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00:00Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy, one
00:07in Los Angeles, one in San Francisco, the other in Boston, and they were each assigned
00:19very hazardous duties.
00:22But I took them away from all that, and now they work for me.
00:26My name is Charlie.
01:56I'm going to go to the police academy, and I'm going to go to the police academy, and
02:03I'm going to go to the police academy, and I'm going to go to the police academy, and
02:08I'm going to go to the police academy, and I'm going to go to the police academy, and
02:13I'm going to go to the police academy, and I'm going to go to the police academy, and
02:18I'm going to go to the police academy, and I'm going to go to the police academy, and
02:22I'm going to go to the police academy.
02:25I'm going to go to the police academy.
02:29I'm going to go to the police academy.
02:32I'm going to go to the police academy.
02:36Please, just get out and leave me alone.
02:40Leave me alone.
02:48Hello?
02:49Hello?
02:55Get out, or I'll call the police.
02:58Get out, or I'll call the police.
03:28Get out, or I'll call the police.
03:58You forgot one.
04:01Wouldn't it be easier to do this once or twice?
04:03I think you're right.
04:05You're right.
04:07But if I do this repeatedly,
04:09you'll have to pay me a lot of money.
04:11Do you know how much my debt would be?
04:13I think I could pay you $1,500.
04:17$1,500?
04:18I don't have any money.
04:20You could pay me $1,500.
04:21I have no money.
04:23I don't have any money.
04:24You could pay me $1,500.
04:26Wouldn't it be easier to do this once a month
04:28instead of once a year?
04:30Actually locking myself in for two days of numerical torture
04:33is a wonderful purge.
04:37Well, we'll think good thoughts for you, Boz,
04:40while we're boating and picnicking.
04:43And don't forget the costume party.
04:46Oh, go on, rub it in.
04:48Are you sure you two won't fly up with me tonight?
04:50Oh, I think the least we can do
04:52is help Bozzie get set for his ordeal.
04:54Besides, you and Erica should have an evening for a reunion,
04:57just the two of you.
04:58We're flying up tomorrow,
04:59and you're coming to the airport, aren't you?
05:02I could sure use the time to relax.
05:04I've been having the same nightmare for a week now.
05:07Oh, come on, you're just excited
05:09seeing Erica after three years?
05:11She does look excited, doesn't she?
05:13She certainly does.
05:15Okay, you two.
05:17Really, you are gonna love Erica.
05:20She is the nicest, most unpretentious person I've ever met.
05:23Even if she is heirs to several million.
05:26Well, I can't wait to meet her.
05:28Well, she's gonna have her head in the clouds.
05:30Her honeymoon is just over, and she is a terrible romantic.
05:34Well, from the picture I saw of her husband,
05:36I must say I can't blame her.
05:38His name is Cliff Burke.
05:39He's a very successful clothing manufacturer.
05:42I'm really happy for Erica.
05:44On the phone, she said he's everything she's been looking for.
05:47She used to be real shy around guys
05:49and afraid of getting involved.
05:51I guess she never knew whether they wanted her for her money
05:54or really loved her.
05:56Well, I hate to do this,
06:00but I have packing to do.
06:04I think we have everything under control.
06:06Go.
06:07Have a wonderful time.
06:09Oh, babe.
06:21Oh, babe.
06:51Oh, babe.
07:21Tiff!
07:27Tiffany!
07:29Oh, I'm so glad you're here.
07:32Look at you. You're absolutely beautiful.
07:34And you look great.
07:36Thanks, but I'm a mess.
07:38I don't think there's enough makeup in the world
07:40to hide the bags under my eyes.
07:42I haven't had a good night's sleep since I moved into this place.
07:45Come on.
07:47Wait a minute. What's wrong? It's not you and Cliff?
07:49No. I adore my husband.
07:52But not his taste in houses.
07:54It's all right during the day
07:56when I can stay outside and garden.
07:58But at nighttime...
08:01Come on. Let's go inside.
08:07Creepy, huh?
08:09How do you see the rest of the house?
08:14Cliff, darling, this is Tiffany.
08:16Hello.
08:18Hello, Tiffany. Welcome.
08:20Thank you. What do you think?
08:22I think you should keep him.
08:24Do you know what? What?
08:26You look even better in real life
08:28than you do in the 3,000 photographs my wife has of you two.
08:31Not 3,000. 2,900.
08:332,900.
08:35Darling, don't you think perhaps you should be getting dressed for dinner
08:38rather than grubbing around in the garden anymore?
08:40Okay, I'll bring these in to Mrs. Craig and be right up.
08:42Good.
08:44Come. I'll show you to your room.
08:46I'll build a nice fire.
08:48This old house gets very drafty at night.
08:562.30.
08:58I found that clock in a castle in Austria.
09:01Paid a fortune to have it shipped over here.
09:04You know what?
09:06It has never worked since.
09:162.30.
09:47Thank you, sir.
09:51Mrs. Craig, that isn't the china I told you to use.
09:56I always serve Mr. Burke with this china.
09:59It's been in his family for years.
10:04Well, well.
10:06Looks like we're in for a storm.
10:08Mrs. Craig, you'd better get down to the cottage before it begins to pour.
10:13I'll try to find some candles.
10:16Okay.
10:27Hey.
10:29I didn't remember you ever being afraid of storms.
10:40Have you noticed anything strange or unusual in the house since you got here?
10:44I've got a notive.
10:48Well, I...
10:50I did feel something very strange in my room tonight.
10:53Like somebody watching you?
10:56Maybe.
10:58Thank God.
11:01I feel like I'm going crazy.
11:03I feel it, too, all the time.
11:05Wait a minute. What exactly do you mean by that?
11:08Well, I hear footsteps.
11:10And then voices.
11:12Like people arguing at the top of the stairs.
11:16And things move.
11:18I feel drafts, and I smell perfume.
11:21Have you spoken to Cliff about it?
11:23I've tried.
11:25But he just explains everything away logically.
11:28He thinks you're imagining things, huh?
11:31Erika, it's okay.
11:34I feel it, too.
11:37It's as if there's something evil here that wants me gone.
11:40Once I even thought I heard it telling me.
11:46Hi. We didn't hear you come in.
11:49Has Erika been telling you her ghost stories?
11:53No.
11:55I'd like to hear some, though. It'd be fun on a stormy night.
11:59Only if you're 12 and at summer camp.
12:05I'm sorry, darling.
12:07Why don't we play some billiards by candlelight and get our minds off the storm?
12:11I'm ghosts.
12:37Ah!
13:07Shh!
13:10Shh!
13:18Shh!
13:20Shh!
13:22Shh!
13:37Shh!
13:39Shh!
14:06Ah!
14:10Ah!
14:21Ah!
14:29Ah!
14:39Ah!
15:09Ah!
15:39Ah!
16:09Shh!
16:18Excuse me. Have you seen Erika and Cliff?
16:30Excuse...
16:34Please, just get out and leave me alone.
16:37Leave me alone!
16:51Look out!
16:53Ah!
17:08Ah!
17:20Ah!
17:22Ah!
17:24What are you doing down here at this hour?
17:27I saw a face at that window. I think he had a prowler.
17:32Sebastian?
17:34What are you doing out there?
17:36Just trying to get the shutters fastened, Mr. Burke. Sorry to disturb you.
17:39It's quite all right.
17:45You see? You have nothing to be afraid of out there.
18:01You see?
18:24Abby, this is beautiful.
18:26It's fabulous house.
18:29Tiffany, I still don't understand why you didn't just tell Cliff about the party.
18:33He'll understand when you meet him.
18:35I mean, he's just going to say that I was sleepwalking and that I was dreaming.
18:39Maybe it was a dream.
18:41It was so real.
18:44I don't... I don't know what to think.
18:50One thing I know, I'm glad you two are here.
18:54So are we.
18:56You three going to spend all day down there?
18:58Abby, come on.
19:00Copy and Danny, you get a call.
19:02Thank you.
19:04Do you remember Ann Flaherty?
19:06She used to call us the terrors of Tracy Hall.
19:10That was our dorm.
19:12I used to stay up all night.
19:14I painted and wrote poetry.
19:17Tiffany organized seances.
19:20Seances? You're kidding.
19:23She used to be very big into the occult.
19:27Didn't she ever tell them about the summer you worked for Hans Kempler, the famous ghost hunter?
19:32Well, this is a whole new side of you we've never seen, Tim.
19:35That professor of parapsychology from Vermont,
19:38he tested you and said you were very definitely a sensitive.
19:42Does that mean you're a psychic?
19:44No, it means I get hurt easily.
19:46Now will you two please cut it out?
19:52Are you sure you didn't hear or see anything unusual when you came downstairs last night?
19:56Yes. I saw your caretaker fixing the shutters.
20:00Why don't we go for a walk?
20:02Great idea. As a matter of fact, I was hoping for the grand tour.
20:05Anything to get out of the house for a little while.
20:08Mrs. Burke, I still don't have a final canapé and wine list for tonight.
20:13All right, Mrs. Craig.
20:15You guys go ahead. I'll catch up with you later.
20:22This is quite a place.
20:24They maintain it beautifully.
20:26Yes, a Victorian home with palm trees and an orange grove.
20:30I don't think we're going to find Lon Chaney playing the pipe organ in the basement.
20:35No.
20:37But I do think that something awful happened here.
20:41The impressions that I'm getting are too strong.
20:45Well, maybe Charlie could find out something about the people who lived here before.
20:51Sure. And then we'd know once and for all if there really was a dark-haired lady.
20:56Right.
20:58I guess this sounds pretty bizarre, doesn't it?
21:01Tiff, it is a little unusual.
21:06What do you really think is going on here?
21:10Well...
21:12First of all, I think you both should know that I believe that there are some things that we can't explain and don't understand.
21:20But I think you have to be careful not to let your imagination run wild.
21:23Yes, especially not in a setting like this.
21:26But Erica really believes that there is something in that house that doesn't want her there.
21:31Something evil.
21:33Something or someone?
21:35Has anything happened to Erica?
21:37No, not yet.
21:39But I've known Erica for a long time. She's never been afraid of anything.
21:43You haven't seen her in three years.
21:51Oh, it's cold in here.
21:55The window must have blown open half a dozen times.
21:58Did you feel anything else strange when it did?
22:01Just jealous.
22:05Where's Erica?
22:07Oh, she said she was going into the attic to look over some costumes for tonight.
22:11We're really looking forward to it.
22:13I'm sure she'll be fine.
22:16There it is again.
22:22That presence.
22:24There it is again, that presence.
22:47You don't feel that?
22:52Maybe it's the storm rolling in again, Tid.
22:56No.
22:57There's something else at work here.
22:58Look, I know you want to help Erica, but don't you think you're getting a little too
23:02caught up in all this?
23:04We'll call Charlie.
23:05See if Charlie can't find out who owned the house before Cliff bought it.
23:08Maybe we could get a line on the dark-haired woman.
23:14Keep right.
23:22I don't get it.
23:23This doesn't make any sense.
23:24I know I locked that window.
23:25It may not do any good to lock it, Chris.
23:28I think there's some kind of force building up that's affecting everyone in this house.
23:32It may be using all of us to make some tragic event from the past happen all over again.
23:37The dark-haired woman?
23:39She could be a guest at the party tonight.
23:40I don't know.
24:12Mom!
24:13They're chasing me.
24:14I'm telling you, something's trying to kill me!
24:15Can somebody help us?
24:16Kelly?
24:17Chris?
24:18I know I said something wrong, but I'm not going to let it get to me.
24:40I know I set the brakes when I parked Mrs. Burke's car.
24:44I keep going over it in my head, and I'm sure...
24:48Even if you hadn't said it, that doesn't explain the engine starting up by itself.
24:56I suppose there could be some sort of logical explanation for it.
24:59You two have been with Mr. Burke for a long time, haven't you?
25:06Yeah.
25:08Then you'd know if he was married before.
25:11Yeah, he was married before.
25:14That was nearly 20 years ago.
25:17He and the first wife bought this house when they were newlyweds.
25:24Her name was Madeline.
25:25We don't talk much about it anymore.
25:30It was terrible for Mr. Burke.
25:36You never saw two people more in love, even with her being sick like she was.
25:42What was wrong with her?
25:44Polio.
25:45She was in a wheelchair nearly all her life.
25:48She was in a wheelchair?
25:51Yeah, she was always cheerful and lively.
25:57I can't tell anymore.
26:05Well, there was a party that night, just like the party tonight.
26:11The fact is, this is the first time there's been a party in the house since that night.
26:20What happened at the party?
26:23Well, there was an escape at the prison that night.
26:27The house was broken into.
26:31Mrs. Burke was found dead at the bottom of the stairs.
26:36The murdering thief stole her engagement ring right off her finger,
26:41and they never even caught him.
26:48What did the first Mrs. Burke look like?
26:52Oh, she was a real beauty.
26:55She was always thinking of others.
26:58She had hair like black silk.
27:07You've seen her, too, haven't you?
27:15That must be the caterers.
27:17I'll go show them where to park.
27:28Madeline never left the house.
27:31I smell her perfume sometimes upstairs.
27:35She was always peaceful until the new Mrs. came into the house.
27:41Believe me, she'll never stand for another wife in this house.
27:46It was Madeline who started that car after her.
27:50She was a real beauty.
27:54It was Madeline who started that car after her.
28:00I wish the new Mrs. Burke would leave
28:04before something terrible happens to her.
28:14The doctor just left.
28:16How is she?
28:18She's fine, but not for tonight.
28:20What do you mean?
28:23She'll miss the party.
28:25Can I go up and see her?
28:27Sure. I know she wants to see you.
28:39Come in.
28:41Hi.
28:45I look silly, don't I?
28:48No, you don't look silly.
29:11It's so feminine.
29:13Isn't it beautiful?
29:23I hate to say this, but you look like you just saw a ghost.
29:27I feel like I have.
29:29Eric is in a wheelchair.
29:32Something's going to happen tonight.
29:34I know it.
29:36While you were busy with the Crags,
29:38we ran down to their cottage and called Charlie.
29:40The only occupant of this house
29:42for nearly 50 years before Cliff bought it
29:44was a widow who lived to a ripe old age.
29:47It doesn't matter.
29:49I already found the dark-haired woman.
29:51What?
29:53I don't know.
29:55I don't know.
29:57I don't know.
29:59I don't know.
30:02Her name was Madeline Burke.
30:04She was Cliff's ex-wife.
30:26Darling.
30:28What are you doing?
30:30I don't care what the doctor says.
30:32I'm going to the party.
30:34Are you sure?
30:36Darling, I know you're in trouble.
30:38I've known for some time now.
30:40Every time George Harper comes around,
30:42I get the chills.
30:46As a matter of fact,
30:48he's waiting for me downstairs now.
30:51If you help me out with my costume,
30:53I'll be beside you all the way.
30:56Erica,
30:58sometimes I wish you didn't love me so much.
31:01What do you mean?
31:09I want you to take a pain pill.
31:11I just had a shot a little while ago.
31:18I know.
31:20But since you're going to the party,
31:22I'm going to have to go.
31:25If you go to the party,
31:27you'll be moving around.
31:31At this rate, I'll be flying.
31:35Erica,
31:37after we get through tonight,
31:39I'm going to sell this house
31:41and I'm going to buy you whatever you want.
31:44Oh, Cliff.
31:46I love you.
31:50This can wait.
31:52But George Harper can't.
31:54I'd better get downstairs.
31:58I'll send Mrs. Craig up to help you.
32:18I'm glad you were delayed.
32:21I found some
32:23fascinating
32:25reading here.
32:27Why didn't you tell me
32:29you wanted to see my books, George?
32:31I could have sat down with you.
32:33Stop playing games, Cliff.
32:35There's nothing in these pages
32:37to suggest you can pay me what you owe me.
32:39Not now, not ever.
32:41The money isn't coming from that account.
32:43I have a personal fund,
32:45a sort of inheritance.
32:47Now, why don't you let me
32:50I have a check in my hand.
32:52You said tonight.
32:54I said I would know by tonight, and I do.
32:56But I'm dealing with an eastern bank.
32:58It'll take at least a couple of weeks
33:00to clear up all the red tape.
33:02Either you write me a check right now.
33:04You know perfectly well
33:06I have an excellent line for this year.
33:08My tennis wear alone will gross her fortune.
33:10The check.
33:20All right, George.
33:22I'll do better than that.
33:24I'll sign a note
33:26turning over my entire business to you
33:28if you're not fully repaid in 30 days.
33:40Fine.
33:42Fine.
33:44Okay, now hold your breath.
33:46I am.
33:48Am I in?
33:50There. Comfy?
33:52I smell perfume.
33:54Yeah, I do, too.
33:56Rose. It's not mine.
33:58It's not mine, either.
34:00Ah!
34:02It's my mom!
34:04What's going on?
34:06Madeline?
34:08Go away!
34:10I don't want you here!
34:12Madeline, stop it!
34:18What's going on?
34:20I don't know.
34:22The window!
34:24I saw some candles in the closet.
34:38No!
34:48No!
35:10Tim?
35:12Timmy!
35:18She's gone.
35:20Tiffany?
35:22Tiffany?
35:38There must be some way to open this up.
35:44Right out of an old Frankenstein movie.
35:47Tiffany?
35:49We better split up.
35:51Okay.
35:53I'll go find Tiffany. You go stay with Erica.
35:55Okay, take this candle.
36:01Be careful.
36:03Okay.
36:16Okay.
36:46Come on, Madeline. Lead the way.
37:16No!
37:47No!
38:14So, how are you doing?
38:17Fine.
38:19Where are Chris and Tiffany?
38:21They're trying to cure some zipper problems on Tiffany's costume.
38:23Kelly, you look beautiful.
38:25Thank you.
38:27I wonder if you wouldn't mind terribly doing me a very big favor.
38:29Do you see that chap over there
38:31dressed in the devil's costume?
38:33George Harper.
38:35One of my most important suppliers.
38:37And I know he would love to dance with you.
38:39Do you mind?
38:41Well, I'm not much of a dancer, Cliff.
38:43Oh, go ahead.
38:45You're on my account.
38:47All right, just one dance.
38:49Excuse us, darling.
39:15♪
39:42Madeline, I don't understand
39:45what you want me to do.
39:47♪
40:14♪
40:45Mrs. Burke was found dead
40:47at the bottom of the stairs.
40:49The murdering thief stole her encasement
40:51right off her finger.
41:08Champagne?
41:10It's a nice party.
41:12Yes, it is.
41:15Thank you.
41:30Tiffany?
41:32♪
41:43Tiffany?
41:57What are you doing here?
41:59Finding out that Madeline's
42:02ghost has been trying to warn
42:04Erica not to get rid of her.
42:06She led me to that trunk.
42:08It is filled with Madeline's old things.
42:10Her engagement ring is there,
42:12with a diamond missing.
42:14The one that was supposedly
42:16taken by the escaped convict?
42:18That's right.
42:20I think Erica married some kind
42:22of a bluebeard.
42:24You see, it's all coming together.
42:26My dreams, a dark-haired lady,
42:28a costume party.
42:31What's going to happen tonight
42:33if we don't stop it?
42:35Come on, let's find a way
42:37out of here.
42:39Let's go.
42:47Erica, darling,
42:49it's time for you to go up to bed.
42:51All right.
43:01♪
43:25Darling, would you sit here a few minutes
43:27while I turn your bed down?
43:30Okay.
43:48Chris, where have you been?
43:50Where's Tiffany?
43:52Tiffany?
43:54I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.
43:56Have you seen Cliff?
43:58Okay, thank you.
44:14This must be under the kitchen.
44:16Hey, a dumbwaiter.
44:21Look at this.
44:23Okay, come on.
44:28Careful.
44:30You all right?
44:32Yeah.
44:34Okay, I hope this works.
44:58♪
45:28Stop!
45:58It's Cliff.
46:01It's Cliff.
46:11♪
46:31♪
46:43Angels, it seems the only way
46:45Clifford Burke knew how to get money
46:47was to marry wealthy women
46:49and make sure they died young.
46:51They died young?
46:53I'm afraid Madeline wasn't
46:55Burke's first wife.
46:57There was another young heiress
47:00and he thought he could get away with it?
47:02He must have thought that skeleton costume
47:04would put him in the clear.
47:06Didn't he realize his past
47:08would catch up with him?
47:10He was desperate, Kelly.
47:12I doubt if he did much thinking
47:14about the consequences.
47:16Who was George Harper?
47:18Let's just say Harper
47:20worked for some people
47:22who don't take no for an answer.
47:24Oh, Erica, I'm so sorry.
47:26Well, at least I didn't end up
47:28like that skeleton.
47:30Thanks to you three.
47:32Hey, don't forget Madeline.
47:34If she hadn't held that kitchen door shut,
47:36I might never have gotten to you in time.
47:38Oh, come, come now.
47:40You don't really believe
47:42that you had supernatural help, do you?
47:44Oh, Tiffany,
47:46there's probably a perfectly logical
47:48explanation to everything that happened.
47:50I mean, the kitchen door
47:52probably just got stuck.
47:54And don't forget about instinct.
47:57It's not instinctive work.
47:59Right.
48:01Just in case, though.
48:03Thanks, Madeline.
48:05Yeah, thank you, Madeline.
48:07Ha, ha.
48:09Not me.
48:11Ah!
48:13Hey, hey!
48:15All right, all right!
48:17Thank you, wherever you are!
48:26All right, all right!
48:56All right!