Never Pick Up a Stranger

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With George Mitchell as Joseph Wagner, Vaughn Taylor as Henry Sloan, Paul Newlan as Dr. Lewis, Russell Thorson as Judge Andy Harris, Len Wayland as John Hardy, Michael Stanwood as Eddie, Grace Lee Whitney as Millie, Betty Bronson as Alma Sloan, Gregg Palmer as Deputy Cliff Morgan, Don Brodie as the Court Clerk, Vernon Scott as the Hotel Clerk, Doris Edwards as Helen Riley</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Episode 4</div> <div> First broadcast on</div> <div> October 11 1965</div> <div> Written by Howard Browne</div> <div> Story by John Thomas James</div> <div> (Roy Huggins)</div> <div> Directed by Leslie H. 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Exchange</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="839" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 672 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16d7902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Grace Lee Whitney and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul is spotted in the diner of a small town</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16d8902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="brenda Scott and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul claims to sell embalming fluid</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> The Plot:</div> <bR> <div> Driving through small-town America, Paul stops for lunch at a diner, and is apparently noticed with alarm by a man who enters and quickly leaves.  This is the only possible clue we have to the mysterious events which follow.</div> <bR> <div> Driving on to his next port of call, he picks up a hitchhiker. The girl, who appears under age to him, says that the only other ride she was offered was from “some man, kinda creepy looking, like he sold embalming fluid.”  Paul looks distressed, and when she asks if something is wrong, he replies gravely, “it happens that I sell embalming fluid.”</div> <bR> <div> The girl becomes flustered with apologies, and then Paul breaks into a large grin.  She tells him that her name is Kathy Sloan, but Paul unravels the rest of her story as lies, and against her protests, determines to drive the runaway back to her home. However, she jumps out of the moving car, and is injured. The doctor says it's no more than a mild concussion, but after speaking with Kathy's grandparents, Paul decides to stay in town to make sure she is all right.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 329 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16d9902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Barry Sullivan and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The sheriff tells Paul to get out of town</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> He checks into a local hotel, but when he returns to his car, Paul is accosted by the local sheriff who asks many questions, but receives only evasive answers about Paul's situation and plans.</div> <bR> <div> In the end, he tells Paul to “get out of my town in the morning.”</div> <bR> <div> The next day Paul brings Kathy flowers, and indicates that he's about to move on, but later he rings her, and invites her to dinner, the fact meantime established that she's nineteen.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 672 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16da902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="brenda Scott and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kathy asks Paul to take her with him</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16db902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Paul Newlan and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The doctor says people let lawmen get on with their work</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> She tells him that she was orphaned at 14, and that her grandparents control her with an iron hand, and are trying to mould her into something she isn't.</div> <bR> <div> Kathy explains that's why she wants to get away, even avoiding the good college that is waiting for her.</div> <bR> <div> Chatting in his car, she kisses Paul, and begs him to take her with him on his travels, later kissing him again and telling him she doesn't want him to leave.</div> <bR> <div> His attitude appears paternal, yet before she kisses him a third time at her home, he asks her out again for the next evening. He's indicated to her that he has a “small problem.”</div> <bR> <div> It becomes even larger a few minutes later when the sheriff and his deputy stop Paul's car and beat him up, leaving him lying beside his car.</div> <bR> <div> A doctor tapes up Paul's ribs, but doesn't appear outraged at the unaccounted-for police brutality.  In a neutral way, he also indicates that it would be best for Paul to leave town.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 225 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16dfc1c80.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="200" ALT="George Mitchell and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="16ded8c80.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="200" ALT="George Mitchell and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul's accusation is refuted. The sheriff keeps silent</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> So Paul goes to the town prosecutor for help, and makes a charge against the sheriff and his deputy.</div> <bR> <div> The prosecutor asks the pair where they were, and they deny having assaulted Paul, so he says he must believe men he's known for years over the words of a stranger, and also suggests that Paul leave town.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 665 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16e0902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="brenda Scott and Barry O'Sullivan in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The sheriff offers Kathy money to betray Paul</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16e1902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Barry Sullivan and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The sheriff shows a formal complaint signed by Kathy</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> After he's gone, a <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >bedazzled </FONT>Paul asks the sheriff why he wants him to leave without an answer, and when they are alone, the deputy asks to be filled in, but the sheriff continues to say nothing.</div> <bR> <div> Still not able to get Paul out of town, the sheriff approaches Kathy on the street, and offers her $2000 if she will accuse Paul of assaulting her. She says it's a silly idea, but listens to the plan.</div> <bR> <div> That evening in the car, Kathy questions Paul <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >about why people want him to leave, but he's confounded by the puzzle, and says he won't leave until he has an answer to it.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> She then appears to be following the sheriff's plan, telling him to drive down a certain lonely road, and the next morning, at the diner, the sheriff tells Paul he has a warrant for his arrest - for attempting to assault Kathy.</div> <bR> <div> Paul laughs, but the sheriff  says that Kathy has signed a formal complaint against him, which won't be issued if Paul simply leaves town immediately. Paul declines and is arrested. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16e2902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Len Wayland and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul examines the witness who exonerates him</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> The next scene is an  arraignment hearing with Paul acting as his own counsel.  He says that he can spare the county the cost of a trial by presenting a witness who will prove him innocent of the charge.</div> <bR> <div> On the stand he questions the owner of a bowling alley in a neighboring village who testifies that Paul was at his establishment from eight until midnight, and that the girl with him - whose photo he identifies - had a dizzy spell during that time, witnessed by many people.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16e3902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="George Mitchell and Barry Sullivan in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The prosecutor tells the sheriff that he's finished</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> This evidence appears to refute all charges, and the case against Paul is  dismissed.  In chambers, the prosecutor and judge attack the sheriff, and ask why Kathy set him up.</div> <bR> <div> The prosecutor suggests bringing Kathy in, and charging her with making a false complaint, but the sheriff asks them to drop the matter.</div> <bR> <div> The prosecutor then tells the sheriff that this event will damage their political party, and that the sheriff won't be on the ticket at the next election.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 325 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16e5902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Vernon Scott and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul scans the local paper for his story</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Checking out of his hotel the next day, Paul scrutinizes the local newspaper, and then suddenly leaves without paying.</div> <bR> <div> He goes to the paper to inquire when the edition came off the press, and asks to speak to the editor.</div> <bR> <div> The young man at the desk says that the editor is home sick, and then, with some shock, Paul spots a photo on the wall which is identified as the owner/editor with the sheriff.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1041 WIDTH="427"><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16e6902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Barry Sullivan and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The sheriff confronts Paul at the editor's gate</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16e7902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Barry Sullivan and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Both bruised and beaten, the sheriff and Paul go to arrest the editor for fraud</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16e8902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="brenda Scott and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kathy tells Paul that she loves him</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Paul leaves the newspaper office with a purpose, and is shadowed by the sheriff's deputy in his car. The deputy reports that it looks like Paul is headed for the editor's house, and the sheriff says that he'll take over from there. When Paul arrives at the gate of the editor's home, the sheriff is there to block his way. He says that Paul destroyed everything that the sheriff took 20 years to build, and then says that he's going to break at least one bone in Paul's body for each of those years.</div> <bR> <div> A violent fight ensues, and the sheriff even tries to drown Paul who nevertheless triumphs in the end , and says that this morning, he was ready to give up trying to solve the riddle, was within a minute of leaving the town when he had a look at the newspaper.</div> <bR> <div> Paul says that the sheriff's editor friend made the mistake of leaving the previous day's court proceedings out of the paper, causing Paul to go over to their office to make an inquiry. “His picture was on the wall,” Paul says, “he looked fine ….. for a man who's been dead for five years.”</div> <bR> <div> The sheriff looks up in surprise from the ground where he's lying, and Paul too shows surprise that the sheriff didn't know why the editor wanted him out of town. Paul goes on to explain that the editor and his wife had been his clients.  When their private plane crashed into the sea, the wife received $200,000 from a double indemnity policy. <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >It is now his patron whom the sheriff must arrest.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Saying goodbye to Kathy's grandparents, Paul tells them how the editor and his wife let the insurance company solve both their financial and marital problems.  Then he parts with Kathy, and says to her that no one can take away her soul, and that if she goes to college, he'll write to her every month - for as long as he lives.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Notes & Comments: Well paced and intriguing, “Never Pick Up a Stranger” has the qualities which made Run For Your Life stand out from the pack. The ongoing mystery of this episode holds the viewer right to the conclusion, especially since there are no clues to guide one to the fascinating solution.</div> <bR> <div> However, there were two additional “mysteries” not solved by the revelations at the end.  One was a combination of how Paul proved that he was innocent, how Kathy got away legally swearing the warrant, and if they were not colluding in a plan never clearly revealed, how he remained friendly with her after an episode which could have eaten up a large chunk of time from the precious days Paul has left.</div> <bR> <div> Secondly, one wonders why Paul keeps “leading Kathy on,” inviting her out over and over when she obviously has a crush on him and Is so much younger.  He clearly has a adult's concern for a teenager, but is clearly not romantically attracted to her.</div> <bR> <div> The first questions could have indeed had Paul spending the evening at the bowling alley with a friend of Kathy's at her instigation to thwart the sheriff, but this is not made clear, and not really even implied.</div> <bR> <div> The pained mock look on Paul's face when she mentions someone creepy who might sell imbalming fluid was priceless, and might have even fooled the viewer for a moment, referring to his thinking about the death which awaits him.  Made the joke all the more priceless.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://run4.us/journal/18_30april65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://run4.us/journal/18_30april65.htm"><IMG SRC="170f242c0.jpg" border=0 width="804" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.run4.us/video/nevervideo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.run4.us/video/nevervideo.htm">Watch a video from this episode</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1209" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD 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