WEBVTT 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:26.000 And now, Mystery Theater. Come in. Welcome. I'm 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:31.149 E .G. Marshall. We've been waiting for you. We 00:00:31.149 --> 00:00:34.950 knew that you'd be back We know that by now you've 00:00:34.950 --> 00:00:38.289 discovered. There's no fear like the fear you 00:00:38.289 --> 00:00:42.490 can hear and We're going to fill your ears with 00:00:42.490 --> 00:00:47.729 a story about the most basic fear of all death 00:00:47.729 --> 00:00:51.649 We're going to tell you a story about a man who 00:00:51.649 --> 00:00:55.810 dispenses death the way other men dispense haircuts 00:00:55.810 --> 00:00:59.030 a man known in the parlance of the underworld 00:00:59.030 --> 00:01:04.099 as The Hitman. In case you're unfamiliar with 00:01:04.099 --> 00:01:09.519 criminal vocabulary, allow me to explain. A hitman 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:13.140 is someone hired especially to terminate the 00:01:13.140 --> 00:01:16.180 life of someone else. He's a killer, Connie. 00:01:16.659 --> 00:01:19.359 The guy's a hitman, a hired gun. He's come here 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.780 to kill me. No, he hasn't. Have you, Mr. Derry? 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:27.140 Who, me? Do I look like that sort of person, 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:30.969 Mrs. Breach? You don't look stupid, Mr. Derry. 00:01:31.650 --> 00:01:34.530 If you were going to kill my husband, you would 00:01:34.530 --> 00:01:47.890 have done it by now. Why haven't you? Our mystery 00:01:47.890 --> 00:01:51.549 drama, The Hitman, was written especially for 00:01:51.549 --> 00:01:55.049 the Mystery Theatre by Henry Slessor and stars 00:01:55.049 --> 00:02:11.780 Mike Kellan. Our story begins in a bus terminal 00:02:11.780 --> 00:02:16.259 of a large eastern city, a place of arrivals 00:02:16.259 --> 00:02:20.819 and departures. In the crowd we can see a rather 00:02:20.819 --> 00:02:25.520 sallow young man searching every face and scowling 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:28.439 at his inability to recognize the man he has 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:32.780 come to find. But then he doesn't know what Jim 00:02:32.780 --> 00:02:36.780 Derry looks like. Jim Derry tries not to make 00:02:36.780 --> 00:02:40.710 himself too visible in person. Mr. Derry has 00:02:40.710 --> 00:02:44.849 a very good reason. But now the young man spots 00:02:44.849 --> 00:02:48.009 someone pulling on a pair of light -colored gloves. 00:02:48.810 --> 00:02:52.250 And he recognizes the signal, if not the man. 00:02:52.909 --> 00:02:56.930 A warm day for gloves, ain't it, mister? I got 00:02:56.930 --> 00:03:05.289 cold hands. Jim Derry? Yes. I'm Earl. What took 00:03:05.289 --> 00:03:08.310 you so long? Arnie said you'd be on the two o 00:03:08.310 --> 00:03:11.080 'clock bus. I've been hanging around this crummy 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:14.939 terminal for an hour. A gypsy told me never to 00:03:14.939 --> 00:03:17.860 take a two o 'clock bus. They didn't tell me 00:03:17.860 --> 00:03:21.300 you were a comedian. What did they tell you about 00:03:21.300 --> 00:03:36.979 me, Earl? Come on. Harney's waiting. So, this 00:03:36.979 --> 00:03:39.879 is Harney's warehouse. Now it's his warehouse, 00:03:40.060 --> 00:03:43.699 but he don't do much warehousing in it. Come 00:03:43.699 --> 00:03:49.780 on. His office is right here. Yeah, who is it? 00:03:50.020 --> 00:03:55.819 Hey, it's Earl, Mr. Harney. Come in. You took 00:03:55.819 --> 00:03:59.240 your sweet time getting here. Well, it wasn't 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.360 my fault, Mr. Harney. He didn't show until four 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.620 o 'clock. Sad to hear, Darry. I hire somebody, 00:04:05.740 --> 00:04:09.080 I expect a little punctuality. I told you I didn't 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:11.639 have to go outside the organization. I could 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:13.979 handle it for you, Mr. Harnia. I said shut up. 00:04:14.259 --> 00:04:18.040 I hate these family quarrels. Do you want to 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.160 talk business now or should I come back later? 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.980 We talk now. Good. And give the kid a quarter 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:27.500 and send him to the movies. Beat it, Earl. Yeah. 00:04:27.899 --> 00:04:39.750 Okay. The family quarrel's over. Now let's talk 00:04:39.750 --> 00:04:45.050 shop. Okay. My price is three grand for the hit. 00:04:45.949 --> 00:04:49.449 I do good clean work. I pick my own time and 00:04:49.449 --> 00:04:53.709 place. I never get my clients involved. How does 00:04:53.709 --> 00:04:58.850 that sound? Sounds fine. This is a private case. 00:04:59.569 --> 00:05:03.810 Strictly private. Guy named Eddie Breach. Breach 00:05:03.810 --> 00:05:06.709 used to work for me. Covered the best slice of 00:05:06.709 --> 00:05:09.589 territory in the city His receipts were like 00:05:09.589 --> 00:05:13.230 five grand a week only they started to drop understand 00:05:13.230 --> 00:05:17.550 For one week to the next Whole thing smelled 00:05:17.550 --> 00:05:21.050 bad You don't mean he was a crook. I had him 00:05:21.050 --> 00:05:23.870 followed Found out he was making book in his 00:05:23.870 --> 00:05:27.790 own setting up his own shop He was robbing me 00:05:27.790 --> 00:05:31.870 blind who fingers him for me I'll finger him 00:05:31.870 --> 00:05:36.000 this afternoon See if you can make it fast, and 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:40.779 see that I'm kept out of it. That's all. Not 00:05:40.779 --> 00:05:43.560 all, Mr. Harney. In cases like this, our company 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:49.800 likes a deposit. Oh, yeah. Okay. Here's the ground 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:52.779 now. You get the rest when I read that obituary. 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:04.259 It's almost six o 'clock. We've been staring 00:06:04.259 --> 00:06:06.740 at that apartment house for half an hour. Now 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:09.319 you know how I felt, Darry, waiting in that bus 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.759 station. I thought you said Breach should be 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:14.819 home by now. Oh, he'll be here. I've been clocking 00:06:14.819 --> 00:06:17.259 him three Fridays in a row. He takes his wife 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:19.740 to see the doctor every Friday afternoon, and 00:06:19.740 --> 00:06:22.079 they get back around now. You didn't tell me 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.560 he was married. What difference does that make? 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:27.259 I just hope he's insured. I like making rich 00:06:27.259 --> 00:06:31.009 widows. Hey! There's his car. Hand me those binoculars. 00:06:31.649 --> 00:06:34.050 Don't forget to get a look at his wife. She's 00:06:34.050 --> 00:06:37.430 worth seeing even if she is crippled. What? Look 00:06:37.430 --> 00:06:43.029 for yourself. A wheelchair? He's taking a wheelchair 00:06:43.029 --> 00:06:46.230 out of the back. She's got a nice pair of legs. 00:06:47.230 --> 00:06:51.709 Only they don't move. Paralyzed? That's right. 00:06:52.970 --> 00:06:57.069 Well, did you get a good look at him? Yes, I 00:06:57.069 --> 00:07:15.480 got a good look. Let's go. How come Breach married 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.939 a cripple? He didn't. There was no kiddie car 00:07:18.939 --> 00:07:21.519 he was pushing around. That chick was in one 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:23.560 piece when he married her. In fact, what happened 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:26.670 to her was all his fault. How do you mean? I 00:07:26.670 --> 00:07:29.089 got into an argument one day and he belted her. 00:07:29.430 --> 00:07:31.990 She fell down a flight of stairs and busted something 00:07:31.990 --> 00:07:36.769 in her back. Sounds like a real nice guy. It'll 00:07:36.769 --> 00:07:39.329 be a pleasure to do business with him. Yeah, 00:07:39.529 --> 00:07:43.589 well, don't forget who you're doing it for. Harney's 00:07:43.589 --> 00:07:48.269 paying you for this job, not Mrs. Breach. For 00:07:48.269 --> 00:07:59.610 her, I'd do it full out. Good afternoon, mister. 00:08:00.490 --> 00:08:04.230 A lot cooler in here, isn't it? Yeah. It's a 00:08:04.230 --> 00:08:07.069 refrigerator. What are you having? Making a beer. 00:08:07.449 --> 00:08:13.050 Right. I, um, just hit this town yesterday. Still 00:08:13.050 --> 00:08:15.990 haven't found out where the action is. Uh, so? 00:08:17.110 --> 00:08:19.189 A friend of mine told me I might do myself some 00:08:19.189 --> 00:08:22.089 good here. You know anything about that? Well, 00:08:22.149 --> 00:08:24.329 it depends upon what kind of action you want. 00:08:24.529 --> 00:08:27.180 I'm flexible. For instance, I... Wouldn't mind 00:08:27.180 --> 00:08:30.959 doing business with a horse or two? I'm a bartender, 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.259 not a bookie. This friend of mine, he told me 00:08:33.259 --> 00:08:37.039 a guy hangs around here named Breach. Eddie Breach? 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:40.000 That's him. He said Breach might be the firm 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:43.460 to do business with. You know him? Yeah, I know 00:08:43.460 --> 00:08:46.379 Mr. Breach. He's a nice guy. Comes in here sometimes 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:52.279 with his wife. His wife? In here? Well, why not? 00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:56.429 I run a family place here. What's Mrs. Breach 00:08:56.429 --> 00:09:00.710 like? Ah, that woman is really something. She's 00:09:00.710 --> 00:09:03.549 a cripple, you know, in a wheelchair. But she 00:09:03.549 --> 00:09:06.330 never beefs about it. Best -looking chick you 00:09:06.330 --> 00:09:09.570 ever saw, and she keeps right on smiling. Wheelchair 00:09:09.570 --> 00:09:13.169 and everything. That's tough, all right. Wheelchair. 00:09:13.509 --> 00:09:17.330 It's like a stretch in prison. Oh, she's lucky 00:09:17.330 --> 00:09:19.990 having a husband like Mr. Breach. He's real good 00:09:19.990 --> 00:09:22.690 to her. Buys her anything she wants, takes her 00:09:22.690 --> 00:09:25.149 to the doctor every week. The way I heard it, 00:09:25.289 --> 00:09:27.230 Breach is the one who put her in the wheelchair. 00:09:27.690 --> 00:09:29.830 Well, I wouldn't know about that, but he treats 00:09:29.830 --> 00:09:32.370 her like a queen, I can tell you that. I mean, 00:09:32.529 --> 00:09:36.250 cripple or not, that is my idea of a happy marriage. 00:09:37.090 --> 00:09:46.929 Hey, hey, you didn't touch your beard. Okay, 00:09:46.970 --> 00:09:49.610 Mr. Breach, get in the car. Hey, what is this? 00:09:49.809 --> 00:09:52.830 Get in that car, I said. Okay, okay, easy on 00:09:52.830 --> 00:09:58.149 the hardware. Who are you? What do you want? 00:09:58.450 --> 00:10:00.870 Start your car. Head west to the highway and 00:10:00.870 --> 00:10:02.870 keep going till I tell you to stop. Listen, you 00:10:02.870 --> 00:10:18.190 want my wallet, take it. Start the car. You don't 00:10:18.190 --> 00:10:21.789 work for Joe Haney, do you? Keep driving. I asked 00:10:21.789 --> 00:10:24.649 you a question. I work for myself. Look, if Haney 00:10:24.649 --> 00:10:27.269 did send you... Let's talk about it. I'll pay 00:10:27.269 --> 00:10:28.549 you twice what he's giving you. Just tell me 00:10:28.549 --> 00:10:30.990 how much. How do you know Harney wants you dead? 00:10:31.889 --> 00:10:34.730 Maybe it was your wife. Harney's not the only 00:10:34.730 --> 00:10:38.570 one who hates your guts. Connie? You're crazy. 00:10:39.190 --> 00:10:41.649 So that's her name, huh? Connie? She wouldn't 00:10:41.649 --> 00:10:44.029 do anything like that. She needs me. Needs you 00:10:44.029 --> 00:10:48.950 for what? Belter again? Who told you about that? 00:10:50.049 --> 00:10:53.769 You must have been a pretty brave boy. Slugging 00:10:53.769 --> 00:10:56.710 a woman. That took... I'm trying to make it up 00:10:56.710 --> 00:10:58.529 to her. For peace sake, will you give me a chance 00:10:58.529 --> 00:11:00.049 to make it up to her? That's why I need that 00:11:00.049 --> 00:11:02.970 money. That's the only reason. So you did cheat, 00:11:03.169 --> 00:11:05.590 Harney. You admit it? I'd cheat my grandmother 00:11:05.590 --> 00:11:08.909 if it helped Connie. Keep your eyes on the road, 00:11:09.250 --> 00:11:18.549 Eddie. All right. Take that next side road. Listen, 00:11:18.570 --> 00:11:20.570 give me a chance to talk to you, will you? That's 00:11:20.570 --> 00:11:23.490 what we're gonna have, a talk. Go on, pull over 00:11:23.490 --> 00:11:31.809 there near the billboard. All right. Answer me 00:11:31.809 --> 00:11:36.830 one question. How were you helping her? What? 00:11:37.250 --> 00:11:40.870 How were you helping your wife? This doctor you 00:11:40.870 --> 00:11:43.610 see every Friday. Did he say something could 00:11:43.610 --> 00:11:48.690 be done for her? No. He never said that. The 00:11:48.690 --> 00:11:51.669 spinal cord is all busted up. All he can do is 00:11:51.669 --> 00:11:54.149 make her more comfortable. So the sentence is 00:11:54.149 --> 00:11:56.490 life. You think I don't feel lousy about it? 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:58.740 I know it was my fault, but I didn't mean it. 00:11:58.820 --> 00:12:01.940 She might be better off without you. Maybe she 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:09.860 would. All right. Let's go. Where to now? We're 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:20.820 going to your place. Eddie? Yeah, honey, it's 00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:25.799 me. Oh, you didn't... Tell me you were bringing 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:29.279 anyone here. I decided not to go downtown. I 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:31.639 ran into a friend of mine and we got to talking... 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:36.220 My name is Derry, Mrs. Breach. Jim Derry. I'm 00:12:36.220 --> 00:12:38.700 sorry to bust in on you like this. Oh, but I'm 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:42.279 glad you did. Really. I love to see Eddie's friends. 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:47.240 We don't do very much entertaining. You got a 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:51.299 nice apartment, Mrs. Breach. Thank you. I keep 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:53.860 it uncluttered so I can scoot around easily in 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:57.129 this wheelchair. My track record is one minute, 00:12:57.269 --> 00:12:58.789 three seconds from the living room to the bedroom 00:12:58.789 --> 00:13:02.629 to the kitchen. That's quite a record. Now, let 00:13:02.629 --> 00:13:05.269 me get you a drink. Eddie says I'm the best rolling 00:13:05.269 --> 00:13:09.210 bartender in town. Watch me. Don't bother, Mrs. 00:13:09.370 --> 00:13:11.789 Breach. I don't drink. Not on the job, right? 00:13:12.490 --> 00:13:15.990 Oh, please. Let me get you something. You see, 00:13:16.029 --> 00:13:19.110 I'm grateful to you, Mr. Derry. I was looking 00:13:19.110 --> 00:13:21.769 forward to a lonely evening when you came along. 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:25.019 My husband usually works very late. Honey, you 00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:26.779 look a little tired. Did you take your pills 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:29.879 yet? Oh, I'm fine, Eddie. Stop worrying about 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:35.220 me. Please sit down, Mr. Derry. It's such a pleasure 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:37.120 to talk to one of Eddie's friends. Well, let's 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:38.860 cut this out. He's no friend of mine. I never 00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:41.200 saw him before in my life. What? Tell her who 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:45.039 you work for, Derry. All right. At the moment, 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:51.580 I work for a man named Joe Harney. Harney? That's 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:57.139 right. And what do you want from us? I want us 00:13:57.139 --> 00:14:01.080 to sit down and have a talk. I'm already sitting 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.580 down, Mr. Derry. Joe Harney isn't pleased with 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:07.960 your husband, Mrs. Breach. He thinks he cheated 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.059 him. Cheated him out of a lot of money. Well, 00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:13.080 I'm sure that's not true. I didn't cheat him. 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:15.039 I just wanted the business for myself. I got 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.340 a right to go into business for myself. Yes, 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:20.850 I know. It's called free enterprise. But just 00:14:20.850 --> 00:14:23.909 the same, Mr. Harney is very angry. He's not 00:14:23.909 --> 00:14:28.070 just angry, he's afraid. He's worried that if 00:14:28.070 --> 00:14:31.049 Eddie gets away with this, he'll set a bad precedent. 00:14:32.509 --> 00:14:35.289 So he only knows one remedy for the situation. 00:14:36.649 --> 00:14:40.389 And tonight, this could have been hit. A gun. 00:14:41.269 --> 00:14:44.190 Please. Put that away. He's a killer, Connie. 00:14:44.289 --> 00:14:46.889 The guy's a hit man, a hired gun. He's come here 00:14:46.889 --> 00:14:50.450 to kill me. No, he hasn't. Have you, Mr. Derry? 00:14:51.529 --> 00:14:55.409 Me? Now, do I look like that sort of person, 00:14:55.529 --> 00:14:59.269 Mrs. Breach? Well, you don't look stupid, Mr. 00:14:59.309 --> 00:15:02.490 Derry. If you were going to kill my husband, 00:15:02.509 --> 00:15:07.710 you'd have done it by now. Why haven't you? I'll 00:15:07.710 --> 00:15:10.990 tell you why. Because he wants a deal. He wants 00:15:10.990 --> 00:15:13.029 me to pay him more than Honey's paying. Oh, be 00:15:13.029 --> 00:15:15.629 quiet, Eddie. Your husband isn't thinking straight, 00:15:15.730 --> 00:15:18.940 Mrs. Breach. It isn't that easy. You think that 00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:22.100 Harney will be satisfied if I let him live? If 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:25.000 I walk off this job, somebody else walks in. 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:28.960 This isn't the only gun in the world. He's right, 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:31.419 Eddie. Maybe the only way is to give him the 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:33.899 money back. There's nothing to give back. You 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:36.399 think money stands still in this business? Look, 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:39.419 maybe if we left town, went to Mexico or someplace... 00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:41.840 Harney won't give up that easy. It means too 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:43.519 much to him. Well, I'm not staying here. I'm 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:45.879 getting out. I'm getting as far away as I can. 00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:48.820 Eddie. Both of us, Connie. I meant both of us. 00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:55.460 You expect me to run in a wheelchair? Maybe Mr. 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:59.559 Derry can tell us what to do. I can think of 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:03.899 only one thing. Joe Harney wants a dead body. 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:14.450 That's what we'll have to give him. Well? We 00:16:14.450 --> 00:16:17.070 seem to have encountered a hitman with a heart. 00:16:17.450 --> 00:16:21.149 At least a hitman with a soft spot for a beautiful 00:16:21.149 --> 00:16:25.409 afflicted young woman. But Jim Derry can't fail 00:16:25.409 --> 00:16:28.710 his assignment either. If he doesn't collect 00:16:28.710 --> 00:16:32.970 the rest of the money, he may be collected himself. 00:16:34.149 --> 00:16:37.809 We'll find out what happens to this strange threesome 00:16:37.809 --> 00:16:52.480 when I return shortly with Act Two. The hired 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:56.220 killer of Eddie Breach sits in Mr. Breach's comfortable 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:59.700 living room. But the gun, which was supposed 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:02.600 to have done the deed, rests on the coffee table. 00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:06.779 And Jim Derry paces the carpet and talks to the 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:10.640 loving couple about death. It won't be easy, 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:14.819 understand? But it's the only idea I got. The 00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:17.619 only thing that'll satisfy Joe Harney permanently. 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:20.420 What do you mean about a dead body? I don't mean 00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:25.049 yours. I mean somebody else's. A body that could 00:17:25.049 --> 00:17:28.230 have been yours if the job had been done. A substitute? 00:17:28.950 --> 00:17:32.450 But how is that possible? There's a way. I'll 00:17:32.450 --> 00:17:34.470 have to stick my neck out to do it and there'll 00:17:34.470 --> 00:17:39.170 be some expenses. How much? I'll have to let 00:17:39.170 --> 00:17:43.309 you know. Meanwhile, get ready to move and move 00:17:43.309 --> 00:17:47.210 fast. Have your bags packed and keep them ready. 00:17:47.710 --> 00:17:51.450 Get yourself some standby reservations. Mexico... 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:54.980 Rio, any place you want. Don't make them in your 00:17:54.980 --> 00:18:00.400 own name. Oh, and one other thing. Don't leave 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.380 the apartment for any reason. But I gotta leave 00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:05.319 the apartment. I got business to do. Business? 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.680 Isn't your life more important? You can't risk 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.220 it. Arnie hired me to take care of you, but that 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:13.380 doesn't mean one of his goons wouldn't try to 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:17.019 beat me to it. There's a kid named Earl. Yeah, 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:19.730 I know Earl. He's a punk. Just the kind of punk 00:18:19.730 --> 00:18:21.849 who might try shooting you in the back. Oh, do 00:18:21.849 --> 00:18:24.789 as he says, Eddie. Please. I tell you, I gotta 00:18:24.789 --> 00:18:27.250 get out. I need cash if we're to beat it out 00:18:27.250 --> 00:18:30.130 of town. I have to make collections. Mr. Derry, 00:18:30.789 --> 00:18:34.369 wouldn't you help him? Maybe if he had a gun 00:18:34.369 --> 00:18:36.670 so he could protect himself, then... You could 00:18:36.670 --> 00:18:39.430 lend me yours, Derry. Just until we leave town. 00:18:41.369 --> 00:18:50.309 All right. Take it. I'll see what I can do. I'm 00:18:50.309 --> 00:18:54.609 leaving now. Just keep calm until you hear from 00:18:54.609 --> 00:19:03.130 me. I'll see you to the door. Mr. Derry, why 00:19:03.130 --> 00:19:07.369 are you doing this for Eddie? Because he's such 00:19:07.369 --> 00:19:19.829 a regular fella. Figaro mortuary. Fig. This is 00:19:19.829 --> 00:19:24.609 Jim Derry. Three cheers. What are you doing back 00:19:24.609 --> 00:19:28.690 in town? You ain't been here in ten years. Business, 00:19:29.009 --> 00:19:33.109 Fig. I'm here on business. Just like in the old 00:19:33.109 --> 00:19:37.150 days. The old days are over. I make more money 00:19:37.150 --> 00:19:40.089 legitimate now than I used to make crooked. For 00:19:40.089 --> 00:19:43.130 me, crime doesn't pay, like it says on the posters. 00:19:44.029 --> 00:19:48.660 Well, this is legitimate. Almost. I want to make 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:52.359 a purchase. What kind? You are the only store 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:56.220 in town that has what I want, Fig. I want to 00:19:56.220 --> 00:20:03.519 buy a corpse. I don't know what I'm doing this 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:07.740 for. I must be getting soft in head. Tell me 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:11.099 about the body, Fig. He's a short, heavy cookie, 00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:15.519 maybe 50 years old, full of mustaches. What does 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:20.809 that matter? No. I guess it won't matter. Not 00:20:20.809 --> 00:20:24.009 after I get through with them. When can I take 00:20:24.009 --> 00:20:27.250 delivery? Tonight. You can bring your car around 00:20:27.250 --> 00:20:29.849 the back of my place, say, around 11 o 'clock. 00:20:30.329 --> 00:20:33.990 Okay, Fig. I'll be there. You sure there won't 00:20:33.990 --> 00:20:36.670 be any complications? No, the guy doesn't have 00:20:36.670 --> 00:20:39.750 any family. He'll end up in the city cemetery 00:20:39.750 --> 00:20:42.930 anyway. That's fine, Fig. That's just great. 00:20:43.809 --> 00:20:47.490 Come on, Darry. Come on, level with me. What 00:20:47.490 --> 00:20:58.650 are you gonna do with a corpse? Who is it? It's 00:20:58.650 --> 00:21:04.809 Jim Gary. Eddie isn't here. He went out on business. 00:21:05.970 --> 00:21:08.089 Would you rather I came back later? Oh, no, of 00:21:08.089 --> 00:21:10.009 course not. Eddie should be home any moment. 00:21:10.410 --> 00:21:16.589 Come on in. He's been out raising money. It's 00:21:16.589 --> 00:21:19.670 wonderful how many people owe Eddie money. He's 00:21:19.670 --> 00:21:23.690 like a banker really You know what he tells his 00:21:23.690 --> 00:21:27.809 mother What? He tells her he's an accountant 00:21:27.809 --> 00:21:31.069 She's a sweet old lady. She knows the truth, 00:21:31.309 --> 00:21:34.990 but she never lets on and do you know the truth 00:21:34.990 --> 00:21:39.109 about him? I? Never had any illusions about Eddie 00:21:39.109 --> 00:21:43.089 Would you like a drink? Oh? Sorry forgot you 00:21:43.089 --> 00:21:46.480 don't drink I'll take a beer if you have one. 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:50.740 Coming right up. Oh, maybe when we were first 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:53.559 married, I had an illusion or two. It's easy 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:56.099 when you're young and you've got a nice, straight 00:21:56.099 --> 00:22:01.200 spine. You're still young? Yes. I'm still that, 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:05.039 I suppose. Oh, what do you know? No beer. It 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:08.299 doesn't matter. Does he leave you alone a lot? 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:12.180 Beg your pardon? That banker husband of yours? 00:22:13.170 --> 00:22:15.849 Eddie's a busy man. He doesn't have normal hours 00:22:15.849 --> 00:22:19.750 like other people. I Don't suppose that you do 00:22:19.750 --> 00:22:22.730 either. We're talking about Eddie. You're curious 00:22:22.730 --> 00:22:26.390 about him aren't you? Trying to make some moral 00:22:26.390 --> 00:22:29.829 judgment to decide whether he's worth saving 00:22:29.829 --> 00:22:35.309 or not I've already decided that haven't I? Do 00:22:35.309 --> 00:22:38.509 you know about Eddie and me? About the accident. 00:22:38.710 --> 00:22:42.470 Yes We were living in an old brownstone Eddie 00:22:42.470 --> 00:22:45.470 was late. I was waiting for him at the top of 00:22:45.470 --> 00:22:48.569 the stairs with an argument already and I I Said 00:22:48.569 --> 00:22:52.150 a lot of nasty things and so did he and he started 00:22:52.150 --> 00:22:58.130 to shake me and I I lost my balance Well, how 00:22:58.130 --> 00:23:05.009 do they look Your legs You look fine you'd never 00:23:05.009 --> 00:23:09.609 know they were dead would you You know something 00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:12.880 I've got my own theory about you, Mr. Derry, 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:16.720 about why you're helping us. You do? Mm -hmm. 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:20.079 I've been a cripple for over a year, and I've 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:25.140 become an expert on pity. I can spot pity half 00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:27.880 a mile away. You think that's my reason? That's 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:32.859 everybody's reason. It's me, honey. Sorry. Hello, 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:36.019 Derry. I just came to tell you that everything 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:39.869 is set. What does everything mean? You are gonna 00:23:39.869 --> 00:23:43.049 be a dead man by tomorrow morning. You can leave 00:23:43.049 --> 00:23:45.250 town as soon as you get on a plane There's one 00:23:45.250 --> 00:23:47.309 leaving for Mexico City at four tomorrow afternoon. 00:23:47.309 --> 00:23:50.430 We got reservations. You better confirm them 00:23:50.430 --> 00:23:53.809 What's gonna cost me what you're doing in cash? 00:23:54.049 --> 00:23:59.269 1 ,000 500 for me 500 for a friend of mine a 00:23:59.269 --> 00:24:03.009 couple of pieces of jewelry and That car yours 00:24:03.009 --> 00:24:06.849 my car You can't take my car. You won't need 00:24:06.849 --> 00:24:09.539 it in Mexico They got donkeys. Now wait a minute. 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:12.500 Eddie, we've got to do as he says. If you don't 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:16.279 like my proposition, you can always say no. Then 00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:20.059 you can take your chances with Harney. Okay. 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:23.940 What else do you want? I'll need your wallet, 00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:28.559 your watch, any other jewelry you carry. That 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:31.519 wedding ring, is it inscribed? Yes, I had it 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:34.900 done. Let's have it. What's the idea of all this? 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:37.160 Your car is going to be in an accident tonight, 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:40.019 Eddie. It's going to catch on fire. There'll 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:42.720 be a body in the car, burned beyond recognition. 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:45.319 But everybody will know who it is, of course. 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:48.460 It'll have your wallet, your watch, your keys, 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:51.940 your wedding ring. But whose body? Don't worry. 00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:54.680 The guy will be dead to begin with. It's only 00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:58.599 what you might call a cremation ceremony. So 00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:00.960 Honey will think you did the job. He'll only 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:03.200 believe it if you get out of town as fast as 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:06.200 you can. When that body is discovered, you are 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:09.210 dead. I don't want you around making a liar out 00:25:09.210 --> 00:25:15.809 of me. That's neat, Derry. Very neat. You still 00:25:15.809 --> 00:25:18.349 get paid that way, don't you? Eddie! Get me what 00:25:18.349 --> 00:25:20.609 I need, Eddie. The money and all the rest of 00:25:20.609 --> 00:25:23.690 the stuff. What about your gun? You want that 00:25:23.690 --> 00:25:27.970 back? Keep it as a souvenir. I never hold on 00:25:27.970 --> 00:25:31.309 to a piece after a job. And this job is just 00:25:31.309 --> 00:25:46.839 about over. Hey, Derry. What do you want, Earl? 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:51.039 Just want to give you a message. Mr. Harney isn't 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:54.700 happy. Mr. Harney says he sort of expected some 00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:57.420 action by now. Tell him to read the contract 00:25:57.420 --> 00:26:00.640 again. I picked my own time and place. It says 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:03.619 so in the small print. I thought you were supposed 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:06.960 to be a pro. I would have had Eddie Breach stretched 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:09.940 out and buried two days ago. I'm sure of it. 00:26:10.029 --> 00:26:13.569 And Harney's paying you three grand. I would 00:26:13.569 --> 00:26:15.789 have done it for half the money. You would have 00:26:15.789 --> 00:26:18.069 done it for laughs, Earl. You know something? 00:26:19.009 --> 00:26:21.529 I ought to show him that he didn't need you. 00:26:22.109 --> 00:26:25.190 I ought to take care of Eddie myself. Harney 00:26:25.190 --> 00:26:30.190 wouldn't like that. He's liable to spank. So 00:26:30.190 --> 00:26:37.529 long, Earl. All right, Earl. Hold it. Right there. 00:26:37.789 --> 00:26:41.299 Hey! Hey, what do you guys want? I'm Lieutenant 00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:44.359 Gere, Police Department. What I want is very 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:56.940 simple, Earl. I want you. Here's your merchandise. 00:26:57.980 --> 00:27:02.799 Fresh from the freezer. Thanks, Fig. I knew I 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.980 could count on you. You want to take a look at 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:08.619 him? No. He ain't too pretty. I didn't get a 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:10.700 chance to do any cosmetic work on him. Won't 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:16.920 make the slightest difference. Okay, let's get 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:23.599 him in the car. Where are you taking that? To 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:27.460 the country. Oh, boy. First time I ever heard 00:27:27.460 --> 00:28:15.670 of taking a stiff for a ride. Fit Now your keys 00:28:15.670 --> 00:28:20.329 and that's about it except for that can of gasoline 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:51.259 And so Jim Derry has completed his assignment. 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:55.059 He feels rather good about the job he did, too. 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:59.319 It was a nice combination of human sympathy and 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:03.519 profit. Five hundred from Eddie Breach, three 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:07.220 thousand from Joe Harney, and a sense of having 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:11.319 done something worthwhile for a change. But will 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:15.809 Jim Derry remain pleased with himself? What will 00:29:15.809 --> 00:29:19.769 the arrest of Earl do to his plans? We'll find 00:29:19.769 --> 00:29:38.190 out when I return shortly with Act III. Only 00:29:38.190 --> 00:29:42.240 one thing remains for Jim Derry to do. He has 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:44.680 to make one final call on the man who brought 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:48.079 him to town in the first place he has a good 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:53.640 report for Joe Arnie and Joe Arnie has $2 ,000 00:29:53.640 --> 00:30:06.619 waiting for him So it's you, how are you mr. 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:12.740 Arnie, how do you think I am? The cops picked 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:16.039 up Earl on some old assault charge. Had kids 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:18.420 more trouble than he's worth. I could have told 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:22.619 you that. Well, at least there's one problem 00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:26.539 you won't have anymore. You mean Breach? You 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:30.019 won't be hearing from him again. Give me details. 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:34.079 He's dead. That's a big detail. I want to know 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:37.660 how. I got Breach to take me for a little ride 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:40.779 in the country. When we stopped to look at the 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:44.039 scenery, I slugged them. Then I gave his car 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:47.880 a little gasoline bath. You burned them? You 00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:50.539 want to see what's left? Take a drive out on 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:55.700 Route 7? Make a ride on Potter Valley Road? There's 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:58.980 not much to see, though. What'd you do after 00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:03.559 that? I took a nice long walk. There's a motel 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:06.680 about a mile and a half south. I spent the night 00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:11.910 there. Didn't even get a chance to shave. Yeah 00:31:11.910 --> 00:31:16.029 Sure, it went all right Nobody spotted you our 00:31:16.029 --> 00:31:20.089 workers guaranteed. Mr. Harney money back if 00:31:20.089 --> 00:31:25.329 not satisfied and Speaking of money. Yeah Yeah, 00:31:25.329 --> 00:31:30.630 I know Two thousand bucks and worth every penny 00:31:30.630 --> 00:31:48.630 of it Pardon I said your name James Derry. Yes, 00:31:48.650 --> 00:31:53.130 it is boy. My name's gear. Mr. Derry Lieutenant 00:31:53.130 --> 00:31:56.769 gear police department We got a warrant for your 00:31:56.769 --> 00:32:01.809 arrest me You gotta be kidding step over here 00:32:01.809 --> 00:32:06.769 Derry Wait, wait a minute now, you know the routine 00:32:06.769 --> 00:32:10.849 I'm sure hands flat against the wall Whatever 00:32:10.849 --> 00:32:16.490 you say Well, not armed, I see. Why would an 00:32:16.490 --> 00:32:18.750 innocent citizen be walking around with a gun? 00:32:20.390 --> 00:32:23.990 This wallet of yours is sure loaded. What was 00:32:23.990 --> 00:32:28.549 it? Payday? That's my traveling money. You must 00:32:28.549 --> 00:32:31.170 be a high -priced man there. I sold a car for 00:32:31.170 --> 00:32:34.789 a guy. Second -hand sports job. That's the money 00:32:34.789 --> 00:32:38.170 he paid me for it. Yeah, sure. And I'll bet you 00:32:38.170 --> 00:32:40.230 got a copy of the bill of sale, don't you? Well, 00:32:40.269 --> 00:32:42.539 you give me a chance to get it. I'll... We'll 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:51.440 talk about it at headquarters. You ever use an 00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:56.019 alias, Derry? No. What for? You know a man named 00:32:56.019 --> 00:33:00.240 Joe Harney? I met him once or twice. What do 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:04.519 you talk about? The weather. Now, don't be cute, 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:09.529 Derry. We talked about horses. Mr. Harney likes 00:33:09.529 --> 00:33:12.789 horses a whole lot. Yeah, we know all about that. 00:33:13.190 --> 00:33:15.130 We also know that Joe Harney paid your way into 00:33:15.130 --> 00:33:17.410 town a little over a week ago. Isn't that right? 00:33:18.269 --> 00:33:21.210 I can afford my own car fare, Lieutenant. Harney 00:33:21.210 --> 00:33:23.349 brought you here to do a special piece of work 00:33:23.349 --> 00:33:25.450 for him, didn't he? Wrong. You see, Darry, there 00:33:25.450 --> 00:33:27.490 isn't very much we don't know about Joe Harney. 00:33:28.430 --> 00:33:30.349 For your information, the D .A. has been lining 00:33:30.349 --> 00:33:32.430 up a case against him for the last six months. 00:33:33.390 --> 00:33:35.430 You had luck that you came into the picture right 00:33:35.430 --> 00:33:38.470 now. I don't know what you're talking about. 00:33:39.650 --> 00:33:43.309 Well, maybe I can make it a little clearer. You 00:33:43.309 --> 00:33:46.170 got something I want to read to you. It's a statement 00:33:46.170 --> 00:33:49.730 from somebody you may know. Now, here it is. 00:33:50.769 --> 00:33:54.670 Listen carefully. This guy, Darry, arrived last 00:33:54.670 --> 00:33:57.410 Friday. He was brought in by Harney to cool a 00:33:57.410 --> 00:34:00.349 guy named Eddie Breach. Breach once worked for 00:34:00.349 --> 00:34:02.150 Harney, but then he got to taking bets on his 00:34:02.150 --> 00:34:05.430 own book. And that made Harney sore, so he decided 00:34:05.430 --> 00:34:09.329 to kill him. Derry's price for the job was three 00:34:09.329 --> 00:34:12.710 grand. Derry was staying at a hotel called the 00:34:12.710 --> 00:34:15.309 Gracie. He didn't tell Harney how he planned 00:34:15.309 --> 00:34:18.829 to kill Breach. Well, how does that sound to 00:34:18.829 --> 00:34:23.030 you, Derry? Like a fairy tale. Is it true or 00:34:23.030 --> 00:34:27.650 not? It's junk. They shouldn't make up junk like 00:34:27.650 --> 00:34:30.739 that. It's a statement we got last night by somebody 00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:32.980 who worked for Harney for the last two years. 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:38.039 You know who I'm talking about? No. His name's 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:40.900 Earl Clifford. We picked him up in an old charge, 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.500 one that could have sent him to the joint for 00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:46.059 a good ten years. He's willing to turn state's 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.780 evidence in the hope of getting a lighter rap. 00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:52.719 He probably will. I never heard of Earl Clifford. 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:56.579 You can help yourself the same way, Darry. You 00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:59.280 can help by telling the truth. I am telling the 00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:03.400 truth. We want to know why you killed Eddie breach 00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:11.340 Lieutenant Have you got the time? What what time 00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:16.340 is it? 430 430 that's what I make it to and how 00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:20.820 is the weather out? Still warm and sunny good 00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:24.159 flying weather All right. What's the joke Terry? 00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:28.019 The joke is over I'm ready to tell you what I 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:37.380 know just as soon as I get a cup of coffee. Sure. 00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:42.400 I was hired to kill Eddie Breach. This guy, Joe 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:45.699 Harney, called me and gave me the contract. I 00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:48.019 don't know why he picked me. I never did that 00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:52.239 kind of work before. Sure, Darry. We know. Your 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:56.469 hands are nice and clean. Anyway... I came to 00:35:56.469 --> 00:36:00.110 see Harney. He told me the setup. Seen this guy 00:36:00.110 --> 00:36:03.769 breach. He's been jabbing him for money. And 00:36:03.769 --> 00:36:10.369 he wanted him dead. Well... I said I'd do it. 00:36:10.949 --> 00:36:14.829 I see. Only I didn't mean it, Lieutenant. I'm 00:36:14.829 --> 00:36:18.889 no killer. Like you said, I'm clean. No record, 00:36:19.349 --> 00:36:23.519 nothing. No convictions, no. You know what I 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:25.719 did? I went straight to Breach. I told him the 00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:28.079 whole story. Him and his wife. She's a cripple, 00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:30.599 you see, in a wheelchair. I felt sorry for her. 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:33.079 For both of them. We know about Mrs. Breach's 00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:36.099 condition. Go on. I said I wouldn't do them any 00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:38.059 harm, but that didn't mean that they were safe. 00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:40.679 Harney would just hire somebody else to do the 00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:43.960 work. That was very nice of you. I wanted to 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:47.519 help them, Lieutenant. I told them the only thing 00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:49.579 was to make it look as if Breach was killed. 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:51.739 I said I could arrange the whole thing for them. 00:36:52.010 --> 00:36:56.530 And that's what you did? Yes. I got a body. A 00:36:56.530 --> 00:36:58.789 dead body from a funeral parlor, I know. I put 00:36:58.789 --> 00:37:01.590 the body in Breach's car. I drove it out on Route 00:37:01.590 --> 00:37:04.969 6. Parked it on a side road called Potter Valley. 00:37:05.650 --> 00:37:08.550 I doused the car with gasoline. I set it on fire. 00:37:09.309 --> 00:37:11.989 You'll find Breach's watch and ring on that body. 00:37:12.929 --> 00:37:15.989 The wallet is in the grass someplace. Only the 00:37:15.989 --> 00:37:21.809 body isn't Eddie Breach's. Well... That's quite 00:37:21.809 --> 00:37:26.070 a story. All right. It's the truth You send your 00:37:26.070 --> 00:37:28.469 boys out on Potter Valley Road. We don't have 00:37:28.469 --> 00:37:32.050 to do that dairy We've already found breach his 00:37:32.050 --> 00:37:34.610 car. Well swell then. You know, I'm telling the 00:37:34.610 --> 00:37:38.670 truth. I mean you got experts They won't be fooled 00:37:38.670 --> 00:37:42.309 by a fake corpse. The guy was almost twice breach 00:37:42.309 --> 00:37:45.489 his age He was heavier shorter. Tell me honestly 00:37:45.489 --> 00:37:49.539 dairy you did all this Because you felt sorry 00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:53.860 for the guy? Yes. Look, I'm not saying he was 00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:56.360 an angel. He beat up his wife once. He made a 00:37:56.360 --> 00:38:00.039 cripple out of her. Only now, he's trying to 00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:03.659 help her. That's why he cheated Harney in the 00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:07.079 first place, to help his wife. A real sweet guy, 00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:12.940 huh? Well, Darry, too bad it isn't true. What 00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:15.500 do you mean? Oh, Eddie was responsible for his 00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:18.139 wife's injury. We know that. Sure, he knocked 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:21.039 her down a flight of stairs. But you know why? 00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:24.739 They had an argument about coming home late. 00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:28.880 Oh, no. They had an argument about a woman. She 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.659 caught him in the apartment with a girl named 00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:34.099 Louise something. She didn't tell me that. And 00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:36.239 Breach didn't give up Louise after that either. 00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:39.739 He's been cheating on his wife ever since. The 00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:41.739 fact that she was in a wheelchair only made it 00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:46.659 easier. No. I never knew about that. But his 00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:52.980 wife knew, Darry. Why? It was a tough part. Connie 00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:55.360 Breach knew all about it. And there was nothing 00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:58.559 she could do. Just had to sit there in that wheelchair 00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:02.059 and let him do whatever he pleased. That's your 00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:08.840 good friend, sweet Eddie Breach. Well, she said 00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:11.980 she didn't have any illusions about him. She 00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:17.690 knew what he was. Too bad you didn't. All this 00:39:17.690 --> 00:39:20.150 time she must have been hating him hitting his 00:39:20.150 --> 00:39:26.550 guts Anyway, they're gone now They're on their 00:39:26.550 --> 00:39:32.809 way to Mexico City right now No, they're not. 00:39:32.829 --> 00:39:35.670 Oh, yes, they are. They took a four o 'clock 00:39:35.670 --> 00:39:40.050 plane. You're a liar, Derry What are you talking 00:39:40.050 --> 00:39:43.909 about? You're telling a nice touching story Well, 00:39:44.050 --> 00:39:46.710 Derry, you're a liar You made a deal with Breach, 00:39:46.969 --> 00:39:49.530 all right, sure. He gave you a thousand dollars 00:39:49.530 --> 00:39:51.650 and you arranged this phony car accident for 00:39:51.650 --> 00:39:54.570 him. But you intended to collect from both sides, 00:39:54.610 --> 00:39:57.409 didn't you? No, I was helping him get away. Were 00:39:57.409 --> 00:40:03.210 you? Let me read you something else. Edward Breach, 00:40:03.630 --> 00:40:07.530 29 years of age, male Caucasian. Shot to death 00:40:07.530 --> 00:40:11.670 in his apartment at 404 East 75th Street. What? 00:40:11.809 --> 00:40:14.519 The bullets came from a Farrington 38. Found 00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:18.800 at the scene. That can't be. We traced the gun 00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:21.900 to the man who sold it to you, Derry. He can 00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:24.980 describe you to a tee. Hey, wait a minute. That's 00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:27.199 how you got that three grand from Joe Harney, 00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:29.199 by doing the job you were hired to do. That's 00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:31.639 a lie. Breach took that plane, I tell you. He 00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:35.380 is on the plane. He's in the morgue, Derry. Where 00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:40.099 you put him. It can't be true. All right, Derry. 00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:45.949 I see you need a lot of convincing. Sam send 00:40:45.949 --> 00:40:53.809 in mrs. Breach Conde is here right outside Come 00:40:53.809 --> 00:40:56.789 in mrs. Breach. Are you sure it's a it's all 00:40:56.789 --> 00:41:01.929 right? Please come in but they they didn't tell 00:41:01.929 --> 00:41:06.929 me that Mr. Derry would be here. I'm really sorry 00:41:06.929 --> 00:41:09.710 to do this mrs. Breach, but it's really quite 00:41:09.710 --> 00:41:13.239 necessary I want you to repeat exactly what you 00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:21.539 told me. Yes. All right. I... I was in my bedroom 00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:25.699 last night, around 7 .30. I heard the doorbell 00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:29.179 ring, and my husband answered it. Eddie was always 00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:32.019 having visitors at all hours, so I didn't think 00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:36.940 anything of it, and... And then I heard two shots. 00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:40.760 I was frightened, but... but I opened the bedroom 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:46.400 door and looked out and That's when I saw him 00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:51.260 saw who he was standing there Holding the gun. 00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:54.679 I screamed and he dropped the gun on the floor 00:41:54.679 --> 00:42:05.219 and That's all right, Mrs. Breach Can I go now 00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:12.510 yes, man you can go Wait a minute. Mrs. Breach, 00:42:12.750 --> 00:42:19.170 Connie! How dare you call me Connie? You murderer! 00:42:26.349 --> 00:42:30.389 That was your mistake, Derry. You should have 00:42:30.389 --> 00:42:34.750 killed her too. You were just too soft -hearted. 00:42:36.010 --> 00:42:42.159 Or maybe just forgetful. Lieutenant. About what? 00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:47.019 What they say about the female of the species. 00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:59.119 And so the kind -hearted hitman falls victim 00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:03.760 to a revengeful woman. We can only hope that 00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:07.610 justice finally triumphed. That lieutenant gear 00:43:07.610 --> 00:43:10.929 eventually realized the truth about what happened 00:43:10.929 --> 00:43:15.570 in that apartment on East 75th Street Although 00:43:15.570 --> 00:43:20.030 who's to say that mrs. Edward breach isn't already 00:43:20.030 --> 00:43:25.090 in a prison of her own contrivance I'll be back 00:43:25.090 --> 00:43:41.059 shortly We hope you enjoyed this tale of the 00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:44.719 Radio Mystery Theatre. If you come back next 00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:49.219 time, I'm sure we'll have another tale of murder, 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:54.900 trickery, deceit, terror, and other goodies. 00:43:56.199 --> 00:44:00.059 Our cast included Mike Kellan, Alan Manson, Earl 00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:03.860 Hammond, and Lon Clark. The entire production 00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:07.710 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:44:07.710 --> 00:44:10.389 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:44:10.389 --> 00:44:13.670 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:44:13.670 --> 00:44:19.630 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.