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00:00:00The last star of night
00:00:29That simply fades away
00:00:32The crest of a wave
00:00:35As it washes out to sea
00:00:37Where does it lead to
00:00:40And who knows why
00:00:43The saddest melody
00:00:46Is the sound of goodbye
00:00:52The soft, satin wind
00:00:55That leaves behind a chill
00:00:57The last autumn bird
00:01:00As it withers on a hill
00:01:02The distant drummer
00:01:05Who tries to be live
00:01:08The saddest melody
00:01:11Is the sound of goodbye
00:01:17The saddest melody
00:01:21Is the sound of
00:01:25Goodbye
00:01:47I'm so glad you're here
00:01:50Seems like it's been such a long time
00:01:58Well, I wasn't sure if you'd be coming
00:02:02I got here as fast as I could
00:02:07Sometimes I feel sorry for your wife
00:02:20I'd better get back to the hotel
00:02:22Oh, no, not yet
00:02:24Please stay a little longer
00:02:27Marie's not going to be back for another two hours
00:02:30Call a taxi for me, will you?
00:02:32Please
00:02:33Marie
00:02:50It sure has been raining a lot lately
00:02:55Seems like it's been raining for a week
00:03:00Boy, it's been here two days
00:03:09I'm so glad you're here
00:03:12Seems like it's been raining for a week
00:03:15Boy, it's been here two days
00:03:20Would you mind driving around a little bit?
00:03:32Never mind, just take me to the hotel
00:03:36I have to call my wife
00:03:49Hey, this is Rock Street!
00:03:55Hey!
00:04:20Excuse me
00:04:22Could you tell me where the Ambassador Hotel is?
00:04:24I thought it was on this block or a block over
00:04:27See, the cab left me off and I don't recognize it
00:04:50Hey!
00:04:52Can you hear me?
00:05:20Hey!
00:05:45No need to stand out, old friend
00:05:48Why not form up a little?
00:05:51Dry out
00:06:18This way
00:06:48Thank you
00:06:51Thank you
00:06:53Thank you
00:07:17I, uh, was looking for my hotel
00:07:20The Ambassador
00:07:22I thought I was in the right neighborhood
00:07:25I asked the cab to let me out
00:07:27Yes, I know
00:07:30What?
00:07:32I know what you mean
00:07:36The rain is a deceiver
00:07:38A veil over reality
00:07:44Things don't look the same in the rain
00:07:47In fact, it's quite easy to get lost in these streets
00:07:51All the time
00:07:55So you lost your hotel, huh?
00:07:58Yeah
00:08:02Maybe the hotel lost me
00:08:07Anyway, I...
00:08:09I can't find it
00:08:12Professional transient oil?
00:08:14I'm, uh...
00:08:16I'm here for the plumbers' convention
00:08:19Universal plumbers
00:08:21National sales reps from all over
00:08:23We come here several times a year to catch up, you know
00:08:26You were out seeing the sights, were you?
00:08:29I was visiting a friend
00:08:31A friend, eh?
00:08:35We all need friends now, don't we?
00:08:38Want some coffee?
00:08:40Uh, no, no thanks
00:08:44Maybe I will have a little, if you don't mind
00:08:47Coffee?
00:08:49Yeah
00:08:52Gets kind of cold out there in the rain
00:08:55A grown man shouldn't be out walking around in the rain
00:09:02Even to see friends
00:09:14Do you live here?
00:09:16Live?
00:09:18Work?
00:09:19This is where I do my work
00:09:21What kind of work?
00:09:23I don't think you'd be interested, really
00:09:26Just my work
00:09:28Oh
00:09:31Embalming, actually
00:09:36Embalming and such
00:09:38I'm a mortician
00:09:41I take care of the deceased
00:09:45After they're dead, I get them
00:09:48That's my work
00:09:50I do get some of the more interesting cases
00:09:53In fact, the most interesting
00:09:55Unique
00:09:58Grotesque, actually
00:10:01At least some of them
00:10:05Come with me, I'd like to show you something
00:10:11I think I'd better get back to the hotel
00:10:13Oh, yes, the one you lost
00:10:15Meeting another friend, perhaps?
00:10:17No, I just...
00:10:18Oh, you must have a business meeting
00:10:20Seminar on pipes and fitting, no?
00:10:23One thousand and one leaks, you should know
00:10:27I'd better get back to the hotel
00:10:29I have to call my wife
00:10:30Well, I was kind enough to bring you in out of the rain
00:10:33Give you a hot cup of coffee
00:10:36Why not stay just a few more minutes
00:10:38And let me show you around?
00:10:40I think you'll be interested
00:10:46All right
00:10:48Good
00:11:03Good
00:11:21My latest clients
00:11:27This one, for instance
00:11:29So of very interest, please
00:11:31To be an ungrateful guest
00:11:33I really should be going
00:11:34I've just begun to show you around
00:11:37There's much, much more
00:11:41A very interesting
00:11:46Very bizarre case
00:11:51Her name was Miss Sibler
00:11:58She was a teacher
00:12:01Miss Sibler
00:12:16Hi, Miss Sibler
00:12:17Hi, Miss Sibler
00:12:19Isn't she sweet?
00:12:21Right
00:12:24Stop running!
00:12:32Get out of my car!
00:12:39Get away from my car!
00:13:02Damn kids!
00:13:04Disgusting little letter bugs!
00:13:31Fuck!
00:14:01Fuck!
00:14:31Fuck!
00:15:01Fuck!
00:15:31Fuck!
00:15:50It's funny
00:15:53It's all right
00:16:02Fuck!
00:16:13That was Morris Duke and his orchestra
00:16:16And now Lalo Baranza and his fluid strings
00:16:31Fuck!
00:17:01Fuck!
00:17:05Fuck!
00:17:11Fuck!
00:17:13Fuck!
00:17:31Fuck!
00:18:01Fuck!
00:18:31Fuck!
00:19:01Fuck!
00:19:03Fuck!
00:19:31Fuck!
00:20:01Fuck!
00:20:32Fuck!
00:20:34Fuck!
00:20:36Fuck!
00:20:38Fuck!
00:20:45Oh, my God!
00:20:49Children!
00:20:51Just children!
00:20:53What kind of a stupid prank is this?
00:20:57What is the matter with you? Don't you know any better?
00:21:01Stupid prank!
00:21:07More of you?
00:21:12What do you want?
00:21:31What do you want?
00:22:02Help!
00:22:12Help!
00:22:31You don't expect me to believe that story. It's ridiculous.
00:22:36Perhaps.
00:22:38Yet, it's all very true.
00:22:41But...
00:22:43Being bitten to death by children?
00:22:46I never said children.
00:22:52What then?
00:22:54I never said children.
00:22:58What then?
00:23:02I have no idea. I don't think anyone really knows what or why.
00:23:10She was very much a mess.
00:23:15Quite a challenge to me to make something acceptable of her.
00:23:21This is just too hard to believe.
00:23:26Possibly.
00:23:28As I told you...
00:23:30I do get the most interesting cases.
00:23:35You sound like you select these people.
00:23:38Everyone should be selective in what they do. Don't you agree?
00:23:42Take Mr. Growski here, for instance.
00:23:46He was selective.
00:23:48For instance...
00:23:50He was selective in what he did.
00:23:53Though, I must say, he was somewhat strange.
00:23:58He had a rather abnormal predilection for cameras.
00:24:02Photography, all that sort of thing.
00:24:06He did some very nasty things.
00:24:18Look at this. A movie camera.
00:24:22Looks like Billy's tip paid off.
00:24:24It's running. This creep's got a camera.
00:24:27Here he comes.
00:24:28Is it true you killed six women, Mr. Growski?
00:24:31This one is Julie. I met her at the library.
00:24:35She's good-looking, but she doesn't have too much upstairs.
00:24:39Hello?
00:24:41Oh, hi. I was just about to leave. I thought maybe there wasn't anybody home.
00:24:46No, I'm home. I was just busy. Come on in.
00:24:49Good. Um, thank you.
00:24:52Oh! Oh, it's so cute.
00:24:55What?
00:24:56Your apartment. I mean, it's really neat.
00:24:59And, uh, it's so cute.
00:25:01I try to keep it clean.
00:25:03Come sit down.
00:25:05Oh, not there. Uh, why not here?
00:25:08Sit here.
00:25:10Okay. Um, I brought you some wine.
00:25:14I don't drink.
00:25:15Oh, uh, well, see, I don't really drink too much anyway, either.
00:25:19But I didn't know if you'd like any or not, so I brought you wheat.
00:25:23Doesn't matter.
00:25:25Um...
00:25:26Oh.
00:25:38It was really nice of you to invite me for dinner.
00:25:42I mean, I don't usually accept blind dates.
00:25:46How come you filmed them?
00:25:49Oh, well, I'm, uh...
00:25:55What are you interested in?
00:26:02Photography.
00:26:05Oh.
00:26:07Wow.
00:26:10Boy, that's... they're really great.
00:26:13Mm-hmm.
00:26:14Yeah.
00:26:16Um, do you have an ashtray I could use?
00:26:19I don't smoke.
00:26:21Oh, um...
00:26:25Uh, photography.
00:26:28Well, I mean, of course.
00:26:30There's one of your cameras right now.
00:26:32Um, just like a model airplane or something,
00:26:36kind of mounted right on its own stand.
00:26:38A model airplane?
00:26:40It... it's...
00:26:42It's more important and expensive than any model airplane.
00:26:47It's...
00:26:48Photography is a serious endeavor.
00:26:51Hey, I didn't mean anything bad, really.
00:26:54See, I like to take snapshots, too.
00:26:56This is a motion picture camera.
00:26:59You do not take snapshots with it or any other camera.
00:27:02Photography is not just a game.
00:27:05Um, Hayley, I'm sorry.
00:27:08See, I just didn't know that it was a motion...
00:27:10I also study magic.
00:27:12Magic?
00:27:13Mm-hmm.
00:27:14Would you like to see a magic trick?
00:27:17Sure.
00:27:18You would?
00:27:19Yes.
00:27:20Okay.
00:27:21Yeah.
00:27:22I would need a, um, silk or a nylon...
00:27:26You wouldn't happen to have a nylon stocking, would you?
00:27:29Well, just the ones I'm wearing.
00:27:31I mean, I don't carry extras.
00:27:34Darn it.
00:27:35I mean, I really need a silk stocking to do this trick.
00:27:42Could I borrow one of yours?
00:27:43I wouldn't ruin it or anything.
00:27:45You know, I mean, to do this trick, I really need a silk stocking.
00:27:50Um, how about another trick?
00:27:53No, you would really like this trick.
00:27:58Well, see, actually, they're attached.
00:28:00You know, they're pantyhose.
00:28:02So you'd end up having to use both stockings anyway.
00:28:05That's all right.
00:28:06I mean, that'll work fine, even better.
00:28:11Um, uh...
00:28:14Well, uh...
00:28:16I feel silly.
00:28:18No, no, that's all right.
00:28:20Don't worry about a thing.
00:28:21I'll turn my back and you can slip them off.
00:28:25Okay.
00:28:26Um...
00:28:28Now, you promise you're not gonna look or anything?
00:28:31No, I won't look. On my honor.
00:28:34Um, all right.
00:28:36Well, you know, I've, um...
00:28:38I've always been fascinated by magic
00:28:41because I always like to try to figure out how they do the trick.
00:28:46You know, what the secret is to it.
00:28:48And I've been to Vegas.
00:28:50You know, I go there and I've seen some of the magicians there.
00:28:54And, uh, it's really interesting to me.
00:28:57But I, you know, I haven't been there, um, too recently.
00:29:02Uh, you aren't gonna ruin it.
00:29:05Oh, promise.
00:29:08Okay.
00:29:12Okay.
00:29:14Now, this is a disappearing trick,
00:29:19a marvel of prestidigitation.
00:29:23I like that kind.
00:29:25You do?
00:29:26Yeah.
00:29:27Okay.
00:29:28You just look straight ahead.
00:29:30I'm gonna figure out how you do it, too.
00:29:32Okay.
00:29:33Straight ahead.
00:29:34That's right.
00:29:35Towards the camera.
00:29:37Right.
00:29:38Okay.
00:29:39Now, this takes complete concentration to get the full effect.
00:29:45Now, you have to close your eyes.
00:29:47You cannot see this part.
00:29:49Um, all right.
00:29:52All right.
00:29:53Uh...
00:29:54Abra...
00:29:55Wait, okay.
00:29:57Ca...
00:29:58Abra...
00:30:10Voila.
00:30:13Your life is gone.
00:30:15It's disappeared.
00:30:18I waited until now.
00:30:20I decided to skip all the boring formalities.
00:30:24Her name is Carol, and she's some sort of a secretary or something, you know?
00:30:36I buy all the photography books for myself.
00:30:40And?
00:30:42Oh, look at that camera.
00:30:45Boy, does that look complicated.
00:30:48With switches and gadgets and buttons.
00:30:55Hey, that's funny.
00:30:58What?
00:30:59It sounds like it's buzzing or something, kind of whirring.
00:31:02Do you hear it?
00:31:03No, it's your imagination.
00:31:06No, listen.
00:31:07It's running, isn't it?
00:31:08No.
00:31:09It's not.
00:31:14Yes, it is.
00:31:15It's running, isn't it?
00:31:16No.
00:31:17What are you doing?
00:31:18Are you filming us?
00:31:19Oh, no.
00:31:20What kind of thing is that?
00:31:21Now, wait a minute.
00:31:22It's...
00:31:23No, you wait a minute.
00:31:24I don't go for that kind of thing.
00:31:25Now, what did you think?
00:31:26You're gonna get me drunk?
00:31:27We're gonna get on the couch?
00:31:31No way.
00:31:32I've known creeps like you.
00:31:33You are nuts.
00:31:34Wait a minute.
00:31:35Abra...
00:31:36Abra...
00:31:37Abra...
00:31:38Abra...
00:31:39Abra...
00:31:40Abra...
00:31:41Abra...
00:31:42Abra...
00:31:43Abra...
00:31:44Abra...
00:31:45Abra...
00:31:47Abra...
00:31:48Abra...
00:31:49Abra...
00:31:50It's been three days, but I finally found another one.
00:31:55She's a real dandy.
00:31:57You know, society type, upper crust.
00:32:01Very rich and snooty.
00:32:05Kind of got acquainted at the Autobahn Society.
00:32:11She's got the hots for me.
00:32:13I can tell.
00:32:15Probably because I...
00:32:17I bowled her over with my...
00:32:19clever wits and...
00:32:21subtle sexuality.
00:32:24Anyway, she's...
00:32:25she's coming to see me soon and...
00:32:27and I have to prepare and...
00:32:29there's only about...
00:32:32there's only about a hundred feet of film left,
00:32:34so I'm going to have to work fast on this one.
00:32:38Mr. Groski.
00:32:41I'm afraid that...
00:32:42I'm going to have to ask you if I may borrow your telephone to call a taxi.
00:32:46No.
00:32:48I...
00:32:49I mean that...
00:32:50won't be necessary, Mrs. Lundquist.
00:32:55I'm afraid it won't be.
00:32:57Don't call.
00:32:59You shouldn't call.
00:33:01Please don't call.
00:33:04Mr. Groski, you have no reason to speak to me in that manner whatsoever.
00:33:09Mrs. Lundquist.
00:33:11Please.
00:33:12Don't call.
00:33:20No!
00:33:33A year later he was executed.
00:33:36The state didn't allow any pictures to be taken.
00:33:40So he begged them.
00:33:42How do you know all about him?
00:33:44I mean, how did you find out the details of what he did and how?
00:33:47I have police records, doctor's files, that sort of thing.
00:33:53My disposal.
00:33:55I'm a professional.
00:33:57These are my customers.
00:33:59My clients.
00:34:00I have to know all about them to take care of them properly.
00:34:04Like this one.
00:34:07One of my favorites.
00:34:10Very intriguing situation.
00:34:40A year later he was executed.
00:35:10A year later he was executed.
00:35:40Oh, Lord.
00:36:08Yes.
00:36:11Well.
00:36:14From the top.
00:36:18First of all.
00:36:19Mr. Castellucci did not hang himself. He was murdered.
00:36:24I found a few small clipped hairs on his collar.
00:36:28And the fresh scent of a tonic on his face and neck.
00:36:32A tonic which Mr. Castellucci doesn't happen to possess...
00:36:37...in his vast assortment of aftershaves and colognes.
00:36:41Now this would lead me to believe that Mr. Castellucci...
00:36:45...had recently obtained a haircut.
00:36:48And in my experience...
00:36:50...it is very rare for a man to get a trim...
00:36:53...immediately prior to doing away with himself.
00:36:57I also found some vaguely distinguishable rope burns on his wrists.
00:37:03And a few strands of that very rope on his coat sleeves...
00:37:08...strongly suggesting that Mr. Castellucci...
00:37:11...had no control over the method of scheduling of his premature demise.
00:37:17Also found this airline ticket dated today in his coat pocket...
00:37:22...scheduled to leave for Rome, Italy by way of New York.
00:37:27Departing...
00:37:30...a little less than seven minutes ago.
00:37:36I strongly believe that the deceased really...
00:37:40...wouldn't have passed up the opportunity of a trip like that.
00:37:45Now, for the killer...
00:37:48...his name is Savio Balinski...
00:37:51...a rather well-known low-life type character.
00:37:54The only man in this town vaguely degenerate enough...
00:37:57...to smoke a revolting brand of cigar known as El Amigo.
00:38:02The ashes of which may be found in that dresser top...
00:38:06...or this table over here.
00:38:10He can usually be found at this time of day...
00:38:12...at a filthy little dive known as Frenchie's Pool Parlor...
00:38:17...at 6th and Franklin.
00:38:25Pick him up and book him.
00:38:26First-degree murder.
00:38:35You can take him down now.
00:38:38He's had his hour in public eye.
00:38:49Congratulations. An excellent piece of work.
00:38:51Oh, thank you, thank you.
00:38:53I thought so myself.
00:38:56It is not too difficult, really.
00:38:59A rather routine case, obvious clues...
00:39:02...but it does keep the senses keen and the mind alert.
00:39:05It's something like a baseball player taking batting practice.
00:39:08Or a champion oarsman chopping about in a rowboat...
00:39:11...on a Sunday afternoon in the park.
00:39:13I don't believe I've had the pleasure.
00:39:14I don't believe you have.
00:39:15Inspector Wendell McDowell, Scotland Yard.
00:39:19England, right?
00:39:20Last time I checked, yes.
00:39:22Then you must be the famous Inspector McDowell...
00:39:27...Britain's number one sleuth, isn't that what you're called?
00:39:30There have been people that have phrased it that way, yes.
00:39:33In that case, you probably know that I am...
00:39:37...Chief Detective Malcolm Tolliver...
00:39:39...America's greatest detective and master of criminal investigation.
00:39:43You honor me, sir?
00:39:45I respect you.
00:39:46I don't think I could ever honor you.
00:39:48Right.
00:39:49We're supposed to be rivals, aren't we?
00:39:52Encourageably so.
00:39:53Well, how in the world did you ever...
00:39:57...find me in this squalid setting?
00:40:00I just asked at the station house...
00:40:02...and your dispatcher, a nice chap, Barney...
00:40:06Bernie.
00:40:07Bernie, that's right.
00:40:08He told me where I could find you.
00:40:09You mean you didn't deduce my whereabouts...
00:40:11...through calculated assemblage of relevant clues?
00:40:14No, this time I just stooped to plain old common sense and asked.
00:40:17I do that quite often, actually.
00:40:19It's less dramatic, I suppose, but much more direct.
00:40:22Oh.
00:40:23Well, are you visiting here in America...
00:40:26...or are you on the track...
00:40:29...of some ruthless international lobby?
00:40:32A bit of both, as a matter of fact.
00:40:34So I thought I may as well drop off...
00:40:36...and observe the master of detection at work.
00:40:38Sort of absorb a few tricks.
00:40:40Oh, inspector.
00:40:43You are stretching your efforts in the art of flattery.
00:40:46Oh, hardly.
00:40:47Hardly.
00:40:48I honestly believe it couldn't hurt me...
00:40:49...to pick up a few pointers.
00:40:50After all, we are competing...
00:40:52...for the title of world's leading criminologist.
00:40:55Yes, I believe someone did phrase it that way, didn't they?
00:40:59A journalist.
00:41:00Yes, I think it was Time magazine.
00:41:02Rolling Stone.
00:41:03No, I'm certain it was Time.
00:41:05Rolling Stone.
00:41:06It was January 7th, page 3, column 2...
00:41:08...and the headline was in full capitals.
00:41:11Yes, yes.
00:41:13Well, Mr. McDowell...
00:41:16...shall we adjourn these premises...
00:41:18...to a more pleasant environment?
00:41:20Yeah, I do have to dash off for an appointment right now...
00:41:22...but perhaps later.
00:41:23We could have dinner together.
00:41:24You're two steps ahead of me.
00:41:25Brilliant deduction.
00:41:26After you.
00:41:27Oh, I see.
00:41:28Oh, I insist.
00:41:29Well, then.
00:41:41Here.
00:41:51Do that.
00:42:07That's a really excellent vintage, don't you agree?
00:42:10Most assuredly fragrant.
00:42:15Softly smooth, yet distinctly...
00:42:20...melodious.
00:42:21A very refreshing analysis.
00:42:24Beaujolais.
00:42:25Les Bienvenus.
00:42:291968 or...
00:42:31...69.
00:42:37No, definitely 69.
00:42:41Correct.
00:42:42You're very good at that.
00:42:44That's my job.
00:42:45Being good at what I do.
00:42:46Being the best.
00:42:48Well, we all try to be the best, Inspector.
00:42:54The spirit of competition is what keeps us going, I suppose.
00:42:57Absolutely.
00:42:58Sort of.
00:42:59If at first you don't succeed...
00:43:04Speaking of success...
00:43:06...or lack of it...
00:43:09...I've always wanted to ask you about that infamous mail train robbery.
00:43:17How in the world did you ever crack that miserable fiasco...
00:43:22...after letting it drag on for all those weeks with no results?
00:43:26Yes, actually, you see, I had it cracked, as you say, months before.
00:43:30I was simply waiting for my pigeons to move into position...
00:43:34...and implicate themselves with irrefutable evidence.
00:43:37You know what I'm saying?
00:43:38Well, I couldn't run around naming names...
00:43:41...and allow them to dig in with clever attorneys...
00:43:44...and neatly constructed alibis.
00:43:48Something like that appalling situation you yourself experienced...
00:43:52...on that unfortunate jewel robbery investigation last year.
00:43:56Oh, wait, wait.
00:43:59That's not exactly right, Inspector.
00:44:02I had good reason to handle that case in an unorthodox manner.
00:44:06Really?
00:44:07And is this unorthodox manner an American trait?
00:44:11I suppose so.
00:44:13The Americans are unorthodox.
00:44:16The Japanese, inscrutable.
00:44:18The Italians, lusty.
00:44:20The French, passionate.
00:44:21The British, stuffy.
00:44:26Stuffy, but precise.
00:44:27A message for you, sir.
00:44:29Thank you, man.
00:44:50Leon?
00:44:52Yes, Mr. Topper?
00:44:57Who gave this to you?
00:44:58Why, no one, sir.
00:44:59I found it next to the reservation book.
00:45:01Your name was on it, so I assumed that...
00:45:03Of course, of course.
00:45:04You didn't happen to see someone placing it there, did you?
00:45:08No, sir. I left to check the kitchen.
00:45:10And when I came back, I found it there.
00:45:12Very good, Leon. Thank you.
00:45:14My pleasure, sir.
00:45:16Something mysterious?
00:45:18No.
00:45:19It's a note.
00:45:21Unsigned.
00:45:23A cryptic note.
00:45:25Top, they're the best kind.
00:45:27Mr. Tolliver, in three days...
00:45:30someone you know will...
00:45:33die a horrible death.
00:45:35You are the only one who can prevent this tragic occurrence.
00:45:40Don't you think you should?
00:45:42Now, it's written...
00:45:44by pasting up letters from newspaper headlines.
00:45:49That's a very amateurish trait.
00:45:51It does seem to get the message across, however.
00:45:57Elmer's Glue.
00:45:59Very middle class.
00:46:03Bremerton Paper Mills, New York.
00:46:0720-pound flat bond.
00:46:1080% straight pulp.
00:46:1215% dye.
00:46:135% nylon fiber.
00:46:16Common.
00:46:19A little too common, really.
00:46:22Now, this is going to take...
00:46:25a bit of looking into.
00:46:27I do have to return to London in a few days...
00:46:31but I'd like to tag along on this case.
00:46:34Sort of observe your matters.
00:46:36Would you mind terribly?
00:46:38Still attempting flattery, Inspector?
00:46:41Not at all. I'm just immensely interested.
00:46:45You wouldn't feel threatened by my presence, would you?
00:46:49Now you flatter yourself, Inspector.
00:46:53You know, maybe there is only room...
00:46:55for one foremost criminologist in the world.
00:46:59But being that one...
00:47:01is not just a matter of methods.
00:47:03It's the man.
00:47:05The man and his methods.
00:47:09Now, certainly I wouldn't feel threatened.
00:47:11Tag along if you like.
00:47:13I'd love to have you.
00:47:15Maybe you will learn something.
00:47:17Perhaps I will.
00:47:23All right, son.
00:47:51Inspector.
00:47:54Apparently, letters were cut...
00:47:57from the following four newspapers.
00:48:00San Francisco Chronicle, the London Times...
00:48:02the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
00:48:04and strangely enough...
00:48:06strangely enough...
00:48:08just these two letters...
00:48:10N-T...
00:48:12were cut from the New York Times.
00:48:20It's rather a slap in the face for the Times, isn't it?
00:48:31Would you like to take a look at this, Inspector?
00:48:33The electrolysis test for hair construction identification?
00:48:36Not really.
00:48:37I prefer the magnetic analysis myself.
00:48:39It's considerably more accurate.
00:49:00Find anything?
00:49:02Nothing significant.
00:49:04No fingerprints on the envelope or the letter?
00:49:07No prints.
00:49:09Just mine and Leon's.
00:49:11Obviously, we are dealing with a professional.
00:49:15And no convenient cigar ash or burnt rope scent...
00:49:19to lead you to the identity of the fellow?
00:49:23Well, now, let's see.
00:49:24What have you got?
00:49:25You have the intended murder...
00:49:27and you know when.
00:49:28That's tomorrow.
00:49:29So all you have to know now is where and how.
00:49:33And possibly why.
00:49:35Just to jolly things along a little.
00:49:37What?
00:49:38Now, look, Inspector.
00:49:40You asked if you could observe, not participate.
00:49:44Now, if you want to speculate or theorize...
00:49:47why don't you get yourself into another room...
00:49:50and shout all your whins and your whats and your hows...
00:49:54to your heart's content?
00:49:56Now, if you don't mind...
00:49:58I am trying to work...
00:50:00and I don't need all your amateur Dick Tracy suppositions...
00:50:04and hypothetical poppycock...
00:50:06wrangling around this laboratory!
00:50:11Well, I tell you what.
00:50:13I'll just sit over there and watch.
00:50:16Fine, Inspector, fine.
00:50:18You just do that.
00:50:34Oh, yes.
00:50:54I got your message just as I was leaving my hotel.
00:50:58Oh, come in, come in.
00:51:00I thought I caught you.
00:51:01Yes, I...
00:51:03I suppose I am, too.
00:51:09My word!
00:51:10Your police department looks after you rather handsomely, doesn't it?
00:51:14Not at all like our poor impoverished bobbies.
00:51:17Don't be deceived, Inspector.
00:51:19My salary on the force couldn't even begin to pay for this house.
00:51:23My good fortune results from the fact...
00:51:26that I have the time and the resources to take on private cases.
00:51:29A private eye?
00:51:31You can call me that if you wish.
00:51:33I prefer private investigator.
00:51:36And your superiors have no objection?
00:51:39I have no superiors.
00:51:41Oh, yes.
00:51:44Why don't you have yourself a seat?
00:51:46How gracious.
00:51:52I called you here because I have managed to solve...
00:51:55the mysterious case of our threatening murderer.
00:51:58I thought you might be interested.
00:52:00Ah, yes, of course.
00:52:02This is the day, isn't it?
00:52:04And I was beginning to think you were really stumped for once.
00:52:07Hardly.
00:52:09Although rather unique in its initial appearance...
00:52:12the case has actually turned out to be...
00:52:15rather routine.
00:52:17Really?
00:52:20As you so...
00:52:22aptly put it yesterday...
00:52:25the what is apparently murder...
00:52:28a horrible death, as it says in the note.
00:52:31The win is obviously today, three days after the note's delivery...
00:52:35and the victim of this unsavory piece of mayhem.
00:52:40As the note says...
00:52:42someone that I am supposed to know...
00:52:45is...
00:52:47in fact...
00:52:50myself.
00:52:52Yes, me.
00:52:55Now for the perpetrator, the plotter...
00:52:58the instigator of this vicious scheme...
00:53:01to commit cold-blooded, premeditated murder.
00:53:04After examining certain obvious elements...
00:53:07elements that reek of ego and pride and lust for power...
00:53:12I can only come to one conclusion.
00:53:15The case is solved.
00:53:17I am the victim...
00:53:20and you, my dear inspector...
00:53:23are the murderer.
00:53:25Bravo. Well done.
00:53:28An excellent piece of investigation.
00:53:31And the weapon, of course, a gun.
00:53:33The least likely weapon to be used by Britain's leading crime fighter.
00:53:37That's why no one could possibly suspect me...
00:53:40of killing you.
00:53:53I forgot to tell you.
00:53:56I solved the case...
00:53:59two days ago.
00:54:23Oh.
00:54:53Oh.
00:55:23Yes.
00:55:50Yes.
00:55:52Yes.
00:56:05At least I was thoughtful enough to change the inspector's bloody shirt.
00:56:10And I tried to keep the same expression on his face.
00:56:15A sort of clever little grin.
00:56:18I suppose you're gonna tell me...
00:56:21American detective Tolliver, he...
00:56:24he's in that coffin?
00:56:26Heavens, no.
00:56:28They never found enough a poor chief detective Tolliver to bury.
00:56:32He seemed to go all to pieces over the incident.
00:56:36But come, let me show you this next one.
00:56:39Number four, I call him.
00:56:42He's one of my newest acquisitions.
00:56:45Acquisitions?
00:56:47There you go again, acting as if you pick and choose.
00:56:50I'm sorry.
00:56:52I shall call them my customers if it will make you feel any better.
00:56:57Let's have a look.
00:56:59What do you say?
00:57:03Here's the file on the new applicants, Mr. Cantwell.
00:57:08So what else do you want?
00:57:11If there's anything you don't find, please let me know.
00:57:16Testy little thing.
00:57:19Thanks, Susan.
00:57:21Hey, Dennis, how about grabbing some lunch?
00:57:23Uh, no, thanks, Dan.
00:57:26Come on, we're going down to that new hamburger joint.
00:57:28Twenty-three different kinds of hamburgers.
00:57:30No, really, I've got a rough few errands.
00:57:33I have to take care of a few things.
00:57:36Well, you're lost, Dan.
00:57:39Twenty-three different kinds of hamburgers.
00:57:45Why do they keep pestering me?
00:57:51Stupid jerk.
00:57:53Twenty-three different kinds of morons.
00:57:58Gotta get out of here.
00:58:07Ten, twenty, twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five, one buck.
00:58:16Uh, you have any gum?
00:58:18Huh?
00:58:20Gum. Chewing gum.
00:58:22Oh.
00:58:25You really don't have any chewing gum?
00:58:28What do you think this is, a delicatessen?
00:58:33Slob.
00:58:45Sorry.
00:58:47Hey, look, look, I don't have any change.
00:58:49Why don't you get a job?
00:58:51Creep.
00:59:16Hey!
00:59:18You got me locked in!
00:59:24Is somebody back there?
00:59:45Hello?
01:00:16Shh.
01:00:18Shh.
01:00:45Is somebody down there?
01:01:15Barry!
01:01:21Barry!
01:01:33Barry!
01:01:45Barry!
01:01:57Hey!
01:01:59Someone let me out of here!
01:02:07Hey!
01:02:09Hey!
01:02:10Oh, no!
01:02:12Oh, stop it!
01:02:14Stop it!
01:02:16No! No!
01:02:18No!
01:02:44No!
01:02:59No! No!
01:03:10No!
01:03:13No!
01:03:29Here's the vial on the way out, Mr. Cantwell.
01:03:32If there's anything you feel wrong, please let me know.
01:03:36No, I have to take care of a few things.
01:03:38Look, I don't have any change.
01:03:40Mr. Cantwell, please let me know.
01:03:43No, you're lost, Ann.
01:03:45No, please let me know.
01:03:47Take care of these things.
01:03:49No, no.
01:03:51You're lost, Ann.
01:04:06No!
01:04:11It's okay.
01:04:13It's okay. It's all right.
01:04:15It's all right.
01:04:17No!
01:04:19No!
01:04:21No!
01:04:31No!
01:04:33No!
01:04:41No!
01:04:43No!
01:05:02No!
01:05:10No!
01:05:13No!
01:05:21No!
01:05:23No!
01:05:25No!
01:05:27No!
01:05:29No!
01:05:31No!
01:05:33Wait.
01:05:35I'm sorry.
01:05:37I'm sorry.
01:05:40I'm sorry.
01:06:41Mm.
01:06:47Beautiful.
01:06:54Just...
01:07:10Mm.
01:07:40Mm.
01:08:10Mm.
01:08:40Oh.
01:09:11I told you I couldn't help it.
01:09:13Why don't you get a job?
01:09:20No!
01:09:30But you have his body.
01:09:32Eventually, he died.
01:09:35Drunk with a gun.
01:09:38Drunk with a rotted liver.
01:09:42Sprawled in the gutter.
01:09:45Pickled, I'd say.
01:09:47But who would do that to a man?
01:09:49Torture him mentally and physically.
01:09:52Why would they do that?
01:09:54Who? Why?
01:09:57Oh, come now. I'm sure you're not that naive.
01:10:01All these people were the victims of their own frailties,
01:10:04their own petty foibles.
01:10:07Sibler was selfish and cold
01:10:10and held a thoroughly uningratiating disdain for all people,
01:10:15especially children.
01:10:18And Mr. Growski, our errant camera bugger,
01:10:21was a bit sadistic
01:10:23and totally contemptuous of other people's privacy.
01:10:28And our two sleuths,
01:10:30so vain and egotistical,
01:10:33what became of them?
01:10:41Mr. Cantwell, he had no feelings at all.
01:10:44He was blindly insensitive, sir,
01:10:47when another human being,
01:10:49agonized by his own pain,
01:10:51reached out for help.
01:10:54He passed him by.
01:10:57Poor Mr. Cantwell.
01:10:59He might have lived quite long and comfortably
01:11:02in another age, another world.
01:11:05His failing?
01:11:07He simply didn't care.
01:11:17Mr. Cantwell,
01:11:19what was this person's failing?
01:11:22Oh, I don't know.
01:11:25Infidelity, I suppose.
01:11:29Like to see.
01:11:33No.
01:11:45This is all very interesting.
01:11:48Everything.
01:11:50But I must go now.
01:11:52Not yet. There's so much more to see.
01:11:55I have to get to the hotel.
01:11:57I have to call my wife.
01:11:59Don't rush off, Mr. Talmadge.
01:12:01How do you know my name?
01:12:03Every good businessman
01:12:05should know the names of his clients.
01:12:31Uh-uh.
01:13:01Oh, God.
01:13:32Oh, God.
01:13:35Oh, God.
01:13:37Oh, God.
01:14:01How long did you two think you could get away
01:14:03with your little game?
01:14:05Stupid, you know.
01:14:13I can read Marie like a book.
01:14:16All it took
01:14:18was a little waiting,
01:14:19a little watching,
01:14:21and I knew I'd catch you both sooner or later.
01:14:25You stupid bastard.
01:14:27Don't you know any better?
01:14:35I don't know.
01:14:55The last star of night
01:14:58That simply fades away
01:15:01As it washes out to sea
01:15:04Where does it lead to
01:15:06And who knows why
01:15:09The saddest melody
01:15:12Is the sound of goodbye
01:15:18The end of a storm
01:15:21That leaves behind its tears
01:15:24No hope in a face
01:15:26As it changes through the years
01:15:29Where does it lead to
01:15:32And who knows why
01:15:35The saddest melody
01:15:37Is the sound of goodbye
01:15:45One is the magic show
01:15:50One is the angels
01:15:55The sleeping passions
01:15:58Turn to ashes
01:16:01Nothing's real anymore
01:16:05The soft satin wind
01:16:08That leaves behind a chill
01:16:11The last star of night
01:16:14That simply fades away
01:16:17As it washes out to sea
01:16:21Where does it lead to
01:16:24And who knows why