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00:00The Makers of Campbell's Soups presents the Campbell Playhouse, Orson Welles Productions.
00:27Good evening, this is Orson Welles.
00:57Last week, if you remember, I asked you to put yourself in the position of a certain Matt Dennant, who is the center of some interest in this week's broadcast.
01:08I invited you to conceive of yourself as a decent young man, just out of sing-sing the rest of your trousers.
01:16I sketched in for you the outlines of a scene to be played by yourself as this Matt Dennant, and a certain lady, played by Miss Wendy Berry.
01:27Then I said goodnight, and we went off the air.
01:31Tonight, my better instincts obliged me to admit that while there were no misrepresentations of fact, my whole appeal was designed simply and frankly to lure you back to the Campbell Playhouse.
01:45Probably my choice of high spots will not be yours.
01:49Perhaps I have led you to expect something between an Al Woods farce and a Drury Lane melodrama.
01:56If so, you will be pleasantly surprised, because John Galsworthy's escape, in spite of its faintly catchpenny title, and even abetted by certain elements of undeniable adventure, is a highly civilized high comedy indeed.
02:12In London, theater audiences remember it for Nicholas Hannon's and Sir Gerald Amoy's deaf performances of Matt Dennant.
02:20And in New York, Leslie Howard made another of his very considerable successes in the same part.
02:26We shall strive to please, but you'll be glad to know that Wendy Berry, as promised, is here to help us.
02:33And now, before escape, and before Wendy Berry, Ernest Chappell.
02:39Mr. Chappell.
02:40Thank you, Orson Welles.
02:42If I were to ask each one of you to name aloud right now your favorite soup, and if I could hear your replies, I'm almost certain the soup that would top them all would be Campbell's tomato soup.
02:53The reason, of course, is the magic, matchless flavor of tomato soup as Campbell's make it.
02:58A flavor that speaks to every appetite.
03:01Watch a hungry man enjoy to the last drop the racy flavor of this smooth blend of luscious tomatoes, delicate seasonings, and fine table butter.
03:08Set a fragrant plate full of Campbell's tomato soup before a tired appetite, and see its lively tang take hold of that appetite from the very first sip.
03:18And the way a child and a spoon and a bright, glowing bowl of Campbell's tomato soup make friends is a delight to mothers.
03:25Indeed, because everybody, from the youngest to the oldest in the family, enjoys this soup so much, I'm tempted to call tomato, of all soups, the soup of the seven ages.
03:35It's always a happy choice for the main dish at lunch or supper.
03:39A welcome beginning for the day's main meal.
03:42That's why Campbell's tomato soup is the steady favorite with most families.
03:46The soup served often and enjoyed always.
03:49Have it again soon, won't you?
03:51Perhaps tomorrow.
03:53And now our Campbell Playhouse presentation of Escape with Wendy Berry, and here is Orson Welles to set the scene.
04:00In our American version of the Goldsworthy play, the scene is New York.
04:05In New York, there's still a place or two where a civilized man can take his nightcap rather late-ish, with leisure and without a floor show.
04:27One of these is the grill room of the plaza.
04:30Across from the plaza, the last of New York's almost extinct horse carriages.
04:36A brace of withering Victoria, some of us still charter these autumn nights when we'd like to take a girl around the park or smoke a pipe before turning in.
04:47The night of the murder, Matt Denham found himself alone and after a spot of something in the grill with a pipe to smoke and an urge to smoke it in the open air,
04:56he hired the dowdiest of these dowdy old dowagers and started off.
05:03That's where our story begins.
05:05Yes, well, isn't it what it used to be?
05:09Well, I remember when I bought this man, Elsie is her name, in a lawnmower.
05:15Twenty-eight years ago, that was, you could hardly get through the park on a Sunday morning with the Hansons and the Flies and the Victorians.
05:22Hey, Gus.
05:23And on a nice warm evening like this.
05:25Gus, driver.
05:26Yes, sir?
05:27Will you stop here by the lake, please?
05:29Sure thing.
05:30Warm as wall.
05:32Yes, sir, nowadays you're lucky if you get two rides a night.
05:36Warm, warm.
05:38And if it wasn't for a few steady customers like you, Mr. Denham, men as fond of horses.
05:43Thanks.
05:44Here you are.
05:45Getting off, Mr. Denham?
05:47Yes, I think I'll walk from here.
05:49In this part of the park, at night?
05:51Sure, what's wrong with that?
05:52OK.
05:54Good night, Mr. Denham.
05:55And thanks.
05:56Good night.
05:57Get up there.
06:14Hello.
06:16Hello.
06:18Got a light?
06:19Oh, I'm sorry.
06:22Yes, I think so.
06:24Here.
06:28Thanks.
06:30I've been holding the cigarette for half an hour.
06:32Want one?
06:33No, thanks.
06:34I have a pipe.
06:35Oh.
06:36That's right, I didn't notice.
06:37Not very observing, are you?
06:38Sure.
06:40Sometimes.
06:41I know where you've been today.
06:43Yes?
06:44You've been to the track.
06:45How'd you know that?
06:46Sit down on the bench here, I'll tell you.
06:49All right.
06:51Well, how?
06:53Easy.
06:54There's a racing form in your pocket.
06:56And you got field glasses.
06:58How'd you make out?
06:59Pretty fair.
07:00Fella took me to Bowie last year for the pre-thing.
07:02Who'd you have?
07:03A mother.
07:05And it didn't rain.
07:06You like horses?
07:07They're beautiful.
07:08Most beautiful things in the world.
07:10More beautiful than women?
07:11I think so.
07:12Present company accepted, of course.
07:14Thanks.
07:15You mean that?
07:16As much as I mean a lot of things.
07:18You learn to say a lot of things about women and horses.
07:21You don't like women, do you?
07:23Unreliable compared to horses.
07:25Not so much spirit.
07:26Thanks.
07:27Of course, there's nothing wilder than a wild horse.
07:30Needs to break them out wet.
07:32What about a wild woman?
07:33Women are an excuse of horses.
07:35They've been tame ever since Eve gave Adam his coffee.
07:40I guess I'll be getting along.
07:42Why don't you hurry?
07:43Well, I don't want to take up too much of your time.
07:46So long.
07:48Well, thanks for the light.
07:50Maybe I'll see you again sometime.
07:52Maybe.
07:53If you ever feel like giving me a ring,
07:56here's my phone number.
07:58I see.
08:00What's the matter? Don't you like me?
08:02Sure, I do.
08:03Why the rush?
08:04Say, aren't you scared sometime you'll ask the wrong guy for a light?
08:08Sure, I'm scared.
08:10But what am I going to do about it?
08:11That's right.
08:13What do you do? Wall Street?
08:14I used to.
08:15What now?
08:16Just walking around.
08:17Got money of your own?
08:18A little.
08:19If I had money, do you know what I'd do?
08:21Get rid of it. Fast.
08:23That's just what I wouldn't do.
08:27Oh, what's he used to talking about?
08:28Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you.
08:29Yes, yes, give me the guy that does every time.
08:32He doesn't hurt half so much.
08:33Pretty rotten, isn't it?
08:34What?
08:35Oh, the whole business.
08:37It's what I'm anxious now about, the human race.
08:39Give me horses and dogs anytime.
08:41I've got a cat.
08:42Persian?
08:43Siamese. He's a beauty.
08:45Why don't you come out and see him?
08:48No, thanks.
08:50I'd better be getting along.
08:52All right, go ahead.
08:53Don't be angry now, I have an appointment.
08:56Good night.
08:57Bill.
08:59Suppose I follow you to make sure.
09:00Take my word for it.
09:02Good night.
09:03Wait a minute.
09:04Hey, don't go so fast.
09:05Maybe I'm going your way, too.
09:06Just a minute, sister.
09:09Why?
09:10You're not going anyplace.
09:11No, who says so?
09:12I do.
09:13Let me go, I ain't done nothing.
09:14Yeah, I know, I know.
09:15I was only talking to a friend of mine.
09:16I know.
09:17Anyway, he spoke to me first.
09:18Ask him if he didn't, he'll tell you.
09:19Hey, mister.
09:20Come on, sister.
09:21You're making it tough for yourself.
09:22Mister, he'll tell you.
09:23What seems to be the trouble?
09:24I didn't bother you, mister, did I?
09:25You talked to me because you wanted to, didn't you?
09:27Yes, of course.
09:29Sure I did.
09:30This won't approach you.
09:31I saw her sitting here when you come by.
09:33Who are you?
09:34Detective Murphy, 27th Precinct.
09:35I've been watching this woman for some time now.
09:37Is this the first time I've seen her?
09:39I don't know about the other times, officer.
09:40Maybe you're wrong about this.
09:42I spoke to her of my own accord.
09:43Well, I know that's a lie.
09:44What's the matter?
09:45Can't two people talk together?
09:46I'm making no complaints.
09:47Look, mister.
09:48You keep your nose out of this.
09:49I know what I'm doing.
09:50I got my orders.
09:51It's the third time I've watched her.
09:52That's a lie.
09:53I've never seen him in my life.
09:54Well, I've seen you, sister, plenty.
09:55So come on, get going.
09:56Let her go, officer.
09:57On your way, wise guy.
09:58I'll run you in, too.
09:59You heard me.
10:00Let her go.
10:01You want to come along, too, huh?
10:02All right, you asked for it.
10:03Now we'll have a little company.
10:04I asked you to let go of that girl.
10:05Or do I have to do it for you?
10:06You're being an officer, huh?
10:07Now listen.
10:09You need a little of this.
10:10You drop that blackjack.
10:11Drop it.
10:12Now then.
10:13Hey, listen.
10:14Don't hit him.
10:15Don't hit a cop.
10:16I'll show you.
10:17I'm going to make you.
10:18I'll go.
10:19Don't hit him.
10:20Don't hit him.
10:21You shouldn't have done that.
10:22Go on now.
10:23You better beat it before he comes to.
10:24Oh, but he.
10:25Run.
10:26Go on.
10:27Run.
10:28Look at him.
10:29I know.
10:30I hit him hard.
10:31Sure you did.
10:32But look at his head.
10:33He hit his head on the railing.
10:34Railing?
10:35What railing?
10:36Here.
10:38Come on.
10:39Let's get out of here before they come.
10:40It's cold.
10:41Here, take this.
10:42Get some water from the fountain.
10:43No, come on.
10:44Suppose he's.
10:45Suppose he's dead.
10:46Go on.
10:47Get some water.
10:48Hey, look out.
10:49There's somebody coming.
10:50You better go.
10:51What about you?
10:52Go on.
10:53Do as I say.
10:54Run for it.
10:55Quick.
10:56All right.
10:57Good luck, mister.
10:58Thanks.
10:59Hey, what's going on here?
11:00Give me that light.
11:01It's muddy.
11:02He's out cold.
11:03Yeah?
11:04Hey.
11:05Feel his heart.
11:06He hit his head on the railing.
11:07I'll say he did.
11:08What's your name?
11:10Mack Dennett.
11:11You say you hit him?
11:13That's right.
11:14All right.
11:15Put him to call headquarters.
11:16Mr. Dennett, you come along with me.
11:36All OK.
11:37Post number four.
11:38All OK.
11:45Sure.
11:47Sure I hit him.
11:49I didn't kill him, though.
11:51It was the railing that killed him.
11:52They gave me five years for the railing.
11:55Five years, huh?
11:56Yeah.
11:57Manslaughter.
11:58The cop?
11:59Lucky he didn't burn, pal.
12:00It was the girl that saved me.
12:02She hadn't turned up at the trial and supported my story.
12:05Yeah, that was a break.
12:06That kind of a dame don't often stick her neck out like that.
12:10How much more time you got to do?
12:12Three years.
12:14Three years of making shoes and hoeing potatoes.
12:20I never did like potatoes.
12:22You're kind of a high-toned guy, ain't you?
12:24High-toned?
12:26I don't know.
12:28I was thrown out of college, and I object to being spoken to like a dog,
12:31if that's what you mean by high-toned.
12:33Take it easy.
12:34What's the matter?
12:35There's a screw just across the fence there.
12:37You can't see it from the fog?
12:38No, but that don't stop it from hitting.
12:41The fog's getting thicker.
12:42Yeah?
12:43Think it'll last?
12:44This time of year, yeah.
12:46They'll be rounding us up in a minute.
12:48You'll see if they don't.
12:50This fog and rain makes them nervous.
12:52That's when the boys make the breaks.
12:54Breaks?
12:56They say no one ever gets away from this place.
12:59Maybe not, but there's been some good trying.
13:02Hmm.
13:04I wonder.
13:06What's that?
13:08I'd like a try.
13:09A break?
13:10Don't you do it, pal.
13:12Not alone.
13:13You've got to have clothes and money and a car and friends on the outside,
13:16even then they'll get you.
13:17I don't know.
13:18Once you get going.
13:19Don't kid yourself, brother.
13:20It can't be done.
13:22Here's the screw.
13:23Again.
13:24Now, uh, look at this here.
13:27Here's a nice big spud.
13:29Nice color.
13:30Stop talking and keep working.
13:32When you finish that roll, line up with the rest of them on the road.
13:35Well, do you hear me?
13:37Okay, we get it.
13:38Then face off and get going.
13:40I'll be back in five minutes.
13:41I want that roll finished.
13:43Nice car, ain't he?
13:45Hmm.
13:46Want to try it?
13:48Putting us to bed early tonight.
13:49Like a dog.
13:52Three more years of it.
13:54Like a dog.
13:56Ah, they ain't so bad.
13:57The fog and the rain, that's what it is.
13:59Makes them nervous.
14:01When a man's nervous, he'll get used to it.
14:04Yeah.
14:05Well, I can't get used to it.
14:08All right, all right.
14:10Kind of touchy, you high-tone guys, ain't you?
14:13I think it's the way it was brought up.
14:14Listen.
14:16Listen.
14:17Where's Havistraw?
14:19Over to the left about three miles.
14:21Why?
14:22A new city.
14:23Not a five or six.
14:24Nyack?
14:25Nyack?
14:26Where's Nyack?
14:27Not a 12, and it's tough going all the way.
14:28You haven't got a chance.
14:29The only thing you get in this rain is a case of lungs.
14:31That's better than this.
14:32And after they pick you up, it's bread and water and solitary for three months.
14:35It's worth a try.
14:37They don't have any dogs here, do they?
14:39No, but they got a screw between here and a wall with a gun.
14:41How far is the wall?
14:42About 50 yards.
14:44Did a hundred school in 10-3.
14:45Yeah, not in that outfit you didn't.
14:47Look, you're nuts, pal.
14:48That screw will plug you before you can count five.
14:50They can see in the dark, them guys.
14:51A nice, quick slug in the back.
14:55Well, at least that'll be a change.
14:57Well, that's the way you feel about it.
15:00Now, look, if you get over the wall, stick to the main road and keep going.
15:04In this fog, they'll have to take us back before they start after you.
15:07There's some woods about a mile down the road on the left.
15:10You're safe there.
15:11It'll be dark in an hour.
15:12Thanks.
15:13Ever lived on raw potatoes?
15:15Never tried it.
15:16Here, take this.
15:17What is it?
15:18It's the bread I saved today.
15:20Thanks.
15:21Hope you make it.
15:23Wish I was gone.
15:26Take that, take that.
15:29Okay.
15:31Now, turn your head the other way.
15:33And stop counting.
15:36When you get to 12, I won't be here.
15:40And, uh, give my love to the warden.
15:45So long.
15:48One.
15:53Two.
15:55Three.
15:57Four.
15:59Five.
16:01Six.
16:03Seven.
16:05Eight.
16:06Nine.
16:08Ten.
16:11Eleven.
16:12Twelve.
16:13Thirteen.
16:14Fourteen.
16:15Fifteen.
16:16Sixteen.
16:17Seventeen.
16:18Good morning, ma'am.
16:19Eighteen.
16:20Nineteen.
16:21Anything the matter, ma'am?
16:22Twenty.
16:23Twenty-one.
16:24Not a thing.
16:25I brought your iron fuse, ma'am.
16:26Twenty-two.
16:28Twenty-three.
16:29Twenty-four.
16:30Twenty-five.
16:31Twenty-six.
16:32Twenty-seven.
16:33Twenty-eight.
16:34Twenty-nine.
16:35Thirty.
16:36Phew.
16:37That's better.
16:38Are you sure there's nothing the matter, ma'am?
16:39I just had a nightmare.
16:40Hmm.
16:41I dreamt there was a man in my room.
16:42Oh?
16:43After a nightmare, I always count up to thirty to make sure I'm awake.
16:46Shall I draw the curtains, ma'am?
16:47Please.
16:48Ellen, what sort of a day is it?
16:50About the same as yesterday, ma'am.
16:52Still foggy and raining.
16:54Oh, dear.
16:55Do you know that convict that escaped?
16:57They haven't caught him yet.
16:58Oh, how exciting.
16:59He's been out almost two days now.
17:01Do you know who he is?
17:03It was in the papers.
17:04He's the one that killed the detective in Central Court two years ago, remember?
17:08The playboy killer?
17:09The one that made such a fuss?
17:11Demond?
17:12Yeah, yeah.
17:13That was his name.
17:14Oh, well, it might have been worse.
17:16I should think in weather like this, he wouldn't have any trouble keeping away from the police.
17:19Yeah, but he's got to eat and get clothes, don't he?
17:22And when he comes in for that, that's when they'll catch him.
17:24Hmm.
17:25I'll close the window, ma'am.
17:27Oh, I suppose I'll have to get up.
17:29Oh, this awful weather.
17:31Can't ride a fish.
17:32Can't even go walking.
17:33Uh, Ellen?
17:34Yes, ma'am?
17:35Yes, ma'am?
17:36Oh, Ellen, shall I get up or shall I stay in bed all day?
17:38Just as you please, ma'am.
17:40Oh, I suppose I'd better get up.
17:42Shall I turn the bath on, ma'am?
17:44Yeah, yeah, and hand me that dressing gown, will you?
17:46The one on the chair there.
17:47Oh, this room's like an ice house.
17:49Here you are, ma'am.
17:50Thanks.
17:53Sorry, ma'am.
17:54The water's not very hot this morning.
17:56Oh, I've settled it.
17:57I'll not take a cold bath.
17:58Yes, ma'am.
17:59Ellen, you go right down and find out what's the matter.
18:01When the water's hot, you call me.
18:02Yes, ma'am.
18:03Until then, I'm staying right here in bed.
18:05Yes, ma'am.
18:07Oh, what a day.
18:10Hey!
18:11Hey, what's going on there under my bed?
18:13Oh!
18:15Is that a man?
18:18Yes.
18:191, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9...
18:22Don't worry. Everything's all right.
18:2410, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15...
18:26What are you doing in my room?
18:27Really, I'm terribly sorry.
18:2816, 17, 18, 19, 20...
18:29Quiet! Quiet!
18:31I wonder if you'd mind very much speaking pianissimo.
18:34I know who you are.
18:35Yeah, that's right.
18:36How did you get in?
18:37Through the window.
18:38I've been under the bed for hours.
18:39Oh, have you?
18:40I'm sorry. How was I to know it was a lady?
18:41You mean because I don't snore?
18:42No, that's not an infallible test of sex.
18:44I didn't either.
18:45You'd have heard me.
18:46You mean to say you went to sleep under my bed?
18:48Sure, quite soundly.
18:49Of course, if I'd known.
18:50Really?
18:51Well, aren't you going?
18:52I'd like to.
18:53But where?
18:54Really, I can't tell you.
18:55Look at me.
18:56Where can I go in these clothes?
18:57Oh, the stripes.
18:58Yeah, that's right.
18:59Do you expect me to lend you some?
19:00Hardly, but I would be eternally grateful if you could give me something to eat, anything.
19:04I have some candy on the table over there.
19:05Thanks. Have one?
19:06You know, you've got quite a nerve.
19:07I ought to turn you over to the police.
19:09I could do it, you know, just by ringing this bell.
19:11Oh, of course you could.
19:12But then I don't think you will.
19:13No?
19:14No.
19:15I know who you are.
19:16Do you?
19:17Your name's in the paper.
19:18Now, look.
19:19Do you realize my position?
19:20Sorry, I'm afraid I only realize my own.
19:21Well, what am I going to do?
19:22Suppose I don't hand you over.
19:23How are you going to get out of here without being seen?
19:24Mind if I finish the candy?
19:26It's not very good.
19:27I've been 40 hours on two raw potatoes and a piece of bread.
19:29Mind if I pour myself a drink of water?
19:30No, of course not.
19:31Thanks.
19:32What are you doing?
19:33Nothing.
19:34Why did you go over there so quickly?
19:35To signal?
19:36No, no, I didn't signal.
19:37Well, as you must know, I put my things into a drawer.
19:40This room looks awful.
19:42Do you know that you're only three miles from the prison?
19:44Yeah, I do.
19:45I do.
19:46The first night, I thought I'd get to have a straw, but I walked around in circles.
19:49I say, is that a raisin there in the washstand?
19:51It's my husband, and don't you dare touch it.
19:53After all, there's a limit, you know.
19:54I'm not going to hand you a weapon.
19:55Oh, no, of course not.
19:56But you wouldn't mind if I shaved, would you?
19:58With this beard, I haven't a chance, even if I did have clothes.
20:00I'm a very quick shaver.
20:01It takes me one minute.
20:02I do it in 32 and a half strokes.
20:03I'll show you now.
20:04Oh, I go ahead.
20:05There's these brushes and soap.
20:06Thanks.
20:07I'm sorry, there's no hot water.
20:08Can't be helped.
20:09Have they come close to catching you yet?
20:11Twice.
20:12Twice, I've been within 20 feet of the hound.
20:14The hound?
20:15Human hound.
20:16You know, there's nothing so awful as a shave like this.
20:18I'm sorry.
20:19Except, of course, not having it.
20:20Can I use this towel?
20:21No, take the blue one.
20:22Thanks.
20:23Oh, that's better.
20:24Would you mind if I put on my shoes out of the bed?
20:26Go ahead.
20:27Thank you so much.
20:28So you actually slept under my bed, huh?
20:30I did.
20:31Well, that's amazing.
20:32Amazing?
20:33It will be if I get away.
20:34No one ever has, you know, from that place.
20:35Tell me, Mr. Denham, weren't you tied with my brother?
20:38He used to talk about him at Denham's, who did the 100-yard dash in 10.3.
20:42Quite likely.
20:43I was just tied with a lot of brothers.
20:45What is his name?
20:48No, I can't tell you that.
20:50You're right.
20:51Never tell a convict anything he can tell anybody else.
20:54Well, I really don't see what else I can do to help you.
20:57I don't either.
20:58Worst luck.
20:59I read your trial.
21:00Was everything you said true?
21:01Gospel.
21:02Oh, I suppose the priests do keep after those girls.
21:05No wonder you lost your temper.
21:07You know, I didn't.
21:08I wasn't really angry with him.
21:09I hit him.
21:10I'm sorry enough for the poor guy afterwards.
21:12You have, huh?
21:13Well, Mr. Denham, what happens now?
21:16You've been very kind.
21:17I don't want to impose on you any more than I have to,
21:19but you know I'll never get out of here this way.
21:21Take a look out of the window.
21:22See that man down there?
21:23He's the police.
21:24Oh.
21:25I could signal to him just now so easily, couldn't I?
21:28Couldn't I?
21:29You wouldn't.
21:30People don't give away their own kind.
21:32Oh, no?
21:33Go try some of the other rooms in this place.
21:35Try the couple next door to me.
21:37Yes?
21:38They turned on the heater, ma'am.
21:40Shall I tell them where?
21:41Oh, no.
21:42No, thanks.
21:43Not right now.
21:44Do you think she heard it?
21:45I hope not.
21:48Well, thanks again.
21:51You don't know how swell it's been after two years in jail
21:54to talk to a lady.
21:56I won't leave any traces.
21:58What are you going to do?
21:59Wait till the gent downstairs is looking the other way,
22:02sneak along your balcony, drop down at the end of it,
22:04and run for it again.
22:05Are you still a good runner?
22:06Pretty fair.
22:07I wasn't so stiff.
22:08Oh, no.
22:09Now, look here.
22:10When I go to my bus, I'll make sure there's no one in the hall.
22:12If you don't come back, go down the stairs.
22:14Hanging by the door, you'll find my husband's raincoat,
22:16a long tweed one with stains,
22:18and a fishing rod and a basket,
22:19and an old hat with flies in it.
22:21Put them on and go out the front door.
22:22The river's down to the left.
22:24Can you fish?
22:25Yes.
22:26Oh, well, you'd better then.
22:27I won't be able to see you, but if you get by safely,
22:29whistle, um, whistle the ladies in love with you.
22:32Do you know it?
22:33I'm not sure.
22:34We used to hear it in jail on the radio.
22:36I can't thank you enough.
22:38I think you're wonderful.
22:39Oh, good luck.
22:40Oh, wait.
22:41If you see anyone looking at you, drink.
22:43Nothing gives people more confidence in a man
22:45than to see him take a drink.
22:46Right.
22:48What are you going to say to your husband?
22:50Uh, yeah.
22:52Well, I'll worry about that when he comes home.
22:54Oh, oh, and here's $10.
22:56It's all I've got with me.
22:57You know, I think you're sublime.
23:00I doubt it.
23:01If I'm caught, I'll swear I stole everything.
23:03And if I get out of this...
23:04Forget it.
23:05Now, get behind the door now.
23:06Here we go.
23:07All right.
23:08The coast is clear.
23:10Oh, no, wait.
23:11Get back.
23:12Here comes the maid.
23:13Ellen?
23:14Yes, ma'am?
23:15Would you mind getting me the dress I sent down
23:17to be pressed last night?
23:18Yes, ma'am.
23:20Is your husband back, ma'am?
23:22No.
23:23Why?
23:24Oh, I thought I heard you talking.
23:26Oh, I wasn't talking to anyone, Ellen.
23:28Just counting.
23:29Just counting to myself.
23:30All right, ma'am.
23:31I'll get the dress now.
23:32That's the gray one, isn't it?
23:33That's right, Ellen.
23:35Very well, ma'am.
23:38Whew.
23:39This is getting a little hectic.
23:41Now, go on.
23:42Quick.
23:43And when you get into the street safely,
23:45don't forget to whistle.
23:46No, I won't.
23:49Goodbye.
23:52Goodbye.
24:07Goodbye.
24:08Goodbye.
24:38Good afternoon.
24:40Oh, hello.
24:41Mind if I sit here a while while you fish?
24:44Of course not.
24:45Yes.
24:46My name's Underwood, Judge Underwood.
24:48I'm retired now.
24:49How do you do?
24:50Cleared up too well for you, I'm afraid.
24:53It's a bit bright now, yes.
24:55For fishing, I mean.
24:57Yes.
24:58Best eating in the world, our local crowd,
25:00except me, of course.
25:01Oh, yes.
25:02Oh, yes.
25:03Oh, yes.
25:04Yes.
25:05Best eating in the world, our local crowd,
25:07except maybe the blue trout out in Washington.
25:10Let's see.
25:11One, two, oh, eight.
25:13Eight of them, eh?
25:14Yes.
25:15Delicious with butter and potatoes.
25:16I'll say.
25:17Pretty foggy this morning, wasn't it?
25:19Get quite a lot of these fogs here in the valley.
25:22Only good for convicts, eh?
25:23Escapes, you mean.
25:25But they never get away, I believe.
25:27No, so I'm told.
25:28But they try, you know.
25:29They do try.
25:31Yes.
25:32I always wondered what I'd do
25:33if I bumped into an escaped convict.
25:35Yes, you'd have quite a problem there, wouldn't you?
25:38Well, between the law and one's instincts as a gentleman,
25:40if it's gentlemanly to hold conversation with a felon.
25:43What do you think?
25:45Seems to me anyone who tries to escape
25:47must have a lot of nerve.
25:49He's taking a long chance.
25:50Yes, I don't envy him.
25:52This is getting to be a pretty law-abiding country these days.
25:55Evading the law isn't quite the glamorous thing it used to be.
25:58It's always rather appealed to me.
26:01I've done some escaping myself.
26:03Oh, is that so?
26:04In school when I was a boy.
26:05Ran away, huh?
26:06That's right.
26:07I was ahead of them for two days
26:09before they caught up with me.
26:10Two days?
26:11Very interesting.
26:12Good way to lose weight.
26:14I've been on a raw potato diet.
26:17By the way, I hear a convict
26:19got away from Ellsworth the day before yesterday.
26:22Yes, I saw that.
26:23Yes.
26:24Called the name of Matt Dennett.
26:26I read his case at the time.
26:27Very interesting.
26:28How did it strike you?
26:30I remember it.
26:31What? That Central Park case?
26:33Oh, yes.
26:34There was some girl they were trying to arrest.
26:36You know, in a case like that,
26:38they might wait until someone complains, don't you think?
26:40Well, technically, I suppose the detective was doing his duty.
26:43And yet in those cases, there's always an element of doubt.
26:46The young man didn't complain, I think.
26:48You have to remember.
26:49As far as I remember,
26:50it said that he and the girl were having an intellectual conversation.
26:53That's right. I remember that.
26:55Cigar?
26:56Thanks.
26:57I've got into a bad habit of coming out without tobacco.
27:00Match?
27:01Thanks.
27:02I suppose one might run into that convict fellow any minute,
27:05unless they've caught him.
27:06Be a little like meeting a copperhead.
27:08We got a lot of them around here.
27:10Poor thing only wants to get away from you.
27:12And yet, if you don't break its back into one,
27:14it'll bite something.
27:15I had two dogs die of snakebite.
27:17So it's a duty, perhaps.
27:19Don't you think so?
27:20Duty?
27:22Probably.
27:24I don't always do mine.
27:25Oh, don't you?
27:26Well, I'm glad of that.
27:27Neither do I.
27:29Do you know that prison he got away from?
27:31The jury sort of place.
27:33From the outside, I mean.
27:34Ellsworth?
27:35Yes, I know it.
27:36Fact is, I've had the misfortune to send a good many people to prison in my time.
27:40And in those days, I made a point of seeing a prison now and then.
27:43I remember I used to give my juries a pass
27:45to go and see where they sent their fellow human beings.
27:48And out of the lot,
27:50how many do you think had the curiosity?
27:52None.
27:53How'd you guess?
27:54Who'd want to go into a prison?
27:57I'd just as soon visit the morgue.
27:58The bodies there aren't living anyway.
28:00They tell me prisons are much improved nowadays.
28:03They've introduced a human feeling.
28:05Have they?
28:06Splendid.
28:07What was the date of that?
28:08Tell me they don't shave their heads anymore.
28:10You know any convicts?
28:11I...
28:13No, well...
28:14Yes, I know one.
28:15Really? Is he interesting?
28:17The most interesting man I know.
28:19Tell me.
28:21Suppose this man we were talking about, the escape convict,
28:23suddenly turned up here.
28:25What would you do?
28:26Run like a hare.
28:28Yes, I suppose it would depend partly on whether anyone else was around.
28:31Human nature is very sensitive.
28:34Do you like this climate?
28:36The Hudson Valley has quite a reputation.
28:38Overrated, I think.
28:39Been here before?
28:40No, this is my first visit.
28:41Staying long?
28:42Hope not.
28:43Beautiful spot, Grassy Point.
28:45I like it better across the river.
28:46Well, I think I'll call it a day.
28:48Anything wrong? You're not ill, are you?
28:49I'm afraid I'll have to abandon the excellent cigar you gave me.
28:52I've enjoyed it, but I'm...
28:54smoking on a rather empty stomach.
28:56Oh, yes, I know that feeling.
28:57I got it once just before I was to speak at some sort of testimonial dinner.
29:01Tobacco must be one of the things you really miss in prison, eh?
29:04Yes, I suppose they get tobacco now and then, though.
29:07And empty stomachs, too, I guess.
29:09Yes.
29:10Here's another cigar.
29:11Try it later after you've eaten.
29:12I will.
29:13Would you pass me my basket there? Thanks.
29:15Really going, eh?
29:17Well, I must be getting on, too.
29:19It's been very pleasant.
29:20I've enjoyed our little talk.
29:22In my time of life, one doesn't often get new sensations.
29:24Good heavens, have I given you any?
29:26Well, I don't remember ever having talked before to a man who'd escaped, uh...
29:30from school.
29:32Goodbye, sir.
29:34Goodbye, Mr. Dennett.
29:35Huh?
29:36I hope you have a pleasant journey.
29:38Especially as no one seems to have noticed our little chat.
29:41Would you mind telling me how you spotted me?
29:44Oh, the way you kept looking at your trout.
29:47Uh, wolfishly, I think that's the word.
29:50Then if you'll excuse me, those striped trousers of yours,
29:52that coat only goes so far down, you know.
29:55I guess I hoped you'd think I was a leader of fashion.
29:58And, uh, there was another thing.
30:01Your obvious sympathy for yourself.
30:03Yes, that's a prison habit.
30:06You're not allowed to sympathize with other people for fear of contaminating them,
30:10so you sympathize with yourself.
30:13Before I got sent up, I don't remember ever feeling sorry for myself.
30:17Now I doubt if I'll ever feel sorry for anyone else.
30:20That's very natural.
30:22Well, it's been most interesting because now you see,
30:24if I were to meet an escaped convict, I know what I should do.
30:29Do you mind if I ask?
30:31Well, Mr. Dennett,
30:34this time, I say this time,
30:37I wink the other eye.
30:40So good day to you.
30:42Good day, Sam, thanks.
30:45Swell of you.
30:47At the moment, I feel quite human again.
30:51You know, that's been rather the effect on me.
30:53Well, good day.
30:56This is Classic Radio at 90.7 WFUV FM, New York.
31:13You are listening to the Campbell Playhouse presentation of Escape,
31:17starring Orson Welles and Wendy Barry.
31:20This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.
31:42This is Ernest Chappell, ladies and gentlemen,
31:51welcoming you back to the Campbell Playhouse.
31:53In a moment, we will resume our presentation of Escape.
31:57For just a moment now, I'd like to talk about another kind of escape.
32:01I mean the happy escape for Mother from so many of the labors of the kitchen.
32:05Time was, and it was only yesterday, when Mother all but lived in the kitchen.
32:10She had to do so in order that her family might have tempting and wholesome dishes.
32:15Soup making in particular was a long and tedious family need,
32:19and so she patiently devoted herself to her soup kettle.
32:23Today, times have changed.
32:25The home soup kettle is more and more going the way of the candle mold and the spinning wheel,
32:30as women everywhere have tried Campbell's soups.
32:34They've tasted these soups of Campbell's and realized that they are indeed made the true home way.
32:39Delicious and wholesome and nourishing.
32:42Women have watched their families enjoy them,
32:45and they've heard their husbands say there's just no sense if you're going to all the bother of making soup anymore.
32:50Nothing we can buy such fine soups as these.
32:53And so I'd like to invite you, if you haven't already done so,
32:57to try some of the 21 tempting Campbell's soups.
33:01Try, for instance, Campbell's chicken soup for its rich chicken flavor,
33:05or try Campbell's vegetable soup with its hearty beef stock and 15 different garden vegetables.
33:11If you will, I'm pretty sure that when your family tastes them,
33:15they'll say to you, too, let's have these soups of Campbell's right along.
33:21Now we resume our Campbell Playhouse presentation of Escape,
33:25starring Orson Welles and Wendy Berry.
33:27♪♪
33:36Matt Dennett. Matt Dennett. Be on lookout for Matt Dennett.
33:41Age, 28. Height, 5 feet 11 inches.
33:44Serving five years sentence for second degree murder.
33:48Escaped from Ellsworth Prison Farm October 13th.
33:51Reported last night on highway number 9W.
33:55Believed heading south. Was last seen wearing gray raincoat, gray felt hat, no trousers.
34:03♪♪
34:12All right, so it's cleared up, my nearest. So it's cleared up, I made a mistake.
34:16So it's cleared up. So maybe after this you wouldn't be so smart about the climate.
34:21It's going to rain.
34:22It's going to rain.
34:23And you, Mrs. Potter, you never make mistakes, I don't suppose.
34:26You've got to have arguments, you two, all the time.
34:28Just because you're married don't mean you've got a legal right.
34:31Leave him alone already, Mama.
34:33Certainly. So now we are here, we're having a picnic, and everything is nice.
34:37Certainly, I think so. Everything's very nice.
34:40I sure was hungry.
34:41Potato salad? There you are leaving. Help yourself.
34:44So eat, please, everybody. Remember, it's free. Gratis and for nothing.
34:48Enjoy yourself.
34:50Oh, a cheesecake for dessert.
34:52Max, I made special for you the cheesecake.
34:55Say, Irving, you brought your clarinet?
34:56Sure, I got it.
34:57Yeah, give it to him, Irving. Make it a little lively in the party, huh?
35:00Yeah, how about the one you played the other night? Spanish or something.
35:03Spanish?
35:04Yeah, I know how this is going.
35:05Lampin, lampin...
35:06Just a moment, Pop, please. Can't you see that I'm thinking?
35:10You're thinking, but I know how it's going.
35:13I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I...
35:16Wait, Irving. Wait, Irving. Wait, I'll give you the exact tone.
35:19Lampin, lampin, lampin...
35:22Wait, Pop, please. I know the song. It's Rancho Grando.
35:27Yeah, that's right. Rancho Grando.
35:28You know that?
35:29Of course.
35:30Go ahead, play.
35:39Hey. Hey, who's that?
35:41Somebody's coming.
35:42Hello.
35:44Good afternoon.
35:45Good afternoon to you.
35:47I wonder if you could put me right for Nyack. I seem to have got lost.
35:50Nyack?
35:51Oh, that's some height, buddy. That must be about ten miles.
35:54Fifteen.
35:55That far, is it?
35:56Yeah, sure. You see, you go south through Pearl River, you understand,
35:59and then you go up the hill and to the left, and you'll see the signs.
36:02Maybe if you wait a while, we'll give you a lift.
36:05No, thanks. I like the exercise.
36:07Then, uh, fishing?
36:09Oh, question past.
36:10After a fashion, trout?
36:12On a, uh, lock?
36:13Age, rather small. Here they are on the basket.
36:15Hey, they look good.
36:16Would you like some?
36:17Oh, I didn't mean that.
36:19Don't refuse, Rosie. This is an insult.
36:21That's very nice of you, mister.
36:22It certainly is. Thanks.
36:24Hey, give me the newspapers, Irving. I'll wrap them up.
36:27Oh, here you are. Here you are.
36:28Thanks.
36:29That's all right. I read it already.
36:31Turned out to be a nice afternoon, didn't it? Did you drive far?
36:33Spring Valley.
36:34Yeah, Irving, he's Rosie's boyfriend. He took us in his machine.
36:37He's got relations, you know.
36:38Anything there of an escaped convict?
36:40Escaped convict?
36:41Sure, Irving. I told you about it this morning.
36:43Do you remember? I was speaking to your aunt.
36:45He got away in the fog the night before last. I'm sure you remember.
36:48Do you know what it reminds me?
36:49Yeah, like in the movie I saw with Georgie Rathway.
36:51He comes into the bedroom, you know, and then you see his hand come right over her pillow.
36:55I thought I'd die.
36:56Say, maybe it's here in the paper there about him.
36:58Move the fish over and give a look.
37:00Of course it's in the paper, Pop.
37:02Didn't I tell you about it this morning? Don't you remember?
37:04Especially a fellow from Park Avenue, the one who killed a cop on Central Park.
37:08Don't you remember, Pop? The playboy killer.
37:10Everything he knows. Everything he knows.
37:13First he's our mentor and now he's a policeman.
37:16Never mind, Pop. Never mind I'm a policeman.
37:18I've got half the cops in the state after him right now.
37:21So let him look and I hope they'll catch him.
37:23There's no good.
37:24I thought he had some tough luck, you know.
37:26So that's tough, huh?
37:27He hit a detective. He busted his head and he killed him.
37:30So there's he come off to catch sympathy.
37:32The jury found it was a quarrel.
37:33The man made no attempt to evade arrest.
37:35Besides, when the detective fell, he hit his head on a railing and the doctor said he died of concussion.
37:39Concussion.
37:40And if I would have been the judge, I would have given him absolutely the electric chair.
37:45Already he's our judge now.
37:46He only got out because he was society.
37:48Absolutely. You understand, buddy, the whole thing is with the social structure.
37:51Say, is that your car out there on the road?
37:53Sure is, buddy.
37:54How does she run?
37:55Absolutely perfect.
37:57Would you believe, mister, that I could take you on places on that machine that half your big cars wouldn't even get you in there?
38:03Uh-huh.
38:04Now, he's a mechanic.
38:05Really? That's swell.
38:06A mechanic he is. He's a judge, a social service.
38:09Listen, come on, everybody. Where are you going?
38:11All right, please, Pop. Never mind. Never mind.
38:13Well, good afternoon. I hope you enjoy the fish.
38:15Are you sure you don't want us to give you a lift?
38:17No, thanks. So long.
38:18So long, buddy.
38:19Good-bye.
38:20Good-bye. And thanks for the fish.
38:22A thoroughly charming, nice young fellow. A nice boy.
38:26Such a nice young man.
38:28Pass me the cheese, please.
38:29Hey, Pop, did you see what he did?
38:30Will you please pass me the cheese?
38:32But, Pop, did you see what he did?
38:33All right, then, what did he did?
38:35He snitched some of the food.
38:36He snitched some of the food. Why would a man like him snitch other people's food?
38:40Listen, I saw him with my own eyes. He took the cheesecake.
38:43He took the cheesecake? Ridiculous.
38:45Absolutely ridiculous. What are you talking about, Rose? He took the cheesecake.
38:50Why should he take our cheesecake? He...
38:53He took it.
38:55Say, Pop, I just thought of something.
38:57That's what I've been thinking. Pop, did you notice his pants under his coat?
39:01I am not interested in spending time looking for cheesecake.
39:04What was the matter with his pants?
39:05He wasn't wearing any.
39:07Listen, listen. First there's a judge, then there's a mechanic, then there's a social service...
39:12No, he's a detective.
39:13Pop, please, don't you get on the pants. He wasn't wearing any pants.
39:17Hey, what's that?
39:18Mike's machine.
39:20I think there should be.
39:22It is the machine.
39:24Hey, stop it. Stop it.
39:26Policeman.
39:28Can you imagine that? Pop, the one in the papers, that's him.
39:33The crook.
39:34The murder of Pop, the playboy killer, that's him.
39:37Wait till I get a hold of that guy. I'll show him who's the...
39:39All right, all right. Don't get excited.
39:42Pick up the basket, take the fish, and let's get out of here already.
39:46Hey, fresh for a Chevrolet. How's that for a trade?
39:50Did I tell you this morning? Better it should have rained.
40:06Hey, Joe, look.
40:10Where?
40:11Ah, behind the haystack. It's a man.
40:15A man?
40:16Yep.
40:17He's asleep.
40:18He's wearing a raincoat.
40:20Same.
40:21Yeah?
40:22Know what I think?
40:24You think so?
40:25Look at his legs.
40:27He's waking up.
40:28Good afternoon.
40:30Seems to be the trouble.
40:32What seems to be the trouble?
40:34He was just talking.
40:36Would you mind pointing that pitchfork the other way?
40:38The police told us to be on the lookout for an escape convict, and we thought maybe you was it.
40:43Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
40:45Ah, that's good.
40:46Well, now you see that I'm not.
40:47We don't know who you are, mister.
40:49Whose place is this?
40:50Old man Conklin.
40:51I'll see Mr. Conklin.
40:52I reckon Mr. Conklin will be wanting to see you, too.
40:54Joe, you go get the old man.
40:56Last I saw him, he was in the tomato patch.
40:58Okay, I'll be back. Don't let him go, Sam.
41:00I won't.
41:01Well?
41:02This convict fellow must be around here somewhere.
41:06Stole a car.
41:08Found it a little ways up the road, in a ditch.
41:10What's the car got to do with me?
41:12I ain't saying. Leave that for Mr. Conklin to decide.
41:14All right, what are we waiting for?
41:15Let's go down and see this Mr. Conklin.
41:17No, I reckon you'd better sit right here for a spell.
41:19Anything you say.
41:22Uh, how are the crops this year?
41:26Uh, yes.
41:29The rain must have done them a lot of good, eh?
41:34I, the rain.
41:37Oh, come on.
41:38How do I talk like a convict?
41:40Can't say.
41:41Never heard a convict talk.
41:43If you ate him, what would you do in hiding in a haystack?
41:46What do you mean hiding?
41:47They say he had fish to rob with his teeth.
41:49A convict fishing's ridiculous.
41:50Might be.
41:51Look here, I've had enough of this.
41:52You stay where you are, I'll run you clean through with this bitch fork.
41:54Hey, where'd the trouble go?
41:55And there he is, Mr. Conklin.
41:56Get up there.
41:58Papa, look at the man.
41:59Get up the house like I told you.
42:00Oh, Papa.
42:01One.
42:02Now then, what's going on here?
42:03Mr. Conklin?
42:04That's me.
42:05My name's Matthew, John Matthew.
42:07I'm staying at New City.
42:08These men of yours seem to think I'm a convict.
42:09Well, I'll tell you, we're kind of close to state prison.
42:11Yes, I know.
42:12Got to be careful when there's a break.
42:13And the state trooper says this is the worst dangerous man they've ever had.
42:16Sarah, get along with him.
42:17Oh, Papa, I want to stay.
42:18You can't.
42:19It's my youngest daughter, Sarah.
42:20Hello, Sarah.
42:21Hello.
42:22Hello.
42:23State trooper here less than an hour ago.
42:25Gave a description that fits you pretty well, mister.
42:28You better get him back here and let me talk to him.
42:30My dear.
42:31Joe, get out the house.
42:32Call Santelli at the courthouse.
42:33Tell him to come over.
42:34All right.
42:35Sarah, go along with Joe.
42:36Oh, Papa, I want to stay.
42:37Now then, mister, what did you say your name was?
42:40Matthew.
42:41Matthew?
42:42So you're staying at New City?
42:44Yes.
42:45Maybe you can tell me the name of the place you're staying.
42:47I never pay any attention to names.
42:49You can call it the name of the place you're staying at, won't you?
42:51I'm afraid I don't.
42:52That porch on the side with three windows?
42:54Yes, I had breakfast in there this morning.
42:56That porch burned down two years ago.
42:58I guess you left in a hurry after breakfast because you forgot to put your pants on,
43:01under your coat.
43:03All right, Mr. Compton, you win.
43:05Gee, Papa.
43:06I thought you was him the minute I saw you.
43:08Sam?
43:09Yes, Mr. Compton?
43:10Another house run.
43:11Catch Joe.
43:12Say it's a convict, all right?
43:13Tell him to bring out the wagon.
43:15Yes, sir.
43:16Yes, sir.
43:17Come on, be a sport.
43:18Give me a chance.
43:19Can't do that.
43:20No use asking me.
43:21I suppose not.
43:22Oh, well, I gave them a good run for their money.
43:24I've had 48 hours free.
43:26See you have a cigarette?
43:27I used to plug myself.
43:28Haven't you?
43:29No, thanks.
43:30Hey, mister, would you sign my book?
43:31No, Sarah, that's no way.
43:32Well, I've got to get somebody, don't I?
43:34It's no fun collecting autographs if I don't get somebody.
43:37All right.
43:38Here, mister, sign the book for the little girl.
43:40All right, Sarah, I'll sign it.
43:42Do you want it in ink or in blood?
43:44Gee, that'll be swell.
43:46Mine or yours?
43:48Got a pencil?
43:49Here.
43:50She's got a fountain pen.
43:51Put, to my friend Sarah Conklin, devotedly.
43:56To my friend Sarah Conklin, devotedly.
43:58All right.
43:59Here.
44:00Gee, thanks, Mr. Dennis.
44:02Now, when you're an old lady, you'll be able to say you've met murderous Matt.
44:06Mr. Conklin.
44:07Yeah?
44:08Won't you give me a chance?
44:09Ain't a better criminal?
44:10Not me.
44:11Of course not.
44:12It was foolish of me to ask you.
44:13Well, that's that.
44:14I guess there's nothing more to say, is there?
44:15Goodbye.
44:16What are you talking about?
44:17I said goodbye.
44:18I'm going.
44:19Going where?
44:20Hey, you can't do that.
44:21Why not?
44:22I don't see who's going to stop me.
44:23Can you?
44:24Put down my pitchfork.
44:25Joe, Sam.
44:26Too bad you sent them away.
44:27Joe, Sam, come back here.
44:28I can't wait for them now.
44:29Sorry.
44:30So long.
44:31Goodbye, Sarah.
44:32Goodbye, Mr. Dennis.
44:33Hey, come back here.
44:34Come back.
44:35Get in the wagon.
44:36There he goes, Miss Conklin.
44:37Atta boy, Mr. Dennis.
44:38There he goes.
44:39Atta boy.
44:40What'd you say, Sarah?
44:41Nothing, Tom.
44:42Atta boy.
44:43He's heading for the pasture.
44:44Get him before he gets thrown.
44:45Oh, I hope he gets away.
44:48I sure hope he gets away.
45:05Sanctuary.
45:06Who are you?
45:07Have you been here long?
45:08I was hiding behind those coats in the vestry.
45:09Oh.
45:10You're the convict they've been looking for.
45:11You oughtn't to have come here, into a church.
45:12I don't know where I'll go now.
45:13Wait.
45:14Wait.
45:15Wait.
45:16Wait.
45:17Wait.
45:18Wait.
45:19Wait.
45:20Wait.
45:21Wait.
45:22Wait.
45:23Wait.
45:24Wait.
45:25Wait.
45:26Wait.
45:27Wait.
45:28Wait.
45:29Wait.
45:30Wait.
45:31Wait.
45:32Wait.
45:33Wait.
45:34Wait.
45:35Close the door.
45:38I think I read about you.
45:40You're that Mac Denham.
45:42Yes.
45:43Poor fellow.
45:44I didn't mean to kill him.
45:45I've been sorry.
45:46Where have you come from?
45:47Who was chasing you?
45:48Farmed down a great continent farmer, too high at hand, a state trooper.
45:51Lord knows who are my parishioners.
45:54And you came to me for sanctuary.
45:59Sanctuary.
46:01I wonder.
46:04This is a situation I've never had to face, Mr. Denham.
46:07Well, if you'd just let me rest a bit, that's all I'll ask for.
46:09Of course.
46:10Sit down.
46:12I'll lock the door.
46:13Lock that window?
46:14Oh, no.
46:15No, they can't see in.
46:16I expect you're hungry, too.
46:17No, thanks.
46:18I'm beyond it.
46:19You know that feeling?
46:20No.
46:21I'm afraid we of the church lead two regular lives.
46:24Well, Father, how does it look?
46:27Can you give me up?
46:29Father.
46:31As one man to another, who am I to give you up?
46:36I can't help you to escape, but if you want rest, you're welcome.
46:41I wonder what our Lord would have done.
46:42For that, Mr. Denham, is the hardest question in the world.
46:46Nobody ever knows.
46:48Very tired.
46:49I never thought one could feel so tired.
46:51I have a little brandy here.
46:53Sometimes someone gets faint in church.
46:55Thank you, Father.
46:57Here, drink it down.
46:59Why, that reminds me.
47:00I wonder if you'd return this flask for me.
47:02It's empty.
47:03Here's the address.
47:04I ripped the label out of the coat.
47:05You might say, with unending gratitude.
47:10But please don't give that name away.
47:12I'll see to it.
47:14What made you escape?
47:15Stick a bobcat in a cage and open the door by mistake and see what happens.
47:19Yes, I know what you're thinking.
47:22I've done my time and more.
47:24Didn't you have a fair try?
47:25You can't try, bad luck.
47:27My own bad luck.
47:28Well, I oughtn't to have hit him, of course.
47:29But for an ordinary knockout six weeks or something like that,
47:31that's about all you'd get.
47:32I got five years because of a railing.
47:34If you're quiet in your own mind, that's the only thing.
47:36You needn't worry, Father.
47:37I'll be caught, all right.
47:39I'm not worrying about that.
47:41What bothers me is my own peace of mind.
47:44I don't like the thoughts that keep rising in it.
47:47Your parishioners, eh?
47:48Yes.
47:50When you've gone,
47:52shall I be entitled to have been silent about you
47:55without telling them that I've been silent?
47:58Am I entitled to refrain from helping the law
48:01without letting my parishioners know it?
48:04And if I let them know it,
48:06can I keep what little influence I now possess?
48:10And is it right for a priest to go on where he has no influence?
48:14But that's my trouble, Mr. Dennett.
48:17I see.
48:18I hear...
48:19Who is that?
48:20Me, Father.
48:21May I see you for a moment?
48:22No, Thomas, I'm busy now.
48:23I can't let anyone into the church till service time.
48:25Very good, Father.
48:26My sexton.
48:27The hospitality of the Lord.
48:30I shan't forget, Father.
48:32I don't want to be on your conscience.
48:33I'll be moving.
48:34No, wait.
48:36I'll have vespers in a few minutes.
48:38There'll only be a few gathered together, I'm afraid.
48:41You can rest in the vestry through the service.
48:44Nobody comes in here.
48:45Thanks, Father.
48:46You're all right, but I'd rather go and take my chance again.
48:48It's dark now, and I don't like to give up.
48:52I'll give them another run and be caught in the open.
48:56You might give me your blessing, Father.
48:58Oh, no.
49:00I'm not certain enough of myself.
49:02Not certain enough.
49:05It takes a bishop at least to give a blessing.
49:08The real thing this time.
49:09What is it?
49:10Open the door, please.
49:11Who is it?
49:12Officer of the law, open, please.
49:14Shall I give up, Father?
49:15Get behind those coats in the closet.
49:17All right.
49:19Sorry, Father.
49:20I can't cover you, Father, but it's about that escaped convict.
49:22I told you, Thomas, I could see no one until after vespers.
49:24I know, Father.
49:25I know, but this officer here thought you ought to be told.
49:27I saw a man coming in here a while back.
49:29What's all this about, Officer?
49:30It's the escaped convict, Father.
49:31This man says he found him in a haystack on South Mountain Road,
49:34but he gave him the slip.
49:35Says he came in here.
49:36You been here long, Father?
49:38An hour at least.
49:39Front door's locked, but I haven't been at the side.
49:42I'm sure he's not inside, in the church.
49:44I don't know whether you have the right to search a holy place,
49:47but look for yourself as quietly as you can, please.
49:51Look behind the twigs.
49:52You go with him, Thomas.
49:53I'll stand here.
49:54But supposing that convict...
49:55You'll be quite all right, Thomas.
49:57Yes, Father.
50:01Now, quick.
50:02Up there, down at the church.
50:03Don't use the coming back.
50:04He's nowhere in there.
50:06Oh, Conklin, looked already?
50:07In the face of him.
50:08It's my customer.
50:09He was catching me up, though.
50:10He got away from you.
50:11Yes, he did.
50:12Running twist like a rabbit he can.
50:13He's Foxer, he is.
50:14Say, what's behind them coats?
50:17More coats, I think.
50:18Now, look.
50:23Yes, that's all there has been there.
50:25A few coats.
50:26Now, that sure is a funny thing.
50:27Thought I saw him coming in here.
50:29You saw him?
50:30I saw him, all right.
50:31Well, sorry to have caused you all this trouble, Father.
50:33It's got to be done, you know.
50:34Quite all right.
50:35Thomas, it's time to ring the bell for Vespers.
50:37Yes, Father.
50:38And I'm afraid I'll have to ask you all to go, too, please.
50:41Unless, of course, you'd like to stay for the service.
50:43No, no, can't do that.
50:45Got to keep after him.
50:46Yes, I understand.
50:47All right.
50:48Let's go.
50:49Hey, just a minute.
50:50You'll pardon my asking, Father.
50:52Are you certain you haven't seen this man?
50:55What is it you're asking me?
50:56Father, I'm asking you on your honor as a Christian
50:59whether or not you've seen the escaped convict.
51:03Of course he hasn't.
51:05Sorry, Father.
51:06I was hidden in there.
51:09I give up, Officer.
51:10Ha!
51:11Thought we wouldn't look in here, didn't you?
51:12We saw you heading this way.
51:13Did you think we wouldn't see you?
51:14All right, Dennis.
51:15The party's over.
51:16Let's go.
51:17Please.
51:18Please.
51:19Be quiet in this place.
51:20Forgive me, Father.
51:22Oughtn't to have come in here.
51:24Wasn't fair.
51:25It's all right.
51:27Trouble is, it's one's decent self one can't escape.
51:34That's it.
51:36One's decent self.
51:44One's decent self.
52:09This concludes our Campbell Playouts presentation of
52:11of Escape, starring Orson Welles and Dwendy Berry.
52:14In just a moment, Mr. Welles will return to the microphone with Miss Berry.
52:18Meanwhile, I'd like to take long enough to tell you just what it is that gives Campbell's tomato soup.
52:23It's superb. It's really matchless flavor.
52:27First, of course, are the tomatoes.
52:28Campbell's use only tomatoes grown under their supervision.
52:32Tomatoes that are extra luscious, heavy with fine flavor and deep in color.
52:37Then Campbell's take these specially grown tomatoes and smoothly blend them with golden table butter
52:42and add delicate seasoning to bring out all the full, rich tomato flavor.
52:47Have you had Campbell's tomato soup lately?
52:50I say lately because this has been a great tomato year and
52:53you'll enjoy more than ever the taste these fine tomatoes give to Campbell's tomato soup.
52:58So won't you take this as a friendly reminder of the rare good eating
53:01that awaits you in a steaming plateful?
53:04And remember, too, you can delightfully vary your way of serving it sometimes
53:09by adding an equal quantity of milk instead of water to enjoy a luscious, extra nourishing cream of tomato.
53:15Won't you want to put on your grocery list tomorrow Campbell's tomato soup?
53:21And now, here is Orson Welles.
53:27Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you our guest of the evening,
53:31one of the gayest and most charming ladies in Hollywood, Miss Wendy Berry.
53:34Thanks, Orson. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
53:36Miss Berry's brief life has been full of surprises, ladies and gentlemen.
53:40She was born in Hong Kong, China. By the time she was 17, she'd been around the world six times.
53:45Seven.
53:45And in and out of no less than seven young ladies' academies.
53:50Six, Orson.
53:51I'll never get this right, but thank you, Wendy.
53:53Going into pictures was accidental. I'm sure I'm right about this.
53:56Alexander Korda caught sight of her at a luncheon table.
53:59Dinner.
54:01Dinner table.
54:01Within a few hours, she was playing one of the lovely ladies who brightened Charles Lawton's life as Henry VIII.
54:06Well, that's roughly the way it happened.
54:08And in her latest picture, RKO's highly successful Five Came Back.
54:12Is that right?
54:12It was only by the closest of margins that she did not remain on the banks of the Amazon,
54:17a prey to bloodthirsty savages.
54:19The headhunters, Orson.
54:20The headhunters.
54:20I, for one, and I'm sure all of you, ladies and gentlemen, are extremely glad that she did not escape from the headhunters
54:27and survive to be with us on the Campbell Playhouse tonight.
54:30Well, I'm glad too, Orson. Terribly glad.
54:32It's been a lot of fun playing here with you tonight.
54:34Thanks, and I hope you'll be back with us very soon, Wendy.
54:41Now, tonight in our Campbell Playhouse presentation of Escape,
54:44Miss Wendy Berry, our guest, played the lady in the hotel.
54:47Ray Collins, who was more than ordinarily busy in the roles of the murdered cop,
54:51the forgiving judge, and the unforgiving farmer in the ordinary.
54:56Rigoli No. 2 was Everett Sloan, who started off as the convict,
54:59made a quick change into the character of Irving, the young picnicker,
55:03and rounded out the evening as the second farmhand.
55:06Edgar Berrier was the priest and the cabbie.
55:08Jack Smart was another cop and another farmhand.
55:10The girl in the park was played by Bea Benaderet, who was also present at the picnic.
55:15Henriette Kaye was the maid, and Mabel Albertson was Bessie.
55:19And here comes the surprise.
55:22In case you didn't guess,
55:24the foremost picnicker of them all was that really great and really inimitable Benny Rubin.
55:31Music for the Campbell Playhouse, as always, was conducted and, in part, composed by Senior Bernard Herman.
55:37And now, just a word about next week's story.
55:40Next week, we transplant another fine play from the other side of the ocean,
55:45and hope it does as well here on the radio as it did there on the stage.
55:50If this one does not, you can blame me for it,
55:52because this one is probably the biggest hit that ever clicked in seven languages,
55:56since plays have been written in prose.
55:59The story is Lillian. Need I say more?
56:04The star is Helen Hayes. Can I say more than that?
56:08Until then, until next Sunday night at this same time,
56:11when Helen Hayes rejoins us on the Campbell Playhouse,
56:13my sponsors, the makers of Campbell Soup,
56:17and all of us on the Campbell Playhouse remain, as always, obediently yours.
56:28The makers of Campbell Soup join Orson Welles in inviting you to be with us at the Campbell Playhouse again next Sunday evening,
56:34when we will bring you one of your most favorite plays, Lillian, featuring Orson Welles,
56:39and Miss Helen Hayes, our exclusive Campbell Playhouse star.
56:43Remember, Campbell Playhouse next Sunday evening.
56:48Meanwhile, if you've enjoyed tonight's presentation, won't you tell your grocery store tomorrow
56:52when you order Campbell's Tomato Soup?
56:55This is Ernest Chappell saying thank you and good night.
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