 suspense and the producer of radio's outstanding theater of thrills the master of mystery and adventure William and Robeson they say there's a thin line between love and hate and if it's true that it's love that makes the world go round perhaps hate could bring it to a standstill it's been tried with rather tedious frequency for the past several thousand years and if the haters keep at it they may finally make it unless as in the upcoming play love once more triumphs listen then as Charles McGraw stars in 227 minutes of hate a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense you look at the calendar hanging on the wall and wonder if it's you or the day that makes it look so uninspiring and you decide it's the calendar they just aren't making good calendars anymore you squirm around in your chair and take a look at the clock 1144 1144 of a Friday morning that shouldn't have happened it's that dough you swing back to your desk and pick up the phone detective your lieutenant mcdougal speaking hello lieutenant this is Bill Rand of the hill way airport yes mr. Rand what can we do for him well I want to report a stolen plane I see but what an airplane it's been stolen I want to report it well now look mr. Rand we we take reports on stolen articles here cars things like that but a stolen airplane I know there isn't much anyone can do about a stolen plane but the trouble is it's in the air now that figures the man who's flying it can't fly well in that case you have nothing to what I try to stop him but he had a gun and I just a minute mr. Rand suppose we begin at the beginning well this guy he goofs around the field all the time one of those hangar flyers but today he showed up around 11 o'clock and said he decided to start taking lessons so hold up mr. Rand just a moment hi yeah I'm act get on the extension and take this report okay now mr. Rand what was the man's name Reagan Charles Reagan his address four two three excuse me mr. Rand my other phone's ringing you go ahead and give the report to the sergeant I'll be back with you in a minute okay hello detective your lieutenant mcdougal speaking oh yes yeah now wait a moment where are you calling from I see yeah yeah all right yeah all right fine mr. Stephens we'll see what we can do right away and thanks for calling I mr. Rand I think we found your plane oh that's great where is it well the lady I just talked to wasn't too accurate but according to her was flying up and down in front of her house on Della Plain Avenue flying up and down well that's the ladies way of putting it I figure what she meant was that it was buzzing the street in front of her house good lord lieutenant he's not like crash that thing you got to do something yeah yeah I think you're right mr. Rand but there's there's only one thing I'd like to ask you yes what would you suggest yes the man's right you got to do something but what reach out with a long arm and pluck the plane out of the sky put out a call to the radio cars and tell them to bring in an idiot in a stolen plane you look at the report that Frank's taken and you try to figure out your first move any move here's a fellow's name and address that's probably a phony no I don't think so lieutenant ran said he got it off the man's driver's license now well we can take a run out there I guess but it isn't gonna help us to get him down it ran say anything to you about why he thought the guy wanted the plane no no he said he acted fine until I got out to the takeoff line and warmed up the engine and he said the guy suddenly pulled this gun out and shoved it in his ribs and told him to get out so we got on what would you do lieutenant I'd get out I'll get it with a friend yeah Detective Bureau Sergeant Kelly speaking yes sir yes we've already got a report on that sir where are you calling from the courthouse yes sir yes we'll do all we can sir thank you now what plane just rolled his wheels on the roof of the courthouse they got a panic on their hands down there all right Frank get out a bulletin to the civil defense people alert the fire department the sheriff's office all of our cars tell him what we've gotten to expect anything I'm gonna see if the Air Force can help us you grab your phone call the air base on the edge of town it takes a little doing but finally you get a Colonel who's interested but firm look lieutenant I assure you would like to help but what can we do well I thought maybe you could scramble a couple of your planes and well well sort of head him off make him go away from the city I'm afraid our jets can't fly that slow lieutenant yeah I see what you mean only somebody's got to do something to get this guy down before he kills a lot of people got a radio on his plane I don't know that wait a minute hold on a minute Colonel Frank did Rand say anything about a radio in the plane he didn't mention it lieutenant we don't know Colonel well I was thinking that if he had a radio they had it turned on the tower frequency we could contact him from here at least talk to him well well look can you try it if it can get him maybe we can make him see what he's doing what's the number it make of his ship oh wait a minute I got it here in the report somewhere I mean here it is it's a it's a Cessna single engine number N4091 is that what you want that's it if you want to wait on the phone I'll have the tower put on a call right away yeah yeah fine I'll wait you sit there waiting for the Colonel to come back and the minutes tick by and you try to figure out some way to do this thing right and you can't if he has a radio he has the radio turned on if why would he have it on you listen to the phones and you hear Frank and the other people in the office taking calls they're coming in faster now they're all about the same thing an airplane with a fool in it who seems to be trying to kill himself if trying to kill himself of course but you can talk suicides out of it you've done it more than once than the Colonel's back on the phone again no luck lieutenant either doesn't have a radio or he doesn't have it turned on they called him on all the frequencies there was no answer I'm sorry yeah well thanks for trying anyway Colonel you you might keep calling I'll do that and if we raise him where can we reach you call the detective bureau and ask for me they can get me in my car if I'm out and thanks incidentally very much hello mr. Rand this is lieutenant McDougal oh yeah lieutenant you got a line on my plane yet now listen ran did that ship have a radio in it yes well good was it turned on yeah you sure sure I'm sure I turn it on myself well the air base towers been trying to reach the plane that doesn't answer doesn't that oh wait a minute I remember while we were taxing out to the flight line I turned it down why I'd already gotten power clearance oh but if it's on why can't this character hear it the engine noise would be too loud oh great okay mr. Rand thanks Frank as lieutenant we can't do anything here but answer phones let's take a ride out to the guys address and see what we can find maybe he's got a wife that can tell us something such as what such as how do I know such as but we can't sit around here waiting until he's crashed at least we might find out why he's doing what he's doing okay lieutenant come on let's go nice looking place yeah hope someone's home yeah this is Regan yeah I'm lieutenant McDougal this is sergeant Kelly police we're from the detective bureau your husband is Charles Regan yes that's right but I wonder if we could talk to her a moment mrs. Regan about your husband well well yes of course but is something wrong is he hurt no not yet mrs. Regan but tell me has he ever flown an airplane Charles why no oh he sometimes goes out and hangs around the airport out at hillway but oh but he's never flown a plane I don't think he's even been one but can you think of any reason why he might want to take a plane take a plane fly one mrs. Regan you know take it up in the air what's this all about these questions don't make any sense well what's happened doesn't make sense to us either your husband went out to the hillway airport less than an hour ago mrs. Regan and took an airplane away from the flying instructor and he flew off in it he could kill himself no any reason why your husband would want to kill himself mrs. Regan no everything all right between the two of you I resent that lieutenant I'm sorry ma'am but sometimes we have to ask questions like that of course everything is all right between us only only one well Chuck Chuck doesn't like people much he sort of feels everyone's against him so full of hate and then this morning what happened this morning he was fired came home around 10 30 and told me he was fired where did he work at the television station you know what kind of work did he do there well he he's sort of an idea man he thinks up scripts and ideas and all he has a lot of talent I'm sure he has ma'am somehow they just don't appreciate him when I fired him this morning it was the last draw he it was like somebody I didn't know I'll show them he said I'll show them I hate them I hate them all does he hate you mrs. Regan oh no lieutenant no Chuck loves me oh no I can't believe it of course my my husband was upset almost sick maybe but he wouldn't do anything like this wouldn't he look up there and 4091 that's the plane lieutenant is that your husband mrs. Regan 15 and now we continue with 227 minutes of hate starring Charles McGraw a tale well calculated to keep you in now you have a little more to go not much but a little now you know the Charles Regan is sick with hate a hate that has given him the nerve to steal an airplane and the courage to fly it hate that may destroy him and who knows how many other people you have to know more about this sick man before he can even begin to help him and you haven't much time his gas tank is racing the second hand right toward death so you tell mrs. Regan to stay near a phone in case you need her and your next stop is the television station where Regan was employed up until this morning the picture becomes a little more clear as you talk with the station manager Carl van Alden he must be crazy he's got to be why did you fire him mr. Alden I didn't fire him I let him go why don't you try to implicate me in this insanity but why did you let him go he couldn't cut the mustard I understand from his wife that he had a lot of talent well I'm the judge of talent around here and in my book if I ran this station on the judgment of housewives I wouldn't be in business very long as Regan been back around here back here you said he was up in the air less exactly what I mean back around here in that plane why should he come back here well I've got the impression that Regan's awfully sore at someone and my hunch is that that someone is you man has the right to run his business as he sees fit of course mr. van Alden and a man has a right to get mad about the way you run your business now if the man is mad enough to go out and steal a plane he can crazy enough you mean perhaps the man is that mad I got a funny feeling you wouldn't stop there what are you driving at I have a feeling the man that full of hate would go for the man who hurt him hurt yeah hurt like the guy who fired him I were that mad I might even fly my airplane into the building where he worked nonsense no well maybe but if I were you I'd start thinking about evacuating this place evacuate evacuate the building why that's absurd not if someone's thinking about flying an airplane down your throat Lieutenant McDougal you're a policeman naturally you think of things from your point of view but think of mine for a minute I thought I was I don't mean my personal safety I have a public trust I must stay on the air and then well think of the miserable publicity the station would get if all of a sudden and in the middle of a broadcasting day I shut down in order everyone to leave the building why it could be embarrassing it could be pretty embarrassing Mr. Van Alde if you didn't order your people out in your former employee flew his airplane right through your roof and killed them all he wouldn't dare he might well I won't do it Lieutenant I will not be intimidated by a crazy man besides I don't think he has the nerve he had the nerve to steal the plane and he saw it you and he's flying around over the city like a punch-runk moth you don't think you'll do it well I do and I hope above everything else that I'm wrong now put out some bulletins Lieutenant warn the people about what's going on I'll use what facilities I can do a public service job but I will not order an evacuation that I will not do okay at least it might have you got an antenna on the top of this building Mr. Van Alde yes of course two of them as a matter of fact well I think your friend just flew between them he flies pretty good for a guy that doesn't know how to fly but he can't do that he might hit them he might he might even want to if he's a sore Jew as I think he is well you've got to do something yeah yeah I know in fact I heard that somewhere else today and you know what Mr. Van Alde what I'm beginning to get a little tired of it yeah you're getting a little tired of it and very tired of Van Alde you can almost begin to feel sorry for Regan but then he makes another pass and he forgets about being sorry for it matter of fact he starts thinking about getting out of there then Van Alde secretary causes him and says there's a phone call for you and pick up the phone and return to the Air Force I'm glad I found you Lieutenant we made contact with the plane you have yes we got on the radio he answered our call and we've got him on the tower frequency look look that's great now just keep him occupied keep him talking say anything to keep him from thinking up new stunts in that thing but can you do that we can try it I'll be there as fast as I can make it Air Force 306 you're clear for straight-in approach traffic 3f86 outbound 1 t33 on final over hello Lieutenant I'm glad you got here so fast you still got him Colonel yeah we've been talking to him he's not too receptive how'd you get him to turn up his radio must have been a fluke evidently he made a fairly steep dive on something and they pulled up his knee hit the volume on first thing we really answered one of our calls well look I want to talk to him can you get him for me sure try the session again will you sergeant yes hello Cessna 4091 this is Air Force Tower calling calling Cessna 4091 come in please Cessna over Air Force this is me let's on your mind now let me have a mic hello Regan can you hear me Regan I'm Lieutenant McDougal of the detective bureau now listen Regan I want you to fly that plane away from the city look Regan you've got to think of the people who are going to get killed if you crash that thing into a building I've been thinking of Lieutenant and I'm sorry for him but I got something to do that's more important listen to me Regan go ahead kill yourself if that's what you want to do but don't kill a lot of innocent people while you're doing it Lieutenant you're wasting your time I'm getting so I can aim this plane pretty well as soon as I get tired of flying over on the city I'm gonna fly up right into those towers on top of the television station I've been pretty close a couple of times when I get ready I will be close I'll be right on target Regan Regan you're acting like a kid who lost his lollipop so you got fired a lot of people get fired a lot of people get fired and don't deserve it they don't go out and try to kill everybody you say you can aim that plane pretty well okay okay aim it towards the Air Force base on the edge of town you ought to be able to find it we'll get the crash trucks out and we'll do everything we can save it look ten and save it you want to use those crash trucks send them over to the television station I'll give them a show they won't forget for a long time I'll knock it off you brought me Regan Regan listen Regan answer me his radio still answer I can hear the carrier him yeah Frank yell at that and get on the phone and tell the boys to start evacuating the television station immediately right and ask radio central to get a car to mrs. Regan's house and bring her out here tell him to hurry maybe she can talk some sense into him you light a cigarette and stand in the control tower listening to the babble of voices from the sky and you try to think what you've left undone the clocks is 214 two hours and 29 minutes since that phone call that started this nightmare and you're no better off now than you were then you suddenly think of rand's report and the words gas aboard approximately three hours they'd only run out of gas in the country some merit you know he won't you know he means what he said about flying down into the towers and you begin to get scared the clock moves around the 245 you've called Regan regularly and he's answered twice and his answers haven't helped and then the class mrs. Regan around ten at have you talked to him yes mrs. Regan that he won't listen to maybe you'll listen to you what can I tell him you can you can tell him you love him you can tell him whatever woman tells the man she's in love with it'll that'll make him listen there's very little time left with the last chance we have mrs. Regan before you talk to him I think you ought to know something we've offered to help him land the plane here we can do that we've done it in bad weather with people who've had very little experience never flown before I know mrs. Regan but the main thing is to get him to come over here and make his try where we can help him I want you to understand that we can help him if he'll let us thank you we're going to call him now mrs. Regan and if he doesn't answer me I'll give you the mic you can call him okay yes yes hello Regan Regan this is tower calling you Regan can you hear me Regan your wife is here and wants to talk to you maybe he's not even up there anymore maybe maybe but all we can do is try mrs. Regan now please like this that's right just talking to the mic and asking to answer you here Chuck Chuck please if you hear me please answer me I won't listen honey just go away please and let me work this out my own way Chuck they can help you land your plane if you let them Chuck please please darling do what they tell you I'm sorry I told you how I felt about the job I told you what they were trying to do to me darling they weren't doing anything personal to you maybe they didn't understand you but they talk they never come through I'm gonna come through for them though I'm gonna put this thing right down their throats I'll give them something to remember Charlie Regan for he's getting hysterical mrs. Regan make him mad or something say something to get him back Chuck Chuck please you can work somewhere else you can get another job you've got talent and you're young and I love you I love you I don't want to hurt you I don't want to do anything to hurt you I gotta do this now don't you see I can't quit this time you won't be quitting you'll be winning Chuck don't you see darling you'll be winning baby I don't want to hurt you bring the plane over here Chuck please let them help you please I don't know what I could do it I don't know whether I could get the thing down even if I could find the field you can try Chuck you can try okay I'll try it and honey yes darling I'm not mad anymore I'm just scared if I don't make it I did want to hurt you I never wanted to hurt you I know I know I don't think you ever wanted to hurt anybody we better try to get him over here he hasn't got much gas left right take over sergeant talk him down yes sir hello Regan can you read me can you hear me all right okay now I want you to do just as I tell you first climb slowly up to 3,000 feet can you do that it should be watch it as you climb and see if it goes up okay that's the one now can you see the field from where you are look around carefully and see if you can see a big spread out field with several runways long concrete steps okay now keep climbing and steer towards us just take it easy and I'll tell you what to do now I want you to get used to some of the things you're gonna have to do when you start letting down for your landing first there's a small lever or a wheel you watch in complete fascination as the sergeants find it calmly quietly almost hypnotic it makes it sound easy almost like driving a car and you'll begin to have hope you actually begin to dare to hope that you'll work this thing out get this kid down out of trouble you see what you're flying over look at the clock and it's 307 fine you're about halfway here now when I tell you I want you to slow down and pull that lever down I'll tell you when but think about it so you can do it listen to me Reagan if it quits keep the nose down and don't slow down under 80 head for the river bottom keep the speed at 80 and head for the river bottom if you can get there slow down by easing back on the wheel and let it lose speed when you're right on the sand what's his chances sergeant he could make it he could make it if he remembers to kill his speed I don't know I'll worry he'll make it Mrs. Reagan I I'm sure he'll make it you say the words but you don't feel them you wish you could believe who's kidding the guy in an airplane crash landing in a riverbed you know there's not much chance and you stand there waiting and time keeps running but for you and Mrs. Reagan it's run out and then the Colonel picks up a phone that suddenly rings and he's excited and he hands the phone to you and you'll listen to a voice on the other end I thought he was going to take the roof off how about the pilot is he hurt I don't figure get out of the plane but he don't seem to be hurt just sits there staring out the window playing a hurt much neater far as I can see it just come down and skid it around a little and right good pilot to bring that thing down like that even better than you know we'll be right out to get him and thanks for calling well you hang up the phone and reach for a cigarette and you take the first real breath you've had since 1144 that morning three hours and 47 minutes of fear and terror for hundreds of helpless people because some guy let his hate get away from him 227 minutes of hate and you look at Mrs. Reagan and you remember the way she sounded when she talked to her husband somehow you feel that it'll work out okay for Chuck Reagan now that he's got rid of his hate