Episode aired Nov 22, 1960
STARS: Boris Karloff • Audrey Dalton • Alexander Davion
A fake mentalist suddenly has visions of people's violent deaths and attempts to stop them from coming true.
STARS: Boris Karloff • Audrey Dalton • Alexander Davion
A fake mentalist suddenly has visions of people's violent deaths and attempts to stop them from coming true.
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00:00 [Music]
00:17 What would you say, ladies and gentlemen, if I were to tell you that there is a dimension where time is neither dead nor unborn?
00:28 A psychic plane where each moment lives for the eternal now.
00:34 Would you scoff if I were to assure you that the past and the future can be revealed to us merely by attuning our minds to the cosmic...
00:43 In the car by the stage door.
00:47 I see some skeptical smiles already. Well, my friends, no need to be self-conscious about your doubts.
00:55 Man has always rejected that which he cannot fully comprehend.
01:00 But I challenge you to refute the predictions of Nostradamus or to deny that down through the ages every major event has been foretold by someone.
01:14 A pagan priest, an oracle, an astrologer, or just some simple man whose mind is responsive to the vibrations of the cosmos.
01:28 Coincidence, you say? Ha ha. I think not, my friends.
01:33 And I propose tonight, ladies and gentlemen, with your permission, to reveal to you some of the remarkable occult powers which lie at the very threshold of man's knowledge.
01:47 [Music]
02:13 Occult powers? Who's he kidding? Come on, we're Mr. Preliminaries.
02:18 No, I want my question answered.
02:26 A young woman in the audience wishes to know if her engagement ring is genuine.
02:33 [Laughter]
02:36 Well, let me put it this way, madam. Your diamond is as genuine as your fiancé's offer of marriage.
02:43 He ain't got to make a foreflusher out of me.
02:45 Hey, you up there. I paid 200 quid for that ring she's wearing and I can prove it, see?
02:52 200 pounds, sir. Well, in that case, your marriage to the young lady should be 200 times prospered. That is, if your arithmetic is correct.
03:02 [Laughter]
03:04 All right, smart aleck. If you're so clever, look into your crystal ball and tell us who's going to win the main event at the Boxing Palace tonight.
03:22 The main event at the Boxing Palace tonight. Ah, sir, there you have me.
03:28 You see, it is quite obvious that neither the spectators nor the fighters will exert enough mental pressure to have the slightest effect upon the psychic play.
03:40 [Laughter]
03:42 Do not misunderstand me, ladies and gentlemen. I have no desire to demean the ancient and honorable profession of prize fighting.
03:51 [Music]
03:54 Which has always been. Always.
03:59 [Music]
04:06 Death. I see death.
04:10 [Music]
04:13 Someone will die in that fight. Stop the fight. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. Stop the fight.
04:20 [Music]
04:25 Well, where's the good?
04:28 [Music]
04:30 [Screaming]
04:32 [Music]
04:42 [Music]
04:51 The unfortunate gentleman you've just observed has had a most terrifying experience.
04:56 You see, his business is pretending to be clairvoyant.
05:01 But the glimpse he just had into the future was true, as sure as my name is Boris Karloff.
05:08 Imagine, if you will, the plight of a man who finds his premonitions concerning those he loves coming true in the most horrible and violent ways.
05:20 The name of our play is "The Prediction."
05:23 And appearing with me are Miss Audrey Dalton,
05:29 Mr. Alex Dabian,
05:32 Mr. Abram Safar,
05:36 Mr. Adam Caillou,
05:39 and Mr. Verbin By.
05:42 Let me assure you, my friends, this is a thriller.
05:48 [Music]
05:53 [Music]
06:01 [Music]
06:02 [Music]
06:14 That was a nice little scene you just played. What are you trying to do, get us fired?
06:17 Leave him alone.
06:18 I'll let him alone. I'll pull you right out of his tired old hat.
06:21 Oh, stop it. Can't you see he's ill? Go away.
06:24 Do you show some respect for your father, young lady?
06:27 No, I do not. I frightened you. I'm sorry.
06:30 You had a nasty fall, Craig. Just lie still.
06:33 What? No, no. I was kept in that boxing arena.
06:37 You'll go into your dressing room to lie down.
06:39 Let me alone.
06:40 Give me a hand, boys.
06:41 I'm all right, I said.
06:42 No, let me alone. I've got to go.
06:44 I'm all right, I tell you.
06:45 Come on, you've created enough disturbance.
06:47 Let me alone. I'm all right.
06:48 Hold him, Charlie. I'll be weak in the head.
06:50 Burton, don't be a fool. I saw a man being killed. I saw it happen.
06:54 Yeah, we all saw it. Terrible, wasn't it?
06:56 Burton, I'm not out of my head.
06:59 That boxer, his name is Tommy Timms, will die in the ring unless I stop that fight.
07:04 Come on, we'll talk it over in your dressing room.
07:07 Phone for a doctor.
07:08 You don't believe me.
07:09 Well, sure I believe you.
07:11 And I'm going right over to the arena and tell Tommy's manager.
07:14 You know his manager?
07:15 He ought to. He's lost enough money back in Gunnar Gogan's Tired Fighters.
07:19 Burton, go to him. Say to him that...
07:23 No. We'll both go.
07:25 After you've had a little rest.
07:27 No, now. That boy will die in the ring unless I stop that fight.
07:31 Dad, I think Clay really means it.
07:34 All right. All right.
07:37 I'll go over and tell Tommy's manager.
07:40 Don't fail me, Burton.
07:42 Look, go to your dressing room and lie down and leave everything to me, right?
07:46 Right.
07:48 (BURTON PANTING)
07:50 The old phony's got himself believing his own act.
07:59 Loyalty.
08:01 That's what I like about you, Burton.
08:04 Loyalty.
08:08 (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
08:10 It never fails.
08:22 Every time I leave...
08:24 Every time I leave the theatre, something happens.
08:27 I tried to tell him that Earn was dangerous, but he wouldn't listen.
08:30 Now I'm going to have trouble with the fire inspector.
08:33 All right. How is he, Noreen?
08:34 The doctor says it isn't serious.
08:36 That's all I need.
08:37 Business is terrible. Now my star attraction is laid up.
08:40 Gus, I said he'd be all right.
08:42 I'm going to see for myself.
08:44 Later. You've got something to do, remember?
08:47 You think we should do that now?
08:48 What's more important than ever?
08:50 He's shaken, he's frightened.
08:52 He needs to know how we really feel about him.
08:54 (SIGHS)
08:56 Give me 20 minutes, huh?
08:58 Everything should be ready in the kitchen.
09:00 If it isn't, I'll fire the whole staff.
09:04 Maybe I should already.
09:06 They're leading me into bankruptcy.
09:08 Feeling better?
09:15 Did your father go to the boxing arena?
09:17 Yes.
09:19 How do you feel?
09:21 Oh, I'm all right, I think.
09:23 I made quite an exhibition of myself, I'm afraid.
09:26 The act needed a new finale.
09:28 Gus will be furious.
09:31 Gus will be Gus.
09:33 Lorraine,
09:35 I never made any pretense about the act.
09:39 It's entertainment, nothing else.
09:41 I know people are intrigued by thinking they can get a peek into the future,
09:46 but deep down in their hearts,
09:48 they know it's just a harmless sham,
09:51 just like this beard that I wear in the act.
09:55 Don't talk about it now, Clay.
09:57 I have to talk about it.
09:59 I don't know what happened out there tonight.
10:02 Was it self-hypnosis or something else,
10:06 something beyond my control?
10:08 I don't follow boxing events.
10:11 How did I know the name of that fighter?
10:14 You probably saw it on a billboard or read it in the newspapers.
10:18 You forgot it until that man in the audience mentioned boxing,
10:21 and then your imagination did the rest.
10:23 I wonder.
10:25 I know.
10:27 You're just tired.
10:28 You're just tired.
10:30 You've often said yourself, and I quote,
10:32 "A suggestion presented to a fatigued mind can sometimes have alarming results."
10:37 Unquote.
10:38 Do I really sound as pompous as all that?
10:41 You sound perfect, always.
10:44 Now, you finish taking off your makeup,
10:46 and I'm going to go repair my lipstick.
10:48 I'll be back for you in a jiffy.
10:50 Where are we going?
10:52 Look into your crystal ball, Mr. Mace.
10:54 It's all there.
10:55 In the dimension where time is neither dead nor unborn,
10:58 but where each moment lives in the eternal now.
11:02 Get out of here.
11:04 [singing]
11:22 Well, all I can say is this is one day I will never forget,
11:26 and for more than one reason.
11:28 "What you going to give us for an encore, Clay?"
11:32 said Father Mace's manager, Charlie.
11:35 Oh, Doreen, have I got to cut your beautiful cake?
11:38 Well, here goes.
11:40 There.
11:41 Ah!
11:43 Now, but seriously, a mere thank you is quite inadequate for what I really feel.
11:48 What can I say?
11:50 I say everybody have a good time on "Casca Stoppidos."
11:54 Everybody have a good time.
11:56 And, Doreen, music, please.
11:57 And please, please, people, don't break up the place too much.
12:01 [crowd noise]
12:04 Dance, maybe?
12:27 Crash!
12:28 You'll be okay.
12:29 It's all right, it's all right.
12:31 It's all right, your father isn't around.
12:32 I made sure before I crashed the party.
12:34 You mustn't stay.
12:35 He just went to the boxing room.
12:37 He'll be back any minute.
12:39 Good.
12:40 Then I can have it out with him.
12:41 It won't do any good.
12:42 He'll just make it impossible for me to see you.
12:44 Why?
12:45 I'm not such a bad cat.
12:47 I'm reasonably presentable.
12:48 I may even have a future of sorts for the right girl to keep my house and have my kids.
12:52 Grant, please.
12:53 Doreen, I'm tired of having to dodge your father.
12:58 I want to marry you.
12:59 And I want to say yes, but...
13:01 I know.
13:02 If you ever got the courage to lead a life of your own, your father would have to find
13:06 another meal ticket.
13:08 Don't ever say that again.
13:10 It's true, and you know it.
13:14 You'd better leave.
13:16 It's not fair.
13:22 I can't go on like this, and I can't end it.
13:24 I love you, Doreen.
13:25 I have to get out of it and it stands between us.
13:28 I understand, darling.
13:30 Just be patient for a little while longer.
13:33 All right.
13:35 You'll settle it when I get back from Edinburgh next week, okay?
13:38 Grant, please leave.
13:43 All right, all right, I'll go.
13:45 But this is the last time I run for cover.
13:48 [whistling]
13:50 Who's that?
13:57 Just someone who asked me to dance.
13:59 You're drunk.
14:01 Where did you get the money this time?
14:03 Oh, your old dad's still got a trick or two left off his sleeve.
14:07 You'd better not let Gus see you like this.
14:09 Clay won't stop him from throwing you out this time.
14:12 He will if he wants to keep you in the ants.
14:15 When you do things like this, I could...
14:17 You could what?
14:19 Nothing.
14:21 That's better.
14:23 You just remember to keep a civil tongue in your head, my girl.
14:26 You do exactly what I say, when I say.
14:31 Understand?
14:33 [music]
14:35 Noreen, you're crying. What happened?
14:52 Did your father say something to hurt you?
14:54 It doesn't matter. He didn't mean to.
14:56 He never means to, but he always does.
14:58 Well, it's got to stop.
15:00 Oh, please, Clay, don't start anything.
15:02 He's drunk.
15:04 Drunk? I wonder where he weaseled the money from this time.
15:07 Well, I'm through protecting him, Noreen. Finished.
15:10 There's been enough trouble, Clay.
15:13 I couldn't take any more.
15:15 Clay, you'd better come out front.
15:19 You go to your room, dear.
15:21 There he is, the old geezer. He's the one who said it.
15:28 He says that you predicted me by time he would get killed tonight.
15:31 Are you his manager?
15:33 I was.
15:35 I'm sorry. You should have heeded my warning.
15:38 You never warned us. You never intended to.
15:41 Well, me boy is dead, and I've come to see what kind of a man would turn a prophet on a thing so terrible.
15:46 Prophet? I don't know what you're talking about.
15:49 Don't. Don't try to deny it.
15:51 I do deny it.
15:53 Why, you filthy devil, do you think I wouldn't know it?
15:55 It's all over the streets. Everybody knows it.
15:58 And you sent your flunky out to bet money on me boy's death.
16:02 Look at him.
16:04 The truth's like dirt on his face.
16:07 Oh, there must be some mistake.
16:12 Liar! Filthy liar!
16:14 [crowd murmuring]
16:16 You big ape! He's telling you the truth!
16:26 Send Burton out to warn you. We all heard him.
16:29 Burton! Where is Burton?
16:31 I'll find him.
16:35 Charlie, why did you tell him?
16:37 Why not?
16:39 Don't you see? A man as distraught as he is isn't responsible for his actions.
16:45 If he finds Burton...
16:47 I just hope I'm there.
16:49 [laughing]
16:52 How about that, eh? You have someone as nutty as you.
16:56 [laughing]
16:58 Burton, I want to talk to you.
17:15 All right, talk then.
17:17 Alone, if you don't mind.
17:19 This lady can hear anything you've got to say, mace.
17:21 If you please, this is private.
17:23 Sure, ducky. I don't mind.
17:25 You stay right here with me.
17:29 My dear, dear.
17:31 You wouldn't stop a girl from powdering her nose, would you?
17:35 They'd lick up my arm like a good chap, eh?
17:37 All right, come right back, see?
17:40 I never could resist a masterful man.
17:43 Why did you do it?
17:49 I...
17:53 I tried to get to the gunner.
17:55 I tried to warn him, like you said,
17:57 but the copper on the door wouldn't let me into the fighter's locker room.
18:01 You're lying.
18:03 I'm telling you what happened.
18:05 How much did you win?
18:08 Nothing.
18:09 You can't bet on the fights when you're broke.
18:12 All right, I made a few quid.
18:16 A hundred pounds.
18:21 Well, all right.
18:23 So what's wrong with someone trying to get a bit of good out of your hunch?
18:27 They wouldn't let me see the gunner, so I did the next best thing.
18:31 All right, I didn't kill the boy.
18:37 If anyone's to blame, it's you.
18:39 Well, all right, you think what you really were like.
18:47 But I'm warning you, if you tell my daughter,
18:50 if you don't stop trying to undermine me, I'll...
18:53 You'll what?
18:55 You'll see, Mr... Mr. Tired Might.
18:59 Come on, let's get out of here.
19:03 Burton.
19:07 Burton, don't leave.
19:09 Don't go.
19:10 Don't leave without money, I warn you.
19:12 You go and hang yourself, Mace.
19:15 Burton, Burton!
19:18 Charlie, stop him, stop him, I said.
19:20 Oh, Burton, why?
19:22 Something is going to happen.
19:24 Ah, he's a big boy. He can take care of himself.
19:27 We shall see.
19:31 How about a... How about a little kiss, eh?
19:44 Aren't you the forceful one, though?
19:46 Well, it, uh... Can't do any harm, can it, eh?
19:49 Not on the street, Dax. A girl's got to mind her reputation.
19:53 Reputation? Well, that's a fine one.
19:56 It's not that I grant you a kiss, Bertie.
19:59 It's just I do like a little privacy.
20:01 This a cosy old.
20:03 Well, what are we waiting for, eh? Come on, then.
20:09 (TRAIN HORN BLOWS)
20:11 Now, Clay, really...
20:18 It's the gospel truth, I tell you.
20:20 Just as the train was pulling into the station,
20:22 one of the hearing aids said, "Isn't this Wembley?"
20:25 And the other one who'd been dozing said, "No, I think it's Thursday."
20:28 So the first one said, "Well, so am I.
20:30 "Let's get off the train and have a drink."
20:32 Oh, that's awful.
20:34 The awful truth.
20:36 Clay, ever since we got here,
20:38 you've been trying so hard to amuse me.
20:40 Why?
20:42 Do you mean I've been talking too much?
20:44 A certain sign of old age.
20:46 Oh, worry.
20:48 It's Dad, isn't it?
20:53 Did Gus notice he'd been drinking tonight?
20:56 Clay!
21:06 Clay, what's the matter?
21:08 Maureen.
21:17 You had better come quickly.
21:19 Something has happened to your father.
21:21 Where is he?
21:23 Up the street.
21:25 Aren't you coming?
21:31 There's nothing I can do.
21:34 I know what's happened.
21:36 Wait, wait, wait.
22:01 No, no, I'm sorry. I don't agree.
22:03 No, no, I'll talk to you later.
22:05 Clay!
22:10 Where have you been all night?
22:13 I've searched, I've phoned.
22:15 I was even going to have the river dragged.
22:18 How was I to know that you weren't going to do something crazy, huh?
22:22 After your warning to Burton and what happened in that alley?
22:25 I was worried, Clay. You know how I am.
22:28 But you're all right now. You're going to be sensible, I'm sure.
22:32 I've been walking the streets all night, Gus.
22:34 Trying to understand this thing that has happened to me.
22:37 To me, of all people.
22:39 There's only one answer.
22:41 Now, you need a change of pace.
22:43 Why not rework the act? Dream up some new stunts?
22:46 I didn't find the answer.
22:48 But the thought kept growing on me.
22:50 Maybe I was responsible for Burton's death.
22:53 Nonsense! It was Gunnar Gaugen.
22:55 The police have already arrested him.
22:57 Gaugen is innocent. But I wonder if I am.
23:00 Stop it, Clay! You're not playing to an audience here.
23:03 Gus, did I foresee Burton's death?
23:07 Or did I will it to happen?
23:10 I could have had a motive.
23:12 You know there was always friction between us because of the way he treated Noreen.
23:16 Maybe I wanted him dead.
23:19 You think you're the only one who hated his guts? That's no kind of logic.
23:22 I must go to the police. Gaugen is innocent.
23:25 No, no, that's not clever.
23:27 The newspapers will get hold of the story.
23:29 You'll be hounded by every crackpot who wants to peer into his future.
23:33 Burton was lured into that alley by a woman.
23:37 Helen Tate.
23:39 She'll reveal the name of her accomplice as soon as she's apprehended.
23:44 Sure, sure.
23:46 Now, why don't I phone the police anonymously, huh?
23:49 You?
23:51 Oh, Clay, you can trust me.
23:54 After what happened to Burton, I am not going to cross you.
23:59 I know you won't, old friend.
24:02 Taxi, lady.
24:10 A whole week without you.
24:22 It's been an eternity.
24:25 First tell me about your trip.
24:27 You start at the beginning and don't leave out a thing.
24:30 Well, the beginning and the end is, I got the job I went after.
24:35 Oh, Grant, that's wonderful.
24:38 I start at the Edinburgh office next week.
24:40 Darling, you're coming with me.
24:43 We can drive up to Scotland tomorrow night and be married in an old church I know, just near Edinburgh.
24:49 We'll have six whole days to ourselves before I have to start earning a living for us.
24:55 Well, you want to marry me, don't you?
24:59 Yes, I...
25:00 Well, then what's wrong?
25:02 I almost thought the girl cried and got all silly and sentimental when the boy popped the question.
25:07 I don't mean to spoil it for you, Grant.
25:09 Well, then for gosh's sake, say yes and put me out of my misery.
25:16 Noreen, your father's dead.
25:20 And if Mace is the kind of guy he says he is, he'll be the first one to give his blessing.
25:25 I can't leave him yet.
25:27 Why not?
25:29 He's ill.
25:31 It's more serious than he'll admit.
25:33 He needs me.
25:35 So do I.
25:37 Oh, Grant, don't force me to make that kind of choice.
25:46 Listen, Noreen.
25:48 If Mace is really sick, he shouldn't be working.
25:51 He needs a rest, a forced vacation if necessary.
25:54 He could... he could break in a new partner while he's resting.
25:58 Noreen...
26:00 Noreen, you just can't say no.
26:12 Gosh, you had me scared.
26:15 Grant, I'll tell him tonight, after the show.
26:18 No, no, that's the only way. I can't just walk out on him.
26:21 What if he says no?
26:23 He won't. Trust me.
26:25 I must go.
26:27 You know something?
26:32 What?
26:34 You're going to be a very shrewish wife.
26:36 Do you want to back out?
26:38 I haven't got the sense.
26:40 Come in.
26:53 Fifteen minutes, Mr Mace.
26:55 Thank you.
26:57 How is he?
27:01 Gus!
27:05 Gus!
27:07 Now he's looking through the walls.
27:10 You'd keep that kind of talk for yourself.
27:12 Look, he's been spooking up the place ever since Burton got it.
27:15 Everybody's getting jumpy. You'd better do something, Gus.
27:18 Gus!
27:19 I'll talk to you later.
27:21 How are you feeling tonight, Clay?
27:23 Oh, I'm all right, thanks.
27:25 That's fine. We've got a big house tonight.
27:27 A champagne and caviar crowd.
27:29 You will put a little extra schmaltz into the act, won't you?
27:32 I don't mean you should make any predictions.
27:35 Yeah, well, I must get out front.
27:38 Gus.
27:40 Yes?
27:42 Do you know a man named Harcourt?
27:44 Harcourt? No.
27:46 You will.
27:48 Don't cross the stage to meet him.
27:51 Sure, sure. I'll remember.
27:54 I'll get it.
27:56 Yeah.
28:09 Yes, yes, he's here. I'll tell him.
28:12 Yeah.
28:13 Gus.
28:14 Shh, Gus.
28:16 Somebody in your office wants to see you.
28:19 A fellow named Harcourt.
28:22 Who?
28:24 Harcourt?
28:26 What's wrong, Gus?
28:29 Gus!
28:32 Yes, Clay?
28:34 Oh!
28:36 (GASPS)
28:39 (THUD)
29:06 Oh, I'm all right, Noreen. I'm all right.
29:09 Sure it's a miracle you weren't killed, Gus.
29:11 It's a miracle I don't fire the whole lot of the stage crew.
29:15 Who did that rigging offstage?
29:18 Don't blame the crew for what happened, Gus.
29:21 Clear out, all of you. Go on. Clear out. There are customers out in front.
29:26 Charlie, put the next act on.
29:28 That's you, Clay.
29:35 It figured you'd wait until the roof fell in on your head.
29:38 Now will you get a new headline act?
29:40 I've already got the best one in the business.
29:42 Then tell your mentalist to stop spooking the crew.
29:45 What are you talking about?
29:46 You've been acting funny the last week. The crew don't like it.
29:48 Then fire them. Fire the lot of them.
29:50 They talk like that.
29:52 What do you want, Mr. Costopoulos?
29:58 I'm Harcourt.
30:03 Harcourt?
30:05 I've been waiting in your office.
30:07 I know.
30:11 I'm from the criminal investigation department, sir.
30:14 Would you mind answering a few questions?
30:17 What about?
30:20 Sometime last week we received an anonymous phone call regarding Roscoe Burton's murder.
30:25 The call was traced to this theater.
30:27 Do either of you have any idea who made it?
30:31 We have half a dozen telephones in this theater, Mr. Harcourt.
30:36 Yes.
30:37 Well, I don't suppose it really matters.
30:39 This is only a routine inquiry.
30:41 We've already apprehended the killers.
30:43 Killers?
30:44 You mean Gunnar Gogan had an accomplice?
30:47 Mr. Gogan has been released.
30:49 Our anonymous tipster named this woman.
30:53 I remember her.
30:58 She was in the club the night of Clay's anniversary party.
31:02 Helen Tate.
31:04 She named an unemployed docker as her accomplice.
31:07 They took about a hundred pounds from Burton's body.
31:10 You sure you haven't any idea who made that call, Mr. Costopoulos?
31:14 I said I didn't.
31:16 Of course.
31:17 Well, thank you for your trouble.
31:19 Goodbye.
31:21 Yeah.
31:27 All right, Gus.
31:29 Now tell me that Mace didn't make that call.
31:31 I say he didn't!
31:33 You keep your mouth shut about that!
31:38 We have enough trouble already.
31:40 To reveal to you some of the remarkable occult powers
31:46 that lie at the very threshold of man's knowledge.
31:52 [♪♪♪]
31:55 We have a lady inquiring about the whereabouts of her poodle, which has...
32:07 [♪♪♪]
32:10 He's off again. Let me get the curtain.
32:15 His mind is a little blank. He'll be all right.
32:18 There is a man, a young man in the audience, named Dudley.
32:22 Grant Dudley.
32:24 Will you please identify yourself?
32:32 Mr. Dudley, will you please come forward?
32:39 Mr. Dudley! I know you're out there!
32:44 Mr. Dudley!
32:47 Dudley! Dudley!
32:50 Dudley!
32:52 I know you're out there!
32:54 Mr. Dudley! Dudley! Dudley!
32:57 Mr. Dudley!
32:58 Let me get the curtain. Let me get him off.
33:00 Dudley!
33:02 All right, get him off.
33:05 Dudley! Dudley!
33:10 Dudley! Dudley! Dudley!
33:14 Dudley! Dudley!
33:17 Let go of me! Let go of me! I've got to warm that boy!
33:21 God's glory, he'll help me! Dudley must not make that trip!
33:25 It will end in death!
33:27 [♪♪♪]
33:30 [♪♪♪]
33:33 I got your message.
33:55 How is Mace this morning?
33:58 Not so good. Gus hired a new headline act.
34:01 Tonight is our last performance.
34:03 Oh, I'm sorry.
34:05 No. No, I'm not sorry.
34:08 That was a cheap trick he pulled last night.
34:10 I read the ending in the morning papers.
34:12 Grant, that wasn't a trick.
34:14 Oh, come off it, Noreen. He's no better than your father was.
34:16 He'll do anything to stop you from leaving him.
34:18 Including getting sacked?
34:20 Publicity never hurt an actor.
34:22 Grant, I tell you, he saw something.
34:24 What? A flaming crash off the highway?
34:26 Or maybe he saw you skidding off a cliff or tumbling off a bridge?
34:28 Oh, stop it.
34:30 Sure, sure.
34:32 Just tell me if you're still coming with me tonight.
34:35 I can't.
34:39 Grant, I can't.
34:41 He needs me more than ever now. He's ill.
34:44 Noreen, if you don't break away now, you never will.
34:47 He'll always find a way to hold you.
34:50 That's not true.
34:52 Clay could never deny me anything he thought I really wanted.
34:56 How did he know about you, Grant?
34:58 I never mentioned your name. He knew nothing about us.
35:00 I imagine he has ways of checking on you.
35:03 That's unworthy of you, Grant.
35:05 Noreen.
35:07 Noreen, I got a wire from the firm this morning.
35:09 They've changed my assignment.
35:11 I have to report to the Rome office by the end of the week.
35:14 To Rome?
35:15 I'm driving to Dover tonight and getting the ferry boat to Calais.
35:18 Will you come?
35:23 (Sighs)
35:25 Wait here.
35:27 Wait here.
35:29 I'm Grant Dudley.
35:55 Oh.
35:57 Noreen says you don't know about us.
36:00 I don't believe it.
36:02 I want to marry her and I want you to say it's all right.
36:05 You love each other?
36:08 Yes.
36:10 Then you must marry.
36:12 You mean she has your blessing?
36:14 My dear young man,
36:16 I have no right to withhold my consent to anything Noreen wants to do.
36:20 Then tell her that prediction you made last night.
36:23 Prediction you made last night was...
36:25 shall we say, um, mistake?
36:28 I can't do that.
36:34 Oh. So that's it.
36:37 You won't stop her from doing anything she wants.
36:39 You'll just keep her brainwashed so that you can do her thinking.
36:42 Well, I'm taking her with me tonight, Mace.
36:44 Prediction or no prediction.
36:46 Then you must accept the consequence.
36:48 I'll accept anything that happens.
36:50 Just don't try any more of your cheap tricks.
36:52 I promise you I won't try to influence Noreen in any way.
36:58 But in return, you must promise me something.
37:01 What?
37:03 Promise me that you'll turn back immediately if you see a twisted sign.
37:08 A twisted sign?
37:12 A signpost with the legend Edinburgh, 50 miles.
37:20 You've got a bargain, Mr. Mace.
37:23 It's all settled. He's given his permission.
37:40 Well, go and ask him if you don't believe me.
37:42 He asked me if we loved each other. I said yes.
37:44 So he said we should get married.
37:46 What could be plainer than that?
37:48 Oh, Grant, that's wonderful.
37:50 Hey. Hey, there's a law against setting fire to a public place.
37:56 Coward.
37:58 Oh, am I going to teach you a lesson?
38:01 Well, come on, come on. I've got to pack.
38:04 And you've got to do whatever brides are supposed to do
38:06 before they're whisked away in the night.
38:08 What about Clay's prediction?
38:09 Forget it.
38:10 Now, what did he say?
38:11 Nothing.
38:12 What did he say?
38:13 All right. He made me promise to turn back
38:15 to the signpost that says Edinburgh, 50 miles.
38:18 Well, don't you see it, honey? His predictions are phony.
38:21 All right, all right. A mistake, then?
38:23 He didn't know about my being transferred to the Rome office
38:26 unless you told him.
38:27 I didn't tell him.
38:28 Well, that proves it, then.
38:30 Edinburgh is 300 miles to the north.
38:32 We're driving south tonight.
38:34 We're not going to be anywhere near Edinburgh. Come on.
38:38 (DOOR OPENS)
38:39 Now, now, now.
38:53 Tears on your wedding day?
38:55 Poor Noreen. He's a fine young man.
39:01 I like him. He's a fighter.
39:04 He certainly gave me a taste of his determination this morning.
39:08 Clay...
39:09 Now, I don't want to hear any sentimental nonsense
39:13 about your not wanting to leave me.
39:15 My plans for the future don't include you, you know.
39:18 As a matter of fact, I'm delighted to get you off my hands.
39:21 But, Clay, what will you do?
39:23 Take a long rest.
39:25 Learn about a lot of things, perhaps.
39:32 All day long, I've been torturing myself.
39:35 Afraid you'd think me terribly ungrateful.
39:38 Oh, Clay, I've been such a coward.
39:41 I was so afraid to tell you about Grant.
39:43 Afraid you'd think I loved you less.
39:45 (KNOCK AT DOOR)
39:46 Five minutes, Mr Mace.
39:48 Shall we stand them on their ears, Miss Burton?
39:59 (DOOR OPENS)
40:01 (DOOR CLOSES)
40:03 (FOOTSTEPS)
40:30 Ah, it's not right, Clay.
40:32 We should have had a party for Nori.
40:34 Lots of presents and a cake.
40:36 I know what you're going to say.
40:38 Wedding parties are invented by caterers.
40:41 All right, I admit it.
40:42 All the same, it would have been decent to give her a nice send-off.
40:45 What's the matter, Clay? You OK?
40:49 I'd like to borrow your car.
40:51 What for, Clay?
40:52 Can I have it or not?
40:54 Sure, sure. I'll drive you anywhere you want to go.
40:57 Yes. You're meant to be there.
40:59 Huh? Where?
41:01 Get your raincoat.
41:02 Raincoat? Why, there isn't a cloud in the sky.
41:05 I'll meet you out front. Hurry.
41:07 Where to?
41:26 Just keep driving. I'll tell you wintertime.
41:29 (THUNDER)
41:30 Was there ever such a night?
41:43 What a wonderful night.
41:45 What did Mace do to you before you left the theatre?
41:48 Nothing. Why?
41:50 You're making noises like a lovesick female.
41:53 I am lovesick.
41:55 (THUNDER)
41:56 Grant!
41:59 (THUNDER)
42:01 Phew!
42:07 That was a close one.
42:10 Hey, you look as though you're going to pass out.
42:14 Grant, maybe we shouldn't go on.
42:17 There's still time to go back to London Airport and get a plane.
42:20 We're driving. Mace isn't going to spoil our first night together.
42:24 (SIGHS)
42:25 I'm sorry.
42:26 I didn't mean to snap at you.
42:29 Tell you what.
42:30 The first time we see a sign that says Edinburgh, 50 miles,
42:34 I'll turn around so fast you'll think you're in a revolving door.
42:37 OK?
42:38 OK.
42:39 You'd better put a flare out, chum. I almost climbed over you.
42:52 I just slipped one, mister.
42:54 I must have gone out.
42:56 I'm sorry.
42:57 Might I try to be at the next garage and send back a tow van?
43:01 Glad to.
43:02 (SIGHS)
43:10 (THUNDER)
43:12 (BELL RINGS)
43:17 (ENGINE REVS)
43:21 (ENGINE REVS)
43:22 (SIREN WAILS)
43:28 (ENGINE REVS)
43:40 (SIREN WAILS)
43:41 Here's the main highway.
43:53 We nearly killed ourselves getting here.
43:55 Now maybe you'll tell me why.
43:57 Stop here.
43:58 (SIREN WAILS)
43:59 Clay, what are you going to do?
44:15 Wait in the car, Gus.
44:16 Has a black sedan come this way in the past half hour?
44:19 Yes, a minute, sir, while I make this connection.
44:21 There you are.
44:23 What can I do for you, sir? Fill her up?
44:25 Now, have you seen a black sedan, a young man and a girl?
44:28 Clay, what's all this about?
44:30 You're old man, governor?
44:31 What you do, run away with a ruddy bloke?
44:33 Have you seen them?
44:34 There ain't been a car past here since sunset, sir.
44:36 Thank you. Thank you very much.
44:38 Listen to me, governor.
44:42 I'm a married man myself and I know what you're going through.
44:45 (ENGINE REVS)
44:48 (ENGINE REVS)
44:49 Slow down.
45:12 (ENGINE REVS)
45:13 Clay, don't you think we ought to talk this over once again?
45:30 After all, Grant and Noreen have right to a life of their own.
45:34 Stop here.
45:41 (SIGHS)
45:42 Hey, my watch has stopped. What time is it?
45:53 11.45.
45:57 11.45?
45:59 You've got to step on it.
46:00 Grant, we can catch a later ferry boat.
46:05 We're catching the midnight ferry.
46:07 But you promised that truck driver you'd stop at the next garage.
46:10 He'll do our good deed and catch that boat.
46:12 You were right about the raincoat, Clay.
46:39 That's it. I've had enough. Now get back in the car.
46:41 (SCREAMS)
46:42 I'm going to take you back. You need a doctor.
46:48 Wait here.
46:49 Clay!
46:50 (SIGHS)
47:06 (SCREAMS)
47:07 Why did he do it? It's so senseless.
47:18 How did he find us?
47:20 I brought him.
47:21 But he thought you were heading for Edinburgh.
47:24 The petrol station.
47:30 We were going to stop there.
47:35 That's probably what he saw.
47:37 I should have listened to him.
47:39 He was right.
47:41 He had to die to convince me.
47:43 No.
47:44 You could not have changed anything.
47:47 He saw the future.
47:50 And he was resigned to it.
47:54 We were all fated to do what we did.
47:57 Mace could not change what was going to happen.
48:00 And he accepted the inevitable.
48:04 (SOBS)
48:05 I'm sure he was glad that his death...
48:08 was the means of saving your lives.
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