Impact (1949)
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00:01:14 - Impact.
00:01:16 - The force with which two lives come together,
00:01:19 sometimes for good, sometimes for evil.
00:01:23 [knocking]
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00:01:31 - I say, Williams, allow him by now.
00:01:33 - I'm definitely against it.
00:01:35 - We have our stockholders to answer to.
00:01:38 - Phone Mrs. Williams, Della.
00:01:40 Tell her to be ready in about an hour, and I'll pick her up.
00:01:42 - Yes, Mr.--
00:01:43 - You phone Sandra Fowl and see if those papers
00:01:44 are on the way over from the executive.
00:01:46 - Yes, Will.
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00:01:55 - Well, Mr. Darcy, what's the score?
00:01:56 Nine to nothing?
00:01:57 - I'm afraid it is, Walt.
00:01:59 If you think you can persuade them to change their minds,
00:02:01 you're right ahead.
00:02:02 - Gentlemen, I never interfere in stock issues,
00:02:05 dividends, or anything else in your department.
00:02:07 I must run my department with no interference.
00:02:09 Either I know why and when I need more factory space,
00:02:12 or you need another boy.
00:02:14 And that's all right with me too, because I can take these plants and pick my own spot in the motor production field.
00:02:20 You won't have to worry so much about dividends. There won't be many.
00:02:23 - I have to! - Hold on!
00:02:24 I'm sure none of us want to lose Walt, or our dividends. Why don't you say we take another vote?
00:02:32 All in favor of buying the three new factories, signify by saying aye.
00:02:37 Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.
00:02:43 An unanimous vote. Congratulations, Walt.
00:02:46 - Congratulate the board. They're the winners. - Williams.
00:02:49 If these factories are so valuable, that other companies would jump at the chance to get them,
00:02:55 how do you know that you can buy them at the price you quoted us?
00:02:58 How do I know? I bought them this morning. Good morning.
00:03:01 (indistinct chatter)
00:03:04 Della, I was asked to rush this up for Mr. Williams.
00:03:07 Get my wife, Della.
00:03:10 Your maid said she'd gone to the dentist. I gave her the message.
00:03:13 - Oh, fine. - Oh, this just came.
00:03:16 Thank you. What about those papers?
00:03:18 - They're here. Burke's checking them now. - Good.
00:03:37 Congratulations, Walt. Take a look at clause four.
00:03:40 - Those provisions haven't been clarified yet. - Oh, no?
00:03:43 I want to leave for Tahoe right away. Get Judge Dearing on the phone. Never mind.
00:03:49 I can get faster action if I run out to San Rafael myself and stick with him till I write.
00:03:53 (phone rings)
00:03:55 - Yes? - Mrs. Williams on three.
00:03:57 Oh, put the blueprints of that new diesel in, will you? I want Jackson to see them.
00:04:04 Hi, Duchess. I'm afraid now we won't be able to leave till about five o'clock.
00:04:08 What?
00:04:12 You're not going with me? But I counted on it.
00:04:15 But I thought as soon as Dr. Harris took care of whatever it was, I'd feel better.
00:04:19 I don't. Stupid things still aches, and I certainly wouldn't be a very desirable driving companion.
00:04:25 Now, seriously, darling, you run along and buy your little factories and hurry home.
00:04:32 I'll send your bag to the office.
00:04:34 And cheat me out of my goodbye kiss? Not a chance.
00:04:37 I've got to drive over to San Rafael. I'll stop on the way.
00:04:41 Love me?
00:04:43 Bye, dear.
00:04:46 (whistles)
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00:05:03 (whistles)
00:05:08 How do you expect me to whistle through a toothache?
00:05:13 Mm-hmm.
00:05:23 Nothing in the whole world smells as sweet as you do, Duchess.
00:05:27 I certainly don't feel sweet. I was grouchy as an old bear.
00:05:31 Well, old Doc Williams can give you something to fix that.
00:05:34 Close your eyes.
00:05:36 Relax a minute.
00:05:38 Take a look at that and see if you don't feel better.
00:05:42 Oh, Walt!
00:05:45 Oh, darling, it's beautiful!
00:05:59 Not bad. Not bad at all.
00:06:01 You know, to quote my wife, I like monograms on things.
00:06:05 It shows they belong to me, unquote.
00:06:07 When did your wife say such a thing, Mr. Williams?
00:06:10 About six years ago, when I married her.
00:06:13 She gave me the first monogrammed shirts I ever owned.
00:06:15 Those were the words on the card. I still have it.
00:06:18 I certainly hope your board of directors never discovers what a softie you are.
00:06:22 They won't. Don't worry.
00:06:24 I have only one vulnerable spot.
00:06:27 What really happened this morning?
00:06:29 All I got out of Della was that you stalked out of the office with blood in your eye...
00:06:33 and were back in no time with canary feathers in your mouth.
00:06:36 Oh, I clipped those birds' wings, but short.
00:06:40 No one's gonna vote me down, sweet, not when I know I'm right.
00:06:44 But how did you convince the board of that so quickly?
00:06:47 With subtle hints.
00:06:49 Then easy persuasion.
00:06:52 Like this.
00:06:53 Either I get what I want, or you get yourself another boy.
00:06:57 And that's all right with me, too.
00:06:59 Walter!
00:07:01 What a clumsy ox. I'm sorry, Duchess.
00:07:06 Oh, please, sweet, don't be so upset.
00:07:09 Oh, if you could have seen your face.
00:07:13 Oh, don't bother, dear. Cillen will take care of that.
00:07:19 Not exactly a good prescription for nerds, huh?
00:07:21 You know, you're wrong, Dr. Williams.
00:07:23 The way I feel now, a good cat death will probably make a new woman out of me.
00:07:27 And if it's not going to make you too late...
00:07:29 Yes?
00:07:30 Well, I'm sure that by 5 o'clock I'll...
00:07:32 Swell. I'll run over to San Rafael and get things ironed out and be back for you by 5.
00:07:36 On the nose.
00:07:37 Darling, wait!
00:07:39 That's perfectly silly.
00:07:40 I'll take a taxi cab and meet you in Sausalito.
00:07:42 There's a drugstore on a corner opposite the square.
00:07:45 I'll be there at 5 o'clock and we can go straight on up to Tahoe.
00:07:48 That'll save you all that late afternoon traffic and all that time it'll take to come and pick me up.
00:07:52 Smart woman, my wife. Thinks of everything.
00:07:56 Where's your bag, honey?
00:07:58 Oh, Sue Lynn still has some things to press for me.
00:08:01 You sure you don't mind taking a taxi?
00:08:04 Very sure.
00:08:05 Sweet dreams, Duchess.
00:08:07 See you at 5.
00:08:12 Better get going.
00:08:14 Bye, honey.
00:08:17 Bye.
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00:09:12 - Long distance?
00:09:13 On Berkeley 79721.
00:09:17 (phone rings)
00:09:22 - Hello?
00:09:23 Ah, hiya, beautiful.
00:09:26 Sit here.
00:09:27 (tires screech)
00:09:35 (car horn honks)
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00:09:48 - Here.
00:09:53 Don't forget, turn this stuff over to a bellboy
00:09:55 at the airport hotel in Oakland.
00:09:57 Tell him to hold it for Jack Burns.
00:09:58 - Jack Burns, the airport hotel?
00:10:00 - That's right, he'll be checking in later.
00:10:02 - How do I owe you?
00:10:03 - A buck 15 a hair.
00:10:04 All this stuff back to Oakland.
00:10:07 - Yeah, yeah, hey, buy yourself an Oakland.
00:10:09 - Thanks.
00:10:10 (car horn honks)
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00:11:00 - Hey, where's that new woman who was gonna meet me?
00:11:03 It's after five o'clock.
00:11:04 Oh, gee, I was so sure you were gonna be okay.
00:11:10 Maybe you better get yourself another dentist, huh?
00:11:14 Of course I understand, honey, of course.
00:11:17 Just to prove it to you, I'm coming right on home.
00:11:19 - No, you really mustn't, darling.
00:11:22 I'm going to be perfectly all right, really.
00:11:25 And besides...
00:11:27 - Besides what?
00:11:28 - Well, I've done something you're not going to like.
00:11:31 You remember Aunt Margaret back in Illinois?
00:11:33 - You mean the old gal in Evanston?
00:11:35 I'm way ahead of you.
00:11:36 How much?
00:11:37 - Well, it isn't money this time.
00:11:38 It's another relative.
00:11:40 Her favorite nephew, Jim Torrance.
00:11:42 All of a sudden, right out of the blue,
00:11:44 just after you left, he telephoned me from Berkeley.
00:11:47 - Okay, Judge, I'll see him when I get back.
00:11:49 - Well, you don't understand, dear.
00:11:52 You're going to see him right away.
00:11:54 - I'm what?
00:11:55 - Well, all he seemed to want
00:11:56 was to be able to get back to Illinois,
00:11:58 so I...
00:11:58 - So you buy him a ticket.
00:11:59 That's easy.
00:12:00 - Well, it isn't.
00:12:01 I offered to, but he got huffy
00:12:03 and said he didn't want any handouts.
00:12:05 And well, without thinking, I told him we'd pick him up
00:12:09 and give him a lift as far as Denver.
00:12:12 - I won't say I'm getting exactly an even trade for you,
00:12:15 but where do I find this guy?
00:12:17 - Well, he should be there right now.
00:12:19 I told him to be on the lookout
00:12:20 for a cream-colored roadster,
00:12:21 just in case we fail to recognize one another
00:12:23 after all these years.
00:12:25 Oh, darling, you're such a lamb.
00:12:27 Are you sure you forgive me?
00:12:29 - What do you think?
00:12:31 Well, I'd better run along.
00:12:32 Her cousin Jim might get nervous.
00:12:34 Take it easy, sweet, and miss me, will you?
00:12:37 - I do already.
00:12:39 Don't drive fast, and please take care of yourself.
00:12:43 Softie.
00:12:44 Goodbye.
00:12:57 - Hello, Della?
00:12:59 Yeah, Mrs. Williams wasn't able to go with me.
00:13:00 Now, while I'm going,
00:13:02 you see that she gets her roses every morning.
00:13:04 That's right.
00:13:06 But this time on all the cards, put "Love from Softie."
00:13:11 Yeah, S-O-F-T-Y.
00:13:12 (door creaking)
00:13:15 Hello.
00:13:29 You must be Jim Torrance.
00:13:33 - Yeah, that's me.
00:13:35 - I'm Walt Williams.
00:13:36 Hiya, Jim.
00:13:37 - Hi.
00:13:38 Where's Irene?
00:13:41 - Oh, she's a little under the weather at the last minute.
00:13:44 Worse luck.
00:13:45 - That's too bad.
00:13:48 I was hoping I'd see her.
00:13:50 - Yeah, I'm disappointed, too.
00:13:53 Where's your luggage?
00:13:54 - Oh, I'm wearing it.
00:13:55 Less trouble that way.
00:14:09 - Irene tells me you're heading for Illinois.
00:14:11 - Yeah.
00:14:12 - Going's been a little rough, huh?
00:14:17 - Haven't exactly been worried about my income tax.
00:14:21 - What's your line, Jim?
00:14:24 - Oh, guess I'm a better salesman than anything else.
00:14:28 - Hmm.
00:14:29 You know, I can give you a couple of letters
00:14:31 when you get back to Chicago.
00:14:32 It might help you.
00:14:33 - Fine.
00:14:35 But laying with a top brass never hurts.
00:14:38 - What outfit were you wearing?
00:14:40 - Patton's Third Army.
00:14:42 - How was it?
00:14:44 - Rough.
00:14:46 Except for the time in Italy, I kinda liked it there.
00:14:50 - Patton's outfit never got to Italy.
00:14:53 - Of course.
00:14:57 But most civilians never know or care,
00:14:59 and I figured you didn't either.
00:15:02 - I'll have fooled you that time.
00:15:06 (truck rumbling)
00:15:08 - Our last chance to chow for a while, how about it?
00:15:21 - No thanks, I grabbed a hamburger
00:15:23 while I was waiting for you.
00:15:25 I can still taste the harness.
00:15:27 - Sure you won't change your mind?
00:15:32 - I'm gonna grab a little shut-eye.
00:15:35 - All right.
00:15:36 Chicken sandwich and a Coke.
00:15:43 - One chicken sandwich.
00:15:45 - Chicken sandwich coming up.
00:15:47 - Give me change for a dollar, will you?
00:15:54 - Sure.
00:15:55 (coins clinking)
00:15:58 - Thanks.
00:16:04 (phone ringing)
00:16:12 San Francisco.
00:16:13 Klondike 2-6714.
00:16:15 (phone ringing)
00:16:19 - Hello?
00:16:20 (phone ringing)
00:16:25 - Klondike 2-6714 does not answer.
00:16:46 - Oh, well try Sutter 1-2599, please.
00:16:49 - Baby apartment?
00:16:55 Oh yes, Mr. Williams.
00:16:57 No, your maid isn't there tonight, sir.
00:16:59 She said Mrs. Williams was taking something
00:17:01 to make her sleep and wasn't to be disturbed, but perhaps--
00:17:05 - No, no, don't disturb her.
00:17:06 Just leave a message that I won't forget
00:17:08 about a certain problem.
00:17:10 - Mm-hmm.
00:17:15 I think I have it, sir.
00:17:17 You want her to forget all about a certain problem.
00:17:21 Softie, is that S-O-F-T-Y, sir?
00:17:23 Softie is going to take care of it thoroughly.
00:17:28 Is that all?
00:17:29 - Yes, that's all.
00:17:30 She'll understand.
00:17:31 (laughing)
00:17:32 Be sure she gets it the first thing in the morning.
00:17:35 Right.
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00:18:51 - Oh, hi.
00:18:52 It's been so long since I've been behind the wheel
00:18:54 of anything but a Caterpillar or a Jeep.
00:18:56 I had to find out what a real buggy feels like.
00:18:59 - Why don't you drive for a while?
00:19:00 - As well.
00:19:01 - Nothing would suit me better.
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00:19:21 - Tell me, Irene still got that little scar on her cheek?
00:19:38 - The one she got from the fall?
00:19:41 Yeah.
00:19:42 You can hardly see it now, though.
00:19:45 How'd you know about that?
00:19:46 She just got it last summer.
00:19:47 - Thought you said you hadn't seen her for years.
00:19:50 - Oh, oh, from Aunt Margaret, of course.
00:19:53 How else?
00:19:55 She always sends me the news in her letters.
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00:20:04 - Get your Aunt Margaret.
00:20:20 It'll be pretty happy to see you.
00:20:22 Irene says you're the neighbor nephew.
00:20:26 - Afraid my lovely cousin was just giving me a buildup
00:20:29 for your betterment.
00:20:31 - You don't know Irene.
00:20:34 - Maybe not.
00:20:35 (dramatic music)
00:20:38 (dramatic music)
00:20:40 - What's the matter?
00:21:06 - I think we got a flat.
00:21:08 Yeah, flat as a flounder.
00:21:23 - Oh.
00:21:24 Well, let's get to work.
00:21:28 Hey.
00:21:32 Look out there, young fella.
00:21:34 That's quite a drop.
00:21:36 (dramatic music)
00:21:38 - You got a flashlight?
00:22:01 - I think I have.
00:22:03 Get the jack, I'll take a look.
00:22:05 Did you find it?
00:22:18 - Yeah.
00:22:19 - Yeah, it won't be long now.
00:22:22 (dramatic music)
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00:22:30 - Come on, let's get going.
00:22:51 - Wait a minute.
00:22:53 Did one of your cuff links fall off?
00:22:57 - Something dropped.
00:22:58 I heard it fall right down there at your feet.
00:23:01 - Oh.
00:23:02 - It must have rolled under the car.
00:23:09 - No, Irene, it may have sunk her.
00:23:25 (dramatic music)
00:23:28 - Hello.
00:23:38 Need a hand?
00:23:46 - No, no.
00:23:47 I'm all set now.
00:23:48 - Okay.
00:23:49 Good night.
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00:24:20 - Casey.
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00:25:22 - Need any help, Buck?
00:25:39 (dramatic music)
00:25:46 (dramatic music)
00:25:49 - That guy must be crazy.
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00:26:01 (tires screeching)
00:26:10 (dramatic music)
00:26:13 - Now, in case my husband should be late
00:26:33 and have to rush for his plane,
00:26:34 this will be taken care of.
00:26:35 - Thank you.
00:26:36 Tell Mrs. Burns the 302.
00:26:38 (dramatic music)
00:26:41 - Irene and me, sucker.
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00:27:10 Take care of yourself, Softie.
00:27:20 Softie.
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00:29:44 - Young lady.
00:29:55 - Excuse me.
00:29:57 - I want to see Mrs. Walter Williams.
00:29:59 - I'm sorry, sir, but she left orders not to be disturbed.
00:30:02 - I'm sorry, too.
00:30:03 Lieutenant Quincy, the police department.
00:30:06 (phone ringing)
00:30:16 (phone ringing)
00:30:18 (phone ringing)
00:30:43 - Hello, I thought I left orders not to be dis...
00:30:46 Oh, I see.
00:30:50 Ask him to come up, please.
00:30:54 (door opening)
00:31:22 (door closing)
00:31:24 (door opening)
00:31:27 - Yes?
00:31:52 - I'm Lieutenant Quincy with the police department.
00:31:55 I'm sorry to disturb you at this hour, but...
00:31:58 May I come in?
00:32:01 - Of course.
00:32:02 Well, Lieutenant.
00:32:13 - Did your husband go on a motor trip late this afternoon?
00:32:17 - Why, yes, he went to Denver on business, why?
00:32:20 - Was he driving a Packard Broodster?
00:32:23 - Yes.
00:32:25 Is, is anything wrong?
00:32:28 - I'm afraid there is.
00:32:31 Would you sit down, please?
00:32:33 - Has, has something happened to my husband?
00:32:36 - Yes, Mrs. Williams.
00:32:39 - He's dead, isn't he?
00:32:42 - Yes.
00:32:43 - Oh, Walt, I knew something like this would happen.
00:32:49 I begged him time and again not to pick up hitchhikers.
00:32:52 - But it wasn't a hitchhiker, Mrs. Williams.
00:32:55 It was just an accident.
00:32:57 He ran into a truck, a gasoline truck.
00:33:00 - You mean...
00:33:02 There was fire?
00:33:04 - He must have been driving pretty fast.
00:33:07 I don't think he felt anything after the crash.
00:33:15 - If there's nothing more you need me for, Lieutenant, I...
00:33:19 - I, I think I understand.
00:33:21 And may I say you've taken this with a great deal of courage.
00:33:26 Good night, Mrs. Williams.
00:33:28 - Take care of yourself.
00:33:43 - Softy, my friend, be softy.
00:33:46 - Softy, softy, softy.
00:33:48 - Ready? - Yeah.
00:33:59 - That Williams must have been quite a guy.
00:34:01 - Yeah, he went to work for Universal Motors as a sheet metal worker.
00:34:04 - Mm-hmm. - Less than 10 years.
00:34:06 He's their top production man.
00:34:08 - Well, he sure went out in a blaze of glory.
00:34:10 - Yeah. - Ah, let's go.
00:34:12 [♪♪♪]
00:34:14 - Softy, softy, softy. - From Irene of B.
00:34:38 - Softy, softy, softy. - Softy, softy, softy.
00:34:42 [♪♪♪]
00:35:05 - Well, could Mr. Berriza take in a later plane and still make connections for Mexico City?
00:35:09 I see.
00:35:14 Yes?
00:35:17 - Here's some telegrams for Ty Ty.
00:35:20 - Just put them under the door, Su Lin.
00:35:24 - Please, Ty Ty, a policeman, Quincy, most anxious to see you.
00:35:34 Ask him to wait, Su Lin.
00:35:37 - Mrs. Williams will see you presently.
00:36:02 - Oh, wait, please.
00:36:04 [Buzzer]
00:36:08 - Flowers for Mrs. Walter Williams. - Thank you.
00:36:17 - Roses like Mr. Williams always send him when he's away.
00:36:30 - You seem to have been very fond of Mr. Williams.
00:36:33 - Su Lin is honored to have served him five years, and he...
00:36:36 - I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Lieutenant.
00:36:40 - I wouldn't be disturbing you again if it wasn't necessary.
00:36:47 And I won't be keeping you but a moment.
00:36:49 - You're being very considerate. Won't you sit down?
00:36:52 - Sit down.
00:36:54 - Everyone's been... most thoughtful.
00:37:14 - And why shouldn't they be?
00:37:16 - Oh!
00:37:20 - I'm sorry, I... I'm all right now.
00:37:23 - What was it, Lieutenant?
00:37:26 - The state police would like to have some information.
00:37:29 They found some wavy skid marks for quite a distance on the road.
00:37:33 As if the car had been out of control when it crashed.
00:37:36 Tell me, was Mr. Williams a reckless driver?
00:37:40 - Why, no. He was a fast driver, but certainly not reckless.
00:37:44 - Well, uh, was he... was he a heavy drinker?
00:37:49 - Quite the contrary.
00:37:51 - But what about his health?
00:37:53 Could he have had a heart attack and lost consciousness before the accident?
00:37:58 - Why, no. He was in perfect health, but...
00:38:03 He'd been working much too hard lately and was overtired.
00:38:07 Perhaps he fell asleep at the wheel last night.
00:38:12 - Oh, poor darling.
00:38:16 If only I'd been able to go with him last night, he might still be alive.
00:38:20 - Well, maybe so and maybe not. You mustn't blame yourself, Mrs. Williams.
00:38:24 Fate plays an important part in these matters.
00:38:27 Your handkerchief.
00:38:29 [sniffles]
00:38:31 - When's the next train to San Francisco?
00:38:55 - 10 a.m. tomorrow.
00:38:57 - Are you sure there isn't one sooner?
00:39:00 - No, I'm sorry.
00:39:02 [clock ticking]
00:39:04 [clock ticking]
00:39:07 [clock ticking]
00:39:09 [door closes]
00:39:28 [door opens]
00:39:30 - We have a circuit now, sir.
00:39:42 - Evanston.
00:39:43 - Calling Mrs. Margaret Hubbard's residence in Evanston.
00:39:46 - One moment, please.
00:39:48 [phone rings]
00:39:50 [phone rings]
00:39:54 - Hello?
00:39:55 - Mrs. Margaret Hubbard?
00:39:57 - Yes, who's this?
00:39:58 - Long distance. I have a call for Mr. James Torrance.
00:40:02 - Who?
00:40:04 - Mr. James Torrance.
00:40:07 - He's her nephew, Jim Torrance.
00:40:09 - The call is for your nephew, Jim Torrance.
00:40:12 - I haven't any nephew, and I don't know any Jim Torrance.
00:40:16 - Sir, uh, Mrs. Hubbard says she doesn't...
00:40:21 [door closes]
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00:41:11 [breathing heavily]
00:41:13 - What's the matter, son?
00:41:16 Looks like you need a doctor.
00:41:19 - Doctor?
00:41:21 - I can't leave the station, but Old Doc Vendor's just across the road there.
00:41:25 - Yeah. Doctor.
00:41:30 - Think you can make it?
00:41:33 - Yeah. I'll make it.
00:41:37 [footsteps]
00:41:39 - Now take it easy, man.
00:41:51 There's some concussion there.
00:41:53 You've got to watch your step for a while.
00:41:56 - Yeah.
00:41:57 [music]
00:42:01 [music]
00:42:05 [music]
00:42:07 [music]
00:42:13 - Walter Williams' beautiful widow,
00:42:18 who by her own request sat alone in the family alcove during the service.
00:42:25 [music]
00:42:28 Smart.
00:42:35 Someone might have caught her licking her chops.
00:42:38 [music]
00:42:41 - Hey, what's that?
00:43:02 - Walter Williams.
00:43:04 - Walter Wi--
00:43:06 Hey, ain't that the guy that--
00:43:08 I love him, Mike. What's that briefcase doing here? He's dead.
00:43:12 - They did him a dirty trick if he ain't.
00:43:14 - Hey, now wait a minute.
00:43:15 Don't touch it.
00:43:16 We better turn it over to the police.
00:43:18 [music]
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00:43:28 [music]
00:43:30 [phone buzzes]
00:43:38 - On my side, Captain Callahan.
00:43:41 Oh, yes, Chief.
00:43:42 The dope just came in from Washington.
00:43:44 The fingerprints are those of a James Torrance.
00:43:46 Yeah, I'm putting Quincy on it.
00:43:48 Right.
00:43:49 - This sort of opens up a new can of peas on the Williams accident.
00:43:52 - There's the FBI report on the guy.
00:43:54 Playing with the lady's affection seems to come natural with him.
00:43:57 All you gotta do, Quincy, is find him.
00:43:59 - Yes, that's all I gotta do.
00:44:01 Last known whereabouts of Jim Torrance was in a moving van somewhere between Sacramento and Points East.
00:44:06 Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:44:09 Last known address, care of his sister, Mrs. Joseph Rossetti.
00:44:12 Irving Apartments, Berkeley.
00:44:15 Well, what are you waiting for, Quincy? Let's go.
00:44:17 Did Torrance leave any forwarding address?
00:44:23 No, he said he was going to send it to me.
00:44:25 Sorry to have trouble you.
00:44:29 Oh, uh, Lieutenant.
00:44:32 If you should happen to hear from him, will you let me know?
00:44:35 There's an unpaid telephone bill and a bundle of laundry.
00:44:38 Laundry?
00:44:42 Let's have a look.
00:44:43 I may have to take this along with me.
00:44:52 Not without a receipt, you don't.
00:44:54 You mean you don't trust the police?
00:44:55 In my business, you don't trust anybody.
00:44:57 Mine too.
00:44:58 Paulie sent Valentine's Day.
00:45:03 Look, he had the same thing on his shirts too.
00:45:20 Well, well.
00:45:22 Romance in your late tenant's life.
00:45:24 Did you ever see the lady?
00:45:26 You know, I never did.
00:45:28 But I always knew when she'd been here, the wonderful perfume.
00:45:31 I'll lay you tender one, she's a rich widow.
00:45:35 Could be.
00:45:36 Wait, I'll get you his telephone bill.
00:45:38 Pretty fancy stuff for a hitchhiker.
00:45:41 Yeah, but he's a pretty fancy hitchhiker.
00:45:43 According to the shirt maker, a certain lady in the town had these made special.
00:45:48 And they're just like her husband's.
00:45:50 Only his initials were W.W.
00:45:53 Sort of smells, don't it, Cal?
00:45:55 Now take a look at this little item.
00:45:58 It was also found in the laundry.
00:46:00 I for Irene, and W for...
00:46:03 Well, it could be for Williams too, couldn't it?
00:46:06 Yeah?
00:46:09 Homicide Callahan speaking.
00:46:12 Hello?
00:46:15 Oh, hello, Fitz.
00:46:17 Hello.
00:46:18 What news?
00:46:20 Oh?
00:46:22 Any luck?
00:46:23 Both days, huh?
00:46:25 Swell.
00:46:26 Have it typed up and sign it.
00:46:28 This report of Fritz will be a nice little topper for this pile.
00:46:32 His checkup shows calls from Torrance's phone to Williams' private number.
00:46:37 And a flock of them going the other way.
00:46:39 Including one on the 7th and several on the 8th.
00:46:42 The 8th, in case you've forgotten,
00:46:44 is the date of Walt Williams' accidental death.
00:46:47 That ought to be enough to get an indictment out of the grand jury.
00:46:50 Go pick her up.
00:46:51 I'd like to play a long shot first.
00:46:58 It might give us two for one.
00:47:00 Well, take him one at a time. A bird in the hand...
00:47:02 He's not going to lead us to its mate.
00:47:04 I'd like to give the lady a little more rope.
00:47:07 Well, I...
00:47:08 Thanks. I thought you'd agree.
00:47:10 [♪♪♪]
00:47:13 [BUZZER]
00:47:16 [BUZZER]
00:47:18 [♪♪♪]
00:47:21 [BELL RINGS]
00:47:27 [♪♪♪]
00:47:37 Well, Lieutenant, you just caught me. I was...
00:47:40 I'm glad. I have some rather startling news
00:47:42 I thought you should know before it hits the headlines.
00:47:45 Come in.
00:47:47 Thank you.
00:47:48 -Sit down, Walter, Lieutenant. -Thank you.
00:48:02 I'm very anxious to hear about this news.
00:48:05 It seems that your first hunch, remember?
00:48:08 That a hitchhiker was responsible for your husband's death.
00:48:11 Well, Mrs. Williams, you may have been right.
00:48:14 Why, I don't understand.
00:48:16 Your husband's briefcase turned up in Kansas City yesterday
00:48:20 in a moving van that had stopped at the scene of the accident that night.
00:48:23 Apparently, the murderer made his getaway in it.
00:48:26 That explains the wavy skid marks
00:48:29 that made us suspect your husband was ill or unconscious at the time of the crash.
00:48:34 Yes, I...
00:48:35 I suppose it does.
00:48:38 And by now, the man is probably out of the country
00:48:42 and never will be found.
00:48:44 Don't you worry, Mrs. Williams.
00:48:46 There were fingerprints on that briefcase.
00:48:49 And as soon as we get the FBI report from Washington,
00:48:52 his identity will be known and his description sent out on police broadcast.
00:48:56 Oh, we'll find him all right.
00:48:58 But just know we're keeping things quiet
00:49:00 and the murderer will feel safe until we are ready to close in on him.
00:49:04 Yes, I... I can see the wisdom of that.
00:49:07 Yes, I thought you would understand and cooperate.
00:49:11 As soon as we know his name,
00:49:15 it is possible that you might recognize it as someone with a motive.
00:49:19 There's that possibility.
00:49:21 You know I'll do everything I can to help.
00:49:25 I'm sure of it.
00:49:27 Now I run along. You'll hear from me.
00:49:29 I'll let myself out. Don't bother.
00:49:31 And don't worry.
00:49:33 Good day.
00:49:36 (SIREN WAILING)
00:49:39 (SIREN WAILING)
00:49:41 (SIREN WAILING)
00:49:44 (SIREN WAILING)
00:49:46 (SIREN WAILING)
00:49:49 (SIREN WAILING)
00:49:52 (SIREN WAILING)
00:49:55 (SIREN WAILING)
00:49:58 (SIREN WAILING)
00:50:01 (SIREN WAILING)
00:50:04 (CLICKING)
00:50:07 (CLICKING)
00:50:10 (CLICKING)
00:50:12 (CLICKING)
00:50:14 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:50:40 (CLICKING)
00:50:42 (CLICKING)
00:50:44 (CLICKING)
00:50:47 (CLICKING)
00:51:15 $1.35.
00:51:17 See, everything after the letter J in the first name has been obliterated
00:51:31 by heavy writing over it.
00:51:33 The only impress letters legible are those between words or before them,
00:51:38 like R-N-S at the end of this name here,
00:51:41 and the hotel Santa here before the word Evanston.
00:51:45 Well, Tom, don't you think it's about time you retired?
00:51:49 Why, there isn't even evidence there of Mrs. Williams' intent to communicate with Torrance.
00:51:53 And who do you think she beat apart through the telegraph office to wire to?
00:51:56 The League of Decency?
00:51:58 I'll tell you what I think, that you should have brought her in when I first told you to.
00:52:01 By the time you get her now, she'll have figured out a way to tip Torrance off.
00:52:03 He'd be that much tougher to find.
00:52:05 Not unless she's tipped him off from your office.
00:52:07 Ernie's got her on ice waiting for you.
00:52:10 [footsteps]
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00:52:19 [dog barking]
00:52:21 [music]
00:52:26 Pretty good, huh?
00:52:28 Nice to go in little town Idaho.
00:52:30 [music]
00:52:36 [dog barking]
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00:52:43 [dog barking]
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00:53:04 [hammering]
00:53:30 Have a heart, son. You trying to wreck that engine?
00:53:33 Oh.
00:53:38 Sure. It's a hobby of mine.
00:53:41 [hammering]
00:53:45 The way you're going at it, you can't miss.
00:53:47 [hammering]
00:53:53 Here.
00:53:55 I just can't let you ruin that beautiful motor.
00:53:58 Start her up.
00:54:00 Okay, start her up.
00:54:24 [engine starting]
00:54:27 [engine running]
00:54:34 Start her up.
00:54:36 [hammering]
00:54:41 You're certainly not a mechanic by trade.
00:54:49 Hands are like that.
00:54:52 Maybe it's a hobby of mine.
00:54:55 Gee.
00:55:04 What happened to your head?
00:55:07 Perhaps I was talking when I should have been listening.
00:55:12 Okay?
00:55:14 Okay by me.
00:55:20 Thanks a lot, Hill.
00:55:22 So long, Marcia.
00:55:23 Bye.
00:55:25 She's all right now.
00:55:27 You better lay off until the boss gets back.
00:55:32 I'm the boss.
00:55:36 I guess the new cars are a little bit over my head.
00:55:41 Now with a jalopy, it's different.
00:55:43 Aren't there any mechanics around here you can hire?
00:55:45 No. We all went over to the new factory in Mansville.
00:55:49 I guess they got better wages.
00:55:51 Tough break.
00:55:52 Yeah.
00:55:53 How much do I owe you?
00:55:55 Oh, forget it.
00:55:57 Well, I'll be seven o'clock.
00:55:58 Well, at least have a cook in the house. You might as well.
00:56:01 Marcia, can I use your phone a minute, please?
00:56:04 Sure. Help yourself, Uncle Ben.
00:56:05 I never arranged with what it cost.
00:56:08 Six five oh, please.
00:56:10 Flat tire this morning, and now the dang engine stalled on me.
00:56:14 Nice and cold.
00:56:15 Wilson's Garage?
00:56:16 No, I did not give you the wrong number.
00:56:18 Fine thing using my phone to cheat me out of repair bills.
00:56:21 Aren't you ashamed?
00:56:22 You gave me the wrong number.
00:56:23 Six five oh, please.
00:56:25 You're a nice girl, Marcia Peters, and your ma's a fine woman.
00:56:28 And I'll always buy my gas and oil here.
00:56:30 But you ain't never gonna tinker with my car again.
00:56:33 Busy?
00:56:34 Busy. Always busy.
00:56:37 Here.
00:56:38 Wait a minute.
00:56:39 We're not so busy.
00:56:41 Would you like to do another good deed and give Uncle Ben a hand?
00:56:46 Why not?
00:56:47 Where is your car, mister? Maybe I can help you.
00:56:49 Why, are you a good mechanic?
00:56:51 Very good. And very reasonable.
00:56:54 Well, just what you need, girl. Better hire him.
00:56:58 It's an idea, Uncle Ben.
00:57:00 Come on.
00:57:01 Thanks for the coke.
00:57:06 Sure.
00:57:13 Well, I got Uncle Ben fixed up all right.
00:57:16 Nothing but a sticky carburetor valve.
00:57:18 Bye.
00:57:19 I hope he paid you.
00:57:20 What for? It only took a minute.
00:57:22 You're certainly not money conscious, stranger.
00:57:25 Here.
00:57:28 This is no kind of work for a girl.
00:57:33 Well, somebody has to do it if I want to stay in business.
00:57:36 And I want to.
00:57:42 Must be some business that you're better suited for.
00:57:45 Couldn't you lease this place to somebody?
00:57:48 Sure.
00:57:49 I did while my husband was overseas.
00:57:52 But when he was killed in Okinawa...
00:57:55 Well, we'd made a lot of plans for the future here.
00:57:58 And I had a hunch he'd like it if I took over and tried to make a go of it.
00:58:02 Takes more than a hunch to do that.
00:58:04 I got along famously.
00:58:06 Business has been fine until lately when the help got short.
00:58:09 Could be again.
00:58:11 I had a good mechanic.
00:58:13 Yeah.
00:58:15 You sure need one, all right.
00:58:17 Well, for Pete's sake, say yes or no.
00:58:20 Do you want the job or don't you?
00:58:25 You mean you'd hire me without knowing anything about me?
00:58:28 You can repair automobiles. What else do I need to know?
00:58:32 Except your name.
00:58:34 Well?
00:58:40 Why not?
00:58:42 Sure. I'll try it for a while until you get someone permanent.
00:58:45 The name's Bill Walker.
00:58:47 Okay, Bill. It's a deal.
00:58:49 And maybe if business gets real good, you'll want to stay.
00:58:52 Don't count on it.
00:58:54 Where does this go? On the rack?
00:58:56 Yeah.
00:58:57 Marcia!
00:59:05 Marcia!
00:59:07 It happened!
00:59:08 It's a boy! Eight and a half pounds!
00:59:10 Pair of shoulders like a prize fighter!
00:59:12 Well, congratulations, Papa!
00:59:14 How's Jane?
00:59:15 Perfect. Everything's perfect!
00:59:17 Gotta get down to the store and tell the gang.
00:59:19 Almost forgot.
00:59:22 Oh, gee, thanks, Ed.
00:59:26 I'm sorry. I won't have enough for the gang.
00:59:32 Yippee!
00:59:36 (car engine starts)
00:59:38 Maybe you can use this token from the slightly delirious new father.
00:59:48 Thanks.
00:59:49 Say, we haven't settled the matter of wages yet.
00:59:53 Maybe I can't pay your regular salary.
00:59:56 Suppose we leave that open. Will you find out how much I'm worth to the business?
01:00:00 Doesn't seem to be any business right now.
01:00:03 Might be a good time for me to get rid of this beard and find a place to board.
01:00:06 We live right next door. I'll go ask Mom. She'll know of a place.
01:00:09 Sort of a peaceful house. I noticed it this morning.
01:00:12 Oh, gosh, I forgot. She's down helping Mrs. Wellesley with her canning.
01:00:16 Mom finds homes for everything from stray cats...
01:00:19 To stray mechanics.
01:00:21 Well, you're not a stray anymore.
01:00:24 I'll go phone.
01:00:26 Pearl?
01:00:31 674, please.
01:00:33 Hello, Mrs. Wellesley. May I speak to Mother?
01:00:37 Hi, Mom.
01:00:39 I've got some good news for you.
01:00:41 I hired a man for the station.
01:00:44 Yeah.
01:00:45 (chuckles)
01:00:46 No.
01:00:49 Nobody we know. He's from...
01:00:51 He's from out of town.
01:00:55 Needs to place a board. You got a good one up your sleeve?
01:00:58 (chuckles)
01:00:59 Okay.
01:01:01 Says he has to meet you first to come home for supper.
01:01:05 Huh?
01:01:07 And do you like apple or cherry pie?
01:01:11 Cherry.
01:01:12 Cherry it is, Mom.
01:01:14 See you later.
01:01:16 Now, I gotta get rid of this.
01:01:19 Hey, where's the nearest barber shop?
01:01:21 The one and only just up two blocks.
01:01:23 Tell Judd you're working for me.
01:01:26 When you get back, we'll close up and go home.
01:01:28 Thanks.
01:01:30 Well, that's real nice.
01:01:38 You must have had a good bringing up, young man.
01:01:41 Thank you for the young man.
01:01:43 We thank the old Lord for thy bounty
01:01:48 and ask thy blessing on this food
01:01:51 and on the new friend who shares it with us.
01:01:54 I hope you're good and hungry, Mr. Walker.
01:01:57 Who wouldn't be?
01:01:59 Marcia eats like a sparrow.
01:02:01 With all the hard work she does.
01:02:03 May I have your plate, please?
01:02:05 Well, she can start taking it easy now.
01:02:07 Boss, the help.
01:02:08 She never takes anything easy.
01:02:11 Has to put her whole heart and soul into everything she does.
01:02:14 Well, now that you're through with me, Mom, how about Bill?
01:02:17 Have you thought of a place for him to stay?
01:02:19 Well, why can't he stay right here?
01:02:21 We have a spare bedroom going to waste.
01:02:23 And I think you'll like my cooking.
01:02:26 Like it?
01:02:28 That's very kind of you, Mrs. King,
01:02:31 but it seems an imposition.
01:02:33 Imposition nothing.
01:02:35 That's good business.
01:02:36 I get back what I pay you in board and room.
01:02:38 Well, Marcia, what a thing to say.
01:02:40 If you'd like to stay, we'd like to have you.
01:02:43 We have some more vegetables.
01:02:45 Mrs. King, you have a boarder.
01:02:51 May I have a biscuit, please?
01:02:53 Oh, excuse me.
01:02:55 Open, Michaud.
01:03:16 Open, Michaud.
01:03:18 It's wonderful the way tools seem to come alive in your hands.
01:03:36 You seem to sort of come alive, too,
01:03:41 as though you got real pleasure out of working with them.
01:03:45 I do.
01:03:47 When you're doing a job with them,
01:03:50 you can't think of anything else.
01:03:53 Bill, if something's bothering you,
01:03:56 why don't you get rid of it?
01:03:58 What would you prescribe, doctor?
01:04:04 Amputation for that stupid chip on your shoulder.
01:04:08 [music]
01:04:11 What you need is a ring job.
01:04:30 Save yourself some money.
01:04:32 Gee, Bill, with the baby and everything,
01:04:35 I just can't afford it now.
01:04:37 I'll take care of that.
01:04:39 Hey, boss.
01:04:41 How's Ed's credit? Good enough for a ring job?
01:04:44 Well, sure, if I can hold Junior as collateral.
01:04:48 Oh, not a chance, fella.
01:04:50 Never mind her. I'll do it on my own time.
01:04:52 Oh, thanks, Bill. Maybe we'll see you tonight, huh?
01:04:55 Some shoulders, huh?
01:05:02 Some father, huh?
01:05:05 Bye, Marcia! Bye!
01:05:08 Nice kids.
01:05:10 Hey, was Ed clowning about their being hard up?
01:05:12 No. Things have been pretty tough for him
01:05:15 ever since he got out of the service.
01:05:17 Fix a car for him, Bill, and only charge him for the labor, okay?
01:05:20 Then he gets it for free.
01:05:22 I'd already figured on knocking that off.
01:05:24 Say, we could make it an anniversary present.
01:05:27 Anniversary of what?
01:05:29 Junior's arrival. And mine.
01:05:31 Three months ago today.
01:05:33 Time certainly flies.
01:05:35 That was a lucky day when you came to MP service.
01:05:37 Your work's been bringing in a lot of business.
01:05:39 I'm glad of that.
01:05:41 Hated to have fallen down on Mom and you.
01:05:43 Say, look, boss, why don't we three celebrate tonight
01:05:46 and go to the movies?
01:05:48 Ed said he and Jane were going.
01:05:50 Well, that lets Mom out to be babysitting.
01:05:52 I'd love to go, Bill. I haven't been in ages.
01:05:55 Here's your opportunity.
01:05:57 Go to work.
01:06:00 Extra! Irene Williams, held for murder!
01:06:03 Read all about it! Extra! Extra!
01:06:05 This is Sheila Graham with the latest news
01:06:08 of the shocking Williams murder case.
01:06:10 While beautiful Irene Williams is held for trial,
01:06:13 charged with conspiring to kill her late husband,
01:06:16 the police are searching for James Torrance,
01:06:18 believed to be the lover of Mrs. Williams
01:06:20 and her partner in the horrible murder of Walter Williams.
01:06:28 If I'm handling your case, my dear Mrs. Williams,
01:06:31 I want one-third of everything you get.
01:06:34 You're out of your mind.
01:06:36 You don't realize what I'll get as Walt's widow.
01:06:38 Perhaps you don't realize the spot you're in.
01:06:41 Torrance's fingerprints were found
01:06:43 not only on your husband's briefcase,
01:06:45 but, in a manner of speaking,
01:06:48 on your reputation as well.
01:06:50 There's a detective named Quincy,
01:06:53 a very smart detective,
01:06:55 who isn't exactly for you.
01:06:58 Frankly, Mr. Warner, I'm beginning to wonder
01:07:00 if my attorney is for me.
01:07:03 Underestimating the enemy's ammunition
01:07:08 would scarcely be wise.
01:07:10 Now, if we can get to trial before Torrance is found,
01:07:14 they'll never get a conviction.
01:07:16 But...
01:07:17 But what?
01:07:19 If he shows up, we may have a chance.
01:07:22 If he shows up, we may have to fry him.
01:07:26 Oh, no.
01:07:28 Let's not cross that bridge until we have to.
01:07:32 But if it comes to a choice,
01:07:35 we're not going to burn, are we?
01:07:39 I'll get the chatterbox this afternoon.
01:07:49 What about this afternoon?
01:07:51 Oh, I'm sorry, boss.
01:07:52 I guess it was wool gathering.
01:07:54 You're only supposed to do that in the spring.
01:07:57 Is there anything you don't know?
01:07:59 Yes.
01:08:01 What's Sam's isn't got that we haven't.
01:08:05 Better newspapers, for one thing.
01:08:07 Anyway, California's supposed to be the land of opportunity.
01:08:11 I thought that by now you liked it here.
01:08:14 I do.
01:08:15 Very much.
01:08:17 It's a good town.
01:08:18 Nice people.
01:08:20 It's well-bought.
01:08:22 Thanks.
01:08:24 We like you, too.
01:08:27 No fooling, Bill.
01:08:29 You'd be surprised how many people ask questions about you.
01:08:33 What kind of questions?
01:08:35 Oh, where you came from, do you have any family,
01:08:39 do you like it here, and are you going to stay?
01:08:42 Al Knox asked me at the movie last night
01:08:44 if you wanted to join the volunteer fire department.
01:08:46 Just interested in friendly things.
01:08:49 I suppose it is natural for people to wonder
01:08:52 about a stranger who moves into their community, like I did.
01:08:56 You know, I've been thinking,
01:08:59 maybe it wasn't such a good idea,
01:09:02 you and I going to the movies last night.
01:09:04 It's all right being seen in the station, here with Mom, but...
01:09:08 You get used to that in a town this size.
01:09:11 They're always trying to marry people off.
01:09:15 You just ignore it.
01:09:17 After a while, they forget about it.
01:09:21 I'll go get clean up for supper.
01:09:25 [door opens]
01:09:28 [music]
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01:10:15 You know, I hate to tell you how many years this Sunday takes me back.
01:10:30 Did you always fall asleep during the sermons?
01:10:33 I wasn't asleep, Mrs. Peters.
01:10:35 I nearly closed my eyes to concentrate.
01:10:38 Oh, now that's what you call it.
01:10:41 I had to nod you to stop you from nodding.
01:10:44 Quiet.
01:10:46 You're disturbing my reminiscent mood.
01:10:49 Even smells the same.
01:10:52 Could be the same bees buzzing in the same flowers.
01:10:55 As they say, you can take a boy out of the country, but...
01:10:58 A rolling stone gallows no morse.
01:11:01 It has to stop rolling sometime, doesn't it, Bill?
01:11:08 Sometime, maybe.
01:11:11 We grow a very becoming shade of moss here in Larkspur.
01:11:15 Don't you think?
01:11:18 You grow a lot of nice things here.
01:11:21 Anyone in particular?
01:11:24 We'll have to skip the answer to that one.
01:11:28 Someone tore it out of the book.
01:11:31 You're married, aren't you, Bill?
01:11:36 Yep.
01:11:38 That's right.
01:11:41 You must have loved her very much to have been hurt so deeply.
01:11:45 To be so afraid of someone, even yourself.
01:11:50 Maybe it's better that way.
01:11:54 Then no one gets hurt.
01:11:57 Bitterness and hatred hurt everyone.
01:12:00 Can't you see, Bill?
01:12:03 You're like a wall that shuts out all the sunshine from a garden...
01:12:07 ...and lets everything wither.
01:12:10 Make room in your heart for something else, can't you?
01:12:14 I guess this is my day for servants.
01:12:19 Sorry.
01:12:22 As Mom would say, you never get rich minding the other fellow's business.
01:12:30 Hey, that's a flyer! I'll be seeing you.
01:12:33 [HORN BLOWING]
01:12:37 [HORN BLOWING]
01:12:41 [HORN BLOWING]
01:12:44 [HORN BLOWING]
01:13:08 [HORN BLOWING]
01:13:11 [HORN BLOWING]
01:13:17 [HORN BLOWING]
01:13:23 [HORN BLOWING]
01:13:31 [HORN BLOWING]
01:13:34 - Anybody home? - In here, Bill.
01:13:42 Mrs. Wesley sent a couple of jars of peaches.
01:13:44 - Said you helped her can 'em. - Oh, thank you.
01:13:47 When I delivered the doc's car, he insisted that I have a bite with him.
01:13:54 - Where's the boy? - Took a book back to the library for me.
01:13:57 Oh.
01:14:00 What a day.
01:14:03 Hey, what's the idea? Are you darning my socks?
01:14:08 Well, I thought a drawer full of holy ones isn't doing you much good.
01:14:12 I found it when I put fresh papers in your bureau yesterday.
01:14:16 You have a heap of things that need mending, haven't you, son?
01:14:23 - Does Marcia know? - Do you think I'd tell her?
01:14:28 This is your problem, Bill.
01:14:30 Because I found out about it doesn't give me the right to tell anyone else, not even Marcia.
01:14:34 When you trust folks, you trust 'em.
01:14:38 And you give 'em a chance to work out things the way that seems right to them.
01:14:41 How can one little woman be so big?
01:14:48 Don't forget, it's a lot easier to be tolerant and understanding at 50...
01:14:56 ...than it is at 25.
01:14:59 - Yeah, Mom. - I'm going next door for a while.
01:15:03 Grandma Thompson's ill.
01:15:05 Mom!
01:15:18 Bill, are you home?
01:15:26 Bill, are you in there?
01:15:28 Yeah. Mom went next door, Marcia.
01:15:30 - Hi. Do you work awfully late? - Oh, about six.
01:15:33 Anything wrong?
01:15:37 Come in. I want to tell you something.
01:15:39 I'm checking out.
01:15:45 - Has something happened? - No, just...
01:15:49 I'm doing what I should have done a long time ago.
01:15:52 - Moving along. - But why, Bill?
01:15:55 My name isn't even Bill. There isn't any Bill Walker.
01:16:00 I'm Walter Williams.
01:16:02 The late Walter Williams.
01:16:05 Walter Williams? I...
01:16:09 I don't understand.
01:16:12 You may not even after I've told you, but at least you'll know the whole story.
01:16:16 Sit down, please.
01:16:19 Sit down, please.
01:16:21 Finally, Larkspur.
01:16:29 And you.
01:16:31 From there on, you know.
01:16:33 I'm glad you're going back to make things right.
01:16:38 Going back? Wild horses couldn't drag me back.
01:16:42 - What are you gonna do about your wife? - Nothing.
01:16:45 You're gonna let her go to trial for murder? Oh, no, Bill.
01:16:48 - What? - She tried to kill me. She and her cousin.
01:16:51 - But they didn't. - Who says they didn't?
01:16:54 Let them try and prove it.
01:16:56 No matter what your wife did, she can't be tried for something that didn't happen.
01:17:00 - Oh, Bill, can't you see? - You bet I can see.
01:17:03 She deserves everything she's getting.
01:17:05 The sorry part of it is they'll never convict her.
01:17:07 No, Bill. The sorry part is you're not big enough to take a hard jolt to your pride and to your ego.
01:17:13 Sure, it hurts to be tricked and cheated by someone you loved and believed in.
01:17:17 But that doesn't give you the right to take justice into your own hands,
01:17:20 to trample on the hearts of others and walk out on life.
01:17:24 Life?
01:17:27 A barren, frustrated boyhood.
01:17:31 A marriage to a woman who accepted my love...
01:17:34 yet despised me so thoroughly she resorted to murder.
01:17:38 I'll never think of our moments together without nausea.
01:17:42 I feel stripped bare, degraded.
01:17:46 Because you've closed your mind and heart to everything else.
01:17:50 Even me.
01:17:52 Oh, Bill, please.
01:17:58 Don't destroy the one chance we have for happiness.
01:18:04 We haven't got a chance.
01:18:06 Doing the right thing never works out.
01:18:09 I know. In this world, you turn the other cheek and you get hit with a lug wrench.
01:18:14 Forgive me, boss.
01:18:17 Try and forgive me.
01:18:20 I love you.
01:18:22 [♪♪♪]
01:18:25 [♪♪♪]
01:18:29 [♪♪♪]
01:18:55 [BABY CRYING]
01:18:58 It's a boy! Pair of shoulders like a prize fighter!
01:19:07 You know, I hate to tell you how many years this Sunday takes me back.
01:19:13 You have a heap of things that need mending, haven't you, son?
01:19:21 [♪♪♪]
01:19:24 Take care of yourself.
01:19:36 Softly.
01:19:38 Softly.
01:19:40 Softly.
01:19:42 You're not big enough to take a hard jolt of your pride into your ego.
01:19:48 Sure, it hurts to be tricked and cheated by someone you love and believed in.
01:19:53 But that doesn't give you the right to take justice into your own hands.
01:19:57 Trample on the hearts of others and walk out on life.
01:20:01 Oh, Bill, please.
01:20:03 Don't destroy the one chance we have for happiness.
01:20:07 [♪♪♪]
01:20:11 [♪♪♪]
01:20:14 [♪♪♪]
01:20:32 [♪♪♪]
01:20:35 Mrs. Peters was kind enough to come along...
01:20:54 to substantiate at least the Loxborough portion of what I've told you.
01:20:57 Very thoughtful of you, Mrs. Peters.
01:20:59 When you read in the newspaper that the hitchhiker who attacked you...
01:21:03 had been, well, a close friend of your wife's for some time...
01:21:07 it must have been a great shock to you.
01:21:09 I didn't come here to discuss my emotional reactions, Lieutenant.
01:21:13 If you need me for anything further, Captain, my office will know where to reach me.
01:21:17 Let's go, Martin.
01:21:19 Just a minute, Mr. Williams.
01:21:21 We'll need your signed statement for the grand jury when we ask for your wife's release.
01:21:25 It won't take long to be typed.
01:21:27 [phone buzzes]
01:21:29 Yeah? All right.
01:21:32 [♪♪♪]
01:21:37 Come in.
01:21:45 Sit down.
01:21:53 Mrs. Williams, we have news for you.
01:21:57 Really? I can scarcely wait.
01:22:00 It seems it was Torrance who was in the car when it crashed.
01:22:21 Jim...
01:22:23 dead.
01:22:27 [♪♪♪]
01:22:30 You did it.
01:22:39 You killed him.
01:22:42 No.
01:22:44 He tried to kill me.
01:22:47 Thought he had.
01:22:50 And he ran into the truck.
01:22:52 It was an accident.
01:22:54 An accident?
01:22:56 You wait all these months to tell this story.
01:22:59 You let me rot in this filthy jail.
01:23:01 Wait a minute.
01:23:03 You let everybody believe you're dead.
01:23:05 Pretty convenient, wasn't it?
01:23:07 A dead man can't be tried for murder.
01:23:10 Mr. Williams, perhaps your wife would understand better...
01:23:14 if you would explain to her about the amnesia.
01:23:17 Amnesia?
01:23:19 Don't tell me you believe he had amnesia.
01:23:21 Where's he been all this time, just wandering around in a daze?
01:23:24 He's been in Loxborough, a little town in Idaho...
01:23:27 working as a mechanic in a service station...
01:23:29 run by Mrs. Peters here.
01:23:32 I understand perfectly.
01:23:43 Now that my chance for happiness is dead...
01:23:46 I suppose you'll demand the divorce I begged you to give me...
01:23:49 so that I could marry Jim.
01:23:51 That's fantastic.
01:23:53 Yes, isn't it?
01:23:55 After you telling us that the man you picked up was a perfect stranger.
01:23:58 That's not true.
01:24:00 The time and place for meeting Jim had all been arranged.
01:24:02 I must advise you, there's a law that a wife can't testify against her husband.
01:24:05 There's a law against murder, too, but that didn't stop him.
01:24:08 And nothing's going to stop me until I'm through.
01:24:11 It's all right with me, Captain.
01:24:14 Go on.
01:24:17 Talk your head off.
01:24:20 I...
01:24:25 I was to have gone with him to Denver.
01:24:27 He insisted on it, although I was quite ill.
01:24:30 Several hours before we were to leave, he came home.
01:24:33 There was a violent scene.
01:24:35 He threatened to kill me unless I agreed to give up Jim.
01:24:38 And I wish he had.
01:24:41 This is incredible.
01:24:46 Not one word that she has said is true.
01:24:49 Then you have nothing to worry about.
01:24:51 Mrs. Williams.
01:24:53 Was there a witness to the threats you mentioned?
01:24:56 No.
01:24:59 Unless the maid overheard.
01:25:01 She was in the apartment.
01:25:03 She was in the apartment.
01:25:05 In fact, she picked up the pieces of the vase that he threw at me.
01:25:09 Where is she now?
01:25:11 I... I don't know.
01:25:13 She left me suddenly after all this began.
01:25:16 I...
01:25:18 Please.
01:25:20 Could the questions wait?
01:25:22 I feel rather ill.
01:25:24 Will you have Mrs. Williams ready for the grand jury at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning?
01:25:28 That's all.
01:25:32 We're going to hold you too, Williams.
01:25:35 On what charge?
01:25:38 Suspicion of murder.
01:25:41 But he's not guilty of any of these things.
01:25:44 Then it should be easy for him to prove it.
01:25:46 Take it down and book him.
01:25:49 I'm not going to let you go.
01:25:52 I'm going to let you go.
01:25:55 I'm not going to let you go.
01:25:58 Then it should be easy for him to prove it.
01:26:01 Take it down and book him.
01:26:03 That fiction of Mrs. Williams must have been very convincing.
01:26:06 No. We just couldn't buy that yarn you tried to sell us.
01:26:10 Let's go.
01:26:12 [indistinct shouting]
01:26:15 [indistinct shouting]
01:26:18 [indistinct shouting]
01:26:21 [indistinct shouting]
01:26:24 [indistinct shouting]
01:26:27 [indistinct shouting]
01:26:30 [indistinct shouting]
01:26:33 [indistinct shouting]
01:26:36 And Daly's going to cover Williams' office.
01:26:38 Okay, boys. Hop to it. I want all I can get by 10 a.m. tomorrow for the grand jury.
01:26:41 Okay, Chief.
01:26:43 Oh, Tom. Don't miss a bit.
01:26:45 Dig up everything you can on Williams and the Peters' name.
01:26:48 You sort of believed Irene Williams' story, didn't you?
01:26:51 She made better sense than he did.
01:26:53 She's a liar than he is.
01:26:55 Don't forget, I went all through her grieving widowhood with her.
01:26:58 She's a bad customer.
01:27:00 Well, that's for the grand jury to decide,
01:27:02 and Williams insisted on letting her talk.
01:27:04 So it's his funeral.
01:27:06 Funeral, all right, especially with that yarn he told.
01:27:09 But murder's out of character for him.
01:27:12 There's a few pieces missing somewhere.
01:27:15 There might be in Idaho,
01:27:17 if it's not too much out of character for you to get going.
01:27:20 You'll miss me, Hal, when I retire next year.
01:27:23 Maybe I'll turn private eye and solve your cases for you.
01:27:26 Hiya, Williams.
01:27:35 Mr. Williams?
01:27:38 Thanks.
01:27:39 You've got a deal from the bottom here, don't you?
01:27:41 Sorry, Williams.
01:27:42 Okay, Williams.
01:27:48 Well, not very good news, judging from your faces.
01:27:53 Well, Walt, the grand jury returned indictment against you.
01:27:57 Mrs. Williams was released.
01:27:59 I see.
01:28:03 Now, don't you worry, Walt.
01:28:05 We'll have you back at work where you're needed, and in short order.
01:28:08 Come on, Eldridge.
01:28:10 There's a visitor waiting far more attractive than these old pogies.
01:28:13 We're just leaving, Mrs. Peters,
01:28:15 and remember, don't hesitate to call on me for anything.
01:28:19 Thank you so much.
01:28:21 Hi, boss.
01:28:30 Bill, what have I done to you?
01:28:34 If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be here.
01:28:37 If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be.
01:28:41 I came back here because I wanted to believe in the things you do.
01:28:45 I still do, no matter what happens.
01:28:48 Will you do something for me?
01:28:50 Hmm?
01:28:52 Go back home, where I know you'll be taken care of.
01:28:55 Not a chance.
01:28:57 You'll have to think of a better reason than that to get rid of me.
01:29:00 I'm a big girl now.
01:29:02 I've just been to Larkspur, Williams,
01:29:08 where they found these newspaper clippings.
01:29:10 Of course, some of them are three months old,
01:29:12 but you seem to treasure them, so I brought them along.
01:29:15 So?
01:29:17 I don't think they exactly substantiate your claim of amnesia.
01:29:20 As if you were interested in substantiating any claim of mine.
01:29:24 Now, let's get one thing straight.
01:29:26 Most people, when they get in a jam,
01:29:28 think the police are only interested in the prosecution.
01:29:30 Our job is to get the facts, the truth.
01:29:32 And the truth never hurt anyone but the fellow that lied.
01:29:35 Unless he was a beautiful woman.
01:29:37 Now, quit kidding yourself, Williams. You made the moon, huh?
01:29:40 I had no more to do with Torrance's death than you did.
01:29:42 And out of the whole population of Northern California,
01:29:45 you just happened to pick up a hitchhiker
01:29:48 who happened to be your wife's boyfriend.
01:29:50 Ah, have a heart, Williams.
01:29:52 I suppose you'll tell the truth when you take the stand,
01:29:55 but you better have some mighty conclusive proof
01:29:58 if you expect the jury to believe it.
01:30:00 Wait, Lieutenant.
01:30:02 Bill, we all know you're not guilty,
01:30:04 but we're going to need help to prove it, and need it badly.
01:30:07 Lieutenant Quincy can't take sides,
01:30:09 but if we're right, he has to be on ours.
01:30:12 And I have a hunch he wants to be.
01:30:15 Why don't you tell him the whole story?
01:30:18 All of it. Please.
01:30:21 I'd like to, Quincy, very much.
01:30:31 Guess I should have told the whole truth in the first place.
01:30:34 But I wanted to clean this mess up
01:30:37 with as little scandal as possible.
01:30:40 Well?
01:30:53 No sign of the lug wrench or anything.
01:30:55 My dear Mrs. Peters, will you please stop trying to be a detective?
01:30:58 How many times do you think the police have combed this spot
01:31:01 for any kind of evidence?
01:31:03 Now be a nice girl. Take Mr. Williams' advice.
01:31:05 Go back to Loxborough.
01:31:07 What time is it?
01:31:09 It's only 4 o'clock.
01:31:11 We still have time to go back to town and go on our hunt for Sue Lynn.
01:31:13 Now look here, young woman.
01:31:15 You've had me on the run since early morning.
01:31:17 But, Lieutenant, the maid seems to be our only hope now.
01:31:20 We've got to keep looking till we find her, that's all.
01:31:22 - That's all. - Wait.
01:31:24 She was naturalized, wasn't she?
01:31:26 Suffering sharp sticks.
01:31:28 Quincy, you dumb flatfoot.
01:31:30 This Sue... Sue... What's her name?
01:31:32 Was Chinese-born.
01:31:34 If a port of entry was San Francisco,
01:31:36 there'd still be a file on her, photo and all.
01:31:38 Let's go.
01:31:40 Back to town. Immigration.
01:31:44 (door opens)
01:31:46 (music playing)
01:31:52 I hope the council has given us the right lead.
01:32:10 (door opens)
01:32:12 Are you Ah Sing?
01:32:21 Understand?
01:32:23 You savvy English?
01:32:25 Also French, Italian and Hebrew.
01:32:28 May one ask what is desired?
01:32:32 We were looking for Sue Lynn Chung.
01:32:34 The Chinese council said you were her uncle
01:32:36 and might tell us where she is.
01:32:38 This daughter of my brother,
01:32:40 has she offended the honorable police?
01:32:42 Oh no.
01:32:43 They just wanted to ask her some questions about Mr. Williams.
01:32:46 The man she used to work for.
01:32:48 Ah Sing's heart is heavy that he cannot lead you to her.
01:32:52 But things that are not known cannot be told.
01:32:56 Well, if you hear anything of her,
01:32:58 report it to headquarters.
01:33:00 (music playing)
01:33:02 Sue Lynn.
01:33:07 Untruth is not good for soul
01:33:09 and not wisdom when told to policemen.
01:33:11 Better for the soul to be kind than to be wise.
01:33:14 Sue Lynn must keep silence to help in this matter.
01:33:18 You know you're quite a gal.
01:33:24 In case I haven't told you lately.
01:33:26 You're just too easily pleased, that's all.
01:33:29 There must be a way out. Why can't we find it?
01:33:33 Oh, buck up boys.
01:33:36 Tomorrow's another day.
01:33:38 Yesterday you go to trial.
01:33:42 Bill, I'm afraid.
01:33:47 And the state intends to prove beyond any reasonable doubt
01:33:51 that the defendant, Walter Williams,
01:33:53 did with malice of forethought,
01:33:55 kill the deceased James Torrance,
01:33:57 whom he knew to be his wife's lover.
01:33:59 And that with his victim dead beside him,
01:34:01 he drove his car into the course of an oncoming truck,
01:34:04 jumping clear himself some seconds prior to the crash.
01:34:07 And subsequently he made his getaway
01:34:09 in the back of a loaded furniture van.
01:34:11 And for three months as Bill Walker, he laughed at justice.
01:34:14 What had imprisoned his unfaithful wife
01:34:16 for conspiracy in his own murder.
01:34:19 But then he decided that being dead cramped his style.
01:34:22 He thought he could eat his cake and have it too.
01:34:25 So he returned, most anxious to explain his long absence
01:34:29 and to right the dreadful mistake
01:34:31 that had imprisoned his wife for three months.
01:34:33 Ladies and gentlemen, it was a cold-blooded, premeditated murder.
01:34:37 And must be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
01:34:40 Call the first witness, please.
01:34:42 Captain Callahan, did Walter Williams tell you
01:34:45 what suddenly cured his amnesia after three months?
01:34:48 No, he did not.
01:34:49 But he did tell you the man that struck the blow
01:34:51 which caused the amnesia was a total stranger,
01:34:53 a hitchhiker he had picked up.
01:34:55 Yes.
01:34:56 And that he knew nothing of this man's identity
01:34:58 or relationship with his wife
01:35:00 until he suddenly recovered from his amnesia
01:35:02 and heard or read the details.
01:35:03 That's what he said.
01:35:04 Well, thank you, Captain.
01:35:06 Your witness, Counselor.
01:35:09 No questions.
01:35:10 No.
01:35:12 I saw no signs of amnesia,
01:35:15 but definite concussion.
01:35:17 He was a bit evasive in answering questions,
01:35:20 but not vague or unsure.
01:35:22 In your opinion, Doctor,
01:35:23 could this head injury have been caused by a fall?
01:35:26 Yes.
01:35:27 If the head had struck on some object,
01:35:29 such as a stone or a metal pipe...
01:35:32 That's all. Thank you.
01:35:33 Your witness.
01:35:34 Doctor Bender, are you familiar with a tool
01:35:37 known as a lug wrench for changing automobile wheels?
01:35:40 I'm afraid I am, sir.
01:35:41 I've had a regular epidemic of flat tires lately.
01:35:44 Well, then, in your opinion,
01:35:45 could this head injury which you treated
01:35:47 have been caused by a blow from a lug wrench?
01:35:49 Yes.
01:35:50 It could have been caused by that, too.
01:35:52 Thank you, Doctor.
01:35:53 The ones with the earliest states, you will notice,
01:35:56 are heavily creased,
01:35:57 as though they'd been carried in a wallet or a coat pocket.
01:36:00 Thank you.
01:36:01 Lieutenant Quincy, will you kindly tell the court
01:36:03 where you found these newspaper clippings?
01:36:05 In the bedroom occupied by Mr. Williams
01:36:09 in Mrs. Peter's home in Loxborough, Idaho.
01:36:12 Is this your handwriting, Miss Revere?
01:36:15 Yes, sir.
01:36:17 And that's the message at least our record carbon of it.
01:36:20 Would you read it to the court, please?
01:36:23 "June 9th, 8.32 p.m.
01:36:25 "Message from Mrs. Walter Williams, penthouse D.
01:36:28 "Mr. Williams called, said he wants you to forget
01:36:31 "all about a certain problem,
01:36:33 "that Softie is going to take care of it thoroughly."
01:36:37 Was there any other conversation?
01:36:39 Well, I just asked if that was all,
01:36:43 and he said, "Yes, she'll understand,"
01:36:46 and sort of laughed as if it were a joke and hung up.
01:36:51 Some joke, killing a wife's boyfriend.
01:36:53 The state versus Walter Williams.
01:37:01 All around so far have gone to the prosecution,
01:37:04 and it was a grim-faced Williams
01:37:06 who has returned to his cell this afternoon.
01:37:08 What the score will be after he takes the stand
01:37:10 is anybody's guess,
01:37:11 but he's going to need some lucky punches
01:37:13 to get a decision.
01:37:14 And no torrents struck with intent to kill.
01:37:18 After telling you, this is from Irene and me, sucker.
01:37:20 You still telephoned Illinois
01:37:22 to find out if there was a cousin, Jim.
01:37:24 You are hard to convince, aren't you, Mr. Williams?
01:37:27 Is it so incredible that a man should fight against
01:37:30 believing such a thing about his wife?
01:37:32 Oh, that is very touching.
01:37:33 From a husband who planned a trip
01:37:35 on which he intended to destroy his wife
01:37:37 and did kill her lover.
01:37:38 That's a lie.
01:37:39 Your Honor, I object to the conclusions
01:37:41 drawn by the prosecutor
01:37:42 and move that it be stricken from the records.
01:37:44 But, Your Honor, there is a corpus telecti, remember?
01:37:46 Who was your wife's lover.
01:37:48 Objection sustained.
01:37:50 There is also her own story,
01:37:53 which in front of witnesses you insist that she tell.
01:37:56 And then we have your own two different stories
01:37:58 from your own lips.
01:37:59 One featuring a perfectly strange hitchhiker.
01:38:02 The second an equally strange cousin, Jim.
01:38:04 Without a questionable substantiation
01:38:06 for either bit of fiction.
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01:38:46 Soon Ann!
01:38:47 Follow that yellow cab.
01:38:53 Please hurry.
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01:39:47 Wait.
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01:39:51 Soon Ann!
01:40:06 Soon Ann!
01:40:12 Oh, sing.
01:40:15 You remember me, don't you?
01:40:17 I was here with Lieutenant Quincy from the police department.
01:40:19 I just followed Soon Ann up the stairs.
01:40:21 I saw her come in here.
01:40:22 You must be mistaken.
01:40:24 I'm not mistaken.
01:40:25 She's here.
01:40:26 I must see her.
01:40:27 Oh, sing, don't you understand?
01:40:28 It's to save a man from prison, even from death.
01:40:32 I will send her to you.
01:40:36 (speaking in foreign language)
01:40:43 Soon Ann, we've been looking for you all these weeks.
01:40:46 Mr. Williams needs your help so desperately.
01:40:48 I cannot help.
01:40:49 You must forget that you found Soon Ann.
01:40:51 Forget it?
01:40:53 But you're his only witness.
01:40:54 You're the only one that can help.
01:40:55 Not as a witness.
01:40:57 Only with silence can I repay his great kindness to me
01:41:00 and my family in China.
01:41:01 Why?
01:41:02 For I heard other things.
01:41:03 That most unhappy day from Mrs. Williams' bedroom,
01:41:06 his voice fitting loud and angry.
01:41:08 A flower vase broken to pieces.
01:41:10 He can explain all that.
01:41:12 They do not believe what he's already told.
01:41:14 That I heard anything would do harm.
01:41:18 Don't you see?
01:41:20 Yes.
01:41:25 Much sorrow comes from women who know not honor and truth.
01:41:32 And Mrs. Williams, she's not true, even to that Torrance man.
01:41:36 What make you say that?
01:41:39 That night when he was killed,
01:41:40 her sickness was but wall of falsehood
01:41:43 behind which she could go secretly to a meeting place.
01:41:46 You...
01:41:48 You mean she went out that night?
01:41:51 Soon Ann.
01:41:55 Are you sure?
01:41:56 Yes.
01:41:57 Because next morning in her bedroom,
01:41:59 I found street shoes that had been worn.
01:42:01 Her coat on the closet floor,
01:42:03 with the sleeves turned inside out,
01:42:05 as though removed hurriedly.
01:42:07 And in one pocket, a door key to some hotel.
01:42:10 Sue Lynn, that's it.
01:42:12 Proof that she and Torrance had planned to meet that night
01:42:15 after he killed Mr. Williams.
01:42:17 What hotel was it?
01:42:19 Oh, I...
01:42:21 I don't remember.
01:42:23 The key.
01:42:25 What did you do with it?
01:42:27 Returned to coat pocket.
01:42:29 Come on.
01:42:30 We'll get to Lieutenant Quincy. He'll know what to do.
01:42:32 And pray, Sue Lynn, every step of the way.
01:42:36 (door opens)
01:42:37 Now hold everything.
01:42:44 Even if this long shot don't work out,
01:42:46 we'll just keep on pitching.
01:42:48 (speaking in foreign language)
01:42:53 (speaking in foreign language)
01:43:01 Here it is, yes.
01:43:03 302, Airport Hotel, Oakland.
01:43:05 Maybe we got our miracle.
01:43:07 Especially the Chinese one.
01:43:09 It is to hope that Sue Lynn was of small help to Mr. Williams.
01:43:11 Oh, Sue Lynn.
01:43:12 Come on, copper. Next stop, Oakland.
01:43:14 A certain little lady's hotel rendezvous.
01:43:16 I was on night duty then, all right,
01:43:20 but I sure don't remember a look-a like this.
01:43:22 Quite a dish, eh?
01:43:23 A little too highly seasoned for my digestion, thanks.
01:43:25 Lieutenant, just found a couple of cards
01:43:27 for room 302 on June 9th.
01:43:29 George Baxter, checked out at noon.
01:43:32 Mr. and Mrs. J. Burns.
01:43:35 Room not slept in.
01:43:37 J. Burns.
01:43:39 Burns.
01:43:41 Look, Quincy, the handwriting on the card
01:43:43 is identical to that on the photograph.
01:43:45 And here's a little boy the same thing,
01:43:47 the cover-up telegram to Aunt Margaret.
01:43:49 Now look at the impressions.
01:43:51 J. here, and here, R.N.S.
01:43:53 J. Burns.
01:43:55 That's the name she started the telegram to.
01:43:57 Room not slept in.
01:43:59 Say, I got that damn pig now, Lieutenant.
01:44:01 She said they'd be out of the room by midnight
01:44:03 as her husband was catching a plane.
01:44:05 - But Quincy... - Congratulations, Mr. Steinman.
01:44:12 - Yes, sir. - This ties it all up, doesn't it?
01:44:14 Yeah, like a greased pig.
01:44:16 What do you mean? We've got the evidence now, the proof.
01:44:18 Of what? Sue Lynn's theory that Irene was playing the field?
01:44:21 This evidence only proves that she came here
01:44:23 to keep a date with a man named Burns.
01:44:25 We can't even prove that he didn't keep the date.
01:44:27 But you know he didn't. There wasn't any Burns.
01:44:29 There was only a name that she and Torrance used.
01:44:31 Fine. If you can prove that, Williams will be free.
01:44:34 But none of this will prove it.
01:44:36 Sorry, copper, but we are just up another blind alley.
01:44:39 - Willie? - Yes, sir.
01:44:41 There's a couple of sample cases for Mr. Sam Andrews
01:44:43 came up from the station this morning.
01:44:45 - Take them to Parlor B right away. - Sure thing, sir.
01:44:47 (SIREN WAILING)
01:44:49 Be seated.
01:45:08 Case of the state, Burns v. Waller-Williams.
01:45:11 Proceed, Mr. Eldridge.
01:45:13 Your Honor, we will call Mrs. Irene Williams.
01:45:17 (KNOCKING)
01:45:19 Take the stand, Mrs. Williams.
01:45:21 Raise your right hand.
01:45:33 You solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give in this cause
01:45:35 to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, shall be God's?
01:45:37 I do.
01:45:40 Hey, what cooks? The defense calling her?
01:45:43 Mr. Eldridge, what's the purpose in calling this witness?
01:45:47 Merely for a purpose of identifying handwriting.
01:45:50 Now, Mrs. Williams,
01:45:53 this photograph of you...
01:45:55 - Was stolen from my apartment. - So?
01:45:57 According to the inscription,
01:45:59 "To Walt, my adoring and adored husband, Irene,"
01:46:02 this belongs to Mr. Williams.
01:46:04 This is your handwriting, isn't it?
01:46:06 Of course.
01:46:08 I never would have guessed that he should have wanted it so badly.
01:46:11 And this telegram,
01:46:13 addressed to Mrs. Margaret Hubbard,
01:46:15 is that also your handwriting?
01:46:17 It is.
01:46:20 Now, Mrs. Burns,
01:46:27 I mean, Mrs. Williams,
01:46:29 this photograph is inscribed,
01:46:31 "To Jim, my adoring and adored Irene."
01:46:34 Did you write this, too?
01:46:36 What's the point in all this?
01:46:38 Merely answer counsel's questions.
01:46:40 Did you write it?
01:46:42 I did.
01:46:44 And these letters addressed to Mr. James Torrance,
01:46:46 - did you write them? - Yes.
01:46:48 And this monogrammed garment,
01:46:57 a gift from you to Mr. Torrance?
01:46:59 Why must I be tortured again by all this?
01:47:01 I never made any secret of my love for Jim Torrance.
01:47:04 - I'm dead. - Your love for Jim Torrance.
01:47:06 Yet on the very night he was killed,
01:47:08 you had a rendezvous with a man named Burns, didn't you?
01:47:10 I don't know what you're talking about.
01:47:12 I don't know any man named Burns.
01:47:14 I was at home that night, very ill.
01:47:16 Oh, yes, the sleeping pills.
01:47:18 Well, you must walk in your sleep, then,
01:47:20 for you spent at least part of that night at the airport hotel in Oakland,
01:47:23 where you registered for Mr. and Mrs. J. Burns.
01:47:25 Don't waste the court's time trying to deny it.
01:47:27 This is the registration card
01:47:29 that you signed at 9.20 p.m.
01:47:32 And there's the room clerk who assigned you to room 302.
01:47:35 And this, Mrs. Williams, is the key to room 302,
01:47:40 which you very carelessly left in the pocket of a coat
01:47:43 which was found in your closet yesterday.
01:47:45 All right, I was there. Now are you satisfied?
01:47:47 Not quite.
01:47:49 This J. Burns, Mrs. Williams,
01:47:51 - was his first name Jack? - Yes.
01:47:53 - Have you been in contact with him lately? - No, no.
01:47:55 How long since you've seen or heard from this Jack Burns?
01:47:57 Well, I don't know. I don't remember.
01:47:59 You bet she doesn't remember, because there isn't any Jack Burns,
01:48:02 and there never was.
01:48:04 That was an alias for Jim Torrance.
01:48:06 And it was Torrance who was to have met you that night,
01:48:08 after your charming little plot to kill your husband had been duly executed.
01:48:11 It's not true. It's not true!
01:48:13 I have bad news for you, Mrs. Williams.
01:48:15 I can prove it's true.
01:48:17 These pajamas, these letters,
01:48:19 this picture, all of which you identified for the court,
01:48:22 were found in this suitcase,
01:48:25 which is full of the clothes and personal belongings
01:48:28 of Mr. James Torrance.
01:48:30 And the suitcase was found in the baggage room of the airport hotel,
01:48:33 where it's been held since June 9th.
01:48:35 And it says on this tag,
01:48:37 in large print,
01:48:40 "Hold for Jack Burns."
01:48:43 That is all, Mrs. Williams.
01:48:45 Just a moment, Mrs. Williams.
01:48:50 Your Honor, in view of the evidence presented,
01:48:54 we now ask for a dismissal of the state's case against Walter Williams.
01:48:57 And we intend to charge Irene Williams with conspiracy
01:49:00 to commit murder against her husband, Walter Williams.
01:49:03 Oh, no!
01:49:05 The case against Walter Williams dismissed.
01:49:15 Court adjourned until 2 o'clock.
01:49:17 Well, that's that, Walt.
01:49:22 Congratulations, Mr. Williams.
01:49:25 I haven't the words for it, Quincy, but we...
01:49:28 we could never have made it without you.
01:49:30 Ah, sure you could.
01:49:32 You know, son, right always wins, if you give it a little push.
01:49:35 Especially when you get a copper like this one to do the pushing.
01:49:38 Well, I'll be seeing you.
01:49:40 You know, it'll seem kind of strange being able to eat and sleep
01:49:42 without someone getting in your hair all the time.
01:49:44 Oh, fine, Walt.
01:49:47 We're looking forward to having your hand on the wheel again.
01:49:50 The Denver plants are waiting for you to open them.
01:49:52 You think I can make it in the morning?
01:49:54 How about it, counselor?
01:49:56 You bet you can.
01:49:57 Oh, good. Well, I'll be running along.
01:49:59 Well, you think you'll like Denver?
01:50:03 It's okay by me, boss.
01:50:06 Yes.
01:50:08 Impact.
01:50:10 The force with which two lives can come together.
01:50:13 Sometimes for evil, sometimes for good.
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