Thriller S1E13 -Knock three one two
https://amzn.to/3SNrvho
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00Joe. Joe, baby, listen. Give me a break.
00:12What do you expect me to dig up 1,500 clams between now and midnight?
00:15You had time. Why didn't you get it?
00:17Well, I tried. I tried every place.
00:20So you didn't try hard enough.
00:22Look, Joe, give me a week. I'll make it good in a week.
00:27You've had a week.
00:30I know I've had a week already, but Joe, look...
00:32Okay, get it by tomorrow night.
00:37Sure. Sure, Joe. Tomorrow night.
00:41My place.
00:43Your place.
00:449.30.
00:479.30.
00:48Have it, understand?
00:51Yeah, yeah. I'll have it.
00:53Okay.
01:15Hey, where do you think you're going?
01:17I'm sorry.
01:249.30.
01:44A compulsive killer of women stalks a town.
01:48This man has seen the killer.
01:50He doesn't know it yet,
01:52but as sure as my name is Boris Karloff,
01:55he will meet the killer again and will recognize him.
01:59You or I will turn him in.
02:01But this man uses the murderer for a most bizarre purpose.
02:11Knock 3-1-2.
02:14That's the name of our story.
02:17And our principal players are Mr. Joe Maross,
02:21Miss Beverly Garland,
02:23Mr. Charles Aidman,
02:25and Mr. Warren Oates.
02:30Knock 3-1-2.
02:33That friendly knock will cause a lovely woman to open a door
02:37with terrifying consequences.
02:40Let me warn you, ladies.
02:42If you hear that knock at the next hour,
02:45do not open your door.
02:47Just sit there and enjoy the tingling suspense of this thriller.
03:15Knock 3-1-2.
03:46Knock 3-1-2.
03:57Hello, honey.
04:00After five.
04:02Where have you been all last night, all today?
04:05I've got to talk to you, Ruthie.
04:07Then talk.
04:08Look, can you call the restaurant and tell them you're not coming in tonight?
04:11What for?
04:13To take me out on the town?
04:23Ruthie, all last night and all today,
04:27I've been trying to get that money.
04:30You've got to help me out, Ruthie.
04:32I told you, Ray, over and over, I can't.
04:35You mean you won't.
04:37You've got that savings account of yours, 4,000 bucks.
04:39Yes, that's right. I've got it right here.
04:41That's my money, Ray. I worked hard for it for years.
04:43Now, you're not going to get any of it, not anymore.
04:46Am I your husband or what?
04:48I don't know. You tell me.
04:50Night after night, one bar to another, you're never home.
04:54I'm a liquor salesman.
04:56How do you expect me to sell liquor if I don't go into bars?
04:58Is that why you owe those men $1,500, because you sell?
05:01Oh, no. You're gambling.
05:03In the back room of those bars,
05:05the poker, the horse races, the dice, night after night.
05:12Honey.
05:17I'm scared, Ruthie.
05:20You don't know these guys, Joey Bedell and the others.
05:24If I don't pay up by tonight, 9.30,
05:29well, it might be kind of rough.
05:33Oh, Ray.
05:36You've lost your mind.
05:38Oh, Ray.
05:41You've lied to me so often.
05:44Ruthie, if you've ever believed me in my life,
05:50believe me now.
05:52You've got to.
05:54These guys are going to kill me.
05:56For $1,500?
05:59Gamblers like these?
06:00They're not kidding this time. Honey, believe me.
06:02I believed you before, and what happened?
06:04It went right down the drain.
06:06I just can't believe you anymore.
06:09Ruthie.
06:13I'm not going to give you the money, Ray.
06:16I never thought I'd have the courage to say that.
06:19But I don't believe you anymore.
06:22Not now, not for months.
06:24There was over $6,000 in that banking account,
06:27and I've dipped into it for you over and over again.
06:30And it's always been the same.
06:31You've just been using it for your gambling.
06:34There's just got to be an end to it somewhere.
06:36There's just got to be a stopping point.
06:40Ruthie.
06:42Ruthie, listen.
07:04Hello, is Tom Keighley there?
07:26Hello?
07:27Hello, Tom, you old galoot. Long time no see.
07:30Who is this?
07:31It's Ray.
07:32Ray who?
07:33Ray Kenton, buddy boy.
07:43Benny!
07:46Benny, you scared me.
07:48What are you doing here?
07:49Well, I had to wait for you, Mrs. Kenton,
07:51but I didn't want anybody to see me.
07:53You had to wait for me?
07:54What for, Benny?
07:56The police.
07:57You got to take me to them.
07:59Oh, Benny, Benny.
08:01You got to take me to them, Mrs. Kenton.
08:03Is it because of the newspapers today?
08:05You got to turn me in.
08:06You got to tell them who I really am.
08:08If you tell them, they'll believe you.
08:12Come on, Benny, let's go over here and sit down.
08:14Oh, business is great,
08:16but they're a couple of days late,
08:18and I was wondering if you could see your way clear to...
08:22How much do you need?
08:27Fifteen hundred.
08:29I can't make it to the bank by three.
08:32Yeah, but this is Friday.
08:34The banks are open till six.
08:36Look, Ray, I can't.
08:37You understand.
08:42Yeah.
08:45Sure, sure.
08:47I hope you don't mind.
08:50No, no, of course not.
08:52No problem.
08:53I just thought I'd take a little pressure off the old valve,
08:55you know?
08:56You understand, of course.
08:57I hope you don't mind.
08:59No, no, no, no, no problem.
09:01Give my love to Julie...
09:07and the lousy rotten kids.
09:11Benny, listen, every time this has happened,
09:13you try to turn yourself in, and it's never you.
09:16It's like somebody trying to punish themselves
09:18for something they didn't do.
09:20But I did.
09:21Four women.
09:23The newspapers said the woman had dark hair under her fingernails.
09:26There's been four women,
09:27and each one of them has been attacked at night, right?
09:31Now, what time do you get to your newsstand at night?
09:34Six.
09:35And what time do you leave?
09:36Two.
09:37Well, you see?
09:38I know that.
09:39The police know it.
09:40Mr. Kenton knows it.
09:41And a hundred other men who buy their newspapers from you.
09:44Every time one of these killings have happened, Benny,
09:47you've been at your newsstand.
09:50Have you talked to Dr. Masterson lately?
09:53Why not?
09:55He won't believe that I'm the one that did it.
09:59I don't think he likes me.
10:01You like me, Benny?
10:03Oh, yeah.
10:04I wouldn't let nothing happen to you, Mrs. Kenton.
10:06Well, then believe me.
10:07You couldn't hurt anybody.
10:09You just don't have it in you.
10:12Benny, I've got to go.
10:13I'm going to be late for work.
10:14Goodbye, Ben.
10:20Hiya, Ruthie.
10:21A little early.
10:23Come in.
10:26Oh, Ruth.
10:27How come you're so early?
10:28It's nowhere near 6 o'clock.
10:32I wanted to talk to you for a minute.
10:34Sure, sure.
10:36Come on, sit down.
10:43It's Ray.
10:45Same trouble?
10:46Money?
10:47I turned him down again, but this time I'm not so sure I should have.
10:51Why not?
10:52Well, there was something about him, something genuinely scared.
10:56He said the man he owes this to will hurt him in some way if he doesn't pay the money.
11:01This Joe Bedell.
11:03Do you want to give him the money?
11:05I don't know.
11:07I just don't want him hurt.
11:09You're a very loyal person, Ruth.
11:12Maybe it's just that I don't like to admit that I'm licked, George.
11:16After all, I've been married to Ray for eight years, and I...
11:22Eight years.
11:25And I've just seen him go down and down and down.
11:30Somehow I just can't help blaming myself.
11:33It's like somewhere I've done something wrong.
11:37I failed him somehow.
11:40It's like a man who's drowning and...
11:43keeps calling for help and you just don't hear him.
11:46All I want is a little help in advance on your order.
11:49Fifteen hundred bucks worth?
11:51I'll make it good.
11:52I don't like it, Ray. You're in some kind of a jam.
11:55Whatever it is, I don't want any part of it.
11:57I'm sorry.
12:00Okay.
12:01Sure, Charlie. Thanks anyway.
12:03Come in the house, Ray.
12:04You don't have to buy me any drinks.
12:17Excuse me, miss.
12:18Would you mind telling Ruth...
12:20Ruth Kenton to step outside a minute, please?
12:24I'm her husband.
12:26Oh, sure.
12:51Hello, Ray.
12:54Ruthie.
12:56I'm sorry about this afternoon.
12:58So am I, Ray.
13:03Is that why you came?
13:07Yeah.
13:10Oh, Ray.
13:12Oh, Ray.
13:15Oh, Ray.
13:17Oh, Ray.
13:19Oh.
13:22Oh, I wanted this so much.
13:26Me too, honey.
13:27Just hold me.
13:28Hold me.
13:31It's been so long.
13:37We're silly.
13:39Oh, so silly.
13:43Fighting the way we do and tearing into each other.
13:49Yeah.
13:52It's just this money thing.
13:55That's the only thing between us.
13:59If I didn't have that on my mind...
14:04Oh, Ruthie.
14:07Remember how it used to be.
14:11If it weren't for this one thing...
14:15It could be like that again.
14:19I promise.
14:21Ray.
14:23Tell me one thing.
14:25Just one thing.
14:28Do you love me?
14:29Oh, I...
14:30Wait a minute. I want you to think first.
14:33Think of this year and the last two years.
14:37Think of all the mean things I've said and done and then tell me.
14:43Do you, Ray?
14:44I worship you.
15:14Ruthie.
15:17About the money.
15:20I've been thinking.
15:22Yes, Ray.
15:25Well...
15:27Well, I know how you feel about that savings account of yours.
15:32I mean...
15:34Having a guy like me for a husband...
15:38It gives you a feeling of security.
15:41Ray.
15:42No, no. Don't apologize.
15:44I agree.
15:45You're entitled to a feeling of security.
15:48And that bank account gives it to you.
15:52Well, I...
15:54I've gotten into this trouble and...
15:59I've figured a way you can help me.
16:02And at the same time...
16:04Not touch a penny of your savings account.
16:08How's that, Ray?
16:09You can borrow the 1,500.
16:11Borrow it and pay it back a little at a time.
16:15Who am I gonna borrow it from?
16:17George.
16:21I can't do a thing like that, Ray.
16:23Well, why not?
16:24He's stuck on you. We both know that.
16:27You ask him and he'll give it.
16:28He'd give you anything you'd ask for.
16:29No.
16:31Now, I need it, Ruth. Those men will kill me.
16:32Look, I'm not gonna give it to you now or ever from him.
16:35You've got to help me, Ruth.
16:36Look, you didn't come here to tell me you were sorry.
16:39You were just pretending, using me the way you always do.
16:41Now, let me go.
16:42You're going to help me, do you understand?
16:43You're going to ask George!
16:52Ray.
16:59Everything all right out here?
17:01Yes.
17:02George, Ray just came to say goodbye.
17:06For good.
17:07For good.
17:13I'm sorry, Ray.
17:15I know this can't be very easy on either one of you.
17:21Good night, Ray.
17:37Good night.
18:07Good night.
18:37Well, Ray boy.
18:39Got the money?
18:40No.
18:42I tried.
18:44Look, first thing in the morning...
18:48Well, I'll tell you what we're going to do, Ray boy.
18:50We're going to give you till tomorrow night, okay?
18:58But we're going to have to have something in return.
19:01You owe us 3,000 now, Ray boy.
19:04Okay?
19:08Okay.
19:22That's enough.
19:28Now, that's just to make sure you have the money tomorrow night.
19:32If you don't have the money tomorrow night, you're dead.
19:37Come on.
20:07Come on.
20:37Come on.
20:57You're in my place, Mr. Kenton.
21:00I found you in an alley.
21:03Down there.
21:08You sick or something, Mr. Kenton?
21:12Yeah, Benny, I...
21:16I was sick.
21:18I was going to have some soup, Mr. Kenton.
21:20Will you want some?
21:24No thanks, Benny.
21:27You go ahead.
21:37I'll be right back.
22:08Benny.
22:11You should stop collecting these things.
22:16Poor things.
22:18These stories about the guy who's been going around...
22:23I don't know.
22:25I don't know.
22:27I don't know.
22:29I don't know.
22:31I don't know.
22:33I don't know.
22:35I don't know.
22:38Harming women.
22:40Killing them.
22:42I have to, Mr. Kenton.
22:46Why?
22:49I just have to.
22:54I like to read about myself.
23:00But, Benny,
23:02you are not that man.
23:05Oh, sure I am.
23:08The only trouble is,
23:10I don't remember it when I'm doing it.
23:12It's only afterwards, when I'm reading the papers,
23:14that I know I've done it again.
23:18Benny,
23:20the times you've gone down to the police station
23:23and confessed,
23:25they made you talk to a doctor, didn't they?
23:29Oh, sure.
23:31The last time I was...
23:33I told Mrs. Kenton about that.
23:35And you haven't seen him since?
23:37No.
23:39He won't believe me, neither.
23:41Oh, look.
23:43Look, Mr. Kenton.
23:45Did you read in a newspaper?
23:47No.
23:49I've been too busy all day, Benny.
23:53Well, it happened last night,
23:55about 11 o'clock.
23:57See here, the corner of First and Bauer.
24:04Boyer and First.
24:05Boyer.
24:07I was right there about 11.
24:10In a phone booth.
24:14That guy that bumped into me.
24:16Long hair.
24:18The woman had long hair under her fingernails.
24:22I got long hair, Mr. Kenton.
24:28So do a lot of people, Benny.
24:30Your soup's hot.
24:32Oh.
24:34I... I guess I'd better be going, Benny.
24:37Thanks for the help.
24:39You sure you want to stay for some soup, Mr. Kenton?
24:42It's got pieces of chicken in it.
24:46No thanks, Benny.
24:49Benny, if I were you,
24:51I think I'd go see that police doctor again.
24:56Good night, Benny.
25:03So long.
25:07Doctors.
25:12What do doctors know nothing?
25:26Hiya, Frankie.
25:28Long time no see.
25:30Sorry.
25:31Frank's not here anymore.
25:33Oh.
25:35Well, where's he working now?
25:37Frank came in to Little Doe.
25:39His old man passed on.
25:41Well, look, he and I used to be real good buddies.
25:44You know where I can reach him tonight?
25:46Call information in Honolulu.
25:49Frank's moved to Honolulu.
26:02What'll it be, friend?
26:04Bottle of beer, please.
26:31Bottle of beer.
27:02Hello, is Joe Bedell there?
27:04Who's this?
27:06Ray Kenton.
27:08Joe here.
27:10Hello, Joey?
27:12Listen, this is Ray.
27:14Yeah?
27:16Look, Joe, about that money.
27:18What about it?
27:20Joe, you've got to believe me.
27:22I'm going to get the money,
27:24but it's going to take a few days.
27:26How many?
27:28Three or four.
27:29That's a gimmick.
27:31You've got to call off your boys.
27:33Is this another stall?
27:35Joe, believe me, I can guarantee it.
27:37It's a sure thing.
27:39From where?
27:43My wife's savings account.
27:45I heard that before.
27:50I'm going to get it, I tell you.
27:52All of it.
27:55Okay, three days.
27:59Thanks, Joey.
28:01You're a real pal.
28:19Let me have a beer.
28:21Drat.
28:23Hi.
28:25The name's Ray Kenton.
28:27I'm glad to meet you, sir.
28:29I can't stand drinking alone.
28:31Can't stand being alone, for that matter.
28:34I guess that's why I became a salesman,
28:36seeing people all the time.
28:43Boy, that sure hits the spot.
28:50You do much traveling?
28:54I do.
28:56That's one of the nice things about my kind of work.
28:57You move around, you see the country.
28:59Like tonight, for instance,
29:01I'm meeting my boss in 45 minutes.
29:03Are you married?
29:10No, sir.
29:12Then maybe you wouldn't understand how I feel.
29:15I've got the greatest little wife.
29:18Sometimes I think I ought to have my head examined,
29:20leaving a doll like that alone.
29:24See what I mean?
29:25She's ten times prettier than that photograph.
29:31She's beautiful.
29:33Yes, sir.
29:35Sweetest little wife in town.
29:37And I've got to leave her all alone.
29:56How are you feeling?
30:05I'm...
30:07I'm...
30:09I'm...
30:11I'm...
30:13I'm...
30:16I'm...
30:18I'm...
30:20I'm...
30:21Oh, fair.
30:26In a little while, I'll take you home.
30:28It was silly for me to get so upset.
30:32George, I hate to keep bothering you with my troubles, but it is nice to have somebody nearby.
30:41I wish I could make things a lot easier for you.
30:44You do? Just by being yourself?
30:50When you're ready, I'll take you home.
30:53I'll be right over here at the desk.
30:55Okay.
31:06Boys, things like that make a guy worry.
31:12I still don't feel easy leaving her.
31:14Even though I've got this bolt that thick inside the front door.
31:19Oh, thanks.
31:21Well, bumps.
31:26You know, it's kind of clever, this signal we have.
31:30You see, when I come home, unexpected, there's this signal we have.
31:33So Ruthie will know it's me and opens up.
31:40Like that. 3-1-2.
31:42And she said to me, you can't forget that one. It's our address.
31:473-1-2 Covington.
31:49And you know what happened the first time I tried it?
31:52I forgot it. 3-1-2.
31:56Boy, she razzed me about that one for weeks.
31:59She kept saying to me, what's the matter with you?
32:01You're away from home so much, you can't even remember your own address.
32:05Well, I've got to be going. May I buy you a beer in return?
32:09Oh, no thanks. I'll finish this one.
32:11My boss will be here in five minutes.
32:13He usually tries to get through the city traffic pretty fast.
32:16Thanks again, Mr...
32:18Kenton. Ray Kenton.
32:20Sure, bud. See you around, maybe.
32:22Maybe.
32:41What's the matter, bud? Anything wrong?
32:44Give me a double whiskey.
32:46On top of all that beer?
32:49Kind of puts a cap on the evening.
32:51It's okay, but the evening's almost gone.
32:53And we close in a half hour.
32:55Close?
32:56Yeah, we always close at midnight.
32:58But I thought you stayed open till two.
33:00Like all the other bars.
33:02In this neck of the woods?
33:16I've got to have an alibi.
33:18I've got to be somewhere with all these people.
33:42Benny, come on, answer it.
33:49Hello?
33:50Benny, listen, this is Mr. Kenton.
33:53Look, I've been thinking it over about you being that guy.
33:56What guy?
33:58The one who's been doing the killings.
34:00Now, I think you'd better go down to the police station and confess again.
34:05Can you get down there in 15 minutes?
34:07Yeah, sure, Mr. Kenton.
34:09I'll be there in 15 minutes.
34:11I'll be there in 15 minutes.
34:13I'll be there in 15 minutes.
34:15I'll be there in 15 minutes.
34:17Sure, Mr. Kenton.
34:19But they don't believe me.
34:21Now, look.
34:22Copy down this number.
34:24G-U-3-1...
34:27G-U...
34:28No, no, no.
34:30G!
34:31G-U...
34:33No, G!
34:34G-U-3-1-1-2-7!
34:38Oh, G-U-3-1-1-2-7.
34:42Yeah, that's right.
34:45Now, when you get down there,
34:47tell them to call me here right away,
34:50and I'll come down.
34:52I'll make them believe you're the one.
34:57Now, read that number back to me.
34:59Okay.
35:00G-U-3-1-1-2-7.
35:04That's right.
35:06Now, are you sure you can make it down there in 15 minutes?
35:10Be sure you do.
35:12And tell them to call me here right away,
35:15before this place closes up, you understand?
35:18Yeah, Mr. Kenton.
35:20Okay.
35:36Look, mister, are you sure you want that drink?
35:39Sure, why not?
35:41I don't know.
35:42Look at you.
35:43You're dripping wet.
36:11Come on.
36:32Ruth.
36:34Yes?
36:36I'm worried about you.
36:37You sure you're gonna be all right?
36:40I wish.
36:41What do you wish, George?
36:44I wish you were a lot happier.
36:50Good night.
36:52Good night, George.
37:09Good night.
37:25Just one more.
37:27Besides, I'm waiting for a phone call.
37:29We've got ten minutes.
37:31Okay.
37:32It's your funeral.
37:40Hello?
37:42Ray Kenton, please.
37:44This is Ray Kenton.
37:46This is the police.
37:47Benny said to call you.
37:49Oh, well, I've been expecting your call.
37:52I knew Benny was coming down.
37:55Could you come down and verify this?
37:58Sure, I could come right down.
38:01Sorry to trouble you.
38:03No, no trouble at all.
38:05My wife and I are very fond of Benny.
38:09That was my call.
38:11I gotta go.
38:12Don't you want this?
38:13No, thanks.
38:15Keep the change.
38:19Brother of all the kooks.
39:09THE END
39:28Gentlemen, how do you do, Captain?
39:30I'm Ray Kenton.
39:31How do you do?
39:33Hello, Benny.
39:34What's the matter?
39:35Up to your old tricks again?
39:39He's a great kidder.
39:41Aren't you, Benny?
39:43They won't believe me, Mr. Kenton.
39:48They won't, Benny?
39:50No.
39:51You said you could prove it to them.
39:54Mr. Kenton, he's a friend of mine.
39:56Aren't you, Mr. Kenton?
39:58Mr. Kenton, go ahead and tell him.
40:00Go on, tell him how I did it last night.
40:02Go ahead.
40:05Well, uh...
40:07Why don't you tell him, Benny?
40:10Okay.
40:14Well, it was this house on, uh...
40:18Boyer Street.
40:20And, uh, I hid there in an alley in the dark there.
40:26What time was it, Benny?
40:31Uh, 12.
40:3312.35. That's what time it was.
40:35It was 12.35. That's what time it was.
41:03Knock.
41:04Knock.
41:05Knock.
41:21Ah!
41:33Ah!
42:04That's the way I did it.
42:11Now you've got to punish me.
42:17You've got to punish me.
42:23He's never been this bad before.
42:26He believes it.
42:28It was worth it.
42:30He believes it.
42:32It was what I was afraid of.
42:35That's why I tricked him into coming down here tonight.
42:39I think you'd better call the police psychiatrist.
42:42Listen to me, Benny.
42:44Benny, are you listening?
42:49Now you've got to believe me.
42:52You're not the one.
42:54Not even if you think you are.
42:58That woman wasn't killed at 12.35.
43:02She was killed about 11 o'clock.
43:05She wasn't killed with a walking stick.
43:09Why the walking stick, Benny?
43:14Because.
43:16Because why?
43:19Because it was his.
43:22Whose?
43:23I don't know.
43:27I don't know.
43:34I took it.
43:38And I hit her.
43:40And I hit her.
43:43And I hit her.
43:46And I killed her.
43:53I think you're right.
43:55I'll call the doctor.
43:57I'll stay in here with Benny.
44:18He promised me.
44:22Mr. Kenton.
44:26You was my friend.
44:32You said you was going to help me.
44:35Listen, this is the best thing for you.
44:41You lied to me.
44:43For your own good, now calm down.
44:47I did it. I did it.
44:50I did it. I killed her.
44:53Shut up.
44:55That woman was strangled to death with a silk stocking.
45:23I'm going to kill you.
45:53No, no, no.
46:24And you had nothing to do with it.
46:27Now will you shut up?
46:43All right, doctor.
46:45No, he's all right.
46:47Perfectly harmless.
46:49You know how Benny is.
46:54All right.
46:59Tracy.
47:00Yes, just a cab for you.
47:03Yeah.
47:05Yeah, speaking.
47:08You what?
47:15Yeah, just a second.
47:17Lee.
47:18Check with Lieutenant Klein.
47:20Take a squad car over to 312 Covington.
47:23Apartment 1.
47:24George Mekas, you know the fellow who runs the restaurant?
47:26He thinks she's got the guy we've been looking for.
47:29Hello, George.
47:31Who is the woman?
47:34Mrs. Kenton.
47:36Well, we've got Kenton here now.
47:39No, just Benny again.
47:41Is she all right?
47:45Yeah.
47:47Sure.
47:48I'll tell him.
47:51Thanks, George.
47:55Well, if that don't beat all...
48:03Mr. Kenton, I just got a call from your house.
48:05It's about your wife.
48:06Now, there's no need to be...
48:12Mr. Kenton.
48:18Now, I'll bet you you believe me.
48:48I don't believe you.
49:18I don't believe you.
49:48I don't believe you.