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00:00 ♪ (sentimental music)
00:05 Put a few hundred people on a snowy mountain slope,
00:08 you have a winter sports resort.
00:10 Most of them come because they love to ski.
00:12 I was here for different reasons.
00:14 One, because of the International Women's Ski Meet.
00:16 The other, I wanted to see a very good friend of mine,
00:19 Carl Olsen.
00:20 I'd known him long before he'd come to the United States.
00:23 Carl was operating the hotel ski shop.
00:26 I hadn't told him I was arriving.
00:27 I wanted to surprise him.
00:29 ♪ (sentimental music)
00:36 (door opens)
00:37 ♪ (sentimental music)
00:39 (knock on door)
00:39 - Mike!
00:41 - Carl.
00:43 - It's good to see you. When did you arrive?
00:45 - Less than five minutes ago.
00:47 You have quite a business here.
00:48 - Oh, yes it is growing.
00:50 Americans like to ski. Soon it will be bigger.
00:54 - How are Greta and Lars?
00:57 - Greta is fine, Mike.
00:59 Married, already two boys.
01:03 Lars...is dead, Mike.
01:07 - Dead?
01:08 - Well...
01:10 Eight months ago, at Strin, Lars missed a turn.
01:14 He went into a ravine, 2,000 feet.
01:17 The sun was setting.
01:18 People said it must have blinded him.
01:23 - I'm very sorry, Carl.
01:24 - Oh, I know, Mike.
01:26 It was then I made up my mind to come to America.
01:28 With Lars gone, and Greta married,
01:31 there was nothing to hold me.
01:33 In this country, I'm happy...
01:37 but still, I miss Lars so much.
01:41 - We'll see each other later.
01:43 I'll need a couple of sweaters.
01:44 - I'll send sweaters up right away.
01:45 - No hurry, take your time.
01:47 ♪ (sentimental music)
01:49 Lars had been one of the finest skiers in Norway.
01:52 It was hard to believe that he was dead,
01:54 and it was more difficult to believe
01:55 he'd been killed in a ski accident.
01:57 But I realized these things sometimes happen.
01:59 ♪ (sentimental music)
02:03 ♪ (dramatic music)
02:09 ♪ (dramatic music)
02:14 ♪ (dramatic music)
02:17 (indistinct chatter)
02:21 ♪ (soft music)
02:27 - Mike...
02:29 ♪ (soft music)
02:31 - Renee...
02:33 - Mike, dear...
02:35 ♪ (soft music)
02:37 Touching!
02:39 Oh, I'm sorry...
02:41 Colette and Jeanne Secard...
02:44 Michael Lanyard.
02:45 - How do you do?
02:46 - How do you do, Monsieur Lanyard?
02:48 Won't you join us?
02:49 - Sure, thanks.
02:51 ♪ (soft music)
02:53 Colette and Jeanne Secard...
02:56 That means I'm sitting with the probable champions
02:57 of the tournament.
02:59 - Being highly favored doesn't always mean victory,
03:02 Mr. Lanyard.
03:03 In this instance, it does.
03:06 - You know, you could take a lesson in confidence
03:07 from your captain.
03:09 - It sounds as though you are a follower
03:11 of the French women's ski team.
03:13 - At one time a great follower...
03:16 of one member.
03:18 - It's been a long time, Mike.
03:21 - Yeah...
03:23 How about buying some of the world's best skiers a drink?
03:25 - Excuse me, Mr. Lanyard...
03:28 but I have an engagement.
03:29 - What engagement?
03:31 - Rick...he came in tonight.
03:35 - I want you in by nine.
03:37 Your schedule for the first group in the slalom tomorrow.
03:40 - That is only one hour...
03:42 and Rick has come so far.
03:44 - Nine o'clock.
03:46 You'll have to excuse my sister.
03:52 There was a boy at Lake Placid, a ski instructor.
03:56 An occupational hazard at resorts.
04:00 - Not always a hazard, Miss Hickok.
04:02 - Sine is my sister.
04:04 She does as she is told.
04:06 But sois monsieur...and René...
04:09 we might need you tomorrow.
04:11 You'd better get to bed too.
04:14 (indistinct chatter)
04:17 - Hmph...
04:19 The face of an angel.
04:21 The personality of a frustrated general.
04:23 - Colette's no angel.
04:26 (chuckles)
04:27 I want to forget about her for tonight.
04:29 I want to forget about everyone but us.
04:32 Hm?
04:33 - Okay.
04:34 René spent the evening talking about her fiancé,
04:37 Robert Deschamps.
04:38 - Three o'clock.
04:40 We didn't obey teacher.
04:41 - Oh, maybe it's not as funny as it sounds.
04:43 You know, Colette can be most difficult.
04:45 - René...why isn't your name listed on the French team?
04:48 - Oh...no time, perhaps.
04:50 You're one of the best skiers in Europe.
04:53 - Well, there's no point in discussing it, Michael.
04:55 As Colette says, I'm lucky to even be an alternate.
04:59 ♪ (dramatic music)
05:25 - The next morning before the tournament started,
05:27 I had breakfast with René.
05:29 She was being carried as an alternate
05:30 in the event a member of the team was hurt.
05:33 It was late that afternoon when the first phase
05:35 of the tournament was about over.
05:37 The French team was trailing,
05:39 and it was apparent they needed René.
05:41 They needed her badly.
05:43 René was recognized as one of the world's
05:44 finest women skiers.
05:46 I watched Marie Dufy, the fourth member
05:49 of the French team, take off.
05:50 Then it happened.
05:52 At top speed, she hit the 15th gate.
05:55 From the looks of Marie's leg,
05:56 it wasn't hard to see she'd broken it.
05:58 And I noted something else.
06:00 Colette's expression showed only disgust.
06:03 ♪ (dramatic music)
06:09 Bringing an injured skier down a mountain slope
06:11 takes time.
06:12 It was late when I returned to the lodge.
06:14 René and Jeanne had gone to the hospital with Marie.
06:17 Colette was conspicuous by her absence.
06:20 All she bothered to do was list René's name
06:21 as a starter with the tournament officials.
06:24 I was tired and ready for a hot shower, and dead.
06:27 The summer with the scent of heavy perfume
06:28 and imported cigarettes was waiting for me.
06:31 (door opens)
06:33 ♪ (soft music)
06:36 I find everything you wanted.
06:39 - Everything except you.
06:41 You are very late.
06:43 - One of your teammates broke her leg.
06:45 Why'd you forgotten?
06:47 - Well he was very clumsy, or it never would have happened.
06:51 Once up in the Alps, I broke my leg.
06:54 There were no galants to give me an escort.
06:57 I came down on one ski.
07:00 - You know something baby?
07:04 I believe you.
07:05 You're the independent type.
07:07 - Perhaps...
07:09 I'm not as independent as you think, Michael.
07:13 You may be the one man who can keep me alive.
07:18 - Why me?
07:22 - Your sister's boyfriend finally decided to assert himself?
07:26 - I am certain my life is in danger.
07:31 - Why be so sure someone's trying to kill you?
07:36 - Today...just before I took the slide...
07:41 I noticed my ski bind had been filed almost in two.
07:45 Had my ski come off in midair...
07:48 I most certainly would not have survived.
07:52 - Who could have done it?
07:54 - One of two people.
07:55 My sister...or Renée.
07:59 - Your sister didn't strike me as being capable of murder.
08:03 As for Renée...it's absurd.
08:06 - A woman's ego when offended is a strange thing.
08:10 I offended both of theirs.
08:13 (gun cocks)
08:14 Renée, a one-time famous skier reduced to an alternate.
08:18 My sister...
08:20 because I forbid her seeing a boy with whom she's infatuated...
08:24 both has sufficient knowledge
08:27 to make deaths on skis resemble an accident.
08:30 - Hmm...
08:32 Might I talk to them?
08:35 - Of course, they will both deny it.
08:37 - Perhaps.
08:39 - Ah, I'm scheduled for Ciderne Hill tomorrow at 10 AM.
08:43 Let's have lunch at the Lodge at 1.
08:46 Then you can tell me what they said.
08:48 - All right.
08:50 (water running)
08:54 - Hmm...
08:56 That was not meant as gratitude.
08:59 It was...
09:01 because I think you are most attractive.
09:04 ♪ (soft music)
09:08 - I figured Colette had lied to me,
09:09 and if only to take her down a peg or two,
09:11 I made up my mind to find out why.
09:13 (door closes)
09:14 I headed for the Finnish shack,
09:17 which was about two miles from the Lodge.
09:20 I wanted to talk to Colette.
09:21 I was tired of watching her manhandle people's lives,
09:24 because sooner or later she was bound to cause trouble.
09:27 ♪ (soft music)
09:30 - What's going on, Karl?
09:32 - We were skiing. The wind came up.
09:34 We headed for the shack.
09:36 We found her.
09:38 Colette Sikar, she's dead.
09:40 ♪ (dramatic music)
09:45 - It was a nice, efficient job of murder.
09:47 There was a hole in Colette's temple
09:49 made by the sharp end of a ski pole.
09:51 Renée had told me she'd only kicked Colette.
09:54 I had to talk to her again.
09:55 When Sheriff Wade asked me to help,
09:57 there was only one thing I could say.
09:58 - I'm sorry Sheriff, I don't know how I could help.
10:01 - I don't quite agree.
10:02 Some of the skiers remember seeing you
10:04 with Renée Dubois at the Lodge.
10:05 I thought maybe you had an idea of where she is now.
10:08 - Why are you so interested in her?
10:10 - The desk clerk remembers her going into the ski room
10:12 before dawn this morning with Miss Sikar.
10:14 And it isn't any secret there's no love lost between them.
10:17 - That's no proof of murder.
10:19 We'll get proof when we find her.
10:20 - Jim...I think Mike is right.
10:24 I've seen Miss Dubois around the Lodge.
10:27 She doesn't seem the type to do a thing like this.
10:30 - It's funny, but a murderer just never seems the type.
10:33 Stay close Carl, I may need you.
10:35 - Yeah.
10:36 - Carl, I was with you when you found the body.
10:40 - No one.
10:41 I left the others on the slope.
10:42 I cut across the east end, I arrived first.
10:45 - What then?
10:46 - Then I entered the shack.
10:47 At first, I thought she was asleep.
10:50 Then I saw the blood.
10:52 When the first skier arrived, I sent him for the sheriff.
10:55 - Sheriff...I just found this in the wood bucket.
11:09 What happens if it doesn't fit Miss Dubois?
11:11 - There must have been 100 skiers in here yesterday.
11:13 Any one of them could have lost it,
11:15 if it doesn't fit Miss Dubois's pinky.
11:18 - The sheriff had a point.
11:20 It was beginning to look as though Rene
11:21 would have to come up with a story deserving of an award,
11:24 because it was only a matter of time
11:25 before Wade learned that Rene
11:26 was the last person to see Colette alive.
11:29 ♪ (ominous music)
11:33 Getting Rene out of the Lodge was no trick.
11:35 When a skier wraps up in a few sweaters and a knacker,
11:38 plus stocking cap and snow goggles,
11:40 it's tough to identify them as human,
11:42 much less male or female.
11:44 There was a cabin not far from the hotel
11:46 that belonged to a friend of mine.
11:47 It was vacant, so I decided to keep Rene there
11:49 until this whole thing was straightened out,
11:51 until I found out whether she had told me the truth.
11:54 I hoped she had...
11:56 but Colette could have been right when she said,
11:58 "A woman whose ego is offended could become dangerous."
12:03 I didn't want to guess, I had to know.
12:06 - What about Colette?
12:08 - Two ghouls always dominated Colette's life.
12:14 To have no equal as a skier...
12:17 and to make sure that every man she met fell in love with her.
12:22 I was determined not to lose the second man
12:24 who could make me happy.
12:26 So...there were scenes, many scenes.
12:31 - And the engagement?
12:33 - Colette lost.
12:35 Robert and I are still engaged.
12:37 We were planning to be married as soon as I returned to France.
12:41 - Yeah...
12:42 Evidently Colette wanted to prevent your return.
12:46 - She tried to disgrace me by having me relegated
12:49 to fifth position on the team.
12:53 And then...this morning she...
12:58 Oh Mike...
13:01 - Rene...
13:02 Are you sure that in your anger you didn't take that scheme--
13:04 - I didn't, I swear I didn't, Mike!
13:07 - And someone saw you and Colette out there alone?
13:09 - No one knew.
13:10 - Yes, the desk clerk knew.
13:11 He saw you leave.
13:12 But it's unlikely that he'd be interested.
13:14 Think, who else?
13:17 - I don't know...I don't know!
13:20 - You've got to think!
13:21 If you didn't murder Colette, someone knew where you were.
13:24 Think, who else saw you leave?
13:26 - I don't know!
13:29 - When you left, did you turn the light out or leave it on?
13:32 (Colette sobs)
13:34 - I don't know, I don't know!
13:36 - Think!
13:38 (Colette sobs)
13:43 - I...
13:45 I turned it off.
13:47 - Did you go by the stairway or the elevator?
13:51 - I went down the stairway.
13:54 I don't know how Colette came down.
13:55 - Wasn't she with you?
13:56 - No, she came down later.
14:01 - Where was Colette?
14:04 - As we were passing Jeanne's room,
14:06 Colette saw there was a light on,
14:07 so she went in to have a talk with her.
14:09 - Oh, so that's it.
14:11 - But my...
14:14 Jeanne was Colette's sister!
14:15 - I don't think they worked at it very hard.
14:19 (Colette sobs)
14:24 Get some sleep, baby, huh?
14:26 Come on.
14:34 - I want to get back to the lodge first thing in the morning.
14:37 ♪ (soft music)
14:42 - Oh my!
14:44 There was someone else.
14:48 As Colette and I were leaving the rear entrance
14:51 from the ski room,
14:53 I saw someone walking toward us.
14:55 A man.
14:57 - Did you recognize him?
14:59 - Well I...
15:01 I think I would if I saw him again.
15:04 ♪ (dramatic music)
15:06 I started immediately for the lodge.
15:08 I thought about the glove I'd found.
15:10 Whoever had lost it could have a frostbitten hand.
15:13 I wanted to see Jeanne.
15:16 (door opens)
15:17 (knocking on door)
15:20 - Yes?
15:21 - Mark Lanyard.
15:23 I want to talk to you.
15:24 - Just a minute.
15:26 (footsteps)
15:35 - What do you want to talk to me about?
15:38 - Your sister.
15:39 - There's already been a lot of talk.
15:41 It seems people don't think I'm showing
15:43 the proper amount of sorrow for my sister.
15:47 But that isn't why you came.
15:49 - Not exactly.
15:52 I'm more interested in why you killed her.
15:56 - What happened to your hand?
15:58 - Just a little frostbite.
16:00 What are you getting at?
16:01 - You knew where Colette and Renée
16:02 were going yesterday morning.
16:05 I've a hunch that little found in the shack
16:06 will fit your hand nicely.
16:08 - You've seen Renée?
16:10 - I've seen her.
16:11 What about your sister?
16:13 - I had driven Rick down to catch a train.
16:15 It was late.
16:16 I had just returned when...
16:18 Colette came to my room.
16:21 There was a scene, she slapped me.
16:24 After she left, I decided to follow her.
16:27 Have it out.
16:28 Make her give consent to us to get married.
16:32 - And you still say you didn't kill her?
16:33 - I went to the finish shack
16:35 and stayed out of sight until Renée left.
16:38 Colette was all bruised and furious.
16:40 She ordered me back to the hotel.
16:42 As always, I obeyed.
16:44 - Oh...
16:46 How much did you know about your sister's personal life?
16:50 - As much as anyone.
16:51 Why?
16:53 - The only other logical suspect
16:55 who could have known Colette's whereabouts
16:57 that early in the morning was a man
16:58 Renée saw as they were leaving.
17:00 We'd have to find which man here had a motive.
17:04 - We?
17:06 Where should I help Renée?
17:08 - The only way I can keep her from going to jail
17:10 is to bring the police up to date on you.
17:13 You are the last person to see your sister alive...
17:16 unless we find that man.
17:19 - Give me a few minutes to finish dressing...
17:21 then I will go to the police with you.
17:25 All I know is, I did not kill her...nor did Renée.
17:30 - I'll wait for you.
17:32 ♪ (ominous music)
17:37 When Jeanne said she was willing to go to the police with me,
17:39 she could have been on the level,
17:41 unless she was playing it very smart.
17:44 First I wanted Wade to hear Jeanne's story,
17:46 and I wanted to find the man that Renée had seen
17:48 as she left the lodge.
17:49 I figured he might be the key.
17:51 And then, just to disprove that point,
17:53 everything went black.
17:55 (gunshot)
17:57 (thump)
17:59 ♪ (ominous music)
18:15 I'd underestimated Jeanne,
18:16 and my head ached enough to know that any girl
18:18 who could hit that hard could easily commit a murder.
18:21 But I was wrong.
18:23 Whoever had snugged me gave the same treatment to Jeanne
18:25 as she came out of her dressing room.
18:27 She was alive, but she'd be out cold for a long time.
18:30 Someone had overheard us talking about Renée.
18:34 ♪ (ominous music)
18:42 I called the desk clerk and told him to send a doctor
18:44 down to the locker waiting room.
18:47 I didn't have to be a genius to figure my ski tracks
18:49 in the fresh snow would act as a roadmap to the cabin.
18:52 ♪ (ominous music)
18:58 (door closes)
19:00 That was the way it was.
19:01 My original set of ski tracks and now one more.
19:04 I hadn't been unconscious for more than a few minutes.
19:07 Whoever had slugged me couldn't be too far ahead.
19:09 And the other set of ski tracks suddenly went off
19:11 in a different direction.
19:13 I started to wonder if I hadn't been taken,
19:15 and if slugging Jeanne wasn't part of the scheme
19:17 to not only throw me off the track,
19:19 but to cause me to look for someone else.
19:22 For the moment, all those answers had to wait.
19:24 I had to reach Renée.
19:26 ♪ (ominous music)
19:41 Renée?
19:42 (door closes)
19:45 Renée?
19:47 - Am I to let you in? - Yeah.
19:49 - Has anyone been here since I left this morning?
19:52 - No. Have you found out anything new?
19:55 - Yeah, I saw Jeanne today.
19:57 I told her I thought she'd killed Colette.
19:59 She denied it and offered to go with me to the sheriff
20:01 to get you cleared.
20:02 - Then I'm free!
20:04 - Not exactly.
20:07 She's lying.
20:10 I think she did kill her sister.
20:11 I think someone helped her.
20:13 Whoever hit me left her there to throw me off the track.
20:17 - That can't be true.
20:19 - She was right, Mike.
20:21 Jeanne had nothing to do with it.
20:22 ♪ (ominous music)
20:26 - Carl...
20:27 (door opens)
20:29 ♪ (ominous music)
20:31 - I'm sorry about before, Mike.
20:34 I'm sorry for what I'm about to do now.
20:36 But one thing leads to another.
20:38 - That's not a very good excuse for more murders.
20:40 - I don't want to harm you or the girl, but I--
20:43 - Oh no, you don't want to harm us,
20:44 you just want to kill us, is that it?
20:45 - Okay Carl, go ahead, pull the trigger.
20:47 Go on, pull it!
20:49 (gunshot)
20:52 (glass shatters)
20:54 Here...
20:56 Drink this.
20:58 Why did you kill her, Carl?
21:04 - A year ago...
21:06 in Norway, Lars was teaching skiing.
21:10 Colette Sicard was there.
21:12 It didn't take her long to win him, or to destroy him.
21:16 - But his death was an accident.
21:18 - Mike...
21:19 Lars knew every flake of snow on the slopes at Strin.
21:24 And she left him for another man.
21:26 Maybe...
21:28 he was so hurt, he didn't care.
21:31 But I knew that Colette...
21:34 was responsible.
21:36 She killed him, Mike.
21:39 Then I left for America.
21:42 I did so because I knew...
21:44 if I ever saw her, I would kill her.
21:47 Until this tournament...
21:49 we had never met.
21:51 Mike...
21:53 I think I did right.
21:56 - I'm sorry, Carl.
22:01 You'll get a fair trial.
22:04 ♪ (dramatic music)
22:17 I'll call you later.
22:19 - Hello Wade. - Hello Mike.
22:21 We booked Carl.
22:23 - Yeah, I know.
22:24 It's only a supposition,
22:26 but we believe at the time he committed the crime,
22:28 he was insane.
22:30 I don't think he'll ever be well again.
22:31 - When is the vicinity hearing?
22:33 - Next Wednesday.
22:34 I'll be in New York.
22:35 I'll call you. If he needs anything, let me know.
22:38 Okay.
22:39 Thanks, bye.
22:40 - Bye.
22:41 I just heard you were leaving.
22:44 Aren't you going to stay to watch the downhill meet today?
22:46 - Can't.
22:47 Gotta get a plane for New York.
22:50 - New York...
22:52 Mexico...Cairo...
22:55 No routes.
22:56 - You decided that a year ago.
22:59 - I know.
23:01 But I'll miss you.
23:04 You're going back to France.
23:06 You'll have a husband I think, I'll remember.
23:10 ♪ (dramatic music)
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23:44 ♪ (dramatic music)