- Title: F-A5553
- Summary: CURTAIN TIME: "THE INTRUDER": WITH JOEL GREY, PHYLLIS AVERY, MICHAEL WINKELMAN, RON KENNEDY, RUSS BENDER, DICK CROCKET, JOE HAMILTON. INTRUDER HOLDS MOTHER AND SON HOSTAGE IN THEIR OWN HOME THEN KIDNAPS THEM AND TRANSPORTS THEM OVER STATE LINES.
- Description:00:26:58 - ECU LOCK ON THE INSIDE OF FRONT DOOR OF HOME. HOME SECURITY. CU LIGHT SWITCHES ON WALL PANEL 00:27:19 - CU CITY LIMITS ROAD SIGN "MILLEN CITY LIMIT" TILT DOWN TO HIGHWAY EXIT. 1950s STATE POLICE CARS WITH LIGHTS ON PULL OFF THE ROAD. TROOPER LIGHTS SAFETY ROAD FLARE 00:27:45 - CAR GOING AT EXCESSIVE SPEED. CAR SPEEDING DOWN CURVY COUNTRY ROAD. CARELESS DRIVING. 00:27:53 - STATE TROOPERS LIGHT ROAD FLARES, PLACE THEM IN THE ROAD 00:27:59 - RECKLESS DRIVER SPEEDING ON CURVY ROAD DRIVES IN BOTH LANES 00:28:06 - STATE TROOPERS SET UP ROAD BLOCK TO CATCH SPEEDING DRIVER. 4 TROOPERS WITH GUNS DRAWN BACK UP, CAR IGNORES ROAD BLOCK CAR SMASHES INTO WOODEN GUARD RAIL, ASTONISHED TROOPERS. SOUNDS OF CAR CRASH HEARD. DRIVERLESS CAR RAMS INTO A BRIDGE 00:28:24 - TROOPERS RUN OVER TO INVESTIGATE, CAR HAS NO DRIVER, DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR BEFORE CRASHING. TROOPERS SEARCH FOR THE DRIVER 00:28:40 - TROOPER SEARCHING THE CAR FINDS A CHILD'S HALLOWEEN MASK UNDER THE FRONT SEAT. CRIMINAL'S DISGUISE. 00:28:48 - WOMAN SITS IN HER LIVING ROOM SEWING A PAIR OF PANTS DOMESTIC CHORES. MAKING A FOLK COSTUME FOR HER SON. LAYING OUT SON'S CLOTHING ON THE SOFA. 00:28:57 - CALLS FOR HER SON JOHNNY ENTERS THE ROOM, MOTHER THINKS SHE HEARS SOMETHING, SON SAYS HE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING, MOTHER LOOKS AROUND & WONDERS IF SHE'S BEING PARANOID. BOY DOESN'T WANT TO WEAR THE SUIT, THINKS THE BOYS WILL MAKE FUN OF HIM FOR GOING TO A FOLK DANCE. BOY PRETENDS NOT TO FEEL GOOD, "MAYBE I'M GETTING A COLD" OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK. MOTHER SCOLDS HER SON AND SENDS HIM TO BED 00:29:54 - PARANOID WOMAN. WONDERS WHY HER HUSBAND HASN'T CALLED AND ASKS HER SON IF HE LOCKED UP. 00:30:04 - WOMAN GOES INTO THE KITCHEN, CHECKS THE WINDOW MAKING SURE IT'S LOCKED. SECURING THE HOME FOR THE NIGHT CHECKS DOORS AND WINDOWS BEFORE GOING TO BED 00:30:30 - WOMAN CHECKS A DOOR, IT'S UNLOCKED. CALLS HER SON IN AND SCOLDS HIM FOR NOT LOCKING UP. INTERRUPTED BY THE PHONE. WIFE TALKING TO HUSBAND ON THE PHONE STARTS RIGHT IN ABOUT THE SON FORGETTING TO LOCK UP AND NOT WANTING TO GO TO THE FOLK FESTIVAL. NAGGING WIFE AND MOTHER 00:31:14 - CALLS SON TO THE PHONE "YOUR FATHER WANTS TO TALK TO YOU" FATHER TELLS HIM HE'S THE MAN OF THE HOUSE WHEN HE'S NOT HOME. RESPONSIBILITIES. 00:31:35 - EXTERIOR POLICE STATION AT NIGHT. POLICE CARS WITH SIRENS ON 00:31:37 - CU POLICE DISPATCHER SPEAKING INTO 1950s POLICE RADIO "CALLING ALL UNITS" 00:31:41 - CU SECRETARY TYPING ON 1950s TYPEWRITER. TYPING UP POLICE REPORTS 00:31:45 - POLICE CARS AT NIGHT WITH SIRENS ON, TICKER TAPE MACHINE SPITTING OUT TAPE SUPERIMPOSED WITH DISPATCHERS VOICE CALLING ALL CARS TO REPORT TO CRIME SCENE 00:31:56 - 1950s CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY OF SUBURBAN HOME 00:31:59 - SUBURBAN HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN PREPARING BREAKFAST BRINGS FOOD TO THE TABLE AND CALLS FOR HER SON, HE DOESN'T RESPOND, SHE GOES TO LOOK FOR HIM. TURNS OUTSIDE LIGHT OFF. 00:32:27 - WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED, GASPS WHEN SHE TURNS AROUND AND SEES SON CARRYING HIS SNAKE IN GLASS JAR. NAGS SON "I TOLD YOU TO KEEP THAT THING OUT OF HERE" UPTIGHT WOMAN 00:32:43 - BOY PUTS SNAKE DOWN, MOTHER TALKS ABOUT NOISES SHE HEARD IN THE NIGHT LIKE DOGS BARKING. SON SAYS "GEE MOTHER YOU ALWAYS HEAR THINGS WHEN DAD'S AWAY" 00:33:02 - BOY GOES INTO THE KITCHEN FOR BREAKFAST. POURS MILK ON HIS CEREAL AND EATS BREAKFAST 00:33:26 - KNOCK ON THE KITCHEN DOOR. BOY GOES IN TO GET HIS MOTHER WHO IS SITTING AT HER VANITY BRUSHING HER HAIR. GROOMING BOY DOESN'T WANT TO BE SEEN IN HIS PAJAMAS. MOTHER TELLS TO GET DRESSED, GOES TO ANSWER THE DOOR 00:33:55 - WOMAN OPENS THE DOOR. CU BLOODIED MAN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN. CU FRIGHTENED WOMAN WITH HER EYES WIDE OPEN. WOMAN SCREAMS AND TRIES TO CLOSE THE DOOR, INTRUDER PUSHES THE DOOR OPEN AND FORCES HIS WAY INSIDE, PUTS HIS HAND OVER SCREAMING WOMAN'S MOUTH MUFFLING HER SCREAMS. BOY IN THE BEDROOM HEARS HIS MOTHER'S SCREAMS, WOMAN GETS AWAY AND RUNS THROUGH THE HOUSE 00:34:15 - QUICK THINKING OR STUPID BOY IN BEDROOM LOADS BULLETS INTO SHOTGUN. 00:34:22 - INTRUDER CATCHES WOMAN AND GRABS HER, SHE FIGHTS AND SCREAMS. INTRUDER HITS HER IN THE HEAD, KNOCKS HER OUT, SHE FALLS DOWN. 00:34:28 - BOY ARMED WITH A SHOT GUN ENTERS THE ROOM AIMS AND SHOOTS THE INTRUDER, ONLY INJURING HIM, INTRUDER WALKS TOWARDS THE BOY SLOWLY AND TAKES THE GUN FROM HIM. BOY DOESN'T RESIST. BOY BEGS TO GO TO HIS MOTHER, INTRUDER LOOKS AT HIS BLEEDING HAND. BOY INJURES INTRUDER, PROTECTING HIS MOTHER 00:35:19 - WOMAN GRIMACES IN PAIN REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS, WOOZY SEES THE INTRUDER. SHE, HER SON AND THE INTRUDER ARE IN THE BEDROOM. MOTHER AND SON BEING HELD CAPTIVE IN THEIR HOUSE BY AN INTRUDER. WOMAN PRETENDS HER HUSBAND WILL BE RIGHT BACK. INTRUDER KNOWS SHE'S LYING. WOMAN ASKS INTRUDER "ARE YOU GOING TO KILL US?" INTRUDER TELLS THEM "TO DO WHAT I TELL YOU" 00:36:45 - WOMAN TELLS THE INTRUDER TO TAKE HER CAR AND MONEY, SAYS WOULDN'T CALL THE POLICE. INTRUDER DOESN'T BELIEVE HER. 00:37:05 - WOMAN OFFERS TO BANDAGE HIS HAND. INTRUDER SENDS THE BOY TO GET BANDAGES. DOESN'T TRUST THE WOMAN. BOY DOESN'T WANT TO HELP. MOTHER USES HER STERN VOICE DIRECTING HER SON ON WHAT TO GET. 00:37:49 - BOY IN THE KITCHEN PULLS OUT BIG KITCHEN KNIFE. THINKS ABOUT USING IT THEN PUTS IT BACK IN THE DRAWER 00:38:09 - INTRUDER ASKS WHY IT TOOK HIM SO LONG "YOU WEREN'T GETTING ANY CRAZY IDEAS WHERE YOU BOY?" 00:38:19 - INTRUDER INSTRUCTS THE BOY TO "SIT DOWN AND STAY STILL" WHILE WOMAN TENDS TO HIS WOUNDS 00:38:40 - INTRUDER SMOKES A CIGARETTE. WOMAN TELLS HIM THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT A FESTIVAL, INTRUDER SAYS THEY WON'T MAKE IT. SHE SAYS THEY'LL MISS THEM & SEND SOMEONE OVER TO THE HOUSE. SAYS SHE'LL CALL THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND SAY HER SON IS SICK. INTRUDER SAYS OK 00:39:16 - WOMAN PICKS UP THE PHONE, GIVES THE OPERATOR PHONE NUMBER INTRUDER PULLS THE PHONE AWAY, ASKS IF IT'S THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, HE CATCHES THE WOMAN TRYING TO GET HELP, HANGS UP THE PHONE, THREATENS TO KILL THEM. GRABS THE BOY BY HIS SHIRT LIFTING HIM UP OFF THE FLOOR, WANTS TO KNOW WHO HIS MOTHER CALLED. THREATENS HIM "I'M GOING TO COUNT TO THREE." BOY SAYS IT WAS THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, INTRUDER SAYS "YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING" THROWS HIM ON THE BED 00:40:15 - WOMAN PRAYS OUT LOUD. INTRUDER SAYS "WHAT FOR THAT AIN'T GONNA HELP YOU". PHONE RINGS. INTRUDER HAS THE BOY ANSWER. PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR WAY OVER THE HOUSE. INTRUDER RUNS HIS FINGERS THROUGH HIS HAIR TRYING TO THINK WHAT TO DO 00:41:37 - INTRUDER WANTS TO KNOW BACK ROADS TO SOUTH CAROLINA. HE PLANS TO TAKE THEM WITH HIM, KIDNAP THEM. TELLS THE BOY TO GO GET SOME CLOTHES. 00:42:14 - BOY GOES TO THE CLOSET, TAKES DOWN A COAT AND HAT, GIVES TO THE INTRUDER. TELLS THEM TO TURN AROUND. HOLDS UP PAIR OF PANTS, WAY TOO BIG, STRUGGLES INTO SUIT JACKET WAY TOO BIG FOR HIM. TAKES IT OFF, TELLS THE BOY TO GET HIM A PAIR OF HIS JEANS AND SOME SHOES. INTRUDER PUTS ON HUSBAND'S HAT 00:43:01 - INTRUDER BECOMES KIDNAPPER. MAKES THE MOTHER AND SON COME WITH HIM. PUTS HANDGUN IN HIS PANTS, INSTRUCTS THE WOMAN TO GO OUT THE DOOR FIRST, THEN THE SON, THEN HIM. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR SEES THEM, CALLS GOOD MORNING, WALKS TOWARD HIS HOUSE. 00:43:59 - THEY GET INTO THE CAR WITH THE WOMAN DRIVING. BACKS OUT OF DRIVEWAY OF SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:45:03 - THEY COME ACROSS A ROADBLOCK. INTRUDER WARNS "YOU BETTER NOT TRY ANYTHING". STATE TROOPER LEANS INTO THE CAR ASKS WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, ASKS ABOUT HER HEAD, INTRUDER SAYS THEY'RE TAKING HER TO THE DOCTOR, TROOPER LETS THEM GO 00:45:50 - AS THE STATE TROOPER WALKS AWAY, HE LOOKS BACK AND SEES THE WOMAN MAKING HAND GESTURES. "IT'S HIM! HEY YOU!" BUT THE CAR DRIVES OFF. TROOPER SHOOTS HIS GUN OFF, OTHER TROOPERS COME RUNNING 00:46:05 - HEAD TROOPER GIVES ORDERS, TROOPERS RUN FOR THEIR CARS 00:46:13 - INTRUDER-KIDNAPPER ORDERS WOMAN TO DRIVE FASTER . CU SPEEDOMETER HITTING 60 MPH. WOMAN SAYS SHE'S NEVER DRIVEN OVER 60. 00:46:44 - CU GUN IN NERVOUS KIDNAPPER'S HAND 00:46:48 - STATE TROOPERS RACING TO CATCH UP WITH CAR. 00:47:02 - CU GUN IN KIDNAPPER'S HAND, OTHER HAND BANDAGED. ASKS HOW FAR, "COME ON, WE'RE GONNA BREEZE THROUGH LIKE NOTHIN'" 00:47:15 - CU FRIGHTENED FEMALE DRIVER. CU SPEEDOMETER PUSHING PAST 60MPH GAINING SPEED 00:47:24 - POV IN SPEEDING CAR AROUND CURVY BENDS IN ROAD 00:47:26 - ECU HANDGUN IN KIDNAPPER'S HAND 00:47:27 - CU MONTAGE KIDNAPPER'S NERVOUS FACE, LITTLE BOY'S FACE WITH BLANK STARE AND FEMALE DRIVER'S FACE, LOOK OF CONCENTRATION. 00:47:31 - POV SPEEDING ON COUNTRY ROAD PASSING TWO POLICE CARS WITH SIRENS ON 00:47:37 - KIDNAPPER THINKS THEIR IN THE CLEAR 00:47:41 - CU SPEEDOMETER LOSING SPEED, CAR SLOWING DOWN 00:47:43 - KIDNAPPER GETS ANGRY, TELLS WOMAN TO DRIVE "FASTER, FASTER, COME ON." WOMAN SPEEDS UP AGAIN. CU HANDGUN 00:47:52 - CU SPEEDOMETER GAINING SPEED PASSING 70MPH 00:47:53 - POV IN SPEEDING CAR. CU SMUG LOOK ON KIDNAPPER'S FACE. CU GUN 00:48:03 - PAN TO STATE TROOPERS HIDING ON SIDE OF THE ROAD, STATE TROOPER AIMS SHOTGUN AND SHOOTS AT CAR. HITS TIRE, WOMAN TRIES TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE CAR, CAR CAREENS OFF THE ROAD INTO FIELD. KIDNAPPER OPENS CAR DOOR AND GRABS BOY PULLING HIM OUT OF THE CAR. BACKS INTO THE FIELD WITH THE BOY MOTHER CRIES OUT "DON'T!" 00:48:28 - POLICE ARRIVE ON THE SCENE. KIDNAPPER USES BOY AS HUMAN SHIELD. ARMED KIDNAPPER WARNS "ONE STEP AND I'LL..." 00:48:44 - DISTRAUGHT MOTHER CRIES OUT "NO! NO!" FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF HER CHILD 00:48:45 - STAND OFF BETWEEN KIDNAPPER AND STATE TROOPER 00:48:54 - KIDNAPPER TRIPS AND FALLS, BOY SEIZES THE OPPORTUNITY AND RUNS TO SAFETY. KIDNAPPER GETS UP AND IS SHOT. TROOPERS SHOOT KIDNAPPER, FALLS TO THE GROUND 00:49:05 - ARMED STATE TROOPERS WALK SLOWLY TOWARD KIDNAPPER CAUTIOUS 00:49:08 - BOY RUNS TO HIS MOTHER, MOTHER TAKES HIM IN HER ARMS, HUGGING HIM, CRIES TEARS OF JOY AND RELIEF 00:49:17 - NARRATOR TALKS TO THE CAMERA 00:49:27 - THE REAL VICTORIA AND JOHNNY HARRINGTON TALK TO THE NARRATOR ABOUT THEIR ABDUCTION. "IT WAS MORE HORRIBLE THAN ANYTHING I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED". SOUTHERN ACCENT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1957
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A5553