Studio One (1948–1958): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Storm - full transcript
Whether it's a product
for home or business,
farm or factory,
you can be sure if
it's Westinghouse.
This is the story of a storm.
A storm not alone
of the elements,
but a storm within the
mind of a girl as well.
It is a personal chronicle.
There is, therefore,
much that is not and
cannot be fully known.
At the start, there was no
clear foreshadowing of danger.
On the contrary...
It began quite simply
at a busy bus terminal
on West 43rd Street.
Green line, bus number 23
now loading at Gate 4...
Union City to Carthage.
Rutherford to...
One to Roanoke, please.
Round trip?
Uh, no. Just one way.
$9.55, including federal tax.
W... M-My money's gone.
I-I had it here
just a minute ago.
Better look in your bag, lady.
Somebody took my money.
Sorry, lady. You're
holding up the line.
- Paterson.
- Paterson.
$2.55, including federal tax.
Who do you like
this Saturday, huh?
Notre Dame.
Giving 9 points.
Mm. That's a good bet.
Have another?
I'm in no hurry.
Take care of the cash customers.
What'll it be, lady?
Just a cup of coffee, I think.
Is that all right?
One coffee.
I thought for a
moment I'd lost you.
There must be some mistake.
No, no. We... We've never met.
I saw what happened
at the ticket window.
Oh.
Was it all the money you had?
All but 73 cents.
Oh, you're
frightened, aren't you?
I guess I am a little.
You hungry?
Please. I'll be
quite all right, really.
No, how much was it?
It doesn't matter.
I'd like to sit down for a
minute if it wouldn't upset you.
I'd rather you didn't.
I don't feel like talking
about anything just now.
This fellow
disturbing you, lady?
Um, no. It's...
Bring us a couple
of brandies, will you?
I'm sorry. I don't drink.
Oh, it'll do you good.
You're shaking all over.
Well?
What are you going to do?
- I don't know.
- What have you been doing?
Up to four years ago, I
thought I'd be an actress.
Up to five days ago, I was
working in a five-and-ten.
And what happened?
I got fired.
They were cutting down.
Well, what happened
to your acting?
I guess I wasn't any good.
I wasn't pretty enough.
Anyway, I never got a job.
Oh, here.
Now, drink this.
If you don't like the taste
of it, just swallow it whole.
Why, you're scared of
everything, aren't you?
Everyone tells me I am.
Is it true?
Yes, I guess it is.
You can be poor for just so
long, and then you get tired.
Makes you bitter, or you begin
to be suspicious of everyone.
Or you get scared.
I got scared.
I'm not very proud of it.
Well, maybe you just
had a run of bad luck.
No, I... I just haven't
been very smart,
That's all.
I've never taken advantage
of luck when it came my way.
Too many high principles, eh?
I suppose so.
I came from a very small town.
Oh, you needn't apologize.
I like to think I have rather
high principles myself.
You won't find many
people who agree with that.
Are you married?
- No.
- Ever been?
- No.
- Why not?
Well, guess I expected too much.
Hey, you're tired
out, aren't you?
Yes, I am tired.
You better go home
and get some sleep.
That's a nice idea, but I... I
gave up my room this morning.
What are you going to do?
I suppose I'll have to
start looking for another job
- in the morning.
- I mean tonight.
You can't sleep on
a bench in the park.
Oh, there's a girl I know
who'll put me up for the night.
One night, anyhow.
Well, shouldn't we call her up?
She hasn't any phone.
It's all right, though.
She's going to be
home this evening.
Oh. Well, let me take you there.
- I'd rather take the bus.
- I'll ride with you on the bus.
You're far too tired
to carry that bag.
You're being very kind.
I don't know why.
Whoever told you you
weren't pretty enough was lying.
Thanks. Even if it isn't true.
It's not the kind of pretty
I've had much to do with.
Perhaps in part that
explains why I followed you.
What was the other part?
An impulse.
And like most impulses, it
wasn't altogether honorable.
I didn't expect that it was.
What's your name?
Janet Leighton. What's yours?
Ben. Ben Willsom.
Do you know what
I'm gonna do with you?
I'm gonna see that you
have a few good days,
with some good food and
some fun before you go back...
Well, where were
you going, anyway?
Roanoke, Virginia.
My mother lives
there. She's an invalid.
You're gonna get a
good night's sleep.
In the morning I'm gonna pick
you up and make it my business
to put a smile back
on that face of yours.
Is that altogether altruistic?
Curiously enough, I think it is.
Curiously enough, I believe you.
Well, then it's up to me.
I'm gonna make you smile again.
I'd like to feel
like smiling again.
Good!
We'll just call a taxi and
take you right to the bus.
Which one? Queensboro?
Tell me, Joe.
In sheer gratitude,
does a couple like that
ever come back to thank you?
Wouldn't know, Art.
It's a big city.
Happens every day.
Not to me.
Well, one more,
and I'll be on my way.
This was the city in which
I'd lived for seven years,
in a sort of exile.
I'd grown afraid of this city.
I'd even begun to hate it.
And now, with Ben,
it was as though I was
seeing it again for the first time.
We saw so many different sights,
just idling along the
streets and avenues,
gazing into store windows,
going to the theater,
the museums.
And even a morning at the zoo.
And everywhere,
faces that had been frozen
and cold broke into smiles.
It was not just spending money.
I don't think Ben
actually spent much at all.
It was merely the
security that money gives
when you know it's
there if it's needed.
I'd never known that
kind of security before.
It was a beautiful three days,
and now it was nearly over.
It leaves in seven minutes.
Don't be silly.
There's plenty of time for a
brandy before our bus leaves.
Bring us a couple
of fast brandies.
Sure thing.
We're right back where
we started, aren't we?
Oh, I'm more grateful
than you can know.
You've been nice.
You haven't made me feel you
thought I owed you something.
You don't.
I'll have to owe
you my bus fare.
- I'll have to send it to you.
- Oh, forget it.
$9.55, including federal tax.
You can owe me the federal tax.
You'll have to give
me your address.
I said forget it.
No.
I don't think I'm going
to forget anything.
I was awfully low when
you first spoke to me.
So was I.
Why?
Anything else?
No, thanks.
I'm to blame. I'm
catching a bus.
He wouldn't smile.
All day long, everyone
else was willing to smile.
You want me to get
him to smile for you?
There isn't time.
Do you realize you haven't
told me anything about yourself?
I've told you
everything about me.
I don't even know what you do.
- Oh, it's very dull.
- Well, that's silly.
It's never dull...
Unless you hate it.
And if you hate it, you
shouldn't be doing it.
Well, I might be a
little ashamed of it.
Are you?
I don't like a lot of questions.
I'm sorry.
Well, I-I guess we had
better be getting along.
Suppose you didn't go.
What?
Are you sure you
want to get on that bus?
If you'd ever been to Roanoke,
you wouldn't ask that question.
Then why go?
Well, I haven't
much choice, have I?
You might have a big choice.
You're frightened
again, aren't you?
Maybe. I-I'm always
scared when I'm in the dark.
Suppose you just stayed here.
We could get married.
A-Are you proposing to me?
Don't say you don't
know enough about me.
I can tell you enough.
I'm not married. I have money.
It's inherited... It's not
earned, in any case.
You won't have to
worry about starving
because I'll take
good care of you.
I have a nice
house in the country.
What more do you have to know?
Well, there must
be other things,
but I can't seem
to think of anything.
Then why hesitate? Just say yes.
- No, Ben. Wait!
- What for?
- When did you think of this?
- Oh, I don't know.
From the first moment
I saw you, I think.
But there must be other
people I should meet...
- Your family or something.
- I have no family.
Oh.
And you'll take care of me...
Good care of me,
forever and ever?
I'll take care of you forever.
I must be going crazy.
Stark staring crazy!
No, no. You're not going crazy.
Come on. Let's get out of here.
See that, Joe?
That's the way a
girl gets in trouble.
How does she know what
she's getting herself in for?
You know what I mean?
Well, she was a good kid.
Let's wish them luck.
Happy days, kid.
I hope. I hope. I hope.
Now that you've seen
part one of the "The Storm,"
let's turn to our
Westinghouse program.
Small boys' heaven...
Well, no wonder.
But for heaven's sake, where
did all those pies come from?
Just wait!
Mom will show you!
You bet I will.
There.
All that baking came from this
Westinghouse electric range.
Wouldn't it look
handsome in your kitchen?
Look at this.
Isn't that an enormous oven?
Just how many pies
would you guess are in
this Westinghouse oven?
Well, let's see.
Did you ever seen an oven
that would hold so much?
And everything baked to
perfection on any rack position.
It's no wonder that they call it
the Westinghouse Miracle Oven.
There, now. Isn't
that something?
Four pies in all.
Now, how do you cook your
dinner while those pies are baking?
There's a second oven
in this amazing
Westinghouse electric range.
Come closer. I want
to show you the dinner.
There... meatloaf, steamed
carrots, casserole of potatoes.
All ready for the table
and all cooked automatically
the Westinghouse electric way.
Now, here are the switches
that control the two ovens.
And this is the automatic timer.
You just set the time, and
it starts the Miracle Oven
and shuts it off
at the proper time.
If you have a good-sized
family with good appetites
or if you entertain a lot, you
need this double-oven range.
These two big ovens are a
mother's dream come true.
And so is everything
about this magnificent
Westinghouse electric range.
Yes, "magnificent"
is the word for it.
And you'll agree
when you see the Westinghouse
double-oven range in my store...
The best-looking and the
best-cooking range you ever saw.
And why take second best?
Own a Westinghouse
electric range.
Come on in tomorrow
and see them, won't you?
And now let's return to
"Studio One" and "The Storm."
Three days later, we
arrived at my new home.
It was a beautiful house.
So much more beautiful
than I had expected.
I fell in love with it at once.
Go right on in. I'll go
back and get the bags.
All right.
Like your new
home, Mrs. Willsom?
Yes, oh, yes, Mr. Willsom.
I'm going to be
very, very happy.
Well, you'd better go and
look at the living room, too.
Oh.
It's lovely.
Step right down.
I've never been in a real
New England home before.
I-I always thought they'd
be cold and unfriendly.
Maybe I was thinking
of Plymouth Rock.
I don't know.
I only know this is different.
Or is that something
you've done?
No. I bought it almost
the way it stands.
Now it's all yours.
You can do anything
you want with it.
Oh, no. I feel at home already.
You don't think it's
too remote, too lonely?
What difference does that make?
- You know something we forgot?
- What?
I should have carried the
bride over the threshold!
Oh, that wasn't necessary.
I was floating.
Not a foot touched the ground.
Well, don't you want to
look at the rest of the house?
Not yet. I just want
to sit here awhile.
You look very
nice sitting there.
And utterly useless.
What's a wife supposed to
do about running a home?
I've never run a house before.
Well, that's
easy. It runs itself.
But there must be lots of
rooms and the meals to order.
I've never been a hostess.
What'll happen when your
friends come to dinner?
I'll do everything
wrong. I know it.
Well, that won't
happen very often.
You see, I'm almost
a stranger here.
I only moved into this
place a month ago.
Oh? Where did
you live before that?
Oh, lots of places.
I was born in Wisconsin.
That's funny.
I thought you'd lived
here a long time.
No, I've never lived
anywhere for long.
But now that you've moved
in, I'll be happy to stay put.
Oh, this is so good.
Peace and security.
Do I really mean that to you?
I haven't felt so safe
since I was a child.
Yes, but we're not
children anymore.
It'd be easy if we
could be, but we can't.
What's done is done.
And we have to live
with it forever after,
for all our lives.
Thanks for not saying anything.
It's not a very appropriate
time for morbidity.
- I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
I haven't much respect
for anyone who can't
control his emotions.
I don't know why I should make
an exception in my own case.
Ben, what is it?
Oh, nothing. It's Mrs.
Daley, I'm imagine.
Bless us. You're here already.
I wasn't expecting
you for another hour,
and I was out in the garden.
We got away earlier
than we'd planned.
I want you to meet Mrs. Willsom.
How do you do?
Mrs. Daley does the
cooking for us, Janet.
I should have been on
hand to greet the bride.
'Tis not right, your walking
in cold in your new home.
I'm so glad to learn
you're going to cook.
I don't mind anything else.
I guess I've lived too long
on egg-salad sandwiches.
But now I can just sit
back and grow fat and lazy.
Well, I must say it's
a pleasant surprise.
I wasn't expecting to see
so fine and fresh a young
lady as yourself at all.
'Tis a real relief.
- That it is after...
- All right, Mrs. Daley.
You might go and get
our bags upstairs now.
Oh, that I will.
But not till I've made you a
nice cup of tea to warm you.
There's a bitter chill
in the air this morning.
Thank you, Mrs. Daley.
I think a cup of tea would
taste very good indeed.
That it would.
Sit yourself down and rest,
and I'll have it in
here for you in no time.
I don't know, but I think
that was her way of saying
that I'm not the glamorous type.
Oh, she's an old windbag.
But it's not easy to get someone
to come away out here every day.
She doesn't stay here, then?
No. She only
comes in by the day.
Oh. That explains it.
The others probably
looked beautiful by lamplight.
Now, Janet, listen. I
want you to know that...
You don't have to explain, Ben.
I'm not surprised to learn
that I've had predecessors.
Lots of them, I'm sure.
I'm not angry or jealous
or even inquisitive.
We won't mention it again.
We'll leave that for Mrs. Daley.
This isn't quite the sort of way
I planned to start
our honeymoon.
Well, I'm smarter than you.
I hadn't planned anything.
I'm content to sit back
and let things just happen.
Mr. Willsom, I
forgot to tell you
that your brother
called earlier.
- Who? David? Where was he?
- He didn't say.
But he wants to see you,
and he said it's most important.
Did he say where
I could reach him?
Yes. He left a number.
I jotted it down on the
pad by the telephone.
Thank you, Mrs. Daley.
Wouldn't you like to
come and take a look
- at your kitchen, Mrs. Willsom?
- What?
Oh, yes, Mrs. Daley. Thank
you. I-I'll be in in a minute.
Oh, it's a lovely kitchen.
I didn't know you
had a brother, Ben.
You never mentioned it.
I know.
I thought you even
said you had no family.
Oh, I should have told you.
Can't you tell me now?
Well, it's a
difficult situation.
David's nerves
are shot... The war.
He's supposed to stay
out west, but he won't.
I see.
- Is he difficult?
- Yes.
I can handle him all right
because he knows
I'm fond of him.
But you mustn't try, Janet.
If he comes here and calls and
tries to come here and see you,
make any excuse,
but don't see him.
All right, then. I won't.
I want this place to
be what you want.
I won't let anything
spoil it for you.
Thank you.
Now I think I'll
just run upstairs
and take a few
things out of my bag.
Then I'll come down and
inspect Mrs. Daley's kitchen.
I won't be long.
Oh, Ben? Here's
something for you.
Oh. Thank you.
- Janet.
- Yes, Ben?
Where did this come from?
I-It was lying there
on the hall table.
No. Someone
must have brought it.
Someone must have.
W-Why, I don't know, Ben.
It was just lying there.
Hasn't it a postmark?
Oh, yes. So it has.
All right. Run along.
It's not going to
start all over again.
It's not going to.
Three months.
Three months tonight
since we were married.
It's sort of a month-iversary.
I wonder if he remembers.
I can't be sure.
But then I can't be sure
of so much about him.
He still keeps so many
things hidden from me,
like his brother,
David, and those letters.
Whenever one of them arrives,
he gets gloomy and
morbid for days at a time.
All I ever see is one of
those empty envelopes
with the same
cold, formal address.
He's sitting over there now
in one of those dark moods.
All because another
letter came this morning.
For over an hour, he's
been sitting like that.
He hasn't spoken.
He's hardly moved a muscle.
- Ah.
- Hello.
Hello.
Well, it's nice to
have you back.
I was beginning
to feel rather lonely.
I know. I've been in
a bad mood all day.
You've been gone a long time.
I didn't only feel lonely.
I felt very useless.
I bet you don't even
know what today is.
Today?
At this moment, we have
been married three months,
seven hours, and 11 minutes.
And I thought you'd forgotten.
It hasn't been very
exciting for you.
Ah, who says I
wanted excitement?
If I ever did, it's passed.
They say nothing
is ever really passed.
Do you believe that?
No.
It's not easy to shut
out the past altogether.
There are things that
keep trying to cling.
You have to be strong enough
to do something about them.
What sort of things?
Well, there's that
tire, for example.
Tire?
Yeah. The one in
the back of the car.
It's gone flat five times now.
If I'd had any sense, I would've
thrown it in the dump heap.
But I let it cling.
I'm gonna turn over a new leaf.
When I take Mrs.
Daley home tonight,
I'm gonna buy a new one.
Is that all you
had on your mind?
Well, that's the
one important thing.
Well, I'll go see if Mrs. Daley
isn't ready to leave, then.
It's getting late.
Oh, Mrs. Daley. You
almost ready to go?
I'll just water these
plants for the night,
and then I'll be ready.
Oh, here. You give that to me.
You go put on your hat and coat.
Mr. Willsom will drive you down.
Well, thank you, ma'am.
But be sure you give
them a good soaking.
- I will.
- They dry out so fast.
I think because that radiator's
right there under them.
Mm-hmm.
- You know, Janet?
- Yes, Ben?
I've been thinking.
Yes?
I've been thinking we ought to
do something about your mother.
Have you heard from her lately?
Yes. I had a letter
yesterday. Why?
How was she?
Just about the same.
Mother will never be very
much better, you know?
It's just a question of
how long she can hang on.
She must have been disappointed
when you didn't come home.
Oh, Mother never says very
much. But I imagine she was.
I was thinking maybe you ought
to go down there for a few days
and visit her.
Might be your last chance.
Do you want me to go?
You do, don't you?
Well, no. It just
seemed like a good time.
See, I may have to be away
a few days this week myself.
I thought you might take
advantage of the opportunity
to pay her a visit.
When do you think
I should leave?
Well, you could start
tomorrow if you wanted to.
How long would you
expect me to stay?
Oh, a week would be
enough, don't you think?
Enough for whom?
Now, I'm only trying
to do this for you, Janet.
I want to protect you.
Protect me?
Protect me from what, Ben?
I don't want you
to have anything
you might blame yourself for.
If something happened, you
might start blaming yourself
or... or me or both of us.
Well, all right, Ben.
I'll go tomorrow.
Good girl.
I'm ready now, sir,
whenever you are.
All right. We're off.
Oh, Janet, I'll stop and pick
up that tire on the way back.
You better hurry if you want
to get there before they close.
You don't mind being left alone?
- No, I don't mind.
- I'll be back in half an hour.
Why don't you call your mother
and tell her you're coming?
Perhaps I will.
- Good night, Mrs. Daley.
- Good night, ma'am.
Long distance, please.
Hello? Long distance?
I want to place a call
to Roanoke, Virginia.
Mrs. William Leigh...
Uh, never mind.
I'll put the call in later.
Who are you?
The young brother. The problem.
Since you seem so much at home,
you might as well call me David.
Is that Ben?
So, uh, Ben started
leaving you alone already?
Or was he running away from me?
Why did you have to
sneak in here like this?
Well, that's very simple.
I find when I try the more
normal methods of entry,
my brother has a way of, uh,
slamming the door in my face.
What is it you want?
I came to see Ben.
But, uh, since he isn't here,
I'll, um, have a drink instead.
Oh, don't bother.
I know where it's kept.
Ah. This is even
more convenient.
I wish I didn't hate the taste.
You had some
reason for coming here.
What was it?
I have a four-inch
silver plate in my head.
There's no good
reason for anything I do.
You know, of course,
that Ben will be very angry
if he comes home
and finds you here.
No. As a matter of fact,
that's where you're wrong.
He'd like to despise me, but
somehow he never quite makes it.
We're, uh, brothers under
the scar tissue, I guess.
Oh, don't worry.
This'll be the last.
You really hate Ben, don't you?
I wouldn't say that.
Why?
How well do you know him?
Oh... not well, really.
I... I know he's
been good to me.
I don't suppose I'll
ever know exactly why.
It just happened.
Yes, he would be.
Ben's never been able
to watch anything suffer.
He either has to take
care of it or, uh, run.
It's got him in
a lot of trouble.
It's always kept him moving.
What sort of trouble?
You, for instance.
You were probably all
broken up about something
when Ben found you.
He's particularly
susceptible to tears.
You, uh, weren't crying, by any
chance, when he first saw you?
Well, as a matter
of fact, I was.
There you are.
On the other hand,
Ben thinks that I'm cruel,
from way inside to
the tips of my fingers.
He even thinks I like it.
Do you?
Sometimes.
Actually, I never think
of myself as cruel.
I'm just more direct than Ben.
I haven't his capacity
for running away.
Who were you calling
when I came in just now?
My mother.
She's not well, and I was
going to go visit her tomorrow.
You were leaving here tomorrow?
Yes.
- Why wait for tomorrow?
- Let me go.
Get out tonight. Get out
and never come back.
Let me go. You're hurting me!
You got to listen to me.
It's for your own good.
Get out now. Get
away from this house.
I don't think you understand.
I'm married to him.
Ben married you?
Certainly. We've been
married for three months.
Well.
Maybe this is
something different.
Maybe it is.
Have you seen Ben in
the last three months?
Yes. Often.
And he never told you
anything about me?
No. He must have
wanted me not to know.
Usually he's wanted me to keep
away because I say what I think
and I haven't always
admired his taste.
Not up to now, at any rate.
It's almost too bad I didn't
see those tears in your eyes
before he did.
Why did you tell me to get out?
Forget it. It's different than
the way I thought it was.
No. Tell me.
Look, I don't want
to get into this.
But you acted as if I were
in some sort of danger.
You're in danger
of getting hurt.
Ben's desires have been
conspicuously transient.
It's almost as if he'd
wanted them to be.
As if he hadn't dared
let them be anything else.
You see, Ben was hurt...
Badly hurt... a long time ago.
Maybe I was lucky.
I only got it in the head.
He's running away
from something, isn't he?
Yes.
He has been for a long time.
What?
That you'll have to
ask him for yourself.
I don't know. He
might even tell you.
I would.
Well...
I better be going.
W-Won't you have
one more drink first?
No. I'll, uh, leave you to
finish that call I interrupted.
But look.
Do us both a favor.
Don't say anything to
Ben about my being here.
I won't.
Thanks.
Here. Tuck this away somewhere.
- Keep it.
- What is it?
My phone number.
You may want to
call me sometime.
Changed my mind.
Well, it's a long road
and a lonely one.
I'll need, uh, company.
Long distance, please.
Long distance?
I want to place a call
to Roanoke, Virginia.
Yes, person-to-person.
And now let's pause for a moment
and look at our program again.
Lesson from a squirrel.
Well, what could that be?
A mighty valuable lesson.
The squirrel stores his
food away when it's plentiful.
And when it's
plentiful, it's cheaper.
We'd all save lots of money if
we stored our food as he does.
And it's so easy to do in the
new Westinghouse home freezer.
This freezer is upright.
It's so much handier.
No bending. No
groping around for food.
You just reach in
and slip them out.
And this Westinghouse freezer
holds 210 pounds
of frozen foods.
Now, here's where you
fast-freeze your foods.
In this top compartment,
you get temperatures down
to 15 degrees below zero.
Then, in this compartment
and the one below,
you get the steady
zero cold you need
to keep your food
safely frozen for months.
And notice the handy shelf door.
It's so convenient for
loading and unloading foods.
Now let me show you how
much money you can save.
Suppose your food
bill is $80 a month.
Actual tests have shown
that you can save an
average of $10.80 a month
with the Westinghouse
home freezer.
Now, just think of it.
In 24 months,
that means that you
can save $259.20.
And that's just about the price
of the Westinghouse
home freezer.
You save this by buying
and freezing food in quantities,
by freezing leftovers, and by
cutting down on shopping trips.
Yes, your Westinghouse
home freezer
is just like money in the bank.
And that's saying nothing
about the time you save
and the better food you eat.
I'll bet you'd like
to take a closer look
to this wonderful new
Westinghouse home freezer.
And I'll be very proud
to show it to you.
So come on into my store
and let me show you the latest
and, I think, the greatest
home freezer on the market.
And you can be sure it's good
because it's Westinghouse.
We Return now to "Studio One."
It's only been a week,
and it seems longer.
So much longer.
I feel rather silly
about being so excited.
Only a few minutes
now, and we'll be there.
It's funny.
I had thought I was going home.
But of course I wasn't,
even with Mother there.
Poor Mother.
It wasn't home.
I'm coming closer to home
now and to Ben every minute.
Would you bring the bags
inside for me, Jonathan?
Ben? Ben, dear?
Oh, thanks, Jonathan.
Just put them anywhere.
Ben?
Nobody home?
Well, it... it looks that way.
And... And I wired home
last night that I was coming.
Maybe this will explain it.
Looks like it's been
slipped in under the door.
Found it on the floor.
Ain't been opened.
Oh, dear.
It's a good joke on me.
It's the wire I sent last night.
And I thought I was going
to be welcomed in style.
Well, thanks, Jonathan,
for all your trouble.
Oh, that's too
much, Mrs. Willsom.
Oh, no. Not on
a night like this.
And you better
start back right away
if you want to get
past the crossroads.
They always flood
up on a night like this.
I guess that's right.
Are you sure you're
all right, Mrs. Willsom?
Oh, of course.
I'm just disappointed
and a little annoyed.
- Well, good night.
- Good night.
I wonder where Ben could be.
He must have been away all day.
Perhaps he wasn't
even home last night.
Mrs. Daley's been here, though.
Everything's just as usual.
Or is it?
Something's a little different.
The clock!
It... Why, it stopped.
I can't imagine
Ben forgetting that.
Otherwise, it's very cozy.
Oh!
Oh, look at my poor
flowers, all withered and dead.
Ben would never
think of watering them.
But Mrs. Daley would
never have forgotten.
Mrs. Daley hasn't
been here, then.
Why not?
Oh, probably Ben just
gave her a few days off.
It's cold.
It's silly to be nervous.
It's only because
you've been imagining
how good it was
going to be to get home.
To have Ben meet you and
give you a kiss on both cheeks
like a French gentleman.
There's some perfectly
simple explanation.
You wouldn't even think
of it if it weren't for the wind
and the rain beating
against the windows.
Ben's often had to
stay in town all night.
You know that.
It would be a comfort to
talk to someone, though.
But who?
Mrs. Daley?
She hasn't any phone.
David.
No. No.
Why not call the railway station
and see when the
last train's due?
It's not much comfort.
But at least you could
hear someone's voice.
It's silly to be frightened.
The phone often goes out
in less of a storm than this.
And yet...
Stop it. Stop thinking
things like that.
So, there's been another letter.
It's probably just the envelope.
Or...
Don't look. Don't be a fool.
Suppose you found out that...
What?
What are you afraid of finding?
Nothing.
You're really relieved
it's empty, aren't you?
Oh, where is he? Where is
Ben? Why doesn't he come?
What's that?
There's someone
on the path outside.
It's just nerves.
You couldn't possibly hear
anything in a storm like this.
It was a face.
It was!
Who would be out there now?
Probably a branch or...
Oh, you must try to
get hold of yourself.
If only it weren't so cold.
Silly. I can't stop shivering.
If I had any sense, I'd go get
some wood and build a fire.
That would be some
comfort, at least.
Why don't I?
I must be afraid to move.
But that's ridiculous.
Look at that door.
The rain's coming in so
hard it'll flood the place.
How did that cellar
door get open?
It's always locked
from the inside.
Someone's been in here.
Someone was in
here when I got back
and went out through
the cellar door.
Except what would
anybody be doing here?
That's funny.
That's my old trunk.
But I never had a
handkerchief like that.
It's too late to go outside now.
He'll be waiting there.
But you can't stay
here in the light like this.
There's nothing
to do now but wait.
Wait for what?
If you could just
call the police and...
Perhaps the phone's clear
now and you could get through.
Then it wasn't imagination.
It's all real.
This is happening to you.
It's happening now.
The cellar door... It
was left open on purpose
so that he could get
back into the house.
And then I locked it.
And now... That crash of glass!
Of course!
He's had to break the
window to crawl back in.
He's had to come back.
He's had to come back.
To do what?
Ben! Oh, Ben!
- Janet!
- Oh, Ben!
Janet. Now, there, there.
Now, now, now.
What's got into you?
Why didn't you let me
know you were coming?
I did. I-I wired last night.
Oh, Ben, hold me close.
I'm so frightened.
Oh, now, now, now.
Are you all right? You
are all right, aren't you?
Of course I'm all right.
I'm a little tired. That's
all. It's been quite a night.
I've been three hours
getting out from town.
Now, tell me what's the matter.
Come over here and sit down.
Now, what's got
you in such a state?
The cellar...
There's a woman's
body in the cellar.
Janet.
Janet, you're just
imagining things.
No, I'm not. I saw it.
I-It's a woman's body stuffed
into that old trunk of mine...
Now, Janet... Now, listen.
Listen. Pull yourself together.
But it's true!
- It's true!
- Stop it! Stop it, Janet!
Who could have done it? Who?
- Could it have been David?
- David?
Don't be ridiculous.
But... But you told
me he was dangerous.
- You told me never to see him.
- Now... Now, stop.
And I did. I did see him.
He came here once,
and he could come again.
Listen to me, Janet!
I put David on a train to
Chicago this afternoon.
I didn't want you to see
him because he's shocking.
He gets drunk and
says ugly things.
Sometimes he goes out
and starts talking wildly.
He's a tragic case.
But he's not dangerous,
and he's not a murderer.
But I saw it.
I saw it!
Oh, that's ridiculous.
If it'll make you feel any
better, I'll go down and look.
But the whole thing
is preposterous.
Then go and look.
All right. Will you
come with me?
- No!
- All right.
Stay there, then. I'll go.
It is true. I saw it.
But what if it weren't
true? What if...
Don't think about it.
Don't think about it.
Janet, come on down!
Everything's okay!
But it can't be! It can't be!
Are you coming down, Janet?
Yes, Ben. I-I'm coming.
Well, now.
Look for yourself.
You see anything wrong?
But I-I don't understand.
I don't understand.
Oh, Ben!
Now, now. Take it easy.
Take it easy. There, there.
That's all right.
We'll be all right.
- Wait! Janet! Janet!
- No! Let me go!
No! Stay, Janet! Please!
- It was you.
- Yes.
Why? Why?
Because she was trying
to take you away from me.
She was also Mrs.
Ben Willsom, Janet.
I was only 18.
She was 25.
I found out soon
enough what she was.
I tried to get rid of her.
She wouldn't let me.
She'd never let me.
She was smart.
I tried running away.
She'd follow me.
She'd take every cent I had.
And I'd have to
start over again.
But she kept coming
after me and after me!
And then I came here.
And for three years
she let me alone.
I thought I'd got away from her.
Then, the day we came
here, after our wedding,
there was that
letter, waiting for me.
She had me then.
She knew it.
She meant to kill our marriage.
She even came here and stayed.
I had to get rid of her, Janet.
I had to.
You murdered her.
And now what?
I wanted you never to know.
But now you do know and...
Yes.
Now I know.
I'm not even your wife,
as she was, but I know.
Janet.
Could I ever trust you now?
Could you ever trust me?
Wouldn't you wonder,
every time I went into town,
if I were going to the police?
And I would wonder, every time
you held out your arms to me,
whether you wanted
to hold me or...
Janet.
- Janet.
- No!
- Janet!
- No!
Janet!
Janet!
Janet!
Janet!
Janet!
Soon I'll reach the main road.
It's just beyond the next bend.
Then there'll be
people... And questions.
I'll have to answer.
I'll have to say that
Ben killed someone.
That he almost...
Almost what?
Almost what?
That, Janet Leighton,
you'll never know.
The night and the rain will end.
But in your mind,
the doubt will go on,
the uncertainty, the storm.
"Sure" is a strong word.
But over the years,
we at Westinghouse have
learned to live by that word,
learned to be sure in
everything we make,
whether it's a
turbine to light a city
or a 12-cent bulb like
this one to light your home.
The heart of the Westinghouse
lamp is its filament.
Ever see one?
Here.
This filament
really isn't the short,
fairly thick wire
it seems to be.
Actually, it's extremely
fine wire coiled
and then coiled again.
Now let's uncoil the wire.
It's so fine you can't
see it with the naked eye.
But so you'll be
sure it's there,
we'll attach it to these
two electric terminals
and light it like this.
The real miracle of the
filament inside a light bulb
is coiling it with
superhuman accuracy...
On machines like
this, with the sureness
that makes every
Westinghouse bulb burn so bright,
last so long.
Whether it's a product
for home or business,
for farm or factory...
This is Paul Branson saying
good night for Westinghouse,
inviting you to be with
us again next week.
Meanwhile, stop in at your
nearest Westinghouse dealers.
See the range that's made for
people who like good cooking...
The Westinghouse
double-oven range.
And while you're there,
take a look at the brand-new
Westinghouse freezer.
You'll find it's something
you'd really like to own.
And now, until next
week, good night.
This is CBS, the Columbia
Broadcasting System.
for home or business,
farm or factory,
you can be sure if
it's Westinghouse.
This is the story of a storm.
A storm not alone
of the elements,
but a storm within the
mind of a girl as well.
It is a personal chronicle.
There is, therefore,
much that is not and
cannot be fully known.
At the start, there was no
clear foreshadowing of danger.
On the contrary...
It began quite simply
at a busy bus terminal
on West 43rd Street.
Green line, bus number 23
now loading at Gate 4...
Union City to Carthage.
Rutherford to...
One to Roanoke, please.
Round trip?
Uh, no. Just one way.
$9.55, including federal tax.
W... M-My money's gone.
I-I had it here
just a minute ago.
Better look in your bag, lady.
Somebody took my money.
Sorry, lady. You're
holding up the line.
- Paterson.
- Paterson.
$2.55, including federal tax.
Who do you like
this Saturday, huh?
Notre Dame.
Giving 9 points.
Mm. That's a good bet.
Have another?
I'm in no hurry.
Take care of the cash customers.
What'll it be, lady?
Just a cup of coffee, I think.
Is that all right?
One coffee.
I thought for a
moment I'd lost you.
There must be some mistake.
No, no. We... We've never met.
I saw what happened
at the ticket window.
Oh.
Was it all the money you had?
All but 73 cents.
Oh, you're
frightened, aren't you?
I guess I am a little.
You hungry?
Please. I'll be
quite all right, really.
No, how much was it?
It doesn't matter.
I'd like to sit down for a
minute if it wouldn't upset you.
I'd rather you didn't.
I don't feel like talking
about anything just now.
This fellow
disturbing you, lady?
Um, no. It's...
Bring us a couple
of brandies, will you?
I'm sorry. I don't drink.
Oh, it'll do you good.
You're shaking all over.
Well?
What are you going to do?
- I don't know.
- What have you been doing?
Up to four years ago, I
thought I'd be an actress.
Up to five days ago, I was
working in a five-and-ten.
And what happened?
I got fired.
They were cutting down.
Well, what happened
to your acting?
I guess I wasn't any good.
I wasn't pretty enough.
Anyway, I never got a job.
Oh, here.
Now, drink this.
If you don't like the taste
of it, just swallow it whole.
Why, you're scared of
everything, aren't you?
Everyone tells me I am.
Is it true?
Yes, I guess it is.
You can be poor for just so
long, and then you get tired.
Makes you bitter, or you begin
to be suspicious of everyone.
Or you get scared.
I got scared.
I'm not very proud of it.
Well, maybe you just
had a run of bad luck.
No, I... I just haven't
been very smart,
That's all.
I've never taken advantage
of luck when it came my way.
Too many high principles, eh?
I suppose so.
I came from a very small town.
Oh, you needn't apologize.
I like to think I have rather
high principles myself.
You won't find many
people who agree with that.
Are you married?
- No.
- Ever been?
- No.
- Why not?
Well, guess I expected too much.
Hey, you're tired
out, aren't you?
Yes, I am tired.
You better go home
and get some sleep.
That's a nice idea, but I... I
gave up my room this morning.
What are you going to do?
I suppose I'll have to
start looking for another job
- in the morning.
- I mean tonight.
You can't sleep on
a bench in the park.
Oh, there's a girl I know
who'll put me up for the night.
One night, anyhow.
Well, shouldn't we call her up?
She hasn't any phone.
It's all right, though.
She's going to be
home this evening.
Oh. Well, let me take you there.
- I'd rather take the bus.
- I'll ride with you on the bus.
You're far too tired
to carry that bag.
You're being very kind.
I don't know why.
Whoever told you you
weren't pretty enough was lying.
Thanks. Even if it isn't true.
It's not the kind of pretty
I've had much to do with.
Perhaps in part that
explains why I followed you.
What was the other part?
An impulse.
And like most impulses, it
wasn't altogether honorable.
I didn't expect that it was.
What's your name?
Janet Leighton. What's yours?
Ben. Ben Willsom.
Do you know what
I'm gonna do with you?
I'm gonna see that you
have a few good days,
with some good food and
some fun before you go back...
Well, where were
you going, anyway?
Roanoke, Virginia.
My mother lives
there. She's an invalid.
You're gonna get a
good night's sleep.
In the morning I'm gonna pick
you up and make it my business
to put a smile back
on that face of yours.
Is that altogether altruistic?
Curiously enough, I think it is.
Curiously enough, I believe you.
Well, then it's up to me.
I'm gonna make you smile again.
I'd like to feel
like smiling again.
Good!
We'll just call a taxi and
take you right to the bus.
Which one? Queensboro?
Tell me, Joe.
In sheer gratitude,
does a couple like that
ever come back to thank you?
Wouldn't know, Art.
It's a big city.
Happens every day.
Not to me.
Well, one more,
and I'll be on my way.
This was the city in which
I'd lived for seven years,
in a sort of exile.
I'd grown afraid of this city.
I'd even begun to hate it.
And now, with Ben,
it was as though I was
seeing it again for the first time.
We saw so many different sights,
just idling along the
streets and avenues,
gazing into store windows,
going to the theater,
the museums.
And even a morning at the zoo.
And everywhere,
faces that had been frozen
and cold broke into smiles.
It was not just spending money.
I don't think Ben
actually spent much at all.
It was merely the
security that money gives
when you know it's
there if it's needed.
I'd never known that
kind of security before.
It was a beautiful three days,
and now it was nearly over.
It leaves in seven minutes.
Don't be silly.
There's plenty of time for a
brandy before our bus leaves.
Bring us a couple
of fast brandies.
Sure thing.
We're right back where
we started, aren't we?
Oh, I'm more grateful
than you can know.
You've been nice.
You haven't made me feel you
thought I owed you something.
You don't.
I'll have to owe
you my bus fare.
- I'll have to send it to you.
- Oh, forget it.
$9.55, including federal tax.
You can owe me the federal tax.
You'll have to give
me your address.
I said forget it.
No.
I don't think I'm going
to forget anything.
I was awfully low when
you first spoke to me.
So was I.
Why?
Anything else?
No, thanks.
I'm to blame. I'm
catching a bus.
He wouldn't smile.
All day long, everyone
else was willing to smile.
You want me to get
him to smile for you?
There isn't time.
Do you realize you haven't
told me anything about yourself?
I've told you
everything about me.
I don't even know what you do.
- Oh, it's very dull.
- Well, that's silly.
It's never dull...
Unless you hate it.
And if you hate it, you
shouldn't be doing it.
Well, I might be a
little ashamed of it.
Are you?
I don't like a lot of questions.
I'm sorry.
Well, I-I guess we had
better be getting along.
Suppose you didn't go.
What?
Are you sure you
want to get on that bus?
If you'd ever been to Roanoke,
you wouldn't ask that question.
Then why go?
Well, I haven't
much choice, have I?
You might have a big choice.
You're frightened
again, aren't you?
Maybe. I-I'm always
scared when I'm in the dark.
Suppose you just stayed here.
We could get married.
A-Are you proposing to me?
Don't say you don't
know enough about me.
I can tell you enough.
I'm not married. I have money.
It's inherited... It's not
earned, in any case.
You won't have to
worry about starving
because I'll take
good care of you.
I have a nice
house in the country.
What more do you have to know?
Well, there must
be other things,
but I can't seem
to think of anything.
Then why hesitate? Just say yes.
- No, Ben. Wait!
- What for?
- When did you think of this?
- Oh, I don't know.
From the first moment
I saw you, I think.
But there must be other
people I should meet...
- Your family or something.
- I have no family.
Oh.
And you'll take care of me...
Good care of me,
forever and ever?
I'll take care of you forever.
I must be going crazy.
Stark staring crazy!
No, no. You're not going crazy.
Come on. Let's get out of here.
See that, Joe?
That's the way a
girl gets in trouble.
How does she know what
she's getting herself in for?
You know what I mean?
Well, she was a good kid.
Let's wish them luck.
Happy days, kid.
I hope. I hope. I hope.
Now that you've seen
part one of the "The Storm,"
let's turn to our
Westinghouse program.
Small boys' heaven...
Well, no wonder.
But for heaven's sake, where
did all those pies come from?
Just wait!
Mom will show you!
You bet I will.
There.
All that baking came from this
Westinghouse electric range.
Wouldn't it look
handsome in your kitchen?
Look at this.
Isn't that an enormous oven?
Just how many pies
would you guess are in
this Westinghouse oven?
Well, let's see.
Did you ever seen an oven
that would hold so much?
And everything baked to
perfection on any rack position.
It's no wonder that they call it
the Westinghouse Miracle Oven.
There, now. Isn't
that something?
Four pies in all.
Now, how do you cook your
dinner while those pies are baking?
There's a second oven
in this amazing
Westinghouse electric range.
Come closer. I want
to show you the dinner.
There... meatloaf, steamed
carrots, casserole of potatoes.
All ready for the table
and all cooked automatically
the Westinghouse electric way.
Now, here are the switches
that control the two ovens.
And this is the automatic timer.
You just set the time, and
it starts the Miracle Oven
and shuts it off
at the proper time.
If you have a good-sized
family with good appetites
or if you entertain a lot, you
need this double-oven range.
These two big ovens are a
mother's dream come true.
And so is everything
about this magnificent
Westinghouse electric range.
Yes, "magnificent"
is the word for it.
And you'll agree
when you see the Westinghouse
double-oven range in my store...
The best-looking and the
best-cooking range you ever saw.
And why take second best?
Own a Westinghouse
electric range.
Come on in tomorrow
and see them, won't you?
And now let's return to
"Studio One" and "The Storm."
Three days later, we
arrived at my new home.
It was a beautiful house.
So much more beautiful
than I had expected.
I fell in love with it at once.
Go right on in. I'll go
back and get the bags.
All right.
Like your new
home, Mrs. Willsom?
Yes, oh, yes, Mr. Willsom.
I'm going to be
very, very happy.
Well, you'd better go and
look at the living room, too.
Oh.
It's lovely.
Step right down.
I've never been in a real
New England home before.
I-I always thought they'd
be cold and unfriendly.
Maybe I was thinking
of Plymouth Rock.
I don't know.
I only know this is different.
Or is that something
you've done?
No. I bought it almost
the way it stands.
Now it's all yours.
You can do anything
you want with it.
Oh, no. I feel at home already.
You don't think it's
too remote, too lonely?
What difference does that make?
- You know something we forgot?
- What?
I should have carried the
bride over the threshold!
Oh, that wasn't necessary.
I was floating.
Not a foot touched the ground.
Well, don't you want to
look at the rest of the house?
Not yet. I just want
to sit here awhile.
You look very
nice sitting there.
And utterly useless.
What's a wife supposed to
do about running a home?
I've never run a house before.
Well, that's
easy. It runs itself.
But there must be lots of
rooms and the meals to order.
I've never been a hostess.
What'll happen when your
friends come to dinner?
I'll do everything
wrong. I know it.
Well, that won't
happen very often.
You see, I'm almost
a stranger here.
I only moved into this
place a month ago.
Oh? Where did
you live before that?
Oh, lots of places.
I was born in Wisconsin.
That's funny.
I thought you'd lived
here a long time.
No, I've never lived
anywhere for long.
But now that you've moved
in, I'll be happy to stay put.
Oh, this is so good.
Peace and security.
Do I really mean that to you?
I haven't felt so safe
since I was a child.
Yes, but we're not
children anymore.
It'd be easy if we
could be, but we can't.
What's done is done.
And we have to live
with it forever after,
for all our lives.
Thanks for not saying anything.
It's not a very appropriate
time for morbidity.
- I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
I haven't much respect
for anyone who can't
control his emotions.
I don't know why I should make
an exception in my own case.
Ben, what is it?
Oh, nothing. It's Mrs.
Daley, I'm imagine.
Bless us. You're here already.
I wasn't expecting
you for another hour,
and I was out in the garden.
We got away earlier
than we'd planned.
I want you to meet Mrs. Willsom.
How do you do?
Mrs. Daley does the
cooking for us, Janet.
I should have been on
hand to greet the bride.
'Tis not right, your walking
in cold in your new home.
I'm so glad to learn
you're going to cook.
I don't mind anything else.
I guess I've lived too long
on egg-salad sandwiches.
But now I can just sit
back and grow fat and lazy.
Well, I must say it's
a pleasant surprise.
I wasn't expecting to see
so fine and fresh a young
lady as yourself at all.
'Tis a real relief.
- That it is after...
- All right, Mrs. Daley.
You might go and get
our bags upstairs now.
Oh, that I will.
But not till I've made you a
nice cup of tea to warm you.
There's a bitter chill
in the air this morning.
Thank you, Mrs. Daley.
I think a cup of tea would
taste very good indeed.
That it would.
Sit yourself down and rest,
and I'll have it in
here for you in no time.
I don't know, but I think
that was her way of saying
that I'm not the glamorous type.
Oh, she's an old windbag.
But it's not easy to get someone
to come away out here every day.
She doesn't stay here, then?
No. She only
comes in by the day.
Oh. That explains it.
The others probably
looked beautiful by lamplight.
Now, Janet, listen. I
want you to know that...
You don't have to explain, Ben.
I'm not surprised to learn
that I've had predecessors.
Lots of them, I'm sure.
I'm not angry or jealous
or even inquisitive.
We won't mention it again.
We'll leave that for Mrs. Daley.
This isn't quite the sort of way
I planned to start
our honeymoon.
Well, I'm smarter than you.
I hadn't planned anything.
I'm content to sit back
and let things just happen.
Mr. Willsom, I
forgot to tell you
that your brother
called earlier.
- Who? David? Where was he?
- He didn't say.
But he wants to see you,
and he said it's most important.
Did he say where
I could reach him?
Yes. He left a number.
I jotted it down on the
pad by the telephone.
Thank you, Mrs. Daley.
Wouldn't you like to
come and take a look
- at your kitchen, Mrs. Willsom?
- What?
Oh, yes, Mrs. Daley. Thank
you. I-I'll be in in a minute.
Oh, it's a lovely kitchen.
I didn't know you
had a brother, Ben.
You never mentioned it.
I know.
I thought you even
said you had no family.
Oh, I should have told you.
Can't you tell me now?
Well, it's a
difficult situation.
David's nerves
are shot... The war.
He's supposed to stay
out west, but he won't.
I see.
- Is he difficult?
- Yes.
I can handle him all right
because he knows
I'm fond of him.
But you mustn't try, Janet.
If he comes here and calls and
tries to come here and see you,
make any excuse,
but don't see him.
All right, then. I won't.
I want this place to
be what you want.
I won't let anything
spoil it for you.
Thank you.
Now I think I'll
just run upstairs
and take a few
things out of my bag.
Then I'll come down and
inspect Mrs. Daley's kitchen.
I won't be long.
Oh, Ben? Here's
something for you.
Oh. Thank you.
- Janet.
- Yes, Ben?
Where did this come from?
I-It was lying there
on the hall table.
No. Someone
must have brought it.
Someone must have.
W-Why, I don't know, Ben.
It was just lying there.
Hasn't it a postmark?
Oh, yes. So it has.
All right. Run along.
It's not going to
start all over again.
It's not going to.
Three months.
Three months tonight
since we were married.
It's sort of a month-iversary.
I wonder if he remembers.
I can't be sure.
But then I can't be sure
of so much about him.
He still keeps so many
things hidden from me,
like his brother,
David, and those letters.
Whenever one of them arrives,
he gets gloomy and
morbid for days at a time.
All I ever see is one of
those empty envelopes
with the same
cold, formal address.
He's sitting over there now
in one of those dark moods.
All because another
letter came this morning.
For over an hour, he's
been sitting like that.
He hasn't spoken.
He's hardly moved a muscle.
- Ah.
- Hello.
Hello.
Well, it's nice to
have you back.
I was beginning
to feel rather lonely.
I know. I've been in
a bad mood all day.
You've been gone a long time.
I didn't only feel lonely.
I felt very useless.
I bet you don't even
know what today is.
Today?
At this moment, we have
been married three months,
seven hours, and 11 minutes.
And I thought you'd forgotten.
It hasn't been very
exciting for you.
Ah, who says I
wanted excitement?
If I ever did, it's passed.
They say nothing
is ever really passed.
Do you believe that?
No.
It's not easy to shut
out the past altogether.
There are things that
keep trying to cling.
You have to be strong enough
to do something about them.
What sort of things?
Well, there's that
tire, for example.
Tire?
Yeah. The one in
the back of the car.
It's gone flat five times now.
If I'd had any sense, I would've
thrown it in the dump heap.
But I let it cling.
I'm gonna turn over a new leaf.
When I take Mrs.
Daley home tonight,
I'm gonna buy a new one.
Is that all you
had on your mind?
Well, that's the
one important thing.
Well, I'll go see if Mrs. Daley
isn't ready to leave, then.
It's getting late.
Oh, Mrs. Daley. You
almost ready to go?
I'll just water these
plants for the night,
and then I'll be ready.
Oh, here. You give that to me.
You go put on your hat and coat.
Mr. Willsom will drive you down.
Well, thank you, ma'am.
But be sure you give
them a good soaking.
- I will.
- They dry out so fast.
I think because that radiator's
right there under them.
Mm-hmm.
- You know, Janet?
- Yes, Ben?
I've been thinking.
Yes?
I've been thinking we ought to
do something about your mother.
Have you heard from her lately?
Yes. I had a letter
yesterday. Why?
How was she?
Just about the same.
Mother will never be very
much better, you know?
It's just a question of
how long she can hang on.
She must have been disappointed
when you didn't come home.
Oh, Mother never says very
much. But I imagine she was.
I was thinking maybe you ought
to go down there for a few days
and visit her.
Might be your last chance.
Do you want me to go?
You do, don't you?
Well, no. It just
seemed like a good time.
See, I may have to be away
a few days this week myself.
I thought you might take
advantage of the opportunity
to pay her a visit.
When do you think
I should leave?
Well, you could start
tomorrow if you wanted to.
How long would you
expect me to stay?
Oh, a week would be
enough, don't you think?
Enough for whom?
Now, I'm only trying
to do this for you, Janet.
I want to protect you.
Protect me?
Protect me from what, Ben?
I don't want you
to have anything
you might blame yourself for.
If something happened, you
might start blaming yourself
or... or me or both of us.
Well, all right, Ben.
I'll go tomorrow.
Good girl.
I'm ready now, sir,
whenever you are.
All right. We're off.
Oh, Janet, I'll stop and pick
up that tire on the way back.
You better hurry if you want
to get there before they close.
You don't mind being left alone?
- No, I don't mind.
- I'll be back in half an hour.
Why don't you call your mother
and tell her you're coming?
Perhaps I will.
- Good night, Mrs. Daley.
- Good night, ma'am.
Long distance, please.
Hello? Long distance?
I want to place a call
to Roanoke, Virginia.
Mrs. William Leigh...
Uh, never mind.
I'll put the call in later.
Who are you?
The young brother. The problem.
Since you seem so much at home,
you might as well call me David.
Is that Ben?
So, uh, Ben started
leaving you alone already?
Or was he running away from me?
Why did you have to
sneak in here like this?
Well, that's very simple.
I find when I try the more
normal methods of entry,
my brother has a way of, uh,
slamming the door in my face.
What is it you want?
I came to see Ben.
But, uh, since he isn't here,
I'll, um, have a drink instead.
Oh, don't bother.
I know where it's kept.
Ah. This is even
more convenient.
I wish I didn't hate the taste.
You had some
reason for coming here.
What was it?
I have a four-inch
silver plate in my head.
There's no good
reason for anything I do.
You know, of course,
that Ben will be very angry
if he comes home
and finds you here.
No. As a matter of fact,
that's where you're wrong.
He'd like to despise me, but
somehow he never quite makes it.
We're, uh, brothers under
the scar tissue, I guess.
Oh, don't worry.
This'll be the last.
You really hate Ben, don't you?
I wouldn't say that.
Why?
How well do you know him?
Oh... not well, really.
I... I know he's
been good to me.
I don't suppose I'll
ever know exactly why.
It just happened.
Yes, he would be.
Ben's never been able
to watch anything suffer.
He either has to take
care of it or, uh, run.
It's got him in
a lot of trouble.
It's always kept him moving.
What sort of trouble?
You, for instance.
You were probably all
broken up about something
when Ben found you.
He's particularly
susceptible to tears.
You, uh, weren't crying, by any
chance, when he first saw you?
Well, as a matter
of fact, I was.
There you are.
On the other hand,
Ben thinks that I'm cruel,
from way inside to
the tips of my fingers.
He even thinks I like it.
Do you?
Sometimes.
Actually, I never think
of myself as cruel.
I'm just more direct than Ben.
I haven't his capacity
for running away.
Who were you calling
when I came in just now?
My mother.
She's not well, and I was
going to go visit her tomorrow.
You were leaving here tomorrow?
Yes.
- Why wait for tomorrow?
- Let me go.
Get out tonight. Get out
and never come back.
Let me go. You're hurting me!
You got to listen to me.
It's for your own good.
Get out now. Get
away from this house.
I don't think you understand.
I'm married to him.
Ben married you?
Certainly. We've been
married for three months.
Well.
Maybe this is
something different.
Maybe it is.
Have you seen Ben in
the last three months?
Yes. Often.
And he never told you
anything about me?
No. He must have
wanted me not to know.
Usually he's wanted me to keep
away because I say what I think
and I haven't always
admired his taste.
Not up to now, at any rate.
It's almost too bad I didn't
see those tears in your eyes
before he did.
Why did you tell me to get out?
Forget it. It's different than
the way I thought it was.
No. Tell me.
Look, I don't want
to get into this.
But you acted as if I were
in some sort of danger.
You're in danger
of getting hurt.
Ben's desires have been
conspicuously transient.
It's almost as if he'd
wanted them to be.
As if he hadn't dared
let them be anything else.
You see, Ben was hurt...
Badly hurt... a long time ago.
Maybe I was lucky.
I only got it in the head.
He's running away
from something, isn't he?
Yes.
He has been for a long time.
What?
That you'll have to
ask him for yourself.
I don't know. He
might even tell you.
I would.
Well...
I better be going.
W-Won't you have
one more drink first?
No. I'll, uh, leave you to
finish that call I interrupted.
But look.
Do us both a favor.
Don't say anything to
Ben about my being here.
I won't.
Thanks.
Here. Tuck this away somewhere.
- Keep it.
- What is it?
My phone number.
You may want to
call me sometime.
Changed my mind.
Well, it's a long road
and a lonely one.
I'll need, uh, company.
Long distance, please.
Long distance?
I want to place a call
to Roanoke, Virginia.
Yes, person-to-person.
And now let's pause for a moment
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We Return now to "Studio One."
It's only been a week,
and it seems longer.
So much longer.
I feel rather silly
about being so excited.
Only a few minutes
now, and we'll be there.
It's funny.
I had thought I was going home.
But of course I wasn't,
even with Mother there.
Poor Mother.
It wasn't home.
I'm coming closer to home
now and to Ben every minute.
Would you bring the bags
inside for me, Jonathan?
Ben? Ben, dear?
Oh, thanks, Jonathan.
Just put them anywhere.
Ben?
Nobody home?
Well, it... it looks that way.
And... And I wired home
last night that I was coming.
Maybe this will explain it.
Looks like it's been
slipped in under the door.
Found it on the floor.
Ain't been opened.
Oh, dear.
It's a good joke on me.
It's the wire I sent last night.
And I thought I was going
to be welcomed in style.
Well, thanks, Jonathan,
for all your trouble.
Oh, that's too
much, Mrs. Willsom.
Oh, no. Not on
a night like this.
And you better
start back right away
if you want to get
past the crossroads.
They always flood
up on a night like this.
I guess that's right.
Are you sure you're
all right, Mrs. Willsom?
Oh, of course.
I'm just disappointed
and a little annoyed.
- Well, good night.
- Good night.
I wonder where Ben could be.
He must have been away all day.
Perhaps he wasn't
even home last night.
Mrs. Daley's been here, though.
Everything's just as usual.
Or is it?
Something's a little different.
The clock!
It... Why, it stopped.
I can't imagine
Ben forgetting that.
Otherwise, it's very cozy.
Oh!
Oh, look at my poor
flowers, all withered and dead.
Ben would never
think of watering them.
But Mrs. Daley would
never have forgotten.
Mrs. Daley hasn't
been here, then.
Why not?
Oh, probably Ben just
gave her a few days off.
It's cold.
It's silly to be nervous.
It's only because
you've been imagining
how good it was
going to be to get home.
To have Ben meet you and
give you a kiss on both cheeks
like a French gentleman.
There's some perfectly
simple explanation.
You wouldn't even think
of it if it weren't for the wind
and the rain beating
against the windows.
Ben's often had to
stay in town all night.
You know that.
It would be a comfort to
talk to someone, though.
But who?
Mrs. Daley?
She hasn't any phone.
David.
No. No.
Why not call the railway station
and see when the
last train's due?
It's not much comfort.
But at least you could
hear someone's voice.
It's silly to be frightened.
The phone often goes out
in less of a storm than this.
And yet...
Stop it. Stop thinking
things like that.
So, there's been another letter.
It's probably just the envelope.
Or...
Don't look. Don't be a fool.
Suppose you found out that...
What?
What are you afraid of finding?
Nothing.
You're really relieved
it's empty, aren't you?
Oh, where is he? Where is
Ben? Why doesn't he come?
What's that?
There's someone
on the path outside.
It's just nerves.
You couldn't possibly hear
anything in a storm like this.
It was a face.
It was!
Who would be out there now?
Probably a branch or...
Oh, you must try to
get hold of yourself.
If only it weren't so cold.
Silly. I can't stop shivering.
If I had any sense, I'd go get
some wood and build a fire.
That would be some
comfort, at least.
Why don't I?
I must be afraid to move.
But that's ridiculous.
Look at that door.
The rain's coming in so
hard it'll flood the place.
How did that cellar
door get open?
It's always locked
from the inside.
Someone's been in here.
Someone was in
here when I got back
and went out through
the cellar door.
Except what would
anybody be doing here?
That's funny.
That's my old trunk.
But I never had a
handkerchief like that.
It's too late to go outside now.
He'll be waiting there.
But you can't stay
here in the light like this.
There's nothing
to do now but wait.
Wait for what?
If you could just
call the police and...
Perhaps the phone's clear
now and you could get through.
Then it wasn't imagination.
It's all real.
This is happening to you.
It's happening now.
The cellar door... It
was left open on purpose
so that he could get
back into the house.
And then I locked it.
And now... That crash of glass!
Of course!
He's had to break the
window to crawl back in.
He's had to come back.
He's had to come back.
To do what?
Ben! Oh, Ben!
- Janet!
- Oh, Ben!
Janet. Now, there, there.
Now, now, now.
What's got into you?
Why didn't you let me
know you were coming?
I did. I-I wired last night.
Oh, Ben, hold me close.
I'm so frightened.
Oh, now, now, now.
Are you all right? You
are all right, aren't you?
Of course I'm all right.
I'm a little tired. That's
all. It's been quite a night.
I've been three hours
getting out from town.
Now, tell me what's the matter.
Come over here and sit down.
Now, what's got
you in such a state?
The cellar...
There's a woman's
body in the cellar.
Janet.
Janet, you're just
imagining things.
No, I'm not. I saw it.
I-It's a woman's body stuffed
into that old trunk of mine...
Now, Janet... Now, listen.
Listen. Pull yourself together.
But it's true!
- It's true!
- Stop it! Stop it, Janet!
Who could have done it? Who?
- Could it have been David?
- David?
Don't be ridiculous.
But... But you told
me he was dangerous.
- You told me never to see him.
- Now... Now, stop.
And I did. I did see him.
He came here once,
and he could come again.
Listen to me, Janet!
I put David on a train to
Chicago this afternoon.
I didn't want you to see
him because he's shocking.
He gets drunk and
says ugly things.
Sometimes he goes out
and starts talking wildly.
He's a tragic case.
But he's not dangerous,
and he's not a murderer.
But I saw it.
I saw it!
Oh, that's ridiculous.
If it'll make you feel any
better, I'll go down and look.
But the whole thing
is preposterous.
Then go and look.
All right. Will you
come with me?
- No!
- All right.
Stay there, then. I'll go.
It is true. I saw it.
But what if it weren't
true? What if...
Don't think about it.
Don't think about it.
Janet, come on down!
Everything's okay!
But it can't be! It can't be!
Are you coming down, Janet?
Yes, Ben. I-I'm coming.
Well, now.
Look for yourself.
You see anything wrong?
But I-I don't understand.
I don't understand.
Oh, Ben!
Now, now. Take it easy.
Take it easy. There, there.
That's all right.
We'll be all right.
- Wait! Janet! Janet!
- No! Let me go!
No! Stay, Janet! Please!
- It was you.
- Yes.
Why? Why?
Because she was trying
to take you away from me.
She was also Mrs.
Ben Willsom, Janet.
I was only 18.
She was 25.
I found out soon
enough what she was.
I tried to get rid of her.
She wouldn't let me.
She'd never let me.
She was smart.
I tried running away.
She'd follow me.
She'd take every cent I had.
And I'd have to
start over again.
But she kept coming
after me and after me!
And then I came here.
And for three years
she let me alone.
I thought I'd got away from her.
Then, the day we came
here, after our wedding,
there was that
letter, waiting for me.
She had me then.
She knew it.
She meant to kill our marriage.
She even came here and stayed.
I had to get rid of her, Janet.
I had to.
You murdered her.
And now what?
I wanted you never to know.
But now you do know and...
Yes.
Now I know.
I'm not even your wife,
as she was, but I know.
Janet.
Could I ever trust you now?
Could you ever trust me?
Wouldn't you wonder,
every time I went into town,
if I were going to the police?
And I would wonder, every time
you held out your arms to me,
whether you wanted
to hold me or...
Janet.
- Janet.
- No!
- Janet!
- No!
Janet!
Janet!
Janet!
Janet!
Janet!
Soon I'll reach the main road.
It's just beyond the next bend.
Then there'll be
people... And questions.
I'll have to answer.
I'll have to say that
Ben killed someone.
That he almost...
Almost what?
Almost what?
That, Janet Leighton,
you'll never know.
The night and the rain will end.
But in your mind,
the doubt will go on,
the uncertainty, the storm.
"Sure" is a strong word.
But over the years,
we at Westinghouse have
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learned to be sure in
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Ever see one?
Here.
This filament
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Actually, it's extremely
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and then coiled again.
Now let's uncoil the wire.
It's so fine you can't
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But so you'll be
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we'll attach it to these
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On machines like
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Whether it's a product
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This is Paul Branson saying
good night for Westinghouse,
inviting you to be with
us again next week.
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