 On a country road, starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. Come on, get with it. Relax, David. We're not going to move any faster, so relax. Who can relax in a traffic jam like this? Bumper to bumper at 20 miles an hour. Must be a wreck or something up ahead. This keeps up. We'll get caught in the rain. Yeah, it's like a big storm building up. Hey, remember that shortcut? Which one? The little country road that goes across through center moorages and comes out on the highway on the other side of the island. Oh, yes, you mean the one we took last summer? Yeah, yeah, I'll turn off there and duck this jam. I might be at home before that storm hits. Turn on the radio, will you, honey? Mm-hmm. See if you can get the news in. Police this afternoon issued two warnings to all residents of Long Island to be on the lookout for Nellie Goller, a middle-aged woman described as dangerous and insane. What's that? She escaped this morning from Restview Mental Hospital after fatally butchering a doctor, a nurse, and a ward attendant with a meat cleaver. Ha-ha! My mother-in-law. Just a few minutes ago, the decapitated bodies of an elderly man and woman were found by police near center moorages on Long Island. Well, at least we're not the only crazy people on Long Island. They're here for one not to open their doors to strangers. Motorists are cautioned to stay off lonely roads and not pick up any hitchhikers. All persons are asked to be on the lookout for this woman. Here is her description again. She is tall, gray-haired, has broad shoulders, and long arms. She is believed to be armed with a meat cleaver, which she used in her escape from Restview Mental Hospital. Turn that off, Dorothy, will you? But you wanted to hear it. Well, that's enough of that. This shortcut will save us a lot of time. David, didn't you hear what the radio said about staying off lonely roads? Well, honey, we just have to go across to the other highway. It won't take long. Are you sure? Of course. We go past center moorages, then take the left road and come out right by the highway bridge. Center moorages is where she just killed those two people. Oh, come on, honey, you're acting like a child. What can happen to us while we're driving? Besides the whole island is full of men looking for this lunatic. I'll catch you. Well, here comes the storm. David. What? The gas gauge says empty. Well, there's still a couple of gallons left and it points to empty. How long has it said empty? Well, that I don't know. I'll get gas when we get across to the other highway. Darling, I'm scared. Relax, honey. Funny rain and wind always makes you jumpy as a cat. I wish we'd stayed on the highway. If I'd known you'd act like this, I would have. Well, it's not my fault. Honey, it's not mine either. I'm having trouble enough just trying to see through this storm. Oh, darling, what are we fighting about? Driving through these woods in this kind of weather is enough to give anybody the willies. I've got dark so fast. I can hardly see even in the headlight. There's something ahead. Well, don't stop, David. Oh, it's only a sign. That crazy woman could be around here. I'm not picking up anyone. I just want to know where I am. Please don't get out of the car. I'm not. Now, calm down. Center marches to the right. I'm going to take this road here. Center marches. Well, this must be the road where she killed those people. I'm sorry. I'm jumpy. Oh, David. That woman, she could be anywhere in these woods. But not necessarily where we are. Wouldn't you know? That's that. We out of gas? Oh, no. You mean we're stuck here? For the fine thing, anyway. That woman is in these woods. She'll kill us. She's nowhere near us. Calm down. David, quick. Turn off your headlights. Why? Did you see something? I don't know. I don't know. I'm scared. You should have gotten gas back in the main road. Oh, turn off the lights, please. Why? She'll see us if you don't. Oh, for Pete's sake. Please, David, turn them off. Listen, Dorothy. Darling, look at those headlights poking into the darkness at all the wet bushes and trees. Please, David, turn them off. Okay. All right. All right. There. Now they're off. Feel better sitting in the dark? If only the thunder and lightning would stop in this rain. Look, Dorothy, I'm going to walk up the road a bit. Maybe I can find a house. You're not going to leave me here. I won't let you go. Dorothy, we can't sit here in the middle of nowhere for the rest of the night. But we're safer here than out there. Darling, she's probably hiding out there, just waiting for a chance to kill us. Oh, come on, Dorothy. Why should she be right where we've run out of gas? Quick, lock the doors from the inside. All right. Lock them so that that crazy woman can't get in here. She's nowhere in there here, I tell you. Please don't be mad at me. I know I'm being silly, but I can't help it. Darling. Put your head on my shoulder. Please forgive me. Would you turn on the radio? Maybe they've caught her. Okay. In their search for the escaped and sane woman who has killed five persons since fleeing from a Long Island mental hospital, rain and darkness are hampering the search. Over 100 police are combing the wooded area. Turn it off. All right. Now, look, Dorothy, we can't sit here all night. I'll run up the road. There might be a house. I know, David. Please, please don't leave me. Listen. Hmm? Do you hear that? What? I don't hear anything. Listen. There it is. I don't hear... It's a dog. It's just a little dog bark. David. Maybe it's lost, or maybe there's a house nearby. Call that woman. Ah! David! She's out there. Don't forget the back of the car. It's her. Is the door locked on your side? Yes. Yes. But what if she breaks the window? She has a clean... That's a flash. A lightning. I saw somebody. Is that her? I can't tell. It's lying on the road. Can you see her? Is she still there? It's too dark to see. I have to wait for the lightning. She's getting up now. She'll kill us. She'll kill us. Calm down. Calm down. Please, please. What is she doing? I don't know. She must have been running. She didn't see the car. She ran right into it. Ah! Look at the window, David, look at her. Wait for that window. Like a gun. Worst. Dorothy, in the club compartment. Quick. I have it. Here it is. She's backing away. I'll keep on going before I start shooting. David, she's gone. She disappeared. I can't get out now. All we can do is sit here all night and wait for help. Can you see her? Where did she go? I don't know. I don't know. She's out there somewhere. I'll be planning on how to get into this car. Darling, what are we going to do? She's the one. I know. Our face was completely insane. You saw it. Yeah. She's probably back there looking for that Cleaver now. She'll kill us. She'll kill us. Dorothy, Dorothy, stop. Please. She'll kill us, David. Yeah, you're crazy. We know all about you. I'm... Dry yourself off of her. Oh, darkness. And the rain. That was enough to drive me out of my mind. Just take it easy. Do you live near here? I live farther out near Resview. Resview is the mental hospital. I'm used to the crazy people, but not at night in a lonely place like this. Not the kind you'll kill people. Do you have a rescue? No. David, we can't sit here not knowing. We could just get to a phone. A phone. Why? To call the police. Get some help. No. No, don't do that. Why not? Why don't you want the police? Oh, oh, oh, I do. But you'll be killed. What do you mean? That woman. She'll kill him if he goes away from this car. David, listen. There's that dog again. Do you hear him? Somebody's out there. Might be a house nearby. He was barking to be let in. It senses somebody. There's somebody out there. That's why it's barking. That woman's out there. Quick. Let's get away before we're caught. David, look out. Don't worry. What are you trying to do? Start the car. Quick. We'll get away. We're out of gas. Out of gas? We just can't sit here. We've got to get away. I'm not a magician, lady. I can't make gasoline out of rain. We can't stay here all night. Do you hear me? Now, let go of me. There's nothing I can do. Try something, anything. Don't just sit there. She scares me, David. Stop her. Cut it out. You'll have us all in hysterics. All right. All right, I'm sorry. Ayala, look. I've got an idea. Give me your gun. What? Give it to me. What's the matter with you? I can't sit here all night. I'll go crazy. Give me the gun. I'll go for help. I won't be afraid in the dark with the gun. No, no. Sit back. Go on. I'll go right now. Just give me the gun. We don't have a gun. It's only a pipe. Dorothy. A pipe. A smoking pipe. Oh, David. I'm sorry. Then... Then you're... You're unarmed. I'm sorry, David. It's all right. It's all right. Why did you tell me you had a gun? Why does it make a difference to you whether I'm armed or not? I don't know you. Maybe you two are more dangerous than the crazy woman. I'll tell you what I think. I think you're the crazy woman. The way you grabbed David when you wanted him to start the car. Dorothy, Dorothy. Stop it. Don't excite her. Don't excite me. Why? What can I do? Just an old woman. You took into your car two of you and you're afraid of me. We're not afraid of you. Now sit back in the seat and don't try anything. And remember that I'm watching you all the time. David, the storm's dying down. The room's coming out. Maybe now's the time. The time for what? What are you going to do? You took her up to something? My wife meant that now is the time to go for help. No, I didn't. I meant now is the time for us to escape. David, can't you see it? She's the one. She'll kill her. You're not... Stop it. Sit back in that seat. You haven't got a gun. No, but I've got a knife. David... It's my pocket knife, but it's sharp. Now don't you try any tricks. All right. Threaten me. Watch me while that woman is out there. Oh, you'll make me sick. All you can do is sit and wait for her to make the next move. She'll kill us, David, like she did that old man and woman. It must have been on the same road. They were in their car too. They must have let her in. Oh, stop it. We'll leave then. The three of us will walk. We'll stay close together. See, we'll be quiet. Anyone hiding in the woods won't hear us. Don't get out of the car, David. We'll be killed. Easy, dear. How would we find our way? It's too dark. We'll find our way. Look out there. Roads full of shadows. Get her out of the car, David. I don't know if she wants to kill us. Kill you. If you want to go, why don't you leave? You don't need us. We're willing to stay here until help comes. I'd be helpless alone if I had a gun or something. It's your knife. Why doesn't somebody come? Where are the police? I can't stand this. Nobody will come. There's no one in these woods. No one but us. David, in our hand. I saw it in the moonlight. It clitted. What? No wife is hysterical. No, she was holding it. A long piece of broken glass, long and pointed. She's the crazy woman. You think I'm going to sit here defenseless? David, she's going to attack us. Don't be silly. It was all right for you to have a knife. Why can't I protect myself? Give me that piece of glass. I will not. You couldn't protect us from anything. Give me that piece of glass. I won't. I won. You give it to me. Stay away from me. Once I've left the car, you're going to stab my wife with a broken glass. No! No! Give me that glass. You're crazy. Give it to me. Let me alone. Hold her, David. Hold her. Don't let her free. She's strong. She's got my arm. You? Kill me. Drop that glass. Oh, drop it. She dropped it, David. Have you both gone crazy? It's like you were going to murder us. I wasn't. Don't let her get free. I can't hold her much longer. She's strong. If you have a knife, glass will hold her, David. Hold her. I can't. Not much longer. I'm not crazy. I'm not. I'm not. She's got my throat. She's joking with me. Your knife? It's a part here. It's a police at last. Well, you see, officer, we ran out of gas. A night to run out of gas? What a spot with that woman running round loose. Officer, we want to tell you... Farmer at the road call. This said his dog's been barking at something. We caught her. Who'd you catch? The crazy woman. She's in the back seat. Dead. All right? No, no. She's still alive. Badly hurt, though. She was trying to kill us. Well, we'll get her to the hospital. You come with me. Lucky you didn't kill her. We captured that crazy woman a half hour ago. I don't know who this lady is.