Four Hours to Kill

Originally Aired: January 12, 1950

Suspense #367, "Four Hours to Kill," stars Robert Taylor as Theodore, a down-on-his-luck newspaper man who visits his successful lawyer brother Walter at an exclusive New York bachelor's club. Theodore needs five thousand dollars to invest in a small Florida newspaper with a war buddy, representing his last chance at the kind of journalism career he's always dreamed of. When Walter responds with mockery and contempt instead of help, years of sibling rivalry explode into violence. Theodore strikes his brother, and Walter falls, hitting his head on the corner of the hearth. Within moments, Theodore realizes his brother is dead.

Panic sets in as Theodore attempts to cover his tracks and escape undetected, but complications immediately arise. A telephone receiver lies off the hook, and a mysterious woman on the other end has heard everything. When Theodore foolishly tries to impersonate his dead brother, she sees through the deception. Now Theodore must find this unknown caller before she can expose him, turning what began as a terrible accident into a desperate race against time with his life hanging in the balance.