Not Rated | 30min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Series | Episode aired 15 September 1959
A man with a rare blood type is unwilling to donate his blood in order to save a girl's life, knowing that if he does he will be tormented by supernatural visions of her future.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus
Stars: Norman Lloyd, Suzanne Pleshette, David White
A man with a rare blood type is unwilling to donate his blood in order to save a girl's life, knowing that if he does he will be tormented by supernatural visions of her future.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus
Stars: Norman Lloyd, Suzanne Pleshette, David White
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00:00I hardly know what to tell you about the next half hour except that it has been reported
00:06as true by those to whom it happened.
00:09It has been investigated and no one as yet has been able to explain it or disprove it.
00:22Stern, Harold, age 53, died April 14th, no known next of kin.
00:41Who could explain the inexplicable events in the life of Harold Stern?
00:47Certainly what happened to him and to those involved with him has never happened before
00:54and certainly will never happen again.
00:57Ladies and gentlemen, once again we repeat the special bulletin regarding Harold Stern.
01:18It is very urgent that Stern, whose last known address was 127 West 16th Place,
01:24repeat 127 West 16th Place, be located at once.
01:28Anyone knowing his present whereabouts is asked to immediately contact...
01:54What a merry chase you led us.
02:08I beg your pardon?
02:09We've been tearing the city down looking for you, Mr. Stern.
02:12Afraid you made a mistake.
02:14My name is Jordan, Frank Jordan.
02:16That's the name in the mailbox.
02:18No mistake, Mr. Stern.
02:20I'm Lieutenant Barry.
02:23Dyed your hair, combed it differently, but the description still fits.
02:28Why did you do that, Mr. Stern?
02:30I tell you, you made a mistake.
02:32I don't understand this.
02:34I don't understand you.
02:36I think you were public enemy number one.
02:39I'm telling you, you've made a mistake.
02:41All right, now cut it out, will you?
02:43Give me the lab.
02:45We traced you through some tax accounts you used to work for.
02:48Manager said you had pledged him to secrecy.
02:51But in a case like this, this Lieutenant Barry...
02:54We finally located Harold Stern.
02:56Yeah.
02:57We'll have him over to the hospital in 15 minutes.
02:59You will not.
03:00All right, get your coat, Mr. Stern.
03:02Pretty chilly outside.
03:03You can't tell me what to do.
03:04You can't treat me as if I was a criminal or something.
03:06Get out of my house.
03:07No, no, no, no.
03:08Wait a minute.
03:09Wait a minute.
03:10I'm sorry.
03:11I guess I did barge in on you kind of impolitely.
03:14But this girl in the hospital is unconscious.
03:16She's liable to die any minute unless she gets a transfusion.
03:20You have a pretty rare type of blood, Mr. Stern.
03:22The hospital told me you're the only known donor in this whole area.
03:26There has to be others.
03:28Instead of wasting your time here with me...
03:31Why don't you go out and find some other blood donor?
03:34No time.
03:35You're going to have to find somebody else.
03:37Didn't you understand me?
03:39The girl is dying.
03:41I'm sorry, but...
03:43She's just a working kid, but...
03:45If it's money, I guess she can...
03:47Oh, it's not money.
03:48I never took money.
03:50Then what is it?
03:51I don't have to explain.
03:52Look, it's nothing to give blood.
03:54Thousands of people do it every day without any trouble.
03:56It isn't that.
03:58Then look at this card.
03:59Now, look at all the dates.
04:01In the last 15 years, you must have given blood, what, 25 times?
04:0531 times.
04:07Well, then you know there's nothing to it.
04:10Is there anything on that card about my giving blood the past three years?
04:14That's when you dropped out of sight, isn't it?
04:17I don't want to talk about it.
04:20You changed your name, moved clear across town,
04:22warned your friends not to tell anybody?
04:24Now, look, Lieutenant.
04:25I've got a lot of tax work to complete tonight.
04:27Instead of wasting my time and yours,
04:29why don't you go out and find another blood donor?
04:39I see you, uh...
04:41signed these tax returns with this new name, Frank Jordan.
04:46I suppose you've changed it legally.
04:48Fine.
04:49Got a copy of the court records around?
04:51I-I mean authorizing the change?
04:53No.
04:54Where do you keep them?
04:55Bank vaults?
04:56Yes.
04:57Which bank?
05:01Well, to be perfectly honest,
05:02I haven't got around to changing it legally.
05:04Well, what do you think of that?
05:07Signing a false name to tax returns?
05:10Look, those reports are absolutely accurate.
05:12I lead nowhere backwards to have my clients file honest reports.
05:14The name's only a technicality.
05:17The federal boys have some pretty strict rules about that.
05:19You can't believe it.
05:20Of course, sir, that's their headache.
05:22All I've got to worry about is finding Harold Stern
05:24and getting him over to General Hospital.
05:26I get it.
05:27And if I give you the blood...
05:29It's like you say.
05:30If the reports are honest,
05:31the name's only a technicality.
05:33No!
05:35What kind of a crumb are you?
05:37I can't do it.
05:38I can't go through with that again.
05:39It would kill me.
05:40I just can't do it.
05:41What's the matter with you?
05:43Don't you...
05:44What are you talking about?
05:45Don't you think I want to help the girl?
05:47Do you think I'm some kind of insensitive monster?
05:51Look, I'll show you what I'm talking about.
05:57Here.
05:59I have these clippings.
06:04Man slain in robbery.
06:08Drowned in pool.
06:11Inherits millions in surprise bequest.
06:15It was no surprise to me.
06:18Inherits millions in surprise bequest.
06:21Man slain in robbery.
06:23What are these?
06:25I gave my blood five times that last year.
06:29And those clippings...
06:31Related to three of them.
06:34There were two others.
06:37One of the two just got a divorce a few months ago.
06:39The other is doing well, thank God.
06:42I knew we would.
06:45What are you talking about?
06:48I don't expect you to believe me.
06:50Believe what?
06:52Something went wrong that year.
06:55Whenever I gave my blood...
06:58Somehow...
07:00I became involved in their lives.
07:02I knew in advance what was going to happen to them.
07:06You mean you knew this poor guy was going to drown in a pool?
07:09Yes!
07:11Yes.
07:13Well, not exactly.
07:15Well, did you or didn't you?
07:17I knew something was going to happen to him.
07:20When or how?
07:22Or where?
07:24No, I didn't know that.
07:26But I knew that something terrible...
07:28I had a premonition.
07:30A voice.
07:37I don't care whether you believe me or not.
07:40I don't care about anything but your blood.
07:43Come on. Get your jacket and let's go.
07:45No, can't you understand?
07:47I can't go on living with a thing like this.
07:49Knowing in advance something was going to happen to somebody...
07:51Oh, well, if it was something good...
07:53Well, that's fine.
07:55But if it isn't, then you can't do anything about it.
07:57It's a living hell. I just can't do it.
07:59I can't do it.
08:01Now, there must be some other blood donor with my type.
08:03You've got to find him.
08:06Williams, come in here a minute.
08:08We're taking Mr. Stern down to headquarters.
08:11Booking him on a charge of using a false name on government documents.
08:15I'll call the hospital and tell them it's all off.
08:23Give me General Hospital.
08:29I'm sorry.
08:31Get in the car.
08:38Oh, Mr. Wyszynski, I'm Lieutenant Barry.
08:40Yeah. You drove me right over.
08:42Is this the man?
08:44Yes. This is the girl's father.
08:46What kind of a cheap trick is this?
08:48So that's the quality major of the hospital.
08:50To have him here so I change my mind?
08:52Well, it won't work.
08:54Look, mister, she's just a kid.
08:56She's just 19.
08:58I can't help her.
09:00She's all I got in the world.
09:02Her ma died when she was a baby.
09:04No!
09:07She's just a kid. You want money?
09:09You tell me how much and I'll go out and get it for you.
09:11I don't care what I have to do.
09:13No, it's not the money.
09:15Then what is it? Tell me, what is it?
09:17I have my reasons.
09:19Mister, she's dying.
09:23You don't want to let her die?
09:25She's dying!
09:27I can't! I can't! I can't!
09:29Make him do it!
09:31I can't make him.
09:37You're just gonna let her die?
09:44Murderer!
09:58You can go home now, Stern.
10:02I said get out.
10:07I thought you were going to arrest me.
10:09Get out.
10:15I want to congratulate you, Mr. Stern.
10:17You're a citizen we can all be proud of.
10:20Why did you have to find me?
10:25All right.
10:27All right.
10:30All right!
10:37Mr. Stern?
10:39Yes?
10:41Well, I just came by to thank you.
10:43For what?
10:45Nothing.
10:47Just my life.
10:49I'm the girl who was in the hospital.
10:51Oh.
10:53I'm surprised to see you up and about so quickly.
10:55Quickly? Almost a month.
10:57A whole month in that creek joint.
10:59How'd you find me?
11:01The people in the woods.
11:03I'm glad you came.
11:05How'd you find me?
11:07The people in the lab.
11:09They shouldn't have given you my name.
11:11There were no thanks necessary.
11:13Modest. That's cute.
11:15Well, at least there's one thing that's rare about me, huh?
11:17My blood type?
11:19I am happy to see you up and about, miss.
11:21Lynn.
11:23Marta Lynn. Marta, without the H.
11:25You busy?
11:27No, no.
11:29Won't you come in and have some coffee?
11:31I was just having some.
11:34Still weak?
11:36Oh, I'll live.
11:38Is your father taking care of you?
11:40Oh, you've got quite a sense of humor.
11:42I beg your pardon?
11:44As soon as my old man found out I was going to live,
11:46zoom, off he went somewhere to celebrate.
11:48That's the last I saw of him.
11:50He seemed quite devoted to you.
11:52Oh, he's a big fake.
11:54Tears flow like wine,
11:56and wine flows like tears.
11:58He's been celebrating one thing or another
12:00since I was born.
12:03He's been celebrating one thing or another since 1940.
12:05I mean, like World War II,
12:07the flu epidemic, recession.
12:09He'll come back crying,
12:11but only if he finds out I've been hit by a truck
12:13or somebody shot me.
12:15You shouldn't talk that way.
12:17Why not?
12:19What's the big tragedy?
12:21Nothing like that's going to happen to you.
12:23Oh?
12:25How do you know?
12:29I mean,
12:31you shouldn't be morbid.
12:33Morbid?
12:35Who is taking care of you?
12:37Same person who's been looking after me
12:39since age 10, me.
12:41Hey, uh, you got any sugar?
12:43No sugar.
12:47Oh, do you know anything about the, uh,
12:49the Kitten Club?
12:51Kitten Club?
12:53Yeah, I got an appointment for a job there.
12:55It's on this side of town.
12:57No, I don't think I know...
13:007th Street.
13:02Strip? You mean you, uh...
13:04Oh, no.
13:06I'm just a camera girl,
13:08but thanks for the compliment.
13:10It was nice of you to drop by.
13:12Well,
13:14thanks for the blood.
13:16I hope it brings me luck.
13:18I hope so, Miss Lynne.
13:20I hope so.
13:22You know, you're really very nice.
13:24And, uh,
13:26it's not Lynne.
13:28It's a man, and, uh,
13:30Martha with an H.
13:46No.
13:48No.
13:50No.
13:52No, please, God, no.
13:58Yeah, George, that's right.
14:00Yeah, I'll meet you at court at 9.30 in the morning.
14:02Well, both the men will be there.
14:04Where's the girl?
14:06Uh, just a second, George.
14:08Where's the girl, Lieutenant?
14:10What girl?
14:12Well, I don't know. She's still in the hospital, I guess.
14:14No, she's not there. She left a week ago. Where does she live?
14:16Uh, George, hold on a second.
14:18Look, Mr. Sterner, you all right?
14:20Something's gonna happen, Lieutenant.
14:22George, George, I'll call you back in the morning, yeah.
14:24Lieutenant, that girl's gonna die.
14:27She's going to the best of us.
14:29No, I mean violently and soon.
14:31That your little crystal ball?
14:33I tell you, Lieutenant, this is no time...
14:35How is she going to die?
14:37I don't know how.
14:39Mr. Stern, maybe you ought to see a doctor.
14:41Please, where does she live?
14:43I don't know.
14:45Call the hospital.
14:47You call the hospital.
14:49I did. They wouldn't tell me.
14:51Mr. Stern, it's late, and I'm tired.
14:53Look, Lieutenant, you came to me
14:56as a crystal gazer,
14:58fortune teller.
15:00Get me General Hospital.
15:02Take it easy.
15:04Relax.
15:06All right, I would like to come bust into a person's house.
15:08All right, all right, just take it easy, Lieutenant.
15:12No answer.
15:14She's in there. She came in a couple of hours ago,
15:16and I didn't see her leave, I think.
15:18Well, she's not in there now.
15:20Come on, I've wasted enough time.
15:22It's the silliest thing I've ever heard. She's in there.
15:24Gas. Gas.
15:26I know it's gas.
15:28Dr. Paskey? Downstairs.
15:30Well, get it.
15:32Go back to bed.
15:40I told you something was going to happen.
15:42I told you.
15:44I told you.
15:46I knew it.
15:48I knew this would happen.
15:50She's perfectly all right.
15:53Oh, will you look at that door?
15:55The landlady will absolutely kill me.
16:01What'd I tell you?
16:03She wants to see me first thing in the morning.
16:05It's the old ee-haw.
16:07You know, I wish you'd do me a favor
16:09and stop saving my life.
16:11You mustn't talk that way.
16:13Well, why can't you find yourself another hobby?
16:15Why don't you take up staff collecting?
16:19I don't know.
16:21You want a cup of coffee?
16:23Don't you think it's too late?
16:25Oh, it's too late for a lot of things.
16:29That dumb lieutenant
16:31with all his funny questions.
16:33It was an accident.
16:35It was.
16:37Of course.
16:39Oh, don't say of course like that.
16:41If I was going to kill myself,
16:43I wouldn't do it with a lot of smelly gas.
16:45Besides, I'm always having accidents.
16:47A couple of nights ago, I fell asleep with a cigarette in my mouth.
16:50Burned a hole in the blanket.
16:52Oh, wait till Mrs. Summers sees that.
16:54You must be more careful.
16:56Why? Couldn't the world struggle along without me?
16:58I mean, if it really tried.
17:02What made you stop by tonight, anyhow?
17:04Wanted to see how you were.
17:06No change. Still lousy.
17:08Did you get that job as a camera girl?
17:10No. Don't you read the papers?
17:12Some more of the famous Wazinski luck.
17:14That very night, some hold-up guy
17:16shot up the place. Now they're closed down for repairs.
17:19Well, you shouldn't try to get a job
17:21in a place where there's so much danger.
17:23Danger?
17:25You shouldn't. You really shouldn't. You shouldn't.
17:27Look, Mr. Stern, you just gave me some blood.
17:29You didn't adopt me.
17:31I'm sorry.
17:35Oh, I'm sorry, too.
17:37It's just that I'm not used to
17:39having somebody worry about me.
17:41It makes me nervous.
17:45I've got an idea.
17:47What?
17:49I'm a tax accountant, you know.
17:51So?
17:53Can you type?
17:55I'm hardly the secretarial type.
17:57Well, really, it doesn't matter very much.
17:59I mean, if you can print carefully with pen and ink.
18:01You offering me a job?
18:03Yes.
18:05Why?
18:11I feel a sort of responsibility for you.
18:14Why?
18:16Just do.
18:20You really mean that, don't you?
18:22Yes.
18:24You're crying out loud.
18:26Look, it would be easy.
18:28You could move into my house and then we...
18:30Oh!
18:32Oh, no.
18:34No, I...
18:36Please don't misunderstand me.
18:38You see, it's not a very big house.
18:40But there's plenty of room.
18:42You could sleep in the attic or even get a room next door.
18:44I just thought it would be easier.
18:46Will you do it?
18:52I'd very much like to help you.
18:56Well, I sure don't have any better offers
18:58than it'd be a pleasure to get out of this dump.
19:00Thank you, Miss Lynn.
19:02Wyszynski.
19:08Wyszynski.
19:10You know, guys like you went out of style a couple of centuries ago.
19:41Help!
19:43Help!
19:45Help!
19:47Martha!
19:49Martha!
19:51Martha!
19:54Help!
19:56Help!
19:58Help!
20:00Martha!
20:02Martha!
20:20Martha, I told you not to go swimming so soon after lunch.
20:22You told me not to do so many things.
20:24I lost track.
20:26Besides, I was only kidding.
20:28I fooled him, too.
20:30Your friend looked a little upset.
20:32I thought I'd make like a hero.
20:34Why shouldn't I be upset?
20:36Thank you very much, young man.
20:38For what?
20:40Big laugh.
20:42I swim ten times better than he does.
20:44Oh, yeah?
20:46Prove it.
20:48Please don't go in.
20:51My six-year-old child, Mr. Sturm.
20:55Martha!
20:57Martha!
21:13Oh, hi, Grandpa.
21:15I forgot my key.
21:17You remember old Phyllis Fosdick?
21:19Where were you?
21:21We went for a drive.
21:23Phyllis and me went for a little drive.
21:25You're both drunk.
21:27100% super-duper-trooper drunk.
21:29What are you doing driving when you're drunk?
21:31Don't you know it's dangerous?
21:33You want to end up in a morgue?
21:35Worry, worry, worry.
21:37You know, you're like a little old lady
21:39sitting in a rocking chair,
21:41worrying about this and worrying about that.
21:43Get out.
21:45Just a cotton-picking second, Grandpa.
21:48I did something wrong.
21:50I do more things wrong.
21:52Go to bed!
21:54Wait outside.
21:56Maybe I ought to go.
21:58You better wait outside.
22:00Okay, Gramps.
22:10What's the matter with you?
22:12Always going out of your way
22:14to put yourself in danger?
22:17What big teeth you have, Grandpa.
22:34Marta, I'm sorry.
22:36Did you believe it?
22:38At first I got a bang out of this kindergarten routine.
22:40Marta, if you'd only listen to me,
22:42perhaps I could explain why I...
22:44Oh, Mr. Sturm.
22:46Marta.
22:56Marta, I want you to look at these
22:58and then you'll understand what I'm trying to say.
23:00Marta, please look at these.
23:02I can't let it happen to you.
23:04Every one of them.
23:06I knew what was going to happen to every one of them,
23:08both the good and the bad.
23:10Marta, I know what's going to happen to you.
23:12So do I. I'm leaving.
23:15I'll knock it off, will you?
23:17Believe me, I know.
23:19Marta, are you coming or not?
23:21He's waiting for me.
23:23If you go with this young man, something will happen.
23:25I know it will. Marta, please look at these.
23:27Will you please stop acting like this?
23:29It's embarrassing. Don't you think I know why you're doing this?
23:31What are you talking about?
23:33Oh, at first I thought it was cute, but who's kidding?
23:35Who, Mr. Sturm? You're 25 years older than I am.
23:37What do you mean?
23:39You know what I mean. Now stop acting like that.
23:41What do you mean? What are you talking about?
23:43I don't want you to be like this.
23:47Marta died.
23:49Violently.
23:51Fulfilling Harold Sturm's prophecy.
23:53Though certainly not as he'd expected.
23:55A few months later, Mr. Sturm
23:57passed away.
23:59In an asylum for the criminally insane.
24:01And there the matter ended.
24:03And yet there are those who still speculate
24:05about his fantastic power of clairvoyance.
24:07The woman who unexpectedly
24:09inherited a great fortune.
24:12Or his intuition
24:14that took him to Marta's room
24:16before the gas could kill her.
24:18Explain it, we cannot.
24:20We can only wonder.
24:22Another enigma in the world
24:24that thus far remains one step beyond.
24:26In a moment.
24:28Something about next week.
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