WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:26.460 And now, Mystery Caesar. Come in. Welcome. I'm 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:31.089 E .G. Marshall. Join me. Join me for an interlude 00:00:31.089 --> 00:00:34.570 in the suspense, laden with a chilling fear of 00:00:34.570 --> 00:00:39.810 the unknown and the unexpected. Out there, in 00:00:39.810 --> 00:00:41.969 what we are pleased to call the state of nature, 00:00:42.630 --> 00:00:46.950 the strong kill the weak. Fang and claw provide 00:00:46.950 --> 00:00:51.909 the only law. Well, man, as you know, is a natural 00:00:51.909 --> 00:00:55.469 animal. But for countless centuries, he's been 00:00:55.469 --> 00:00:58.920 trying to change all that. with indifferent success 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.140 on the whole. But there is hope. Because man, 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.500 after all, has a thing called a conscience. And 00:01:05.500 --> 00:01:09.379 it works. Not always as promptly or completely 00:01:09.379 --> 00:01:14.239 as all of us might wish, but it works. And sometimes 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:17.819 it may start working before we're even aware 00:01:17.819 --> 00:01:20.260 of it. Yes, you've always helped me, Walter. 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:23.859 You've always been there when I needed you. I 00:01:23.859 --> 00:01:25.540 wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for you. 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:27.659 Well, then why, George? Why are you so angry? 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:31.420 I'll tell you why. It's because you're so smug, 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:35.299 so righteous, so much better than me. Am I? When 00:01:35.299 --> 00:01:36.840 did I ever throw any of it in your face? You 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:39.420 don't have to. You know, that's all. You just 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:42.640 know. I can see that air of superiority oozing 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.620 right through you. I'm sorry, George. So am I. 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:48.439 But you have just done me your last good turn. 00:01:49.099 --> 00:01:51.000 George! George, what are you doing with that 00:01:51.000 --> 00:02:04.150 gun? What do you think? I'm gonna kill you. Our 00:02:04.150 --> 00:02:07.689 mystery drama, The Deadly Process, was written 00:02:07.689 --> 00:02:10.509 especially for the Mystery Theater by Sam Dann 00:02:10.509 --> 00:02:26.039 and stars Norman Rose and Ralph Bell. Sometimes 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:29.900 a reunion can result in a most traumatic experience. 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.300 You know, these get -togethers of old army buddies 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:37.219 or old college pals. The greatest pain does not 00:02:37.219 --> 00:02:39.620 really result from the awareness of the thinning 00:02:39.620 --> 00:02:42.560 hair and the thickening paunch. It comes from 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.520 the stinging stab of recognition that precious 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.879 time is now gone forever and golden opportunity 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:53.780 has been irretrievably wasted. And this pain... 00:02:53.949 --> 00:02:57.550 will leave an aching void for a fulfillment that 00:02:57.550 --> 00:03:01.129 can never come. However, neither Walter Stallings 00:03:01.129 --> 00:03:03.949 nor George Loomis has arrived at this point of 00:03:03.949 --> 00:03:06.789 the evening yet. Hey George, remember the time 00:03:06.789 --> 00:03:08.849 you had a thing for that Latin professor's wife? 00:03:09.770 --> 00:03:14.750 Oh, oh, oh yeah. He was at least twice her age 00:03:14.750 --> 00:03:17.909 and she was so frustrated, so unhappy. Well, 00:03:17.909 --> 00:03:19.770 someone had to bring a bit of sunshine into her 00:03:19.770 --> 00:03:22.469 life. Poor little girl. Hey, you remember? You 00:03:22.469 --> 00:03:24.889 were all set to elope with her. I got Red Garrity 00:03:24.889 --> 00:03:27.229 and Stan Joukowsky from the football team to 00:03:27.229 --> 00:03:29.009 sit on you till I could pound some sense into 00:03:29.009 --> 00:03:31.129 your head. Oh, I hated you that day, Walter. 00:03:31.210 --> 00:03:33.949 She only meant it as a gag. I didn't see it then. 00:03:35.210 --> 00:03:38.250 Actually, Walter, I see a lot of things now. 00:03:38.530 --> 00:03:42.150 Oh? Like what? Well, it seems to me that whenever 00:03:42.150 --> 00:03:45.409 I was in a real jam, you were always there to 00:03:45.409 --> 00:03:49.069 bail me out. Just coincidence. I don't know if 00:03:49.069 --> 00:03:52.150 I would have made it without you. Hey, uh, George, 00:03:52.229 --> 00:03:54.849 shouldn't you call your wife? Why? Well, won't 00:03:54.849 --> 00:03:58.569 she be worried? About what? I told Louise, an 00:03:58.569 --> 00:04:00.550 old college buddy I hadn't seen in ten years. 00:04:00.770 --> 00:04:02.849 It dropped in, and we were going to dinner. You 00:04:02.849 --> 00:04:05.069 mean she buys a story like that? Well, sure. 00:04:06.250 --> 00:04:08.729 Louise is unlike any girl you or I ever knew. 00:04:09.909 --> 00:04:13.830 It's as if... Well, she's not of this world. 00:04:14.169 --> 00:04:17.399 Oh? Well, which world is she a part of? For no 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:19.639 world that you or I ever knew or thought about. 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:24.480 It's a kind of a world of the spirit. The spirit? 00:04:25.259 --> 00:04:27.300 Sounds spooky. No, no, no. There's a quality 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:31.139 to Louise that seems to see, it seems to sense 00:04:31.139 --> 00:04:36.000 things that are unsaid, unknown. Is that so? 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:41.160 Oh, yeah. I think, well, I think you'd be a shock 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.139 of a system. New subject. George, why do you 00:04:45.139 --> 00:04:47.730 think I called you today? You happened to be 00:04:47.730 --> 00:04:50.009 in town. No, no, I didn't happen to be in town. 00:04:50.610 --> 00:04:53.850 I came to see you. I heard that you were with 00:04:53.850 --> 00:04:57.689 Tricon Chemical. Yeah, I'm just about hanging 00:04:57.689 --> 00:05:00.250 in there. Yes, but you are head of special research 00:05:00.250 --> 00:05:04.050 project. Today. Tomorrow I may be out on my ear. 00:05:04.389 --> 00:05:06.910 Because you can't come up with an ore reduction 00:05:06.910 --> 00:05:11.670 process. How did you know? Everybody knows. Here 00:05:11.670 --> 00:05:13.750 tricons sitting on the world's biggest known 00:05:13.750 --> 00:05:16.269 ore deposit and you can't figure a profitable 00:05:16.269 --> 00:05:20.269 way to bring it up And then Walter may cost me 00:05:20.269 --> 00:05:24.350 my job. All is not lost old buddy Back in college. 00:05:24.350 --> 00:05:28.649 You remember professor Pelham Pelham? Yeah, he 00:05:28.649 --> 00:05:31.449 was the great authority on the reduction of nonferrous 00:05:31.449 --> 00:05:34.829 metallic ores and I was his star. Oh Pelham, 00:05:34.850 --> 00:05:38.620 of course I remember that paper you wrote. The 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:41.079 theory was absolutely sound, but the technique 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.620 was ahead of its time. But the technology exists 00:05:44.620 --> 00:05:54.100 today. It can be done. Hey, Walter, I have this 00:05:54.100 --> 00:05:58.060 feeling you're gonna save me again. I have the 00:05:58.060 --> 00:06:01.160 paper right here. Are you interested? Am I interested? 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:03.620 Is a drowning man interested in a life preserver? 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:07.730 And look, Walter... There's a fortune in it. 00:06:07.730 --> 00:06:10.550 No, I don't care about the money so much I'll 00:06:10.550 --> 00:06:12.889 tell you what I need. Well anything won't anything 00:06:12.889 --> 00:06:14.990 if this can work out. You're gonna be a rich 00:06:14.990 --> 00:06:18.569 man. I need the credit Hey George, let's call 00:06:18.569 --> 00:06:22.910 it the stallings Loomis process, but I didn't 00:06:22.910 --> 00:06:25.569 do anything now, but you will You have to make 00:06:25.569 --> 00:06:28.089 certain refinements to adapt it to your particular 00:06:28.089 --> 00:06:34.620 situation Yeah, I Have the feeling I just have 00:06:34.620 --> 00:06:37.439 the feeling I'm saved. First thing in the morning, 00:06:37.620 --> 00:06:39.220 I'll get an agreement drawn out. Oh, come on, 00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:42.620 George. Two old buddies like you and me, a handshake's 00:06:42.620 --> 00:06:45.519 enough. Share and share alike. Is it a deal, 00:06:45.579 --> 00:07:11.470 George? It's a deal. Mr. Even. Even? Yeah. It's 00:07:11.470 --> 00:07:16.050 because of what I do. What do you do? I even 00:07:16.050 --> 00:07:20.350 things up. I don't think I understand. Well, 00:07:20.509 --> 00:07:24.189 you borrowed some money from some pals of mine. 00:07:24.829 --> 00:07:26.889 I beg your pardon? Things are kind of shaky. 00:07:27.329 --> 00:07:29.949 See what I mean? I'm afraid I... Come on. It's 00:07:29.949 --> 00:07:31.810 late at night. You want to get home, I want to 00:07:31.810 --> 00:07:35.079 go home. These pals of mine natural eats a lot 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:39.139 of dough when they feel insane I'll repay the 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:42.720 money these pals of mine They keep an air to 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.579 the ground they hear things Yeah, you may be 00:07:46.579 --> 00:07:49.720 losing your job Well, that's ridiculous. That's 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:53.660 not for me to say My pals just want you to know 00:07:53.660 --> 00:07:57.000 that the dough was got to come through on time 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:02.769 one way or another for you You tell your friends 00:08:02.769 --> 00:08:10.970 that there's nothing to worry about not anymore 00:08:10.970 --> 00:08:19.050 George darling Louise, I didn't hear you come 00:08:19.050 --> 00:08:23.089 home. I didn't want to disturb him idea Why are 00:08:23.089 --> 00:08:25.850 you sitting up so late? I'm working. Well, you 00:08:25.850 --> 00:08:28.769 can come to bed now dear Well, I haven't finished 00:08:28.769 --> 00:08:32.980 George dear I know that you've just seen the 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:37.720 answer. The answer? The answer to the problem 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:41.139 that's been plaguing you for so long. How do 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:45.820 you know? I know, dearest. I know. I can see 00:08:45.820 --> 00:08:49.559 it in your face. You have found the answer, haven't 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:53.399 you? I've been considering a new approach. And? 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:59.460 And it looks promising. It's a highly technical 00:08:59.460 --> 00:09:02.559 process. It has to do with the separation of 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:05.919 certain metallic ores. Well, anyhow, I think 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:09.419 I have it lit. I think I have the answer. The 00:09:09.419 --> 00:09:12.799 answer. Oh, George, that's what fascinates me. 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:15.639 Now, how did you arrive at the answer? Was it 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:18.759 a rearrangement of old elements, or was it the 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:20.740 addition of something new, or was it a sudden 00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:24.940 flash of insight? Yes, a sudden flash of insight. 00:09:25.340 --> 00:09:28.960 Oh, darling, I'm so happy. I told you. You trust 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:32.379 your subconscious. All the meaningful answers 00:09:32.379 --> 00:09:36.340 are hidden there. Now, tell me about this college 00:09:36.340 --> 00:09:40.259 friend of yours, Walter Stallings. Walter... 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:42.100 Well... Well, I would have been glad to join 00:09:42.100 --> 00:09:45.240 you for dinner. Why, no dear? After all, old 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:48.460 friends have a certain precious quality. We, 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:53.340 uh... We weren't exactly old friends. Oh? I thought 00:09:53.340 --> 00:09:55.399 you said that he was... Well, we were acquaintances, 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:58.779 really. Nothing more. I only saw him because, 00:09:58.779 --> 00:10:01.580 uh... because I didn't want him to think I was 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:03.539 snubbing him. That was very kind of you, darling. 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.179 I didn't want to hurt his feelings. I can't imagine 00:10:06.179 --> 00:10:09.919 you hurting anyone. It, uh, killed an evening. 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:19.500 I suppose such things can't be helped. We can 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:22.460 expect a production schedule to be set up for 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:26.600 the period from the 15th through... Miss Dawson, 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:30.320 uh... You'll have to check that date, and with 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.940 Kelsey and his people, they have those dates. 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:36.679 We must also make sure... Oh, George. Hey, Walt. 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:42.779 Nice day. Let me shut this thing off. How did 00:10:42.779 --> 00:10:44.899 I get in here? Well, let's say I sweet -talk 00:10:44.899 --> 00:10:46.860 that receptionist into looking the other way. 00:10:47.299 --> 00:10:50.059 I promise you won't fire her. I promise. You're 00:10:50.059 --> 00:10:53.460 a hard man to see, Georgie. Well, we're swamped 00:10:53.460 --> 00:10:56.029 here. But I sent my name in. Well, as you can 00:10:56.029 --> 00:10:58.830 see, I'm dictating my regular girl is out sick. 00:10:59.070 --> 00:11:01.690 Yeah. Well, George, how are we doing, process 00:11:01.690 --> 00:11:03.830 -wise? You know, the stallings, Loomis process? 00:11:04.750 --> 00:11:08.909 It's in the works. The works? Well, as you know, 00:11:09.009 --> 00:11:14.090 the theory is 100 % sound. Now, what manufacturing 00:11:14.090 --> 00:11:16.950 is doing, they're setting up the cost estimates. 00:11:17.129 --> 00:11:19.690 Well, how long do they sit on it? Well, a couple 00:11:19.690 --> 00:11:22.889 of weeks, a month, who knows? Yeah. Well, I just 00:11:22.889 --> 00:11:26.190 dropped in, you know. Sure, I know. And as soon 00:11:26.190 --> 00:11:28.450 as you get the word, you'll be the first to know. 00:11:28.590 --> 00:11:30.490 Oh, that's great. Hey, look, how about some lunch, 00:11:30.750 --> 00:11:33.769 huh? Oh, we're in such a hassle here, Walter, 00:11:33.809 --> 00:11:35.929 there's hardly time to grab a sandwich at the 00:11:35.929 --> 00:11:37.769 desk. As you said, George, it's worth the fortune. 00:11:38.750 --> 00:11:41.549 You know what I'm gonna do with my half? What? 00:11:42.070 --> 00:11:45.009 Nothing. Just sit on the beach and count the 00:11:45.009 --> 00:11:47.090 waves. I'll have a couple of girls to help me 00:11:47.090 --> 00:11:50.450 keep score. And champagne. Well, you'll deserve 00:11:50.450 --> 00:11:54.710 it. I'll be in touch. Oh, it occurs to me. You 00:11:54.710 --> 00:11:56.809 don't know where I'm staying. I'm at the City 00:11:56.809 --> 00:11:59.549 Line Motor Inn. Oh. Well, let me write that down. 00:11:59.570 --> 00:12:02.490 Yeah, okay. And, uh, look, I really should meet 00:12:02.490 --> 00:12:04.570 Louise. I'll be on my best behavior. Well, let 00:12:04.570 --> 00:12:06.610 me check with her and find out what night she's 00:12:06.610 --> 00:12:10.230 free. Loomis, George Loomis, let me be the first 00:12:10.230 --> 00:12:12.950 to shake your hand. Uh, Mr. Barker. George, it 00:12:12.950 --> 00:12:16.460 works. It works! And when you see the bonus you're 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:18.320 in for... Well, we can talk about that later. 00:12:18.659 --> 00:12:21.820 The technique works, and we'll call it the Loomis 00:12:21.820 --> 00:12:25.100 reduction process. Hey. Hey, wait a minute. Who 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:27.000 is this, George? My name is Walter Stallings, 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:29.580 and... Well, if you're saying what I think you're 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:31.519 saying, that's my process you're talking about. 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:35.360 George, what is this man saying? Uh, Mr. Barker, 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:39.460 uh... He just broke into my office. He's been 00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:42.039 threatening... George! George, what are you saying? 00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:44.350 Well, who is he? Do you know him? Does he know 00:12:44.350 --> 00:12:46.909 me? We were roommates at college. What's going 00:12:46.909 --> 00:12:48.669 on here? I can explain everything, Mr. Barker. 00:12:48.830 --> 00:12:50.929 George, what are you trying to pull? I knew this 00:12:50.929 --> 00:12:53.190 man, Mr. Barker, a long time ago at school. George! 00:12:53.690 --> 00:12:56.070 He was always a little bit off. This process, 00:12:56.250 --> 00:13:00.169 this ore reduction process, it is mine. I created 00:13:00.169 --> 00:13:02.509 it. It belongs to me. Now, Walter, you simply 00:13:02.509 --> 00:13:04.669 can't go around having these tantrums. Let me 00:13:04.669 --> 00:13:06.809 call security. We'll have this man removed. But 00:13:06.809 --> 00:13:09.029 it's mine. It belongs to me. I discovered it 00:13:09.029 --> 00:13:10.970 more than 10 years ago. Sure, sure, sure. Now, 00:13:11.009 --> 00:13:13.399 Walter, you go home, rest. You'll feel better 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:15.519 tomorrow. George, what are you trying to do to 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:17.320 me? Look here, whoever you are, whatever your 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:19.720 name is, you'd better leave now, peacefully and 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:22.500 quietly, or I can promise you, you'll see the 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:24.460 inside of a prison cell. Who do you think you're 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:26.779 talking to, you fat old Walrus? Us, and you too. 00:13:27.100 --> 00:13:28.940 You steal my process and you think you can throw 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:30.600 me in jail. All right, Walter, that's enough. 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:32.799 You thief. Now take it easy, Walter. Let's call 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.700 the police. Sure, let's call the police, and 00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:38.580 let's give them a good reason for coming. And 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:44.379 now, for you, fatty. Back to you, George. You 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:46.980 get up. You haven't had enough. You're crazy, 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:49.980 you're crazy. George, why? Why are you doing 00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:58.679 this to me? Why are you doing this to me? Why? 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:03.980 We ask why also. And yet, it's the oldest story 00:14:03.980 --> 00:14:07.200 in the world, isn't it? While half a loaf may 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:10.840 be better than none, the entire loaf is best 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:15.240 of all. The loaf will have to be sliced and we 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.419 shall see who will hold the knife when I return 00:14:18.419 --> 00:14:32.720 shortly with act two In a general way one should 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:36.200 have faith in humanity and trust in one's friends 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:39.559 It's when we leave generalities and come down 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:44.100 to specifics that the rub comes in. Walter Stallings 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:47.200 trusted George Loomis. And when the dust had 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:50.419 settled, George had stolen Walter's valuable 00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:54.039 industrial process. And Walter was jailed for 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.899 disorderly conduct when he protested such shabby 00:14:56.899 --> 00:15:01.139 treatment. Is there no justice? It all depends 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:04.919 on what justice really is. More coffee, darling? 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:08.220 Oh, half a cup maybe. I should be leaving for 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:12.639 the office. George, what's this in the newspaper? 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.720 What? Where, dear? Darling, it mentions your 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.919 name. Chemical company executives in Brawl. Oh, 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.659 that, uh... Well, I should have looked at the 00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:25.700 paper and slipped that thing out. Why? What is 00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:27.580 it? Well, I know how upsetting things like this 00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:30.039 can be. George, what does this mean? It means, 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:32.639 darling, that people in Mr. Barker's position, 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.350 my position... It can often be at the mercy of 00:15:35.350 --> 00:15:37.750 every nut, every crank that comes down the pipe. 00:15:37.830 --> 00:15:41.649 Yes, I don't understand. It says that you stole 00:15:41.649 --> 00:15:44.350 that process from Walter Stalling. No, dear. 00:15:44.490 --> 00:15:48.009 It doesn't say that. It says Walter Stalling's 00:15:48.009 --> 00:15:50.490 claims I stole it. But it says right... There 00:15:50.490 --> 00:15:53.889 are four paragraphs in the story. Three of them 00:15:53.889 --> 00:15:56.250 are concerned with what Walter Stalling's claims. 00:15:57.309 --> 00:16:00.769 And notice the sympathetic tone. The fourth paragraph 00:16:00.769 --> 00:16:03.610 is a brief couple of sentences in which our company 00:16:03.610 --> 00:16:06.629 denies all of his allegations. That's because 00:16:06.629 --> 00:16:09.470 he's just one man and we are a mammoth corporation, 00:16:09.629 --> 00:16:11.690 and the public will sympathize with the underdog. 00:16:11.710 --> 00:16:14.409 But what are the facts, dear? I mean, you did 00:16:14.409 --> 00:16:16.889 meet with Walter at the ten days of two weeks 00:16:16.889 --> 00:16:20.929 ago. Of course. Well, what happened? We chatted. 00:16:21.730 --> 00:16:25.789 Was the process mentioned? Well... And did it 00:16:25.789 --> 00:16:27.870 have anything to do with the meeting you had 00:16:27.870 --> 00:16:31.980 with Walter? Yes, we were just sitting around 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:35.460 trying to make talk. But did you talk about the 00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:38.740 process? Well, let me tell you how. He said to 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:41.720 me, I hear your company's having trouble trying 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.539 to reduce some wars. And I said, yes. And he 00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:48.240 said, I'll bet you don't remember. And I said, 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:52.899 remember what? And he said, oh, you did a pretty 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:57.919 good paper on that back in college. And suddenly... 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.860 Well, suddenly... Yes, dear? Well, suddenly it 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:05.799 all came back to me. Just like that. What did? 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:10.240 A theoretical problem I'd once solved in an exam. 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:13.420 Isn't it remarkable, darling, how quickly we 00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:15.900 forget so many of the basics? And that's the 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:18.240 process that he's talking about. Yes, dear, that's 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:20.720 the process. But... Why should he claim that 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:23.140 he... Oh, well, darling, he's a peculiar person. 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:26.500 He always was. We were at school together. I 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:29.079 got somewhere, he didn't. Well, I... I think 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:33.059 it's awful. Well... Look, I'll tell you what 00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:36.019 I'll do. After he cools down, after a couple 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:38.980 of days in jail, I'll put up his bond. George, 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:42.099 that would be so kind of you. And... I tell you, 00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:44.759 I think ethically he's entitled to something. 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.880 Oh, I'm so happy you feel that way. I admit, 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:51.759 I was stumped. up against it he did contribute 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:55.220 something he reminded me that i had the answer 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:59.339 in that sense he helped me find it and in that 00:17:59.339 --> 00:18:04.140 sense morally he's entitled to a finest fee when 00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:06.599 i get the bonus i'll give him a few thousand 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:25.839 dollars oh george i love you so much It isn't 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:29.000 George. It's Walter Stallings. And you must be 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:37.400 Louise. Yes, who are... May I come in? It does 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:39.799 look like a china shop. I promise I won't be 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:43.279 a bull. What are you saying, Mr. Stallings? Oh, 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:46.019 Walter. After all, when a woman's husband steals 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:48.460 a man's most precious possession, the woman can 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:50.539 at least call him by his first name. But what 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:53.039 are you... What am I doing here? Well, I can't 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:55.079 get to see George at the office. They have security 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:57.059 guards all over the place. Please, Mr. Storn. 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:01.539 Walter, I'll tell you what I'm doing here. I've 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:03.900 come to beat the living daylights out of George. 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:06.720 What good would that do? I didn't say it would 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:09.859 do any good, but my dear Louise, what is left? 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:16.019 Listen, I... I have a feeling for people. I know. 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:20.660 I just know. that you're not a bad person. Oh, 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:24.039 is that so? Actually, you're a very good man. 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:30.740 Now, Walter, why do you insist that my husband 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:34.339 stole your formula? Because it's the truth. I 00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:38.460 cannot believe that George, who's so gentle, 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:41.440 so kind and sensitive, could think of behaving 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:43.819 in such a despicable manner. I guess you believe 00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:47.339 that. Oh, yes, it's a lovely little place you 00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:50.480 have here. Everything seems so, so delicate. 00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:54.220 It's peaceful. It's a world of its own. Well, 00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:56.500 I hope the real world never breaks in here. But 00:19:56.500 --> 00:20:00.420 it has broken in. Well, I'm sorry. Um, may I 00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:03.660 get you a cup of tea? Tea? Here's a woman's husband, 00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:05.960 steals my work, and she offers me a cup of tea. 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:08.680 I like you, Walter. Oh, you like me. There's 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:11.700 something about you that's very straightforward. 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:15.279 You're an honest man. Uh, wait. Wait just a minute. 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.259 Are you saying that I am right and George is 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:21.019 wrong? You can be honest and still be mistaken. 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:26.460 Yeah, sure. Walter, listen to me. Try to shed 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:29.079 your anger. I am entitled to my anger. I know 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:31.480 what happened. Are you convinced that the formula 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:34.579 belongs to you? Now look here! Please, answer. 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:39.440 Yes. Then you don't need anger. You don't need 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:42.059 bitterness. What do I need? You need peace of 00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:46.950 mind. Calm. serenity I always had those things 00:20:46.950 --> 00:20:49.390 it's because my formula has been stolen that 00:20:49.390 --> 00:20:52.769 I'm no longer serene calm peaceful if you truly 00:20:52.769 --> 00:20:55.049 owned those qualities you could never really 00:20:55.049 --> 00:20:59.630 lose them you know you're a witch please I I 00:20:59.630 --> 00:21:02.910 came in here with blood in my eye ready to kill 00:21:02.910 --> 00:21:08.910 and now and now well now I I feel so different 00:21:08.910 --> 00:21:14.680 what did you do to me nothing you Probably found 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:18.700 yourself. Yes, yes, I did. I just remembered 00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:22.980 something. What? Oh, the basic relationship that 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:25.880 existed between George and me. And what was that? 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:28.799 Oh, well, you wouldn't want to hear it. No, if 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:33.079 it's the truth. Well, he was kind of dumb. I 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:35.039 was always getting him out of jam. That's how 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:37.859 you saw it. This is... Typical of the stupid 00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:41.140 things he's always done not supposed to be angry 00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:44.559 remember. Oh, I'm not angry I bear him no malice. 00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:48.339 It's his way and he can't help it Why did I blow 00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:54.480 my stag? Why? Oh? Wait a minute good lord I I 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:57.180 have my proof you mean what appears to be proof 00:21:57.180 --> 00:22:01.220 Palom Professor Palom my old metallurgy prof. 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:03.420 He's an internationally respected authority. 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:08.470 He'd remember I'm sorry, Louise. For what? Well, 00:22:08.470 --> 00:22:12.170 you love George. And you helped me just now to 00:22:12.170 --> 00:22:15.509 come up with the evidence that can destroy him. 00:22:15.730 --> 00:22:20.349 No, Walter. The truth will never destroy anybody. 00:22:30.210 --> 00:22:33.400 I had a visitor this afternoon. As a matter of 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:39.859 fact, he just left. Oh? Walter Stallings. Walter... 00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:43.000 He's really a very sweet person. Louise, the 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:47.480 man is violent. No, he's just troubled, confused. 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:49.680 Look, if he even made so much as a hint of a 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:53.319 threat... We became friends. I don't believe 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:57.079 it. Why not? He's just a nice man. Oh, darling, 00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:59.680 you don't know anything about... About what? 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:04.440 About the real world. Dear, why do you keep insisting 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:08.079 I know nothing about the real world? I'm very 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:10.940 much aware of it. He's hysterical, unstable. 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:14.160 He could have beaten you. There's only one way 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:16.579 to treat wild animals. Oh, and what's that? Lock 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:19.720 them up. In the first place, he's not an animal. 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:22.500 Secondly, locking people up never solves anything. 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:25.579 And thirdly, we found a way to handle the problem. 00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:31.309 Your what? He must be made to face reality. And 00:23:31.309 --> 00:23:35.049 reality is that he must give up these hallucinations 00:23:35.049 --> 00:23:38.309 that the process belongs to him. Well, I agree 00:23:38.309 --> 00:23:40.150 with that completely. Now, he happened to mention 00:23:40.150 --> 00:23:43.450 an old college professor. Oh. What's the name 00:23:43.450 --> 00:23:48.529 again? Pellum? Pellum? Yes. He said that Pellum 00:23:48.529 --> 00:23:54.130 could vindicate him. He said that? Well, of course. 00:23:54.369 --> 00:23:57.589 We know it's impossible. Pellum will disillusion 00:23:57.589 --> 00:24:02.730 him. Well... Professor Pelham will, won't he? 00:24:03.369 --> 00:24:05.990 Well, of course. And thus, Walter will have to 00:24:05.990 --> 00:24:08.829 face the truth. I gather he respects Pelham. 00:24:09.170 --> 00:24:11.589 And Pelham has no ulterior motives. So he'll 00:24:11.589 --> 00:24:15.829 have to accept Pelham's word. So you see, my 00:24:15.829 --> 00:24:18.269 darling, these things always work themselves 00:24:18.269 --> 00:24:24.250 out. You don't need violence, force, and... Where 00:24:24.250 --> 00:24:26.599 are you going? Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:28.740 due back at the shop. You have to work again 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:32.240 tonight. I'm afraid so. Oh, well, try not to 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.160 stay too late. Well, I mustn't make a promise 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:38.359 I can't keep. I'm afraid I'll be out very late. 00:24:55.529 --> 00:24:57.569 Good morning, Morty. You're more beautiful than 00:24:57.569 --> 00:25:00.589 ever. Oh, how I long for you all these years. 00:25:01.650 --> 00:25:04.089 You're still full of your old nonsense. Can I 00:25:04.089 --> 00:25:06.609 have a cup of coffee with the professor? Oh, 00:25:06.690 --> 00:25:13.109 what? The professor. He ain't him. He's gone 00:25:13.109 --> 00:25:17.269 to one of them conferences. Where? One of them 00:25:17.269 --> 00:25:19.930 foreign countries. Really? Yes. He'll be gone 00:25:19.930 --> 00:25:23.279 a while because... He'll go on a sabbatical. 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:26.880 Morty? Morty, why are you lying? Oh, honest Mr. 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.759 Stallings, I don't... You don't know how to lie, 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.759 Morty. You make a horrible mess of it. Now you 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:33.519 tell the professor that I'm here. But he... Yes? 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:42.819 He's in his study. Thank you, Morty. Come in. 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:49.220 Hello, professor. Why, it's... Walter Stallings. 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:53.240 Uh, Walter. Sit. Find a chair. Now what's this 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:56.599 bit you're not in? I, uh, I'm trying to write 00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:00.380 my book. Same book? Same book. It's good to see 00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:02.839 you, Walter. Professor, you are going to save 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:05.960 my life. Do you remember a paper I wrote for 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:09.920 you, oh, ten, eleven years ago? It's going back 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.980 a long time ago. Yeah, but you said that you'd 00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:15.339 never forget that paper. I did? Yes, it was all 00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:17.900 about new methods of reduction of non -ferrous 00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:21.240 metals. Walter, the years come and go... But 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:23.319 you were so taken with it. You kept the original 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:25.980 and I had to make a copy for my own files. Walter, 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:29.140 if I kept copies of all the papers my students 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:31.799 wrote, my home would be a warehouse. Professor, 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:34.380 you wrote such glowing praise on practically 00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:37.779 every page. I'm sorry, I just can't recall it. 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:40.319 Look, I brought the idea in that paper to George 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:43.619 Loomis. You recalling the... The class dummy? 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:46.500 I don't seem to... Well, believe it or not, he 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:50.140 is head of research at Tricon Chemical, and... 00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:52.960 Well, he stole the process from me. Oh, I can 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.920 hardly believe this. I guess he came down here 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:57.519 to buy you off, huh? What? How dare you? How 00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:59.519 much did he offer you? I don't know what you're 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:01.720 talking about. Yeah, well, I hope that your conscience... 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:05.759 Walter, I really don't remember. Yes, George 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:10.279 was here. He offered me a consultancy at Tricon, 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:15.200 and... I'm getting very old, and I never made 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:18.400 any real money. Oh, yeah, sure. And Walter, I 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:21.440 really don't remember. I really don't remember. 00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:27.839 Good night, Professor. Mr. Starling. Yes, Maury. 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:32.920 Forgive him. He's getting senile. That man in 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.839 there is not the same professor. Tell him you 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:39.259 used to worship. I used to worship. I know, Maury. 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:44.220 I know. But what can be done? Oh, nobody can 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:48.259 help me now. Don't say nobody. I can save you. 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:51.500 And I can save him. How, Morty? I've got the 00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:55.660 paper. What? The paper? My paper? That paper. 00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:59.000 He kept it for himself because he liked it so 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:02.960 much. And then the other day he says to me, Morty, 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:06.079 burn this. Well, I couldn't understand. It just 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:08.539 ain't like him. Oh, Morty, Morty, how can I ever 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:11.900 thank you? But why should you thank me? I'm only 00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:16.740 doing the right thing. Now I've got him. Now, 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:26.420 Mr. George Loomis, look out. He stands there, 00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:29.539 Walter Stallings, holding a sheaf of technical 00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:32.720 -looking typewritten pages. A treatise written 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:35.519 with youthful enthusiasm as part of a college 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:39.529 exercise. And now... It determines the profits 00:28:39.529 --> 00:28:42.130 of a billion -dollar international corporation 00:28:42.130 --> 00:28:46.130 and the lives of at least three human beings. 00:28:47.309 --> 00:28:50.029 We'll see where the process leads us when I return 00:28:50.029 --> 00:29:05.470 shortly with Act III. Somewhere, sometime, someone 00:29:05.470 --> 00:29:09.569 has surely given us the following advice. Always 00:29:09.569 --> 00:29:13.470 get it in writing. So much of the anguish of 00:29:13.470 --> 00:29:16.170 this world results because we fail to heed that 00:29:16.170 --> 00:29:19.769 advice. Walter Stallings had a problem because 00:29:19.769 --> 00:29:21.990 he didn't get an agreement from George Loomis 00:29:21.990 --> 00:29:27.009 in writing. However, luckily, miraculously, somehow, 00:29:27.589 --> 00:29:30.349 Walter has managed to come up with the most effective 00:29:30.349 --> 00:29:33.789 writing of all. Come in, George. Sit down. Uh, 00:29:33.789 --> 00:29:38.740 yes, sir. George, uh... We have a problem. Stallings 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:41.940 is taking us to court. He hasn't a leg to stand 00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:45.200 on. Are you sure? He's a crank. It's one of those 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:49.619 nuisance things. Are you sure he has no proof? 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:54.140 Nothing. Written? Oral? Absolutely none. Then 00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:58.960 we have to fight him. But something bothers me. 00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:02.940 What's that? I've had some research done on him. 00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:06.420 He seems to be a very competent man. He has a 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:10.279 good reputation. What makes you think he can't 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:13.339 win in court? Mr. Barker, he doesn't have a chance 00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:18.119 in the world. I hope so, George. For your sake. 00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:29.079 Oh, Mr. Dawson? No, no, no. I won't see anyone. 00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:36.849 Just tell them I'm out of town. Look here mister. 00:30:36.849 --> 00:30:41.210 It's there even You still owe my pal some money 00:30:41.210 --> 00:30:44.450 Look, I received a promotion. I'm getting a bow. 00:30:44.509 --> 00:30:46.970 Yeah, that was as of yesterday, but I am getting 00:30:46.970 --> 00:30:52.289 a bonus Yeah, but today is a lawsuit. Oh Yeah, 00:30:53.410 --> 00:30:55.690 oh Well, what does it mean big corporations are 00:30:55.690 --> 00:30:59.109 constantly being a godless? This guy wins you 00:30:59.109 --> 00:31:03.450 can't wait if he wins Where would it leave you? 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.740 Out of a job and broke. You see the position 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:11.619 I'm in. As a starter, I'd have to bust your legs. 00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:17.019 Well, he can't... He what? Can he win? He has 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:20.059 a chance. Okay. So now I know where we stand, 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:23.779 I know what I gotta do. I may be wrong. Uh -uh. 00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:34.319 He has to have no chance at all. Here's somebody 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:37.200 coming. I want to make sure it's the right guy. 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:41.259 I keep an eye out on you guys. I'll ask him for 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:45.640 a light. If it's him, he'll cough. And then, 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:50.460 you guys step out and take care of him. Excuse 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:55.519 me, pal. You got a light? Yeah, I think so. Thanks. 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:01.859 Hey, what? Chester, hand me his briefcase. I'll 00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:03.839 see if he's got something interesting in it. 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.980 I'll take any dough from his wallet. We gotta 00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:08.539 make this look like an automobile accident. Just 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:12.500 let him lay there. Poor guy. He was crossing 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:15.119 the street and some hit -and -run driver knocked 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:28.200 him off. Mr. Stallings. Walter. Of course, Walter. 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:38.920 Please, come in. Thank you. Walter? Yes? Is something 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:43.500 the matter? Why do you ask? Is something about 00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:50.059 you that... that... Yes? I don't know. It's... 00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:54.019 It's as if you're not really here. As if I'm... 00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:59.920 Imagining it? No. This isn't a dream or a delusion. 00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:05.259 I'm awake. No, I'm awake. Look, hold out your 00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:09.920 hand. I'd like to touch you. Walter, let me touch 00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:24.150 your hand. Walter? Darling, it must have been 00:33:24.150 --> 00:33:26.890 an illusion of some sort. But I'm so positive. 00:33:27.410 --> 00:33:30.869 When did you say it happened? Exactly nine o 00:33:30.869 --> 00:33:32.569 'clock. I was just about to listen to the news. 00:33:33.009 --> 00:33:35.170 Darling, here is why he couldn't have been here. 00:33:35.170 --> 00:33:38.029 George, why do you insist? Because at seven o 00:33:38.029 --> 00:33:41.329 'clock he was found by a police car. What? A 00:33:41.329 --> 00:33:43.589 hit -and -run driver. Oh, no. He was taken to 00:33:43.589 --> 00:33:48.970 the hospital. He was... Dead? Almost. He's in 00:33:48.970 --> 00:33:52.420 a coma. He's not expected to live but he was 00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:56.180 here. No, I saw him we spoke darling. It's your 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:59.059 imagination I'll go to the hospital can't how 00:33:59.059 --> 00:34:01.640 would it look it would look like what it is a 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:16.900 visit from a friend Walter Walter he can't hear 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:22.300 you mrs. Levis can doctor He can. And I can hear 00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:28.340 him. Louise. Yes, Walter. I had to leave you 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:34.760 before because I wasn't dead yet. What are you 00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:37.820 saying, Walter? Mrs. Loomis, he isn't saying 00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:43.840 anything. Louise, I have to see George. When 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:52.139 I'm dead, he mustn't worry. I'll still help him. 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:55.920 Of course. You'll help George. I've always helped 00:34:55.920 --> 00:35:02.679 him. I'll still help him after I'm dead. Oh, 00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:05.880 Walter. Oh, Walt. Mrs. Loomis, you must leave 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:11.960 now. After I'm dead, I'll come back for George. 00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:17.860 Mrs. Loomis. Yes, yes. Goodbye, Walter. Goodbye 00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:25.190 for now. Doctor I'm I'm sorry, but there isn't 00:35:25.190 --> 00:35:28.230 a chance in the world he can hang on for minutes 00:35:28.230 --> 00:35:32.349 days, but We can't save him, but I was just talking 00:35:32.349 --> 00:35:36.369 to him you heard I Heard nothing he he wasn't 00:35:36.369 --> 00:35:39.489 saying anything, but I heard him. I heard him 00:35:39.489 --> 00:35:43.269 mrs. Loomis. It's it's just your imagination 00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:52.480 A taxi? You don't need a taxi, George. I got 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:55.599 a car right here. Step inside. Where did you 00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:58.699 come from? Well, you won't take up too much of 00:35:58.699 --> 00:36:02.400 your time. Let's drive through the park, Chester. 00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:07.139 It's such a nice day. What do you want? I paid 00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:10.579 off your friends. You got lots of friends. Like, 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:13.900 uh, I got a friend who tells me if he could get 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:16.860 his hands on Tricon's proposed development program, 00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:20.239 it would be worth the fortune. Certain people 00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:24.139 I dare say it would but I have no use for espionage 00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:27.559 of any kind When can you let me have the plans? 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:30.639 I don't think you hear me. You're the one who 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:34.639 don't understand isn't listening You'll give 00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:39.000 me some papers They describe that or process 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:42.400 Nobody else knows but the two of us. You can't 00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:45.179 keep asking me to do anything like that. You 00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:48.280 can't Now sooner or later I have to be caught 00:36:48.510 --> 00:36:52.170 You know what that is, Georgie? That's life. 00:36:59.269 --> 00:37:07.969 Louise! She isn't home. What? Walter. I thought 00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:14.150 you were in the hospital. No. I'm dead. What 00:37:14.150 --> 00:37:17.389 are you saying? You're here. Yes. I'm here, but 00:37:17.389 --> 00:37:24.269 I'm dead. Look, either you're crazy or I'm crazy. 00:37:24.550 --> 00:37:30.530 George, I'm here because you sent for me. I sent 00:37:30.530 --> 00:37:33.369 for you? You always sent for me, George, one 00:37:33.369 --> 00:37:36.949 way or another. You always used to bring me all 00:37:36.949 --> 00:37:41.809 your troubles. Yeah, and you're always so helpful. 00:37:43.289 --> 00:37:47.000 Maybe that's why I hate it. You always knew best. 00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:50.280 You were always right. I couldn't help that. 00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:54.300 Once. Just once, I wanted to get the better of 00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:57.340 you. That's why I had to take your process. I 00:37:57.340 --> 00:38:01.579 had to. Yes. Oh, you need me, George. You're 00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:04.320 in trouble again. That's a lie. Look ahead, George. 00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:08.239 Six months, a year from now, you'll be completely 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:11.320 disgraced. That isn't true. It's starting right 00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:14.880 now. George, that's why I'm here. That's why 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:17.539 you wanted to see me. I have to bail you out 00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:22.199 again. What can you do? Come with me, George. 00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:29.099 Come where? Where I'm going. Where's that? I 00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:34.579 don't know yet. Let's go for a little walk. A 00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:39.639 nice, pleasant little walk. Down along the river. 00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:54.719 May I come in, Louise? Please do. Where's George? 00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:57.400 Well, I know. He was home this afternoon. He 00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:00.599 might have gone out for a walk. Is something 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:05.570 wrong? I am deeply disturbed. Is it possible 00:39:05.570 --> 00:39:09.869 that George and this, uh, this Walter Stallings 00:39:09.869 --> 00:39:12.949 are in cahoots? Is it a plot to hold up the company, 00:39:13.190 --> 00:39:15.789 a big shakedown? Oh, how could you possibly suspect, 00:39:15.889 --> 00:39:18.449 George? I was driving down Garfield Boulevard 00:39:18.449 --> 00:39:21.949 and I saw them. It was just a half hour ago. 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:26.739 Saw whom? George and this Walter Stallings. But 00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:29.260 you couldn't have. They were walking down the 00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:32.579 street together. You saw it? Like two long lost 00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:35.579 friends. Are you sure? Young lady, I never make 00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:40.039 a mistake. I know what I saw. But Walter Stallings 00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:43.559 is in the hospital in a coma. I was there this 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:47.179 morning. I understand your loyalty to your husband, 00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:51.130 but I'll bet my life on what I saw. By the time 00:39:51.130 --> 00:39:53.269 I could turn my car around, they disappeared 00:39:53.269 --> 00:39:56.989 somewhere down River Street. Oh, excuse me. Do 00:39:56.989 --> 00:39:59.329 you mind if I answer that, Mrs. Lou? If that's 00:39:59.329 --> 00:40:01.409 George, I want to confront him without your... 00:40:01.409 --> 00:40:05.449 Certainly, Mr. Barker. Hello? Yes, Mrs. Lou is 00:40:05.449 --> 00:40:09.110 there. Who's calling? This is Dr. Coleman. You 00:40:09.110 --> 00:40:21.659 can tell me first. Walter Stallings. Am I Garfield 00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:27.239 Boulevard? Oh, no sir, you were mistaken. Will 00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:32.820 you tell Mrs. Loomis? Yes. Yes, yes, yes. I'll 00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:40.880 tell Mrs. Loomis. Walters Tallings is dead, isn't 00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:47.300 he? I guess I was mistaken. I understand, Mr. 00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:56.329 Barker. Funny. I did see him. I promise you won't 00:40:56.329 --> 00:41:00.690 say anything to George when you see him. I promise. 00:41:01.449 --> 00:41:06.570 I won't say anything to George. If I see him. 00:41:13.969 --> 00:41:19.400 If I see him. At that point, she knew. She knew 00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:22.940 what you and I have already suspected. That she 00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:26.119 wouldn't see George again. She wasn't really 00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:28.739 surprised when George's body was found in the 00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:32.980 river a few days later. She knew it was necessary 00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:37.159 for Walter to help George once again. And for 00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:39.920 better or worse, that was the way it had to be. 00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:55.380 I'll be back for better in a few moments. George 00:41:55.380 --> 00:42:00.460 Loomis, Walter Stallings, a bond, a mysterious 00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:04.400 unbreakable bond forged between two men. Neither 00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:08.079 asked for it, neither even wanted it. But in 00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:11.420 life and in death, they would be inseparably 00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:15.460 linked. And talking about the bonds that link, 00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:19.099 we hope you'll be bonded to your set for the 00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:22.719 next mystery tale. Our cast included Norman Rose, 00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:26.550 Ralph Bell, Marion Selders, Bob Maxwell and Jackson 00:42:26.550 --> 00:42:29.769 Beck. The entire production was under the direction 00:42:29.769 --> 00:42:32.909 of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:42:32.909 --> 00:42:35.809 you to return to our mystery theater for another 00:42:35.809 --> 00:42:41.550 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:42:41.550 --> 00:42:42.449 dreams.