Suspense-S3E18: The Tip
25min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | TV Series (1949–1954)
Elaine Court recently had a heart attack and needs relaxation, but she's stressed over a strange man she claims has been lurking about. With her husband at work, she walks into the apartment one afternoon to find that stranger waiting for her. Elaine is held hostage by the armed man who says he's just waiting for her husband to get home so that he can kill him.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, John Baragrey
25min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | TV Series (1949–1954)
Elaine Court recently had a heart attack and needs relaxation, but she's stressed over a strange man she claims has been lurking about. With her husband at work, she walks into the apartment one afternoon to find that stranger waiting for her. Elaine is held hostage by the armed man who says he's just waiting for her husband to get home so that he can kill him.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, John Baragrey
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00:00And now, Autolite and it's 96,000 dealers everywhere present, Suspense.
00:30Uh, Mr. Cort, would you please turn off the radio?
00:46Oh, yes, of course.
01:01Is she all right, Dr. Bailey?
01:07Well, there's nothing to worry about.
01:11At least, not now.
01:13You see, George, I told you it was silly to call the doctor.
01:17I didn't want to take a chance. I wanted to be sure that you were all right.
01:20You see, Dr. Bailey, Elaine was very upset during the last few days.
01:24Yes? What about her?
01:26Well, she thinks that she's seen a man outside lurking around, watching our window.
01:30George, I did see him.
01:33I saw him yesterday and I saw him again last night.
01:36Darling, I looked. There was no one there.
01:39Well, uh, maybe it was someone passing by.
01:43Well, no one believed me.
01:46I saw him very clearly.
01:48He was a large, evil-looking man. He kept staring up at the window.
01:54He was standing right under the streetlight.
02:01George?
02:02What is it?
02:03George, there he is.
02:08Well, there's no one there. See for yourself.
02:16I swear I saw him standing there. I swear it.
02:20Here, Mrs. Scott, you take one of these.
02:23Now, just one. No more. It'll ease your nerves and make you sleep.
02:28Oh, Dr. Bailey, you're treating me just like a child.
02:30I've known you since you were a child.
02:33Now, you be good and do exactly as I tell you.
02:37Goodbye.
02:39Goodbye, Doctor.
02:41Oh, uh, George.
02:44She must have no excitement.
02:46Another heart attack like she had last month might be fatal.
02:49I'll be at the hospital all day in case you need me.
02:52Thank you very much, Doctor.
02:53Goodbye.
02:54Goodbye.
02:59Darling, you give me the pills and I'll get some water for you.
03:02Oh, George, no.
03:04Now, the doctor said that you should...
03:06I don't need a sleeping pill.
03:07Now, listen, darling. You know that I love you, don't you?
03:10Oh, yes, George.
03:11And you know how I'd feel if anything happened to you, don't you?
03:13Well, now, look in here.
03:15You've got to get rid of this fear.
03:18It's nonsense. It doesn't make any sense at all. It's foolish.
03:22Now, listen, darling.
03:24We live on a busy street.
03:26Two of our friends live right here in the same building.
03:29Don't you see how foolish it is, darling? The whole thing.
03:31But, George.
03:35Of course, you're right.
03:36Of course I am. Now, you forget about the whole thing.
03:39Oh, gee.
03:41Oh, it's late. I've got to get down to the office.
03:44George.
03:46I know you think I'm being silly,
03:48but maybe if I could just call one of the neighbors.
03:50Have him sit with me for a while.
03:52Oh, why not? That's a good idea.
03:55I've been busy with Wilma for a while.
03:57Who's on call?
03:59Marge Leonard. Oh, no.
04:01She was taking the kids to school today. I'll try Daddy Grayson.
04:15She's out too?
04:16Yes.
04:18I'll answer it.
04:19I've got to hurry.
04:23Hello?
04:25Oh, yes.
04:29Hello?
04:30Mr. Cart, Miss Sanford down at the office.
04:32Your ten o'clock appointment is getting impatient.
04:35Well, tell him I'm on my way, Miss Sanford.
04:37George.
04:39I think I'll just ride into town with you, and I'll come back in a cab.
04:42All right, on one condition.
04:43What?
04:44If you come straight home, take one of those pills and get some rest.
04:47Good girl.
04:54Oh, the morning paper. I never get a chance to read it.
04:57Come along, darling.
05:14Roger.
05:29It's nine o'clock.
05:30I'll call the radio.
05:32Roger.
05:45Good afternoon.
05:49I've been waiting for you. Where have you been?
05:51Who are you?
05:52Who am I?
05:54Oh, my name might be James Randolph or Roger Stewart or...
05:59Who are you?
06:00Or even George Cort.
06:02But then, of course, it couldn't be George Cort because that's your husband,
06:04and you'd recognize it immediately, wouldn't you?
06:06You see, a name isn't really important.
06:08What are you doing here?
06:09I'm just feeding kids.
06:11That's all.
06:12Won't you have some?
06:14It's bel pere.
06:16Very charming, too.
06:17Where do you buy it?
06:18Now you ask me the usual questions.
06:20Who are you?
06:22What are you doing here, and what do you want?
06:24Listen, this is a joke. I'd like to...
06:26No, it's not a joke.
06:27It's not a joke, I assure you.
06:29Am I frightening you?
06:31I intended to frighten you just a little.
06:33However, it really doesn't matter.
06:35Won't you have some cheese?
06:38Won't you have some cheese?
06:40No, I didn't realize that I was so hungry.
06:45You're hungry.
06:46Well, let me call for some food.
06:49There's not much in the house.
06:53Operator. Operator!
06:56My dear Mrs. Logan.
06:58There's no sense in doing that.
07:00You see, I've cut the wire from the outside.
07:04Oh, I know who you are.
07:05You're the man I've seen watching my apartment.
07:07My apartment, by the window.
07:09You've been doing it for three days. Why?
07:11I just wanted to study your habits.
07:13Why?
07:14I wanted to get in here.
07:16Look, if you want to steal something, go ahead, steal it.
07:19Get it over with. I won't stop you.
07:20You couldn't stop me in any case, my dear Mrs. Gordon.
07:23In any event, not only that, that's not the reason that I'm here.
07:26What do you want here?
07:27You, girl, it's impossible.
07:33Just a minute.
07:34Are you expecting someone?
07:36Don't speak. Don't speak.
07:37Just...
07:39Just nod your head.
07:42You're expecting a guest.
07:44Does she know you're here?
07:47Very well.
07:48And perhaps you'd better let her in.
07:51But I warn you.
07:53Don't play any tricks.
07:58I mean what I say.
08:06Good morning, Miss.
08:07I represent the Better Products Company.
08:08I've been asked to come here with this little gift for you.
08:10Now, the gift is absolutely free.
08:12No obligation whatsoever. It's yours outright.
08:15Say, don't I know you?
08:17Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
08:18Lucille Bell. That's it.
08:20You look so much like her that I thought I knew you for a moment.
08:23May I come in?
08:24Thanks a lot.
08:26Take my hat, please.
08:28Oh, the man of the house.
08:30We didn't expect to see you here, sir.
08:31We don't want anything, darling.
08:33Now, if you'll just let me show you some of these wonderful little gadgets, sir.
08:38Now, if you'll just hold this order pad for me a moment.
08:41Now, today's gift is absolutely free, outright.
08:43No obligation to you whatsoever.
08:45Now, first.
08:48There.
08:49Now, first we have this little cuticle pusher.
08:52See?
08:54Then we have these plastic caps, covers.
08:57And then, third, this razor-sharp, hand-carved letter opener.
09:02Now, just take your choice, absolutely free.
09:04No obligation to you.
09:07Take that one.
09:08I said we didn't want anything, darling.
09:10But, dear, with help so hard to get these days.
09:13Oh, the little lady is absolutely right, sir.
09:16With help so hard to get these days,
09:19any little gadget that she can get her hands on,
09:21will just save ten years of her human beauty.
09:24Not that she lacks any now.
09:26I'd like to order something.
09:28Darling.
09:31Please don't be so stubborn.
09:32I said we didn't want any.
09:34Well, it's not hard to see who's the boss in this house.
09:43Come in.
09:45Here.
09:46Give that to me.
09:49I told you, we didn't want anything.
09:52Very well, sir.
09:54Very well, sir.
10:09How dare you.
10:12You realize that you nearly got that young man killed, and yourself also?
10:17You don't seem to quite realize that I'm serious, do you?
10:21I'd like some coffee. Go ahead and make me some immediately.
10:39Three hours.
10:41Three hours?
10:43Yes, just three hours.
10:45Six o'clock is the hour, isn't it?
10:47For what?
10:49When he comes home.
10:51Who?
10:52Your husband.
10:54What do you want with George?
10:57George?
10:59Why, I'm going to kill him.
11:10And now, the second act of The Tip,
11:14starring Stanley Richards and Felicia Montalegra.
11:20So George will be home about six o'clock, eh?
11:24Three long hours.
11:26Why do you want to kill my husband?
11:28Why did you come here to kill George?
11:30Oh, I have dozens of excellent reasons.
11:33All of them perfectly legitimate, too.
11:35For instance, perhaps he ruined me in business.
11:38But George isn't in business. He's a lawyer.
11:40Right, of course, I'd forgotten that. He is, isn't he?
11:43Well, then, perhaps he sent me to jail for a crime that I committed.
11:47Or perhaps he even stole my rightful inheritance.
11:49None of these reasons are true.
11:51I told you that I had dozens of reasons.
11:54Each and every one of them excellent and legitimate.
11:57Perhaps we can while away the afternoon like this.
12:00You asking me why I hate George sufficiently to kill him under me telling you reasons.
12:06Look, I don't know who you are or what you have against George.
12:10But if it's money you want, I'll give it to you.
12:14If it's money you want, I'll give it to you.
12:17Well, I have money of my own.
12:20Please, I'll give you anything you want.
12:23How much do you want?
12:24My dear Mrs. Cort, I'm not the least interested in your money.
12:28But please, tell me what you want.
12:31Please listen to me.
12:32Mrs. Cort, please.
12:33Please, Mrs. Cort.
12:35You mustn't get excited like this, you know.
12:39It's bad for your heart.
12:41You might get another attack.
12:45You know about that?
12:46Why, of course.
12:47Have you forgotten I'm a friend of your husband's?
12:51Now please, just relax and be patient.
12:56Look, if you leave now, I won't tell anyone you've been here.
13:01I promise I won't tell the police.
13:03I don't hear a word you say, Mrs. Cort.
13:07Do you think you're going to get away with this?
13:11You won't kill George.
13:13I know you won't.
13:17Operator, haven't you been able to get through to my home yet?
13:20I'm sorry, sir.
13:21That phone is still out of order.
13:22But I've been trying to reach my wife for an hour.
13:24I'm sorry, sir.
13:25We've notified maintenance.
13:26I'll call you as soon as we have the connection.
13:28All right.
13:37Is that Mr. Cort?
13:49Oh.
13:50Oh, no, they haven't made a connection yet.
13:52Frankly, I'm worried.
13:54Why?
13:55Why, I don't know.
13:56I have a feeling that something's wrong.
13:59It seems funny that my phone should have gone out of order so suddenly like this.
14:04My wife wasn't feeling very well this morning.
14:06I wouldn't worry about it, sir.
14:07Since that windstorm the day before yesterday, the service hasn't been very good.
14:11Yes, well, maybe you're right.
14:13Well, let's get on with these briefs.
14:26Please.
14:27Please listen to me.
14:28You can't go through with this nightmare.
14:32Isn't there anything I can do or say?
14:35Yes, there's something that you can do.
14:38You can go and get me some more coffee.
14:43I won't do anything of the sort.
14:46You won't?
14:48My dear Mrs. Cort, you're being a very stupid and stubborn woman.
14:53Have you forgotten that I'm a guest in your house?
14:56Perhaps I should remind you of your manners.
14:58Stop the movie!
14:59You...
15:00Why, you little...
15:04Oh, you...
15:06You did nick me.
15:08Didn't you, honey?
15:10Where's the band-aid?
15:11In the kitchen.
15:12Well, go and get it.
15:34Here.
15:36Fix that.
15:37What's wrong with you?
15:42What's that?
15:44The delivery boy.
15:45Oh, yeah?
15:46I ordered some groceries in the morning.
15:47They said they would deliver them by this time.
15:49I see.
15:50He knows I'm in.
15:51I told him I'd be in all day.
15:53He might think it's strange if I don't open the door.
15:57Very well.
15:59Perhaps you'd better let him in.
16:04What will I say to him?
16:05How will I explain you?
16:07I'll rely on your ingenuity to take care of that, Mrs. Cort.
16:11Because you're both in danger.
16:13So for both of your sakes, I rely on you.
16:17Go ahead.
16:23Afternoon, Mrs. Cort.
16:24Hello, Michael.
16:25I'm sorry we're so late.
16:26We had a lot of rush orders this afternoon.
16:28Michael, wait!
16:30Well, don't you want me to take it into the kitchen for you?
16:33Please, Michael.
16:45Oh.
16:46Michael, this is Dr. Bailey.
16:49Dr. Bailey.
16:50Well, good evening, son.
16:52What's the matter?
16:53The cat got your tongue?
16:54I said good evening.
16:56Good evening, sir.
16:57Don't mind Michael, doctor.
16:58He's very shy.
17:00Michael.
17:03Tell your father I was asking for him.
17:06Yeah.
17:08Sure.
17:09I sure will, Mrs. Cort.
17:10Good night.
17:12Good night, Michael.
17:17I must congratulate you, Mrs. Cort, on your ingenuity
17:20in introducing me as the doctor.
17:23I had always thought of you as a dull and stupid woman.
17:26But now...
17:27Wait a minute.
17:28Let it ring.
17:31You must pick the wire.
17:32Let it ring, I said.
17:36Let it ring.
17:38Now go and get me that coffee that I ordered.
17:55Operator.
17:57Operator.
17:59Operator.
18:01Well, what seems to be the trouble?
18:02I'm sorry, sir.
18:03We've resumed the connection, but your number doesn't answer.
18:06Oh, I see.
18:11Hmm.
18:13Did you get your wife, Mr. Cort?
18:15Oh, no.
18:16No.
18:17The phone's fixed, but she doesn't answer.
18:20There must be something wrong.
18:23Miss Anford, I'm going to go home.
18:26If anybody should call me, I'll be at my house from 5.30 on.
18:52What's keeping you so long?
18:54Nothing.
19:16Oh, you're joining me.
19:18Well, that's pleasant.
19:19Now you are being social.
19:21Cream?
19:22No, I'll take it black, please.
19:24Sugar?
19:25Oh.
19:26Yes, sugar.
19:42How many lumps?
19:44Two, please.
19:59You know, some men like women and some like whiskey, but I prefer coffee.
20:13Get out of my face.
20:14Get out of me face.
20:15Get away from me.
20:16Get back.
20:17You.
20:18What's the matter, my dear?
20:27Just a little too much excitement?
20:32I don't know.
20:40George! George! George!
20:44Man!
21:00She dead?
21:02Yes, she's dead. It worked just the way we planned.
21:06It took her long enough. I was pretty rough with her.
21:09As a matter of fact, for a time I thought it wasn't going to work.
21:11I don't want to hear about it.
21:12Here you are.
21:13Naturally you don't want to hear about it.
21:14You'll get the rest when her will has been probated.
21:16All right. Here's the keys to your apartment.
21:27We got to get our story straight.
21:28Yeah.
21:30You're an old friend.
21:31Yeah.
21:32We were both here when it happened.
21:35Did anybody see you come in?
21:36Anybody see me come in?
21:37Where I was like Grand Central Station.
21:38First a traveling sailor and then a delivery boy.
21:41Who's that?
21:48All right. Good evening, George. You're home early.
21:50Anything happen?
21:51Well, Dr. Bailey, I've just been trying to reach you by telephone.
21:55Elaine was lying there on the floor.
22:00George, there's something funny here.
22:02When that delivery boy was here, your wife introduced me as Dr. Bailey.
22:10She's dead.
22:14How long have you both been here?
22:15What?
22:16Son.
22:17Is this the man?
22:19Yes, Dad. That's him.
22:20She called him by your name.
22:22I thought that was kind of funny.
22:23Maybe she was in trouble, so I called you.
22:25She seemed so frightened.
22:27A heart attack can be caused by fright.
22:29What were you doing here this afternoon?
22:31Yes. What were you doing all afternoon?
22:33What was I...
22:36Why, you devil.
22:39Why, he's in this just as deeply as I am as a matter of fact of society.
22:43Entire idea. Get out of here.
22:45Don't move, Doctor. Not even an inch.
22:49Well, it'll be bad for the boat.
22:52Just hold it perfectly still.
22:55Right there.
22:57Wait, George.
22:58He won't go far. The police are waiting.
23:01What?
23:06Well, George.
23:08You are lucky.
23:10But I think you had better go with the police.