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("Alfred Hitchcock" theme music)

- Good evening.

(guns roaring)

Seems to have been a bit of an uprising here

by a group that is long on principle

and short on marksmanship.

If you're disturbed by what they did to the wall,

just imagine what they did to my shirt

and my tie.

It's completely ruined.

The leader of the firing squad used to do this at parties

using a pair of scissors.

It is comforting to know

he has not lost his sense of humor.

Tonight's narrative is called Final Performance.

Although whose performance,

I shall let you discover for yourselves.

It begins in one minute.

- Hi, you goin' to Rawlins?

- Yeah, yeah, get in.

- Good.

Oh, it's cool in here.

How come it's so cool?

- Air conditioning.

- Oh.

- Look, I wanna warn you,

I'm having some trouble with my car.

I just hope I make it.

- Where ya goin'?

Just Rawlins?

- No, I'm going to Los Angeles.

Hollywood.

- You goin' to Hollywood?

Hey listen, that's where I'm goin', ain't that funny?

(car sputtering)

Hey, what is all this stuff?

You movin' or something?

- Yeah, movin' to Hollywood.

- Oh, you in the movies or what?

- No, I write for the movies.

- Oh.

Hey, listen, would you mind drivin' me all the way?

I mean, that's where I really wanna go.

I mean, if you don't mind my company.

- Well, it's still a good trip.

I'll probably have to stop.

- Oh, that's all right, I can't sleep anywhere.

What do ya say?

- About what?

- About takin' me to Hollywood.

Oh, oh, you will, won't you?

- Yeah.

- Hey, what's your name?

- Cliff.

- Like, fall off a cliff.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, like fall off a cliff.

- Well I'm Rosie.

- Hi. - Hi.

Hey, say listen, if you do take me

to Hollywood, maybe you can introduce me

to some of them big stars, huh?

(siren wailing)

- Get out.

Come on, get outta there.

Turn around, put your hands up on the car.

- Hey, now, look.

- Don't gimme no hard time.

Just do as I say.

Okay, lemme see your license.

- Look, sheriff, I think you've made a mistake.

- If you'll just be quiet a minute,

I'll tell you what all you done wrong.

Number one, come through our town back there

at better than 30 miles an hour.

Speed limit's 15.

That's 15 miles an hour right there.

Number two, you come through trailin' enough blue smoke

to contaminate the whole state of Iowa.

Number three, I've got you in real serious trouble,

Mr. Allen, pickin' up a young girl there,

tryin' to make off with her.

- Wait a minute, not five minutes ago,

she flagged me down.

I just gave her a lift.

- Yeah.

- She begged me for a ride, I'm going to Hollywood.

She begged me for a ride to Hollywood.

Ask her.

Go ahead, ask her.

- All right, I will.

Rosie, what you doin' in there?

- Well, I was just out walkin'

and that man he drove his car up

and he got out and he made me get in.

He made me get in his car.

- Hey, what's the matter with you?

Why don't you tell him what happened?

- That's enough.

Now, Rosie you come on outta there

and go up and get in my car, you hear?

Yes sir, you in serious trouble.

Now you just get in your car,

follow me back to town.

- Look, sheriff I didn't touch that girl

and I was not speeding.

- And there's number four, Mr. Allen.

That's resist arrest.

I sure hope you carry lots of money, young man.

(birds twittering)

Well, hurry up.

(engine sputtering)

- I'm havin' some trouble with my car.

- Won't start, huh?

Well, tell you what I'll do.

I'll take Rosie on back where she belongs

then I'll send a tow truck after you.

Now, when you get into town,

you're gonna stop by my office.

Just look for the car.

You remember, young fella, I've got your drivers license.

(suspenseful music)

- [Cliff] Now you get right to work on it,

I'm in a hurry.

- I know, you told me.

Stop around tomorrow.

- I wondered if you could help me.

- What do you want?

- Well, who do I see about a room?

- Me.

Your car break down?

- Yeah, how'd you know?

- That's the only reason anybody stays here

unless the sheriff holds them up for speeding.

- Yeah, well I just left the guy from the gas station.

- Went.

- Yeah.

Yeah, he's doing me a big favor.

He's towing my car in for $35.

$35 just for towing.

- Ah hah.

- Look, can I have a room?

- Sure.

Where ya goin'?

- Los Angeles.

- What's your name?

- Cliff Allen.

- Any relation to Fred?

- Fred? - Allen, Fred Allen.

- Oh, no.

Allen's a pretty common name.

- I knew Fred Allen.

I was on the same bill with him for five weeks in Philly.

Then again at Baltimore.

- Oh, what, you performed or what?

- Rudolph the Great, you ever hear of him?

- Rudolph the Great?

No, I can't remember.

- Well, you do look a little young.

You ever seen any vaudeville?

- When I was a kid.

- You musta seen me.

Sign here.

(bell dings)

You got the cash for the room?

- How much?

- $3 with a sink.

You want a sink?

- Yeah, that's fine.

- Rosie, how'd you like to show Mr. Allen up

to the Al Jolson.

I got all the cabins named after stars.

You're in the Al Jolson.

Or would you rather be in the W.C. Field?

- I don't care.

- I got it all cleaned up, clean sheets, towels.

There's a sink in there.

- I dusted the other day.

- Yeah, well, here.

Mr. Allen, Rosie'll take you to the cabin.

- Oh, thank you.

(suspenseful music)

What are you doing here?

- I'll explain everything inside.

Listen, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry about what I did but I had to.

- Had to do what?

Why didn't you just tell the sheriff the truth?

Maybe it's not the truth.

- Oh it is, I do wanna go to Hollywood

but if the sheriff knew that, he'd tell Rudolph

and I'd never get out of here.

- Rudolph?

- He doesn't want me to go anywhere.

- Oh, well, that's wonderful.

Wait 'til the sheriff tells him that lie of yours.

- You can't stay here.

I wouldn't if I were you.

- I have no choice.

- Well, hitch a ride into Rawlins,

sleep in a field, anything.

- What are you doing here anyway?

If you work for him, why don't you just quit?

What are you, his daughter or something?

- Well, it's.

He looks after me.

But.

- Rosie, you don't gimme any reasons.

You just.

- [Rudolph] Rosie!

- Do like I say, hear?

Here's a key.

- Rosie!

- [Rudolph] Rosie!

Hey, you come on back here.

- No.

- Come on back here now.

- [Rosie] No, you're gonna hit me.

- [Rudolph] I ain't gonna hit ya.

I ain't gonna touch ya.

What took ya so long?

See, I ain't gonna touch ya.

- Please don't hurt me.

- [Rudolph] Oh, stop that.

I ain't hurtin' ya.

What were you doin' up here?

Talkin' to that man?

- [Rosie] He's gonna hear you?

- I don't care if he does.

All ya had to do was show him the cabin,

come right back.

- It was dusty, I had to dust.

- Aw, you had to dust.

I oughta dust you, that's what I oughta do.

You want that young fella to have a quiet rest here,

you keep away from him.

You and your truck drivers

and your town kids. - No, no.

- Got your eye out for all of 'em.

(suspenseful music)

Well, Mr. Allen, got ya all fixed up.

- Yeah, yeah, everything's fine.

- Care for something to drink?

- Something cold.

- We got good root beer here.

- Fine.

- You do look kinda young but I thought you might remember

Rudolph the Great.

- Well, I don't know, Rudolph.

Maybe I did see you.

- Maybe I can refresh your memory.

Come with me.

Bring your drink along, come on.

(suspenseful music)

- Quite a collection.

(Rudolph laughs)

What are you doing here?

- Oh, that's a long story.

I come through here with a travelin' fair

about 10 years ago.

It closed down and here I was.

Me and Maggie and Rosie.

- Maggie and Rosie?

- Yeah, Maggie was my wife.

She was the other half of the act.

You see, Rosie's folks died in the Hartford fire,

you remember that and for a while we all kinda took care

of Rosie and then the county fair closed down,

I got a job here cookin' then I took over.

Maggie died the first year.

That was the end of the team.

But Rosie and I stayed on.

And she's a big girl now

and we're gonna get bookings as an act.

- As an act?

- Yeah, you know, another team.

We got a lotta routines we're workin' on.

You oughta see 'em.

Well, they're not as good as my old act used to be yet

but they're gonna be.

- You're a juggler?

- No, no, no, that's just kid stuff.

Listen, I was next to closing 43 times.

That's no juggler's spot.

I had my specialty.

I'll show it to you sometime.

But I can't just show it to anybody, understand?

- Oh sure, sure.

- Hey, did ya see this one?

That's me and Will Rogers.

I got one of Flo Ziegfeld here somewhere.

Maybe ya saw me in the follies.

You'd remember me.

- I don't think so.

The last vaudeville I saw was in New Jersey.

- New Jersey, I played New Jersey.

Clark and McCullough was on the bill with me.

Bobby Clark, I got a good notice there.

Maybe you'd like to see it, Rudolph the Great.

No, no, you don't wanna see it.

- No, I'd like to.

- Well, maybe later.

Maybe later.

New Jersey.

Well come on, sit down.

You're goin' to Hollywood, huh?

- Mm-hm.

- I'll bet your in the movies.

- No, I just write.

I write for television.

- Television, yeah?

What do ya write?

- Well, I write for a serie, you know,

it's on every week.

It's about the navy.

- The navy?

* I love to be a sailor *

* A sailor, a sailor *

You must remember Harry Lauder.

Hey, you know what?

We're gonna have a great time here, you and me,

you know that.

You're the first person come through here in a long while

that remembers the old days.

I got a lot to show you.

Did ya ever hear Casey at the bat?

- Rudolph, Charlie's here,

he wants to know how much milk we need.

- Oh, all right Rosie.

Hey, hey, hey, come here, come here.

It's Mr. Allen here.

He's a writer, come here.

Yeah, he's very special.

He's one of us, show business,

we're all in the same big family, aren't we?

And Mr. Allen, I want you to know my Rosie is very talented.

- Well, that's nice.

- Not only is she talented,

she's pretty too, ain't she?

- Mm-hm, yes she is.

- Yeah, Mr. Allen, I wanna tell ya something else.

I want you to treat Rosie very special.

Because a week from today Rosie's gonna be 18.

And the day after she's 18, we're gonna be married!

Rosie gonna be my bride.

(dramatic music)

(suspenseful music)

Oh Mr. Allen!

- Yes.

- Mr. Allen, could you come here a minute?

You're just the man I wanna see.

I'd like to ask you some advice.

Ah, how do ya like that?

- Well, it's very pretty.

- It's Maggie's.

It was Maggie's wedding dress.

And now it's gonna be Rosie's.

- Well, that's nice.

- You think it's all right for a man

to have his second wife married

in his first wife's wedding dress?

- Well, I suppose it would be up to the bride.

- Well, I think it's a good idea

especially since they knew each other so well

and they're a lot alike in many ways.

I think it's a good idea.

Don't you?

- It's your wedding.

- Yeah.

Now, Mr. Allen, lemme ask you something.

Suppose you were a married man.

Let's say instead of bein' a writer,

you worked in a store, see?

And your wife worked in there too with ya, see?

And every man that came into that store

kept lookin' at your wife.

Would you have any objections to that?

- Well, I don't know.

If she was really attractive, I'd expect 'em to look at her.

I'd be flattered.

- Oh you would, would ya?

Yeah, well, suppose she starts goin' off

with these other men.

- I don't know.

Would depend on the circumstances.

I might forgive her once.

It could be grounds for divorce.

- Well, don't you think she deserves some kinda punishment?

- I'm afraid I really don't know

what you're talking about.

- I'm talkin' about punishment.

If your wife couldn't keep from makin' eyes

at these other men.

- What does this got to do with a wedding dress?

- It's a got lot to do

with a wedding dress, Mr. Allen, a lot.

'Cause when she wore this dress,

Maggie promised to love, honor, and obey.

Right?

Right!

- Yes, yes, right.

- And that doesn't mean when the dress is changed

that the vows are off too, does it?

Right?

- Right.

- Right.

You're in show business, Mr. Allen,

you know what I'm talkin' about.

Opportunity comes at the strangest times so you wait

and you wait and you practice and you're ready for it.

You don't run around like a chicken

with its head off.

Just to satisfy some anxious woman.

No, ya wait, ya work.

In a diner like this even if necessary

and you get ready for it.

And if you can't wait, if ya can't sit still.

You can't stop playin' around with other men,

you don't deserve what you got, do you?

Well, do ya?

- Well.

- No, no sir.

No sir, Mr. Allen

'cause if you don't appreciate what ya got,

you don't deserve any of it.

I tried to tell that to Maggie.

I tried to tell her.

Oh, let's go to Hollywood,

let's get back on the circuit she said.

Ain't even got any contacts anymore anyway, she says.

She just couldn't wait

until I was ready.

Too bad for her 'cause I got my Rosie now.

She's gonna wait, she's gonna wear this dress.

She gonna love, honor, and obey,

isn't she, Mr. Allen?

- I'm sure she is.

- Yeah, my Rosie's very pretty isn't she?

- Well.

- You know, you think she's pretty, don't ya?

- Yes, yes, I do.

- How pretty?

- Well, it's a little hard to describe.

I'd say she's very pretty.

- Yeah, pretty enough for you?

- Yes, yes, pretty enough.

- And spoken for, too.

Well, that's always the way isn't it, Mr. Allen.

- I'm sure I wouldn't know.

Did you want any more advice?

- I'm glad you like the dress.

Maybe you oughta see my specialty act.

- I'd like to get some work done.

- All right, all right, we'll put it off

'til ya got time

but you gotta have a look at it so you can say

you saw Rudolph the Great.

Might wanna tell your kids about it sometime.

You're plannin' to have kids, aren't ya?

- I guess so.

- So am I.

Good afternoon.

(suspenseful music)

How ya doin' honey?

- It's a little tight.

- Here, lemme help ya.

There.

Hold tight there.

- Oh, don't it look a little funny on me?

- Oh no, it's looks beautiful on ya honey.

Wait 'til all the boys see ya in that.

You're gonna be a big hit.

- Think so?

- Yeah.

- Rudolph, you think we're gonna get to Hollywood

so they can see me for the movies?

- Well, I don't see why not.

- You said you were gonna take me to Hollywood.

- Yeah.

- And you said you were gonna introduce me

to them big stars.

- Yeah, I will, I will, like I promised.

You know what?

Jack Benny and me are old buddies.

All I have to do is call him on the phone.

He'll do a lot for you.

- Let's call him now.

- Oh, honey, you know I can't call him from here.

But I'll do better than that.

When we get to Hollywood, I'll take you right out

to the studio to meet him.

George Burns too!

He's an old pal,

he'll get ya on television.

- Well, you said last year we were gonna go

and then this summer.

- Oh, Rosie, honey.

You're so pretty in that new costume.

You know, it's just for your big number.

- Well, we ain't left here once.

We don't even get to go to Rawlins.

- I'm gonna make you a big star, I know just the people

to do it.

- I'd like to see a movie in Rawlins.

- Oh Rosie, you're such a pretty thing you know that?

And next week you're gonna be my bride.

You'll be prettier than ya are now.

All the guys are gonna look at ya

just like you were on a stage

and they'll say look at that girl.

Ain't that Rudolph a lucky guy?

He sure got himself some girl.

- [Rosie] Oh no.

- What, honey, what?

- Rudolph, (gasps).

(suspenseful music)

(keys tapping)

- [Rosie] Cliff, Cliff?

- Huh?

- Can I come in?

- Yeah, yeah, come in.

- I don't look very pretty.

- [Cliff] You look fine, Rosie.

You want something?

- Well, I wanted to talk to you.

I wanted to explain about everything

and I wanted to apologize.

- What's the matter?

- I thought I heard something.

- It's all right.

Rosie, what do you want?

- I just want you to help me, that's all.

You can see how it is, how Rudolph wants to marry me.

That's why I wanna go to Hollywood

and when the sheriff came,

I had to tell that lie so he wouldn't tell on me.

You are going to Hollywood, really, aren't you?

- Mm-hm, if I ever get out of this town.

- Well, you just gotta take me with you.

- Rosie, I'm very sorry but I really think

this is none of my business.

Now I've gotten myself into enough trouble for one day.

It's against the law for me to take you anywhere.

- The law, the law, what is the law anyway?

The law says that if Rudolph promises to take me

to Hollywood, he's supposed to take me

and Rudolph isn't gonna go anyplace.

And the law says that if I get married

well them I'm never gonna get out of here.

Cliff, am I pretty?

Well, I mean forgettin' what I got on.

- Well, yes, yes, I'd say you were pretty.

- Would you like to marry me?

- Rosie.

- Well, if you was like Rudolph

and if you knowed me a longer time.

Then, would you like to marry me?

- If I knew you.

And I liked, I loved what I knew,

yes, I might like to marry you.

- Well.

- Yes?

- Well, if you took me to Hollywood,

well, you could get to know me.

- Rosie.

- Well, you said I was pretty.

- Rosie!

Come here.

Now look, I wanna apologize to you, I do.

Maybe it was my fault in the first place

for stopping for you

and maybe because of that I have some kind

of an obligation but I just can't do any more.

You've got to understand that.

(Cliff sighs)

(keys clacking)

- Is that something you're workin' on for Hollywood?

- Mm-hm.

(Rudolph whistling)

Where are you going?

- Oh, it's Rudolph, I gotta go.

(upbeat music)

- One, two, three, kick, back.

Kick forward, two, three, four, back.

And kick.

Turn around and tip your hat,

one, two, three, four,

one, two, three, four.

Kick, leg, two, three, kick.

Turn around and tip your hat

and turn back and take your bow.

All right, all right, you're gettin' it.

Yeah, you're gettin' it.

You're gonna be fine.

- This is a little tight.

- Oh nevermind about that

but one thing, honey.

Don't be always lookin' at me.

Give 'em that big smile.

Well, hello there Mr. Allen!

Welcome to our theater.

We got our own little Orpheum here, haven't we?

- Yes, it's very nice.

Don't lemme bother you.

- No, you're just in time.

We're gonna do our comedy patter.

- I thought maybe I'd get to see your specialty act.

- Well, maybe, maybe, maybe I could do a little.

No, no I don't wanna do it

when I'm so outta practice,

but I'll work on it for ya.

I promise, you'll see it.

But now you watch Rudolph the Great and Rosie.

We've been workin' on this.

You ready?

Rudolph the Great and Rosie, take it away.

Hey there Rosie, what you got there?

- I've got a case.

- Yeah, well, where you goin'?

- I'm taking my case to court.

(men laughing)

- Hey now there Rosie, where ya goin' with that thing.

- I'm taking my case to higher court.

(sheriff laughing)

- Then we do a little tump-te-tum and a tum-te-tum and wow!

(audience clapping)

Thank you, thank you.

We've got some more, but right now we're gonna take

a little break.

Now, Mr. Allen.

- Oh, just looking around.

- Yeah, Mr. Allen, I built this all myself.

We give shows for the town people in here.

People come from miles around.

You like our little number?

- Yeah, yeah, it was fun.

- Now, Mr. Allen, if I was you,

I'd watch myself.

- What do you mean?

- What do I mean?

Sheriff was talkin' to me earlier tonight.

Yeah, told me a lotta interesting things about you,

about pickin' Rosie up on the highway and all that, yeah.

- Well, we straightened all that out.

I was just trying to help her and.

- Now, that's all right Mr. Allen.

I understand.

Rosie's a mighty pretty girl.

I figure a young fellow like you thinks

an old trooper like me can't handle her,

right, I understand.

Now, Mr. Allen, you and I oughta be pretty good friends.

We both got show business in our blood

and you're gonna get your car fixed

and get right on outta here to Hollywood, aren't ya?

- I hope so.

- Now, Mr. Allen, Rosie and I appreciate ya bein' here.

We'd like ya to feel right at home

so any time you feel like talkin' you come around

to me, we'll talk.

Any time.

There's just one thing, Mr. Allen.

You keep away from Rosie, you hear?

(suspenseful music)

to keep time from passing to quickly and pleasantly.

One of these is station break

after which, on with our story.

(suspenseful music)

- Mr. Davis?

Mr. Davis!

Mr. Davis!

Hey, what's with my car?

It's just sitting there.

- I've been waitin' for the parts to arrive from Rawlins.

You better get yourself fixed up at Rudolph's

and come back in about two days.

- Two days?

- Monday if you're lucky.

- I cannot sit around this town for two days.

- Well, there's plenty to keep ya busy here.

Will Bullerton's gonna show his home movies

over at the schoolhouse.

How 'bout Rudolph?

I'm sure he can entertain ya.

- Mr. Davis, you know Rudolph pretty well, don't ya?

- Oh sure, everybody knows him.

- Did anything unusual ever happen up at his place?

- I don't know what you're talkin' about.

- Well, I'm not too sure I do either.

- Why you talkin' about it then?

- I was just wondering about Rudolph.

He's a very interesting character.

I wondered how well you knew him.

- I never heard a man talkin' around in circles

the way you do.

Is that the way they talk in New York?

(suspenseful music)

- Oh, hello there, Mr. Allen.

- Can I have a cup of coffee?

- Sure, I've been meanin' to ask you something.

- What's that?

- Well, seein' you gotta stay on here a couple of days more

I was thinkin' maybe you'd do me a favor.

- Oh?

- Well, you write for television and all that.

I thought maybe you could write something

for me and Rosie, some new patter

to work into the routine, you know.

- Well, I'm not really a comedy writer.

- Well, I'm not really a comedy performer

but you gotta be versatile.

- Why don't you do your specialty?

- Oh, I will, I will.

And I'll show it to ya like I promised.

But I gotta have some new material for Rosie and me.

You could write something, couldn't ya?

- I don't think so.

I just don't write comedy.

- I'll pay for it, I'll pay ya well.

- No, I'm sorry, Rudolph, I just can't.

- If I was some young star out in Hollywood,

you could do it couldn't ya?

- Look, that has nothing to.

- You could do it.

But you think maybe I wouldn't be able to put

that kinda stuff across.

Listen, if it wasn't for my versatility, I'd be dead.

My best friend, Louis Boyton,

he's got this one routine, this one exact same routine.

He does it on the circuit for 15 years.

15 years he does this routine.

He makes a good living out of it.

He even goes on television

and does the same routine and it wows 'em

but that is it.

That is the end of the routine.

That is curtains for Louis.

Everybody's seen his act.

No more jobs.

Where you gonna find a routine like that every day?

- Times have changed.

- What does that mean, times have changed?

Does that mean you're too good for me?

You young kids are too good for us.

We taught ya.

We taught ya everything you know about show business.

Now you kids get behind a television camera

and times have changed.

Instead of building up a routine

for years and years, you gotta have 100 bright young kids

turning out stuff for another 100 bright young kids to say.

Ya gotta have a man that stands up with a sign

that says laugh.

Or applaud, cheer, whatever ya want.

Now, let me tell ya, I still got what I had

when I played the circuits and it works.

It still works.

I got my Rosie, I got my pretty little Rosie,

and I got my specialty act

and that's what made Rudolph great

so you go ahead and sell your stuff

to some young fool out in Hollywood.

- Rudolph.

- Go ahead. - Rudolph.

- Go ahead!

(dramatic music)

- Hey?

- Oh Cliff.

- Rosie, what are you doing here?

- Rudolph said you're leavin'.

Oh, what am I gonna do?

I'm gonna be married next week

and you're gonna be in Hollywood.

You've gotta take me with you.

- Rosie, I told you.

Look, you shouldn't come here.

Makes Rudolph mad.

He just doesn't understand.

He likes you very much.

He doesn't understand that when you talk to other men.

- Well, if he doesn't understand me

and if you do, well, why can't I be with you?

- It's just not that simple.

- Oh it is, it is that simple, Cliff, it is.

It's that simple.

Cliff, I'm afraid.

I'm afraid every time I'm near him.

Don't you understand?

- I suppose so.

- Then please help me.

- [Rudolph] Rosie?

(suspenseful music)

Rosie!

Time for rehearsal.

- Please!

- [Rudolph] Rosie!

- How are you today, sheriff?

- What'll it be?

- Something cold.

- Cider, root beer.

- Root beer's fine.

Mr. Davis, I was wondering when I could get my car?

- Want it tonight?

- Yes.

- Got the cash?

- Well, I phoned the studio,

they should be wiring me some money.

- When it comes, you'll bring it to me.

I ain't goin' no place.

- I'd like to have it by tonight.

- You would, huh?

You got the money for those traffic tickets?

- Oh yeah, how much was that?

- $35.

- Okay, 10, 20, 30, one, two, three, four, five.

- Okay, there's your license.

- Thank you.

Do I get a receipt?

- No, I don't give no receipts.

Rudolph, you best gimme a piece

of that peach pie there will ya?

- I give receipts.

Got any more of that stuff?

- Not now.

- Well, car'll be ready tonight even if you ain't.

- Why don't you just take

his root beer outta there too, Rudy?

(till dings)

- Rosie's not working today?

I heard you rehearsing last night.

- Yeah?

Well, Rosie don't feel too good.

She's been workin' too hard.

Workin' on that routine.

She's sick in bed.

(suspenseful music)

- Rosie?

Rosie?

What's the matter?

Rosie, you all right?

Why don't you answer me?

- I thought you were Rudolph.

- What are you doin' with this dress on?

- I'm gonna get married.

Rudolph gave it to me and he told me

that to put it on and leave it on.

- Rosie.

Rosie, I'm gonna take you with me.

- You are?

- Yes.

- Oh Cliff (laughs).

- All right.

Now, now listen, I want you to listen to me.

I want you to listen carefully.

I'm gonna get my car tonight, it's gonna be tricky

but I think I can do it.

Now, can you meet me someplace?

- I'll meet ya anywhere, I'll meet ya anytime.

I'll go right now if you want me to.

- No, no, no, no, no, tonight.

- Tonight. - Yes, I'll pick up

my car and I'll meet you

at eight o'clock right here, all right?

- Yes (giggles).

Oh, oh, I won't bring very much.

I'll just bring a couple of pretty dresses for Hollywood.

- All right, all right.

All right, okay, now, get outta the dress.

- [Rosie] Okay.

- And stay in the diner.

- I will.

- Okay, I'll see you tonight.

- All right.

(Rudolph whistling)

(Cliff shushes)

- It's okay.

Eight o'clock. - Eight o'clock.

Oh Cliff, oh!

Thank you.

(metal clangs)

(engine sputtering)

(suspenseful music)

- [Cliff] Rosie.

- [Rudolph] Looking for someone?

- I was just.

- You were lookin' for Rosie.

- Yeah, well, I wanted to say goodbye to her before I left.

- Mr. Allen, I know about your meetin', Rosie told me.

- She told you?

- She also told me to tell ya she's awful sorry

but she ain't meetin' ya tonight.

- Why, what's the matter?

Where is she?

- She's down at the barn rehearsing.

She told me to say goodbye to you for her.

Well, I said it.

Didn't I?

(crickets chirping)

- Rudolph.

I don't know what's going on here

but I'd like to see Rosie before I leave.

I'd like her to tell me all of this.

- I told ya.

- I know what you told me.

I'm not so sure I believe you.

- I think you'd better go.

- I think I'd better see Rosie.

- All right, if ya insist, follow me.

I'm awful sorry about all this, Mr. Allen.

You know, Rosie gets this way sometimes.

She reads all them movie magazines.

She gets all those foolish notions in her head.

She starts tellin' silly things to people.

Some young fella like you comes along and believes 'em.

It's a shame.

It's embarrassing sometimes ya know?

Rosie, someone here to talk to ya.

- Rosie!

- I'll speak to her.

You wait here.

Now, Rosie, you've done a terrible thing.

I want you to tell Mr. Allen the truth.

- I want the real truth, Rosie.

You don't have to be afraid.

- I'm not afraid.

Cliff, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I lied to you.

- Rosie, I've come to take you away, now.

Just because Rudolph's here, you don't have to retreat.

Well, come on, it's all right.

- I can't.

I love Rudolph.

I really do.

- You've hypnotized her.

- No, mister, you're wrong.

Rosie, tell Mr. Allen how wrong he is.

- [Rosie] He's telling the truth.

I love Rudolph.

- Rosie, you couldn't have told me all that, begged me!

Rosie, what are you?

I'm asking you for the last time, I'm leaving.

Now if ya meant what ya said,

if you want me to help you, come with me.

I'll protect you.

- [Rosie] Cliff, I don't wanna come.

Really, I belong here.

You do understand.

- I don't understand.

Goodbye Rosie.

Rosie?

(suspenseful music)

- You did it honey.

- [Rosie] I did it for you.

You know that.

- [Rudolph] I know.

- [Rosie] You've given me so much

and I wanna give to you and love you

and be a good wife.

I will be, won't I, Rudolph?

- [Rudolph] Yes, my love.

- [Rosie] Is that my goodnight kiss, Rudolph?

- [Rudolph] Yes, my love.

(dramatic music)

- Ventriloquism was of no avail to Rudolph

when he faced a judge several months later.

He's now talking to himself

in one of our larger prison.

I've run out of time although there seems to be

some left for others.

One of these is a sponsor who is about

to give his final performance for this week.