Approved | 1h 11min | Horror, Mystery, Drama, Romance | 14 December 1955 (USA)
Wealthy John Preston arrives in small town Deanbridge. He invests in local businesses and gets involved in community affairs. Eventually, he meets a local belle, Sally, and wins her from her current boyfriend. She agrees to marry him. Then, he begins to have strange dreams about Sylvia, a beautiful woman from his past, who comes to Deanbridge to blackmail him. In his dream, Preston strangles the scheming woman, but is then confronted by a strange Frenchman. He tells his dream to Dr. Walton, who feels Preston is suppressing things in his past, and should regain his memory before marrying Sally.
Director: David MacDonald
Writer: Paul Tabori
Stars: Betta St. John, Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee
Wealthy John Preston arrives in small town Deanbridge. He invests in local businesses and gets involved in community affairs. Eventually, he meets a local belle, Sally, and wins her from her current boyfriend. She agrees to marry him. Then, he begins to have strange dreams about Sylvia, a beautiful woman from his past, who comes to Deanbridge to blackmail him. In his dream, Preston strangles the scheming woman, but is then confronted by a strange Frenchman. He tells his dream to Dr. Walton, who feels Preston is suppressing things in his past, and should regain his memory before marrying Sally.
Director: David MacDonald
Writer: Paul Tabori
Stars: Betta St. John, Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee
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00:03:00Did you get my last one?
00:03:02I did.
00:03:03I don't think you should rhyme lips with eclipse.
00:03:06Madam, you have no soul for poetry.
00:03:08Of course I have.
00:03:10If it's good.
00:03:13I taught the boy all I knew.
00:03:15Mark, you has left me far behind.
00:03:17I could never have played the game.
00:03:19Don't you think Fanny looks awfully pretty tonight?
00:03:21Pink always suited her particularly.
00:03:23How about giving me something for the paper, Dick?
00:03:26I'm still short of half a column of local news.
00:03:28News?
00:03:29Even if I had any, I wouldn't dream of giving it to you, Joe.
00:03:32Not since you printed that piece about the loan we refused to.
00:03:35A duty of an editor is to his public.
00:03:37Or within the law, liable, of course.
00:03:39And you didn't give it to me. I dug it up with something.
00:03:41Yeah, but you could have asked me first.
00:03:43Now, no arguments, you two.
00:03:45More coffee, Dick.
00:03:47Thank you, my dear.
00:03:49Mmm, love your new hairstyle.
00:03:51Makes you twice as pretty.
00:03:52Does it?
00:03:53And maybe I wasn't so pretty before.
00:03:55Mmm, that's not exactly what I meant.
00:03:57What did you mean?
00:03:59What about tomorrow night, Sal?
00:04:00There's a new picture on at the local...
00:04:01I don't know. Mother wants me to go with her to a meeting.
00:04:05Excuse me.
00:04:09You have a mania for privacy, Dick.
00:04:12You know, a banker's bound by the rules of his profession.
00:04:15If we gossiped about our client's business, how could they trust us?
00:04:18All right, tell us, how's business in general?
00:04:21But you won't quote me?
00:04:22Oh, I thought so.
00:04:24You thought what?
00:04:25Nothing ever happens in Deanbridge.
00:04:27Nothing at all.
00:04:28The rest of the world is full of terrible and exciting events,
00:04:31but we are barely alive.
00:04:33My son wins the golf championship,
00:04:35your daughter has a new dress,
00:04:36Mrs. Stanford bakes a new cake for the women...
00:04:38And what's wrong with that?
00:04:40I bake very nice cakes.
00:04:42Nothing. Nothing at all.
00:04:43Oh, except when a barn catches fire,
00:04:46or perhaps somebody gets drunk and it's a front-page sensation.
00:04:50Isn't that as it should be?
00:04:51At least all our troubles are small.
00:04:53That should make us all feel happy.
00:04:55It doesn't make me happy. I've got a paper to get out.
00:04:59Bob, this is the third time you've cut in after one minute,
00:05:02and they'll start talking.
00:05:03About the two of us? I hope so.
00:05:05Oh, you're horrible.
00:05:06Tomorrow night?
00:05:07You can always try.
00:05:11Is it true that Elliot's are closing the factory?
00:05:13Why don't you ask them?
00:05:14I did, but they wouldn't talk.
00:05:15I've heard that half the orders have fallen off,
00:05:18and the men are standing idle.
00:05:19You're a very transparent man, Joe.
00:05:21And even though we've been friends for 30 years...
00:05:2340.
00:05:24Don't forget, we were eight years of school together.
00:05:27Joe, we need new blood in this town,
00:05:29new capital, new enterprise.
00:05:31But where's it to come from?
00:05:32It's only the big cities that attract it.
00:05:34Who would come to Dean Bridge as an investor?
00:05:36Why not?
00:05:37We've got certain advantages.
00:05:38We're on the main line.
00:05:39We've got lovely countryside.
00:05:41Why shouldn't people come and settle down here?
00:05:43Now, don't quote the pamphlet you wrote for the Chamber of Commerce, Joe.
00:05:46Plenty of towns have the same assets.
00:05:48Hello, Mr. Newton.
00:05:49Hello, my dear.
00:05:50Enjoying yourself?
00:05:51Yes, thank you.
00:05:52Congratulations, young man.
00:05:53I only hope golf won't go to your head.
00:05:55You ought to leave room for other things.
00:05:57Customers accounts, for instance.
00:05:59Would you like to dance, my dear?
00:06:14Morning. Can I see the manager, please?
00:06:16I'll see him, Mr. Zanvita-Sriza.
00:06:18What name shall I say?
00:06:19Preston. John Preston.
00:06:21Just a moment, sir.
00:06:23Mr. Stanford will see you now, sir.
00:06:25This way, please.
00:06:26Thank you very much.
00:06:27Morning. Can I see the manager, please?
00:06:30I'll see if Mr Sanford is free, sir. What name shall I say?
00:06:33Preston. John Preston.
00:06:35Just a moment, sir.
00:06:47Mr Sanford will see you now, sir. This way, please.
00:06:50Thank you very much.
00:06:57Mr Preston, sir.
00:06:59Hello, Mr Preston. Mr Sanford.
00:07:01Do sit down.
00:07:03Well, all this appears to be most satisfactory.
00:07:07Well, now you'll want a deposit and a drawing account.
00:07:12Whatever you suggest, Mr Sanford.
00:07:14Of course, in the countries where I spent the years since the war, I've done most of my transactions in cash,
00:07:18but perhaps that isn't customary here.
00:07:20Not often, unless you're in the black market.
00:07:23I'm afraid I wouldn't know where to find that.
00:07:25No, no, of course not. You plan to settle in Deanbridge, then?
00:07:28Yes, if I like it sufficiently.
00:07:30Well, I hope you will. I was telling a friend of mine only a short time ago that we need some new blood in our town.
00:07:35It's a very attractive town.
00:07:37Do you think so?
00:07:39Forgive the personal question, but how did you come to think of Deanbridge, Mr Preston?
00:07:43Well, I'm a man of very sudden impulses, Mr Sanford.
00:07:46With me, the first thoughts are always the best and the decisive ones.
00:07:49Whatever success I may have had in life, I owe to that.
00:07:52Yes?
00:07:53During the war in Africa, I had a friend who came from Deanbridge.
00:07:56At least, he was always talking about the forest, the fishing, the home-brewed cider, kindness and simplicity of the people.
00:08:02When he died, I was with him.
00:08:05And then later, when I got a little tired of roaming about, the name of Deanbridge came into my mind.
00:08:09So, having fun, I thought I'd come down here and take a look at it.
00:08:12Well, that's very interesting, Mr Preston.
00:08:16You see, in the years that I've spent away since the war,
00:08:20I've seen a little bit too much of noise and excitement.
00:08:24That's the reason I came back here, for some peace and quiet.
00:08:27I'm not altogether the idle type, so I guess something will turn up to keep me occupied.
00:08:31Oh, I'm sure it will.
00:08:33In the meantime, if I can be of any help, just let me know.
00:08:36I certainly will. Thank you very much.
00:08:38Goodbye, Mr Preston.
00:08:39Goodbye.
00:08:41Oh, Bob, see that this Swiss draft is cleared and these securities deposited.
00:08:47And, Bob, a bank employee is not supposed to express any opinions about the size or state of a client's account
00:08:53unless authorized by the bank and in the course of his duties.
00:08:56Yes, Mr Sandman.
00:08:57It wasn't an opinion, it was just sheer envy.
00:08:59Yes, quite.
00:09:01It's all very well to say you're not interested,
00:09:03but they've been shutting your father's study for almost two hours.
00:09:07You know what your father is…
00:09:09I'll have to get it up on him.
00:09:10Noted, my dear old chap.
00:09:28capacitance is good.
00:09:29I'll have to get it out of him with a chisel.
00:09:31Oh, must be some sort of a business discussion.
00:09:34I know that.
00:09:35For what business can be so urgent that this Mr. Preston turns up at the house right after dinner?
00:09:40Couldn't it have been settled at the bank?
00:09:42Your poor father needs a rest like anybody else.
00:09:46In Dad's mind?
00:09:48Isn't Bobby coming in tonight?
00:09:50Don't call him Bobby.
00:09:52And he isn't.
00:09:53Don't snap off my head, dear. I only asked a simple question.
00:09:58Why shouldn't I call Mr. Newton Bobby?
00:10:01Because it makes him sound like, well, what he is, immature and a little ridiculous.
00:10:07Sally, I don't know what's got into you.
00:10:09You seemed to like him well enough only a week ago.
00:10:12That was a week ago.
00:10:16And at your age, that's practically a lifetime.
00:10:19Well, I suppose you'll make it up.
00:10:21I'll be at the bank tomorrow at ten, but I rather wanted to get this bid in first thing in the morning.
00:10:25I do hope that you'll forgive the intrusion.
00:10:27Oh, don't mention it. This is important, and I'm glad to be of help.
00:10:30I hope I haven't spoilt your evening, Miss Sanford.
00:10:33Or yours, Mrs. Sanford.
00:10:35I do realize how much you must value these peaceful family occasions.
00:10:38Having no home of my own, I'd rather forget how pleasant they can be.
00:10:41Oh, don't you worry about us, Mr. Preston.
00:10:43Dick often brings his work home.
00:10:45We're used to being alone.
00:10:47I still feel a little guilty. Perhaps I can make amends.
00:10:50I've got two seats for the music festival that starts next Saturday.
00:10:53Perhaps you'd like to come to the first concert with me and then have dinner afterwards.
00:10:56Well, I'm not a great lover of music myself, I'm ashamed to say that.
00:11:01Sally? Sally's quite a pianist.
00:11:04She goes regularly.
00:11:06What about it, Miss Sanford?
00:11:08Didn't you mention going to the music festival, Sally?
00:11:11Well, I wanted to, but...
00:11:14Well, I wanted to, but...
00:11:17Why don't you let me take you then?
00:11:19Thank you, Mr. Preston. That's most kind of you.
00:11:22Fine. Fine. Well, I'll call for you in the car around five on Saturday.
00:11:26Good night.
00:11:27Good night.
00:11:28Good night, Mr. Preston.
00:11:32Well, isn't that nice of Mr. Preston?
00:11:34It'll do you good to have a day out.
00:11:36It needn't have been so obvious.
00:11:38Obvious?
00:11:40But I thought it would please you.
00:11:43I'm sorry, Mother. I'm in an awful temper today.
00:11:45Of course I'm pleased.
00:11:48Now I think I'd better take my nasty temper up to bed.
00:12:06How's that?
00:12:07I want to move in on Monday.
00:12:09You drove a hard bargain, Preston.
00:12:11That's a strange remark for a banker to make.
00:12:13I mean, you're all supposed to have first mortgages
00:12:16where ordinary people wear their hearts.
00:12:18Well, you see, the Elliott family has been in Deanbridge for 200 years.
00:12:22That factory of theirs was started over a century ago.
00:12:25Yes, and seemed to be run along the same lines as in 1800-and-something.
00:12:28Now, I'm sorry, I've got no sympathy for such people.
00:12:30They're like...
00:12:31They're like people who crawl on the roads,
00:12:33just as dangerous as the speeders.
00:12:35Progress is necessary, I agree.
00:12:38Still, the Elliotts could have got a much better price if they'd waited.
00:12:41Well, I knew they couldn't afford to wait,
00:12:43so whatever price they might have got is quite immaterial.
00:12:46However, please don't think that I'm not very grateful
00:12:48for all the help that you've given me.
00:12:50You've certainly wasted no time, Preston.
00:12:52Less than two months in Deanbridge,
00:12:54bought an office building, a factory, a farm,
00:12:56doubled one investment, made a good profit on another.
00:12:59I told you once it was me the first thoughts were the best, didn't I?
00:13:02Well, this is only the beginning.
00:13:04You and I are going to make Deanbridge a hive of industry yet.
00:13:07I'm sorry.
00:13:14Fowler?
00:13:15I have the cheque.
00:13:17You can complete the transfer papers now.
00:13:19Yes, he wants to move in Monday.
00:13:21Not losing any time.
00:13:23And he wants this missile notices sent to every employee.
00:13:26Intends to rehire some of them, but entirely at his own discretion.
00:13:29All right?
00:13:31Is it true, Dick?
00:13:33I wish you wouldn't burst in like this, Joe.
00:13:35Is what true?
00:13:36Well, that Preston's bought the Elliott factory,
00:13:38that he's going to manufacture some new synthetic material
00:13:40that he's dismissing all the old employees.
00:13:42Are you asking questions or telling me?
00:13:44This is news, news at last.
00:13:46I've got something real I can write about.
00:13:48Well, there has been a sale.
00:13:50The rest you must find out from the principals, not from me.
00:13:52Oh, you bankers are like clams.
00:13:54By the way, don't you think we ought to put Preston up
00:13:56at the town council for the next election?
00:13:58And how about the next election?
00:14:00And how about inviting him to sit on the hospital board?
00:14:02We've got to show our gratitude somehow.
00:14:04Well, let's wait and see, Joe.
00:14:06Curb your enthusiasm.
00:14:08After all, Preston is a newcomer.
00:14:10Let's reserve judgment until he fully proves himself.
00:14:12I thought he'd done that to your satisfaction.
00:14:14Well, his financial standing is sound.
00:14:16His plans, though unusual, show considerable vision.
00:14:19But I'd like to reserve my judgment a little longer.
00:14:22Yeah, spoken like a founder member of society of bankers.
00:14:26Oh, very well, I'll go and put my paper to bed.
00:14:30It's very exciting this week.
00:14:32Somebody's stolen a couple of ducks.
00:15:00Oh, good evening, Mrs. Sanford.
00:15:02Hi, Bob. How nice of you to drop in.
00:15:05Where's Sally?
00:15:07Didn't you know?
00:15:09She's gone to the festival concert with Mr. Preston.
00:15:12Oh.
00:15:14But she promised.
00:15:16She promised.
00:15:18She promised.
00:15:20She promised.
00:15:22She promised.
00:15:24She promised.
00:15:26She promised.
00:15:28But she promised.
00:15:30I'm sure if she knew she had a previous engagement with you,
00:15:33she wouldn't have forgotten.
00:15:35It wasn't exactly that.
00:15:37I told her I might get a couple of tickets to that amateur show over at Wallingham.
00:15:42I only got them at the last moment.
00:15:44Well, these things sometimes happen.
00:15:47And you know how fun a music Sally is.
00:15:50Yes, I guess I will.
00:15:53Well, I'd better be going.
00:15:55Good night, Bob.
00:15:58And don't take it to heart.
00:16:00Really don't.
00:16:02There are lots of pretty girls in Deanbridge.
00:16:04Why don't you phone Dorothy Gregg?
00:16:06I know she'd be glad to...
00:16:08Yes. Well, good night, Mrs. Sanford.
00:16:15Bouteille de Chambartin, 45.
00:16:17Oui, monsieur.
00:16:19If I said something, you'd suddenly look rather surprised.
00:16:23No, it's...
00:16:25Well, you speak French.
00:16:27Like a native.
00:16:29I can assure you any native would know I wasn't a Frenchman in five seconds.
00:16:31But sometimes it does help.
00:16:33Did you enjoy the concert?
00:16:35I loved every minute of it.
00:16:37Excuse me, sir, but there has been a mistake.
00:16:39A mistake?
00:16:41Yes, your table. It has been reserved.
00:16:43You shouldn't have been seated here at all.
00:16:45So if you would care to move to the upstairs...
00:16:47I care to do nothing of the sort.
00:16:49But, sir...
00:16:51There was no reserved sign on this table when we came in.
00:16:53That is most regrettable.
00:16:56What is most regrettable is your lack of efficiency and bad manners.
00:16:58I don't care if the people who reserved this table eat in the kitchen.
00:17:00Well, really, sir.
00:17:02You heard me. I want no argument.
00:17:04This is our table, and I intend to keep it.
00:17:10Yes, sir.
00:17:15You must forgive the show of temperament.
00:17:17I just cannot bear being bullied by people of that type.
00:17:19It's all right.
00:17:21I just wondered...
00:17:23Yes?
00:17:25Do you feel strongly about everything?
00:17:27Everything worthwhile, yes.
00:17:29Like a restaurant table?
00:17:31It's a matter of principle.
00:17:33Insolence and bad manners can ruin life.
00:17:35Anyway, let's not talk about that anymore.
00:17:37Tell me about yourself.
00:17:39There isn't much to tell.
00:17:41Truly feminine answer.
00:17:43Really, there's nothing very interesting about me.
00:17:45I've lived in Deanbridge all my life.
00:17:47Except for one carefully conducted European tour...
00:17:49where I and ten other girls were escorted...
00:17:51from one museum to the next.
00:17:54And from one castle to the next ancient monument.
00:17:56Oh, but I did like France.
00:17:58Oh, well, there you differ from me.
00:18:00I hate it.
00:18:02Really? I thought everyone loved Paris.
00:18:04Well, maybe it's because I didn't see it as a tourist.
00:18:06At least, not as a willing one.
00:18:08Were you in the war right from the beginning?
00:18:10I was in it far too long.
00:18:12Which is why I don't want to be reminded of it, if you don't mind.
00:18:14But you must have seen so much of the world.
00:18:16So much beauty.
00:18:18So many interesting and colourful things.
00:18:20You don't notice the beauty when you're sweating and fighting.
00:18:22It isn't even colourful or interesting.
00:18:24Except perhaps in one's memories.
00:18:26And I hate reminiscing.
00:18:28Why?
00:18:30I once told your father that with me, the first thing that comes to mind...
00:18:32is the memory of the war.
00:18:34And I hate reminiscing.
00:18:36Why?
00:18:38I once told your father that with me, the first thing that comes to mind...
00:18:40is the memory of the war.
00:18:43I once told your father that with me, the first thoughts were always the best.
00:18:45If I decide on something, I like to go ahead.
00:18:47Dead straight ahead.
00:18:49I never look back.
00:18:51What if there are obstacles in the way?
00:18:53You break them down.
00:18:55You can't.
00:18:57There's always a way.
00:18:59You're very confident.
00:19:01Sally, I guess there are really two kinds of life.
00:19:03There's yours.
00:19:05Sheltered perhaps even a little dull, but sunny and straight.
00:19:07And then there's the other kind.
00:19:09The kind that you find in the jungle.
00:19:11All its crooked paths with danger lurking behind every bush.
00:19:15Where you have to fight every step of the way.
00:19:17It's the kind that I've known.
00:19:19And I don't want to remember it.
00:19:21But now, I believe I may have found the first.
00:19:23But now, I believe I may have found the first.
00:19:31Sowers, you see it's a personal matter.
00:19:33Yes, I thought so.
00:19:35I didn't think you'd be getting so excited about anything to do with the bank.
00:19:37And why don't you come round to the house this evening?
00:19:40I can't do that.
00:19:42That's the last...
00:19:44You see, it's about Sally.
00:19:46Sally?
00:19:48These last six months, she's changed.
00:19:50I mean, as far as we're concerned.
00:19:52I know that before she met...
00:19:54What I mean is, well, we had grown up together
00:19:56and I decided to marry her and no one else.
00:19:58Ever since we started in school together.
00:20:00You decided? What about her?
00:20:02Well, she never said she wouldn't.
00:20:04Bob, you know I like you.
00:20:06Your father and I have been friends for most of our lives.
00:20:08I consider you a very desirable son-in-law.
00:20:10Oh, thank you, Mr. Sanford.
00:20:12But I'm not Sally.
00:20:14And though you may consider me an old fogey,
00:20:16I'm not so old-fashioned as to dictate
00:20:18the choice of my daughter's husband.
00:20:20But if you're on my side...
00:20:22I didn't say that. I said I wasn't against you.
00:20:24But it's up to Sally.
00:20:26Why don't you talk to her?
00:20:28I would if I could.
00:20:30I've hardly seen her these last few months.
00:20:32When she isn't playing the piano, she's driving with that Preston.
00:20:34How she can waste time on an old guy like...
00:20:37Preston is 36.
00:20:39No doubt he's aged to someone of 25 like yourself.
00:20:41He's also a close friend of our family.
00:20:43In the seven or eight months since he's settled here,
00:20:45he's done a good deal for all of us.
00:20:47So don't be too critical of him.
00:20:49And now you'd better get back to your job.
00:20:53Oh, and Bob,
00:20:55I wouldn't give up all hope, you know.
00:20:59Well, John, everything settled?
00:21:01Yes, we got the contract.
00:21:03It keeps us busy for about 18 months.
00:21:05Excellent. And I owe you an apology.
00:21:07Why? Because you were overcautious?
00:21:09That's part of your professional equipment, Dick.
00:21:11I like you all the more for it.
00:21:13I don't like myself.
00:21:15If I hadn't been so, well, doubtful,
00:21:17I'd have taken up a larger share of the financing.
00:21:19Well, there'll be other opportunities, I'm sure.
00:21:21I'm a little tired, Dick.
00:21:23Fools always make me tired.
00:21:25Fools?
00:21:27Well, call them a little too conservative.
00:21:29I convinced them within the first five minutes
00:21:31that I could turn out cheaper goods
00:21:34but it would have been beneath their dignity
00:21:36to have seen it then and there.
00:21:38It doesn't matter now.
00:21:40It's all signed and sealed.
00:21:42By the way,
00:21:44don't forget the hospital board meeting tomorrow.
00:21:46What?
00:21:48Don't tell me you forgot about your election last month.
00:21:50Oh, no. No, of course not.
00:21:56Dick, I think I've waited long enough.
00:21:58Waited for what?
00:22:00To ask you if you'd have any objection
00:22:02if I asked Sally to marry me.
00:22:04Is that such an absurd idea?
00:22:06Forgive me, John. Of course it isn't.
00:22:08There's nothing funny about marriage.
00:22:10At least, I don't think so.
00:22:12Then why are you laughing?
00:22:14Because only five minutes ago
00:22:16someone else asked the same question.
00:22:18Who?
00:22:20Young Bob. You know, Joe Newton's son.
00:22:22He's working here, in case you haven't noticed.
00:22:24That boy.
00:22:26That boy has loved Sally since they were both knee-high.
00:22:28Dick, please don't think that I'm doubting Newton's sincerity.
00:22:31About yourself and Sally?
00:22:33How long have you known me, Dick?
00:22:35Eight, nine months?
00:22:37You ought to know by now that I rarely say anything I don't mean.
00:22:39But it's so sudden.
00:22:41Or is that what young girls are supposed to say,
00:22:43not their fathers?
00:22:45Dick, I love Sally deeply and sincerely.
00:22:47That's why I wanted to talk to you
00:22:49before I told her.
00:22:51So you haven't told her yet?
00:22:53Well, I know how you feel about Sally, Dick.
00:22:55I appreciate that.
00:22:57Well, I have no objection at all if you talk to her.
00:22:59I admire you, John.
00:23:01Your energy, your vision, your industry.
00:23:03And if Sally accepts you...
00:23:05Oh, she will.
00:23:07It's a lucky day for me when I came to Deanbridge, Dick.
00:23:09A very lucky day.
00:23:19Sally tells me you play bridge, Mr. Preston.
00:23:21Would you like a game now?
00:23:23You know, John, I'm coming to the conclusion
00:23:25that my wife thinks the most important thing in life
00:23:28By the way, dear, you promised to go through those bills with me
00:23:30before I send out the checks.
00:23:32Dick, we went through them this afternoon.
00:23:34And you know what your handwriting's like.
00:23:36I can't make head or tail of that second page.
00:23:38Couldn't it wait until tomorrow?
00:23:40I don't want to be...
00:23:42Well, come to think of it,
00:23:44I'm not so sure of some of the items myself.
00:23:46Would you excuse us for a few moments, Mr. Preston?
00:23:48Yes, of course.
00:23:58Sally, I hope you noticed.
00:24:00Noticed what, John?
00:24:02Your father's exquisite tact.
00:24:04Dad's always tactful, especially with Mother.
00:24:06Yes, but he knew I wanted to talk to you alone.
00:24:08Oh?
00:24:10Sally,
00:24:12when I came to Deanbridge nine months ago,
00:24:14I had nothing except money and memories.
00:24:16Memories that you wanted to forget?
00:24:18Well, I got rid of them, all right.
00:24:20Let me explain.
00:24:22The money helped me to acquire a factory,
00:24:24a farm, a place in the community
00:24:26with good friends and helpful acquaintances.
00:24:28There was only one thing I need,
00:24:30a wife.
00:24:32And you picked me for the part?
00:24:34Oh, I know I ought to have done it
00:24:36in the proper romantic manner.
00:24:38I should have taken you out in the car,
00:24:40provided you with soft music and champagne,
00:24:42and then in the moonlight said,
00:24:44Sally, my darling, I love you. Will you marry me?
00:24:46You must think I'm awfully silly.
00:24:48Isn't that like to hear?
00:24:52I don't know about all girls.
00:24:55I only know about myself.
00:24:57What is it you know?
00:24:59I love you, Sally.
00:25:01I love you because you're sweet and beautiful.
00:25:03I love you because you have everything
00:25:05in the world a man could want.
00:25:07Because you have everything that I want.
00:25:09Sally.
00:25:11You're really being romantic.
00:25:13And you're the first time that you and I
00:25:15ever went out together.
00:25:25Bob, what are you doing here?
00:25:27I've been waiting.
00:25:29For me?
00:25:31For your visitor to leave.
00:25:33Bob, I'm sorry.
00:25:35That's an easy word.
00:25:37You step on somebody's toes, sorry.
00:25:39You wreck a fellow's life, sorry.
00:25:41You're so bitter. How can I talk to you?
00:25:43I don't want to talk. Not words.
00:25:45They mean nothing.
00:25:47I'm sorry.
00:25:49I'm sorry.
00:25:51I'm sorry.
00:25:53Not words. They mean nothing.
00:25:55Sally, I knew it was real
00:25:57between you and me.
00:25:59You like to pretend, the usual girls game.
00:26:01I didn't mind.
00:26:03But not this.
00:26:05Bob,
00:26:07we're going to be married, John and I.
00:26:09You can't.
00:26:11You can't prevent it.
00:26:13Sally, he's not for you.
00:26:17There's something strange about him.
00:26:19Something I can't put my finger on.
00:26:22You may think you love him,
00:26:24but he may have impressed you.
00:26:26But I know that...
00:26:28Bob, what do you know?
00:26:30I'm not much younger than you are and I'm a woman.
00:26:32What's that got to do with it?
00:26:34We could argue all night and all next year
00:26:36and I still couldn't make you understand.
00:26:38I love him, Bob.
00:26:40Now, please go home and don't be angry with me.
00:26:42Anger won't help.
00:26:44I'm not angry with you.
00:26:46I'm angry with him.
00:26:48Well, that's even less reasonable.
00:26:50If I could only make you believe
00:26:52that it isn't myself,
00:26:54not my own life I'm thinking about,
00:26:56but yours,
00:26:58then I'm afraid for you.
00:27:00Well, you needn't be because I'm safe.
00:27:02Safer and happier than I've ever been.
00:27:20First of all, gentlemen,
00:27:22it is my pleasant duty to welcome
00:27:24a new member to our board,
00:27:26Mr. John Preston.
00:27:28Though a comparative stranger to our community,
00:27:30he has been a most generous benefactor
00:27:32to our hospital
00:27:34and has recently undertaken to guarantee
00:27:36a substantial part of the costs
00:27:38of the building of the new wing.
00:27:40I am sure that he will prove a most valuable asset
00:27:42to the administration of our hospital.
00:27:44Mr. John Preston.
00:27:46Dr. Underwood, gentlemen,
00:27:49there is not very much that I can say
00:27:51except that I'm very conscious of this honor
00:27:53and I do realize that I must offer
00:27:55more than just material assistance to the work.
00:27:57However, there is just one thing
00:27:59I would like to add.
00:28:01I believe that suffering
00:28:03is unnecessary.
00:28:05I believe that pain exists in the world today
00:28:07because people are too stupid
00:28:09or too lazy to do away with it.
00:28:11That is why I believe
00:28:13that the work that we do
00:28:15between these walls
00:28:17and so wonderful.
00:28:23The first point on our agenda
00:28:25is the appointment of a part-time consulting psychiatrist.
00:28:27A psychiatrist?
00:28:29But ours is a general hospital.
00:28:31The need has been felt for some time
00:28:33to have an additional ward
00:28:35for nervous and mental diseases.
00:28:37Don't tell us, doctor, that lunacy
00:28:39is on the increase in Dean Bridge.
00:28:41I have no reliable statistics as to that
00:28:43but our hospital covers
00:28:46a wide area besides the town proper
00:28:48and it has happened in the past
00:28:50that mental patients have had to be put
00:28:52into the same ward as surgical in other cases.
00:28:54That can't be very satisfactory.
00:28:56I'd call that an understatement,
00:28:58Mr. Sanford.
00:29:00Now, a very favorable opportunity
00:29:02has arisen.
00:29:04I understand that Dr. Walton
00:29:06is back in this country.
00:29:08Peter Walton? But he's a Dean Bridge broad.
00:29:10I believe so.
00:29:12His qualifications, of course, are of the highest order.
00:29:14And he is not only a psychiatrist
00:29:16but also a psychoanalyst.
00:29:20A psychoanalyst?
00:29:22Yes, Mr. Preston.
00:29:24Of course, I'm not really
00:29:26qualified.
00:29:28I mean, I'm only a layman, but...
00:29:30Well, I don't altogether approve
00:29:32of this Freudian mumbo-jumbo.
00:29:34Gentlemen, I can assure you that Dr. Walton
00:29:36not only has an international reputation
00:29:38but that his books are standard works
00:29:40according to the experts.
00:29:43Peter Walton, British boy.
00:29:45His father had the best cider mill in the country.
00:29:47That, of course, makes the whole thing quite decisive.
00:29:49Gentlemen, I'm afraid we cannot waste much time
00:29:51on this discussion.
00:29:53We have many points to cover.
00:29:55But I'm quite sure that members
00:29:57can have no real objection to Dr. Walton.
00:29:59Shall we take a vote?
00:30:01Perhaps a show of hands.
00:30:03Will those in favor kindly indicate in that manner?
00:30:05Good.
00:30:07Then it is agreed with one abstention
00:30:09to the appointment of Dr. Walton
00:30:11as Consulting Psychiatrist.
00:30:13And now, Mr. Sanford,
00:30:15perhaps you will read your report
00:30:17on the fundraising campaign for the hospital.
00:30:19Now, Mr. Sanford,
00:30:21perhaps you will read your report
00:30:23on the fundraising campaign for the hospital.
00:30:46I'd like a word with you, Mr. Preston.
00:30:47Oh, it's you, Newton. What is it?
00:30:48What is it?
00:30:49You know quite well what it is.
00:30:51Do I?
00:30:52Sally thinks she loves you.
00:30:54But you don't love her.
00:30:56You don't love anyone, except maybe yourself.
00:30:59Look, why don't you just go?
00:31:01Shut up.
00:31:02I'll do the talking.
00:31:03Go right ahead.
00:31:06You're going to give her up.
00:31:07She isn't right for you.
00:31:09She'd never be happy.
00:31:12Suppose you let Sally and me be the best judge of that.
00:31:15Now, why don't you go on home and put that thing away?
00:31:19It's different now, Preston, isn't it?
00:31:21You can't act so superior.
00:31:24You think a gun makes all that difference?
00:31:25It evens things up.
00:31:27You've got power and money.
00:31:29You've got Sally.
00:31:30I just have a gun, but we're equals now.
00:31:34Don't be such a fool.
00:31:38All I have to do is pull the trigger
00:31:39and we won't be equals anymore, or you'll be dead, and I...
00:31:43Where will you be?
00:31:44I don't care.
00:31:45So you kill me and live happily ever after with Sally, is that it?
00:31:50You're an even bigger fool than I thought.
00:31:52Smooth talker, Preston.
00:31:55You think you can talk your way out of this?
00:31:56No, I don't think so, but I know that you're going to change your mind.
00:31:59Why should I?
00:32:00Why shouldn't I kill you?
00:32:02I hate you enough.
00:32:03Because you aren't the killing type.
00:32:04Do you think I've never seen real killers before?
00:32:06It's only in books that a murderer gloats over his victim.
00:32:09If you don't shut up, I'll...
00:32:13You see, I knew you couldn't do it.
00:32:14I just wanted to give you a chance to find out for yourself.
00:32:18Now, why don't you go on home and forget about the whole thing?
00:32:44Well, that looks just about right to me.
00:32:46Do you think it's dry enough?
00:32:47I think I'm going to notice.
00:32:48Dr. Walter, I suppose you remember the editor of our local press, Joe Newton?
00:32:52I certainly do.
00:32:53It's nice to see you again, Joe.
00:32:54Well, you must excuse me for a few minutes.
00:32:56This is quite an honour for our little community.
00:32:58A famous man settling here, and I need a son at that.
00:33:01A prodigal son, Joe.
00:33:02We're all delighted to have our own prominent psychoanalyst.
00:33:05I'm sure you'll have a great success.
00:33:07You see, everybody in this town loves to talk,
00:33:09but nobody wants to listen, so now...
00:33:11Now you have a man whose profession it is to listen.
00:33:13Do you think they can afford the luxury?
00:33:15Well, that depends on the right publicity, Peter.
00:33:17Now, look, if you were to write a special article
00:33:19for the Deanbridge Mail on mental hygiene...
00:33:21Hello, hello, Doctor.
00:33:23Mother, Mrs. Bringly is dying to ask you some questions about the wedding,
00:33:26and you can answer them much better than I.
00:33:28Excuse me.
00:33:29See you later about that article.
00:33:31Cigarette?
00:33:32No, thank you, I don't smoke.
00:33:34John doesn't approve of women smoking.
00:33:36John?
00:33:37John Preston, my fiancé.
00:33:40And like a dutiful bride-to-be, you follow his commands.
00:33:43Well, when they're sensible.
00:33:45John's ideas usually make sense.
00:33:47It's a strange feeling to hear you're being married in a few weeks.
00:33:51Last time I saw you, you were a little girl
00:33:54desperately unhappy because your puppy had to be destroyed.
00:33:57I never dreamt you'd remember that.
00:33:59I remember.
00:34:01How you hated me.
00:34:03I guess I wasn't very sensible then.
00:34:05But now you are, thanks to John.
00:34:07Oh, he's quite wonderful, Peter.
00:34:09You know, he only came to Deanbridge a short while ago,
00:34:11and already he's one of our leading citizens.
00:34:13A director of the bank, owner of our largest factory,
00:34:16and a leader in all the charity affairs.
00:34:18Pillar of the community, no less.
00:34:20Now you're making fun.
00:34:22Well, there he is. Excuse me, please.
00:34:24Hello. How are you, Tom?
00:34:26Glad you could get here, too.
00:34:29Darling, I thought you'd never get here.
00:34:31I'm sorry I couldn't get away from the office any earlier,
00:34:33but I had a couple of buyers there.
00:34:35They went on and on.
00:34:36Dr. Walton, I presume.
00:34:38I'm John Preston, among other things, your landlord.
00:34:40Oh, I didn't realize.
00:34:41Yes, my company owns the building in which you rent your office.
00:34:43As a matter of fact, I had to decide as to what to do with it.
00:34:46I see.
00:34:47Well, I'm glad you're here.
00:34:51Oh, John's decision was really against his better judgment.
00:34:54He doesn't believe in psychoanalysts.
00:34:56I didn't exactly say that, Sally.
00:34:58I just said I didn't think any human being had the right
00:35:00to invade the mind of another,
00:35:02to pry into the privacy of his thoughts and his dreams.
00:35:04You mean a man's mind is his castle?
00:35:06Yes, exactly.
00:35:08All you seem to be able to do is to tell an unhappy man
00:35:10why he's unhappy.
00:35:11Well, I don't call that really being very helpful.
00:35:13Sometimes when he knows, he's no longer a man,
00:35:15he's no longer a man,
00:35:17he's no longer a man.
00:35:19Well, sometimes when he knows, he's no longer unhappy.
00:35:22However, I'd be the last man to start an argument with my landlord.
00:35:25He might raise the rent.
00:35:37Thank your father for me, Bob.
00:35:39But tell him I don't feel quite upping an article
00:35:41about should grandmothers marry.
00:35:43I don't really think he expected you to.
00:35:46What's wrong?
00:35:48Doctor, you know about straightening people out.
00:35:52I mean, when they're all confused.
00:35:54Well, I can sometimes help them to do it themselves.
00:35:57I need help.
00:35:59What is it?
00:36:01Well, this has nothing to do with dreams or complexes.
00:36:05Well, that's something I can decide later.
00:36:08Can hate be an illness, Dr. Walton?
00:36:11Can it make you sick, as if you had a fever?
00:36:15All hate is a sickness, Bob.
00:36:17Sometimes it's a fever too.
00:36:20I often feel as if I were choking with it.
00:36:22I want to get away anywhere.
00:36:25But my mother's an invalid.
00:36:27It would kill her if I went away.
00:36:30So I have to stay here in Deanbridge,
00:36:32where I can see him every day.
00:36:34Him?
00:36:36I'd rather not mention his name.
00:36:39It's a man who took something from me.
00:36:41Something that mattered more than...
00:36:43more than life.
00:36:46I know.
00:36:49You know?
00:36:51How could anybody know?
00:36:53How can anybody guess what I've had to go through?
00:36:55What I'm going through now.
00:36:57But you're going through it, Bob.
00:36:59You haven't run away yet.
00:37:01I wanted to kill him.
00:37:03I didn't even have the courage to do that.
00:37:05And he laughed at me.
00:37:07He's laughing at me inside every time he sees me.
00:37:10Listen, Bob.
00:37:12I can tell you that time helps.
00:37:14That you'll forget about all this.
00:37:16I can give you nice, easy words about resignation, manliness.
00:37:19But I won't.
00:37:21All I can say is,
00:37:23call me whenever you feel like it.
00:37:25It'll probably help you to have someone to talk to who understands your problem.
00:37:29Remember, I'll be here.
00:37:31If I'm busy, just wait.
00:37:33I'll be glad to see you anytime.
00:37:35Thank you, Doctor.
00:38:02I hope I'm not disturbing you, Doctor.
00:38:04Oh, no, no, Mr. Weston. Come in.
00:38:06Is this a professional or a private call?
00:38:09I don't exactly know yet.
00:38:11Take your time about making up your mind.
00:38:13I finished with the last patient for the day.
00:38:15Doing all right?
00:38:17I've only been here about ten days.
00:38:19Can't complain.
00:38:20The rent's safe, Mr. Preston.
00:38:22Please don't laugh at me, Doctor.
00:38:24I've been meaning to come and see you for about a week now, but...
00:38:27Well, I waited.
00:38:29Because I had to be sure.
00:38:31Sure of what?
00:38:33As I said to you once before, I don't altogether believe in all this mumbo-jumbo,
00:38:37and I hate things I don't understand.
00:38:39But now, within about a month of my wedding,
00:38:42well, I've got to get my head clear and my mind rid of...
00:38:45Rid of what?
00:38:49You've got to help me, Doctor. You know all about dreams, don't you?
00:38:53Well, I've been having very bad dreams lately.
00:38:56We all dream, Mr. Preston.
00:38:58Ninety percent of the time we spend asleep is filled with dreams.
00:39:01Most of us don't remember them very clearly,
00:39:04but many people mistakenly think that they never dream.
00:39:08I'm sure I never did.
00:39:10Until about a week ago.
00:39:14Why don't you make yourself comfortable and we'll talk about it.
00:39:23Tell me, Doctor.
00:39:25Can dreams be coherent?
00:39:27Can they mix reality and fantasy and a kind of poisonous hutch-punch?
00:39:32Can they go on and on like a cereal?
00:39:36Three questions all at once. The answer to all three of them is yes.
00:39:39What kind of dreams?
00:39:42Nightmares.
00:39:44Dreadful, sickening dreams that I can't help remembering.
00:39:48It's got so bad I can't even go to sleep.
00:39:53You won't talk to anybody about this, will you, Doctor? I can be sure of that.
00:39:57I know you consider me little better than a witch doctor, Mr. Preston,
00:40:01but I can assure you I'm bound by the same medical ethics as any physician.
00:40:05You're as safe talking to me as you would be talking to yourself.
00:40:09I want to be a lot safer than that. I'm tired of talking to myself.
00:40:13You see, in these dreams I'm somebody else.
00:40:19I'm conscious of assuming the identity of John Preston.
00:40:23Somebody else?
00:40:25Yes. A criminal.
00:40:28His name, somehow I know, is David Garrity.
00:40:34He deserted in France during the war, became involved in black market deals,
00:40:38made a lot of money, and then when things got too hot, ran away.
00:40:44But how do you know all this? How is the second identity established?
00:40:50Because there's someone else. A woman.
00:40:55She's more than a friend. Her name, Sylvia.
00:41:01You say you know all this. I mean in your dream.
00:41:04But what happens? What do you do?
00:41:10It's night.
00:41:13I'm alone in the house that I bought for Sally and myself.
00:41:16She doesn't know about it yet. It's a surprise. It's a wedding present.
00:41:21The wind's howling round the house, battering at the windows.
00:41:30It's night.
00:41:53In this first dream, which I dreamt over and over again, it is midnight.
00:41:58I'm spending the night at the house to supervise the workmen who are coming early in the morning.
00:42:03I'm getting ready for bed when...
00:42:08Who is it?
00:42:19Sylvia.
00:42:21Is that the only welcome I'm going to get, David?
00:42:24Or should I call you Mr. John Preston?
00:42:46Why did you come here?
00:42:55You think you can burn everything like that paper?
00:42:58Oh, no, David. That would be too easy.
00:43:01What do you want?
00:43:03I waited too long for you to send for me. So, here I am.
00:43:08Look, if you think that you can blackmail me...
00:43:10Blackmail? Oh, David, I wouldn't do that.
00:43:13I wouldn't come just to claim my share.
00:43:15Not only of your money, but also of my life.
00:43:19And now that I've found you, we must be together. Always.
00:43:24She reached up suddenly and kissed me with the old familiar passion.
00:43:28Then I knew I had to kill her.
00:43:32What have I done to you?
00:43:35That you came?
00:43:37I didn't come here to kill you.
00:43:39You know why I came?
00:43:41For my love of you.
00:43:43Not for your love of me.
00:43:45You want to!
00:43:47What?
00:43:48For my love of you.
00:43:50No!
00:43:52Why?
00:43:54Because of you.
00:43:55Why?
00:43:57Who are you? What do you want in here?
00:44:13Don't be afraid, Preston. I had better call you that, even though we are alone. I did
00:44:19not come to harm you.
00:44:21This is my house. You've got no right to come in here.
00:44:24And I understand why.
00:44:25You see, I know that you have killed her. That she is in the other room, silent and
00:44:33dead.
00:44:34You know?
00:44:36I followed her. I've been following her for months, and I was outside, watching. I could
00:44:42have stopped you, but that would be the last thing I wanted to do. So I stood by the window
00:44:47and watched you kill her.
00:44:49But who are you? What do you want?
00:44:51Oh, my name does not matter. I was Sylvia's husband.
00:44:57That's a lie! She never had a husband!
00:44:59Oh, yes. I married her when she was seventeen. I was married to her all the time that she
00:45:06was with you, and all the others before you. I hated her, and I loved her. I suppose sooner
00:45:14or later I would have killed her myself, but that was the only way to get rid of the poison
00:45:19she became within me.
00:45:22So you see, you have done me a good turn, and I am grateful.
00:45:28It's no use hating me. It won't help you. We are linked together, you and I, forever.
00:45:35And you must believe this, or you will be very unhappy.
00:45:39I know that you will want to kill me, because I know what you have done. Well, don't try
00:45:43it.
00:45:44We are like soldiers fighting on the same front, or men digging their way out of prison
00:45:48together.
00:45:49Stop!
00:45:52I've had enough of this madness! Now get out!
00:45:54Don't be a fool. You have nothing to fear from me, so long as you behave. Now, come on.
00:46:10We carried her outside and dug a grave near the house. He put the body inside and shoveled
00:46:16earth over it, covering her blonde hair, her face and her body. Then we leveled the ground
00:46:21and put a few stones over the shallow grave. It didn't take long.
00:46:38When it was all over, we went away. The wind was howling and raging again, and I was alone.
00:46:46I was alone.
00:46:58And that was all?
00:47:00Yes, that was all. What have I done to deserve such nightmares? Why does it have to happen
00:47:05to me?
00:47:06Mr. Preston, was that all of the dream?
00:47:09Yes, it was. I had the same dream, always the same dream, several times. But that was
00:47:17all.
00:47:19Come along and see me tomorrow. It's important. Same time. I'll be here.
00:47:32John, you forgot our meeting.
00:47:35Oh, did I? Isn't it at half past eleven?
00:47:38No, it was at ten o'clock. We waited for half an hour. I phoned you but you weren't at the
00:47:43office.
00:47:44I'm very sorry, Dick. Something very urgent came up at the factory.
00:47:48The factory? But I phoned there too. You ought to check with your secretary. She said you
00:47:52haven't been there.
00:47:53Well, I wasn't in this. I was in the designer's room.
00:47:58Oh, I see. Well, anyhow, everything's fine. We're getting that allocation of dyes we wanted.
00:48:03They're pleased with our export figures.
00:48:06Oh, good.
00:48:07John, I've been thinking. Why don't you combine business and pleasure and take Sally to Paris
00:48:11instead of Rome?
00:48:12Paris?
00:48:13Well, you speak the language and Benny can't come over now. You could discuss that new
00:48:17summer order with him personally. Half an hour's talk would do more good than fifty
00:48:21letters.
00:48:22No, Dick. No.
00:48:23But why not?
00:48:25I told Sally once I will not go to France.
00:48:29Well, she mentioned something but a few days.
00:48:32I'm sorry, Dick. Maybe later.
00:48:34Well, of course, if that's the way you feel about it.
00:49:04No.
00:49:34Operator, we've got a problem.
00:49:35What's the problem?
00:49:36We've got a problem.
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00:50:02Operator, would you try to get Mr. Preston's new house, please?
00:50:14I'm sorry, sir.
00:50:15There's no reply.
00:50:32Hello, Preston.
00:50:33Oh, hello, Doctor.
00:50:34Didn't you get my message?
00:50:35No.
00:50:36What message?
00:50:37I telephoned you at the factory and at the house.
00:50:38Well, I've been, uh, very busy, you know.
00:50:39Was it important?
00:50:40I think it was for you.
00:50:41For me?
00:50:42Yes.
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00:53:25On the 7th, just three weeks.
00:53:28Time's gone so fast, I can hardly believe that it...
00:53:31Are you quite sure, Sally?
00:53:33Quite sure that John is...
00:53:35that you want to marry him?
00:53:37Oh, really, Peter, you sound terribly serious.
00:53:40Of course I'm sure.
00:53:42That's John now.
00:53:44Back exactly when he promised.
00:53:49John, darling, what a lucky coincidence.
00:53:51Peter Walton, see, he wants to talk to you.
00:53:54Oh, does he? Well, I'd be glad to talk to him.
00:53:56Make some coffee, darling.
00:53:58Yes, of course. Excuse me, Peter.
00:54:00Hello, Doctor. Taking time out from listening?
00:54:02Hello, Mr. Preston.
00:54:04I had hoped you'd come to see me.
00:54:06I've been waiting for the past three days.
00:54:08Waiting for me?
00:54:10Well, I've been very busy. A man who's about to be married
00:54:12has to put his house in order, you know.
00:54:14So I could see you sometime next week.
00:54:16I'm always glad to talk to you, any time.
00:54:18I don't think I could wait that long.
00:54:20Do you have to go out after your patients, Walton,
00:54:23rope them in like steers?
00:54:25I don't usually do that.
00:54:29Goodbye, Mr. Preston.
00:54:33Oh, would you apologize to Sally for me?
00:54:35I have a patient coming at five.
00:54:37Oh, yes, of course.
00:54:47Are you a mind reader, too?
00:54:49How did you know I was coming tonight?
00:54:51I didn't even expect to myself.
00:54:53I thought I was through with the whole business.
00:54:55No more dreams.
00:54:57But you weren't.
00:54:59No.
00:55:01I was all right while I was away,
00:55:03but the other night,
00:55:05a few hours after I saw you at Sally's...
00:55:07Another dream?
00:55:09Yes.
00:55:11This one was a little longer,
00:55:13a little more complex.
00:55:15Time was strangely...
00:55:17telescoped.
00:55:19I don't even know if I can remember it all.
00:55:23I'm tired.
00:55:25I'm terribly tired.
00:55:29My head is shooting pains.
00:55:33I was back in the garden alone,
00:55:35and suddenly I knew
00:55:37that I couldn't bring Sally back there into that house
00:55:40while she was lying out there
00:55:42in that shallow grave under those stones.
00:55:46I had to get rid of the place.
00:55:48Somehow, in my dreams, I did.
00:55:52Of course, the agents were a little surprised,
00:55:55but I made some plausible excuse,
00:55:58and somehow they got it off my hands.
00:56:01Somebody I'd never heard of bought it,
00:56:04and I was very relieved.
00:56:08Until...
00:56:19Don't do it, Preston.
00:56:21But I sold the house. I can't risk.
00:56:23I know. I bought it.
00:56:26You bought it?
00:56:28Yes. I want to be near her
00:56:30now that she cannot hurt me any longer.
00:56:33You don't have to worry.
00:56:35Remember, you and I are friends now,
00:56:38and allies.
00:56:49Isn't there anything you can do, Doctor?
00:56:51Isn't there something that you can give me?
00:56:53Some drug? Anything?
00:56:55I could give you something to keep you awake,
00:56:57but how long would that work?
00:56:59Sooner or later, you must sleep.
00:57:01Well, then, it's something to make my sleep dreamless.
00:57:03Well, isn't there anything at all that you can do?
00:57:06Can you do nothing at all except listen?
00:57:08Is that all you're learning?
00:57:10Have you ever thought of postponing your marriage, Mr. Preston?
00:57:14No, of course not. Why should I?
00:57:16Probably nervous strain over work.
00:57:18Some perfectly natural and normal explanation.
00:57:24Well, Dr. Walton, thank you.
00:57:26For nothing.
00:57:34Another dream?
00:57:36Yes.
00:57:38You know, Doctor, this is getting to be quite absurd.
00:57:40Last night, you were in my dream.
00:57:42Was I?
00:57:44Is that all you can say?
00:57:46Do you dream peddlers never commit yourselves?
00:57:49Well, Mr. Preston, you don't want a lecture on psychoanalysis.
00:57:52It happens in most cases, however.
00:57:54Sooner or later, the analyst must appear in the patient's dream.
00:57:58You spend a lot of time with us.
00:58:00Our conversation sticks in your mind.
00:58:02Your unconscious associates us with your desires or thoughts.
00:58:05Many women fall in love with their analysts.
00:58:07It's a passing phase.
00:58:09Others grow to hate them
00:58:11or identify them with their fathers or husbands.
00:58:14So don't blame me for appearing in your dreams.
00:58:17But I do blame you.
00:58:19You gave me quite a scare.
00:58:21At least, in my dream, you did.
00:58:30In my dream, it was evening.
00:58:32I was walking, happy and at peace.
00:58:34And suddenly, I stopped.
00:58:36There you sat with a stranger.
00:58:38You were talking. I know you were talking about me.
00:58:42Then you looked up, straight into my eyes.
00:58:45I felt that I had to get away,
00:58:47that something terrible would happen if I stayed.
00:58:49So I started to run, run, run.
00:59:40Defying John?
00:59:42I thought he disapproved of you smoking.
00:59:44You shouldn't have such a good memory.
00:59:46And John isn't such a tyrant.
00:59:48Sorry, I seem to keep on saying the wrong thing, don't I?
00:59:52Now, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?
00:59:56Oh, Peter, please. Really, I'm grown up now.
00:59:59I don't know what I'm talking about.
01:00:01I don't know what I'm talking about.
01:00:03I don't know what I'm talking about.
01:00:05Oh, Peter, please. Really, I'm grown up now.
01:00:08I'm not the child you used to know.
01:00:10I realize that. You're grown up.
01:00:12With grown up worries and inhibitions.
01:00:15What is it you want to know, Sally?
01:00:17Well, you and John, you've been seeing a lot of each other, haven't you?
01:00:21Yes, a certain amount.
01:00:23Is there some trouble?
01:00:26I don't know, Sally.
01:00:28You mean you won't tell me?
01:00:30If I knew, I'd tell you.
01:00:32But I know I will.
01:00:34You promise?
01:00:37I promise.
01:00:40I was free for three nights.
01:00:43And then yesterday, last night,
01:00:46you were in my dreams again, Doctor.
01:00:50I wish you hadn't been.
01:00:52Tell me about it.
01:00:55I went back to the house.
01:00:57I had to see the stranger.
01:00:59I had to find out what he was thinking, what he was doing.
01:01:04About me?
01:01:06About Sylvia?
01:01:17Hello.
01:01:19What brings you here on such an awful night?
01:01:22I knew that sooner or later he would ask me for money.
01:01:25That I'd only exchange one blackmailer for another.
01:01:28It was then that I noticed the poker.
01:01:34Ah!
01:02:04Ah!
01:02:35But why, Doctor? Why?
01:02:38Why should you be in my dreams?
01:02:40Why should I want to kill you?
01:02:44Will it never end?
01:02:47Will it always go on like this, night after night?
01:02:51Don't worry, Preston. It's all over now.
01:02:56What do you mean?
01:02:58You'll never dream again.
01:03:00Not this time.
01:03:02No, it can't be. It can't be true.
01:03:33Come on, Sally. I'll get you a drink.
01:03:42I don't understand, Peter.
01:03:45Why?
01:03:47He had to see me.
01:03:49He had to see me.
01:03:51He had to see me.
01:03:53He had to see me.
01:03:55He had to see me.
01:03:57He had to see me.
01:03:59He had to see me.
01:04:01He had to tell it. There was no other way.
01:04:06Everything was a lie.
01:04:09His whole life.
01:04:11His love for me.
01:04:13No, Sally. Not everything.
01:04:17I could use a lot of big words which would mean nothing to you.
01:04:21He was a very sick man, Sally. Schizophrenic.
01:04:24A man split in two. And the two halves were completely divorced.
01:04:28He is David Garrity.
01:04:30A deserter, criminal, murderer. He did kill Sylvia.
01:04:34The rest was mostly fantasy.
01:04:37The stranger wasn't Sylvia's husband.
01:04:39He was a French detective.
01:04:41He'd been investigating Garrity for a long time.
01:04:45But he looked and acted and talked.
01:04:50So sure.
01:04:52So sane.
01:04:54It always happens that way.
01:04:57It's all over now.
01:05:00Peter. Peter.
01:05:30Peter.
01:06:00Peter.
01:06:01Peter.