do you 00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:44.540 see? Why, their faces, they're all of them excited 00:06:44.540 --> 00:06:48.060 about something I can see. Yes, they, they all 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:51.279 look as if, well, as if they're expecting something 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.459 very exciting to happen at any moment. They are. 00:06:54.829 --> 00:06:58.709 but not at any moment, not until eight sharp. 00:06:59.870 --> 00:07:04.569 What happens at eight sharp? That you'll find 00:07:04.569 --> 00:07:08.850 out at eight sharp. In the meantime, let me introduce 00:07:08.850 --> 00:07:12.569 you to one or two members of our club. Oh, it's 00:07:12.569 --> 00:07:16.930 a club? Yes, a very select club, Mr. Harris. 00:07:17.850 --> 00:07:20.790 Oh, Mr. Malthus, may I introduce Mr. Harris, 00:07:20.949 --> 00:07:24.149 a new member? How do you do? How do you do? Correction 00:07:24.149 --> 00:07:28.600 now. I'm not a new member, yet. He will be, Mr. 00:07:28.819 --> 00:07:32.459 Malthus. He will be. See you a minute, director. 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:36.180 Of course, Lucas. Excuse me, gentlemen. Lucas 00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:41.920 called Mr. Smith director? Yes. We all do. He's 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:46.980 the director of our little club. I see. Mr. Malthus, 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:53.060 what kind of club is this? You don't know? No. 00:07:53.449 --> 00:07:56.129 Then why are you here? To tell you the truth, 00:07:56.350 --> 00:08:00.290 I'm not exactly sure, except... Well, Mr. Smith, 00:08:00.550 --> 00:08:03.949 your director, promises I'll experience the thrill 00:08:03.949 --> 00:08:08.009 of my life, the supreme gamble, he calls it. 00:08:09.689 --> 00:08:15.629 It is that, Mr. Harris. These people, you... 00:08:15.629 --> 00:08:19.110 You're here because you like to gamble. Oh, no. 00:08:19.930 --> 00:08:23.279 No, no, not at all. I don't in the least like 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:28.259 to gamble. No, I'm here because I'm a coward. 00:08:28.740 --> 00:08:33.379 A coward? What do you mean? Just that. I'm a 00:08:33.379 --> 00:08:37.159 coward. I'm afraid of... Well, I see you two 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:39.820 have become acquainted. But I'll take our new 00:08:39.820 --> 00:08:43.019 guest away from you now, Malthus. I see Iris 00:08:43.019 --> 00:08:46.179 Lauren sitting all by herself as usual. Come 00:08:46.179 --> 00:08:49.610 along, Harris. I'll introduce you. Wish me luck 00:08:49.610 --> 00:08:52.649 tonight, Director. I do indeed, Malthus. I do 00:08:52.649 --> 00:08:57.549 indeed. Iris, let me introduce our latest member, 00:08:57.730 --> 00:09:00.450 Mr. Victor Harris. I'm not a member, Mr. Smith. 00:09:01.690 --> 00:09:04.990 Director. Call me Director from now on. No offense, 00:09:05.649 --> 00:09:08.669 but I'll call you what I please until I am a 00:09:08.669 --> 00:09:12.490 member, if I am. I doubt that you will be, Mr. 00:09:12.649 --> 00:09:15.830 Harris. Why, Iris, what do you mean? Just what 00:09:15.830 --> 00:09:20.720 I say. He doesn't look like one of us. Oh, but 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:23.799 he is in a different way for a different reason. 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:27.259 I'll leave you two together. I've got to prepare 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:33.100 a fresh deck of cards. I don't think I got your 00:09:33.100 --> 00:09:37.679 last name, Miss... or Mrs... Miss Iris Lorne. 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:41.279 Well, you said that I don't look like one of 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:46.019 you. You don't. Where's the difference? Your 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:51.009 eyes. In your eyes? That seems to puzzle you, 00:09:51.009 --> 00:09:57.309 Mr. Harris. Look into my eyes. Look deep. What 00:09:57.309 --> 00:10:06.590 do you see? Sadness. Yes. Great sadness. The 00:10:06.590 --> 00:10:16.809 sadness of... of... Death. Death? I'm dead, Mr. 00:10:17.009 --> 00:10:25.289 Harris. I've been dead for years. Well, I... 00:10:25.289 --> 00:10:29.409 I'm afraid I don't... Ladies and gentlemen, your 00:10:29.409 --> 00:10:34.629 attention. It is time. Gather around the table, 00:10:34.769 --> 00:10:39.190 please. Our director will now deal the cards. 00:10:43.629 --> 00:10:49.649 To Mr. Crane's, the two of hearts. To Mr. Shaw, 00:10:50.889 --> 00:10:56.610 the eight of diamonds. Mrs. Harper receives the 00:10:56.610 --> 00:11:02.429 four of clubs. Next card to Mr. Burke, the nine 00:11:02.429 --> 00:11:14.450 of spades. Miss Russell this time. Next card 00:11:14.450 --> 00:11:22.190 to Mr. Wolfson. The Ace of Spades. Since Mr. 00:11:22.370 --> 00:11:24.889 Morley has already drawn the Ace of Clubs, the 00:11:24.889 --> 00:11:31.450 game is ended. Mr. Wolfson, Mr. Morley, I will 00:11:31.450 --> 00:11:33.509 see you both in my office as soon as I've completed 00:11:33.509 --> 00:11:37.570 my business with Mr. Harris. This way, Mr. Harris. 00:11:39.610 --> 00:11:43.220 Oh, Lucas. The champagne all around as usual? 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:52.019 Yes, director. Well, sit down, Mr. Harris. Drink? 00:11:52.220 --> 00:11:57.860 Thanks, no. Just tell me, what's this all about? 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:01.519 Have you ever thought of committing suicide? 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.820 No, I've never thought seriously of suicide. 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.360 Well, many do, you know. Think of it seriously, 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.960 that is. And some of these, quite a few, do take 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:17.379 their own lives. But you'd be amazed, Mr. Harris, 00:12:17.820 --> 00:12:19.379 at how many people there are in the world who 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:22.539 want to kill themselves. In fact, yearn to kill 00:12:22.539 --> 00:12:27.740 themselves, but haven't the nerve to do it. So, 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:34.279 we do it for them. You, to put it more aptly, 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:37.039 we arrange it for them, once they become members 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:41.929 of the club. The suicide club, we call it. Think 00:12:41.929 --> 00:12:44.850 of the gamble, Mr. Harris, the supreme gamble 00:12:44.850 --> 00:12:48.409 of your life. Think of the thrill of each night, 00:12:48.929 --> 00:12:52.210 staking your life on the turn of a card. Not 00:12:52.210 --> 00:12:54.809 a momentary thrill, but one that will make each 00:12:54.809 --> 00:12:57.149 day worth living because it may be your last. 00:12:57.830 --> 00:13:01.269 The ace of spades, the ace of clubs. Simple. 00:13:01.990 --> 00:13:04.450 Whoever in each nightly deal receives the ace 00:13:04.450 --> 00:13:07.460 of spades is killed. Everything, of course, is 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:11.159 arranged to make his or her death appear accidental. 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.340 The ace of spades, the person killed. The ace 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:18.700 of clubs? The one who does the killing. Then 00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:27.100 one is the victim, the other is murderer. You 00:13:27.100 --> 00:13:31.700 spoke of a fee. Unnecessary evil, I'm afraid. 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:35.580 The club's overhead is high, extremely high. 00:13:36.689 --> 00:13:40.049 Accordingly, so is the fee. Which is? Half your 00:13:40.049 --> 00:13:44.629 estate. Half of what you own. Half? That may 00:13:44.629 --> 00:13:47.210 sound unreasonable to you at first, but it all 00:13:47.210 --> 00:13:50.389 balances out, you see. What I mean is, there 00:13:50.389 --> 00:13:52.529 are members of the suicide club who have large 00:13:52.529 --> 00:13:56.110 estates, vast wealth. But at the other extreme, 00:13:56.190 --> 00:13:57.970 there are some who have virtually no estate, 00:13:58.210 --> 00:14:02.070 no money at all. Miss Lauren, for example. Iris, 00:14:02.289 --> 00:14:05.879 you met her. Practically penniless. She was quite 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:08.320 well to do when she joined some time ago, but 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:11.879 luck, the cards, has been against her. And in 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:13.980 the meantime, she has spent everything she had 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:19.480 on her habit. Drugs. She's a... She's a drug 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:22.720 addict. Which is why she wants to die. It's the 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:25.399 only solution to her problem. What a shame. She's 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:29.159 so lovely. Her life could be so worth living. 00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:34.240 But isn't. Not anymore. Well, now, Mr. Harris. 00:14:34.509 --> 00:14:36.549 I promised you the greatest thrill you've ever 00:14:36.549 --> 00:14:39.730 had. I promised to cure your boredom with life, 00:14:40.250 --> 00:14:43.370 for the remainder of your life. I'm ready to 00:14:43.370 --> 00:14:45.830 keep that promise with, as I said last night, 00:14:46.350 --> 00:14:53.309 the supreme gamble. Sign here. I... Yes? I'd 00:14:53.309 --> 00:14:55.970 like to think it over. You know what your decision 00:14:55.970 --> 00:14:59.190 will be. You're a compulsive gambler, Mr. Harris. 00:15:00.090 --> 00:15:02.409 Whether you join the Suicide Club now or later, 00:15:02.809 --> 00:15:07.409 you will join. I know it. You know it. To be 00:15:07.409 --> 00:15:11.470 bored is to be dead, as you so well know. Why 00:15:11.470 --> 00:15:17.730 not live a little? Why not sign? Now? Why not? 00:15:19.730 --> 00:15:31.169 Yes. Why not? Compulsion, psychiatrists say, 00:15:31.809 --> 00:15:36.200 is another word for decision. Deep in the very 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:39.580 core of his being, a person has made a decision 00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:43.580 that gambling, drinking, whatever may be ruining 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:47.139 his life, is somehow necessary to his happiness. 00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:50.840 Well, we shall see when I return shortly with 00:15:50.840 --> 00:16:07.960 act two. Weary of a life of compulsive gambling 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:11.279 which has lost its stimulation, Victor Harris, 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:14.960 wealthy man about town, has joined the suicide 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.419 club. Other members have joined because they 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:21.159 want to end their jaded lives but cannot bring 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:25.179 themselves to do so, and so it must be done for 00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:30.399 them. Victor's reason is different. A gambler 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:33.779 who cannot stop himself from gambling he has 00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:38.100 decided to take the supreme gamble. His life 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:42.059 on the turn of a card. Your first night, Harris. 00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:47.419 Bon chance. Good luck. I'm not quite sure how 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:52.279 to take that, Mr. Beg... Pardon. Director. I'm 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:56.480 staking my life on the turn of a card. I grant 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:01.460 you I'm a compulsive gambler, but my life... 00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:04.579 I wasn't... Quite prepared for anything like 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:06.819 that when I came here for the first time last 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:10.119 night. I hope you're prepared now. We play in 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:13.460 less than five minutes. Why not wander about, 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:15.720 become better acquainted with your fellow members? 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:19.779 I'll do that. Oh, and by the way, it's customary 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:22.019 for new members to order champagne for everyone. 00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:27.079 Oh, well, I'd be more than glad to. Lucas, champagne 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:31.700 all around. On, Mr. Harris. Yes, Director. See 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:37.579 you at the table, Harris. Yes. Miss Lorne, may 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:44.339 I join you? Oh, Mr. Harris, please do. So, you 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:47.400 did join. Yeah, even though you said that I wouldn't. 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:51.240 I didn't say that. I said that you shouldn't. 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:54.299 But even when I said it, you had no choice. No 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:58.519 choice? Once you accept our director's invitation 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:02.039 to... pay this place a visit. You've had it. 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:07.740 There's no turning back. No way. Why not? You'll 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:12.079 find out. I did. What do you mean? He doesn't 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:15.700 run this place for kicks. Or maybe he does, in 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:19.019 a way. But what he's really after is your money. 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:23.599 And according to the grapevine, we have one here, 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:27.400 too. You've got plenty well according to the 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:31.460 grapevine you have none you're penniless now 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:35.819 Yes, I was worth well over a hundred thousand 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:40.799 when I joined almost six months ago and oh Well 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:43.880 a lot of it. I don't know how much I don't keep 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:49.880 count Went for heroin Well of course you know 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:57.640 I'm on dope yes And I'm sorry. You? Sorry? For 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:02.079 me? You're hooked as badly as I am. On gambling, 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:06.660 I say. I'm afraid that's the truth. A habit. 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:11.480 You can't kick, just as I can't kick mine. Look, 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:15.099 Miss Lauren, Iris, if I may. I made a decision 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:17.640 to join the Suicide Club last night. I can make 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:20.819 the decision to leave it, too. Can you? Well, 00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:27.400 of course I can. Why do you say Ladies and gentlemen 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:32.859 your attention it is time gather on the table, 00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:40.160 please Our director will now deal the cards The 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:47.000 tray of spades to mr. Dowling For you mrs. Crane's 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:53.839 the four of clubs For mr. Malthus For Mr. Malthus, 00:19:54.880 --> 00:20:02.640 the ace of spades. I've won at last. Mr. Malthus, 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:06.180 remember the club rules. Control, Mr. Malthus. 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:09.740 But I've won. This will be my last night on earth. 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:14.920 After all this time, my last night. Mr. Malthus. 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:19.279 I beg pardon, director. I truly beg pardon. Let 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:26.349 us go on. Mr. Robinson, eight of diamonds. Miss 00:20:26.349 --> 00:20:32.869 Feitzen, two of spades. Mr. Whelan, nine of hearts. 00:20:34.690 --> 00:20:40.690 Mr. Harris? Ah, Mr. Harris, your first supreme 00:20:40.690 --> 00:20:45.369 gamble. Yes. What card shall it be, do you think? 00:20:46.549 --> 00:20:50.269 Here it lies on top of the deck. What shall it 00:20:50.269 --> 00:20:56.430 be? Well, it can't be the ace of spades. True. 00:20:57.910 --> 00:21:04.630 Well, what is it? I don't know. I haven't looked. 00:21:05.789 --> 00:21:11.390 Enjoy yourself, Mr. Harris. Feel. Feel the excitement 00:21:11.390 --> 00:21:17.849 of not knowing. Live. Live the supreme thrill 00:21:17.849 --> 00:21:22.230 of wondering. What... Is this next card? Turn 00:21:22.230 --> 00:21:27.170 it. Why don't I put it aside and draw the others? 00:21:27.289 --> 00:21:34.450 Turn that card. As you wish. It's a club, Mr. 00:21:34.589 --> 00:21:42.410 Harris. The ace of clubs. Mr. Malthus, Mr. Harris, 00:21:42.789 --> 00:21:44.890 you will join me in my office in five minutes. 00:21:45.069 --> 00:21:47.769 I'm no murderer. You wanted a thrill you're about 00:21:47.769 --> 00:21:58.029 to find, I'm afraid. Be seated, please. You there, 00:21:58.069 --> 00:22:02.950 Mr. Malthus. Mr. Harris, here. When shall it 00:22:02.950 --> 00:22:06.970 be, Director? When is my moment to come? How 00:22:06.970 --> 00:22:10.529 shall it be done? And where? Patience, Mr. Malthus. 00:22:11.049 --> 00:22:15.109 Patience. Your suicide will take place tonight 00:22:15.109 --> 00:22:18.609 at approximately 10 .30. Is that satisfactory? 00:22:18.930 --> 00:22:23.750 Oh, yes. Yes, indeed. Good. Now, here are your 00:22:23.750 --> 00:22:26.529 instructions. and a map to go along with them. 00:22:27.849 --> 00:22:30.529 This straight line represents the Uptown Express 00:22:30.529 --> 00:22:33.769 platform of the IRT subway at 42nd Street. Yes. 00:22:34.549 --> 00:22:36.809 This arrow indicates the direction from which 00:22:36.809 --> 00:22:39.470 the Uptown Express train will come into the station. 00:22:40.869 --> 00:22:43.490 At 10 .30 tonight, you are to stand at precisely 00:22:43.490 --> 00:22:47.630 this spot that I've marked with an X. X marks 00:22:47.630 --> 00:22:52.970 the spot. Yes. Now, the platform will be filled 00:22:52.970 --> 00:22:55.279 with the after -theater crowd. You will take 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.920 up your position at this spot and stand at the 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:01.819 very edge of the platform. Clear? Very. Goodbye, 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:07.119 Mr. Malthus. And Godspeed. Goodbye. And thank 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:15.500 you for all you've done. And now, Mr. Harris? 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:19.859 I have no intention of going through with this. 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:23.900 I'm no murderer. Of course not. When you push 00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:26.319 Malthus in front of that train, you'll not be 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:29.000 murdering him. You'll be doing him a service. 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:32.839 Like all our members, he wants to die, but he 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:35.720 hasn't the nerve to kill himself. You will simply 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:39.180 be doing it for him. And that, as I see it, is 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:41.619 not murder. I see it differently. That's too 00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:44.759 bad, Mr. Harris. I'm sorry, but frankly, there's 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:46.779 nothing you can do about it. Oh, I think there 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:52.430 is. I'm resigning from your club right now. Goodbye. 00:23:52.910 --> 00:23:55.809 Mr. Harris, no one resigns from the suicide club. 00:23:56.549 --> 00:23:59.769 No one ever has. No one ever will. I couldn't 00:23:59.769 --> 00:24:02.950 possibly run that risk. You have my assurance 00:24:02.950 --> 00:24:07.029 that I'd never say a word about... Assurance. 00:24:07.390 --> 00:24:11.250 Assurances. What are assurances to me? No, Mr. 00:24:11.369 --> 00:24:13.490 Harris, there's only one assurance you can give 00:24:13.490 --> 00:24:17.970 me that I can possibly accept. Your death. Or, 00:24:18.009 --> 00:24:22.740 more properly, your suicide. This is... Madness? 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:26.160 Perhaps. But if it is, it's only another form 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:30.640 of madness, Mr. Harris. Like, say, compulsive 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.960 gambling. I won't argue with you further. No, 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:36.039 you won't. I've had enough of your argument. 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:38.819 You know what you have to do tonight. You know 00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:43.460 where and when. Do it. I... Do it, Mr. Harris. 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:47.319 For if you don't, I promise you'll wish you had. 00:24:48.250 --> 00:24:51.130 And as you already know, I keep the promises 00:24:51.130 --> 00:25:03.130 I make. Mr. Malthus! Mr. Malthus! What? Mr. Harris! 00:25:03.450 --> 00:25:05.569 You're just in time. The express will be along 00:25:05.569 --> 00:25:08.150 in a minute or two. Listen to me. We really shouldn't 00:25:08.150 --> 00:25:11.430 be seen talking together. Just stand behind me, 00:25:11.450 --> 00:25:13.789 and when the right moment comes... Listen to 00:25:13.789 --> 00:25:17.440 me! I'm not going to kill you! You're not? I 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:21.019 can't. Well, you must. I can't do it either. 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:24.539 Why do you think you're here? To save you, if 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:27.839 I can. Well, save me. You don't want to do this. 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:30.180 You don't really want to take your life. You're 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:34.119 crazy. Of course I want to do it. But I can't. 00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:37.660 I haven't the nerve. You must do it. You must. 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:42.799 No. No, we'll go somewhere and talk. Talk? The 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.799 tree. The tree. You can see the lights far down 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:49.200 in the tunnel. It's coming. It's coming. Oh, 00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:51.940 you will do it, won't you? I can't. I've got 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.599 to get away from here. I've got to get away. 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:56.980 Victor? Victor Harris? Iris, what are you doing 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:59.920 here? I followed you. Why? Because I had this 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:07.740 feeling... Malthus! It must have found the nerve 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:13.240 to do it himself. No, Mr. Harris, I didn't. Lucas, 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.779 you shoved him? The director figured you'd lose 00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:17.859 your nerve. It happens sometimes, and when it 00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:22.940 does, I take over. Well, see you and you, Miss 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:25.599 Lorne, at the club tomorrow night. Eight sharp, 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:27.940 as usual. You've got it wrong, Lucas. You won't 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:31.160 see me tomorrow night or any other night. You 00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:33.559 got it wrong, Mr. Harris. If you don't show up 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:35.859 tomorrow night, there won't be any other night. 00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:47.369 Not for you or Miss Lorne. As Victor Harris watches 00:26:47.369 --> 00:26:51.329 Lucas vanish quickly into the crowd, surely he 00:26:51.329 --> 00:26:54.650 begins to realize what his compulsion to gamble 00:26:54.650 --> 00:26:59.650 has brought him to. To what? Why, to certain 00:26:59.650 --> 00:27:04.829 death, wouldn't you say? I would. I'll be back 00:27:04.829 --> 00:27:21.990 shortly with Act III. You, yes, you, listening 00:27:21.990 --> 00:27:26.150 to my voice, are Victor Harris, or, depending 00:27:26.150 --> 00:27:30.990 on gender, Iris Lorne. If you are Victor, you 00:27:30.990 --> 00:27:34.730 join the suicide club for a thrill. If you are 00:27:34.730 --> 00:27:37.930 Iris, you join because you were sick of life 00:27:37.930 --> 00:27:40.569 and wanted someone to do for you what you could 00:27:40.569 --> 00:27:44.910 not do for yourself, commit suicide, kill you. 00:27:45.490 --> 00:27:49.049 But, Whether you are Victor or Iris, you begin 00:27:49.049 --> 00:27:53.089 to wonder if you've made a mistake, a fatal mistake, 00:27:53.589 --> 00:27:58.910 now that it's too late. And so now, Victor, Iris, 00:28:00.029 --> 00:28:03.170 you are in a secluded cocktail lounge. Iris, 00:28:03.470 --> 00:28:07.250 I... I don't understand. What more can I say? 00:28:07.549 --> 00:28:10.130 I've made it plain enough. I followed you, Victor, 00:28:10.250 --> 00:28:13.289 because I... I couldn't bring myself to believe 00:28:13.289 --> 00:28:15.890 you'd kill Mr. Malthus. And intended to stop 00:28:15.890 --> 00:28:19.250 me if I tried. Now that's what I... I don't understand. 00:28:19.509 --> 00:28:26.029 Why did you intend to stop me? Well... You won't 00:28:26.029 --> 00:28:33.690 believe me? Try me. I love you. I told you, you 00:28:33.690 --> 00:28:39.140 wouldn't believe me. Well, it is a... A little 00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:42.180 hard to believe. We only met last night. In fact, 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.960 we... we haven't spent much more than, well, 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.240 20 minutes at most in each other's company. Well, 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:52.579 how long does it take to fall in love? I, uh... 00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:57.059 I don't know. I do. I found out when I met you 00:28:57.059 --> 00:29:02.079 last night. You don't believe me, do you? I... 00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:05.480 I believe you mean what you say, but... But what? 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:08.619 Look, we're both compulsive personalities. With 00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:11.279 me, it's gambling. With you, drugs. That means 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:13.859 neither of us is totally in control of ourselves. 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:17.440 I love you, Victor Harris. It's as simple as 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:21.660 that. And that's all there is. I love you. Well, 00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:28.059 I'm honored and flattered. Iris, I mean that. 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:33.039 But I'm afraid I don't feel the same way about 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:38.400 you. Well, that's all right. No. No, it isn't 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:42.660 all right. I wish... I wish... Oh, what's the 00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:44.680 sense of talking about what I wish or don't wish 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:48.920 or anything? We're in trouble, Iris. Real trouble. 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:51.880 And what we'd better start talking about is how 00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:54.299 to get ourselves out of it if we can. Do you 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:57.240 think we can? We can sure try. We'd better try. 00:29:57.980 --> 00:30:01.900 It's that or death. Waiter, check, please. What 00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:04.259 are you going to do? The only thing I can do 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:13.779 is go to the police. Lieutenant, that's the whole 00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:17.559 story. You don't sound as if you believed us, 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:21.740 Lieutenant. Tell me something, Miss Long. How 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:25.339 long you've been mainlining? Mainlining? You 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:28.319 know what I mean? It's written all over you, 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:31.240 your eyes. the nose twitching, the long sleeve 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:34.420 dress. Pull up that sleeve and let's have a look. 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:39.960 It's no need. It's true. Okay. What about you? 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:43.279 Me? What do you want? Uppers, downers, mescalines? 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:46.220 I'm not on anything. I'm no drug addict. Look, 00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:49.859 Lieutenant. Sounds like a pipe dream. A suicide 00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:54.059 club. Now, Mr. Harrison, I've heard some far 00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:57.940 out stories, but yours is... it's out of space. 00:30:58.840 --> 00:31:03.019 I see. In other words, you don't intend to do 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:07.400 anything. We'll check it out, but what of a vice? 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:13.619 Yes? You and her. Kick the habit and try to get 00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:23.700 your feet back down on earth. Huh? Oh, Vic. We've 00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:26.880 got to go to my place. We're staying right here 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.359 in this church till I figure out our next move. 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.240 I've got to have a fix. I'm going out of my skull. 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:37.079 It's that bad? You just don't know. Vic, I've 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:39.799 been almost 24 hours without one. We've been 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:42.660 running all day. Central Park, Radio City Music 00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:45.339 Hall. Now this church... We couldn't go to my 00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:48.619 place. Or yours. The director, Lucas, they're 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:51.980 sure to be looking for us. I can't stand it. 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:54.519 I can't. You don't have to, Miss Lorne. What? 00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:57.799 Lucas. Right here in the pew behind you, Mr. 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:01.599 Harris. Here, Miss Lorne. It's just a skin pop, 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:03.259 but it'll hold you to it. Give it to me, give 00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:10.700 it to me. No. Something wrong? Not in a church. 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:17.180 I won't. Not in a church. Suit yourself. Let's 00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:21.299 go. The director is waiting. You heard me, you 00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:27.130 too. Come on, Iris. And Iris... Yes. Good girl. 00:32:33.390 --> 00:32:36.690 Mr. Harrison, Miss Lauren, Director. Come in, 00:32:36.690 --> 00:32:40.470 come in. I was a bit worried about you, too. 00:32:42.009 --> 00:32:44.309 Going to the police, revealing all about our 00:32:44.309 --> 00:32:48.609 intimate little club. How do you know that we... 00:32:48.609 --> 00:32:52.140 Had a visit today from a Lieutenant McPhee. He 00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:54.220 didn't mention you by name, but I have reason 00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:58.000 to suspect you know him big fellow six two shoulders 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:02.119 like an ox and Not very bright. I'm afraid not 00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:06.140 very bright at all Lucas showed him about I couldn't 00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:09.559 be bothered Lucas tell them what happened nothing 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:12.799 happened. I showed him around just a private 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:17.640 residence What else as you say what else? Well 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:22.670 now champagne for you mr. Harris And this for 00:33:22.670 --> 00:33:24.609 you, Miss Lawrence? I don't want your champagne. 00:33:25.269 --> 00:33:29.490 And she doesn't want that. Do you, Iris? Why 00:33:29.490 --> 00:33:34.009 not? Why shouldn't I? I'm dying for it! Then 00:33:34.009 --> 00:33:39.730 here, my dear. Iris, no! Vic! Iris, no! Please! 00:33:39.730 --> 00:33:44.450 I can't help myself. I'm all alone. I've been 00:33:44.450 --> 00:33:49.569 alone and I need... I need something to comfort 00:33:49.569 --> 00:34:00.750 me. Come I'll comfort you my darling. I'll comfort 00:34:00.750 --> 00:34:07.430 you. Well, well, how touching. How all together. 00:34:08.530 --> 00:34:10.570 I don't think I've ever seen anything like this 00:34:10.570 --> 00:34:14.570 since the suicide club opened. Have you, Lucas? 00:34:15.070 --> 00:34:20.230 No. No, I haven't. However, life must go on. 00:34:20.489 --> 00:34:25.909 are, to be precise, death. And it is time for 00:34:25.909 --> 00:34:29.409 our evening ritual. Come, Miss Lorne, Mr. Harris. 00:34:30.269 --> 00:34:39.409 Our little game of cards awaits us. For Mr. Dowling, 00:34:39.929 --> 00:34:44.070 the five of diamonds. Mr. Whelan, the nine of 00:34:44.070 --> 00:34:51.480 hearts. Mrs. Lawton, the ace of diamonds. Mr. 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:56.840 Whelan, the deuce of spades. For Miss Lorne, 00:34:57.199 --> 00:35:06.219 Aris, the ace of clubs. Victor! For Miss Feitzen, 00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:11.019 the eight of hearts. Mr. Hanson, the ten of hearts. 00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:19.190 For Mr. Harris, the ace of... of space. That 00:35:19.190 --> 00:35:22.150 ends the play for this evening. Miss Lorne and 00:35:22.150 --> 00:35:23.969 Mr. Harris will join me in my office, please. 00:35:24.349 --> 00:35:29.050 Victor, I feel sick. I think I'm going to... 00:35:29.050 --> 00:35:32.789 Miss Lorne, wait. Where are you going? To the 00:35:32.789 --> 00:35:36.050 powder room, you fool. She's sick. Mrs. Lawton, 00:35:36.530 --> 00:35:39.630 do what you can for her. In my office, Mr. Harris. 00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:49.079 Well now mr. Harris it appears that Dane fortune 00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:52.539 has frowned on you tonight Regrettably, you have 00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:54.739 just experienced the final gambling thrill of 00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:57.980 your young life you arranged it didn't you who 00:35:57.980 --> 00:36:02.340 you felt now now manners mr. Harris no name -calling, 00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:07.079 please Smith You're not going through with this. 00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:11.219 Oh, yes I don't intend to die tonight or any 00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:14.400 other night for a long, long time. I'm resigning 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:17.940 from this insanity you call a club. And so is 00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:20.719 Miss Lorne. You know, really, if I hadn't the 00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:23.219 slightest idea you were going to be this worrisome, 00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:25.539 I'd not have let you join in the first place. 00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:28.420 I have already told you that we have but one 00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:31.679 form of resignation from the Suicide Club. Death. 00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:35.190 Well, let me just tell you... Your instructions 00:36:35.190 --> 00:36:37.269 are to leave here immediately and return to that 00:36:37.269 --> 00:36:41.750 elegant penthouse apartment of yours. Go to your 00:36:41.750 --> 00:36:44.650 apartment and stay there. And oh yes, if you 00:36:44.650 --> 00:36:46.670 have any idea of seeking help, such as going 00:36:46.670 --> 00:36:49.030 to the police or anything of that nature, don't. 00:36:49.369 --> 00:36:51.289 You will be very closely watched from the moment 00:36:51.289 --> 00:36:54.010 you leave. And any attempt to disobey my orders 00:36:54.010 --> 00:36:56.170 will result not only in your death, but Iris 00:36:56.170 --> 00:37:04.139 Lawrence as well. Oh, Victor! What can we do 00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:07.179 your instructions just just how are you to kill 00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:10.119 me kill you? I could never kill you you know 00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:13.320 that but What instructions just to come here 00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:18.239 and wait that was all? That settles it They're 00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:20.920 gonna kill us both What makes you think I was 00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:23.260 followed until I got here the first thing I did 00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:26.380 was to call the police or try to the phone's 00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:30.380 dead I had a gun in my desk drawer. It's gone 00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:34.420 They'd been here and they didn't miss a trick 00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:40.000 and now just telling you to wait ours We're trapped 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:47.719 We're going to the police I was followed here 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:51.079 just as you were They're watching our every move. 00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:55.880 We can give it a try. It's a gamble I just lost 00:37:55.880 --> 00:38:00.170 What are we gonna do? What can we do? We won't 00:38:00.170 --> 00:38:02.469 answer that won't do any good. They've got a 00:38:02.469 --> 00:38:05.909 key. I'm sure now look Look, there's just one 00:38:05.909 --> 00:38:08.469 chance you answer the door. I'll stand behind 00:38:08.469 --> 00:38:10.769 it. Well Lord knows I'm not much when it comes 00:38:10.769 --> 00:38:18.389 to fighting but I can try Go ahead open it Thank 00:38:18.389 --> 00:38:22.190 You miss lawn I was just about to use my key 00:38:22.190 --> 00:38:26.269 Okay, I come in I can't stop you Lucas. No you 00:38:26.269 --> 00:38:29.130 can't And how about you coming out from behind 00:38:29.130 --> 00:38:32.590 the door, Mr. Harris? It wouldn't have done you 00:38:32.590 --> 00:38:35.469 any good, anyhow. You're no match for me. It 00:38:35.469 --> 00:38:37.969 might have been worth a try. The director has 00:38:37.969 --> 00:38:40.829 given me his orders, and I'm here to carry them 00:38:40.829 --> 00:38:44.250 out. Everything can be done fast and easy if 00:38:44.250 --> 00:38:47.670 you cooperate. And if we don't? Don't give me 00:38:47.670 --> 00:38:51.210 a hard time, Mr. Harris, please. You got the 00:38:51.210 --> 00:38:53.929 ace of spades tonight. Miss Lauren got the ace 00:38:53.929 --> 00:38:56.679 of clubs. Following the club rules, Miss Lawrence 00:38:56.679 --> 00:39:00.360 kills you. And this time we make sure it looks 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:02.880 like suicide. I won't do it. I won't do it. You'll 00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:06.260 do it. There's going to be one little change. 00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:10.179 One little difference tonight. After you kill 00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:14.380 Mr. Harris. After he commits suicide, you might 00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:17.420 say. You're going to commit suicide too. What 00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:19.900 do you mean? Let's all go into the kitchen and 00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:22.519 find out. Why the kitchen? That's where the stove 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:27.900 is. The gas stove. Oh, no. Oh, no. Move, Miss 00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:32.099 Lauren. Lucas, look, you're being stupid. One 00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:34.860 suicide, the police will buy that. But two... 00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:37.800 You never heard of a suicide pact between lovers? 00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:43.820 It says so right here. See? What? That's the 00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:45.960 suicide note you're leaving. See, it's typed, 00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:50.179 but signed. Iris Lauren. Victor Harris. They're 00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:52.139 our signatures. How did they...? They forged 00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:55.300 them. The contracts we signed. Just put the note 00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:58.940 on the table there, hmm? No, no, no. Don't just 00:39:58.940 --> 00:40:02.960 toss it there. Fold it. Neatly and... Oh, you... 00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:05.659 One chop at the back of the neck. He'll be out 00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:08.320 a long time. In fact, he won't be coming back. 00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:13.400 And now, Miss Lorne, turn on the gas. No! Miss 00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:19.619 Lorne... I won't do it! I can't... Let's see 00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:27.610 now. Drag her into his arms Put his arm around 00:40:27.610 --> 00:40:52.280 her like so Good all we need now is the gas Beat 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:56.880 her again with the oxygen. Okay, Mr. Harris, 00:40:57.179 --> 00:41:01.820 snap out of it. Come on now. What? What? Where? 00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:09.079 Breathe deep. Come on now. Deep. Ah, boy. That's 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:13.179 the way. Iris. She's coming around fine. Gonna 00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:18.119 be okay, just like you. Lieutenant McPhee, isn't 00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:22.550 it? Yeah. Well, how did you? I'm not as dumb 00:41:22.550 --> 00:41:25.949 as I look or act, Mr. Harris. I kind of put it 00:41:25.949 --> 00:41:28.949 on, you know, an act. Throw a lot of characters 00:41:28.949 --> 00:41:33.010 off their guard that way. Smith didn't fool you. 00:41:33.170 --> 00:41:37.050 No, I fooled him. When that guy Lucas took me 00:41:37.050 --> 00:41:40.030 on a tour of the house, I saw a lot more than 00:41:40.030 --> 00:41:43.489 he thought I saw. What could you have seen? That 00:41:43.489 --> 00:41:46.750 big round table in the middle of the room. Oh, 00:41:46.750 --> 00:41:49.989 there was a vase of flowers on it and like that, 00:41:50.030 --> 00:41:53.280 but... There's a circle worn on the rug around 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:56.400 the table and nobody admires flowers that much 00:41:56.400 --> 00:42:00.840 mr. Harris. Oh, I know. Yeah, I Checked the sanitation 00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:04.400 boys and heard about the dozens and dozens of 00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:07.099 empty champagne bottles. They picked up three 00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:12.260 times a week all that plus the Accidental death 00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:16.579 of mr. Malthus as you described it. Oh Sure, 00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:21.119 I checked on that of course well It all added 00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:26.719 up you You had us followed you and the lady have 00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:29.440 been tailed practically since you left headquarters 00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:33.980 Okay, Eddie, she's had enough come on little 00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:41.539 lady come on come on now Oh Victor oh Iris she's 00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:44.860 gonna be okay By the way, mr. Harris, you'll 00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:47.059 be glad to know we got a confession out of Lucas 00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:51.150 and Smith And that's the end of the Suicide Club. 00:42:51.250 --> 00:42:54.489 That's the end of something else too. Yeah? What? 00:42:54.630 --> 00:42:58.750 My compulsive gambling. I'll never make another 00:42:58.750 --> 00:43:08.989 bet as long as I live. Victor Harris never did 00:43:08.989 --> 00:43:12.929 gamble again. The Suicide Club cured him of that. 00:43:14.070 --> 00:43:17.670 And, oh yes, it cured Iris Lorne of drug addiction. 00:43:18.190 --> 00:43:22.010 Although I'm not so sure it wasn't having someone 00:43:22.010 --> 00:43:28.010 to live for someone to love They're married now 00:43:28.010 --> 00:43:32.309 Victor never had a chance Comes to that what 00:43:32.309 --> 00:43:48.150 man has I'll be back shortly As Victor Harris 00:43:48.150 --> 00:43:52.309 and Iris Lorne discovered, out of weakness can 00:43:52.309 --> 00:43:57.570 come strength. Out of death, life. And compulsion 00:43:57.570 --> 00:44:00.469 is nothing more nor less than, as I said earlier, 00:44:01.269 --> 00:44:06.170 a decision we make within ourselves. We can decide 00:44:06.170 --> 00:44:12.110 for evil or for good, but it is always we who 00:44:12.110 --> 00:44:16.429 decide. Our cast included Barry Nelson, Marion 00:44:16.429 --> 00:44:20.530 Seldes, John Barragray, Dan Occo, and Lloyd Battista. 00:44:21.489 --> 00:44:23.730 The entire production was under the direction 00:44:23.730 --> 00:44:26.889 of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:44:26.889 --> 00:44:29.989 you to return to our Mystery Theatre for another 00:44:29.989 --> 00:44:36.250 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:44:36.250 --> 00:44:37.369 dreams.