"JOE:" "He's coming, you guys." "Come on." "All right, here we go." "Where is he?" "Look out for the gun." "Come on, he's coming." "( suspenseful theme playing )" "Hands up, mister." "( dramatic theme playing )" "What are you doing with that gun?" "We know who you really are, Mr. Stoddard." "JOE:" "Yeah." "EDDIE:" "Just come forward real slow." "Real slow." "Yeah, come on." "EDDIE:" "Slow." "Real slow." "Up." "Up." "NARRATOR:" "( dramatic theme playing )" "Starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble." "An innocent victim of blind justice, falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him en route to the death house." "Freed him to hide in lonely desperation, to change his identity, to toil at many jobs." "Freed him to search for a one-armed man he saw leave the scene of the crime." "Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture." "ANNOUNCER:" "The guest stars in tonight's story:" "Lois Nettleton," "Michael Strong," "Kurt Russell," "Pat Cardi." "ANNOUNCER:" "( tender theme playing )" "Eddie." "( inaudible dialogue )" "Here's mine." "Five." "Twenty-two, 23." "Here's 25." "Uh, two." "We still need $2.75." "Why?" "Why?" "Postage charge." "Right there." ""For continental U.S., include $2.75 for handling costs."" "Two seventy-five?" "Boy, that's gonna foul up everything." "It took so long to get this." "Yeah." "JOE:" "That sure looks neat." "EDDIE:" "Yeah." "It won't look so neat if we can't get the money for it." "NARRATOR:" "A target may be paper, an animal or a man." "To a gun, it makes no difference." "Nor does it care who pulls the trigger or why." "To Richard Kimble, a fugitive, guns are a familiar enemy." "For he is always a target." "A target for which the law has issued a mandate:" "If necessary, shoot to kill." "Sure wish we had that gun right now." "We could find something to do." "( mellow theme playing )" "Morning, Stoddard." "Mr. Hoffman." "Get some ice, please." "Yes, sir." "Okay, Gary, now you've got the key." "And just look around the town a little bit." "You'll probably find some kids your own age and I'll be back as soon as I get off work." "Okay?" "All right, Aunt Susan." "Okay, go ahead." "Hi." "Everything all right?" "Yeah, all right." "I guess." "If you don't mind having your whole life turned upside down." "It can't be that bad." "( laughing ):" "Oh, no?" "Susan, you're late." "I'm sorry, Mr. Hoffman." "I" " I had to get a few things squared away." "My nephew arrived last night." "How would you like it if you suddenly had a 12-year-old delinquent dumped in your lap?" "I thought you agreed to take him." "Yeah, well, what I mean is this" "This, uh, social worker just shows up with Gary." "He introduces us, a little yak, and then he's gone." "and there I am standing in the middle of the airport with a kid I don't know and he doesn't know me." "I said, "I'm your aunt."" "He said, "I know." "The man told me."" "That was it." "Practically his last words to me." "Well, he looks like a nice kid." "Then why did his foster parents turn him back to the Child Welfare Bureau?" "I give up." "( laughing ):" "Yeah." "Well, I guess they did too." "( mellow theme playing )" "( car horn honks )" "Hi." "Hi." "Hey, can I try?" "Get lost." "Hey, wait." "Wait a minute." "Hey, you're new around here, aren't you?" "Came to stay with my aunt." "She works down there in that restaurant." "What's your name?" "Gary Reed." "Let Gary use your skateboard, Joe." "What?" "Let him have a ride." "You know how?" "I guess so." "Hey, what's going on?" "Two seventy-five, that's all we need." "Hey, you wanna join our group?" "GARY:" "Huh?" "You can ride that skateboard any time you want." "JOE:" "That's all right with me." "If you can pay the initiation fee." "Initiation fee?" "But I don't have any money." "Oh, it's not much." "You can get it." "Just 2.75." "Ask your aunt for it." "Hey, is she a waitress?" "Yeah." "She probably makes a lot of dough on tips." "She'll let you have it." "You see that street?" "Hm?" "Two blocks down, there's a bakery." "Right behind it's a parking lot." "There's a garage with brown doors." "Bring the money to us there." "Two seventy-five?" "( sighs )" "But I don't know if she'll give me that much." "Sure she would." "Well, that's too bad." "We sure got a swinging group, don't we guys?" "JOE:" "Yeah." "See you later." "JOE:" "See you around." "Hey, Sharon, like my new car?" "Turned it in for my old one, of course." "Yeah, of course." "Of course he had to... ( dramatic theme playing )" "( speaks indistinctly )" "( humming )" "GARY:" "Aunt Susan?" "Gary!" "What--?" "Can I ask you something?" "Gary, what are you doing here?" "I wanted to talk to you." "Well, Gary, look, I'm-- I'm terribly busy." "We open in less than ten minutes." "Some other time, all right?" "But it's important." "All right, all right." "What is it?" "Well, it's about an allowance." "Susan." "Susan, will you get some pretzel sticks from the back and fill these bowls out there?" "Oh, ye" " Yes, Mr. Hoffman." "Look, Gary, I'm" " I'm just" "Now, l-look, there are a lot of things we gotta talk about." "An allowance is one of them, and I promise that, uh, we'll" "We'll get it all settled tonight." "But right now, I-- I've just got work to do, okay?" "But" "( dramatic theme playing )" "KIMBLE:" "Hey." "( cutlery clatters )" "( dramatic theme playing )" "What was that noise, Stoddard?" "I, uh, knocked over the, uh, tray of silverware." "Those quarters." "I had them in a pile." "There's some missing." "Maybe $3." "That kid that Sue was talking to." "Did you see him take it?" "Well, I think I better talk to her." "Mr. Hoffman," "here's $3." "That was Sue's nephew?" "You're kind of stuck on her, ain't you?" "Take the $3." "Three dollars is $3." "Thanks." "( tender theme playing )" "( cash register rings )" "No kidding." "I know this guy." "Twenty-five." "He's some kind of a criminal, I think." "Three bucks." "Hey, nice going, Gary." "Here, keep it for yourself." "( muttering )" "You think I'm making it up." "One, two, three, four..." "Well, I'm not." "I know that guy." "...five, six, seven, eight." "You're talking about the bartender?" "Forget it." "It's Bob Stoddard." "He's a good guy." "Eighteen." "He was a doctor." "A doctor tending a bar?" "Hey, Joe, can you get a pen from your house?" "And a stamp and envelope?" "Easy." "Good." "He got in a lot of trouble." "There's five." "Murdered somebody, I think." "You're out of your mind." "Hey, look, why don't you go spend your quarter someplace, okay?" "Hurry it up, Joe." "All right." "EDDIE:" "So we got, five, six, seven..." "He used to help coach Little League back where I used to live." "EDDIE:" "Five, six, seven..." "It was in all the papers." "Gary." "Hey, you guys know where there's a library around here?" "Tell him where the library is." "Yeah, three blocks down on E Street." "One, two." "Three." "Two more bloody marys, Bob." "You look tired." "Oh, yeah, I was up late last night getting the kid settled." "( light classical music playing over speakers )" "What if I stop by the delicatessen and bring some stuff by this evening?" "Hey, that'd be great." "For one thing I don't look forward to another night of him and me just sitting and staring at each other." "Did you try talking to him?" "About what?" "Baseball?" "I hate it." "The new math?" "( laughing ):" "I even have trouble totaling my tabs." "Here you go." "Anyhow, thanks." "For what?" "( dramatic theme playing )" "You see?" "Okay, so you were right." "Cost me my quarter to get that made because you guys wouldn't believe me." "Hey, does Stoddard know you?" "I mean Kimble?" "I" " I guess so." "He knows my aunt." "Okay, now listen." "There's this test you gotta pass before you're really one of us." "You gotta prove that you're, uh" "That you can keep a secret." "Can you do that?" "Oh, sure." "Okay, now listen." "Two whole weeks you don't tell anybody who Stoddard really is." "Not anybody." "Can you do that?" "Sure." "Just to show you how much I trust you," "I'm giving you the job of checking the post office every day." "Uh, what for?" "To pick up the rifle when it comes." "Think you can handle it?" "Yeah." "Don't forget it's a secret." "Here, you can mail the letter." "What's all this about keeping it a secret?" "Aren't you gonna call the police?" "You guys gonna spoil everything?" "Come on, what's up?" "Yeah." "This Kimble, he's a murderer, isn't he?" "Yeah, so he's a murderer." "You guys kept bugging me about what we're gonna do with the gun." "Now I know." "We're gonna capture a murderer." "( dramatic theme playing )" "( dramatic theme playing )" "( mellow theme playing )" "( knocking on door )" "Come in." "The door's open." "( laughing )" "( laughing ):" "Oh, hey." "Hi." "Come on in." "Oh." "Now, where's Gary?" "Oh, he's in the kitchen." "You didn't tell me you were gonna buy out the whole delicatessen." "The least I could do." "Uh, yeah, he, uh-- I told him somebody special was coming to dinner so, of course, he wanted to help." "Well, you tired?" "Come on." "Sit down." "Want a drink right now?" "All right." "I've just got wine." "That's all right." "Okay?" "Good." "( sighs ) There you are." "Thank you." "I think I'll have one too." "Cheers." "Yeah, it's good." "Mm." "Things any better with him?" "Um, he's got a little mean streak in him just like my sister." "His mother." "Did I ever tell you that I never got along with my sister?" "And his father, oh." "No, you never told me anything about your family." "All I know about Gary is that he's your nephew." "And his parents were killed in an accident." "Well, you made the rules." ""Let's enjoy the moment, not pry into the past."" "Why don't you try to enjoy him?" "Oh, it isn't easy." "You know, I-I've been living alone a long time and I guess I've just gotten used to it." "But I come home, you know, I've been on my feet all day long." "I like to lie down, turn on the radio, listen to something soft and relaxing." "So tonight I get home he's got the TV blasting." "He's watching some show where everybody's shooting each other with death rays." "Heh." "Why don't you ask him to turn it off?" "I did, so he sulked in his room for an hour." "Besides, you know, like with you and me, he's gonna be around all the time." "Well, it won't be that bad." "Ah, you just wait a week or two." "Hm." "( chuckles )" "Well, we'll probably both be just as happy if they decide to come and take him away." "What do you mean take him away?" "Oh, nothing." "I'm just talking." "Well, you know how they can be." "Who?" "Social workers." "Well, I'd better go get him." "He's probably making a mess in there." "Hey, Gar, come on out and meet the company." "Gary, this is Mr. Bob Stoddard." "Bob, this is Gary." "( dramatic theme playing )" "How do you do?" "SUSAN:" "Hey, you did a pretty good job." "( ominous theme playing )" "Gary, come on, shake hands." "Don't be shy." "He doesn't have to shake hands." "Gary, you're being rude." "Gary..." "Gary, you get right back out there and apologize to Mr. Stoddard." "No." "Well, then you're just gonna have to do without your dinner until you decide to start acting like a gentleman." "I don't want any dinner." "You're gonna have to change your attitude, young man." "Because you'll be seeing a lot of Mr. Stoddard." "I don't know what came over him." "He seemed" "I don't know, scared of you." "Why?" "I, uh-- I think I'd better go." "It'll give you and Gary a chance to get better acquainted." "Oh, yeah." "Oh, I'm sorry, Bob." "You see what I mean?" "It'll be all right." "Say good night to Gary." "Yeah, I will." "( door opens )" "( tender theme playing )" "Good night." "Oh, I'm sorry, Aunt Susan." "( sighs )" "( light classical music playing over speakers )" "SUSAN:" "Not bad, a quarter." "That's all I got from a table of four yesterday." "Well, I'll tell you one thing." "If they come in again one of them's liable to find an ice cube down his back." "I'll pay for the ice cube." "( chuckles )" "That's getting to be a bad habit of yours." "Covering my losses." "Like the $3 yesterday." "Hoffman told me about it." "It was Gary, wasn't it?" "Look, it's probably just as well that I found out about it." "I can get myself prepared for the next time." "I don't think there'll be a next time." "Are you kidding?" "He's probably been doing stuff like that for years." "My foster son, the thief." "( chuckles )" "Ah, he doesn't look like a professional to me." "He'll probably return the money." "Maybe." "But he's gonna hear about it tonight." "You can bet on that." "Anyway, here it is." "Three bucks, right?" "Tomorrow's Saturday?" "All day." "That means Gary and I have the day off." "What's on your mind?" "Want him to help you hold up a bank?" "I thought I'd take him to a movie." "Hey, that's a nice idea." "Probably be good for him." "Oh, but you shouldn't be spending your money." "I'm $3 and 25 cents richer, remember?" "Oh." "Oh, yeah, yeah, sure." "Well, as long as you're rich." "I'll tell him about it tonight." "Oh, you gotta get him in early though." "That, uh" " That guy from the, um, welfare bureau's coming by." "No problem." "Fine thing." "He steals $3, you use it to take him to the movies." "Maybe crime does pay, huh?" "Probably even buy him a bag of popcorn." "Popcorn." "( giggles )" "( mellow theme playing )" "( engine starts )" "You see, Bob had" "Mr. Stoddard had the day off, so he asked Gary if he'd like to see a movie." "But they ought to be back by now." "I hope you don't mind." "Mind?" "Ha." "I'm getting a free ride home." "You know, some people think we like to stick our nose into their affairs, but, well, I suppose that's why there is a Child Welfare Bureau." "Oh, no, no, no." "I understand." "It's just for the boy's protection." "( laughs )" "Protection from his own aunt." "You know, you'd be surprised how many kids need protection from their own parents." "You know, I think sometimes they're better off with somebody like an aunt." "Thanks." "I guess." "You" " Oh." "There we are." "Thank you." "Of course, usually we try to place the kids in homes where they can have the benefit of a full parental relationship." "I beg your pardon?" "Well, there's a point of view that a boy of Gary's age needs a man around." "Somebody he can look to as an example." "That kind of thing." "Uh, you" " You called it a "point of view."" "Is that all it is?" "Well, actually, it's an area of concern in every case." "Since you're a blood relation to the boy," "I don't think there'd be any trouble." "Look, he has no place else to go, has he?" "Mm-mm." "Not really." "Then I guess I'm stuck with him." "You could call it that." "Well, if you find that you have too much trouble with him, we can start looking for another foster home." "So they can throw him out again?" "What do you mean?" "Like the last time." "I'm afraid the last time was our fault." "It appeared to be a nice home." "But it turned out they were only after the monthly allowance from the bureau." "And I don't think they spent a penny of it on Gary." "Oh." "Oh, I" " I thought" "I know." "( mellow theme playing )" "( laughing ):" "Oh, thank you." "Ah, here we are." "Gary." "Gary." "Well, sorry, I didn't think they'd be this late." "Uh, would you like a cup of coffee?" "You know something?" "I'd love it." "Oh, great." "I" " I got the coffee pot all set up, I think." "Yup." "Mm, good." "Oh." "This, uh, Stoddard." "Gary like him?" "Oh, I don't know." "Yeah." "Yeah, I suppose so." "He, uh-- He a friend of yours?" "Oh, yeah, well, he's, uh" "W-Well, he's a very fine man." "Of course, I mean, we haven't talked about" "I mean" "( sighs )" "What am I saying?" "If he heard me, he'd" "Well, I don't know what he'd do." "Yeah." "He's a little gun-shy?" "( laughing ):" "Yeah." "( knocking on door )" "Oh, there they are." "Ah, come in, come in." "Uh, Gary, you remember Mr. Shaw." "Hi, Gary." "Mr. Shaw, this is my friend, Mr. Stoddard." "How do you do?" "Hello." "Aren't you gonna say hello?" "Hi." "Uh, Mr. Shaw is from the social welfare office." "Mind if I ask Gary a few questions?" "Oh, sure." "Sure." "Uh, Bob, I bet you're hungry, huh?" "Come on out in the kitchen." "How did it go?" "Not too good." "( sighs )" "Mr. Shaw says that, um" "Heh." "Isn't it funny, how if it's official, you never ask their first names?" "Huh." "He said, uh, Gary's doing fine." "But, well, never mind." "Want some coffee?" "Anything go wrong?" "No." "No, not really." "What does that mean?" "Nothing." "He" " He just got me a little scared, that's all." "You want something to eat?" "Scared of what?" "Well, he said they think maybe" "Maybe Gary needs a father." "Or, you know, an uncle or something." "Uh, Sue, when we started seeing each other, we both agreed we wouldn't get too involved." "( laughs )" "Who said I was talking about you?" "No, no, no." "Mr. Shaw just said that, uh, one of the things that worries the agency is that a boy needs a man around." "That's all." "Uh, I'll fix you a sandwich." "No, thanks." "No?" "Is the agency, uh, worried?" "He called it an area of concern." "I thought you said you wouldn't mind if they did take him back." "SHAW:" "Miss Cartwright?" "Yeah." "I've got to go now." "Oh, all right." "Ah, you never got your coffee." "Thanks anyway." "Nice meeting you." "Same here." "Oh, I'm going too." "All right." "See you tomorrow." "Mm-hm, okay." "Gary." "Bye." "G-Gary, honey, uh, would you mind getting the vegetables out of the freezer?" "Sure." "I, uh" " I like what I heard from Gary." "Keep it up, he needs you." "He needs me?" "Mm-hm." "Oh, by the way, uh, your friend looks like a nice guy." "Happy hunting." "Oh, thanks." "( suspenseful theme playing )" "( dramatic theme playing )" "( tires screech )" "Hey, you guys, I got it!" "I got it!" "Look!" "( boys chattering )" "EDDIE:" "Here, easy." "( suspenseful theme playing )" "( whistles ) Wow." "( gasps )" "Man." "It's a beauty." "Don't touch it." "Man, she's a beaut." "Oh, so fine." "( sighs )" "Gee." "Look at the stock." "( puffing air )" "Eighteen seventy-five." "And ready for action." "Yeah." "Not yet." "It's empty." "( gun cocks )" "( gun clicks )" "( all cheering )" "( dramatic theme playing )" "( mellow theme playing )" "Hi." "Nice to see you again." "If you're looking for Miss Cartwright, she's, uh, in the back." "I'll get her if you like." "No, no, I was just going by, thought I'd drop in." "Maybe have a few words with you." "Can I get you something?" "I'll have a beer." "Thanks." "How do you think, uh, Gary's coming along?" "Fine, I guess." "How did he like being with you yesterday?" "Well, didn't he tell you?" "Oh, yeah, he said he liked it a lot." "You know kids." "They'll tell you things they think you want to hear." "Two of you get along?" "Yeah, sure." "I'm glad." "Worked here long?" "Couple of months." "Where did you tend bar before this?" "Uh, San Francisco." "A place on Geary Street." "Where on Geary Street?" "Heh.It's my job." "Why me?" "Because of your friendship with Miss Cartwright." "You might be the next closest person to the boy." "So we check you out." "I know it seems like prying, but when a child's welfare is at stake..." "I understand." "You mind telling me where you were born, Mr. Stoddard?" "We might as well start with that." "Uh, Arizona, Phoenix." "Mm." "Arizona." "Robert Stoddard." "( tense theme playing )" "Born:" "Phoenix, Arizona." "( patrons chattering )" "My hamburger ready yet?" "Okay." "( rock music playing )" "Maybe we gotta do it without the bullets." "What?" "Not me." "A guy like that's bound to carry a gun himself." "Yeah." "I mean, what if he tries to rush us?" "Yeah, I never thought of that." "Hey, look." "There's old Swanzie." "Paper, ladies." "Get them while they're hot." "So what?" "Give me the dollar." "What for?" "Just watch." "Give me the dollar." "Hi, Swanzie." "Yeah, hi, Swanzie." "Hello, boys." "How about sitting with us and have a cup of coffee?" "Yeah." "Well, thank you." "That's pretty nice." "Don't mind if I do, Richard." "Here, have some." "Yeah." "No, thanks." "Bad time" "Sure you don't want one?" "No." "Mm-mm." "No?" "So, what's new?" "How's things?" "Not so good." "Why?" "My big brother's gonna give it to me when I get home." "You got troubles with your big brother, Richard?" "What's the problem?" "He gave me this money to go buy him some bullets for his Enfield rifle." "He's going hunting tomorrow with this friend of his." "I had a note from him to the guy in the sporting-goods store and I lost it." "His brother's awful rough when he's sore." "I can tell you that." "Yeah." "RICK:" "The man wouldn't sell them because it's against the law." "You gotta be 18 or 21 or something." "Say, you give me the money." "I'll buy your bullets for you." "JOE:" "Would you, Swanzie?" "SWANZIE:" "Yeah." "Look, I'll come with you and wait outside." "So you don't have to walk all the way back." "Thanks again, Swanzie." "Yeah, thanks, Swanze." "Come on." "It ain't too soon to go get the bullets." "( Eddie sighs )" "All right." "I'll wait here for Rick." "Right." "You go tell Gary." "What time do we meet?" "Well, I been watching the way Kimble goes home." "He gets off at 6." "It takes him about ten or 15 minutes to help the night bartender switch over." "Right." "He goes over to Gary's aunt, takes her to the corner, goes on home to the rooming house." "Right." "Okay, now, run over it again." "How's it go?" "Six-ten." "It's all yours." "Look, I don't see what he could have said to trouble you so much." "You're worried about something." "Was it something about Gary I don't know?" "Most of the questions were about me." "Like" " Like what?" "Where was I born?" "Where I went to school." "Where did I work?" "Doing what?" "Well" "References." "Stuff like" "Well, I've been wanting to ask you those things for weeks." "What's the matter with that?" "Bob, is something wrong?" "Can we talk at your apartment?" "Sure." "Gary'll be there." "I" " I guess we can get rid of him for a little while." "Come on." "( suspenseful theme playing )" "( clock cuckoos )" "( lock rattling )" "( door opens )" "SUSAN:" "Gary?" "Gary." "Well, I guess he's not home yet." "Thanks." "Uh, Would-- would you like a cup of coffee?" "KIMBLE:" "No, thanks." "SUSAN:" "No?" "Let's talk." "Well?" "I've got to leave." "Monday's payday but I can't wait till then." "I've got to leave now." "Why?" "Th-Things have been going all right, haven't they?" "The job." "Us." "Why?" "I told you one day this might happen." "( tender theme playing )" "Well, can't you at least give me a reason?" "( boys yelling outside )" "Look, I know it" "It was no strings at first, like we decided." "But I'm sorry." "But I've fallen in love with you." "( tender theme playing )" "All right." "All right, if I'm going to be ditched, at least give me a reason." "I mean, is it me?" "Something I've" "Something I've done or said?" "Or is it another woman?" "Nothing like that." "Or something Mr. Shaw said." "You've got to tell me." "Was it something he said?" "More or less." "Do you" " Do you think I'm trying to trap you just so I can keep Gary?" "You want to keep him?" "SUSAN:" "Well" " Well, yes." "I suppose so, but" "You see, he needs me." "KIMBLE:" "And maybe you need him." "Oh." "All right." "All right." "If I do, is that why you're going?" "In fact, my leaving will make that easier." "But that doesn't make sense." "Why can't it be the three of us?" "All right, I'll tell you." "You'll probably find out anyway." "There is another woman." "( dramatic theme playing )" "My wife." "She was killed." "The police blame me." "I was tried, convicted and sentenced." "I escaped." "I've been running ever since." "( ominous theme playing )" "( boys chattering )" "Did you kill her?" "No, I didn't kill her." "( sighs )" "Well, then it's all right." "I mean, nobody here knows anything about that." "It's all right." "You can stay." "I told Mr. Shaw a lot of lies." "He'll find that out." "Even if he doesn't find out who I am, he'll know I'm hiding something." "And worry about the kind of friends I have." "They find out who I am, they'll yank Gary out of here in ten minutes." "If I leave now, they won't continue to check." "So you're getting me off the hook." "Both of us." "Hey, you guys." "Wait up." "RICK:" "Where were you?" "JOE:" "Yeah." "I couldn't get away." "Listen, we can't do it." "We can't capture him." "What?" "Why not?" "What's he talking about?" "Well, I" "I made a mistake." "I-It's not him." "It's not Kimble." "Aw, come on." "What's the matter with you?" "We saw his picture." "Yeah, I know but it" " It was just a guy who looked like him." "Aw, come on, it's getting late." "Come on." "Wait." "He didn't do it." "I heard him." "He didn't-- Go on!" "Let's go, you guys, come on." "He didn't do it." "He didn't do it." "He didn't do it!" "He didn't do it!" "( dramatic theme playing )" "( dramatic theme playing )" "Lucky he's late." "You got the other bullets?" "Yeah, but one's enough." "What time is it?" "Let me see." "Hey, I can tell you." "Six-thirty." "( panting ):" "Aunt Susan!" "Aunt Susan!" "SUSAN:" "Yeah, yeah, Gary, what?" "Where's Mr. Stoddard?" "Where is he?" "Well, Gary, what happened?" "Never mind what happened." "Where--?" "You never mind." "You tell me what happened." "Aunt Susan, where's Mr. Stoddard?" "He left a few minutes ago." "Now tell" "Gar" " Wait a" " Gary!" "( footsteps receding )" "( dramatic theme playing )" "Maybe he's not coming." "What'll we do?" "Let's wait a little longer, and then if he doesn't show, we'll try again tomorrow." "Joe, go up to the corner and be a lookout." "Okay." "Stay, Fink." "( suspenseful theme playing )" "JOE:" "He's coming, you guys, come on." "All right, here we go." "Where is he?" "Look out for the gun." "JOE:" "Come on, he's coming." "Come on, get down." "( dramatic theme playing )" "Hands up, mister." "What are you doing with that gun?" "We know who you really are, Mr. Stoddard." "Yeah." "EDDIE:" "Just come forward real slow." "JOE:" "Yeah." "EDDIE:" "I got my finger right on the trigger." "JOE:" "It's got real bullets too." "Real slow." "Yeah, come on." "EDDIE:" "Slow." "Real slow." "Up." "Up." "JOE:" "Hands up, now." "Come on." "Eddie!" "No, Eddie, no!" "No!" "( gunshot )" "Oh!" "I killed him!" "I killed him." "I killed him." "( dramatic theme playing )" "It's just his arm, Eddie." "He'll live." "Come on, let's get him up to the porch." "( dramatic theme playing )" "I want the police." "Eddie, get a small stick or a branch, or something." "( Gary moans )" "I'm sorry, Gary." "I'm sorry, honest." "Gonna be all right, Eddie." "Take it easy, Gary." "Take it easy." "( groaning )" "( sirens wailing )" "Eddie, it's the police." "What do we do?" "I don't know." "Eddie, hold that right there." "Gonna call an ambulance." "Listen, you guys." "You don't say nothing about Mr. Kimble." "I won't s-say nothing about the gun." "We just found it in the bushes." "I was fooling around and it" " And it went off accidentally." "How about it?" "Huh?" "Okay, Gary, okay." "( ominous theme playing )" "( tires screeching )" "Lou, call an ambulance." "I'll, uh" " I'll call one." "There's a phone in the house." "OFFICER:" "Never mind, Lou." "What happened?" "I asked you, what happened?" "He got hurt." "We were fooling around with that and it went off, and" " And he got hurt." "Hurt?" "Three inches more to his right and this boy would have a bullet right through his heart." "What do you mean you were "fooling around"?" "Where did you get this thing?" "You, you, you." "Every one of you." "You almost killed a boy." "Don't you know what that means?" "( siren wailing )" "I got it." "I mailed in for it." "It's mine." "You mail--?" "Take these three in." "It'll be all right, young fella." "( engine starts )" "Sent away for it." "Mail order." "Would you believe it?" "Just the way you'd send for a free sample of flower seeds." "And when you think that just anybody can" "Ah, there ought to be a law." "( dramatic theme playing )" "( dramatic theme playing )" "SHAW:" "No need to rush." "The lieutenant said anytime after 10." "Oh." "Uh, you sure that-- Oh, thanks." "You're sure that they just want a statement from me?" "Oh, I guess there'll be some sort of juvenile court hearing but as far as Gary's concerned, there won't be any trouble." "Oh, yeah." "What about, uh-- What about you?" "Will there be any trouble with you?" "Well, I'm not sure." "Guns are a serious matter." "I'll have to include it in my report, of course." "Yeah, I know." "And with Gary hurt, you're going to have to be nurse and mother to him." "You think you can handle it?" "I mean, working and all." "Oh, yeah." "Uh, Mr. Hoffman gave me a week off." "Things are kind of slack right now." "Gary?" "Hm, maybe Mr. Stoddard can give you a hand." "I'm afraid M-Mr." "Stoddard is gone." "He, uh" "He had to leave town very suddenly." "I'm sorry to hear that." "Of course, it'll make my job a little easier." "Yeah, I guess it will." "Well, we'd better get going, huh?" "Gary?" "We won't" " We won't be very long, will we?" "Oh, I'm" " I'm sure he'll be all right." "Yeah." "Gary, honey, um, Mr. Shaw and I have to go downtown and talk to the police for a little while, but I'll be back in time to fix your lunch." "Okay?" "Okay." "Okay, see you later." "Aunt Susan." "Hm?" "( tender theme playing )" "Meanwhile, you, uh" "You stay out of trouble, all right?" "All right." "Okay." "Oh, uh, Miss Cartwright." "Uh, I wouldn't worry about what I'll be putting in my report." "( tender theme playing )" "NARRATOR:" "Love needs time to grow, and a hunted man has no time." "Yesterday a need that found hope in a look, a word, a touching of hands, is today denied by flight." "A flight from guns." "Today's guns are already miles behind." "But the need remains." "( dramatic theme playing )" "( dramatic theme playing )"