 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theatre of thrills, Suspense. Tonight, the story of the terrifying escape of a dying man. It's called Odd Man Out. So now, starring Ben Wright as Johnny, here is tonight's suspense play, Odd Man Out. Four of us on the raid. Murphy, Nolan, part outside, waiting with the car and myself. So there's no need to be frightened, Johnny. It's been all planned months ago. Slow down. The safe will be open. Oh, it is. 3.30. The wages clerk will be picking up the money as the office at the end of the hall. Slow down. Murphy looks frightened. I don't like the smell of this place. Here we go, boys. This is the one. This is the office. Take out the gun. You two over there. Get to the wall and turn your face towards me. Shut up and do as you're told. The safe, Nolan. It's open, it is. What did you expect? It's all in. Come on, then. Come on, Johnny. Something has happened to me. There was the car and Pat and Murphy and Nolan and Ellen. Wait for me, boys. Wait! Would you let me go on? No, no, Johnny. There's no time. Run, Nolan. Go back to headquarters with Pat. No, no. He'll be at the end of you. We'll get through somehow. No, no. Why doesn't Pat back up? You do as I say. I'm done for when you get out of it. Oh, Johnny, no, no. That's an order. Hold on to me, Johnny. There's a shelter across the road. You heard what I said, Murphy. And the devil with you. I'm staying. And the whistles and the bells all round. It's a dream. Because I'm crossing the road with Murphy. People stand and watching this. And I'm wounded. It's not a dream because it's the pain. That's how it was. And he wounded me. Oh, it's all up with me now. The police are coming. And it's all up with me. And Murphy. Here's the shelter. All right. Inside, Johnny. All right. It's dark in here. Yes, it's dark. All right. Rest for a bit now. Rest. We got the money, didn't we? No, then Pat will have it safe. Oh, look at that arm. I can't feel it, but it's my arm. I know, I know. It'll be all right. We'll have it all right. I'm finished. That's all up with me. Dennis will be next in command. You hear me? Dennis? Hello, you? You're... Johnny. Johnny, wake up, man. Johnny, Johnny, boy. Wake up, Johnny. I can hear you, Murphy, but you'll have to come closer. Johnny. Oh, I'd like to lay me down for a long sleep. Johnny, Johnny. Oh. Oh, there's work to be done. Work for Ireland. Fight. Johnny, can you hear me? Oh. Oh, Johnny. I was so worried, so I was. You'll have to go without me. You know I won't. That pain is killing me, Murphy. I couldn't make it now. You'll have the whole police out. There was killing. It's mere the organization. We'll need help, maybe, but we'll get you out. It'll be a waste. We haven't enough men. We haven't enough guns. We'll bring them here. They ran off to the east. Trust those for witnesses. Don't bed that. Come on. Johnny, get back here behind the crate. Quick. Switch on the torch. Right. Now, over there. They wouldn't have come in here. It's the court and we'll be finding them when he's tasked to close in. Johnny murders the one with wounded. He's the one we want. We'll have a promotion this night if we get him. Johnny, Johnny, I'm sorry. Now, listen to me. You'll listen to me, Johnny. You keep yourself here. You'll be safe now. They've searched. Don't move. Something went wrong, Murphy. We had it planned. I know, I know, I know, Johnny, but it doesn't matter now. Well, you'll listen, man. The organization will have to lay low for a bit. We'll pass the word. Things will quiet down. All right, all right, all right. But first, we've got to think of you. I've got to get out and bring help. I do it, Johnny. We'll get you away, Johnny, but you mustn't move from here. What happened to Pat? I'd be worried. I told you, Johnny, I told you they were all right. What's that? Someone got in the back. It's all right, Murphy. Get it off me, Murphy. I can't stand rats. I hate them. There's more of them. They'll come back out here. No, no, no, Johnny. Easy, man. Easy here. Here. You can beat them off at this stick. Hey, Johnny, you stay where you are. I'm going to stay where you are. You'll be all right no time at all. I've been here in this place. What is happening to me? I've never had such a nightmare before. We've got to get out of this. It's me. It's Cheryl. Are you hurt bad? Time for me. I've always been your friend, Johnny. Remember, Cheryl? Get out. Let me be. Man, the police is looking for you so they are. They're killing tonight. How did you get through the patrol? He's got to get out of my pub. Oh, can't you see the look of him, Mr. Fancy? The police will be here. They're everywhere tonight. That's a tad gunny motor found in here. Well, ruin me. So he wondered and he did. You can't help that. Think of it, Mr. Fancy. He's a prize creature. We're thousands. A couple anyway. You'd sell him? He's wounded. The organization would get you if they would. They might and they might not. Who's to know? You're a foul little rat. Am I not? Which one of us will go to the police? Will it be you, Mr. Fancy? Or will it be me? I'm out. Tonight's presentation in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrill's Suspense. Tomorrow night, here are Casey, crime photographer at work on his latest exciting case on CBS Radio. Casey's resolution to treat his girl Friday and Williams to a gay New Year's Eve comes a cropper. When a note from a copper, a dead man's message, throws a big wrench into the works. It's Casey's last and most exciting for 54. Casey rings out the old with gunshots on crime photographer. Tomorrow night on most of these stations. And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Ben Wright, starring in tonight's production of Odd Man Out. A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. His voice is... Look at the pain. Hurts my eyes and my body. I heard some talk. It was talk of police. And I heard them that close to me, or they might have been in the same room. But I couldn't see. The pain. It won't be me we'll see the police lift him tonight. Oh, then, Mr. Fancy. Nor you, nor you. I want no trouble, but I'll not turn them in. The police is out with Tommy guns and all. It's a big sweep. Sooner or later, they'll get him. But I won't do it. Nor you. Now you stay with them and I'll get whiskey. Goodness sake. What's to become of you, Johnny boy? You're not long for the joys of life, I'm thinking. And alive, you're worth me fortune. She... She... Hi, Johnny. Johnny, I'm your friend. It's your friend, Shell. What can I do for you poor man? I... Was supposed to stay where I was. They're coming back for me. Murphy's brand. Dennis, Pie, Nolan, Seamus. I was to be where Murphy left me. Haven't preserved us the whole organization. All together it'd be worth it. Where, Johnny? Where were you to be? Where's the place, man? I got to get back. He'll be looking. Oh dear, help us. You're in a desperate state. You can't walk the street. You can't. Listen to me, Johnny. Listen. I'll take you. You need someone. You couldn't move in the city alone. I'll take you. I'm telling you straight. Can you hear me, Johnny? Come on, Johnny. Let me help you. Godspeed. Yes, I'll take you. Rest on me, Johnny. We'll find him. Oh, Mr. Fancy. Careful, Johnny. We'll go the back way out. What do you want to Shell? I'm sure I'm helping his all. He has to meet his friends to save him. We're going out the back. Put your head out, Mr. Fancy. Get a pint if you need it. Why am I cold again? The wind... I don't want to walk anymore. Shell. Shell. Shell it is, but no one trusts Shell. What am I doing with Shell? Where has it taken me? You turned me in. No, Johnny. No. I want to help, not Shell. Here. Now, get a hold of this. Take a good pour. It'll give you strength. That's enough. Come on. Closer to the walls, man. Keep out of the light. Where? Where are we going? You were going to tell me as soon as you could remember. Hey. Murphy's coming back. That's right. Where will they be? The shelter. The air raid shelter. Back there. We'll go on the wrong way. Come on, Johnny. We'll go back. Shell will take care of you. Come on. We can't rest here in the middle of the street. There's police all about. They'll see you sure, Johnny. I got a gun. What happened to my gun? There's people coming now. We're done for. You hear me, Johnny? I didn't give you up. You hear me? I tried. It's him. There he is. Murphy. Murphy, it's me, Shell. I was trying to save the poor man, taking him to the shelter. He'd wandered in his delirium, he had. Johnny, Johnny, it's Agnes. You'll be all right now. Dennis is bringing the car round. You found him. Listen, they're all around. We haven't a chance. Agnes, down the alley. Take him along. We'll hold him on. Yes. Put your arm over my shoulder, Johnny. Dear helpers, it's the police. They're in the street. Look. Hurry. Hurry. Take them down the alley. Quickly, Johnny. Come on, Johnny. Hurry. We'll all be killed. We'll take him to my place. Where is it? Not too far. No, no, Agnes. I've got a gun. They won't lift us. Oh, just kill him. No. Then go on back. Would you give me the gun, Agnes? He wouldn't do any good. There's too many of them. There has been killing. I killed a man. The man killed me. And I'm alone now. And it's a bitter wilderness. Why am I running? Oh, it's cold, sweetie. But why am I running? I will not run. I will not! Johnny, to keep him quiet if he wakes him up in the tenement, we're done for for sure. You will almost there, Johnny. Then we'll get a doctor. Oh, you must be quiet when we go upstairs to Scheldsburg. I am quiet. I haven't said a word. What happened to the boys? Oh, it's all right. Take any noise. The old woman downstairs will give us a way in a second if she knows. Where's Nolan, Murphy? Johnny, darling, no. You must be quiet. I can't walk anymore. I want to rest. Oh, my. He'll have the whole place. A few more steps. You can do it. Sure you can, Johnny. Agnes. Yes, in a minute. In a minute. We pulled it off. We got away with it. I know. Inside with him, for dear sake. There's a bed, Johnny. Now you can rest. It's the blood that's gone out of him. That's what it is. He shouldn't be alive. This will stop the blood. Johnny, turn over. Help me, Schelds. Can you get a doctor, Schelds? I don't know. I don't know what I've done this night. I should have turned him in. I'd be rich. I'll probably lose my life. I'll see what I can do, but keep him quiet. Don't let him make a sound. He's an informer. The organization will have to take care of him one of these days. The city's too dangerous. Agnes. We'll go to the country. And then, when it's quiet, we'll start again. Yes, Johnny. Yes. But you mustn't try to talk now. You mustn't. Why did you come to look for me? You should have stayed at headquarters. I wanted to. I'll let you do it. Dennis, no, I would not. I had to. I feel better. Good. Now lie quietly. Feel better. It's night, isn't it? Yes, we're safe here. Where is it? Shell's place. No, no, no. You must be mad. He'll inform. No, he's gone to find a doctor. To find a police? No, he helped me bring you here. You can't trust him. All right, it is. Lie back now. Don't talk. I'm sorry because I was afraid. No. Whoa. I'm not now. You've never been afraid of anything. From the first day I saw you, even before that when I heard about you, I knew you were not afraid. Will you? I love you. I never had time for the organization. I love you. The organization has had you. Let them leave you to me now. No. You wouldn't understand it's my life. They're coming. They must have recognized me on the street or someone informed. I ran, but they're moving down the street. We get out the back way then. No, no, no, it's a cordon. You can't not with him that way. He's the one that's informed. He's the one. No, Johnny. No, I swear it. No. Run while you can, Shell. No, but you'll be. Go on. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Johnny. Sure I didn't mean that. Agnes, will you come with the gun? Shoot him. He's the one. Informer! Informer! No, it's all right. You let him go. You let him. Yes. And you hold the gun. Your hand. We'll shoot him. Lie quiet. It will be all right. They won't take us. They won't. I love you, Johnny. I love you. Then this is how it might have been. Agnes. A centipede. A mole. Soft. With a fight. And what about the fight? They can't beat us and they won't. They won't. Open the door. Police. But you give me the gun. Give me the gun. No. No. I'm the chief. Now will you give me the gun? Johnny, no. Give it to me! I love you. Right, Stardust Johnny and FL Green's Odd Man Out. Next week, the story of the terror and death aboard a sea-going tug in the North Atlantic. That's next week on Suspense. Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis, who wrote tonight's adaptation. The music was composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. Featured in the cast were Betty Harford, Joseph Kearns, Charles Davis, Richard Peele, Dick Ryan, Tom McKee, and Ray Lawrence. America listens most to the CBS Radio Network.