The Amazing Mr. X (1948) - Full Movie
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00:02:00My Chris.
00:02:02Oh, hello Janet.
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00:02:07Explain yourself.
00:02:08Explain what?
00:02:09Brooding on the balcony.
00:02:10Just isn't being done this season.
00:02:12I wasn't brooding.
00:02:14Lying to win sisters out this season too.
00:02:17Strangest thing happened.
00:02:19I thought I heard a man's voice out over the ocean.
00:02:22Calling my name.
00:02:23Next time he calls, ask him if he has a friend for me.
00:02:26I'm serious.
00:02:27How can you be serious?
00:02:29It was the wind.
00:02:30Or those fog horns.
00:02:31Perhaps.
00:02:33But it sounded like...
00:02:36Paul.
00:02:40It's been two years now, Christine.
00:02:42I know.
00:02:44But for a moment, out over the ocean...
00:02:48I felt very close to him again.
00:02:52He used to love the ocean, you know.
00:02:53Especially at night.
00:02:55He'd go racing down to the beach for a swim,
00:02:57no matter how late it was.
00:03:00And usually I'd be fool enough to go with him.
00:03:04If any husband of mine ever chased me into the ocean
00:03:06in the middle of the night, I'd shoot him.
00:03:09He did a lot of crazy things.
00:03:11Some of them bad.
00:03:14But I don't think I could ever love another man
00:03:16the way I love Paul.
00:03:18Chris, you've got to stop talking like this.
00:03:21You're getting morbid.
00:03:23Oh, it's not as bad as all that, brat.
00:03:26It is bad.
00:03:29Look at this dress.
00:03:31You can't wear black when you're going out on a date.
00:03:33Looks as if you were still...
00:03:35Well...
00:03:37Morning?
00:03:38Well, yes.
00:03:39I just happen to like black, that's all.
00:03:42I know.
00:03:43But just for tonight.
00:03:45It's perfectly appropriate.
00:03:47And Chris...
00:03:49Don't wear your wedding ring tonight, either.
00:03:51Why not?
00:03:53It might make it awkward for Martin.
00:03:55Oh, is Martin going to propose again tonight?
00:03:58Well, he might.
00:04:01And he can't very well put an engagement ring on your finger
00:04:03if that's already there.
00:04:05By the way, what kind of a ring has Martin bought for me?
00:04:08An enormous diamond with...
00:04:10Oh, Chris, you will say yes tonight, won't you?
00:04:13I suppose I better.
00:04:14Otherwise, he might sue you for breach of promise.
00:04:17Oh, darling, I'm so excited.
00:04:19And I've got just the right dress all picked out for you.
00:04:23Will you wear it?
00:04:24Anything you say.
00:04:25And bring out my new ermine, will you?
00:04:31You know, Chris, I think your cloak with the sequins
00:04:33might look better on you tonight.
00:04:36I take it you have a date for tonight, too.
00:04:39As a matter of fact, I have.
00:04:40All right.
00:04:41I'll wear the sequins, you wear the ermine.
00:04:43Well, if you insist.
00:04:45Thanks.
00:04:47I like your hair like that.
00:04:49But you could do with a little more lipstick.
00:04:51And you could do with a little less.
00:04:59Do you suppose it's Martin?
00:05:01You know Martin would never honk a horn at a lady.
00:05:03It's probably your young man.
00:05:05By the way, which young man is it tonight?
00:05:07It's... You know, I've forgotten.
00:05:09Have a good time and come home early.
00:05:11Well, I can't do both.
00:05:12Then you come home early.
00:05:14You come home engaged.
00:05:29Mrs. Faber's residence.
00:05:33Yes, sir.
00:05:37Mrs. Faber.
00:05:43It's Mr. Rabbit, ma'am.
00:05:45Thank you, Emily. I'll take it here.
00:05:48Hello, Martin.
00:05:49Don't tell me you're standing me up.
00:05:51No, no.
00:05:52It's just that some idiotic client
00:05:54came into the office at the last minute and I...
00:05:57Well, no, I know it's not serious,
00:05:59but I particularly didn't want to
00:06:01have anything interfere with tonight.
00:06:03Well, no, you see, I wanted to show you
00:06:05that I'm not always the lawyer
00:06:06with his mind on cases and affidavits.
00:06:10No, I'm really the romantic type with my mind on you.
00:06:14Yeah, I thought it was a nice speech.
00:06:16I dreamed it up this afternoon in felony court.
00:06:19It doesn't matter if we're a little late, Martin.
00:06:21The first act's no good anyway.
00:06:23I'll walk over along the beach to your house.
00:06:25Then you won't have to waste the time driving over here.
00:06:28Oh, I wouldn't do that.
00:06:30But I want to walk over, Martin.
00:06:32I'll enjoy it.
00:06:34Oh, of course it's safe.
00:06:36Now stop talking like an old maid.
00:06:38Goodbye.
00:06:39It is dark down there, ma'am.
00:06:41And you, Emily, stop talking like Martin Abbott.
00:06:44Lock the patio door after me, will you?
00:06:46Good night.
00:07:04Good night.
00:07:35R.I.P.
00:08:00R.I.P.
00:08:04R.I.P.
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00:08:20R.I.P.
00:08:34R.I.P.
00:08:39D.
00:09:05R.I.P.
00:09:09R.I.P.
00:09:22R.I.P.
00:09:34R.I.P.
00:09:37I don't blame you for being frightened.
00:09:39You made a decision tonight that angered him.
00:09:42And now you're fighting to sustain it.
00:09:44Well, you have all my hopes fighting with you, madame.
00:09:52I felt you were married.
00:09:54I saw your husband dead and you moving toward a new marriage.
00:09:58And I see I was wrong.
00:10:01Sometimes I am.
00:10:04Good night and goodbye.
00:10:12Wait.
00:10:14You weren't mistaken.
00:10:16My husband died two years ago.
00:10:18I felt I could not be wrong.
00:10:20I saw him dead and his car in flames.
00:10:26I'm sorry.
00:10:27I don't understand how you know all this.
00:10:30I suppose people do talk.
00:10:32Do you live around here?
00:10:33No, I wish I did live on the ocean.
00:10:36Here is my name and where I live.
00:10:40Alexis.
00:10:42Psychic consultant.
00:10:45Oh.
00:10:46I see you place me in the same category with fortune tellers, snake charmers and magicians.
00:10:52Oh, well, many people do.
00:10:54But you must know who I am.
00:10:57How else would you know all these things?
00:10:59Perhaps because we are very much alike.
00:11:01You and I.
00:11:03Free spirits, both of us.
00:11:05Like my friend here.
00:11:07We like the night and the mist of the ocean.
00:11:11The wind whispers to us and the sand feels cool under our feet.
00:11:16We're not like...
00:11:18Oh, I have his name now.
00:11:20Like Martin.
00:11:21There's nothing wrong with Martin.
00:11:23Of course not.
00:11:25If only he would understand how little he understands.
00:11:29Well, Martin is very logical.
00:11:32Yes, that's why you should marry him.
00:11:36Even free spirits have to come in out of the night sometimes and put on their shoes.
00:11:40Pay their bills, go to the dentist.
00:11:43And of course, family dinners on Sunday.
00:11:46You really shouldn't be so irritated by his little mannerisms.
00:11:50Like when he clears his throat.
00:11:53Announcing that he's going to kiss you any minute.
00:11:56In response of all his plans and the tips of his fingers.
00:11:59How could...
00:12:01How? I can't tell you how I know these things.
00:12:05But it hardly matters, does it?
00:12:07Since we're not going to meet again.
00:12:09Christine?
00:12:12Chris?
00:12:14Oh, over here, Martin.
00:12:17Oh, hi.
00:12:19Hello.
00:12:22You certainly had me scared. What kept you so long?
00:12:25Well, I was talking to this man.
00:12:28Well, he was here.
00:12:30How could I have imagined him?
00:12:32He was fantastic enough.
00:12:35Well, let's get going.
00:12:37Oh, I've torn my dress, Martin. I'll have to go back to the house.
00:12:41All right. We'll go to your house first.
00:12:44Skip the theater, directly to the Blue Angel.
00:12:48What's the matter?
00:12:50Nothing. It's just that it's so late and I'm a little upset.
00:12:53Could we make it some other night?
00:12:55Of course.
00:12:57You sure you understand?
00:12:59When it concerns you, Christine, there's nothing I don't understand.
00:13:13Here, you better take this off my hands or I'll have to wear it to the office.
00:13:16Fix yourself a drink. I've got to change this torn dress.
00:13:18Right.
00:13:47Martin, how flattering.
00:13:49I should have thought of this in the first place.
00:13:51This is much better than any nightclub.
00:13:53Yes, and just think, no head waiter, no smoke, no people.
00:13:57And at the end of the evening, no check.
00:13:59Oh, Martin, you think in such practical terms.
00:14:02I'm a very practical man.
00:14:04For instance, I just said that to make you pout.
00:14:07But better to do this.
00:14:10I've been trapped.
00:14:12Right.
00:14:14Now, if you'll just step over here to the sofa by the fire.
00:14:16Another trap?
00:14:18Definitely.
00:14:39Darling, what's the matter?
00:14:56That music.
00:14:58It's just a phonograph.
00:14:59But we don't have that record.
00:15:00Of course you do. It was right on top of the cabinet.
00:15:02That's strange.
00:15:05What's the matter, Chris?
00:15:07I'm sorry, but that was Paul's favorite prelude.
00:15:11I've heard him play it a hundred times right here in this room.
00:15:15Turn it off, will you?
00:15:18No, I won't.
00:15:23Look, darling, Paul's been gone too long for you to act like this.
00:15:28I know.
00:15:30Chris, I'm not saying this for my sake,
00:15:34but your whole life's ahead of you.
00:15:36You can't waste it probing into the past.
00:15:40If I can't make you forget Paul,
00:15:43we'll find someone else who can.
00:15:46You're right, Martin.
00:15:48I'm sorry I acted like a child.
00:15:51Would you get me a drink?
00:15:53Right here, ready for you.
00:15:59So you think I should go find somebody new?
00:16:04Only if it's absolutely necessary.
00:16:07But I've been so out of touch with people lately.
00:16:10Especially men.
00:16:12What do you expect me to do, bring some around?
00:16:14Well, that would be very nice of you.
00:16:16Only you know how hard it is for me to meet new people.
00:16:22Well, I can see I'll just have to propose to you.
00:16:26Oh, Martin, I talked you into it.
00:16:28And you sure did.
00:16:29And very fortunately for you,
00:16:31I just happened to have an engagement ring on me.
00:16:43Martin, it's lovely.
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00:20:38Let me help you up.
00:20:42Look, darling, you must have had a nightmare.
00:20:45It's all right now.
00:20:47It's me.
00:20:50I'm so sorry.
00:20:51I'm so sorry.
00:20:52I thought you'd be in a lot better shape.
00:20:54It's all right now.
00:20:55I'm sorry.
00:20:57I'm sorry.
00:20:58I'm sorry.
00:20:59I'm so sorry.
00:21:00I'm sorry.
00:21:01I'm sorry.
00:21:02I'm so sorry.
00:21:04I'm so sorry.
00:21:05I'm sorry.
00:21:07It's all right now. It's over. You're awake, and I'm here.
00:21:11Janet, it wasn't a dream. The windows blew open.
00:21:15What's so unusual about a window blowing open?
00:21:18My engagement ring was gone. The flowers were all withered.
00:21:22Chris, look.
00:21:28But the picture. Paul's picture.
00:21:32You see? Just a bad dream.
00:21:34I was awake.
00:21:36My wedding gown, there in the closet. It came toward me.
00:21:40I swear it did.
00:21:45It's just your bathrobe.
00:21:47You probably pulled the door open like this, and it flung out like that.
00:21:53And my wedding dress isn't there?
00:21:55How could it be, Chris?
00:21:57It's been locked in the trunk room for years.
00:22:02It wasn't a nightmare. I tell you, I saw those things.
00:22:06I think it was Paul, and he doesn't want me to marry.
00:22:08You've got some feeling that it's not loyal to Paul if you marry again.
00:22:12It's on your conscience, and it makes you dream.
00:22:15Why don't you talk it over with an analyst?
00:22:17He wouldn't understand. He'd think I was losing my mind.
00:22:20Nobody would understand.
00:22:22Except perhaps Alexis.
00:22:24Alexis?
00:22:26Just somebody I once met.
00:22:28Come on.
00:22:32Get to bed.
00:22:35It's after 3. You haven't got time for any more dreams tonight.
00:22:44Janet.
00:22:46Why are you up? Would you...
00:22:48I'm sorry.
00:22:51Why are you up? Would you...
00:22:54get me a glass of water?
00:23:06Thanks.
00:23:07Janet.
00:23:09I thought I was supposed to be the baby in the family.
00:23:12Here, give me that water.
00:23:15Move over, baby.
00:23:21Good night, Chris.
00:23:23Good night.
00:23:50Good night.
00:24:20Come on, come on.
00:24:51Childish, isn't it?
00:24:53I think the ocean and the fog were more effective.
00:24:58I agree.
00:25:00But in my work, I deal with many different kinds of minds.
00:25:03Generally speaking, I think you could say that
00:25:05three types of people come here to see me.
00:25:07The first, a fairly large group, come here to scoff.
00:25:12And sometimes a few of them remain to pray.
00:25:15The second have childlike, credulous minds.
00:25:19They long to believe.
00:25:21They're tired and sad and need comfort.
00:25:25All this helps them.
00:25:27It creates an atmosphere.
00:25:30You see? A mood, like music.
00:25:33And in it, they find a few brief moments of comfort,
00:25:36which helps them to continue with their grey little lives.
00:25:40And so I do not think it is so childish after all. Do you?
00:25:43And the third group?
00:25:45Ah.
00:25:47The third group is those of us who
00:25:49honestly explore the secrets of the outer world.
00:25:54I feel that you have come here today to join that group.
00:25:58Well, I... I did want to talk to you about something.
00:26:01I know.
00:26:03He was close to you last night.
00:26:07And he's close to you now.
00:26:09But wait.
00:26:11Maybe I should repel him and not bring him closer.
00:26:15Why?
00:26:17His presence is so strong, it... it might be dangerous.
00:26:22How could Paul's presence possibly be dangerous to me?
00:26:26To your plans.
00:26:28You want to get married and lead what is termed a normal life.
00:26:34But if Paul is trying to reach me, then I want to help him.
00:26:39Have you thought what people will think?
00:26:41What Martin will think?
00:26:44I'm not afraid to think as I choose.
00:26:48Then, Christine, if you have the courage and the will to explore,
00:26:51I will help you.
00:26:53Now relax.
00:26:55Let your mind be free and receptive.
00:27:07Janet, you do have a tendency to dramatize and...
00:27:09Stop treating me like a child.
00:27:11I tell you, she's been going to see him for weeks, and...
00:27:14Shh.
00:27:19Now do you believe me?
00:27:26She's been reading psychic books, too.
00:27:28And talking about Paul as if he were still alive.
00:27:32Gives me the creeps.
00:27:34Let's go.
00:27:35Now what are we going to do?
00:27:36We're going to get a detective, see what he can find out about this...
00:27:39this spook chaser.
00:27:42For 20 years, I've been operating among these phony mediums
00:27:45as a private detective.
00:27:47And I've yet to find one concrete bit of evidence
00:27:49of communication with the dead.
00:27:51But my sister's absolutely convinced.
00:27:53He's told her things he couldn't know, unless they were psychic.
00:27:57He's probably gone to a lot of trouble to investigate her past.
00:28:00They're thorough and clever.
00:28:01What I can't understand is Christine falling for such a dribble.
00:28:06You'd be amazed at the people who do.
00:28:09No, thanks.
00:28:10Now, there's a millionaire right in this town
00:28:12who wouldn't buy a bag of popcorn without consulting his medium.
00:28:16What's this one's name?
00:28:18Alexis.
00:28:22It's a new one on me.
00:28:24But then they change their names often enough.
00:28:27How about a description?
00:28:30There's a picture of him in this pamphlet he wrote.
00:28:34Oh, this?
00:28:35I used to be a magician.
00:28:37That's how I got into this writing.
00:28:50I know all their tricks.
00:28:55Alexis.
00:28:57Alexis.
00:29:01I was called to Chicago on a case once.
00:29:03A young man named Maru
00:29:05swindled a society lady out of a whole hatful of money.
00:29:09If that's Alexis, he certainly used to look corny.
00:29:12If that's Alexis, we can report him to the police.
00:29:15What charge?
00:29:16He served a stretch and that's that.
00:29:18At least Christine will be through with him.
00:29:20I mean, if we can prove he's a crook.
00:29:22How can we identify him?
00:29:23Oh, I could go out there and find him.
00:29:25But I think the only time these fakes are really psychic
00:29:29is when there's a detective around.
00:29:32They look in their crystals and see you coming.
00:29:35Maybe we could send somebody you wouldn't know.
00:29:38Oh, no, I think that...
00:30:25I don't know.
00:30:55I don't know.
00:31:25I don't know.
00:31:55I don't know.
00:32:25Your name, please.
00:32:27Harper. Mrs. Charles Harper.
00:32:30Not Mrs. Charles. G. Harper.
00:32:34Yes. I mean, no.
00:32:47Now concentrate and soon you'll thaw.
00:32:50I'll be back.
00:32:55Your thoughts will merge with mine.
00:32:58Perhaps both hands would be better.
00:33:03Yes. Yes.
00:33:06So much better.
00:33:08I can feel your vibrations much more clearly now.
00:33:13Oh, but...
00:33:15But your pulse is racing.
00:33:18Are you excited? Nervous?
00:33:21No.
00:33:22Oh, but of course, this problem is troubling you.
00:33:25The question you wrote comes to me, but...
00:33:28but faintly.
00:33:31Almost as though it were... false.
00:33:38Oh, but another question comes through
00:33:40with all the power and strength of love and truth.
00:33:44You are concerned about someone you love.
00:33:47A woman, your sister. Is it your sister?
00:33:50Yes.
00:33:52Older than you, but still you have a maternal,
00:33:55protective feeling about her.
00:33:57In many ways, you are more mature than she.
00:34:01Golly. I'm glad somebody finally realized that.
00:34:05Of course, you didn't always feel that way.
00:34:08Once, you were jealous of her.
00:34:10You envied her popularity and her pretty clothes,
00:34:13and you used to try them on when she went out.
00:34:16And they suited you because there is an air of...
00:34:18of maturity and sophistication about you.
00:34:22In many ways, especially intellectually,
00:34:25you are much older than the many young men who admire you.
00:34:28You know, I'd notice that.
00:34:31Does this feel... uncomfortable to you?
00:34:35I...
00:34:38I think I'll have a cigarette.
00:34:43Mrs. Harper?
00:34:49Mrs. Harper?
00:34:53May I?
00:35:18Hmm.
00:35:21What an attractive case.
00:35:42Did you know why I wanted them?
00:35:44No.
00:35:46Nor do I need to.
00:35:48It is enough for me to know that you wanted them.
00:35:59Alexis, I hope that nothing you've done to help my sister
00:36:03will get you into trouble with the police.
00:36:05I mean, if they should investigate you or your past life,
00:36:09would they find anything that would make trouble for you?
00:36:12Well, there are...
00:36:15There are many things in my life of which I'm ashamed.
00:36:18But, and this may sound strange,
00:36:22the memory that I cherish is a term in prison.
00:36:26Oh, there are many brave men who were imprisoned
00:36:30in their fight for science and truth,
00:36:33and I'm proud to be one of them.
00:36:36I think you may be able to understand this.
00:36:41Oh, but anyway, do with this as you think best.
00:36:44I trust you.
00:37:14Hey, Janet.
00:37:16Oh, hello, Martin.
00:37:18Did you get the fingerprints?
00:37:21Yes.
00:37:23Good.
00:37:25Did I erase them?
00:37:27No, you didn't.
00:37:29You didn't?
00:37:31No, I didn't.
00:37:33You didn't?
00:37:35No, I didn't.
00:37:37You didn't?
00:37:39No, I didn't.
00:37:41You didn't?
00:37:43Did I erase them?
00:37:45Oh, Martin, he isn't at all the kind of a man we thought he was.
00:38:10Thank you.
00:38:13Oh, hello, dear.
00:38:15Did you get the day off?
00:38:17About time, too.
00:38:19Yeah, Mrs. Faber.
00:38:21No, Mrs. Faber.
00:38:23I'm getting sick of it.
00:38:25And how is our client?
00:38:27She's hooked good.
00:38:29Good she is.
00:38:31And does she feel that her beloved husband is close to her?
00:38:34I'm surprised she hasn't asked me to lay an extra place at the dinner table.
00:38:38Here's a photograph of her parents.
00:38:40It was in the trunk, I think.
00:38:42It was in the trunk where I found the wedding dress.
00:38:44Oh, that will be very useful.
00:38:49When are you going to put the bite on her?
00:38:51Oh, Vivian, you put things so crudely.
00:38:53I imagine that very soon,
00:38:55Mrs. Faber is going to press money on me
00:38:57to continue my psychic research.
00:38:59Good. I'm getting sick of this Swedish accent.
00:39:01I need a new role.
00:39:03Oh, I have a new assignment for you.
00:39:05Straight from the obituary column.
00:39:07A lonely millionaire who...
00:39:09I had no more appointments today.
00:39:11Oh, here.
00:39:13Help me get these things out of the way.
00:39:15What do you pay for those chunks of glass these days?
00:39:17$3 apiece.
00:39:19It used to be $1.95.
00:39:21You know, somebody ought to do something about this high cost of living.
00:39:24You should complain.
00:39:26You're selling them for $25 to your psychic students.
00:39:30I used to.
00:39:32But who am I to fight inflation?
00:39:34I'm charging $50 now.
00:39:37Hmm.
00:39:39Expensive car.
00:39:43Expensive clothes.
00:39:45I would say no brains and lots of money.
00:39:47So long as you're here, Vivian,
00:39:49you might as well check the car for me.
00:39:51There might be some papers or something
00:39:53in the glove compartment.
00:39:55Okay.
00:39:57And I'll use a turban in case you find out something.
00:40:06Okay.
00:40:36Oh!
00:40:38Oh, this is such a pleasure.
00:40:40I mean, I've... I've heard...
00:40:42Oh.
00:40:48Oh.
00:40:50Oh.
00:40:52Oh.
00:40:54Oh.
00:40:56Oh.
00:40:58Oh.
00:41:00Oh.
00:41:02Oh.
00:41:04Oh.
00:41:20I'd rather not tonight, Martin, really.
00:41:22I'm much too tired.
00:41:26Well, let's decide about Friday later.
00:41:28Call me tomorrow.
00:41:30Good night.
00:41:32Do us a favor.
00:41:34That's all, Emily. Thanks.
00:41:44Chris. Hmm?
00:41:46Let you and I spend the evening together.
00:41:48If you're tired, we could go to a movie.
00:41:50Well, actually, I'm busy tonight, Janet.
00:41:52I have an appointment.
00:41:54Chris, don't see Alexis tonight.
00:41:56Don't see him ever again.
00:41:58Janet, I thought we agreed not to discuss this.
00:42:00I'm not attacking Alexis, honest.
00:42:02I think he'd be very good.
00:42:04For certain people.
00:42:06But not for me?
00:42:08Well, you see,
00:42:10when some people meet a fascinating personality,
00:42:12they're swept right off their feet.
00:42:14Like me?
00:42:16Yes.
00:42:18But other people can be more objective.
00:42:20Like me.
00:42:22It's true, Chris.
00:42:24In many ways, I'm more mature than you are.
00:42:26Janet, I have lived through most of your growing pains,
00:42:28and oftentimes you've been insufferable.
00:42:30But tonight, this is...
00:42:32You see? You can't be objective.
00:42:34You're getting sore just because I'm trying to give you some good advice.
00:42:36Give me advice, Janet, please.
00:42:38It is good advice.
00:42:40Alexis agrees with me.
00:42:42Alexis agrees with you?
00:42:46You see,
00:42:48I've talked to him a few times
00:42:50about your problem.
00:42:52I...
00:42:54I went to his house.
00:42:56How did you find him?
00:43:00Fascinating.
00:43:02Absolutely fascinating.
00:43:06You know,
00:43:08he has one of the most
00:43:10vibrant personalities.
00:43:12And you came to this conclusion
00:43:14while discussing my problem?
00:43:16Well, we talked a little bit.
00:43:18Janet...
00:43:20Good night.
00:43:22I'll leave you alone with your objectivity.
00:43:48Good night.
00:44:18Alexis, I had to see you.
00:44:20Don't pay any attention to her.
00:44:22I feel a disturbance.
00:44:24If we are to reach the outer world tonight,
00:44:26we must leave behind us
00:44:28all thoughts that are hostile
00:44:30and on a low emotional level.
00:44:36Now, Janet, this is your first séance.
00:44:38There must be some skepticism in your mind.
00:44:40Oh, no.
00:44:42I don't think so.
00:44:44This is your first séance.
00:44:46There must be some skepticism in your mind.
00:44:48Oh, no.
00:44:50Perhaps only in your subconscious mind.
00:44:52But nevertheless, we shall proceed
00:44:54under test conditions,
00:44:56if you will be good enough
00:44:58to hold this key for me.
00:45:00And, Christine, will you tie my wrists
00:45:02together securely?
00:45:04Oh, there's no need to do that, Alexis.
00:45:06I have every faith in you.
00:45:08Oh, but I insist.
00:45:10For my own sake.
00:45:12Out in the center.
00:45:14Tightly.
00:45:16That's good.
00:45:18Now tie my hands behind my back.
00:45:22Very tightly.
00:45:28Thank you.
00:45:32Now lock the cabinet
00:45:34so that you know that I cannot possibly
00:45:36move from this chair.
00:45:42Now, Christine,
00:45:44will you switch off the light?
00:45:46The switch is right in behind you.
00:45:52The room must be completely dark.
00:45:56Sit down on the table.
00:46:02And clasp your hands together tightly
00:46:04with the key between your palms.
00:46:12If you see anything at all,
00:46:14do not move around
00:46:16or cry out.
00:46:42Chris, look.
00:46:46I remember him very well,
00:46:48isn't it?
00:46:50Yes, Janet.
00:46:52The stairs.
00:47:12Do you feel it, Janet?
00:47:14The chill?
00:47:20Cold breeze
00:47:22like ice.
00:47:42♪♪
00:48:12I'd sure like to know
00:48:14what's going on in there.
00:48:16If he's staging a seance,
00:48:18it'd be a good opportunity
00:48:20to prove he's a phony.
00:48:22Let's sneak around back.
00:48:24There may be a window we can look through.
00:48:26Or climb through.
00:48:28♪♪
00:48:42♪♪
00:48:52Oh!
00:48:54♪♪
00:49:12Martin, what are you doing?
00:49:14Showing you what a phony this man is.
00:49:16Where's the key?
00:49:20If you think he's still in here...
00:49:34What is it?
00:49:38He's quick on his feet, I'll say that for him.
00:49:40How could he get out when I locked him in?
00:49:42He could show you if he wanted to.
00:49:44You tie a knot like this.
00:49:46And then...
00:49:48Martin, this is dreadful.
00:49:50Yes, it is.
00:49:52I'm afraid I must insist you don't come here again.
00:49:54Insist?
00:49:56By what right do you insist?
00:49:58Well, we're engaged.
00:50:00Even if we were married, I'd think as I pleased.
00:50:02And I won't close my mind to truth
00:50:04just because you don't happen to understand them.
00:50:06Truth, poppycock. Be logical, Chris.
00:50:08Logical? Pardon me, Mr. Abbott.
00:50:10Do you think you could possibly
00:50:12defer your discussion long enough
00:50:14to untie this rope?
00:50:16Oh, I'm sorry, Alexis. I'll do it.
00:50:18I happen to understand more about these things than you do.
00:50:20Do you realize that man has a criminal record?
00:50:22Alexis told us he was once in prison,
00:50:24if that's what you mean.
00:50:26Sometimes a prison record is something to be proud of.
00:50:28I'm terribly sorry about this interruption, Alexis.
00:50:30I saw him.
00:50:32I saw Paul.
00:50:34We will bring him back.
00:50:36She'd be better off if he stayed where he is, dead.
00:50:38She never meant anything to him but money.
00:50:40Martin.
00:50:42He'd been married and divorced before,
00:50:44each time with cash settlements.
00:50:46If he'd lived, he'd have made you miserable
00:50:48and ended up where he belongs, in jail.
00:50:50I never thought you'd attack a dead man
00:50:52with lies he can't answer.
00:50:54Yes, it's in the records.
00:50:56When Martin disappeared, did you or did you not
00:50:58ask me to investigate?
00:51:00Yes.
00:51:02Well, in the course of my snooping,
00:51:04he was divorced in Las Vegas just six months
00:51:06before he married you.
00:51:08I think he went over there to see her.
00:51:10I never could find her, though,
00:51:12and Paul was dead, so...
00:51:14Seems very strange.
00:51:16If it were true, you didn't find it necessary
00:51:18to tell Mrs. Faber?
00:51:20Yes, I suppose it is strange.
00:51:22And very silly to try and protect the girl you love.
00:51:26She only runs as fast as she can
00:51:28to another phony like you.
00:51:30Come on, Hoffman, let's get out of here.
00:51:32Going so soon?
00:51:34I'd hope we might stay around a while.
00:51:36You should stay.
00:51:38You'd soon learn what amazing powers Alexis has.
00:51:40I'm always willing to learn.
00:51:42Perhaps you'd like to resume the séance.
00:51:44Yes.
00:51:46Under real test conditions.
00:51:48And have you report me for conducting a séance?
00:51:52I should say not.
00:51:54He probably could report you now.
00:51:56But if you'll sit down here at this table
00:51:58and while we all hold hands
00:52:00we'll be your good friends.
00:52:02If you can make any of your spirits walk or talk,
00:52:04I think Mr. Hoffman will let it ride this time.
00:52:06It's ridiculous.
00:52:08Show them, Alexis.
00:52:10Yes, Alexis.
00:52:12Do.
00:52:14I'm afraid under such hostile circumstances
00:52:16any contact with the spirit world would be practically impossible.
00:52:18Yeah, yeah.
00:52:20I've heard that patter routine before.
00:52:22I know it's easier when you can run around the room in the dark.
00:52:24It doesn't run around in the dark.
00:52:26Go on, Alexis.
00:52:28Let them see for themselves what you can do.
00:52:30Okay.
00:52:32Let's go.
00:52:50You know, you really ought to
00:52:52haven't on the premises for tight spots like this.
00:52:54We checked, you see,
00:52:56to make sure you hadn't.
00:52:58Shh, don't talk so loud.
00:53:00You mean we'll frighten the ghosts?
00:53:26Christine.
00:53:28You see?
00:53:30Christine.
00:53:32It's Paul.
00:53:34It's his voice.
00:53:36I didn't mean to frighten you, Everett.
00:53:38But I had to get through to you somehow.
00:53:40It's all right.
00:53:42It's all right.
00:53:44It's all right.
00:53:46It's all right.
00:53:48It's all right.
00:53:50It's all right.
00:53:52It's all right.
00:53:54I got through to you somehow.
00:53:56I've always loved you. You know that.
00:53:58Yes, Paul.
00:54:06And if you could only believe
00:54:08we could be together
00:54:10for always.
00:54:24Wasn't anybody out there?
00:54:2620 years, never anything like this.
00:54:30If everybody will excuse me,
00:54:32this has been a terrible strain.
00:54:38Come on, Chris.
00:54:40I'll take you home.
00:54:54I'll take you home.
00:55:24What are you so startled about?
00:55:26You're used to raising the dead, aren't you?
00:55:28Although I guess with me,
00:55:30it was a little easier
00:55:32because I'm only legally dead.
00:55:36You know, I've been watching you
00:55:38ever since my widow
00:55:40started coming to you, Alexis.
00:55:42I find your methods quite amusing.
00:55:48Excellent.
00:55:54How do you get out of that rope thing?
00:55:58Manipulation.
00:56:00But how did you...
00:56:02The cabinet?
00:56:06Just push a button
00:56:08and the idiots reach for their checkbooks.
00:56:10It isn't quite as simple as all that.
00:56:12There's a lot of psychology involved
00:56:14and research.
00:56:16Sounds dangerously like work.
00:56:18However, your bag of tricks
00:56:20can be useful to us
00:56:22in our present plans.
00:56:24We, um, have plans?
00:56:28I didn't help you out tonight
00:56:30just for the fun of it, my friend.
00:56:32I can use you.
00:56:34You see, I need money.
00:56:36A lot of it.
00:56:38I don't understand.
00:56:40If you went back to Christine,
00:56:42you could have anything you want.
00:56:44You don't seem to have a very analytical mind.
00:56:46No, but Christine still loves you.
00:56:48She...
00:56:50You mean if you weren't dead,
00:56:52the police might want to know who it was
00:56:54they found burnt to death in your car, hmm?
00:56:56Exactly.
00:57:00Have I been using the wrong piece of music?
00:57:02What? Oh, no, no.
00:57:04You have the right one for Christine.
00:57:06I used this one
00:57:08for my first wife.
00:57:10Was it her ashes
00:57:12they found in the car?
00:57:14It was me they found in the car.
00:57:16Don't forget it.
00:57:18Perhaps I should point out
00:57:20that I'm in a very curious position.
00:57:22Since I'm believed dead,
00:57:24I could even kill a man.
00:57:26Nobody'd think of looking for me.
00:57:28You're in a curious position, too, Alexis.
00:57:30You can't tell anybody I'm alive
00:57:32without exposing yourself.
00:57:34That's right, I can't.
00:57:36It is a very curious position,
00:57:38and a profitable one.
00:57:40I don't think it's too premature
00:57:42to congratulate you
00:57:44upon an extremely advantageous marriage.
00:57:46Marriage?
00:57:48Come, come, my friend.
00:57:50You must be prepared to make some small sacrifice.
00:57:52You don't expect me to marry Christine.
00:57:54No, no, the little one, Janet.
00:57:56She's still young enough
00:57:58to be dazzled by you.
00:58:00From then on,
00:58:02getting that estate will be like
00:58:04taking candy away from a baby.
00:58:06I don't think Christine will allow it.
00:58:08I'll take care of Christine.
00:58:16I'm a little rusty on this one.
00:58:18I'll have to practice.
00:58:20Have this piano tuned, will you?
00:58:46Thank you, Emily.
00:58:48Oh, no, ma'am, not for you.
00:58:50Not after the nights you've been having.
00:58:52This is for you.
00:58:54Hot milk?
00:58:56Yes, ma'am.
00:58:58I'd rather have the coffee.
00:59:02I'll see that she drinks it, Emily.
00:59:06All right, I'll take it,
00:59:08but it won't do any good.
00:59:10You should really try and get more sleep, Christine.
00:59:12But I just can't.
00:59:14I'm never alone anymore.
00:59:16I keep hearing his voice now
00:59:18and seeing his face.
00:59:22It should comfort me, I suppose,
00:59:24but it's been frightening.
00:59:26Drink your milk while it's hot.
00:59:28It'll help.
00:59:30Alexis,
00:59:32do you suppose we've made a mistake?
00:59:34That first day when I came to your house,
00:59:36you said it might be better
00:59:38to repel Paul's spirit
00:59:40instead of bringing it closer.
00:59:42Perhaps you were right.
00:59:44Perhaps I was right.
00:59:46Then would it be better to try to break the contact now
00:59:48and not go...
00:59:50It's too late.
00:59:52At this stage, I could never break the contact.
00:59:54We'll have to finish what we started.
00:59:56It would only bring me rest.
01:00:02Well, let's begin the séance now.
01:00:06I think that
01:00:08before we start,
01:00:10we should relax,
01:00:12and I should be more familiar with the surroundings.
01:00:14It is very difficult
01:00:16for me in a strange house.
01:00:18Perhaps if I walked around the outside
01:00:20for a while...
01:00:22I'll show you.
01:00:24We can even go to the ocean.
01:00:26Go ahead, Janet.
01:00:28I'm feeling rather tired.
01:00:40Watch your step.
01:00:42It's awfully steep.
01:01:10You know,
01:01:12I think I have talent
01:01:14along spirit lines.
01:01:16You do?
01:01:18Yes. I've been reading and studying.
01:01:20I think maybe I'm mediumistic.
01:01:22Oh.
01:01:24I don't think so.
01:01:26I don't think so.
01:01:28I don't think so.
01:01:30I don't think so.
01:01:32I don't think so.
01:01:34I don't think so.
01:01:36I don't think so.
01:01:38I think maybe I'm mediumistic.
01:01:40Oh.
01:01:42You know that séance we had at your house when Paul appeared?
01:01:44Yeah.
01:01:46Was that Paul's first visitation?
01:01:48Alexis.
01:01:50Oh. Oh, yes, it was.
01:01:52You see, maybe it's because I was there,
01:01:54all tuned in and sensitive.
01:01:56Well, it could be.
01:01:58Did you ever see a better spirit manifestation?
01:02:02No, darling.
01:02:04That was an all-time record.
01:02:08Oh.
01:02:18Are you thinking about my sister?
01:02:20Yes.
01:02:22She's very attractive, isn't she?
01:02:26Most men admire Chris.
01:02:28But Christine will always belong to Paul.
01:02:32I suppose that's true.
01:02:34I wish she wouldn't be so unhappy.
01:02:38Do you suppose
01:02:40they'll be joined together someday
01:02:42in celestial companionship
01:02:44through all eternity,
01:02:46like it says in the books?
01:02:48Yes, I'm sure they will.
01:02:50Alexis,
01:02:52do you think
01:02:54I'd make a good celestial companion?
01:02:56Darling,
01:02:58I think you'd be wonderful.
01:03:00And we'd love each other through all eternity?
01:03:02Oh, even longer.
01:03:04Alexis,
01:03:06why don't we start right here
01:03:08on the earth plane?
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01:04:36Hurry, Chris.
01:04:40Paul, wait.
01:04:44I'm frightened.
01:04:46There's nothing to be afraid of.
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01:05:30Paul.
01:05:32I'm afraid.
01:05:36I'll take you to the beach.
01:05:40That's when it's a coward.
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01:07:06Is she all right?
01:07:08I think she's all right.
01:07:26What are you doing here?
01:07:28Well, at the moment I'm opening the door,
01:07:30but not very wide.
01:07:32You're not exactly welcome here.
01:07:34Where's Emily?
01:07:36It's Thursday, Mr. Abbott.
01:07:38Her day off.
01:07:40Where's Frida?
01:07:42Frida left yesterday.
01:07:44She said she thought the house was haunted.
01:07:46I don't see what she means.
01:07:48I want to talk to Mrs. Faber.
01:07:50I don't think she wants to talk to you.
01:07:52Janet.
01:07:54Where's Chris?
01:07:56She's mad.
01:07:58She's making herself ill with this morbid nonsense.
01:08:00Oh, it isn't bad.
01:08:02She might have killed herself
01:08:04if Alexis hadn't caught her.
01:08:06What was she doing on the cliff?
01:08:08Well,
01:08:10she thought she heard Paul calling.
01:08:12Janet.
01:08:14We'll always be together, Chris.
01:08:20Together, always.
01:08:22Yes, Paul.
01:08:24You'll always be mine, Chris.
01:08:32Chris,
01:08:34I'm waiting.
01:08:38I know, Paul.
01:08:42I know.
01:08:44We'll be together, Chris.
01:08:46Together, always.
01:08:48Together.
01:08:50Always.
01:09:02What'd the doctor say?
01:09:04Chris wouldn't have a doctor.
01:09:06You've got to be logical about this.
01:09:08She's not badly hurt.
01:09:10She's just bruised and shaken.
01:09:12In the first place, she's in a state of hysteria.
01:09:14In the second place, she shouldn't be in this house.
01:09:16Everything in it reminds her of Paul.
01:09:18And finally, she shouldn't be left alone for one second.
01:09:20There's no telling what she might do.
01:09:22But I'm with her all the time.
01:09:24I haven't left...
01:09:28Chris!
01:09:32Chris!
01:09:36Martin.
01:09:52Chris.
01:09:54Martin.
01:09:56Chris, are you all right?
01:09:58Yes, of course.
01:10:00It's just aspirin.
01:10:02I've got a headache.
01:10:06Chris,
01:10:08it's dangerous for you to stay here.
01:10:10You need rest and care.
01:10:12Perhaps in a hospital.
01:10:14You're trying to separate us.
01:10:16I won't go to a hospital.
01:10:18I won't leave this house.
01:10:20Only until you're better, Chris.
01:10:22No.
01:10:24You'll try to drive him away again.
01:10:26Now get out.
01:10:28I'll leave before I upset her anymore.
01:10:30I'll see you tomorrow, Martin.
01:10:40They've left the room.
01:10:42Then you can resume the treatment.
01:10:44If you hadn't tried to play the hero last night,
01:10:46all this wouldn't be necessary.
01:10:48I had to save Janet, didn't I?
01:10:50You're not falling in love with her, are you?
01:10:52Look, if I'm going to marry into this estate,
01:10:54there's got to be somebody for me to marry.
01:10:56Just by way of making conversation,
01:10:58that wife of mine in Las Vegas,
01:11:00the one who tried to back out on me
01:11:02and wanted her cash settlement back,
01:11:04I settled with her,
01:11:06but not for cash.
01:11:08Now, if you should back out on me,
01:11:10I wouldn't hesitate to settle with you either, Alexis.
01:11:12I know.
01:11:14Because you're in such a curious position.
01:11:26Paul.
01:11:32Paul.
01:11:34Paul, you're back.
01:11:36How long, Chris?
01:11:38How long must I wait?
01:11:56How long must I wait?
01:12:26How long must I wait?
01:12:56Janet.
01:12:58Get out of here.
01:13:00Why didn't you tell me you wanted money that badly?
01:13:02I'd have given it to you just to get rid...
01:13:06Paul.
01:13:08Yes, I'm alive.
01:13:10Legally, I'm dead,
01:13:12and I'm going to stay that way.
01:13:14But if you're alive, I won't be able to.
01:13:16It's too bad you came down here, Janet.
01:13:20Janet, run!
01:13:26Come on.
01:13:48I'm ready to get me bread, Joe.
01:13:507-4-2-5.
01:13:52Martin, this is...
01:13:58Martin!
01:14:00Operator.
01:14:10Chris, wake up.
01:14:14I can't explain. Quick, we'll take the back stairs.
01:14:22Paul.
01:14:30Paul.
01:14:44You forgot, Paul.
01:14:46My profession is
01:14:48raising the dead.
01:14:52Come on.
01:14:54You're losing quite a bit of blood, aren't you, Alexis?
01:15:24Spirits don't need any blood.
01:15:32Do you think bullets can harm us ghosts?
01:15:54Too bad you missed.
01:15:56Those were
01:15:58your last
01:16:00two shots.
01:16:08The police are here, my friend.
01:16:10Your gun is empty.
01:16:12But at least
01:16:14you have been privileged to witness
01:16:16my best performance.
01:16:18You made one little mistake.
01:16:20I started with a gun,
01:16:22and you made one little mistake.
01:16:24I started with seven shells.
01:16:26I have one in the chamber.
01:16:38Alexis,
01:16:40you were wonderful.
01:16:42Yes.
01:16:44I guess there must be a better side to my nature.
01:16:48But now you must forget me.
01:16:50I don't need a crystal
01:16:52to see that your future is bright, Janet.
01:16:54Don't you go clinging to the past.
01:16:58I lived by feeding people's desire
01:17:00to escape the present.
01:17:04But you can't escape
01:17:06for long.
01:17:08Alexis, I'm afraid for you.
01:17:10I'll be all right.
01:17:14I'll find some spirits that want to contact
01:17:16people.
01:17:20Open the window, Janet, please.
01:17:30Fly away, my friend.
01:17:34I won't need you anymore.
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