BOLD VENTURE Adventure, intrigue, mystery, romance, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Together in the sultry setting of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean BOLD VENTURE Once again the magic names of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall bring you BOLD VENTURE and a tale of mystery and intrigue BOLD VENTURE Oh Slate, Trujillo, aren't the lights beautiful? Yeah, Trujillo, Dominican Republic, the neon lights, the jukeboxes and the dance palaces make you forget the kids scavenging in alleys and gutters grinning at you, dancing for you so you'll throw them a Yankee nickel Now look at them Raul Murado grew up like this Uh-huh, and every time before this when we tied up the BOLD VENTURE in Trujillo's harbor, Raul would be waiting for us, but not this time He'll be executive of a murder tomorrow night You think that's why his mother wrote to you, Slate, to come here because she thinks you can help Who knows what she thinks? I never talked to a woman before whose son was going to be executed Whatever she wants, try to make it easy for her, huh, Slate? What am I, a one-man army of angels? People start crying, they scream for Shannon You have come all this way from Havana, Senor Slate, with this senorita I am grateful, pleased to go in and honor my house Senor Murado, we don't know how to say this, we liked Raul, we're sorry he's going to... To die? Please, the old man, his father, is already mourning for the dead To him, he says such a son is already dead, to him it is not Raul who sits in prison and waits to die, but a stranger Senora, we can only share your grief, there's not... My boy is innocent, I tell you this, Senor Slate, because I have looked into the heart of my son He did not murder that girl, as they say, he did not kill, I tell you this, a mother tells you this, he did not kill According to what we read in Havana newspapers, he had a fair trial, they proved he... But you will unprove it, Senor Slate, you will do this for Raul whom you loved, for the old man, for... Tell them, tell them that they cannot kill a son, go, tell them Slate Alright, alright, I'll tell them, I'll go and tell them Go and tell them Here you are, Danny, drink it, you'll feel better Thanks That nervous, huh? Can't hold a glass of water Let me alone, Roy You know what, I get nervous too, just watching you, makes me think funny things about you You're liable to run to the police and pound on your chest and say don't execute Raul Morado We planted the gun in his car, and part of the loot, the kid's innocent, doesn't it worry you, Roy? It doesn't worry you, does it? That we killed that girl and Raul didn't? You killed her, I didn't What? You killed her What did you say, Danny? Let me alone, will you? I thought you said I killed her, Danny Alright, alright, we both did, she was going to yell for help That kid's going to die for it tomorrow night That's right, he's going to die tomorrow night Just don't go to pieces, Danny, it wouldn't do, it just wouldn't do The boy Morado will be executed tomorrow night, Senor Shannon, Senorita Duval There is nothing that will stop it Even that you have imposed yourself upon me in my chambers, disturbed my judicial duties, you will not stop it There's a rumor he's innocent, Senor Abanhas That's why we came to you, you were the first to come to the court I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry There's a rumor he's innocent in your Abanhas, that's why we came to you, you were the prosecutor at his trial We're not real happy to all the latest Dominican murders, Abanhas, we just scanned it in the papers Who'd the boy kill? A young girl, Rose Callea, he robbed the tourist shop of her father The girl, Rose, disturbed him, so he shot a bullet through her back If you wish to delude yourself further, my secretary will give you the transcript of the trial See how it is shut and open if the boy killed We found a gun in his car and money stolen from the shop You could give a word, Senor, a word that could stop a kid's dying just for a couple of days maybe, until we... Until you have convinced yourselves Raul Murado is a murderer Why waste away your time, my time? Ah, let's get out of here, sailor Yeah, let's do that, let's go waste our time We'll do it all over Trujillo Police headquarters at Senor Callea's shop, wherever you have to go to save a boy's life Buenos dias, senor Señorita, what may I offer for your pleasure? Senor Callea? Por favor, please observe these charming necklaces of coral chips from the reefs of Trujillo It's about your daughter, Rosa Raul Murado is going to die tomorrow night for your daughter's murder Si, yes, he will die, and I will sing a happy song His mother said Raul didn't kill your daughter A mother would say that What would the father of a murdered daughter say? Mind if I look around some, Señor Callea? Please, Senor Dale, my shop is at your command I got a friend wants something to send back to his sis in Kansas, a pillow or something Embroidered, she's crazy for him Take the liberty, senor, pick and choose Thanks And now, senor, senorita, you are saying goodbye to me? Let's get out of here, slate Wait, why do you want to know my daughter? We just came from the office of Senor Evanes We read the transcript of Raul's trial He was found guilty, and, well, he probably is guilty But this morning we saw his mother, she... Si, I've anguish I know I'm sorry, then why are you here? What happened the night your daughter was killed? Simply that my daughter was aroused from her reading upstairs in her room by a knock on the shop door Since it was chilly in the store, she slipped on her coat and went down to the store She was shot dead See you later, Senor Callea I don't know what to get for my friend I'll bring him back with me Bueno, Senor Dale You said she was wearing a coat It was chilly in the store, I have said that Yeah, you did Well, sorry to bother you, senor Please understand, my daughter Rosa is dead I have tried to rid myself of remembrances of her Even her clothes Yes, the very coat and dress she wore when she died All things of her I have given away So that my grief will be less heavy Who'd you give them to? To Martha, who lives in a shack of driftwood on the beach To keep her warm Is this not a present from the Lord? Is this not a present, senor? To give away clothes torn by a bullet in the back? Now, adios I don't get it, Sayes That's a girl who's been given some old clothes Got to do with saving a boy's life How should I know? It's just that it bothers me It wasn't mentioned in the transcript of Raoul's trial Why should it be mentioned? Coat and dress with a bullet hole in them Clothes a girl died in That makes for polite conversation with the kindly police folk With us It wasn't mentioned and it bothers me If you don't like it, go find another hotelkeeper No, I don't like this one out of my sight Who knows? Maybe this martyr girl cooks a better joke here Doesn't everybody do... Drop it, Slate Someone's crying You hear it too, huh? Sounds like the girl Yeah, let's go dry our tears, huh, sailor? Don't beat me, don't beat me anymore Take them, take all of them I don't want them anymore Slate, she's been hurt Face, mouth Yeah Don't hit me no more, please, please no more I hate you, Marta Now what happened to you? Who did this to you? You are not him You are not him who wishes of me to be too hurt to bleed my mouth He's a friend We'll help you if we can Who did this to you? I was walking out of an alley He come in an alley with no sun, only the darkness Who was it? He stood close to me His head on my shoulder Whispered in my ear He say he give me ten dollars for the coat I wear, for the dress Rosa Kalaya's clothes? I scream, then he beat me Then he tried to tear them from me, but I scream and he run away And I scream and I scream over nothing These the coat and dress? The ones Rosa's father gave you? Take them, take all of them They are the dead girl's clothes I don't want them anymore Just the coat and dress, Marta We'll need them too I'll do something about it, huh, Sailor? Just... just do something Aren't you going to talk to me, Slate? Slate Sailor, why don't you just walk alone with your memories tonight? What's eating you? A boy named Raul Murado is going to be executed tomorrow At ten tomorrow night Less than 24 hours from now Or maybe a murder he didn't commit You're going to prove that with that coat and dress? Hey, hey there Wait up, huh? You two peddling clothes around here this time of night? What's on your mind, Buster? Me, I'm a shill for old clothes I got a thing for them Will a couple of bucks take the pain away from parting from that coat and dress? On your way Let's do it nice Money for you? Clothes for me No? Okay, no I wanted to be nice This ain't your night, Buster Hey, come back here, mister You forgot the coat and dress Why do you want them, Slate? I don't know Maybe to prove a point to me, maybe Wait a minute Midnight, sailor Twenty-two hours And an innocent boy will be executed And something else Now I know he's innocent Now back to Bold Venture Our stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren McCall And the second act of our story What time is it, sailor? A little more than nine I didn't ask you that, I said what time is it? Why don't you go below and turn in? You've been walking around this boat all night I need you to remind me of it, huh? Sailor, do you think Raoul killed that girl? You want an answer that'll make you feel good or you just want an answer? Oh, I don't tell you I think he killed that girl He's going to be executed for it at ten o'clock What's that girl's coat on again, sailor? I got it on, looks late For the last six hours I've been wearing that girl's coat And the dead girl's dress because you made me Because you've got a bright idea a boy's life is going to be saved By having me parade up and down in this coat and dress What are you trying to build? He just said it, a boy's life How? Because the bullet hole in the back of the dress matches the bullet hole in the back of the coat? So now you've got proof positive Rosa Kalaya was shot in the back This is common knowledge wherever Rosa Kalaya is discussed That coat's got to mean something It wasn't mentioned at the trial Maybe Rose's father forgot to mention the coat Could be as simple as that That's why a guy tried to slug me for it, huh? No bright remark from you, huh? Keep it that way, sailor I'm going calling on a boy who didn't commit a murder Why'd you come all the way up here, Roy? I thought you'd want to see Trujillo, Danny And right here's the best place to look El Monumente del Presidente, one of the highest Ah, look at that nice old Trujillo, will you? Roy, listen Look at it, Danny boy Lean over and look That's it See? Down there, Avenida Princesa Real famous street How come you didn't get the coat and dress, Danny? I told you One of the richest thoroughfares in the world, that street You know, once you could have taken a guy as big as Shannon I still can Once you could have done it You helped me kill Rosa Kalaya You cracking on me? Come on, come on, Roy Cracking, huh? Can't afford it, Danny I really can Roy, Roy, don't throw me over No, no I have arranged ten minutes for you with the murderer, Senor Shannon Thanks, Abanyes Ten minutes a clever man could put a reverse twist on the world But you are not that clever, Senor Shannon Ten minutes, no more Raul? Raul? You are making a study, Senor? You're a man of intellect, a professor You're making a study of the dead? I'm Slate Shannon, Raul You remember me? I remember no one, nothing Your mother I told you no one Maybe you can remember this, Raul Did you kill that girl? Did you kill Rosa? They say to me, girl is dead They say to me, I kill Her name is Rosa? Did you kill her? Maybe I remember Maybe I kill her Maybe I believe I kill her Everyone's outside say I kill I do not question the outside, Senor Answer me, Raul, did you murder that girl? You have finished your amusement with me, Senor Then go away from me Go away from me I can't help you when you talk like that Think of something to tell me, something I can go on What happened with you that night she was killed? This I can remember I danced with many girls Did you have a gun when you left the dance? Linda girls, very pretty girls Why did you tell her to turn around before you shot her? Many dances, many lights, much music Ah, and you really don't remember, Raul You don't remember a thing I kill her They ask me to say it They say a man confesses before he's about to die It makes to feel better So I say it I kill her And I feel nada Nothing Nada, nada, nada Can't you understand the bañes? Look at that clock There's only four hours left to save Raul's life And you will not save You and the dead girls, caught in dress with a bullet hole in line You do not comprehend that Raul Mirado was seen holding up the shopper, Senor Clare Who saw all that? I have told you The transcript of the trial is told you And now I will tell you again The witnesses to the robbing and killing were two cooperative Americanos Senor Roy Dale and Senor Donnie Garth They actually saw Raul kill the girl? Actually They were sightseeing, looked in the closed shop window for a remembrance for people in something called Kansas Saw inside Rosa with her hands in the air Saw Raul with a gun in her back and then heard the shot Saw Rosa fall, ran for a policeman, found one, reported a murder As should every good tourist Why did someone beat up that girl Marta to get this coat and dress back? I do not know I do not know Why did someone try to take them away from me? My turn, Senor Abanes He doesn't know, Slade How did they know about that coat and dress the same time I did? I have said it How did they know about it? How? What's the matter, Slade? I think I know how Let's go Now don't look at me like that, I said let's go Come on, open up, open up There's a light in the back of the store Someone will probably... I said someone's coming Why doesn't he hurry? It's almost nine o'clock I am sorry but the store is already closed For purchases be here tomorrow Who was in your shop yesterday, Senor Freya? What are you talking about? Who was in your shop yesterday? Answer me or shall I help me up? I don't care if you are the father of a girl who... Senor, please Slade, leave him alone Gracias, Senorita Mr. Shannon wants to know who was in your shop yesterday when we were in there A man came in, said he was shopping for a friend who was the man What are you getting cagey for, Kalea? Answer it Do not shout at me, Senor It was an Americano, a Senor Roy Dale Roy Dale? Yeah Yeah, that's the name that brings a smile to our lips, doesn't it, sailor? I'll smile if you say so See, I'm smiling Now why am I? Because Senor Dale was a witness to the murder of your daughter, wasn't he, Kalea? Sí, sí, de eso, Senor That's why you're smiling, sailor Because we're going to give a boy back to his mother You the cab? Me either You going someplace, Roy? What is this? Who are you? Let's go inside, I'll tell you Come on, come on in Now we can talk, Roy Hey, fellas, fellas Hey, how'd you get out here, sailor? You and your strong arm I never got inside All right, so I'm not a cab May I come in? Thanks, fellas You people clowns Tell us a story, Roy That makes you clowns A story about the murder of Rosa Kalea It's on the record Go buy an old newspaper Oh, you tell us, honey Huh, honey? Sure, what have I got to lose? I'll tell you The kid that did it is going to die in, uh, let's see Yeah, maybe 15 minutes The story Story? A friend of mine and me were taking a walk Danny Garvey, is that your friend? Him Where is he now? I don't know He's a tourist, climbs high monuments You need him? Just you Go on, you were taking a walk That's right We passed Kalea's shop Look in the window and there was this kid Raul Morado with a gun on the girl's back You testified at the trial that the girl had her hands in the air High in the air And you saw Raul kill her, huh? Uh-huh On your way out, will you wrestle me up a cab? Sure, you don't have to point a gun at us Your name's Shannon, isn't it? You're the guy who wound up with the girl's dressing coat And you're on your way out Yeah Drop that gun Drop it or I'll break your arm He will, too Drop it, boy He listens to me, Slade All right, Roy Over against that wall You too, Sailor You got it mixed up, Slade It's just him, he, him, uh, Roy you're after Against the wall Now, face the wall, Sailor Put your hands over your head Aye, Roy He's my boyfriend, don't laugh You ought to keep him tied to your straightjacket, lady Look at her, Roy Look at Sailor with her hands over her head He's looking, he's looking Look how her coat rises when she holds her hands in the air, Roy Suppose I shot her in the back now Her arms would go limp and her coat would drop And the bullet hole in her coat would be a couple of inches lower than the one in her dress Take his word for it, Roy This is the only good dress I've got I'm not with you, Shannon, you're still clowning me The bullet hole in Rose's coat was in line with the one in her dress That means her hands weren't in the air like you testified You lied because you killed her The gun don't frighten me, Shannon I'm coming after you You gonna shoot me? In cold blood? Keep coming, I like it this way Me too Just you and me and no gun Let's get with it I kill, Shannon, I kill like anything Glad to meet you Hey, sailor, what time is it? Don't get excited, the clock across the street says there's still five minutes Hello, hello, get me Senor Abanhas at Trujillo Penitentiary Hey, slate What can I do for you, madam? Look what Raoul gave me as a token of gratitude Oh, a derringer Oh, I thought it was a little gun That's what it is, chowderhead, a derringer's a little gun Hey, it's a nice one, very old Uh-huh, it belonged to Raoul's father's father's father's father Who was a bloodthirsty pirate who later settled down with a chicken on a farm You ought to be proud No point that thing at me That's the wall buster Now put your hands over your head Not like this Keep them there See how helpless you are, slate? Helpless You dropped your derringer, madam If you stoop to pick it up, I'll kick you in the teeth And so our two stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall have brought to a close our latest Bold Venture story Special music was composed and conducted by David Rose May we invite you to listen again next week at this time for another exciting adventure starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall together in Bold Venture
