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Thank you, Mr. Rattick So polite that Cleo kills me Ace is high card winner to kill a man. Let's go cut him Cleo Thanks. Now send the door and don't let anyone in. Yes It's a matter doesn't Cleo get a card you five just you five ready Then it clubs for you ready Six of diamonds for you talker nine of hearts for Barney Jack of clubs for Johnny goodbye Johnny seven of hearts for Mackle You Johnny I'm a lucky fellow. I tell people that one may ask me about you How lucky you are not a scratch and you've knocked over three hoodlum bore I Operated before I met you Moyer for my mind good looking boy like you It's the talk how hired killers don't come as pretty as you Yeah, you know Cleo You like it here in Miami Johnny sure I like it. Why shouldn't I like it? Oh, I shouldn't you like it here Miami pretty palm trees pretty ladies pretty ponies and No penny culling you're doing it again more you have a chance you get you say penny culling to me Why because you're lucky a big man like penny and you say the right word to the wrong guy and pennies gone Kicked out the board had run out of the country and nothing happens to you You're sure the one Johnny. All right, I'm the one now What did I get the high card for for this? 10 grand to do a job 15 more when you come back and it's all over when I come back Where am I going Havana Havana in Cuba? All right? I go to Havana. I kill somebody Who you get a plane ticket and a name and an address Address for a man. You'll see he'll tell you who he wants the job done. I'm just the contractor Johnny Have fun Johnny try not to get scratched Moyer said it and it let loose a squad of happy butterflies That finally landed in a wad somewhere inside me 10 grand 10 grand to stain a little part of a Vanna with the man's blood Throw a handful of sand in his face and for that another 15 grand when I got back So I can enjoy Miami all over again At the airport hire a car Lean back spread out breathe deep and slow while you drive through dreamland and where the Prado kisses the neon goodbye a mansion with flamingos strutting in the front yard like they were on stilts and Their wings a color of red. I never saw before flashing against the white columns of the house Taste it for a minute Then walk into it And a butler in knee britches tells you to wait You are who senior Damon Johnny Damon. Oh, I have been waiting for you senior Johnny Damon I am the on tape. We have business to discuss. You want some dead What's to discuss just tell me who in my study, I think is more appropriate for these matters Thank us and you're come a key here You are the assassin I have hired see I Want to look at you assassin I walk around you Observe you and this is what an assassin looks like look how long do I have to wait you have impatience and you are This is an admirable quality and a man who kills for a fee Penny Cullen what the man I want dead penny Cullen. Well, well pennies here, huh since three months The criminal your country deported Europe has fled from there came here to Cuba This killer this gangsta this filth you have read yourselves up in your country. I want this also to me But to rid me of him dead. It's going to be a pleasure Penny bothers you, huh? I have flourishing enterprises in Cuba senior Your penny Cullen wants to share in them. This he has whispered to me. He asked for an answer quickly You are my answer. You came up with the right answer Chico Where do I find penny? He has a house in the Plaza Vista Number 23 Four days Chico, that's how long I need Then the weepers for penny Cullen can start crying over his dead body for days three days to watch him the fourth the kill My assassin, you know, that's something penny taught me if the man has a schedule that lasts for three days He'll do the same on the fourth. I see this is very interesting to me Sure, you see you can't be sloppy in this kind of work No, a man's habits. No worries going to be at such in such a time know when to kill That way you can walk away from it. I have not known assassination was such a delicate art senior Delicate art huh? See a suggestion if I may go right ahead a thing I know about senior Cullen each day at six at twilight He sits on a bench the same bench always and looks over the embarked arrow the embarked arrow the waterfront He sits there and looks out upon the ocean Where's the bench? There is a statue, senior of a dying hero Miguel Perez To the left of the statue. Thanks. Yeah, that's all I need Senor yeah When you kill, Senor Say him my name Say who said the ante? I just penny Cullen in a Vanna Penny Cullen set up to be knocked over by me a boy who could appreciate a nice thing like that There was nothing complicated about it Penny Cullen was a man. I hated a man. I put the finger on a man I had a ported and now I was going to get close enough to killing and he'd never even know I was in the van Now to work first an investment 1095 for a pair of binoculars nothing fancy but good enough magnification three and a half times Very fine for seeing Penny Cullen sitting on a bench watching the ocean That evening get to the waterfront sometime before six Find a spot that overlooks the bench to the left of a statue of a dying man and wait A quarter of six of vendor pedals by the bench on a bike. He's selling ice cream and Wait and Far away a bell tolls six o'clock and in the middle of it a man a man who walks over to the bench sits on it a man named Penny Cullen and Penny looks pretty good a little heavier, but just a little bit Yeah, Penny looks pretty good. He's carrying something with him a paper bag At five minutes after six he opens the bag and throws breadcrumbs to the pigeons Penny Cullen throwing breadcrumbs to the pigeons At 12 minutes after six a cop walks past the bench touches his cap to Cullen Cullen nods back The cop goes away Penny sits 20 after another vendor an old woman. She's selling flowers Penny buys one the old woman puts it in his lapel goes away a quarter to seven Penny goes away Next day practically the same 545 ice cream vendor six Penny Cullen five after pigeon feeding time That's 612 the cop 620 flower in the buttonhole 645 Penny gets up and walks away The next day the same Next day the fourth day day for killing Mr. Cooper live a senior. Thanks. Put it on the table. Yes, you know Will there be anything else take a buck from the bundle? Oh Kid senior I'm liable to nap have the desk call me Five she's in your four hours away from killing time Time enough to have your drink then lie down in that soft bed and relax Think about it, and he didn't even know I was here Penny Cullen pigeon feeder Tomorrow the pigeons would have to find a new boy Between 620 and 645 I was going to walk up in back of him and let him have it Wouldn't even know where it came from Yeah Johnny hmm to whatever you were doing Johnny. I'm not going to be at the bench today Penny yeah Penny Cullen boy Welcome to Havana auto light is bringing you mr. 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Victor mature in Elliot Lewis's production of Blackjack to kill a tale well calculated to keep you in So now it was different Any color knew I was in Havana and he knew why But only a little different only a little tougher a matter now of killing a man who knew he was going to be killed Look at it this way. It was a job and it was going to get done Only now it was more even up More interesting Penny color to me Two good boys each holding a good hand and the winner that was going to be me Yes, I was the good boy who was going to stay alive new plans Penny knew where I was So get out of this hotel and find another one pack carry your own suitcase Walk down five flights of stairs Leave through the service entrance Down an alley down a side street keep walking keep alive Okay, get a senior what I asked you what you want rum rum Hey, boy tender Another room. Uh-uh. No, okay. Get a senior that sign outside says you have rooms upstairs See you wish a room. Yeah for four days. It can be a wrench. I want something else arranged Okay Look what I got Chico see it money American dollars. I see it, sir. I want a boat for a boat trip. When when in four days Look at it again Chico money mucho mucho mucho money for a boat. You said it Chico Conmigo with me Mario This man has taken a room. He also wants to arrange for a boat. Huh? I want a boat in four days I need something to take me over to Key West But to me senior there are fine steamships airplanes. I can't wait for schedules I want something that will get me out of here when I'm ready to move. Huh? What about it? In four days Well, what about it? In four days senior on the fourth day from today will be ready for you whenever you want it So it started all over again the killing of penny Cullen This time it had to be played another way before I set him up I had to think of myself About a getaway No commercial transportation After I killed penny who knows how many of his people would be asking around for me at airports and at steamship docks A private boat all my own The way to do it The way to assassinate Number 23 Plaza Batista That was the address the auntie had given me That's where penny was I already had the jump on him. I knew exactly where he'd be So started all over again Find a spot nearby Park your car Get out hide watch And it went like this Had a few minutes past midnight the sedan drove up at number 23 Two men got out of the front Looked up and down the street Then one of them opened the door for another man Penny Penny and a blonde The two of them walk up the steps Go into the house The lights go on And so does some music from inside And the two men out front They stay there Talk a little while tell a joke But they stay there That way for two hours Then one of them looks at the other shrugs They walk over to the sedan And get in And in a little while They're dozing And there are silhouettes of penny and the blonde behind the windows That's all you need to know That night The next And the night after that The same thing Penny culling the blonde in the music And the two men who got tired after a couple of hours and went to sleep Then it was the fourth night The time for killing had come around again Penny and the blonde So wait And the two men So wait An hour Wait Two Wait And then The two men dozing Let them sleep The time for killing Fascination A delicate art And it was done Señor Let's go bartender Let's tell your boss I'm ready for that boat Your business here in Havana is completed Four days and it's all done let's go Mario, he is here He says that his business is completed in Havana And he wants a bouquet today Look bartender, what did you tell him? He has a big bouquet for the bouquet Mario Is everything ready? I ask you something, what did you tell him? Take your hands off me, señor Mario knows what you want, talk to him What about it Mario? You got the boat for me He said you have a lot of money Show me Sure Do you hear it? Whispers to you Bullies, señor So much money to wave it is such a stranger as me You know what else I got? A gun Right under the gavardine You have money, you have a gun It takes now only the boat to Key West to make you happy, see? Yeah $2,000 $2,000, huh? For you, just for you All right When you put me on the boat Who are you talking to? Look when you talk to it in American so I can understand what you're saying In American Mario My friend speaks only Spanish You do not believe me? You talk to him, señor You tell him what you need Talk to him Sit down, señor Make yourself at home What did your friend say? One hour, he will call when he's ready I told you it had to be ready when I wanted it Try someplace else, señor You sure your friends got the boat? One hour, I already said it Sit down You play cards, señor Call him back and tell him I haven't got an hour Everybody has an hour, señor Except they're dying Deal of cards Poker? Deal, except they're dying And that didn't include me Penny Cullen dead Johnny Damon healthy and wealthy But how long does an hour take? How many poker hands? And how many times did the door open like that? And a man standing in the doorway looking at you Just standing and looking Then goes away A man, no woman, but another man And Mario across the table Not looking at his cards Looking at you and laughing like that Where be I? Come with me guys It was not about you, señor It was of another matter Things like that The people who stood in open doorways staring A phone call that was not about you Things that lead up half an hour Things and Mario What's funny? What are you laughing at? That's you, señor You're such a bad poker player Sure, maybe you're not getting a boat Maybe your friend's not getting me a boat either How come it takes an hour to get a boat? You had four days How come it takes another hour, Mario? Hello, Johnny I said hello Hi, Penny Yeah, you better get on your feet, Johnny Get out of here, Mario I couldn't have missed you, Penny Not you, boy You never miss You killed a man Yeah, a man I was saving up to be killed Kind of built like me You're a tricky boy, Penny But not you, that thing I taught you A man has a schedule for three days He'll do the same on the fourth Oh, Johnny, you should have known I was figuring right with you Yeah, I should have done that It was all right I'm still in favor of Miami It's not even worth an opinion anymore, Johnny Oh? Yeah Moyer wrote me and said you're being replaced He's got a kid named Cleo he liked Moyer wrote you? You're kidding, Penny Moyer was contracted for what I was supposed to do to you Oh, Johnny You really lost touch Not Johnny Johnny, he didn't hire you to kill me I hired him To send you to me Tricky What'd you expect, boy, getting me He'd out of the States and all Yeah, I thought that was very patriotic It was, it was I'm going to tell you something, Penny Moyer's jaw is going to drop when he sees me Then he's going to pay me the 15 grand He owes me for killing you Then he's going to run Hey, hey, Johnny, you're not getting back to Miami Oh, you think you can Oh, kill me Presented by AutoLite Tonight's star, Mr. Victor Mature And here once again is our star, Victor Mature Victor, it was great having you on suspense again Thanks, Huylo And thanks to AutoLite for giving me such an exciting story You know, Huylo, the plays the thing Aw, great, Victor But all elements, both the play and the actor, must be right to ensure the best show possible Now, take your car, for example To ensure its best performance It needs AutoLite Ignition Engineered spark plugs, either standard or resistor type I say AutoLite spark plugs because they're designed by the same engineers who design complete electrical systems AutoLite actually makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, tractors, planes and boats These include the world-famous AutoLite Stay Full Battery Automotive wire and cable, bumpers and hubcaps and many more No wonder from bumper to tail light You're always right, with AutoLite Next week on suspense, our star will be Mr. John Hodiak in another story taken from life A dramatic report we call The Case History of a Gambler In weeks to come, we shall also present Mr. Herbert Marshall Mr. Jeff Chandler and Mr. Charles Boyer All on suspense Suspense is produced and directed by Elliott Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Lud Bluskin Black Jack To Kill was written for suspense by Morton Fein and David Friedkin Feature in tonight's story were Herb Butterfield, Clayton Post Harry Bartell, Jack Krushen Eddie Firestone, Joseph Kearns and Steve Roberts Tonight's appearance of Mr. Victor Mature was made possible through the permission of 20th Century Fox Studios whose current release is Next Bayonets starring Richard Basshart And remember, next week on suspense, Mr. John Hodiak In The Case History of a Gambler For the location of your nearest AutoLite spark plug or battery dealer or your nearest authorized AutoLite service station phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 25 Switch to AutoLite Good night The Christmas season is also the Christmas SEAL season. 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