Episode aired Apr 18, 1961
Host: Boris Karloff
Guest Stars: Macdonald Carey • Patricia Medina • Joan Tetzel
An artist "pawns" his soul to the devil and must retrieve it by painting a portrait of another person whose soul will be exchanged for his.
Host: Boris Karloff
Guest Stars: Macdonald Carey • Patricia Medina • Joan Tetzel
An artist "pawns" his soul to the devil and must retrieve it by painting a portrait of another person whose soul will be exchanged for his.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:04 $199,000.
00:07 $200,000.
00:10 $201,000.
00:11 $202,000.
00:13 $203,000.
00:15 $204,000.
00:16 $205,000.
00:19 $206,000.
00:22 $207,000.
00:23 $208,000.
00:25 $209,000.
00:28 And even $210,000.
00:34 And more come tomorrow.
00:35 We're dirty.
00:43 It's almost sundown.
00:55 If he thinks the place is closed, he'll go away.
00:59 [BELL RINGING]
01:04 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:30 [BELL RINGING]
01:33 [LAUGHING]
01:39 So it's you.
01:41 You frightened me.
01:42 All right, you can come in.
01:44 But nobody else.
01:45 Nobody else gets in, do you hear?
01:48 Nobody.
01:49 Nobody.
01:50 [CAT MEOWING]
01:53 Kitty, what's the matter?
02:10 Mr. Spengler.
02:17 Mr. Spengler, I've been waiting for you.
02:22 Where-- where did you come from?
02:26 Oh, now really, Spengler, you know better than to ask me that.
02:32 [KNOCKING]
02:34 I can't see you.
02:41 Where are you?
02:43 Here, you miserable little miser, waiting for you.
02:48 I've been waiting a whole year.
02:52 But you've got to give me a little more time.
02:55 Just a little more time.
02:57 Of what, Spengler?
02:59 Counting your useless money?
03:01 Man increases, midas.
03:03 You're all alike, barren and sterile.
03:08 You can't take me now.
03:09 For the first time in my life, I have something.
03:13 At least let me enjoy it.
03:16 Enjoy it?
03:18 What does a miser know of pleasure?
03:21 It is better to live than to just die rich.
03:26 A bargain is a bargain, however.
03:29 And your time was up at sundown.
03:33 Come with me.
03:37 Come with me.
03:39 Your money won't help you now.
03:46 Spengler!
03:47 Oh, no!
03:53 [SCREAMING]
04:05 The name of our story is "The Devil's Ticket."
04:08 It has to do with an artist.
04:10 And they tell us that one picture is worth a thousand words.
04:15 You will see...
04:17 ...Madonna Carey...
04:22 ...Joan Tetzel...
04:28 ...Patricia Medina...
04:34 ...and John Emery.
04:37 Now, there's a rogues' gallery if I ever saw one.
04:44 And I can assure you they're up to no good.
04:47 As you'll find out for yourself...
04:49 ...if you have the courage to stay with us.
04:53 [THEME MUSIC]
04:56 [THEME MUSIC]
04:58 [MUSIC PLAYING]
05:15 [MUSIC PLAYING]
05:17 Hector, you're not eating.
05:37 Oh, sorry.
05:40 [CLINKING]
05:42 It's good soup.
05:48 Maybe I'm sick of soup.
05:51 Something's wrong.
05:54 A woman's intuition.
05:57 The painting didn't go well today, did it?
06:00 Oh, yes, my dear. The painting went very well today.
06:03 I can hang it on the wall along with all the others.
06:05 And then what? Look at them.
06:08 It's been two years since I had a showing. Two years!
06:11 But the critics liked your work.
06:14 Yes, the critics. They said I was a finished artist.
06:17 How right they were.
06:20 Where are you going?
06:22 Why do I always go when I'm sick of soup? To Spengler, of course.
06:25 You've pawned just about everything we own.
06:28 What about the silverware?
06:30 The stuff we got for wedding presents?
06:34 Spengler has it all.
06:37 No.
06:49 I know.
06:51 I swore I'd never pawn any of my paintings.
06:54 Poor but proud, that's me.
06:57 Loving a Garrett and all that sort of thing.
07:00 Well, that's finished.
07:03 But, Hector, not the still life.
07:06 Why not? It's only a masterpiece.
07:09 If we have to.
07:12 Don't let him cheat you now.
07:14 Oh, Spengler, how can you say that?
07:16 He knows an original Hector Vane is worth $1,000.
07:19 So maybe you'll give me 10 bucks for it.
07:22 [ music ]
07:25 Mr. Spengler?
07:51 Mr. Spengler?
07:54 Yes?
08:00 Oh.
08:04 Where's Mr. Spengler?
08:06 Spengler is finished. I have taken his place.
08:09 How can I serve you?
08:12 I'd like to get a loan on this.
08:18 Perhaps if we could have a little more light.
08:21 I do not need the light.
08:24 You painted this?
08:29 Yes.
08:31 Ah, I see you are a realist.
08:33 I approve of that young man.
08:35 We must all face reality.
08:37 That's why I'm here.
08:39 Yes, indeed.
08:41 The abstractionist painters now, they're trying to escape.
08:44 And, of course, there is no escape.
08:47 How do you find that out?
08:49 Those bearded young fellows with their stupid scrawls,
08:51 I don't understand their work at all.
08:53 I sometimes think they must paint with their beards.
08:56 [ chuckles ]
08:58 But this,
09:01 this is real painting.
09:04 You like it?
09:06 Yes.
09:08 The shoes look like shoes.
09:11 [ chuckles ]
09:13 You have an unusual talent.
09:16 What will you offer me for the picture?
09:18 I'm alone.
09:20 Nothing.
09:22 Nothing?
09:24 I do not deal in paintings.
09:27 But it's all I have to pawn.
09:29 Don't be so sure, Hector Vane.
09:32 You know me?
09:34 Your signature's on the painting.
09:37 It tells me many things.
09:40 Those old shoes, poverty.
09:44 You must be very poor.
09:46 You should be rich, famous.
09:48 That's what I want, yes, but right now,
09:50 I'll settle for $10 in cash.
09:52 Don't be a fool.
09:54 You can have anything you want.
09:56 Everything.
09:58 Who are you?
10:03 Your benefactor.
10:05 The one who can give you all that you desire.
10:08 What the devil do you mean?
10:11 Now, now, let's not mention any names.
10:14 It's ridiculous.
10:23 The next thing I know,
10:25 you'll be trying to get me to sell you my soul.
10:28 Not sell, Mr. Vane.
10:32 If you prefer, you can pawn it with me.
10:35 Pawn it?
10:37 You mean a regular...
10:40 pawn-ticket deal for 90 days?
10:43 That sounds like a reasonable length of time.
10:47 Think it over, Mr. Vane.
10:50 Fame, riches.
10:53 Whatever you desire.
10:56 I don't believe it.
11:03 You'll see.
11:05 Suppose I agreed.
11:08 Then what?
11:10 How could I redeem my pledge?
11:12 Very simply, by painting a picture for me.
11:16 What's the matter with this picture? It's good.
11:19 Ah, but that's a still life, Mr. Vane.
11:22 Not really suitable for my collection at all.
11:25 We'll talk about that later,
11:27 after I fulfill my part of the bargain.
11:30 Now, uh,
11:32 will you be good enough to sign your name?
11:37 ( music playing )
11:40 Just sign my name?
11:51 That's all. Just a legal precaution.
11:54 Legal?
11:57 Oh, don't scoff, Mr. Vane.
11:59 In my time, I've had dealings with many lawyers.
12:04 Sign here, please.
12:07 Excellent.
12:21 Here's your ticket.
12:24 Redeemable at sundown
12:27 on the 5th of April.
12:31 ( music playing )
12:34 Is this all I have to show for it?
12:42 Just an ordinary pawn ticket?
12:45 It's all you'll need, Mr. Vane.
12:47 It's all you'll need.
12:50 ( music playing )
12:58 ( music playing )
13:01 Darling?
13:24 Yes?
13:26 Darling, darling, darling, darling.
13:29 Marie, what's wrong?
13:31 Wrong? There's nothing wrong. Everything's right.
13:34 He just called on the landlady's phone.
13:36 He wants to see you right away tonight.
13:38 Who?
13:39 Well, Eppert, your art dealer.
13:41 He talked to Howard Lanson about your work.
13:44 You mean the Lanson Art Gallery? That Lanson?
13:47 Yes.
13:48 He's planning a one-man show for you next month.
13:52 Eppert says he's ready to buy six of the big oils now,
13:55 particularly the still life, and he knows that during the show
13:58 he can sell at least a dozen more.
14:01 Isn't it wonderful?
14:06 Yes.
14:08 Wonderful.
14:10 Did you sell the still life?
14:15 No. No, I didn't sell the still life.
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15:39 Ah, Mr. Vane, an unexpected pleasure.
15:51 I didn't think I'd be seeing you this soon.
15:54 Is everything satisfactory?
15:57 It's a dream.
15:59 Life is a dream, Mr. Vane.
16:01 I don't see how you do it.
16:03 The show, the sales,
16:06 and now these wealthy people who buy my pictures.
16:10 What do you know?
16:12 They're even giving me tips on the market.
16:15 I promised you fame and riches.
16:18 And you promised me.
16:20 That's why I'm here.
16:22 I thought if I came a month in advance...
16:26 Not quite a month now.
16:29 26 days, Mr. Vane.
16:32 Just 26 more days.
16:35 I know, but there's no need for you to wait.
16:38 You have the picture for me?
16:40 Where is it?
16:42 Why, it's in my studio, of course.
16:44 I painted it especially for you.
16:46 It's a beautiful landscape.
16:48 Landscape?
16:50 Landscape?
16:53 That's very clever of you, my dear sir.
16:56 Very clever indeed.
16:58 I didn't mean to be clever.
17:00 I don't want a landscape, Mr. Vane.
17:03 My agreement calls for me to make a choice.
17:06 I want you to paint a portrait.
17:08 One of those portraits that you alone can paint.
17:11 A portrait that captures the soul.
17:13 The soul?
17:15 Why do you keep insisting on the soul?
17:17 For a very good reason.
17:19 Because I hold your soul in pawn.
17:21 Unless you redeem it with another soul,
17:23 I shall claim possession.
17:25 Full possession.
17:27 That means somebody else would be...
17:29 You made the bargain, Mr. Vane.
17:31 So it's your soul against another.
17:35 I can't believe it.
17:48 It's like a nightmare.
17:51 Life is a nightmare, Mr. Vane.
17:55 There's no other way?
17:57 Don't take it so hard, my friend.
18:00 I'm not limiting you.
18:02 Whose portrait you give me doesn't matter in the least.
18:05 Just as long as you paint faithfully,
18:08 so that your genius will mirror the soul of the sitter.
18:13 That would be murder.
18:15 Worse than murder.
18:17 Yes.
18:19 Isn't that so terrible?
18:21 Perhaps there's someone you would like to get rid of.
18:24 Paint his portrait and satisfy us both.
18:28 26 days, Mr. Vane!
18:31 You have just 26 days!
18:35 (dramatic music)
18:38 Oh, Hector, you're not eating.
19:00 I'm sorry.
19:03 (dramatic music)
19:06 Something's wrong.
19:11 No, everything's fine.
19:13 I'm just not hungry.
19:16 Where are you going?
19:19 The studio.
19:21 The studio.
19:23 You know, with all the money you've made,
19:28 I don't know why you want to keep that old place.
19:32 For sentimental reasons.
19:35 Besides, it has north light.
19:37 North light?
19:39 What difference does that make at night?
19:42 I don't understand what's come over you lately.
19:45 Sleeping half the day and only painting in the evenings?
19:48 You don't understand me, period.
19:55 That overcoat.
19:58 Why do you keep on wearing such a shabby old thing?
20:01 For the same reason I keep the studio.
20:04 Sentiment.
20:06 Darling.
20:08 You haven't been very sentimental lately.
20:15 Maybe I've changed.
20:22 Good night.
20:24 (somber music)
20:27 (door opens)
20:30 (somber music)
20:33 (somber music)
20:36 (somber music)
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20:42 (sobbing)
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21:12 Darling.
21:14 You're so sentimental.
21:17 How can I help it?
21:20 You treat all your models this way.
21:23 I never had a model like you before.
21:26 Back to your easel lover.
21:30 Nadja. Nadja, darling.
21:33 You're supposed to be a painter, not a sculptor.
21:37 You keep treating me like a joke.
21:42 What else am I to do?
21:44 Hiding away with me here in this crummy little garret,
21:47 then running off to that big penthouse of yours
21:49 must give you a million laughs.
21:58 (footsteps)
22:01 Is that a joke?
22:11 Is it?
22:13 No. No.
22:16 I never knew I could feel this way about anyone.
22:19 Prove it.
22:21 How?
22:23 I'm going to Mexico for a year on April the 3rd.
22:26 Come with me.
22:28 April 3rd?
22:31 I can't.
22:33 Your wife giving a tea party for some of her rich friends?
22:39 It isn't that.
22:41 It'll take me just a couple of weeks longer.
22:44 Go on. Keep asking for more time. I know that technique.
22:47 Well, I'm sorry, darling. I have made my reservations.
22:51 But I'll need more time to straighten out my affairs.
22:54 I'm sick of that word "affairs."
22:57 I'm talking about marriage.
22:59 So am I.
23:01 I thought I wanted money and fame.
23:05 All the while, what I really wanted was you.
23:09 (chuckles)
23:11 Never mind the analysis, darling.
23:14 Save that for the psychiatrist.
23:17 Psychiatrist?
23:22 Of course.
23:24 Psychiatrist could be the answer.
23:27 The answer to what?
23:30 It could be the answer to everything.
23:33 What more can I say?
23:46 Sounds a little wild, doesn't it?
23:49 I've heard wilder. Yes, from your patients.
23:52 You don't consider yourself my patient? No.
23:56 What I've told you happens to be the truth.
23:58 The truth, as you see it.
24:00 As I've lived it.
24:02 What is truth?
24:04 Pontius Pilate asked that question long ago.
24:07 The closest we've come to an answer is that there are two kinds of truth.
24:11 Objective and subjective.
24:13 Yours is subjective.
24:16 What you see in your own mind.
24:19 I told you this pawnbroker actually exists.
24:22 Everything really happened. Of course.
24:25 It's all a matter of how you interpret them.
24:28 What's your interpretation, doctor?
24:30 Coincidence. You met this man.
24:32 He played upon your suggestibility.
24:34 There's nothing supernatural about it.
24:37 He's the devil. He told you this?
24:40 Not in so many words.
24:42 Does he have horns? No.
24:45 He has no boots?
24:47 A tail? No, of course not.
24:49 I see. But you think he's Satan.
24:51 But everything he's promised came true.
24:53 Why? Because he promised?
24:55 Or because it would have come true anyway.
24:58 You've been a painter for many years.
25:00 You told me yourself that sooner or later success was bound to come.
25:04 That pawnbroker had nothing to do with what happened.
25:07 But he has my soul.
25:09 Did he go to the art gallery and force them to have a showing?
25:12 Did he influence the critics?
25:14 How could he make people purchase your paintings?
25:16 Think a moment. You'll see that he had no part in it at all.
25:19 You don't understand. He has my soul.
25:22 Only if you want to believe he does.
25:24 Only if you believe in him.
25:27 You don't?
25:29 In the old days, they called it demonic possession.
25:32 Today we know that evil spirits and devils
25:35 don't enter human minds or human bodies.
25:39 We recognize schizophrenia, the paranoid syndrome.
25:43 In other words, I'm not crazy, but the pawnbroker is.
25:45 From your description, he would appear to be mentally disturbed.
25:48 But what shall I do?
25:50 My advice to you is to do nothing.
25:52 Absolutely nothing.
25:54 Just stay away from him.
25:56 But you don't understand.
25:58 If you could only see him, you'd know.
26:00 You'd feel better if I saw him?
26:02 Would you just go to the pawnshop and see for yourself?
26:05 Perhaps on one condition.
26:07 What?
26:09 That you consent to regular treatment.
26:12 But I thought you said there was nothing wrong with me.
26:15 I told you there was nothing supernatural involved in your problem,
26:18 but there is a problem.
26:20 Your immediate situation with your wife, with this girl.
26:24 Don't you believe you need treatment?
26:29 Yes, I need help.
26:33 Miss Dexter will set up a schedule of appointments.
26:41 But you promised you'd go see the pawnbroker.
26:44 Well, ordinarily, I'd have no ethical right to interfere.
26:49 But as your physician, yes, I'll see him.
26:53 Thank you, doctor.
26:55 Thank you.
26:57 It's wonderful.
27:11 You seem terribly gay tonight.
27:14 It's a celebration.
27:16 Oh. And what are we celebrating?
27:19 My running away to Mexico?
27:21 We're celebrating our running away to Mexico.
27:24 Since when?
27:26 I've made some new arrangements.
27:30 I'm pretty sure I can get away.
27:33 Just pretty sure?
27:35 I'll know tomorrow.
27:37 What happens tomorrow?
27:39 I meet a man, he has something to tell me,
27:43 and then we go away together.
27:46 Mexico.
27:48 Margaritas and Monterey, tequilas in Tusco,
27:51 salute to the brave bulls,
27:54 siesta in Sonora,
27:56 and pick passion flowers in Xochimilco.
28:00 It sounds wonderful, darling.
28:04 It sounds too good to be true.
28:07 But it is true.
28:09 Tell me tomorrow, Hector.
28:12 Marja.
28:15 Why don't we leave now and go up to the studio?
28:20 Tomorrow.
28:24 Dr. Frank?
28:35 Dr. Frank?
28:37 Good day, Mr. Vane.
28:47 The doctor.
28:49 Where is he?
28:51 Let us say that he has been detained by another appointment.
28:55 Permanently detained.
28:58 What are you doing here?
29:00 I could ask you the same question.
29:03 You should be working.
29:05 Working?
29:07 Yes.
29:08 You owe me a painting, remember?
29:11 And don't waste your time sending doctors or policemen either.
29:15 Just deliver the portrait.
29:18 You have only 13 days left, Mr. Vane.
29:24 13 days.
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30:02 I've been waiting over an hour for you. Where have you been?
30:06 You're drunk.
30:10 What happened? What's the matter?
30:15 It's all finished.
30:19 Please, make sense.
30:21 Nothing makes sense. Nothing.
30:25 I thought I was imagining things.
30:29 Out of my mind.
30:32 It's real.
30:34 I wish I were out of my mind!
30:39 Darling, what did happen? What's the matter?
30:43 You can't go.
30:47 I said I can't go.
30:52 I heard you. And now I'm waiting to know why.
30:55 Something came up.
31:00 I...
31:02 I've got to paint a picture.
31:04 I can't help it. I promise.
31:07 You don't believe me.
31:11 It's true.
31:13 Let me show you.
31:17 I've got to redeem this ticket. I've got to paint a masterpiece.
31:20 A masterpiece!
31:22 Look at your hands. You couldn't paint anything.
31:25 How much painting have you done since you've known me?
31:29 I was to be your model, remember?
31:31 Your model! Oh, that's a laugh!
31:34 All right, if you must paint, paint me.
31:39 Let me be your masterpiece.
31:42 No.
31:44 No, I couldn't paint you.
31:47 You don't understand.
31:51 Yes, I do. I understand perfectly well.
31:53 It's all a pack of lies. It's just an excuse. You couldn't paint anyone.
31:56 No, listen to me. I'm through listening.
31:59 You'll never leave her, will you?
32:02 Leave who? I'm talking about your wife.
32:08 Isn't that... Marie's got nothing to do with it.
32:11 Yes, she has. She's got everything to do with it.
32:13 Who else is there to hold you back?
32:15 Roger, I love you. I love you.
32:18 Go back to her.
32:22 Go back to that stupid wife of yours.
32:24 Maybe she can help you solve your problems.
32:27 Marie.
32:32 My wife.
32:36 Maybe she can solve my problem.
32:41 [doorbell rings]
32:43 Here, let me help you.
33:10 Darling.
33:12 Oh, this old coat.
33:19 After a while on Earth, don't you buy yourself a new one?
33:21 I haven't got time.
33:23 From now on, we're gonna be too busy.
33:25 That's why I stayed down at the studio the past few days.
33:28 I wanted to plan everything very carefully.
33:30 I know. You told me when you called.
33:33 I've missed you.
33:36 Well, cheer up.
33:38 You won't have to miss me any longer.
33:40 From now on, I'll be painting right here at home.
33:44 Is that the surprise you were talking about on the phone?
33:47 Only a part of it.
33:49 I'm going to do a portrait.
33:51 But you haven't wanted to do portraits for years.
33:57 I know.
33:59 But this is going to be my masterpiece.
34:01 You'll see.
34:07 Have you chosen a model?
34:10 Yes.
34:13 You.
34:16 You're going to paint my portrait?
34:20 Believe me, for the picture I have in mind,
34:23 I wouldn't paint anyone but you.
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35:58 Darling, you've finished.
36:10 I think I got what I wanted.
36:13 I've never spent a happier ten days in all my life.
36:19 Ten days?
36:21 Today is April 3rd.
36:23 That's right, it is.
36:25 April 3rd.
36:29 When are you going to tell me?
36:31 Tell you what?
36:33 Who you painted the picture for and why you had to finish it in such a hurry.
36:37 You'll find out very soon.
36:39 Promise?
36:42 I promise.
36:44 Here.
36:51 What's that for?
36:53 Models fees.
36:55 Oh, darling, no.
36:57 Please, I want you to have it.
36:59 You've been cooped up here day after day under such a strain.
37:03 I want you to run downtown and buy something pretty, anything you'd like.
37:07 But, Hector, I don't need--
37:09 You heard what I said. Run along. Please?
37:11 Darling, you're so good to me.
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37:21 [♪♪♪]
37:24 Darling, you're so good to me.
37:31 I knew you wouldn't run off to Mexico without me.
37:34 The painting's finished.
37:37 Where's your wife?
37:49 I sent her off shopping.
37:51 I wanted you to see the picture so you'd know I was telling the truth.
37:55 Come on.
37:58 What do you think?
38:03 It's the best thing I've done, isn't it?
38:08 Look at the coloring.
38:10 The life.
38:12 So that's it.
38:14 What's wrong?
38:16 You painted her?
38:18 I had to.
38:19 What do you mean, you had to?
38:21 You'd never paint me, would you?
38:23 You painted her because you love her.
38:25 You've always loved her.
38:27 That's not true.
38:28 This is the truth.
38:30 This portrait.
38:32 I can see what went into it.
38:34 All the love, all the feeling.
38:36 You don't understand. That's my masterpiece.
38:39 Masterpiece!
38:41 I hate her! I hate her! I hate her!
38:46 (dramatic music)
38:49 (phone ringing)
39:12 (phone ringing)
39:14 - Hello.
39:21 - Just a reminder, Mr. Vane.
39:23 You have 48 hours left.
39:26 48 hours.
39:28 (laughing)
39:32 - What can I do?
39:38 (dramatic music)
39:41 What can I do?
39:42 (dramatic music)
39:57 (knocking)
40:09 (knocking)
40:11 - Darling?
40:12 Darling, are you all right?
40:14 - Come in.
40:19 - Oh, you were asleep.
40:25 I'm sorry.
40:27 - It's all right, darling.
40:28 The painting's all finished.
40:32 - May I look now?
40:33 - Don't touch it.
40:34 - Hector, please tell me what this is all about.
40:39 - You've been locked in here for two days
40:40 and two nights painting steadily.
40:43 I've been so worried.
40:44 - You won't have to worry any longer.
40:46 We're going to be all right.
40:49 - Yes, of course we are.
40:52 But can't you explain?
40:53 - What time is it?
40:56 - A little after three.
40:57 - Three o'clock.
41:08 - April 5th.
41:09 All right, Marie.
41:21 You're entitled to know everything.
41:24 I'll tell you the whole story this evening.
41:28 - This evening?
41:29 - After sundown.
41:30 - I'm afraid I can't.
41:32 - You can't?
41:33 - I can't.
41:34 - Why not?
41:35 - I can't.
41:36 - Why not?
41:36 - I can't.
41:37 - Why not?
41:38 - I can't.
41:39 - Why not?
41:40 - I can't.
41:41 - Why not?
41:41 - I can't.
41:42 - Why not?
41:43 - I can't.
41:44 - Why not?
41:45 - I can't.
41:46 - Why not?
41:46 - I can't.
41:47 - Why not?
41:48 - I can't.
41:49 - Why not?
41:50 - I can't.
41:51 - Why not?
41:51 - I can't.
41:52 - Why not?
41:53 - I can't.
41:54 - Why not?
41:55 - I can't.
41:56 - Why not?
41:56 - I can't.
41:57 - Why not?
41:58 - I can't.
41:59 - You mean a vacation?
42:00 - Yes.
42:01 - Could we go to Mexico?
42:04 - No, no.
42:05 Not Mexico.
42:08 Suppose we flew to Paris.
42:12 - Paris.
42:14 You really mean it?
42:18 - It's spring, isn't it?
42:20 - Oh, how wonderful.
42:21 Oh, darling, why don't you rest a while
42:24 and I'll go out right now and make all the arrangements.
42:27 - All right, darling.
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42:45 - Hector, darling, wake up.
43:10 - Huh?
43:12 It's all right.
43:13 I'm awake.
43:14 What time is it?
43:17 - Quarter to six.
43:19 - Quarter of six?
43:22 - Yes, I just got back.
43:24 I've made all the arrangements
43:25 and I bought some wonderful things.
43:28 What's the matter?
43:30 - I have to go out.
43:31 I've got an appointment.
43:33 - What appointment?
43:34 - I must deliver this new painting.
43:36 It's very urgent.
43:37 I can't afford to be late.
43:38 - Darling, you have a visitor.
43:40 He was waiting at the door when I came in just now.
43:42 Strange man.
43:44 Says he has business with you.
43:47 - Strange man?
43:48 Where is he?
43:51 - I invited him in to wait.
43:53 Is something the matter?
43:58 - No.
44:02 It's all right.
44:05 Tell him to come in.
44:08 - In here?
44:09 - Yes.
44:09 - All right.
44:10 - Good evening, Mr. Vang.
44:16 It is evening, you know.
44:18 - I'm sorry I was detained.
44:21 - I accept your apology.
44:23 You know why I'm here.
44:25 Is it ready?
44:33 - Yes.
44:35 - Excellent.
44:36 And may I see it?
44:39 - You may.
44:40 Over here.
44:42 See for yourself.
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44:55 - What trickery is this?
45:04 - You asked for the portrait of any living person.
45:06 Anyone.
45:08 - Then give me my portrait.
45:11 - Well, there it is.
45:12 Your portrait.
45:13 - You can't cheat me.
45:17 - I'm not cheating you.
45:19 Don't deny that I painted your soul.
45:21 - I'm slurring out of the canvas at you.
45:25 - Take your hideous soul and get out of here.
45:30 - I have given the devil his due.
45:32 I never believed it possible
45:36 that a mortal should trick me thus.
45:38 - And you admit it?
45:40 - Yes, I do.
45:41 - You thought you had me, didn't you?
45:45 You thought I'd sell my soul on that of my wife, didn't you?
45:49 All you did was bring the two of us together again.
45:53 What are you waiting for?
45:58 Here's your portrait.
45:59 Take it and get out.
46:01 - You know, just one thing.
46:05 I must ask you to return my pawn ticket.
46:09 - Of course.
46:10 Marie, get my overcoat, will you please?
46:15 It's in the closet.
46:16 - I know.
46:17 - You sent Nadja to me, didn't you?
46:28 - Yes.
46:30 Women are often my allies.
46:32 - I thought so.
46:34 - You were.
46:35 - See, I discovered something.
46:38 I love Marie just as much as she loves me.
46:41 A woman's love is damnation.
46:44 This time it's salvation.
46:48 - Here you are.
46:52 I didn't want to spend all our money on me.
46:54 I wanted you to have something new for our trip too,
46:56 so I finally got rid of that old overcoat.
47:00 - Marie, where is it?
47:02 - Well, it was so shabby.
47:05 - What did you do with that old coat?
47:10 - I burned it.
47:11 - You burned it?
47:15 (laughing)
47:17 - Told you women were often my allies.
47:31 (laughing)
47:34 Your coat is gone, and the ticket is gone too.
47:40 And only the ticket redeems you from me.
47:43 You've done your part.
47:47 You burned it.
47:49 And now it's his turn to burn.
47:51 (gasping)
47:54 - Open the door!
47:56 Open the door!
48:01 Damnation, Mr. Bane.
48:02 - Open the door!
48:07 Open the door!
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