While suffering from amnesia, Betty Drew stumbles into a police station; unable to identify herself but admitting to having just committed murder. Her elaborate, yet muddled, story is dismissed when no body is found. Her claims are explained as being the result of a concussion and repeating plots from her writer husband's mystery novels. However, one police detective, Tom Patterson, wants to investigate further.
—L. Hamre
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—L. Hamre
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00:01:10You know, Tom, it's very funny that there haven't been any calls for you.
00:01:15What?
00:01:16Well, you've been promoted to detective a whole week now,
00:01:20and no word from Scotland Yard.
00:01:22There must be some case that has all their experts baffled.
00:01:25Are you looking for these?
00:01:26Oh, thanks.
00:01:27I bet the word's rolling through the corridors of power right now.
00:01:31Send for Tom Patterson.
00:01:34Oh, Detective Constable Tom Patterson.
00:01:37Cut it out, Frosty.
00:01:38Well, after all, you solved the case of the Vicar's missing lawnmower.
00:01:43Brilliant, incisive, forensic thinking that was.
00:01:48You honed right in on the garden shed where he forgot he'd left it.
00:01:54Ooh, that's wishful thinking.
00:01:57What do you mean?
00:01:58Well, if we did get a case like this, do you think the superintendent would let you handle it?
00:02:01Why not?
00:02:02No, Tom, what you've got to remember is to get on,
00:02:04you have to avoid treading on too many toes.
00:02:09Good morning, Miss. Can I help you?
00:02:12Oh, yes, yes, sir.
00:02:13Pardon?
00:02:14I want to report...
00:02:17I want to report a murder.
00:02:23I've committed a murder.
00:02:29Murder?
00:02:32Yes.
00:02:33Where?
00:02:35In my house.
00:02:37Where's that?
00:02:41I don't know.
00:02:44It's somewhere, I don't know.
00:02:46Now, what's your name, Miss?
00:02:48What?
00:02:49Your name, what is it?
00:02:50Come on, Miss, you'd better tell us.
00:02:54I don't know.
00:02:57I can't remember, I don't know.
00:02:59All right, OK.
00:03:00I can't remember anything.
00:03:01OK, Miss, come on, come on.
00:03:02We'll go in here and sit quietly, eh?
00:03:05Miss, just sit down there.
00:03:13Well, could you ask Dr. Samuels to get here as soon as possible, please?
00:03:20Yes, yes, a woman.
00:03:23No, no, I've no idea who she is.
00:03:26Well, neither has she.
00:03:36I don't remember your name.
00:03:51No, I can't, I'm sorry.
00:03:54All right, then let's...
00:03:56I was going to say, let's forget about it for a minute.
00:03:59What about the murder?
00:04:01Murder?
00:04:02Yes.
00:04:03You came in to report a murder, a murder you committed.
00:04:06Tell me about it.
00:04:08Midnight.
00:04:09Midnight?
00:04:10Is that when it happened?
00:04:12The voices...
00:04:13Voices?
00:04:16Yes.
00:04:17It has to be midnight.
00:04:20She'll be alone, then.
00:04:22She?
00:04:26What do you want?
00:04:27I'll throw you back like a coffee, Miss.
00:04:29Oh, that's fine, thanks.
00:04:33Well, go on, Frosty, I'm handling this.
00:04:35Oh.
00:04:36Yes, Detective Constable.
00:04:44You said she, a woman, you murdered a woman?
00:04:47Jill.
00:04:48Jill, who's Jill?
00:04:49She's blackmailing him.
00:04:50Blackmail?
00:04:51Is that why you killed her, because she was a blackmailer?
00:04:55Ali.
00:04:56What, is that why it happened, in an alleyway?
00:04:58Ali.
00:04:59An alleyway in this town?
00:05:02No.
00:05:04In the house, it happened in the house.
00:05:08All right.
00:05:10Take your time, and tell me how you did it.
00:05:13Tell me exactly how you did it.
00:05:17Just before midnight.
00:05:20There's a call, it's an important meeting.
00:05:22Yes.
00:05:25He has to leave, that's the alibi, you see.
00:05:27He has to leave because he mustn't be involved.
00:05:32And then she'll be alone in the house.
00:05:36No telephone.
00:05:38Nothing, she'll be quite helpless.
00:05:40But you just said you had a call.
00:05:43We cut the wires after the call.
00:05:48She'll be quite helpless.
00:05:50And then?
00:05:54On the last stroke of midnight, break the lock.
00:06:00It has to be then, the very last stroke.
00:06:02But why is the time so critical?
00:06:03It isn't the time, it's the clock, it's...
00:06:07It's old, and weird, and on the last stroke of 12, it goes crazy.
00:06:13I see.
00:06:14It makes lots of noise.
00:06:17Enough noise to cover the breaking of the lock.
00:06:23We keep meaning to get it fixed.
00:06:26But why do you have to break the lock in the first place?
00:06:28Don't you have a key?
00:06:31But it has to look like a break-in.
00:06:34A burglary.
00:06:38In the study, there's a lot of glass.
00:06:42It's very valuable, some of it's worth thousands.
00:06:46We steal some, and make it look like a robbery.
00:06:54And then very gently, upstairs, turn the switch.
00:07:02Oh, God, the music's so loud!
00:07:04Music? What music?
00:07:06It's Bartok, it has to be Bartok, because that's the loudest.
00:07:14It's loud enough to cover everything.
00:07:16Her screams, you mean, is that what you mean, her screams?
00:07:19God, the voices stop, why won't they go away?
00:07:24I don't want to hear them.
00:07:27I don't want to listen.
00:07:36How did you do it?
00:07:39You killed this girl, this woman, Jill, whatever her name is, how?
00:07:44How did you do it?
00:07:51With the poker.
00:07:54And who's the man?
00:07:56The one who has established the alibi with the telephone?
00:07:59The one who she was blackmailing?
00:08:02Who is he?
00:08:05Hello, Tom. Got here as soon as I could.
00:08:07I wish you had a slower car.
00:08:09Nothing.
00:08:12So this is the little lady who can't remember anything?
00:08:15Oh, she remembers a lot, but not her name.
00:08:18I see.
00:08:20Look, can I stay?
00:08:21Sorry, outside.
00:08:25Look, Tom, she's been talking about a murder.
00:08:28Her medical well-being is the first consideration.
00:08:31Oh, Tom, congratulations, by the way.
00:08:34What for?
00:08:36Your promotion to detective.
00:08:37Oh, thanks.
00:08:39Thanks a lot.
00:08:40All sown up, young Patterson strikes again.
00:08:43Seems so worked out, well-planned.
00:08:45Break-in, alibi, poker.
00:08:50Darling, aren't you going to...
00:09:05Morning, Frosty, anything new?
00:09:26Just a tiny murder, Superintendent.
00:09:28Murder?
00:09:31Well, a report of one, anyway.
00:09:33Young Patterson's handling it.
00:09:35Oh, he is, is he?
00:09:38Well, you would have told me all about it, wouldn't you, lad?
00:10:09Sounds totally improbable.
00:10:13Well, she believes it.
00:10:14Well, she might, it doesn't mean I have to.
00:10:16Fake break-in, murder.
00:10:19Any break-ins reported after midnight?
00:10:21Oh, I don't know.
00:10:22Well, you didn't think to check, eh?
00:10:23I didn't get round to it.
00:10:24Frosty?
00:10:25No, nothing, sir.
00:10:26There you see.
00:10:27Well, Doc?
00:10:28She's definitely amnesiac and suffering from mild concussion, too.
00:10:31But there's no sign of bruising.
00:10:33Oh, she'll come out of it pretty soon, be able to remember everything.
00:10:37Including the murder?
00:10:38Ah, yes.
00:10:39Tom told me about that.
00:10:40Well, what do you think?
00:10:42Just a minute, just a minute.
00:10:44What's your opinion, Arthur?
00:10:45Could she be telling the truth?
00:10:47It's possible.
00:10:49I doubt it, though.
00:10:50She's had a bump on the head.
00:10:52She could do or imagine anything.
00:10:55Imagine, there you see.
00:10:56But she seems so deafened.
00:10:57Bad luck, lad.
00:10:58Any idea what caused the concussion?
00:11:00Fall, car accident.
00:11:02That's what I was trying to tell you.
00:11:03I just found a banned car skidded off the road about a mile back.
00:11:06No body in it, nothing.
00:11:08Just this book.
00:11:15What's up?
00:11:17Take a look.
00:11:28Mrs. Drew.
00:11:30We know who you are now.
00:11:32Mrs. Drew.
00:11:33You see, there's a photograph of you and your husband.
00:11:35We've contacted him.
00:11:36He's coming to collect you.
00:11:39Do you remember who you are now?
00:11:41Mrs. Drew, Mrs. Betty Drew.
00:11:43Your husband's a famous author.
00:11:45Even I've heard of him.
00:11:46And I don't read detective novels.
00:11:48Well, you ought to.
00:11:49I've read that book, Mrs. Drew.
00:11:50As a matter of fact, I'm a big fan of your husband's.
00:11:52You wouldn't like the plot much, though, Patterson.
00:11:54You've heard it before.
00:11:56It concerns a husband and wife who murder a blackmailer.
00:12:00Is that all it was, just a plot?
00:12:02There never was a murder?
00:12:05The voices.
00:12:06What about these voices, Mrs. Drew?
00:12:12I'm tired.
00:12:14The doc said to let her sit quiet.
00:12:16Just until your husband arrives, Mrs. Drew.
00:12:24Murder her at midnight.
00:12:26It seemed real at the time. She made it seem real.
00:12:28Didn't you know, love, that fiction is always more real than fact?
00:12:32Ah, it's Mr. Drew, isn't it?
00:12:34I'm Superintendent Terson.
00:12:35How's my wife?
00:12:36Oh, she's fine, fine.
00:12:37The doctor's given her a sedative.
00:12:38The car's all right, too.
00:12:39I don't mind about the car. Where's Betty?
00:12:41She's in here, sir.
00:12:48Darling.
00:12:52Come on, my sweetheart.
00:12:54We'll get you home.
00:12:58You see us all coming back now, isn't it?
00:13:01I'm sorry to have given you all this trouble.
00:13:03No trouble at all, sir.
00:13:04It's a great pleasure to meet you, Mr. Drew.
00:13:06I've read all your novels, you know.
00:13:07Yes, sir, you give me many happy hours.
00:13:10I've read them all except the latest.
00:13:12I haven't been able to get a copy of that one.
00:13:14I'll get Joe to send you one.
00:13:15Joe?
00:13:18Who's Joe?
00:13:19My secretary.
00:13:20Come on, darling.
00:13:34I've told you before, without driving too fast,
00:13:36especially when the roads are wet,
00:13:38still, no recriminations, eh?
00:13:43Where were you going, anyway?
00:13:45Oh, I don't know.
00:13:49I don't remember anything except last night.
00:13:52Last night?
00:13:54Last night.
00:13:56Last night.
00:13:58Last night.
00:14:00Last night.
00:14:01Last night.
00:14:04We did have dinner here last night, didn't we?
00:14:06Yes, indeed we did.
00:14:09Come on, come to bed.
00:14:27Good morning.
00:14:32You do remember me, don't you?
00:14:34George.
00:14:35George.
00:14:37The man you married.
00:14:39The man who loves you.
00:14:44Come on, you come and lie down.
00:14:56Lie back.
00:14:58And, er...
00:14:59I'll get you a nice cup of tea.
00:15:30I'm going into town, back later.
00:15:32Do you think you can hold the fort, Patterson?
00:15:34Just sit back, relax, and read a good book.
00:15:41He can laugh.
00:15:43Well, you know what they say.
00:15:46Laugh and grow fat.
00:15:51Frosty.
00:15:53Suppose there have been a murder, like she said.
00:15:55Oh, well, I don't know.
00:15:57Suppose there have been a murder, like she said.
00:15:59Oh, well, there wasn't, Tom.
00:16:01If there had been a break-in or a murder,
00:16:04we'd have heard about it by now.
00:16:06Yes.
00:16:12Unless it was planned, but something went wrong.
00:16:17Or perhaps it didn't happen.
00:16:19What do you mean?
00:16:20Well, you saw when she came in, she was half dazed.
00:16:23She'd been in a car crash.
00:16:25Yes.
00:16:26But where was she going so fast that the car skidded off the road?
00:16:30And anyway, we've all assumed it was a car crash that shook her up, haven't we?
00:16:33Suppose it wasn't. Suppose it happened before that.
00:16:35Before?
00:16:36Yes, they planned to murder a girl named Jill, didn't they?
00:16:38There is a girl named Jill.
00:16:39Oh, come on, Tom.
00:16:40The murder did go as planned, but then she panicked.
00:16:43She jumped into the car...
00:16:44And he just let her go, I suppose.
00:16:45No, no, he didn't, no.
00:16:47She'd taken the car, so he had to go back.
00:16:49What for?
00:16:50To cover up, hide the body.
00:16:52Listen, if George Drew ever runs out of plots,
00:16:54I can tell him where to come.
00:16:58You really can't remember anything at all?
00:17:06Well, you get some rest and we'll talk about it later, huh?
00:17:54George?
00:18:20George?
00:18:22What are you doing?
00:18:24Oh, I...
00:18:26I finally got around to storing those old reference books.
00:18:33You ought to be resting.
00:18:37Where's Jill?
00:18:41Well, you know quite well she...
00:18:44No, perhaps you don't.
00:18:46Well, she went out to see her brother or something.
00:18:48Come on, back to bed.
00:18:50Oh, look, I don't remember a thing about the last 24 hours.
00:18:53Well, possibly you never will. That can happen, you know.
00:18:56But I can assure you there was nothing particularly exciting.
00:18:59But if there was, I'd remember.
00:19:01No, no, not sure.
00:19:04Look, if something perfectly terrible happened,
00:19:06I would remember, wouldn't I?
00:19:17Where are you off to?
00:19:19I thought I'd take a look round Drew's place.
00:19:21And what about when the superintendent gets to hear of it?
00:19:24But he won't, will he, Frosty?
00:20:19Frosty?
00:20:50Hello, Mrs Drew.
00:20:53Do you remember me?
00:20:55Yes, of course. Come in.
00:20:57Thank you. I'll only stop a minute.
00:21:00I was just passing.
00:21:06I just wondered how you're getting along now.
00:21:08Well...
00:21:10That's a kind thought.
00:21:12Deserves a drink at least.
00:21:14Thanks.
00:21:17Well, what'll you have? Scotch, Mr...?
00:21:20Patterson. Tom Patterson.
00:21:22Yes, scotch is fine.
00:21:27That's a nice collection of glass you've got here.
00:21:29Some of it must be very valuable, I think.
00:21:31All of them are valuable.
00:21:33And a couple of them are priceless.
00:21:35Thanks.
00:21:39It seems vulnerable here.
00:21:41Yes.
00:21:44It seems vulnerable here.
00:21:46You don't worry about burglars, then?
00:21:48Oh, I do.
00:21:50Now, look at it this way. The world's full of worries.
00:21:52The H1, burglars, crossing the road,
00:21:55cirrhosis of the liver.
00:21:57I just put the worries behind me and trust to luck.
00:21:59Cheers. Cheers.
00:22:08Your casing, the joint.
00:22:10Ah.
00:22:11I'm sorry, it's just a habit.
00:22:13Good one if you're a policeman.
00:22:15And what conclusions have you come to?
00:22:17You're a writer. Brilliant.
00:22:19It pays well. And you worry about taxes.
00:22:22It doesn't. I don't. I don't earn enough.
00:22:24You're lucky.
00:22:26I earn a thousand, they take away 900.
00:22:29Yes, I keep that little place in Bermuda to help spread the load a bit.
00:22:33And a wife.
00:22:35That's right. Darling, that's the only reason I married you.
00:22:38Pure financial necessity.
00:22:41She's right, though. Does help.
00:22:43Company's in your wife's name and that kind of thing.
00:22:45I thought you didn't worry about taxes.
00:22:47Well, I don't, but I spent some time with the fraud squad.
00:22:51Oh, yes.
00:22:53Want another drink? No, thanks.
00:22:57It is perfectly legal, Mr Paterson.
00:22:59Oh, yes, I know.
00:23:01Have you remembered any more about the murder yet?
00:23:04Murder? Yes.
00:23:06When your wife came in, she confessed to a murder.
00:23:10She what? Tell him.
00:23:14Darling, is that true?
00:23:16Yes.
00:23:18I was just confused.
00:23:20Well, I'm not surprised.
00:23:22Living with me, professional mayhem maker.
00:23:25You know, we even discuss murder at breakfast.
00:23:30Yes, well, I must be going.
00:23:32Thanks for the drink.
00:23:34Oh, um, er, Jill.
00:23:36Jill? Yes. The inspector wants to ring her.
00:23:38Remind her about the book she promised to send him,
00:23:40but he doesn't know her second name.
00:23:42What is it, please? Pembrey.
00:23:44It's Jill Pembrey. Jill Pembrey.
00:23:46Thank you. Bye.
00:23:51Thanks again for the drink. It's a pleasure.
00:23:57I must get that thing fixed one of these days.
00:24:00Welcome back.
00:24:02Bye.
00:24:06Bye.
00:24:37PHONE RINGS
00:24:42No, I'm not going to do it.
00:24:44Frosty.
00:24:46Look, the case is closed, Tom, closed.
00:24:48Come on, humor me. What harm can it do?
00:24:50Please.
00:24:55279-415.
00:24:57I'm only doing it so you'll stop this once and for all.
00:25:01PHONE RINGS
00:25:07Huh?
00:25:09Miss Pembrey?
00:25:11No, I'm afraid she isn't here at the moment.
00:25:13Who is this?
00:25:15Oh, this is Social Security, sir.
00:25:17We have a query on Miss Pembrey's documents.
00:25:19Something we can handle over the phone, save time.
00:25:21Could you tell me when she'll be back, please?
00:25:24No, I think she went to see a relative
00:25:26and then on to the hairdressers.
00:25:28I've no idea.
00:25:30Oh, I see.
00:25:32Come on.
00:25:34I wonder if you could help us, sir.
00:25:36Could you tell me Miss Pembrey's current address?
00:25:39She lives in Carlington.
00:25:43What did you say her name was?
00:25:45Hello?
00:25:47So, she's not there.
00:25:49Very suspicious. Yes, it is.
00:25:51It's very unusual. Yep.
00:25:53Come on, we'd better get three squad cars and go and break the door in.
00:25:56Oh, no, I'm not going to do that.
00:25:59But I will check a little further.
00:26:17What are you playing that for?
00:26:19Oh, hold on.
00:26:21You've kind of forgotten that.
00:26:23Bartok in the Baths is my favourite luxury.
00:26:25But that is a bit loud, no?
00:26:30Here, how's that? OK.
00:26:48I told you to drop it. Please, just listen.
00:26:50George Drew is an influential man.
00:26:52You mess about with his private life. I've been to the house.
00:26:54Yes, without my permission.
00:26:58Look, sir, there are things there she talked about.
00:27:00The glass. Shelves full of it.
00:27:02And the clock that goes strange at 12. I've seen them.
00:27:04And they didn't come out of a book.
00:27:06How would you like to be back on the beat?
00:27:12Well, I'll chance it.
00:27:14I'll stake my instinct against this.
00:27:16The clock. Glass.
00:27:18And Jill Pembrey.
00:27:20The girl they plan to murder.
00:27:22Look, she exists, but she isn't around any more.
00:27:24What?
00:27:26Drew said she went to the hairdressers.
00:27:28So I checked everyone in the area.
00:27:30Paul's hairdressers know her very well.
00:27:32She goes there regularly, but not today.
00:27:34She didn't have an appointment today.
00:27:36Oh, come on.
00:27:38So then I checked the Carlington directory.
00:27:40Jill Pembrey's got a flat there.
00:27:42A caretaker hasn't seen her for two days.
00:27:52What do you think, Frosty?
00:27:54Well, we've known stranger things.
00:27:56Are you certain about that?
00:27:58Yes.
00:28:00The caretaker hasn't seen her?
00:28:02I spoke to him personally.
00:28:23MUSIC FADES
00:28:25BELL RINGS
00:28:43BELL TOLLS
00:28:49Oh, hello.
00:28:51I must ask you about Miss Jill Pembrey.
00:28:56What about her?
00:28:58Look, I don't understand. What is this about Jill?
00:29:02Jill, sir, when we've had a chance to talk to Miss Pembrey.
00:29:05Well, it may be ages she went out. When, sir? This morning?
00:29:09Look, I know the virtues of cooperating with the police,
00:29:12but I'm beginning to get a little impatient. Now, what is this about Jill?
00:29:15We want to see her, sir. We insist.
00:29:17I know where she is.
00:29:25Darling, this doesn't concern you. I know where she is.
00:29:28How could you know if I don't?
00:29:30I'll show you.
00:29:32My wife isn't herself.
00:29:34The key. Darling, you're not well.
00:29:37The key! What do you want the key for?
00:29:39I want to find Jill.
00:29:41Are you saying Miss Pembrey's in there?
00:29:43Open it, George.
00:29:45You're not well.
00:29:47Well, you know perfectly well... Do you have a key to that cupboard?
00:29:50Yes, of course. Well, if you wouldn't mind.
00:29:52What kind of investigation is this? It's no good, George.
00:29:55They know. I told them.
00:29:57They know what? It'd be easier if you opened the cupboard, sir.
00:30:00We can break it open.
00:30:04All right, you open the thing.
00:30:15All right.
00:30:46I don't understand.
00:30:48Now, what were you expecting to find?
00:30:50I thought...
00:30:52Jill!
00:30:55Aren't I going to be introduced?
00:30:57Are you Jill Pembrey?
00:30:59Yes.
00:31:01What's going on, George?
00:31:03I don't know, but I'm waiting for an explanation.
00:31:06It's a mistake, sir, a very bad mistake, isn't it?
00:31:09I'm sorry, sir. What kind of a mistake?
00:31:11I thought Miss Pembrey was missing.
00:31:13Missing? But, George, didn't you tell them you'd give me some time off?
00:31:16Yes, I did, but I don't think they believe me.
00:31:18Glad you came back, anyway.
00:31:20Well, of course I came back. I had to see my brother in town.
00:31:23And while I was there, I had my hair done.
00:31:25I can't apologise enough, sir, if you wish to lodge a complaint.
00:31:28Oh, just forget it. Just forget the whole thing.
00:31:31You might, sir, but I won't.
00:31:34Hey, Frosty.
00:31:36Oh, don't go in there, for Pete's sake.
00:31:38Not unless you've got fireproof ears.
00:31:44But I left my stethoscope in there.
00:31:46Oh, I think you'll be safe.
00:31:48I mean, if the superintendent hits him, he'll use his fists.
00:31:53I'm sorry, George.
00:31:55It's all right.
00:31:57It's all right.
00:31:59It's all right.
00:32:01He'll use his fists.
00:32:04Oh, hello. I thought you'd be back for that.
00:32:06Thanks very much.
00:32:08I'll be at home if anyone needs me, Frosty.
00:32:10But just make sure, if I am called, that it's for something with fats behind it.
00:32:14Yes, sir.
00:32:22Ah, the eagerness of youth.
00:32:27Not new to us, is it, Frosty?
00:32:29Well, it's perfectly natural.
00:32:31Give you a hard time, did he?
00:32:35You know, Frosty, I think he's suffering from shock.
00:32:37Well, I shall have to prescribe something.
00:32:42How about a drink?
00:32:44On me.
00:32:46Come on. Doctor's orders.
00:32:48Thanks.
00:32:51George, tell me about your accident.
00:32:53That was awful.
00:32:55How are you feeling?
00:32:57I'm all right.
00:32:59Sure there's nothing I can do to get you?
00:33:01Nothing.
00:33:03All right, then.
00:33:07That was crazy about the murder.
00:33:10George, tell me, you confessed to murder.
00:33:12Who did you think you'd murdered?
00:33:14I don't know.
00:33:16You confessed to murder.
00:33:18Who did you think you'd murdered?
00:33:22Silly.
00:33:24It was just a mistake.
00:33:27I must have been out of my mind.
00:33:29Well, literally.
00:33:31I'm embarrassed about it now.
00:33:33Well, obviously the police didn't take you seriously.
00:33:36I mean, you're still at liberty.
00:33:38Oh, dear.
00:33:40You sure you're all right?
00:33:42Yes.
00:33:45Jill.
00:33:47Why don't you take a holiday?
00:33:49What?
00:33:51Well, just go away from here for a couple of weeks.
00:33:54It'll do you good.
00:33:56But I've already had my holiday this year.
00:33:58Don't you remember?
00:34:02No.
00:34:04I don't remember everything.
00:34:08Look, get some rest.
00:34:14Come on.
00:34:35Let's go and sit by the fire, don't we?
00:34:37Good.
00:34:40What do you want? A bottle of stout?
00:34:50I tell you, I won't be blackmailed like this any longer.
00:34:54I've already put up with it for too long.
00:34:56I was a fool to believe you in the first place.
00:34:59A man can be pushed just so far,
00:35:02and then he starts to fight back,
00:35:04starts trying to do something about it.
00:35:09It's coming along fine, isn't it?
00:35:12What?
00:35:13George's new book.
00:35:15How he churns them out, I'll never know.
00:35:17But he always does, and always on time.
00:35:20That's careful planning.
00:35:23Meticulous attention to every detail.
00:35:25That's right, isn't it, darling?
00:35:32Night. Night.
00:35:36Hi, darling.
00:35:38Where have we got to?
00:35:43Oh, I don't know.
00:35:46I was a fool to believe anything she told me.
00:35:49Murder, blackmail.
00:35:52Look, it wasn't your fault, really, you know, Tom.
00:35:55You took her too literally, and she led you astray.
00:35:58She probably regrets it now.
00:36:00So do I.
00:36:02Well, that type always do. Neurotic.
00:36:05They do or say something wrong
00:36:07and take the whole burden of guilt upon their own shoulders.
00:36:10One of nature's born sufferers.
00:36:20Hollow voices.
00:36:22I don't know what you meant by that, hollow voices.
00:36:25She didn't mean anything.
00:36:27Her mind was addled. She was all mixed up.
00:36:32Well, they haven't killed her yet, anyway.
00:36:35Killed who?
00:36:38Jill Pembrey.
00:36:40They were planning to kill her, you know.
00:36:46Hi, Mum. What are you doing?
00:36:48I've got what's right for you.
00:36:50You're not driving, are you? No.
00:36:52A nice brisk walk in the fresh air will do you good.
00:36:55Listen, as from tomorrow, I'm going to get all the fresh air I need.
00:37:08Ready?
00:37:16Patterson?
00:37:18This is Millett, 21 Colbert Cottages.
00:37:20Claims there's a submarine in a duck pond.
00:37:22Look into it, will you? What?
00:37:24Public orations, lad. Off you go.
00:37:28Well, Patterson? Sir?
00:37:30I shall expect a report in triplicate, of course.
00:37:33Yes, sir.
00:37:35You mean very hard on him?
00:37:38Yes, I know.
00:37:40He's a good lad.
00:37:42And basically, he's a good copper.
00:37:44Basically an excellent one.
00:37:46But he has to learn, Frosty. We all had to.
00:37:49He's been on the beat for two weeks now.
00:37:52Another coupler, and I'll bring him back inside.
00:37:54But don't you tell him. You give him one hint...
00:37:57Now, don't you threaten me, Superintendent.
00:37:59Just remember, I'm the one who makes the tea around here.
00:38:05Were you going out tonight?
00:38:07No, I don't think so.
00:38:09I thought I'd quiet dinner at home, all right?
00:38:11Yes, fine with me.
00:38:13PHONE RINGS
00:38:15No.
00:38:17Yes, she's around, Zoma. Hold on.
00:38:20Who is it?
00:38:22It's for John.
00:38:24Who is it?
00:38:26It's for John.
00:38:32Jill?
00:38:34Jill! It's Ali on the phone for you.
00:38:38I'll take them to study.
00:38:50Ali?
00:38:52Ali. Alan.
00:38:54Jill's brother, you know.
00:38:57Alan, maybe you don't.
00:38:59I don't think you've ever met him.
00:39:01Anyway, he's the black sheep of the family.
00:39:06Ali.
00:39:08What? Is that where it happened, in an alleyway?
00:39:10Ali. An alleyway in this town?
00:39:12Yes, Ali.
00:39:14I understand.
00:39:23He's in town tonight.
00:39:38PHONE RINGS
00:39:41Police? Hello? Hello?
00:39:43Can I speak to Mr Paterson, please?
00:39:45Who is this, please?
00:39:47It's Mrs Drew, Mrs Betty Drew.
00:39:50Oh, yes, Mrs Drew.
00:39:52I'm afraid Constable Paterson isn't here at the moment.
00:39:55Is there anything I can do?
00:39:57No, no, thank you.
00:39:59Shall I ask him to call you back?
00:40:01No, really, it's not important.
00:40:03Shall I tell him that you...
00:40:21Oh.
00:40:23Did you have a vital, energising day?
00:40:26Yes. Two parking tickets, one lost dog,
00:40:29and a grim fracas in the main street.
00:40:31Bad?
00:40:33The protagonists were armed. Eh?
00:40:35Both of them with water pistols.
00:40:37They felt the strong hand of the law on their backsides.
00:40:39Is there any coffee in that pot?
00:40:41Yeah, I'll pour you some.
00:40:43Oh, no.
00:40:45Tom?
00:40:47There was a call for you.
00:40:49A call for you?
00:40:51Huh?
00:40:53About Mrs Drew.
00:40:55What did she want?
00:40:57Unimportant, she said.
00:40:59Why did she call in the first place?
00:41:01I don't know.
00:41:03Did you want me to call her back?
00:41:05No.
00:41:07Well, I think I'll just...
00:41:09Tom, it's going to be winter soon.
00:41:11A cold, hard winter.
00:41:13Do you like pounding the beat in the cold?
00:41:19What time's the library closed?
00:41:21About another half hour, I suppose.
00:41:25What do you want the library for?
00:41:29Tom?
00:41:43Night, Betty.
00:41:45See you in the morning.
00:41:49Okay.
00:42:19What are you staring at?
00:42:25I wasn't staring.
00:42:27Just admiring.
00:42:49George Drew.
00:42:51His wife, Betty.
00:42:53Successful?
00:42:55Printed in 14 languages.
00:42:59My working methods by George Drew.
00:43:03Take all the unrelated elements of the plot,
00:43:05write them down, mix them up,
00:43:07and put them together piece by piece
00:43:09like a jigsaw puzzle.
00:43:11Well,
00:43:13if it's good enough for George Drew,
00:43:15if it's good enough for George Drew,
00:43:17it's good enough for me.
00:43:39Oh, I'm sorry.
00:43:41I didn't mean to wake you up.
00:43:43Yeah.
00:43:45Cyril's wedding anniversary.
00:43:47I said I'd stay over until he got here.
00:43:51I could say the same to you.
00:43:53It's not my wedding anniversary.
00:43:55No.
00:43:57I'm not even married.
00:43:59I mean, you went off duty ages ago.
00:44:01I won't.
00:44:03I came back, didn't I?
00:44:07What are you looking for?
00:44:09A report I made on the Drew case.
00:44:11Oh, Tom, now, come on.
00:44:13It's purely academic interest, Frosty.
00:44:15Purely academic.
00:44:17Yeah.
00:44:31That guy.
00:44:41Yeah.
00:44:57Hollow voices.
00:44:59Alleyway.
00:45:03Alleyway.
00:45:05Steel glass.
00:45:11Break.
00:45:13Lock.
00:45:19Bartok.
00:45:21Bartok.
00:45:25All...
00:45:27All the unrelated animals.
00:45:41Hello?
00:46:03Hello?
00:46:05Yes, speaking.
00:46:07Oh, boy, do you know what time it is?
00:46:09Well, couldn't it wait till the morning?
00:46:11Well, I wouldn't be there till after midnight.
00:46:15All right, all right.
00:46:17I'll do it.
00:46:19Come on.
00:46:21What is it?
00:46:23Oh, it's that American publisher.
00:46:25He's flying out at 2 a.m.
00:46:27Wants to see me before he goes.
00:46:33At this hour?
00:46:35Yeah, that's what I said.
00:46:37But it's important.
00:46:39He, uh...
00:46:41He wants to sign that serialization deal now.
00:46:43Could mean a lot of money.
00:46:45Worth a trip to see him, anyway.
00:46:47Oh.
00:47:07Oh.
00:47:23Sorry you had to be disturbed.
00:47:27Sleep tight. See you in the morning.
00:47:37Good night.
00:47:53Night.
00:48:07Night.
00:48:34You want some coffee, lad?
00:48:36Mm.
00:48:38Mm.
00:48:40That's right, you sleep it off.
00:48:42It's been a hard week.
00:48:44Mm.
00:49:06Okay.
00:49:12Voices.
00:49:16All I have are voices.
00:49:28Michael, you're going through a lot.
00:49:30And it's all right.
00:49:32It's all right.
00:49:34It's all right.
00:49:36Yes.
00:49:38Why?
00:49:40Why?
00:49:42She went right back to sleep, I assure you.
00:49:44She's still asleep.
00:49:56I tell you, she suspects nothing.
00:49:58But that business with the police...
00:50:00No, that's a mix-up.
00:50:02Anyway, the alibi's all arranged, isn't it?
00:50:04Ali's standing by.
00:50:06But, George...
00:50:08You're sure she's reliable? Ali?
00:50:10He'll swear you were with him from midnight until tomorrow morning.
00:50:12He has to. I've got too much on Brother Alan.
00:50:14And the car?
00:50:16Parked right behind the trees. No one can see it.
00:50:18Darling, you are sure?
00:50:20Yes.
00:50:22I still think she caught it all.
00:50:24No.
00:50:26I can't admit it. It's pretty strange.
00:50:28Strange, yes, but it won't be able to prove anything.
00:50:30Trust me.
00:50:32I've been plotting murder for years.
00:50:54Any coffee, Frosty?
00:50:56Oh, the sleeping beauty awakes.
00:50:58Don't move. I just want to drink you in.
00:51:02Coffee. Black.
00:51:28Coffee.
00:51:58George.
00:52:00We don't have to.
00:52:02We do.
00:52:04Divorce.
00:52:06No, it's not possible.
00:52:08Even if she agreed, it's not possible.
00:52:10Betty and I are inseparable.
00:52:12Financially, we are inseparable.
00:52:14No.
00:52:16This is the only way.
00:52:18Hold me, darling. Hold me.
00:52:20Tell me you love me.
00:52:22I love you.
00:52:24I love you.
00:52:26I love you.
00:52:34Thanks for the coffee.
00:52:54Good night, Tom.
00:52:56See you, Frosty.
00:53:02What's the matter?
00:53:04Assumption of guilt.
00:53:06Eh?
00:53:08She didn't say that.
00:53:10It was Samus who said that.
00:53:12Doc Samus, he said that.
00:53:14Assumption of guilt.
00:53:16She didn't say that.
00:53:18It was Samus who said that.
00:53:20Doc Samus, he said that.
00:53:22Assumption of guilt.
00:53:24What's his telephone number?
00:53:26Whose telephone number?
00:53:28Samus, what's his number?
00:53:30He won't thank you for calling at this time.
00:53:32It's nearly midnight.
00:53:34That's why I want to call him.
00:53:36What is it?
00:53:52What is it?
00:54:22DOORBELL RINGS
00:54:46Doc, it's me.
00:54:48Patterson, Tom Patterson.
00:54:50Is it an emergency?
00:54:52Emergency? Well, it might be.
00:54:54Look, I know it's late,
00:54:56but I've just had to clarify something with you.
00:54:58Oh, not at this hour.
00:55:00No, no, no, don't hang up.
00:55:02You remember a couple of weeks ago
00:55:04you examined that woman, Mrs Drew?
00:55:06Who?
00:55:08Drew. That's right, yes.
00:55:10The one who got me busted.
00:55:12Well, you remember when you examined her,
00:55:14you said that she was highly strung,
00:55:16the sort of woman who might assume guilt, neurotic.
00:55:18Well, look, Doc, suppose a woman like that
00:55:20heard a crime being planned
00:55:22that involved someone she loved very much.
00:55:24What might she do?
00:55:26Panic.
00:55:28Well, that'd fit, wouldn't it?
00:55:30And then suppose she had
00:55:32a bad bump on the head.
00:55:34Well, that'd mix it all up,
00:55:36wouldn't it?
00:55:38Yeah.
00:55:40She'd come out only half-remembering,
00:55:42perhaps not even wanting to remember anything at all.
00:55:44She might then assume the guilt.
00:55:46Well, look, I don't want to put the blame on her shoulders.
00:55:48Pretend it was her.
00:55:50Well, thanks, Doc. I'll talk to you again.
00:55:54The superintendent will eat you alive
00:55:56after he's roasted you!
00:56:02Take your time
00:56:04and tell me how you did it.
00:56:06Tell me exactly how you did it.
00:56:10It's just before midnight.
00:56:12There's a call.
00:56:14It's an important meeting.
00:56:16Yes.
00:56:18He has to leave. That's the alibi, you see.
00:56:20He has to leave
00:56:22because he mustn't be involved.
00:56:26And then she'll be alone in the house.
00:56:30No telephone.
00:56:32Nothing. She'll be quite helpless.
00:56:34You just said you had a call.
00:56:36We cut the wires
00:56:38after the call.
00:56:44All right.
00:56:46Oh.
00:57:12This is it.
00:57:14And when the war comes...
00:57:22Your time...
00:57:44...begins.
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00:59:32Help me!
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