Mr. And Mrs. North (TV-1952) DEAD MAN S TALE
Exploring the Charm and Intrigue of "Mr. and Mrs. North"
"Mr. and Mrs. North" was a classic television series that aired in the early 1950s, bringing to life the amateur detective adventures of a married couple living in New York City. The show was based on the characters created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, which first appeared in novels and later adapted into radio plays before making the leap to television.
One of the standout episodes from this series is "Dead Man's Tale," which originally aired on November 21, 1952. This episode encapsulates the essence of the show, combining elements of comedy, drama, mystery, and romance, all wrapped up in a neat 26-minute package. The storyline revolves around Jerry Lawson, a bookmaker found dead in Dave's Cigar Store, and the subsequent investigation by the Norths after a wrong-number telephone call implicates a crime figure in the murder.
The charm of "Mr. and Mrs. North" lies not just in the whodunit aspect but also in the dynamic between the titular characters, played by Richard Denning and Barbara Britton. Their on-screen chemistry, wit, and sophistication made them a beloved duo among viewers. The show also featured a recurring cast of characters, including Police Lt. Bill Weigand, adding a sense of continuity and community to the series.
"Dead Man's Tale" is a prime example of the show's ability to weave a compelling narrative that keeps viewers guessing until the very end. The episode is noted for its engaging plot and the performances of the cast, including Ben Welden as the tough-talking Nick Magnus and Carolyn Jones, who would later gain fame as Morticia in "The Addams Family."
For fans of classic television and detective stories, "Mr. and Mrs. North" offers a delightful glimpse into the genre's past. The series may have been produced on a modest budget, with most action taking place in confined settings, but the creativity and storytelling prowess more than made up for any production limitations.
Episodes like "Dead Man's Tale" remind us of the timeless appeal of a good mystery and the enduring legacy of characters like Mr. and Mrs. North. They may have solved their last case decades ago, but their adventures continue to entertain and inspire audiences today. For those interested in revisiting this classic episode, it is available to watch online, providing a perfect opportunity to step back in time and enjoy the suspense and charm of an era gone by.
"Mr. and Mrs. North" was a classic television series that aired in the early 1950s, bringing to life the amateur detective adventures of a married couple living in New York City. The show was based on the characters created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, which first appeared in novels and later adapted into radio plays before making the leap to television.
One of the standout episodes from this series is "Dead Man's Tale," which originally aired on November 21, 1952. This episode encapsulates the essence of the show, combining elements of comedy, drama, mystery, and romance, all wrapped up in a neat 26-minute package. The storyline revolves around Jerry Lawson, a bookmaker found dead in Dave's Cigar Store, and the subsequent investigation by the Norths after a wrong-number telephone call implicates a crime figure in the murder.
The charm of "Mr. and Mrs. North" lies not just in the whodunit aspect but also in the dynamic between the titular characters, played by Richard Denning and Barbara Britton. Their on-screen chemistry, wit, and sophistication made them a beloved duo among viewers. The show also featured a recurring cast of characters, including Police Lt. Bill Weigand, adding a sense of continuity and community to the series.
"Dead Man's Tale" is a prime example of the show's ability to weave a compelling narrative that keeps viewers guessing until the very end. The episode is noted for its engaging plot and the performances of the cast, including Ben Welden as the tough-talking Nick Magnus and Carolyn Jones, who would later gain fame as Morticia in "The Addams Family."
For fans of classic television and detective stories, "Mr. and Mrs. North" offers a delightful glimpse into the genre's past. The series may have been produced on a modest budget, with most action taking place in confined settings, but the creativity and storytelling prowess more than made up for any production limitations.
Episodes like "Dead Man's Tale" remind us of the timeless appeal of a good mystery and the enduring legacy of characters like Mr. and Mrs. North. They may have solved their last case decades ago, but their adventures continue to entertain and inspire audiences today. For those interested in revisiting this classic episode, it is available to watch online, providing a perfect opportunity to step back in time and enjoy the suspense and charm of an era gone by.
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00:00Mr. and Mrs. North, starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.
00:30The crime-haunted Norths have got to be pretty leery about opening closet doors.
00:53It seems bodies fall out of them.
00:55It looks like we're famous.
00:57Yes, it's quite good.
00:59Hey, listen to this.
01:01Every time the phone rings, something's bound to happen.
01:07What utter nonsense.
01:08I don't remember anything starting with a phone ringing.
01:12Hello?
01:14Who's this?
01:15Well, this is me.
01:16Who did you think it was?
01:17Well, I didn't think it was me.
01:19Jerry there?
01:21Yes, he is.
01:22Why?
01:23Don't fool around.
01:24Put him on.
01:27Who is it?
01:28Someone with a scratchy voice.
01:29It sounds as though he's been eating sand.
01:32Hello?
01:33Hello, Jerry?
01:34Yes?
01:35You got your knife, friend.
01:37This is Nick Magnus.
01:39Who?
01:40Don't who me, you punk.
01:42I gave you 48 hours to get out of town, and you're still here.
01:46Well, now, wait a minute.
01:47Shut your mouth.
01:49But you don't seem to understand.
01:51Shut up, I said.
01:53One more word out of you, and I'll come up and cut out your...
01:56Now, look, you tin horn.
01:58Nick Magnus means what he says.
02:01Get out of town quick.
02:03If I ever see you around Dave's Cigar Store again...
02:06Dave's Cigar Store?
02:08Yeah.
02:09I'll spray you full of lead.
02:11Now, wait a second.
02:12You got the wrong guy.
02:14Huh?
02:15Ain't this Jerry Lawson?
02:17No, I'm Jerry North.
02:19Jerry North?
02:20Hey, what number is this?
02:22Bramwell 3-4-3-7-0.
02:25Holy mackerel.
02:26I made a wrong mistake.
02:28Oh, well, I'm glad you did.
02:31You know, you don't want to go around killing people, Nick.
02:35Hello?
02:36Hello?
02:39He hung up.
02:41Well, Jerry, this sounds serious.
02:43He sounds like a voice out of an old gangster movie.
02:45His name is Nick Magnus,
02:46and he's gunning for someone by the name of Jerry Lawson.
02:51He got this number by mistake.
02:53Well, then it's up to us to reach Jerry Lawson
02:55and warn him to stay away from Dave's Cigar Store.
02:57Now, now, just be calm, darling.
02:58Who's not calm?
03:00Quick, look up Jerry Lawson in the phone book.
03:03What do you think I'm doing?
03:05Oh, here it is, darling.
03:07Just one digit different from ours.
03:09I just hope it's the same Jerry Lawson.
03:11Well, dial the number.
03:12Don't waste time.
03:14I have dialed it.
03:15Number's ringing.
03:17Quiet evening with the North.
03:18I'd like to know what we've done to desert...
03:20Hello?
03:22It's a woman.
03:23Hello?
03:24Is Jerry there, Jerry Lawson?
03:26Who wants him?
03:27Well, this is Jerry North.
03:28He doesn't know me, but I've got to talk to him.
03:31What about?
03:32Will you please stop wasting time?
03:34This is a matter of life and death.
03:36Jerry isn't here right now.
03:38Well, where is he?
03:39Nick Magnus is after him.
03:41Don't get excited, mister.
03:43I know where Jerry went.
03:45Where?
03:46Dave's Cigar Store, 10th Avenue.
03:49Thanks.
03:50I've got to get to Dave's Cigar Store.
03:55Hello, operator?
03:56Operator, get me the police department.
03:57Lieutenant Bill Wigand, Homicide Squad.
04:00And hurry, there's about to be a murder.
04:02Now, you just relax, darling.
04:03I'll call you the minute Bill Wigand takes over.
04:05Nothing of the sort.
04:06I'm going with you.
04:07Oh, what are you talking about?
04:09You're out of your mind.
04:10No, no, not you.
04:11Look, Lieutenant Bill Wigand.
04:13W-E-I-G-A-N-D.
04:20We're still in time.
04:21There's no crowd.
04:23What does that prove, Jerry?
04:25Lawson could be dead lying in the back room of the cellar.
04:28Remind me the first thing in the morning to have our phone taken out.
04:32Is Jerry Lawson here?
04:35Well, personally, I'd say we're alone, mister.
04:38You, me, and the young lady.
04:40We were told Jerry Lawson's here.
04:42Are you the proprietor?
04:43No, he's in the back.
04:44He'll be here in a minute.
04:59Are you the proprietor?
05:00Yeah, why?
05:01We're looking for Jerry Lawson.
05:03You a cop?
05:04No, we're here because Nick Magnus...
05:05I thought so.
05:06Will you run back and tell Nick Magnus that...
05:10Lawson!
05:11Lawson!
05:13Stand back, you two.
05:19He's dead, all right.
05:20Got him right through the ticket.
05:22Look at the blood.
05:23Two bullet holes in the curtain.
05:25He was shot from the alley.
05:26Look, he's still breathing.
05:28Pam, phone Dr. Wells.
05:30Those balls are dead.
05:31Won't do any good to call a doctor anyway.
05:33If this guy ain't dead, he soon will be.
05:36Well, why don't you run back and tell Nick Magnus that somebody beat you to it.
05:39Now, wait a minute.
05:40You've got us all wrong.
05:41I'm Jerry North, the book publisher.
05:42And this is Mrs. North.
05:43Delighted, I'm sure.
05:44Pam, phone Dr. Wells and then call the police.
05:46The police?
05:47Who called the police?
05:48We did.
05:49Look, Jerry, he's all right.
05:51Explain things to him, Lawson.
05:52I'll go out and stall the cops.
06:02I think it's perfectly wonderful the way you're all right with that blood all over your chest.
06:05Red ink, lady.
06:07Those holes in the curtain, termites?
06:09I made them with a pencil.
06:11I don't know why you staged such an act for us.
06:13When I heard the name Nick Magnus, I figured you was from him.
06:16You knew he was gunning for you, huh?
06:18Sure I did.
06:19We're both on the same line.
06:20And according to Nick, I was moving in on his territory.
06:22My glory, I didn't know people had territories anymore.
06:24I thought that went out with prohibition.
06:26It did.
06:27In the liquor business.
06:28But I'm a bookmaker.
06:29So is my husband.
06:30He's a publisher.
06:31Pam, Mr. Lawson takes bets on horses.
06:34And that's why I don't want no excess conversation with no police.
06:37So goodbye for now.
06:39Don't want no excess conversation with no police.
06:43Such English.
06:55Well, who's he fooling now?
06:59This is red ink this time.
07:01You mean he isn't fooling?
07:02No, he's dead.
07:03The real thing.
07:14Nobody there and the back door was open.
07:16Wonder where that gun is.
07:18Well, I don't think someone would have shot him
07:20and then given him the gun as a souvenir.
07:22No, no, I mean the one he used for the fake shooting.
07:24Oh, it isn't here, Jerry.
07:25I looked everywhere.
07:26No shots.
07:27What happened?
07:28He just stumbled into the room and fell.
07:31Lawson.
07:32Lawson.
07:35I loved this guy.
07:37I loved him just like a brother.
07:40Nick Magnus.
07:41I'll get him for this.
07:43If you don't, the police will.
07:46Come on, Pam.
07:47Let's go outside and wait for Bill.
07:52The bulb went out.
07:54Now, let's try to make some sense out of this, Pam.
07:56I told you, Bill.
07:57The first shooting was a fake.
07:59The blood was red ink.
08:00The second shooting was real.
08:02Where were you when the real shooting took place?
08:04Out front, telling Joe to stall you.
08:06Stall me?
08:07Why'd you want to stall me?
08:08I wanted to give a pal a break.
08:10You cops were after Lawson for bookmaking.
08:12He was my friend and I...
08:13And then you rushed back here after you heard the second group of shots?
08:15That's right.
08:16And then you rushed back here after you heard the second group of shots?
08:18That's right.
08:19And then you rushed back here after you heard the second group of shots?
08:21That's right.
08:22That's right.
08:23Did you see anyone in the hall?
08:25No, no one.
08:26The back door to the alley was wide open.
08:28Did you see anyone leave by the back door?
08:31No.
08:32Look, Lieutenant, why waste your time talking to me?
08:35The man you're after is Nick Magnus.
08:38Do you want to answer the questions here or do you want to go down to headquarters?
08:54Quiet, everybody.
08:55Now what's the matter, Pam?
08:56Maybe you'd better keep talking, Bill.
08:58I swear there's somebody listening at the door.
09:00Nick Magnus, stand back, everybody.
09:02He'll be armed.
09:03Keep talking, Bill.
09:05Okay, folks.
09:06Looks like an open-and-shut case as far as I can see,
09:09and I see no reason to keep you here any longer.
09:15Who do you happen to be?
09:16Janet.
09:17What are you doing here?
09:18You know this eavesdropper?
09:20Sure, she's my wife.
09:21Why were you listening at the door, Mrs. Ferber?
09:24Well, I saw the police car outside, and I thought my husband might be in some sort of trouble.
09:28Lawson's been murdered, honey.
09:29Watch what you say.
09:30Jerry murdered?
09:32Now supposing you keep quiet, Mr. Ferber,
09:34I'll give her all the information I think she needs to know.
09:36Dummy up, dear.
09:37They'll try to pin it on you.
09:38Quiet.
09:39Nick Magnus.
09:40Nick Magnus must have done it.
09:41What makes you think so, Mrs. Ferber?
09:43Look, I feel a little bit shaky.
09:45Do you mind if I sit down?
09:46No, not at all.
09:49I know Nick Magnus did it, officer.
09:51How do you know?
09:52Because Magnus was after him.
09:54About an hour ago, Jerry got a phone call to warn him.
09:57That was me.
09:58How'd you know somebody called Lawson to warn him?
10:00The landlady told me.
10:01That's who you talked to, the landlady.
10:03What were you doing in Lawson's apartment?
10:04I didn't say I was in his apartment.
10:06I was by his apartment house.
10:08My wife goes by Lawson's apartment house to place bets.
10:11What's wrong with that?
10:12OK.
10:14Now let's get down to business.
10:16Where's the gun that Lawson used for the fake shooting?
10:19Must be around here someplace.
10:20It isn't.
10:22We've searched the place with a fine-tooth comb.
10:26I thought you said the phones were dead, Mr. Ferber.
10:28They are for outgoing calls.
10:30You can still call in on some of them.
10:32I'll get it.
10:33Hold it.
10:35Hello?
10:38Oh, Nick.
10:39Yeah?
10:40You're just the guy I wanted to see.
10:41Now listen, the cops are...
10:44Drop dead, small fry.
10:46Where's Jerry Lawson?
10:47Nick, that's what I'm trying to tell you.
10:49Jerry, but...
10:50Don't try to stall me, punk, or you'll find yourself in a barrel of cement.
10:55But Nick, the cops...
10:57What do I care about the cops?
10:59Nick, shut up before I feed you a lead breakfast.
11:03I'm here to get that rat Lawson.
11:06Don't open your mouth.
11:15That was Mabel, the cashier at O'Brien's all-night restaurant.
11:18Lawson gave her six losers in a row.
11:20Lieutenant, can she go home?
11:22She hasn't been well.
11:23I don't like to see her upset this way.
11:24Nobody goes home but the Norths.
11:30All right, Lawson.
11:32You asked for it.
11:33Nick, make it.
11:35Come on in, Nick, and join the party.
11:37I'm Lieutenant Wagon from Homicide.
11:39Homicide?
12:00Now, come on. Get in the car.
12:02I don't want to get in the car. Stop driving me.
12:04Jerry Lawson is dead, and you heard what Wagon said.
12:06He wants no help.
12:07Now, don't worry. They'll get Nick Magnus.
12:09I tell you, I don't want to.
12:10Get into that car.
12:30Jerry North, you're going to stop this car at the next corner.
12:32Do you hear?
12:33I don't know about you, but I'm going back.
12:35Over my dead body.
12:36Maybe you got something there, wise guy.
12:39I don't like guys who'll take dolls for a ride.
12:42Who are you?
12:44The name is Magnus.
12:46Nick Magnus.
12:48I've seen you roughhouse the little filly into this jalopy.
12:51What are you talking about?
12:53I'm talking about Nick Magnus.
12:55I've seen you roughhouse the little filly into this jalopy.
12:58What are you talking about?
13:00So you're Jerry North, eh?
13:02The guy I gabbed with on the phone.
13:04What's your name, sister?
13:06Who, me?
13:07Yeah.
13:08Oh, you know me, Nick.
13:10Chicago Kate's my moniker in DeMob.
13:12Not the Chicago Kate who rubbed out lefty at the camp in Philly last year.
13:16I didn't spill it to the cops. Why should I to you?
13:19Hey, let's take this punk and dump him in the river, huh?
13:21You got something there, baby.
13:24Yeah, you're cute, baby.
13:26But you ain't fooling me, none. Chicago Kate's dead.
13:30I personally sent her a floral horseshoe to the grave.
13:33Oh, buried the wrong game, huh?
13:36Ah, I get it now.
13:38You must be Mrs. North.
13:41Jerry, we must have a radio with a speaker in the back.
13:44Sister, you can take it from me. It ain't no radio.
13:47Keep on driving, mister.
13:49I gets nervous in cars.
13:52And when I gets nervous, my hand shakes.
13:54And if my hand shakes, this gun might go off.
13:57I wouldn't want that to happen.
13:59Because you're going to be a big help.
14:02Very interesting.
14:03In what way?
14:05Just about the time Jerry Lawson was being bumped up, I was walking through the park.
14:09And nobody seen me.
14:11Not even a squirrel.
14:13What do you want us to do, be a couple of squirrels?
14:15I wish you could be, Wren.
14:17Actually, I figure you was at the cigar store when the murder happened, so you can't say you was with me.
14:22What can we do?
14:24You can keep your mouth shut about that phone call.
14:26Understand?
14:28You mean, they might think you killed Jerry Lawson?
14:30Yeah.
14:31You catch on fast.
14:33And you didn't, of course.
14:34I can't afford to kill nobody. I'm still on parole.
14:38I want no cheap tricks, see?
14:40This is a gun I got back here.
14:43Stop the car.
14:45I said stop the car.
14:47Stop nothing.
14:48I'm taking you to the police station.
14:50Yeah?
14:52Jerry, he has a gun in the back of my neck and it's cold.
14:55Okay, don't shoot. I'll stop.
14:57That's better.
14:58You nearly lost the wife.
15:01All right.
15:02You can stop here.
15:13Get out.
15:14Get out.
15:15You heard me.
15:16Come on.
15:18You too, Chicago Kate.
15:20Yes, sir.
15:24Well, now what?
15:25Start walking.
15:26But we've got to get home.
15:28You heard me.
15:29Start walking.
15:31And don't say nothing about that phone call, or you'll never walk again.
15:41Chicago Kate.
15:45Chicago Kate.
15:56Where are we?
15:57Who knows?
16:00Telephone?
16:02Where?
16:06Subway?
16:11Taxi?
16:15Well, how, Jerry?
16:17Start walking.
16:21Okay, you shake her thumb and maybe we'll get a ride back.
16:25Okay.
16:43Keep going, honey.
16:46Destination home, Jerry?
16:47Destination Dave's Cigar Store. Come on.
16:56Pam, look.
16:59What, Jerry? What did you see?
17:01There, look.
17:04It's old but true, darling.
17:05The killer always returns to the scene of his crime.
17:09Golly, what do we do now?
17:11We go in and catch him.
17:12Any idea who it is?
17:13I know who it is.
17:15Look, they're looking for something.
17:16Tell me, Jerry. Tell me who.
17:18Why should I? You never tell me.
17:26Here. Dave's Cigar Store.
17:29This must be the back door.
17:31How do we get in?
17:32If we try the back way, he'll hear us and get out the window or the front door.
17:36So we'll pick the lock on the front door and then sneak down the hallway.
17:39Come on.
17:55I thought so.
18:20You thought so? You said he.
18:23Okay, Mrs. Ferber.
18:25Let's save a lot of time.
18:27You were the woman I spoke to when I phoned Jerry Lawson's apartment tonight, right?
18:30Look, I'll tell you everything if you'll only help me.
18:33Go ahead, Mrs. Ferber.
18:35If you're innocent of the murder of Jerry Lawson, we'll help you. I promise you.
18:38I didn't kill Jerry. I swear I didn't.
18:40What are you hiding behind your back, Mrs. Ferber?
18:42This is what I really came after.
18:44It's Jerry's diary and bet book.
18:46I owe Jerry thousands.
18:48If my husband ever saw it, he'd leave me.
18:49I thought he'd leave me.
18:50Now please, let me go and take...
18:58Well, if it isn't George Raft right out of Scarface.
19:01Listen, sister.
19:03I was flipping half dollars before George Raft had a quarter.
19:09All right, hand over that little book, sweetie.
19:11Oh, no, Nick, please.
19:12Come on, hand it over quick.
19:14I got a gun in my pocket.
19:16You'd better give it to him, Mrs. Ferber.
19:17That's the idea.
19:18See?
19:19Now stay where you are, all of you.
19:21Nick, you're just making yourself look guiltier than ever.
19:23Looking guilty don't count.
19:25But what interest could you have in Lawson's bet book?
19:28She said it was a diary too, didn't she?
19:31If he wrote something about me wanting to kill him, I'd get the chair for sure.
19:35But you're destroying evidence, Nick.
19:36It'll be just one more count against you.
19:38Listen, brother, I'm in this up to my neck now.
19:41If the dead man wrote that I wanted to kill him, what chance would I have?
19:45Now I'm getting out of here.
19:47Stay right where you are and don't no one try to follow me.
19:50Right, Mr. North.
19:54You!
19:55Janice.
19:56Mr. North, please give me that book.
19:58What are you doing here, honey?
19:59I thought you were going to your mother's.
20:00Darling, I'm so ashamed.
20:01I'll tell you everything.
20:03That's all right, darling.
20:04Your husband will stand back of you.
20:05Don't worry about a thing.
20:07Well, this is a nice homey little gathering.
20:09Look, Bill, Lawson's diary and bet book.
20:11Oh, no, that book's a dummy, Jerry.
20:13I left it here as bait.
20:14The real one's in my office.
20:16Well, hello, Nick.
20:17Where you been keeping yourself?
20:18That book you say you got, has it got anything on it against me?
20:22On every other page.
20:23Now, just everybody relax and we'll wrap this case up.
20:26I have several men waiting outside, so let's all take it nice and easy.
20:30Now, all we need is the murder weapon and we want it as of now.
20:33I ain't owned a gun since I was a little kid so high.
20:37It was on my seventh birthday.
20:39My poor old mother gave it to me for a present.
20:41She should have used it on you.
20:43Honest, Lieutenant, I'm giving it to you straight.
20:46No gun, Magnus, they call me in the mob.
20:49The way I figure it, one good attorney is worth a thousand rocks.
20:55What's the matter with you guys?
20:57I'm hot.
20:58I'll say you are.
21:00Now, listen, Magnus, you're on your way to a little room up the river.
21:03And they're going to strap you in a chair.
21:04And you're going to watch the lights grow dim
21:06while they send 200,000 volts of juice through your body.
21:09Lights.
21:10Jerry, turn out the lights.
21:11Sam, what are you doing?
21:12Hey, what's going on?
21:14Quiet, everybody.
21:16Bill, look at the light.
21:18What?
21:19Don't let anybody move.
21:25Sarge, turn on the lights.
21:29This gun was used four times.
21:31Okay, Nick, tell them the truth.
21:33What do you mean?
21:34That you made me stash that gun up in that lamp.
21:37I made you?
21:38I never seen that gun in my life before.
21:40Bill, you say that gun was used four times?
21:42Jerry Lawson was just shot twice.
21:44Well, wasn't that enough?
21:45He's dead, isn't he?
21:46Don't you see, Bill?
21:47There were four shots fired tonight.
21:49Two by Jerry Lawson when he was just pretending.
21:51Two by the killer when he really meant business.
21:54Mr. Ferber was the first one to get to Jerry Lawson
21:56when he was lying here after the fake shooting.
21:59He hid the gun when we weren't looking.
22:01You're crazy.
22:02That's what they all say.
22:04You were the only one to have the gun
22:06from the time of the fake murder
22:07until a real one was committed.
22:09Excuse me a minute, Bill.
22:15Mrs. Ferber, you were in Jerry Lawson's apartment tonight.
22:18This is his handkerchief and it's your lipstick.
22:20Color matches perfectly.
22:23Classic carmine it smelled like to me.
22:26You lied about being there to protect someone in this room.
22:28Who?
22:29Don't pay any attention to her, Lieutenant.
22:30She's just whacking...
22:31You think we can't remember?
22:33Just before Lieutenant Wigand arrived here tonight,
22:34didn't you climb on that chair and do something with the light?
22:36The bulb was out.
22:37Isn't that what you said?
22:38Sure, sure.
22:39But I also said that Nick Magnus forced me to.
22:41You hid that gun before Nick Magnus arrived.
22:46I think she'll tell you about it now, Bill.
22:48My apologies, ma'am.
22:49Sergeant, take her down to the car.
22:50You're going to let them get away with this?
22:51What can I do?
22:52This dame's got me dizzy.
22:53Let go of me.
22:54Tell them everything now.
22:56Don't worry, dear.
22:57We've all said too much.
22:58I'll get you an attorney.
22:59Or you'll get me an attorney.
23:01You're going to stick by me, huh?
23:03You'd let me rot in a cage before you'd get me an attorney.
23:06You wouldn't get your own mother an attorney.
23:08All right, Lieutenant.
23:09I was in Jerry Lawson's apartment tonight,
23:11but only to warn him against my husband.
23:14Lieutenant, I saw her running out the back door two minutes after...
23:16You saw me running out?
23:17You killed Jerry.
23:18You killed him because you knew I'd fallen for him.
23:20You dirty little two-timer.
23:21Don't you call me names, you big ape.
23:24Jerry was a good guy.
23:25You've been a rat ever since the day you were born.
23:28Check the serial numbers on that gun, Lieutenant.
23:30You'll find it doesn't belong to Nick Magnus.
23:33It belongs to my husband.
23:36Well, wasn't it nice of Nick Magnus to leave our car here?
23:39Well, he's the thoughtful type.
23:41Now, I've got to hand it to you, Pam.
23:42Once again, I want...
23:43Don't thank me, Bill.
23:44You and Jerry deserve the credit.
23:45Well, personally, I'd rather have a good night's sleep.
23:47Yeah, me too.
23:48See you later, kid.
23:49Good night, Bill.
23:50Good night.
23:51Good night.
23:52Be careful.
23:55Don't forget dinner next Tuesday night.
23:57All right.
23:59Don't forget dinner next Tuesday night.
24:01All right.
24:12You know, Jerry, there's one thing about this case I still don't understand.
24:15Oh, please, Pam.
24:16I'm tired.
24:17I know, but what Nick Magnus said about never owning a gun.
24:20You know as well as I do that right here in this car tonight,
24:22he stuck a pistol in the back of my neck.
24:24Oh, Jerry, he's at it again.
24:26What did I tell you?
24:27No gun Magnus.
24:29Is my right.
24:30Queen soda pop, it says here.
24:33Blended to tempt the taste of a king.
24:36You had six of them back here in this little carton.
24:41Now you can drive me home.
24:43Okay, no gun Magnus.
24:44Name your precinct.
24:46Huh?
24:47I mean your street.
24:51Keep going.
24:52I'll tell you when to turn.
24:58Oh.
25:09Mr. And Mrs. North is directed by Ralph Francis Murphy.
25:13A John W. Loveden production.
25:16Produced by Federal Telefilms.
25:19Starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.
25:21Featuring Francis DeSales.
25:27This has been a film presentation.