Suspense-S4E12: The Far Off House
25min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | TV Series (1949–1954)
Mrs. Collins arrives at the train station in town after a long stay with her mother. Despite the storm that's raging, her husband being away, and, she learns, a killer on the loose, she's determined to get back to her isolated house. Once home, the phone goes dead, the lights go out, and she realizes she's not alone.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, John Baragrey
25min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | TV Series (1949–1954)
Mrs. Collins arrives at the train station in town after a long stay with her mother. Despite the storm that's raging, her husband being away, and, she learns, a killer on the loose, she's determined to get back to her isolated house. Once home, the phone goes dead, the lights go out, and she realizes she's not alone.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, John Baragrey
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00:00And now, Autolite and its 96,000 dealers everywhere present, Sussex.
01:01Better get yourself home, Marquis, before the storm gets worse.
01:05I'll be through in a minute, Mr. Richards.
01:07That was the last train, Charlie. Why don't you lock up?
01:10My ma's coming to pick me up. She's crossing to the movie.
01:14Again? What's she do, live there?
01:16No, but, you know, she's afraid to stay home alone nights, since it happened.
01:22Well, you can't blame the poor woman.
01:24No, sir, I guess you can't.
01:26You ain't even safe in your own house in this town anymore.
01:29See you in the morning. Good night.
01:31Good night.
01:44What's the matter with her?
01:47I lugged my suitcases all the way down the platform.
01:50Would you bring them in for me, please?
01:52Not at all.
01:53Well, well, Mrs. Collins, welcome home.
01:58Did you just get off that train?
02:00Why, Charlie, were you still on your summer job?
02:03I thought you'd be back at the university by now.
02:05I'm not going back there anymore.
02:06Why?
02:07There are all a lot of fools up there.
02:09Oh, don't say that.
02:10Oh, I'm sorry.
02:14I'm glad you're back.
02:16I wanted to talk to you about it.
02:18You know, I've missed you.
02:21Well, that's very flattering.
02:24I hope I can get home before the roads get too bad.
02:28You're not going all the way out to Indian Neck now?
02:31Why, yes, of course.
02:34You better stay at the Winslow house.
02:36Well, I never minded a good autumn storm.
02:39I know, but your house has been closed for three weeks.
02:41It'll be cold, and you won't have anything to eat.
02:44Well, that's all right.
02:46I'll stop and get something for breakfast, and I do want to get home.
02:49It's lonesome up there.
02:50You stay at Winslow house.
02:52Charlie, you don't have to worry about me.
02:56What do they got in here? The gold of the Indies?
02:58Oh, yes, I'm sorry.
03:00They are heavy.
03:01Here.
03:03I don't accept tips.
03:05Don't offer me any again.
03:09Oh, sorry.
03:11I don't remember seeing him before.
03:12Who is he?
03:13Hmm.
03:14Said he used to be a schoolteacher.
03:16A schoolteacher?
03:17What's he doing here?
03:19He's new.
03:20You know, a lot of changes can take place in a small town in three weeks, Mrs. Collins.
03:25Oh, yes, obviously.
03:29Well, Mrs. Collins.
03:31Well, we never expected to see you back in Waverly again, did we, Charles?
03:35Hi, Ma.
03:36Why not? I just went to visit my mother.
03:39Oh, that's what they always say when there's domestic trouble.
03:42Domestic trouble?
03:44Yes.
03:45Your husband cleared out of town, too, right after you left.
03:48Charlie keeps a sharp eye on passengers.
03:51My husband stated his club in Boston.
03:54Did he now?
03:55Three weeks is a long time for a man and wife in love to be separated.
03:59Charlie says he'd never leave his wife for a minute if he was ever married.
04:02Oh, Ma, I'm going to get married.
04:04I wouldn't leave you.
04:06I see that my husband and I have given the town something to talk about, eh?
04:09Yes, ma'am.
04:10Talk about? Why, we even thought it could have been your sweet hubby who did it.
04:14Did what?
04:15You don't know?
04:17Well, your friend Buddy Jackson was found in his truck out in Jim Neck Road, dead.
04:22Dead?
04:23Murdered.
04:24With a knife?
04:26What? How terrible.
04:29Yes, we thought you'd be upset.
04:32Why would anyone want to murder poor Buddy Jackson?
04:34Some jealous husband could have done it.
04:37But he was just a simple gardener.
04:39Very attractive, you know.
04:41Young and good-looking.
04:43Well, they tell me that he was putting in some shrubs for you that very afternoon.
04:47Well, I did order some shrubs.
04:51Oh, poor Buddy.
04:53Mr. Collins didn't come with you, dear?
04:56No, no, no, no, no. He's driving out.
04:58He had an important business meeting in the city.
05:00Oh, business.
05:03Poor Buddy.
05:04Look, I've got to get home.
05:05Charlie, would you get me a taxi?
05:07See, you can't get anybody to take you way out in Jim Neck Road tonight.
05:10What?
05:11You stay at Winslow.
05:12Charlie, I want to get home.
05:14I'll drive you.
05:16What?
05:18Not afraid, are you?
05:20Why, no, of course not.
05:23I'd be very grateful.
05:25I'll take you back.
05:32Oh, Miss Collins.
05:35Don't you think that my Charles is much better this year?
05:38Yes, I do think he doesn't seem quite so nervous.
05:41The psychiatrist at college wanted me to send him to a sanatorium for treatment,
05:45but I said all the boy needs is a job and a mother's love.
05:50And it has done wonders.
05:51Yes, I think he seems fine.
05:53He's very fond of you, dear.
05:55Well, I'm glad, because he's a nice boy.
05:57Good night, Mrs. Winston.
05:59Good night, Charlie.
06:05Mama?
06:07All ready to go home?
06:09Yes, yes, all ready, son.
06:23Archie, I've got the panties.
06:25Look, just bring the grips.
06:27Hey, Charlie.
06:28Oh, all right.
06:36Entrez, s'il vous plaît, mademoiselle.
06:39Why do you laugh, Miss Collins?
06:41Why, you speak French.
06:43Why should that amuse you?
06:44I studied at the University of Montpellier.
06:46Oh, that's odd.
06:48You think so, do you?
06:50Yes, I do.
06:52I studied at the University of Montpellier.
06:54Oh, that's odd.
06:56You think so, do you?
06:58Well, no, I only meant that it's strange...
07:02...to be working in a railroad station.
07:10I work my way up.
07:12Oh.
07:13From the gutter.
07:15I'll put your bags upstairs.
07:17Oh, no, no, never mind.
07:18My husband will do that when he comes.
07:20Oh.
07:22Very well.
07:26Would you like me to put that stuff over there in the refrigerator?
07:29Oh, no, no, it isn't turned on yet.
07:30I'll take care of it later.
07:31Look, thank you.
07:33I told you, I don't accept tips.
07:36Look, I was paying you for a service.
07:40Nothing could pay me for the pleasure it's been to be of service to you.
07:45Good night.
07:56Good night.
08:26Good night.
08:56Good night.
09:27Hello?
09:29Hello.
09:30Hello, Miss Winston.
09:31It's Connie Collins.
09:32Oh, did you get home all right, dear?
09:34Oh, yes, yes, all right.
09:35But I wanted to say...
09:36It's a terrible storm.
09:37I'm expecting the power to be shut off any minute.
09:40Well, Miss, I'm a little bewildered.
09:43I, um...
09:44I don't know what to say.
09:45I'm a little bewildered.
09:46I, um...
09:47I'm a little bewildered.
09:48I, um...
09:49I'm a little bewildered.
09:50I, um...
09:51I'm a little bewildered.
09:52I, um...
09:53I'm a little bewildered.
09:54I, um...
09:55I'm a little bewildered.
09:56I, um...
09:57I turned off the refrigerator when I left
09:58and now there's beer in it and it's cold
10:00and there was a plant here that's not freshly watered.
10:03Well, Mr. Collins probably ordered in some beer
10:06and then turned on the refrigerator.
10:08He doesn't drink beer.
10:10And I left my plants in Buddy Jackson's greenhouse when I left.
10:13Oh, that's odd.
10:15That's very odd.
10:17What?
10:18Hello?
10:19Hello?
10:20There seems to be something wrong with the line.
10:21Mrs. Collins, couldn't...
10:22Isn't there some way of your getting back here to town?
10:25Well, you know, there's been a lot of robberies since you've been away.
10:27The Fowler's house was broken into and the Hamilton's
10:29and now what with Buddy Jackson's murder.
10:32Hello?
10:33Hello, are you there, Mrs. Collins?
10:34Can you hear me?
10:35Hello?
10:36Hello?
10:37Hello, Miss Winston?
10:38Miss Winston?
10:39Oh, hello?
10:53Hello?
10:54Who's there?
10:55Who's there?
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14:01I don't know what you're talking about.
14:04Hello?
14:07Is that you, Jim?
14:10What?
14:12Mr. Collins said to me.
14:15He won't be able to get home tonight.
14:18He won't be able to get home tonight.
14:24Hello? Please call the police.
14:27Call the police and tell them to get out of here.
14:30Hello? Operator?
14:33Operator!
14:44And now, the second act of...
14:47The Far-Off House.
14:50Starring Judith Evelyn with Douglas Watson.
15:04Help!
15:15Charlie.
15:22Connie.
15:25What are you doing to my plant?
15:28Charlie.
15:33I told you, you shouldn't have come here.
15:40You shouldn't have looked under that bed.
15:44Charlie.
15:47Charlie.
15:49You better get out of here.
15:52And you take whatever you want and get out.
15:55You're not very hospitable.
16:04I won't say a word.
16:07You just take whatever you want and leave.
16:11It's more complicated than that.
16:14You know who I am.
16:17Just like Buddy Jackson knew.
16:19Buddy Jackson?
16:21Your gardener, remember?
16:24He came here all of a sudden too when he saw me.
16:28You killed him.
16:31What else could I do?
16:33But you're crazy.
16:35Don't say that about me.
16:40The electricity's off.
16:42I'll come back down right now.
16:44Charlie, it's on batteries.
16:46You better answer it.
16:48It's my husband.
16:50Your husband? Sure. Sure I will.
17:01Yeah?
17:02Excuse me, mister.
17:04I'm sorry to bother you, but we're lost.
17:06What's the road to Waverly?
17:08Keep going straight, five miles.
17:10Thanks a lot, mister.
17:11Come on.
17:18My wife's afraid of the storm she's calling me.
17:23Let's get out of here.
17:32Open that door!
17:34Open that door, I said!
17:36Charlie.
17:38Charlie, listen to me.
17:39Now listen to me. You're sick. Charlie, you're sick.
17:41Now be a good boy and go away.
17:43What if I won't go away?
17:45Will you call for help?
17:47No, I can't.
17:48It's miles from the military.
17:50I can't.
17:51I can't.
17:52I can't.
17:53I can't.
17:54I can't.
17:55I can't.
17:56I can't.
17:57I can't.
17:58I can't.
17:59I can't.
18:00It's miles from the nearest house.
18:02Oh, here you are.
18:04Connie.
18:06Connie.
18:08Connie, I like you.
18:10Connie, I...
18:11Open up, Connie.
18:13I like you.
18:14And if I don't?
18:16Then I shall have to burn down your pretty house
18:20and you locked in.
18:23I'll tell my ma.
18:25I'll tell my ma I came up here
18:27to see if you were all right
18:30and the house was blazing.
18:32And I tried to save you.
18:34I couldn't.
18:36That's what I'll tell her.
18:43And when they find that silver in the jaws,
18:46who do you suppose they'll suspect?
18:49Your husband.
18:52Those were all luck, but I found this ladder in the shed.
18:55I can't.
18:56We're gonna open that door.
18:57Mrs. Collins, I'm waiting.
19:00You've got your choice.
19:03I've got the matches in my hand.
19:06I've got the matches in my hand.
19:09I'll come out.
19:11Quickly.
19:16Oh, Mrs. Collins, you look as if you're expecting me to call...
19:18Throw that knife on the bed.
19:19I've got an automatic in my hand and I won't hesitate to use it.
19:22Don't you believe me?
19:25Why, Archie.
19:27I didn't think you had it in.
19:29Never underestimate a schoolteacher, Charlie.
19:31Archie, you'll get a reward for this.
19:33The poor fellow's crazy.
19:34He would have killed me if you hadn't come.
19:36Bring me a knife, Mrs. Collins.
19:38Yes, of course, I will.
19:40And don't come near me.
19:41Just put it down on the bed right here.
19:44Why?
19:45What's the matter?
19:47I'm working my way up, remember?
19:50Put it down.
19:52I came for the sack, Charlie.
19:53Get it for me.
19:55Go ahead.
19:56I knew you had it hidden here.
19:58How did you know, Archie?
19:59I followed you here last week.
20:05That's it.
20:08Now I'll be able to leave this dreary town.
20:11No.
20:12Oh, no, you're not going to leave me with him, are you?
20:14He's sick.
20:16We're all sick, Mrs. Collins.
20:18But I've found a very pleasant remedy.
20:20I take only the best out of life.
20:23I let other people do the work, and then I reap the rewards.
20:27It's a very satisfying philosophy.
20:43Operator.
20:44Operator.
20:50Operator.
20:51Get me the police.
20:52This is Mrs. Collins on an Indian neck road.
20:54Quick, take me right away.
21:03Mrs. Collins.
21:05Mrs. Collins!
21:14Answer it.
21:16Hello.
21:17Oh, hello, Mrs. Collins.
21:18Wasn't that a terrible storm?
21:19You know, I haven't slept a wink.
21:21But Charlie's upstairs, sound asleep.
21:24Have you looked?
21:25Who is it?
21:27Charlie.
21:28Charlie, this is your mother.
21:30She's worried about you.
21:32You'd better tell her where you are.
21:34Oh, he's such a good boy.
21:35Works hard all day long.
21:37Hello, Ma.
21:38Takes care of his poor mother.
21:39Treats her like a queen.
21:41Hello, Ma.
21:42Charlie.
21:43Charlie, what are you doing over there?
21:45You come right home, do you hear?
21:47OK, Ma.
21:48OK, I'm coming home, Ma.
21:59What's the matter?
22:00Charlie.
22:01Charlie, listen to me.
22:02The police are coming for you.
22:04Police?
22:05Yes, Charlie, the police.
22:09Why aren't you saying for the police?
22:11You're my friend.
22:13Charlie, you're sick.
22:18Did I, did I do something wrong again?
22:21Yes, Charlie.
22:23Charlie, you should have gone to the sanitarium.
22:31OK, Mrs. Collins.
22:34You've been kind to me.
22:36I'll do anything for you.
22:38I'll do anything you say.
23:08Next week, Gangster in Exile.
23:16A story taken from real life.
23:19A story well calculated to keep you in suspense.