At breakfast in a country hotel, American tourist Cathy More inquires about the whereabouts of her cousin Jane, who has been traveling with her. The proprietors, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, insist Cathy was the only person to check in the night before, and Jane's room shows no sign of having been occupied. The police are called to investigate, but they began to suspect that Jane may be merely a figment of Cathy's disturbed mind.
—L. Hamre
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—L. Hamre
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00:00:00Just look at it, exactly like the pictures in the guidebook.
00:00:28I'll bet it's a fantastic view from up there. Oh Jane we're not going all the
00:00:33way up to the top are we? You don't have to but I certainly am. Well you know how
00:00:40I feel about heights. I didn't come all the way up here just to look at it from
00:00:44ground level. Besides we'll get some great pictures. Come on Kathy. Whatever
00:00:53you say Jane.
00:01:23Ahhhh! Kathy! Help!
00:02:23Jane! Are you ready?
00:03:23I thought I was dreaming. No. It was a scream. A woman's scream. An animal or
00:03:41someone having a nightmare. Good night Miss Pendy.
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00:07:14Number four is taken, so don't disturb her.
00:07:29Good morning.
00:07:30Good morning.
00:07:36Jane?
00:07:40Jane?
00:07:43Jane?
00:07:55Good morning.
00:07:56Good morning.
00:07:57Miss Moore, isn't it?
00:07:58I'm Alice Lewis.
00:07:59You met my husband last night.
00:08:00Oh, indeed we did.
00:08:04Well, she's up bright and early this morning.
00:08:08I beg your pardon?
00:08:09My cousin Jane.
00:08:10We were going down to the river this morning,
00:08:12but I didn't think she'd make it,
00:08:13not after that drive yesterday.
00:08:15Anyway, when she gets back,
00:08:17would you please tell her that I am having my breakfast?
00:08:20Yes, of course.
00:08:23Good morning.
00:08:24Good morning.
00:08:28I do wish you'd tell me these things.
00:08:31You said we only had one arrival last night.
00:08:34Had I?
00:08:35One arrival, two people.
00:08:36Where'd you put the other girl, Seven?
00:08:39What other girl?
00:08:42Miss Moore's cousin.
00:08:44You got it wrong again.
00:08:45Miss Moore arrived alone.
00:08:48Oh, come on, Arthur.
00:08:49Don't be silly.
00:08:50About 9.30, Catherine Moore, American from Los Angeles,
00:08:53arrived alone, went straight up to her room.
00:08:56Number four.
00:08:57You checked the register.
00:08:58Oh, well, I did.
00:08:59Well, Arthur, I've just this moment been talking to her.
00:09:01She asked about her cousin.
00:09:02I got the impression she was staying here too.
00:09:04You got the wrong impression then, didn't you?
00:09:06Check the register.
00:09:07Always check the register.
00:09:12Come on.
00:09:33Ah, good morning, Mrs. Lewis.
00:09:35Good morning, Miss Pendy.
00:09:36Everything all right?
00:09:37Very nice, thank you.
00:09:38Very nice.
00:09:40Miss Moore, you must think me awfully stupid, but, um...
00:09:44Well, what time do you expect your cousin?
00:09:47Well, any minute now.
00:09:48I assume...
00:09:49The river's not very far, is it?
00:09:51The river?
00:09:52Well, unless she changed her mind
00:09:53and took a stroll down through the village.
00:09:56At any rate, she's going to hate missing this breakfast.
00:09:58Miss Moore, you are speaking as though your cousin
00:10:00were already staying here.
00:10:03But she is.
00:10:04Oh, but...
00:10:06Oh, I see.
00:10:07Oh, I see.
00:10:08I'm sorry, there's been some mistake.
00:10:10I know that you weren't here last night when we arrived,
00:10:13but I'm sure your husband will explain it to you.
00:10:17Excuse me.
00:10:34She must be mad.
00:10:37Or were you just too drunk last night to remember?
00:10:40Is that it?
00:10:41Yeah, I...
00:10:43The American girl, Arthur.
00:10:45She insists her cousin was staying here, too.
00:10:52Miss Moore.
00:10:53Lewis.
00:10:54Morning.
00:10:55Morning.
00:10:56I hope you got things straightened out.
00:10:58Mm-hmm.
00:10:59Well, I mean your wife.
00:11:00She seemed a little confused.
00:11:01I hope you explained.
00:11:03Explained what?
00:11:04About my cousin Jane.
00:11:06Who arrived here last night?
00:11:08Yes, that's right.
00:11:09Miss Moore, Miss Moore.
00:11:10I tricked you in.
00:11:11Just you.
00:11:13You were alone.
00:11:18What is this?
00:11:19Some kind of quaint old English custom or something?
00:11:23Where's Jane?
00:11:25What are you up to?
00:11:26You are up to make trouble.
00:11:28Excuse me, excuse me.
00:11:29No, I'm...
00:11:30You arrived here last night together with your cousin.
00:11:33Is that what you're saying?
00:11:34Yes, of course.
00:11:35Then she would have had to sign the register.
00:11:37I never overlooked that.
00:11:38No matter what, he never overlooks that.
00:11:40Well, she signed the register.
00:11:42She signed it.
00:11:43Right.
00:11:44I think I'd better call a doctor.
00:11:46No, no.
00:11:47Now, wait a minute.
00:11:48Now, you took our bags up.
00:11:52You said the porter was off duty.
00:11:55The parmenter was off last night.
00:11:57Yes, indeed.
00:11:58I did take your bags up.
00:11:59Just yours.
00:12:00You were alone.
00:12:02You put me in number four, right?
00:12:04Yes.
00:12:05And then you put my cousin Jane in number seven.
00:12:11Number seven!
00:12:15Number seven!
00:12:18Oh.
00:12:30I brought her luggage up.
00:12:35Now, look.
00:12:36If this is some kind of joke, it's gone far enough.
00:12:41I get it now.
00:12:42Jane put you up to this, didn't she?
00:12:44All right, where is she?
00:12:46Why don't you come downstairs, have a cup of tea, and lie down for a while?
00:12:49Now, wait a minute.
00:12:52Wait a minute.
00:12:53There was a large tartan case
00:12:56and a small brown leather bag with her name on it.
00:13:01Why are you lying?
00:13:03Why is he lying?
00:13:04He's not lying.
00:13:05Why should he lie to you?
00:13:07Wait a minute.
00:13:09Jane Howard.
00:13:11Tall.
00:13:12American.
00:13:13Brunette.
00:13:14He even made a joke about that.
00:13:16Gentlemen prefer blondes, but I'm no gentleman.
00:13:20Woman's often not.
00:13:22Jane was here.
00:13:23I'm going to get a doctor.
00:13:24I don't need a doctor.
00:13:27There was somebody else.
00:13:29The lady who was down there at breakfast.
00:13:31Miss Pindy.
00:13:32Yes, that one, yes.
00:13:34Then ask her.
00:13:40Excuse me.
00:13:41Yes?
00:13:43Do you recognize me?
00:13:45Yes.
00:13:46You were at breakfast just now.
00:13:48No, no, before that.
00:13:50Last night, you were sitting just here.
00:13:52Yes, I was watching television.
00:13:54Yes.
00:13:55I like this big screen, you see.
00:13:57And I usually come down...
00:13:58And you saw me check in.
00:14:00Last night, about 9.30.
00:14:02I was that when it was.
00:14:04Then you did see me.
00:14:05Yes, of course, dear.
00:14:07And my friend.
00:14:09Friend?
00:14:10The girl who was with me.
00:14:12Tall, brunette.
00:14:13Yes.
00:14:14Yes, yes.
00:14:15Then you did see her.
00:14:16Well, I must have seen her if you say she was here.
00:14:20But between you and me, dear, my eyesight isn't what it was.
00:14:24That's why I like this big screen, you see.
00:14:27Now, what did you say your friend looked like?
00:14:30Hmm?
00:14:34You satisfied?
00:14:36Hmm?
00:14:37Oh, for Pete's sake, am I going crazy?
00:14:39It's just assumption, yes.
00:14:42No!
00:14:44No!
00:14:46Oh, Jane was here.
00:14:48Right here.
00:14:49I saw her use her.
00:14:50She signed this red...
00:14:52Oh, what have you done to her?
00:14:54Where is she?
00:14:56Jane!
00:14:58Jane!
00:14:59Oh, what have you done to her?
00:15:00Jane!
00:15:01Stop it! Stop it!
00:15:02What have you done to her?
00:15:03Stop it! Stop it!
00:15:05You're going to leave this hotel now.
00:15:07There'll be no charge, but you're going to get into your car and leave.
00:15:11Leave?
00:15:12Yes, we don't want any trouble.
00:15:14I can't leave.
00:15:16Not without Jane.
00:15:17There wasn't any Jane.
00:15:22You understand me?
00:15:25Why, you think I'm crazy.
00:15:28Well, I think you're lying.
00:15:32We'll just let the police decide.
00:15:35Look.
00:15:37I can just as easily call from someplace else.
00:15:51No, Alice, no, I promised you.
00:15:53You were drinking last night.
00:15:54Yes, yes, I know I was drinking.
00:15:55I wasn't drunk, though.
00:15:56I knew exactly what I was doing.
00:15:58Her cousin was never here.
00:16:31Miss Moore?
00:16:32Yes.
00:16:33My name's Dexter.
00:16:34This is Reeves, Michael Reeves.
00:16:36How do you do?
00:16:39It's a nice day.
00:16:45Now, you must be Mr. Lewis.
00:16:47Yes.
00:16:48I'd like to say here and now that this girl is either raving mad or...
00:16:50Yes, well, we'll get to you in a moment, sir.
00:16:51But first, I'd like to have a word with Miss Moore in private.
00:16:53Can you please suggest somewhere quiet?
00:16:56Well, there's the bar. It isn't open yet.
00:16:58Excellent.
00:17:00If you would follow me.
00:17:01Mm-hmm.
00:17:03Michael, would you...
00:17:06Miss Moore?
00:17:18We'll get to you in a moment.
00:17:22Right, you gave us the bare bones on the phone.
00:17:24Can we have some details, please?
00:17:26Don't you ever learn?
00:17:30And then, um, in London, we rented a car.
00:17:34The one outside.
00:17:36We drove straight down to the country.
00:17:38We, uh...
00:17:40Just...
00:17:41We...
00:17:42We...
00:17:43We...
00:17:44We...
00:17:45We...
00:17:46We...
00:17:47We...
00:17:48We...
00:17:49We...
00:17:50We...
00:17:51We...
00:17:52We...
00:17:53We...
00:17:54We just wanted to roam around...
00:17:57We looked at some ancient monuments...
00:18:02And then, um...
00:18:04The last couple of nights, we, uh...
00:18:06We spent in a motel.
00:18:09Just Jane and me.
00:18:11We always got along...
00:18:13Always looked out for each other.
00:18:18Always.
00:18:22Um...
00:18:24I told you we were cousins, didn't I?
00:18:27Yes, you told us.
00:18:28Yes, well, then last night, we came here,
00:18:34Jane and me, we came here, to this hotel, here.
00:18:50Mr. Lewis.
00:18:54Yes?
00:19:00Could you spare a moment, sir?
00:19:03Just exactly when did she drop this bombshell?
00:19:05This morning, when she came down to breakfast.
00:19:07But last night, when she arrived at the register,
00:19:09she seemed all right to you then.
00:19:10Yes, of course, but knowing then that she was a nutcase.
00:19:13Funny one, a very funny one, convincing, though.
00:19:20Don't believe her.
00:19:22Look at the register.
00:19:23I did.
00:19:25Yes, well, we'll get this cleared up as soon as we can, sir.
00:19:27You can never tell with women, can you?
00:19:29No, you can never tell with women.
00:19:32Follow me.
00:19:43May I go up now, please?
00:19:45I'm afraid not, not yet.
00:19:46We have to get the man's side of things.
00:19:48We do that, you know, even in the case of rape.
00:19:50Nobody's been raped.
00:19:51Ah, no body, yes, that's the key word, isn't it?
00:19:53No body.
00:19:54Miss Moore says she had a friend.
00:19:55Your husband says no.
00:19:57Well, if this girl had been here, there must be some sign of it.
00:19:59Yes, yes, yes, well, we'll talk, shall we?
00:20:00Eh, clear the air, hmm?
00:20:01Why don't we all sit down?
00:20:04Come on.
00:20:13That's better.
00:20:15Now, I've listened to Miss Moore and she's convinced me,
00:20:18so now it's your turn, Mr. Lewis.
00:20:20You convince me.
00:20:23MUSICAL STING
00:20:34You stand firm on this?
00:20:35Yes.
00:20:36Yes.
00:20:38Well, the first thing to do is to make sure that Jane Howard does exist.
00:20:42What do you say? Oh, you're certain, of course,
00:20:44but I have to be as well, don't I?
00:20:45Now, last night you stayed here, the night before you stayed where?
00:20:49Uh, just outside Bristol.
00:20:51In a motel?
00:20:52Yes. Yes, you have proof?
00:20:56Yes, yes.
00:20:59I've been collecting these all along.
00:21:01A friend of mine back home has a collection.
00:21:05Here.
00:21:07That's where we stayed.
00:21:09Michael.
00:21:12Mm-hm. Check.
00:21:15Oh, and, Michael, while you're about it,
00:21:18you might see if you can get Superintendent Davis over here.
00:21:21Superintendent...
00:21:24Yes, sir.
00:21:26Second opinion's always useful.
00:21:44Would anyone like a drink? The bar is open.
00:21:48A bit early for me.
00:21:49Miss Moore, a brandy might put some sense into you.
00:21:52No, thank you.
00:21:53Well, I need one.
00:21:55Arthur?
00:21:58Come and get your drink, lad.
00:22:20WHISTLING
00:22:30I phoned the motel.
00:22:32You're in the register, Miss Moore.
00:22:35But no Jane Howard.
00:22:40Yes, yes.
00:22:42You see, um, Jane was parking the car,
00:22:46so I registered for both of us.
00:22:48So I registered for both of us. It was easy.
00:22:54I know the staff must remember.
00:22:56Mm-hm. Anonymous places, motels.
00:22:58You drive in, out, away.
00:23:00Don't have to talk to anyone if you don't want to.
00:23:03That's why they're so popular with some people.
00:23:06Well, Jane was with me.
00:23:08Yes, well, we'll just have to check with Immigration now.
00:23:11That will take a little longer, of course.
00:23:13But they'll know when Jane Howard arrived in this country.
00:23:15Or if.
00:23:18Michael, Immigration.
00:23:20And, Michael, what about Davis?
00:23:22On his way.
00:23:23Keep me informed.
00:23:25DOOR OPENS
00:23:45I'd like to speak to her alone.
00:23:47Use the bar.
00:23:49You can even have a drink, if you like.
00:23:51Isn't that right, Mrs Lewis?
00:23:53No.
00:23:57And while you're talking,
00:23:59we shall be taking a look around.
00:24:01That will include your room, Miss Moir.
00:24:03Yes.
00:24:05Michael.
00:24:15We can have a nice long chat and no interruptions.
00:24:18Do sit down.
00:24:24BIRDS CHIRP
00:24:44I didn't have any luck.
00:24:46They're not biting.
00:24:50Not the fish, anyway.
00:24:52See you later.
00:25:22Tell me more about Jane.
00:25:24Describe her.
00:25:26Well, she's, uh,
00:25:28about my height,
00:25:30dark,
00:25:3225 years old.
00:25:34About the same as you.
00:25:36Well, I'm 26.
00:25:38And you both came from Los Angeles?
00:25:40Yes.
00:25:42Look.
00:25:44Don't you think we should be out looking for Jane?
00:25:46I mean, we just sit here talking.
00:25:48Please sit down, Miss Moir.
00:25:51All right.
00:25:53What do you do in Los Angeles?
00:25:55I'm a stenographer.
00:25:57And you've been touring Europe for six weeks?
00:25:59Almost.
00:26:01They must pay you well.
00:26:03That was Jane.
00:26:05She, uh, wanted to come to Europe,
00:26:07but she didn't want to come by herself,
00:26:09so she financed both of us.
00:26:11So this Jane is wealthy.
00:26:13Yes, she is.
00:26:15And she's got a lot of money.
00:26:17She's got a lot of money.
00:26:19So this Jane is wealthy, is she?
00:26:21Well, she's on the lucky side
00:26:23of the family, yes.
00:26:25What about your side?
00:26:27Your father, for instance.
00:26:29What does he do?
00:26:31I really don't know now.
00:26:33I haven't seen him in about ten years.
00:26:35Not since he divorced my mother.
00:26:37But you see her?
00:26:39Not very often.
00:26:41Um, she remarried.
00:26:43Sort of drifted.
00:26:45So you're an emotional orphan, then?
00:26:48Well, I hardly think of myself
00:26:50as an orphan.
00:26:52I mean, I usually think of orphans as being,
00:26:54well, you know, children.
00:26:56Would you describe yourself
00:26:58as a lonely girl, Miss Moore?
00:27:02I'm not particularly gregarious,
00:27:04if that's what you mean.
00:27:06And Jane's your closest friend?
00:27:08Yes.
00:27:10Look, I've known her all my life.
00:27:12We get along.
00:27:14Look, what kind of policeman
00:27:16are you, anyway?
00:27:18I'm not a policeman, Miss Moore.
00:27:20I'm a psychiatrist.
00:27:26Ah, found anything?
00:27:28Not yet.
00:27:30Well, I'll finish up in here.
00:27:32You get along to room number seven.
00:27:34That's where the other one's supposed to have stayed.
00:27:44How much longer will they be?
00:27:46It doesn't matter, does it?
00:27:48Hmm?
00:27:50No matter how long they take,
00:27:52they're only going to find out the same thing.
00:27:54Aren't they, Arthur?
00:27:56You know as much as I do.
00:28:14Well, Michael, found anything?
00:28:16I'm afraid not.
00:28:18The bed hasn't been slept in.
00:28:20Not a crease in it.
00:28:22The towels haven't been used, either.
00:28:24No hairs around the sink, either.
00:28:26They usually are with women.
00:28:28Remember that, Michael?
00:28:30Yes.
00:28:32Yes, sir.
00:28:34You've not been calling me sir much lately.
00:28:36I'd like you to call me sir occasionally.
00:28:38Yes, sir.
00:28:40Yes, sir.
00:28:43So, she was lying.
00:28:45Making it up.
00:28:47Oh, she's mental.
00:28:49Sir.
00:28:59Excuse me, Arthur.
00:29:13I don't know.
00:29:15That's what I got you here for, so we would know.
00:29:17I've only spoken to her for a few minutes.
00:29:19Look, I'm not asking for an established opinion.
00:29:21She's upset and distraught.
00:29:23Oh, I knew that.
00:29:25You should have told her who I was.
00:29:27Oh, Davis, Davis.
00:29:29All right, she has a background of rejection.
00:29:31Her father's divorced.
00:29:33Her mother is no longer a force in her life.
00:29:35Oh, save all that for the jury.
00:29:37Is she a raving mad or isn't she?
00:29:39She's not mad.
00:29:41Look, another girl.
00:29:43No, I'm sure Jane Hart exists.
00:29:45Or existed.
00:30:11A nut, hm?
00:30:13Yeah.
00:30:15Well, don't worry.
00:30:17I'm an old hand at cracking nuts.
00:30:19Shall I?
00:30:25Thank you, Michael.
00:30:27Right.
00:30:29Now, Miss Ball.
00:30:31Just a few minutes.
00:30:33I'll be back.
00:30:35I'll be back.
00:30:37I'll be back.
00:30:40Just a few more questions.
00:30:42Why do you keep
00:30:44asking me questions?
00:30:46Why me?
00:30:48He's the one you should be asking.
00:30:50He knows what happened to Jane.
00:30:52Yes, but you're the one making
00:30:54the accusations, aren't you?
00:30:56So we'll have the whole story all over again
00:30:58from the first day you arrived in this country.
00:31:02How deep will they dig?
00:31:04Well, they have no need.
00:31:10I've told you.
00:31:12I keep telling you.
00:31:14Tell me again.
00:31:16You arrived here
00:31:18about 9.30 last night, right?
00:31:20Yes.
00:31:22You and Jane.
00:31:24That's right.
00:31:26We checked in.
00:31:28He took our bags up.
00:31:30You saw nobody else at all.
00:31:32But there was the old lady there.
00:31:34Ah, but she doesn't remember seeing Jane.
00:31:36You admitted that.
00:31:38Did you see anybody else in the bar then?
00:31:42I don't know.
00:31:44I didn't notice.
00:31:46But Jane was with me.
00:31:48You've got to believe that.
00:31:50PHONE RINGS
00:32:08I see.
00:32:10Yes, fine. Thanks.
00:32:24Well, immigration.
00:32:26Jane Howard, American citizen,
00:32:28did arrive in this country
00:32:30on the day she said.
00:32:32David said she existed. He was right, wasn't he?
00:32:35So,
00:32:37there is a Jane Howard.
00:32:39I wonder what happened between them.
00:32:41Sir?
00:32:43To make her concoct this yarn.
00:32:47When did you quarrel?
00:32:49What?
00:32:51You and Jane. What was the fight about?
00:32:53Fight? We didn't fight.
00:32:55Oh, come on.
00:32:57Two girls living in each other's pockets for six weeks or more.
00:32:59You telling me you didn't have a difference of opinion at least once?
00:33:01We had disagreements.
00:33:03Yes, then you did quarrel.
00:33:05No.
00:33:07What about? Take too long in the bathroom, did she?
00:33:09I don't remember.
00:33:11It was never that important.
00:33:13But enough to make you part company, eh?
00:33:15No.
00:33:17She ran out on you or did you run out on her?
00:33:19Well, which was it?
00:33:25I didn't run out on her.
00:33:27It was her then, Jane.
00:33:29No.
00:33:32Quick, silly argument and then one day she was gone.
00:33:34Yeah.
00:33:36Hurt your pride, didn't it? Threw you for a loop suddenly.
00:33:38Left all alone in a strange country.
00:33:40Something up here couldn't take it. Had to rationalise it.
00:33:42So, you invented this story.
00:33:44Made trouble for a lot of people.
00:33:46Made yourself the centre of attraction to compensate for your bruised ego.
00:33:48You're a liar, aren't you, eh?
00:33:50Oh, women are.
00:33:52The whole thing's just a load of drivel.
00:33:54You and Jane parted company long before you got here.
00:33:56You're just a dirty, stinking little liar.
00:33:58Oh, please.
00:34:01You wasted time.
00:34:03The sooner you start telling the truth, the better I'll like it.
00:34:05I am telling you the truth.
00:34:07You!
00:34:09Sorry, the bar's closed for a while.
00:34:11For redecorating or a private convention?
00:34:13Just closed.
00:34:15By the way, the castle stays open till 7.30.
00:34:17Tell your friend that, will you?
00:34:19What?
00:34:21Biringham Castle.
00:34:23She wanted to know what time it closes at 7.30.
00:34:25My friend?
00:34:27Yes, the girl that was with you last night.
00:34:29You saw her?
00:34:31You actually saw her?
00:34:33I just said so.
00:34:35Oh, you see.
00:34:37I told you I'm not crazy.
00:34:39What's your name?
00:34:41That sounds like a policeman speaking.
00:34:43Yes, that's right.
00:34:45Eastman. Paul Eastman.
00:34:47Yes, and you say you saw two girls arrive last night, Mr Eastman.
00:34:49What time?
00:34:51I don't know. After nine.
00:34:53Where were you?
00:34:55Upstairs in my room. It overlooks the front entrance.
00:34:58Well, I mean, you might have been mistaken.
00:35:00It could have been just one girl you saw arrive.
00:35:02Of course not. There were two of them.
00:35:04I watched them unload their car.
00:35:06But you can tell them that.
00:35:08I have.
00:35:10But they don't believe me.
00:35:12They think I arrived here all alone.
00:35:14But I met the other girl.
00:35:16Met her?
00:35:18I've told you. She asked me about the castle.
00:35:20Where'd you meet her?
00:35:22Upstairs. She was en route from the bathroom.
00:35:24We collided.
00:35:26Her room?
00:35:28Which room?
00:35:30Next door to mine.
00:35:32Number seven?
00:35:34I don't know. I suppose so.
00:35:36Would you mind telling me what's going on?
00:35:38The other girl, the one you spoke to, has disappeared.
00:35:40Oh!
00:35:42Oh, isn't that sweet?
00:35:44Isn't that just great?
00:35:46You finally admit she exists!
00:35:52Now, will you please find her?
00:35:54Please!
00:36:25Your prints will be all over everything.
00:36:27Ours?
00:36:29Well, you were here, too.
00:36:31Only we weren't taking her seriously, then.
00:36:33Were you?
00:36:35Sir.
00:36:37I hate you, Michael.
00:36:39Take a look at this.
00:36:41It's the same girl.
00:36:43It's the same girl.
00:36:45It's the same girl.
00:36:47It's the same girl.
00:36:49It's the same girl.
00:36:51It's the same girl.
00:36:53Take a look at this.
00:36:55What?
00:36:57Just down there.
00:36:59Hello.
00:37:01See?
00:37:03Yes.
00:37:05What do we know about Lewis?
00:37:07Nothing.
00:37:09Well, we want to know, don't we?
00:37:53Yes, she did.
00:37:55Several.
00:37:57What kind?
00:37:59Well, there were a couple with just plain gold ones.
00:38:01Mm-hmm.
00:38:03And there was one with stones.
00:38:05Stones?
00:38:07Yes, well, they weren't real, just paste.
00:38:09But...
00:38:11Where did you find that?
00:38:13Hmm.
00:38:19Ah, Mrs. Lewis.
00:38:22I'm sorry to bother you again,
00:38:24but I have a report to write,
00:38:26no matter how unlikely it may sound, you understand?
00:38:28Some tea?
00:38:30It's a rotten job.
00:38:32Filthy sometimes.
00:38:34Still, better than some, eh?
00:38:36I see life.
00:38:38Mm-hmm.
00:38:40Oh, it's so pretty about her,
00:38:42Miss Moore.
00:38:44Pretty girl.
00:38:46Yes.
00:38:48You've noticed, then?
00:38:50I mean, it's...
00:38:52I'm sorry, but you agreed with me, you said yes.
00:38:54I always agree with the authorities.
00:38:56Do you?
00:38:58Mm-hmm.
00:39:00I expect you see life too, eh? Running a hotel, all sorts.
00:39:02Yes.
00:39:04Honeymoon couples, dirty weekends,
00:39:06it must play havoc with your imagination.
00:39:08You have got an imagination.
00:39:10Yes, of course you have, I can tell.
00:39:12You think about things.
00:39:14I'm not sure what you mean.
00:39:16You know exactly what I mean.
00:39:19No.
00:39:21It's the same thing in my book, wanting it or doing it.
00:39:23With this difference that if you do it,
00:39:25I'll come down hard and heavy on you, Mr Lewis.
00:39:31Still, that's all this theory, eh?
00:39:33Eh?
00:39:35Look, I would like to help you
00:39:37in any way that I possibly can,
00:39:39but that girl...
00:39:41A bracelet. A bracelet found upstairs
00:39:43in room number seven.
00:39:45Possibly belongs to your wife, no?
00:39:47No.
00:39:49What was it you said to Jane Howard?
00:39:51Gentlemen prefer blondes, but don't worry, I'm no gentleman.
00:39:53I never saw her. She was never here.
00:39:55That's funny, because I've got a witness
00:39:57says she was.
00:39:59Two witnesses. Two?
00:40:01Yeah.
00:40:03Mr Dix, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but...
00:40:05Please come in, Mrs Lewis, that's quite all right.
00:40:07You would help me identify this bracelet, if you will.
00:40:09Well, I've never seen it before.
00:40:11It's not yours, then? Mine? No.
00:40:13No, I knew it wasn't.
00:40:16What happened to her, Mr Lewis?
00:40:18What did you do to her? No.
00:40:20Jane Howard? That girl is lying.
00:40:22You said yourself that she's a nutcase.
00:40:24Ah, that was before. There's another witness now.
00:40:26Mr Eastman. Paul.
00:40:28Paul Eastman. He saw her arrive.
00:40:30He couldn't have. He did.
00:40:32It's impossible. He couldn't have seen her.
00:40:34He spoke to her. And what do you say about this, eh?
00:40:36Hm? No answer.
00:40:40And this. Look here.
00:40:42The register.
00:40:44Page missing. Cut close down.
00:40:46Hoping it wouldn't be noticed.
00:40:48Hm?
00:40:50Careless.
00:40:52But... Ah.
00:41:00Tell me.
00:41:02Hm?
00:41:05It's happened again, hasn't it?
00:41:07Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!
00:41:09No!
00:41:14BUZZER
00:41:22I won't be a minute.
00:41:28I'd, er, I'd forgotten it.
00:41:30Hm? It may not mean anything,
00:41:32but last night I heard a scream.
00:41:34A scream? Yes, it woke me up.
00:41:36Miss Pendy, too. I thought then it might have been an animal.
00:41:38What time was that?
00:41:40Late. After twelve.
00:41:44The same thing all over again!
00:41:46Sir?
00:41:48Er, Michael, take Mrs Lewis out,
00:41:50would you please?
00:41:52Mrs Lewis?
00:41:58Oh.
00:42:00Yes. Why don't you sit down, Arthur?
00:42:02It is Arthur, isn't it?
00:42:04You don't mind if I call you Arthur? Hm?
00:42:06Have you, um, ever been in trouble
00:42:08with the police before, Arthur?
00:42:10No? Oh, that's funny.
00:42:13Oh, for pity's sake, that was ten years ago!
00:42:15Yes, yes, yes, that's right.
00:42:17Well, as a matter of fact, slightly more than ten.
00:42:19Now, let's see, er,
00:42:21assault on a young girl,
00:42:23bodily harm, too. In fact, you damn nearly killed her,
00:42:25didn't you? Yes, oh, you see,
00:42:27you have been in trouble before.
00:42:29Why didn't it come to trial?
00:42:31She dropped the charges
00:42:33and refused to give evidence.
00:42:35Oh, convenient!
00:42:37Still, that's typical woman, eh?
00:42:39Changeable, eh? Arthur never trusted woman, eh?
00:42:41Mm.
00:42:45What happened, Arthur?
00:42:47Tell me what happened.
00:42:49I'd like to know.
00:42:55It was late. I'd been drinking.
00:42:59I just saw her by the side of the road
00:43:01and I stopped to give her a lift. What?
00:43:03No, no, no, not that one.
00:43:05I've got all the dirty details on that one. No, Jane Howard!
00:43:07I never told you! I never saw her!
00:43:10Oh, Arthur, come on.
00:43:12We can do better than that, can't we, eh?
00:43:14Here, I'll tell you what.
00:43:16I'll theorise for a bit, shall I?
00:43:18Lead you up the little crooked path.
00:43:20Now, let's see.
00:43:22You showed her to a room, eh?
00:43:24And fancied her, didn't you, Arthur?
00:43:26So then what?
00:43:28You went away and you had a drink, perhaps.
00:43:30Mm? Yes.
00:43:32Yes, I think you would have a drink.
00:43:34A drink and a think about her
00:43:36and then another drink
00:43:38and another drink
00:43:40and then back up the stairs to her room.
00:43:42It'll be late now, wouldn't it? After midnight.
00:43:44And she doesn't know what you want at first
00:43:46but then she does and then she screams.
00:43:48Oh, Jane!
00:43:50And that panics you. She screams and then what?
00:43:52No, no, no!
00:43:54What did you do to stop her screaming?
00:44:00She's dead.
00:44:02I know she's dead.
00:44:04Very different this time, wasn't it?
00:44:07You killed her this time
00:44:09because dead women can't drop charges or make them.
00:44:11She was never here. Never here.
00:44:13Bet that sobered you up because you had to get rid of the body, didn't you?
00:44:15But not far. It wouldn't be time to take it far.
00:44:17Just tell me where you put the body, Arthur, will you?
00:44:19I told you.
00:44:21It would save us such a lot of time and trouble
00:44:23if you just tell me where you put the body.
00:44:25I never saw Jane Howard.
00:44:27Oh, Arthur.
00:44:29Arthur!
00:44:31You want a lawyer, Arthur?
00:44:33What for?
00:44:35There's been no charge, mate.
00:44:37I mean, call a lawyer by all means
00:44:39but all that we can tell him is
00:44:41you have been assisting us with our inquiries.
00:44:45We'll chat again later, eh?
00:44:53No charge?
00:44:55Well, there's been no crime proved, has there?
00:44:57It's all just hearsay and circumstantial.
00:45:00If I find the body, then I can pin something on him.
00:45:02A mile radius to begin with and then extend.
00:45:04All the help every man can get.
00:45:08Don't worry.
00:45:10She'll not be far.
00:45:30Oh!
00:45:49Where did you find him?
00:45:51The road down by the river.
00:45:53I told them.
00:45:55They're searching that immediate area now.
00:45:57Why did you run away, Arthur?
00:45:59Hmm?
00:46:01Oh, Arthur, did you tire of my company?
00:46:03I wasn't running.
00:46:05I just wanted to get away, that's all.
00:46:07Run away, get away. What's the difference?
00:46:09I wanted to be alone.
00:46:11Like Garbo?
00:46:13To think!
00:46:15Get your story straight, eh?
00:46:17I expect you've a lot to think about.
00:46:19Just offering you a drink, Arthur.
00:46:21It's all you could do with one.
00:46:23No? Need to keep a clear head, eh?
00:46:25Where did you go, Arthur?
00:46:28Nowhere.
00:46:30Just walked, walked.
00:46:32Find you by the river?
00:46:34What did you go there for, Arthur?
00:46:52There was a scream last night,
00:46:54just after midnight and then you silenced her.
00:46:56I never saw her.
00:46:58She was never here.
00:47:00That girl is lying.
00:47:02But it's not just her anymore.
00:47:06Hey, you might have had a blackout.
00:47:08Now that would sound well at the trial, wouldn't it?
00:47:10A blackout, a mental aberration.
00:47:12She was here, you did it,
00:47:14but your mind has blotted it out.
00:47:16Blackout?
00:47:18That sparks your interest,
00:47:20giving you something to hold on to.
00:47:22Well, all right, we'll play it that way.
00:47:25You don't remember, hm?
00:47:27After all, after all you've been drinking.
00:47:29Yes, I have been drinking, yes.
00:47:33But I would remember.
00:47:38Here's something.
00:47:42Right.
00:47:44I shall be leaving you now for a little while, Arthur.
00:47:46But you won't run away again, will you?
00:47:48No, I know you won't.
00:47:54No, I won't.
00:48:25There's no violence in him until he drinks.
00:48:29No badness, it's just the drinking.
00:48:31There's no violence in him until he drinks.
00:48:34No badness, it's just the drinking.
00:49:01Then there's nothing I can get for you.
00:49:03No.
00:49:05But thank you.
00:49:59Are you sure?
00:50:01No, no, no.
00:50:03I'm telling the truth.
00:50:05No, no, no.
00:50:09I'm telling the truth.
00:50:11No, no, no.
00:50:13Don't stop me.
00:50:15Don't stop me.
00:50:17Don't.
00:50:19Don't.
00:50:23Arthur.
00:50:31Arthur.
00:50:50Well, lucky you were around.
00:50:52I don't like to lose a key witness.
00:50:54Makes things untidy.
00:50:56I suppose that amounts to a confession.
00:50:58Oh, thanks.
00:51:01I keep forgetting I've given up.
00:51:03Confession? It depends exactly on what he said.
00:51:06He just said a lot of mad things.
00:51:08But not, I killed her.
00:51:10Perhaps I was just too busy getting that razor away from him.
00:51:12Yeah.
00:51:14But he was going to attack Miss Moore.
00:51:16Oh, yeah, it looked like it.
00:51:18Yeah, that's nice.
00:51:20That helps.
00:51:22His wife may say different.
00:51:24Oh, wives.
00:51:26Their evidence is always tinged with prejudice in the eyes of a jury.
00:51:28You're not married, Mr Eastwood.
00:51:30No.
00:51:32No, I thought not.
00:51:34Neither am I.
00:51:46It's funny.
00:51:48You've not asked when you'll be able to see him.
00:51:50They usually do ask.
00:51:58Alice.
00:52:04Alice, I'll be moving on.
00:52:06I have my address when, if I'm needed.
00:52:12You've got it, too.
00:52:28Yes?
00:52:52Yes?
00:52:58Yes.
00:53:10It worked, Cathy.
00:53:12It worked perfectly.
00:53:14Yes.
00:53:26Yes.
00:53:28I knew it would.
00:53:30Right from the start.
00:53:40Right from the start.
00:53:44Yes.
00:53:54Was I frightened?
00:53:56I mean really frightened.
00:53:58Another second.
00:54:00Lucky for me you were around, Paul.
00:54:02It is Paul, isn't it?
00:54:04That's right.
00:54:06This is Cathy, and I'm Jane.
00:54:08Dinner's on me tonight.
00:54:10To pay you back.
00:54:12You're already paying me back, giving me this lift.
00:54:16Do you travel around a lot?
00:54:18All the time.
00:54:20I have a little money.
00:54:22Very little, not enough to run a car on,
00:54:24but I get around, see places.
00:54:26It's better than working.
00:54:28Yes.
00:54:30Anything's better than working.
00:54:42Yes.
00:55:04You wanted her to die.
00:55:08You weren't going to make a move to help her.
00:55:10It would have been the same as murder.
00:55:16Yes.
00:55:32She has the money.
00:55:35If she dies,
00:55:37it comes to me.
00:55:41That's a good reason.
00:55:43A very good reason.
00:55:48Is it a lot of money?
00:56:10Yes.
00:56:21We'll never be back for dinner at this rate.
00:56:37Forget it.
00:56:39Forget what you're thinking. Forget it.
00:56:41They'd nail you straight away.
00:56:43You're just too much motive.
00:56:45Besides,
00:56:47I've got a better idea.
00:56:49All that money, Cathy,
00:56:51there'll be enough to share, won't there?
00:56:56Tell me.
00:56:58Someone with more reason to kill her.
00:57:00Someone with a better motive.
00:57:05You mean hanging on somebody else?
00:57:07Not necessarily.
00:57:09Just enough to cast doubts,
00:57:11muddy up the issue,
00:57:13lead them away from you.
00:57:18And I suppose you know someone like that.
00:57:38And just how is it
00:57:40that you learn so much about him?
00:57:42His wife told me.
00:57:44It was during a...
00:57:46a weak moment.
00:57:53Oh, I see.
00:57:55Well, I've been doing some thinking of my own.
00:57:58And I've come up with an idea.
00:58:01It's a wild, crazy idea.
00:58:04And it'll need
00:58:06very careful time.
00:58:09Like a moment when he's alone at the desk.
00:58:12Is it possible?
00:58:14It's possible.
00:58:16Good. Then it'll work.
00:58:19Now, all you have to do
00:58:21is scout around
00:58:23and find a place
00:58:25where we can do it.
00:58:37Jane, are you ready?
00:58:45Paul's coming with us.
00:58:47He knows a great spot for a picnic.
00:59:06Ah!
00:59:36Ah!
01:00:00It's like marriage, isn't it?
01:00:03Worse than marriage, more binding.
01:00:07Look.
01:00:09I want to get out of here.
01:00:11I want to get away from this place.
01:00:13I want to get out of here right now.
01:00:15All right. All right.
01:00:17But we have to leave separately.
01:00:19Me first. You can pick me up around the corner.
01:00:22Okay?
01:00:24Okay.
01:00:36Okay.
01:01:07Kathy, why here?
01:01:09You don't want to go back in there.
01:01:11Why?
01:01:14I don't know. I have to.
01:01:24If she dies...
01:01:26Kathy!
01:01:37Kathy!
01:01:43Kathy!
01:01:46Kathy!
01:01:48Kathy!
01:01:57Sucker!
01:02:06Mr. Eastman gave me those.
01:02:08Well, don't you see?
01:02:10The same place you stayed at.
01:02:12Coincidence, don't you think?
01:02:14If he stayed at the same hotel,
01:02:16it means he might have met your friend Jane
01:02:18and got involved.
01:02:20Big coincidence.
01:02:22I want to talk to him about it,
01:02:24but I've not been able to find him yet.
01:02:26We know he got into a car
01:02:28resembling yours
01:02:30with a girl resembling you.
01:02:32I don't know.
01:02:34With a girl resembling you?
01:02:38Yes.
01:02:40You did pick him up, didn't you?
01:02:42Where did you drop him?
01:02:44Or is he still in there?
01:02:48Where did I drop him?
01:02:54Where did I drop him?
01:02:58Where did I drop him?
01:03:04Where did I drop him?
01:03:06Where did I drop him?
01:03:08Where did I drop him?
01:03:10Where did I drop him?
01:03:12Where did I drop him?
01:03:14Where did I drop him?
01:03:16Where did I drop him?
01:03:18Where did I drop him?
01:03:20Where did I drop him?
01:03:22Where did I drop him?
01:03:24Where did I drop him?
01:03:26Where did I drop him?
01:03:28Where did I drop him?
01:03:30Where did I drop him?
01:03:32Where did I drop him?
01:03:34Where did I drop him?
01:03:36Where did I drop him?
01:03:38Where did I drop him?
01:03:40Where did I drop him?
01:03:42Where did I drop him?
01:03:44Where did I drop him?
01:03:46Where did I drop him?