 Auto light and it's 96,000 dealers present Tonight auto light brings you over the bounding main a suspense play starring mr. Dan Daly What are you gonna put a light in this garage? Sorry, honey, I forgot you forgot You forgot too bad you can't forget to wake up some morning Look just because you had a couple too many drinks at the war and you don't have to get nasty Had too many Are you kidding? I watched you don't think I didn't come on. Let's go in. I've got to be downtown early But what as you can make enough to buy a house at Catalina like the warrens get a new car There's a little thing called money, but you wouldn't know you've got to find the right job Are we gonna go over that again? Yes, we're going over that again. I'm ashamed when I go out Did you see what she was wearing keep your voice down the neighbors? You say that again, and I'll kill you. You'll be sorry in the morning. I'll be sorry. 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I should have stayed downtown in which joint layoff. I'm tired from what you're not working Now don't start that again. You know I'm looking looking can I live on nothing? Look at these clothes. I'm ashamed to go out in the street now Tell me how much better off you were when you were married to that wise operator Lou I was at least I own shoes without holes in them Yeah, Lou Barris was just a little dream man. Just so ginger peachy you could hardly wait to leave town with me The day I divorced Lou I wanted if I was making a mistake and the day after I became Mrs. Martin Evans I knew I had you're gonna be a lot of fun on this fishing trip Don't tell me we're going after all I can stand a vacation to They call it the Pacific Ocean. It means peaceful, which is something I could use right now. I guess a lot of it was my fault I wanted the right kind of a job and it was hard to find Ever since Clare had got rid of Lou Barris or X we've been living pretty close and Claire wasn't used to it The Warrens made it worse. They were well healed and I was supposed to keep up with the Warrens. I Knew I could never do it Maybe Claire knew it too Clare had got the invitation for us to go with the Warrens the Catalina So now we were driving down 22nd Street and San Pedro to the landing We're nearly six in the morning and you can see a light fog drifting in the harbor Don't forget to lock it sure look out for the fishing rods. Will you you better give me the keys? Yes, okay, I won't lose them. I know you all that junk in your pockets. You'll lose them. Don't worry I will why don't you let me hang on to him? We'll be in a nice mess. All right. All right. Here they are Thank you dear. I Guess we're the first ones here. I don't see Bob's car. I forgot to tell you We're meeting him for years on the island. Yeah, he's been there all week You didn't say anything about it. I thought each sake what difference does it make if you're worrying about chartering a boat to get us there You can stop. It's all raised Bob's paying for it. They know you're broke. Sure. You blab that to everyone I was a great guy when I had it. Well, you lost it. So let's not talk. Shall we that's okay with me? That must be the boat down there Pelican that the name I think so Yeah, that's it Watch your step. Why the devil you wear shoes like that on a fishing trip because they're all I have Hello Anyone aboard? You can sure tell this is a fishing boat. You the captain on this tub. Oh, no, I'm awesome You know, I made Nassio deck and I helped to run the engine. I thought you looked a little young Where is he? He went ashore for a minute. Well, I'm ready any time he is here sonny take my stuff below See you senora right away smart looking kid. Oh gosh, is it only six? I'm sleepy. You'll wake up when we get going Smell that air you know honey, I think we're gonna have fun. There must be a bunk somewhere. I'm going below. Oh, come on Stay with me. No Okay, but you'll be sorry I'm gonna start trawling as soon as we clear the harbor Hey, senor Evans, there's the captain coming down the dock now. Oh, yeah now we get started, huh? I read with the albacore running. Well, it may be senor I have only been working on the pelican for two days. We have some big white feather jigs you control with that as well See-see come on I'm mr. Evans. The wife is below taking a nap. Hello. All right. Let's cast off Think this fog will lift right Any idea how far offshore we might hit albacore There's no telling how long do you figure for us to reach Catalina? Depends on the fog. Oh Well, I guess I'll go get my outfit rigged up. Yeah, why don't you do that? I'm sure that feathers are the best lure for them. I have caught many albacore with it, senor If they're hungry, they will take a decision has been good. Well Hey, hey stop the boat. Hey strike, senor. Let him take it now. Give him line. Yeah, he's got it Come fight on your slow now awesome. You're straight Hey stop the boat. What's the matter with him? I would lose my line. I can't hold him Praise yourself against the rail. Oh, I can't understand it rail breaking that way What the devil was Moran trying to do we could have been killed you tell him to stop he speeds up Well, maybe he didn't hear me. I want a few words with that joker. Yeah What the devil we are trying to do the kid yell for you to stop. I'm sorry I thought he wanted me to put about thought you'd lost your tackle. I don't they'll lost my skin Ignacio hadn't been so quick on his feet. Sorry the way he said it Just like he dropped ashes on the rock or maybe brushed you casually on the street. Sorry That was dandy I've wrecked your car. I made love to your wife strangled your mother, but it's okay, mister I'm sorry and that was all I got He just turned back to the wheel and then something stuck in my memory Kept thinking I'd seen the guy before never talked to him. I met him somehow. I knew him. I Looked him over Six foot one black hair the usual amount of face Couldn't pin him down. I Figured it was just one of those mental tricks or maybe he looked like my uncle Phil and let it go. I Started after when all of a sudden Claire came out on deck. She rushed at the stern looked over and then spun around and saw me She had a strange look on her eye and her face was as white as a seagull's wing What's the matter? You're sick. No, I Yes, I think I'm sick. There is a bit of a swell stay on deck. You feel better. No, I'm gonna lie down again Okay, gee you look pretty bad Come on. I'll help you down. I'm all right. Go on back up No wonder you feel lousy the smell oil and dead bait I'm not kidding. You'll feel better. Let me alone. Will you? Hey, what's the matter with the engine? Should I know what take it easy nothing serious? It'll be on our way in a few minutes. Yeah Looks like the fire getting thicker. Don't you think you ought to sound your horn? It's on the blank swell This tub's in great shape. That'll do. Where's the kid Ignacio? He's below hunting down the trouble nice kid, you know if it wasn't for him. Yeah, I Want to give him something when we get off. You'll do that I saw a couple of boils out there a minute ago Albuquerque get your line in the water relax It was a fine way to relax Drifting in the Catalina channel with no motor no fog horn and you couldn't see more than 20 feet out I threw my line in and tried to forget it and the way the Albuquerque was stuck and I almost did After a couple of hours, maybe three I'd had enough so I folded up with my back with a bait tank and dozed off When I woke up we were still drifting and the fog was even thick and I realized I was getting dark I Started to look for Moran. I thought something was wrong something besides the motor and when I heard their voices I know it You don't have any choice It'll be dark in an hour. I can't stall him with this bum motor gag much longer. Please. I don't get it You come crawling to me with his big ideas or why get squeamish. He's with a lot more dead than alive 20 grand Just can't do it. Now. Listen, baby. 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I needed help And maybe there was somebody I could count on young decking I found him all right sprawling his face in the bow lying over the anchor kid Nassio He smelled like a distillery I shook him slapped him as hard as I dare be went right on sleep Captain Moran had taken good care of the only friend I had with the mickey's poured into him. He'd be lucky if he ever woke up Now I was good and scared It was almost completely dark Moran would be coming on deck and then I remembered the gap The pole with a razor sharp hook at the end. I'd use it to pull up the albacore on deck. I Moved to the stern Quietly feeling with my feet because I couldn't see And I tripped over something Column the deck It was the gas. I Grabbed it and got up. I couldn't see him and he couldn't see me I moved silently around the deck in a crazy game of blind man's bluff Just moving away from his voice and trying to think of a way out heavens any habit I Heard him all right This voice sounded muffled as though the fog was a black foot closing off the world like they drop over a guy's head on the gallows rope There was a coil a heavy rope on the forward deck a coil a heavy rope on the forward deck. All right Evans You can't get very far Want to go around again? You still have that gaffer. Do you drop it again all is it my fault if a new deck hand I hire gets crazy drunk and shoots up the ship He'll tell only for mutinies a rough one is the book still calls for hanging on the public dock But maybe he can plead insanity, huh? I'm sorry. He had to kill you Evans. You won't get me Decided to swim for it Well, let's save a lot of trouble Yeah, 20,000 bucks worth of awful The only thing I'm so about is the lousy jerk won't be able to watch us enjoy it I lay there quietly on the deck. I Didn't breathe any more than I had to it was about as safe as a turkey in November If we ran should notice that missing coil a rope wouldn't take him long to figure out exactly what had made that splash in the water He couldn't see any better than I could but as soon as it got light there I'd be out in the open without a prayer And the only thing I'd gain was a few hours at the most So I huddled against the rail and hung on to the fishing gap feeling like David might have if he'd have broken his slingshot just before he met Goliath It gets cold out of the ocean and the fire can soak through summer denims on a hurry I started the ship. I had to clamp my jaw to get it tight to keep my teeth with cheddar But the coal did one thing It seemed to free some of the fear out of me and I started to think I Had it pretty well figured out All except one thing When I heard Clara Moran coming out in deck Can't miss if you don't love so that those cups are smart One little angle where our stories don't match it. I'll just keep your head. Don't worry about me This is important now once more not again once more Who heard the shot? I did and I rushed on deck to see Ignacio struggling this morning. Ignacio had a gun. Ignacio had a gun He and Marty fought He hit the side Marty went overboard and our engines dead. He just disappeared in the darkness, right? Can we start back? And I got to change some parts first make it look like the engine really was out See every little angle counts. I wish it was over and for Pete's sake remember My name is Moran and you never saw me until you got on board the pelican. There's no way they can check I don't even have a locket anymore. Good. I'm gonna fix the engine So as it gets like we'll head back to port I had forgotten all about Claire's locket when she mentioned that the last chunk of this puzzle dropped into the slush Now wonder why I hadn't thought of it before That crummy little locket heart shape with Claire's picture on one side and Lou Barris is on the other the one She wanted to keep for sentiment's sake Her first husband Lou Barris the guy remembered from the picture captain Moran. That's who he was it all figured Lou scores a triple play gets his wife back with 20 grand in a person pays off Martin Evans with a one-way trip to the bottom of the ocean And I couldn't think of any way to stop him It must have been hours later or minutes when I thought of the day She was swinging from the stern about 25 feet off Somehow in the dark I found her line was about to pull on it when I saw a crack on her deck. I didn't move If you make a sound I'll hook this gaff right through your throat Yeah returned from the dead and I haven't anything to lose Pull on the rope pull on it You and me are getting to the dinghy all right You had it all figured out didn't you but you forgot one thing Lou has to marry again to collect the dough And if you're not alive, please, I'm sorry. I am give me that rope and don't move I didn't I know it sure. I'm glad you're all right. I've been wrong about us. Don't worry I won't kill you unless I have to you're my new insurance policy now get over into the boat Sure, it's little in the oceans big and we're going just the same That's how I'm getting old and Long as I had a gap at Claire's neck Luke wouldn't do a thing His one bullet would cause them Claire 20,000 bucks and maybe his life We drifted off a bit my reach for the oars but the warning the warning the oars When I looked up I saw Moran standing in the stern of the pelican Evans, I can see it There aren't any oars out there That's right But you try to shoot me and I'll kill Claire She can't help you Want a chance from honey don't you understand I'm sorry I don't want you to die. I want to be with you. I was wrong. You bet you were wrong. You're gonna find out We're going to paddle paddle with our hands if we can lose him and the fire will be all right Just remember if he finds me it's too bad for you now paddle get over on this Look out. Look on that. She's tipping. Look out. You're lost the gas. Yeah, I Lost it now. Maybe you'll believe me. I want to help you get away from him. Sure. I believe you But if he finds us as soon as I see the boat, I'm gonna knock you out and throw you overboard That's how I believe it now paddle Stop paddle be quiet Please I love you. I'm on your side. I won't let him hurt you Patch of fog is all for a second and in a darkness. I saw a darker shape It was a pelican. I knew that Louis seen us. I reached for Claire I fell a shoulder Yes, I want to hit her now I felt her neck was warm and it was a little pulse under my fingers. He's lost the gap She was telling them to shoot me and suddenly it didn't matter Pelican loomed over us and then Claire twisted away from me and I didn't care I was tired All right, come on. Get up here. I want you found on deck. Give me a hand All right, Evans get out of there get it over with I'm staying give me the gun will let me do it No You better tie the thingy on then I can't hold it. Yeah, hold the gun. Thanks Lou Give me the rope Marty, I don't want you to drift away now. I Got out of the thingy and stood on the deck looking down at what used to be Lou Barris They handed me the gun and just stared at We didn't say anything for a long time Fox lifting Yeah It's getting lighter. I guess the Sun will be breaking through soon Do you believe what I told you before? Yeah, I believe you know. I'm sorry I'll try to make it up to you sure We better get going We're going back to San Pedro. Yeah, I guess I can figure out how this thing runs Marty. What about me? Gotta tell the police. Maybe you won't be too tough. I don't know Better Marty yeah Do you still care? I mean, I was gonna kill you back there and I didn't You figure it out Suspense presented by auto light tonight star Dan Dailey Hello, there's quite an anger and fishing is real bright, but what he's really best at is talking auto light Thanks, Hap. You're right. 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