 Tired of the every day grind ever dream of a life of Romantic adventure Want to get away from it all? We offer you escape Escape designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure There's a fortune in the cabin of an airplane crashed on an island Somewhere in the Caribbean and Only you know where it is by your side Sailing the treacherous channels a Smiling killer with a knife From whom there is No escape Listen now as escape brings you E. Jack Newman story the coward Your name, please Frank Dorian. I've come for employment and the employer of a Cina office is locked My old friend is what is it you wish I wish for you to keep trying with the English laser, baby You don't find Never mind the phone. I'll tell them I'm here myself You keep enjoying the heat and checking those field reports, honey Yeah, net Frank Dorian thought you were dead. I'm not It's a nice little secretary you got there Ed. Can she spell Maria does fine come on in as the oil business Okay, lots of work as usual All your legs took 18 months in a hospital in Mexico City, but they're okay now What do you want Frank? You're giving it to me to give you what? The look the cold meat stuff We don't need any pilots nothing open here Frank. I'm not looking for work. I'm looking for a boat give up flying Did you for the moment? Yeah, that's on your mind One of those power launches out there like to rent one for about four or five days. Why? Floating over these waters a million times. I guess maybe I want to get a little closer to him To some fishing relax before I go back to the States. How about it? Those are company boats You know, I can't do anything like that. Sorry got 500 bucks for you. No, thanks 750 nope not for a million It's not a very friendly way to talk after 18 months I didn't know whether I'd ever see you again Frank, but I told myself if I did see you I'd put it right on the line You're yellow You let four people die You bailed out of that plane and you didn't even tell them how to get into their parachute harness There wasn't time but the board of inquiry report said there was time enough for you to get out Maybe that's okay for the board of inquiry, but I say it was your job to look out for your passengers first So I'll tell you again. You're a coward Anything else too bad? They didn't have to chop your legs off Dorian that put you closer to the size you really are I'll get out of here. I thought I find you here Where else you go on a hot night in Mexican town even outside like this? Oh, sit down Like you better out of your office. What's your name? Maria de Sarva? Where's your home Maria here? And lots of Americans around gives you taste what it's like in the good old USA, huh? See I Want to go there very much to the United States Maybe one of those American college boy engineers working for Ryan will turn the trick for you with the two haircuts and the things They say with the wink of the eye. I hate them. I hate all of them Still your best bet Well, I had enough of this Seeing the states sometime on you corner nothing around here I am around here. Ah Hey, you are trying aren't you? Maybe Okay, yes, what is you laugh at me? No with you It's warm here You walk by the water. Sure. I'll walk It's funny. What funny the way you came in to send your Ryan today and ask about the boat You tell me about it later Ryan and his lousy boats think about this all day. That is why I find you Think you want to run a boat bad very bad. You talk like you got one in a little way I do have one when you got a fishing jig Your popper your brother got a little squirt of a bark that I can stand up and take through the surf. No It is a power launch Like those over there power launch belongs to someone. I know You buy it from one of the old company two year gone make it over use it for big fishing. It's a good boat very good Maybe he ran it to you if I ask him. Where is it? There Want to look sure Where's your friend? He's away now Goes us a boat. It's good enough for fishing That is why you wish a boat Yes, you see good engines. Yeah, I'd have to hear them. You can't tell about looking He got many times in this boat four or five six days at sea Well, Maria, I'll tell you what you do you tell your friend I'm interested in renting it for five days. Tell them I'll give him three hundred bucks Would laugh at you. You can take it or leave it. We'll leave it and I guess it's no deal Thanks for showing me. This is the only boat around here that is not owned by the sellers are oil company You do not take this one. You take nothing Nothing, how will you go fishing? Huh? Maybe I should say how will you get to the island without a boat? Two months they searched for the plane and then it was decided crashing to the sea But it did not go into the sea He's still out there somewhere on one of the silence. Do you need a boat together? You're crazy. I know there was a payroll on that plane $80,000 You got it all figured haven't you? Suppose what you say is true, and I took this boat. What then? Suppose I just let it lay suppose. I didn't hear what you just said Suppose it means nothing then I go to the police and tell them what I think you think they'd listen If I told them how anxious you are about a boat the police year and the insurance company the bonding company in the oil company They asked all the questions they want They were on me for three months while I was in a hospital with my legs in the hoist Maybe you haven't got such a good thing at that. No So we know where we stand there. What about your friend? I would pay him for my half All right Sunday morning six o'clock enough fuel and food to last for five days This thing's in shape if your friend's okay, and if I feel like it I might take a trip Hey, I'm Rico you are the Americano How's your English Rico see very good? Where's brown eyes brown? I Maria. Oh, Maria. She's in the galley. She fixed food You hungry? Goodie Maria. Good cook fine fine. Hey, we have no sugar hands your buddy. I shake body Okay, buddy See if you can shake this bag below Oh Hi, Maria. Hello come down to see yourself. I'm going with you Okay Okay, by me as matter of fact, it'll make it nicer. You do something to a boat, baby You meet Rico. Yes. Yeah, I met him some clown. What's he's always smiling about because very good sailor He acts like he's getting ready to go to a circus. Don't have to worry about Rico. Okay. I won't As long as you keep your hands off of me And we're all ready to go the engine is fine, then what are we waiting for you? Better for kind of Zaba point kind of Zaba and then what and then I'll tell you Boena All right, what are you standing there for? Let's get going Okay, buddy Frank I am afraid now Rico. He's dangerous. He's not like the way you act to me The way you make him embarrassed he'll live But will you he wants to get to that island doesn't he see and I'm the only one who knows where it is That is true, but but what? But I am thinking of the time after we have been there. He's feeling that Come here. What let's settle it now Rico see Give me a match. Hmm. That's for a Sabrina Match, huh? Hey, I don't have much I do Yeah Like me like yourself Get up now like me Okay, buddy any questions Rico Maria, I guess everybody understands everybody You are listening to the coward tonight's presentation of escape French German Italian Swedish Nobody has trouble understanding the language when the language is music Tomorrow CBS radio presents the classic works of the composers round the world on our world music festivals Here at tomorrow on most of these stations and now back to escape and the second act of the coward see Well, are we can his abba that is the point there never seen it from the water. It looks different And he's eat Okay, let's look at that compass of yours. You know what you do Anna Okay, we set here you steer this line see and keep on it for how long is no island that way only the open sea no Island you ever been that way. Oh, I had Okay, buddy You're asleep. I'm not sleep What you and Rico, huh? He laugh at you Frank He laugh at you all the time even though he liked the match He laughs like you know more than you know and do more than you can do go to bed. You're shivering I wish nothing to happen to you. I don't get it get it you and smiling boy when all this is over What happened? Rico and guy go to United States. I thought it was something like that. So why worry about me? I I'll tell you Even with $40,000 you might not be able to make it immigration stuff and the money wouldn't help much if they were looking for you as Immigration can be awful tough on the illegal entries You got something like that in mind. I speak to you later. No right now This chip isn't gonna last much longer Insight tomorrow morning once we get that cash in our hands Rico isn't gonna play along if I got him pegged right You know what? I'm talking about baby. He's probably told you how he's gonna stick that knife in me So you and him can take the whole works, right? Yeah, you two talked it over. Let me tell you this Rico isn't gonna be able to get you into the United States, but I can you if you are my wife Frank What would happen to Rico? What do you think? Gally buddy, you're right. What island the call is they call them nothing But they're the spring end of the Santa Gabriel's as near as I can figure it. Which one which one we go to buddy I'll head her in for that point of rock there. Haha. Well, I better check Frank huh or not, I think of what you say. Yeah, I am with you. Okay Did you do that gone? I need it. Hi get rid of him right now. We don't need him anymore, but the boat I can handle What's the matter The reef the water is not deep enough. We hit the reef. We lose the boat It just changed my mind about something You troll from right here Rico you take soundings as fast as you can I'll take the wheel They'll take both of us, but we'll find our way through the rocks. Oh, it's no good. I need a light Rico. Huh? Give me a light kiddo Okay What do you know get your line out and let's get those engines revved up six No five and a half Five Okay, we draw three feet that gives us a foot extra. Hold on to your hat buddy. Oh shut up I have for this. I hope you pick the right island buddy. It's the right one I hate to think I'm do all this for nothing. Okay there the island in place. Yeah Just who I thought By golly buddy a long time. I think maybe this is just a trick You're not sure the plane did not burn, but you want to look I want to look too now. I see You okay, buddy? We all be rich a barrier. See that is what you want to do. See Golly, we have it now. It's getting late. Let's hustle it up and get out of here I don't want to spend the night on that island. Why not nothing to eat nothing to drink. It's hot day and night We go take her in as close as you can and we'll wait. Okay Thank yeah, it's all right Fine nothing to worry about now Nothing at all. What do you mean? You and I can bring it back to the rocks alone. Okay, let's go I'll give you a hand over the side Maria. Thank you Why is it the planes not find her? It didn't look in the right place. She's half buried in a loose rock How you doing? Play a mess Where anything's the money buddy in the baggage compartment. I go pull the door open Why college you stuck her I'll give you a hand you can get it now. Yeah Got it. It's locked. Give me a knife. Oh $80,000 Yeah, just about enough from man to enjoy some things Thanks for the knife Rico Where anybody You wanted my knife Now you got The old body you kill him a little All of it will happen to him on our do You bleed scratch only career But he my body he will die. I Think it's nice. You should stay here and watch you You can't die with him Is what you wanted to be with him you'll have him now You tell me Don't I try to move the boat gone Make me stay Say we can die together I Didn't go to help shut up shut up Not if I can help it Look in the plane Must be your first aid kid in there somewhere and just a hurry up take a look Try the cabin the cabin Go on go on you want to stay here and die you want to try to get help This is it yeah, yeah, come on get it open You all right all right, okay Let's see what kind of surgeon you are knife must have bounced off a river. I'd be dead by now But it will happen to us. We got to get some help make flares signal something Do you think anybody see somebody has food? There's no food only say on the rock the radio Radio on the plane look this smash two pieces. We die Frank We die here together. I suppose you could build a fire I keep those north as I lost a lot of blood sleep is best now. You're not saying maybe it's better to think Look, I still have the gun what when the food problem gets tough. I mean when it gets too bad, maybe It's no way to go starving. I mean all my life. I tell myself Someday I go to United States to live there We're pretty close like in the magazines driving nice car live in a clean place And I died on a dirty little island for both direfets in a comfort knife fall to fault You got sh into this. I didn't mean for it to end this way Maria I'd like to tell you something When that plane ran out of gas I tried to tell those four workers how to get into the shoots. I really tried They didn't speak English, and I didn't speak their language, and I just wasn't time I Could have stayed with the plane and died then maybe it would have been better, but I bailed out and I saw it crash here In a hospital. I got the idea about the money. Why you say this to me? I hate to drag you with me You don't deserve it. Just a kid who wanted to go to the States I'd have been proud to take you there You love me. Yeah, I believe you It is a good feeling We truly died, but it is a good feeling the boat what the boat it is back. It goes back. Can you walk? I can try He did not leave us here to die. He came back. I can't believe it Wait, what? She's stuck in the sand. She's unmanned. He did not come back for us. No that boat just drifted in come on Couldn't get out couldn't get through the reef alone in the knife fight. He bled He's dead, Marianne Now we will leave made it this far, baby. Open see your head See safe happens when we get back in the money see goes to Ryan for the whole story Everything you'd have to be everything But I might put you in prison They did I Wait, I will wait for you. We haven't got anything to worry about Maria Take the wheel Escape produced and directed by David Friedkin and Morton Fine has brought you the coward a story by E. Jack Newman Featured in the cast were Barney Phillips Virginia Greg Lou Merrill and her Butterfield Your announcer Bill Anders the special music for escape is composed and conducted by Leith Stevens Next week you are running over the fog-locked cliffs of Dover By your side a girl who believes you are a matman and Pursuing you bent on destroying you a man whose terrible secret you've stumbled upon and from whom there is No escape So listen next week when escape brings you Walter Brown Newman story two and two make four Some people like to spend their Sunday afternoons fishing some like to relax at home But whatever the pastime CBS radio adds to a restful day with Eddie Gallagher on a Sunday afternoon music by Antonini and by Russ Case Vocal melody by Stu Foster and Louise Carlyle and pleasant chatter by Eddie Gallagher all right here for you tomorrow on most of these stations Stay tuned now for Night Watch which follows immediately over most of these same stations America listens most to the CBS radio network