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Impact, the force with which
two lives come together,

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sometimes for good, sometimes for evil.

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I say, Williams is out of line
now. I'm definitely against it.

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We have our stockholders to answer to.

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Phone Mrs. Williams, Della.

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Tell her to be ready in about
an hour, and I'll pick her up.

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You phone Sandra Fell and see

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if those papers are on the way over
from the executive. Yes, Walt.

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Well, Mr. Darcy, what's the score? Nine
to nothing? I'm afraid it is, Walt.

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Walt, if you think you can persuade them
to change their minds, go right ahead.

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Gentlemen, I never
interfere in stock issues,

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dividends, or anything
else in your department.

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I must run my department
with no interference.

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Either I know why and when I need more
factory space, or you need another boy.

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And that's all right with me, too.

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Because I can take these plants and pick
my own spot in the motor production field.

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You won't have to worry so much about
dividends. There won't be many.

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I'm sure none of us want to lose Walt.

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Or her dividends why do you say
we take another vote? Buying

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the three new factories, signify by
saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.

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And unanimous vote.
Congratulations, Walt. Congratulate

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the board. They're the winners Williams.

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If these factories are so valuable,

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that other companies would
jump have the chance

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to get them, how do you know

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that you can buy them at
the price you quoted us?

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How do I know? I bought them
this morning. Good morning

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dell I was asked to rush
this up for Mr. Williams.

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Get my wife, Della. Your mate
said she'd gone to the dentist.

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I gave her the message.

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Oh fine. Oh, this just came. Thank

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you. What about those papers? They're
here. Burke's checking them now.

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Congratulations Walt. Take
a look at clause four.

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Those provisions haven't
been clarified yet. Oh no?

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I want to leave for Tahoe
right away. Get Judge deering

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on the phone, will you? Nevermind.
I can get faster action

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if I run out to San Rafael myself
and stick with him till I'm right.

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Yeah? Mrs. Williams on three.

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Oh, put the blueprints of that new diesel
in, will you? I want Jackson to see them.

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All right, Duchess. I'm

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I'm afraid now we won't be able to
leave till about five o 'clock.

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What?

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You're not going with
me. But I counted on it.

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But I thought as soon as Dr. Harris took
care of whatever it was, I'd feel better.

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I don't.

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Stupid thing still aches,

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and I certainly wouldn't be a
very desirable driving companion.

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No, seriously, darling. You run along

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and buy your little
factories and hurry home.

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I'll send you back to the office.
And cheat me out of my goodbye kiss?

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Not a chance.

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I've got to drive over to San
Rafael. I'll stop on the way.

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Love me?

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Bye, dear.

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(music playing)

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How do you expect me to
whistle through a toothache?

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Nothing in the whole world smells as sweet

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as you do, Duchess.
Certainly don't feel sweet.

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I was grouchy as an old bear. Well, old
Doc Williams can give you something to fix

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that. Close your eyes. Relax huh take a
look at that see if you don't feel better.

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Oh, Walt.

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Oh, darling, it's beautiful.

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Not bad. Not bad at all. You know,

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to quote my wife, I like
monograms on things.

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It shows they belong to me, unquote.

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When did your wife say such
a thing, Mr. Williams?

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About six years ago, when I married her.

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She gave me the first
monogram shirts I ever owned.

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Those were the words on
the card. I still have it.

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I certainly hope your board of directors
never discovers what a softy you are.

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They won't, don't worry.

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I have only one vulnerable spot.

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What really happened this morning?

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All I got out of Della
was that you stalked

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out of the office with blood in your eye,

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and we're back in no time with
canary feathers in your mouth.

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Oh, I clipped those
birds' wings, but short.

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No one's going to vote me down,
sweet. Not when I know I'm right.

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But how did you convince the board of
that so quickly? With subtle hints.

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And easy persuasion.

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Like this.

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Either I get what I want, or
you get yourself another boy.

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And that's all right with me, too.

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Walter! Walter!

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What a clumsy ox. I'm sorry, Duchess.
Oh, please, sweet, don't be so upset.

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Oh, if you could have seen your face.

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Oh, don't bother, dear. Celine
will take care of that.

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Not exactly a good prescription
for nerve, though.

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You know, you're wrong, Dr. Williams.

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The way I feel now, a good cat bath will
probably make a new woman out of me.

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And if it's not going to
make you too late... Yes?

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Well, I'm sure that by 5
o 'clock I'll... Swell.

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I'll run over to San Rafael and get things
ironed out and be back for you by 5.

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On the nose. Darling, wait.

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That's perfectly silly. I'll take a
taxi cab and meet you in Sausalito.

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There's a drugstore on a
corner opposite the square.

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I'll be there at 5 o 'clock and we
can go straight on up to Tahoe.

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That'll save you all that late
afternoon traffic and all

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that time it'll take to
come and pick me up.

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Smart woman, my wife.
Thinks of everything.

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Where's your bag honey? Oh, Sue Lynn
still has some things to press for me

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Sure you don't mind
taking a taxi? Very sure.

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Sweet dreams Duchess

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See you at five.

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Better get going.

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Bye

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long distance. On Berkeley
seven nine seven two one

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Hello. Ah. Hiya, beautiful. Sit down.

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Hello.

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Hello. Hello.

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Hello. Hello. Hello.

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Here, don't forget, turn this stuff
over to a bellboy at the airport hotel

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in Oakland. Tell him to
hold it for Jack Burns.

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Jack Burns, the airport hotel. That's

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right. I'll be checking in later.
What do I owe you? A buck 15

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a here all this stuff back to oakland
yeah yeah hey Buy yourself a new flag.

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Hey, where's that new woman who was going
to meet me? It's after five o 'clock. lot.

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Oh, gee, I'm so sure
you're going to be okay.

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Maybe you better get yourself
another dentist, huh?

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Of course I understand, honey, of course.

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Just to prove it to you, I'm coming right
on home. No, you really mustn't, darling.

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I'm going to be perfectly
all right, really.

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And besides... Besides what?

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Well, I've done something
you're not going to like.

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You remember Remember Aunt
Margaret back in Illinois?

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You mean the old gal in Evanston?
I'm a way ahead of you. How much?

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Well, it isn't money this
time. It's another relative.

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Her favorite nephew, Jim Torrance.

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All of a sudden, right out of the blue,

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just after you left, he
telephoned me from Berkeley.

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Okay, Judge, I'll see him when I get
back. Well, you don't understand, dear.

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You're going to see him
right away. I'm what?

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Well, all he seemed to want was to be
able to get back to Illinois, so I...

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So you buy him a ticket.
That's easy. Well, it isn't.

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I offered to, but he got huffy and
said he didn't want any handouts.

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And, well, without thinking,
I told him we'd pick him up

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and give him a lift as far as Denver.

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I won't say I'm getting
exactly an even trade

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for you, but where do I find this guy?

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Well, he should be there right now.

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I told him to be on the lookout
for a cream -colored roadster,

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just in case we fail to recognize
one another after all these years.

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Oh, darling, you're such a lamb. Are you
sure you forgive me? What do you think?

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Well, I better run along or
cousin Jim might get nervous.

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Take it easy, sweet, and miss
me, will you? I do already.

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Don't drive fast, and please
take care of yourself.

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Softie.

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Goodbye.

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Hello, Della?

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Yeah, Mrs. Williams wasn't
able to go with me.

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Now, while I'm gone, you see that
she gets her roses every morning.

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That's right. But this time, on all
the cards, put love from Softy.

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Yeah, S -O -F -T -Y.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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You must be Jim Torrance.

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Yeah, that's me. I'm Walt
Williams. Hi, Jim. Hi.

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Where's Irene?

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Oh, she's a little under the weather
at the last minute. Worse luck.

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That's too bad.

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I was hoping I'd see her.
I'm disappointed too.

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Where's your luggage? Oh, I'm
wearing it. Less trouble that way.

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Irene tells me you're
heading for Illinois.

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Yeah.

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Going been a little rough, huh?

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I haven't exactly been
worried about my income tax.

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What's your line, Jim?

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Oh, I guess I'm a better salesman
than anything else. Hmm.

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You know, I can give you a couple of
letters when you get back to Chicago.

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It might help you. It's fine. But
laying with the top brass never hurts.

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What outfit were you with?

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Patton's Third Army.

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How was it?

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Rough.

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Except for the time in Italy.
I kind of liked it there.

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Patton's outfit never got to Italy.

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Of course.

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But most civilians never know or care,
and I figured you didn't either.

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I would have fooled you that time.

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Our last chance to chow for a
while. How about it? No, thanks.

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I grabbed a hamburger while I was waiting
for you. I can still taste the harness.

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Sure you won't change your mind? No,
I'm gonna grab a little shut -eye.

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Okay.

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Chicken sandwich and a Coke. One chicken
sandwich. Chicken sandwich coming up.

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Give me a change for a
dollar, will you? Sure.

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Thanks.

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San Francisco.

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Uh, Klondike 2 -6 -7 -1 -4.

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Klondike 2 -6 -7 -1 -4
does not answer. Oh.

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Well, try Sutter 1 -2 -5 -9 -9, please.

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Bayview apartment? Oh, yes, Mr. Williams.

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No, your maid isn't there tonight, sir.

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She said Mrs. Williams was taking
something to make her sleep

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and wasn't to be disturbed.

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But perhaps... No, no, don't disturb her.

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Just leave a message that I won't
forget about a certain problem.

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Mm -hmm.

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I think I have it, sir. You want her
to forget all about a certain problem.

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Softy, is that S -O -F -T -Y, sir?

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Softy is going to take care of it
thoroughly. Is that all? Yes, that's all.

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She'll understand.

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Be sure she gets it the first
thing in the morning. Right.

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Oh, hi, dear.

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It's been so long since I've been
behind the wheel of anything

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but a Caterpillar or a Jeep,

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I had to find out what a
real buggy feels like.

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Why don't you drive for a while? I'll
swap. Nothing would suit me better.

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Tell me, Irene still got that
little scar on her cheek?

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That one she got from the fall? Yeah.
You can hardly see it now, though.

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How'd you know about that?
She just got it last summer.

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Thought you said you
hadn't seen her for years.

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Oh, from Aunt Margaret, of course.

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How else? She always sends
me the news in the letters.

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I guess your Aunt Margaret will
be pretty happy to see you.

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Irene says you're the favorite nephew.

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Afraid my lovely cousin was just giving
me a build -up for your benefit.

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You don't know Irene.

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Maybe not.

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(music playing)

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What's the matter? I think we got a flat.

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Yeah, that is a flounder. Oh.

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Well, let's get to work.

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Hey.

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Look out there, young
fella. It's quite a drop.

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I think I have. Get the
jack. I'll take a look.

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Did you find it?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, it won't be long now.

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Come on, let's get going.
Uh, wait a minute.

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Did one of your cufflinks fall off? Huh?

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Something dropped. I heard it fall
right down there at your feet. Huh?

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Or he wants to roll onto the car.

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Irene and these

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(music playing)

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Don't need a hand? No, no.
I'm all set now. Okay.

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Good night.

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geez.

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That guy must be crazy.

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(music playing)

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Now, in case my husband should be
late and have to rush for his plane,

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His plane was to be taken care of.

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Tell Mrs. Burns the 302.

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I Rated me second

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from Irene and me, sucker.

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Take care of yourself.

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Softie.

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Softie.

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Young lady. Excuse me. I want to see
Mrs. Walter Williams. I'm sorry sir,

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but she left orders not
out to be disturbed.

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I'm sorry too.

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Lieutenant Quincy, the police department.

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Hello? I thought I left
orders not to be dis...

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Oh, I see.

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Ask him to come up, please.

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Yes? I'm Lieutenant Quincy
with the police department.

00:32:00.805 --> 00:32:03.621
I'm sorry to disturb you
at this hour, but...

00:32:04.945 --> 00:32:07.405
May I come in? Of course.

00:32:17.785 --> 00:32:18.849
Well, Lieutenant.

00:32:19.305 --> 00:32:22.809
Did your husband go on a motor
trip late this afternoon?

00:32:23.165 --> 00:32:28.171
Why, yes. He went to Denver on business.
Why? Was he driving a packet broadster?

00:32:29.165 --> 00:32:30.065
Yes. Yes.

00:32:31.805 --> 00:32:33.405
Is... is anything wrong?

00:32:34.125 --> 00:32:35.377
I'm afraid there is.

00:32:36.516 --> 00:32:37.717
Would you sit down,

00:32:37.837 --> 00:32:41.125
please? Has... has something
happened to my husband?

00:32:42.225 --> 00:32:43.414
Yes, Mrs. Williams.

00:32:45.445 --> 00:32:46.697
He's dead, isn't he?

00:32:47.645 --> 00:32:48.545
Yes.

00:32:50.125 --> 00:32:53.254
Oh, Walt, I knew something
like this would happen.

00:32:54.155 --> 00:32:57.890
I begged him time and again not
to pick up hitchhikers. I've...

00:32:58.010 --> 00:33:02.125
But it wasn't a hitchhiker, Mrs.
Williams. It was just an accident.

00:33:02.245 --> 00:33:04.805
He ran into a truck, a gasoline truck.

00:33:06.165 --> 00:33:11.285
You mean there was fire? He must
have been driving pretty fast.

00:33:11.745 --> 00:33:14.686
I don't think he felt
anything after the crash.

00:33:20.691 --> 00:33:24.345
If there's nothing more you
need me for, Lieutenant,

00:33:24.465 --> 00:33:26.305
I... I think I understand.

00:33:27.805 --> 00:33:31.685
And may I say, you've taken this
with a great deal of courage.

00:33:31.805 --> 00:33:33.432
Good night, Mrs. Williams.

00:33:46.045 --> 00:33:47.422
Take care of yourself.

00:33:48.665 --> 00:33:51.885
Softly. From Irene and me. Softly.

00:33:52.645 --> 00:33:54.085
Softly. Softly.

00:34:02.505 --> 00:34:03.585
Ready? Yeah.

00:34:04.455 --> 00:34:06.805
That Williams must have been quite a guy.

00:34:06.925 --> 00:34:10.405
Yeah, he went to work for Universal
Motors as a sheet metal worker. Mm -hmm.

00:34:10.525 --> 00:34:13.145
Less than ten years, he's
their top production man.

00:34:13.265 --> 00:34:17.207
Well, he sure went out in a blaze
of glory. Yeah. Ah, let's go.

00:34:40.145 --> 00:34:46.865
From Irene of the Sucker Sucker sucker.

00:35:09.586 --> 00:35:12.465
Well, could Mr. Burrs
have taken a later plane

00:35:12.585 --> 00:35:15.276
and still make connections
for Mexico City?

00:35:17.605 --> 00:35:18.505
I see.

00:35:21.845 --> 00:35:24.665
Yes? It is some telegrams for Ty Ty.

00:35:26.245 --> 00:35:28.560
Just put them under the door, Su Lin.

00:35:30.315 --> 00:35:32.315
(music playing)

00:35:34.905 --> 00:35:38.660
Please, Tartare, a policeman
Quincy most anxious to see you.

00:35:40.865 --> 00:35:42.367
Ask him to wait, Su Lin.

00:36:03.565 --> 00:36:05.880
Mrs. Williams will see you presently.

00:36:07.665 --> 00:36:08.685
Go away, please.

00:36:19.465 --> 00:36:22.218
Flowers for Mrs. Walter
Williams. Thank you.

00:36:32.610 --> 00:36:35.325
Roses like Mr. Williams always sending

00:36:35.445 --> 00:36:38.565
when he's away. You seem to have
been very fond of Mr. Williams.

00:36:38.685 --> 00:36:41.425
So Lynn is honored to have
served him five years

00:36:41.545 --> 00:36:45.063
and he- I'm sorry to keep
you waiting, Lieutenant.

00:36:45.183 --> 00:36:51.805
I wouldn't be disturbing you
again if it wasn't necessary,

00:36:52.265 --> 00:36:54.661
and I would be keeping you but a moment.

00:36:54.781 --> 00:36:57.791
You're being very considerate.
Won't you sit down?

00:37:16.305 --> 00:37:21.125
Everyone's been most thoughtful
and why shouldn't they be?

00:37:24.985 --> 00:37:25.885
Forgive me.

00:37:27.725 --> 00:37:28.851
I'm all right now.

00:37:29.955 --> 00:37:34.861
What was it, Lieutenant? The state police
would like to have some information.

00:37:34.981 --> 00:37:38.705
They found some wavy skid marks
for quite a distance on the road,

00:37:38.825 --> 00:37:42.204
as if the car had been out
of control when it crashed.

00:37:42.324 --> 00:37:45.705
Tell me, was Mr. Williams
a reckless driver?

00:37:46.215 --> 00:37:50.245
Well, no. He was a fast driver,
but certainly not reckless.

00:37:50.365 --> 00:37:56.085
Well, uh, was he, was he a heavy
drinker? Quite the contrary.

00:37:56.465 --> 00:37:58.217
Well, what about his health?

00:37:58.505 --> 00:38:03.261
Could he have had a heart attack and
lost consciousness before the accident?

00:38:04.285 --> 00:38:07.065
Why, no, he was in perfect health,

00:38:07.205 --> 00:38:11.945
but he'd been working much too
hard lately and was overtired.

00:38:13.305 --> 00:38:16.425
Perhaps he fell asleep
at the wheel last night.

00:38:17.585 --> 00:38:19.205
Oh, poor darling.

00:38:21.235 --> 00:38:25.265
If only I'd been able to go with him
last night, he might still be alive.

00:38:25.385 --> 00:38:29.105
Well, maybe so and maybe not. You
mustn't blame yourself, Mrs. Williams.

00:38:29.225 --> 00:38:32.104
Fate plays an important
part in these matters.

00:38:32.625 --> 00:38:33.751
Your handkerchief.

00:38:58.165 --> 00:39:02.145
When's the next train to San
Francisco? Ten a .m. tomorrow.

00:39:03.105 --> 00:39:06.625
You sure there isn't one
sooner? No, I'm sorry.

00:39:44.785 --> 00:39:46.475
We have a circuit now, sir.

00:39:47.885 --> 00:39:53.142
Evanston. Calling Mrs. Margaret Hubbard's
residence in Evanston. One moment, please.

00:39:59.665 --> 00:40:04.425
Hello? Mrs. Margaret Hubbard?
Yes, who's this? Long distance.

00:40:04.865 --> 00:40:07.180
I have a call for Mr. James Torrance.

00:40:08.445 --> 00:40:09.345
Who?

00:40:10.045 --> 00:40:11.925
Mr. James Torrance.

00:40:12.745 --> 00:40:17.648
He's her nephew, Jim Torrance. The
call is for your nephew, Jim Torrance.

00:40:17.768 --> 00:40:21.529
I haven't any nephew, and I
don't know any Jim Torrance.

00:40:24.965 --> 00:40:27.593
Sir, Mrs. Hubbard says she doesn't know...

00:41:19.965 --> 00:41:21.404
What's the matter, son?

00:41:22.465 --> 00:41:24.280
Looks like you need a doctor.

00:41:25.605 --> 00:41:30.862
Doctor? I can't leave the station, but old
Doc Vandos is just across the road there.

00:41:33.285 --> 00:41:34.185
Yeah.

00:41:35.145 --> 00:41:36.045
Doctor.

00:41:36.365 --> 00:41:37.742
Think you can take it?

00:41:39.965 --> 00:41:40.865
Yeah.

00:41:41.705 --> 00:41:42.605
I'll make it.

00:41:55.625 --> 00:41:57.064
Now, take it easy, man.

00:41:57.885 --> 00:41:59.746
There's some concussion there.

00:41:59.866 --> 00:42:02.471
You've got to watch your step for a while.

00:42:20.705 --> 00:42:23.065
Walter Williams' beautiful widow,

00:42:24.485 --> 00:42:30.105
who by her own request sat alone in
the family alcove during the service.

00:42:37.785 --> 00:42:38.685
Smart.

00:42:40.545 --> 00:42:43.549
Someone might have caught
her licking her chops.

00:42:48.175 --> 00:42:50.175
(music playing)

00:43:03.745 --> 00:43:10.745
Hey, what's that? Walter
Williams. Walter Williams?

00:43:14.812 --> 00:43:17.565
What's that briefcase
doing here? He's dead.

00:43:17.685 --> 00:43:21.845
They did him a dirty trick, if he ain't.
Hey, now, wait a minute. Don't touch it.

00:43:21.965 --> 00:43:24.343
You better turn it over to the police.

00:43:44.725 --> 00:43:47.541
On my side, Captain
Callahan. Oh, yes, Chief.

00:43:47.661 --> 00:43:49.665
The dope just came in from Washington.

00:43:49.785 --> 00:43:53.905
The fingerprints are those of a James
Torrance. Yeah, I'm putting Quincy on it.

00:43:54.025 --> 00:43:58.045
Right? This sort of opens up a new
can of peas on the Williams accident.

00:43:58.165 --> 00:44:00.025
There's the FBI report on the guy.

00:44:00.145 --> 00:44:03.025
Playing with the lady's affection
seems to come natural with him.

00:44:03.145 --> 00:44:06.825
All you've got to do, Quincy, is find
him. Yes, that's all I've got to do.

00:44:06.945 --> 00:44:09.305
Last known whereabouts of
Jim Torrance was in a moving

00:44:09.390 --> 00:44:11.390
van somewhere between
Sacramento and Points East.

00:44:11.465 --> 00:44:12.365
East.

00:44:12.485 --> 00:44:14.405
Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.

00:44:14.525 --> 00:44:18.342
Last known address, care of his
sister, Mrs. Joseph Rossetti.

00:44:18.705 --> 00:44:20.457
Irving Apartments, Berkeley.

00:44:20.765 --> 00:44:23.831
Well, what are you waiting
for, Quincy? Let's go.

00:44:26.277 --> 00:44:28.905
Did Terrence leave any forwarding address?

00:44:29.025 --> 00:44:31.653
No, he said he was going to send it to me.

00:44:33.165 --> 00:44:34.479
Sorry to trouble you.

00:44:36.605 --> 00:44:40.605
Oh, Lieutenant, if you should
happen to hear from him,

00:44:40.725 --> 00:44:43.105
will you let me know? There's
an unpaid telephone bill

00:44:43.225 --> 00:44:48.965
and a bundle of laundry.
Laundry. Let's have a look.

00:44:55.510 --> 00:44:57.254
I may have to take this along

00:44:57.374 --> 00:45:00.079
with not without a receipt,
you don't. You mean

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:04.949
you don't trust the police in my business
you don't trust anybody mine too too.

00:45:07.085 --> 00:45:11.653
Holy St. Valentine's Day. Look, he had
the same thing on his shirts, too.

00:45:25.905 --> 00:45:31.445
Well, well, romance in your late tenant's
life. Did you ever see the lady?

00:45:32.045 --> 00:45:33.422
You know, I never did.

00:45:33.908 --> 00:45:37.725
But I always knew when she'd
been here, the wonderful curfew.

00:45:37.845 --> 00:45:41.287
I'll lay you tender ones.
She's a rich widow. Could be.

00:45:41.805 --> 00:45:44.246
Wait, I'll get you his telephone, Bill.

00:45:44.544 --> 00:45:49.329
Pretty fancy stuff for a hitchhiker.
Yeah, but he's a pretty fancy hitchhiker.

00:45:49.449 --> 00:45:54.357
According to the shirt maker, a certain
lady in the town had these made special.

00:45:54.477 --> 00:45:58.465
And they're just like her husband's.
Only his initials were W -W.

00:45:59.405 --> 00:46:03.725
Sort of smells, don't it, Cal? Now
take a look at this little item.

00:46:04.025 --> 00:46:09.265
That was also found in the
laundry. I for Irene and W for...

00:46:09.865 --> 00:46:12.931
Well, it could be for
Williams, too, couldn't it?

00:46:14.105 --> 00:46:15.005
Yeah.

00:46:16.485 --> 00:46:18.175
Homicide Callahan speaking.

00:46:20.665 --> 00:46:22.104
Hello? Oh, hello, Fritz.

00:46:22.865 --> 00:46:23.765
Hello.

00:46:24.285 --> 00:46:25.185
What news?

00:46:26.205 --> 00:46:27.105
Oh -ho.

00:46:27.945 --> 00:46:28.845
Any luck?

00:46:29.605 --> 00:46:30.544
Both days, huh?

00:46:31.425 --> 00:46:33.678
Swell. Have it typed up and sign it.

00:46:33.798 --> 00:46:37.645
This report of Fritz will be a
nice little topper for this pile.

00:46:37.765 --> 00:46:42.521
His check -up shows calls from Torrance's
phone to Williams' private number,

00:46:42.641 --> 00:46:44.805
and a flock of them going the other way,

00:46:44.925 --> 00:46:47.845
including one on the 7th
and several on the 8th.

00:46:47.965 --> 00:46:49.685
The eighth, in case you've forgotten,

00:46:49.805 --> 00:46:52.746
is the date of Walt
Williams' accidental death.

00:46:52.866 --> 00:46:55.846
Well, that ought to be enough to get
an indictment out of the grand jury.

00:46:55.965 --> 00:46:56.904
Go pick her up.

00:47:01.465 --> 00:47:03.551
I'd like to play a long shot first.

00:47:03.671 --> 00:47:08.142
It might give us two for one. Well take
him one at a time. A bird in the hand-

00:47:08.262 --> 00:47:13.209
He's not going to lead us to its mate I'd
like to give the lady a little more rope.

00:47:13.329 --> 00:47:15.415
Well, thanks. I thought you'd agree

00:47:15.895 --> 00:47:17.895
(music playing)

00:47:43.164 --> 00:47:46.105
Well, Lieutenant, you
just caught me. I'm glad.

00:47:46.225 --> 00:47:49.145
I have some rather startling
news I thought you should know

00:47:49.265 --> 00:47:51.080
before it hits the headlines.

00:47:51.545 --> 00:47:53.385
Come in. Thank you.

00:48:08.025 --> 00:48:10.482
I'm very anxious to hear about this news.

00:48:10.602 --> 00:48:13.059
It seems that your first hunch, remember,

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:16.715
that a hitchhiker was responsible
for your husband's death?

00:48:16.835 --> 00:48:18.033
Well, Mrs. Williams,

00:48:18.153 --> 00:48:21.285
you may have been right.
Why, I don't understand.

00:48:21.405 --> 00:48:25.905
Your husband's briefcase turned up in
Kansas City yesterday, in a moving van

00:48:26.025 --> 00:48:29.205
that had stopped at the scene
of the accident that night.

00:48:29.325 --> 00:48:32.025
Apparently, the murderer
made his getaway in it.

00:48:32.145 --> 00:48:36.640
That explains the wavy skid marks that
made us suspect your husband was ill

00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:39.368
or unconscious at the time of the crash.

00:48:39.665 --> 00:48:42.485
Yes, I... I suppose it does.

00:48:43.965 --> 00:48:48.845
And by now, the man is probably out of
the country and never will be found.

00:48:49.405 --> 00:48:51.345
Don't you worry, Mrs. Williams.

00:48:51.465 --> 00:48:54.005
There were fingerprints on that briefcase.

00:48:54.125 --> 00:48:56.805
And as soon as we get the
FBI report from Washington,

00:48:56.925 --> 00:48:58.065
his identity will be known,

00:48:58.185 --> 00:49:01.185
and his description sent
out on police broadcast.

00:49:01.286 --> 00:49:02.510
Oh, we'll find him, all right.

00:49:02.585 --> 00:49:06.245
But just know we're keeping things
quiet, so the murderer will feel safe

00:49:06.365 --> 00:49:08.743
until we are ready to close in on him.

00:49:09.305 --> 00:49:12.045
Yes, I can see the wisdom of that.

00:49:13.345 --> 00:49:16.474
Yes, I thought you would
understand and cooperate.

00:49:17.945 --> 00:49:19.697
As soon as we know his name,

00:49:19.910 --> 00:49:24.165
it is possible that you might
recognize it as someone with a motive.

00:49:24.285 --> 00:49:25.849
There's that possibility.

00:49:27.745 --> 00:49:31.375
You know I'll do everything I
can to help. I'm sure of it.

00:49:32.062 --> 00:49:34.586
Now I'll run along. You'll hear from me.

00:49:34.706 --> 00:49:37.925
I'll let myself out. Don't
bother. And don't worry.

00:49:38.925 --> 00:49:39.825
Good day.

00:49:42.695 --> 00:49:44.695
(music playing)

00:51:20.585 --> 00:51:21.485
$1 .35.

00:51:31.784 --> 00:51:34.725
See, everything after the
letter J in the first

00:51:34.845 --> 00:51:38.036
name has been obliterated
by heavy writing over it.

00:51:38.325 --> 00:51:43.565
The only impressed letters legible are
those between words or before them,

00:51:43.685 --> 00:51:46.425
like RNS at the end of this name here,

00:51:46.565 --> 00:51:50.365
and the Hotel Santa here
before the word Evanston.

00:51:51.983 --> 00:51:55.425
Well, Tom, don't you think
it's about time you retired?

00:51:55.545 --> 00:51:56.993
Why there isn't even evidence there

00:51:57.043 --> 00:51:59.247
of Mrs. Williams' intent to
communicate with Torrance.

00:51:59.297 --> 00:52:02.405
And who do you think she'd be to pass
through the telegraph office to wire to?

00:52:02.525 --> 00:52:04.590
The League of Decency? I'll
tell you what I think.

00:52:04.640 --> 00:52:07.130
That you should have brought her
in when I first told you to.

00:52:07.205 --> 00:52:08.170
By the time we get her now,

00:52:08.245 --> 00:52:09.610
she'll have figured out a
way to tip Torrance off.

00:52:09.685 --> 00:52:11.073
He'd be that much tougher to find.

00:52:11.123 --> 00:52:13.525
Not unless she's tipped
him off from your office.

00:52:13.645 --> 00:52:16.086
Ernie's got her on ice waiting for you.

00:52:31.865 --> 00:52:32.929
Pretty good, huh?

00:52:33.465 --> 00:52:35.530
Fastest go in little town, Idaho.

00:53:35.365 --> 00:53:38.556
Have a heart, son. You
trying to wreck that engine?

00:53:42.065 --> 00:53:42.965
Oh.

00:53:43.205 --> 00:53:45.605
Sure. It's a hobby of mine.

00:53:50.185 --> 00:53:52.876
The way you're going
at it, you can't miss.

00:53:58.125 --> 00:53:59.025
Here.

00:54:00.625 --> 00:54:03.566
I just can't let you ruin
that beautiful motor.

00:54:03.965 --> 00:54:04.865
Start her up.

00:54:18.765 --> 00:54:19.905
Okay, start her up

00:54:51.545 --> 00:54:55.800
You're certainly not a mechanic
by trade man's like that

00:54:57.185 --> 00:54:58.965
Maybe it's a hobby of mine.

00:55:08.025 --> 00:55:10.985
Gee, what happened to your head?

00:55:14.575 --> 00:55:17.585
Perhaps I was talking when I
should have been listening.

00:55:17.705 --> 00:55:24.305
Okay? Okay, by me.

00:55:30.065 --> 00:55:31.425
He's all right now.

00:55:34.025 --> 00:55:36.716
You better lay off though
till the boss gets back.

00:55:39.205 --> 00:55:40.105
I'm the boss.

00:55:42.905 --> 00:55:46.245
I guess the new cars are a
little bit over my head. Now

00:55:46.365 --> 00:55:48.145
with a jalopy, it's different.

00:55:48.265 --> 00:55:51.145
Aren't there any mechanics
around here you can hire? No.

00:55:51.220 --> 00:55:55.458
They all went over to the new factory in
Mansville. I guess they got better wages.

00:55:56.405 --> 00:55:57.725
Tough break. Yeah.

00:55:58.845 --> 00:56:01.160
How much do I owe you? Oh, forget it.

00:56:01.210 --> 00:56:04.485
Well, I'll be seven or one. Well,
at least have a cook in the house.

00:56:04.605 --> 00:56:05.731
You might as well.

00:56:05.781 --> 00:56:10.425
Marsha, can I use your phone a minute,
please? Sure. Help yourself, Uncle Ben.

00:56:10.545 --> 00:56:12.798
You never raised, but what it costs.

00:56:13.445 --> 00:56:14.884
650, please.

00:56:15.072 --> 00:56:19.765
Flat tired this morning. Now the danged
engine stalled on me. Nice and cold.

00:56:19.885 --> 00:56:23.465
Wilson's garage? No, I did not
give you the wrong number.

00:56:23.585 --> 00:56:27.585
Fine thing, using my phone to cheat me
out of repair bills. Aren't you ashamed?

00:56:27.705 --> 00:56:30.785
You gave me the wrong number.
There's six five -ohs.

00:56:30.905 --> 00:56:33.765
You're a nice girl, Marsha Peters,
and your ma's a fine woman.

00:56:33.885 --> 00:56:36.085
And I'll always buy my gas and oil here.

00:56:36.205 --> 00:56:39.396
But you ain't never gonna
tinker with my car again.

00:56:39.545 --> 00:56:42.485
Busy? Busy. Always busy.

00:56:43.585 --> 00:56:46.045
Wait a minute. We're not so busy.

00:56:47.385 --> 00:56:51.453
Would you like to do another good
deed and give Uncle Ben a hand?

00:56:52.454 --> 00:56:57.745
Why not? Where is your car, mister? Maybe
I can help you. Are you a good mechanic?

00:56:57.865 --> 00:56:59.865
Very good. And very reasonable.

00:57:00.685 --> 00:57:03.689
Well, just what you need,
girl. Better hire him.

00:57:04.925 --> 00:57:07.005
It's an idea, Uncle Ben. Come on.

00:57:11.325 --> 00:57:13.045
Thanks for the Coke. Sure

00:57:19.039 --> 00:57:22.170
Well, I got uncle Ben fixed
up all right Nothing,

00:57:22.290 --> 00:57:25.357
but a sticky carburetor
valve. Bye. I hope he paid

00:57:25.477 --> 00:57:30.654
you what for it only took a minute You're
certainly not money -conscious stranger

00:57:36.325 --> 00:57:39.021
This is no kind of work for a girl Well,

00:57:39.141 --> 00:57:43.658
somebody has to do it if I want to
stay in business, and I want to.

00:57:47.685 --> 00:57:50.939
Must be some business that
you're better suited for.

00:57:51.425 --> 00:57:54.053
Couldn't you lease this place to somebody?

00:57:54.585 --> 00:57:57.213
Sure. I did while my husband was overseas.

00:57:57.585 --> 00:57:59.838
But when he was killed in Okinawa...

00:58:00.614 --> 00:58:03.805
Well, we'd made a lot of
plans for the future here,

00:58:03.925 --> 00:58:07.625
and I had a hunch he'd like it if I
took over and tried to make a go of it.

00:58:07.745 --> 00:58:09.935
Takes more than a hunch to do that.

00:58:10.125 --> 00:58:12.847
I got along famously.
Business has been fine

00:58:12.967 --> 00:58:15.256
until lately when the help got short.

00:58:15.376 --> 00:58:16.304
Could be again.

00:58:16.925 --> 00:58:18.302
I had a good mechanic.

00:58:19.025 --> 00:58:19.925
Yeah.

00:58:20.645 --> 00:58:22.460
You sure need one, all right.

00:58:23.145 --> 00:58:25.460
Well, for Pete's sake, say yes or no.

00:58:28.145 --> 00:58:30.210
Do you want the job or don't you?

00:58:30.598 --> 00:58:34.165
You mean you'd hire me without
knowing anything about me?

00:58:34.285 --> 00:58:38.916
You can repair automobiles. What else
do I need to know? Except your name.

00:58:40.785 --> 00:58:41.685
Well?

00:58:45.525 --> 00:58:46.425
Why not?

00:58:47.125 --> 00:58:50.946
Sure. I'll try it for a while
until you get someone permanent.

00:58:51.066 --> 00:58:54.025
The name's Bill Walker.
Okay, Bill. It's a deal.

00:58:54.145 --> 00:58:57.720
And maybe if business gets real
good, you'll want to stay.

00:58:57.840 --> 00:59:01.415
Oh, don't count on it. Where'd
this go? On the rack? Yeah.

00:59:12.485 --> 00:59:14.385
It happened! It's a boy!

00:59:14.505 --> 00:59:17.205
Eight and a half pounds, a pair
of shoulders like a prizefighter.

00:59:17.325 --> 00:59:21.825
Well, congratulations, Papa! How's James?
Ah, perfect. Everything's perfect.

00:59:21.945 --> 00:59:25.199
I've got to get down to the
store and tell the gang.

00:59:25.865 --> 00:59:26.765
Almost forgot.

00:59:29.465 --> 00:59:30.785
Oh, gee, thanks, Ed.

00:59:35.005 --> 00:59:37.696
I'm sorry, I won't have
enough for the gang.

00:59:39.345 --> 00:59:40.245
Yippee!

00:59:49.005 --> 00:59:53.260
Maybe you can use this token from
the slightly delirious new father.

00:59:53.785 --> 00:59:54.685
Thanks.

00:59:55.225 --> 00:59:58.229
Say, we haven't settled
the matter of wages yet.

00:59:58.485 --> 01:00:00.863
Maybe I can't pay your regular salary.

01:00:01.395 --> 01:00:05.785
I suppose we leave that open till you find
out how much I'm worth to the business.

01:00:05.905 --> 01:00:08.405
Doesn't seem to be any business right now.

01:00:08.525 --> 01:00:11.985
Might be a good time for me to get rid
of this beard and find a place to board.

01:00:12.105 --> 01:00:14.965
We live right next door. I'll go
ask Mom. She'll know of a place.

01:00:15.085 --> 01:00:19.925
Sort of a peaceful house. I noticed
it this morning. Oh, gosh, I forgot.

01:00:20.045 --> 01:00:22.565
She's down helping Mrs.
Wilson with her canning.

01:00:22.685 --> 01:00:27.003
Mom finds homes for everything from
stray cats... To stray mechanics.

01:00:27.765 --> 01:00:31.185
Well, you're not a stray
anymore. more. I'll go phone.

01:00:35.945 --> 01:00:38.765
Pearl, 674, please.

01:00:40.605 --> 01:00:43.233
Hello, Ms. Wessler. May I speak to Mother?

01:00:44.045 --> 01:00:44.945
Hi, Mom.

01:00:45.685 --> 01:00:47.688
I've got some good news for you.

01:00:48.085 --> 01:00:49.962
I hired a man for the station.

01:00:50.605 --> 01:00:51.505
Yeah.

01:00:53.985 --> 01:00:54.885
No.

01:00:55.585 --> 01:01:00.445
Nobody we know. He's from,
he's from out of town.

01:01:00.565 --> 01:01:03.345
Needs to place a board. You got a good

01:01:03.465 --> 01:01:10.065
one up your sleeve? Okay.
Says you have to meet

01:01:10.685 --> 01:01:13.845
you first to come home for supper. Huh?

01:01:16.305 --> 01:01:21.259
And you like apple or cherry
pie? Cherry. Cherry it is mom.

01:01:21.379 --> 01:01:25.625
see you later now I I've
got to get rid of this.

01:01:26.452 --> 01:01:30.904
Hey, where's the nearest barber shop?
The one and only, just up two blocks.

01:01:31.024 --> 01:01:34.052
Tell Judd you're working
for me. When you get back,

01:01:34.172 --> 01:01:35.775
we'll close up and go home.

01:01:35.965 --> 01:01:36.865
Thanks.

01:01:43.505 --> 01:01:44.944
Well, that's real nice.

01:01:45.885 --> 01:01:48.889
You must have had a good
bringing up, young man.

01:01:48.890 --> 01:01:50.891
Thank you for the young man.

01:01:52.465 --> 01:01:57.405
We thank thee, O Lord, for thy bounty,
and ask thy blessing on this food,

01:01:57.605 --> 01:02:00.425
and on the new friend
who shares it with us.

01:02:01.885 --> 01:02:04.513
I hope you're good and hungry, Mr. Walker.

01:02:04.885 --> 01:02:05.886
Who wouldn't be?

01:02:06.315 --> 01:02:09.945
Marchese, like a sparrow, with
all the hard work she does.

01:02:10.065 --> 01:02:11.785
May I have your plate, please?

01:02:11.905 --> 01:02:15.665
Well, she can start taking it easy
now. The boss, the help. Thank you.

01:02:15.785 --> 01:02:17.865
She never Takes anything easy.

01:02:17.985 --> 01:02:20.985
Has to put her whole heart and
soul into everything she does.

01:02:21.105 --> 01:02:23.605
Well, now that you're through
with me, Mom, how about Bill?

01:02:23.725 --> 01:02:25.985
Have you thought of a place
for him to stay? Well,

01:02:26.105 --> 01:02:27.505
why can't he stay right here?

01:02:27.625 --> 01:02:30.066
We have a spare bedroom going to waste.

01:02:30.585 --> 01:02:32.775
And I think you'll like my cooking.

01:02:33.605 --> 01:02:34.505
Like it?

01:02:35.905 --> 01:02:39.945
That's very kind of you, Mrs.
King, but it seems an imposition.

01:02:40.577 --> 01:02:43.205
Imposition? Nothing. That's good business.

01:02:43.325 --> 01:02:44.885
I get back what I pay you in board

01:02:45.005 --> 01:02:47.758
and room. Well, Marsha,
what a thing to say.

01:02:48.025 --> 01:02:52.718
If you'd like to stay, we'd like to
have you. We have some more vegetables.

01:02:54.765 --> 01:02:57.145
Mrs. King, you have a boarder.

01:02:58.465 --> 01:03:01.218
May I have a biscuit,
please? Oh, excuse me.

01:03:06.685 --> 01:03:08.685
(music playing)

01:03:38.465 --> 01:03:42.345
It's wonderful the way tools seem
to come alive in your hands.

01:03:43.205 --> 01:03:47.842
You seem to sort of come
alive too, as though you got

01:03:47.962 --> 01:03:52.825
real pleasure out of working
with them. I do when you're

01:03:52.945 --> 01:03:59.185
doing a job with them, you can't
think of anything else. Bill,

01:03:59.305 --> 01:04:03.272
if something's bothering you
Why don't you get rid of it?

01:04:06.365 --> 01:04:08.430
What would you prescribe, doctor?

01:04:10.025 --> 01:04:13.154
Amputation. For that stupid
chip on your shoulder.

01:04:33.585 --> 01:04:36.964
What you need is a ring job.
Save yourself some money.

01:04:37.890 --> 01:04:42.089
Gee, Bill, with the baby and
everything, I just can't afford it now.

01:04:42.209 --> 01:04:43.938
Oh, we'll take care of that.

01:04:44.058 --> 01:04:44.958
Hey, boss.

01:04:46.925 --> 01:04:49.804
How's Ed's credit? Good
enough for a ring job?

01:04:50.662 --> 01:04:54.856
Well, sure, if I can hold Junior's
collateral. Oh, not a chance, fella.

01:04:54.976 --> 01:04:58.521
Never mind her. I'll do it on
my own time. Oh, thanks, Bill.

01:04:58.641 --> 01:05:00.590
People will see you tonight, huh?

01:05:05.505 --> 01:05:08.625
Some shoulders huh?
Yeah! Don't bother huh?

01:05:10.485 --> 01:05:16.065
Bye bye bye! Nice kids
hey, was Ed clowning

01:05:16.185 --> 01:05:19.650
about their being hard up?
No, things have been pretty

01:05:19.770 --> 01:05:24.105
tough for him ever since he got out of
the service. Fix a car for him Bill.

01:05:24.180 --> 01:05:25.813
And only charge him for the labor, okay?

01:05:25.863 --> 01:05:28.985
Then he gets it for free. I'd
already figured I'm knocking

01:05:29.105 --> 01:05:32.209
that off say we We could make
it an anniversary present.

01:05:33.665 --> 01:05:37.920
Anniversary of what? Junior's arrival.
Mine. Three months ago today.

01:05:38.337 --> 01:05:42.905
Time certainly flies. That was a lucky
day when you came to MP service.

01:05:43.025 --> 01:05:46.165
Your work's been bringing in a lot
of business. I'm glad of that.

01:05:46.285 --> 01:05:48.976
Hate it to have fallen
down on Mom and you.

01:05:49.096 --> 01:05:52.725
Say, look, boss, why don't we three
celebrate tonight and go to the movies?

01:05:52.845 --> 01:05:54.765
Ed said he and Jane were going.

01:05:54.885 --> 01:05:57.513
Well, that lets Mom out to be babysitting.

01:05:57.745 --> 01:06:02.125
I'd love to go, Bill. I haven't been
in ages. Here's your opportunity.

01:06:02.785 --> 01:06:03.705
Go to work.

01:06:08.485 --> 01:06:13.325
Extra! Irene Williams, held
for murder! Extra! Irene!

01:06:13.725 --> 01:06:18.731
This is Sheila Graham with the latest news
of the shocking Williams murder case.

01:06:18.851 --> 01:06:21.245
While beautiful Irene
Williams is held for trial,

01:06:21.365 --> 01:06:23.845
charged with conspiring
to kill her late husband,

01:06:23.965 --> 01:06:26.265
the police are searching
for James Torrance,

01:06:26.340 --> 01:06:28.013
believed to be the lover of Mrs. Williams

01:06:28.065 --> 01:06:31.695
and her partner in the horrible
murder of Walter Williams.

01:06:38.259 --> 01:06:41.302
If I'm handling your case,
my dear Mrs. Williams,

01:06:41.422 --> 01:06:43.906
I want one -third of everything you get.

01:06:43.956 --> 01:06:48.559
You're out of your mind. You don't
realize what I'll get as Walt's widow.

01:06:48.679 --> 01:06:51.474
Perhaps you don't realize
the spot you're in.

01:06:51.594 --> 01:06:55.745
Torrance's fingerprints were found
not only on your husband's briefcase,

01:06:55.865 --> 01:06:59.725
but, in a manner of speaking,
On your reputation as well.

01:07:00.685 --> 01:07:06.425
There's a detective named Quincy, a very
smart cookie. He isn't exactly for you.

01:07:07.325 --> 01:07:11.705
Frankly, Mr. Warner, I'm beginning
to wonder if my attorney is for me.

01:07:14.425 --> 01:07:18.545
Underestimating the enemy's
ammunition would scarcely be wise.

01:07:19.405 --> 01:07:22.722
Now, if we can get to trial
before Torrance is found,

01:07:22.925 --> 01:07:24.865
they'll never get a conviction.

01:07:25.565 --> 01:07:27.365
But... But what?

01:07:28.825 --> 01:07:31.805
If he shows up, we may have to fry him.

01:07:33.485 --> 01:07:34.385
Oh, no.

01:07:35.425 --> 01:07:38.241
Let's not cross that
bridge until we have to.

01:07:39.985 --> 01:07:45.225
But if it comes to a choice,
we're not going to burn, are we?

01:07:53.752 --> 01:07:57.945
I'll give the chatterbox this
afternoon. What about this afternoon?

01:07:58.065 --> 01:08:00.405
Oh, I'm sorry, boss. I guess
it was wool gathering.

01:08:00.525 --> 01:08:03.404
You're only supposed to
do that in the spring.

01:08:03.585 --> 01:08:06.185
Is there anything you don't know? Yes.

01:08:07.625 --> 01:08:10.191
What's San Francisco got that we haven't?

01:08:11.865 --> 01:08:13.885
Better newspapers, for one thing.

01:08:14.005 --> 01:08:17.679
Anyway, California's supposed
to be the land of opportunity.

01:08:17.799 --> 01:08:20.248
I thought that by now you liked it here.

01:08:20.725 --> 01:08:21.625
I do.

01:08:22.125 --> 01:08:25.725
Very much. It's a good town. Nice people.

01:08:26.485 --> 01:08:27.385
Swell boss.

01:08:28.065 --> 01:08:28.965
Thanks.

01:08:30.485 --> 01:08:31.565
We like you, too.

01:08:34.085 --> 01:08:38.904
No fooling, Bill. You'd be surprised how
many people ask questions about you.

01:08:39.945 --> 01:08:41.384
What kind of questions?

01:08:41.781 --> 01:08:44.785
Oh, where you came from,
do you have any family,

01:08:44.905 --> 01:08:47.785
do you like it here, and
are you going to stay?

01:08:47.905 --> 01:08:49.765
Al Knox asked me at the movie last night

01:08:49.885 --> 01:08:52.465
if you wanted to join the
volunteer fire department.

01:08:52.585 --> 01:08:54.650
Just interested, friendly things.

01:08:55.375 --> 01:08:59.385
I suppose it is natural for
people to wonder about a stranger

01:08:59.505 --> 01:09:05.705
who moves into their community like I
did. You know, I've been thinking, maybe

01:09:05.975 --> 01:09:09.165
it wasn't such a good idea,
you and I going to the movies

01:09:09.285 --> 01:09:13.145
last night. It's all right being
seen in the station here with mom.

01:09:13.265 --> 01:09:15.932
But... You get used to that in a town

01:09:16.052 --> 01:09:20.185
this size. They're always
trying to marry people off.

01:09:20.305 --> 01:09:23.865
You just ignore it, after
a while they forget

01:09:23.985 --> 01:09:29.585
about it. I'll go get
cleaned up for supper.

01:09:32.725 --> 01:09:34.725
(music playing)

01:10:31.245 --> 01:10:35.625
You know, I hate to tell you how many
years this Sunday takes me back.

01:10:35.745 --> 01:10:40.501
Did you always fall asleep during the
sermon? I wasn't asleep, Mrs. Peters.

01:10:40.685 --> 01:10:45.145
I merely closed my eyes to concentrate.
Oh, now that's what you call

01:10:46.025 --> 01:10:49.655
I had to nudge you to stop you
from nodding. You're quiet.

01:10:51.125 --> 01:10:53.503
You're disturbing my reminiscent mood.

01:10:54.585 --> 01:10:59.805
It even smells the same. Could be the
same bees buzzing in the same clover.

01:11:00.235 --> 01:11:03.785
As they say, you can take a
boy out of the country, but...

01:11:03.905 --> 01:11:05.908
A rolling stone gathers no moss.

01:11:09.845 --> 01:11:14.885
It has to stop rolling sometime, doesn't
it, Bill? Well, sometime, maybe.

01:11:17.505 --> 01:11:22.011
We grow a very becoming shade of moss
here in Larkspur, don't you think?

01:11:23.885 --> 01:11:26.013
We grow a lot of nice things here.

01:11:26.985 --> 01:11:28.299
Anyone in particular?

01:11:31.025 --> 01:11:33.716
You'll have to skip the
answer to that one.

01:11:34.045 --> 01:11:36.048
Someone tore it out of the book.

01:11:38.005 --> 01:11:40.070
You're married, aren't you, Bill?

01:11:41.645 --> 01:11:42.545
Yep.

01:11:43.725 --> 01:11:44.625
That's right

01:11:46.735 --> 01:11:50.005
You must have loved her
very much to have been hurt

01:11:50.125 --> 01:11:54.365
so deeply, to be so afraid
of someone, even yourself.

01:11:57.685 --> 01:11:59.312
Maybe it's better that way.

01:11:59.825 --> 01:12:04.025
And no one gets hurt. Bitterness
and hatred hurt everyone.

01:12:05.985 --> 01:12:07.265
Can't you see, Bill?

01:12:08.205 --> 01:12:10.548
They're like a, a wall that shuts out

01:12:10.668 --> 01:12:14.769
and all the sunshine from a garden
and lets everything wither.

01:12:14.889 --> 01:12:18.404
Make room in your heart for
something else, can't you?

01:12:21.005 --> 01:12:23.325
I guess this is my day for sermons.

01:12:25.605 --> 01:12:26.505
Sorry.

01:12:27.165 --> 01:12:31.733
As Mom would say, you never get rich
minding the other fellow's business.

01:12:35.045 --> 01:12:37.486
Hey, that's a fire! I'll be seeing you.

01:13:45.114 --> 01:13:49.745
Anybody home? In here, Bill. Mrs. Wesley
sent a couple of jars of peaches.

01:13:49.865 --> 01:13:52.618
Said you helped her can
them. Oh, thank you.

01:13:55.975 --> 01:13:59.685
When I delivered the doc's car, he
insisted that I have a bike with him.

01:13:59.805 --> 01:14:03.747
Where's the boss? Took a book
back to the library for me. Oh.

01:14:07.165 --> 01:14:08.065
What a day.

01:14:11.145 --> 01:14:14.086
Hey, what's the idea? Are
you darning my socks?

01:14:14.735 --> 01:14:18.885
Well, I thought a drawer full of
holy ones isn't doing you much good.

01:14:19.005 --> 01:14:22.760
I found it when I put fresh
papers in your bureau yesterday.

01:14:25.505 --> 01:14:29.385
You have a heap of things that
need mending, haven't you, son?

01:14:30.525 --> 01:14:31.589
Does Marcia know?

01:14:32.305 --> 01:14:35.725
Do you think I'd tell her?
This is your problem, Bill.

01:14:35.845 --> 01:14:39.145
Because I found out about it doesn't
give me the right to tell anyone else,

01:14:39.265 --> 01:14:40.266
not even Marcia.

01:14:41.395 --> 01:14:43.985
When you trust folks, you trust them,

01:14:44.060 --> 01:14:46.223
and you give them a chance
to work out things the way

01:14:46.273 --> 01:14:51.645
that seems right to them.
How can one little woman

01:14:51.765 --> 01:14:58.465
be so big? Don't forget, it's
a lot easier to be tolerant

01:14:58.585 --> 01:15:05.585
and understanding at 50,
than it is at 25. Yeah

01:15:06.165 --> 01:15:09.857
mom I'm going next door for a
while Grandma Thompson's ill.

01:15:22.165 --> 01:15:23.065
Mom!

01:15:28.705 --> 01:15:29.894
Bill, are you home?

01:15:34.385 --> 01:15:35.824
Bill, are you in there?

01:15:36.625 --> 01:15:41.845
Yeah. Mom went next door, Marcia. Hi. Do
you work awfully late? Oh, about six.

01:15:43.485 --> 01:15:44.424
Anything wrong?

01:15:46.065 --> 01:15:48.443
Come in. I want to tell you something.

01:15:52.125 --> 01:15:53.189
I'm checking out.

01:15:54.585 --> 01:15:57.225
Has something happened? No, just...

01:15:57.345 --> 01:16:03.305
I'm doing what I should have done a long
time ago. Moving along. But why, Bill?

01:16:05.685 --> 01:16:10.445
My name isn't even Bill. There isn't
any Bill Walker. I'm Walter Williams.

01:16:11.865 --> 01:16:13.429
The late Walter Williams.

01:16:15.845 --> 01:16:20.085
Walter Williams? I don't understand.

01:16:20.384 --> 01:16:21.385
You may not even

01:16:21.505 --> 01:16:24.745
after I've told you, but at
least you know the whole story.

01:16:24.865 --> 01:16:25.929
Sit down, please.

01:16:31.945 --> 01:16:33.705
Finally, Larkspur.

01:16:34.945 --> 01:16:35.845
And you.

01:16:36.765 --> 01:16:38.267
From there on, you know.

01:16:40.441 --> 01:16:43.483
I'm glad you're going back
to make things right.

01:16:43.603 --> 01:16:44.503
Going back?

01:16:45.065 --> 01:16:47.193
Wild horses couldn't drag me back.

01:16:47.243 --> 01:16:50.325
What are you going to do
about your wife? Nothing.

01:16:50.445 --> 01:16:53.585
You're going gonna let her go to trial
for murder? Oh, no, Bill. Why not?

01:16:53.705 --> 01:16:58.665
She tried to kill me, she and her cousin.
But they didn't. Who says they didn't?

01:16:58.785 --> 01:17:00.412
Let them try and prove it.

01:17:00.635 --> 01:17:04.525
No matter what your wife did, she can't be
tried for something that didn't happen.

01:17:04.645 --> 01:17:07.285
Oh, Bill, can't you see? But I can see.

01:17:07.405 --> 01:17:09.225
She deserves everything she's getting.

01:17:09.345 --> 01:17:13.005
The sorry part of it is they'll
never convict her. No, Bill.

01:17:13.125 --> 01:17:15.105
The sorry part is, you're
not big enough to take

01:17:15.225 --> 01:17:17.665
a hard jolt to your pride and to your ego.

01:17:17.785 --> 01:17:18.685
Sure.

01:17:18.805 --> 01:17:21.365
It hurts to be tricked and
cheated by someone you loved

01:17:21.485 --> 01:17:23.845
and believed in. But that
doesn't give you the right

01:17:23.965 --> 01:17:27.885
to take justice into your own hands,
to... Trample on the hearts of others

01:17:28.005 --> 01:17:31.485
and walk out on life. Life

01:17:33.445 --> 01:17:37.545
a barren, frustrated boyhood
a marriage to a woman

01:17:37.665 --> 01:17:40.985
who accepted my love, yet despised me

01:17:41.105 --> 01:17:44.484
so thoroughly, she
resorted to murder. I'll

01:17:44.604 --> 01:17:48.065
never think of our moments
together without nausea.

01:17:48.185 --> 01:17:51.065
I feel stripped bare, degraded.

01:17:51.425 --> 01:17:55.242
Because you've closed your mind
and heart to everything else.

01:17:55.965 --> 01:17:56.865
Even me.

01:18:01.605 --> 01:18:02.805
Oh, Bill, please.

01:18:06.013 --> 01:18:07.765
Don't destroy the one chance

01:18:07.885 --> 01:18:10.826
we have for happiness.
We haven't got a chance.

01:18:11.525 --> 01:18:14.825
Doing the right thing
never works out. I know.

01:18:15.314 --> 01:18:19.945
In this world, you turn the other cheek
and you get hit with a lug wrench.

01:18:20.065 --> 01:18:21.129
Forgive me, boss.

01:18:22.985 --> 01:18:24.174
Try and forgive me.

01:18:32.855 --> 01:18:34.855
(music playing)

01:19:07.465 --> 01:19:12.346
It's a boy! A pair of
shoulders like a prizefighter!

01:19:14.325 --> 01:19:18.705
You know, I hate to tell you how many
years this Sunday takes me back.

01:19:21.265 --> 01:19:25.145
You have a heap of things that
need mending, haven't you, son?

01:19:39.905 --> 01:19:41.282
Take care of yourself.

01:19:42.425 --> 01:19:43.325
Softly.

01:19:43.765 --> 01:19:47.545
Marjorie and me. Soft and
shook. Soft and shook.

01:19:49.985 --> 01:19:54.741
You're not big enough to take a hard joke
to your pride and to your ego. Sure.

01:19:54.861 --> 01:19:58.545
It hurts to be tricked and cheated by
someone you loved and believed in.

01:19:58.665 --> 01:20:02.645
But that doesn't give you the right
to take justice into your own hands.

01:20:02.765 --> 01:20:06.082
Trample on the hearts of
others and walk out on life.

01:20:06.885 --> 01:20:08.105
Oh, Bill, please.

01:20:09.025 --> 01:20:12.216
Don't destroy the one chance
we have for happiness.

01:20:19.825 --> 01:20:21.825
(music playing)

01:20:55.715 --> 01:20:59.065
Mrs. Peters was kind enough
to come along to substantiate

01:20:59.185 --> 01:21:01.785
at least the Larkspur portion
of what I've told you.

01:21:01.905 --> 01:21:05.034
Very thoughtful of you,
Mrs. Peters. Mr. Williams.

01:21:05.154 --> 01:21:06.585
When you read in the newspaper

01:21:06.705 --> 01:21:09.965
that the hitchhiker who
attacked you had been, well,

01:21:10.085 --> 01:21:15.216
a close friend of your wife for some time,
it must have been a great shock to you.

01:21:15.336 --> 01:21:18.885
I didn't come here to discuss my
emotional reactions, Lieutenant.

01:21:18.960 --> 01:21:20.797
If you need me for
anything further, Captain,

01:21:20.865 --> 01:21:23.569
my office will know where to
reach me. Let's go, Martin.

01:21:24.745 --> 01:21:26.151
Just a minute, Mr. Williams.

01:21:26.201 --> 01:21:28.761
We'll need your signed
statement for the grand jury

01:21:28.811 --> 01:21:30.619
when we ask for your wife's release.

01:21:30.669 --> 01:21:32.225
It won't take long to be typed.

01:21:33.565 --> 01:21:36.505
Yeah? All right.

01:21:46.425 --> 01:21:49.145
Come in.

01:21:50.505 --> 01:21:52.505
(music playing)

01:21:53.785 --> 01:21:55.365
Sit down.

01:21:58.845 --> 01:22:01.865
Now, Mrs. Williams, we have news for you.

01:22:03.225 --> 01:22:05.425
Really? I can scarcely wait.

01:22:21.645 --> 01:22:25.212
It seems it was Torrance who
was in the car when it crashed.

01:22:28.525 --> 01:22:29.425
Jim

01:22:31.825 --> 01:22:32.725
dead.

01:22:44.065 --> 01:22:44.985
You did it.

01:22:46.965 --> 01:22:48.005
You killed him.

01:22:49.465 --> 01:22:50.365
No.

01:22:51.445 --> 01:22:52.905
He tried to kill me.

01:22:54.125 --> 01:22:55.085
Thought he had.

01:22:56.385 --> 01:22:59.999
And he ran into the truck.
It was an accident.

01:23:00.119 --> 01:23:04.405
An accident? You wait all these months

01:23:04.525 --> 01:23:07.236
to tell this story? You let me rot

01:23:07.356 --> 01:23:10.792
in this filthy jail! You let
everybody believe you're dead!

01:23:11.925 --> 01:23:15.845
Pretty convenient, wasn't it?
A dead man can't be tried

01:23:15.965 --> 01:23:20.338
for murder. Mr. Williams. Perhaps your
your wife would understand better

01:23:20.458 --> 01:23:23.311
if you would explain to
her about the amnesia.

01:23:23.431 --> 01:23:26.165
Amnesia? Oh, don't tell me you believe

01:23:26.285 --> 01:23:29.085
he had amnesia. Where's he
been all this time? Just

01:23:29.205 --> 01:23:32.545
wandering around the days
tells us he's been in locks

01:23:32.620 --> 01:23:34.620
for a little town in Idaho,
working as a mechanic

01:23:34.670 --> 01:23:37.865
in a service station run
by Mrs. Peters here.

01:23:46.645 --> 01:23:48.225
I understand perfectly

01:23:50.565 --> 01:23:54.625
Now that my chance for
happiness is dead, I suppose

01:23:54.745 --> 01:23:56.825
you'll demand the divorce
I begged you to give me

01:23:56.945 --> 01:24:01.825
So that I could marry Jim
That's fantastic Yes, isn't it?

01:24:01.945 --> 01:24:04.585
After you telling us
that the man you picked

01:24:04.705 --> 01:24:07.225
up was a perfect stranger?
That's not true. The time

01:24:07.300 --> 01:24:10.985
and place for meeting Jim had all been
arranged. I must advise you, there's a law

01:24:11.105 --> 01:24:12.983
that a wife can't testify
against her husband.

01:24:13.065 --> 01:24:15.514
There's a law against murder,
too, but that didn't stop him.

01:24:15.605 --> 01:24:18.671
And nothing's going to
stop me until I'm through.

01:24:21.205 --> 01:24:23.208
It's all right with me, Captain.

01:24:24.785 --> 01:24:25.685
Go on.

01:24:26.965 --> 01:24:28.154
Talk your head off.

01:24:32.805 --> 01:24:35.638
I was to have gone with him to Denver.

01:24:35.758 --> 01:24:39.932
He insisted on it. Although I
was quite ill. Several hours

01:24:40.052 --> 01:24:43.265
before we were to leave,
he... He came home. There

01:24:43.385 --> 01:24:45.625
was a violent scene. He
threatened to kill me

01:24:45.745 --> 01:24:50.505
unless I agreed to give up
Jim. And I wish he had.

01:24:53.785 --> 01:24:58.525
This is incredible. Not one
word that she has said is true.

01:24:58.645 --> 01:25:02.487
Then you have nothing to
worry about. This is William

01:25:02.607 --> 01:25:05.625
was there a witness to the
threats you mentioned?

01:25:07.885 --> 01:25:12.105
No, unless the maid overheard.
She was in the apartment.

01:25:13.345 --> 01:25:17.475
In fact, she picked up the pieces
of the vase that he threw at me.

01:25:17.905 --> 01:25:18.969
Where is she now?

01:25:20.325 --> 01:25:23.829
I don't know. She left me
suddenly after all this began.

01:25:26.505 --> 01:25:31.485
Please, could the questions
wait? I feel rather ill.

01:25:31.605 --> 01:25:34.565
Will you have Mrs. Williams
ready for the grand

01:25:34.685 --> 01:25:36.625
jury at 10 o 'clock tomorrow morning?

01:25:36.745 --> 01:25:37.645
That's all.

01:25:51.845 --> 01:25:54.223
We're going to hold you too, Williams.

01:25:55.845 --> 01:25:58.098
On what charge? Suspicion of murder.

01:25:59.974 --> 01:26:02.524
But he's not guilty of
any of these things.

01:26:02.644 --> 01:26:06.795
Then it should be easy for him to
prove it. Take it down and book him.

01:26:06.915 --> 01:26:10.405
That fiction of Mrs. Williams
must have been very convincing.

01:26:10.525 --> 01:26:14.565
No, we just couldn't buy that yarn
you tried to sell us. Let's go.

01:26:29.045 --> 01:26:36.045
Extra, get your paper. Irene Williams
goes free. Extra, get your paper.

01:26:44.885 --> 01:26:49.505
tomorrow for the grand jury. Okay,
chief. Oh Tom. Don't miss a bit.

01:26:49.625 --> 01:26:52.505
Dig up everything you can on
Williams under Peters's name.

01:26:52.625 --> 01:26:55.385
You sort of believed Irene
Williams' story, didn't you?

01:26:55.505 --> 01:26:59.905
She made better sense than he did. Well,
sure, she's a better liar than he is.

01:27:00.025 --> 01:27:03.365
Don't forget, I went all through
her grieving widowhood with her.

01:27:03.485 --> 01:27:04.745
She's a bad customer.

01:27:04.865 --> 01:27:06.825
Well, that's for the grand jury to decide,

01:27:06.945 --> 01:27:08.725
and Williams insisted on letting her talk.

01:27:08.845 --> 01:27:13.601
So it's his funeral. Funeral, all right.
Especially with that yarn, he told.

01:27:14.525 --> 01:27:16.966
But my day is out of character for him.

01:27:17.360 --> 01:27:21.187
There's a few pieces missing
somewhere. There might be an Idaho.

01:27:21.307 --> 01:27:24.835
If it's not too much out of
character for you to get going.

01:27:24.955 --> 01:27:28.184
You're going to miss me, Cal,
when I retire next year.

01:27:28.304 --> 01:27:31.712
Maybe I'll turn private eye
and solve your cases for you.

01:27:38.185 --> 01:27:39.124
Hi, Williams.

01:27:41.145 --> 01:27:42.045
Mr. Williams?

01:27:42.165 --> 01:27:46.441
Thanks. Sort of deal from the bottom
here, don't you? Sorry, Williams.

01:27:46.561 --> 01:27:47.464
Okay, Williams.

01:27:54.765 --> 01:27:57.894
Well, not very good news,
judging from your faces.

01:27:58.225 --> 01:28:01.917
Well, Walt, the grand jury
returned indictment against you.

01:28:02.065 --> 01:28:03.755
Mrs. Williams was released.

01:28:06.365 --> 01:28:09.105
I see. Now, don't you worry, Walt.

01:28:09.225 --> 01:28:13.423
We'll have you back at work where
you're needed, and in short order.

01:28:13.543 --> 01:28:14.655
Come on, Eldridge.

01:28:14.775 --> 01:28:18.665
There's a visitor waiting far more
attractive than the old pogeys.

01:28:18.785 --> 01:28:20.365
We're just leaving, Mrs. Peters.

01:28:20.485 --> 01:28:25.425
But remember, don't hesitate to call on
me for anything. Thank you so much. Good.

01:28:33.625 --> 01:28:34.525
Hi, boss.

01:28:36.485 --> 01:28:38.362
Bill, what have I done to you?

01:28:39.265 --> 01:28:41.956
If it weren't for me,
you wouldn't be here.

01:28:43.485 --> 01:28:45.800
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be.

01:28:46.215 --> 01:28:50.417
I came back here because I wanted
to believe in the things you do.

01:28:50.537 --> 01:28:52.765
I still do, no matter what happens.

01:28:54.145 --> 01:28:55.960
Will you do something for me?

01:28:57.285 --> 01:29:00.476
Go back home, where I know
you'll be taken care of.

01:29:01.146 --> 01:29:03.984
Not a chance. You'll have
to think of a better

01:29:04.104 --> 01:29:06.202
reason than that to get rid of me.

01:29:06.322 --> 01:29:07.494
I'm a big girl now.

01:29:11.115 --> 01:29:15.665
I've just been to Larkspur, Williams,
where I found these newspaper clippings.

01:29:15.740 --> 01:29:17.577
Of course, some of them
are three months old,

01:29:17.627 --> 01:29:20.365
but you seem to treasure them,
so I brought them along.

01:29:20.485 --> 01:29:21.385
So?

01:29:22.005 --> 01:29:25.885
I don't think they exactly
substantiate your claim of amnesia.

01:29:26.005 --> 01:29:29.325
As if you were interested in
substantiating any claim of mine.

01:29:29.445 --> 01:29:30.965
Now, let's get one thing straight.

01:29:31.040 --> 01:29:32.509
Most people, when they get in a jam,

01:29:32.559 --> 01:29:34.985
think the police are only
interested in the prosecution.

01:29:35.105 --> 01:29:37.546
Our job is to get the facts, the truth.

01:29:37.666 --> 01:29:40.325
And the truth never hurt anyone
but the fellow that lied.

01:29:40.445 --> 01:29:43.685
Unless he was a beautiful woman. Oh,
quit kidding yourself, Williams.

01:29:43.805 --> 01:29:47.405
You made the boner. I had no more to
do with Torrance's death than you did.

01:29:47.525 --> 01:29:50.685
And out of the whole population
of Northern California,

01:29:50.805 --> 01:29:55.445
you just happened to pick up a hitchhiker
who happened to be your wife's boyfriend.

01:29:55.565 --> 01:29:57.255
I, have a heart, Williams.

01:29:57.375 --> 01:30:00.425
I suppose you'll tell the
truth when you take the stand.

01:30:00.545 --> 01:30:02.745
But you better have some
mighty conclusive proof

01:30:02.865 --> 01:30:05.105
if you expect the jury to believe it.

01:30:05.225 --> 01:30:06.289
Wait, Lieutenant.

01:30:06.852 --> 01:30:08.970
Bill, we all know you're not guilty.

01:30:09.090 --> 01:30:12.561
But we're going to need help
to prove it and need it badly.

01:30:12.681 --> 01:30:17.152
Lieutenant Quincy can't take sides, but
if we're right, he has to be on ours.

01:30:17.272 --> 01:30:19.273
And I have a hunch he wants to be.

01:30:21.145 --> 01:30:23.586
Why don't you tell him the whole story?

01:30:24.145 --> 01:30:26.025
All of it. Please.

01:30:29.365 --> 01:30:30.265
I'd like to.

01:30:31.325 --> 01:30:32.451
Quincy, very much.

01:30:36.425 --> 01:30:40.180
Guess I should have told the
whole truth in the first place.

01:30:40.545 --> 01:30:44.925
But I wanted to clean this mess up
with as little scandal as possible.

01:30:57.105 --> 01:31:00.605
Well? Well, no sign of the
lug wrench or anything.

01:31:00.725 --> 01:31:03.985
My dear Mrs. Peters, will you please
stop trying to be a detective?

01:31:04.105 --> 01:31:06.422
How many times do you
think the police have

01:31:06.423 --> 01:31:08.686
combed this spot for any kind of evidence?

01:31:08.806 --> 01:31:12.265
Now be a nice girl. Take Mr. Williams'
advice. Go back to Larkspur.

01:31:12.385 --> 01:31:13.386
What time is it?

01:31:14.523 --> 01:31:15.983
It's only four o 'clock.

01:31:16.033 --> 01:31:18.890
We still have time to go back to town
and go on our hunt for Sue Lynn.

01:31:18.965 --> 01:31:21.945
Now look here, young woman. You've had
me on the run since early morning.

01:31:21.995 --> 01:31:25.045
But Lieutenant, the maid seems
to be our only hope now.

01:31:25.165 --> 01:31:28.365
Now, we've got to keep looking till
we find her, that's all. That's all.

01:31:28.485 --> 01:31:30.945
Wait, she was naturalized, wasn't she?

01:31:32.085 --> 01:31:33.524
Suffering sharp sticks.

01:31:33.925 --> 01:31:38.578
Quincy, you dumb flatfoot. This Sue,
Sue, what's her name, was Chinese -born.

01:31:38.698 --> 01:31:40.933
If a port of entry was San Francisco,

01:31:41.053 --> 01:31:43.833
there'd still be a file
on her, photo and all.

01:31:43.953 --> 01:31:44.853
Let's go.

01:31:46.585 --> 01:31:47.485
Back to town.

01:31:48.505 --> 01:31:49.405
Immigration.

01:32:11.385 --> 01:32:14.326
I hope the council has
given us the right lead.

01:32:25.165 --> 01:32:26.291
Are you Ah -Singh?

01:32:27.305 --> 01:32:28.205
Understand?

01:32:29.245 --> 01:32:30.559
You're savvy English?

01:32:31.165 --> 01:32:33.585
Also French, Italian, and Hebrew.

01:32:34.965 --> 01:32:38.845
May one ask what is desired?
We're looking for Su Ling -Chung.

01:32:38.965 --> 01:32:41.601
A Chinese council said you were her uncle,

01:32:41.721 --> 01:32:43.499
and might tell us where she is?

01:32:43.619 --> 01:32:45.257
This daughter of my brother,

01:32:45.426 --> 01:32:48.305
has she offended the
honorable police? Oh, no.

01:32:48.425 --> 01:32:51.165
They just wanted to ask her some
questions about Mr. Williams,

01:32:51.285 --> 01:32:53.100
the man she used to work for.

01:32:53.785 --> 01:32:58.769
Our Singh's heart is heavy that he
cannot lead you to her, but things

01:32:58.889 --> 01:33:01.345
that are not known cannot be told.

01:33:01.525 --> 01:33:05.342
Well, if you hear anything of
her, report it to headquarters.

01:33:12.865 --> 01:33:17.308
Sunen, untruth is not good for soul
and not wisdom untold to policemen.

01:33:17.444 --> 01:33:20.385
Better for the soul to
be kind than to be wise.

01:33:20.505 --> 01:33:23.258
We must keep silence to
help in this matter.

01:33:28.185 --> 01:33:32.190
You know, you're quite a gal. In
case I haven't told you lately.

01:33:32.345 --> 01:33:35.036
You're just too easily
pleased, that's all.

01:33:36.205 --> 01:33:39.084
There must be a way out.
Why can't we find it?

01:33:40.305 --> 01:33:41.431
Oh, buck up, boss.

01:33:42.165 --> 01:33:43.604
Tomorrow's another day.

01:33:45.885 --> 01:33:47.512
Yesterday you go to trial.

01:33:50.545 --> 01:33:52.085
Oh, Bill, I'm afraid.

01:33:53.725 --> 01:33:55.665
And the state intends to prove,

01:33:55.785 --> 01:33:58.845
beyond any reasonable doubt, that
the defendant, Walter Williams,

01:33:58.965 --> 01:34:02.305
did, with malice of forethought,
kill the deceased James Torrance,

01:34:02.425 --> 01:34:04.625
whom he knew to be his wife's lover.

01:34:04.745 --> 01:34:06.705
And that with his victim dead beside him,

01:34:06.825 --> 01:34:09.225
he drove his car into the
course of an oncoming truck,

01:34:09.345 --> 01:34:12.205
jumping clear of himself some
seconds prior to the crash.

01:34:12.325 --> 01:34:15.605
And subsequently, he made his getaway
in the back of a loaded furniture van.

01:34:15.725 --> 01:34:18.585
And for three months, as Bill
Walker, he laughed at justice.

01:34:18.705 --> 01:34:23.345
what had imprisoned his unfaithful
wife for conspiracy in his own murder.

01:34:24.085 --> 01:34:27.485
But then he decided that
being dead cramped his style.

01:34:27.605 --> 01:34:29.705
He thought he could eat
his cake and have it too.

01:34:29.825 --> 01:34:33.705
So he returned, most anxious
to explain his long absence

01:34:33.825 --> 01:34:35.505
and to write the dreadful mistake

01:34:35.625 --> 01:34:38.504
that had imprisoned his
wife for three months.

01:34:38.920 --> 01:34:42.811
Ladies and gentlemen, it was a
cold -blooded premeditated murder

01:34:42.931 --> 01:34:46.214
and must be punished to the
fullest extent of the law.

01:34:46.334 --> 01:34:48.706
Call the first witness, please. please.

01:34:49.121 --> 01:34:50.185
Captain Callahan,

01:34:50.305 --> 01:34:54.525
did Walter Williams tell you what suddenly
cured his amnesia after three months?

01:34:54.645 --> 01:34:55.584
No, he did not.

01:34:55.659 --> 01:34:57.659
But he did tell you the
man that struck the blow,

01:34:57.709 --> 01:35:01.085
which caused the amnesia was a total
stranger, a hitchhiker he had picked up.

01:35:01.205 --> 01:35:01.770
Yes.

01:35:01.845 --> 01:35:05.029
And that he knew nothing of this man's
identity or relationship with his wife,

01:35:05.079 --> 01:35:07.285
until he suddenly
recovered from his amnesia

01:35:07.405 --> 01:35:08.745
and heard or read the details.

01:35:08.865 --> 01:35:11.618
That's what he said.
Oh, thank you, Captain.

01:35:12.585 --> 01:35:15.685
Your witness, Counselor. No questions.

01:35:17.125 --> 01:35:21.905
No. I saw no signs of amnesia,
but definite concussion.

01:35:22.845 --> 01:35:27.385
He was a bit evasive in answering
questions, but not vague or unsure.

01:35:27.719 --> 01:35:32.725
In your opinion, Doctor, could this head
injury have been caused by a fall? Yes.

01:35:32.845 --> 01:35:37.288
If the head had struck on some object,
such as a stone or a metal pipe.

01:35:37.705 --> 01:35:39.958
That's all, thank you. Your witness.

01:35:40.078 --> 01:35:42.465
Dr. Bender, are you familiar with a tool

01:35:42.585 --> 01:35:45.245
known as the lug wrench for
changing automobile wheels?

01:35:45.365 --> 01:35:49.705
I'm afraid I am, sir. I've had a
regular epidemic of flat tires lately.

01:35:49.788 --> 01:35:51.870
Well, then, in your opinion,
could this head injury

01:35:51.945 --> 01:35:54.925
which you treated have been caused
by a blow from a lug wrench?

01:35:55.045 --> 01:35:58.987
Yes. It could have been caused
by that, too. Thank you, Doctor.

01:35:59.037 --> 01:36:02.885
The ones with the earliest dates, you
will notice, are heavily creased,

01:36:02.962 --> 01:36:06.345
as though they'd been carried in a
wallet or a coat pocket. Thank you.

01:36:06.465 --> 01:36:07.525
Lieutenant Quincy,

01:36:07.645 --> 01:36:11.745
will you kindly tell the court where
you found these newspaper clippings?

01:36:11.865 --> 01:36:17.405
In the bedroom occupied by Mr. Williams
and Mrs. Peters' home in Larkspur, Idaho.

01:36:18.305 --> 01:36:20.683
Is this your handwriting, Miss Revere?

01:36:21.212 --> 01:36:25.405
Yes, sir, and that's the message,
at least our record carbon of it.

01:36:25.525 --> 01:36:27.966
Would you read it to the court, please?

01:36:28.845 --> 01:36:32.925
June 9th, 8 .32 p .m., message
for Mrs. Walter Williams,

01:36:33.125 --> 01:36:35.425
Penthouse D. Mr. Williams called,

01:36:35.585 --> 01:36:39.089
said he wants you to forget
all about a certain problem.

01:36:39.914 --> 01:36:43.105
That Softie is going to
take care of it thoroughly.

01:36:43.225 --> 01:36:45.290
Was there any other conversation?

01:36:46.685 --> 01:36:51.128
Well, I just asked if that was all,
and he said yes, she'll understand.

01:36:53.008 --> 01:36:56.325
And sort of laughed as if
it were a joke and hung up.

01:36:56.445 --> 01:36:58.760
Some joke killing the wife's boyfriend.

01:37:04.604 --> 01:37:07.045
That is a state versus Walter Williams.

01:37:07.165 --> 01:37:09.485
All around so far have
gone to the prosecution.

01:37:09.605 --> 01:37:11.485
And it was a grim -faced Williams

01:37:11.605 --> 01:37:13.585
who has returned to his
cell this afternoon.

01:37:13.705 --> 01:37:16.825
What the score will be after he
takes the stand is anybody's guess.

01:37:16.945 --> 01:37:20.700
But he's going to need some
lucky punches to get a decision.

01:37:20.820 --> 01:37:23.245
And though Torrance struck
with intent to kill,

01:37:23.365 --> 01:37:25.485
after telling you this
is from Irene and me,

01:37:25.605 --> 01:37:30.285
sucker, you still telephoned Illinois
to find out if there was a cousin, Jim.

01:37:30.405 --> 01:37:33.596
You are hard to convince,
aren't you, Mr. Williams?

01:37:33.716 --> 01:37:35.625
Is it so incredible
that a man should fight

01:37:35.745 --> 01:37:37.645
against believing such
a thing about his wife?

01:37:37.765 --> 01:37:39.045
Oh, that is very touching.

01:37:39.120 --> 01:37:41.324
From a husband who planned
a trip on which he intended

01:37:41.374 --> 01:37:43.345
to destroy his wife and
did kill her lover.

01:37:43.465 --> 01:37:44.245
That's a lie.

01:37:44.365 --> 01:37:47.265
Your Honor, I object to the
conclusions drawn by the prosecutor

01:37:47.385 --> 01:37:49.465
and move that it be
stricken from the records.

01:37:49.585 --> 01:37:51.925
But, Your Honor, there is a
corpus delecti, remember?

01:37:52.045 --> 01:37:54.986
Who was your wife's lover?
Objection sustained.

01:37:57.045 --> 01:37:58.825
There is also her own story,

01:37:58.945 --> 01:38:01.245
which in front of witnesses
you insisted she tell.

01:38:01.365 --> 01:38:05.025
And then we have your own two
different stories from your own lips.

01:38:05.145 --> 01:38:07.565
One featuring a perfectly
strange hitchhiker.

01:38:07.685 --> 01:38:10.045
The second, an equally
strange cousin, Jim.

01:38:10.165 --> 01:38:14.358
Without a question of all substantiation,
provide a bit of fiction.

01:38:20.545 --> 01:38:22.545
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01:38:56.225 --> 01:38:57.845
Follow the hill cab.

01:39:18.565 --> 01:39:19.525
Please hurry.

01:39:55.925 --> 01:39:57.925
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01:40:10.445 --> 01:40:11.345
Su Lin!

01:40:16.445 --> 01:40:17.345
Su Lin!

01:40:19.745 --> 01:40:20.645
Oh, Sing.

01:40:20.765 --> 01:40:22.305
You remember me, don't you?

01:40:22.380 --> 01:40:24.870
I was here with Lieutenant Quincy
from the police department.

01:40:24.920 --> 01:40:27.805
I just followed Sule in up the
stairs. I saw her come in here.

01:40:27.925 --> 01:40:31.885
You must be mistaken. I'm not
mistaken. She's here. I must see her.

01:40:32.005 --> 01:40:36.824
A thing, don't you understand, it's to
save a man from prison, even from death.

01:40:38.965 --> 01:40:40.404
I will send her to you.

01:40:43.045 --> 01:40:43.945
Young wife.

01:40:44.065 --> 01:40:50.665
Oh, Su Lin, we've been looking
for you all these weeks.

01:40:50.785 --> 01:40:54.867
Mr. Williams needs your help
so desperately. I cannot help.

01:40:54.987 --> 01:41:00.085
You must forget that you found Su Lin.
Forget it? But you're his only witness.

01:41:00.168 --> 01:41:02.290
You're the only one that
can help! Not as a witness,

01:41:02.365 --> 01:41:05.665
Only with silence can I repay
his great kindness to me.

01:41:05.785 --> 01:41:09.205
And my family in China. Why?
For I heard other things.

01:41:09.325 --> 01:41:13.585
that most unhappy day from Mrs.
Williams' bedroom. His voice pretty loud

01:41:13.705 --> 01:41:17.585
and angry. A flower vase broken
to pieces. He can explain all

01:41:17.705 --> 01:41:20.225
that. They do not believe
what he's already told,

01:41:20.345 --> 01:41:24.645
that I heard anything would
do harm. Don't you see?

01:41:30.005 --> 01:41:30.905
Yes.

01:41:33.685 --> 01:41:37.315
Much sorrow comes from women
who know not honor and truth.

01:41:37.545 --> 01:41:41.625
And Mrs. Williams, she's not
true even to that Torrance man.

01:41:42.726 --> 01:41:46.083
What made you say that? That
night when he was killed.

01:41:46.203 --> 01:41:48.627
Her sickness was but wall of falsehood,

01:41:48.747 --> 01:41:52.104
behind which she could go
secretly to a meeting place.

01:41:53.025 --> 01:41:53.925
You...

01:41:54.685 --> 01:41:56.750
You mean she went out that night?

01:41:59.085 --> 01:42:02.325
Sue Lynn are you sure? Yes,

01:42:02.445 --> 01:42:06.220
because next morning in her
bedroom I found street shoes

01:42:06.340 --> 01:42:09.085
that had been worn. Her
coat on the closet floor

01:42:09.205 --> 01:42:12.885
with the sleeves turned inside
out as though removed hurriedly,

01:42:13.005 --> 01:42:17.725
and in one pocket a door key to some
hotel. To Lynn that's it! Proof

01:42:17.845 --> 01:42:22.825
that she and Torrance had planned to meet
that night after he killed Mr. Williams.

01:42:22.945 --> 01:42:23.845
What hotel was it?

01:42:25.325 --> 01:42:27.905
Oh, I... I don't remember.

01:42:29.445 --> 01:42:30.345
The key.

01:42:30.865 --> 01:42:33.808
What did you do with it?
Returned to coat pocket.

01:42:33.928 --> 01:42:37.711
Come on. We'll get to Lieutenant
Quincy. He'll know what to do.

01:42:37.831 --> 01:42:40.353
And pray, Sue Lynn, every step of the way.

01:42:47.193 --> 01:42:48.445
Now hold everything.

01:42:48.565 --> 01:42:52.758
Even if this long shot don't work
out, we'll just keep on pitching.

01:43:07.905 --> 01:43:11.865
Room 302, Airport Hotel, Oakland.
Maybe we got our miracle.

01:43:11.985 --> 01:43:13.771
A special little Chinese one.

01:43:13.891 --> 01:43:18.571
It is to hope that Su Lin was of small
help to Mr. William. Come on, copper.

01:43:18.691 --> 01:43:21.997
Next stop, Oakland. I said,
little ladies hotel rendezvous.

01:43:22.715 --> 01:43:24.685
I was on night duty then, all right,

01:43:24.760 --> 01:43:26.597
but I sure don't remember
a looker like this.

01:43:26.647 --> 01:43:30.165
Quite a dish, eh? A little too highly
seasoned for my digestion, thanks.

01:43:30.285 --> 01:43:34.525
Lieutenant, we just found a couple
of cars for room 302 on June 9th.

01:43:34.645 --> 01:43:36.925
George Baxter, checked out at noon.

01:43:37.825 --> 01:43:39.585
Mr. and Mrs. J. Burns.

01:43:40.605 --> 01:43:41.785
Room not slept in.

01:43:43.065 --> 01:43:43.965
J. Burns.

01:43:45.505 --> 01:43:46.405
Burns.

01:43:46.525 --> 01:43:51.290
Look, Quincy, the handwriting on the card
is identical to that on the photograph.

01:43:51.365 --> 01:43:54.753
And here's a little boy of the same thing,
the cover -up telegram to Aunt Margaret.

01:43:54.803 --> 01:43:56.285
Now look at the impressions.

01:43:56.405 --> 01:44:02.445
Jay here, and here RNS. J Burns. That's
the name she started a telegram to.

01:44:02.690 --> 01:44:06.445
Room not slept in. Say, I got
that dame peg now, Lieutenant.

01:44:06.520 --> 01:44:07.908
She said they'd be out of the room

01:44:07.958 --> 01:44:10.849
by midnight as her husband
was catching a plane.

01:44:17.635 --> 01:44:19.386
This ties it all up, doesn't it?

01:44:19.387 --> 01:44:22.285
Yeah, like a greased pig.
What do you mean? We've got

01:44:22.405 --> 01:44:25.245
the evidence now, the proof.
Of what? Solon's theory

01:44:25.365 --> 01:44:28.265
the diary was playing the field?
This evidence only proves

01:44:28.340 --> 01:44:30.136
that she came here to
keep a date with a man

01:44:30.186 --> 01:44:32.905
named Burns. We can't even prove
that he didn't keep the date.

01:44:33.025 --> 01:44:35.785
But you know he didn't, there
wasn't any birds it was only a name

01:44:35.905 --> 01:44:37.465
that she and Torrance used! Fine,

01:44:37.585 --> 01:44:39.785
if you can prove that
Williams will be free,

01:44:39.905 --> 01:44:43.165
but none of this will
prove it. Sorry copper,

01:44:43.285 --> 01:44:45.105
but we are just up another blind alley.

01:44:45.225 --> 01:44:48.225
Welly yes sir? There's a
couple of sample cases

01:44:48.300 --> 01:44:50.178
from Mr. Sam Andrews.
Came up from the station

01:44:50.228 --> 01:44:52.638
this morning. Take them
to parla B right away.

01:45:11.925 --> 01:45:12.825
Be seated.

01:45:13.945 --> 01:45:17.950
Race of the State versus Walter
Williams. Proceed, Mr. Eldridge.

01:45:18.985 --> 01:45:22.085
Your Honor, we will call
Mrs. Irene Williams.

01:45:24.645 --> 01:45:26.522
Take the stand, Mrs. Williams.

01:45:36.055 --> 01:45:39.205
Raise your right hand. You
solemnly swear the testimony

01:45:39.280 --> 01:45:41.607
about giving this cause to be
the truth, the whole truth,

01:45:41.657 --> 01:45:43.791
and nothing but the
truth, selfie God? I do.

01:45:45.185 --> 01:45:49.585
Hey, what cooks? The
defense calling her? Mr.

01:45:49.705 --> 01:45:52.705
Eldridge, what's the purpose
in calling this witness?

01:45:52.825 --> 01:45:57.365
merely for purpose of
identifying handwriting now mrs.

01:45:57.485 --> 01:46:02.072
Williams, this photograph of you...
Was stolen from my apartment.

01:46:02.192 --> 01:46:06.005
So, according to the inscription,
"to Walt, my adoring

01:46:06.125 --> 01:46:09.245
and adored husband, Irene,"
this belongs to Mr. Williams.

01:46:09.365 --> 01:46:13.569
This is your handwriting, isn't
it? Of course. I'm touched

01:46:13.689 --> 01:46:16.025
that he should have wanted it so badly.

01:46:16.145 --> 01:46:19.432
And this telegram
addressed to Mrs. Margaret

01:46:19.552 --> 01:46:23.645
Hubbard. Was that also
your handwriting? It is.

01:46:30.105 --> 01:46:32.565
Now, Mrs. Burns, I mean, Mrs.

01:46:32.685 --> 01:46:37.437
Williams, This photograph is
inscribed, "to Jim, my adoring

01:46:37.557 --> 01:46:41.445
and adored, Irene." Did you
write this too? I... See

01:46:41.565 --> 01:46:44.345
no point in all this. Merely
answer counsel's questions.

01:46:44.465 --> 01:46:49.545
Did you write it? I did. And
these letters addressed to Mr.

01:46:49.665 --> 01:46:51.925
James Torrance did you write them? Yes.

01:46:52.045 --> 01:46:58.645
and this monogrammed garment
a gift from you to mr.

01:47:02.417 --> 01:47:06.985
Torrance why must I be tortured again
by all this? I never made any secret

01:47:07.105 --> 01:47:11.525
of my love for Jim Torrance that's why
he's dead. Your love for Jim Torrance?

01:47:11.645 --> 01:47:13.178
Yet on the very night he was killed,

01:47:13.228 --> 01:47:15.310
you had a rendezvous with
a man named Burns, didn't

01:47:15.385 --> 01:47:17.507
you? I don't know what you're
talking about. I don't

01:47:17.605 --> 01:47:19.585
know any man named Burns. I was at home

01:47:19.705 --> 01:47:23.665
that night, very ill. Oh yes, the sleeping
pills. Well, you must walk in your sleep

01:47:23.785 --> 01:47:25.703
then, for you spent at
least part of that night

01:47:25.805 --> 01:47:28.425
at the airport hotel in Oakland,
where you registered for Mr.

01:47:28.545 --> 01:47:31.045
And Mrs. J Burns. Don't
waste the court's time

01:47:31.165 --> 01:47:34.205
trying to deny it. This
is the registration card

01:47:34.325 --> 01:47:36.365
that you signed at 9 20 p .m

01:47:36.485 --> 01:47:40.925
and there's the room clerk who
assigned you to room room 302.

01:47:42.305 --> 01:47:45.965
And this, Mrs. Williams,
is the key to room 302,

01:47:46.085 --> 01:47:48.685
which you very carelessly
left in the pocket of a coat,

01:47:48.805 --> 01:47:50.485
which was found in your closet yesterday.

01:47:50.605 --> 01:47:54.172
All right, I was there. Now
are you satisfied? Not quite.

01:47:54.525 --> 01:47:58.082
This Jay. Burns, Mrs. Williams,
was his first name Jack? Yes.

01:47:58.202 --> 01:48:01.115
Have you been in contact
with him lately? No, no.

01:48:01.165 --> 01:48:04.308
How long since you've seen or heard from
this Jack Burns? Well, I don't know.

01:48:04.358 --> 01:48:05.085
I don't remember.

01:48:05.205 --> 01:48:08.025
In fact, she doesn't remember
because there isn't any jack burns

01:48:08.145 --> 01:48:11.285
and there never was. That was
an alias for Jim Torrance

01:48:11.405 --> 01:48:13.685
and it was Torrance who was
to have met you that night

01:48:13.805 --> 01:48:17.025
after your charming little plot to kill
your husband had been duly executed.

01:48:17.145 --> 01:48:19.905
It's not true! It's not true!
I have bad news for you, Mrs.

01:48:20.025 --> 01:48:24.765
Williams. I can prove it's true. These
pajamas, these letters, this picture,

01:48:24.885 --> 01:48:29.205
all of which you identified for the
court, were found in this suitcase,

01:48:29.325 --> 01:48:34.945
which is full of the clothes and personal
belongings of Mr. James Torrance

01:48:35.065 --> 01:48:37.838
And the suitcase was
found in the baggage room

01:48:37.958 --> 01:48:41.325
of the airport hotel, where
it's been held since June 9th,

01:48:41.445 --> 01:48:44.725
and it says on this tag, in large print,

01:48:44.845 --> 01:48:50.645
"hold for Jack Burns." That
is all. Mrs. Williams.

01:48:54.005 --> 01:48:59.096
Just a moment Mrs. Williams. Your honor,
in view of the evidence presented,

01:48:59.216 --> 01:49:03.105
we now ask for a dismissal of the
state's case against Walter Williams,

01:49:03.225 --> 01:49:07.305
And we intend to charge Irene Williams
with conspiracy to commit murder

01:49:07.425 --> 01:49:10.065
against her husband, Walter Williams. Oh

01:49:10.185 --> 01:49:16.785
Oh no!

01:49:22.125 --> 01:49:29.125
until two o 'clock well that's that
Walt congratulations Mr. Williams.

01:49:31.735 --> 01:49:33.825
I haven't the words for it, Quincy,

01:49:33.945 --> 01:49:36.698
but we could never have
made it without you.

01:49:36.818 --> 01:49:37.905
Ah, sure you could.

01:49:38.025 --> 01:49:41.125
You know, son, right always wins
if you give it a little push,

01:49:41.200 --> 01:49:43.853
especially when you get a copper
like this one to do the pushing.

01:49:43.903 --> 01:49:45.105
Well, I'll be seeing you.

01:49:45.186 --> 01:49:47.390
You know, it'll seem kind of
strange being able to eat

01:49:47.465 --> 01:49:51.220
and sleep without someone getting
in your hair all the time.

01:49:51.340 --> 01:49:55.685
Oh, fine, Walt. We're looking forward
to having your hand on the wheel again.

01:49:55.760 --> 01:49:58.127
The Denver Denver plants are
waiting for you to open them.

01:49:58.177 --> 01:50:00.065
You think you can make it in the morning?

01:50:00.185 --> 01:50:02.505
How about it, Counselor?
You bet you can. Oh,

01:50:02.625 --> 01:50:04.753
good. Well, I'll be running along.

01:50:06.705 --> 01:50:08.895
Well, you think you like Denver?

01:50:09.745 --> 01:50:11.145
It's okay by me, boss.

01:50:12.325 --> 01:50:13.225
Yes.

01:50:14.045 --> 01:50:14.945
Impact.

01:50:15.285 --> 01:50:18.351
The force with which two
lives can come together.

01:50:18.705 --> 01:50:19.905
Sometimes for evil.

01:50:20.905 --> 01:50:22.094
Sometimes for good.

01:50:25.125 --> 01:50:27.125
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