WEBVTT 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:25.879 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:31.100 to another world. A world of suspense. A world 00:00:31.100 --> 00:00:35.200 of the unexpected. And a world where fantasy 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:41.280 and reality may often wear the same face. We 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:46.219 are told the truth shall make you free. However, 00:00:46.259 --> 00:00:50.109 in certain situations, the truth can send you 00:00:50.109 --> 00:00:53.710 to jail. And so it's all a matter of what freedom 00:00:53.710 --> 00:00:57.869 really means, not to mention what truth really 00:00:57.869 --> 00:01:02.570 means. For Eleanor Hartley, this is no philosophical, 00:01:02.850 --> 00:01:06.469 theological, or intellectual exercise. It has 00:01:06.469 --> 00:01:10.530 become suddenly a tangible and terrible fact 00:01:10.530 --> 00:01:13.510 of life. Nice of you to show up, Congresswoman. 00:01:13.810 --> 00:01:16.799 Mr. Perry. I agreed to visit you in your cell 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:20.019 on two conditions. A, it would be kept secret. 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:23.620 B, I would do nothing that's foreign to my principles. 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:27.379 Of course, of course. Mr. Perry, I find you a 00:01:27.379 --> 00:01:30.099 thoroughly despicable person. I've heard that 00:01:30.099 --> 00:01:32.859 before. You make your money from narcotics, gambling, 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.319 extortion, prostitution. Well, you know, everybody 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:40.040 should do what he does best. And? You're a murderer. 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.400 I could never prove that in court. Till now. 00:01:43.819 --> 00:01:47.120 But it looks as if they've got you finally. They 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:50.200 have you cold for the murder of Paul Grover. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:54.260 Yeah, well, that's why I wanted to see you, Congresswoman. 00:01:55.019 --> 00:01:57.920 I thought you'd want to do the right thing. The 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:02.239 right thing? Yeah. The right thing would be for 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:05.599 you to confess to that murder. What did you say? 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:11.580 You heard me. Why should I confess? Because you 00:02:11.580 --> 00:02:16.960 killed Paul Grover. Well, Congresswoman, didn't 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:30.139 you? Our mystery drama, A Tiny Drop of Poison, 00:02:30.620 --> 00:02:32.860 was written especially for the Mystery Theater 00:02:32.860 --> 00:02:38.080 by Sam Dann and stars Tammy Grimes. I'll be back 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:54.830 shortly with Act One. There's simply no way of 00:02:54.830 --> 00:03:00.770 knowing. So often, a fateful day will begin quietly, 00:03:01.110 --> 00:03:04.689 prosaically, with absolutely no hint that the 00:03:04.689 --> 00:03:07.710 steady pace of the commonplace is destined to 00:03:07.710 --> 00:03:11.990 quicken or falter. With no intimation that today, 00:03:12.810 --> 00:03:16.469 a die will irrevocably be cast, and henceforward, 00:03:17.129 --> 00:03:21.830 our lives will change forever. Or... even cease 00:03:21.830 --> 00:03:25.889 to exist. A day like this has dawned for Eleanor 00:03:25.889 --> 00:03:29.889 Hartley, but she doesn't know it yet. Eleanor 00:03:29.889 --> 00:03:35.449 Hartley, at 32, she has it all. Looks, brains, 00:03:36.389 --> 00:03:39.870 personality, and a mission in life that seems 00:03:39.870 --> 00:03:44.270 certain of fulfillment. And on this day, this 00:03:44.270 --> 00:03:48.129 particular day, Eleanor Hartley is in a recording 00:03:48.129 --> 00:03:52.400 studio. making a very important statement. The 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.719 principal issue, the primary issue, the overriding 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:59.379 indeed the only issue is morality. Do you or 00:03:59.379 --> 00:04:03.280 do you not? Can you or can you not trust your 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.759 elected representatives? Okay, Eleanor, thanks. 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:07.539 We got it. We haven't finished. That's all we 00:04:07.539 --> 00:04:10.599 need. Tom, I intend to run my own campaign. Absolutely. 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:13.060 Maury, don't add any of this stuff now. Grab 00:04:13.060 --> 00:04:14.680 a portable rig and come on with us. We're going 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.620 to the Madison Beach Club. Just a minute. I have 00:04:17.620 --> 00:04:19.120 no intention of going to the... You know, we 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:20.800 didn't even drink our coffee. Why don't we just 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:22.600 relax for a couple of minutes? Mr. Caldwell, 00:04:23.019 --> 00:04:24.759 I think it's time we reached an understanding. 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:26.620 I thought we understood each other all along. 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:29.139 You want some sugar? I agreed to run for Congress 00:04:29.139 --> 00:04:31.660 because a group of concerned citizens asked me. 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:33.899 Well, they did. And I thought it would be that 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:36.420 simple. Why do I have to go to the Madison Beach 00:04:36.420 --> 00:04:38.579 Club? You want to talk to people? That's where 00:04:38.579 --> 00:04:41.500 thousands of them are. Also, you look great in 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:45.759 a bikini. I think that's dishonest. Why? It's 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:48.180 your very own body. Is it your fault that it's 00:04:48.180 --> 00:04:50.259 more attractive than your opponents, who happens 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:54.319 to be a bald, paunchy old party act? Oh, why 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:57.740 can't politics be simple? You know, it's been 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:00.319 such a morning. Didn't even get a chance to see 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:05.620 the papers. Oh, look, right here. Right here 00:05:05.620 --> 00:05:09.579 on page one. This is what the game is all about. 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:11.779 What? Look, we got some more results from the 00:05:11.779 --> 00:05:14.360 surveys. You have gone up seven points in the 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.750 last week. That's not very much. Are you kidding? 00:05:17.230 --> 00:05:19.689 An unknown running against Big Jim Parkhurst? 00:05:19.750 --> 00:05:22.310 An entrenched incumbent? The way you're gathering 00:05:22.310 --> 00:05:26.970 momentum we are in. Look, Eleanor, I have to 00:05:26.970 --> 00:05:31.970 know something. What? Big Jim is gonna take you 00:05:31.970 --> 00:05:35.689 seriously from now on. I should hope so. Things 00:05:35.689 --> 00:05:38.089 may get rough. I'm not afraid. You don't know 00:05:38.089 --> 00:05:41.209 what rough is. You don't know how Parkhurst's 00:05:41.209 --> 00:05:46.709 people will probe and pry and dig. So if there's 00:05:46.709 --> 00:05:50.529 anything in your past Anything at all. What are 00:05:50.529 --> 00:05:53.569 you trying to say by now? Parker's does unleash 00:05:53.569 --> 00:05:56.730 the hounds They'll examine your life from the 00:05:56.730 --> 00:06:02.470 day you were born. I have nothing to hide Good 00:06:02.470 --> 00:06:09.389 that is Yeah, no No one would ever come up with 00:06:09.389 --> 00:06:13.089 anything to to embarrass me the year you were 00:06:13.089 --> 00:06:17.500 22 What about that year? Eleanor, we can't account 00:06:17.500 --> 00:06:19.920 for it. What are you talking about? Well, we've 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:21.959 checked you through school. We've checked you 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:25.000 through college. You mean you've actually investigated 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.160 me? Of course. When you were 23, you married 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:30.819 Ted. And the past five years have been an open 00:06:30.819 --> 00:06:34.819 book. But that whole year, while you were 22... 00:06:34.819 --> 00:06:38.800 Yes. Well, like so many kids who get out of college, 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:41.860 I was at loose ends. Didn't know what I wanted. 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.170 So... I just took off. I traveled around the 00:06:46.170 --> 00:06:50.170 country. I was just trying to find myself. And 00:06:50.170 --> 00:06:53.649 I did. And that's all there was to it. Okay. 00:06:54.990 --> 00:06:57.649 Come on, finish your coffee. We're off. Hey. 00:06:57.790 --> 00:07:02.810 What? Oh. It's just nothing. It's an article 00:07:02.810 --> 00:07:05.189 here. Which article? It's got nothing to do with 00:07:05.189 --> 00:07:08.990 politics. I just happen to know this guy. Who? 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:11.620 Ah, some guy. He was killed about five years 00:07:11.620 --> 00:07:14.639 ago. Murdered one night. Nobody knew why or by 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:19.540 whom. Well... This sure throws a new light on 00:07:19.540 --> 00:07:23.519 the case. Turns out he was a foreign agent. Who'd 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.040 ever thought that Paul Grover could turn out 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:27.759 to be a foreign agent? What did you say his name 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:30.860 was? The Grover. Paul Grover. Ah, did you know 00:07:30.860 --> 00:07:36.420 him? Ah, ah, Grover. Ah. No! I never knew anyone... 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:41.100 Go figure some people. Oh, Tom? Something the 00:07:41.100 --> 00:07:47.300 matter? I don't feel good. Good headache. Maybe 00:07:47.300 --> 00:07:50.920 I better go home. I'll rest for a while. Eleanor, 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:54.139 what's the matter? I told you I have a headache. 00:07:55.220 --> 00:08:10.029 Okay. It's a woman's privilege. Congresswoman? 00:08:10.230 --> 00:08:13.970 Hi there, Detective. Get any votes today? A few. 00:08:14.509 --> 00:08:18.250 You catch any crooks? No. I'm on a whole new 00:08:18.250 --> 00:08:22.230 thing. Sherlock Ted Hartley, that's me. I draw 00:08:22.230 --> 00:08:26.509 all the weird ones. This was a guy named Paul 00:08:26.509 --> 00:08:30.810 Grover. Grover? How do you like this? He was 00:08:30.810 --> 00:08:33.429 murdered five years ago, buried and forgotten. 00:08:33.889 --> 00:08:37.210 Now it's suddenly wide open again. You know why? 00:08:37.470 --> 00:08:39.750 Don showed it to me in the morning paper. He 00:08:39.750 --> 00:08:44.110 was a spy. Which means we have to find out who 00:08:44.110 --> 00:08:48.350 killed him. Isn't it, uh, wasn't it always important 00:08:48.350 --> 00:08:51.769 to find out? Now more than ever. The information 00:08:51.769 --> 00:08:53.610 we have now is that he was ready to come over 00:08:53.610 --> 00:08:57.230 to our side and spill what he knew. But, uh, 00:08:57.350 --> 00:08:59.789 isn't this out of your, uh... The Federals asked 00:08:59.789 --> 00:09:02.950 us to cooperate. So the old man called me in 00:09:02.950 --> 00:09:07.139 and said, Ted, go get him. I'm a victim of my 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:11.259 own reputation. So now I have to lone wolf around 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:13.720 and try to sniff out a case that's five years 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:19.200 old. Ah, let's eat in tonight. Um, okay. It's 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:21.779 a rare night I have you all to myself. Maybe, 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:25.960 uh... Maybe I should never have gone into politics. 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:30.200 What are you talking about? Here you are, a cop's 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:32.679 wife. You're more than just a cop. And you're 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:35.830 more than just a wife. It's one of those crazy 00:09:35.830 --> 00:09:39.389 things. You were going to go to Congress. I have 00:09:39.389 --> 00:09:42.309 to be elected first. Baby, you're home free. 00:09:43.549 --> 00:09:46.610 My career took off the day I married you. Come 00:09:46.610 --> 00:09:49.590 on, Ted. I was always a good detective, but in 00:09:49.590 --> 00:09:51.710 the last five years, you'd be surprised how many 00:09:51.710 --> 00:09:54.929 ideas I got from you. You really taught me how 00:09:54.929 --> 00:09:58.409 to think. What do the police know about the murder? 00:09:59.129 --> 00:10:02.720 Well, just about zero. They figured Grover stopped 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:04.980 for a hitchhiker because when he left his office 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:08.720 to drive home he was alone They found his car 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:11.120 at the side of the road and he was about 30 feet 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:17.139 away stabbed to death Funny guy lived all alone. 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:19.960 No friends. Just people who knew him casually 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:23.139 Well after all this time, how can you expect 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:27.539 to find the killer? Oh I'll find the killer whoever 00:10:27.539 --> 00:10:31.909 he is At least that's what I keep telling myself. 00:10:37.769 --> 00:10:41.730 I looked at Ted. If he's determined to get the 00:10:41.730 --> 00:10:46.009 killer of Paul Grover, eventually he will. Am 00:10:46.009 --> 00:10:49.389 I going to want to do? Should I tell him now? 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:17.139 Drifting about in another world. How could anyone 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:22.080 ever link me to Paul Grover? There were no clues. 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:28.100 No one ever saw us together. No one saw it happen. 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:40.360 No one. Thanks for picking me up, mister. Um... 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:45.320 Grover. Paul Grover. What are you doing out all 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:47.940 alone this time around? I'm all right. I just 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:52.200 feel like walking, moving. You, uh, what are 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:55.899 them hippies? What's their name? Talking about 00:11:55.899 --> 00:12:01.320 names. What's yours? Eleanor. Eleanor what? What 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:06.279 does it matter? Okay. How'd you like some supper? 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.759 That would be, uh, welcome. I know a nice little 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:14.279 place just off the state highway here. You're 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:22.419 very kind, Mr. Krover. Very kind. Why are we 00:12:22.419 --> 00:12:27.360 stopping? Oh, well, I figured before supper we, 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:31.600 uh... We what? Well, let me put it this way. 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:35.820 You want your supper, you gotta sing for it. 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:38.620 Take your arm away. Hey, now listen. Don't you 00:12:38.620 --> 00:12:41.360 touch me. Who are you kidding? I know your kind. 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:46.519 Hey, you come back here. Let go of me, let go. 00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:49.419 What are you fighting me for? A girl like you, 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:52.559 you don't care and I'm even willing to pay. Help! 00:12:53.100 --> 00:12:56.480 Scream while you want. Who's going to hear you? 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.899 Okay, you asked for this. No, no, please put 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:04.539 that knife away. You quit scratching and slapping 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:06.259 and you just behave yourself and you just do 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:08.500 as I tell you and you won't get hurt. I'll go 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:11.820 to the police. Who'd believe you? Who'd take 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:14.100 your word against mine? I'd say you're trying 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:18.059 to frame me. You'll go to jail. Now, come on, 00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:21.500 honey, be nice. I'll even give you money. All 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:24.799 right, all right. I'll be nice. Don't you try 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:28.460 to run away now. I'm holding this knife. Sure. 00:13:38.059 --> 00:13:41.360 That's the way I was taught. Drop the knife. 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:49.899 I'll kill you. I'll kill you. Drop it. I told 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:53.100 you. I told you to drop the knife, but you wouldn't. 00:13:54.720 --> 00:14:02.000 I don't want to die. Mr. Groover. Mr. Groover, 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:27.529 I'm... I'm sorry, Mr. Groover. turned against 00:14:27.529 --> 00:14:33.370 his own body. I just stood there. I remember 00:14:33.370 --> 00:14:38.169 now. I wonder why I didn't panic. That was cool. 00:14:39.549 --> 00:14:44.110 I made sure to leave nothing behind me. Not in 00:14:44.110 --> 00:14:49.850 the car. Not anywhere around. There was no blood 00:14:49.850 --> 00:15:27.639 on my clothes. Well, she certainly told it the 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:32.059 way it was. But is it... Is it true that there 00:15:32.059 --> 00:15:36.320 are really no clues? Perhaps there are no fingerprints 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:40.720 or blood stains. But how about other clues? Stronger 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:45.440 clues. The clues that exist in the mind. The 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:50.000 heart. The conscience. We may find a few of those 00:15:50.000 --> 00:16:07.330 when I return shortly with Act Two. What an attractive 00:16:07.330 --> 00:16:10.610 young couple, Ted and Eleanor Hartley. Ted is 00:16:10.610 --> 00:16:13.210 a brilliant detective on the city police force. 00:16:13.830 --> 00:16:18.370 Eleanor is so bright and sincere and articulate 00:16:18.370 --> 00:16:21.230 that a citizens committee has asked her to run 00:16:21.230 --> 00:16:24.629 for Congress. Eleanor is busy with her campaign. 00:16:25.389 --> 00:16:27.929 Ted is busy trying to track down a murderer. 00:16:28.889 --> 00:16:33.149 This sounds like two different stories, but actually, 00:16:33.710 --> 00:16:37.620 it's really one story. because the killer Tom 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:43.120 is looking for happens to be Eleanor. No. No, 00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:49.980 don't. Let me go. Let me go. I'll kill you, Mr. 00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:54.419 Clover. I'll kill you. Eleanor, darling. Eleanor, 00:16:54.419 --> 00:17:02.440 darling, wake up. Wake up. I must have had a 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:05.430 nightmare. You were muttering and... mumbling 00:17:05.430 --> 00:17:10.650 the craziest things. I think it's just I've been 00:17:10.650 --> 00:17:13.109 working too hard. Darling, you don't have to 00:17:13.109 --> 00:17:15.170 put so much into it. There are lots of people 00:17:15.170 --> 00:17:18.849 working for you. I want to be elected, Dad. I 00:17:18.849 --> 00:17:21.849 feel... I feel I could do so much good. Sure. 00:17:22.170 --> 00:17:26.430 I feel I owe something. You owe something? What? 00:17:27.210 --> 00:17:32.450 I feel I have a debt. I have to make up for something. 00:17:32.970 --> 00:17:39.069 What? Oh... Well, once I did someone an injury. 00:17:39.650 --> 00:17:42.549 Who? It was a long time ago. Yeah, but if it 00:17:42.549 --> 00:17:46.710 bothers you... This person had it coming. Well, 00:17:47.269 --> 00:17:52.190 then forget it. It's not that easy. Want to talk 00:17:52.190 --> 00:17:54.930 about it? No. Part of our bargain, remember? 00:17:55.789 --> 00:17:57.930 We'd never press each other for details about 00:17:57.930 --> 00:18:00.829 what happened before we met each other. I'd say 00:18:00.829 --> 00:18:04.940 overall it's a good bargain, but... Tell me did 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:09.519 I bother you with this Grover case bother me. 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:13.839 Yeah your nightmare you were mumbling with You 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:16.940 don't want to talk about no No, I'll talk about 00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:23.460 it if if you won't I remember reading it was 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:27.960 such a messy murder. I Have to find the killer 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:36.009 No matter how long it takes I'm scared because 00:18:36.009 --> 00:18:40.269 I know Ted means it. He never quits. He'll stay 00:18:40.269 --> 00:18:44.569 with it forever. I don't know what to do. But 00:18:44.569 --> 00:18:49.329 how can I tell him? How can I confess? It was 00:18:49.329 --> 00:18:54.069 self -defense, but it'll be the end. Not just 00:18:54.069 --> 00:18:59.049 the end of my career, but the end between Ted. 00:19:10.730 --> 00:19:14.369 to the truth. I will follow the truth wherever 00:19:14.369 --> 00:19:18.450 it may lead. I will seek the truth whomever it 00:19:18.450 --> 00:19:22.529 may hurt. What we need in our lives today at 00:19:22.529 --> 00:19:54.359 every level is the truth. You didn't tell me 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:58.519 how it sounded, Tom. Yeah, I know I didn't. What's 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:01.880 the matter, Eleanor? The matter? Yeah, with you. 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:08.119 The speech. There's something missing. Oh! What? 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:11.980 I don't know. Let's say some of the fire was 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:16.680 out. Anything wrong? Nothing, Tom. Having a bit 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.640 of a tiff with Ted? Ted is absolutely in favor 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:22.299 of my running. So what's wrong? Why do you insist? 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:25.700 Something's wrong. Your speech. I didn't believe 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:28.940 a word on it. Why? Because it was obvious to 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.960 me that you didn't mean a word of it either. 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:33.180 But I... Eleanor, something is wrong. Something 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:35.880 has been just a little off key all week. Now 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:39.500 why don't you tell me about it? Tom... I wish 00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:45.019 you'd believe me. Everything's... just fine. 00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:49.579 Yeah? I mean it. Well, if everything's just fine, 00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:51.960 why are you so pale and why are you perspiring? 00:20:53.890 --> 00:21:00.009 Tom. And there is something. Tom. There's nothing 00:21:00.009 --> 00:21:04.450 we can talk about. But it's serious. Yes. Serious. 00:21:04.769 --> 00:21:07.509 Eleanor, if it should ever come out. It can never 00:21:07.509 --> 00:21:10.009 come out, Tom. Believe me. Eleanor. Please, Tom. 00:21:10.569 --> 00:21:14.750 Don't ask me any more questions. Please. Sure, 00:21:14.750 --> 00:21:20.740 sure. Okay. But whatever it is, I... I'm in your 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:22.980 corner. I'll back you. I'll fight for you no 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:28.740 matter what you did. Even if you committed murder. 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:39.400 I can't believe we have a free afternoon. Not 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:42.779 yet. You've been busier than I have. Well, that's 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:46.819 true. I'm the one who's been doing the neglecting. 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:50.640 Guilty. I even got you out here on false pretenses. 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:55.180 I'm working. Working? I said let's park the car 00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:57.960 and go for a little walk in the country, but 00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:05.220 right here is the site. What site? The site of 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:10.119 the murder. The Paul Grover murder. Right here 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:18.759 past this tree. There's something about this 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.380 place. Well, if you want to leave... After all, 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:24.720 if you want me to help you. Right here, past 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:28.740 this tree, is where he drove off the road. To 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:35.000 pick up a hitchhiker. No. I don't buy that story 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:41.740 anymore. Why not? There was another car. Oh? 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:45.400 There were tire marks about 50 feet south of 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:49.710 here where another car pulled off the road. But 00:22:49.710 --> 00:22:52.829 didn't the police know this five years ago? Oh 00:22:52.829 --> 00:22:54.930 sure, it was in the report, but the police are 00:22:54.930 --> 00:22:57.650 like everyone else. We have a considerable body 00:22:57.650 --> 00:23:00.390 of knowledge, but we only use what seems relevant 00:23:00.390 --> 00:23:03.809 at the time. You think there was another car 00:23:03.809 --> 00:23:08.769 involved? That's right. Someone met him here 00:23:08.769 --> 00:23:12.349 and killed him. It has to be that way, because 00:23:12.349 --> 00:23:16.670 he was being set up. So you see, I've got some 00:23:16.670 --> 00:23:21.289 clues. I have those tire marks. They made a mold 00:23:21.289 --> 00:23:26.289 five years ago. And I've got this. This little 00:23:26.289 --> 00:23:30.130 button made of bone. It was clutched in Grover's 00:23:30.130 --> 00:23:35.650 hand. Take a look at it. I looked. There was 00:23:35.650 --> 00:23:39.750 a little button. A sleeve button. From a corduroy 00:23:39.750 --> 00:23:44.750 jacket. One of, well, one of a host of buttons 00:23:44.750 --> 00:23:47.759 that adorned that jacket. The jacket I had worn 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:51.380 that night. There were so many buttons. I never 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:54.460 even noticed the one that was missing. That jacket. 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:59.940 I still have it. I don't wear it often. But I 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:06.140 still have it. It's in one of my closets. What 00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:08.920 you're saying is that if you can find the jacket 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:12.500 it came from, you've got your killer. That's 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:18.759 right. I've got it. Him? Well, it's from a man's 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:21.619 type field jacket, very popular about five years 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:25.339 ago, although lots of people wore them. I think 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:28.799 you've got one like it back home. Anyhow, there 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:32.420 was a fight. Grover was stabbed. The killer took 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:35.240 the money. But I didn't... You... I... Didn't 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:39.599 what? I didn't know that robbery was the motive. 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:42.940 Wasn't it supposed to have been a secret aging 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:46.559 thing? I figure a hired killer... But he was 00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:49.500 stupid enough to pick up some loose bills. That 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:53.400 should hang him. Are you sure? You know what 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:58.019 else I've got? I found a witness. There's a little 00:24:58.019 --> 00:25:01.420 restaurant a couple of miles down the state highway. 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:08.220 Certainly I don't mind telling you this story 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:12.420 again. There was this young man who came in here 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:15.079 that night. How can you remember so far back? 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.960 The Grover was a steady customer. He was a good 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:20.980 customer. So I remember what happened the night 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:24.299 he died. Yes, he was a good customer, but he 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:28.640 put ketchup on everything. Anyway, on that night, 00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:31.779 this young fellow who comes in, he's wearing 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:36.240 a Codera jacket and denim pants. Oh, why did 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:39.539 you notice him? Well, you see, he ordered a steak, 00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:42.599 and then he pays with a $10 bill, and there's 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:45.400 blood on the bill. Blood? Yeah, so I says to 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:47.519 him, this looks like blood. He says, does it? 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:50.579 And I says, how did blood get on this bill? And 00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:54.380 he says, maybe it's blood money. He takes his 00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:58.579 change, gives me a dollar tip, and leaves. Why 00:25:58.579 --> 00:26:00.619 didn't you tell this to the police? They never 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:03.779 asked. Would you believe that this lieutenant 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:06.000 here is the first policeman that's walked into 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.960 my restaurant since it happened five years ago? 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:11.079 And can you describe him here though? I have 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:13.670 never forgotten him. was a big man, six foot 00:26:13.670 --> 00:26:17.289 tall, about 200 pounds, black hair, brown eyes, 00:26:17.650 --> 00:26:20.630 a big scar on the left side of his chin, and 00:26:20.630 --> 00:26:23.269 the tip of his left pinky finger was missing. 00:26:23.890 --> 00:26:26.230 Thanks, Your Honor. Oh, yeah, don't mention it, 00:26:26.309 --> 00:26:28.230 Lieutenant. As far as the wife is concerned, 00:26:28.930 --> 00:26:32.650 Madam, if I get up early on election day, I might 00:26:32.650 --> 00:26:37.029 even vote for you. You would? Why? I don't know. 00:26:37.329 --> 00:26:41.609 Maybe that's why. What? Well, you see, you tell 00:26:41.609 --> 00:26:44.009 the average politician that you want to vote 00:26:44.009 --> 00:26:46.730 for him, he shakes your hand, he looks sincere, 00:26:46.730 --> 00:26:50.769 he says, thank you. You, you look sort of surprised, 00:26:50.829 --> 00:26:55.349 you say. Why? That he's honest. It shows you're 00:26:55.349 --> 00:27:08.569 honest and... that's something. Hi, Eleanor. 00:27:09.009 --> 00:27:13.470 Come in, Tom. Got here as soon as I could. Something 00:27:13.470 --> 00:27:17.690 wrong? Nothing's wrong. Or maybe everything's 00:27:17.690 --> 00:27:20.089 wrong. Okay, Eleanor, spill it. I don't care 00:27:20.089 --> 00:27:22.410 what you have to tell me. I don't care how bad 00:27:22.410 --> 00:27:24.730 it is. Let's get it out of the way. You carry 00:27:24.730 --> 00:27:27.410 the thing around with you, Tom. You justify it. 00:27:27.910 --> 00:27:31.109 You say there was no help for it. It wasn't your 00:27:31.109 --> 00:27:34.450 fault. Why should you pay for it? But it doesn't 00:27:34.450 --> 00:27:37.710 let you alone, whether you admit it or not. It 00:27:37.710 --> 00:27:41.230 keeps building inside of you and you feel you 00:27:41.230 --> 00:27:44.670 just have to tell someone. I understand. Everyone 00:27:44.670 --> 00:27:48.069 has his own little secret. This isn't a little 00:27:48.069 --> 00:27:52.549 secret, Tom. Funny, isn't it? Of all the people 00:27:52.549 --> 00:27:57.150 I know, I feel I can only tell you. What about 00:27:57.150 --> 00:28:01.450 Ted? No. No, I can't tell Ted. Does it concern 00:28:01.450 --> 00:28:04.730 another man? Yes, but not the way you might think. 00:28:05.730 --> 00:28:09.049 Okay. We had to come to this point, you and I, 00:28:09.170 --> 00:28:12.349 Eleanor, because, well, we're going places together. 00:28:12.970 --> 00:28:15.930 I know. Eleanor, 10, 15 years from now, you could 00:28:15.930 --> 00:28:19.109 become President of the United States. Tom, Tom. 00:28:21.529 --> 00:28:26.589 Tom, thank you. I needed a laugh. Why are you 00:28:26.589 --> 00:28:28.130 laughing? Sooner or later, we'll have a woman 00:28:28.130 --> 00:28:31.890 President. Why not you? Dream on, Tom Caldwell. 00:28:31.910 --> 00:28:34.109 Dream on. For all of them, it began with a dream. 00:28:34.130 --> 00:28:37.380 So ask yourself, why not you? You'll be 40ish, 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:39.779 even more beautiful than you are now. Wiser, 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:45.140 more experienced. I want to hold you back. Excuse 00:28:45.140 --> 00:29:07.650 me. Hello? Darling? Ted, where are you? Who murdered 00:29:07.650 --> 00:29:14.210 Grover? Can you be sure? Yeah, I'm sure. We got 00:29:14.210 --> 00:29:24.430 him cold. Is it possible? Can two people have 00:29:24.430 --> 00:29:28.829 murdered Paul Grover? We know of one, but who 00:29:28.829 --> 00:29:34.880 is the other? Can there be another? Maybe it's 00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:38.839 possible to murder a man twice. We will deal 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:41.500 with a number of interesting possibilities when 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:58.700 I return shortly with Act 3. Although once is 00:29:58.700 --> 00:30:02.450 usually par for the course, It does appear that 00:30:02.450 --> 00:30:06.609 some people can be murdered twice. Five years 00:30:06.609 --> 00:30:09.109 ago, Eleanor Hartley was forced to kill a man 00:30:09.109 --> 00:30:12.390 in self -defense. And now it develops that the 00:30:12.390 --> 00:30:14.690 police have evidence against another killer. 00:30:15.609 --> 00:30:18.390 And Eleanor Hartley, whose horizons are unlimited, 00:30:19.210 --> 00:30:22.470 now has to make a crucial decision. Everything 00:30:22.470 --> 00:30:30.799 all right with Ted? Uh, yes. Just fine. They 00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:34.559 got the killer. Killer? The one who murdered 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:38.579 that Paul Grover. Well, that's great. Well, Ted 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:41.160 is really a great detective. Who's the suspect? 00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.440 I didn't ask. He'll probably be in the news. 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:51.640 Okay, Eleanor, I'm waiting. Tom, I don't want 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:55.720 to lose everything. Why should I lose everything? 00:30:56.539 --> 00:31:00.519 You won't lose anything. Don't say that. Is it 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.980 that bad? Yes. Well, we'll have to come out. 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:08.460 No, it won't. Eleanor, Big Jim is out to get 00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:12.019 you. He'll stop at nothing. Whatever it is, believe 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:15.819 me, sooner or later he'll uncover. No. He can't. 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:19.779 No one can. Only I know. Eleanor, there is no 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:22.099 way out except the truth. You're wrong, Tom. 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:25.720 There's another way out. And it turned up for 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:30.920 me tonight. So, the problem is solved. It's settled. 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:35.839 It no longer exists. Helena, I... No, Tom. I've 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:38.859 pulled myself together. I realize the stakes 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:42.599 I'm playing for. It, uh... It simply will not 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:46.240 bother me anymore. You say that so easily. It's 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:49.900 a matter of alternatives. What will be best for 00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:52.960 everyone in the long run? Well, I don't know 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:55.240 what it is, but I sure hope you can live with 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:59.480 it. I've lived with it for five years. I can 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:11.539 live with it forever. I'll have to. Dad? Oh. 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:15.079 Oh, I'm sorry. I woke you. Did you think I could 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:19.240 fall asleep? Tell me. Tell me everything. Who 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:24.380 is he? Vince Perry. Very bad boy. He's had quite 00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:27.819 a career. Five, six years ago, he was just a 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:30.619 punk. Now he was on his way to being number one 00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:33.680 in narcotics in this town. But, uh, you've got 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:38.099 him for murder. How did you? Well, after all, 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:40.279 five years ago, the police couldn't get anywhere. 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:43.240 Well, I had one break. That little restaurant. 00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:45.960 I guess the detectives never went there last 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:48.980 time. It is an out -of -the -way place, but... 00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:52.519 But why didn't Hugo come for it? Hugo represents 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:56.559 a large group of people. Guys like Hugo simply 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:59.849 don't volunteer. But all Hugo gave you was the 00:32:59.849 --> 00:33:02.529 description. It was enough. It told me it was 00:33:02.529 --> 00:33:06.509 Vince Perry. But the description? Is it enough? 00:33:07.230 --> 00:33:10.269 Two other things put him on the scene. The tire 00:33:10.269 --> 00:33:13.809 marks. They're a very special Italian tire. I 00:33:13.809 --> 00:33:15.710 checked back. I found out that Vince Perry had 00:33:15.710 --> 00:33:18.230 come into some money, bought an imported custom 00:33:18.230 --> 00:33:23.490 Italian car. And the button. I made the rounds 00:33:23.490 --> 00:33:25.750 of clothing stores all around his neighborhood. 00:33:26.349 --> 00:33:28.549 found out where he bought most of his clothes. 00:33:29.009 --> 00:33:31.130 Guy checked back through his records and sure 00:33:31.130 --> 00:33:33.930 enough, Vince had bought a corduroy jacket with 00:33:33.930 --> 00:33:37.230 that type of button. Would all that be enough? 00:33:37.990 --> 00:33:40.410 The description, the button, the cast the cops 00:33:40.410 --> 00:33:45.630 took of the tires five years ago. Plus... Well, 00:33:45.630 --> 00:33:51.630 I shouldn't say that. What? Plus the fact he 00:33:51.630 --> 00:33:56.170 looks like a killer. Has a bad reputation. Well... 00:33:57.069 --> 00:33:59.009 We don't have to worry about him anymore. Why 00:33:59.009 --> 00:34:03.130 did you say that? Who was worrying about him? 00:34:03.670 --> 00:34:07.990 I'm sorry, did I hear something wrong? Let me 00:34:07.990 --> 00:34:09.909 just swallow this. Wait a minute, what's with 00:34:09.909 --> 00:34:11.809 the pills? I need something to help me sleep. 00:34:12.510 --> 00:34:14.349 She never took pills before. I've never been 00:34:14.349 --> 00:34:16.230 under this kind of pressure before. Why should 00:34:16.230 --> 00:34:18.469 you be under pressure? You don't understand politics. 00:34:18.670 --> 00:34:20.789 I thought the idea was just for you to get up 00:34:20.789 --> 00:34:23.889 and tell the truth. It's more complicated. Because 00:34:23.889 --> 00:34:25.869 you make it more complicated. You don't know 00:34:25.869 --> 00:34:29.860 what a strain I... We're fighting. Is this the 00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:33.119 way it's going to be? No. No, darling. Everything 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:40.699 will be all right. I'll be all right. What's 00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:42.800 the schedule for today, Tom? Hey, I'm worried 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:44.639 about you. I like the way you look. You're not 00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:47.460 getting any rest, but it's a light day. Lunch 00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:49.739 at the City Boosters Club. Guess who'll be there? 00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:52.539 Who? Your worthy opponent, Big Jim Parkhurst 00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:55.139 himself. Do I have to meet him? He's really a 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:58.159 very nice guy. Oh, and this morning I arranged 00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:01.320 for you to visit Vince Perry. Vince Perry? Yeah, 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:04.199 in his cell. Why would I? Calm down, calm down. 00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:06.900 How could you even suggest? Look at it this way. 00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:09.800 You have to do me a favor because I have to do 00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:11.920 Charlie Colligan a favor. Who is he? Charlie 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:14.059 Colligan, he'll deliver the vote for you in the 00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:17.559 fourth ward. This is the kind of politics that 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:19.460 I intend to fight. No, my dear, these are the 00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:22.440 kind of politics that I shield you from. Vince 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:25.639 Perry just wants to see you. Why? Well, it'll 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:27.619 be a very private meeting. Nobody will even know 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:31.159 you were there. Why? Colligan owes him a favor. 00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:33.820 Do you mean to tell me that if I refuse to see 00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:37.039 this... this gangster, I can lose the fourth 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:39.980 ward? It's not that simple. That open and shut. 00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:43.960 But... elections have been lost by one vote. 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:58.730 Well, let's get it over with. Nice of you to 00:35:58.730 --> 00:36:01.769 show up, Congresswoman. I haven't been elected 00:36:01.769 --> 00:36:05.750 yet. Oh, I hear it's in a bag. I only came as 00:36:05.750 --> 00:36:09.030 a favor to a good friend. No, you're getting 00:36:09.030 --> 00:36:12.090 a hang of politics. That's what it's all about, 00:36:12.230 --> 00:36:15.329 no? Favorites. I agreed to come to your cell 00:36:15.329 --> 00:36:18.809 on two conditions. A, it would be kept secret. 00:36:19.489 --> 00:36:23.050 B, I would do nothing that's foreign to my principles. 00:36:23.510 --> 00:36:26.769 Okay. Let's find out what your principles are, 00:36:27.170 --> 00:36:29.869 huh? Let's see if you want to start out by doing 00:36:29.869 --> 00:36:34.130 the right thing. What do you know about the right 00:36:34.130 --> 00:36:37.630 thing? I know this. The right thing would be 00:36:37.630 --> 00:36:40.369 for you to confess to the murder of Paul Grover. 00:36:42.030 --> 00:36:45.190 What did you say? Come on, you know what I said. 00:36:45.289 --> 00:36:48.070 You know what I said. If you kill Paul Grover, 00:36:49.050 --> 00:36:53.619 I've seen you do it. That's a lie. Here's the 00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:56.840 way it was. Now I get the contract to knock him 00:36:56.840 --> 00:37:00.340 off. I follow him in my car. I figured I'd bag 00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:03.000 him after he came out of that restaurant. But 00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:06.519 first he stops and picks you up. Then, after 00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:10.000 a couple of minutes, he stops again. So I stop. 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:14.460 I heard it all. I seen it all. I let you go. 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:18.599 Why not? You did my job for me. I never forget 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:22.360 what you looked like. You can't. You can't prove 00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:25.659 a word of it. I'm in the spot you were in when 00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:28.559 he tried to attack you. Not nobody would have 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:31.619 believed you then. Nobody would believe me now. 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:35.980 What do you expect me to do? Like I say, do the 00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:39.340 right thing. There's two kinds of people. Honest 00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:42.559 folks and thieves. Now there's a law. The honest 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:45.980 folks obey it. Period. The thieves break it. 00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:57.000 I'm a thief. What are you? Eleanor, I don't think 00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:59.760 you two have ever met. I'd like to present you 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:03.059 to your opponent, Congressman Jim Parkhurst. 00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:06.539 What do you do? Well, so you're Eleanor Hartley. 00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:08.639 Well, now I know why I'm going to lose. You're 00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:11.320 even prettier in person. I think I'll leave you 00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:15.199 two to chat. Are you already conceding, Congressman? 00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:19.539 Oh, sure. Hey, my time's run out. Really? But 00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:22.440 you're running a very aggressive campaign. Well, 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:24.889 you kill a snake. The body can still wiggle. 00:38:25.030 --> 00:38:27.909 No, dear, I've had it. The voters are wise to 00:38:27.909 --> 00:38:31.110 me. You know, I always thought you were an ogre. 00:38:31.590 --> 00:38:36.329 And you are. But a very charming ogre. Eleanor, 00:38:36.530 --> 00:38:39.489 let me give you a word of advice. Advice? Best 00:38:39.489 --> 00:38:42.369 in the world. Because as advice, I never followed 00:38:42.369 --> 00:38:45.449 myself. Now, when I became aware of you for the 00:38:45.449 --> 00:38:50.559 first time, you broke my heart. How? I saw you 00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:54.960 as I was, oh, 30 years ago. Filled with spirit, 00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:58.619 sincerity, a desire to find the truth and work 00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:01.260 for it. Really? Eh, sounds strange coming from 00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:04.500 me, doesn't it? Well, just remember, doesn't 00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:07.400 happen all at once. You wake up one day and, 00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:10.760 well, yes, you're a crook. You're dishonest. 00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:14.340 You betray your constituents. Now, you're not 00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:18.909 really that bad. My dear, I'm worse. It starts 00:39:18.909 --> 00:39:22.110 with the first lie, the first deal. That's when 00:39:22.110 --> 00:39:25.349 you swallow that first tiny drop of poison. Remember 00:39:25.349 --> 00:39:30.090 that. Have you tasted yours yet? No, don't answer. 00:39:30.809 --> 00:39:35.090 Just think about it. Thank you, Congressman. 00:39:36.250 --> 00:39:39.230 Thank you. Well, I know you'll have a highly 00:39:39.230 --> 00:39:42.150 successful career because you're a very honest 00:39:42.150 --> 00:39:44.869 little lady. You might even become president. 00:39:46.030 --> 00:39:49.360 Good luck. Well, what did you think of Big Jim? 00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:53.559 Tom, I want to do something. But I need your 00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:58.159 advice. I want to make a statement. It's something 00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:02.280 that is true. But it would end my career. Then 00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:06.980 why make it? Because it's the right thing to 00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:17.619 do. Ted, what are you typing? How was the big 00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:21.119 luncheon? Oh, the usual. What are you typing? 00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:28.019 Here, want to read it? To Chief of Detectives, 00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:31.659 dear Inspector Summerfield, please accept my 00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:35.320 resignation from the police force. Ted, what's 00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:39.280 this? Oh, I don't know. I just don't want to 00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:43.960 be a cop any longer. Why? Why? Well, look, you'll 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:46.590 be going to Washington. I thought we... Why do 00:40:46.590 --> 00:40:49.809 I have to be a cop all my life? Why can't I try 00:40:49.809 --> 00:40:53.570 something else? Because Ted, for you there is 00:40:53.570 --> 00:40:59.130 nothing else. Look, let it go. Ted, I love you. 00:41:00.150 --> 00:41:05.309 I love you too. What do you want me to do? About 00:41:05.309 --> 00:41:10.989 what? You know. How long have you known? How 00:41:10.989 --> 00:41:16.239 long have I known what? When did you first find 00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:22.360 out that I killed for Grover? The first night 00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:26.659 I got the assignment You told me about it in 00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:29.400 your sleep. You were having a nightmare, but 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:33.460 you told me and Every night since then in your 00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:38.860 sleep you kept telling me the buttons Missing 00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:42.619 from your jacket in the closet. Why didn't you 00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:47.940 arrest me? How could I? Why should I? Besides, 00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:50.880 this is the perfect setup for Vince Perry. He's 00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:54.440 a rat. We're better off without him. Yes. And 00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:56.480 Paul Grover would have been killed by him an 00:41:56.480 --> 00:42:01.719 hour later. Why should your life be ruined? It's 00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:05.960 better this way. We need you more than Vince 00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:09.960 Perry. And it was self -defense, anyhow. Then 00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:15.130 why do you want to resign from the force? Because 00:42:15.130 --> 00:42:21.650 I just made my first deal. I've taken the first 00:42:21.650 --> 00:42:24.849 drop of poison. Someone... someone else said 00:42:24.849 --> 00:42:30.570 that to me earlier. I'll stop now before I become 00:42:30.570 --> 00:42:34.530 the kind of cop I have no use for. Hey, what 00:42:34.530 --> 00:42:37.889 are you doing? You can't resign, Ted. You're 00:42:37.889 --> 00:42:40.230 going to make an arrest. No. No, I won't. I can't. 00:42:40.389 --> 00:42:43.429 You can. You must. I've taken the first drop, 00:42:43.650 --> 00:42:48.389 too. And I can't live with it either. Please, 00:42:48.630 --> 00:42:55.550 Dad. But it'll be the end. No, Dad. It won't. 00:42:56.409 --> 00:43:06.809 You'll see. It'll be the beginning. It was quite 00:43:06.809 --> 00:43:11.449 an unusual arrest. And an unusual confession. 00:43:12.190 --> 00:43:16.469 An unusual trial and a rather unusual verdict. 00:43:17.409 --> 00:43:21.530 Not guilty. It would be nice to be able to say 00:43:21.530 --> 00:43:26.150 that she was elected, but no, there is a limit 00:43:26.150 --> 00:43:30.949 to the unusual. A pity. I'll be back shortly. 00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:47.679 Would you have confessed to a killing if there 00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:51.460 were a ready -made and worthless scapegoat? Would 00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:54.960 you have destroyed a promising career in return 00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:59.360 for a clear conscience? It doesn't sound like 00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:04.260 much of a bargain, but there are oh so many powerful 00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:08.000 people who wish they had made it. Why don't we 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:11.099 all make a bargain to meet here again next time 00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:16.050 for another adventure? in the unusual and the 00:44:16.050 --> 00:44:20.389 exciting. Our cast included Tanny Grimes, Paul 00:44:20.389 --> 00:44:24.329 Hecht, Robert Dryden, and Earl Hammond. The entire 00:44:24.329 --> 00:44:26.809 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:44:28.250 --> 00:44:30.650 This is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return 00:44:30.650 --> 00:44:33.630 to our mystery theater for another adventure 00:44:33.630 --> 00:44:40.329 in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.