The Line Up: UNTITLED (aka-Two Young Girls Killed by Hit and Run Driver)

Ladies and gentlemen, we take you now behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American city Or under the cold glaring lights will pass before us the innocent the vagrant the thief the murderer We take you now to the lineup That what a fine oh we want you and mr. Bush to do was identifying yeah sit down here

Where do I sit with him right next to me? Oh, yes I said to myself, Mr. Bush, there's a face you'll never forget. Oh, those hit and run drivers, I took them. Not a hit and run driver, Mr. Bush.

The driver of that car was a murder. Hey, I have your attention, please. Premeditated. You people out there on the other side of the wire, may I have your attention, please? Thank you. My name is Grab Sergeant Matt Grab.

I'll explain the line up to you. Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call off a number, their names and charge. If you have any identifications, please remember the number assigned to the prisoner as I call his name.

At the end of the line when I call for questions or identifications, call out the number. If you're sure or not too sure of the suspect, have him held. The officers who took your name will assist you there seated among you.

Please be propped with your questions or identification. If he had the face of a killer, a real mean state. When the address is long as you remember what he looks like. Remember, the number of the men who are expected to their jail closed.

It makes it quite difficult to bring them back after they leave here. The questions I ask these suspects immediately to get a natural tonal voice, so do not pay too much attention to their answers as they often lie. Bring on the line.

Alright, boys, alright, right down to the end of the stage. Okay, okay, that's far enough. Turn around and face front. You're the second man, face the audience. That's it, hands to your sides, all of you. Look straight ahead so the people out there can see you.

Number one, Augie for Say, Teft. Where do you live, Augie? The usual place. Where's that? Bo Jungo. It's under the bridge outside of town. What were you doing when the officer arrested you? I was asking the lady for a handout at the back door.

Were they gunning your hand? Well, I was just asking her to hold it so I could hold her pocketbook so she could get me some of the ease. Number two, Melvin, Cornell, Vacancy. Where do you live, Melvin?

Westville Hotel on Quarlin. Where were you when the officer arrested you? Sanne in front of the Westville Hotel on Quarlin. What were you doing there? Let's shift to my feet, getting ready to walk. Where were you going?

I don't know, I hadn't thought about it. Number three, Lyle Brooks, Fep. Where do you live, Lyle? 3,000 at Hilt. That's him, Luke, 10. Number three, him? And the one before him. Number two, I'm sure of it.

No, hold it, Sergeant. Right. Let's see number two again. OK, sir. Step out here, Moven. Turn around, Moven. Slowly, slowly. That's it. OK, that's it. That's the man. What about him, Mr. Bush? No, I'm not pleased.

Just a moment I have to continue back to him. That's the man I saw run down that girl. I forget that face Lieutenant that's the man. Oh hold for interrogation Sergeant, right? That all you want with me lieutenant. No, you come with me. Hey you too, mr. Bush No, thank you. No, I never smoked and please don't offer me a glass of water either

I don't need or want a thing a minute a little bit relax moment I know what you're after lieutenant and I may as well tell you No amount of catering to what you think am I desires will make me identify this man Much as it will please you but mrs. Atwater here identified him. She sure she's positive

Going to mrs. Atwater you're dead wrong because you run in here. Did you marry? I'm a good mrs. Atwater mrs. Atwater mrs. Atwater is a fine lady on to mrs. Atwater you couldn't have seen me driving that car mrs Atwater I don't know how to drive a car so how could I steal a car mrs. Atwater's at water she didn't say

is the man who can all swear to it. I'll never forget his face, never. One day I shall describe him to my grandchildren. You will be deceiving, then, Mrs. Atwater, because that poor man is not the man.

The man who was driving the murder car was fat. He was lean like this man here, the smelven. You will forgive me for differing with you, Mrs. Atwater, but the man in the car that ran down that girl was fat. I have seen fat people in my life and he was fat. And you need eye glasses, he was lean,

He was a smelven here. My eyes were in perfect order. He was fat. What's more he had a neat blonde hair He needed a haircut. He was bald. He was bald. He was lean. He was Melvin Melvin is bald and like your brain The man was heavy even in all that rain was very obvious. You are heavy. You are bad. Stop it. Both of you. Stop it

That's all you may go out that door. He insulted me Please you've made a jacket to deserve Have you told me that? How about Milo, tell it... You too, out and we're sorry. Oh, forgetting, you know, things like this happen.

Forget it. This is the way out. Never went out this way before. Oh, forgetting all those times. Matt. Yeah, Ben. Where is everybody? Let him go. Milo and too? Yeah. But that woman identified them.

Ben, a girl was deliberately run over. We know that because two witnesses saw the car stop, back up and run over her body once more to make sure she was dead. Yesterday on August 2nd a girl was murdered, Elaine Crick was murdered.

Anything else, man? A woman identified the murderer and you let him go? He stole the car and murdered that girl, Ben. You threw? Yeah, yeah. What do you want with me, Ben? We're gonna have to do it the hard way.

Neither Bush nor the Rat, what a woman saw the man who was driving that car, they were just trying to be important. I have to do it the hard way. Oh? What can I do, Ben?

You got that engagement book we found on the Lane Kirk? I said my office get it, Matt. I'm gonna keep Elaine Kirk's engagements. What can I do for you? I'm from the police, Ben Guthring.

So what can I do for you? I'm looking for Frank Bennett. Why? Is he in? Don't you catch on? I'm Frank Bennett. What do you want to see me about? About a girl named Elaine Kirk.

In here. About a girl named Elaine Kirk. You know she's dead, don't you? I know. In her belongings was an engagement book. On yesterday's date August 2nd was your name. Did you see her yesterday? She wrote it down eh? Did you see her? Yeah sure I did. We had cocktails yesterday afternoon about five.

That's too long ago eh? My prince wouldn't be on the glass now eh? What was the occasion? She called me yesterday morning said she wanted to see me and I always said yes to Elaine.

whatever she asked me to do, I said yes. Alright, what about yesterday? Well the cocktail she told me was she was going to get married. Why should she single you out to tell? Because once I'd been there myself, once she was telling her friends that she was going to marry me.

And it didn't work out? Well, her friend said it another way, but didn't work out does it nicely. Yeah, wait a minute. to tell you she was going to get married to a man named David Finley. His name's on the list too. Lucky him. You know this David Finley? Well I've got nothing against Mr. Guthrie

except that he got the last kiss in the world from Elaine Kirk. I don't know why. I'll never know why but that's the way it was. Not to a guy like David, not a girl like Elaine. Special kind of girl wasn't she?

That'll do it nicely too. Say do something for me Mr. Guthrie. What? Talk to David Finley. Now I was going to. Then come back and explain to me why Elaine should give her life to him.

David, that is best being his work. He's an accountant, you know, one of the best. That's his room, Mr. Guthrie. Just go right in. Thank you. May I ask who you are? I wanted you to ask right off, Lieutenant.

I'm Dorothy Finley, David's sister. Don't keep David away from his work too long. You wait in a minute. Just want a total of this column of figures. I go right ahead. That does it. I only take a second to enter it now.

I don't know you. Do I? Someone recommended you to me? I'm Ben Guthrie from the police. The body lane? That way you're here? That's right. Your name was in her engagement book. You saw yesterday?

I saw her when she came for dinner at seven. It was an occasion. kind of a anniversary what kind personal how long did she stay until ten o'clock when she went away walked on a long street death was waiting for i'd known it would not let her go you were going to be married

we were going to be married they didn't think it was right we should get married no you never saw a lane did you I mean, once she was... No, you never spoke to her. You weren't fortunate like me.

You only saw her when death made her ugly, huh? David, we never saw the other way. And you'd know that when I told her was right, she shouldn't marry me. Not me yet. I'm sorry, Mr. Guthrie.

Did she ever mention anyone talk about anything? Elaine is dead. What are you staring at? Nothing. Mm. Didn't you know, Mr. Guthrie? I'm a cripple. from the way stop. I have to use my crutches to show you to the door.

What is he? My name is Ben Guthrie. Yes, Mr. Guthrie. What can I do for you? I'm from the police. What do you want? Can we go inside? No, we can't. What do you want?

I'm trying to locate a girl named Janet Irish. I'm her mother. My name was on a list. It's important that I see her, Mrs. Irish. You can't. No one can see her. No more. No one sees Janet's.

Well, I'm afraid I'll have to insist. Insist then. Listen to me. Janet is dead. Janet is dead, Mr. Guthrie. She was killed. Killed? How? A hit and run driver killed her. Oh, I'm sorry. It's just that a girl named Elaine Kirk had Janet's name on her appointment list.

Yes. She came here yesterday. They can so me. Yes. Yesterday was the anniversary of my daughter's death. Yesterday on August 2nd, Janet had been dead a year. Abraham Lincoln once spoke of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Members of the armed forces are as dedicated to the proposition

of maintaining this government today, as were those soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield of Gettysburg during the war between the states so many years ago. They know that as U.S. citizens in uniform, our military personnel have definite responsibilities to their God, to their country, and to themselves.

Oh, come in, Matt. Come in. Do you find anything? Oh, newspaper, clipping. It's fire reports. Nothing very satisfactory. Alright, let's have it. That's just about what Mrs. Arris told you. A year ago her daughter Janet was hit by a car, the car didn't stop. Janet died on the way to the hospital car.

Driver the car was never found. I wonder Mrs. Irish was bitter when I told her I was from the police. Yeah, no wonder. She told me a lank Kirk had stopped into awful condolences. Well, people do that.

But doesn't it bother you that they were both killed by hit and run drivers? Yeah, it bothers me. What do you think? I don't know. You spoke to the man who owned the car that killed Elaine, didn't you?

Sure, sure. The car was stolen, all right. He and his wife went to the movies with some friends, parked the car left the keys when they got out of the movies the car was gone.

Nothing there. Except the man was screaming when they found the car later because his bender was bent. I bleed for him. Let's go back a minute Matt. We were saying that Janet and Elaine were probably friends.

That fact keeps throwing itself at me. And both killed the same way. You can call it coincidence. Would you? How do you expect me to answer that, Ben? I don't know anything more about this than you do.

I know, I know. The thing to do is to find out. Two girls, friends. If a manner of death was not a coincidence, what was it? What secret? What thing did they share together? If you could find that out.

Yes, if I could find that out. Well, I'm gonna try. A neat trick, Ben. How are you gonna do it? Ilan Kirk was gonna marry a man. A man named David Finley. Maybe she loved him enough to tell him her secrets.

What is... Oh, it's you, Lieutenant. I'm glad you've come back. I wanted you to come back. I wanted you to come back. Your brother, Miss Finley. May I talk to him, please? He's not here. He's at the athletic club, swimming pool. He swims every day for exercise because...

I know, I know. Of course you know. Everyone knows about David. He's so brave and good, so efficient, so helpless. I drive him to the pool every day. I'm going back to pick him up in a little while.

Well, I'll come back a little later then. Will you tell David... Please don't go. But Miss Finley, I... Just tell David that I... But I tell you what I'm going to tell you, I bet you won't go.

What is it, Miss Finley? It's coming to the house. Well, what do you want to tell me? I murdered Elaine Kirk. I'm in the house with him, Catherine. We can go into David's room, he doesn't find.

He lets me help him, lets me do the things I want to do. I always for him, David. Sit by the David's chair, Lieutenant. You said you murdered Elaine. I didn't mean to murder you.

I loved her so. He loved her so much. She was so beautiful. You won't tell him I killed him. Why did you do it? I don't know. Somewhere deep inside my brain there must have been a hate for her.

Big enough to make me kill her. Big enough to miss. Miss Finlay. I'm a spinly. I didn't want to do that. I wanted to be brave like David. I'm all right now. Do you realize what you've sent to me?

Yes, it was murder. As if I'd committed it with my own hand. What? As if I'd struck her down with my own hand. Tell me about it. The night he lay in the eye, Dave, was raining, remember?

That was thunder and lightning. David wanted to stay with us overnight. She said no. She wanted to walk home in all that rain. Long, long walk home through the park. I should have made her stay with my fault.

I should have made her stay. Miss Finley, stop it. It's not your fault. It happens that way sometimes. It's not your fault. It is. It's time for you to pick up David, isn't it? Oh, yes.

I'll be late. Thank you. Thank you for helping me. I'll go pick up David. Well, that's better. That's much better. Miss Finley, there was a name on Elaine's engagement book, Elsa Weaver. Do you know her?

No, but I've heard Elaine talk about her. She's a society editor on the globe. You're going to talk to her too? Yes. Bye, Lieutenant. Thank you for your kindness. You say you're a policeman, Mr. Guthrie?

That's right. I was trying to match you with a profession when you walked into my office. Funny I didn't think policeman. May I ask exactly what it is you do in this office, Miss Weaver?

I had a society editor. Elza Weaver? Yes, I know that's your name. Elza Weaver, I hear rumors and write in your end-nose. I'm a columnist, society. You seriously didn't know who I am? Miss Weaver, I want to talk to you about Elaine Kirk.

Why me? Your name was found on Elaine's person when she was killed. Oh, why? You tell me why. My name was found on Elaine's person regarding what? On her engagement list, she came to see you.

She certainly did. Why? Now I've got to answer you, don't I? Elaine Kirk came to me to announce her wedding to David Finley. She told me that so I could put it in the papers.

People tell me things. I put it in the papers. Each Friday I draw a check. Neat. Doesn't it bother you that Elaine was killed? I loathed her. I make up my mind about people and I keep it that way.

Elaine is dead, one less person to load. Alright, so you're honest about it. Let's keep that that way. Sure. Why did you hate Elaine? The reason a woman has for hating another woman. The reason a woman makes up her mind about another woman.

Like one? Elaine Kirk was a beautiful girl and she knew it. That's a made her intolerable. Her beauty, her brains, her capacity for enjoying herself, it's second me, that's all. Did you know her friend of hers, Janet Irish?

Casual. I think about this, Miss Weaver, it's important. Was there anything these two girls had in common, shared? Of course. What? Frank Bennett. Frank Bennett? That Hulk. That gorgeous boy with the hair. smile in the black eyes.

How well did you know him? Arms length. That's one of my burdens. Let me tell you how it was, Mr. Guthrie. When I knew Frank, he was engaged to Elaine Kirk. Janet Irish was Elaine's friend.

So? So? Join me in my thoughts. Frank Bennett was never lonely. Am I clear, Mr. Guthrie? You came back to tell me that Elaine wanted David and not me. That's why you came back. No, Frank. David with his condition.

Heh, creates a big pity in people, you know, like he didn't elain. So much pity that she just had to marry him. See, I knew the answer all the time. Frank Lieutenant, help yourself. You told me Elaine was something very special to you.

No, you told me I agreed with you. What about Janet Irish? From left field, Lieutenant. From out of nowhere, like a bolt from the blue. Why do you spring Janet Irish on me all of a sudden? I hear she was something special too. To me?

Well, what you hear is a lie. What does a policeman have to do to hear a lie like this? Where does he go? Janet Irish, Frank. Tell me about it. Oh, the Elsa Weaver per chance you went for this about me and Janet. Who went to the right place? And Elsa's a bit of girl.

Frank doesn't light Elsa's cigarette. Open doors for Elsa. Kiss Elsa a good night. I'm not doing these things and more also loads frank makes up lies about him and janet about and what's the truth frank that's all i want well jennett was a pretty girl janet was elaine's best friend if she hadn't been i wouldn't have looked at her twice

jennett was not one to make me hungry for janet was killed in a hit and run a year ago on august second elaine was killed the same way also on august second we know it was murder You think Janet was murdered, Frank?

Well, that's your department to think about things like that. If it was murder, they could have been murdered for the same reason. You know, it's interesting, the way you come to me to think things out.

You use my place, you take my time, not that I mind. You know the girls very well, Frank. Only Lane, I told you. You Lane, did she ever tell you anything about Janet? Some secret they shared, some...

Well, there was a thing, but it wasn't a secret. Oh, what was it? Well, it was Elaine and Janet that made David Finley what he is today. What are you talking about? Happened up in Canada on a lake.

David, he was estranged with the girls. He was swimming and the girls were in a motorboat. They didn't see David. They rained him down. Hit him in the back with the boat, paralyzed him from the waist down.

That's what the girls did to David upon meeting him. I never read anything about it. It didn't come out till months later. David didn't want it to come out when it finally did. It wasn't news.

That's why he didn't read the papers. Why didn't David want it known? You never saw Elaine, did you, Lieutenant? We crippled by a girl like that. Well, that could be a caress. You leaving me, Lieutenant?

Without a good bye. Without a thank you. Goodbye, Frank. Thank you. What took you so long, Matt? I've been waiting 15 minutes. Take it easy, Ben. I had to find somebody to take over the line up for me.

What do you got? Answers and a murderer. Come on, in here. Lieutenant Catherine, please come in and you too, the Lieutenant's friend. This is Sergeant Grepis, Vinley. How do you do, Sergeant? Hello. You want to see David, don't you?

He's in his room, I'll go. Not yet, I think we want to talk with you. We want to tell you we know who killed a lancurk. I told you I did. Mm-hmm. Let's go in here and sit down.

Yes, of course. Sit here, Lieutenant. Sergeant, we're right over there. Miss Finley killed a lancurk? Yes, I did. I explained it to the lieutenant. If I had insisted that Elaine stay here that night, nothing would have happened to her.

I would have taken care of her. I'd say, oh, no, you don't, man. What? The way I figure it, Matt, the person who killed Elaine Kirk also killed Janet Irish. Miss Finley, did you kill Janet?

Who? The lieutenant said Janet, Janet Irish. Oh, no, I hardly knew her. Well, I'll tell you something else, man. Whoever killed Janet and Elaine had the identical motive. I don't know what my brother in here with me.

All right. Ben, relax. Long as to gut me. My sister tells me the other gentleman is Sergeant Grab. That's right, Jimin. She also tells me you know who killed Elaine and Janet. That's also right.

Tell me, David, how long ago did you have your accident? Two years ago. On August 2nd? Yes. How are you getting along? Pretty good. Swimming, the exercises I take, I even drive a car. I'm making progress.

Before long, I'll even be able to take care of myself. Oh, David, David, it'll be a long time, you know that. Now, that's all I've got now, time. I'm glad you sister brought you in here, David, so I can tell you who killed Elaine and Janet, someone who despised them for what they did to you.

Elaine made it up to me. She made it up a thousand times. Miss Finley? Yes. Tell us how you killed Janet Irish. I told you I hardly knew her. You ran over her a year ago on August 2nd.

Killed her with a car like you killed Elaine yesterday on August 2nd with a car. Both of them on the anniversary of your brother's accident. No, I didn't. David, tell them I didn't. Dorothy. Tell them.

I can't. I can't tell them that... David! They're the only one who could have hated them so much. I did it for you, for you, David, for what they did to you. But Cripple looked at you, a helpless Cripple.

You, my sister. Yes, I killed Janet. So the lane I waited, I thought was happening. She was falling in love with you, David. The longer I waited, the more she had to lose. One year of loving you.

And then I killed her. Then I killed her. Oh, take her out of here. And all the way on, David. Elaine? Could she have done that? Take her out of here! You better come with us, Miss Finley.

The line-up was produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, written by Morton Fine and David Friedgen, and stars William John Stone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, and Wally Mayer as Sergeant Matt Greb.

Music was composed and conducted by Eddie Dunstetter. Featured in tonight's cast were Peggy Weber, Anne Stone, Lillian Biaff, Howard McNeer, Lou Krugman, Sheldon Leonard, and Larry Dobkin. Nope, has come to you through the worldwide facilities of the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.