 Suspense tonight the singing wall starring van gonson Have another cup another nice Get that special queen make it so a guy named a Joe brought you huh come up here from Joe's place from Joe's place Ain't that pretty that's right. It comes right out of the wall Singin walls we got hot and cold running water here and singin walls Have another cup have a little more of the extra heavy cream But Where lie down and take a little snooze. I'll be right back It's blood blood all over your shirt Oh him just lock him in the closet put the key right in your pocket so you'll know just where to find Sure, I'll be back Talking at your door the longest time you were having a dream or something yeah Gee What time is it? It's way afternoon. He came in pretty late. I did huh? Toss me my berth or will you sis don't you know what time you got in no no not exactly oh Tommy I know it's tough not having a job all these months, but the kind of people you're getting all my head Have anything to eat last night. Yeah. Yeah, they bought me some coffee and coffee who did what was this? Oh, well Honest sister, it's no alibi, but I don't remember where I was Well, just now I seem to be dreaming about it about what about last night I can hear you banging on the door all the time. I was dreaming and it seemed as though I wasn't dreaming you Beaming you know, I was remembering a lot of things what sort of things I was all mixed up There was a guy with a kind of frog voice that kept giving me eats and coffee. I was sort of floating There was a place with music coming out of the walls There was something about blood on my shirt and a key to a closet Tommy. You're shaking like a leaf Yeah, it's a pretty scary dream. All right if it was a dream. Well, you get dressed and come on downstairs Here here. I'll get your clean shirt. No, I better wear the old one I've won it only once it's all messy. Yeah, it does look kind of Milded what my shirt. Give me it now. What's the matter? Look Milded? That's blood. Well, I guess it is. I know it is Just like it wasn't a dream. Oh, Tommy. Don't be silly. You must have hurt yourself somewhere, but I didn't look There isn't a scratch on me. Well, then you got in a fight. Maybe what else could it have been? That's what I'm trying to think. We'll stop thinking and hurry up and get dressed. Oh my goodness Look at the way you threw your clothes around last night trousers on the floor here. Oh Dear everything all over the place fell out of the pockets. I'll pick it up. You get dressed. Thanks Didn't come home with much did you? Didn't have much to start with. Well, I'll put it all up here on the Bureau 25 cents and change in your keys Now hurry will you? What did you say? I said hurry. No Oh, I said I put your change in your keys up on the Bureau keys. Yeah Mildred, I only have one key. Well, there are two there now. I know let me see them Here once the key to the front door, but the other one Doesn't belong to any door in this house. It's the key to the closet. What closet last night It wasn't a dream. Tommy. What are you talking about? Mildred? You better call Danny Danny right away But he's on duty. I know I know but get him over here right away Tommy. What is it last night? I? Think I killed a man. Let me look at your eyes Tom. Listen, Danny You were doped all right. I didn't know what it was never mind that now kid. How much do you remember? Danny I hated to bring you in on this, but I didn't know who else to go to skip it skip it What's the use of having a brother-in-law who's a cop if he can't help you once in a while? How much do you remember just what I've told you just like it was in the dream? Only it wasn't a dream. There was this guy Joe just some guy I'd known from someplace I don't know where they met on the street and he took me to the party Then the guy with the frog voice began giving me eats and coffee had a lot of coffee And everything got confused and I was in the place with the singing wall some harmonica playing or something That's where the closet was what about the guy you? The dead guy First he wasn't there and then he was it was sort of slept over in a big armchair Then frog voice put him in the closet. That's what I remember and then he left I certainly seem to realize that the guy in the closet was dead. That's when I get out of there I don't know how I don't you don't have any idea where it was No, I didn't even know where the party was and you never even seen any of these people before Except this guy Joe who took me to the party and that's all I know about him That's the guy named Joe that I knew by sight from someplace, but I don't know where it was last name or anything That's not much to go on as a kid No, not much a guy named Joe Singing walls in the closet and another guy with a froggy voice. Well, I'd recognize him voice if I ever saw him again Tommy you're in a jam kid the way it looks right now There's a there's a dead man in the closet somewhere in this town and you killed him Maybe you didn't and if we find him before somebody else does maybe we can figure out what did happen But the way it stands now kid You're it yeah, I know we haven't got much time either if the place is an apartment They've probably found the body already and I'd know about it if it's a hotel They checked the guest out by six o'clock that gives us sir about four hours Four hours for the murderer to find the guy he murdered Kind of crazy isn't it tell me? You know how I feel about no good And you know, I don't exactly hate you either You know, I'll do everything in the world. I possibly can declare you sure Danny I know I know but I'm a cop Tommy And if you did do it You know, I'm gonna turn you in don't you sure I know that too. Okay kid. Okay now Let's start from the beginning. What about the sky Joe, but I don't know anything about him You know his name. You know his face now think Tommy think I'm trying to Well, if I could only remember if I could only remember So a guy named Joe brought you here you come up here from Joe's place Joe's place You See Tommy when you remember that you told me where Joe is Did yeah, sure you see that sign over that restaurant Joe's place yeah, Tommy you were playing with bad boys last night and this is where bad boys hang out So it all clicked when I remembered you said the guy with the frog voice asked you if you came up there from Joe's place He didn't mean where Joe lived or anything. He meant this place. He thought maybe you were one of the boys How did I ever meet this Joe? I've never been here in my life He runs another place more respectable as a sort of cover about three blocks from our house to grotto That's right. Yeah, remember now if my hunch is right Joe is going to be plenty surprised when he sees you walk in there Me walk in there now. Don't worry kid Just walk in and sit down at the table if you're not out of that place in a couple of minutes I'll know you recognize the guy and we're on the right track I'll come in as though I didn't see you and go to the phone booth then what then We'll see kid Are you okay? Okay? Oh, oh one thing more if he offers you anything to eat or drink take it sure Well, here goes Arnst you Hi, Joe What are you doing down in this part of town kid, huh? Oh, I had to come down and see a guy I didn't know you had this place just a little sideline. It's where I first started, you know No, you got to have a little something to eat on me kid. Oh, you have coffee at least huh? Well, it's hot cup Yeah, okay coffee for the gentleman Larry with the extra heavy cream understand I'll take tea with lemon Hey, tell me that was some fun last night, huh? Yeah. Yeah What you disappeared to I was looking all over for you. Oh, that's the funny thing. I don't even remember Yeah, I get it. Well, a guy has to cut loose once in a while One coffee with extra heavy cream one tea. Yeah, this will warm you up. Wait a minute Hey, who are you? Oh, this is my brother-in-law Denny. This is Joe say you must have got things mixed up You never drink coffee Tommy you only drink tea. Yeah, that's that's right Yeah, you take the tea give Joe the coffee and I'll take the answers. I yeah, I don't like coffee I never touch it. Okay. I'll take it. Thanks By the way, Joe, you haven't got a little bottle. I could pour this into have you. Hey, who do you think you're kidding, bub? I'm from headquarters There's a badge. No, no, wait a minute. I I didn't know that I suppose you didn't know that what I'd find in this coffee If I took it down to have it analyzed would you look I don't want any trouble I never had any they'll tell you headquarters if it's a matter of dough You can't buy your way out of this one chum. I want talking. I want it quick What kind of talk where did you take Tommy last night? It was just a little party a card party just a coffee and cake Yeah, and they slip things in people's coffee there, too. I don't know anything about that honest I hardly know the people who's a guy with a frog voice boys. I don't know any guy with a frog voice I look I don't want no trouble. They'll tell you headquarters and there's an iconic shrap on this for somebody And it could be you come on. Where was a party? Courtney square West number 75 some people named Sorrell come on Tommy and you're going to Joe just in case Oh Sorrell AJ Does this look like the place Tommy? Yeah, it looks like it could be everything's been so confused since last night This is it. It better be Mrs. Sorrell, yes, I'm from police headquarters. Oh, you might if we come in and look around Oh, why no, come on Tommy you too Joe. Oh by the way, do you two know each other? Why is face is familiar? I think he's been here a couple of times We play a lot of cards all kinds of people wander in and out Is that what the trouble is it might be? You know anyone with a froggy voice? No Not that I can remember. Okay. Let's look at the apartment. Well, this is the hall of course and here's the living room Joe You stay here in the hall and you better be here when I get back So this is the living room This is the bedroom looks kind of messy now. See anything. No Over here's the kitchenette. I see That's about all there is to it. Denny that closet. Oh, oh, there's nothing in there Just a lot of old odds and ends open it Well, it's locked. All right unlock it. I I'm not sure where the key is then lady. You'd better find it Well, I'll try Is this it tell me there was a closet like that and a window just over there where that one is on the armchair Don't you remember I can't let me have that key. Wait a minute. Here she comes. I Try it I'll help you See just a lot of old junk Come on Denny you sure sure come on Well, I guess that's all Mrs. Surrell. Thanks for showing us around. That's all right. Hello Joe still here You don't mind if I stay here and visit a while. Do you know I guess not Well, goodbye. Goodbye. Thanks again. Bye. Good luck copper I'm sorry Denny Well, it was a try What do we do now? I Don't know Tommy. We found Joe now. What about those singing walls? Come on. Think Tommy think Yeah Great, it comes right out of the wall. We got hot and cold running water here and singing wall The walls Yeah, listen What that's it the singing walls the music I heard last night. You sure sure I remember the peace and the harmonic and everything It's coming from around here someplace Denny. It's coming from their apartment the one we just left Surrell's come on This must be the place Tommy the closet and now the music they must have been pulling a fast one on us Well, all right quit stalling. Come on Tommy Yes, you heard me you two brush this off pretty slick, didn't you listen? I don't know what this is all about But where's that music coming from? Well from the radio the radio. Yeah, I turn it on the kitchen just now when I started to fix dinner It's a little portable I Don't get it. What did you mean by I'll skip it skip it Well, Tommy here we go again. I don't care. That was the music I heard and that's the same number sounds like the same band Hey, wait a minute now what where's your phone? Then you look and see what station that's coming over It's WB TA. Thanks. Hello operator. Get me station WB TA a radio station I don't know what the number is. Tell him it's a police call. Yeah, it's a police call Thanks, I may be wrong Denny, but I got a hunch Hello WB TA. What's that band you've got on now? I don't care if it's an electrical transcription. What's the guy's name? What turn off that radio? What was that name? Yeah Well, where can you get a hold of this guy? Where does he hang out? See five nights a week and close tonight Thanks. Well, he's a small town band leader Harmonica howlin as harmonious he calls myself and he plays at a place called the silver slipper out in the concourse. Come on You better get on that phone Joe. Yeah, dumb you would have to turn on that radio There's the silver slipper right over there, okay, let us out here right Yeah, here you are I'm afraid it's a bum steered Denny look kid. You know what time it was when you heard the music It was just night. That's all I know. All right They don't play recording so much at night particularly of small bands and this silver slipper isn't on the air So maybe you were out here someplace and you heard the band itself. Yeah, maybe I Know it's a kind of a long shot kid, but right now. It's the best we got Let's case the joint. Okay Hmm Don't look like there were any rooms with closets in the silver slipper Denny look right next to it Yeah, hotel that would make sense. Yes, and the shape you were in you probably would have signed your own name too. Come on Oh, by the way, what time you got 10 to 6 10 to 6 are deadlines getting pretty close kid. Yeah, this better be right. I Could only remember there's the clerk. We'll see kid. We'll see Say lady You've got a guy named Tom Cochran here Tom Cochran. I don't know. Oh, it's all right. It's all right. We're friends. It is I'll see Wendy register last night I'm sure here is Tom Cochran and Ben Doyle. Yeah. Yeah room 209. I don't think they're in though. Well, no No, I've been ringing them to see if they were gonna check out by six. I'm just gonna send somebody up Shall I ring again? No, no, we'll sort of surprise them. Okay, right up those stairs They got to be out by six or pay for another night. Yeah, well, we'll take care of it. Let's go Tom. Denny Did you see the handwriting on that register? Yeah? Yeah? It was mine. All right, Denny. This is it. Tell me one way or another Yeah, here we are Don't put your hand on that doorknob kid fingerprints use your handkerchief Locked I got some keys. It's an easy lock Here we go kid Denny this is it close that door. That's the closet. Give me your key Here. Yeah, you better hold my gun on that door just in case all right Denny look out. Oh He was just falling He's dead. Oh You remember now, yeah Yeah, let's have a look at him stabbed And here's his driver's license Benjamin Doyle Denny give me it Hello Yeah, we found them. All right No, they're gonna keep the room for another night. No, there's not a thing we want We're in for it now kid. Denny look on the floor over there a class tonight covered with blood. That's what did it all right? Yeah, I Know I know it's mine Tom why didn't you tell me honest Denny? I didn't even remember I'd lost until I saw it there just now fingerprints all over it That's clear as though they'd been made in ceiling wax Right handed aren't you tell me? Uh-huh? Let me see your right hand Doesn't take an expert to read these Those are your prints all right kid. Yeah, I guess they are And you still don't remember honest Denny I don't Can you think of any other explanation? No There's the guy with the frog voice. I must have just dreamed him up. I don't know. I don't know Well kid Give it all you could Danny, but don't feel bad. We can plead insanity or something Maybe maybe we can prove you were doped. Maybe You better call headquarters Danny. Let's let's get it over with all right Where are you going? I don't want a phone from here that clerk will listen in There's no use getting all the wolves on us before we have to aren't you afraid. Oh, no, I won't I'll just have him send a detective car kid He won't have to go in the wagon. Thanks. Oh You better let me have my gun, huh? Oh, yeah sure I'll be back kid Lie down for a couple of minutes. You look kind of sick. I am I'd be a take a little snooze. I'll be right back Look at you blood blood all over your shirt Him oh, he's all right. Put him in the closet. Yeah, lock the door He right in your pocket Sure, I'll be right back. You're right back You yeah me what are you gonna do with him from get him in the other room until he's copper friend misses them and starts looking Listen, I don't want to be in on anything like this. Shut up. You're in it up to your neck already Come on you come on get up. Okay, and get going Get going up the hall Open the other door Joe Get in there Let the guy frog. Yeah, yeah froggy. This don't look so good There were people who knew you were getting ready to give it to Doyle. Sure. That's why I framed this guy Oh that trouble I went to dope come and brought Doyle in there while he was out planted the key on a bloody But the knife and he said I still don't see how how he ever come to one time. Yeah, but he did so what we frame them again Music. Yeah, you like music, don't you? You're pretty sweet about music. Yeah Well for your information That's how Monica hell rehearsing for the night and in this room it comes through the window on the counter There is a window but in the other room it comes through the walls on account of the rain No window catch on better close the window Joe. No, no wait a minute. Hi. I do like music You're mine if a guy in a spot like I am here's a little music. What about a fucking sure sure sure leave it open Leave it up. Let's have some music while we work either cover up the noise if he makes any fuss Oh, what's the new angle knock him out dump him in the park dead by his own hand. Yeah Remorse we leave the gun be signed up and plant some a Doyle stuff on him. I got it All right, get going get going time up put a handkerchief at least mountain to cope Kota run. He's sexy. We're taking care of Okay, where's the car around the back? It's around the back. Nobody else see us going out that way. You ready? Yeah, take a look at the door Oh clear Let's go. Let's go lock the door after we go out Down the hall to the back. All right. Hey, what got those guns and put them up cover them up you guys I got him. Hey, what is this? Ah, you'll find out got see any get the gag out of the kids mouth an entire mic sure Denny yeah, kid. I heard the music. I hope you would I asked him to leave the window open I had a conversation to enough. Okay boys. Okay, take them down Who are they got see on he's a mobster Doyle was one of his boys who double-crossed him. How you feeling kid? Okay? I guess kind of close. Yeah All the way around Look kid, uh, skip it. I'm I'm sorry tell me Honest I am I I thought you did it Demi until just now so did I and So closes the singing wall starring van Johnson tonight study in suspense Suspense is produced and directed by William Spear and Now further to intrigue you we have suspense present a special preview of our next exciting tale And here it is a tantalizing glimpse of our next adventure in suspense Sure No, thanks. No, I'm just browsing is When I'll do it. Oh, no, there he is now Johnny Sit down have a little supper with me. Oh, thanks. I'm not hungry. Well, come on. Come on. Sit down anyway All right anything to please you sweetheart. Tell me how's business? Oh fine great Every time I get a bad break nowadays Johnny. I get two good ones right after Say when did you ever get a bad break? Well, you know Jackie my little singer. Yeah, sure I know of course you do well Jackie is quitting. Oh, that's too bad And who do you suppose I'm getting just by the nearest accident? Who do you suppose I'm getting to take our place? All right, I'll bite Lorna Dean Lorna Dean. Oh, you kid. Oh, what do you think of that? I'm very good. Well, if you'll excuse the aspersions when although I think what does the dame with an international reputation like Ronaldine want to be singing in a third-rate cabaret like this for Oh, no, no second rate maybe but third rate All right. All right second rate what you can't pay her a tenth of what she's used to getting and what she's what is she doing? Down here in Buenos Aires anyway. Now what you want to ask a lot of questions for she's going to sing that's that's good enough for me Yeah, yeah, I guess it is. She's terrific. All right. Tell me when does she start? Two weeks from tonight. Why? Why did Jackie quit? It's kind of sudden, wasn't it? Oh, I don't know. She's nervous lately She wants to go back to the States, I guess. Oh Say Johnny. Yeah, when are you going back to the States? Mm-hmm. Oh six months a year two years whenever this war is over. Don't you think you better? Better go home maybe a little sooner, huh? Look, I don't want any lectures on my patriotism if that's what you mean Well, who's giving lectures down here? We are a Yeah Well, all right, that's what I am The US is okay. It's fine. It just happens that it never did so much for me that I feel like getting knocked off for it That's all sure. I don't want you to get knocked off. That's what I'm talking about What are you talking about? Your health Johnny Do I take that two ways there only one one listen Johnny? Listen, I see these things before sometimes follow stay around these places so long They forget all about home and then one day Finish I pay my bills don't I eventually Johnny don't talk that way. It's only because I like you, you know, all right All right, cut it cut it. Okay, okay Here comes Jackie Come on Please What do you want I have no time now I want the job now job Oh, would you miss the couldn't you even wait until they look the poor kid over before coming Did I ask you anything? Look, Mr. Ronaldo, I'm sorry for the girl, but I'm a singer not a sob sister. I was gonna start in two weeks Anyway, I might as well start now. Well, all right, then until Jackie can come back to finish out. Oh, yeah It'll be about the longest run on record then. What do you mean this young lady is right, then you're in oldo This girl is dead dead Do you still want the job miss Dean? Yeah, I still want the job and So until our next performance when you will hear the rest of this exciting tale we keep you in This is the armed forces radio service