 And now, tonight's presentation of Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills Suspense Tonight, we bring you a story of intrigue and ideological murder So now, starring Mr. Ben Wright, here is tonight's suspense play, The Music Lovers Any word yet, Mellonson? No. Where's the car? Around the corner. Washer's listening in What's the matter? Oh, a bit of the pip, you know. Schoolboy's buggy Ackin' Corf Oh, you've taken anything for it? Everything Oh, you're bad Just got to stand by from Sergeant Flint, sir Good Chover, where will you? The coal's standing out here Brace the loom, arm strong, Sidley Number plate LXP 574 Proceeding west on Arrow Road Just past Hazel Road intersection I'm following. Over Let me have it, will you? There you are, sir To all cars, this is car 1A Form roadblock at Scrubs Lane and Arrow Road Flint, how far away is he? Over At half a mile, sir Right. If he turns off, let us know. Out Out I jump on an Allison. Next corner, Walsh You know I don't like to stand on the running board, Hendon Make you forget the pip I'm going to sneeze Hazel Bless you Blast you Walsh Yes, sir Park behind that squad car, pulling up Yes, sir Hope he smashes into the lot of us. Serve you right Serve him right too Well, now all you have to do is wait Here he comes It's all right, Malison They've got him. Have a look in the car, will you? Right Man, you won, sir That's the one Now You wish to make a statement? Ask mine Where's Jeffery Spencer? Don't know what you're talking about Hendon Yes Would you come here for a second? What's up? In there Back seat It's Spencer Oh Dead? I don't think so But from the looks of what they've done to him, he should be He was dying Slow, sad death There was no comfort in his leaving No face or voice of a loved one Only men in uniform Strange men who wanted to be kind but couldn't Jeffery Spencer was a statistic Aged 37 Employed by Stain's aircraft industries Senior engineer Associate designer of experimental jet aircraft HX-331 Romanticized as Stain's Superhawk Jeffery Spencer Missing for six days Believed kidnapped by agents seeking classified information on HX-331 A statistic Flying in the back seat of a grey car A beaten, smashed body Eyes staring up full of pain Full of tears Ambulance is on its way Is he conscious? Yes Has he said anything? He can't very well Mr. Spencer Can you hear me? Just blink your eyes twice if you can Good I will have you in the hospital very soon Do you know who the men were who did this? Just blink your eyes once if you want to say no You've never seen them before? I see They tried to get information from you about the new jet aircraft Did you give it to them? Good man Do you know how many there were? Five Four Uh-huh Yes Were they English or foreign? Mr. Spencer Mr. Spencer Close his eyes, will you? Was he very brave or very stupid not to tell them? I don't imagine he thought much about it at the time Excuse me, sir We've identified the driver, sir Harold Gibson lives across the road Oh yes, I know who he is Must have been coming home What the devil was he going to do with Spencer? He doesn't say anything No sir, bad bog in this one All right Sergeant Flint here yet? Yes, sir, he's waiting with the prisoner Look here, Hendon, there's a nice quiet empty shop over there Why not let me take Gibson behind it? I'll find out who the others are Don't you think I'd like to do that myself? Come on, we'll see what we can do Everything all right, sir? No, Flint, it isn't Oh, Gibson The man in the back seat is dead He was beaten and tortured and you're under arrest for murder I don't know nothing about that I didn't even know anybody was back there Really? Well, before we take you down to the yard we're going to find out one or two things from you Take my bitter oath, you're dead Inspector Mellonson, where did you say that empty shop was? Across the road, of course I was there Right Hey there, what's going on here? There's Sergeant Flint Yes, sir? Detective Ward Yes, sir? This is going to be absolutely against regulations You understand? Yes, sir What are you going to do? We're all going for a nice walk across the road Now, what are you taking me? If I'm under arrest, I've got my rights, I ain't done nothing What are you up to? I won't... Oh, Robert, you can't do that If you dare put a finger on me, I know the law And about that guy, that's too far down Somebody must have put him in there Now, what are you going to do? You can't hit me, now you... Oh, you're only trying to frighten me That's it, a lot of good that'll do, yeah Flint, Walsh, hold his arms Stand him against the wall Yes, sir I know about you, champ, you can't do this I'll report the law to you You can't do this We'll see Now, loosen his time-caller button, will you? Yes, sir That's better Now, Mr. Gibson, I think we're ready No, no, no I want you to have a picture in your mind of Jeffrey Spencer's face when you and your friends were finished with you We'll start with the names of the other men There were four of them, right? I don't know, I mean, there were What was your part in it? Just reaching for a cigarette, Mr. Gibson You're quite nervous tonight, aren't you? Have you ever noticed where the flames the hottest, Malenson? Oh, yes, I suppose on the... Cigarette tips even hotter, though Now, Mr. Gibson, I'm going to tell you something You took a chance for whatever reason you had to engage in work against a man who had done you no harm and against this country If another man is dead in the country, as you know, is in danger As a policeman, I would be remiss in my duty where I not to at least venture an equal chance to get information from you It's against the law It's against the law So is murder Now, the names of the other men? No, you let me go, let me go Now, you men are all witness to the fact that the prisoner is attempting to escape If his arm is broken in the process It's completely within the law Oh, I swear it, I don't know They paid me down about when they tried to get Spencer to talk, that's all I was to drive him away when they'd finished Ah, that's much better Now, who hired you for the job? Chamber of the aircraft factory Stain's aircraft? Yes, I was a sweeper Bloke asked me if I wanted to make a few queries You work there, too? I don't know, I never seen him before He'd come up to me as I was leaving It was outside the gate Why should he pick you? I'll tell you, I don't know All right Where did they take Spencer? Place in Bronzebury Road Number? 58 You get that, don't you? Yes, sir Who owns the house? I told you I don't know I never went inside, I just hung about like I was told till they wanted me Can you describe the man who hired you? I don't know Torbloke, but your size, thin I had a scar, I thought he was left-handed Talked like a gen Where were you taking Spencer? I was going to leave him by the railway goods yard They said he was dead anyhow You know, Gibson, in a way I'm rather sorry you decided to talk It would have been a great pleasure to Oh, take him away, Walsh, get him down to the yard Right, sir Get a move on, Gibson There's no rock to do that Mr. I might be hearing all about this Wait, you tell your brother here Oh We're going to be in for it all right when the commissioner gets wind of this No, not we, just me I wanted you to help You didn't do anything Would you have done if he hadn't talked? I don't know I honestly don't know As it is, I'm going to offer my resignation Oh, now, sir Oh, don't be an ass Third degree Ever hear of it? Well, you didn't hurt him, sir Questioning under duress, the same thing Oh, well, let's see if I can get this cleaned up first Now, what was that address, Flint? 58 Bronzebury Road Well, it wouldn't be full enough to hang a boat up to this I know, but we can have a look We had already known a number of things about Harold Gibson Among them, the fact that he was employed by Stain's aircraft works The fact that he was a numb member of a subversive group which, up to that time, had engaged in nothing more physical than the passing out of pamphlets However, special branch had learned after the kidnapping of Jeffrey Spencer that this group was immediately involved We'd put a close watch on Gibson believing that he might lead us to the kidnappers What we didn't know when we arranged for his arrest was that he had picked up the body of Spencer from the address on Bronzebury Road Somehow, you must have given our men the slip Inspector Mallinson, Sergeant Flint and I drove out there We took two squad cars with us and I had an idea that we were going to find number 58 Bronzebury Road vacant But I was wrong Pretty swank looking Four cars, lots of lights Quite a party going on Nice party But when they play murder I've got the other men posted behind and outside the French window, sir Alright Ring it again, will you, Mallinson? Yes Scotland Yard, Chief Inspector Hendon Yes May we come in, please? I don't understand, was there something the matter? A great deal, sir But I'm having a little music My friends, I think you've made a mistake This is 58 Bronzebury Road Yes Who is it, dear? The police, Jenny, I can't imagine Oh, dear, there's a draft Won't you come in, please? Thank you Talk to them in the study, Leslie and do hurry, dear Oscar's promised to play Beethoven next Excuse me This way, please It's really very awkward, you know I haven't the slightest idea why What's it all about? Do you mind giving me your name, sir? Leslie Anderson We understand that a man named Spencer has been held in this house for the past five or six days What? What the devil do you mean, sir? Exactly what I say Held here? By force? Yes You must be mad It's a practical joke Not very funny No, it wasn't very funny for Mr. Spencer, either He was murdered beaten to death Good Lord But why do you think that I... I don't think anything yet, Mr. Anderson However, I should like permission to search your house, please Blast it, all this is terribly embarrassing I'm sorry What are my guests going to think? I haven't the slightest idea, sir Well, I suppose it's your duty Do you mind waiting a moment? I'll call my wife She'll take you upstairs And for heaven's sake, don't wait the children Sounds as if our friend Gibson was lying to save his skin I think we've made a bloomer, old boy Do you? I don't Oh Gibson said a man approached him outside the aircraft works, remember? All thin man about my height Oh, yes Have you noticed the back of Addison's left hand? No No, I didn't I did Nasty scar on it Man who hired Gibson had one, too Hmm Mr. Leslie Addison You are listening to The Music Lovers Tonight's presentation on Radio's outstanding Theatre of Thrills Suspense With uncanny astuteness and with unmatchable speed The FBI in peace and war breaks open A vicious multi-state racket In the shipment of perishable foods By playing on the greed of the wife Of one of the racketeers Involved in the tense story you'll hear Over most of these same stations tomorrow night If you like your drama packed with action You'll really get a charge out of the troublemaker Tomorrow night's thriller on the FBI In peace and war And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. Ben Wright starring in tonight's production The Music Lovers A tale well calculated to keep you in Suspense 58 Bronzebury Road was a pleasant house Quite large With all the evidences of comfort and children Which would deny that such an incredible And foul murder had been committed within its walls I left Flint and Inspector Mallinson To search the downstairs floor And where Mrs. Addison went up the staircase The whole thing seemed quite impossible This rather tall and lovely grey-haired woman The music in the drawing room floating after it But I kept thinking of a scar on a man's hand I suppose you want to look into all the rooms, Inspector? Yes, please My husband tells me that you think a man was murdered here Quite right, Madam This is my son's bedroom I'll put on the light But please make as little noise as you can, he's asleep Only nine, you know Would you mind telling me what you expect to find, Inspector? Where a murder has been committed, Mrs. Addison We look for anything that may help us in a solution Oh, my daughter's room She's 13 A likely age for a murderer, don't you think? Uh, um, that door My room and my husband's You'll find no skeleton in that cupboard, Inspector Don't you feel rather silly about this, Inspector? If you've made a mistake, we shan't laugh at you We shan't report it either That's very kind of you, Mrs. Addison It's utter nonsense You don't think for one moment if Leslie had done this awful thing That we should have allowed the children to be here, do you? The very fact that he might have done it at all Seems to make the qualifying element rather academic Hand on! Yes! Something down here! Right! I hope you don't mind if I return to my guest Not at all, madam We may have to join you in a little while That would be extremely impertinent of you Uh, police, crime, arrest They're all impertinent, Mrs. Addison I find your manner unspeakably rude Both my husband and I have tried to help We thought this was an important police matter We shall report it to the commissioner in the morning As soon as you will finish your ridiculous search I must ask you to leave the house You know, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that lady Turns out to be the leader of this mob Hmm, pretty cool What have you found? Hmm? Oh, down this way We were quite convinced by now That this house harboured the core of a fanatic group Whose seeming harmlessness made their operations All the more dangerous Malenson led me to a room at the far end of the house A room which was sound proof That we knew that when we closed the door And the sound of the music was completely obliterated Hmm, looks quite inoffensive, doesn't it? Desk, futures, books Yes, it does What did you find? Well, they're pretty careful to get rid of all traces of Spencer's residence in here But they missed something Look at this, on the carpet Hmm? Hmm, it looks like impressions of a cot or a couch That's what I think The kids don't even know he's in here They can't hear a thing outside What a charming couple Oh, lovely parents too, I'll bet Kiss the children goodnight And then come down and tear out a fingernail or two You know, the awful thing is that they think that what they're doing is right And they pass the poison on to a nine-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl Hello? Did you see this? What? Yeah, under the desk They should have watched him more carefully Like a stain or a copy or a tea or something Yes, it is Convenience stain? Spells GS Hmm, see? He left his calling card for us Jeffrey Spencer That does it Right Oh, this is going to be a nice thing for the kids upstairs Mother and father are arrested for murder and treason Yes, well, maybe it's better for them now than later What the devil are we going to do with them? Well, we'll take them along and then investigate relatives If we find somebody with a healthy mind, perhaps they'll take them in Come on, let's get it over with We left the soundproof room And I shut the door on a modern scene of inquisition There were eight people in the drawing room, including the Addisons It was an extraordinary tableau Music, warm winter fire Brandy glasses Friendliness of an upper middle class home And the people, the only dissonant note They watched us come in, wary, perhaps a little frightened And as I looked at the faces, I wondered how many of them shared the guilt Are you satisfied now, Inspector? Yes, thank you I'll see you to the door Mrs. Addison, will you please wake up your children and get them dressed? I'll wait I think this is gone far enough, Leslie Ring up Scott and Yard There's no point to it, you know Now, if you have any feelings at all for your children You'll make it as easy as you can for them How dare you invade the privacy of my home? Come out with this frightful accusation We have proof that Jeffrey Spencer was held prisoner in this house And that you vainly attempted to extort government information from him He died from the injuries you inflicted All right, now, everyone in this room is under arrest If you're not involved, you'll not be charged The fairest British police I knew we'd live to see it Did you, Mrs. Addison? That's odd Because I hoped that I would never live to see what I'd seen here tonight Paid spies Living your lie in comfort with everything you condemn Wesson the people who hire you Someday we'll exterminate the lot And when we do, perhaps kids like yours upstairs will have a chance You ought to pass out tracts on a street corner, Inspector Guard and country Quite worthwhile reading matter, I think, sir Flint, ring the yard and I seem to send a van here with you Yes, sir Suspense In which Mr. Ben Wright starred on tonight's presentation of The Music Lovers Next week, suspense will be heard at a new time Be sure to check your local newspaper And join us when we again bring you another presentation of Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills Suspense Suspense is produced and directed in Hollywood by Anthony Ellis, who also wrote the night story of suspense The music was composed by Renee Garagank and conducted by Leith Stevens Featured in the cast were Richard Peele, Bill Shepard, Irene Tedrow, Raymond Lawrence, Stan Jones and Hans Conrad One of the best ways anybody can celebrate the independence of the United States this 4th of July Is to resolve and fulfill the resolution to be careful in handling matches, cigarettes and campfires Anytime you're in or around a wooded area Our forest land provides us with many of the comforts of our lives Trees help prevent soil erosion They provide shelter for animal life They help maintain watersheds And if we were to count up the number of wooden objects that each of us uses During the course of a single day, the number would be staggering If you love America, help protect one of our greatest natural resources Help prevent forest fires Stay tuned now for 5 minutes of CBS News to be followed on most of these same stations by My Son Jeep America listens most to the CBS Radio Network