 Roma Wines presents Suspense Roma Wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world Salute your health senor Roma Wines toast the world The wine for your table is Roma wine made in California for enjoyment throughout the world This is the man in black here for the Roma wine company of Fresno, California to introduce this weekly half hour of Suspense Tonight from Hollywood Roma Wines bring you a star Miss Lucille Ball who appears tonight as a Broadway lady whom you may have often seen if you are a devotee of musical comedy She is the third one from the left in the chorus line And so with this little lady's narrative about the ten grand and with the performance of Lucille Ball as Miss Gigi Lewis we again hope to keep you in suspense Particular night I'm standing in front of the Broadway Lindies with my nose practically pasted against the window It's late and I'm hungry I've been pounding the pavements all day doing the rounds of the manager's offices You'd think a good hooker like I ought to be able to land something with all the shows on the big street But here I am standing like General Sherman statue in front of Lindies looking at the pasted-up menu and mentally overindulging in a big, thick, juicy T-bone steak smothered with onions That comfortable crowd inside there can toy politely with their chicken sandwiches and their shrimp cocktails for all I care, just give me a T-bone smothered with onions Here I am with five cents in my handbag, literally Enough for the ride home and the subway, no extra charge for the empty stomach Well, anyway, I could take my shoes off when I get in the subway I turn around and give Lindies one last sorrowful gander and then make to the subway entrance And the shows are letting out Plenty of people from the taxis better taking the subway home these nights Being short on tires and gas So I get in that Times Square jam that looks like 5 o'clock PM and feels like a Russian pincer's movement on the Polish border I'm getting shoved towards the turnstile so I click try to get my handbag open to reach for that lonesome nickel All of a sudden I feel something jerk out of my hand My bag is gone, I try to yell Stop, hey hey Just around and see somebody, a little guy with short bow legs running toward the stairs Stop I'm mobbing after the purse snatcher, but I'm like the ace of spades being dealt off the bottom of the pack When I'm finally in the clear a little, I see a tall guy running after that little guy who has my purse They both disappear around the corner and up the steps There's plenty of commotion in the crowd, you'd think there was a million dollars in my handbag for all the fuss they're making But I don't stop to think about anything except that I lost my fare home I take out after the tall guy When I get to the foot of the stairs, a tall guy's coming down again and he's got my bag in his hands He's smiling a big wide smile at me and I'm gazing gratefully up into his big brown eyes and noticing the way his hairline ain't receiving any Just the guy to go around rescuing ladies in distress regular Sir Gala hat or something Is this yours, Miss? Yeah, gee, how can I ever thank you? I think nothing of it There you are What about the guy, though? Oh, there was a cop on the street, he'll take care of you What about you? You all right, aren't you? Oh, sure, sure, I'm all right You look kind of pale I guess it would have been pretty tough to lose your purse that way especially this late at night Oh, I don't know why you bothered, really Nothing but a nickel in it anyway I don't carry much with me when I'm out at night A nickel will get your home He's smiling at me again and my heart's saying Oh, brother, we both start towards the mob at the turnstile and I'm busy hoping he's going my way so we can sort of get better acquainted Well, good night Hang on to that pocketbook now Well, aren't you, uh... Well, good night I'm caught in that mob at the turnstile again and the train's coming in Somehow, the way you're doing crowds, I lose sight of him and I gotta concentrate on digging out that nickel to put some slot I open up my bag and find the nickel all right and then my heart almost stops My handbag sits a great big wad of bills folding money, cash I manage to get the nickel in the slot and get myself through to the platform and on the train all the while hanging onto that bag as if there were ten grand in it Ten thousand dollars It could be that much The roll is big enough My head's going around in crazy circles The doors closed behind me and everybody in the car is rushing to find a seat Over the noise, I hear something tenant's soul whistling I grab a seat next to a fat man who's taking up most of it I sit there hanging onto my bag, not daring to look inside I tell myself I'm dreaming There's not really a big roll of bills in there Extreme hunger is giving me the DTs How would I get a bankroll as big as your fist? What am I doing with money? Then I remember the purse snatcher He must have put it there But why? A fat guy next to me tries to drum up a conversation Uh, well, uh, nice, nice, ain't it? Yeah, cold You, the young lady, what, got her purse snatched? Yeah Lucky thing you got it back, ain't it? Yeah, yeah, very lucky I always say it ain't good for a young lady Especially a nice-looking dame like you to carry a lot of money around when she's out, nice Huh? What makes you think I got a lot of money? Well, the way you carried on when that fellow snatched your purse Oh, yeah I'm showing this fat paluka by my attitude I don't go for conversant I'm sitting there looking straight at the wall ads And the one across from me is a big photo in natural color of Miss Subway in 1944 Uh, Brooklyn girl all dressed up and grippin' with furs Probably wearing Chanel number five Money, hmm, all the money I need No more pounding the pavements and waitin' in outer offices for some two-bit job in a show that's due to clothes opening night Clothes, a fur maybe Chanel number five maybe An apartment downtown with a switchboard to announce people instead of a fifth floor walk up on the Bronx Boo, hmm, T-Boom steak, mother in on it Just walk right in and order it Fun, maybe we were night clubbin' Say though, maybe it's counterfeit dough Maybe Uh, see those guys comin' through? They're cops How do you know? They might be the rover boys Uh, I can spot a plainclothes dick in a minute They all look alike They've got a certain purries and noise Well, I don't prove they're dicks I don't know Maybe it's the way they part their hairs Plain clothesman Lookin' for somethin', hmm Hot money, maybe So, suppose I'm found with it How am I gonna prove somebody planted it on me? I can see them laughin' at that one now That's a good one Ha ha ha, she didn't steal the dough, honest She just found it in her purse Ha ha, that's a good one Lock her up 25 years That little lady, I'm gettin' off here Is this your stop? No, no, thanks, I go further uptown Well, goodnight I'm certainly glad you found your purse Good night, Fatso The rover boys pass on through And I decide to sneak another look at my bag I open it up very carefully The bank rolls there all right Some of the bills are in big denominations too There could be 10 grand And it looks like the real thing But there's also something else Something I didn't see before A piece of paper stuffed into the roll I came in to get it Looking around to see if I'm being watched All I see in the car are sleepy people So I unfold the paper and read what's scribbled on it Get off at 161st Street And follow Yankee Doodle That don't make sense What's Yankee Doodle got to do with it? I get up and I'm making for the door When I hear it I've been here in that whistling ride along And didn't notice it I back into the first empty seat And prepare to do some thinkin' Somebody in this car wants that bank roll again Could it be Sir Gallowhead? I just can't bear to think of him as a criminal type But he was off a quick to go chasing after my purse And he could have been in this car all along Without me seein' him I try to get a quick look around But there's people in the aisles And a dear little old lady's pushin' her way forward She sits down next to me I was sitting next to a man who kept snoring Do you mind if I sit here? No, not at all I didn't know there could be so much confusion In the subway this late at night In New York you get to confusion 24 hours a day Well, I guess I'm just not used to it That's all I... Hey, you look like there's something wrong What's the matter? Do you feel sick? I'm all right Oh Hey, hey, she's passed out Won't somebody help me? Now look, lady, just take a swallow Won't hurt you, go on Swallow it, that's it I'm terribly sorry, really Forget it, how do you feel? I can't imagine what happened All at once, everything seemed to whirl around Sure you're all right now? I'll be fine in just a moment Here's your medicine, Mr. Thanks That's okay You're awfully kind I didn't think people were so kind In a big city like this You better take it easy now Where do you get off? What's that? Where do you get off? Oh, 169th Street That's where my sister lives I'm visiting her, you see And I just thought I'd go downtown tonight And see a show and have a good time Evelyn told me how to go on the subway And everything was fine until just now You're not hungry or anything Oh, no, no, it's not that I have plenty of money At least I did have Yeah? What happened to your money? Somebody stole my life savings No, not really, who'd do a thing like that? Eh? Who'd do a thing like that? A thing like that? Oh, I don't worry about it, you understand I'll get the money back How? Well, don't you remember the old saying It takes a thief to catch a thief I suppose so Yes, well, that's just how I planned To catch the person who stole my money How much did you lose? What's that? How much did you lose? Oh, lose Well, I had been saving it all my life And there was at least, well, $10,000 Gee, that's too bad Well, am I going to give it back to her If it turns out to be her money? How do I know she's not pulling a fast one? I remember that in shows It's always the dear old lady Who fakes the faint to get sympathy When she's really the brains of the mob Yeah I notice she got a big gulp from the bottle While she had the chance Well, supposing she is on the level Would I give her the money when I have it here? $10,000? And me practically in the lap of luxury Would I? Oh my Listen, do you know how to whistle? What a strange thing to ask me As a matter of fact, yes, I do Well, I'm awfully fond of whistling Oh, are you? Well, you know, I was judged The champion whistler of the ladies' auxiliary At church back home Oh, isn't that nice? Won't you whistle something for me? Oh, well, I couldn't Not here People would turn around and look at me Well, you already caused quite a stir When you fainted Oh, did I? Mm-hmm Well, then What would you like to hear? Yankee doodle Well, I'll try That's fine I guess it doesn't prove anything I beg your pardon I meant how was it you say you lost all that money? Oh, the money That's why the bank teller back home Just ran off with the savings Of practically everybody in town Oh, it happened back home, huh? When? Well, now, let me see Why, it must have been five No, no, no It was just about six years ago Oh Yes, and why do you ask me? Well, I just thought maybe you were I thought you might have just lost it tonight The way you talk Well, I hope I didn't alarm you But I just keep knowing I'm going to get that money back someday Yeah, I'm sure you will Oh, listen Somebody else is whistling Yankee doodle now That's very fine whistling, too Isn't it, dog? Yes Yeah, and this time it's no old lady I got an idea It's somebody who just possibly Could have a slight case of murder on his mind Night for suspense Roma Wines bring you a star, Miss Lucille Ball Whom you have heard in the first act Of the ten grand by Virginia Radcliffe Tonight's adventure in suspense Far to the south of us Is our good neighbor country, Ecuador Land of towering mountains Sweeping vistas Let's imagine ourselves there now Dining on the Ruth Terrace Cafe Of the exclusive hotel metropolitano In Guayaquil, Ecuador The generous and American Has just complimented his hosts On the magnificent dinner To which his host quickly responds Ah, yes It is true that our foods are famous But from your land comes a rare delicacy Also one which has spread the fame Of your own California To many far corners of the world It is this superb wine So excellent that we in Ecuador Import it from your United States My friend, I drink to you Your own delicious Roma wine Our Ecuadorian friend is right For Roma wine's superb quality Has won such favor in many far places That they import it Enjoy it as a rare luxury But not so here in America Here millions know And enjoy Roma wines As an inexpensive everyday delight At mealtimes And when entertaining So many in fact That Roma is America's largest selling wine With no high import duties to pay Not expensive shipping costs You enjoy these distinguished wines For only pennies a glass Ask for Roma wines Which bring you old world Wine making skill Plus Roma's own modern scientific Controls and testing That's R-O-M-A Roma wines America's largest selling wine Made in California For enjoyment Throughout the world And now it is with pleasure That we bring back to our sound stage Lucille Ball in the ten grand A tale well calculated To keep you in Suspense Well, this is it Must have been dosing Is this your station? Yeah, the next stop is yours Don't fall asleep missing now Well, I won't Like nothing of it Well, good night Don't be careful crossing the street Sure, don't worry I'll be plenty careful I get off the train Stand for a minute On the platform looking around I don't see Sir Gallowhead But he could have gone through to another car And come out down the line Several guys are on the platform And they all hurry up the steps to the street I go up too Then I hear it again From the darkness of the street I can't tell exactly where it's coming from But I'm standing in the light And whoever's after me has a pretty perfect target I walk away hugging my person Shaking like six hangovers I tell myself that pretty soon Yankee Doodle Will grab me and take the money Any second now He wouldn't need to kill me I haven't seen him so I can't identify him He could just take the money and leave But suppose he enjoys killing people And Yankee all of a sudden And his finger slips on the trigger Suppose he's a maniac I think about screaming But nobody hears me in time Because screaming probably makes Yankee Doodle's Trigger finger tremble Why doesn't he do something? Why doesn't he take the money away from me And get it over with? Does he want me to offer it to him On a gold platter? Not Gigi She's got a T-bone steak And some street lamp on the other side I see him That's strange He's been walking ahead of me all this time Then I hear something melt Footsteps Somebody behind me I listen That doesn't sound like the tread of somebody hurrying home to the little woman That's a steady tread of somebody Trailing somebody I don't know how I know it but I know it There's Yankee Doodle up ahead But here's also somebody behind me Like just by instinct I'm sandwiched I'm the ham between two slices of rye I listen again He's getting closer By the time I reach the corner he'll catch up with me I try walking faster He's walking faster too I turn around I can see a dark shape behind me With a distant street lamp back of him Then I see something melt Back away across the street is another man Walking fast Now I got three of them But my heart's got all mixed up in my larynx somehow And I know I'd never be able to check my voice Past the next crack on a sidewalk They're catching up to me fast This is the end sister, this is it I'm already imagining the cold steel in my back And then The two boys walk right on past me Don't even give me a tumble They're making time and as the one on my side Gets ahead of me I see him nod to the one across the street They're not telling me They're after Yankee Doodle They heard him whistle and they'll be catching up with him any minute now I have a big sigh of relief I consider a quick exit back to the subway With my ten grand I can just barely see the two of them As they come close to the next street lamp They could be playing clothesmen But I don't think so somehow In that case they got an illegal desire To get something they think Yankee Doodle's got Or maybe Yankee Doodle's illegal Illegal part of the deal Suppose he turns out to be Sir Gallagher It's pretty confusing and I ain't happy about it either way But something I don't know what Makes me take after the two rover boys Instead of going my own way while I got the chance I look up ahead Yankee Doodle's a block away now And he stops for a second under a street light He's listening I can tell that Even though he's too far away from me to tell if he's Sir Gallagher Then quickly he disappears into the shadows again I'm trying to keep my heels from clicking too loud But they sound like drum beats So I take my shoes off quick The rover boys are up on the corner now But I'm making it by the time they're halfway down the next block The street lamp must have burned out along here Because it's blacker than a scaparelli dinner dress Only a police car would come by or something Maybe Winchell would be cruising with the boys Yeah, and then he'd give me a plug in his column And it'd be easy for me to get a job Oh, what am I thinking about things like that for now Besides there ain't a car on the street There hasn't been one since I got off the subway Suddenly out of the blackness a hand grabs my arm Another covers my mouth Be quiet, don't scream It's me Yep, let's get down on the stairway But I can't see the skin tonight Yep Now You didn't need to choke me They'll come back this way in a minute As soon as they found out they'd lost me How'd you get here? I thought you was way ahead of them I was I looked in here and let them pass Are you with me? Why should I be? It's my life or theirs So what? I got your purse back for you Yeah, sir Gal had You've got my money Could be their money Yes, but it isn't They're coming back I got an idea I'll step out and say something And you All right Get up there quick They're coming Well Hi, you boys Fantasy and you here Nice night, ain't it? Never mind, sister We ain't got time to chat Well, you needn't blind me with that flashlight I just wanted to pass the time of day Well, it ain't that time of day So step aside And let's Hey Hey He was trying to get up Let's make sure they're really out They're both out farther than the 12-mile limit Then let's get away from here fast Come on Wait a minute What's the matter? You don't want to be picked up around here, do you? Well, I got to put my shoes on first, don't I? Say, do you know I broke my heel on that heel? You know, 15 minutes later Sitting in an all-night restaurant After running practically 12 blocks And me forgetting all about the fact My feet was killing me a couple hours ago Sir Gal had breathing just like normal But I'm still sounding like a pair of bellows Trying to catch my wind He's looking at me and laughing in a nice way And tying my mind You know, what you need is a little regular exercise It would get you in condition A nice steady job hoofing somewhere I'll do that for me I wonder how long it will be Before the cops find those guys Maybe you ought to report it first Just to be on the safe side No, no It would be too dangerous I have to get rid of the money first Oh No, I... I did not rob a bank Well, there's other illegal ways to get 10 grand Here comes the waitress Better order and then we can talk I can't believe I'm really going to get a steak inside of me Instead of hot lead Wait until you see what the steak's like Before you feel too happy Know what you want yet? Yeah, a long time ago Tea-boned steak, rare, smothered in onions Make it two, please Two teas, rare and buried All right, shoot What am I saying? I... I'm a Greek Yeah? I came over here when I was about 15 My father and mother are still in Athens I couldn't get them out of the country When the Italians invaded So I... I don't know where they are now Oh gee, that's too bad Oh, I'm like a lot of people over here I want to do something for my mother country Even though I am a naturalized American So, in my spare time I collect contributions from all the Greeks living over here Oh, you mean for the Relief Society? Oh, no, no, no, that's different This money supports the Greek underground It has to be gotten and sent very quietly Because certain people over here would like very much to Know who's operating the underground in Greece You see? Yeah, I'm beginning to What about the Rover boys? Who? The two kids we love to sleep back there Oh, well, I can't prove it yet But I think they're Axis agents They've been following me ever since I left home this morning Today was my day often I've been making the rounds, collecting You did pretty well How much is in that bankroll? $10,415 Oh boy, you're quite a salesman I've got the good product to sell Anyway, I thought I could shake those guys in the subway But then when you got your purse lifted I did a little quick thinking And decided the money would be safer with you for a while And I do want to thank you Oh, that's all right Always glad to help out Well, I guess you'd like to have your 10 grand back now, huh? You know, in Greece They have a law that whoever finds money Gets to keep 10% as a reward No kidding Yes So the way we'd figure it You get $1,041.15 Say, that's wonderful That's a great custom I wonder why they don't adopt it in America Well, I guess America has a lot of things That Greece doesn't have T-bone steaks, for instance Yeah, that's true Well, here you are I hope you get the dough into the right hands Thank you very, very much Uh, aren't you going to count out your 10%? Mm-mm I gotta contribute something to win in the war, ain't I? Say, Miss You want me? Yeah, what happened to them two T-bone steaks? Oh, well, I'm sorry But when I took your order for the steak I forgot this was Meatless Tuesday Oh, no And so closes the 10 grand starring Lucille Ball Tonight's tale of Suspense Suspense is produced and directed by William Spear Have you had the thrilling experience of enjoying a meal prepared and served with delightful Roma wines? Well, tomorrow evening we suggest that when preparing your dinner whether it be fish, meat, or poultry just add a generous portion of your favorite Roma table wine, sautern, burgundy, or claret Then simply put the same bottle well-chilled on the table with the meal You'll be in for a new experience and just how good even the simplest everyday foods can be when prepared and also served with superbly flavored Roma wines Don't put off discovering how much these delicious and inexpensive Roma wines can add to the pleasure of everyday living Remember, thousands make Roma wines their daily standby for greater enjoyment at a cost of only pennies a glass Ask for R-O-M-A Roma wines, America's largest selling wine Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world This is Lucille Ball I always enjoy my appearances on suspense and tonight I'm particularly proud because Mr. Spear has just counted up and he says that tonight I said more words per minute than any actress he has ever had on the show Well, here's just a few more and I hope you will give heed to them Don't let tomorrow go by without buying an extra war bond Lucille Ball appeared tonight through the courtesy of Metro Golden Mayor producers of the White Cliffs of Dover Next Thursday, same time we will present the best-selling novel The Walls Came Tumbling Down and Mr. Keenan Nguyen will be your star of Suspense Presented by Roma Wines R-O-M-A Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world Broadcasting System