 Screen Directors Playhouse star Henry Fonda production the fugitive director John Ford This is the Screen Directors Playhouse one of the weekly features on NBC's All Star Festival of comedy music mystery and drama brought to you by the makers of Anderson for fast relief from the pain of headache neuritis and neuralgia by RCA Victor world leader in radio first and recorded first in television and by Chesterfield all milder better tasting cooler smoking plus no unpleasant aftertaste and that's the biggest plus in cigarette history tonight the screen directors playhouse is pleased to present transcribed for the first time on the air one of the most human stories of our time the fugitive starring Henry Fonda and now ladies and gentlemen here is tonight's star Mr. Henry Fonda the story of the fugitive is timeless it is laid for the purpose of clarity in a Latin American country a thousand miles north or south of the Panama Canal who cares for this could happen anywhere and it has for this story is true it's a very old story its roots go back to biblical days yet even today it's being repeated in Yugoslavia Poland Russia Germany China and God help us in some parts of these United States listen then to a story you've heard many times before and let there be a prayer on our lips that the day will come when we will never hear it again thank you mr. 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lorraine tuttle as maria delores it had been many years since the sound of crashing altars had echoed through our village inside our church the wreckage lay as a policia had left it often i went there i maria delores to repent my sin the tropical day was drawing to a sultry clothes when i glanced through the broken window and first saw him the mural was tired and the man slumped as he rode when he came nearer i saw his shabby clothes but his black suit that badge of merit established him as a man above average his nondescript shirt without a tie made him look like a priest almost sun shines through the bars of the broken window through a cross of shadow upon the ground sadly he dismounted and slowly walked into the house of god who are you oh i didn't see you please go away i want to pray along you startled me in that shaft of light you look like the madonna herself i am no madonna who are you why are you here i belong here no i know all the men in that village all the men i know all the men are you from the police i'm hiding from the police oh you're a criminal did you steal did you kill somebody no i'm a priest this was my church oh no no please don't kneel what is your name maria de laura and your baby's name my name maria de laura and your husband i have no husband father look father look at the face of my child she's pretty no very she is sweet she is pure she's never done anything wrong but she has not been baptized could you give her a name father so when she grows up to be married in a church you can be called by name when she is married in a church there will be churches again there will won't there father we must hope so how long can one hope in my village they've given us hope they say the priests of all left us at the church is dead there are many babies in the village like mine i'm not being baptized is that why you've been sent here father perhaps and you're not afraid oh yes i am afraid maria de laura's yes father go summon the others tell them all to bring their babies they would not come for me the man yes the man would come not the women i see are you too afraid to call them i don't know i don't think so will you pray with me maria de laura's oh yes yes it's been so long let us kneel here together in silence yes can you maria de laura's in the name of the father and the son and the holy ghost come in thank you father thank you when you are finished for the others you must come with me no i will stay here as much to be done to restore my church he will help you the whole village will help you but we must work at night you must be kept in high i cannot you must the police are everywhere they would kill you the minute they they knew you were a priest i'm quite safe i don't even look like a priest you're never safe aren't you afraid anymore yes i am i will come with you maria de laura's i wouldn't know all right i'm in charge here bring in the prisoners they are here charges in asio elders drunk in disorder fine five pesos he can't tell you he has nothing extra i am not excellency won't you people ever learn i'm an indian like you are have pride stand up straight look me in the eye let him work off the fine clean out the cells next in your home martino drunk in disorder five pesos gaspard is sort of alcohol found on his possession ten pesos Diego Gonzales found wearing a holy medal under his shirt a religious medal open his shirt this medal will not be worn again prestigious fool 30 days in the bullpen hard labor take him away what are the rest of the charges all drunk in disorder dismissed them thank you lieutenant for doing my job and somebody's got to carry on where were you i was with the governor he's in splendid health you don't look very happy oh yes he's my friend we understand each other he did ask a few questions about you lieutenant about me what about me well he had your report on his death what about my report you know how he feels about the clergy i feel exactly the same way we shot the last priest six months ago he doesn't think so well he's wrong i tell you the last priest was shot six months ago you want to argue with the governor remember he gets information we don't get all there's no doubt about what's the name of this priest no no what's his village don't know what's his parish who knows where was he born no idea that's the trouble nobody knows anything when it comes to these traitors no one talks no one knows their names they go from village to village the people hide them in their barns in their stables under beds superstitious fools they'll do anything to save a priest nobody even knows what they look like how does the governor expect us to find a man when we haven't even got a photograph this time the governor says we have yeah you can tell he's a priest by the collar that's all no it's not very good but it's the best we've they all look alike to me we've shot him a dozen times not this one and the governor says we must have him before the rains come we have killed every priest in the country i don't know where this new one came from but i know how to get this man before the rains come you know what i'll do take hostages take a hostage from every village if the people don't report him if they don't give him up i'll shoot the hostages well it's a little blood isn't it worth it to get rid of these people forever i think the governor would agree then i have the authority go as far as you like on one condition the governor and i will hold you responsible if the priest is not caught before the rains you've been asking for this and if i don't find him i should imagine you would be treated like one of your hostages good night lieutenant oh by the way here's a picture of an american bank robber el gringo find him too and his 50 000 american dollars and he came to our village just lieutenant and his men riding rough shoulders with my people the old the crippled and the young and the crashing of the wares in the marketplace are no louder than the cries of despair in our heart i the outcast heard it from the church and heard all for the steel shahdoo which came carding up the captain into decorating the house of god you there in the shadows line up with the rest of the plaza see wait a minute yes come into the light maria what are you doing here why did you leave your village my father made me leave after you left i meant to come back i had work to do we're making a better world maria dolores for you and for him to your baby it's a girl like me what is her name my name maria dolores how do you live do you work i work i wear the rose of the canteen and my hair why do you care lieutenant in here in the church they're all corral in the plaza they're all uh you what are you doing here get out get out to the plaza get going get up off your knees go on get her alone what we have work to do let's get out of here they're all waiting for us at the plaza you know what we're here for we're looking for a priest you know what a priest is a traitor to the republic anyone who hides him is a traitor too i know he's here oh you're superstitious fools do you still believe what the priest told you they took your money what did they give you anything to eat did they feed your children no they talked about heaven they filled you full of lies everything would be fine when you die they want you to die these priests not leave where is the priest point him out i'll find him you know why because i am taking hostages do you think i like to shoot my own people believe me i am one of you this priest is a coward if you were half the man you think he is he would have given himself up to save you is it worth dying to save a man like that very well you then i'll take you you can't you can't take him that's niquel he is an only son everybody here is somebody or somebody's son i know that excellency what do you want he's too young take me instead why should i take you he's young his mother needs him take me i'm no good you are no good as a man you're no good as a hostage you're frightened you look frightened i am get out of my way come along the air no get out of my way coward but i want you to take me i'll be a good hostage you will be good for nothing right we didn't take you father we're very happy but that boy Miguel lives must be lost for our faith father there's not one of us here unwilling to make the sacrifice not one of you i am the only one how can you bear calling me father rca victor there's one good reason for you to buy television it's fun and there's no better reason for you to stop in at your rca victor dealers tomorrow and see the wide selection of rca victor television sets available now you and your family will have a lot more fun every day of the week all year round with television in your home tomorrow you can buy the receiver you want the right one to suit your budget and here's a good reason for you to buy rca victor television it's the best you get a clearer picture a steadier picture a picture 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you cannot bring the word of god that way father i don't know i don't think i'm a very good priest you are a very good man oh here's the beginning of your trail follow it you will be safe if you are careful safe yes thank you maria delores i shall not forget you goodbye goodbye what did you say and i meant it get those hands up i have no gun well i had it you were running too aren't you running me i never run mr you are suspicious of one who simply passes you on the road you're afraid i've never been afraid of anything do you know who i am you're a frightened man running away they call me el gringo there's a 5000 peso reward on my head which nobody will ever collect you may be proud my friend they will only pay 1000 pesos for my life what you too what did you do not nearly enough they can't hang you for that i'm afraid they can but i wouldn't let them i wasn't brave enough for that wait a minute 1000 pesos that's what they pay for priests in this country so you i was a priest don't take it so hard buddy you'll be okay will you me i'll always be okay do you know what's in this briefcase no 50 000 good american bucks you stole the money naturally but only because i'm smarter than the rest of these monkeys did you kill two here and there but don't let it bother you father would it help you to confess yeah i'm not a religious type but that's nice of you father it's a long time since anybody cared whether they helped me or not it is my job yeah i know i've got to be getting along father you're going to keep running here yes somehow i doubt that so long goodbye what's that for you under the trees i do not like to stand up while the sun is high more shallow father up thank you wait i show you this oh i want to find mule a beautiful mule mule huh you must be a rich man you come a long way yeah where can i cross the river walk across right up here find you like that will take you how much you pay for him huh how far is it to Puerto Grande it's not far two three days only mule like that maybe one day perhaps two where you want to go to Puerto Grande for i have business there what you carry in the costly bag huh money perhaps a pistol no you do not speak much i bore you very well then i will entertain you here you see my pretty pictures yes see this man perhaps you met him on the road huh perhaps a big man james carver it says el gringo very brave he held up a gringo bank he stole the hundred dollar killed two three people very brave man he shoot you for nothing i could admire such a person me i am but a poor man i do not even have such a beautiful mule every banana where did you get those posters oh the police they put them up i take them down if i was more brave maybe i might get a reward the police a fine man lots of money beautiful horses they do nothing as they get paid when were they here two three days ago i'm a skull oh you run from the police too maybe your picture is here too maybe goodbye i found it i found it your picture is here come back one meter of a thousand pesos i want but i am a full man i will get up with you we'll rest here my faithful friends and straw for you a hut for me who's there hey your friend your benefactor your servant mestizo what do you want i i got business in Puerto Grande too he's more safe to travel together the gringo you know he shoot you dead for nothing me i'll protect you because i'm trying to be a christian are you are i what a christian of course i'm a very good christian and why is that hunting knife lying open on your lap will you protection naturally why you do not trust me it is difficult for me to trust a man who talks nonsense to my face for his hands explore my knapsack and the point of a knife lies facing my heart i was simply looking to see if you were armed if you have anything to drink hey you have it's good wine i never drunk wine like that before oh what a lovely taste you know it's against a lot to have wine they put you in jail for having wine you see i drink it i'm protecting you what is the matter do not look at me like that father he it wasn't consecrated was it the wine was not blessed was it father why do you call me father do not be afraid i may good christian you're wrong i can prove it easily cannot die all i have to say is father hear my confession bless me father for i have seen you could not refuse a many more that scene could you father reward i'm a poor man no do not move i'm going out i'm going with you i'm going to protect you father for myself listen i've told you i mean more that scene you cannot refuse a many mortal sin shall i tell you what i've done no i mean mortal sin father it will take all night to tell all my sin i don't want to hear them you've got to eat your business put down that knife no no one has seen as much as i have father i'm a drunkard i take money from women stay away next one ticket third class please there you are next what time is the boat sail ten minutes next father father please oh i'm sorry son if you're speaking to me i i must hurry i'm late please father quiet right here walk over to this corner with me why do you call me father don't you know me father i'm Luis Juarez you gave me first communion my mother is sick she's dying i'm sorry but there's nothing i can do won't you come to her she needs you father i must sail on this boat does this boat need you more than my mother i don't think it does it was very brave of you to come father we are most grateful it was the faith of your son that gave me the courage my wife was a good woman she worked hard all her life a good wife good mother she deserves the mass to be said have you any mass wine in the house it is forbidden can you get any mine has been stolen i will try it is better if you tell me where my son will show you it father if you are called i know are you afraid luis not with you father imagine not being afraid with me 20 pesos it was very expensive wine father the police luis find your way home what go on hurry boy oh what are you carrying it give me the bottle wine it's forbidden you need no trial into the bullpen with you with the word about vacations oh ken when you mentioned vacations it brings a tear to me eye and a lump in my throat poor uncle herbert well what happened to your uncle herbert uncle herbert loves to fish so on his vacation he hide himself off all alone to a secluded spot way back in the woods poor uncle herbert he forgot his fishing pole he forgot his chest to feel no friends take a tip from me whether you're packing to take off for the weekend or for that long anticipated vacation pack a couple of cartons of those milder chest to feel when you take off on a trip like that you like to go where you want and do what you want to tick along the cigarette that gives you what you want chest to feel chest to feel gives you its famous abc's always milder better tasting cooler smoking plus no unpleasant aftertaste yep the country's first and only cigarette taste panel reported of all brands tested only chest to feel leaves no unpleasant aftertaste vacation time anytime take chest to feel with you you are listening to the screen director's playhouse one of the weekly features on nbc's all-star festival brought to you by the makers of anison for fast relief from the pain of headache neuritis and uralgia by rca victor world leader in radio burst and recorded music first in television and by chest to feel always milder better tasting cooler smoking plus no unpleasant aftertaste and that's the biggest plus in cigarette history the screen directors playhouse presentation of the fugitives starring henry fondet will continue in just a moment after a brief pause for station identification says the screen directors playhouse we continue transcribed with the third act of the screen directors playhouse presentation of the fugitive starring henry fondet in his original role of the priest with the reen title as maria delores for two days he stayed in the filth of the bullpen then the lieutenant had him brought up for sentencing he went full of the bitter knowledge that he had not performed his mission the mass for his dead parishioner was still on set where did you get the wine i was sent to man what was his name i do not know then how did you find him he was waiting for me haven't i seen you before i i don't think so i am busy take my pistol yes sir which hostage lieutenant from the village uh that is where i saw you what are you doing here you are a boozer got a wife no i don't lie to me she gives you money to buy a dress you come down here and get drunk now you are broke let it never mind here come to the window i'd rather come this boy is from your village you will see him die then you can tell your people what happens to those who shield a priest now go back to your village as i left he shoved some pesos into my hand and said gruffly get yourself something to eat i started the long journey back to my little village i was free to come and go as i pleased but only as long as i could keep them from discovering that i was a priest the lieutenant had recognized me as the hostage he didn't want and i knew that would not be long before he examined the police posters carefully and discovered who i was the moment of charity he had displayed to me did not mean that he could not be as cruel as he had always been but it gave me the certain knowledge that in his soul he still had the faith with which he'd been born but which he'd spent his life denying my thoughts racing through my mind were faster than my feet but i finally saw the dim light at the cantina of my village and rarely turned toward the door as i walked in i saw a slight move from a table toward the rear a man was sitting there alone and it looked to me as though he'd pulled his gun when i walked in i couldn't make out his face in the dim light maria delores walked toward me as i sat down at a table the face drawn with fear and without a word placed a pitcher of water and a glass before me as she walked away i heard the one word whispered behind my ear bring home come here sister yes sir give me another bottle to take with me here's the money this is too much i know it is give the change to him to him yeah the monkey that just came in looks like he needs it i'll tell him tell him nothing just give it to him and see that that you give it all to him yes sir i thought you were out of the country it was not to be maria yes they shot me gal i feel as though i've murdered him myself oh you're a tired father you must sleep and then you must get over the mountains that is the only way now yes i must sleep a few hours i hope they will give you the few hours as soon as you can we must start i'll go with you i must sleep yes coming to my bedroom that's just the baby asleep i'll bring your food it's already sit at this table behind the door the reason i'm going with your father is that i know the way besides you'll be in less danger they'll they'll think i'm your wife and maria delores is your baby oh i hope you're not offended father father are you offended the sleep sounds i will pray they don't come i will pray for your son today quick the guitars are playing maybe they'll walk me in we can get them out of my bed let's knock off that music anyone else here no it is late what's behind that door my baby i'll take a look please don't wake her she's asleep please i'll look the whole place over more carefully later but right now as long as that brass hat lieutenant isn't here i suppose you tell me what you keep behind the bar priest maybe maybe a sergeant maybe drink for the sergeant who is against the law sergeant maybe drink for the sergeant maybe what about the law you see these stripes i'm the law haha help me open the bottle for dusty throat up a little dance sweetheart dancing goes good with the wine oh i don't think i'd better oh it's all right with me it's too noisy in here anyway what else is inside that door besides your baby huh maybe kiss for the sergeant i think we better dance we can't dance in there all right out here suits me well i can't dance in this dress give me two minutes to change right along oh promise go ahead what what is it quiet the police lately there's not a minute to lose get out this window into that cornfield get across the river somehow and wait for me there i'll find you what are you going to do me i'm going to do what i've been doing for men for years father i'm going to dance for them but this time i'll know why i'm dancing god bless you maria delores army swine to be enticed by any skirt that shows her legs and you what are you with your painted face and your fancy dress what are you tell me mother of your child yes what is it the free is making his way through the get out of here you swine all of you back to your duty i want this man surrounded and brought to me i want to take care of him myself then the hunt began they rode back and forth across the cornfield slashing its shadows spurring their horses through clumps of bushes and i wondered how it was possible for mortals ever to be so savage about other mortals i didn't know which way to turn and finally fell into a small clump of bushes at the edge of the field i lay there panting and then felt the presence of someone looking at me i open my eyes and look straight into the evil face of el gringo get up father if i can you can when your life depends on it you always can come on why are you helping me i don't know i guess because our pictures are hanging in the same gallery now look this trail follow it it takes you over the mountains it's a tough trip but not as tough as lying down and not getting up again it's no use they saw me they know i'm here there too many of them there are more of us than you think you never seen me shoot have you father too bad you won't have time to stick around and watch me it'll be quite a sight you can't hold off a whole group of cavalry maybe not but don't lay any odds there are a few of those guys i'm going to get rid of just for my own happiness all right father enough talk let's get going it seemed to me i had been running away all my life but i went the trail was long with every footstep i took and printed more deeply in my mind the unrelenting fusillade of shots that i'd run away from the picture of el gringo lying alone an evil smile on his lips coldly and steadily killing everyone within range of his pistol for me the lieutenant the man who spent his life hunting down priests he had given me money he had been kind to me the gringo a robber a murderer had taken up a one-man garrison to cover my escape i began to feel some of my own physical cowardice being replaced by a certain calmness a more sure belief that i'd been put on earth for a reason i began to want to live more than i ever had before because i had a job to do two of the most wicked men i had ever known had taught me that there was faith even in the worst of men i don't know how many hours or days later i staggered to a house marked with a red cross and the sign dr. johan mayor md i guess i collapsed because when i knew anything again i was in bed and the doctor was talking to me helps me coffee father is to do you good thank you can you really call me a father and not be in fear yes indeed you have crossed the border and are in a friendly and godfaring land how long have you tried to fight the revolutionist five years very long time you've shown great courage no it wasn't courage doctor i can't deceive myself it was nothing but pride i see it now it was pride go on father i think it is good for you to talk yes it's been so long since i have the first year well the whole thing seemed fantastic i couldn't believe there was any real reason to leave the country things like that have happened before of course i thought i'd stay another month and see if things got better then another month in another month you know how time goes by then i began to lose grace i began to have pride i began to think i was a brave man who knows a martyr i suddenly realized i was the only priest left in the country those who weren't shot had escaped they went i can't blame them they were quite right to go but in my growing pride i didn't understand that yes i see there was one priest in particular man who had always disapproved of me he said then quite rightly that i was not a firm character yes i had a colleague like that in Vienna we'd gone to school together he'd always made fun of me for being timid well when he took to his heels i felt you laugh at this doctor i felt like the little school boy who had licked the bully i won't laugh you see doctor it was pride at work all the time don't be so hard on yourself father man is entitled to a little pride not in my profession i began to build a fine lie and wear it like a proud cloak the strange thing is that all the time i knew in my heart that i wasn't cut out to be a martyr when the real test came i couldn't measure up i didn't have the courage i was afraid to give myself up i let men die for me innocent people it was all vanity empty pride then i committed the unforgivable sin despair in those last terrible moments i had no real faith to back me up because i had no real love for god i see it very clearly now and running away from my people i've run away from god i am not going to tell you to stop being harsh with yourself in your work as well as mine it is well known how therapeutic it is to bear the soul now it'll be good for you to rest thank you doctor i am tired i'll be back later relax the more rest the better mestizo oh no not here do not be frightened father i'm your friend i'm here on an errand of mercy i'm sure and have you brought your friends the police will you police oh what do you say father look i'm here to do good believe me father i want to make up for my sins i have two murals outside hurry father the man is dying what man el gringo he is repented father he is dying he wants you to come you cannot refuse a man who is dying can you father he's killed he has robbed here so much to confess he has never betrayed his friends oh go back where you came from do you think i'm a fool but he is dying father he is asking for a free stop lying i'm not i prove it here look at this paper it says police picture no on the other side in the name of god father who wrote it the gringo father and my word of honor your word of honor you you still think i am lying yes i do but i can't take the chance what the devil are you doing here beat it father how long has it been since your last confession ten years i guess beat it father don't you want to confess no you did when you wrote this i didn't write it beat it father get out of here remember you're dying you're giving this chance to confess you won't have another father yes under my arm get my gun you're going to need it listen to me you believed once try and understand this is your chance at the last moment like the thief on the cross oh i know you sin the great deal that only belongs to this life it's over already you can drop it all here and go on forever forget about me father look after yourself this was just a trick you turn the right screen under him oh lord let perpetual light shine upon me his soul and souls of all the faithful departed the mercy of god rest in peace have you quite finished yes i finished while you were preparing to administer the last rites we were holding your trial you see we expected you yes i rather imagined you did you have been tried and found guilty couldn't i have been present at my own trial it wouldn't have made any difference when do i in the morning i shall be ready it's bad to be alone on a night like this i'd rather be alone i have so much to think about may i ask you a question lieutenant when did you lose faith when i found a better one oh yes as a boy i believed all the lies your people told what trickery it all was what a fake sell all and give to the pool your people sees all and give to the party is that better to the people not the party and the people better off they seem even poor we work for the future that's what you accuse us of working for the future your idea of the future is after death it's a very long time eternity you twist everything around that's why you're so dangerous that's why you have to be killed instead of answering the question you shoot the man who asks the question is that it it ends the argument doesn't it ends it are you sure look i have nothing against you as a man i know that it's god you're against i'm the sort of man you lock up every day and give money to you're so cunning you people you're so smug and so smart well we're running things now we'll give people food instead of prayers food books bread all the bread they can eat and what happens afterwards when everybody has got enough bread to eat and can read the right books the books you let them read what happens lieutenant nothing death is a fact we don't lie about facts as you do you'll find your real troubles begin when you've given the people enough bread which i doubt you'll ever do lieutenant we have facts to facts we don't lie about for instance man doesn't live by bread alone yeah fine excuse to deny him his rightful share of bread let him starve and suffer oh you'll suffer anyway don't you suffer i can see it in your face leave me all of it you say we have only one kind of hunger you say we are animals that only want food and a place to sleep and the limited knowledge you call truth well we don't believe that man is so small as that we love him more we say he hungers for these things yes but he hungers for something else you make man too small lieutenant i hate your arguments if you see somebody in pain people like you say perhaps pain is a good thing right now you're shivering in your boots because you're afraid of a little pain when you're shot oh but i'm not a saint i'm not even a brave man i am the one who loves the people not you i want to let my heart speak at the point of a gun yes at the point of a gun if necessary one must do many things for love i'm fighting for our people are you sure you love the people perhaps you love only those who obey you and believe the dreams you tell them because that gives you power isn't your fight for power as mine was for pride to make your power safe you get to kill everyone who's against you but you can't kill them all lieutenant for everyone you kill there will always be someone to replace him that's what really frightens you isn't it you're the one who is frightened i'm a little man the priesthood is large it's tremendous i was always too small for you know it's very strange i'm beginning not to be afraid even you believe in god that's not true of course you believe that's why you're so afraid you want to kill god and you can't do it you think that by shooting us you'll get rid of him you know lieutenant we have a lot in common we have nothing in common yes we've been very much alike in my fear i ran away from my people and i found i was running away from my faith you're trying to run away and it's harder for you you're backed into a corner so you've got to use a gun words words lie yes you're angry now you think you hate me but that's only because you're afraid it's only the indifferent man the man who feels nothing who's lost you're a brave man you'll fight and fight but you can't get away from what's inside and it's a lot of nonsense you can't tell me you're not afraid listen priest do you want to die oh no then maybe i can save you i'll go to the governor myself renounce your faith publicly in the plaza tomorrow say to the people you've been telling them lies oh now you want me to save you since you can't get god out of your heart you want me to say publicly he doesn't exist you want me to help you destroy him no lieutenant that's all i can do do you want some brandy it'll make it easier in the morning that's very kind of you but no thank you it'll make you forget no lieutenant i want to live my death yes the window it is i maria delar i have brought you your crucifix or tomorrow thank you maria and tell my village to have faith for when they kill me they kill nothing but a man and someone else will carry the faith someone braver than i no one could be brave goodbye goodbye my dear wait sergeant yes sir take my gun you administer the coup de grace i'm busy forget going yes sir i just imagine lieutenant aren't you going to watch the execution oh i have something else to do aren't you feeling well lieutenant there's nothing wrong with me i'm going to my quarters why lieutenant i've forgotten something no lieutenant the trouble with you is that you've not forgotten something i'm going to the hotel splendine there's wine there much wine and i'm going to get very drunk mercy on my soul thank you henry fonder for a most inspiring performance mr fonder will return in just a moment ladies and gentlemen next week the screen directors playhouse presents a drama at the feet of justice the motion picture story remember the night our stars will be william holden with nancy gates and our screen director michael lyson and now here again is tonight's star henry fonder for over a quarter of a century now directed by john ford on a motion picture screen has meant exceptional and distinguished entertainment achievements such as the informer stage coach and many others equally outstanding have assured audiences of the very best the art of motion pictures can contribute i'm proud to say that i have had the privilege of working for john ford and i'm proud to say he's my friend mr roberts say hank why george sydney ladies and gentlemen may i present the newly elected president of the screen directors guild another of holly was really great talents george take a bow thank you hank but tonight it's you who should take the bow for the performance we've all just heard i sure wish john ford were here to have heard it for himself but you know at the moment he's in ireland directing another great picture by the way hank you know we've all missed you for a long time when you're coming home i don't know george maybe when the run of mr roberts is over that's not very encouraging mr robert seems to go on forever but we'd like you to know we're always waiting to welcome you back to hollywood anytime you're ready and we look forward to seeing you again here on the stage of our screen directors playhouse good night hank good night george good night everyone the fugitive was presented through the courtesy of r k o radio pictures whose current release is the howard hugh's production is kind of woman co-starring robert mitchum and jane russles and featuring vinson price henry fonda is currently appearing in the stage production mr roberts included in tonight's cast were lorraine tuttle as maria delores marvin miller as a lieutenant tony barrett played the sergeant bill johnstone the chief of police harry guadino with the gringo paul freeze the mestizo ralf moody the doctor and jerry farber as the boy member at serbert marshal as the man called x tomorrow on nbc