 AutoLite and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Richard Widmark in tonight's presentation of Suspense Tonight AutoLite presents a true story with only names and places changed a classic report on a famous bank robbery and murder in the old West the story is called the Spencer Brothers our star Mr. Richard Widmark Well Harlow ready. Yeah, shoot Hap. What is the heart of a car's ignition system? Why the spark plugs of course and if they're not functioning properly you won't get the smooth economical performance you normally expect from your car And how do I keep the spark plugs in top shape doctor? 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I did look at the bank See who just came out that's Simpson man from Cass County Luck gets no better does it turn your backs on me go the other way. He's not coming. He's not coming He went into the livery next door. What did he see us? There's no way to know We'll go in now not many of Need only one at the door you turn all right Carl draw Listen you people If everyone will stand just as you are there'll be no shooting hurry Jim Yes, sir all of them put the money in this statue. Yeah. Yes, sir Hurry. Yes, sir. I am I can't come on. Give me the keys. Yes, sir. Take them Sit down. Yes, and don't stand up. Yes. Don't move anybody. Don't try to follow us We'll kill anyone who does You've taken too long put your gun away. I'll cover while we leave no one move With the flow hurry. We've been here too long. We're all right put your gun away. We'll walk to the horses Simpson keep going Hey, don't you remember me? Simpson from your county From this moment on we're dead men Now surely there's no future for us except by miracle No excuse for Carl shooting except that he's the youngest and that he was frightened and a useless killing it accomplished nothing I'm sorry Jim. I couldn't help it Nobody else knew us when it called out our name head stocking. It's all right Carl. You stopped him You stopped us too. Well, yeah, they heard our name I'm sorry. I couldn't help it Once we were right. We were the wrong ones, but no more No more the soldiers still with honor sharing the Confederate defeat no more justifying our motives and actions The crutch we used our persecution by the few hundred of the victors. That's gone now Nothing's left Except that we're killers and must never stop running and perhaps never stop killing Then we'll think instead of riding blindly We'll think tonight and plan something a man can't think without thinking of a future We'll think us a future lie us a future if we have to This is good Well, loosen the cinches, but don't take the saddles off no fire. No smoke This will be a dark camp and a quiet one. You haven't spoken for an hour John What is it a sage in? That we're brothers All right, we're brothers and the mistake of one is the mistake of all of us seems to be the way it is I'm sorry John But wouldn't we then hunt it for the robbery? If Simpson hadn't been there no we wouldn't have but he was there All I could think was Simpson mustn't be there and I killed him so he wouldn't be What do you think we should do John he'd go and I suppose where I Don't know Well, I've been thinking All of us agree that Killing Simpson was a mistake But in the rest of our plan we were right and justified So we can still stand up among honest men Where are we going to find honest men who let us stand with them? We'll leave Missouri and go west far west Colorado territory where the country's just opening up How do we get across all of Kansas to get there? How do we leave here? What road do we take? Sure, there's no posse waiting to ambush us Has the word spread so fast Jim? Five hours Yes, I think it has traveled faster than we have no doubt But I have a plan By it we'll find new lives in a new country We'll talk of it after we rest But what is my plan a Half-day ride in a river crossed will put Missouri behind But Kansas almost 500 miles to cross straight away crossed by roads and trails With many people My plan is to run and I know it blindly because there's no other way once across, Kansas Yes, there is hope if we are once across Kansas Jim what do we do we do what's necessary no more no less Do we fight I'll thank you to keep your youth and your fright under control We fight only if we're provoked I'll talk if you don't mind Good afternoon to you. We're bound for Salina And I'd like to ask why you're interested. We're riding from Dodson. That's right Heard there is a big bank robbery and killing there So we heard you seen three men along the way could be the Spencer brothers We've seen nothing But we've heard of them that they're not really killers or outlaws they killed all right What else do you hear that they had reason to do what they did? That they came back from the war to find their family dead and their home burned. I didn't hear that Their father was a wealthy man, you know and he left the money that they couldn't get because all the records were burned Most of the money twenty five thousand dollars. I hear was in the bank at Dodson That's what they went after What was rightfully theirs? You know a lot about them Where'd you get your horse? I Bought him and that's my business You should have stole another brand on his flank marks you as a Spencer brothers Carl I'm all right Jim John two cartridges gone is all and you I'm all right. We've got a right out of here Get out Word will spread four-man posse was ambushed and murdered by the Spencer brothers more men on the trail after this And less than half of Kansas crossed better at Shiloh better at Bull Run Run run after your future Spencer brothers. It's fast getting away Light is bringing you mr. Richard Whitmark in the Spencer brothers tonight's presentation in radios Outstanding theater of thrills suspense Okay, Harlow recesses over then fire away half just what is the auto light resistor spark plug? 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You're always right with auto light And now auto light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Richard Whitmark in Elliot Lewis's production of the Spencer brothers a true story well calculated to keep you in suspense Grantville st. Mary's along the river and half of Kansas is crossed at the price of brothers But more important at the price of horses They can't go on the next house is settlement. We have to stop. There's no choice Carl Yeah, Jim will stop soon We have to John, how are you not complaining Jim? We've covered more at Kansas and most riders would in the past two days and nights We'll stop soon We need fresh horses even more than we need rest. Where are we going to find people to sell us fresh horses? We'll find horses We have twenty five thousand dollars This is safe to stop and spend a dollar of it. It will be When we get across Kansas our money will mean more than our names do that it'd be nice Behind us Yeah $25,000 and it isn't safe to spend a dollar of it when we get across Kansas our money will mean more than our names do But to get across Kansas We have to have horses Jim yeah, there's house ahead Pull it try a gym. Yeah, it's an isolated place Why is there a lamp burning so late? Maybe they're waiting for us We can't ride these horses through the next day We're north now. Maybe we aren't the criminals here. We are in the south. We might find friends friends Hope there's a place where we find friends. You'd like to wait outside Jim and I'll go in I'll go with you You look through the window Jim see if you think it's all right. I'll be back. How does it seem? Peaceful enough. There's an old man there reading a newspaper We'll go in while not your rifle pointing at us like it is my friend man with a head on would reach strangers at night with a rifle What do you want? We've ridden a long way and our horses are tired We wondered if we could buy fresh mounts from you If you have the money You might We have the money you want horses Where are you going so fast? We're crossing Kansas going west. Where are you from? Missouri what's the matter with Missouri? You ashamed of it. No, no, sir What part of Missouri? From Dodson Bay any chance? Yes, we're from Dodson any trouble about that the words come out here that the three Spencer brothers came from there head west You wouldn't be them would Jim Needing horses. I'm tired of this. What if we don't stop what if you were? With a $5,000 reward on them Spencer's heads. I'm a mind to hold you here to life find out who you are get back I don't think we will The lamp the lamp Where are you Carl? And Carl, where you hit Carl? In the chest. I think I don't think it's bad I'm sure I can keep up with you get him outside. We've got to move him outside Can you walk I can walk and ride to where's your gun Carl? Come on You won't leave me. No, we won't Carl The lamps at the house ablaze the flames from the house will draw everyone within miles we got to go John and leave him The stables over there. We'll have time to saddle some fresh horses if we hurry I know how the word will spread a house burned down and an old man murdered and cremated by the Spencer brothers One of the Spencer's killed two left two Spencer brothers heading west on stolen horses And who knows these horses a hundred men The markings on the pinto John rides the head of my own who knows the road we take How many afters with six dead men left behind and $5,000 on our heads No one ever told us Kansas was so wide to cross The trees up ahead they must mean a river on this road of ferry and we afford a ferry Jim No The trees look less thick to the south We'll head off that way look for a crossing. Come on. Let's go. Hey, it's a smoky hill river John It means we're getting close to the border Close to a lot of things Jim and you know that The end or the beginning the border is what I keep thinking of They could know the road we take They could know what we decided on and guard the crossing south and north But we don't know and we have to go have to cross the smoky hill The border is beyond Who the good cover on the other side John? Willow thickets and Elm The bottom here looks better than we've passed We'll try then keep an eye out Sunlight on metal upstream come on faster That killing it was was a mistake. We went after what was rightfully ours Come on run Spencer brothers after your future It's fast getting away just across the field help me Help me get there. No, I can't help pay you. I'll pay no my money's My horse I saw a horse running that way towards the border help me help me find him. I can Help me please girl help me Get away get away from me Murder and wretch We shot him how Kansas takes care of the likes of him Suspense Presented by auto light tonight star mr. Richard Whitmark This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for auto light world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment Auto light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry That's why during the early months of 1953 as we did last year the auto light family will join in saluting the leading car manufacturers who install auto light products as original equipment our Auto light family is a worldwide family and numbers among its members some 30,000 men and women in auto light plants in the United States, Canada and many foreign countries and The 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their savings in auto light As well as thousands of auto light distributors and dealers and the many leading Manufacturers who use auto light products as original equipment Our auto light family will salute the Packard motor car company on the next auto light suspense television program If you live in a television area check the day and time of suspense so that you'll be sure to see this program Next week following a popular trend Auto light anticipates the strange disappearance of experimental rocket ship Y 272 B the time the year 2053 the place the planet Mars the star Mr. Jack Benny the story is called plan X that's next week on Suspense Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Ludd Bluskin The Spencer brothers was adapted for suspense by Gill Dowd in tonight's story Joseph Kearns was heard as John Spencer and Sam Edwards as Carl Spencer Featured in the cast were William Conrad John Dana Sammy Hill and Parley Bear Richard Whitmark is soon to be seen in the 20th century Fox technical our production destination Gobi and Remember next week. 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